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William Lacy, a grandson of the emigrant ancestor of the family in Virginia, with his wife, Elizabeth, appear to have been residents of King William parish in 1741. In that year a son, David, was born to them, and in 1743, another son, Henry. According to Foote (p. 582), Williamn Lacy and his wife, "Cath- erine Rice," removed to Chesterfield county, where their son Drury, with a twin sister, was born October 5th, 1758. An acci-
dd See Virginia Historical Register, III, 1850, pp. 25, 26.
ee Meade's Old Churches and Families of Virginia, I, p. 97, et seq, gives much information regarding the Amblers and Jaquelins of Vir- ginia.
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dent in childhood, the explosion of a musket, by which he lost his left hand decided the future course of the life of Drury Lacy, and induced him to strive to obtain an education to fit himself for a teacher or some profession. While engaged in teaching in a private family, he came under the notice of Rev. John B. Smith, President of Hampden Sydney College, by whom he was encouraged and assisted in completing a classical education. He became a minister of the Gospel ; and was for years Vice- President of the college at which he had been educated. He possessed marked powers of oratory. He could lift up his voice like a trumpet, and its silvery notes fell sweetly upon the ears of the most distant auditors in large congregations, wherever assembled, in houses or in the open air, A silver finger affixed to the wrist of his shattered hand gave him the name of the "silver hand."
The Church remembers him as Lacy of the "silver hand and silver voice." He married a Miss Smith, and reared three sons and two daughters. Two of the sons became ministers of the Gospel. The eldest, William Smith Lacy, preached for a time as a missionary, and then became pioneer of the Church in Arkansas. The youngest, Drury, was pastor for some time in Raleigh, North Carolina; then served as President of Davidson College; and subsequently as chaplain in the State hospitals. The third son became a physician. Each of the sons reared a son for the ministry. Of these, one, the Rev. B. T. Lacy, was the chosen chaplain of General T. J. Jackson, Confederate States Army, and another was a chaplain in the Army of Northern Virginia. Two grandsons entered the army; one died in Peters- burg from disease brought on by exposure; and the other, Major J. Horace Lacy, saw much active service.
The two daughters each married Presbyterian ministers. The elder became the wife of Samuel Davies Hoge. the son of Rev. Moses Hoge, D. D., Professor of Theology of the Virginia Synod. Her two sons entered the ministry. The elder is the distinguished pulpit orator, Rev. Moses Drury Hoge, D. D., pastor of the second Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia. The younger son, Rev. William James Hoge. D. D., died in 1864, pastor of the Tabb Street Church, Petersburg, Virginia. The youngest daughter married Rev. James H. Brookes, and
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reared one son for the ministry, who is now pastor of a church in St. Louis, Missouri.
Henry Mauzy fled from France in 1685, emigrated to Vir- ginia and settled in Fauquier county. He married, probably in England, a daughter of a Dr. Conyers. Their son, John Mauzy, married Hester Foote, grand-aunt of Hon. Henry S. Foote, of the United States and Confederate States Congresses and Governor of Mississippi. Another son, Henry Mauzy, born 1721, married Elizabeth Taylor, born 1735. He died in 1804, and she in 1829. They left issue, among other children, the fol- lowing sons and daughters : John, Thomas, Richard, Michael, and the late Colonel Joseph Mauzy, of Rockingham county, whose son Richard is the editor of the Staunton Spectator. Susannah, one of the daughters, born 1765, married Charles Kemper, born 1756. She died in 1843 ; and he in 1841."
Paul Micou was a fugitive from Nantes. After some years of exile, probably in England, he emigrated to Virginia, and set- tled in Essex county. He had been educated for the bar, and was a man of great and acknowledged worth. He served as a justice of the peace from 1700 to 1720. He died May 23, 1736 ; aged seventy-eight years. A son, Paul Micou, Jr., served also as justice of the peace for Essex, 1740-1760, and a grandson of the same name, for the period 1780-1800. One of his daugh- ters married Rev. J. W. Giborne, of Lunenburgh parish, Rich- mond county.
