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[Page 309]
Price, Arthur, was a
burgess for Elizabeth City county in February 1645, and for York county in November, 1645.
[Page 309]
Price, Thomas, was burgess
for Middlesex county in 1734-1740. He vacated his position the latter year by becoming clerk of
the county, in which office he continued till 1762. He was burgess again in 1758-1761.
[Page 309]
Price, Walter, came in
1618, burgess for Chaplain's Choice in Charles City corporation in 1629, and for Jordan's Jorney
and Chaplain's Choice in 1630.
[Page 309]
Prince, Edward, was a
burgess for Charles City county in 1645.
[Page 309]
Proctor, John, was brother
of Thomas Proctor, "citizen and haberdasher of London." On July 5, 1623, he engaged with the
London Company, of which he was a member, to carry over 100 settlers. He came to Virginia and
resided on his lands on Proctor's Creek in the present Chesterfield county. When the massacre
occurred in 1622 he was probably in England, for his wife, Mrs. Alice Proctor, is mentioned as
holding the plantation successfully against the Indians. In 1625 he resided with his wife in the
present Surry county.
[Page 309]
Pryor, Captain William,
was one of the first settlers on York river. He was a justice of York county from 1633 till his
death in 1645. His will shows that he was a man of very large estate. He left two daughters Mary
and Margaret — the latter of whom married Thomas Edwards, of the Inner Temple, London.
[Page 309]
Pugh, Daniel, burgess for
Nansemond county in the house of burgesses 1734-1740.
[Page 309]
Purdie, Alexander,
born in Scotland and was employed by Joseph Royle in the office of "The Virginia Gazette." He
succeeded him as editor on his death in 1766, and soon formed a partnership with John Dixon, who
married the widow of Joseph Royle. In 1774 the partnership was terminated and Purdie ran an
independent "Gazette." this "Gazette" appeared every Friday. He died at Williamsburg in 1779.
[Page 309]
Pyland, James, was a
resident of Isle of Wight county, and for his strong royalist sympathies was expelled form the
house of burgesses in 1652.He left a son Edward, and there was a James Pyland living in Isle of
Wight in 1724. Robert Pyland was burgess for Warwick county in 1647.
[Pages 309-310]
Quiney, Richard,
citizen and grocer of London, was son of Richard Quiney, of Stratford-on-Avon, and brother of
Thomas Quiney, who married, February 10, 1615-1616, Shakespear's daughter Judith. He married
Ellen, daughter of John Sadler, of Stratford, and niece to Anne Sadler, the wife of John Harvard,
founder of Harvard College. He and his father-in-law, John Sadler, purchased Brandon on James
river from Robert Bargrave, grandson of Captain John Martin. They also owned Powell Brooke, or
Merchant's Hope. These estates became vested about 1720 in Nathaniel Harrison. His will was
proved in England, January 3, 1656.
Ramsey, Captain Edward, probably son of Thomas Ramsey, was burgess for James City county 1663, 1665, and possibly other years.
[Page 310]
Ramsay, Patrick, son of
Andrew Ramsay, provost of Glasgow Scotland, 1734-1735 was a merchant at Blandford, Virginia,
married November 26, 1760, Elizabeth Poythress and left issue in Virginia; grandfather of General
George D. Ramsay, brigadier-general United States army.
[Page 310]
Ramsey, (sometimes spelt
Ramshawe), Thomas, was a member of the house of burgesses for Warwick river in 1631-1632,
for Gloucester in 1655, 1656, 1658.
[Page 310]
Randolph, Beverley,
son of William Randolph, of "Turkey Island," and Elizabeth Beverley, his wife, was justice of
Henrico for 1741; succeeded Edward Barradall as burgess for the college in 174-1747 and was
burgess for it again in 1748-1749. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Lightfoot, but left
no issue.
[Page 310]
Randolph, John, son of
Sir John Randolph, was born in Williamsburg in 1728; educated at William and Mary College;
studied law at the Middle Temple, London, in 1745; returned to Virginia and became eminent as a
lawyer; succeeded Peter Randolph as clerk of the house of burgesses, 1752-1766; burgess for
Lunenburg county in 1769, and for William and Mary College in 1774 and 1775. He was a Tory in his
sympathies, and went to England at the beginning of the American revolution, and died there
January 31, 1784. He married Arianna, daughter of Edmund Jenings, attorney general of Maryland.
