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[Page 289]
Meade, David, was the son
of Andrew Meade (born in the county of Kerry, Ireland) and Mary Latham, his wife. David Meade, in
1729 or 1730, married Susanna, daughter of Sir Richard Everard, governor of North Carolina, and
Susannah Kidder, his wife, eldest daughter of Dr. Richard Kidder, bishop of Bath and Wells. He
resided in Nansemond county, and died there in 1757, in his forty-seventh year.
[Page 289]
Meade, David, son of
David Meade and Susanna Everard, his wife, was born July 29, 1744. He was a burgess for Nansemond
county in 1769, but in 1774 removed to "Maycox," on James River in Prince George county. In 1796
he removed to Jessamine county, Kentucky, where at a very old age he died at his beautiful
residence "Chaumiére des Prairies." He married Sarah Waters, daughter of William Waters,
of Williamsburg, and left issue.
[Page 289]
Meade, Richard Kidder,
son of David Meade (q. v.) and Susanna Everard, his wife, was born in 1750, in Nansemond county.
During the American revolution he was first captain of a company in the Second Virginia Regiment
commanded by Colonel William Woodford, and afterwards was aide-de-camp to General Washington. He
married (first) Jane Randolph, aunt of John Randolph, of Roanoke, and (second) Mary Grymes,
daughter of Benjamin Grymes. He was father of Bishop William Meade.
[Page 289]
Meares, Thomas, patented
300 acres in the Upper county of New Norfolk in 1637; was burgess for Lower Norfolk in February,
1645, October, 1646, and November, 1647. He was a Puritan and removed to Maryland in 1649, and in
1654 was a resident at Providence or Annapolis. He was born in 1602.
[Page 289]
Melling, William, came
from England to Virginia before 1636, when he obtained a grant for 100 acres in Accomac. He was a
member of the house of burgesses from Northampton, July, 1653, and March, 1657-58. There is a
notice Jule 28, 1661, in the Northampton records of "William Mellings, late of Virginia, now
resident in London, gentleman."
[Page 289]
Mercer, George, eldest
son of John Mercer, of "Marlborough," was born June 23, 1733, was educated at William and Mary
College; was lieutenant and captain in Washington's First Virginia Regiment in the French and
Indian war, and later lieutenant-colonel of Colonel Byrd's Second Virginia Regiment; aide-de-camp
to Washington, and was wounded at Fort Necessity, July 3, 1754. In 1761-73 he was burgess for
Frederick county, and in 1763 went to England as agent for the Ohio Company. While there he was
appointed stamp distributor and was given charge of the stamps for Maryland and Virginia. When he
reached Virginia and learned of the feeling among the people, he resigned his office and,
entrusting the stamps to Captain Sterling, commander of his majesty's ship, Rainbow, he
returned to England. He married on August 18, 1767, at Scarboro, England, Mary Neville, daughter
of Christopher Neville, of Lincoln. He was later appointed lieutenant-governor of North Carolina,
but he did not ever act as governor. He died in London, April, 1784.
[Pages 289-290]
Mercer, James,
younger brother of John Mercer, of "Marlborough," was born February 19, 1716; was a resident of
Virginia before 1745. He was captain in the Carthagena expedition in 1740. He returned to
Virginia in 1755 as captain of the Eighteenth Regiment of Foot, commanded by Colonel Dunbar, in
the expedition against Fort Duquesne, and continued in the military service till his death, when
he had attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He died unmarried at Albany, new York, September
27, 1757.
[Page 290]
Mercer, John, of
"Marlborough," an eminent lawyer, was son of John Mercer, of Dublin, Ireland, and his wife, Grace
Fenton, and grandson of Robert Mercer and his wife, Elinor Reynolds, and great-grandson of Noel
Mercer, of Chester, England, and his wife, Ann Smith; born in Dublin, February 6, 1740,a dn
emigrated to Virginia in 1720,a t the age of sixteen. He studied law, and entered on the practice
in 1728. He acquired large landed possessions in Virginia and Ireland, and improved his great
natural abilities by extensive study in polite literature. He left a library of 1500 volumes,
one-third of which were law books. He was secretary of the Ohio Company and vestryman of Acquia
church. He was the author of an "Abridgement of the Laws of Virginia," published at Williamsburg
in 1737, with a continuation in 1739, no copy of which last is known; and of a second edition
published in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1759. He was alto the author of a tract against the Stamp Act,
said to be the first published in Virginia. He married (first) Catherine Mason, aunt of George
Mason, the statesman of the revolution; married (second) Anne Roy, of Essex county. He died at
his seat, "Marlborough," in Stafford county, Virginia, October 14, 1768.