Another daughter, Judith Micou, married Lunsford Lomax. His son, Major Thomas Lomax, was the father of Judge John Tayloe Lomax, so long and favorably known in the Virginia courts. Another daughter married Moore Fauntleroy, whose ancestor, Lieutenant-Colonel Moore Fauntleroy, was a patentee of lands in New Norfolk county in 1643. A descendant in the present generation of Paul Micou, the venerable James Roy Micou, has served as clerk of Essex for quite a half century. Another descendant, Mr. A. R. Micou, formerly editor of the Tidewater Index, is the present State Superintendent of Public Printing. Rev. John Moncure, the progenitor of the worthy family of the name, was of Huguenot descent. One of his
ff Foote, pp. 578, 579.
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daughters; Jean, who possessed the poetic gift, was a highly in- telligent lady, zealously pious, and abounding in philanthropy ; was the wife of General James Wood, Governor of Virginia. Another honored descendant was the late learned and guileless Judge, Richard C. L. Moncure, of the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
1693. A Declaration of the Opinion of the French Ministers, who are now Refugees in England, about some points of Reli- gion in Opposition to the Socinians.
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1698. Proposalls Humbly Submitted [by W. Byrd] to the Lords of ye Councill of Trade and Plantations for Sending ye French Protestants to Virginia.
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1700. Records Relating to the Huguenot Emigration to Virginia. Contributions in aid of the Refugees.
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List of all ye Passengers from London to James River, in Virginia, being Ffrench Refugees imbarqued in the Ship, ye Peter and Anthony, Galley of London, Daniel Perreau, Commander.
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An Acc't of ye Money lay'd out for the Transport and Sup- plies of ye French Refugees.
17 Liste des Personnes du Second Convoy qui serent toute · l'année a Manicanton
A List of the Refugees who are to receive of ye Miller of Falling Creek Mill. one bushel a head of Indian Meale Monthly, as settled at or about King William's Town to begin in Ffeb.
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1701. Rolle des Francois, Suisses, Genevois, Alemans, et Fla- mans, embarques dam le navire nemmé le Nasseau pour aller a la Virginie.
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Memorandum, Cash paid by Severall for ye use of ye 'Ffrench Refugees 35
1700. December 27 .- Proceedings of the Virginia Council 37
1701. May 10 .- The State of the Ffrench Refugees-Report of W. Byrd
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A List of ye French Refugees that are settled att ye Manna- chin Town. In ye first ship 45 The names of such as came in the second ship. 46
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An Acc't of what Money Rec'd for ye Transport and Sup- plies of the Ffrench Refugees 17
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Those that came in the third ship settled between the creeks. 47
Those that came in the fourth ship and are settled between the creeks. 47
Those that came in the second and fourth ships and are seated below the creek. 47
In the Fourth ship 48
Below the Creek 48
1700. A collection of all matters relating to the French Protestant Refugees 48
October 25 .- Proceedings of the Council.
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November 14 .- Proceedings of the Council 49
December 9 .- Agreement with Dr. Daniel Coxe
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An abstract of "The Coppy of Dr. Coxe's Title he claimes in Norffolk county".
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Petition of the Refugees to Governor Nicholson.
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December 5 .- Act of the Virginia Assembly creating King William Parish, and exempting the settlers from tax for seven years
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December 23 .- Petition of the Settlers for Relief.
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Subscriptions for them
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1700. February .- Letter announcing the death of Tertullian Sehult, etc
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1704. April 24 .- Naturalization of French Refugees 68
1706. August 14 .- Petition of Daniel Blouet. 68
1707. September 2 .- Answer of Abraham Salle to the petition of Rev. Claude Phillippe De Richebourg in regard to Parish disputes 69
1710. November 10 .- Proceedings of the Council regarding dis- tribution of land among the settlers 71
1714. Liste Generalle de tous les Francois Protestants Refugies, establys dans la paroisse du Roy Guillaume, Comté d' Henrico en Virginia, y Compris les Femmes, Enfans, Veuses, et Orphelins. 74
1721. March 25 .- Register of Baptisms at Manikin-Town 77
1728. July 4 .- Letter to Rev. Mr. Nearne II2
1744. June .- A list of King William Parislı. · II2
APPENDIX OF GENEALOGIES.