His body was brought back to Virginia and buried in the College Chapel.
[Page 310]
Randolph, Henry,
half-brother to the poet Thomas Randolph, and uncle of William Randolph of Turkey Island, came to
Virginia in 1642. He was clerk of Henrico county from about 1656 and of the house of burgesses
from 1660 to his death in 1672. He married Judith, daughter of Henry Soane, speaker of the house
of burgesses. She married (secondly) Major Peter Field, and had a son Captain Henry Randolph, of
Swift's Creek, Henrico, now Chesterfield county.
[Page 310]
Randolph, Isham, son of
William Randolph, of "Turkey Island," lived at "Dungeness," Goochland county. He succeeded
Abraham Nicholas as adjutant general of the militia in 1738, and was burgess for Goochland in
1736-1740. He died in November, 1742, and was buried at Turkey Island, Henrico county. His
daughter Jane married Colonel Peter Jefferson, father of Thomas Jefferson.
[Pages 310-311]
Randolph, Sir John,
was son of Colonel William Randolph of "Turkey Island," Henrico county; born 1693, died
March 9, 1737. He was educated at William and Mary College, Gray's Inn, and the Temple in London
and on his return engaged in the practice of law in Virginia; was clerk of the council,
treasurer, agent of the assembly in England, president of the county court of Gloucester,
lieutenant-colonel of the militia for that county; burgess and speaker. He was the only native
resident, who ever received the honors of knighthood. He was also first recorder, in 1736, of the
borough of Norfolk. He seems to have been considered as head of the Virginia bar in his day. He
was interred in the chapel of William and Mary College, which he represented in the legislature.
He was a great nephew of Thomas Randolph, the poet. He was father of John Randolph, attorney
general of Virginia, and of Peyton Randolph, first president of the continental congress. In his
latter years he resided in Williamsburg.
[Page 311]
Randolph, Richard, son
of William Randolph and Mary Isham, his wife, of Turkey Island, resided at "Curls Neck," Henrico
county; justice of Henrico and colonel of the county; burgess at the assemblies of 1727-1734,
1734-1740, 1742-1747 and 1748-1749; treasurer of Virginia 1736-1738; married Jane, daughter of
Major John Bolling, of Cobbs. He died in 1749.
[Page 311]
Randolph, Richard,
son of Richard Randolph of "Curls Neck," Henrico county, was justice of the peace, and burgess
for Henrico in 1766-1769, 1770-1772, and signer of the associations of 1769 and 1772. He married
Anne, daughter of David Meade, of Nansemond. He left issue. He was brother of John Randolph,
father of John Randolph, of "Roanoke."
[Page 311]
Randolph, Thomas, son
of William Randolph and Mary Isham, of "Turkey Island," was born about 1683, justice of Henrico
in 1713, burgess in 1720-1722. He married Judith Fleming of New Kent county. He settled at
"Tuckahoe," in Goochland county set off from Henrico in 1727.
[Page 311]
Randolph, William,
born in 1651, died April 11, 1711; was son of Richard Randolph, a royalist, and Elizabeth Ryland,
his wife. His family was an ancient one in Northamptonshire, England. He came to Virginia about
1673, succeeded his uncle Henry Randolph as clerk of Henrico county in 1673, and held the office
until 1683; burgess 1685 to 1699, and in 1703, 1704-1705 and 1710; attorney general 1696; speaker
of the house of burgesses 1698. He married Mary, daughter of Henry Isham, of Bermuda Hundred, on
James river, and had issue: William, the councillor, who married Elizabeth Beverley; Thomas, of
"Tuckahoe;" Isham, of "Dungeness;" Sir John; Richard, of "Curles;" Elizabeth, who married Richard
Bland; Mary, married William Stith; Edward, a sea captain; Henry, died unmarried.
[Page 311]
Randolph, William, son
of Thomas Randolph, of "Tuckahoe," was born in 1712, burgess for Goochland in the assembly of
1742-1747, but died in 1745 and was succeeded by George Carrington. He married Maria Judith,
daughter of Mann Page, of "Rosewell" Gloucester county.
[Page 311]
Randolph, William,
of "Wilton," Henrico county, was son of William and Elizabeth (Beverley) Randolph of "Turkey
Island," was burgess for Henrico in 1758-1761; married Anne, daughter of Benjamin Harrison, of
Berkeley, and died in 1761.
