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[Page 239]
Fowke (Foulke), Thomas,
brother of Colonel Gerard Fowke (q. v.), was born in England and came to Virginia about 1650;
captain of militia and burgess for James City county in 1659, and afterwards on his removal to
Westmoreland county was burgess in 1660. He died in 1663 without issue.
[Page 239]
Fowler, Bartholomew,
was commissioned attorney general of Virginia, June 22, 1699. He resided in Henrico county, and
died about 1703, when his widow Sarah (Archer) married Dr. Archibald Blair.
[Page 239]
Fowler, Francis, born
1601, was a burgess in 1641 and 1642, for James City county. In 1635 he patented 900 acres of
land in James City county, opposite Jouring Point.
[Page 239]
Fox, David, son of Captain
David Fox, a prominent merchant and officer of Lancaster county, who died in 1669, was born March
12, 1650. He married Hannah Ball, daughter of Colonel William Ball. He was one of the justices
with the rank of captain, and served as burgess for Lancaster in the assemblies of 1677, 1680,
1685-86, 1692-93. He died in 1702, and was father of William Fox (q. v.).
[Page 239]
Fox, Henry, was son of John
Fox, a ship captain, who traded extensively with Virginia from 1655 to his death in 1683. Henry
Fox was a vestryman of St. John's parish, King and Queen county in 1693, and justice of the court
in 1699. When King William county was formed from King and Queen county, Henry Fox's estate was
in that county. He was a member of the house of burgesses in 1710, 1712, 1714, and died in 1714.
By his wife, Anne, daughter of Colonel John West, he had several sons, John, Thomas and Henry
Fox.
[Page 239]
Fox, Henry, son of Henry
Fox, of King William county, was sheriff of King William in 1724 and 1725, and about 1730 he
removed to Brunswick county, of which he was one of the first justices and one of the two first
representatives in the house of burgesses in 1732.
[Page 239]
Fox, Rev. John, was usher in
the grammar school of William and Mary College in 1729, master of the Indian school 1730-1737,
and afterwards served as rector of Ware parish, Gloucester county. He married Isabella, daughter
of Thomas Booth, of Gloucester county.
[Page 239]
Fox, Major Richard, a
royalist officer, came to Virginia in 1649. He afterwards returned, was at once arrested by order
of the council of state, but released on promising "to leave town in four days and be of good
behavior."
[Pages 239-240]
Fox, William, son of
Captain David Fox, (q. v.), was a justice of the peace and burgess for Lancaster county in
1700-1702. he was also a captain of militia. He married Ann Chinn, but died without issue in
1718. His widow married (secondly) Richard Chichester, Esq.
[Page 240]
Francis, Thomas, was a
burgess from Upper Norfolk in the assembly of 1657-1658.
[Page 240]
Franklin, "Mr.
Ferdinand," was a burgess from James City in the assembly of 1641, and a burgess (county
unknown) in the assembly of 1642.
[Page 240]
Fry, John, son of Colonel
Joshua Fry and his wife, Mary Micou, was born November 7, 1737. He was vestryman of St. Anne's
parish, Albemarle county, and burgess for the county from 1761 to 1764, when his seat was vacated
by his accepting the office of coroner. He was colonel of the Albemarle militia. He married
Sarah, daughter of Ebenezer Adams, of New Kent, by whom he left issue.
[Page 240]
Fry, Joshua, son of Joseph
Fry, of Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England, yeoman, was born in 1700; matriculated at Wadham
College, Oxford, March 31, 1718. He came to Virginia about 1720, was vestryman and magistrate in
Essex county. In 1729 he was appointed master of the grammar school at William and Mary College
and in 1732 was made professor of natural philosophy and mathematics and continued as such till
1737, when he was succeeded by John Graeme. He removed to Albemarle county, which he represented
in the house of burgesses from 1744 to 1754. In 1732 Joshua Fry, Robert Brooke, and William Mayo
petitioned the house of burgesses for aid in making a map of the colony of Virginia, but the
petition was rejected. He was a justice and surveyor for Albemarle county and in 1745 was
appointed county lieutenant. The same year he acted as commissioner to mark the western line of
the northern neck, granted to Lord Culpeper. In 1749 Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson completed
their map of Virginia, and the same year he was one of the commissioners to continue the line
between Virginia and North Carolina, which in 1728 had been run from the Atlantic ocean to
Peter's Creek by William Byrd and others. This line was completed to the Tennessee river by
Thomas Walker and David Smith, on the part of Virginia as commissioners. In 1752 he was one of
the commissioners to negotiate the treaty of Logstown in the Ohio, by which the "Six Nations"
surrendered their claim to the territory south of the Ohio river. When the French and Indian war
began, Fry was made colonel of the regiment to defend the Ohio river, and Washington was
lieutenant-colonel. Soon after, while on the march, he died at Wills' Creek, May 31, 1754. He
married Mary Micon, widow of Colonel Hill, and daughter of Paul Micou, who was an
exile from France to Essex county.
