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Dandridge, Bartholomew, son of Colonel John Dandridge, of New Kent county, was born December 25, 1737. and died April 18, 1785. He represented New Kent county in the house of burgesses in 1772-1774 and 1775 -1776, and in the conventions of 1775 and of 1776. He was a member of the house of delegates and in 1778 was made judge of the general court. Brother of Mrs. Wash- ington.
Dandridge, Colonel John, brother of Colo- nel William Dandridge. of the council, was born in 1700, and came to Virginia about 1722, wlien he had a grant of a water-front lot in Hampton, Elizabeth City county ; clerk of New Kent county in 1747; married
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Frances Jones, daughter of Orlando Jones, on July 22, 1730; was father of Martha Dandridge, who married (first) Daniel Parke Custis; (second) George Washing- ton. He died August 31, 1756, and was buried at Fredericksburg.
Dandridge, Martha, daughter of Colonel John Dandridge of New Kent and Frances Jones, daughter of Orlando Jones, of King William county, was born June 2, 1731. She married (first) Daniel Parke Custis in 1749 and had issue, one son surviving, John Parke Custis, who died in 1781, of camp- fever contracted at the siege of Yorktown, while serving on the staff of General Wash- ington. She married (second) General George Washington. Died May 22, 1802.
Dandridge, Nathaniel West, was son of Colonel William Dandridge of the council, and Unity, his wife, only child of Colonel Nathaniel West, of West Point. He was a burgess from Hanover county from 1758 to 1764, when he was defeated for reelection by Colonel James Littlepage. He contested the election and his attorney, Patrick Henry, inade a great speech, but he was not suc- cessful. He married Dorothea, daughter of Governor Alexander Spotswood, and died January 16, 1786, leaving issue.
Davenport, Joseph, first town clerk of Williamsburg. He died in 1761. His son Joseph studied at William and Mary, and in 1755, went to England to be ordained. On his return, the same year, he became minister of Charles parish, York county, and remained such till his death in 1788. His son, Matthew, was writing master in the college.
Davies, Samuel, an eminent Presbyterian
divine, born in New Castle, Delaware, No- vember 3, 1723, of Welsh extraction, edu- cated under Rev. Samuel Blair at Fogg's Manor, came to Hanover county, Virginia, in 1746, and during his residence greatly increased the Presbyterian influence in Vir- ginia ; in 1753 Mr. Davies went to England to solicit funds for the establishment of a college in New Jersey and in 1758, was chosen to succeed Jonathan Edwards as president. He died at Princeton, New Jer- sey, February 4, 1761.
Davis, James, gentleman, came to Vir- ginia before 1616, as did his wife Rachel; settled in Henrico county. Thomas Davis, his son and heir, patented land in Isle of Wight county in 1633.
Davis, Thomas, was burgess from Martin- Brandon (Captain John Martin's planta- tion) in the assembly of 1619. He was ex- cluded from the assembly, because Captain Martin claimed an exclusive authority under his patent.
Davis, Thomas, was burgess for Warwick county in the assemblies of 1655-1656 and 1657-1658. In 1662 he was granted 500 acres, and is called "major."
Davis, William, was burgess from James City in the assemblies of 1642-43, and of 1647.
Dawkes, Henry, an ancient planter, came to Virginia in 1608, and in 1632 his "son and heir apparent," William Dawkes of Varina, patented lands due him for the personal adventure of his father, and for a subscrip- tion to the stock of the London Company, paid by his father.
Dawson, Rev. Musgrave, son of William
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Dawson, of Aspatria, Cumberland county, England ; born 1724, matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, March 7, 1744; B. A., 1747 ; came to Virginia and was minister of Raleigh parish, Amelia county, in 1754. of St. Mary's, Caroline, 1758 etc. He married in 1757 Mary Waugh, daughter of Alexan- der Waugh. He was father of Hon. John Dawson, M. C., and brother of William Dawson, president of William and Mary College.