[Pages 311-312]
Ransone, Captain James,
son of Peter Ransone, resided on the North river, and represented Gloucester county (now
Mathews) in the house of burgesses from 1692 to 1700. He left three sons George, Robert and
Peter.
[Page 312]
Ransone, Peter, father of
Captain James Ransone, settled in Elizabeth City county, which he represented in the house of
burgesses in 1652. The same year he patented lands on Mobjack Bay in the present Mathews county.
He had issue three sons James (q. v.), George and William.
[Page 312]
Ravenscroft, Samuel,
came to Boston from England in 1679, and served in the military of Massachusetts with the title
of captain. he was a member of the church of England, and on June 15, 1686, took steps, with
others, to found King's Chapel in Boston and was later one of its wardens. He owned a sloop,
which traded to Virginia. He was a friend of Governor Andros and when that official was seized
and imprisoned by the Boston authorities, the same fate befell Captain Ravenscroft. he was
released, and came to Virginia about the time (1693) when Andros became governor of that colony.
He married Dyonisia, daughter of Captain Thomas Savage, and died about 1695. His widow married
(secondly) Thomas Hadley, superintendent of the building of the capitol in Williamsburg (1705).
[Page 312]
Ravenscroft, Thomas,
son of Captain Samuel Ravenscroft, as born in Boston June 29, 1688; came to Virginia with his
father in 1692. He was sheriff of James City county in 1722, but in 1723 removed to Prince George
county, where he purchased a tract of land on James river originally patented by Captain Samuel
Maycox, killed by the Indians in the massacre of 1622. He was a burgess for Prince George in the
assembly of 1727-1734, and in that of 1734-1740, dying in the year 1736. He was father of John
Ravenscroft, a justice of Prince George county. John Stark Ravenscroft, first bishop of North
Carolina, was his great-grandson.
[Page 312]
Read, Clement, was born in
King and Queen county in 1707, was educated to the law, qualified as an attorney in Goochland and
Brunswick in 1733. In February, 1746, he became the first clerk of the new county of Lunenburg,
which position he held for seventeen years; burgess for that county in the assemblies of
1748-1749, 1752-1755, 1758-1761 and 1761-1763; also county lieutenant, presiding magistrate,
member of the vestry. he died January 2, 1763, and was buried at his seat called "Bushy Forest"
in the present county of Charlotte.
[Page 312]
Read, Clement, Jr., son
of Colonel Clement Read (q. v.), succeeded his father as burgess for Lunenburg in 1763, and
continued a burgess till the session of May, 1765, when he accepted the office of coroner. He
was, however, burgess for the new county of Charlotte in October, 1765, and in 1766-1768.
[Page 312]
Read, Isaac, son of Clement
Read (q. v.) was burgess for Charlotte county, succeeding his brother Clement in the assemblies
of May, 1769 and 1769-1771, and later was a member of the conventions of August, 1774, and March
and July, 1775, by which last body he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the Fourth Virginia
Regiment. During the war he died from exposure, and was buried in Philadelphia.
[Pages 312-313]
Reynolds, Charles,
is said to have lived in Isle of Wight, for which he was a burgess in 1652. But the name was
more likely Christopher Reynolds who came in 1622 and died in Isle of Wight county in 1654,
leaving wife Elizabeth, and children Christopher, John, Richard, Abbasha, Elizabeth and Jane.
[Page 313]
Revell, Randall, a wine
cooper, was a member of the Maryland general assembly in 1638, and in 1658 was a burgess for
Northampton county, Virginia. His descendants were prominent on the eastern shore.
[Page 313]
Richards, Richard, was
a burgess for "Captain Perry's downward to Hogg Island" in February and September, 1632, and for
James City county in 1641.
[Page 313]
Richardson, John, was a
burgess for Princess Anne county in 1692, 1693.
[Page 313]
Richardson, Richard,
was a burgess for New Kent county in 1727-1734, but in 1732 he accepted the office of sheriff and
resigned. He was father of John Richardson, of New Kent.
[Page 313]
Ricketts, James, one of
the justices of Elizabeth City county in 1712 and other years, was burgess for the county in
1720-1722, and in 1723. He died about 7126. He married Jane Wilson, daughter of Colonel William
Wilson, and widow of Nicholas Curle. She married (thirdly) Meritt Sweeney.
