Marylandwas established with religious freedom for Catholics. The colonial economy was based on tobacco cultivated by Africans who had been enslaved.
John Poole was born about 1770.
He married Priscilla Woodward Sprigg. Priscilla was born on April 21, 1780.
John Poole, Jr. (
William Dennis Poole (married Rebecca Dickerson),
Thomas P. Poole (1803, Sarah Ann Wilson and Eveline Hyde),
Eliza Poole (1807, married Leonard Hayes)
Frederick Sprigg Poole (married Mary Wilson)
Sarah Poole (1812 married Isaac Jones, Thomas L. Jones),
Isaac Richard Poole (married Mary Ellen Dawson),
Ann Priscilla Poole (1818, married W. O. Sellman),
Mary T. Poole (1821, married Thomas L. Jones)
Martha Deborah Poole (1821)
John died in 1828. Priscilla died on August 6, 1866.
American colonists continued to use British monetary units, namely the pound, shilling and pence for which £1 (orli) equalled 20s and 1s equalled 12d. In 1792 the dollar was established as the basic unit of currency.