[Page 240]
French, Daniel, lived in
Culpeper county where he was one of the justices. He was son of Hugh French, of St. Mary's
parish, Richmond county, who died about 1701, and father of Margaret French, who married James
Strother.
[Page 240]
Fulford, "Mr. Francis,"
was burgess from Henrico in the assembly of 1641.
[Page 240]
Gaines, Harry, was burgess
for King William county in 1766 and 1767, and major of the militia. He died in July, 1767.
[Page 240]
Gaddes (Gadis), John,
burgess for James City county in 1705-1706.
[Page 241]
Gale, Thomas, was a burgess
from Isle of Wight in the assembly of 1752-1755.
[Page 241]
Galt, Dr. John M., was son of
Samuel Galt, a covenanter, of Londonderry, Ireland, who came to Virginia about 1735, and married
Lucy Servant. He was born in 1744, was educated at William and Mary College and studied medicine
at Edinburgh and Pris, 1765-66-67. He was for a time a surgeon with the Hudson Bay Company,
settled in Williamsburg Virginia, and was vestryman of Bruten parish church. In 1774 he was one
of the committee of safety for Williamsburg. During the American war he had charge of the sick
soldiers in the hospitals in and around Williamsburg. He married Judith Craig, daughter of
Alexander Craig and Mary Manpin, his wife. He died in 1808.
[Page 241]
Galthorpe, Stephen,
sailed with the first settlers to Virginia in 1606. In the West Indies he attempted to raise a
mutiny among the passengers. He died during the summer at Jamestown, August 15, 1607.
[Page 241]
Gany, William, came to
Virginia in 1616, and his wife Ann came in 1620. In 1624, aged thirty-three, he was living at
Elizabeth City. In 1635 he obtained a patent for land in Accomac, due him on account of the
personal adventure of his wife Ann, son William, daughter Ann, brother Henry Gany, and the
importation of twenty-one servants.
[Page 241]
Gardner, Captain Thomas,
had command in 1673 of his majesty's hired ship The Barnaby. In 1676 he was in command
of The Adam and Eve stationed in James river and captured Bacon when he came to take
part in the assembly after his first march against the Indians. This caused his arrest during
Bacon's assembly and his being imprisoned and fined.
[Page 241]
Garnett, James, son of
John Garnett, of Essex county, was a burgess from Essex county in 1741 and in the assembly of
1742-1747. He married Elizabeth Muscoe, daughter of Salvator Muscoe, a lawyer and burgess, and
his will was proved in Essex county, July 15, 1765. He was father of Muscoe Garnett, who married
Grace Fenton Mercer, daughter of John Mercer, the celebrated lawyer.
[Page 241]
Gaskins, Thomas, son of
Thomas Gaskins and Mary Conway, daughter of Colonel Edwin Conway, was burgess for Northumberland
county in 1766-1768; lieutenant-colonel, justice, etc. He married Sarah Eustace, and was father
of Thomas Gaskins, lieutenant-colonel of the Fourth Virginia Regiment in the revolution. His will
was proved April 12, 1785.
[Page 241]
Glasscock, Thomas,
member of an influential family of Richmond county, was burgess for that county n the assembly of
May, 1769.
[Page 241]
George, John, patented, in
1635, 900 acres on Bayley's Creek in Prince George county, due for the importation of his wife
Jane and seventeen other persons. he was afterwards a prominent citizen of Isle of Wight county,
for which he was burgess in 1647 and 1652; lieutenant-colonel of militia, etc. He died in 1678.
[Pages 241-242]
Gerrard, Dr. Thomas,
an early emigrant to Maryland, where he was for a long time member of the council. His first
wife was Susanna, daughter of Justinian Snow, Lord Baltimore's factor in the tobacco trade.
Gerrard was banished from Maryland for taking part in the rebellion of Josias Fendall. He settled
at Machodick, Westmoreland county, and his will dated February 1, 1672, was proved November 19,
1673.
