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bled in June, 1676 under Bacon's authority. He was also clerk of the assembly called by General Ingram, shortly after Bacon's death, in October, 1676. He was very useful to Bacon in drawing up his laws and papers.

Minor Doodes, was a Dutch ship captain who came to Virginia about 1650, and set- tled first in Nansemond county. In 1665 he was living in Lancaster county. In 1673 the general assembly naturalized Minor Doodes and his son Doodes Minor. His will, dated December 13, 1677, was proved in Lancaster county. It is sealed with the wax impression of a ship. He was ancestor of the Minor family of Spottsylvania county.

Miller (Muller), Adam, was a native of "Shresoin," Germany, and was the first set- tler, or one of the first settlers, in the valley of Virginia. In 1726 or 1727 he located land at Massanutting, on the Shenandoah river. This tract, now in the southwestern part of Page county, near the Rockingham line, he sold; and in 1741 settled near Elkton, at Bear Lithia Springs. He served in the French and Indian war, and died about the close of the revolution. In religion he was a Lutheran.

Mitchell, John, was an eminent physician and botanist. He was born in London, and his Virginia home was at Urbanna, Middle- sex county. He was a fellow of the Royal Society and gave to Linnaeus much valuable information on American flora. Among his researches in this science are "Dissertio brevis de Principio Botanicorum et Zoolo- gorum." dedicated to Sir Hans Sloane, and dated Virginia, 1738, and "Nova Plantarum Genera," dedicated to Peter Collinson (1741). They were published at Nurem-

berg, 1769. He contributed several articles to the "Philosophical Transactions." He wrote an article on the "Yellow Fever in \'irginia in 1737-42," which was published by Benjamin Rush in the "American Medi- cal and Philosophical Register" (1755). He is also credited with "A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America," London. 1755 ; "The Contest in America be- tween Great Britain and France" (anony- mous about 1757), and "The Present State' of Great Britain and North America." Lin- naeus bestowed Mitchell's name on the "]\Iitchella Repens.'' He died in London in ]\Iarch. 1768.

Mitchell, Richard, was burgess for Lan- caster county in the assemblies of 1761- 1765, October, 1765, 1766-1768, 1769-1771, 1772-1774. He was son of Robert Mitchell ( q. v.j. He was living in 1789.

Mitchell, Robert, was burgess for Lan- caster county in the assembly of 1742-1747; living in 1755 ; father of Richard Mitchell

(q. v.).

Mitchell (Michell), William, came to Northampton county from ^Maryland, where he had in 1650 served as councillor ; was burgess for Northampton in 1658; captain, etc. He appears to have been an early ex- ample of an atheist (see Neill, "Virginia Carolorum";.

'Molesworth, Colonel Guy, was son of An- thony Molesworth, Esq., of Fotherington, in county Northampton, England. During the civil wars (1642-1649) he was colonel of a regiment of horse and received twenty- five wounds battling for the King. In 1650 he was banished to Barbadoes, and after- wards came to Virginia. In 1660 he aided