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and Marchmont, are dormant, but really be- long to the descendants of George Hume. He had an uncle Francis, who took sides with the pretender and was captured at the battle of Preston in 1715, and sent to Vir- ginia in 1716, where he was factor to Gov- ernor Spotswood and died in 1723.
Hunt, William, was "a principal aider and abettor" of Nathaniel Bacon, Jr., in his re- bellion, was taken prisoner and died in prison before the rebels were reduced to their allegiance. He resided at Bachelor's Point, Charles City county, where his tomb- stone records his death as of November II. 1676. His descendants have been numerous and respectable.
Hunter, William, born at Yorktown, was the son of William Hunter, of Hampton. He was deputy postmaster general to Ben- jamin Franklin. After the death of William Parks in 1750, he was editor of the "Vir- ginia Gazette," published in Williamsburg. He died in August, 1761.
Hunter, William, a burgess for Nanse- mond county in the assembly of 1748-1749.
Hutchings, John, son of Daniel Hutch- ings, mariner, of Norfolk county, and grand- son of John Hutchings, of "Pembroke Tribe," Bermuda, was born in 1691 and died in April, 1768. He was an eminent mer- chant of Norfolk; was mayor of the bor- ough in 1737, 1743 and 1755; and burgess from 1738 to 1756. He married Amey, daughter of John Godfrey, of Norfolk, and had issue John, Jr. (q. v.), Joseph (q. v.), Elizabeth married Richard Kelsick, Mary married Dr. John Ramsay, Frances married Charles Thomas, and Susanna married Ed- ward Champion Travis.
Hutchings, John, Jr., son of Colonel John Hutchings (q. v.), was member of the house of burgesses from 1756 to 1758.
Hutchings, Joseph, son of Colonel John Hutchings (q. v.), was a burgess from Nor- folk borough in the assemblies of 1761-1765, October, 1765, 1766-1768, May, 1769, 1769- 1771, 1772-1774, and 1775-1776. He repre- sented Norfolk borough in the conventions of March and July, 1775 ; colonel of the Vir- ginia militia in the skirmish at Kempsville, where he was captured.
Hutchinson, Captain Robert, was a bur- gess from James City in the assemblies of 1641, 1642-1643, of 1644-1645 and of 1647.
Hutchison (Hutchinson), William, was a burgess from Warrosqueake in the assem- bly of 1632.
Hutt, Daniel, merchant of London, and master of the ship May Flower came to Vir- ginia in 1668. He settled at Nomini Bay, Westmoreland county. He had a plantation of 1,505 acres, twenty-seven servants, and 100 head of cattle. He married Temperance, daughter of Dr. Thomas Gerrard, in 1669, and his will was proved in 1674. He left issue Anne Hutt and Gerrard Hutt. His widow Temperance married (secondly) John Crabb, merchant.
Hyde, Robert, a lawyer of York county, Virginia. He married Jane, daughter of Captain John Underhill, Jr., of Felgate's Creek, York county, and formerly of the city of Worcester, England. He has de- scendants in the Saunders, Hansford, etc., families. By tradition he was closely re- lated to Edward Hyde, Lord Clarendon. He died in 1718, leaving a son Samuel, and a daughter, who married John Saunders.
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Ingles, Mungo, a native of Scotland, born in 1657, died in 1719; master of arts of the University of Edinburgh and brought over to Virginia as master of the grammar school of the college of William and Mary by President Blair, when he returned with the charter in 1693. He served till 1705 when he resigned because of difficulty with Dr. Blair ; but in 1716 he was reelected and served till his death in 1719. He was one of the first feoffees of Williamsburg and a justice of James City county. He married in: Virginia, Ann, daughter of Colonel James Bray, of the council. His son James was clerk of Isle of Wight from 1729 to 1732.
Ingram, Joseph, came to Virginia in 1675 with Sir Thomas Grantham. He was a young man of standing in England, and had the title of "Esquire." After Bacon's death he was elected general of the rebels, and met with much success in defeating Sir William Berkeley's forces. Grantham per- suaded him to make terms by surrendering West Point, a Bacon stronghold, and from that moment, January 16. 1676, the rebel- lion collapsed.
