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[Page 179]
Banister, John, was a
minister of the Church of England, and lived in Charles City county as early as 1678. he had
grants of land in Bristol parish in 1690. He was accidentally killed in Henrico county in 1692.
He had travelled in the West Indies and was a naturalist and entomologist. He compiled a
catalogue of Virginia plants, which is published in Ray's "Historia Plantarum." He published
various papers in the "Philosophical Transactions." Among them were "Observations on the Natural
Productions of Jamaica," "Insects of Virginia," "Curiosities in Virginia," "On Several Sorts of
Snails," "Descriptions of the Snake Root," etc.
[Page 179]
Banister, John, son of
Rev. John Banister, lived at Petersburg and was collector for Upper James river in 1724, and
vestryman of Bristol parish in 1735. He married Wilmette ———, and had issue: 1.
Martha, who married Robert Bolling, of "Bollingbrook," Petersburg. 2. Col. John, of Battersea,
Dinwiddie county.
[Page 179]
Bankhead, James, was an
early physician of Westmoreland county, and married Ellinor Monroe, aunt of President James
Monroe, on Aug. 20, 1738. His son was James Bankhead, a lieutenant in the naval service of the
American revolution. This last was father of Gen. James Bankhead, of the United States army, and
an attaché of Mr. Monroe when United States envoy in France and England.
[Page 179]
Banks, Thomas, son of
Thomas Banks and Dorothy, his wife, was born at Woodstock Wiltshire, England, in 1642, and after
serving an apprenticeship of seven years in Southampton came to Virginia and settled in
Northumberland county. He married Elizabeth, relict of William Keene, and daughter of Maj. John
Rogers. He was a prominent merchant. He died Sept. 20, 1697.
[Page 179]
Barber, Charles, was
burgess from Richmond in the assemblies of 1720-22 and of 1723-26. He qualified in 1713 as a
lieutenant-colonel in the militia of Richmond county. He died on November. 24, 1726. He was son
of William Barber, of Richmond county, and was born June 19, 1676.
[Page 179]
Barber, Thomas, son of
William Barber (q. v.), was born in 1653, lived in Hampton parish, York county; was burgess in
1680, 1693, 1696, 1700-1702, 1703-1705 and 1705-1706; justice of the peace from 1678, and in 1717
excused from further attendance on the court because of infirmities. He was captain of the
militia and died in 1718, leaving issue by Elizabeth Petters — William Jr. (q. v.) and
Thomas Barber.
[Page 179]
Barber, William, Jr.,
son of Capt. Thomas Barber (q. v.), was born about 1675; was churchwarden of Hampton parish, York
county; justice of the peace from 1705; major of the militia, and burgess from 1710 to 1718
inclusive. He married (first) Judith Cary, daughter of Henry Cary; (second) Anne Archer, daughter
of Capt. James Archer, who came as ensign to Virginia in the regiment sent over to put down
Bacon's rebellion; (third) Anna Maria Jones, widow of Capt. William Timson and daughter of Rev.
Rowland Jones.
[Pages 179-180]
Barber, William,
was born about 1642, came to Virginia before 1638, and carried on the trade of a cooper in York
county; justice of the peace as early as 1652; burgess in 1663 and 1666, and lieutenant-colonel
in 1655. He died in 1669, leaving issue — Thomas, (q. v.), and Mary, who married John
Baskerville, clerk of York county.
[Page 180]
Barbour, James, third of
the name in Virginia in descent, was burgess from Culpeper county, assembly of 1761-1765. He was
an ensign in the Culpeper militia, 1756, under Col. Thomas Slaughter, and "marched on an
expedition against the Indians above Winchester." In 1775 he was county lieutenant of the
Culpeper militia, and was afterwards an officer in the American revolution.
[Page 180]
Barbour, Thomas, son of
James Barbour, was born in 1735; was justice of the peace of Orange county in 1768, and was
continuously in the commission until his death; burgess for Orange county from 1769 to 1775, and
member of the conventions of 1774 and 1775, and county lieutenant in the latter years of the
revolutionary war. He was father of James Barbour, governor of Virginia, and of Philip P.