[Page 290]
Mercer, John Fenton, son
of John Mercer, of "Marlborough," was ensign in 1754 in Fry's regiment in the French and Indian
war, lieutenant in Robert Stewart's company on the Fort Duquesne expedition, and captain in
Washington's regiment; was killed in action and scalped by the Indians, April 18, 1756, at
Edwards' Fort, on the Warm Springs mountains, while in command of a scouting party of 100 men.
[Page 290]
Meredith, Samuel, son
of Samuel Meredith (died April 14, 1762), was born in Hanover county in 1732; captain of a
company in the French and Indian war, 1758; captain of an independent company of Hanover in 1775;
burgess for Hanover county in 1766-1769, and member of the convention of December, 1775 appointed
colonel of the first battalion of minute men in May, 1776; moved from Hanover to Amherst county
about 1780; was lieutenant=colonel of the Amherst militia, justice of the peace and sheriff. He
died December 22, 1808. His second wife was Jane Henry, a sister of Patrick Henry.
[Page 290]
Meriwether, Francis,
son of Nicholas Meriwether, a native of Wales, was a large landholder in Essex county; clerk of
Essex county from 1692 to 1702; senior justice of Essex in 1711; and burgess for the county in
1705-1706. He married Mary Bathurst, daughter of Lancelot Bathurst, and died in 1712 or 1713.
[Pages 290-291]
Meriwether,
Nicholas, son of Nicholas Meriwether, of Wales, was born October 26, 1667; resided first in
James City county, then in New Kent, and latterly in Hanover. He was a justice, coroner, sheriff
and lieutenant-colonel; burgess for New Kent in the assemblies of 1705-1706, 1710-1712,
1712-1714, 1715, 1718, 1720-1722; burgess for Hanover, 1723-1726 and 1727-1734. He was a large
landowner in New Kent, Hanover and Albemarle counties. He married Elizabeth Crafford, and his
will was proved in Goochland county, November 20, 1744.
[Page 291]
Meriwether, Nicholas,
a native of Wales, born in 1631; was clerk of Surry county, Virginia, in 1655, and in 1656
purchased from Nathaniel Bacon the "Island house," on Jamestown Island; appointed justice of
Surry county in 1672 and died December 19, 1678. He was a large patentee of land and founder of
an influential Virginia family.
[Page 291]
Meriwether, William,
son of Colonel Nicholas Meriwether, of Hanover county, was a burgess in 1734-1740. He married
Elizabeth, daughter of John Bushrod, of Westmoreland county and had issue.
[Page 291]
Metcalfe, Richard, son
of Gilbert Metcalfe, merchant of London, descended from an ancient family in Yorkshire; settled
in Richmond county, Virginia. He died before 1712, leaving Gilbert Metcalfe and other children.
[Page 291]
Metcalfe, Thomas, son
of Samuel Metcalfe, grocer of Northwich, Cheshire, England, was born August 10, 1734. He came to
Virginia in 1751 with his uncle, John Metcalfe, and settled in King William county. He married in
1756, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Dr. John Strachey, formerly of Sutton Court, England, but
then of King and Queen county, Virginia. Left issue.
[Page 291]
Meux, John, immigrant,
resided in New Kent county, Virginia. He died March 19, 1727, and his wife, Elizabeth, died
August 7, 1713. They left issue — John, Ann, Richard.
[Page 291]
Milner, Francis, son of
Colonel Thomas Milner, was a burgess for Nansemond county in 1699. His daughter Anne married
Major Thomas Cary.
[Page 291]
Milner, George, an
officer under Bacon, who made terms for his life at the surrender of West Point, January 16,
1677.
[Page 291]
Milner, Thomas, lived in
Nansemond county in 1675; was clerk of the house of burgesses, 1681-84; burgess in 1688 and
1691-93, and speaker during 1692 and 1693. He was lieutenant-colonel of the militia of Nansemond
in 1680. His daughter Mary married Colonel Miles Cary, of "Rich Neck," Warwick county, and died
October 27, 1700. He used the same coat-of-arms as the Milners of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire,
England. He died in 1694.