[Page 242]
Gibbes, Lieutenant,
was a burgess from Captain Ward's plantation in the assembly of 1619.
[Page 242]
Gibson, Jonathan, was
burgess from Caroline county in the assembly of 1736-1740.
[Page 242]
Giles (Gyles), John, was
burgess from Isle of Wight county in the assembly of 1696-97, 1698, 1699.
[Page 242]
Giles (Gyles) Thomas, was
a burgess from Isle of Wight county in the sessions of May 13, and June 18, 1702. In 1694 he was
one of the justices of Isle of Wight county.
[Page 242]
Gill, Captain Stephen, a
chirurgeon, patented in 1636 100 acres in Charles River county (York) on account of the personal
adventure of his now wife, Ann Gill, and her late husband, Henry Toppin. He was a justice of York
in 1652 and burgess in 1653. His will was proved August 2, 1653.
[Page 242]
Glassell, Andrew, son
of Robert Glassell, of Rucan, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, who lived "near Torthorwald, the castle
of the Douglass," was born in Galloway, Scotland, October 8, 1738, emigrated to Madison county,
Virginia, in 1756. He built a splendid mansion upon the Upper Robinson river and called it
"Torthorwald." He married Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Erasmus Taylor, great-uncle of President
Zachary Taylor. He died in Virginia, July 24, 1827, leaving issue. His brother, John Glassell,
was a merchant in Fredericksburg, who acquired a large fortune. On the breaking out of the
American revolution he returned to Scotland and resided on his estate, Long Nidry, sixteen miles
from Edinburgh. His only daughter and heiress, Joanna, married April 17, 1820, John, seventh Duke
of Argyle.
[Page 242]
Godfrey, Matthew, was a
burgess from Norfolk in the sessions of December 5, 1700, May 13, and June 18, 1702. He was a son
of John Godfrey, whose will was proved in Norfolk county, May 15, 1710.
[Page 242]
Godwin, Joseph, burgess
for Isle of Wight county in 1710-1712, 1712-1714, 1723-1726, 1727-1734. He was son of Colonel
Thomas Godwin and Martha Bridger, his wife.
[Page 242]
Godwin, Rev. Morgan,
entered oxford in 1661 and March 16, 1665, received the Bachelor of Arts degree. He came to
Virginia soon after and took charge of Marston parish, York county. He resided for a short time
at Jamestown, and after visiting the West Indies returned to England. In 1680 he published a
pamphlet against slavery called "The Negroes' and Indians' Advocate" and five years later
preached a sermon in Westminster Abbey against the evils of the slave trade, thus preceding
Wilberforce and Clarkson by more than a century. His father, Rev. Morgan Godwin, was arch-deacon
of Shropshire, his grandfather bishop of Hereford, and his great-grandfather, Thomas Godwin, was
bishop of Bath and Wells.
[Pages 242-243]
Godwin, Thomas,
first of the family in Virginia, was burgess for Nansemond county in 1654 and 1655. In 1674
"Capt. Thomas Godwin is referred to as an 'antient' inhabitant of Nanzemond Countie Court." In
March, 1676, he is referred to as "colonel," and as "Col. Thomas Godwin" he was speaker of the
house of burgesses in June, 1676, which passed "Bacon's Laws." His will was dated March 24, 1677,
and names sons, Thomas (q. v.) and Edmund, and daughter Elizabeth.
[Page 243]
Godwin, Thomas, son of
Colonel Thomas Godwin, was member of the Nansemond county court in 1680, with title of captain.
He was later colonel, commanding the militia of Nansemond, and presiding justice of the county.
He married Martha Bridger, daughter of Colonel Joseph Bridger, of the council. His will, dated
May 3, 1712, was proved in Nansemond, May 27, 1714. He had issue — Thomas, Joseph, Edmund,
Samuel, William, Martha, Mary and James.
[Page 243]
Godwin, Thomas, Jr.,
son of Colonel Thomas Godwin and Martha Bridger, his wife, was returned by the sheriff as elected
to a seat in the assembly of 1699, but the assembly set aside the return in favor of Thomas
Milner. he was a member in 1710-1712, 1712-1714 and 1723-1726, and sheriff, 1731, 1732 and 1734.
He married Mary Pitt, and left issue.