Descendants of John de la Fontaine. IIQ
Descendants of Bartholomew Dupuy. 15I
Descendants of Rev. James Marye. 183
Descendants of James Powell and Mary Magdalene Cocke, 193
ERRATA AND CORRIGENDA.
Page 129. For Confederary read Confederacy.
52. Charles V
Charles I.
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152. Louis IV " Louis XIV.
155. " Saunders" should be Saunders.
1 165. For Issue of Mary and - (Dupuy) Dickinson read Issue of L. and Mary (Dupuy) Dickinson.
" 176. For Issue of - and Sallie (Dupuy) Thomason read Issue of Poindexter and Sallie (Dupuy) Thomason.
" 187. John Lawrence Marye is stated to have "graduated A. B. and B. L. University of Virginia, ' an error into which the editor was led by genealogic data supplied him, prepared by James Theodosius Marye in 1858. Hon. J. L. Marye graduated in 1840-'42 in the schools equivalent to those now required for the degree A. B., but at that period such degree was not awarded by the University of Virginia. The law studies of Mr. Marye were pursued in Fredericksburg, Va.
DOCUMENTS
RELATING TO THE
Huguenot Emigration TO VIRGINIA.
A DECLARATION OF THE OPINION OF THE FRENCH MIN- ISTERS, WHO ARE NOW REFUGEES IN ENGLAND, ABOUT SOME POINTS OF RELIGION, IN OPPOSITION TO THE SOCINIANS.I
We under written, the Refugees, French Ministers in England, having understood by a Letter which my Lord, the Bishop of London, who at present is in Holland, hath writ to Monsieur le Coq, Counsellor in the Parliament of Paris, and an Illustrious Confessor of the Truth, the strange Reports that have been spread, as if we were not found in the Faith, and particularly with relation to the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity, and Grace, and the need there is to dissipate the same; and being moreover perswaded that by this Explication of our Belief we shall per- form a thing that will serve for the Edification and Consolation of our Brethren, and will have its fruit, if the Lord please, especially in the Land of our Nativity, after some Amicable and Brotherly Conferences we have had upon this matter, in the
I Appended to Two Discourses on the Divinity of our Saviour, small 4to; London, 1693, (a copy of which, bound with other reli- gious tracts of the period, is in the possession of the Editor), by Charles G. Lamothe, who was the author also of Inspiration of the New. Testament Asserted and Explained. 8vo; London, 1694.
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presence of Monsieur le Coq, we have all of us agreed to de- clare, as we do in the Sincerity of our Hearts:
I. That we Believe the whole Scripture Divinely Inspir'd, so that all Men are obliged to receive everything therein Revealed with an entire Submission of Faith.
II. That we receive with Reverence and Submission what- soever the Scripture teacheth concerning the Nature of God and his Attributes, of his Spirituality, Infinitiveness, Incomprehensi- bility, Prescience, even of Future Contingencies, and of all others, the said Scripture attributes to him.
III. That we Believe also what it delivers concerning the Trinity of Persons in one only Divine Essence, and concerning the Incarnation of the Son, according as the said Articles are set down in the VI. XIV, and XV of the Confession of Faith of the Reformed Churches of France.
IV. That we hold also as an Article of our Faith, That Jesus Christ, by dying on the Cross, hath not only left us an Example that we should follow his Footsteps, but moreover, that his Principal Design therein was to satisfie the Divine Justice for us in bearing the Punishment of our Sins, as he actually did.
V. That we detest the Opinions of Socinus, and of all others that are contrary to the foremention'd Truths; not considering them as Innocent Opinions, or Tolerable Errors, but as Heresies which absolutely overturn the Foundations of the Christian Faith, and that consequently we can have no Religious Com- munion with those that follow them or teach them.
VI. That we do also condemn their Opinion, who deny the inward and immediate Operation of the Holy Ghost in the Con- version of Man to God, and who pretend that the Holy Ghost doth not so open the Hearts as to make Men believe the Word, incline them to love God, and to obey his Commandments.