[Page 291]
Milner, Thomas, son of
Colonel Thomas Milner, was a burgess for Nansemond county in 1698, 1699, 1700-1702. It was
doubtless his son Thomas, third of the name in Virginia, that married, in 1719-20, Mary Selden,
daughter of Samuel Selden and Rebecca, his wife, of Elizabeth city county. They had a son, Samuel
Milner, who died without issue in 1788.
[Pages 291-292]
Minge, James, was the
first of the family of Minge n Virginia. He lived in Charles City county, Virginia; was well
educated, and in 1671 is called a surveyor. He took sides with National Bacon, Jr.,
and was clerk of the house of burgesses which assembled in June, 1676 under Bacon's authority. He
was also clerk of the assembly called by General Ingram, shortly after Bacon's death, in October,
1676. he was very useful to Bacon in drawing up his laws and papers.
[Page 292]
Minor Doodes, was a Dutch
ship captain who came to Virginia about 1650, and settled first in Nansemond county. In 1665 he
was living in Lancaster county. In 1673 the general assembly naturalized Minor Doodes and his son
Doodes Minor. His will, dated December 13, 1677, was proved in Lancaster county. it is sealed
with the wax impression of a ship. He was ancestor of the Minor family of Spottsylvania county.
[Page 292]
Miller (Müller), Adam,
was a native of "Shresoin," Germany, and was the first settler, or one of the first settlers, in
the valley of Virginia. In 1726 or 1727 he located land at Massanutting, on the Shenandoah river.
This tract, now in the southwestern part of Page county, near the Rockingham line, he sold; and
in 1741 settled near Elkton, at Bear Lithia Springs. He served in the French and Indian war, and
died about the close of the revolution. In religion he was a Lutheran.
[Page 292]
Mitchell, John, was an
eminent physician and botanist. He was born in London, and his Virginia home was at Urbanna,
Middlesex county. He was a fellow of the Royal Society and gave to Linnaeus much valuable
information on American flora. Among his researches in this science are "Dissertio brevis de
Principio Botanicorum et Zoologorum," dedicated to Sir Hans Sloane, and dated Virginia, 1738, and
"Nova Plantarum Genera," dedicated to Peter Collinson (1741). They were published at Nuremberg,
1769. He contributed several articles to the "Philosophical Transactions." He wrote an article on
the "Yellow Fever in Virginia in 1737-42," which was published by Benjamin Rush in the "American
Medical and Philosophical Register" (1755). He is also credited with "A Map of the British and
French Dominions in North America," London, 1755; "The contest in America between Great Britain
and France" (anonymous about 1757), and "The Present State of Great Britain and North America."
Linnaeus bestowed Mitchell's name on the "Mitchella Repens." He died in London in March, 1768.
[Page 292]
Mitchell, Richard, was
burgess for Lancaster county in the assemblies of 1761-1765, October, 1765, 1766-1768, 1769-1771,
1772-1774. He was son of Robert Mitchell (q. v.). He was living in 1789.
[Page 292]
Mitchell, Robert, was
burgess for Lancaster county in the assembly of 1742-1747; living in 1755; father of Richard
Mitchell (q. v.).
[Page 292]
Mitchell (Michell),
William, came to Northampton county from Maryland, where he had in 1650 served as
councillor; was burgess for Northampton in 1658; captain, etc. He appears to have been an early
example of an atheist (see Neill, "Virginia Carolorum").
[Pages 292-293]
Molesworth, Colonel Guy,
was son of Anthony Molesworth, Esq., of Fotherington, in county Northampton, England. During
the civil wars (1642-1649) he was colonel of a regiment of horse and received twenty-five wounds
battling for the King. In 1650 he was banished to Barbadoes, and afterwards came to Virginia. In
1660 he aided Berkeley in drawing an address to Charles II. for pardon, and soon thereafter
returned to England. His nephew, Robert Molesworth, was created Viscount Molesworth in 1716.
[Page 293]
Monroe, Andrew, uncle of
President James Monroe, represented Westmoreland county in the house of burgesses from 1742-1746.
[Page 293]
Monroe, Andrew,
ancestor of President Monroe, was an early resident of Maryland, where he commanded a pinnace in
the service of Cuthbert Fenwick, general agent of Lord Baltimore. He was a Protestant, and when
Richard Ingle declared for parliament in 1645, Monroe took sides against Lord Baltimore's
government and eventually settled like other refugee Marylanders at Mattox Creek, in Westmoreland
county, under the Virginia authority. He died there in 1668.