[Page 313]
Riddick (Reddick), James,
a burgess for Nansemond county in 1715, 1718, 1720-1722. Probably father of Lemuel Riddick (q.
V.).
[Page 313]
Riddick (Reddick), Lemuel,
burgess for Nansemond county from 1736 to 1775 and member of the convention of March 20,
1775. He was probably father of Willis Riddick.
[Page 313]
Riddick (Reddick), Willis,
burgess for Nansemond county from 1756 to 1775 and member of the convention of March 20,
1775.
[Page 313]
Ridley, Peter, was burgess
for James City county in February, 1645, and November, 1645.
[Page 313]
Ring, Joseph, lived at
"Ringfield" formerly patented by Captain Robert Felgate in York county on Felgate's Creek. He was
a prominent justice of York county, and in 1691, one of the feoffees of Yorktown. He was
recommended to the authorities in England by the governor as a suitable man for membership in the
council. He died February 26, 1703, aged fifty-seven, and the house in which he lived is still
standing. In the garden is his tombstone, bearing his coat-of-arms.
[Page 313]
Rind, William, was an
apprentice of Jonas Green of Annapolis. He was invited in 1677 to Williamsburg by the leading
Virginia patriots to set up an opposition paper, the "Gazette" then published in Williamsburg
being too much under government control. On November 7, 1766, he was elected public printer. He
died August 19, 1773, and his paper was continued two years by his widow Clementina. In 1775,
John Pinckney was editor of the paper.
[Page 313]
Roane, Charles,
immigrant, was son of Robert Roane, gentleman, of Chaldon, Surrey county, England, who died about
1676. He came to Virginia before 1672 and had numerous grants of land in Petsworth parish,
Gloucester county, and other places in Virginia. During Bacon's rebellion he suffered much from
the rebels on account of his sympathy with Governor Berkeley.
[Page 314]
Roane, William, son of
William Roane, of Essex county, by his wife Sarah Upshaw, was a descendant of Charles Roane and
was burgess for Essex in 1769, 1770-1772, 1772-1774, and qualified as King's deputy attorney in
1768. He was a member of the Essex county committee in 1774, and was colonel of the Essex militia
in 1777. He married Elizabeth Ball, daughter of Colonel Spencer Ball, and was father of Judge
Spencer Roane, of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
[Page 314]
Robertson, Archibald,
son of William Robertson, merchant and baillie of Edinburgh and brother of Arthur Robertson,
chamberlain of Glasgow, 1760, migrated to Virginia in 1746 and settled in Prince George county.
He married Elizabeth daughter of John Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Poythress, his wife. One of his
sons was John Robertson, deputy commissary general of Virginia in 1781, and another was William
Robertson, clerk of the council and father of Lieutenant-Governor Wyndham Robertson.
[Page 314]
Robertson, Moses, a
minister of the Established Church, who came to Virginia in 1729, and had charge of a parish in
Lower Norfolk county. He married Susanna Thruston, daughter of Dr. Edward Thruston. From 1743
till his death in 1752 he was minister of St. Stephen's parish, Northumberland county. He left
three sons Moses, Francis and John Willoughby Robertson.
[Page 314]
Robertson, William,
came to Virginia about 1700. He was a lawyer and served for many years as clerk of the council of
Virginia. He died in 1739,leaving an only daughter Elizabeth, who married John Lidderdale, a
merchant of Williamsburg.
[Page 314]
Robins, John, son of John
Robbins, who died on his voyage to Virginia, settled about 1630 in Elizabeth City county, with
his servants. He patented several tracts of land — one of them in 1642 being for 2,000
acres, in Gloucester county, on which he resided the last years of his life, and which is still
known as Robins' Neck; burgess for Elizabeth City in 1646 and 1649, and a justice for that county
in 1652.
[Page 314]
Robinson, Colonel
Beverley, son of John Robinson, president of the Virginia council, was born in Virginia in
1723, and is stated to have gone to New York in 1745 as captain of an independent company from
Virginia. He is also stated to have served under Wolfe at the capture of Quebec, in 1759. He
married an heiress, Susanna, daughter of Frederick Phillipse, of Phillipse Manor, New York. At
the time of the revolution he raised the Royal American Regiment of Tories, and was appointed its
colonel. At the conclusion of the war he went to New Brunswick and thence to England, where he
resided at Thornsbury, near Bath. He died there in 1793.
