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of burgesses from Hog Island Oct., 1629, March, 1629-30, and Sept., 1632. His wife .'-arah was carried off by the Indians, dur- ing the massacre of 1622, but was returned later apparreled as an Indian queen. Cheney Loyse was doubtless a brother of John E^>oyse ( q. \.) and a son of Re\-. John Boyse, deacon of Canterbury.

Boyse, John, was a member of the hrst

liousc of burgesses in 1619 from Martin's

Hundred. He returned to England died on

bis way back in 1649.

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Boyse, Luke, born 1580, came to Virginia in 1619. was a member of the house of bur- gesses 1623-24 and died before 1635. He married Alice, who subsequently married Matthew Edloe and had one daughter, Han- nah.

Bowker, Rev. James, was brother of Rev. kal{)h Bowker, minister of St. Stephen's parish, in King and Queen county. He was elected by the vestry of St. Peter's Church, New Kent county, rector of the parish July 10, 1698. and continued minister till his death March 10, 1703.

Bowker, Rev. Ralph, came to X'irginia before i/OO, and was minister of St. Ste- phen's parish. King and Queen county. He v/as a member of the conventions of the clergy which assembled at Williamsburg in 1705 and 1 7 19. His daughter Anne married John Smith, son of Rev. Guy Smith.

Bradley, Thomas, (born 1633) a merchant in X'irginia in 1665, eldest son of Thomas Bradley D. D., chaplain to Charles I., pre- bend of York, and rector of Ackworth. a great royalist, and his wife Frances, daugh- ter of John Lord Saville of Pontefract.

Bradley, William, burgess for Norfolk county, succeeding George A'eale in 1759.

Branch, Christopher, emigrated to \'ir- ginia in 1620, and in 1625 he and his wife Mary Branch ;ind son Thom.as Branch, nine months old, were residents at the '•College Land." In 1O34 he patented 100 acres at "Arrowhattocks" in Henrico county, but the permanent home of Christopher Branch was a plantation almost immediately oppo- site "Arrowhattocks"' on the south side of James river. He was descended from an ancient family of Abington, Berkshire, Eng- land. He was son of Lionel Branch, of that place, an;l grandson of William Branch, gent, (died 1602). He was a burgess for Henrico in 1639, and a justice of the peace in 1656. He died at a very advanced age about 1682, leaving issue.

Branch, John, owned land in Elizabeth City county as early as 1636. In 1639 he was a receiver of tobacco and in 1641 a bur- gess for the county.

Brasseur, John, son of Robert Brasseur, was a burgess for Nansemand county at the assemblies of 1685, 1695-1696, 1696-1697. He married ]^Iary, daughter of Col. Robert Pitt, of the council and Martha Lear, his wife, sister of Col. John Lear.

Braxton, George, was born in 1677, and appears as a merchant in Virginia in 1703. Later he is styled Col. George Braxton. He was a member of the house of burgesses for King and Queen in 17 18, 1720, 1723- 1726. 1727-1728. 1742, 1744, 1745, 1746, 1747, 1748. He died July i, 1748. He left issue one son George Braxton Jr., and two daugh- ters.