[Page 293]
Monroe, Andrew,
grandfather of President James Monroe, was a burgess for Westmoreland county in 1742-1747.
[Page 293]
Montague, James, son of
William Montague, a descendant of Peter Montague (q. v.), was born in Middlesex county, February
18, 1741. He was one of the magistrates of the county and a burgess in the assemblies of
1772-1774 and 1775. He was a captain of militia. He married Mary Eliza Chinn, daughter of Joseph
Chinn, and died in 1781 or 1782, leaving issue.
[Page 293]
Montague, Peter, was
born in 1600, and was the son of Peter and Eleanor Montague, of Boveny parish, Burnham,
Buckinghamshire, England. He came to Virginia in 1621 and was employed by Captain Samuel Mathews
on his plantation on James river. he afterwards removed to Upper Norfolk (Nansemond) county,
which he represented in the house of burgesses in 1652 and 1653. About 1654 he removed to
Lancaster county, then including Middlesex, and represented that county from 1651 to 1658. He was
a large landholder and leading citizen. His will was recorded in Lancaster, May 27, 1659. He has
numerous descendants in Virginia.
[Page 293]
Moody, Sir Henry, baronet,
was son of Sir Henry Moody, baronet, of Garsden, Wiltshire, and Deborah Dunche, his wife. After
her husband's death, in 1632, Lady Deborah, with her young son, sailed for America, and after
living at Lynn, Massachusetts, from 1639 to 1643 sought religious freedom among the Dutch at
Gravesend, Long Island. Her son, Sir Henry, served in the army of King Charles I., and in 1650,
after due submission to the parliamentary authorities, he sailed to Long Island in order to join
his mother. Later he came to Virginia, and in 1660 was sent by the assembly to New York to make a
treaty with the Dutch, but Governor Berkeley would not confirm the articles. He returned to
Virginia and died at the house of Colonel Francis Moryson, at Elizabeth City, about 1662.
[Page 293]
Moon, Captain John, born at
Berry, near Gosport, in the parish of Stoke, Hampshire, England. He represented Isle of Wight
county in the house of burgesses in 1639, 1652, 1654, and perhaps other years. His will was
recorded August 12, 1655, in Isle of Wight county, and mentions a wife Prudence and three
daughters, Sarah, Susanna and Mary Moon.
[Page 294]
Moore, Augustine, came
from England to Virginia about 1705, and acquired a great fortune in the tobacco trade. He was
born about 1685 and died July 28, 1743. He erected a large brick building on his plantation in
King William county, which he called "Chelsea," after the more famous seat of his ancestors in
England. He was a descendant of Sir Thomas Moore. He married twice, (first) Mary Gage, (second)
Elizabeth Todd, daughter of Thomas Todd and Elizabeth Bernard, his wife, daughter of Colonel
William Bernard, of the council.
[Page 294]
Moore, Augustine, was
son of Bernard Moore (q. v.) and was burgess from King William county, succeeding his father in
the assemblies of 1772-1774 and 1775-1776. He married Sarah Rind, and left issue.
[Page 294]
Moore, Bernard, was son
of Colonel Augustine Moore, of "Chelsea," King William county, and Elizabeth Todd, his wife. He
was a justice and colonel of the militia in King William county, and was burgess for the county
from 1744 to 1758 and from 1761 to 1772. He married Anna Katherine Spotswood, daughter of
Governor Alexander Spotswood, and was father of Augustine Moore (q. v.).
[Page 294]
Morgan, Francis, was a
justice of York county in 1648; captain of militia, and burgess for York in 1647, 1652 and 1653.
He died in 1657, leaving one son Francis, who was heir to his large estate. This last left two
daughters, co-heiresses, living in 1698 — Sarah, wife of Thomas Buckner, and Anne, wife of
Dr. David Alexander.
[Page 294]
Morgan, Morgan, a
Welshman, removed from Pennsylvania to Virginia; settled within the present boundaries of
Berkeley county, West Virginia, and erected, about 1726 or 1727, at the site of the village of
Bunker Hill, within the present county of Berkeley, West Virginia, what is said to have been, and
probably was, the first cabin on the Virginia side of the Potomac, between the Blue Ridge and
North mountains. He died in 1779.
[Page 294]
Morlatt (Morlet), Thomas,
was a burgess in 1624 and signed "The "Tragicall Relation."
[Page 294]
Morley, William, was a
burgess for James City county in 1660.
