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at Jamestown and plantations in Surry. He represented Surry county in the house of burgesses, 1703-1705. 1706, and his will dated January 9, 1722, was proved in Surry county, February 25, 1722. He married (first) Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Ben- jamin Harrison; (second) a daughter of Micajalı Lowe, merchant, of Charles City, and nephew of Micajah Perry, of Lon- don.
Eggleston, Joseph, was a burgess for James City county in the assembly of 1727- 1734, but he died in 1732. He was ancestor of the Egglestons of Amelia county.
Eldridge, Thomas, son of Thomas Eld- ridge, an attorney-at-law, and Judith Ken- hon, his wife. He married (first) Martha Bolling, a descendant of Pocahontas; (sec- ond) Elizabeth Jones, daughter of James and Sarah (Howell) Jones, of Surry county. By his first marriage he had Rolfe Eldridge. clerk of Buckingham county from 1770 to 1806.
Elligood, Jacob, probably descended from Elias La Guard, one of the French Vig- neron planters at Buck Roe, Elizabeth City county, in 1620; justice of Princess Anne county in 1730 and other years; burgess in the assemblies of 1736-1740, 1742-1747. 1748- 1749 probably father of Colonel Jacob Elli- good, who sided with Dunmore in 1775, and left the colony.
Ellyson (Ellison), Robert, came to Mary- land as "Barber Chirurgeon" before 1643. and after holding the office of high sheriff of St. Mary's county. emigrated to James- town, where he was high sheriff of James City county, and sergeant-at-arms of the house of burgesses in 1657-1658, and a
leading burgess in 1656, 1660, 1661, 1663, with the rank of captain. He left a daugh- ter Hannah, who married Anthony Armis- tead, and a son Gerard Robert Ellyson
Embry, Henry, was in 1727 captain of the Surry county militia. In 1732 he was a justice of the first court of Brunswick. He represented that county in the assembly in the sessions of 1736-1740 and in 1748-1749. In 1746 he was commander of the Lunen- burg militia. Died about 1758, and his widow Priscilla married William Hill.
Embry, William, son of Henry Embry, was a burgess from Lunenburg county in the assemblies of 1754, 1755 and 1756-1758. He was an early vestryman of Cumberland parish, Lunenburg county. His will, dated in 1760, names sons William and Henry.
Emerson, William, was a burgess from Weyanoke in the assembly of 1632-33.
Emerson, Rev. Arthur, was a son of John Emerson, of New Castle-on-Tyne; B. A. of Oxford University, 1733; went to Antigua in 1736, and in 1755 was member of Acco- mac. He left a son, Arthur, who was also a minister (q. v.).
Emerson, Rev. Arthur, son of Rev. Arthur Emerson, educated at William and Mary College, where he was assistant usher and usher to the grammar school (1762- 1765) ; was ordained a minister in England and returned in 1768; rector of Meherrin parish, Greensville county, 1773-1776; after- wards rector in Nansemond county, where in 1785 he had a classical school; rector of l'ortsmouth parish, Norfolk county, from 1785 to 1801, when he died.
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Emperor, of Norwich, England, who was born in 1584. He appears to have come to Virginia about 1650, and settled in Lyn- haven parish, Norfolk county. He was a commissioner, high sheriff and surveyor and collector of the customs. He had his own ships and traded with New Amster- dam, New England and the West Indies. He was a Puritan in sympathy. He married Mary Tully and died in 1676, leaving sons Francis, William and Tully Emperor, and daughter Elizabeth Philips. The original liame appears to have been De Keyser, and its first members in England were Dutch- men.
English, Captain John, of Isle of Wight county, burgess in 1658-59; will proved Oc- tober 9, 1678.
English, William, justice for York county in 1633, member of the house of burgesses for Elizabeth City county in 1629, 1632, and 1633. As sheriff of Charles river, or York county, in 1635, he was present at the meet- ing at William Warren's house near the present Yorktown, which was held to pro- test against the tyranny of Sir John Har- vey. He was arrested by Harvey, but re- lcased by the assembly. He died in 1646, leaving issue by his wife Susannah, Eliza- beth, William and Dennis English.
