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 BURGESSES AND OTHER PROMIXEXT PERSONS

Jkirret and Mary Chiswell, of Hanover county. His will, dated Sept. lo, 1770, was proved in Louisa county. June 10. 1771. He was brother of Rev. Robert l>arret (q. v.).

Barret, Rev. Robert, son of Charles Bar- ret and Alary, his wife, of Louisa county, was a student at William and ALu'y College ; Usher of the grammar school; qualified June 28, 1737. master of the Indian school; was ordained minister in England soon after, and on Dec. 25, 1737, received the royal funds to defray his return passage; was minister for many years of St. Martin's Parish, Han- over county. He married (first) Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Robert Lewis, and (second)

Anne. He had a son, Rev. Lewis

Barret, who married Elizabeth Anderson ( '^JSy^y??)"^- ^^y whom he had Anderson Bar- ret, of Richmond.

Barret, Thomas, was one of the two first settlers, who when freed from service to the colony in 16 14, went to work on his own account. Ensign William Spencer was the other.

Barrett, William, was a burgess from James City, Feb., 1644-45, Oci., 1646, Oct., 1646, Oct., 1649. He died before 1677. leav- ing a son James. In 1789 William E. Bar- rett was living on the "Ferry Plantation" in James City county. He was a descendant of W^illiam Barret, first named (see "William and Mary College Quarterly," vii, 2021.

Barrington, Robert, was clerk of the coun- cil in 1632, and member of the house of bur- gesses for James City, 1629-30.

Barron, Samuel, commander of Fort George at Point Comfort in 1737. After the destruc- tion of the fort by the hurricane of 1749 he removed with his family to the upper part

of Mill creek. He was father of the naval officers, Samuel and James Barron, of the I'nited States navy.

Baskervyle, John, son of John and Magda- lene (Hope) Haskervyle, of Ould Withing- tcn, Cheshire, England, was born 1635, bap- tized at Gorsetry, settled in York county, Vir- ginia, about 1662, and was clerk of York county from 1664 to 1679. He died in 1679. Jle married Mary, daughter of Licut.-Col. William Barber, and left a daughter Mary and a son George.

Bassett, Burwell, son of William Bassett, of "Eltham,"" New Kent, was born in 1734; was member of tlie house of burgesses, 1762, 1763, 1764. 1765, 1766-68, 1769-1771. 1772, 1773. 1774, 1775. and of the conventions of 1774 and 1775. He married Anna Alaria Dandridge. daughter of Col. John Dandridge, of New Kent, and died Jan. 4. 1793.

Bassett, William, son of William Bassett, '■\eoman.'" of Newport, in Isle of Wight, Eng- land, had seen military service; came to \'ir- ginia prior to 1665, when he was made com- mander of the workmen employed in build- ing a fort at Jamestown ; was paid 10,000 j)ounds of tobacco for his services ; acquired a large estate, and died in 1672, leaving a son, William Bassett. of "Eltham," New Kent county, member of the council, by Bridget Cary, daughter of Capt. Miles Gary.

Bassett, William, of "Eltham," New Kent county, X'irginia. was son of Col. William Bassett and Joanna Burwell, his wife; was member of the assembly of 1742-1747, but died in 1744, before the termination thereof. He married Elizabeth Churchill, daughter of Col. William Churchill, and was father of P.u rwell Bassett (q. v.).