Encyclopedia of Virginia biography, Volume I, Part 42

Author: Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935, ed. cn
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 436


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Soane, Henry, came to Virginia about 1651 where he obtained land for importing six persons, viz: Henry Soane, Sr., Henry Soane, Jr., Judith Soane, Sr., Judith Soane, Jr., John Soane and Elizabeth Soane. He was a burgess for James City county in 1652. 1653. 1654, 1658, 1660 and 1661, and was speaker the last session. He died about this time, leaving issue.


Soane, Henry, Jr., son of William Soane, of Henrico county, was burgess for James City county in 1714. He made his will May 21, 1722.


Soane, William, son of Henry Soane, speaker of the house of burgesses, was born in 1651, was burgess for Henrico in 1695- 1696. He died in 1714, leaving among other children Henry Soane. Jr., (q. v.).


Somerville, James, merchant, born at Glasgow, Scotland, February 23, 1742,


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located at Fredericksburg and acquired a large fortune. He died at Port Royal, Vir- ginia, April 25, 1798. He left his large estates to his nephew, James Somerville, who came to Virginia, and died there leav- ing issue.


Southcoat, Captain "Thomas," was bur- gess for Charles City county October, 1666. He was probably Captain Otho Southcoat, gentleman, of Westover, who was agent in 1665 for Sir John, Lord Pawlett, when he sold Westover to Theodoric Bland.


Southern, John, of Jamestown, gentle- man, came to Virginia in 1621 ; burgess for James City in 1623 and 1629-1630. In 1627 he patented twenty-four acres on the island of Jamestown. After Edward Sharpless was removed, Southern was appointed act- ing secretary of the colony.


Span, Cuthbert, was burgess for Nor- thumberland county in 1693. He was son ní Richard Span, and left sons Richard and John Span, living in 1712.


Sparrow, Charles, was a burgess for Charles City county in 1645, 1649, 1652 and 1660. He was major, one of the justices of Charles City, and was buried September II, 1660.


Speed, James, son of John Speed, of Mecklenburg county who died in 1785, was burgess for Charlotte county in 1772-1774, 1775-1776.


Speke, Thomas, born 1623, patented 1,000 acres in Northumberland county, Virginia, in 1650 and in 1651 was a burgess; after- wards in 1655 justice of Westmoreland county, and lieutenant-colonel. He married Frances, daughter of Dr. Thomas Gerrard,


and died in 1659. His widow married suc- cessively, between that time and 1676, Val- entine Peyton. John Appleton and John Washington. He left a son Thomas, and a brother John living in Bath, Somersetshire, England. The son died without issue and his property in Virginia descended to Hugh Speke, Esq., of Bath, who disposed of it. The Spekes were an old Somersetshire family.


Spelman (Spilman), Henry, third son of . Sir Henry Spelman, the famous antiquary. He was baptized 1595, came to Virginia in August, 1609; was taken by Captain Smith to the falls of James river and given to Powhatan in return for the site of the Indian town; escaped and returned to Jamestown ; sent back to Powhatan in Oc- tober, 1609, with whom he remained till March, 1610, when he ran away to the King of Potomac. With this chief he remained till September, 1610, when he was ransomed by Captain Argall ; served afterwards as in- terpreter and rose to the rank of captain. but in 1619 was degraded from his rank by the assembly for speaking disrespectfully of Governor Yardley. In 1623 he went up the Potomac river to trade, and was betrayed and killed by the Anacostan Indians.


Spence, Alexander, son of Patrick Spence, of Westmoreland county, Virginia. He was captain of the militia and burgess from 1696 to 1702 for Westmoreland county.


Spencer, Captain Robert, was born in 1630, was justice of Surry, and made his will March 5, 1678. He is believed to have been a brother of Nicholas Spencer, presi- dent of the council, who had a brother Robert of about the same age.


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Spencer (Spence), William, "yeoman and ancient planter" came to Virginia in the First Supply, 1608; was "an honest, valiant and industrious laborer," was "a farmer" at Jamestown in 1614, and the first to choose his land ; promoted ensign and was burgess for Jamestown in the first assembly in 1619; burgess for Mulberry Island in 1624; pat- ented twelve acres on Jamestown Island in 1624, at which time he had a wife Alice, and daughter Alice, born in 1620. In 1632-1633 he was a burgess for Mulberry Island.