[Page 243]
Gooch (Gouge, Gough), Henry,
was probably a brother of Major William Gooch, of the council, who died in York county,
October 29, 1655. He was a justice and lieutenant-colonel of the York county militia. He took
sides with Bacon in 1676, and after the surrender of West Point, January 16, 1677, Lawrence and
the other rebels held their last meeting at Colonel Gooch's home in what is now King William
county, on the Pamunkey river. While Lawrence, Whaley and Forth took to the wilderness, Gooch
surrendered to Sir William Berkeley. He was sentenced to pay a fine of 6,000 pounds of tobacco
and to beg mercy on his bended knees in court. He married Jane Jones, daughter of Rev. Rowland
Jones, of Bruton parish, York county (see "William and Mary College Quarterly," vol. v, 110-112).
[Page 243]
Goodrich, Charles, was
a burgess from Charles City county in the assembly of 1696-97 He was son of John Goodrich, who
made his will in Isle of Wight county in 1698.
[Page 243]
Goodrich, Edward, son
of Edward Goodrich, of Prince George county (q. v.), was a burgess from Brunswick county in
1755-1758, 1758-1761. He was sheriff of Brunswick in 1759.
[Page 243]
Goodrich, Edward, was
a burgess from Prince George county in 1711, 1712-1714, 1715, 1718, 1720. He died the latter
year, and in his will names children — Mary, Elizabeth, Benjamin and Edward.
[Page 243]
Goodrich, John, was
burgess for Isle of Wight county in 1695-1696, but died before the opening of the second session.
He was born in 1652 and left issue — George and John, and four daughters.
[Page 243]
Goode, Bennett, was son
of John Goode, of Fall's Plantation, Chesterfield county, and grandson of John Goode, the
immigrant. He married Martha Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson, grandfather of President
Jefferson. He died in Goochland county in 1771, and his will named his son Bennett, who was a
member of the revolutionary conventions of 1775 and 1776 from Mecklenburg county, and of the
state convention of 1788.
[Page 244]
Goode, John, immigrant,
resided in Henrico county, Virginia, before 1676. He took sides with Nathaniel Bacon until the
latter avowed his intentions of resisting the King's soldiers. he settled at "Whitby," on the
James river. he died in 1709, leaving issue. His brother, Rev. Marmaduke Goode, was of Ufton,
Berkshire, England.
[Page 244]
Goodwin, James, was the
youngest son of Peter Goodwin, salter, of Tower street ward, London, and Sarah, daughter of John
Hilliard, or Highlord. His pedigree is published in the "Visitation of London," 1633. James, who
was probably a royalist refugee, was justice of York county from 1657 to 1662, and in 1658 he
represented York county in the house of burgesses. He had the rank of major in the militia and
died in 1679, leaving issue.
[Page 244]
Gookin, Daniel, was of an
ancient family of Kent, in England, son of Sir Vincent Gookin. He removed to Cariggaline, a few
miles south of Cork, in Ireland, on the shores of Cork harbor. He came to Virginia in 1622 from
Newce's Town, in Cork county, founded by Sir William Newce. He received from the London Company
2,500 acres, which was located at Newport News. Shortly after his arrival the first Indian
massacre occurred, but Daniel Gookin, with his servants and company, at Newport News successfully
repelled the attack. A few weeks later he sailed to England in the ship which first brought the
news of the massacre of more than 300 English. It is probable that he never returned to Virginia,
but carried on his plantation at Newport News through his son, Daniel Gookin Jr.
[Page 244]
Gookin, Daniel, Jr.,
son of Daniel Gookin and Mary Bird, his wife, was born about 1612. He was agent for his father at
Newport News and was residing there in March, 1633, when Captain Peter de Vries anchored his ship
before the place. He was burgess for Upper Norfolk county in 1641 and commander of that county.
In 1642 he joined in a petition to the general court of Massachusetts for three able ministers to
occupy the parishes in his neighborhood. In answer John Knowles, William Thompson and Thomas
James were sent. But Governor Berkeley and his assembly came down so hard upon them that the
Puritan ministers soon returned to Massachusetts and Daniel Gookin went with them. He became one
of the leading men in Massachusetts, a major-general, etc. He died March 19, 1687, and was buried
at Cambridge, where his tombstone may still be seen.
