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Carrington, Paul, settled in Barbadoes about 1700 and afterwards came to Virginia. He was a large shipping merchant. His son George was ancestor of the famous Vir- ginia family of that name.
Carter, Colonel Charles, of "Cleve," King George county, was born in 1707. He was the son of Robert Carter, of "Corotoman," and his wife Judith, daughter of John Armi- stead, of "Hesse." He was burgess from King George county in the assemblies of 1736-1740, 1742-1747. 1748-1749, 1752-1755, 1756-1758. 1758-1761, and in the sessions of November 3, 1761, January 17, 1762, March 30, 1762, November 2, 1762, May 19, 1763, and January 12, 1764. In the session of October 30, 1764. William Champe was bur- gess from King George in place of Charles Carter, deceased. Colonel Carter married (first) Mary Walker, (second) Anne, daugh- ter of William Byrd, of Westover, (third) Lucy Taliaferro.
Carter, Charles, of "Corotoman" and "Shirley," born 1732, the son of John and Elizabeth Hill Carter; was burgess from Lancaster county in 1758-1761. 1761-1765, October, 1765. 1766-1768, May, 1769. 1769- 1771. 1772-1774. 1775-1776; member of the conventions of 1775, and of the first state council, 1776. He married (first) Mary W., daughter of Colonel Charles Carter, of "Cleve," (second) Ann Butler. daughter of Bernard Moore, of "Chelsea." King William county. He died in 1806.
Carter, Charles, of "Ludlow," son of Colo- nel Charles Carter, of "Cleve," and his first wife, Mary Walker, daughter of Joseph Walker, Esq., of York county, married Eliz- abeth, daughter of Colonel John Chiswell. He was burgess from King George county in the assemblies of 1756-1758. 1758-1761. 1761-1765. October, 1765. 1766-1768 and 1769-1771.
Carter, Edward, of "Blenheim," Albe- marle county, son of John Carter, of "Coro-
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toman" and "Shirley," was born about 1726, county. Born about 1650 and died in 1720. and was a burgess from 1765 to 1769. He married Sarah Champe, daughter of John and Anne (Carter) Champe, of King George county.
Carter, Robert Wormeley, son of Colonel Landon Carter, of "Sabine Hall," was bur- gess for Richmond county in the last assem- bly, 1775-1776, and member of the conven- tions of 1774 and 1775. He married Wini- fred Travers Beale, daughter of Captain William Beale, of Richmond county.
Carter, Thomas, ancestor of a numerons family of the name in Virginia and the south. He settled first in Nansemond county, and afterwards removed to Lancas- ter. He was a justice, captain of the militia, etc., and married Katherine Dale, eldest daughter of Major Edward Dale and Diana Skipwith, his wife. He died October 22, 1700, aged about seventy years. He was probably a near kinsman of Colonel John Carter, of Corotoman.
Carver, Captain William, was a promi- nent merchant of Lower Norfolk county ; was a justice in 1663 and other years ; sheriff int 1670; member of the house of burgesses in1 1665 and June 15, 1669, and April 16, 1672; while temporarily insane he killed a man in 1672. When the civil war broke out in 1676, Carver sided with Bacon and was dispatched by him to Accomac to seize Berkeley, but his ship was surprised by Colonel Philip Ludwell, and Carver was captured and hanged.
Cary, Major Francis, a cavalier officer who came to Virginia in 1649; returned to Eng- land.
Cary, Henry, son of Miles Cary, the immi- grant, lived at "The Forest," Warwick
He was a builder and contractor, and had charge of the erection of the capitol and governor's house at Williamsburg, when the government was removed from James- town. He later also superintended the building of the church in Williamsburg and the restoration of the college after the fire of 1705. He married Judith Lockey, and had issue, among others Henry Cary Jr. (q. v.).
Cary, Henry, Jr., was a son of Henry Cary and Judith Lockey, his wife. Born about 1680. He was like his father, a builder and contractor. He removed to Williamsburg, and in 1721 was vestryman of Bruton church. Among the buildings erected by him were the president's house at the col- lege, the chapel constituting the south wing of the college, the church at Hampton, and probably the Brafferton building at the col- lege. About 1733 he removed to "Amp- thill," Chesterfield county. He married Anne Edwards, and died in 1749. He was father of Colonel Archibald Cary, of the revolution.
