Samuel Wickes, son of Joseph Wickes, signer of the Address of Protestants of Kent county, November 1689, who was the son of Major Joseph Wickes.

SAMUEL WICKES married Frances Wilmer, 13th Jan'y 1705. He d. in 1732, and in his Will mentions "his loving wife Frances," and the following child., viz., Samuel,-Benjamin, Simon (died 1737),-Joseph,-Lambert, Martha, Rebecca, and Ann Wickes. Frances Wilmer Wickes died in 1756. She was the dau. of Simon and Rebecca Wilmer.

SAMUEL WICKES, son of Samuel and Frances Wilmer Wickes, died in 1767. In his Will, dated 25th Feb'y 1761, he mentions his "dear loving wife Mary," and the following child., viz., Samuel,-Lambert,-Richard,-Joseph (who died 1784), Martha,-Mary and Sarah Wickes, and Francis Dunn. SAMUEL WICKES, son of Samuel and Mary Wicks, m. Ann Kennard, and left the following child., viz., William,—Maria,— Sally, and Lambert Wickes.

COL. WILLIAM WICKES, son of Samuel Wickes and Ann Kennard, greatly distinguished himself as a Major in the Battle of Caulk's Field, and was afterwards promoted to be Colonel.

SEC. 59, I. BATTLE OF CAULK'S FIELD.-Copy of a letter from Col. Philip Reed, of the First Regiment of Maryland Militia, to Brigadier General Benjamin Chambers:

CAMP AT BElle Air,
3d Sept., 1814.

SIR-I avail myself of the first moment I have been able to seize from incessant labor, to inform you that about half-past 11 o'clock on the night of the 30th ult. I received information that the barges of the enemy, then lying off Waltham's farm, were moving in shore. I concluded their object was to land and burn the houses, &c., at Waltham's, and made the necessary arrangements to prevent them, and to be prepared for an opportunity, which I had sought for several days, to strike the enemy. During our march to the point threatened, it was discovered that the blow was aimed at our camp. Orders were immediately given to the Quarter Master to remove the camp and baggage, and to the troops to countermarch, pass the road by the right of our camp, and form on the rising ground about three hundred paces to the rear-the right towards Caulk's house, and the left retiring on the road, the artillery in the centre, supported by the infantry on the right and left. I directed Captain Wickes and his second lieutenant, Beck, with a part of the rifle company to be formed, so as to cover

the road by which the enemy marched, and with this section I determined to post myself, leaving the line to be formed under the direction of Major Wickes and Capt. Chambers.

The head of the enemy's column soon presented itself, and received the fire of our advance party at seventy paces distance, and, being pressed by numbers vastly superior, I repaired to my post in the line, having ordered the riflemen to return and form on the right of the line. The fire now became general along the whole line, and was sustained by our troops with the most determined valor. The enemy pressed our front; foiled in this, he threw himself upon our left flank, which was occupied by Capt. Chambers's company. Here, too, his efforts were equally unavailing. His fire had nearly ceased, when I was informed that in some parts of our line the cartridges were entirely expended, nor did any of the boxes contain more than a very few rounds, although each man brought about twenty into the field. The artillery cartridges were entirely expended. Under these circumstances, I ordered the line to fall back to a convenient spot, where a part of the line was fortified, when the few remaining cartridges were distributed amongst a part of the line, which was again brought into the field, where it remained for a considerable time, the night preventing a pursuit. The artillery and infantry, for whom there were no cartridges, were ordered to this place. The enemy having made every effort in his power, although apprized of our falling back, manifested no disposition to follow us up, but retreated about the time our ammunition was exhausted.

