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[Page 209]
Chinn, Joseph, son of
Rawleigh Chinn, of Lancaster county, and Esther Ball, daughter of Colonel Joseph Ball, of "Epping
Forest;" was burgess for Lancaster in 1748-1749 and 1752-1755.
[Page 209]
Chisman, Edmund, son of
Edmund Chisman (brother of Colonel John Chisman, of the council), qualified as justice of York
county, Virginia, July 25, 1760, and in 1676 was one of Bacon's majors. After Bacon's death he
was captured by Robert Beverley and sentenced to be hanged, but died in prison before execution.
He married Lydia, niece of Captain George Farlow, who was also a friend of Bacon and is described
as a "great mathematician."
[Page 209]
Chisman, Lydia, daughter
of Mrs. Elizabeth Bushrod, wife of Thomas Bushrod, by a former husband, and niece of Captain
George Farlow. She was one of the early heroines of Virginia. When her husband, Major Edmund
Chisman was captured during Bacon's rebellion she threw herself at Sir William Berkeley's feet
and begged to be executed in his stead. Her husband died in prison and she married Thomas
Harwood. Later she was killed by lightning, March 16, 1694.
[Page 209]
Chisman, Thomas, brother
of Major Edmund Chisman, was born in 1652, qualified as justice of York county, August 24, 1680,
and was a member of the house of burgesses in 1685. His will was proved July 18, 1715. He married
Elizabeth Reade, daughter of Colonel George Reade, of the council, and left issue.
[Page 209]
Chiswell, Charles, was
clerk of the general court in 1706. He lived in Hanover county and died April, 1737, aged sixty,
leaving a son John, who was a member of the house of burgesses, colonel, etc. (q. v.).
[Page 209]
Chiswell, Colonel John,
son of Charles Chiswell, was for a number of years one of the most prominent men in the colony.
He was burgess from Hanover county from 1744 to 1755, when he removed to Williamsburg and
represented the city in 1756, 1757 and 1758. He engaged actively in lead and iron mining, and in
1752 operated a furnace for the manufacture of iron five miles south of Fredericksburg. In 1757
he discovered the New river lead and zinc mines, about which time Fort Chiswell, a few miles
distant, was erected and named for him. In 1766 he got into a quarrel at a tavern in New Kent
with a Scotch gentleman named Robert Routledge, in the course of which Routledge was killed. He
was arrested and sent by the examining justices to Williamsburg to await trial. But on his way
thither he was released on bail, out of term time, by three of the judges of the general court.
His prosecutor was chosen in the prevailing custom by lot, and it fell to John Blair Jr., an
intimate friend, to conduct the case against him, but the suicide of Colonel Chiswell at his home
on Francis street, in the city of Williamsburg, prevented any trial. His residence in the city is
still standing. He married Elizabeth Randolph, daughter of William Randolph, of Turkey Island.
[Page 209]
Christian, Israel, was
a merchant who lived first at Staunton and afterward in that part of Augusta now Botetourt
county; burgess for Augusta county in the assemblies of 1758-1761 and 1761-1765. He was the
founder of the towns of Fincastle and Christiansburg. He was father of Colonel William Christian
(q. v.).
[Page 210]
Christian, Thomas,
ancestor of the well known Christian family of East Virginia, is believed to have come from the
Isle of Man to Virginia. He patented land in Charles City county in 1687.
[Page 210]
Christian, William,
son of Israel Christian, was born in Augusta county in 1743. He was a burgess for Fincastle
county at its creation in 1773, and until 1775-1776, which saw the end of the house of burgesses;
member for Fincastle in the convention of 1775; lieutenant-colonel of the First Virginia
Regiment, raised by the state; commanded in 1776 and 1780 expeditions against the Cherokees; in
1785 removed to Kentucky and was killed, April 9, 1786, by Indians. He married a sister of
Patrick Henry.
[Page 210]
Christmas, Doctoris,
of Elizabeth City, planter, leased from the governor fifty acres of the company's land in 1627.