Barbour, judge of the supreme court of the United States.
[Page 180]
Barham, Anthony, was
burgess from Mulberry Island in the session of 1629-30. In 1626 he patented 100 acres in what is
now Isle of Wight county. He died in England in 1641, leaving a daughter Elizabeth. He married
the sister of Maj.-Gen. Richard Bennett, of Nansemond county, Virginia.
[Page 180]
Bargrave, George,
brother of Rev. Thomas Bargrave (q.v.), was born about 1584. He was a sea captain employed in the
trade between England, Bermuda and Virginia. He married Dorcas, daughter of Capt. John Martin.
His son, Robert Bargrave, sold "Brandon," on James river to certain merchants of London, William
Barker, John Sadler and Richard Quiney. In 1616 he brought the first negro slave to the Bermuda
Islands.
[Page 180]
Bargrave, Capt. John,
brother of Capt. George Bargrave (q. v.), was born about 1578. He became interested in Virginia,
established the first private plantation on James river, and sent thither many servants. He had a
long dispute with Sir Thomas Smythe regarding his interests in the colony, and all of his claims
were denied.
[Page 180]
Bargrave, Rev. Thomas,
son of Robert Bargrave, of Bridge, in Kent England, and his wife Joanna, daughter of John
Gilbert, of Sandwich, England, came to Virginia about 1619, and died there in 1621, leaving his
library, valued at 100 marks, to the proposed college at Henrico. He was brother of George
Bargrave (q. v.).
[Page 180]
Barker, William, was
burgess from Charles City county in the assembly of 1645. He was a sea captain and patented large
tracts of land on the south side of James river, in company with Richard Quiney and John Sadler,
merchants of London. He left descendants in Virginia.
[Page 180]
Barnes, Lancelot,
resided in Elizabeth City, and was burgess for the lower parish in 1629-30. In 1632 he leased
from Gov. Harvey 100 acres of the public lands, commonly known as the "Indian Thicket," believed
to have been near the present Hampton Normal School.
[Page 180]
Barradall, Edward,
succeeded John Clayton as attorney-general in 1737, and was also judge of the admiralty court. He
was born in 1704 and died in 1743. He married Sarah Fitzhugh, youngest daughter of William
Fitzhugh, Esq. He compiled a report of the decisions of the general court which has been recently
published.
[Pages 180-181]
Barret, Charles,
was a burgess from Louisa, May, 1742 to 1758. He was son of Charles Barret and Mary Chiswell, of
Hanover county. His will, dated Sept, 10, 1770, was proved in Louisa county, June 10, 1771. He
was brother of Rev. Robert Barret (q. v.).
[Page 181]
Barret, Rev. Robert, son
of Charles Barret and Mary, his wife, of Louisa county, was a student at William and Mary
College; usher of the grammar school; qualified June 28, 1737, master of the Indian school; was
ordained minister in England soon after, and on Dec. 25, 1737, received the royal funds to defray
his return passage; was minister for many years of St. Martin's Parish, Hanover county. He
married (first) Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Robert Lewis, and (second) Anne ———.
He had a son, Rev. Lewis Barret, who married Elizabeth Anderson (1753-1773), by whom he had
Anderson Barret, of Richmond.
[Page 181]
Barret, Thomas, was one
of the two first settlers, who when freed from service to the colony in 1614, went to work on his
own account. Ensign William Spencer was the other.
[Page 181]
Barrett, William, was a
burgess from James City, Feb., 1744-45, Oct., 1646, Oct., 1646, Oct., 1649. He died
before 1677, leaving a son James. In 1789 William E. Barrett was living on the "Ferry Plantation"
in James City county. He was a descendant of William Barret, first named (see "William and Mary
College Quarterly," vii, 202).
[Page 181]
Barrington, Robert,
was clerk of the council in 1632, and member of the house of burgesses for James City, 1629-30.