[Page 244]
Gookin, John, was probably
son of Daniel Gookin, Sr., as he joined in a deed with Daniel Gookin, Jr., to convey Newport News
to John Chandler. he was a burgess for Upper Norfolk county (Nansemond) in 1639 and 1641. He was
also presiding magistrate for Lower Norfolk county. He married Sarah Offley, widow of Captain
Adam Thoroughgood, and had a daughter Mary, who married (first) William Moseley, (second)
Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Lawson. He died November 2, 1643. His widow married (third) Colonel
Francis Yardley and deceased August, 1657.
[Pages 244-245]
Gordon, James, born
1714, came with his brother John to Virginia in 1738 from Newry, county Down, Ireland. He was a
son of James Gordon, of Sheepsbridge and Lisdaff, in that county, a Presbyterian, whose ancestor
came from Scotland to Ireland probably at the time of the Ulster Plantation. He settled in
Lancaster county, was a justice of the peace, colonel of the militia and a prominent planter and
merchant. He was one of the pioneers of Presbyterianism in Eastern Virginia, and was intimate
with Samuel Davies and James Waddell, "the Blind Preacher," who married his daughter Mary. He
married (first) Milicent Conway, (second Mary, daughter of Colonel Nathaniel Harrison, of Surry
county, and dying June 2, 1768, left issue. James Gordon kept an interesting diary which has been
published in the "William and Mary Quarterly Magazine."
[Page 245]
Gordon, Rev. John, son of
Patrick Gordon, regent of King's College Aberdeen, was minister of Wilmington parish, James City
county, Virginia, and died circa 1705. He was brother of Alexander Gordon, professor of
humanity in King's College, Aberdeen, and of George Gordon, professor of Oriental languages in
said college.
[Page 245]
Gordon, Samuel, son of
David Gordon, of Craig, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Scotland; an eminent merchant of
Petersburg. He was born in 1727 and died April 14, 1771. His tombstone, with coat-of-arms lies in
Blandford churchyard.
[Page 245]
Gorsuch, Rev. John, a
royalist minister, rector of Walkhorn, Herefordshire, 1633, came to Virginia and died in
Lancaster county in 1657. He married Anne Lovelace, sister of Colonel Francis Lovelace and
Richard Lovelace, the poet. They had several sons, and three daughters — Katherine, who
married ——— Whitty; Ruth, who married William Whitby, of Warwick county, and Anne,
who married Thomas Todd, of Mobjack Bay.
[Page 245]
Gosnold, Anthony,
brother of Captain Bartholomew Gosnold (q. v.),
came to Virginia among the first settlers in 1607. He was a brave soldier, and very serviceable,
but lost his life with Matthew Scrivener and Nathaniel Waldoe in a storm when attempting by boat
to reach Hog Island in 1609.
[Page 245]
Gough, Matthew, was a
burgess for Henrico in 1642-43.
[Page 245]
Gough, Nathaniel, was a
burgess (county unassigned) in the assembly of 1642.
[Page 245]
Gouldman, Francis, was
burgess from Essex county in the sessions of April 24, 1706, October 22, 1712, and November 16,
1714.
[Page 245]
Gough, William, son of
Mr. John Gough, patented in 1694, 1,225 acres on Pepettico swamp, formerly the land granted his
father. He was burgess for King and Queen at the assembly of 1700-1702, but died before the
opening of the third session in 1702.
[Page 245]
Gourgainy (Gurgany,
Gourgaing), Edward, was granted in 1617 by the Virginia Company of London 400 acres
afterwards known as "Longfield" and still later as "Curles." In 1619 he represented Argall's Gift
in the first general assembly at Jamestown. He died the same year, leaving a widow Anne, who
bequeathed "Longfield" to Captain Thomas Harris. It was afterwards the residence of Nathaniel
Bacon Jr.
[Pages 245-246]
Gower, Abell, was a
justice of Henrico county, Virginia, from 1679 till his death in 1689; sheriff in 1681, and
member of the house of burgesses in 1679. He married Jane, daughter of Edward Hatcher, of
Henrico. He appears to have left one daughter Tabitha. He appears to have been a son of Abell
Gower, of Boulton, county Gloucester, England, esquire.
[Page 246]
Graffenreidt,
Christopher de, son of Baron Christopher de Graffenreidt, of Berne, in Switzerland, founder
of Newberne, North Carolina, he married in Charleston, South Carolina, February 22, 1714, Barbara
Tempest Needham, born in Hertfordshire, England. He moved to Williamsburg, Virginia, where they
kept an ordinary. In 1734 he patented land in Brunswick county. Mrs. Barbara de Graffenreidt
survived her husband, and in 1739 the "Virginia Gazette" has notices of "dancing assemblies"
given by her. He left issue.