Ennalls, Bartholomew, emigrated to Vir- ginia about 1660, and in 1661 married Mary, niece of Francis Heyward, deceased. He afterwards removed to Maryland where in 1674 he patented "Bartholomew's Range." He died in 1688, leaving issue.
Eppes, Francis, son of Captain Francis Eppes, of the council, was born about 1628 and died in 1678. He was a justice of Hen-
rico county, lieutenant-colonel of militia. married, and left issue, Francis, William, I ittlebury, Mary, married John Hardiman, and Anne.
Eppes, Colonel Francis, of Henrico, born 1659. died about January, 1718-1719, was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Ep- l'es, and grandson of Captain Francis Eppes. of the council. He was justice of Henrico county in 1683 and for many other years ; sheriff : burgess, 1691, 1693, and 1703-1705. 1705-1706. He married Ann, daughter of Henry and Katherine Isham, of Bermuda Hundred, and his will was proved in June. 1720.
Eppes, Colonel Francis, son of Colonel Francis Eppes, and Anne Isham, his wife, was made a justice of Henrico county in 1710; and in March, 1719-1720, was ap- pointed a trustee of Bermuda Hundred, in the place of his deceased father. He was a member of the house of burgesses in 1712- 1714, and died in 1734.
Eppes, Francis, was a burgess for Prince George county in 1736. 1738, 1740, 1742, 1744, 1745, 1746, 1747, 1748, 1749.
Eppes, John, was a burgess for Prince George county in 1755.
Eppes, Richard, son of Colonel Francis Eppes, of Henrico, who died in 1734, resided in Chesterfield county, and was burgess for that county in the assemblies of 1752-1755, 1756-1758, 1759-1761, 1761-1765. He died in 1764. Married Martha, daughter of Robert Bolling. His will is recorded in Chester- field county, and disposes of a large estate.
Epps, Captain William, came to Virginia in 1619, and resided on the eastern shore of
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Virginia in 1624 with Mrs. Epps, and Peter and William Epps. Not long after his ar- rival, he had a duel with Captain Edward Stalling, whom he killed. In 1633, he ap- pears to have been resident in the Island of St. Christopher's.
Eppes, Littlebury, was a son of Colonel Francis Eppes, of Henrico, and grandson of Captain Francis Eppes, of the council. He resided in Charles City county, was jus- tice of the peace in 1699 and many other years, burgess for Charles City in 1710-1712 and 1712-1714, and county clerk in 1714.
Eskridge, Colonel George, came to Vir- ginia about 1690, was a lawyer, attorney for the King in Westmoreland county, member of the house of burgesses in 1705-1706, 1710- 1712, 1712-1714, 1718, 1720-1722, 1723-1726 and 1727-1734. From 1702 to 1729, he was granted several thousand acres of land in the eastern part of Virginia. He died about 1730. He married Hannah Ashton and left issue ; portraits of himself and his wife are still preserved.
Eskridge, Samuel, son of Colonel George Eskridge, was a burgess for Northumber- land county in the assemblies of 1769-1771 and 1772-1774, but died before the last ses- sion, and Peter Presley Thornton took his place. He married Jane Steptoe.
Everard, Thomas, was clerk of Elizabeth City county from 1743 to 1745. then clerk of York county from 1745 to 1784. He served also as clerk of the committee of courts of the house of burgesses, and as commissioner of accounts. His daughter, Martha, married Dr. Isaac Hall, of Peters- burg. He was probably a near relative
of Sir Richard Everard, governor of North Carolina.
Ewell, Solomon, was a burgess from Ac- comac county in the assemblies of 1718 and 1720-1722. He was probably a brother of ('harles Ewell, of Northumberland county.
Eyre, Littleton, was burgess from North- ampton county from 1742 to 1761. De- scended from Thomas Eyre, who died in 1657.
Eyre, Severn, probably a son of Littleton Eyre (q. v.), was burgess in the assemblies of 1766-1768, 1769, 1769-1771 and 1772-1774. but he died in 1773. He visited New Eng- land for his health and John Adams com- mented upon his ability and general intelli- gence.