[Page 181]
Barron, Samuel, commander
of Fort George at Point Comfort in 1737. After the destruction of the fort by the hurricane of
1749 he removed with his family to the upper part of Mill creek. He was father of the naval
officers, Samuel and James Barron, of the United States navy.
[Page 181]
Baskervyle, John, son
of John and Magdalene (Hope) Baskervyle, of Ould Withington, Cheshire, England, was born 1635,
baptized at Gorsetry, settled in York county, Virginia, about 1662, and was clerk of York county
from 1664 to 1679. He died in 1679. He married Mary, daughter of Lieut.-Col. William Barber, and
left a daughter Mary and a son George.
[Page 181]
Bassett, Burwell, son
of William Bassett, of "Eltham," New Kent, was born in 1734; was member of the house of
burgesses, 1762, 1763, 1764, 1765, 1766-68, 1769-1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775, and of the
conventions of 1774 and 1775. He married Anna Maria Dandridge, daughter of Col. John Dandridge,
of New Kent, and died Jan. 4, 1793.
[Page 181]
Bassett, William, son
of William Bassett, "yeoman," of Newport, in Isle of Wight, England, had seen military service;
came to Virginia prior to 1665, when he was made commander of the workmen employed in building a
fort at James town; was paid 10,000 pounds of tobacco for his services; acquired a large estate,
and died in 1672, leaving a son, William Bassett, of "Eltham," New Kent county, member of the
council, by Bridget Cary, daughter of Capt. Miles Cary.
[Page 181]
Bassett, William, of
"Eltham," New Kent county, Virginia, was son of Col. William Bassett and Joanna Burwell, his
wife; was member of the assembly of 1742-1747, but died in 1744, before the termination thereof.
He married Elizabeth Churchill, daughter of Col. William Churchill, and was bather of Burwell
Bassett (q. v.).
[Page 182]
Baughan, Capt. James, was
a burgess for Essex county in 1698, 1702-03, 1704. He was also justice and sheriff for the
county. He married Mary, daughter of Richard Tyler.
[Page 182]
Bates, John, was a burgess
from Halifax county, Nov., 1753 to 1758. He was son of John Bates and Susannah Fleming, of York
county, Quakers, and descended from John Bates (born 1600 — died 1666), an early immigrant
to Virginia. He died in Halifax county about 1777, leaving issue David, Elizabeth, John, James,
Fleming and Susanna and a wife surviving named Chloe.
[Page 182]
Bathurst, Lancelot,
was son of Sir Edward Bathurst, of Sussex county, England, whose estates were sequestered on
account of his loyalty to Charles I. Lancelot Bathurst lived in Essex county, and was a lawyer.
He had four children: Mary, married Francis Meriwether; Lawrence, who died about 1705 without
issue; Elizabeth, married (first) William Tomlin, and (second) in 1709, William Daingerfield;
Susanna married Drury Stith.
[Page 182]
Battaile, Capt. John, of
Rappahannock, afterwards Essex county, was a captain of a company of rangers in service against
the Indians in 1692, a member of the house of burgesses from Essex the same year. He married
Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Lawrence Smith, and his will dated Jan. 24, 1707-1708 was recorded
Feb., 1707-1708
[Page 182]
Batte, Capt. Henry, son of
Capt. John Batte, a royalist officer, was a resident of the Appomattox river, and it is said by
Robert Beverley that sometime before Bacon's rebellion he led a company to explore the country to
the west and passed the mountains. In 1685 he represented Charles City county in the house of
burgesses. He left two sons, Henry and William.
[Page 182]
Batte, John, was a royalist
officer in the civil war in England. he was fined £364, and is said to have been a captain
at the battle of Adwalton. He was of Okewell, county York, England. His wife was Martha Mallory,
sister of Rev. Philip Mallory. He came with his sons John, William, Thomas and Henry to Virginia
and brought over many others. He patented over 5,000 acres on Appomattox river. He died about
1668.