Day, John, member of the house of bur- gesses for Isle of Wight county in 1775. He was a descendant of James Day, who mar- ried Mary, daughter of Thomas Bland and Mary Bennett, daughter of Edward Ben- nett, a London merchant, who in cooper- ation with his brother, Robert Bennett, his nephew, Richard Bennett, and others estab- bshed the plantation called "Warrascoyack" in Isle of Wight county.
Death, Richard, was burgess from Isle of Wight county in the assemblies of 1642-43 and 1644. His will was dated March 3. 1647.
Debedeavon, otherwise "Laughing King." head chief of the Accomac Indians, who was a friend of the English at the time of the massacres of 1622, 1644, and would take no part in the murder.
DeButts, Lawrence, came from England in 1721, and was rector of Washington par- ish, Westmoreland county. He also served in St. Stephen's parish in Northumberland, Farnham in Richmond, and Cople parish in Westmoreland county. In 1735 he re- moved to Maryland where he was minister of St. Mary's parish, in St. Mary's county.
He died in 1752, leaving a brother Robert DeButts.
Delany, Henry, was a burgess for Meck- lenburg county in the assemblies of 1765, 1766-68. He married Rebecca Brodnax, widow of Alexander Walker, and died in 1785, leaving issue Edward, Mary Persons, Lucy wife of Robert Brooking (son of Viv- ion Brooking), William, Lucy, Fanny.
Delke, Captain Clement, born in 1598, probably son of Sir Thomas Delke, of Max- toke Castle, Warwickshire, and his wife, Ann, daughter of Sir Clement Fisher, of Packington ; he and others contracted in 1623 with the London Company to bring over 100 emigrants; afterwards in 1627 he patented land on the eastern shore; in 1624 a member of the house of burgesses.
Delke (or Dilke), Roger, came to Vir- ginia before 1625, when he was one of the servants of Mr. John Chew at Hog Island. He was burgess for Stanley Hundred in 1631-32. He died about 1635, leaving a widow Alice and son Roger.
Denson, William, was burgess from Up- per Norfolk, in the assembly of 1659-60.
DeRichebourg, Claude Phillipe, came to Virginia in 1700 with the French Hugue- nots. He was minister of Manakintown, but, owing to disputes in the parish which were referred to the council of Virginia, he left Virginia in 1707, and with numerous followers, settled in the Carolinas.
Dewey, Stephen, a lawyer of distinction, was King's attorney for Charles City county in 1740, and burgess for Prince George county in 1752-1755. He married Elizabeth Walker, daughter of George
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Walker, of Elizabeth City county, and Anne Keith, his wife, daughter of George Keith, the eminent preacher, of Pennsyl- vania. George Wythe, nephew to his wife, studied in his office.
Dick, Charles, one of the trustees of Alex- andria, appointed major and commissary during the French and Indian War. Dur- ing the American revolution he was ap- pointed one of a board to carry on a powder factory at Fredericksburg. He had one son and two daughters: Alexander Dick, a major in the revolution, and Eleanor, who married Judge James Mercer, and Mary Dick, who married (first) Sir John Peyton, and (second) James Taliaferro. He died in 1779, at Fredericksburg.
Digges, Dudley, son of Dudley Digges. Esq., and Susannah Cole, his wife, was jus- tice of Goochland in 1735, burgess for the county in 1732, and in 1741 qualified as an attorney-at-law. He married Mary Hubard, daughter of James Hubard, of York county, and left several children, who died without issue. One of them Maria Digges, was stewardess of William and Mary College.
Digges, Edward, was eldest son of Colo- nel Cole Digges and Elizabeth Power, his wife, was sworn justice of the peace for Yorktown in 1734, commissioned lieutenant- colonel of horse and foot for York county, November 18, 1734, sworn county lieuten- ant, September 19, 1748. Member of the house of burgesses from 1736 to 1752. He died March 22, 1769. He lived at "Bellfield" York county, and his wife was Anne Har- rison, daughter of Colonel Nathaniel Har- rison, of the council.