Spicer, Arthur, was a lawyer and promi- nent merchant, burgess for Richmond county in 1696. His will, dated September 18, 1688, was proved April 3, 1700. His legatees were his son John, whom he de- sıred to be sent to England and schooled at the Charter House, Lydia, daughter of his brother, John Spicer, of London, and Frances Robinson, wife of William Robin- son and daughter of Samuel Bloomfield.


Spilman, Thomas, gentleman, came to Virginia at his own cost in 1617, born in 1601, patented land at Kecoughtan ; his wife Hannah was born 1602 and came in 1620. Died at Truro in Cornwall in England about 1627.


Spotswood, John, son of Governor Alex- ander Spotswood, was burgess for Orange county in 1748-1749; for Culpeper in 1752- 1755 and for Spottsylvania in 1756-1758. He was a colonel of the militia. He married Mary Dandridge, daughter of Colonel Wil- liam Dandridge, and died May 6, 1756, leaving two sons, General Alexander Spots- wood and Colonel John Spotswood, who served with distinction during the American revolution.


Spratt, Henry, was son of Henry Spratt and Isabella, his wife, of Lower Norfolk county. He was a major in the militia and justice of the peace for Princess Anne county in 1705; member of the house of burgesses for Princess Anne in 1723-1726.


Squire, Rev. Richard, was licensed for Virginia October 2, 1702, and was elected rector of St. Peter's Church, New Kent county, April 23, 1703. He was present in Williamsburg at the convention of the clergy in 1705. He died in New Kent county December 12, 1707.


Stacy, Robert, was a burgess for Martin's Brandon in the assembly of 1619, but he was not permitted to take his seat because of the too independent authority of John Mar- tin's patent.


Stagg, Charles, dancing master and Mary his wife, were employed by William Liv- ingston, of New Kent, merchant, to conduct a peripatetic dancing business. In 1716 they were engaged by him to open a theatre in Williamsburg, and the agreement was carried out, the theatre built, and plays conducted till Stagg's death in 1735. After- wards, Mrs. Stagg had for some years danc- ing assemblies in Williamsburg.


Stalnaker, Samuel, a sturdy frontiersman, was a German emigrant from Pennsylvania, who settled in 1750 on the middle fork of the Holston river, where he was still living in 1768 or 1769 when visited by J. F. D. Smythe, the English traveller. In 1757 he was a captain of militia.


Stanard, William, born February 15. 1682, was son of William Stanard, of Mid- dlesex county, and Eltonhead, widow of Henry Thacker, and daughter of Edwin


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Conway and Martha Eltonhead, his wife. He was clerk of Middlesex county from 1716 till his death December 3, 1732. He married Elizabeth Beverley, daughter of Major Harry Beverley.


Stanup, John, son of Captain John Stan- up, of York county, who died in 1694; was a burgess for New Kent county in 1710- 1712, 1715 and 1718.


Starke, Bolling, son of William Stark, and Mary Bolling, his wife, was born Sep- tember 20, 1733; burgess for Dinwiddie county in the assemblies of May, 1769 and 1769-1771 and of the convention of May, 1776, which declared independence. He was afterwards a member of the house of dele- gates, of the governor's council; and state auditor. He died in Richmond in January, 1788.


Starke, John, merchant, of New Kent county, Virginia, was son of Thomas Starke, a rich London merchant. He pat- ented land in King William and King and Queen counties in 1688, and was probably ancestor of the Starkes of Hanover county, Virginia, formerly a part of New Kent.


Starke, Richard, son of William and Mary Bolling Starke, was bred a lawyer. He com- piled Starke's "Justice of the Peace," and was committee clerk of the house of bur- gesses. He died in 1772, leaving "a numer- ous and distressed family."