[Page 182]
Batte, Thomas, son of
Capt. John Batte, a royalist officer, settled with his brother Henry on Appomattox river. In 1671
he was with Robert Falland, Thomas Wood and several others sent out by Gen. Abraham Wood to
explore the western county. He appears to have proceeded as far as the New river in Southwest
Virginia.
[Page 182]
Batte, William, patented
in 1643, 220 acres on Mobjack Bay and in 1694, 182 acres on Chipokes Creek in James City county.
Soon after Surry county was formed from James City county, he represented it in 1654 in the house
of burgesses. In 1658 he represented Elizabeth City county. He was a son of Robert Batte and
Elizabeth Parry, his wife, of Okewell, county York, England, and a brother of Capt. John Batte.
His father was a fellow and vicar master of University College, Oxford.
[Pages 182-183]
Baugh, John, was a
burgess from Henrico in the assembly that convened Jan. 12, 1641; and again from the same county
in the assembly that convened Feb. 17, 1644-45. He was probably brother of Mr. William Baugh, of
the same county, who was born in 1612 and died in 1687, leaving two sons John and James from,
whom the present family in Virginia is descended.
[Page 183]
Bayley, Arthur, was a
burgess from Henrico county, 1642-43. He was a merchant of London and patented a lot in Jamestown
Island, 1642. He appears to have returned to England and probably died there. In 1654 a warrant
was issued to him and others, requiring the commissioners of customs to permit him and others,
part owners of certain ships, "all bound on a voyage to Virginia" to transport thither in each
ship 120 dozen of shoes, six barrels of gunpowder and one ton of shot, paying custom and other
duties thereon. On Aug. 3, 1658, he signed with others, a "petition of the merchants and traders
to Virginia and the rest of the English Plantations in America to His Highness' Privy council,"
praying for the enforcement of the laws "for suppressing the planting of English tobacco."
[Page 183]
Bayley, Richard, was a
burgess from Accomac in 1695-97. In a list of field officers of the Virginia militia in 1699,
Charles Scarborough is named as colonel and commander-in-chief of Accomac, and Richard Bayley as
major. He was descended from Richard Bayley, of Craddock, in England.
[Page 183]
Bayley, William, was
born in 1583 and came to Virginia in 1617. In 1624 he lived at West Shirley Hundred. He had a son
Thomas, who patented 150 acres in Prince George county, on Bayley's Creek. In 1626 Temperance
Bailey had 200 acres on this creek and she was probably the mother of Thomas Bailey.
[Page 183]
Baylis, John, was a burgess
from Prince William county, Nov., 1761, and continuously thenceforward to sept., 1765. His
service in the general assembly was cut short by his death Sept. 4, 1765, in a duel with Cuthbert
Bullitt. He was colonel in the county militia. His will was dated Oct. 22, 1764, was proved Oct.
9, 1765, and recorded in Prince William county.
[Page 183]
Baylor, John, son of John
Baylor, was born in 1650 at Tiverton, Devonshire, England, came to Gloucester county, Virginia,
in the latter part of the seventeenth century, and acquired a large estate by extensive trade as
merchant. He was burgess for Gloucester in 1692, and King and Queen 1718. He married Lucy Todd
O'Brien, of New Kent, in 1698, and at his death left a large estate appraised at £6,500.
[Page 183]
Baylor, John, son of John
Baylor and Lucy, his wife, was born in Gloucester county, Virginia, May 12, 1705. He moved in
1726 to "New Market," King and Queen county, and when Caroline county was formed in 1727, from
King and Queen county, "New Market" fell into that county. He was county lieutenant for Caroline
in 1752, and represented it as burgess from 1742 to 1765. He married Frances Walker, daughter of
Jacob Walker, of Elizabeth City county, and was father of Col. George Baylor, of the revolution.
[Page 183]
Baynham, Alexander,
was a burgess from Westmoreland county in 1654, and in 1655 was one of the justices and captain
of the county militia. He died in 1662, leaving a daughter Anne.