Cary, John, was a merchant of London, who came to Virginia ; married Jane Flood, daughter of Colonel John Flood (q. v.). He presented a piece of plate to Brandon church, which is still preserved. In 1670 he was living in London, where he had the care and tuition of his wife's brother Walter Flood (born in 1656).
Cary, Miles, son of Colonel Miles Cary, the immigrant, was born about 1655; edu- cated in England ; clerk of the general court, 1691 ; burgess for Warwick county in 1688, for James City 1692-93, and for Warwick county from 1698 to 1706; register of the
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vice-admiralty court, 1697; naval officer of York river; trustee of William and Mary College, 1693, and afterwards rector ; sur- veyor-general, 1692 to 1708. He married (first) Mary Milner ; no issue. He married (second) Mary, daughter of Colonel Wil- liam Wilson, and left issue. He died Feb- ruary 27, 1709.
Cary, Oswald, was son of James Cary, merchant of London, who was engaged in the Virginia trade. He was sheriff of Mid- dlesex county, Virginia, in 1690, and captain of the militia. He died in 1690 and his widow Ann married (second) Randolph Seager, and (third) Rev. Samuel Gray. His daughter Anne married James Smith ("Wil- liam and Mary Quarterly," ix, 45, 46).
Cary, Captain William, born about 1657, was a son of Colonel Miles Cary, of the council. He resided in Warwick county, which he represented in the house of bur- gesses in 1693, 1702 and 1710. He married Martha, daughter of Colonel John Scars- brook, of York county, and died in 1713, leaving issue.
Cary, Colonel Wilson, son of Colonel Miles Cary (q. v.) and Mary Wilson, his wife, was born in 1702; studied in the gram- mar school of William and Mary College, and on June 30, 1721, was admitted a stu- dent at Trinity College, Cambridge Univer- sity ; appointed collector and naval officer of Lower James river; presiding magistrate and county lieutenant of Elizabeth county. He lived at "Ceeleys," in Elizabeth City county. He died in 1772.
Cary, Wilson Miles, only son of Colonel Wilson Cary, of "Ceeleys" (son of Miles Cary and Mary Wilson), was born in 1723;
educated at William and Mary College; burgess for Elizabeth City county from 1760 to: 1772; member of the convention of 1776, and afterwards of the house of delegates ; married Sarah, daughter of John Blair, of Williamsburg, president of the council ; died at "Carysbrook," Fluvanna county, about December 1, 1817, leaving issue.
Catchmaie, George, was a burgess from Upper Norfolk in the assembly of 1659-60.
Catlett, Colonel John, was born in the parish of Sittingbourne, county Kent, Eng- land, and was long one of the leading men in Rappahannock county, Virginia, where the parish of Sittingbourne was named for his original residence in England ; presiding justice in 1665, and died about 1670, killed, it is said, while defending a frontier fort against the Indians. He left a son of the same name (q. v.).
Catlett, John, Jr., was the son of Jolin Cat- lett (q. v.). John Catlett Jr. married Eliza- beth Gaines; was a member of the house of burgesses from Essex in 1693, 1696, 1700- 1702; justice of the county court, 1680, and colonel of the Essex militia. He died in 1724, leaving issue surviving.
Cave, Benjamin, was a burgess from Orange county in the assemblies of 1752- 1755, 1756-1758, 1758-1761. His will, dated June 26, 1762, was proved in Orange county, November 25, 1762.
Caufield, Robert, was a burgess from Surry county in the assembly of 1676. He was a son of Major William Caufield (q. v.) and died in 1691.
Caufield (Cofield, Cowfield), William, was a burgess from Surry county in 1657-58,
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1658-59, 1659-60. He was probably a son of Gresham Caufield, who patented land in Isle of Wight county in 1640. He was cap- tain and major of the Surry militia. He was father of Captain Robert Caufield (q. v.).
