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Walker, Thomas, represented Gloucester in the house of burgesses
in 1663 and 1666. He was captain of militia in 1663, and major in 1666. In 1683 he was
lieutenant-colonel residing in King and Queen county. He was probably father of John Walker, of
King and Queen county, and grandfather of Thomas Walker, father of the distinguished Dr. Thomas Walker (q. v.).
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Walklett, Gregory, one
of the commanders under Bacon, at West Point. By the terms of his surrender in 1677, his life was
spared, but he was prohibited from holding any office in Virginia.
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Wall, John, a burgess for
Brunswick county in 1734-1740.
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Wallace, Rev. James,
of Erroll, Scotland, was born in 1668, and came to Virginia about 1690, where he was minister of
Elizabeth City parish, twenty-nine years. He also practiced medicine, and was the founder of a
well known family. He married in 1695 Anne, daughter of John Sheppard, of Elizabeth City county,
and widow of Thomas Wythe, and died November 3, 1712. He was father of Captain James Wallace, of
Elizabeth City county, who married Martha ———.
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Wallace, James, son of
Captain James Wallace, of Elizabeth City county, and Martha, his wife, was a student of William
and Mary College in 1757, burgess for Elizabeth City county 1769, 1772, justice of the county and
member of the county committee of safety (2775). He also served in the militia with the rank of
captain. He married Elizabeth Westwood. Grandson of Rev. James Wallace (q. v.).
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Wallace, Dr. Michael,
son of William Wallace, of Galrigs, Scotland, merchant, who was of the same family as Sir William
Wallace, the heroic defender of Scottish independence, was born at Galrigs, May 11, 1719, learned
medicine and surgery as an apprentice to Dr. Gustavius Brown, of Maryland, settled at
Fredericksburg, in Virginia, before 1747, had a very large practice and died in January, 1767. He
married Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Dr. Gustavius Brown.
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Waller, Benjamin, was
son of Colonel John Waller, of "Newport," Spottsylvania county, and was born October 1, 1710. He
was a lawyer of distinction, removed when a young man to Williamsburg, was clerk of the council,
burgess for James City county 1744-1761, and a judge of the state admiralty and the state general
courts, 1776-1785. He died May 1, 1786. He married Martha Hall (1728-1780).
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Waller, John, was third son
of John Waller, M. D., of Newport Pagnel, Buckinghamshire, England, which last is believed to
have been a son of Edmund Waller, the poet. He located in King and Queen county, Virginia, and
was sheriff of the county in 1702, a justice of King William county in 1705, and a member of the
house of burgesses for King William in 1710-1712, 1712-1714, 1720-1722. When Spottsylvania county
was organized out of King William in 1722, he was first clerk of the new county. He was
lieutenant-colonel of the militia of Spottsylvania county. He married Dorothy King, and had issue
six children. His will was proved in Spottsylvania county, October 1, 1754.
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Waller, William, son of
Colonel John Waller (q. v.), was born in Spottsylvania county in 1714, and represented his county
in the house of burgesses in 1742, 1744, 1745, 1746, 1748, 1749, 1752, 1753, when he resigned to
accept the place of coroner. He died January 10, 1760.
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Wallings, George, was a
burgess for Nansemond county in 1663.
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Walthoe, Nathaniel,
came to Virginia before 1744, when he was clerk of the general assembly. He continued in that
office till his death in 1772. He left his property in Virginia to his sister, Henrietta
Marmillard, and his nieces Mary and Martha Hart, of Great Britain. There is a portrait of
Nathaniel Walthoe at Lower Brandon, in the collection of William Byrd.
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Walton, Isaac Row, was
burgess for Brunswick in 1761-1765. He was son of George Walton, whose will dated July 7, 1764,
was proved in Brunswick January 26, 1767. Isaac Row Walton's will, dated June 19, 1770, was
proved in Brunswick, October 22, 1770.
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Ward, Seth,
lieutenant-colonel and great grandson of Seth Ward, the immigrant to Virginia of "Sheffield" and
"Winterpock" in the present Chesterfield county; as justice of Henrico in 1745, sheriff of
Chesterfield, member of the house of burgesses in 1764, 1765, 1766-1768. He married Mary Goode.
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Ward, Seth, of Varina,
ancestor of the Ward family of Virginia, patented in 1634 fifty acres near "Powhatan Tree" in
Henrico county.
