Benjamin Tasker

Benjamin Tasker (1690 - June 19, 1768) was the Provincial Governor of Maryland from 1752 to 1753.

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1690 - June 19 - 1768 - Provincial Governor - Maryland

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Tasker became a naval officer at Annapolis, Maryland in 1719 and served until 1742. He also served in the municipal and provincial government as: member and president of the Governor's Council, 1722-1768; member of the Lower House of the Maryland legislature, 1715-1717, 1720-1722; member of the Upper House, 1722-1766, 1768; President of the Upper House, 1734-1766, 1768; Annapolis alderman, 1720, 1754-1766; Mayor of Annapolis, 1721-1722, 1726-1727, 1747-1748, 1750-1753, 1756-1757; President of the Council in 1752; acting governor of Maryland, 1753. In 1731, Tasker was one of the founders of the Baltimore Ironworks Co.

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Annapolis, Maryland - Lower House - Upper House - Alderman - Mayor of Annapolis

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Tasker married Ann Bladen in 1711. They had a son Benjamin Tasker, Jr. (1720-1760). Their daughter Anne Tasker (1723-1817), married the much older Samuel Ogle (1694-1752). On his passing in 1768, Benjamin Tasker was buried in St. Anne?s Churchyard in Annapolis.

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Benjamin Tasker, Jr. - Samuel Ogle

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