Digges, William, eldest son of Governor
Edward Digges, was justice of the peace for York county in 1671 ; captain of horse in 1674; cut off one of Thomas Hansford's fingers in a hand-to-hand fight during Bacon's rebellion ; sheriff of York county in . 1679; removed to Maryland soon after, and died in 1698. He was member of the Mary- land council and lieutenant-colonel. He married Elizabeth Sewell, daughter of Henry Sewell, of Patuxent, Maryland, step-daugh- ter of the third Lord Baltimore.
Digges, William, son of Lieutenant-Colo- 11el Cole Digges, of the council, by Elizabeth Power, his wife, lived at "Denbigh," War- wick county. He was lieutenant-colonel of the Warwick militia, justice of the peace and from 1752 to 1772 was member of the house of burgesses. He married Frances Robinson, daughter of Major Anthony Rob- inson, of York county. He left issue.
Dipnall (Dipdall), Thomas, was a burgess from James City county in the assembly of 1654. He was son of Rev. John Dipdall. who patented lands on Powell's Creek, south side of James river in 1653.
Dixon, Adam, yeoman, came to Virginia in 1612 as master cawker of ships for three years at thirty-six shillings per month, but he was forcibly detained in service seven more years. He returned to England in 1622, when he made complaint of not being paid for his services and of being by Sir George Yardley turned out of his land; re- turning the same year with his wife and daughter, he received in 1672 200 acres on the south side of James river.
Dixon, Rev. John, son of John Dixon, of Bristol, Esquire, and Lucy, daughter of Thomas Reade, of Gloucester county, Vir-
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ginia, was educated at William and Mary College; entered the ministry of the Church of England; appointed usher of William and Mary College, March 28, 1747; ap- pointed rector of Kingston parish, Glou- cester county, now Mathews county, 1754; professor of divinity of William and Mary, 1770; sympathized with England during the revolution; prominent Mason; buried in the new church of Kingston parish, May 4. 1777.
Dixon, John, was a printer, who married Susanna Hunter, daughter of William Hunter, second editor of the "Virginia Gazette." He formed a partnership with Alexander Purdie to carry on the paper after Hunter's death, which continued until 1774 when he took in William Hunter Jr., as his partner. In 1778 Hunter left Vir- ginia, and Thomas Nicholson was substi- tuted. This partnership continued in Rich- mond, when the editors moved their office in 1780. Dixon died in Richmond in 1791.
Dixon, John, a merchant of Bristol, Eng- land, came to Virginia in the early part of the eighteenth century and acquired large tracts of land in Hanover, Louisa, Albe- marle and Culpeper counties. He was a vestryman of St. Paul's parish, Hanover county, 1744-1748. He removed to England with his second wife, Anne Lyde, and died i1: 1758 at Bristol. By his first wife, Lucy Reade, he was father of Rev. John Dixon, Roger Dixon and Thomas Dixon.
Dixon, Roger, son of John Dixon, Esq., of Bristol, and brother of Rev. John Dixon ; went from King and Queen county to Spottsylvania county ; admitted to practice as an attorney in Spottsylvania court, Feb-
ruary 7, 1748. He lived in Fredericksburg, where he purchased a large tract of land at the lower end of the town, which he later divided into smaller tracts and sold. He ยท cwned large tracts of land in various coun- ties. He engaged largely in merchandizing. He was vestryman of St. George's parish ; justice of the peace for Spottsylvania county 1760-1770; first clerk for Culpeper county, 1749-1772; trustee of the town of Falmouth ; member of the house of burgesses for Spott- sylvania county, 1769-1771. He married Lucy, daughter of Major Philip Rootes. of Rosewall, King and Queen county, Vir- ginia, and Mildred, his wife, daughter of Thomas Reade, of Gloucester county, his first cousin.
Doak, Robert, burgess for Fincastle county, in 1772-1774, but unseated May 9, 1774, because at the time of his election he held the office of deputy surveyor.
Doe, Thomas, was burgess from Archer's Hope, in the assembly of 1629.
Doggett, Rev. Benjamin, appears to have come from Ipswich, England, to Virginia. He was minister in Lancaster county for quite a number of years. He died in 1682 leaving descendants.