Starke, William, son of Dr. Richard Starke and Rebecca, his wife, lived in York county. Virginia, where he was one of the justices of the county court. In 1711 he joined with others in establishing a school house, and gave a quarter of an acre of land for the site. He married Mary Bolling.


Stephens, George, was a burgess for James City county in 1645, 1652.


Stephens, Major Philip, a cavalier officer, who came with Major Henry Norwood to Virginia in 1649, and in 1650 received from the council of state of England fifty pounds for his sufferings in Virginia. He died in York county, Virginia, in 1658, where his estate was outcried.


Stith, Drury, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Drury Stith and Elizabeth Buckner, was born about 1718 and died in 1770. He was surveyor of Brunswick county (1740, 1751), sheriff 1757, justice (1747, 1756, etc.), major of horse 1746, colonel of foot 1753, and colo- nel of the county militia 1759. He was a burgess for his county in 1748-1756. He died in 1770. He married (first) Martha ----- , (second) Elizabeth Jones, widow of Thomas Eldridge.


Stith, Drury, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Drury Stith and Susanna Bathurst, his wife, was born about 1695, lived for some time in Prince George county, and later in Bruns- wick county. In 1726 he was a justice of Prince George county and in 1727 a cap- tain in the militia, but he was lieutenant- colonel before 1735. He qualified as clerk of Brunswick county, May 11, 1732, and he was also county surveyor. He was inter- ested in a copper mine. He married Eliza- beth Buckner, and died in 1740, leaving issue Drury Stith (see above).


Stith, Drury, was son of Major John Stith, of Charles City county, and patented land i" 1703. He was one of the justices of the county (1714), sheriff 1719, 1714-1725, and county surveyor 1720. He was lieutenant- colonel of the militia and in 1704-05 burgess


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for Charles City county. He married Sus- anna Bathurst, daughter of Lancelot Ba- thurst, of New Kent county. His will was presented in court in 1741. He left issue.


Stith, John, came to Virginia before 1656 and settled in Charles City county. In 1656 he was a lieutenant of militia, in 1676 a cap- tain, and in 1680 a major. He was also a merchant, a lawyer and a justice of the peace. He was a prominent supporter of Sir William Berkeley during Bacon's re- bellion in 1676. In 1686 he was a burgess for Charles City county. He left issue- John Stith, Drury Stith, Anne, married Colonel Robert Bolling.


Stith, John, son of Major John Stith (q. v.), had in 1692 a patent for land on the south side of Chickahominy river, in James City county. He was captain of the militia i1: 1692, sheriff in 1691, and burgess for Charles City county in 1692-93. He mar- ried Mary Randolph, daughter of William Randolph, of Turkey Island, and Mary Isham, his wife. He died before 1724, leav- ing issue: 1. Rev. William Stith, president of William and Mary (q. v.). 2. John Stith. 3 Mary Stith, married William Dawson, president of William and Mary College.


Stith, John, son of John Stith and Mary Randolph, had large tracts of land in Charles City and Prince George counties. He was burgess for Charles City county, 1718, 1723, 1726, and in May, 1737, took the oath as lieutenant-colonel of the militia. He mar- ried Elizabeth Anderson, a daughter of Rev. Charles Anderson, of Westover, and died about 1758.


Stith, Richard, surveyor of Bedford county, was a justice of the peace in 1758


and a burgess for Bedford in 1756 and 1757. He was probably a son of lieutenant-colonel John Stith, of Charles City county and Eliz- abeth Anderson, his wife. In 1772 he was still living in Bedford.


Stith, Thomas, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Drury Stith and Elizabeth Buckner, his wife, was born December 29, 1729, and died in 1801. He was a burgess for Brunswick from 1769 to 1774; was one of the justices of the county (1765-1784), and was county surveyor in 1783. He qualified April 27, 1772, as major of the county militia.