We trust that God will give us his Grace to preserve the Doctrine pure and entire to our last Breath, and to evidence it as well in our publick Sermons as in our private Conversations.
London, the 30th of March, 1691.
T. Satur, formerly Minister of Montauban, Moderator. A. Piozet, formerly Minister of Mans, Joint-Moderator. C. G. Lamothe, formerly Minister of Rouen, Secretary. Du Bourdieu, formerly Minister of Montpelier.
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Le Chenevix, formerly Minister at Mante.
P. Charles, formerly Minister at Mauvesin.
L. Rival, formerly Minister at Saliez.
O. Champion, formerly Minister at Mougon.
Benjamin de Daillon, formerly Pastor of the Church of Roche- faucault.
Sers, formerly Minister in the Church of Montredon.
La Caux, formerly Minister at Castres.
De Guilhem, formerly Minister at Brebyeres, in Peregord.
J Lovis Malide, formerly Minister at Casteljaloux.
De Primerose, Minister of the French Church of London.
Mitauit, formerly Minister at Chef Boutonne.
Samuel Metayer, Minister of St. Quentin.
De Joux, formerly Pastor of the Reformed Church of Lyon.
P. Testas, formerly Minister of the Reformed Church of Mil- han in Guienne.
Marc Vernoux, formerly Minister of the Church of Mazemet, in Languedoc.
Fauleon, formerly Minister at Fecamp, in Normandy.
Betoule, formerly Minister of Duras.
J. Campredon, formerly Minister of the Church of St. Aignan upon the Maine, in France.
Jean Farcy, Minister of the Church of Mouchamp, in Low Poicton.
Jacques Severin, formerly Minister at Chery ley Rosais, in Forache.
F. Testas, formerly Minister at Poitiers.
Jacques Tirel, formerly Minister at St. Vaast.
Canolle, Minister of Gontauld.
Pont, formerly Minister of Mazercs.
Jean Gommarc, Minister of Mussidan, in the Dutchy of La Force.
Baignoux, formerly Minister at Poitiers.
David Grimaudet, formerly Minister of the Church of Desaigne.
Jacques Doules, formerly Minister at Angles.
Pierre Fontaine, formerly Minister of Royan.
Daniel du Tens, formerly Minister of the Reformed Church of Angers.
J. Solinhac, formerly Minister at Realville.
Pierre Souchet, formerly Minister at Rochouard.
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Jacob de Roussignac, formerly Minister at Puycasque.
J. Bardon, formerly Minister of Bruinquel.
Jean Baron, formerly Minister of Mazemet.
Jean Molles, formerly Minister of Cardalhac.
Daniel Chais la Place, formerly Minister of la Grave, in Dau- phint.
Le Sauvage, formerly Minister at Aleason.
Jean Cabibal, formerly Minister of Brassac.
Etienne Molener, formerly Minister de Lisle, in Jordain.
Philippa la Loe, formerly Minister at Orbec.
Jean Couver, formerly Pastor of Linieres, in Angoumars.
Jacob Asselin, formerly Minister at Dieppe.
Jean Forent, formerly Minister of the Church of - Syon, in Bretagne.
C. Pegorier, formerly Minister of Havre.
Charles Bertheau, formerly Minister of Paris.
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P. Roussilion, formerly Minister of the Baronny of Montre- den, in the Lower Languedoc.
P. Pest Degalimere, formerly Minister at Mans.
Barthelomy Balaguier, formerly of the Church of Aiguefonde, in the High Languedoc.
Paul Gravisset, formerly Minister at Ardenay, in the Country of Maine.
Jean Boudet, formerly Minister at Genebrieres.
Joseph de la Mothe, formerly Minister of the Reformed Church of Puymiral.
Jouneau, formerly Minister at Barbesieux.
J. Lions, formerly Minister at Montelimart. Gabriel Barbier, Minister at Greenwich.
Pierre Blanc, Minister.
Rival, Minister.
J. Lombard, formerly Minister at Angers.
J. Majou, formerly Minister at Ciré.
Durand Raoux, formerly Minister of St. Privat.
J. Graverol, formerly Minister at Lyons.
Jacques Laborie, Minister.
