406. William Murdock (93)(54) (20) was born about 1700 in Prince George's County, Maryland. He died on Oct 17 1769 in Queen Anne's, Prince George's County. William Murdock was a major landowner in Prince George's and Frederick counties, According to a "debt-book" for Prince George's County in 1753 he owned 2662 acres in that county alone. At the end of his life he held 5,263 acres in Prince George's and Frederick Counties. As a man of considerable wealth, he left his wife, along with a life interest in two plantations, "my new chaise and two chaise horses, cart, draught horses, English blooded mares to value of 100 pounds." He also left his children well provided for.
He was High Sheriff of Prince George's County in 1740 and served as a Burgess for that County from 1749 until 1769, the year of his death. In 1756 he was appointed Commissioner to disburse the state fund for protection against hostile Indians as well as the state fund for the expedition against Fort Duquesne.
He served as a member of the House of Delegates in 1765-66. He represented Maryland in the Stamp Act Congress that met in New York in 1765. He was on the commission to draw up and report a vote of thanks to those members of the British Parliament who defended the rights of the colonists. In 1768 he was appointed to a commission to draft a petition to the King, remonstrating against the imposition of taxes on imported articles. He was married to Anne Addison about 1728.
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20. Edward C. Papenfuse, et al. A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979, 1985.
54. Effie Gywnn Bowie. Across the years in St. George's County.
305. Maryland genealogies: A Consolidation of Articles from the Maryland Historical Magazine. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1980. "The Murdock Family of Maryland and Virginia," by William B. Marye, pp. 239-
93. Ibid. "The Murdock Family of Maryland and Virginia," by William B. Marye, pp. 239-247.