Donelson, John, was a burgess from Pitt- sylvania county in the assemblies of May, 1769, 1769-1771, 1772-1774.
Doran, was a burgess for New Kent county in the assembly of 1734-1740.
Dormer, Sir Fleetwood, formerly of Arle- Court, Gloucestershire, son of Sir Fleetwood Dormer, of Lee Grange and Purton, Bucks, was in Virginia in 1649, probably a royalist refugee. In 1684, John Dormer, of James
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City county, Virginia, was a vestryman of Bruton parish church, at Middle Planta- tion (now Williamsburg).
Douglas, Edward, was an early resident of Northampton county, where he was a justice, captain of the militia and at the time of his death in 1657 lieutenant-colonel. He was burgess for the county in 1644 and 1646. He left descendants.
Douglas, George, a native of Accomac county, and burgess in 1742-1747, and 1752- 1755. He was a descendant of Lieutenant- Colonel Edward Douglas (q. v.).
Douglas, William, was the son of Hugh Douglas, of Gavalland in the parish of Old Cumnock, Scotland. In 1770 he was one of the justices of Loudoun county, Virginia, and in 1780 high sheriff. His will dated June 3, 1780, was proved at March term of the Loudoun county court.
Doughty, Francis, was the son of a Bris- tol alderman and had been vicar of Sodbury, Gloucester. He first settled in New Eng- land, then moved to Manhattan and getting in trouble in both places, he went in 1656 to Northampton county, Virginia, where he lived with his brother-in-law, William Stone, afterwards governor of Maryland. He became minister of Hungar's parish, and in 1657 married Ann Eaton, widow of Na- thaniel Eaton. He did not remain long but moved to Essex county, where he was min- ister of Sittingbourn parish. In 1659 he is next found in Maryland living with his daughter. He is generally regarded as of Puritan sympathies.
Downing, Mr. John, was a burgess from Northumberland county in the assembly of VIA-15
1692-93. Richard Rogers and Richard Flint were first elected representatives from Nor- thumberland in that assembly; their seats were, however, contested, and the sheriff of Northumberland was required to amend his return in favor of Mr. John Downing and Captain William Jones.
Downman, John, was born in 1592, came to Virginia in 1614; one of the commission- ers of the peace for Elizabeth City, March, 1629, and burgess for the same October, 1629; Elizabeth Downman, doubtless his wife was born in 1599, came in the Warwick, I621.
Downes, George, member of the house of burgesses for "the lower parish of Elizabeth City," February, 1631-1632, and September, 1632.
Downs, Henry, was a burgess from Orange county in the session of May 6, 1742. He was expelled during that session for "stealing a white sheep," in Maryland, before he settled in Virginia. He was at one time a King's justice. In 1751 he is mentioned in an Orange county court order as "a runaway."
Dowse, Thomas, was a burgess from the city of Henricus in the assembly of 1619. He came to Virginia in 1608, and was one of the few early settlers that survived.
Doyley, Cope, son of Charles Doyley,.of Southrop, county Gloucester, England, ma- triculated at Wadham College, Oxford, March 10, 1675-1676, aged 16; B. A. from Merton College, 1680. Came to Virginia about 1697 and was minister of Bruton par- ish till his death in 1704. He had two sons, Charles and Cope, and a brother Rev. Rob-
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ert Doyley, B. A. and M. A. of Wadham sex county, and brother of Major Robert College, and rector of several parishes in Dudley (q. v.). England.
Drew, Dolphin, was a burgess for Isle of Wight county in the assembly of 1766- 1768, and justice of the peace in 1772.
Drummond, Richard, son of John Drum- mond, of Accomac county, born 1636, who married the daughter of Richard Hill, was burgess for Accomac in the sessions of 1712-14 and 1715.