[Page 246]
Graham, John, son of John
Graham, of Wakenston, Perthshire, Scotland, was born April 30, 1718; was a merchant in Dumfries,
Prince William county. He married Elizabeth Catesby Cocke, daughter of William Cocke, secretary
of state, and died in August, 1787, leaving issue.
[Page 246]
Graham, Richard, son of
Richard Graham, of Brampton, Cumberland; matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, March 14, 1737
aged seventeen; Bachelor of Arts, 1742, and Master of Arts, February 18, 1746; qualified as
professor of natural philosophy and mathematics in William and Mary College, 1749; removed by the
board in 1758; appointed to the chair of moral philosophy, June 26, 1761, and reinstated by the
privy council to his former position in January, 1764. In 1764 he was defeated for the presidency
by James Horrocks, and in 1766 returned to Oxford University, of which he was a fellow.
[Page 246]
Grantham, Captain Thomas,
was in 1676 commander of an English ship which arrived in Virginia during Bacon's rebellion.
He rendered material assistance in suppressing the disturbances and left an account of the
transactions he was engaged in. he was afterward knighted.
[Page 246]
Graves, Captain Thomas,
an ancient planter, subscribed twenty-five pounds to the Virginia Company of London, went to
Virginia in 1608, was captured by the savages and rescued by Thomas Savage; a member of the first
house of burgesses in 1619 for Smythe's Hundred; living on the eastern shore in 1620; a burgess
for Accomac in 1629-32; a commissioner in 1621-1632. In 1628 he received a grant for 200 acres on
account of his subscription to the stock of the London county.
[Page 246]
Gray, Colonel Edwin, son of
Colonel Joseph Gray, of Southampton county, was burgess for that county from 1769 to 1776, and
member of the conventions of 1774, 1775 and 1776, and of the house of delegates and state senate,
and member of congress from 1799 to 1813.
[Page 246]
Gray, Francis, son of
Thomas Gray, the immigrant, was burgess for Surry county in 1663. He died about 1679.
[Pages 246-247]
Gray, Francis, went
at an early day from England to Maryland. In 1637 he was living in St. George's Hundred,
Maryland, which he represented that year in the general assembly. By trade a carpenter. He was a
Protestant and was compelled on account of his opposition to Lord Baltimore to emigrate in 1647
across the Potomac to Machodoc, in Westmoreland county. He died in 1677. He was ancestor of the
Grays of Caroline and Culpeper counties.
[Page 247]
Gray, Colonel Joseph, was
born in Surry county, and was the son of either Gilbert or William Gray Jr., his brother. He was
burgess for Isle of Wight from 1736 to 1749, and for Southampton county from 1754 to 1758, 1762
to 1769. He is believed to have been the father of Colonel Edwin Gray, of Southampton county (q.
v.).
[Page 247]
Gray, Rev. Samuel, came to
Virginia before 1693; one of the first trustees of William and Mary College; minister of Christ
Church, Middlesex county, till 1699, when he was removed because of his whipping a negro slave to
death, for which he was tried for his life and barely escaped condemnation. He was afterwards
minister of St. Peter's Church from 1707 to 1709, and died on the 25th of December, the latter
year.
[Page 247]
Gray, Thomas, immigrant,
patented land in Surry in 1635, 1639 and 1642. he was born in 1593 and died after 1653. He left
four sons — William, Thomas, John and Francis (q. v.). Gray's creek, opposite to Jamestown
Island, formerly Rolfe's creek, gets its name from him.
[Page 247]
Gray, William, probably a
son of William Gray, son of Thomas, the immigrant, was justice for Sussex county in 1710; sheriff
in 1718, 1719, and burgess for Surry, 1710, 1712, 1713, 1714 and 1715. His will, dated June 3,
was proved November 18, 1719. He left a son, William Gray Jr. (q. v.).
[Page 247]
Gray, William, Jr., son
of William Gray, was burgess for Surry county, 1723-1726. In 1736 he married Elizabeth, widow of
William Chamberlayne, of New Kent, and removed to that county, of which he was appointed justice
in 1742. In 1739 he patented 5,800 acres in Goochland county, in which neighborhood still resides
a prominent family of the name.