[Page 294]
Moryson, Colonel Charles,
son of Major Richard Moryson, succeeded his uncle, Major Francis Moryson, as captain of the
fort at Point Comfort. In 1680 he was colonel of the militia of Elizabeth City county and
presiding justice. He died about 1692 at Plymouth, in England, when about to return to Virginia.
His widow, Rebecca, who had previously been the widow of Leonard Leo, married (third) Colonel
John Lear.
[Page 294]
Moseley, Arthur, son of
William Moseley, an English merchant of Rotterdam, Holland, who came to Virginia in 1649 and
received grants of land in Lower Norfolk county, was burgess in 1676, and one of the justices of
his county. He died in 1705.
[Pages 294-295]
Moseley, Edward Hack,
son of Hillary Hannah (Hack) Moseley, was a burgess for Princess Anne county in 1752, 1753,
1754, 1755; 1755, surveyor and searcher of Elizabeth and Nansemond rivers; burgess for Princess
Anne from 1762 to 1769. He was also sheriff and colonel of the county; a Loyalist in the
revolution and friend of Benedict Arnold. He married Mary Bassett, daughter of Colonel William
Bassett, of "Eltham," New Kent county, who died in her thirty-eighth year, August 23, 1755, and
is buried at "Greenwich," Princess Anne county, one of the Moseley seats. He married (second)
Frances Wylie, who survived him. His will was dated May 24, 1782, and was proved April 10,, 1783.
He left a son Edward Hack Moseley, Jr. His residence in Princes Anne was called "Rolleston."
[Page 295]
Moseley, Edward, son of
William Moseley and Mary Gookin, his wife, daughter of Captain John and Sarah Gookin, was born in
1661, and was county lieutenant of Princess Anne county, justice of the peace and high sheriff,
and burgess in 1700-1702, 1703-1705, 1706. He died in 1736. He married several times, his first
wife being Frances, daughter of Colonel John Stringer, of Northampton county. His father, William
Moseley, was second son of William Moseley, merchant of Rotterdam.
[Page 295]
Moseley, Edward Hack, Jr.,
son of Colonel Edward Hacke Moseley and Mary Bassett, his wife, was burgess for Princess
Anne county from 1769 to 1775. He was born in 1743, and died February 4, 1814. He married Martha
Westwood.
[Page 295]
Moseley, William, lived
in Essex county, was burgess for that county in 1695. His will, proved April 10, 1700, and names
sons, William and John, daughter Martha, and three brothers, Edward, Robert and Benjamin Moseley.
[Page 295]
Mossom, Rev. David, son of
Thomas Mossom, chandler, was born at Greenwich, Kent, England, March 25, 1690, schooled at
Lewisham, admitted sizar at St. John's College, Cambridge, June 5, 1705. He became rector of St.
Peter's Church, New Kent county, Virginia, in 1727, and continued forty years. On January 6,
1759, he performed the marriage of George Washington to Martha Custis, widow of Colonel Daniel
Parke Custis, and daughter of Colonel John Dandridge. He died January 4, 1767, leaving issue.
[Page 295]
Mottrom, John, resided in
1644 at York, in York county, Virginia. He was s successful merchant and shipper. About 1645 he
removed to Chicacone — the first settlement on the Virginia side of the Potomac river —
where his house became a resort for Protestants who fled from Maryland. When Northumberland
county was formed in 1645, he represented it in the house of burgesses. He was burgess again in
1652, and was justice of the peace and colonel of the militia. He had issue, among others Major
John Mottrom (q. v.).
[Page 295]
Mottrom, John, son of
Colonel John Mottrom, was a justice of Northumberland county court, and a major in the county
militia. In 1675 he was a burgess. He left issue, Captain Spencer Mottrom.
[Page 295]
Moyses, Theodore, was
living in Virginia in 1625. Burgess for Archer's Hope in James City corporation in 1629.
[Pages 295-296]
Munford, Robert,
son of James Munford,
who in 1689 patented lands in Prince George county. He was a vestryman of Bristol parish, Prince
George county; a member of the house of burgesses, 1720-1722; justice of the county court, and
colonel in the militia. He married, in 1701, Martha Kennon, daughter of Colonel Richard Kennon,
of "Conjuror's Neck," Henrico (now Chesterfield county). He died about 1735, leaving issue: 1.
Major James Munford. 2. Colonel Robert Munford (q. v.). 3. Edward.