Drummond, Sarah, wife of Colonel Wil- liam Drummond, one of the heroines of Bacon's rebellion. When others doubted she picked up from the ground a small stick and broke it, and said: "I fear the power of England no more than a broken straw." She was probably a daughter of Edward Prescott, who in his will left her a lot at Jamestown. After the execution of her hus- band, she complained to the British gov- ernment of the cruelty of Sir William Berkeley to her husband and five children
Drummond, William, a native. of Scot- land, came to Virginia about 1660, and in 1665-1667 served under Berkeley as first governor of North Carolina, afterwards re- sided at Jamestown ; was sheriff of James City county in 1660; was burgess in 1676; took sides with Bacon in Bacon's rebellion, and was executed January 20, 1676, at Mid- dle plantation. The English authorities condemned his execution and his property was restored to his widow, Sarah. He left a son William, and a daughter married Samuel Swann, of North Carolina.
Dudley, Ambrose, was a burgess from Gloucester county in the assembly of 1710- 1712. Son of Richard Dudley, of Middle-
Dudley, Robert, son of Richard Dudley, was major of the militia in Middlesex county and one of the justices. From 1685 to 1697 he was one of the burgesses for the county. He had property both in England and Virginia. His will dated October 14, 1701, was proved November 3. 1701. He left a brother Ambrose Dudley, two sons, Robert and George, and two daughters, Avarilla and Elizabeth.
Dunn, Nicholas, chief clerk to the kitchen of Charles I., came to Virginia about 1649. He died there.
Dunston, John, was burgess for James City in 1649.
Dunlap, Rev. William, came to Virginia from Pennsylvania, and in 1774 was min- ister of Stratton Major parish, King and Queen county. He had a library of "sev- eral thousand volumes in most arts and sciences." He was afterwards rector of St. Paul's parish, Hanover county. He died in September, 1779. His daughter, Deborah, married John Robinson, of "Green Branch," Middlesex county, Virginia.
Dunlop, William, merchant of Dumfries, Prince William county, was born in 1707 and died December 21, 1739. He was son of Alexander Dunlop, Greek professor in tlie University of Glasgow, and grandson of William Dunlop, president of that Uni- versity, who died in Glasgow in March, 1700. Both his father and grandfather had lived in South Carolina.
Durand, William, was an elder in the Puritan congregations, in Nansemond and
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Elizabeth City counties. Because he would not conform to the established church of the colony, he was banished in 1648, and went to Maryland with many other banished Vir- ginia Puritans. He became secretary of the province in 1654, and was one of Governor William Fuller's councillors in 1655. His will was proved in 1672.
Duvall, Samuel, a merchant of Henrico county, was burgess for the county from about March 10, 1772 to 1776, and member of the convention of August, 1774. and March 20, 1775 ; member of the county com- mittee of Henrico; in 1780 one of the com- mittee to locate the capitol square in Rich- mond; his will was proved in Henrico, March 1, 1784. His daughter, Lucy married Major Andrew Dunscomb, of New York, who settled in Richmond and was mayor of the city in 1780.
Dykes, James, was son of John Dykes, of Waterford, Scotland. He was born Novem- ber 3, 1769, and married Sarah, daughter of William Roane, of Essex county, brother of Judge Spencer Roane.
Each, Captain Samuel, of Limehouse, in Middlesex county, England, mariner, con- tracted in 1622 with the Virginia Company of London to build a blockhouse on the Oyster banks at Blunt Point, James river. He was to be given 60,000 pounds of tobacco for the work, but in his voyage over in his ship the Abigail, a distemper broke out of which he and most of his men died. Captain Each owned land in Martin's Brandon. His will was proved April 21, 1623.
Earle, Samuel, was a burgess from Fred- erick county, in the assembly of 1742-1747.
Eaton, John, son of John Eaton, of York
county, who died in 1717, was burgess for James City county in the assemblies of 1727-1734 and of 1734-1740. He was captain of militia. Died in 1739 and William Mar- able took his place in the house of bur- gesses.