[Page 314]
Robinson, Christopher,
son of Colonel Christopher Robinson, of Middlesex county, Virginia, and nephew of Bishop
John Robinson of London, was born in 1681; matriculated at William and Mary College, and was
member of the house of burgesses in 1705-1706, 1710-1712, 1712-1714, and died February 20, 1727.
He married, in 1703, Judith, daughter of Colonel Christopher Wormeley, and widow of William
Beverley.
[Pages 314-315]
Robinson, Henry,
son of John Robinson, president of the council, was born in Middlesex county April 7, 1718. He
settled in Hanover county and represented that county in the house of burgesses in 1752-1755 and
1756-1758. He married Molly, daughter of Colonel Thomas Waring, of "Goldsberry," Essex county,
Virginia. He died before September 21, 1756.
[Page 315]
Robinson, John, son of
John Robinson, president of the council, was born February 3, 1704. He studied at William and
Mary College, and after graduation was probably for many years the most influential man in
Virginia. He resided in King and Queen county upon the Mattaponi river where his residence was
known as "Mt. Pleasant." He was a member of the house of burgesses for King and Queen county from
1736 to 1765 and speaker of the house from 1738 to 1765, and treasurer during the same period. As
a presiding officer he was compared to Richard Onslow, speaker of the house of commons. As
treasurer he ably administered the financial affairs of the colony, but was too free in lending
out the colony's money. On his death in 1765, it was found that he owed the public £100,761
7s. 5d. It seems certain, however, that he expected to return this sum from the payments of the
creditors or from his own estate. In the end this was indeed done, and the public suffered no
loss. He died May 11, 1766. He married three times (first) Mary Storey, (second) Lucy Moore and
(third) Susanna Chilton, daughter of Colonel John Chilton, of Williamsburg. His only known
descendants are those by his daughter Susan of the last marriage, who married Robert Nelson, of
"Malvern Hill."
[Page 315]
Robinson, Mrs. Mary,
daughter of William Ramsey, of London, grocer, and niece of Sir Thomas Ramsey, lord Mayor of
London, married (first) John Wanton, of London, gentleman, and (second) John Robinson, chief
searcher of the customs in London. Through her will dated February 18, 1617, and proved September
26, 1618, she gave money to many friends and charities. Among her benefactions was one of
£200 to found a church in Smythe's hundred in Virginia. Smythe's Hundred (afterward
Southampton Hundred) was a great tract of land extending from Weyanoke on James river to the
Chickahominy river. In 1619 a person unknown gave to the Virginia Company a communion service for
this church. This cup and paten bearing the date of 1617-1618 are now in the custody of St.
John's Church, Hampton. They are the oldest pieces of church silver which have come down from
colonial period in the United States.
[Page 315]
Robinson, Peter, son of
Christopher Robinson, brother of Commissary William Robinson lived in King William, was born
March 1, 1718, studied at Oriel College, Oxford, was a member of the house of burgesses for King
William from 1758 to 1761. His wife was Sarah Lister, whom he married in 1750. He died in
1765,leaving issue Christopher, Peter, Judith, Lucy, Sarah which last married Benjamin Grymes, of
Orange.
[Pages 315-316]
Robinson, Colonel Tully,
son of Captain William Robinson, a magistrate of Lower Norfolk county. He was born August
31, 1658, was magistrate and colony of militia in Accomac county and died November 12, 1683. His
tombstone describes him as loyal to his prince, and a firm believer in the church of England. His
daughter Scarburgh married John Wise, ancestor of Henry A. Wise.
[Page 316]
Robinson, William, was
a nephew of Maximilian Robinson, of Redcriff, mariner, (who had formerly lived and owned
considerable land in Virginia), came to Virginia about 1695 and settled on an estate later known
as "Bunker Hill." He was high sheriff of Richmond county, 1708, county lieutenant 1718, and was a
burgess for the county from 1704 to 1730. He married Frances, only daughter of Captain Samuel
Bloomfield. He died September 20, 1742, leaving issue Maximilian Robinson, of King George county.
[Page 316]
Robinson, William,
was a burgess for Norfolk county at the assembly of 1695-1696, but died before the opening of the
second session (1696).