His will, dated December 20, 1754, is recorded in York county. He leaves all his estate to his
wife and his friend, Peter Starkey.
[Page 210]
Church, Richard, was a
burgess from Lower Norfolk in the assembly of 1676 and from Norfolk in the sessions of May 13,
and June 18, 1702.
[Page 210]
Clack, Rev. James, son of
William and Mary Clack, of Marsden, in Wiltshire, came to Virginia in 1678, and was minister of
Ware parish from 1679 to December 20, 1723, when he died. James Clack, believed to be his son,
resided in Brunswick county.
[Page 210]
Clack, John, was a burgess
from Brunswick county in the place of Edmund Goodrich, who had accepted the office of sheriff, in
the sessions of November 1, 1759, and of 1760 and 1761. Married Mary Kennon, and left issue. He
was brother of Sterling Clack (q. v.).
[Page 210]
Clack, Sterling, was a
burgess from Brunswick county in the assembly of 1748-1749. He was son of James Clack, of
Brunswick county, who was son of Rev. James Clack (q. v.), of Ware parish, Gloucester county. He
was clerk of Brunswick county from 1740 to 1751. He married Anne Eldridge, daughter of Thomas
Eldridge, and died in 1757.
[Page 210]
Claiborne, Colonel
Augustine, of "Windsor," son of Captain Thomas Claiborne, of "Sweet Hall," was born in 1721;
removed from King William county to Surry and was burgess for that county in 1748-1749 and
1752-1757, but resigned in 1754 to become clerk of Sussex. In 1780 he was a state senator. He
married Mary Herbert, daughter of Buller Herbert, and died May 3, 1789. He was an eminent lawyer.
[Page 210]
Claiborne, Major Buller,
born October 27, 1755, second lieutenant of Second Virginia Regiment, October 2, 1775;
captain from march 8, 1776, to July 27, 1777; brigade major and aide-de-camp to General Lincoln,
1779-1780; commanded a squadron of cavalry at the battle of the Cowpens; appointed justice of
Dinwiddie in 1789; sheriff in 1802-04. He married Patsy, daughter of Edward Ruffin, of Sussex
county.
[Page 210]
Claiborne, Herbert,
of "Chestnut Grove," New Kent county, son of Colonel Augustine Claiborne, born August 7, 1746;
married (first) Mary Ruffin, daughter of Robert Ruffin, (second) Mary, daughter of William
Burnett Browne, of Elsing Green, King William county, great-grandson of Gilbert Burnett, bishop
of Salisbury, England.
[Page 211]
Claiborne, Leonard,
son of Captain Thomas Claiborne, of "Sweet Hall," King William county; was sheriff for the county
in 1732 and burgess in 1734-1740. He married Martha, daughter of Major Francis Burnell, and had
issue — Leonard Claiborne Jr., of Dinwiddie county (q. v.).
[Page 211]
Claiborne, Leonard, Jr.,
of Dinwiddie county, son of Leonard Claiborne, of King William county, was burgess for
Dinwiddie in 1758, 1759, 1761, 1762, 1763, 1764 and 1765. He is said to have removed to Georgia.
[Page 211]
Claiborne, Colonel
Nathaniel, son of Captain Thomas Claiborne, of "Sweet Hall," King William county, married
Jane Cole, daughter of Colonel William Cole, of Warwick county. He was born about 1719, and died
in his fortieth year. His widow married (second) Stephen Bingham and (third) Francis West, and
was living in 1787.
[Page 211]
Claiborne, Philip
Whitehead, son of William Claiborne, of "Romancoke," King William county. In 1771 he was a
member of the house of burgesses for King William and died in 1772. He married Elizabeth,
daughter of William Dandridge, of King William county, and his wife Unity, daughter of Nathaniel
West (a great-nephew of Lord Delaware, governor of Virginia).