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Ware, Rev. Jacob, was
minister of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, from 1690 to 1695 and afterwards was minister of
Henrico parish, till his death in 1709.
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Wareham, Thomas, was a
burgess for Mounts Bay in 1632 and 1632-1633.
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Waring, Francis, son of
Colonel Thomas Waring, was colonel of the Essex county militia, and burgess for Essex in
1658-1761, 1761-1765 and 1766-1768; was one of the signers of the Northern Neck protest against
the Stamp Act. He died in 1771.
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Waring, Thomas, emigrated
from England and settled at "Goldsberry," St. Anne's parish, Essex county, Virginia, in the
latter part of the seventeenth century. He was vestryman, justice of the peace, and member of the
house of burgesses in 1736. He died at his family seat, January, 1754, leaving two sons Francis
and Thomas, and three daughters, Elizabeth who married Thomas Todd of King and Queen county, Mary
who married Henry Robinson, of Hanover, and Anne who married Rev. James Smith, of Essex. He
married Lucy Cocke, daughter of William Cocke.
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Warne, Thomas, was a
burgess for James City county in 1645.
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Warnet, Thomas, of
Southwark, London, son of John Warnet, of Hempstead, Sussex, was the principal merchant at
Jamestown in 1628. He died in February, 1630, and the legacies given in his will show the style
of living in his day. His wife was Thomasine, daughter of William Hall, of Woodalling, county
Norfolk, England.
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Warren, Thomas, born in
1621, patented lands in Charles City county in 1635, due by reason of the personal adventure of
his wife Susan Greenleafe, and of Robert Greenleafe, "an ancient planter," her former husband. He
was member of the house burgesses for James City county in 1644, 1645, and for Surry county in
1658-1659 and 1666. He died about 1670, leaving a widow Jane and son William. His sister Alice
was wife of Major William Marriott, to Surry county.
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Washbourn, John, was a
burgess for Accomac county in 1703-1705.
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Washer, Ensign, was a
burgess for Flower dieu Hundred in the first assembly 1619.
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Washington, Augustine,
youngest son of Augustine Washington and Jane Butler, his wife, was born in 1720 and was
given by his father, Augustine, the family estate in Westmoreland county, known as "Wakefield."
He was a burgess for Westmoreland county from 1754 to 1758, and a member of the Ohio Company. He
married Anne Aylett, daughter and coheiress of William Aylett, of Westmoreland county.
Half-brother of General George Washington.
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Washington, Colonel
John, son of Rev. Lawrence Washington, royalist clergyman, of Purleigh in county Essex,
England, was born about 1631, came to Virginia as a master's mate under Edward Prescott about
1657; chosen vestryman of Appomattox parish, Westmoreland, July 3, 1661; justice of the peace
June 24, 1662; lieutenant-colonel in 1670, and member of the house of burgesses 1666, 1676. He
commanded against the Indians in 1675, and was friendly to Sir William Berkeley in 1676. He died
in 1677. He was ancestor of General George Washington.
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Washington, John,
settled in Surry county before 1658, was justice of the peace and major of the militia. Issue a
son Richard, who sold land in 1678 and died in 1725. He was ancestor of Sidney Lanier, but no
known relative to the Washingtons of Westmoreland county.
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Washington, Lawrence,
merchant, son of a royalist clergyman, Rev. Lawrence Washington, of Purleigh, county Essex,
England, came to Virginia about 1656. He married Mary Jones, of Luton, county Bedford, England,
died in Virginia. He was brother of Colonel John Washington (q. v.).
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Washington, Lawrence,
second child and oldest surviving son of Augustine Washington and Jane Butler, his first
wife, was born at Pope's Creek, Westmoreland county, Virginia, in 1718. He was a half brother of
General George Washington. He was educated in England and settled upon the "Hunting Creek
Plantation," devised him by his father in Fairfax county. He was burgess for Fairfax from 1742 to
1749 and was one of the originators of the Ohio Company (1749). He was also interested in the
manufacture of iron, both in Virginia and in Maryland. He was a captain in the British army, and
in 1740-1742 served under Admiral Vernon in the expedition against Carthagena. Later he was
commissioned a major in the Virginia service. On account of sickness he resigned and in 1751 went
to Barbadoes for his health in company with his brother George. He died July 26, 1752, at his
residence "Mt. Vernon" named in honor of his old commander, Admiral Vernon. He married on July
19, 1743, Anne, eldest daughter of Hon. William Fairfax of "Belvoir," but left no surviving
issue.