[Page 296]
Munford, Robert, son
of Colonel Robert Munford and Martha Kennon, his wife, was a member of the house of burgesses for
Prince George county in 1736-1740. He married Anna Bland and died in 1744, leaving children,
Robert, Theodorick and Elizabeth. His widow married (second) George Currie, by whom she had two
daughters.
[Page 296]
Munford, Robert, son
of Robert Munford and his wife, Anna Bland, was educated at Wakefield, England. He was in the
French and Indian war under Colonel William Byrd, last of that name. When Brunswick county was
formed in 1765 he was made county lieutenant and was one of the first two members of the house of
burgesses. He was burgess from 1765 to 1775. during the American revolution he saw much service
of different kings. He was a scholar, and in 1798 published a volume of prose and poetry. He
married Elizabeth, daughter of William Beverley, of Essex, his cousin, and had issue.
[Page 296]
Nantaquas, brother of
Pocahontas, whom John Smith compliments as "the manliest, comeliest, boldest spirit I ever saw in
a savage."
[Page 296]
Nash, Abner, son of Colonel
John Nash, was burgess for Prince Edward county in the assemblies of 1761-1765; he moved to North
Carolina, where he was elected first speaker of the senate, second governor of North Carolina,
member of the assembly and member of the continental congress (1782-1786). His brother, General
Francis Nash fell in the battle of Germantown.
[Page 296]
Nash, John, was a burgess for
Prince Edward county in the assemblies of 1752-1755 and 1756-1758; one of the first justices of
Prince Edward county (1754); colonel of the militia. He died in 1776 and names in his will sons,
John, Abner and Francis; daughters, Anne Haskins, Lucy Le Grand, Mary Read and Betty Read, and
grandson, Nash Le Grand.
[Page 296]
Nash, John, Jr., son of
Colonel John Nash, was member of the convention of March 20, 1775. He married, in 1768, Anna
Tabb, daughter of Thomas Tabb, of Lunenburg.
[Page 296]
Nash, Thomas, a burgess for
Lunenburg county in 1756-1758.
[Page 296]
Neale, Christopher,
son of Christopher Neale and Hannah Rodham, his wife, daughter of Matthew Rodham, was born June
23, 1671, and was burgess for Northumberland county in 1705-1706 and 1710-1712. He died in 1721.
[Page 296]
Neale, John, merchant,
leased fifty acres at Strawberry Banks, in Elizabeth City, in 1632,, removed to
Accomac, and did a large business between 1632 and 1639; vestryman, 1636; sheriff, 1636, and
burgess for Accomac in 1639, and was justice the same year. His daughter, Henrietta Maria,
married the second Richard Bennett.
[Page 297]
Neale, Richard, son of
Christopher Neale and Hannah Rodham, his wife, was born August 28, 1682; was burgess for
Northumberland county in 1712-1714.
[Page 297]
Necottowance, chief of
the Pamunkey Indians and the last who held authority over the Powhatan confederacy. He made a
treaty of peace with the English in 1646, in which he consented to many restrictions of his
power.
[Page 297]
Needler, Benjamin, son
of Culverwell Needler, clerk assistant of the house of commons, and grandson of Rev. Benjamin
Needler, a non-conformist minister, was bred to the bar in England. He came to Virginia and
became distinguished as a lawyer. He was vestryman of Stratton Major parish, King and Queen
county; clerk of the council, 1739, and died before 1741. He married Alice, daughter of Gawin
Corbin, of Virginia, and had at least one daughter, who married Rev. William Robinson, commissary
to the bishop of London ("Virginia Magazine," xiv, 26).
[Page 297]
Nelson, Captain Francis,
probably third son of Thomas Nelson, of Cheddleworth, Berkshire, England. He commanded the
Phoenix , which brought a part of the First Supply, but did not arrive till April 20, 1608.
He made several voyages to Virginia and in 1612 sailed with Captain Thomas Button to Hudson's
Bay, and died there in the winter of 1612-13, at "Port Nelson," named for him.
[Page 297]
Nelson, Thomas, an
eminent merchant of Yorktown, son of Hugh Nelson, of Penrith, county Cumberland, England, was
born February 20, 1677, and came to Virginia about 1700, where he amassed a large fortune. He
married (first) Margaret Reade, daughter of Robert Reade, eldest son of Colonel George Reade,
secretary of state, and (second) Mrs. Frances tucker (née Courtenay). He was father of
William Nelson, president of the Virginia council.