Stith, William, son of Captain John Stith, of Charles City county, and Mary Randolph, his wife, daughter of Colonel William Ran- dolph. His father died before 1724, when his mother was matron at William and Mary College. He was educated at Wil- ham and Mary College and at Queen's Col- lege, Oxford, where he took Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts; master of the grammar school at William and Mary (1731); rector of Henrico parish (1738) ; president of William and Mary College (1752-1755); chaplain to the house of bur- gesses (1753), and rector of York-Hampton parish (1752-1755) ; author of a history of Virginia, of a sermon preached before the house of burgesses on "The Sinfulness of Gaming," etc. He married Judith Randolph, daughter of Thomas Randolph, of Tucka- hoe. He died September 19, 1755.


Stobo, Robert, was born in Glasgow in 1727 of respectable parentage; settled in Virginia about 1742 as merchant ; appointed captain, and surrendered July 3, 1754, with Van Braam at Fort Necessity as hostages for the fulfillment of the articles of capitu-


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lation. He escaped and joined the English at Louisburg. Afterwards he served in the West Indies in 1762. He left the army in 1770, and died not long after.


Stockden (Stockton), Rev. Jonas, born 1584, was son of Rev. William Stockden, parson of Barkeswell, county Warwick, England. He came to Virginia in 1620, set- tled at Elizabeth City, and in May, 1621, he wrote a letter, several times printed, regard- ing the treacherous character of the Indians, and the futility of any attempt to convert them "till their priests and ancients were put to death." The massacre took place the next year. In 1627 he leased fifty acres on Hampton river.


Stoever, John Casper, was born at Frank- enberg, Hesse, about 1685, and in 1728 came with his son of the same name to Philadel- phia. He was pastor of the German miners who came to Germanna, in Virginia, in 1717 and 1719, and afterwards removed to the present Madison county about 1727 and founded a Lutheran congregation. He was ordained minister in 1733 and that year took ` charge of the church in Madison county. In 1734 he went to Germany with two of his congregation to collect money for his con- gregation. He was quite successful and after staying abroad four years started to return with about £3,000 and a good supply of books, but died and was buried at sea. His will was proved at Philadelphia, March 20, 1739. With the money, the fruit of his labors, the congregation after his death built in 1742 a church and bought lands and slaves. His son, Rev. John Casper Stoever, Jr., was born December 2, 1707, in the duchy oi Berg : was ordained in 1733 and organized


miany Lutheran congregations in the eastern counties of Pennsylvania.


Stokes, Christopher, ancestor of the Stokes family in Virginia and the south; was burgess for Warwick river, 1629, and for Denbigh in 1629-30. He afterwards lived in New Poquoson parish, York county, and he died there, leaving four sons, men- tioned in an order of court in 1648-Christo- pher, William, Francis and Thomas.


Stone, Captain William, of Hungar's creek, on the eastern shore of Virginia, was born in Northamptonshire, England, in 1603, and came to Virginia in or before 1633. He was nephew of Thomas Stone, a wealthy haberdasher of London; justice of Accomac in 1633; vestryman and sheriff in 1635; re- mnoved with other non-conformists to Mary- land in 1648, and in the same year was made governor of Maryland by Lord Baltimore. He was removed from office in 1653 by the parliamentary commissioners, Claiborne and Bennett, and in 1655 headed the royalist element, which on March 25 was defeated at the Severn by the adherents of parlia- mient, under the command of Captain Wil- liam Fuller. Stone was captured and sen- tenced to death, but was pardoned. He died about 1695, at his manor of Avon, in Charles county, Maryland. Among his descendants was Thomas Stone, signer of the Declara- tion of Independence. Governor Stone mar- ried Verlinda, sister of Rev. William Cot- ton, minister of Accomac.


Story, Joshua, a burgess for King and Queen county in 1695-96 and 1696-1697. The last year (1697) he was made sheriff of his county.


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Stoughton, Samuel, was burgess for Nansemond county in 1646.


Stover, Jacob, a native of Switzerland, ob- tained on June 17, 1730, for himself and divers German and Swiss families from the Virginia council a grant of 10,000 acres in Fage and Rockingham counties. He was the founder of Strasburg, of which the orig- inal citizens were all Germans. He died about 1741, leaving a son of the same name.


Strachey, Dr. John, son of John Strachey, Esq., of Sutton Court, in England, a de- scendant of William Strachey, secretary to Lord Delaware; born in 1709, came to Vir- ginia and settled in King and Queen county. He married Elizabeth Vernon, and had among other children, Elizabeth, who mar- ried Thomas Metcalfe, of King William county. He died in 1759.