Innes, Hugh, was a burgess for Pittsyl- vania county in May, 1769, 1769-1771, 1772- 1774. He was one of the justices of that county.
Innis, Henry, was the son of Rev. Robert Innis, and was born in Caroline county, Vir- ginia, January 4, 1752. He studied law, and on coming of age removed to Bedford county, Virginia. Here he served as eschea- tor (1779) and in 1781 was commissioner of the specific tax and commissary of the Bedford militia. In 1782 he was appointed commissioner for the district composed of the counties of Bedford. Campbell, Char-
lotte, Halifax, Henry and Pittsylvania. In November, 1784, Mr. Innis was elected by the legislature, attorney general for the western district of Virginia, but early in the year 1785 he removed to Kentucky, where he served as attorney general. He died September 20, 1826. He was brother oi Captain James Innis, attorney general of Virginia.
Irvine, Alexander, qualified as professor of natural philosophy and mathematics in William and Mary College in 1729. In 1728 he ran the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina.
Isham, Henry, son of William Isham, of Bedfordshire, England, and his wife Mary, sister of Sir Edward Brett, of Blendenhall, county Kent, England, came to Virginia about 1656, where he had a grant of land. Settled at Bermuda Hundred, where he married Katherine, widow of Joseph Royall of Henrico county, and had: 1. Henry, who died unmarried. 2. Mary, who married William Randolph. 3. Elizabeth, who mar- ried Colonel Francis Eppes of Henrico. A fine impression of the Isham arms, on a red wax seal, is attached to a paper at Henrico court house.
Iverson, Abraham, was a burgess from Gloucester county in the assembly of 1653.
Jackson, Rev. Andrew, was minister in Lancaster county, succeeding John Ber- trand. He came from Belfast, Ireland, and had probably been a Presbyterian minister. He died in 1710.
Jackson, John, was a burgess from Mar- tin's Hundred in the assembly of 1619, and from James City Island in the assembly of 1632.
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Jackson, Mr. Joseph, was a burgess from Charles City in the assembly of 1641.
Jackson, Robert, was a son of Joseph Jackson, of Carlisle, Cumberland, England. He resided at Yorktown, Virginia, where he married in 1731-32 a Miss Brett, of that place. He was grandfather of Sir John Jackson, of Kingston, Jamaica.
Jarrell, Thomas, was a burgess from Southampton in the session of February 1, 1752. In the session of November :, 1753, Robert James represented Southampton in place of Thomas Jarrell, deceased.
Jaquelin, Edward, son of John Jaquelin, of county Kent, England, and Elizabeth ( raddock, his wife, came to Virginia in 1697 : settled at Jamestown, where he mar- ned Rachel Sherwood, widow of William Sherwood. When she died, he married in 1706, Martha, daughter of William Cary, of Warwick county. He was born in 1668 and died in 1739. His eldest daughter Elizabeth married Richard Ambler, a merchant of Yorktown, and his daughter Mary married John Smith, of "Shooter's Hill." Middlesex county.
Jefferson, John, was a burgess from Flow- erdieu Hundred in the first assembly of 1619. He is believed to have been ancestor of Thomas Jefferson.
Jefferson, Peter, son of Thomas Jefferson, of Henrico, was a justice of the peace, and a vestryman of his parish. He was a bur- gess from Albemarle county (in the place of Joshua Fry, deceased), and in the sessions of August 22, 1754. October 17, 1754, May 1, 1755, August 5, 1755, October 27, 1755. He was a man physically strong, a good mathematician, skilled in surveying, fond
of standard literature, and in politics a British Whig. He and Fry were the com- pilers of a map of Virginia, known as Fry and Jefferson's map. He married in 1738 Jane, daughter of Isham Randolph, of Goochland county. He was the father of President Thomas Jefferson. He died in 1757.