Cawsey, Nathaniel, was an old soldier that arrived in the First Supply, January, 1608, and in 1625 he and his wife Thomasine, who came in 1609, were living with five servants at Charles City (City Point). In 1620 he patented 200 acres on Kimages creek, in the present Charles City county, which he named "Cawsey's Care." He was a burgess in 1624. He died before 1634, when John Cawsey, supposed to be his son, sold this land to Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Aston.
Ceely, Thomas, came to Virginia at an early date, and was burgess for Warwick river in 1629 and 1639. He owned land at the mouth of Salford's creek, which after- wards, under the name of "Ceeleys," was inade the residence of Colonel Wilson Miles Cary.
Chamberlayn, Thomas, was burgess for Charles City in 1695-1696.
Chamberlayne, William, "descended from an ancient and worthy family in the county of Hereford" (tombstone) ; settled in New Kent county, where he was a successful merchant. His son Thomas married Wil- helmina, daughter of William Byrd, of Westover. William Chamberlayn died Au- gust 2, 1736.
Chanco, a converted Indian who informed his master, Richard Pace, of "Pace's Paines," of the impending massacre of 1622, and en- abled him to notify the authorities at James-
town, whereby that settlement and the ones adjoining were saved.
Chandler, John, was member of the house of burgesses from Elizabeth City in No- vember, 1645, and 1647, and a justice of that county in 1652. In 1636 he obtained a grant for 1,000 acres in Elizabeth City county for importing his wife and nineteen other per- sons. About 1639 he purchased Newport News from the Gookins. In 1639 there is a joint bond from him and Samuel Chandler, merchant of London. Subsequently he sold Newport News to Captain Benedict Staf- ford, from whom it came to William Digges.
Chaplin, Isaac, came to Virginia with Sir Thomas Gates in 1610, and Mary, his wife, arrived in 1622. He patented "Chaplin's Choice," on James river, near Jordan's Point, in 1619. The patent called for 200 acres. In 1629 he represented Chaplin's in the gen- eral assembly. Later "Chaplin's Choice" was owned by Captain Anthony Wyatt.
Charleton, Stephen, burgess for North- ampton county in the assemblies of 1645 and 1652. When Colonel Henry Norwood and his friends in 1649 were stranded on the eastern shore of Virginia, Charleton received them at his house most hospitably. He married (first) Bridget Pott, sister of Gov- ernor John Pott, (second) Anne West, widow of Anthony West. By his first wife he had two daughters, but both died issue- less. His estate, consisting of 1,500 acres, went to the parish, according to the provi- sions of his will.
Chesley, Philip, emigrated from Wellford, in Gloucestershire, about 1650, and was cap- tain of militia for the county of York, and church warden in 1674 of Bruton parish.
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He married Margaret, sister of Daniel Wild. ard Chichester, who lived at "Fairwethers," His will, proved in York county, May 10, Lancaster county, Virginia, but is buried at Powerstock, Dorset, England. 1675, names many nephews and cousins, who made their home with him in Virginia.
Chester, Captain Anthony, was com- mander of the ship Margaret and John, which traded to Virginia. In March, 1621, on his way with passengers to Virginia, he was attacked by two large Spanish armed ships in the West Indies, and after a heroic fight beat them off. This was exploited greatly in England.
Chew, John, said to have been from Som- ersetshire. England, came to Virginia in 1620, and was one of the leading merchants. In 1625 he had a lot in Jamestown. He was burgess for Hog Island in 1623, 1624 and 1629. Afterwards he removed to York county, and was burgess for that county in 1642, 1643 and 1644. About 1649 removed to Maryland and settled in Anne Arundell county. Ancestor of Chief Justice Benja- min Chew, of Germantown, Pennsylvania.
Chew, Larkin, son of Joseph Chew, of Maryland, and grandson of John Chew, the immigrant to Virginia, settled in Spottsyl- vania county, Virginia, and was a justice of that county in 1722 ; sheriff in 1727, and bur- gess for Spottsylvania from 1723 to 1726. He married Hannah Roy, and left issue.
