John Brice Jr.

Brice married Sarah Frisby in 1730 and had a number of children, including: Both sons would go on to enjoy successful political careers.

John Jr. entered public service as the clerk of Anne Arundel County in 1738 and served in that post for many years.

In 1766, Brice became embroiled in a war of words Samuel Chase, a vocal opponent of the Stamp Act and later a signer of the American Declaration of Independence.

In an open letter dated July 18, 1766 (the year of Brice's death) Chase attacked Brice, Walter Dulany, George Steuart (1700–1784), and others for publishing an article in the Maryland Gazette Extraordinary of June 19, 1766, in which Chase had been accused of being: "a busy, reckless incendiary, a ringleader of mobs, a foul-mouthed and inflaming son of discord and faction, a common disturber of the public tranquility".

Both were elected to terms as Mayor of Annapolis, and in addition James Brice would become Governor of a free Maryland.