Strafferton, Mr., was a burgess for Eliz- abeth City in 1639.


Stratton, Joseph, was burgess for Nut- nieg Quarter (now in Warwick county), and for "from Waters' Creek to Marie's Mount," 1632. In 1635 he patented a tract of land in Nutmeg Quarter which was bounded on the southwest by a tract of land "that did formerly belong to Captain John Smith."


Streeter, Captain Edward, was a burgess for Nansemond county in 1656.


Stretchley, John, born in 1648, was clerk of Lancaster county from 1674 to 1698; bur- gess in 1692-93; he died December 8, 1698.


Stringer, John, was a burgess for North- ampton county in 1659 and 1660. He was then colonel and a leading justice.


Strother, French, was a member of the convention which met in Williamsburg. May 6, 1776. He was son of James Strother and Margaret French, and great-grandson of William Strother, who made his will in Richmond county in 1700.


Strother, William, son of William Strother and Margaret Thornton, his wife, was bur- gess for King George county in the assem- bly of 1727-1734, though he died before the close (about 1732). He had issue: I. Eliz- abeth, married John Frogg. 2. Alice, mar- ried Henry Tyler, clerk of Stafford county. 3 Anne, married Francis Tyler, brother of Henry. 4. Agatha, married John Madison, clerk of Augusta county. 5. Jane, married Thomas Lewis, of Augusta county. 6. Mar- garet, married Gabriel Jones, a prominent lawyer.


Stuart, John, a native of Glasgow, in Scot- land, was born in 1754, came to Virginia and settled in Petersburg, where he engaged il: merchandizing and acquired a large for- tune. He died February 1, 1814.


Stubblefield, George, son of George Stub- blefield, who died in 1751-1752, was burgess for Spottsylvania in the assemblies of 1772- 1774 and 1775-1776, and member of the con- ventions of 1775.


Studley, Thomas, first cape merchant or keeper of the public stores at Jamestown. He died August 28, 1607.


Sullivan, Daniel, was clerk of Nansemond county in 1702 and other years. He owned the land on which Suffolk was afterwards built. His son, Daniel Jr., had a daughter Margaret who married Jethroe Sumner and ' they were parents, it is believed, of General Jethroe Sumner, of the American revolution.


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Sully, Thomas, "yeoman and ancient planter," patented six acres of land near the blockhouse on Jamestown Island in 1624, and in 1628 ninety-four acres additional at the head of Hampton river. He was aged thirty-six in 1625, and had come in the Sarah in 1611. His wife, Maudlyn, aged thirty, had come in the London Merchant in 1620.


Swann, Alexander, was one of the justices and a captain of militia in the county of Middlesex. He married Mary Landon, daughter of Thomas Landon, of Credenhill, Herefordshire, and died in 1710.


Swann, Colonel Samuel, was son of Colo- Del Thomas Swann, of Swann's Point, Surry county. He was born May II, 1653, suc- ceeded his father at Swann's Point and was for many years a prominent man in Vir- ginia and North Carolina ; justice of Surry county, 1674 ; major of militia, 1687; sheriff, 1676 and 1678; member of the house of bur- gesses for Surry in 1677, 1680, 1682, 1684, 1686, 1692, 1693. He soon after moved to North Carolina and was speaker of the as- sembly there prior to 1715.


Swann, Captain Thomas, was son of Colo- nel Thomas Swann, of Swann's Point ; mem- ber of the Virginia house of burgesses, 1693, 1695, 1696, 1698, and sheriff of Surry in 1697. He married Elizabeth, daughter of William Thompson, of Nansemond county, and died in 1705, leaving an eldest son, Major Thomas Swann, sheriff of Nanse- mond 1740, whose eldest son, Thompson Swann, was clerk of Cumberland county from 1754 to 1781.


