Tilghman, Frisby and Susanna Tilghman Hollyday, undated
Dates
- undated
Biographical / Historical
Frisby Tilghman (1773-1847) and Susanna Steuart Tilghman Hollyday (1770-1847) were the children of James Tilghman (1743-1809) and his wife, Susanna Steuart. James Tilghman had served as a judge on the Maryland Court of Appeals and was the state's first Attorney General.
Frisby Tilghman was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Maryland Dragoons during the War of 1812, and fought in the Battles of Bladensburg and North Point in 1814. Tilghman and his family lived at his estate, "Rockland", in Washington County, where he enslaved a number of people and was noted for his cruelty. In 1795, Frisby married Anna Maria Ringgold (1771-1817), and the couple had a number of children, including: Mary (1796-1896); George (1797-1831); Thomas Edward (1800-1896); Susan Ann (1801-1880); Frisby (1807-1853); and Ann Cheston (1810-1834). He married his second wife, Louisa Lamar (1789-1843), in 1819, and the couple had two more children: Louisa Lamar (1820-1901) and Sarah Lamar (1827; died in infancy).
Susanna Steuart Tilghman married James Hollyday (1857-1807) of Kent County, Maryland, in 1791. The couple were parents to: James (1792-1839); Anna Maria Chew (1796-1823), married Arthur Tilghman Jones; Henry (1798-1865), married Anna Maria Hollyday; George Steuart (1799-1870), married Caroline Mcarvill; Frisby (1801-1821); William (1804-1868), married first Ann Cheston Tilghman and second Louisa Lamar Tilghman; and Richard Tilghman (1806-1875), married Susan Regan.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints : Cased daguerreotype ; 3 1/8 x 3 9/16 inches; 3 1/8 x 3 9/16 inches
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
Case contains a Daguerreotype on each side. There is a torn slip of paper within the case. There is a pice of paper within the envelope that contains a photocopy of the torn piece of paper. Writing on both versions is hard to read; "Grandfather, Frisby Tilghman and great grandmother Susan Hollyday, who were brother and sister- Only child of Susanna Steuart and Judge J. Tilghman. Susanna Steuart was a daughter of Dr. George Steuart and wife Anne Diggers. Dr. George Steuart came from Perthshire (?) Scotland in 1721 and settle in Anna(?). See paper for more information.
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
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Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
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