Eyres (Eyre) Robert, was a burgess from Lower Norfolk county in the assemblies of 1646 and 1648. Thomas Eyre, a Quaker, lived about the same time in Accomac county and died in 1657. His widow, Sus- anna ( Baker) Eyres, married (second) Cap- tain Francis Pott, and (third) Lieutenant- Colonel William Kendall. Robert Eyres, or Eyre, died before 1647, when John Custis married his widow, Elizabeth. Robert and Thomas Eyre may have been sons of Thomas Ayres or Eyres, who was one of the company to settle near Warascoyack in Isle of Wight county in 1622.
Fairfax, Bryan, eldest son of Hon. Wil- liam Fairfax (q. v.), of the council of state. and Deborah Clarke, his second wife. He served in the French and Indian war, went to England in 1765, and while there the troubles began in Virginia relative to the Stamp Act. He condemned the Stamp
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Act and although he disapproved of his wife, Jane and daughter Ann. He was the later revenue act, he disapproved of a burgess for the plantations between Har- rop and Archer's Hope and Martin's Hun- dred at the session of March, 1629-30, and for Archer's Hope, February, 1631-32. forcible resistance. In the year 1789 he be- came a minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and on the death of Rev. David Griffith, he became minister of Fairfax par- ish. He served from 1789 to 1792, when he resigned. In 1800 the house of lords ad- mitted his title as Lord Fairfax of Cameron, and his right to a seat in their body. He died in 1802 at Mount Eagle, near Alex- andria, Virginia.
Fairfax, Ferdinando, was a Virginia mer- chant of London, and resided in Virginia iu 1659 and other years. He was son of Colonel Charles Fairfax, of Menston, York- shire, and grandson of Thomas, first Lord Fairfax. He was born in 1636, and died i !: 1664.
Fairfax, Lord Thomas, of Leeds Castle. Kent, England, sixth baron of Cameron in Scotland, was the son of Lord Thomas Fairfax, fifth baron, matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford, January 24, 1709-1710. Was heir through his mother Catherine, only daughter and heiress of Lord Thomas Cul- peper, to the northern neck of Virginia, came to Virginia in 1739 and again in 1745, when he remained until his death, Decem- ber 9, 1781, aged ninety years. He lived at "Greenway Court," near Winchester, and was a friend of George Washington. He never married, and he was succeeded as seventh baron by his brother Robert in Scotland, and he in turn by his cousin, Rev. Bryan Fairfax as eighth baron.
Farley, Thomas, of Worcestershire, gent- leman, came in the Ann in 1623, and the same year was living at Archer's Hope with
Farlow, George, was one of Cromwell's soldiers, and an expert mathematician. He came to Virginia probably about 1660 and took part with Bacon in 1676. He was cap- tured and hanged. His niece Lydia mar- ried Major Edmund Chisman, another of Bacon's officers.
Farmer, Lodowick, was a burgess for Lunenburg county in the assembly of 1769- 1771. He died in 1780, and left issue.
Farmer, Thomas, was burgess from The Plantations of the college and neck of land, in the assembly of 1629-30.
Farnefold, John, son of Sir Thomas Far- nefold, of Gatwickes in Staynning, Sussex county, England, came to Virginia before 1672, and was minister of Fairfield parish Northumberland county. In 1680 he was minister of St. Stephen's parish, and re- mained so till his death in 1702. By his will he provided for a free school in North- umberland county. He married Elizabeth, widow of Captain William Nutt, but left no issue.
Farrar, Lieutenant-Colonel John, was son of Captain William Farrar of the Virginia council, who was a kinsman of Nicholas Farrar (Ferrer), deputy treasurer of the Virginia Company of London. He was jus- tice of Henrico county, 1677-1684, sheriff. 1683 ; burgess, 1680, 1682, 1684, and died un- married about March, 1685.
Farrar, Colonel William, was son of Cap-
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tain William Farrar, of the council, a kins- man of Nicholas Farrar (or Ferrer), deputy treasurer of the London Company. He lived at Farrar's Neck in Henrico county, and was burgess, 1662, 1663, 1666. He married Mary -, and died about January, 1678.
