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 the Ricr I'ott)nuic. in which i> inchulccl W'estiiiorchiiul, Xorthumberlaiul and Stafford Counties."' In 1(80 he was spoken of as "ColL Riclianl Lee. of the horse in ye Coun- ties of Westnureland. .Xorthuniherhuid and StalTord." It was pro])ab!y S( nietime in the year 1^*74 that Col. Lee married Laetitia. elcL est daughter of llenry and Ahce ( Lltonhead ) Corbin. She was l)urie;l heside hini in the family burying ground at "Alt. I'lea-ant," beneath a white marble tombstone bearing an elaborate Latin inscription. Col. Lee died on March 12, 1714.

Warner, Augustine, Jr., of Warner ILdl, (iloucester county, son of L"ol. Augustine War- ner, of the same place, and member of the council, was born, according to his epitaph, on July 3, 1642, but, according to the register of Merchant Taylor's School, London, on Oct. 20, 1643. I lis name appears on the loooks of that school as "eldest son of Agustine Warner of X'irginia, gentleman."" Warner was the speaker of the house of burgesses at the ses- sions of March, 1675-76, and Feb., 1776-77, and soon after the latter date must have been a] pointed to the council, for his name appears in a list of members presented to the lords oi' trade and jdantations late in 1677, and was endorser! l)y them with the word "stet."" n March 14, 1678-79, the King directed that he be continued a member of the council, and in a new commission, read May 10, 1680, his name appears as "Col. .Augustine Warner."" In this year he commanded the militia of Gloucester county. Col. Warner suffered great loss during Bacon's rebellion. The com- missioners sent to suppress the uprising de- clared that "Col. Augustine Warner, Speaker of the House of Burgesses in the late Assem- bly, and now sworn as one of his Majesty's Council in A'ir^inia." was "an honest, worthy person, and most lo}al suff'erer by the late rebels.'" tlnit he was "plundered as much as ar_-. and yet >i;eaks as little of his losses, though they were very great."" lUu the colonel did s[)eak, and spoke with eft'ect in regard to his losses. On June 27, i78, he presented a petition to 'i'homa> Ludwell. the president of the council, praing for a judgment against Cajit. William llyrd, against whom he had l)rought his action in the general court for ii,oo;) sterling and costs of suit, for "ferrcibly entering his dwelling house in Abbington Parish, Gloucester, and taking goods and merchandise to the value of 845.2." Col. Augustine Warner jr. married, about 1665, Mildred, dai'.ghter of C'ol. George Reade. of C iloucester, himself a councillor, and formerly deputy secretary of state. Me died Jtnie ig, 1681. and his tomb may still be seen at "Warner I lall.""

Leigh, Francis, as "Major h'raneis Leigh,"" was included under the great seal for a court ot oyer and terminer in A'irginia on Xov. 16, 1676, and on March 14. 1678-79, the King directed that he be continued in the coimcil. Cpon May 10, 1680. he was included in the commission of councillors under Culpeper. Xothing further is known of him. but he was (ioubtless ancestor of the family of Leigh in King and Queen county.

Custis, John, a son of John and jeane Custis. of Accomae. 'a.. and formerl- of Fvotterdam, Holland, was born in 1630. He was sheriff' of .ccomac in 1664, and in 1676 he was appointed major-general of Virginia militia, and j)layed an active part in the sup- port of Gov. Berkeley during Bacon's rebellion. The commissioners, sent from England to sup- pi ess the rebellion, spoke in terms of the high- est conmiendation of him. He was a member of the house of burgesses in 1677. but apj^ears