[Pages 183-184]
Baytop, Thomas,
merchant, emigrated from Staplehurst, Kent, England, in 1679, and by his wife Hanna had a son
Thomas, who married a daughter of Dr. David Alexander, of York county. He has many descendants.
(See "Descendants of John Stubbs," by W. C. Stubbs, Ph. D.).
[Page 184]
Beazley, Robert, was a
burgess from Isle of Wight in the assembly of 1655-1656.
[Page 184]
Beckwith, Sir Marmaduke,
son of Sir Roger Beckwith, knight baronet, in Aldborough, Yorkshire, England, came to
Virginia about 1709, settled in Richmond county, and was clerk of the county till 1748. He
married Elizabeth Brockenbrough, and was living in 1770 at a very advanced age. He left issue,
Sir Jennings Beckwith and others.
[Page 184]
Bell, Henry, was a burgess
for Buckingham county from Feb. 10, 1772, to the end of the session May 5, 1774.
[Page 184]
Bell, Rev. John, succeeded
Andrew Jackson as minister of Lancaster county in 1710, and held office till 1743. He was a man
of means, owning land in Lancaster and Prince William and forty-three slaves.
[Page 184]
Bell, John, burgess for
Prince William county in the assembly of 1756-1758.
[Page 184]
Benn, Capt. James, was
burgess for Isle of Wight county in 1696-1697, and died the latter year. His wife was Jane,
daughter of Col. Arthur Smith. he left issue Arthur, James, George, Mary, Jane and Anne.
[Page 184]
Bennett, Philip, was
kinsman of Gov. Richard Bennett, member of the house of burgesses for Upper Norfolk (Nansemond)
in 1644-45; he was a Puritan and was sent to New England in 1642 to procure ministers for the
Puritan congregation in Nansemond and Lower Norfolk counties.
[Page 184]
Bennett, Thomas, was a
burgess for Mulberry Island in the assembly that convened Sep. 4, 1632.
[Page 184]
Benskin, Henry, a
royalist, son of Francis Benskin, Esq., of St. Martin's-in-the-Field, Middlesex, England, came to
Virginia with Sir Thomas Lunsford, in 1649. He settled in New Kent and died about 1692, leaving
issue, two daughters, Mary, who married William Harman, and Frances, who married William Marston,
of James City county.
[Page 184]
Bentley, Matthew, was a
shoemaker, who was one of Bacon's leading officers in the Rappahannock Neck. He was a man of
means and appears as defendant in many suits for damages after the rebellion. He married Mary
Willis, a widow of Thomas Willis.
[Page 184]
Bentley, William, came
in 1624, "a new planter, member of the house of burgesses in Oct., 1629.
[Page 184]
Berkeley, Edmund, of
Barn Elms," son of Col. Edmund Berkeley and Mary, daughter of Thomas Nelson, was burgess for
Middlesex county at the third session of the assembly of 1769-1771. He was burgess again in
1772-1774, 1775-1776, and member of the convention of 1774, 1775, 1776. His will was proved and
recorded in Middlesex July 26, 1802.
[Page 184]
Berkeley, Capt. William,
was a burgess from New Kent county in the assembly that convened Oct. 23, 1666.
[Pages 184-185]
Bernard, Richard,
came from England to Virginia about 1647. he was born in Petsworth, Buckinghamshire in 1618, and
married in 1634 Anne Corderoy (born 1620). He located afterward at "Purton" in Gloucester county,
which has been identified with Powhatan's "Werowocomoco," where Pocahontas saved John Smith. He
was ancestor of the Bernard family of Virginia.
[Page 185]
Bernard, (Barnett) Capt.
Thomas, was an early settler in the present Warwick county. he was burgess for Stanley
Hundred in 1632 and for Warwick river in 1641, 1642, 1644 and 1645. his daughter, Behethland,
married Maj. Francis Dade.