Jenkins, Henry, came probably from the city of Dublin, where he states his brother Daniel Jenkins lived. He was 1695 "justice of the Quorum and commander-in-chief for the county of Elizabeth City." In 1676 he had supported Nathaniel Bacon, Jr. He was burgess from Elizabeth City in 1685, and for York in the assembly of 1696-1697. His will was proved in Elizabeth City county September 24, 1698. He had issue Henry Jenkins, Jr.
Jenings, Edmund, son of Edmund Jen- ings, Esq., of Virginia, was admitted at- torney in the Baltimore county court March, 1724; burgess for Annapolis in the Maryland assembly; took his seat in the Maryland council, October 21, 1732, and was an active member till 1752; was com- missioned secretary of the province, March 20, 1732-1733, and resigned that office in 1755. He married Ariana, widow of Thomas Bordley and daughter of Matthias Vander- heyden, July 2, 1728, and died in Yorkshire, England, in March, 1756. His daughter Ariana married John Randolph, attorney general of Virginia.
Jenings, Edmund, son of Edmund Jen- ings, Esq., of Maryland, was a lawyer of Lincoln's Inn, London. In 1769 he present- ed to "the Gentlemen of Westmoreland county," a portrait of the Earl of Chatham, which hangs in the court house at Montross.
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He had estates in Yorkshire, and was liv- ing in 1778.
Jenings, Peter, was born in 1631 and died in 1671. He is spoken of as one "who faithfully served' King Charles I. He set- tled in Gloucester county, where he was King's attorney, and in 1663 a member of the house of burgesses. September 16, 1670, he received a grant for the attorney gener- al's office. He died in 1672, and his widow Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Luns- ford, married Ralph Wormeley, Esq.
Jennings, John, clerk of Isle of Wight county, 1662-1677, was an adherent of Na- thaniel l'acon during Bacon's rebellion of 1676. He was sentenced to banishment, but died before the time set for leaving the county. He married Martha, daughter of Robert Harris, and left descendants.
Jerdone, Francis, son of John Jerdone, magistrate of Jedburgh, Scotland, was born January 30, 1721, came to Virginia in 1745, and settled at Yorktown. Later he moved to Louisa county, where he died in 1771. He was an eminent merchant. He married Sarah Macon, daughter of Colonel William Macon, of New Kent county, Virginia.
Johnson, Jacob, born about 1639, prob- ably in Holland, patented land in Virginia in 1673, was naturalized in 1679, was a member of the house of burgesses in 1693. and died in 1710. He was a brick merchant and lawyer. He had a Presbyterian church on his land, and the minister, Josiah Mackie, lived with him. His son, Jacob Johnson, Jr., married Margaret Langley, daughter of Captain William Langley, of Norfolk county.
Johnson, John, "yeoman and ancient
planter" was living at Jamestown in 1624, with his wife Anne, son John and daughter Anne, who married Edward Travis, ances- tor of a family long resident on the island.
Johnson, Joseph, was a burgess from Charles City in the assembly of 1639.
Johnson, Rev. Josiah, probably a native of England, came as minister to Virginia in 1766, when he was admitted master of the grammar school of the college of William and Mary. In 1771 he married Mildred Moody, of Williamsburg, and died in 1773. His widow married (secondly) Thomas Evans, afterwards a member of congress.
Johnson, Fhilip, was a burgess from King and Queen county in the assemblies of 1752- 1755 and 1756-1758. He was son of William Johnson, of King William county, who died before 1738. He married Elizabeth Bray, daughter of Colonel Thomas Bray, of "Littletown," James City county, Virginia. He had a son James Bray Johnson, whose only daughter Elizabeth married Samuel Tyler, chancellor of the eastern district of Virginia; and by a second wife he had James Johnson, of Isle of Wight county, who was a member of congress.
Johnson, Richard, was a burgess from King and Queen county in the assemblies of 1722 and 1723-1726. He was a son of Colo- nel Richard Johnson of the council, and made his will in 1733, leaving his property to his two nephews Thomas and Richard.
Johnson, Thomas, son of Colonel Rich- ard Johnson, of the council, was a burgess from King William county in the assem- blies of 1715, 1718. and 1720-1722. He lived at "Chericoke" in King William county, on T'amunkey river. He married Ann, dangh-
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ter of Colonel Nicholas Meriwether, of New Kent. He died and was buried at "Cheri- coke" in 173-4.