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Waters, Edward, born
1584, and left England for Virginia in the same ship, the Seaventure, which brought Sir
Thomas Gates, as first governor of Virginia under the second charter (1609); wrecked on the
Bermudas; went with the other castaways to Jamestown in 1610; in the same year returned with Sir
George Somers to Bermuda; when Matthew Somers sailed for England he was one of the three who
remained to hold the island for England and found an immense piece of ambergris; member of the
council of Bermuda; left Bermuda for Virginia in 1618 or 1619; married, probably about 1620,
Grace O'Niel; taken prisoner with his wife by the Indians of Nansemond at the great massacre in
1622; escaped, and in January, 1625, was living at Blunt Point, James river, with his wife and
two children, William and Margaret. He had the rank of captain, and in 1628 was appointed
commander of the plantations in Elizabeth city county; burgess in 1625. He is sometimes
confounded with Robert Waters, left behind by Gates in the Bermudas, when he sailed in 1610 for
Jamestown, and who killed a man.
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Waters, William, son of
Edward Waters, of Elizabeth City county, was high sheriff of Northampton county in 1652, major of
militia in March, 1652, and a justice of the quorum; burgess for Northampton in 1654 and
1659-1660. He married the widow of George Clarke, and his will probated in 1685 names sons
William, Richard, Thomas, John, Obedience and Edward.
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Waters, William, son
of Major William Waters, was sheriff for Northampton county in 1696, and burgess in 1696, 1705,
1714, 1718 and 1720. He died before 1722.
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Watkins, Benjamin, son
of Stephen Watkins, whose will is recorded in Chesterfield county (1758), was clerk of the county
from 1749 to 1779 and burgess for Chesterfield in the assembly of 1772-1774 and 1775-1776 and
member of the conventions of 1774, 1775 and 1776.
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Watkins, Henry, was a
burgess in 1624 and signed "The Tragical Relation." He was then living on the eastern shore.
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Watkins, Micajah, son
of John Watkins, of Prince Edward county, whose will dated April 20, 1762, is on record. He was
burgess for Halifax county in the assembly 1775-1776, and served in the conventions of 1775 and
1776.
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Watson, Abraham, was a
burgess for James City county in 1652, 1653, 1654.
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Watson, Joseph, was a
burgess for Dunmore county (Shenandoah) in 1772 and 1773. He died before May 5, 1774.
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Watts, Matthew, was a
burgess for Elizabeth City county at the April session, 1696, of the house of burgesses.
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Waugh, James, succeeded
Henry Fitzhugh, who died, as burgess for Stafford county in 1744 and served till 1747. He was a
captain of militia, etc., and was a grandson of Rev. John Waugh (q. v.).
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Waugh, Rev. John, was a
minister of the church of England in a parish in Stafford county, Virginia, where he was living
as early as 1666. During the reign of James II., Virginia, like England, was very much agitated
with rumors of Popish plots, and John Waugh greatly inflamed the people by his harangues against
the Catholics. In 1699, he was elected to the general assembly, but declared ineligible as a
minister. He died in 1706, leaving a wife Christian and sons Joseph, John, Alexander and David.
[Page 354]
Waugh, John, son of Rev.
John Waugh, was burgess for Stafford county in 1710-1712.
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Wayles, John, an eminent
lawyer, born at Lancaster, England, in 1715. He resided in Charles City county, Virginia, where
his residence was called "The Forest." He married at least twice, (first) Martha, widow of
Lewellyn Eppes, who was herself an Eppes before marriage, and (second) Elizabeth Lomax, widow of
Reuben Skelton. Martina, his child, by Martha Eppes, married Thomas Jefferson. He died in 1773.
[Page 354]
Webb, George, son of Conrad
Webb, of London, merchant, resided in New Kent county, Virginia, circa 1728, father of
Lewis Webb (q. v.).
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Webb, Giles, was a
burgess for Nansemond county in 1658, 1659, 1660. He was probably father of Giles Webb, of
Henrico county, who died in 1713, and of Thomas Webb, of the city of Gloucestershire, England,
gentleman, who was alive in 1718.