[Page 185]
Bernard, William, was a
son of Richard Bernard, of St. Paul's parish, Stafford county, and grandson of the immigrant,
Richard Bernard, of Buckinghamshire, England; was born Sept. 6, 1730, and practiced law in
Westmoreland county. He was an attorney-at-law and President Monroe studied law in his office. He
married Winifred Thornton, daughter of Anthony Thornton and Winifred, his wife, daughter of Col.
Peter Presley. William Bernard's will was proved in King George county May 1, 1782.
[Page 185]
Berry, Sir John, second son
of a clergyman of Kunaton in Devonshire, England between parliament and the King. Sir John
entered the navy and served against the pirates and the French. He was promoted to the rank of
captain and in 1672 took part in the battle of Solebay, where he rescued the Duke of York, whose
ship was hard pressed. For this aid he was knighted by the King. In 1676 he was sent as admiral
of the fleet, which brought a regiment over to Virginia to suppress Bacon's rebellion. He was
joined in commission with Col. Herbert Jeffryes and Maj. Francis Moryson to enquire into the
report upon the Virginia disturbances. On his return he served in the Mediterranean till 1680.
In1682 he commanded the "Gloucester," in which the Duke of York took passage to Scotland. The
ship was wrecked and Berry was the last to leave the deck. In 1683 he was vice-admiral of the
squadron under Lord Dartmouth sent to dismantle Tangier, and on his return he was appointed one
of the commissioners of the navy. He died shortly before March 22, 1689-90. "Virginia Magazine"
iii. p. 47.
[Page 185]
Beverley, Capt. Harry,
was son of Maj. Robert Beverley, was a justice of Middlesex in 1700 and surveyor of King and
Queen and King William counties 1702-1714. In 1713 he helped the Virginia commissioners to survey
the line between North Carolina and Virginia. In 1716 Spotswood sent him in command of a vessel
to search for pirates, Spanish wrecks, etc. He was taken by a Spanish man-of-war and kept seven
months in imprisonment without a trial. He escaped from Vera Cruz and reached Virginia before
Aug., 1717. He removed to Spotsylvania county, about 1720 and was for a number of years presiding
justice of that county. He died in 1730, having married about 1700 Elizabeth, daughter and
heiress of Gen. Robert Smith, of Brandon, Middlesex county.
[Pages 185-186]
Beverley, Robert,
of "Beverley Park," King and Queen county, the eldest son of Maj. Robert Beverley, was clerk of
the council (1699-1702), member of the house of burgesses in 1699, 1700, 1702, 1706 for
Jamestown, where he had a lot near the state house; was one of the knights of the horseshoe, who
went with Spotswood across the Blue Ridge in 1718; presiding justice of King and Queen, 1718. his
"History of Virginia" was published in London in 1705 and a second edition in 1722. He married
Ursula, daughter of Col. William Byrd, of Westover.
[Page 186]
Beverly, William, son
of Robert Beverley, the historian, was born about 1698, lived at "Blandfield," Essex county,
which he built and which still remains in the possession of the family. He was clerk of Essex
county from 1716 to 1745, burgess for Orange county 1734-1740 and for Essex 1742-1747 and
1748-1749. With Sir John Randolph, Richard Randolph and John Robinson, he obtained on Sept. 6,
1636, a grant of 118,490 acres called "Beverley Manor," in Augusta county, though he had the
chief interest. He married Elizabeth Bland, (born May 29, 1706) daughter of Richard Bland of
"Jordan's," Prince George county, and died on or before 1766.
[Page 186]
Bertrand, Rev. John,
succeeded Reb. Benjamin Doggett as minister in Lancaster county and died in 1701.
[Page 186]
Bibb, William, was a
burgess for Prince Edward county, and a member of the conventions of July and Dec., 1775.
[Page 186]
Bird, Abraham, came from
Pennsylvania and settled in the valley of Virginia, was burgess for the county of Dunmore (later
Shenandoah) at the last session under the regal government, and member of the convention of May
6, 1776. He was frequently a member of the state legislature and was a colonel of militia.