[Page 297]
Nemattenow, or
"Jack-o'-the-Feather," an influential chief and a great favorite with Opechancanough. He
killed a white man and was killed in turn by the white man's friend. It is believed that his
death was the immediate cause of the Indian massacre of 1622.
[Page 297]
Neville, Joseph, a
burgess for Hampshire county from 1773 to 1776, and a member of the conventions of December 1,
1775, and May 6, 1776, which last declared independence.
[Page 297]
Newman, Alexander,
burgess for Richmond county in 1696-1697.
[Page 297]
Newton, George, was born
1678, and went to school in Lancaster England. He was son of George Newton, one of the justices
of Lower Norfolk county, Virginia, as early as 1645. He was a burgess for Norfolk county at the
assembly of 1723-26. He married Apphia Wilson, daughter of Colonel James Wilson, and left issue
— Thomas Newton, who was father of Thomas Newton, burgess (q. v.).
[Page 297]
Newton, John, eldest son of
Thomas Newton, of Hull, Yorkshire, was a ship captain, and settled in Westmoreland county about
1670. He married Rose tucker, daughter of John Tucker, of that county, and died in 1695-1697. He
was founder of a distinguished family in that section of Virginia.
[Pages 297-298]
Newton, Thomas, son
of Thomas Newton and Amey Hutchings, daughter of John Hutchings, of Norfolk, was burgess for
Norfolk county from 1765 to 1775, and member of the conventions of 1775 and 1776. he married
Martha Tucker, daughter of Colonel Robert Tucker, of Norfolk, and was father of Colonel Thomas
Newton, member of Congress from 1801 to 1831.
[Page 298]
Nicholas, Major Abraham,
was appointed adjutant-general of the militia of the colony in 1733 and was major of
Williamsburg in 1736. He died in September, 1738. He was father of Abraham Nicholas Jr.,
attorney-at-law, who died December 18, 1751.
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Nicholas, Dr. George,
an eminent physician, had a grant for land in Virginia in 1729. He married Elizabeth Carter,
daughter of Colonel Robert Carter, of "Corotoman," and widow of Nathaniel Burwell, of "Carter's
Creek," Gloucester county. He was father of Robert Carter Nicholas, the distinguished treasurer
of Virginia at the time of the revolution.
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Nicholas, John, son of
Dr. George Nicholas and Elizabeth Carter, his wife, served as clerk for Albemarle county form
1749 to 1815; as burgess from 1756 to 1768; and as member of conventions of 1774 and 1775 for
Buckingham county. He married Martha, daughter of Colonel Joshua Fry.
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Nimmo, James, came to
Virginia from Linlithgow county, Scotland, about 1720, and settled in Princess Anne county, where
he married Mary, daughter of Jacob Johnson. For several years he taught school, but in 1728 he
was appointed King's attorney and continued in that office till November 10, 1752. He also acted
as surveyor of the county. He died in 1753, leaving issue.
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Nimmo, William, came fro
Linlithgow county, Scotland, to Virginia, where he qualified as an attorney-at-law in the general
court in 1743. He had a large practice. His will was proved in the general court September 12,
1748. He was nephew of James Nimmo, of Princess Ann county, Virginia (q. v.).
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Norsworthy, Tristram,
patented 150 acres in 1643 in Isle of Wight county. He was burgess for Upper Norfolk county
(Nansemond) in January, 1639-40. In 1656 he is referred to as "Lt. Col. Tristram Norsworthy of ye
Ragged Islands, gent." In 1654 he was one of the justices of Nansemond. In 1699 George
Norsworthy, eldest son of Major George Norsworthy, which last was eldest son of Tristram
Norsworthy above named, was appointed by the council lieutenant-colonel and commander-in-chief of
Nansemond county.
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Norton, John, a merchant of
London, came to Virginia and settled as Yorktown; burgess for York county in 1752-1755. He
married Courtenay Walker, daughter of Jacob Walker, of Elizabeth City county, and had issue
— Frances, who married her first cousin, John Baylor, and John Hatley, George and Daniel
Norton, who all came from London and settled in Virginia.
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Norton, Captain William,
contracted with some private merchants in London to come to Virginia in 1621 to conduct the glass
factory near Jamestown. Norton took four Italians and two servants with him, and made all manner
of glass, especially glass beads for trade with the Indians. He died in 1623, and George Sandys
succeeded him in charge of the glass works.