Farrar, Major William, son of Colonel William Farrar and Mary, his wife, was born 1657, died 1715; justice of Henrico county, 1685-1715; sheriff, 1690 and other years ; burgess in 1700-1702. He married (first) Priscilla, daughter of William Baugh Jr., and (second) Mary, widow of William Ligon. He probably died in 1721, as in May of that year. his widow Mary pre- sented an inventory of his estate in Hen- rico county curt.
Farrell, Major Hubert, was one of Berke- ley's officers during Bacon's rebellion, was wounded in defence of Jamestown, and killed in a fight at Colonel Nathaniel Bacon's house at King's Creek in August, 1676. He married Dorothy, daughter of Colonel Thomas Drew, of Charles City county. Her tomb which was removed a few years ago from Weyanoke, Charles City county, to St. Paul's Church, Norfolk, states that she died January 18, 1673.
Faulcon, Nicholas, was a burgess for Surry county in the assembly of 1772-1774, in the place of Hartwell Cocke, who died about August, 1772.
Fawdoin (Fawdown), George, resided in Isle of Wight county where he was major of the militia in 1653, and burgess in 1646 and 1652. He married Ann Smith, who was daughter of the first wife of Colonel Nathan- iel Bacon, Ann Bassett.
Fauntleroy, Moore, was a member of an
ancient English family and was son of John Fauntleroy, gentleman, and Phoebe Wilkin- son, his wife, of Crondall, Hampshire. He settled, first at Nansemond, and afterwards removed to the northern neck of Virginia. He was major and colonel of the militia, and burgess for Upper Norfolk, Nansemond county, in 1645 and 1647; for Lancaster county, in 1651, 1653 and 1656; and for Rap- pahannock county in 1659 and 1660. He was a man of great influence in the colony. He married (first) in England, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Colle; (second) in Virginia, Mary Hill. He died before 1665, Icaving issue.
Fauntleroy, William, grandson of Colo- nel Moore Fauntleroy (q. v.), and son of William Fauntleroy, of Rappahannock county, by Katherine Griffin, his wife, was born in 1684; was lieutenant-colonel of the Richmond county militia and burgess for that county in 1736-1740, 1742, 1747 and 1749. He married Apphia, daughter of John Bushrod, of Westmoreland county, and died in 1757, leaving issue.
Fawcett (Fossett), Thomas, was a bur- gess from Martin's Hundred in the assem- blies of 1629 and 1629-1630.
Feild, John, son of Abraham Feild. of Culpeper county, served as captain in the French and Indian war, was burgess for Culpeper in the assemblies of 1761-1765. 1766-1768, and was killed while colonel of a regiment at the battle of Point Pleasant, October 10, 1774.
Feild, Henry, Jr., son of Henry Feild, succeeded his father as vestryman of St. Mark's parish, Culpeper county, and was burgess for the county in the assemblies of
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1769, 1769-1771, 1772-1774 and 1775, and in the conventions of August, 1774, March, 1775, July, 1775, December, 1775, and May, 1776. He died in 1785, leaving six sons.
Feild, Peter, born about 1647, was major of the militia of Henrico and burgess in 1688 and 1693. He died in New Kent county, July 24, 1707. He married twice, (first) Judith Soane, daughter of Henry Soane, speaker of the house of burgesses. by whom he had Mary, who married Thomas Jefferson, grandfather of President Thomas Jefferson ; (second) Alice who survived him.
Felgate, Captain Robert, was in Virginia before 1626, was a justice of the peace, and a burgess for the "Plantations on the other side of the Water," in 1629 and 1630, pat- ented land on Fellgate's Creek, York county. and died there about 1655. He married twice (first) Margaret -; (second) Sibella Atkins, widow of Atkins. His brother Tobias was a well known ship cap- tain and another brother, William, was a skinner in London, who settled in Virginia and died 1660.
Felgate, Captain Tobias, mariner, pat- ented in 1632, lands adjoining his brother Captain Robert Felgate's. As early as 1632 he had made five voyages to Virginia as mate and master. Felgate's Creek in York county gets its name from him.
