Governor William PACA b. 31 OCT 1740 "Wye Hall," Queen Anne County, Maryland d. 23 OCT 1799 "Wye Hall," Queen Anne County, Maryland

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Prefix	Governor
Birth	31 Oct 1740	"Wye Hall," Queen Anne County, Maryland
Gender	Male
Died	23 Oct 1799	"Wye Hall," Queen Anne County, Maryland
Age	58 years
Person ID	I9011	Pitards and Lansdales
Last Modified	27 May 2006

Father	John PACA, b. Abt 1725, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
Mother	Margaret LEE, d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID	F6405	Group Sheet

Family Mary CHEW, b. 1727, d. 1763 (36 years)

Married 1763

Children

1. Henrietta Maria PACA, b. 1767,

Family ID F6399 Group Sheet

Notes

Signer of the Declaration of Independence; Governor of Maryland. See his entry in the American National Biography. He had his portrait painted twice by Charles Wilson Peale, in 1823 and 1836 (see the Annapolis Collection at the Maryland Archives, Accession numbers: MSA SC 1545-1056 and MSA SC 1545-1117; they are in the Maryland State House).

According to the U.S. Congress Biographical Directory, he was a "Delegate from Maryland; born at "Wye Hall," near Abingdon, Queen Anne (now Harford) County, Md., October 31, 1740; was graduated from Philadelphia College in 1759; studied law in Annapolis, Md., and in the Middle Temple, London, England; was admitted to the bar in 1764; returned home and commenced the practice of his profession at Annapolis in 1764; member of the provincial assembly 1771-1774; Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1779; a signer of the Declaration of Independence; served in the State senate 1777-1779; chief judge of the superior court of Maryland 1778-1780; chief justice of the court of appeals in prize and admiralty cases 1780-1782; Governor of Maryland from November 1782 to November 1785; was influential in establishing Washington College in Chestertown, Md., in 1786; delegate to the State convention in 1788 which ratified the Federal Constitution; appointed by President Washington as judge of the United States Court for Maryland and served from 1789 until his death at "Wye Hall," Queen Anne County, Md., October 23, 1799; interment in the family burial ground, Queen Anne County, Md."

His house is quite a beautiful place, in Maryland (see www.annapolis.org).

Sources

[S180] The Political Graveyard, Lawrence Kestenbaum.
[S182] Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, U.S. Congress.
[S183] The Archaeology and Restoration of the William Paca Garden, Annapolis, MD: 1966-1990, Jason P. Shellenhamer, M.A.A., (Masters Thesis: Dept. of Anthropology, University of Maryland).
[S290] American National Biography OnLine.

Governor William PACA[1, 2, 3, 4] 1740 - 1799

Governor William PACA^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
1740 - 1799