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Webb, Lewis, son of George Webb and Lucy, his wife, of New Kent
county, was born April 19, 1731, and was a burgess for New Kent county in the assembly of
1758-1761.
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Webb, Stephen, born at Breshley, Worcestershire, and baptized there
September 1, 1598, son of Stephen and Ann Webb. He was a burgess for James City county, then
including Surry, in March, 1643, and October 1644. He had two sons who died without issue, and
his property in Virginia went to his brother William Webb, of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire,
England.
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Webb, Wingfield, was a burgess for Gloucester countyin 1654.
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Webster, Richard, probably son of Roger Webster; he resided at
Jamestown where he purchased from the colony the "Country House"; was major of the militia, and
burgess for James City county, March, 1657-1658.
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Webster, Roger, and Joanna, his wife, was living at Hog Island in
1625, member of the house of burgesses for "Glebe Land and Archer's Hope" September, 1632;
probably father of Major Richard Webster, of Jamestown.
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Weekes, Abraham, was chosen as vestryman of Lancaster county in
1657, and justice in 1666. He was afterwards a justice of Middlesex and burgess at the assemblies
October 10, 1676, an October 10, 1677. He died in 1692. The Middlesex county records show that in
1738 the eldest descendant bearing the name was Thomas Hobbes Weekes, Esq; of Southampton,
England.
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Weir (Weyer), Major John, settled in Old Rappahannock county. In
1666 he had three grants of land, aggregating 6,570 acres. He was burgess for Rappahannock March,
1658-1659. In 1697 Elizabeth Gardner, of St. Mary's county, Maryland, daughter and heiress of
John Weire, late of Rappahannock county, deceased, conveyed 2,502 acres in Richmond county,
patented by him June 6, 1666.
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Welbourn, Thomas, burgess for Accomac county in 1700-1702.
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Weldon, Poynes, a lawyer, burgess for James City county in 1695-96.
He was probably son of Major Samuel Weldon, of London, who came to Virginia in 1675 and died in
James City about 1693. The latter in turn was doubtless a son of Rev. John Weldon, minister in
1666 of the parish of St. Mary Newington, Surry county, England. The city of Weldon, in North
Carolina, was named for this family (see "William and Mary Quarterly," vi, p. 121).
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Wellford, Dr. Robert, was born in England, April 12, 1753; he came
to America in 1775, an in 1776 was surgeon in the British army. After the war, having rendered
himself popular with the American prisoners by his tender attentions, he settled in
Fredericksburg and acquired a large practice. He married, January 1, 1781, Mrs. Catherine
Thornton, widow of John Thornton Esq., of Stafford county, and daughter of Bartholomew Yates, of
Gloucester county. Died April 24, 1823.
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Wells, Richard, was a burgess for Upper Norfolk county in 1645.
[Page 356]
West, Anthony, came to Virginia in 1622; in 1624 resided at James
City, and in 1625 at the plantations opposite on the south side; settled in Northampton county,
where he was one of the justices and lieutenant-colonel of the militia. He died in 1651, leaving
a son, John West. He was some relation to Lord Delaware, as the arms of his family were the same
as those of his lordship. Anne, his widow, married (second) Stephen Charleton.
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West, Francis, burgess for King William county in 1748-1749,
1756-1758, was a son of Captain Thomas West, who was a grandson of Captain John West, brother to
Lord Delaware, He was a justice of the peace and colonel of the militia. He married Jane Cole,
widow, first, of Ferdinand Leigh, and afterward of Stephen Bingham. He had a daughter Agnes, who
married William Dandridge.
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West, Henry, patented 900 acres on the Blackwater, in Isle of Wight
county, 1673. He took part in Bacon's rebellion, and by court-martial, held January 24, 1677, was
found guilty of treason and rebellion and banished from Virginia for seven years, and all of his
estate except five pounds confiscated.
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West, Hugh, was descended from John West, who came from Muston, in
Yorkshire, it is believed, about the latter part of the seventeenth century. He was a burgess for
Fairfax county, Virginia 1752, 1753, 1754. He died th latter year and was succeed by his son,
Hugh West (q. v.).
