Alexander Contee

Alexander Contee appears to have been born about December 24, 1692, baptized April 22, 1693, and died before January 5, 1741, when his will was in probate - John Pelkey

Alexander Contee in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Name: Alexander Contee Gender: Male Baptism Date: 22 Apr 1693 Baptism Place: Barnstaple,Devon,England Father: Peter Contee FHL Film Number: 0962417 IT 1

Alexander Contee, son of Catherine and Peter Contee, was bom at Barnstable, England, in April, 1693, and when about twelve years of age joined his uncle, John Contee, in Maryland. He early became a prosperous merchant in Nottingham, Prince George's County, acquired large tracts of land, and was for many years clerk of the County Court, an office of great importance in those days. In 1724 he was elected a member of the House of Delegates. About 1720-1, he married Jane, daughter of Col. Thomas Brooke, of Brookfield, and his second wife, Barbara. Contee received a large property from her father, including that portion of "Brookefield" on which stood the original Brooke dwelling and family graveyard. The latter, with adjoining land, descended through her son, Thomas Contee, to the latter's great granddaughter, Mrs. Thomas F. Bowie, and is now known as "The Valley."

Alexander Contee died December 24, 1740, and is buried at " The Valley" a marble slab is over his grave. Near by are two smaller slabs in memory of his two little boys, each named Alexander, who died in childhood. Alexander Contee executed a will in which he provided liberally for his children, leaving land in Calvert to one son, while to another he left a large estate in Baltimore. He also left the minister of St. Paul's a guinea.

Sources

• A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al. Volume 426, Page 229
• Walter Worthington Bowie. The Bowies and their kindred : a genealogical and biographical history. (page 29 of 36)

Links

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