[Page 211]
Claiborne, Richard,
of Lunenburg county, son of Colonel Nathaniel Claiborne, of King William county, was member of
the house of burgesses for Lunenburg in 1772 and 1774, and member of the conventions of 1774 and
1775. He died in 1776, leaving issue — sons, John, Richard Henry, Leonard, and daughter,
Molly, married William Warwick, of North Carolina.
[Page 211]
Claiborne,
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas, son of Colonel William Claiborne, secretary of state, was born
August 17, 1647; served against the Indians, and is said to have been killed by an arrow October
7, 1683. He was buried at Romancoke, in King William county, where his tomb remains. He married
Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Dorothy Fenn, of Middle Plantation. His widow Sarah married
(second) Thomas Bray. By her will Sarah established a scholarship at William and Mary College.
[Page 211]
Claiborne, Captain
Thomas, of "Sweet Hall," King William county, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Claiborne,
was born December 16, 1680, and died August 10, 1732. He is said to have married three times and
to have twenty-seven children, which is probably an exaggeration. His last wife was Anne,
daughter of Henry Fox, of King William county, by his wife Anne, daughter of Colonel John West
(nephew of Lord Delaware).
[Page 211]
Claiborne, Thomas,
son of Captain Thomas Claiborne, of "Sweet Hall," King William county, was born January 9, 1704,
and died December 1, 1735; clerk of Stafford county; buried at "Sweet Hall," where his tomb still
stands.
[Page 211]
Claiborne, Thomas,
son of Colonel Nathaniel Claiborne, of "Sweet Hall," King William county, succeeded, on the death
of Major Harry Gaines, as burgess for the county in 1768 and 1769.
[Pages 211-212]
Claiborne, William,
of "Roanoke," son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Claiborne. He died in 1705,leaving a son
William, who was sheriff of King William county in 1728 and 1729 and married a daughter of Philip
Whitehead, of the same county.
[Page 212]
Clapham, Josias, burgess
for Loudoun county to succeed James Hamilton in 1774 at the last session of the assembly of
1772-1774; burgess in the assembly of 1775-1776, and in the conventions of 1774, 1775, and 1776.
[Page 212]
Clarke, John, son of Sir
John Clarke, of Wrotham, in Kent county, England, lived for a time at Middle Plantation, and died
about 1644.
[Page 212]
Clause (Close),
Phettiplace, came to Virginia in 1608; in 1624 was living at Pace's Paines; in 1619 and in
1626 patented land on Warwicksqueak river (Pagan creek); was burgess for Mulberry Island,
October, 1629, and for "From Denbigh to Waters' Creek" in 1632.
[Page 212]
Clay, John, an ancient
planter, came to Virginia in 1613 and his wife Ann in 1623. He patented lands in 1635 on Ward's
creek, in what is now Prince George county.
[Page 212]
Clayton, Rev. John, was
minister at Jamestown from 1684 to 1686. He returned to England, and in May, 1688, was minister
of Crofton, at Wakefield, in Yorkshire. He was a member of the Royal Society, and contributed
some valuable papers on Virginia, which were published in the "Transactions."
[Page 212]
Clayton, John, son of
John Clayton, the attorney-general of Virginia, was born at Fulham, England, in 1685, and died in
Gloucester county, Virginia, December 15, 1773. He came to Virginia with his father in 1705; was
an eminent botanist; member of some of the most learned societies of Europe; president of the
Virginia Society for Promoting Useful Knowledge, 1773, and author of "Flora Virginica." He was
for fifty years clerk of Gloucester county, and had a botanical garden at his estate, "Windsor,"
in that county. He married, January 2, 1723, Elizabeth Whiting, of Gloucester. He had several
sons — Captain Jasper Clayton, of Gloucester county; Arthur Clayton, clerk of one of the
"upper counties," and it is believed Colonel William Clayton, of New Kent county.