Eaton, Nathaniel, was the first principal of Harvard College, and brother of the gov- ernor of New Haven. For his unchristian methods he was debarred from teaching in Massachusetts, and in 1639 came to Acco- mac. His wife and children were drowned at sea, but after his arrival he married Anne Graves, daughter of Thomas Graves, a mem- ber of the Dorchester church, who immi- grated to Virginia. Eaton became one of the assistants of Rev. John Rozier. In 1646 he left the colony for England, where he lived privately till the revolution of Charles II. He conformed and preached at Biddi- ford, where, it is said, he persecuted the Puritans. He fell into debt in some way, was cast in prison, and died while a pris- oner.
Eaton, Thomas, founder of the second free school, patented lands at the head of Back river in Elizabeth City county in 1634. In 1638, he patented in the same quarters 650 acres, and in 1659 "being at present weak but whole and perfect in memory," deeded 500 acres of this land and all the housing, together with two negroes, twelve cows and two bulls, twenty hogs, young and old, one bedstead, a table, a cheese press, twelve milk trays, a twelve gallon iron kettle, pot- racks and pot hooks, milk pails, water tubs and powdering tubs for the support of an able schoolmaster to teach the children born in Elizabeth City county." In 1805 "Eat- on's School" was incorporated with Syms'
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school as Hampton Academy. It is now Essex county in the assemblies of 1693, and known as the Syms-Eaton Academy. The joint fund amounts at present to $10,000.
Edlow (Edloe), Matthew, came to Vir- ginia in 1618, and in 1629 was a member of the house of burgesses for "the plantation at the College." He married Alice, the widow of Luke Boys. He was dead in 1637, leaving a son Matthew (q. v.).
Edlow (Edloe), Matthew, son of Mat- thew Edlow (q. v.), had a grant of 1,200 acres in James City county, over against Chippokes Creek in 1637. As captain, he was burgess for James City in 1659. He was later lieutenant-colonel of the militia. He married Tabitha (probably Minge) and died in 1668, leaving a son John.
Edmunds, John, probably son of Thomas Edmunds, of Surry, was burgess for Sus- sex county in the assemblies of 1752-1755, 1756-1758, 1758-1761, 1761-1765, October, 1765, 1766, 1768, May, 1769 and 1769-1771. He died before the last assembly was out. His will dated February 13, 1770, was proved April 10, 1770.
Edmunds, Thomas, was burgess for Surry county in the assembly of 1736-1740. He died in 1738, before his term was out.
Edmundson, James, son of Thomas Ed- mundson, and Dorothy, daughter of Colo- nel William Todd, was burgess for Essex county in the assemblies of 1769-1771, 1772- 1774, 1775-1776 and the conventions of 1774, 1775 and 1776. He married Miss Throck- morton, and died about 1791, leaving his property to his Throckmorton nephews and nieces.
Edmondson, Thomas, was a burgess from
1696-97; and in the sessions of December 5, 1700, and May 13, and June 18, 1702. He died in 1715 leaving eight sons: James, Joseph, William, Bryant, Thomas, Samuel, Benjamin, and John, and two daughters, Sarah Banghan and Anne Haynie.
Edwards, Nathaniel, son of John Ed- wards, settled in Brunswick county, where he was one of the first members of the county court. He was a justice of the peace and major of the militia. He married Jane Eaton, widow of Anthony Haynes, and died in 1771, leaving issue, several children, one of whom was Nathaniel, Jr., who repre- sented Brunswick in the house of burgesses from 1769 to 1771.
Edwards, William, merchant, was prob- ably son of William Edwards, mentioned among the dead in 1624; patented lands on the south side of James river opposite to Jamestown about 1648, was a burgess for Surry in 1652 and 1653, and clerk from 1653 till his death in 1673. He was born in 1615 and had by his wife Dorothy, three sons, William (q. v.), John and Thomas.
Edwards, William, son of William Ed- wards, and Dorothy, his wife, was clerk of the general court in 1688, from 1673 till 1698 was clerk of Surry county court, and in 1694 was clerk of the council for the colony. He married Ann Manfield, daugh- ter of George Manfield, and died in 1698. He resided, for the most part, in Jamestown, where he had a lot near the church tower, and another near Orchard Run. He left issue a son William (q. v.).
Edwards, William, son of William Ed- wards, and Ann Manfield, his wife, had lots
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