page_title: Matthew Tilghman
section_title: Later life and family
hierarchical_section_title: Matthew Tilghman / Later life and family
caption_attribution_description: The burial site of Matthew Tilghman, a delegate to the Continental Congress.
context_page_description: Matthew Tilghman was an American planter and Revolutionary leader from Maryland, who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776.
context_section_description: In 1783 he retired from public life, and attended to his properties. Matthew died at his home Rich Neck Manor, near Claiborne, Maryland on May 4, 1790 and was buried in a family cemetery there. His home still stands on Rich Neck Road north of Claiborne. In 1771 Tilghman also acquired another nearby property on Sherwood's Neck.  Tilghman's son, Lloyd Tilghman, later built his own home on Sherwood's Neck, known as Sherwood Manor.  Sherwood Manor was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Both Rich Neck Manor and Sherwood Manor are private property. (Please respect the rights of property owners.)
  Matthew Tilghman was the grandson of one of the early settlers in Maryland. His grandfather, Richard Tilghman (1626–1675) had been a surgeon in the British navy and established the family plantation at the Hermitage. His father was also named Richard Tilghman (1672–1738) was a planter.
  Matthew and his wife Anna Lloyd Tilghman (1723–1794) had five children: Margaret (1742–1817), Matthew Ward (1743–1753), Richard (1747–1806), Lloyd (1749–1811), and Anna Maria (1755–1843). Margaret married Charles Carroll, Barrister. Richard served as a major in militia of Queen Anne's County during the Revolution. Anna Maria married her cousin Tench Tilghman on June 9, 1783.
caption: Grave of Matthew Tilghman at Rich Neck Manor
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