[Page 212]
Clayton, John, was son
of Sir John Clayton, of London and Parson's Green, Fulham, Middlesex county, England, and of the
Inner Temple, who was knighted 1664, and his wife Alice, daughter of Sir William Bowyer, of
Denham, Bucks, baronet. He was brother of Lieutenant-General Jasper Clayton, of the British army,
who was killed at Dettingen in 1743. His grandfather was Sir Jasper Clayton, of St. Edmunds,
Lombard Manor, who was knighted at Guildhall, July 5, 1660. He was born in 1665; studied at one
of the universities of England; was admitted to the Inner Temple, June 6, 1682; was called to the
bar, and coming to Virginia in1705, was appointed attorney-general of the colony in 1714. In 1724
he was also appointed judge of the admiralty court. He represented James City county in the house
of burgesses in 1720-22, 1723-26, 1727-28; recorder of Williamsburg from 1723. He died November
18, 1737. He was father of John Clayton, the botanist.
[Pages 212-213]
Clayton, Jasper,
son of John Clayton, the botanist, resided at "Windsor," on the Panketank river, and was clerk of
the count committee of safety of Gloucester county in 1725. He married Courtney, daughter of
Colonel John Baylor, of New Market, Caroline county.
[Page 213]
Clayton, Thomas, M. D.
son of John Clayton, the attorney-general of Virginia; educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge,
and afterwards completed his medical studies in London; married Isabella Lewis, of Warner Hall,
Gloucester county, Virginia, and died October 17, 1730, aged thirty-eight. He had an only child,
who died in infancy. His armorial tomb is at "Warner Hall," Gloucester county.
[Page 213]
Clayton, Thomas, was a
lawyer; resided at Jamestown, which he represented in the house of burgesses in 1683.
[Page 213]
Clayton, Colonel William,
of New Kent county, was probably a son of John Clayton, the botanist. He was Jasper
Clayton's executor in 1779. From 1766 to 1772 he was member of the house of burgesses for New
Kent county, and was a member of the state conventions of 1776 and 1788. In 1774 he was member of
the county committee of safety and subsequently served as clerk of New Kent. He died 1797.
[Page 213]
Clements, Francis, son
of Francis Clements, lived in Surry county, which he represented as a burgess in 1692-93. He was
a justice, captain of militia, etc. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Meriwether, and
left issue.
[Page 213]
Clinch, William, was a
burgess from Surry county in March, 1756, and September, 1756. In the session of April 30, 1757,
Benjamin Cocke represented Surry in place of William Clinch, expelled April 26. He was member of
the county committee of safety in 1776.
[Page 213]
Clopton, William,
ancestor of the Virginia family of that name, was descended from the Cloptons of Warwick and
Suffolk, England. He was born in 1655, emigrated to Virginia at an early age, settled in York
county and married, about 1680, Ann Booth, widow of Thomas Dennett, and daughter of Robert Booth,
clerk of York county. William Clopton moved after 1683 to New Kent county, where the Clopton
family was resident for many years alter. He died before 1733.
[Page 213]
Cobbs, Samuel, was
descended from Ambrose Cobbs, who on July 25, 1639, patented 350 acres upon the Appomattox river.
He removed from York county to Amelia, which he represented in the house of burgesses during the
general assemblies of 1742-1747 and 1748-1749. In 1717 he married Edith Marot, daughter of Jean
Marot, a French Huguenot innkeeper of Williamsburg. He died in 1757, leaving issue.
[Page 213]
Cocke, Colonel Allen, son
of Benjamin Cocke, represented Surry county in the house of burgesses, 1772-1774, and in all the
constitutional conventions of 1774, 1775 and 1776; member of the Surry county committee of safety
in 1775. He married Nancy Kennon, daughter of Colonel Richard Kennon, of Charles City county. His
will, recorded in Surry, is dated November 20, 1780.
[Pages 213-214]
Cocke, Benjamin,
son of Richard Cocke, and great-grandson of Richard Cocke, of "Bremo," was born about 1710. he
moved to Goochland county, which he represented in the house of burgesses in the assembly of
1742-1747. He married Catherine Allen, daughter of Arthur Allen, of "Bacon's Castle," in Surry
county, and represented Surry county in the house of burgesses in 1756 and 1758. he was father of
Colonel Allen Cocke.