When it is recollected that very few of our officers or men had ever heard the whistling of a ball; that the force of the enemy, as the most accurate information enables us to estimate, was double ours; that it was commanded by SIR PETER PARKER, of the MENELAUS, one of the most distinguished officers of the British navy, and composed (as their officers admitted in a subsequent conversation) of as fine men as could be selected from the British service, I feel justified in the assertion that the gallantry of the officers and men engaged on this occasion could not be excelled by any troops. The officers and men performed their duty. It is, however, but an act of justice to notice those officers who seemed to display more than a common degree of gallantry. Major Wickes and Capt. Chambers were conspicuous; Captain Wickes and his Lieutenant Beck, of the rifle corps, Lieutenant Eunick and Ensign Shriven, of Captain Chambers's company, exerted themselves, as did Captain Hynson and his Lieutenant Grant, Captain Ussleton, of

the brigade artillery, and his Lieutenants Reed and Brown. Lieutenant Tilghman, who commanded the guns of the volunteer artillery, in the absence of Captain Hands, who is in ill health and from home, was conspicuous for his gallantry; his Ensign Thomas also manifested inuch firmness.

I am indebted to Captain Wilson, of the cavalry, who was with me, for his exertions, and also to Adjutant Hynson, who displayed much zeal and firmness throughout; to Dr. Blake, Dr. Gordon, and to Isaac Spencer, Esq., who were accidentally in camp, I am indebted for their assistance in reconnoitering the enemy on his advance.

You will be surprised, sir, when I inform you that in an engagement of so long continuance, in an open field, when the moon shone brilliantly on the rising ground occupied by our troops, while the shade of the neighboring woods, under the protection of which the enemy fought, gave us but an indistinct view of anything but the flash of his guns; that under the disparity of numbers against us, and the advantage of regular discipline on the side of the enemy, we had not one man killed, and only one sergeant, one corporal and one private wounded, and those slightly. The enemy left one midshipman and eight men dead on the field, and nine wounded, six of whom died in the course of a few hours. Sir Peter Parker was amongst the slain; he was mortally wounded by a buck-shot, and died before he reached the barges, to which he was conveyed by his men. The enemy's force consisted of marines and musqueteers, was in part armed with boarding pikes, swords and pistols, no doubt intended for our tents, as orders had been given by Sir Peter not to fire. Many of these arms, with rockets, muskets, &c., have fallen into our hands, found by the picket guard under Ensign Shriven (Skirven ?), which was posted on the battle-ground for the remainder of the night. Nothing but the want of ammunition saved the enemy from destruction.

Attached are the names of the wounded; and as an act of justice to those concerned, I inclose you a list of every officer and soldier engaged in this affair. Certain information from the enemy assures us that his total loss in killed and wounded was forty-two or forty-three, including two wounded lieutenants. I am, sir, your most obedient humble servant,

PHIL. REED, Lieut. Col. Commandant.

Benjamin Chambers, Brigadier General, 6th Brigade Mary

land Militia.

Names of the Wounded of Capt. Chambers' Company.-John Magnor, sergeant, slightly in the thigh; Philip Crane, corporal, a ball between the tendons and the bone of the thigh, near the knee.

Of Capt. Page's Company.-John Glanville, a private, in the arm.

SECTION 59, J. COL. WILLIAM WICKES m. Milcah Page, and had child., viz., William Henry,-James Page,-Augusta, and Antoinette Wickes. Col. William Wickes m., a 2d time, Anne Spencer, dau. of Richard Spencer and Martha Wickes.

LAMBERT WICKES, son of Samuel and Ann Kennard Wickes, m. Alethea Ireland, and had child., viz., Emeline L. Wickes, who m. David Davis,-and Louisa Maria Wickes, who m. Peregrine Wethered, and left child., viz., Lewin and Ann Elizabeth Wethered.

