William Paca (1740-1799)

U.S. Founding Father, Chief Justice & 3rd Governor of Maryland

He had three children by his first wife (Mary) of whom only their son, John (listed above), survived to adulthood. He had one son, Henry, by his second wife but he died in infancy before the age of one. He had a daughter, Hester, by a free black woman named Levina who he raised as his own and sent to "the finest boarding school in Philadelphia" but otherwise nothing else is known of her. He also had an affair with one Sarah Joice by whom he fathered Henrietta, the only other child to survive him. 

Parents (2)

John Paca

Capt. John Paca, J.P., of Bush River, Harford Co., Maryland

1712-1785

Elizabeth (Smith) Paca

Mrs Elizabeth (Smith) Paca

1716-1766

Spouses (2)

Mary (Chew) Paca

Mrs "Molly" (Chew) Paca

1736-1774

Anne (Harrison) Paca

Mrs Anne (Harrison) Paca

1757-1780

Partner (1)

Sarah Joice

Sarah Joice, Partner of Governor William Paca

d.1803

Children (2)

John Philemon Paca

John Philemon Paca, of Wye Hall & Plantation, Queen Anne's Co., Maryland

1771-1840

Henrietta Maria (Paca) Addison

Mrs Henrietta Maria (Paca) Addison

1778-1847