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222 Dawson, of Aspatria, Cumberland county, England ; born 1724. matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, March 7, 1744; B. A., 1747; came to Virginia and was minister of Raleigh parish, Amelia county, in 1754. of St. Mary's, Caroline, 1758 etc. He married in 1757 Mary Waugh. daughter of Alexander Waugh. He was father of Hon. John Dawson, M. C, and brother of William Dawson, president of William and Aviary College.

Day, John, member of the house of burgesses for Isle of Wight county in 1775. He was a descendant of James Day, who married Mary, daughter of Thomas Bland and Mary Bennett, daughter of Edward Bennett, a London merchant, who in cooperation with his brother, Robert Bennett, his nephew, Richard Bennett, and others established the plantation called "Warrascoyack" in Isle of Wight county.

Death, Richard, was burgess from Isle of Wight count}- in the assemblies of 1642-43 and 1644. His will was dated March 3. 1647.

Debedeavon, otherwise "Laughing King," head chief of the Accomac Indians, who was a friend of the English at the time of the massacres of 1622. 1644, and would take no part in the murder.

DeButts, Lawrence, came from England in 1721, and was rector of Washington parish, Westmoreland county. He also served in St. Stephen's parish in Northumberland, Farnham in Richmond, and Cople parish in Westmoreland county. In 1735 he re- moved to Maryland where he was minister of St. Mary's parish, in St. Mary's county.

He died in 1752, leaving a brother Robert DeButts.

Delany, Henry, was a burgess for Mecklenburg county in the assemblies of 1765, 1766-68. He married Rebecca Brodnax, widow of Alexander Walker, and died in 1785, leaving issue Edward, Mary Persons, Lucy wife of Robert Brooking (son of Vivion Brooking), William, Lucy, Fanny.

Delke, Captain Clement, born in 1598, probably son of Sir Thomas Delke, of Max- toke Castle, Warwickshire, and his wife, Ann, daughter of Sir Clement P^'isher, of Packington ; he and others contracted in 1623 with the London Company to bring over 100 emigrants; afterwards in 1627 he patented land on the eastern shore ; in 1624 a member of the house of burgesses.

Delke (or Dilke), Roger, came to Virginia before 1625, when he was one of the servants of Mr. John Chew at Hog Island, lie was burgess for Stanley Hundred in 1631-32. He died about 1635, leaving a widow -Alice and son Roger.

Denson, William, was burgess from Up- per Norfolk, in the assembly of 1659-60.

DeRichebourg, Claude Phillipe, came to Mrginia in 1700 with the French Hugue- nots. Lie was minister of Manakintown, but. owing to disputes in the parish which were referred to the council of Virginia, he left Virginia in 1707, and with numerous followers, settled in the Carolinas.

Dewey, Stephen, a lawyer of distinction, was King's attorney for Charles City county in 1740, and burgess for Prince George county in 1752-1755. He married Elizabeth Walker, daughter of George