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iw 1689; sheriff in 1681, and member of the house of burgesses in 1679. He married Jane, daughter of Edward Hatcher, of Hen- rico. He appears to have left one daugh- ter Tabitha. He appears to have been a son of Abell Cower, of Boulton, county Glouces- ter, England, esquire.

Graffenreidt, Christopher de, son of Baron Christopher de Graffenreidt, of Berne, in Switzerland, founder of Newberne, North Carolina. He married in Charleston, South Carolina, February 22, 1714, Barbara Temp- est Xeedham, born in Hertfordshire, Eng- land. He moved to Williamsburg, Virginia, where they kept an ordinary. In 1734 he jjc'tented land in lirunswick county. Mrs. Barbara de (iraft'enreidt survived her hus- band, and in 1739 the "X'irginia Gazette" has notices of "dancing assemblies" given by her. He left issue.

Graham, John, son of John Graham, of W'akenston. Perthshire, Scotland, was born April 30. 1718; was a merchant in Dumfries, Prince William county. He married Eliza- beth Catesby Cocke, daughter of William Cocke, secretary of state, and died in \\\- gust, 1787, leaving issue.

Graham, Richard, son of Richard Graham, of Brampton, Cumberland ; matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, March 14. 1737. aged seventeen; Bachelor of .Arts, 1742, and Master of Arts, February 18, 1746; qualified as professor of natural philosophy and mathematics in William and Mary College, 1749; removed by the board in 1758; ap- pointed to the chair of moral philosophy, June 26, 1761, and reinstated by the privy council to his former position in January, 1764. In 1764 he was defeated for the presi-

dency by James Horrocks. and in 1766 re- turned to Oxford Uni\ersity. of w'hich he was a fellow.

Grantham, Captain Thomas, was in ihj^^ commander of an English ship which ar- rived in Virginia during Bacon's rebellion. He rendered material assistance in suppress- iiig the disturbances and left an account of the transactions he 'was engaged in. He was afterward knighted.

Graves, Captain Thomas, an ancient jjlanter, subscribed twenty-five pounds to the A'irginia Company of London, went to \'irginia in 1608, was captured by the sav- ages and rescued by Thomas Savage ; a member of the first house of burgesses in 1619 for Smythe's Hundred; living on the eastern shore in 1620; a burgess for Acco- mac in 1629-32; a commissioner in 1621- 1632. In 1628 he received a grant for 200 acres on account of his subscription to the stock of the London countw

Gray, Colonel Edwin, son of Colonel Jo- seph Gray, of Southampton county, was burgess for that county from 1769 to 1776 and member of the conventions of 1774, 1775 and 1776, and of the house of delegates and state senate, and member of congress from 1799 to 1813.

Gray, Francis, son of Thomas Gray, the immigrant, was burgess for Surry county in 1^,63. He died about 1679.

Gray, Francis, went at an early day from England to Maryland. In 1637 he was liv- ing in St. George's Hundred, Maryland, which he represented that year in the gen- eral assembly. By trade a carpenter. He was a Protestant and was compelled on account of his opposition to Lord Baltimore