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 BURGESSES AND OTHER PROMINENT PERSONS

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pasted in a copy of Donne's "'['oems." some time ago. He was a grandson of Lapt. John Aylett or Ayloffe, a royalist officer who came to \'irginia in i'">56, son of Sir llenjamin Ay- loffe. of county Essex. England. Issue. W'il- liam and Philip.

Aylett ( Ayleti, William, -on of Col. Wil- liam Aylett, of "Eairtield" was burgess from Westmoreland in the assembly of 1736- 1740. Capt. William Aylett. Jr.. of Westmoreland, married (first) Anne .\shton. of Westmore- land, and ( secondly ) Elizabeth Eskridge, daughter of Maj. George Eskridge, of "Sandy Point." One of Capt. William Aylett's daugh- ters married Richard Henry Lee, and another Augustine Washington.

Aylett, William, son of Philip Aylett. of "Fairfield," and grandson of Col. William Aylett, of "Fairfield" ( q. v.). was born 1743; was burgess for King William county at the assemblies of 1772-1774 and of 1775-1776: member of the conventions of 1774, 1775 and 1776; resigned from the convention May 2, 1776, to accept commission as deputy com- missary general in \'irginia. He died at York- town, 1780. He married Elizabeth ]\[acon. daughter of Col. James Macon and Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Augustine Moore, of "Chelsea."

Aylmer, Justinian, was born in 1635. ma- triculated at Trinity College, Oxford, 1656, and became A. ]\I. in 1657. He was grandson of Theophilus Aylmer, archdeacon of London. In 1661 he was minister of Hampton parish. York county. \'irginia. and a little later was minister of Jamestown. He died before 1671.

Bacon, Edmund, ancestor of the Bacon family in the south, patented land in New

Kent county in 1687. Hc^ was captain of the militia. He prcjbabl}- married Aiuie Lyddall, (haighter of Capt. George Lyddall. Edmund I '.aeon was, it is believed, a near kinsman of -Vallianiel I'acon, Jr., the rebel.

Bacon, John, was son of Capt. Edmund Paeon, of Xew Kent, who patented land in 1687. John Bacon was vestryman of St. Pet- er's Church, sheriff in the county and burges:: in 1727-1734. He married (first) Sarah Lang- ston and (second) Susanna Parke.

Bagnall, James, burgess for Isle of Wight county in 1646 and for Lancaster county in I ^\S4-

Bagnall, Roger, was a burgess for Isle of Wight county in 1641. His will dated Octo- ber 19, 1647, IS recorded in that county. He left a son James Bagnall.

Bagnell, Henry, was a member of the house (■f burgesses from Accomack, March, 1629- 30. and Sept.. 1632. His descendants have lived on the eastern shore to the present time. John Bagnell who was living in Acco- mac in 1679 was probably his son; Charles Pagnell was a > vestryman of Accomack parish in 1772: Charles Bagnell was lieutenant-colo- nel of militia during the war of 1812; and Edmund R. LJagnell was I)rigadier-general of militia in 1870.

Bagwell, Thomas, an old settler, was bur- gess for I'asbehay, in James City corporation in 1629.

Bailey, Thomas, succeeded llenry Lrowne, deceased, as burgess for Surry county in Nov.. T762. and was burgess from that time till 1771.

Baker, Benjamin, of Nansemond. was a member of the convention of 1774.