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West, Hugh, Jr., attorney-at-law, was son of Hugh West (q. v.), and
succeeded him as the representative for Fairfax county in 1754. He continued to sit for Fairfax
until 1755, when he removed to Frederick county and represented that county in 1756, 1757, 1758.
His will was proved in Fairfax county, June 18, 1767, and names issue.
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West, Lieutenant-Colonel John, of Northampton county, was son of
Anthony West. He was a contemporary of Colonel John West, of West Point, but unlike him took
sides with Bacon in 1676. He was pardoned by Sir William Berkeley on due submission an
acknowledgment of his guilt. He married Matilda Scarburgh and had issue — Anthony,
Alexander, John, the eldest, Jonathan, and John the younger.
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West, Colonel John, son of Captain John West, governor, etc., was
born at "Bellfield," York river, in 1632, being the first child of English parents born on York
river; lived at West Point; sat on the courts-martial that tried the rebels in Bacon's time;
senior justice and colonel of the New Kent county militia; married Unity, daughter of Major
Joseph Croshaw; burgess for New Kent county in 1685 and 1686. He had three sons — John,
Nathaniel and Thomas, and one daughter — Unity, who married Henry Fox, of King William
county.
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West, John, known as "Capt. John West, Jr.," was son of Hugh West
(q. v.) and represented Fairfax in the house of burgesses from 1755 till his death in 1775. He
married Catherine, daughter of Major Thomas Colville, and left issue.
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West, John, of King William county, son of Colonel John West and
Unity Croshaw, his wife, was a member of the house of burgesses in 1702-1706. He married, in
October, 1698, Judith, daughter of Major Anthony Armistead, of Elizabeth City county, and had one
son Charles, who, dying without issue, left the West Point estate (4,000 acres) to his cousin,
Thomas West.
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West, Captain Thomas, of King William county, son of Colonel John
West and Unity Croshaw, his wife, was burgess for King William in 1702-1706. He married Agnes
———, and had a son Thomas, who was given the West Point estate (4,000 acres) by
his cousin, Charles West.
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West, Thomas, son of Captain Thomas West, of King William county,
was a burgess for that county in 1742-1747. He died in 1743, before the assembly ended. Charles
West, his cousin, left him the West Point estate. He married Elizabeth Seaton, daughter of George
Seaton, of King and Queen county, and left issue, of whom the eldest son was John West.
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West, William, nephew of Lord Delaware, killed by the Indians at
the falls of James River, Virginia, in 1611.
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Westcomb, James, was clerk of Westmoreland county from January 24,
1690 to July, 1709, and burgess for the county in the assembly of 1700-1702.
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Westhrope, John, was a London merchant, who in 1650 patented 1,500
acres on Ward's creek, in Charles City county (now Prince George). He was major of militia, and
in 1644 represented Charles City county in the house of burgesses. His will, dated September 24,
1655, was proved in London, June 12, 1658. He married a daughter of John Sadler, of London, but
had no surviving issue. He gave his estate to his five sisters.
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Westwood, William, was son of Worlich Westwood, of Elizabeth City
county, and was a member of the house of burgesses in 1736-40, 1742-47, 1748-49, 1752-55,
1756-58. His will was proved in May, 1770.
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Westwood, Worlich, son of William Westwood, of Elizabeth City
county, was a member of the house of burgesses in 1772-1774 and 1775-1776, and of the conventions
of 1775, 1776 and 1788, and member of the house of delegates in 1785, 1790 and 1802-03.
[Page 357]
Wetherall, Robert, was burgess for James City county in 1654, 1652.
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Wetherburn, Henry, keeper of the Raleigh Tavern, in Williamsburg.
He married Anne Marot, widow of James Shields, also keeper of an ordinary. He died in 1752.
[Page 357]
Whaley, James, son of Major Thomas Whaley, was born in 1652. He was
a prominent merchant of York county, Virginia. He died May 16, 1701. He married, April, 1695,
Mary Page, niece of Colonel John Page, and left an only son Matthew, who died at the age of nine
years.
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Whaley, Mary, daughter of Matthew Page, and widow of James Whaley,
of York county, Virginia. Upon the death of her son Matthew, at the age of nine years, she
established in 1706 a free school near Williamsburg in his honor. She removed some years
afterwards to England, where she died in St. Mary Bedfont parish, January 31, 1743. The school
still continues under the supervision of the College of William and Mary.