Fielding, Ambrose, was a son of Rev. Roger Fielding, an Episcopal clergyman of Horton, Gloucestershire, England, and set- tled in Northumberland county, Virginia, in 1667. He was a justice of the county court from 1669 to his death in 1675. His inven- tory mentions plate with the Fielding arms.
He left issue Richard, Edward and Anne. His brother, Dr. Robert Fielding, was ejected in 1648 from his fellowship in Ba- liol College, Oxford, by the parliamentary party. His brother Richard lived for a time in Virginia and had a large estate in both England and Virginia. His brother Edward was one of the aldermen of the city of Bris- tol, and had a plantation in Northumber- land county, Virginia.
Filmer, Henry, was a burgess from James City county in the assembly of 1642-1643. He resided in James City and Warwick counties ; he was son of Sir Edward Filmer, of East Sutton, Kent, and his wife, Eliza- beth, daughter of Richard Argall and sister of Samuel Argall, governor of Virginia. Henry Filmer's brother, Sir Robert, was a strong cavalier and suffered much for his loyalty to the King. Henry Filmer left de- scendants and his name appears in several of the present Warwick county families.
Fishback, John. son of Philip Fishback and Elizabeth Heimbach, his wife, of Truppbach, near Siegen, Nassau, Germany, was born July 12, 1691, and came to Vir- ginia as a member of the colony of miners settled by Spotswood at Germanna, Vir- ginia, in 1714. He moved with the other German settlers to Germantown in Fau- quier county about 1721. He married Agnes Haeger, daughter of the pastor, Henry Haeger. His will was probated in Prince William county, March 19, 1734.
Fitzhugh, George, son of William Fitz- hugh, of "Bedford," was a member of the house of burgesses for Stafford county in 1718. He married Mary, daughter of Colo- nel George Mason, of Stafford, and died in-
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testate about 1722, leaving issue George and William.
Fitzhugh, Henry, son of William Fitz- hugh, of "Bedford," King George county, was born January 15, 1686-87, and died De- cember 12, 1758. He was high sheriff of Stafford county in 1715, and burgess in 1712-1714. He married February 24, 1718, Susanna, daughter of Mordecai Cooke, of Gloucester county. He was a man of large estate in lands and slaves. His portrait by John Heselius is still preserved.
Fitzhugh, Henry, of "Bedford," son of Henry Fitzhugh, was born September 10, 1723, and died in February, 1783. He mar- ried, October 23, 1746, Sarah Battaile, of Caroline county. He was colonel of the Stafford county militia. He had issue Henry, John Battaile, William, George, Thomas, Nicholas, Richard, Mordecai Cooke, Bat- taile, Giles, Sarah, Susan, Mary.
Fitzhugh, Henry, only son of William Fitzhugh, Esq., of "Eagle's Nest," Stafford county, (now King George), was born in 1706 and died December 6, 1742. He ma- triculated at Christ Church, Oxford, Octo- ber 20, 1722, and on his return to Virginia settled on his paternal estate in Stafford county (now King George). He was mem- ber of the house of burgesses in 1736-1740 and 1742-1747, and was once an unsuccess- ful candidate for speakership. He was also lieutenant-colonel of the Stafford militia. He married Lucy, daughter of Hon. Robert Carter, of "Corotoman." He left a large and valuable estate.
Fitzhugh, Major John, son of William Fitzhugh, of "Bedford," was a member of the house of burgesses for Stafford county
from 1727 to his death, January 21, 1733. He married on or before 1719, Anna Bar- bara, daughter of Daniel McCarthy, speaker oi the house of burgesses. He left issue William, Daniel, Sarah, Barbara, John.