Johnson, Thomas, was a burgess from Northampton county in the assemblies of 1645, 1646, 1652, 1653 and 1654. He was one of the justices of the county court and lieu- tenant-colonel of the militia in 1656. His will, dated November 25, 1658, was proved December 28, 1658, and names sons Obe- dience and Richard Johnson and probably Thomas Johnson.
Johnson, Thomas, son of Thomas John- son of "Chericokė," (q. v.), was known as Thomas Johnson "major" to distinguish him from his nephew of the same name. He was member of the assembly from Louisa county from 1758 to 1775, of the county committee of safety, and of the conventions 01 1775 and 1776. He was also one of the signers of the association in 1769.
Johnson, William, was a burgess from Spottsylvania county in the assembly of 1736-1740.
Johnson, William, son of Thomas John- son of "Chericoke," was a member of the house of burgesses for Louisa in 1761-1765. At the last session, May 1, 1765, his place was taken by Patrick Henry, Johnson hav- ing accepted the office of coroner. He mar- ried Elizabeth Hutchinson. His son Thomas, was father of the celebrated law- yer, Chapman Johnson.
Johnston, Andrew, a native of Glasgow. in Scotland, was born in 1742; came to Petersburg, Virginia, where he acquired a large fortune as a merchant. He died May 5. 1785.
Johnston, George, an eminent lawyer of Fairfax county, burgess in the assemblies of 1758-1761 and 1761-1765. He seconded in a powerful and logical speech Patrick Henry's resolutions of May 30, 1765, against the Stamp Act. He lived in Alexandria. He was reelected to a seat in the assembly which convened November 4, 1766, but died in the summer of 1766. He married Sarah McCarty, daughter of Major Dennis Mc- Carty, of Westmoreland county, Virginia. His will dated February 23, 1766, was proved January 19, 1767, and names wife, Sarah, and children, Mary Massey, George and William Johnston. George Johnston. one of these was lieutenant-colonel and aide- de-camp to Washington, and his confiden- tial military secretary from December, 1776, until his death at Morristown, June, 1777.
Johnston, Peter, was born at Annan, in Scotland in 1710, come from Edinburgh to Osborne's on James river, where he was a prominent merchant; he moved to Prince Edward county for which he was a burgess at the assembly of May, 1769. He gave the land on which Hampden Sidney College was established, and his will, which was proved December 18, 1786, shows that he was a man of culture. He married Martha Rogers, a widow, daughter of John Butler, and had Peter, born 1763, judge of the gen- eral court, and father of General Joseph E. Johnston.
Johnston, William, was a burgess from Spottsylvania county in the sessions of May 19, 1763, January 12. 1764, October 30, 1764. and May 1, 1765.
Jones, Anthony, was born in 1598 and came to Virginia in 1620; burgess for Isle
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of Wight, 1639, and March, 1642-1643. He Mr. John Houghton, solicitor in the high made his will in Isle of Wight county. August 16, 1649.
Jones, Cadwallader, son of Richard Jones, merchant of London, was lieutenant-colo- nel in the Stafford militia in 1680. He car- ried on a trade with the Indians and was living in 1699. He wrote an essay on the Indian trade, with a MS. map or plat of Louisiana.
Jones, Rev. Emmanuel, was licensed for Virginia May 28, 1700. He was son of John Jones, of Anglesea, Wales. He was born in 1688, matriculated at Oriel College, Ox- ford, April 26, 1687, and took his B. A. de- gree March 3, 1692. He was minister of Petsworth parish, Gloucester county, Vir- ginia from 1700 till his death January 29. 1739, leaving sons Emmanuel Jones, Jr., and Richard Jones.
Jones, Emmanuel, Jr., son of Rev. Em- manuel Jones, was a student of William and Mary College and usher of the grammar school. In 1755 he was made master of the Indian school at the college and held that position till 1777, when he resigned. He ap- pears to have been afterwards minister of St. Bride's parish, Norfolk county. He mar- ried Miss Macon, of New Kent, and had Emmanuel Macon Jones, of Essex.
