WELSH, John Gentleman (Major ) ^{2 3}

  General Notes:

He was Gentleman Justice of the Quorum and High Sheriff for Anne Arundel County. He arrived prior to 1668 when he was commission as a Justice of Anne Arundel Co., MD on May 4 of that year. He is listed with this title on June 4, 1674, Mar. 3, 1675-6, and Sept. 13, 1676. In 1677, he was appointed as High Sheriff for Anne Arundel Co., MD. This was the most powerful office at the time. His term lasted until Mar. 1678-1679 during the period of Indian uprisings known as the "Nanticoke War". In June of 1679, he was again appointed Justice of the Quorum where he was listed as Captain John Welsh.

His will is transcribed as follows from "The Maryland Calander of Wills": Mar 3, 1683. "To eld. son Sylvester and son John and hrs., plantation on South R., equally, at 21 yrs. of age. To 3rd son Benjamin, plantation on Herring Ck., To 4 daus., viz: Mary, Eliza:, Sarah and Damaris and hrs., 100 A. in Balto. Co. at 16 yrs.of age. To unborn child, "Preston's Inlargement;" in event of death of sd. child to pass to eld. son Sylvester. To wife Mary, execx., personalty. Overseers: Henry Welsh, Edward Dawson, Edward Talbott. Test: Henry Hanslap, Eliza: Hanslap, Wollfran Hunt, Samuel Warner." ^{2 3 4 5}

John married Elizabeth GROSSE in 1670-1675.¹ (Elizabeth GROSSE was born about 1653 in , Anne Arundel, MD and died about 1675.)