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January 18, 1689. aged eighteen, and was 1;. A. in 1693. He was licensed for \'ir- ginia November i. 1699. and was present at the convention of the clergy in Williams- burg in February, 1705. He lived in Rich- mond county.

Klug, George Samuel, was born in Elb- ing, Prussia, and was student under the celebrated Alosheim. who wrote "The Ec- clesiastical History." He was ordained at Han/.ig. August 30. 1738, and soon after came to \'irginia and was second minister of the German Lutheran settlers in Madi- son county. He died in 1761.

Klug, Samuel, a native of Gloucester county. \'irginia. was a student of William and Mary College, and in 1765 became sub- usher of the grammar school. He visited England for ordination as a minister, re- turning in 17G8. He then became minister of Christ Church. Middlesex county. In 1775 he was chairman of the county com- mittee of safety for Gloucester county. He married Elizabeth Yates and continued minister of Christ Church till his death in 1795-

Knight, Nathaniel, son of Mr. Samuel Knight, of Strodwater, in Gloucestershire, England, was a chirurgeon in Surry county, and died in 1678 without issue. In his will he leaves numerous legacies to his friends.

Knight, Captain Peter, was a burgess for Gloucester county in 1658 and 1660, and for Northumberland county in 1684 and 1685.

Knott, James, was living in 1632-1635 in Accomac county, and in 1632 was given fifty acres at the mouth of Hampton river, together with "the house called the great

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house." to keep a house of entertainment for strangers.

LaGuarde, Elias, one of the vignerons from Languedoc, France, sent over in 1620 to Buckroe in Elizabeth City county. He was living in 1633. The name was probably anglicised into "Elligood," a prominent family in Princess Anne county in later times.

Lamb, Anthony, an early resident of Poquusun parish, York count}-. He died December 29, 1700. He was ancestor of the Lamb family, represented by Hon. John Lamb, late a member of congress.

Lambert, Thomas, was the first person to introduce the method of drying tobacco on lines or sticks, instead of in heaps ; sher- iff of Lower Norfolk county, 1643; burgess ill 1649. ^^5^- 1661 ; lieutenant-colonel of the militia. Lambert's Point, near Norfolk, is named for him.

Landon, Thomas, son of Thomas Landon, gentleman, of Credenhill, Herefordshire, England, settled in Middlesex county, about 1688. He had been "eldest groom of his m.ajesty's buttery" before coming. His brother Silvanus w^as president of the Eng- lish company at Baudjarmassingh, India. Thomas Landon died in 1709. Flis daughter Betty w^as one of the wives of Colonel Robert Carter, of Corotoman, and was mother of Colonel Landon Carter, of "Sa- bine Hall," Richmond coimty.

Lane, Captain John, was a burgess for King and Queen county in 1692-93, but his seat was vacated by order of the house. His daughter Jane married (first) Willis Wilson ; (second) Colonel Gawin Corbin.