SAMUEL CHEW HEPBURN
 (grandson Samuel Chew Hepburn styled as (2) or Samuel C.)

BIRTH:      1742 Prince George's Co, MD
FATHER:     Patrick Hepburn (Dr.)
MOTHER:     Mary Chew

SIBLINGS:   John Hepburn, Jr
            Anne Hepburn

MARRIAGE:   date & place no yet found
SPOUSE:	    Jean Muir "Jenny" b.1758	
CHILDREN:   Mary Hepburn	m. Judson Coolidge
            John Muir Hepburn
            Sarah Hepburn
            Patricius Hepburn d.1829 05 26 Washington DC, age 29
	
VOCATION:   Soldier, Judge, Landowner/Farmer
MILITARY:   Maryland Militia during Revolutionary War with England
DEATH:      1806 PG Co MD

TIMELINE:

1742           Birth at Prince George's County, Maryland
1773-75        executor for John Hepburn Jr probate
1774-75        Official records stored with Samuel Hepburn & David Craufurd
1777           Referenced in records of Maryland Council of Safety
1778-80        Listed in PG County's Revolutionary Patriots, pg 145
1779 01 26     Samuel & others appointed Justices, Revolutionary Records of MD, PG County
1779 06 23     Samuel promoted from 1st Lt to Captain in Marlbro Company (militia)
1779 11 18     Samuel appointed Judge
1780 02 22     Government order to pay Samuel Hepburn for linens
1780 06 24     Capt Samuel Hepburn company took loyalty oath
1780 09 02,08  Receipts for wheat, Joshua Gregg to Samuel
1781-89        Letters from in-laws John & James Muir
1781-84        Samuel appointed judge in PG County MD
1782 05 11     Samuel paid for militia payroll
1782-83        Samuel appointed Justice of the Peace
1783           Assessments & resurveys; guardian to John Hepburn (nephew)
1785-91        Appointed to inspect government records in PG County MD
1785-91        Appointed Commissioner of Tax in PG County MD
1788 12 21     Commissioned Justice of the Orphans Court in PG County MD
1790 02 24     Samuel sued by (nephew) John Hepburn & his mother Henrietta Maria Walker
1790           1st US Census - Samuel has 8 in household + 21 slaves
1792 12 11     Samuel Hepburn & Thos Clark brought lawsuit
1792 12 11     Samuel & others brought suit re Horse Race property
1798           Samuel sued by S Hamilton & C Carroll over lands & mortgages	
1800           2nd US Census - Samuel has 7 in household + 21 slaves
1803 10 19     Samuel brought suit re: land
1806           Death of Samuel Chew Hepburn

[1] MARYLAND STATE PAPERS	(Series A)	1780	MSA SSI 1004-28
COUNCIL to W.S.T.
Dates: 1780, Feb. 22.
Order to pay Samuel Hepburn for linens.
MSA S 1004-28-5822 MdHR 6636-22-2/33  Location: 1/7/3/37
COUNCIL to W.S.T.
Dates: 1780, Apr. 20.
Order to pay Samuel Hepburn for linens.
MSA S 1004-28-6347 MdHR 6636-22-7/22  Location: 1/7/3/37

[2] CHANCERY COURT (Chancery Papers)	1792/12/11	2350: 
Samuel Hepburn and Thomas Clark vs. William Sprigg Bowie, John Smith Brookes, Benjamin
Brookes, Rinaldo Johnson, and Philip Turner. PG. 
Insolvent estate of Bowie - Belts Pasture, Horse Race, lot in Upper Marlboro. 
Accession No: 17,898-2350-1/2. MSA S512-2444   1/36/2/

[3] GREGG, JOSHUA to HEPBURN, SAMUEL.
Dates: 1780, Sep. 2.
Receipt for wheat.
MSA S 1004-32-7424 MdHR 6636-24-7/76  Location: 1/7/3/40

GREGG, JOSHUA to HEPBURN, SAMUEL.
Dates: 1780, Sep. 8.
Receipt for wheat.
MSA S 1004-32-7493 MdHR 6636-24-7/44  Location: 1/7/3/40

[4] Chancery Court (Chancery Papers)  ... Date: 1798/03/10 2417: 
Samuel Hamilton vs. Samuel Hepburn. MO. ... 