[Page 214]
Cocke, Bowler, son of
Richard Cocke, of "Bremo," and Ann Bowler, daughter of Colonel Thomas Bowler, of Rappahannock. He
was brother of Benjamin and Richard Cocke, of Surry. He was member of the house of burgesses for
Henrico from 1752 to 1763. He married (first) Sarah ———, (second) Elizabeth Hill,
daughter of John Carter. After the last marriage he lived at "Shirley," in Charles City county.
He died in 1771.
[Page 214]
Cocke, Bowler, Jr., son
of Bowler Cocke, was member of the house of burgesses for Henrico county from 1763 to 1769. He
was born in 1726 and died in 1772, a few months after his father. he married Elizabeth, widow of
Harry Turner, of King George county, and daughter of Colonel Nicholas Smith.
[Page 214]
Cocke, Hartwell, was son
of Richard Cocke and Elizabeth Hartwell, daughter of John Hartwell, of Surry. He lived at "Mount
Pleasant," on James river, and represented Surry county in the house of burgesses from 1758 to
1773. He married Anne Ruffin, daughter of John Ruffin. His will, dated May 29, 1772, was proved
in Surry, August 25, 1772. He was father of John Hartwell Cocke, of Surry, who was a member of
the state convention of 1788.
[Page 214]
Cocke, James, son of Thomas
Cocke, was born about 1666; married Elizabeth Pleasants, daughter of John and Jane Pleasants, by
which marriage he acquired the estate of "Curles," on James river, in Henrico county; member of
the house of burgesses in 1696 and 1699; clerk of Henrico county from 1692 to 1707. he died about
1721.
[Page 214]
Cocke, Richard, son of
Richard Cocke, and great-grandson of Richard Cocke, of "Bremo," in Henrico county, settled in
Surry county, where he married (first) Elizabeth Hartwell, daughter of John Hartwell, (second)
Elizabeth Ruffin. He represented the county in the house of burgesses in 1744, 1745, 1746 and
1747. His will, dated September 13, 1771, was proved in Surry, April 21, 1772.
[Page 215]
Cocke, Richard, the
emigrant settler, was born about 1600. He married twice. Name of first wife not known, but his
second was Mary Aston, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Aston. He obtained large grants of
land, and settled at "Bremo," on James river, in Henrico county. He was lieutenant-colonel of his
county, and was a member of the house of burgesses in 1632 from Weyanke, and in 1644 and 1654
from Henrico county. He died in 1665, leaving issue — five sons and one daughter —
Thomas, Richard, John, William, Richard, "the younger," and Elizabeth.
[Page 214]
Cocke, Captain Thomas, son
of Thomas Cocke, and brother of James Cocke, was born about 1662. He married (first) Mary
Brasier, (second) Frances ———. He represented Henrico in the house of burgesses in
1696, in 1698, 1699, 1700-1702; sheriff in 1699. He left six children: Thomas, James Powell,
Henry, Brasier, Mary, Elizabeth. He died in 1707.
[Pages 214-215]
Cocke, Thomas, of
"Malvern Hill," Henrico county, was son of Richard Cocke, of "Bremo." He was a justice of Henrico
in 1678, 1680. He was also sheriff and coroner, and represented Henrico in the house of burgesses
in 1677.
[Page 215]
Cocke, William, was a
burgess from Henrico in the assembly of 1646. He was son of Richard Cocke, the immigrant.
[Page 215]
Cockeram, Captain William,
was a burgess from Surry county in the session of September 10, 1663. Justice of the peace
in 1660. He died in 1669, leaving issue — two sons — William and Thomas.