[Page 316]
Robinson, William,
son of Maximilian Robinson, was burgess for King George county in the assemblies of 1766-1768,
1769, 1769-1772.
[Page 316]
Rogers, John, was a burgess
for James City in 1645.
[Page 316]
Rogers, Richard, son of
Captain John Rogers, was burgess for Northumberland county in 1692-1693, but his seat was
contested and vacated by order of the house. He left several daughters, one of whom Elizabeth
Middleton, wife of Benedict Middleton, of Cople parish, Westmoreland county, as coheiress, made a
deed in 1723 to her son Robert Middleton for some land patented by her grandfather, Captain John
Rogers in 1662.
[Page 316]
Rookins, William, born
in 1598, came to Virginia in 1619 in the Bona Nova. He married Jane Baxter and in 1625
was servant at Elizabeth City in Sergeant Barry's muster. he was living in 1641. He was father of
William Rookins, of Surry county, cone of Bacon's majors, who was condemned to death at a court
marshal held at Green Spring January 24, 1677, but died in prison. He was a brother-in-law of
Captain Nicholas Wyatt, and left children William, Elizabeth and Jane.
[Page 316]
Roscow, James, of Hampton,
son of William Roscow, of Blunt Point, Warwick county, was appointed receiver-general of Virginia
January 22, 1716, and was member of the house of burgesses for Warwick county in 1720 and 1722,
in which latter year he died, and was succeeded in the general assembly by his brother William.
[Page 316]
Roscow, William,
gentleman, born at Chorley, Lancashire, November 30, 1664; lived at "Blunt Point," Warwick
county, Virginia; one of the Warwick justices of the peace, married Mary, daughter of Colonel
William Wilson of Elizabeth City county; died November 2, 1700; his tombstone shows his
coat-of-arms. He left issue: 1. William, who married Euphan Dandridge, and died before 1717. 2.
James, appointed receiver-general of Virginia January 22, 1716; died without issue. 3. William
(q. v.). 4. Willis, born about 1701, died under age, without issue.
[Pages 316-317]
Roscow, William,
son of William Roscow of "Blunt Point," Warwick county, Virginia, sheriff of Warwick,
lieutenant-colonel, and burgess in 1734-1740; died before 1786, leaving issue by his wife, Lucy,
daughter of colonel William Bassett, of "Eltham," New Kent county, James Roscow, of "Blunt
Point," justice for Warwick in 1769, and other years.
[Page 317]
Rootes, Colonel George,
was a son of Major Philip Rootes, of "Rosewall," King and Queen county. He removed to western
Virginia, and was a member of the house of burgesses for Augusta county in 1775-1776 and a member
of the convention of July, 1775.
[Page 317]
Rootes, John, a son of
colonel Philip Rootes, of "Rosewall," was a captain in Byrd's Second Virginia Regiment in the
French and Indian war and died in 1798, leaving an only son Philip then alive, who appears to
have been the Philip Rootes appointed lieutenant United States army in 1800.
[Page 317]
Rootes, Colonel Philip,
of "Rosewall" King and Queen county, eldest son of Major Philip Rootes married December 2, 1756,
Frances Wilcox. He was sheriff of his county in 1765, and died before 1787.
[Page 317]
Rootes, Major Philip,
was the earliest known ancestor of the Rootes family in Virginia. He lived at "Rosewall," King
and Queen county, immediately opposite to West Point, Virginia; justice of King and Queen in
1739; vestryman of Stratton Major parish. He married Mildred, daughter of Thomas Reade. His will
was dated August 3, 1756, and he left issue Colonel Philip Rootes, of "Rosewall."
[Page 317]
Rootes, Thomas Reade, son
of Colonel Philip Rootes, of "Rosewall," was a prominent man in King and Queen county. He married
Maria, daughter of John Smith of "Shooter's Hill," Middlesex county, and had at least one son,
Thomas Reade Rootes, of "Federal Hill," near Fredericksburg, Virginia, and afterwards of White
Marsh, Gloucester county, Virginia.
[Page 317]
Roper, William, was a
prominent citizen of the eastern shore, who was burgess in 1636 and a justice in 1637. In the
former year he had a grant for 150 acres in Accomac for his own personal adventure and the
importation of two servants.
[Page 317]
Rossingham, Ensign Edmund,
was a nephew of Sir George Yardley, and was burgess in the first assembly (1619) from Flower
dieu Hundred, one of Yardley's plantations.