Date: 1798/10/08 1231: Charles Carroll of Carrollton 
vs. Samuel Chew Hepburn. MO. ...
www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s500/s512/html/s512d.html 

Date: 1798/03/10
2417: Samuel Hamilton vs. Samuel Hepburn. MO. Mortgage foreclosure on 
Resurvey on Hanover, slaves Jacob, Tom, Dick, and George.
Accession No.: 17,898-2417 MSA S512-3-2505 Location: 1/36/2/

Date: 1798/10/08
1231: Charles Carroll of Carrollton vs. Samuel Chew Hepburn. MO. Mortgage foreclosure on Hermitage. 
Recorded (Chancery Record) 43, p. 434.
Accession No.: 17,898-1231 MSA S512-2-1299 Location: 1/36/1/

[5] Assessment of 1783 Montgomery County Maryland State Archives
Samuel Hepburn. Notes: guardian to John. MO Linganore and Sugar Loaf Hundred, 
p. 4. MSA S 1161-8-1 1/4/5/51. 
Samuel Hepburn. Hanover Resurveyed, 2216 acres. ...
www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s1400/s1437/html/1437mo.html

Samuel Hepburn. MO Linganore and Sugar Loaf Hundred, p. 4. MSA S 1161-8-1    1/4/5/51
Samuel C. Hepburn. Hermitage, 749 acres. MO Lower Newfoundland, Rock Creek, 
and North West Hundred, 
p. 17. MSA S 1161-8-2    1/4/5/51

[6] Archives of Maryland, Volume 0048, page 0044 - Journal and ...

Magruder, Frank Leeke & Samuel Hepburn, Judges of the Orphans Court for said County. — 
Jeremiah Jordan, Vernon Hebb, Ignatius Taylor, Hanson Briscoe, ...
www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000048/html/am48--44.html 

Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1781-1784  Volume 48, Page 44

Joshua Beall, Christopher Lowndes, William Lock Weems, David Craufurd, 
John Harrison, Richard Henderson, Thomas Gantt junr, Thomas Clagett, 
Alexander Howard Magruder, Osborn Sprigg, Fielder Bowie, George Lee, Thomas Boyd, 
William Berry, James Mullikin, James Beck, Henry Rozier, Frank Leeke, Samuel Hepburn, 
John Brown, Abraham Boyd & John Smith Brookes, Justices of the peace for 
Prince Georges County  
Joshua Beall, William Lock Weems, David Craufurd, Thomas Clagett, 
Alexander Howard Magruder, Frank Leeke & Samuel Hepburn, Judges of the Orphans 
Court for said County.

[7] Archives of Maryland, Volume 0071, page 0314 - Journal and ...
Bowie, Thomas Boyd, Frank Leeke, Samuel Hepburn, John Smith Brookes, Rinaldo Johnson, 
Robert Bowie, Richard Cramphin, Thomas Gantt, Erasmus Gantt, Doctr. ...
www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000071/html/am71--314.html

Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1784-1789
Volume 71, Page 314	Sunday 21st. December 1788

Commissions issued to David Craufurd, Thomas Clagett, Fielder Bowie, Thomas Boyd, 
Frank Leeke, Samuel Hepburn, John Smith Brookes, Rinaldo Johnson, Robert Bowie, 
Richard Cramphin, Thomas Gantt, Erasmus Gantt, Doctr. Thomas Marshall, 
Doctr. William Baker, Richard Lowndes, Thomas Duckett and Barruch Duckett 
appointed Justices of the County Court and David Craufurd, Fielder Bowie, 
Frank Leeke, Samuel Hepburn, John Smith Brookes, Rinaldo Johnson and 
Robert Bowie appointed Justices of the Orphans Court of Prince George's County.

[8] Maryland State Archives
Date: 1803/10/19 2611: 
Samuel Hepburn vs. William B. Beans and Justin Greenwell. PG. Contract to sell 
Maidens Dowry, Grey Eagle. 
Accession No.: 17,898-2611 MSA S512-3-2687 Location: 1/36/2/

[9] Maryland State Archives
Date: 1792/12/11
2350: Samuel Hepburn and Thomas Clark vs. 
William Sprigg Bowie, John Smith Brookes, Benjamin Brookes, Rinaldo Johnson, 
and Philip Turner. 
PG. Insolvent estate of Bowie - Belts Pasture, Horse Race, lot in Upper Marlboro.
Accession No.: 17,898-2350-1/2 MSA S512-3-2444 Location: 1/36/2/

[10] Maryland State Archives
Journal of the Maryland Convention July 26 to August 14, 1775
Journal and Correspondence of the Maryland Council of Safety, 
August 29, 1775 to July 6, 1776 Volume 11, Page 142
142 Journal and Correspondence
C. S. J.

That two Gentlemen of the Committee of Observation for Prince George's County 
be requested to receive the Records at Queen Anne on Wednesday next, and conduct 
them from thence, if a fair Day, to Upper Marlborough, when they are to be lodged 
in the Store houses of Messrs Samuel Hepburn and David Craufurd agreeable to an 
Order of this Council. Adjourned till next Day 10 O'Clock.

