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ginia, was educated at William and Mary College ; entered the ministry of the Church of England ; appointed usher of William and Mary College, March 28, 1747; ap- pointed rector of Kingston parish, Glou- cester county, now Mathews county, 1754; professor of divinity of William and Mary, 1770; sympathized with England during the revolution ; prominent ]Mason ; buried in the new church of Kingston parish, May 4- 1777-

Dixon, John, was a printer, who married Susanna Hunter, daughter of William Hunter, second editor of the "Virginia Gazette." He formed a partnership with Alexander P\irdie to carry on the paper after Hunter's death, which continued until 1774 when he took in W^illiam Hunter Jr., as his partner. In 1778 Hunter left Vir- ginia, and Thomas Nicholson was substi- tuted. This partnership continued in Rich- mond, when the editors moved their office in 1780. Dixon died in Richmond in 1791.

Dixon, John, a merchant of Bristol, Eng- land, came to Virginia in the early part ot the eighteenth century and acquired large tracts of land in Hanover, Louisa, Albe- marle and Culpeper counties. He was a vestryman of St. Paul's parish, Hanover county, 1 744- 1 748. He removed to England with his second wife, Anne Lyde, and died ii; 1758 at Bristol. By his first wife, Lucy Reade, he was father of Rev. John Dixon. Roger Dixon and Thomas Dixon.

Dixon, Roger, son of John Dixon, Esq., of Bristol, and brother of Rev. John Dixon ; went from King and Queen county to Spottsylvania county; admitted to practice as an attorney in Spottsylvania court, Feb-

ruary 7, 1748. He lived in Fredericksburg, where he purchased a large tract of land at the lower end of the town, which he later divided into smaller tracts and sold. He owned large tracts of land in various coun- ties. He engaged largely in merchandizing. He was vestryman of St. George's parish; justice of the peace for Spottsylvania county 1 760- 1 770; first clerk for Culpeper county, 1749-1772; trustee of the town of Falmouth; member of the house of burgesses for Spott- sylvania county, 1769-1771. He married Lucy, daughter of Major Philip Rootes. of Rosewall, King and Queen county, \'Tr- ginia, and ^Mildred, his wife, daughter of Thomas Reade, of Gloucester county, his first cousin.

Doak, Robert, Ijurgess for Fincastle county, in 1772-1774. but unseated May 9, 1774. because at the time of his election he held the office of deputy surveyor.

Doe, Thomas, was burgess from Archer's Hope, in the assembly of 1629.

Doggett, Rev. Benjamin, appears to have come from Ipswich, England, to Virginia. He was minister in Lancaster county for quite a number of years. He died in 1682 leaving descendants.

Donelson, John, was a burgess from Pitt- sylvania county in the assemblies of May, 1769, 1 769- 1 77 1, 1 772- 1 774.

Doran, was a burgess for New Kent county in the assembly of 1734- 1740.

Dormer, Sir Fleetwood, formerly of Arle- Court, Gloucestershire, son of Sir Fleetwood Dormer, of Lee Grange and Purton, Bucks, was in Virginia in 1649, probably a royalist refugee. In 1684, John Dormer, of James