Chichester, Richard, immigrant ancestor ; of an ancient and distinguished family, was second son of John Chichester, of Wid- worthy, and Margaret Ware, his wife. He came to Virginia in 1702, bringing with him his son John. He lived in Lancaster county, where his will, dated April 14, 1734, is duly recorded. His son John married Elizabeth Symes, of Dorset. England, and had Rich-
Chiles, John, was a son of Walter Chiles Jr., and resided in King William county. He was messenger of the council in 1693 : justice of King William in 1714, and in 1723 was a member of the house of burgesses from that county. He died the latter year. He married (first) Mary -, (second ) Eleanor Webber. daughter of Henry Web- ber, of King William, and had a daughter Susannah, who married Joseph Martin. of Albemarle, father of General Joseph Mar- tin, a distinguished pioneer of Southwestern Virginia.
Chiles, Walter, Jr., son of Colonel Walter Chiles, of the council, came to Virginia with his father before 1638, lived at Jamestown, and was burgess for James City county in 1658-59 and 1660. He married Mary Page, daughter of Colonel John Page, the council- lor, and had by her one son John and a daughter Elizabeth, who married Henry Tyler, of Middle Plantation, ancestor of President John Tyler.
Chilton, Edward, was a barrister of the Middle Temple, who came to Virginia some time before 1682, when he was clerk of the council and of the general court. In 1697 he had a part in the compilation of a pam- phlet called "The Present State of Virginia," his co-laborers being Henry Hartwell, Esq., and Dr. James Blair. He was attorney- general of Virginia from 1692 to 1698. In 1699 he became attorney-general of Barba- does. He married Hannah, daughter of Colonel Edward Hill, of Shirley, but she died issueless.
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Chinn, Joseph, son of Rawleigh Chinn, of Lancaster county, and Esther Ball, daugh- ter of Colonel Joseph Ball, of "Epping For- est;" was burgess for Lancaster in 1748- 1749 and 1752-1755.
Chisman, Edmund, son of Edmund Chis- man (brother of Colonel John Chisman, of the council), qualified as justice of York county, Virginia, July 25, 1670, and in 1676 was one of Bacon's majors. After Bacon's death he was captured by Robert Beverley and sentenced to be hanged, but died in prison before execution. He married Lydia. niece of Captain George Farlow, who was also a friend of Bacon and is described as a "great mathematician."
Chisman, Lydia, daughter of Mrs. Eliza- beth Bushrod, wife of Thomas Bushrod, by a former husband, and niece of Captain George Farlow. She was one of the early heroines of Virginia. When her husband, Major Edmund Chisman, was captured dur- ing Bacon's rebellion she threw herself at Sir William Berkeley's feet and begged to be executed in his stead. Her husband died in prison and she married Thomas Harwood. Later she was killed by lightning, March 16, 1694.
Chisman, Thomas, brother of Major Ed- mund Chisman, was born in 1652, qualified as justice of York county, August 24, 1680, and was a member of the house of burgesses in 1685. His will was proved July 18, 1715. He married Elizabeth Reade, daughter of Colonel George Reade, of the council, and left issue.
Chiswell, Charles, was clerk of the general court in 1706. He lived in Hanover county and died April, 1737, aged sixty, leaving a VIA-14
son John, who was a member of the house of burgesses, colonel, etc. (q. v.).
Chiswell, Colonel John, son of Charles Chiswell, was for a number of years one of the most prominent men in the colony. He was burgess from Hanover county from 1744 to 1755, when he removed to Williams- burg and represented the city in 1756, 1757 and 1758. He engaged actively in lead and iron mining, and in 1752 operated a furnace for the manufacture of iron five miles south of Fredericksburg. In 1757 he discovered the New river lead and zinc mines, about which time Fort Chiswell, a few miles dis- tant, was erected and named for him. In 1766 he got into a quarrel at a tavern in New Kent with a Scotch gentleman named Robert Routledge, in the course of which Routledge was killed. He was arrested and sent by the examining justices to Williams- burg to await trial. But on his way thither he was released on bail, out of term time, by three of the judges of the general court. His prosecutor was chosen in the prevailing custom by lot, and it fell to John Blair Jr., an intimate friend, to conduct. the case against him, but the suicide of Colonel Chis- well at his home on Francis street, in the city of Williamsburg, prevented any trial. His residence in the city is still standing. He married Elizabeth Randolph, daughter of William Randolph, of Turkey Island.