[Page 215]
Codd, Colonel St. Leger,
son of William Codd, of Pelicans, Kent, England, esquire, who married in 1632, Mary, daughter of
Sir Warham St. Leger, of Ulcombe, Kent. In 1671 he was one of the commissioners to superintend
the building of a fort on Potomac river; presiding justice of Northumberland county, Virginia, in
1680; member of the house of burgesses, 1680, 1682. About 1688 he removed to Maryland and was a
member of the legislature from Cecil county in 1694 and 1702. He was married twice. By his first
marriage he had James and Berkeley Codd, and by his second, with Anna, widow of Theodorick Bland
and daughter of Governor Richard Bennett, Captain St. Leger Codd, of Maryland.
[Page 215]
Coke, John, goldsmith of
Williamsburg, son of Richard Coke, of "Trusley," in Derbyshire, England, a descendant of Sir
Francis Coke, was born April 6, 1704; emigrated to Virginia in 1724 and settled in Williamsburg.
Ancestor of Richard Coke, United States Senator from Texas. He died in 1767.
[Page 215]
Cole, Rev. Samuel, in 1657
served as minister of Lancaster county. He died before September 28, 1659.
[Page 215]
Cole, William, was a
burgess for Nutmeg Quarters (now in Warwick county) in 1629. He may have been father of Colonel
William Cole, of the council.
[Page 215]
Cole, William, was son
of Colonel William Cole, of the council of state, and Martha Lear, his wife. He was born about
1692, and was a member of the house of burgesses for Warwick county in 1715, 1718, 1720, 1723,
1726. In 1721 he was deputy receiver-general and colonel of the militia. He married Mary Roscow,
and made his will in 1729. In the latter part of his life he appears to have lived in Charles
City county.
[Page 215]
Coleman, Francis,
burgess for Caroline county in May, 1769. His daughter Anne married Colonel William Green.
[Page 215]
Coleman, Henry, came to
Virginia, and in 1635 patented lands in Elizabeth City county, near Thomas Eaton. On October 7,
1634 he was excommunicated for forty days for "using scornful speeches and putting on his hat in
church."
[Page 215]
Collclough, George,
was a burgess from Northumberland county in the assembly of 1658-59. He was brother of Thomas
Collclough, a prominent merchant of London. He married (first) Ursula Bysshe, (second) Elizabeth
Thorowgood. He died in 1662.
[Page 215]
Colville, John, son of
John Colville, of New Castle, England, baker and brewer, and first cousin of Camilla Colville,
who married Henry Bennett, earl of Tankerville; was a burgess for Prince William county in 1744,
1745, 1746, 1747. He was colonel of the militia, and died in Fairfax county in 1756, leaving
bequests to the earl's son and to his brother, Thomas Colville, of Fairfax county.
[Page 216]
Coles, John, a native of
Enniscorthy, Ireland, was a merchant of Henrico, Virginia, where he accumulated a large estate.
His will was proved in Henrico, March, 1748, and his legatees were his wife Mary, sons Walter,
Isaac and John, and brother William. Among his descendants were Edward Coles, governor of
Illinois, and Isaac and Walter Coles, members of congress from Virginia.
[Page 216]
Coles, Walter, son of John
Coles, a merchant of Richmond, who emigrated from "Enniscorthy," Ireland, by his wife Mary,
daughter of Isaac Winston, of Hanover county, Virginia, was born November 14, 1739, in Hanover
county; was colonel of the militia and burgess for Halifax county in 1765, 1766-1769 and
1769-1771. He married, February 28, 1767, Mildred Lightfoot, daughter of William Lightfoot and
his wife, Mildred Howell. He died in Halifax county, November 7, 1780.
[Page 216]
Collier, Isaac, came to
Virginia about 1660 and settled in York county. He married a sister of Edward and John Lockey,
two London merchants, the former of whom settled in York county and died without issue. Isaac
Collier died in 1671.
[Page 216]
Collier, Samuel, was a
boy who came in the First Supply in January, 1608. He was shortly after left by John
Smith with the Warascoyack Indians to learn their language. He became useful as an interpreter.
In 1622 he was living at Elizabeth, where he was killed accidentally by a sentinel.
