BIOGRAPHIES FROM: HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND FROM 1608 (The YEAR of SMITH's EXPEDITION) TO THE CLOSE OF THE WAR OF 1812 BY WALTER W. PRESTON, A. M. BEL AIR, MARYLAND 1901 Press of Sun Book Office Baltimore, Md. < BACK TO BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX > A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z RICHARD DALLAM.  One of the most prominent men in Harford during the Revolution was Richard Dallam, who was the ancestor of the family of Dallams now residing in this county.  The first Dallam also bore the name of Richard, and was a nephew of Sarah Jennings first Duchess of Marlborough.  He came from England about the beginning of the eighteenth century, and settled at Joppa, where he practiced law.  The latter served in the Revolutionary War as paymaster, with the title of general of this district.  In the Annapolis Convention of June 22, 1774, which protested against the tax on tea,  Richard Dallam represented Harford county, his colleagues from this county being John Love, Thomas Bond, John Paca, Edward Hall and Jacob Bond.  He also signed the Bush declaration of March, 1775.      He was one of the commissioners named in the dedimus for the formation of the new county in 1773-4.      He lived in Abingdon in 1786.  In a letter from Rev. Thomas Coke to Rev. Mr. Meath, written from Southampton, England, Jan. 23, 1786, requesting the latter to accept the position of head master at Cokesbury College, we find this:  "There are several of our principal friends live in the neighborhood (Abingdon).  One family (Mr. Dallam's) you'll find very agreeable."      He died in March, 1805. Source: History of Harford Co., Maryland - by Walter W. Preston, A. M. Bel Air, Maryland - 1901 - Page 199