[Page 186]
Bickley, Sir William,
son of Joseph Bickley, of King and Queen county, Virginia, who came to Virginia about 1700. He
resided in Hanover county, and in 1752 on the death in England of his uncle Sir Humphrey Bickley,
baronet, succeeded to the baronetcy as sixth baronet. Sir William Bickley died in Hanover county,
Sept. 3, 1771, leaving issue.
[Page 186]
Bigge, Richard, was a
burgess in the general assembly of 1623-24, which assembled March 5, 1623-24.
[Page 186]
Bill, John, was a burgess
from Prince William county in the assembly of 1756-58; and again was a burgess from Fauquier
county in the assembly of 1760-61.
[Page 186]
Bird, William, was a
burgess from King and Queen county, elected to succeed William Leigh, deceased, for the session
of the general assembly beginning April 20, 1704. He was again a member of the session of Nov.
16, 1714.
[Page 186]
Bishop, Henry, of
Henfield, county Sussex, England, came to Virginia in 1640, when he patented 1,200 acres on Lower
Chippekes creek, in what is now Surry county. He returned to England and was a colonel in the
army of Charles I. He was in Virginia again before March 17, 1646, when the house of burgesses
sent a letter by him to England. He was in the colony once more a few years later, but in 1660 he
again went back, and was made by Charles II. postmaster general of England. He was charged,
however, with consorting too freely with the Puritans during the days of the commonwealth, and in
1663 Daniel Neale was appointed his successor as postmaster general.
[Page 186]
Bishop, John, was a burgess
for Charles City county in 1644, 1652 and 1653. He was captain of the militia.
[Pages 186-187]
Blackbeard, a
celebrated pirate, whose real name was Edward Teach. He kept the coast in terror, till Alexander
Spotswood sent an armed sloop against him under Capt. Henry Maynard, who surprised him in Pamlico
Sound and killed him Nov. 21, 1718, in a hand to hand fight. The survivors of the pirate's crew
were hanged at Williamsburg. A few years later Maynard himself suffered a sudden death at the
hand of two negro slaves in Prince George county.
[Page 187]
Blackburn, Richard,
born in 1706 at Ripon in Yorkshire, England, settled in Prince William county, which he
represented in the general assembly 1745, 1746 and 1747. He acquired a very large estate as
planter and contractor. He married Mary Watts, and was father of Alice Blackburn, who married
Col. Thomas Elzey of Loudoun county, and of Thomas Blackburn, lieutenant colonel of the Second
Virginia Regiment in the war of the revolution. he died July 5, 1757, in the fifty-second year of
his age, and was buried at his estate "Ripon Lodge," near Dumfries, Prince William county.
[Page 187]
Blackburn, Thomas, son
of Col. Richard Blackburn, of "Ripon Lodge," Prince William county, was born in 1740, was burgess
for Prince William in the place of Foushee Tebbs at the third session of the assembly of
1772-1774 and in the assembly of 1775-1776, and was a member of the March and July conventions.
he was afterwards lieutenant colonel of the Second Virginia Regiment and aide to Gen. Washington.
He married Christian Scott, daughter of Rev. James Scott, and died about 1804.
[Page 187]
Blackburn, Capt. William,
was born at New Castle on Tyne in Great Britain, Sept. 17, 1653, resided in Abingdon parish,
Gloucester county, Virginia, and died there Oct. 18, 1714 (tombstone). He was probably father of
Capt. William Blackburn of the adjoining county of Middlesex, who was burgess in 1715. He died in
1738.
[Page 187]
Blacke, William, was a
burgess from New Kent county in the general assembly of March 1, 1658-59, being the sole
representative of the county in that session.
[Page 187]
Blackwell, Joseph, son
of Samuel Blackwell of Northumberland county, was born July 9, 1715. He moved to Prince William
county, which he represented in the house of burgesses from 1749 to 1755. He married Lucy
Steptoe, daughter of Capt. John Steptoe, and left issue named in his will proved in Fauquier
county, 1787. He was a grandson of Joseph Blackwell, a matriculate of Trinity College, Oxford, in
1658, who emigrated to Virginia.
