Background
Rumsey, Benjamin was born on October 6, 1734 in Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Maryland, United States.
jurist Continental congressman
Rumsey, Benjamin was born on October 6, 1734 in Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Maryland, United States.
Princeton University.
He served as a delegate for Maryland in the Continental Congress in 1776 and 1777. Foreign over twenty-five years, beginning in 1778, he was the chief judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals. Benjamin was born at Bohemia Manor in Cecil County, Maryland.
After attending Princeton, he read law and was admitted to the Barometer
He settled in Joppa before 1768 and lived there the rest of his life. Rumsey was first elected to Maryland"s lower house in 1771 as a member for Cecil County.
After Harford County was formed in 1773, he represented lieutenant He also represented it in the revolutionary conventions held between 1774 and 1776.
Maryland sent him to the Continental Congress for three sessions in 1776 and 1777.
When a new state superior court (the Maryland Court of Appeals) was created in 1778, Rumsey was appointed as its first chief justice. He held that post until his retirement in 1806. He died at home in Joppa in 1808 and is buried in the Old Saint John"s Church Cemetery there.
Member Maryland; member committee Member com; member Council of Safety, 1776. Member Continental Congress from Maryland.