Barthelomy Basset, Minister.
J. M. Verchiere, Minister.
Abraham Gilbert, formerly Minister at Melle. Jean Charpentier, Minister.
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Charles Contet, Minister.
Antoine Review, Minister.
H. de Rocheblave, Minister.
Jean le Febre, Minister.
A. Lombard, Minister.
Jean Bernard, Minister.
Elisce Gerauld, Minister.
Brocus de Hondesplens, formerly Minister of Casteljaloux.
Mote, formerly Minister of the Place de Barre, in Cevennes.
Jacques Misson, formerly Minister at Niort.
Pierre Bossatran, formerly Minister at Niort, in Poitou.
Michel David, formerly Minister of my Lady Dutchess de la Force.
Pierre Ticier, formerly Minister of Mauvesin.
Jean la Motthe Minister of the Church of la Bastide Rouaisouse. Michel Cordier, formerly Minister of Fieux.
Bertheau the Elder, Minister of the Church of Montpelier.
La Riviere, formerly Minister at Toulouse.
Brevet, formerly Minister of the Church of Dompierre and Bourumf.
A. Forues, Minister.
. A. Richard, formerly Minister of Esperausses, in Languedoc. P. Astrac, Minister of the Church of la Gazelle, in Auvergne. Jean Chabbert, Minister.
La Porte, formerly Minister of the Church of Agen, in Low Guienne.
J. Dejoux, Junior, Chaplain in their Majesty's Ship the Northumberland.
A. de St. Denys, formerly Minister at Sancourt, in Normandy.
PROPOSALLS HUMBLY SUBMITTED TO THE L'DS OF YE COUNCILL OF TRADE AND PLANTATIONS FOR SEND- ING YE FRENCH PROTESTANTS TO VIRGINA.
(Presented in the year 1698.)
Whereas, His Majesty has been pleas'd to refer to your L'ps the care and Disposal of a Considerable number of French and
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Vaudois Refugees that have had ye hard fortune to be driven out of their Country on account of their Religion, and some Proposals have been offered to your L'ps for ye sending 'em to a small Tract of Land lying betwixt Virginia and Carolina, which the Proprietors of Carolina call, and order to Settle a New Colony there; Upon a full enquiry into ye matter, and a due examina- tion of all Circumstances, I humbly conceive it will appear that Territory is upon no account so fit a Place for this small Colony as ye upper Parts of James River in Virg'a, and that for these several Reasons :
I. Because that part of lower Norfolk claim'd by No. Caro- lina, to the Southward of Corotuck, is, according to its name, for ye most part, low Swampy ground, unfit for planting and Improvement, and ye air of it very moist and unhealthy, so that to send Frenchmen thither that came from a dry and Serene Clymate were to send 'em to their Graves, and that wou'd very ill answer his Maj'ty's charitable Intention, and prove as unsuc- cessfull as ye late expedition to Darien, whereas, on ye contrary, ye upper part of James River affords as good land and as whole- some Air as any Place in America, and here is room enough for 'em to live Comfortably altogether under a very easy Governm't, tho' perhaps it were better that they were to be disperst in small numbers all over ye Country, for then they would be less Capa- ble of raising any disturbance and wou'd be much more easily Supply'd w'th necessarys towards their first Settlement.
2. In that part of Virginia they will not be put to so many difficultys and distress'd at their first Settlem't as of necessity they must in that dismal part of Carolina, Provisions being there much Cheaper and Assistances of all kinds nearer at hand. and then ye Expence of settling them will be much more reasonable, for if these poor wretches be sent recommended to Collo. Nich- olson, Gove'r of Virg'a, he will be exceedingly active in an undertaking of so great Charity, and will place them in such a . part of ye Country as may be most happy for them, and by his generous Example will encourage other People of Substance to contribute their assistance.
3. There is a Dispute betwixt the Government of Virginia and ye Proprietors of Carolina about this Tract of Land which they
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call Lower Norfolk, for Carolina pretends, by virtue of its Patent, to extend its bounds as far as 36 Degrees and an half, w'ch takes in no more than part of this Territory, So that if these poor People shou'd go to settle there they wou'd be under a perpetual Vexation, both from these Proprietors and from Virginia, and in a Little time wou'd grow so uneasy under these and a hundred other hardships that those who surviv'd wou'd be forct [sic] to disperse themselves into Virg'a and Carolina, for which reason 'twill save them a great deal of Inconvenience to send 'em directly to Virginia.