Swann, William, patented in 1635 1,200 acres in the county of James City, on the


south side of James river, "bounded west from Smith's Mount to the half way neck." His patent was renewed in the name of Thomas Swann, his son, who became a member of the council of state. The point of land on the south side of James river, opposite to Jamestown, still bears his name, "Swann Point."


Swearingen, Thomas, burgess for Fred- erick county in the assembly of 1756-1758; vestryman for Frederick parish in 1769.


Sweeney (Swinney), Meritt, was son Ed- mund Sweeney, a justice of the peace for Elizabeth City county in 1687 and other years. Meritt Sweeney was also a justice, and was a burgess for Elizabeth City county in the assemblies of 1736-1740 and 1742- 1747. He married Jane Wilson, daughter o: Colonel William Wilson, and widow of Nicholas Curle and James Ricketts, and left issue-Roscoe Sweeney and others.


Sykes, Bernard, was an active friend of Nathaniel Bacon Jr. ; resided in Charles City county and was a member of the assembly called by General Ingram after Bacon's death in October, 1676.


Syme, John, was a resident of Hanover county. He was burgess in 1722 and colo- nel of the Hanover militia. He died in 1731, while engaging in laying out the boundaries of Hanover and Louisa counties. His widow, who was Sarah, daughter of Isaac and Mary Dabney Winston, married (sec- ond) Colonel John Henry, of Hanover, and had Patrick Henry, the orator.


Syme, John, son of John Syme, who died in 1731, was born in 1730. He was burgess for Hanover county in 1756-1758, 1758-1761,


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1761-1765, 1766-1768, 1773-1775, and he was a member of all the conventions, 1774, 1775, 1776. He was frequently a member of the legislature during the American revolution.


Syms, Benjamin, founder of the first free school in English America, was born in 1580, and in 1623 was living at "Basse's Choice," in what was subsequently known as Isle of Wight county. He afterwards settled in Elizabeth City county, and by his will made February 12, 1634-1635, he gave 200 acres on Poquosin river, Elizabeth City county, with the milk and increase of eight cows, to erect a school house and support the poor scholars of the parishes of Eliza- beth City and Kiquotan. In 1648 there was a fine school house and the kine had in- creased to forty. In 1805 the school was united with "Eaton's School" to form Hamp- ton Academy, which is now known as the "Syms-Eaton Academy." It is probably the only instance of a school in America carried on, either in whole or part, by the original funds.


Tabb, Edward, son of Thomas Tabb, and grandson of Humphrey Tabb, the immi- grant, served as captain, justice of York county and burgess in 1723-1726. He died December 5, 1731. He married Margaret Howard, daughter of Colonel Henry How- ard, of York county, and left issue.


Tabb, Humphrey, son of Thomas Tabb, emigrated to Virginia about 1637 and patented land in Elizabeth City county. He died before 1659, when the fragment of a record shows that Anne Tabb, widow of Humphrey Tabb, made a deed to Richard Hull, guardian of Thomas Tabb, son of Humphrey Tabb, deceased.


Tabb, John, son of Thomas Tabb, was captain, colonel, justice and sheriff of Eliz- abeth City county ; burgess in the assem- blies of 1756-1758, 1758-1761. He married (first) Mary, daughter of Rev. James Sclater, (second) Martha Wallace.


Tabb, Thomas, was a son of John Tabb, of Elizabeth City county, and Martha Hand, his wife. He resided at "Clay Hill," in Amelia county. He was one of the leading merchants in Virginia and represented Amelia county in the house of delegates from 1749 to 1759 and from 1761 to 1769. He was colonel of the militia. He died at his residence "Clay Hill," Amelia county, November 23, 1769. He left issue, Colonel John Tabb, a member of the committee of safety (1775).


Taberer, Thomas, son of William Taberer, of Derbyshire, England, was heir to his brother, Joshua Taberer, who died in Isle of Wight county, Virginia, in 1654. He was burgess for that county in 1658, and for a long time one of the justices and major of the militia. He sympathized with the Quakers. His will was proved in Isle of Wight county, February 9, 1694-95. He had issue, Ruth, who married John Numan; Mary, married William Webb; Christian, married Robert Jordan ; Elizabeth, married - Copeland.




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