[Page 317]
Rozier, Rev. John, came to
Virginia about 1638, when he was made by Harvey minister of the parishes of Chiskiack and York,
to supply the vacancy caused by the banishment of Rev. Anthony Panton. After the return of Panton
he became, on the death of Rev. Wiliam Cotton, minister of Accomac in 1640. After
seven years he removed to Westmoreland county, where he was minister till his death. He married
Jane Hillier, and left a son John.
[Page 317]
Rowlston, Lyonell
(Coulston, Goulston), lived about 1627 at Elizabeth City, and was burgess in 1629; was in
1630 one of the first settlers at Kiskyacke, on York river, was burgess for York in 1632 and
1632-1633, and one of the first justices.
[Page 317]
Royle, Joseph, was bred to
printing in England, and was foreman in Hunter's printing establishment in Williamsburg. After
Hunter's death, he succeeded him as editor of the "Virginia Gazette." He married Hunter's sister,
Rosanna Hunter. He died in 1766.
[Page 318]
Ruffin, John, was a
great-grandson of William Ruffin, who appears in the records of Isle of Wight county in 1651. He
was burgess for Surry county from 1738 to 1747, and from 1754 to 1756. He was also colonel of the
Surry militia, and died in Mecklenburg county in 1775. He married Pattey Hamlin and had issue,
Robert, of "Mayfield," Dinwiddie county, q. v.), and other children.
[Page 318]
Ruffin, John, son of
Robert Ruffin of "Mayfield," Dinwiddie county, represented Dinwiddie in the state conventions of
1775.
[Page 318]
Ruffin, Robert, of
"Mayfield," Dinwiddie county, son of Colonel John Ruffin of Surry and Brunswick, was burgess from
Dinwiddie county in the assembly of 1758-1761. He married Mary Clack, daughter of John and Mary
Clack of Brunswick county, and widow of Colonel John Lightfoot. In his later days he moved to
King William, where he resided at the Clayborne mansion called "Sweet Hall." He left issue.
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Russell, Richard, a
physician, resided in Norfolk county, engaged in silk culture and in his will proved December 16,
1667, gave a part of his estate for a school to educate poor children, twelve at a time.
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Russell, Dr. Walter,
came to Virginia in the First Supply which arrived at Jamestown in January, 1608. He was an
expert physician, accompanied John Smith in his explorations of Chesapeake Bay, and it was due to
his medical skill that Smith escaped death from a wound caused by a sting-ray at the mouth of
Rappahannock river. Russell died previous to September, 1609.
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Rutherford, Robert,
was a burgess for Frederick county in 1766-1768, 1769, 1769-1771, 1772-1774, but he resigned in
1773 to accept the office of coroner; afterwards was burgess for Berkeley county in the
conventions of 1775 and 1776.
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Rutherford, Thomas,
burgess for Hampshire county in the assemblies of 1761-1765, 1766-1768. During the French and
Indian war (1754-1763) he was agent for Dr. Thomas Walker in supplying the troops with
provisions.
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Sadler, John, was born at
Stratford-on-Avon, England, and, with his son-in-law, Richard Quiney, was the owner of Martin's
Brandon and Merchant's Hope, on James river. His sister, Anne Sadler, married John Harvard,
founder of Harvard College. His will dated December 11, 1658, was proved January 3, 1659.
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Sadler, Rowland, was a
burgess for James City county in 1642-1643.
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Salford, John, son of
Robert Salford (q. v.), came in 1616 settled at Kecoughtan, patented land between Newport News
and Blunt Point in 1624.
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Salford, Robert, yeoman,
was born in 1569, came to Virginia in 1611, settled at Kecoughtan, patented land in 1620 on
Salford's Creek (Salter's Creek); wife Joane, an ancient planter.
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Salmon, Joseph, was a
burgess for Isle of Wight county in 1641.
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Sandys, David, minister of
Jamestown, came in the Bona Ventura in 1620.
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Sanford, Samuel, of
Gloucestershire, came to Virginia and settled in Accomac county. he was a member of the house of
burgesses in March, 1692-1693. He let 3,420 acres for a free school in Accomac county. He died in
1710. His brother John Sanford was a large landholder in Princess Anne county, and a justice of
the peace. He died in 1693.