Jones, Gabriel, was the son of John and Elizabeth Jones, emigrants to Virginia from Montgomery county, North Wales. He was born May 17, 1724, near Williamsburg. In April, 1732, his family being at that time in England, he was admitted as a scholar of the "Blue Coat School," Christ's Hospital, London, where he remained seven years. He was then apprenticed for six years to
court of chancery. Returning to Virginia, he lived for a time near Kernstown, Fred- erick county. In 1746, when only twenty- two, he was appointed prosecuting attorney for August county. On October 16, 1749, lie married Margaret, widow of George Morton, and daughter of William Strother of King George. He was burgess from Frederick county in the assembly of 1748- 1749, from Augusta county in the assembly of 1756-1758, from Hampshire in the assem- bly of 1758-1761, and from Augusta again in the assemblies of May, 1769, and 1769- 1771. When Rockingham county was con- stituted in 1777, he became a citizen of that county and its prosecuting attorney. He was a member of the state convention of 1788, and died in October, 1806.
Jones, Rev. Hugh, came to Virginia from England in 1716, and was appointed mathe- matical professor in William and Mary Col- lege. He preached at Jamestown and served as chaplain of the general assembly and lecturer in Bruton church, Williams- burg. He left the province for England in 1722, and in 1724 brought out his "Present State of Virginia." He returned to Vir- ginia and resumed his work in St. Stephen's parish, King and Queen county. Not long afterwards he went to Maryland where he served in various parishes. He died Sep- tember 8, 1760. In his will he expressed his desire to be buried with his feet to the westward, contrary to the usual mode of burial. "He wanted," he said. "to be facing luis people as they rose from their graves. He was not ashamed of them."
Jones, John, son of Peter Jones, founder of Petersburg, was a member of the county
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court of Brunswick, and in 1772 a member of the house of burgesses. In 1788 he rep- resented Brunswick in the state conven- tion. In after years he was in the state senate and was president of that body. He married Elizabeth Binns, daughter of Charles Binns. in July, 1758.
Jones, Orlando, son of Rev. Rowland Jones, first minister of Bruton parish, Wil- liamsburg, was burgess from King William in 1712-1714, 1715, 1718. He married (first) Martha Macon, daughter of Gideon Macon, and (second) Mary Williams, daughter of James Williams, of King and Queen county. He was born De- cember 31. 1681, was a scholar at Wil- liam and Mary College in 1699, and died June 12, 1719, leaving by his first wife, one son, Lane Janes, and a daughter, Frances, who married Colonel John Dandridge.
Jones, Rev. Owen, was licensed for Vir- ginia August 17, 1703, and came to Vir- ginia soon after, where he was made rector of St. Mary's parish, Essex county, and still held the charge twenty years later.
Jones, Peter, was in 1674 major in com- mand of a fort near the falls of Appomattox river. He had a son Peter, who died in 1721. A grandson, Peter Jones, son of Peter Jones, was the founder of Petersburg. The last was captain and then major of the Prince George county militia, and died in Amelia county in 1754. (William and Mary College Quarterly, xix., 287).
Jones, Rice, came from Canada in 1623; settled in Warwick county and patented land in Warrosqueake, on the south side of the James river in 1628.
Jones, Richard, was a burgess from
Amelia county in the assembly of 1736-1740. He was probably the Richard Jones wilo died in Amelia county in 1759, and names sons Richard, Peter, Daniel and Llewellyn Jones, and daughter Amy Watson, Prud- ence Ward, Rebecca Ward and Martha Jones.
Jones, Robert, a royalist, who received many wounds in the civil war, emigrated to Virginia about 1650. In 1676 he took sides with Bacon. was condemned to death, but was spared because of his former loy- alty to the King. Major Thomas Hansford, prominent in the rebellion had in his family a tutor, a Robert Jones, who may have been this man.
Jones, Robert, was a burgess for Surry county in the assembly of 1752-1755.
Jones, Robert, represented Southampton county in 1753 in place of Thomas Jarrell, deceased.
