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 protect them while they were throwing up fortifications, were called. Her maiden name is not known. Col. Bray was a wealthy mer- chant and ship owner in 'irginia. He died Oct. 24, 1691. He had three sons who left issue and a grandson, Col. David Bray, who was also councillor for a few months.

Parke, Daniel, Sr., was descended from the Parke family of Essex, England, some account of ^vhich, tracing it back to i486, is given in Morant's "History of Essex." The coun- cillor's epitaph states that he was of the county of Essex, and his son, in his will, mentions certain plate bearing the arms of his family, "which is that of the county of Essex." Dan- iel Parke Sr. was born about 1629 and settled in York county, Mrginia, in or before 1651. He was justice of York in 1655. sheriff in 1659. and a burgess from 1660 to 1670. On June 20, 1670, he was sworn as a member of the council and remained a member of that body until his death, nine years later. On Sept. 30, 1678, Gov. Jeffreys appointed him secretary of state and he held for a time the office of treasurer also. He married Rebecca, widow of "Bartholomew Knipe of Virginia, gentleman," as may be seen from a deed to his stepson, Christopher Knipe, dated 1658. This widow Knipe was a daughter of George Evelyn of Maryland and formerly of God- stone, Surrey, England. He left a son Daniel Parke Jr.. who was also a member of the council.

Bacon, Nathaniel, known as "the Rebel," came to 'irginia in 1673 ^^^ was made a member of the council in 1675. He was a cousin of Lord Francis Bacon and a cousin once removed of Nathaniel Bacon Sr., presi- dent of the council and acting governor (q. v.). His father was Thomas Bacon, a merchant of London, and he was born in England, January 2, 1647. In 1663 he went abroad with Sir Philip Skippon and others. He owned lands in England of the yearly value of £150 ster- ling, but on his marriage with Elizabeth Duke, daughter of vSir Edward Duke, of Benhill Lodge, near Saxmundham. he sold his lands to Sir Robert Jason for £1,200 and removed to 'irginia. He purchased a plantation at "Curls." in Henrico county, called "Longfield," and had a quarter at the falls of the river where Richmond now stands. The colony was in a state of unrest, owing to high taxes and many corruptions in the public offices ; and a sudden irruption on the frontiers of the In- dians, which Governor Berkeley was slow in repressing, fanned the smouldering embers into flames. L'rged by his neighbors, Bacon asked Berkeley for a commission to go out against the Indians, which he refused, and Bacon went out without one. Berkeley then proclaimed him a rebel, and out of this arose a civil war in which Bacon supported by the great majority of the people possessed himself of the main authority and drove Berkeley to seek refuge at "Arlington" on the eastern shore with Major-General John Custis. James- town was burned, and many estates were pillaged by both factions.

At length Bacon, through his exposures, contracted a dysentery, and the rebellion virtually came to an end through his death in Gloucester county at Major Pate's place, on Poropotank Creek, October 26, 1676. He left two daughters, one of whom Elizabeth, born April 12, 1674, married Hugh Chamberlain, physician to the King. Bacon's widow, Elizabeth Duke, married C second) Thomas Jarvis, a ship captain, who had 200 acres at Hampton, and after his death she married Edward Mole. In 1698 William Randolph patented "Long-