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ert Doyley, B. A. and M. A. of Wadham College, and rector of several parishes in England.

Drew, Dolphin, was a burgess for Isle of Wight county in the assembly of 1766- 1768, and justice of the peace in 1772.

Drummond, Richard, son of John Drum- mond. of Accomac county, born 1636, who married the daughter of Richard Hill, was burgess for .Accomac in the sessions of 1712-14 and 1715.

Drummond, Sarah, wife of Colonel WW- liam Drummond, one of the heroines of Bacon's rebellion. When others doubted she picked up from the ground a small stick and broke it. and said: "I fear the power of England no more than a broken straw." She was probably a daughter of Edward Prescott, who in his will left her a U^t at Jamestown. After the execution of her hus- band, she complained to the British gov- ernment of the cruelty of Sir William r.erkeley to her husband and five children

Drummond, William, a native of Scot- land, came to Virginia about 1660, and in 1665-1667 served under Berkeley as first governor of North Carolina, afterwards re- sided at Jamestown ; was sheriff of James City county in 1660; was burgess in 1676; took sides with Bacon in Bacon's rebellion, and was executed January 20, 1676, at Mid- dle plantation. The English authorities condemned his execution and his property was restored to his widow, Sarah. He left a son William, and a daughter married Samuel Swann, of North Carolina.

Dudley, Ambrose, was a burgess from Gloucester county in the assembly of 1710- 1712. Son of Richard Dudley, of Middle-

sex county, and brother of Major Robert Dudley (q. v.).

Dudley, Robert, son of Richard Dudley, was major of the militia in Middlesex county and one of the justices. From 1685 to 1697 h<^ '^'^''is one of the burgesses for the county. He had property both in England and Virginia. His will dated October 14, 1701. was proved November 3, 1701. He left a brother Ambrose Dudley, two sons. Robert and George, and two daughters. Avarilla and Elizabeth.

Dunn, Nicholas, chief clerk to the kitchen of Charles I., came to A'irginia about 1649. He died there.

Dunston, John, was burgess for James City in 1649.

Dunlap, Rev. William, came to Virginia fiom Pennsylvania, and in 1774 was min- ister of Stratton Major parish, King and Queen county. He had a library of "sev- eral thousand volumes in most arts and sciences." He was afterwards rector of St. Paul's parish, Hanover county. He died in September, 1779. Plis daughter, Deborah, married John Robinson, of "Green Branch," Middlesex county, Virginia.

Dunlop, William, merchant of Dumfries, Prince William county, was born in 1707 and died December 21, 1739. He was son Of xAlexander Dunlop, Greek professor in the University of Glasgow^ and grandson of William Dunlop, president of that Uni- versity, who died in Glasgow in March, 1700. Both his father and grandfather had lived in South Carolina.

Durand, William, was an elder in ijic Puritan congregations, in Nansemond and