Jones, Robert, was a burgess from Essex county in the assembly of 1723-1726.
Jones, Roger, ancestor of a distinguished family of the United States, came to Vir- ginia in 1680 with Lord Culpeper, and had charge of a sloop-of-war in Chesapeake Bay, for the collection of customs and the suppression of piracy. He married Dorothy Walker, daughter of John Walker, of Mans- field, in Nottinghamshire, England, and died in 1701, leaving sons Frederick and Thomas (q. v.).
Jones, Rev. Rowland, was a son of Rev. Rowland Jones, vicar of Wendover, in coun- ty Bucks, England. He was born at Swin- brook, near Burford in Oxfordshire, edu- cated at Merton College, Oxford, was first
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pastor of Bruton parish, Williamsburg. Virginia, in 1674, and after a service of four- teen years died April 23, 1688, and was buried in Williamsburg.
Jones, Thomas, son of Captain Roger Jones, was a man of large estate and had extensive commercial transactions. He patented large bodies of land, and was a colonel of the militia in King William county. He married February 14, 1725, Elizabeth Pratt, widow of William Pratt, and eldest daughter of Dr. William Cocke, formerly secretary of state.
Jones, William, member of a prominent family in Northumberland county, was burgess for that county in 1692-1693. He was a son of Mr. Robert Jones, of "Fleet's Bay," who died in 1675, leaving sons Sam- uel, Robert, Maurice and William, and a brother John Jones.
Jones, William, was a burgess for Nor- thampton county in 1659; a prominent jus- tice of the peace.
Jones, Wood, brother of Peter Jones, the founder of Petersburg, was a member of the house of burgesses for Amelia county in 1752.
Jordan, Colonel George, came to Virginia i1: 1635 and resided in Surry county, near "Four Mile Tree," on James river. He was a justice of Surry in 1652, and for many years later ; burgess in 1659, 1674 and 1676; attorney general of the colony from 1670 to 1678, when he died. In 1673, Surry court gave him a certificate for the importation of thirty-eight persons into the colony, among whom were Mr. William Jordan, Mrs. Ann Jordan, his wife, Mr. John Cary, Mr. Robert Lee, etc. He left no issue, but his brother,
Arthur Jordan, is numerously represented through descendants.
Jordan, John, was burgess for Westmore- land county in 1695-1696. He came from Maryland and married Dorcas, widow of Patrick Spence. His stepdaughter, Elinor Spence, married Andrew Monroe, ancestor of President James Monroe.
Jordan, Richard, was burgess for Işle of Wight county in 1676. He left a son John, whose son John of Newport parish, Isle of Wight county, made a deed about 1730. The family were Quakers.
Jordan, Samuel, settled on James river at an early date and called his place "Jor- dan's Jorney." He represented the planta- tion in the first assembly 1619. In the massacre of 1622 he successfully fought off the Indians. He died in 1623, and his widow Cecilly married William Ferrar, of the council of state, after a flirtation with the minister of the parish, Greville Pooley. that was taken notice of by the council in a solemn proclamation.
Jordan, Samuel, was justice of the peace for Albemarle county, 1746-1761; captain. . 1753; sheriff, 1753-1775; county lieutenant of the new county of Buckingham in 1761. and burgess of Buckingham, 1766-1769. During the revolution he served as colo- nel of the county militia and was com- missioner for the carting of cannon in Buckingham. He married Ruth Meredith, daughter of Colonel Samuel Meredith, of Hanover. His daughter Margaret married Colonel William Cabell.
Jordan, Thomas, was born in 1600 and was living in Virginia in 1624; burgess for Warrosqueake, Isle of Wight, 1629, 1631.
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and September, 1632, and a commissioner in 1629. His descendants have been num- erous in Isle of Wight county. Richard Jordan, a burgess for Isle of Wight in 1676 was probably a son.
Julian, William, was living at Elizabeth City in 1625. He patented 600 acres on the eastern branch of Elizabeth river July 4, 1636 .. He was a justice of Lower Norfolk county in 1637. In 1646 the governor and council relieved him from all his offices on account of his great age. His wife was named Sarah.
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