4. 'Twill be more for ye Interest of His Majesty and of the Kingdom of England to send them to Virg'a, for 'tis well known how usefull such Subject there is to this Nation, Whereas in a New Colony 'twill be long before they'll be able to Supply their own necessitys, and much longer before they can possibly yield any advantage to England.
5. In a competition betwixt a Plantation belonging to ve King and another belonging to Proprietors, the first ought always, in duty and by Virtue of ye Prerogative, to be prefer'd.
6. If these People shou'd be settled in that Fog end of N. Caro- lina under the Proprietors, all our Criminals and Servants wou'd run away thither for protection, as those of Maryland do to Pensil- vania, and those of New York to ye Jerseys, and they'll be sure to receive 'em upon good Terms for ye Service and advancement of their new Colony, and I humbly Submit it to your L'd'ps' Con- sideration whether it were not necessary to injoin all Governors, under Severe penaltys, to cause diligent Search to be made after all Such Fugitives, and to send 'em back to ye Province from whence they made their Escape, for hitherto the Governor of Proprietys have been particularly deaf to all Such Complaints, to the great prejudice of his Maj't's more usefull Plantations ; and, indeed, if the illegal Trade, Entertainment and Protection of Pyrates and other foul Practices of those lawless Governments were fully understood, the King wou'd be so far from establishing of New Proprietys that He wou'd have good Reason, as well as legal Title, to seize the old ones. So that I hope your L'ps, upon Consideration of all these particulars, will please to determine this matter in favour of Virginia, which prides it self on being ye
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most advantageous to ye Crown of England of all its Dominions on the Continent.
W. BYRD.2
2 Colonel William Byrd, the first of his name and family in Virginia ; son of John and Grace (Stegge or Stagg) Byrd, London, (of the family of Brexton, Cheshire, England), was born in 1652, and came to Virginia, a youth, as the legatee of his uncle, Captain Thomas Stegge, merchant, landed proprietor and member of the Council. Colonel Byrd patented urge tracts of land including the site of the city of Richmond ; was a man of enterprise and influence; married Mary, daughter of Colonel Warham Horsemanden, of "Purley, in Essex, England;" member of the Virginia Council ; Receiver General of the Colony by appointment from December 24, 1687 until his death December 4, 1704, when he was succeeded by his son William (the more distinguished of the family), born at "Westover," the family seat, March roth, 1674 ; died August 26, 744, and was buried there. The last was educated in England ; " called to the bar in the Middle Temple, studied for some time in the Low Coun- uries, visited the Court of France, and was chosen Fellow of the Royal Society, * * was thrice appointed public agent to the court and min- istry of England, and being thirty-seven years a member, at last became President of the Council " His genius is embalmed in our national lite- rature as the author of the Westover Manuscripts, which contain with other papers, the "History of the Dividing Line between Virginia and North Carolina as run in 1728-29:" Colonel Byrd being one of the Com- missioners on the part of Virginia. He was the founder of Richmond, Virginia, which was laid off by Major William Mayo in April, 1737. He too, like his father, was much interested in the settlement of Virginia by the immigration of European Protestants. Drafts of letters of his written during the period 1735-1740, preserved at the hospitable seat, "Lower Brandon," James River (copies of which are in the possession of the editor) establish his frequent earnest efforts to secure the emi- gration of Swiss and German settlers, to whom he offered land, both in Virginia and North Carolina, on favorable terms. He was deeply in- terested in the development of the mineral resources of Virginia, and planted an extensive vineyard in 1735. He married twice. First, Lucy, daughter of Colonel Daniel Parke, Governor of the Leeward Islands ; secondly, May 9, 1724, " Mrs. Maria Taylor, eldest daughter and co- heiress of Thomas Taylor, of Kensington, England," born November roth, 1698; died August 25, 1771.
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