Career
He also occupied a number of other significant colonial offices, including, on various occasions, being elected Mayor of Annapolis. Tasker became a naval officer at Annapolis, Maryland in 1719 and served until 1742. In 1731, Tasker was one of the founders of the Baltimore Ironworks Company.
In 1740, Governor Samuel Ogle was dispatched to England following England"s declaration of war against Spain.
He left Tasker with his power of attorney and in addition "the task of supervising the construction of a new house at Belair."
Tasker married Ann Bladen, daughter of William Bladen Attorney-General of Maryland, in 1711. They had a number of children.
Benjamin Tasker, Junior. (1720–1760), slave trader.
Anne Tasker (1723–1817), married the much older Samuel Ogle (1694–1752). Elizabeth Tasker (1726–1789) married Christopher Lowndes (1713–1785), merchant of Bladensburg, Maryland.
Frances Ann Tasker (1738–1787), married the wealthy planter Robert Carter at the age of sixteen. Rebecca, married Daniel Dulany the Younger (1722–1797) in 1749.
On his death in 1768, Benjamin Tasker was buried in Saint Anne"s Churchyard in Annapolis.
His tombstone reads:
Benjamin Tasker Middle School, in Bowie, Maryland, is named after him.