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Blackwell, Samuel, son
of Samuel Blackwell, was born in Northumberland county Jan. 19, 1710, and was a member of the
house of burgesses in 1742-1747. he was brother of Joseph Blackwell (q. v.).
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Blacky, William, was a
burgess from New Kent county in the general assembly of 1657-58, that convened March 13th. He is
evidently the William Blacke, burgess from New Kent in the succeeding sessions of 1658-59.
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Blagrave, Henry, was
apparently a descendant of Dr. Henry Blagrave who appears in the York county, Virginia, records
about 1660. The subject of this sketch was a burgess of Lunenburg county from 1761 to 1772.
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Blair, Dr. Archibald,
brother of Dr. James Blair, president of William and Mary College, was born in Scotland; at
the University of Edinburgh in 1685; came to Virginia about 1690; was a burgess for Jamestown in
1718 and 1732-1734; and for James City county in 1720-1722, 1723-1726; major of the York county
militia in 1728 and one of the justices; died about 1734. He married three times, and by a first
wife was father of John Blair (1687-1771), president of the Virginia council.
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Blake, Capt. John, appears
as Capt. Blake on the list of the burgesses in the assembly of 1655-56 from Nansemond county. he
was a burgess from that county in the session of Oct., 1666.
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Blakiston, Nathaniel,
grandson of John Blakiston, one of the regicide judges and belonding to a
family, several of whom emigrated to Maryland, was governor of that colony 1698-1701. On his
return to England he became agent for Maryland and in 1706 was appointed by the Virginia council
agent for Virginia. See "Maryland Historical Magazine" ii. 54, 172, for a genealogy of the
Blakiston family.
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Bland, Edward, son of John
Bland, an eminent merchant of London, emigrated to Virginia where he was agent for his brother
John Bland, who had large estates in Virginia. In 1649 he took part in an exploring expedition to
the westward. He married Jane, daughter of his uncle Gregory Bland, and died about 1653. His
widow married (secondly) John Holmwood, of Charles City county. Edward Bland left issue a son
Edward of "Kymages," in Charles City county, Virginia.
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Bland, Giles, son of John
Bland, an eminent merchant of London, went to Virginia to manage his father's plantations there
in 1674; quarreled with the secretary of state, Thomas Ludwell, and was fined by the general
assembly; appointed collector of the customs, took part with Nathaniel Bacon Jr., in 1676, was
captured by Philip Ludwell in Accomac, and hanged.
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Bland, Peregrine, was a
burgess for Charles river (York) county in 1639.
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Bland, Richard, son of
Theodorick Bland of the council and Anna Bennett, his wife, was born at Berkeley, James river,
Aug. 11, 1665. He resided at Jordan's Point and represented Charles City county, then including
the present Prince George, in 1700-1702 and 1703-1705 and Prince George in 1706. He died at
Jordan's April 6, 1729. He married (first) Mary, daughter of Col. Thomas Swan of the council, and
(second) Elizabeth, daughter of Col. William Randolph, of Turkey Island. By the last wife he was
father of the distinguished revolutionary patriot of the same name.
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Bland, Theodorick, Sr.,
of Cawson's, Prince George county, was born Dec. 2, 1708, was colonel of the Prince George
militia, and long clerk of the county. He married (first) in 1739, Frances, daughter and heiress
of Drury Bolling of Prince George county; and (secondly) Elizabeth, widow of Rev. William Yates
and daughter of Edward Randolph. By his first marriage he had Col. Theodorick Bland of the
revolution.
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Blayton, Thomas,
was a very active promoter of the disturbances in Virginia known as "Bacon's Rebellion." He took
a prominent part in the assembly called under Bacon's authority in June, 1676, and was also a
member of Ingram's assembly called after Bacon's death in Oct., 1676. He is said to have written
the stirring "Declaration," put forth by Bacon and was active in administering Bacon's oaths to
the people. He was pardoned by Sir William Berkeley. He lived in Charles City county.