. Colonial mansions of Maryland and Delaware. ve-mentioned Ninian Pinkney, a party tothese presents. The above-mentioned property was devised toJohn Hammond, son of Charles Hammond, in the last will andtestament of the aforesaid Matthias Hammond, as will fullyappear by the said will, and which property was by John Ham-mond on or about the 14th of December, 1789, conveyed to theabove-mentioned Philip Hammond. Ninian Pinkneys father, Jonathan Pinkney, was a sturdy, bulldog Englishman, who remained loyal to the mother country during the Revolution and lost, as a consequence, his lifetimes accumul
. Colonial mansions of Maryland and Delaware. ve-mentioned Ninian Pinkney, a party tothese presents. The above-mentioned property was devised toJohn Hammond, son of Charles Hammond, in the last will andtestament of the aforesaid Matthias Hammond, as will fullyappear by the said will, and which property was by John Ham-mond on or about the 14th of December, 1789, conveyed to theabove-mentioned Philip Hammond. Ninian Pinkneys father, Jonathan Pinkney, was a sturdy, bulldog Englishman, who remained loyal to the mother country during the Revolution and lost, as a consequence, his lifetimes accumulation of property. His sons, Jonathan, William, and Ninian, had each to make his own way in the world from the beginning, which each did successfully, William, in especial, rising , to high honor at the bar and in the statecraft of his country, serving variously as United States Senator, Minister to Great Britain, Minister to Russia, and •Attorney-General of the United States. Ninian, the youngest son, married twice. By his second wife, 32. THE HAMMOND, OR HARWOOD, HOUSE Amelia Grason Hobbs, a widow, daughter of RichardGrason, of Talbot County, and sister of Governor Wil-liam Grason, of Maryland, he had three children: MaryAmelia, William, and Ninian, Jr. He was Clerk ofthe Council for thirty years. William Pinkney, son of Ninian, became fifthBishop of Maryland of the Episcopal Church. He wasborn in the old house we have been studying. Hisnephew and namesake, the late United States Senator,William Pinkney Whyte, carried the name to distinctionin recent years. Ninian Pinkney, Jr., born in the Hammond Housein 1811, became medical director of the United StatesArmy, married Mary Sherwood, and died in 1871. MaryAmelia Pinkney, the only daughter of this occupant ofthe Hammond House, died unmarried. In 1811, Mr. Pinkney sold his home to Chief JusticeJeremiah Townley Chase, who bought it for hisdaughter, Frances Catherine Townley Chase, wife ofRichard Lockerman, a descendant of the M
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