CAPT. LAMBERT WICKES, Son of Samuel and Mary Wickes, was one of the most gallant officers of the Continental navy. On the 10th June 1776 he was ordered to repair with the Continental ship, the "Reprisal," to the West Indies for arms and ammunition, carrying with him Mr. William Bingham, commercial agent for the government, at Martinique. Soon after leaving the Capes of the Delaware, on the 11th July 1776, he captured the English merchant ship "Friendship," of between 400 and 500 tons burden. Two days after, he captured the English schooner "Peter," and before he arrived at his destination he captured, also, the "Neptune" and the "Duchess of Leinster." On the 21st Sept. 1776, he was directed to convey Dr. Benjamin Franklin to France, and to perform other services, which instruction he faithfully complied with. On his way he made prizes of two English brigantines, and was the first American naval officer, and commanded the first American man-of-war that ever appeared in European waters. On the 5th Feb'y 1777, he captured the "Lisbon Packet," Capt. Newman, two days out from Falmouth. He also captured the "Polly & Nancy," the "Hibernia," the "Generous Friends," the "Swallow," and the "Betty." Subsequently Capt. Wickes commanded a squadron, consisting of "Lexington," Capt. Henry Johnson; the "Dolphin," Capt. Samuel Nicholson, and his flag-ship, the "Reprisal," captured many prizes of considerable value, and performed many gallant exploits.

His vessel foundered, 1st Oct. 1777, on the Banks of Newfoundland, and all on board perished, except the cook. Capt. Lambert Wickes d. unm.

SEC. 59, L. MARTHA WICKES, dau. of Samuel and Mary Wickes, m. 23d Dec. 1771, Richard Spencer, who was b. 4th Oct. 1734, the son of James Spencer (of the ancient and noble House of Spencer, now represented by Earl Spencer, of England) and Ann Benson (aunt of Gen. Perry Benson, of the Revolutionary Army), and had child., viz., Anne Spencer, b. in Aug. 1774,-Lambert Wickes Spencer, b. 11th July 1776,Richard Spencer, b. in July 1779,-Emma Spencer, b. in Sept. 1781,-Samuel Spencer, b. 16th Aug. 1784,-Samuel and Gower Spencer, twins, b. 9th Aug. 1792.

ANNE SPENCER, dau. of Richard Spencer and Martha Wickes, m. Col. William Wickes.

RICHARD SPENCER, of Spencer Hall, Kent, son of Richard Spencer and Martha Wickes, m. Sophia Gresham, descended from the noble family of Sir Thomas Gresham, of London, founder of the Royal Exchange and of Gresham College, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, and had child., viz., Martha Sophia, d. young, Charlotte Anna (who m. James Page Wickes, son of Col. William Wickes and Milcah Page, and had child., viz., Mary Anna, Charlotte Augusta, who m. T. Romie Strong, William Henry, who m. Matilda Ruth, Mary Antoinette, Martha Spencer, James Page, Richard Spencer, Robert, Samuel De Coursey, and Maria Spencer Wickes),—and Maria Louisa Spencer.

MARIA LOUISA SPENCER, dau. of Richard Spencer and Sophia Gresham, of Spencer Hall, m. 28th Nov. 1843, Alexander Harris, son of Capt. Thomas Harris, of Rock Hall, and Henrietta Ringgold, dau. of Maj. William Ringgold, of Eastern Neck (see RINGGOLD), and had child., viz., Alexander, d. young,-Anna Maria, m. 23d Nov. 1869, Daniel Chase Chapman, of Baltimore,-Emma,-Spencer, and Allan Alexander Harris.

LAMBERT WICKES SPENCER, Son of Richard Spencer and Martha Wickes, settled in Talbot County, and m. Anna Spencer, dau. of Col. Perry Spencer, of Perry Hall, Talbot, and had child., viz., Dr. Samuel Wickes,-Perry,-Lambert,— George, Martha, and Anne Spencer.

Richard Spencer, who m. Martha Wickes, was the grandson of James Spencer, who, when about the age of twenty years, came from England, and settled in Talbot county, in 1670, and d., leaving a son, James Spencer.

JAMES SPENCER, of Spencer Hall, Talbot county, son of James Spencer, m. Ann Benson, and had child., viz., Robert,— Richard, James, and Nicholas Spencer.