Christian, Israel, was a merchant who lived first at Staunton and afterward in that part of Augusta now Botetourt county ; bur- gcss for Augusta county in the assemblies of 1758-1761 and 1761-1765. He was the founder of the towns of Fincastle and Chris- tiansburg. He was father of Colonel Wil- liam Christian (q. v.).
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Christian, Thomas, ancestor of the well known Christian family of East Virginia, is believed to have come from the Isle of Man to Virginia. He patented land in Charles City county in 1687.
Christian, William, son of Israel Chris- tian, was born in Augusta county in 1743. He was a burgess for Fincastle county at its creation in 1773, and until 1775-1776, which saw the end of the house of bur- gesses ; member for Fincastle in the conven- tion of 1775; lieutenant-colonel of the First Virginia Regiment, raised by the state; commanded in 1776 and 1780 expeditions against the Cherokees ; in 1785 removed to Kentucky and was killed, April 9, 1786, by Indians. He married a sister of Patrick Henry.
Christmas, Doctoris, of Elizabeth City, planter, leased from the governor fifty acres of the company's land in 1627. His will, dated December 20, 1754, is recorded in York county. He leaves all his estate to his wife and his friend, Peter Starkey.
Church, Richard, was a burgess from Lower Norfolk in the assembly of 1676 and from Norfolk in the sessions of May 13 and June 18, 1702.
Clack, Rev. James, son of William and Mary Clack, of Marsden, in Wiltshire, came to Virginia in 1678, and was minister of Ware parish from 1679 to December 20, 1723, when he died. James Clack, believed to be his son, resided in Brunswick county.
Clack, John, was a burgess from Bruns- wick county in the place of Edmund Good- rich, who had accepted the office of sheriff, in the sessions of November 1, 1759, and of 1760 and 1761. Married Mary Kennon, and
left issue. He was brother of Sterling Clack (q. v.).
Clack, Sterling, was a burgess from Brunswick county in the assembly of 1748- 1749. He was son of James Clack, of Bruns- wick county, who was son of Rev. James Clack (q. v.), of Ware parish, Gloucester county. He was clerk of Brunswick county from 1740 to 1751. He married Anne Eld- ridge, daughter of Thomas Eldridge, and died in 1757.
Claiborne, Colonel Augustine, of "Wind- sor," son of Captain Thomas Claiborne, of "Sweet Hall," was born in 1721 ; removed from King William county to Surry and was burgess for that county in 1748-1749 and 1752-1757, but resigned in 1754 to become clerk of Sussex. In 1780 he was a state sena- tor. He married Mary Herbert, daughter of Buller Herbert, and died May 3, 1789. He was an eminent lawyer.
Claiborne, Major Buller, born October 27, 1755, second lieutenant of Second Virginia Regiment, October 2, 1775; captain from March 8, 1776, to July 27, 1777; brigade major and aide-de-camp to General Lincoln, 1779-1780 ; commanded a squadron of cavalry at the battle of the Cowpens ; appointed jus- tice of Dinwiddie in 1789; sheriff in 1802-04. He married Patsy, daughter of Edward Ruf- fin, of Sussex county.
Claiborne, Herbert, of "Chestnut Grove," New Kent county, son of Colonel Augustine Claiborne, born August 7, 1746; married (first) Mary Ruffin, daughter of Robert Ruf- fin, (second) Mary, daughter of William Burnett Browne, of Elsing Green, King Wil- liam county, great-grandson of Gilbert Bur- nett, bishop of Salisbury, England.
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Claiborne, Leonard, son of Captain Thomas Claiborne, of "Sweet Hall," King William county ; was sheriff for the county in 1732 and burgess in 1734-1740. He mar- ried Martha, daughter of Major Francis Bur- nell, and had issue-Leonard Claiborne Jr., of Dinwiddie county (q. v.).