[11] Maryland State Archives
Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1781-1784 Volume 48, Page 325
Council of Maryland, 1782-1783. 325 December 19 Liber C. B. No. 24 p. 368

Ordered that John Shaw Armourer deliver to Colo Joseph Dashiell one Barrel of 
Musket powder and one Ream of Cartridge paper for the use of the Militia of 
Worcester County. Commission issued to Joshua Beall, Christopher Loundes, 
William Lock Weems, David Craufurd, Richard Henderson, Thomas Clagett, Osborn Sprigg, 
Fielder Bowie, Thomas Boyd, William Berry, James Mullikin, James Beck, Henry Rozier, 
Frank Leeke, Samuel Hepburn, John Brown, Abraham Boyd, John Smith Brookes and 
Rinaldo Johnson appointed Justices of the Peace for Prince Georges County. 
Joshua Beall, David Craufurd, Fielder Bowie, Thomas Boyd, Frank Leeke, 
Samuel Hepburn and Rinaldo Johnson Justices of the Orphans Court for the County 
aforesaid.

[12] Maryland State Archives
Laws of Maryland 1785-1791	Volume 204, Page 361

RESOLVED, That three persons be appointed in each county in this state,
to view and inspect the books, records and papers, in the several public offices in 
their respective counties; that they have free access to the same, and that they, or
a majority of them, report the state and condition thereof to the next general
assembly.
    RESOLVED, That for the above purposes [......]
Messieurs Stephen West, Samuel Hepburn and John Smith Brooks, 
be appointed for Prince-George's county; ...

[13] Maryland State Archives
Laws of Maryland 1785-1791	Volume 204, Page 46

II.  And be it enacted, That five sensible, discreet, and experienced
persons, shall be appointed in each county of the state, who shall be called
commissioners of the tax, and they, or any three or more of them,
shall be the commissioners for each county, until the first day of February,
in the year seventeen hundred and ninety-one; and five persons, as
aforesaid, shall be appointed, and called commissioners of the tax for Baltimore-town,
for the same time; provided, That no member of the general
assembly of the council, clergymen, practising attorney or physician,
sheriff, clerk of the general or any county court, ordinary-keeper, mariner,
or inspector, shall be appointed a commissioner or assessor.
    III.  And be it enacted, That the following persons shall be, and are hereby 
appointed, commissioners for the several and respective counties of this
state, to wit: ........
for Prince-George's county, Messieurs John Contee, Robert Darnall, David
Craufurd, Clement Hill, and Samuel Hepburn; .......

[14] Maryland State Archives
Journal and Correspondence of the Maryland Council of Safety, 
January 1-March 20, 1777	 Volume 16, Page 572 
Hepburn, James, 491.
Hepburn, Samuel, 211, 406.

[15] Maryland State Archives
Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1779-1780  Volume 43, Page 524
June 23 Marlbro Company Samuel Hepburn 1st Lieut. Promoted to Capn

[16] Maryland State Archives
CHANCERY COURT (Chancery Papers)	1790/02/24	2658: 
John Hepburn and Henrietta Maria Walker vs.
Samuel Chew Hepburn. PG. Trust estate of John Hepburn, Jr. and John Hepburn.
Accession No: 17,898-2658-1/2. MSA S512-2730   1/36/2/

[17] Archives of Maryland, Volume 0043, page 0017 - Journal and ...
... , James Beck, Henry Rozier, Frank Leeke, Samuel Hepburn, Abraham Boyd 
and John Smith Brookes appointed Justices of the Peace Joshua Beall, Chrisf Lowndes ...
www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000043/html/am43--17.html

Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1724-1726	Volume 35, Page 180

Ordered that Samuell Young Esqr Treasurer of the Western Shoare pay to 
William Beckingham, John Lomas, Thos. Worsley Charles Boot fifteen Shillings 
Currt money Each to Walter Dallas one pound two Shillings & Six pence Curr* money 
for making Copies of the Act for relieving the Inhabitants &c for the 
Publick Service and that he pay to Samuel Hepburn and Philip Playfay Ten Shillings 
each for Services done this Sessions, And to Thomas Bordley Esq.

[18] Maryland State Archives
Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1779-1780 Volume 43, Page 203

also to Samuel Hepburn appd Capt,
JOHNSON, THOMAS, JR., Clk. Council to W.S.T.
Dates: 1782, May. 11. Order to pay Capt. Samuel Hepburn for militia payroll.
MSA S 1004-61-14409 MdHR 6636-44-106/5  Location: 1/7/3/54


[19] National Intelligencer - Washington DC
28 May 1829 - page 506

"Hepburn, Patricius, aged 29, formerly of Upper Marlboro, Md., 
died in this city 26 May."

[www.ngsgenealogy.org/intelligencer/index.cfm]

US Census 1800 - Maryland