[Page 216]
Collier, William,
citizen and weaver of London, came to York county in 1670, and finally settled in New Kent
county, where in 1675 he was lieutenant-colonel of the militia. From him descended a numerous
offspring in King William, New Kent and Charles City counties.
[Page 216]
Comrie, Dr. William,
resided in Henrico county in 1739. His wife was Margaret Baintone, daughter of Josias Baintone,
one of the six clerks in chancery in England, and niece of Thomas Pratt, one of the masters in
chancery.
[Page 216]
Coney, Henry, gentleman,
lived at "Coney borough," and was a burgess for Archer's Hope and the Glebe Land in 1629-30, 1632
and 1632-33.
[Page 216]
Conway, Edwin, son of
Edwin Conway and Sarah Walker, was born in 1682, was lieutenant-colonel of the militia of
Lancaster county and a burgess from 1710 to 1758; vestryman of Christ Church and St. Mary's White
Chapel. He died October 3, 1763, leaving issue, Peter and other children.
[Page 216]
Conway, Major Peter, was
the son of Colonel Edwin Conway and his wife, Anne Ball. He married (first) Elizabeth Spann, of
Northumberland; (second) Elizabeth Lee, of the same county. He was a justice of Lancaster county
in 1742; burgess from Lancaster in the assembly of 1748-1749. He died in 1753.
[Pages 216-217]
Cooke, Giles, son of
Mordecai Cooke, the immigrant to Virginia, was tobacco agent in 1714, and was burgess for
Gloucester county in the assembly of 1723-1726.
[Page 217]
Cooke, John, came from
Youghall in the county of Cork, Ireland, and settled in Overwharton parish, Stafford county,
Virginia, early in the eighteenth century. He married Elizabeth Travers, daughter of Raleigh
Travers and his wife, Hannah Ball, half sister of Mary Ball, mother of Washington. He had issue,
a son, Traverse, and three daughters Ann, Hannah and Million.
[Page 217]
Cooke, Mordecai,
ancestor of a well-known family in Virginia, patented October 2, 1650, 1,174 acres in Mobjack
Bay, which he called "Mordecai's Mount." He had issue Mordecai, Thomas, Giles, John, Mary married
Thomas Booth; Frances married Gabriel Throckmorton, and Susannah married Henry Fitzhugh. He used
the same arms as the Cookes of Whitfield, county Suffolk, England. (See Descendants of Mordecai
Cooke of Mordecai's Mount," Gloucester county, Virginia, by Dr. William Carter Stubbs.
[Page 217]
Cooke, Mordecai, Jr.,
son of Mordecai Cooke, patented land in 1703,was sheriff of Gloucester county in 1703, was
sheriff of Gloucester county in 1703 and burgess in 1696, 1699, 1700-1702 and 1712-1714.
[Page 217]
Cooper, Sampson, of
Ripon, Yorkshire, England, alderman, had extensive dealings with Virginia and Maryland, died in
Northumberland county in 1659, and was buried at Colonel John Trussell's. He directed that his
son Samuel should be sent back to England and bound out to Samuel Coke, silkman in London. To son
Jonathan, meadow land at Maidstone in Kent; wife Bridget.
[Page 217]
Copeland, John, a Quaker,
who suffered much at the hands of the New England Puritans. When Thomas Story, the Quaker,
visited him in Isle of Wight county in 1699, he showed him is right ear mutilated by the
Puritans.
[Page 217]
Cooper, George, a justice
of Northumberland county, colonel of the militia, and the burgess in 1692, 1699 and 1700-1702.
His will dated November 13, 1708, was proved July 18, 1711. Made liberal gifts of land to the
churches of his county and for the support of the aged and needful of St. Stephen's parish.
[Page 217]
Corbin, Gawin, of
Middlesex county, son of Henry Corbin, of the colonial council, was naval officer of the
Rappahannock in 1705. He was burgess for Middlesex county in 1698, 1699, 1700-1702, 1703-1705,
1718-1720 and for King and Queen county in 1715. He was county lieutenant. He married three
times: (first) Catherine Wormeley; (second) Jane Lane, widow of Willis Wilson of Elizabeth City
county, and daughter of John Lane of King and Queen, and (third) Martha Bassett. He died January
1, 1745, and was father of: 1. Richard Corbin, of "Laneville." 2. John Corbin, of "Portobago,"
Essex county. 3. Gawin Corbin, of "Pecatone."