Claiborne, Leonard, Jr., of Dinwiddie county, son of Leonard Claiborne, of King William county, was burgess for Dinwiddie ir. 1758, 1759, 1761, 1762, 1763, 1764 and 1765. He is said to have removed to Georgia.
Claiborne, Colonel Nathaniel, son of Cap- tain Thomas Claiborne, of "Sweet Hall," King William county, married Jane Cole, daughter of Colonel William Cole, of War- wick county. He was born about 1719, and died in his fortieth year. His widow mar- ried (second) Stephen Bingham and (third) Francis West, and was living in 1787.
Claiborne, Philip Whitehead, son of Wil- liam Claiborne, of "Romancoke," King Wil- liam county, lived at "Liberty Hall," King William county. In 1771 he was a member of the house of burgesses for King William and died in 1772. He married Elizabeth, daughter of William Dandridge, of King William county, and his wife Unity, daugh- ter of Nathaniel West (a great-nephew of Lord Delaware, governor of Virginia).
Claiborne, Richard, of Lunenburg county, son of Colonel Nathaniel Claiborne, of King William county, was member of the house of burgesses for Lunenburg in 1772 and 1774, and member of the conventions of 1774 and 1775. He died in 1776, leaving issue-sons, John, Richard Henry, Leonard, and daughter, Molly, married William War- wick, of North Carolina.
Claiborne, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas, son of Colonel William Claiborne, secretary of state, was born August 17, 1647; served against the Indians, and is said to have been killed by an arrow October 7, 1683. He was buried at Romancoke, in King William county, where his tomb remains. He mar- ried Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Dorothy Fenn, of Middle Plantation. His widow Sarah married (second) Thomas Bray. By her will Sarah established a scholarship at William and Mary College.
Claiborne, Captain Thomas, of "Sweet Hall," King William county, son of Lieu- tenant-Colonel Thomas Claiborne, was born December 16, 1680, and died August 10, 1732. He is said to have married three times and to have had twenty-seven chil- dren, which is probably an exaggeration. His last wife was Anne, daughter of Henry Fox, of King William county, by his wife Anne, daughter of Colonel John West (nephew of Lord Delaware).
Claiborne, Thomas, son of Captain Thomas Claiborne, of "Sweet Hall," King William county, was born January 9, 1704, and died December 1, 1735 ; clerk of Stafford county ; buried at "Sweet Hall," where his tomb still stands.
Claiborne, Thomas, son of Colonel Na- thaniel Claiborne, of "Sweet Hall," King William county, succeeded, on the death of Major Harry Gaines, as burgess for the county in 1768 and 1769.
Claiborne, William, of "Romancoke," son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Claiborne. He died in 1705, leaving a son William, who was sheriff of King William county in 1728
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and 1729 and married a daughter of Philip Whitehead, of the same county.
Clapham, Josias, burgess for Loudoun county to succeed James Hamilton in 1774 at the last session of the assembly of 1772- 1774; burgess in the assembly of 1775-1776, and in the conventions of 1774, 1775 and 1776.
Clarke, John, son of Sir John Clarke, of Wrotham, in Kent county, England, lived for a time at Middle Plantation, and died about 1644.
Clause (Close), Phettiplace, came to Vir- ginia in 1608; in 1624 was living at Pace's Paines ; in 1619 and in 1626 patented land on Warwicksqueak river (Pagan creek) ; was burgess for Mulberry Island, October, 1629, and for "From Denbigh to Waters' Creek" itt 1632.
Clay, John, an ancient planter, came to Virginia in 1613 and his wife Ann in 1623. He patented lands in 1635 on Ward's creek, in what is now Prince George county.
Clayton, Rev. John, was minister at James- town from 1684 to 1686. He returned to England, and in May, 1688, was minister of Crofton, at Wakefield, in Yorkshire. He was a member of the Royal Society, and contributed some valuable papers on Vir- ginia, which were published in the "Trans- actions."
Clayton, John, son of John Clayton, the attorney-general of Virginia, was born at Fulham, England, in 1685, and died in Glou- cester county, Virginia, December 15, 1773. He came to Virginia with his father in 1705; was an eminent botanist ; member of some of the most learned societies of Europe;
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