[Page 247]
Green, John, son of Colonel
William Green, was burgess for Culpeper in 1769-1771; colonel in the revolution, distinguished at
Brandywine. He married Susanna Blackwell, and they were parents of William Green, and
grandparents of John William Green, judge of the supreme court of appeals of Virginia, who was
father of William Green, LL. D.
[Page 247]
Robert, Green, son of
William Green, of England, who served in the body guard of William, Prince of Orange, came to
Virginia in 1712 with his uncle, William Duff, a Quaker. He inherited much property from Duff. He
was vestryman of St. Mark's Parish, Orange county, and in 1736 and in 1738 represented the county
in the house of burgesses. He married Eleanor Dunn, and his will, dated February 22, 1747-48, was
proved in Orange county, July 28, 1748. He had six sons — William, Robert, John, Nicholas,
James and Moses — from whom are descended many men of distinction.
[Page 247]
Green, Roger, was minister
in Nansemond county in 1653, and in 1656 was minister at Jamestown. In 1661 he published in
England a pamphlet called "Virginia's Cure." He was alive in 1671.
[Page 247]
Green, William, son of
Robert Green, of Orange county, was vestryman of St. Mark's Parish and burgess for Culpeper
county from 1752 to 1760. He married Miss Coleman, of Caroline county, and died in 1770.
[Page 248]
Greenhill, David, son
of Paschal Greenhill, was burgess for Amelia county in 1761-1765. he married Catherine Claiborne,
sister of William Claiborne, of "Romancoke," who died in 1746. He died in Amelia in 1772, leaving
among other children Paschal Greenhill (q. v.). His Uncle Joseph left him lands in Great Britain.
[Page 248]
Greenhill, Paschal,
was a son of David Greenhill, and was burgess from Prince Edward county in the assemblies of
1769-1771 and 1772-1774. He died in 1812.
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Gregory, Richard, was
burgess for King and Queen county in 1698. His will was proved in Essex county, February 17,
1701, and names sons, Richard and John, and daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth.
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Gregson, Thomas, was a
burgess for Essex county in 1698. His will, dated December 20, 1704, was proved January 10,
1705-06. He names his brother, William Gregson, of London; his sister Rachel, wife of George
Arthur, of Bristol, and nephews, Henry and Samuel Lloyd, sons of Henry Lloyd, late of Bristol;
wife Ann.
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Grendon (Grindon, Grindall),
Edward, came to Virginia before 1616, and in 1620 patented 150 acres on the south side of
James river, over against Jamestown. This land, called "Grindall's Hill," was the same as the
"Old Fort" land which Captain John Smith fortified for a retreat. It was a mile up Gray's creek,
and went to Thomas Grendon, his heir, and he in 1649 sold it to Mountjoy Evelyn. In 1625 Edward
Grendon was burgess.
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Grendon, Sarah, wife of
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Grendon, was a sympathizer with Nathaniel Bacon. In 1677 she was
excepted from the general pardon. She afterward married Mr. Brain, a merchant of London.
Evidently a woman of strong mind and purpose.
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Grendon, Thomas, son of
Thomas Grendon, was a London merchant, who resided frequently in Virginia. He represented
"Smyth's Mount, The Other Side of the Water, and Hogg Island" (now in Surry county) in the
assembly in 1633. In 1649 he sold Grindall's Hill, patented by Edward Grindon, to Mountjoy
Evelyn. He married Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Stegge Sr., merchant of Virginia and London, who
died at sea in 1651. He was succeeded by his son, Thomas Grendon Jr.
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Grendon, Thomas, Jr.,
son of Thomas Grendon, merchant, settled in the parish of Westover, Charles City county, and had
large estates in Virginia and England. He was lieutenant-colonel of the Charles City militia in
1680, commanding the cavalry. He married Sarah, widow of Thomas Stegge Jr., and died in 1684,
when his will disposes of a great estate in Virginia, Staffordshire, England, etc.
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Griffin, Lady Christina,
wife of Judge Cyrus Griffin, and daughter of John Stuart, sixth earl of Traquair, in
Scotland. She died in Williamsburg, 1807.
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Griffin, Corbin, of
Yorktown, Virginia, son of Leroy Griffin and Mary Anne Bertrand, his wife, graduated Doctor of
Medicine; member York county committee of safety, 1775-76; surgeon in the state line during the
revolution; state senator, 1780; died 1813. Married Mary Berkeley, daughter of Colonel Edmund
Berkeley, of "Barn Elms," Middlesex county, Virginia.