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Corbin, Gawin, son of
Gawin Corbin and Jane Lane, his wife, lived at "Pekatone," Westmoreland county, and at
"Laneville." King and Queen county. He was burgess for King and Queen county in 1736-1740 and for
Middlesex county in 1742-1747. He married Hannah Lee, daughter of Thomas Lee, of "Stratford,"
Westmoreland county, Virginia, and his will was proved in Westmoreland county January 29, 1760.
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Corbin, John Tayloe, son of
Colonel Richard Corbin, of "Laneville," King and Queen county, member of the council, was a
burgess for King and Queen county 1769-1772, 1772-1774, 1775; did not approve of separation from
Great Britain; he married Maria Waller, daughter of Judge Benjamin Waller, of Williamsburg;
grandfather of General Richard Corbin, of the confederate army.
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Corker, John, was burgess
for Passbehay in the assembly of September 4, 1632, and for Passbehay, James City and
Chickahominy in that of February, 1633. He was clerk of the house of burgess in 1645 and was
still clerk in 1653. He married Dorcas, born in 1601, and was father of William Corker (q. v.).
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Corker, William, son of
John Corker (q. v.) and Dorcas, his wife was burgess for James City in 1655-1656, and captain of
the militia. He married Lucy, daughter of Captain John White. He left three daughters, Susanna,
who married George Branch, Judith who married ——— Clay, and Lucy who married
——— Jordan. His will was proved in Surry county September 4, 1677.
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Corprew, Joshua, was a
burgess from Norfolk in the assembly of 1756-1758.
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Cotton, Anne, wife of John
Cotton of Queen's Creek, York county, Virginia. She wrote an account of Bacon's rebellion
entitled "Our Late Troubles in Virginia. She wrote an account of Bacon's rebellion entitled "Our
Late Troubles in Virginia, written in1676 by Mrs. An. Cotton of Q. Creeke" (Force's Tracts I. No.
ix). Internal evidence shows that she was also the author of "A Narrative of the Indian and Civil
Wars in Virginia in the years 1675 and 1676" (Force's Tracts I. No. xi).
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Cotton, Rev. William,
was minister of Accomack, and brother-in-law of William Stone, first Protestant governor of
Maryland. His mother Joane Cotton in 1640 was living at Bunbury in Cheshire, England. He died in
1640.
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Covington, Richard,
was a burgess for Essex county in the assembly of 1703-1705, and was justice of the peace and
lieutenant-colonel of the militia.
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Cowles, Thomas, was
burgess for James City county in 1698; sheriff in 1700. He was ancestor of a well-known family in
James City county.
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Coxe, Richard, was a
burgess from Weyanoke in the assembly of 1632.
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Crabb, John, settled in
Westmoreland county, Virginia, was a successful merchant and married about 1673 Temperance,
daughter of Dr. Thomas Gerrard, and widow of Daniel Hutt, of the same county. He left sons Osman
and Thomas Crabb, of Brislington, alias Bruselton, Somerset, England, died about 1695, leaving
the bulk of his estate to his brother John, of Virginia.
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Craddock, Lieutenant
William, had charge in 1614 of the first salt works in Virginia on Smith's Island, near Cape
Charles. In 1618 he was provost marshal of Bermuda City and of all the hundreds thereto
belonging. He died before 1625.
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Crashaw, Raleigh
(Rawley), member of the Virginia Company of London, came to Virginia in 1608, was prominent
in the early adventures, went on a trading expedition up the Potomac at the time of the massacre
in 1622, and so escaped death; member of the house of burgesses in 1623; was probably a near
relative of Rev. William and his son, the poet, Crashaw.