Fitzhugh, Colonel William, of "Marmion" Stafford county, (now King George), son of Major John Fitzhugh, was born April 13, 1725, and died in 1791 ; major of the Staf- ford militia in 1752, and burgess from 1761 to 1765. He married twice, (first) Ursula, daughter of Colonel William Beverley, of Blandfield, Essex county, and (second) Hannah
Fitzhugh, William, son of Henry Fitz- hugh, of the town of Bedford, England, was baptized at St. Paul's Church, Bedford, Jan- uary 10, 1651. He acquired a good education and came to Virginia about 1670 and settled at Bedford in Stafford county (but now King George). William Fitzhugh practiced law and was also a large planter and dealer in tobacco. He was burgess for Stafford from 1676 to 1686, and lieutenant-colonel commanding the Stafford militia. At his death in 1700, he left an estate of 54,000 acres of land. He married Mary, daughter of John Tucker, of Westmoreland county. He had issue, four sons, William, Henry, Thomas, George and John.
Fitzhugh, William, son of George Fitz- hugh, born 1721, died February II, 1798, resided first in Stafford county, Virginia. In 1740 he was captain in Vernon's Cartha- ginian expedition, under Sir William Gooch. He was member of the house of burgesses for Stafford from 1748 to 1758. In 1759 he removed to Maryland and was soon ap- pointed a member of the colonial council
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there. An active friend of the revolution, he was a member of the Maryland conven- tion of August, 1776, and was afterwards of the council of state. During the revolu- tion his house, "Rousby Hall," was burnt by the British. He married (first) March 28, 1744, Martha, daughter of Richard Lee, widow of George Turberville. He married (second) Anne, daughter of Peregrin Fris- by, of Cecil county, Maryland.
Fleming, John, Jr., son of Colonel John Fleming, was a lawyer, and represented Cumberland county in the house of bur- gesses in the assemblies of 1755. 1756-1758. 1759-1761, 1761-1765 and 1765-1768. The "Virginia Gazette" recorded the death of this "eminent practitioner of the law," Jan- uary 21, 1767. He left a son John.
Fleming, John, was son of Charles Flem- ing and Susannah Tarleton, his wife. He was colonel commanding the militia of Goochland, and burgess for Goochland in 1732. He married Mary Bolling, and his will recorded in Cumberland, December 27, 1756, names sons John, Charles, Thomas. Richard and William, and daughters Mary, married William Bernard, and Caroline. His sons Charles and Thomas were promi- nent officers in the American revolution and his son William was judge of the superior court of Virginia.
Fleming, Robert, was a burgess from Caroline county in the session of August 5, 1736. In the session of November 1, 1738, John Martin represented Caroline county in place of Robert Fleming, deceased.
Fletcher, George, brother of James Flet- cher, gentleman, of Eltham, Kent, England. In 1647, George Fletcher is called of Lon-
don, merchant. He was burgess in 1652 for Northumberland county, Virginia, and lieutenant-colonel of the militia.
Fleet, Henry, was son of William Fleet, gentleman, of Chartham in Kent, England, by his wife Deborah Scott, daughter of Charles Scott, of Egerton, Kent, and Jane Wyatt. his wife. He had three brothers Edward, Reynold and John, who were mem- bers of the Maryland legislature. Henry Fleet, born probably 1595-1600 came to Vir- ginia about 1623, and was one of the expedi- tion of twenty-six men, who under Henry Spelman went to trade with the Anacostan Indians and other Indian bands between Potomac Creek and the falls of the Poto- mac. Spelman was killed ; Fleet was taken prisoner, and remained with the Indians about four years, during which time he acquired a familiar knowledge of the Indian language. He was ransomed in 1627, and went to England and became a partner and agent for several London merchants in the Indian trade. He was an interpreter, trader and legislator in Maryland. He acted as guide to Leonard Calvert and his settlers to St. Mary's in 1634. After the civil war began in England. Fleet identified himself with the Virginia colony, and settled at Fleet's Bay, Northumberland county. He traded with the Indians, and in 1646 was authorized to build a fort on the Rappahan- nock river. In December, 1652, he was bur- gess for Lancaster county. About this time he and William Claiborne were authorized to hunt out new places for Indian trade. In 1654 he was made interpreter of the expedi- tion then planned against the Indians. Hc was a justice of Lancaster county in 1656 and lieutenant-colonel of the militia. He
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died about 1661, leaving a widow Sarah, who had previously married Colonel John Walker.
Flint, Richard, burgess for Northumber- land county, 1693, but his seat was con- tested, and he was unseated.
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