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ant: Ijury^ess lor Flowerdieu iluiulred in 1629.

Palmer, John, was a clerk in the office of the attorney-general, and in 1740 was ad- mitted as an attorney to practice in the county courts. He was bursar of the Col- lege of William and Mary and died in 1759. He married Elizabeth Low Tyler, daughter o\ John Tyler, and left daughters.

Palmer, Thomas, came to Virginia with his wife and daughter in 1621, burgess for Shirley Hundred Island in Charles City cor- poration in 1629.

Panton (Penton), Anthony, first rector of the first settlements on York river — Chis- kiack and York ; he came to Virginia about 1630, and after several years incurred the displeasure of Governor Harvey and Rich- ard Kemp, his secretary of state, and on October 8, 1638, he was heavily fined and banished from the colony, on pain of death if he returned. He appealed his cause to the King, w-ho upon the recall of Harvey referred the complaint to his successor, Sir Francis Wyatt and his council. They sus- pended Harvey's order and required that Panton should be indemnified for his losses out of Harvey's estate which was done. His York plantation and his lots at Jamestown were sold to reimburse Panton and his other creditors.

Paradise, John, was son of Peter Para- dise, of Greek extraction, who in 1753 w^as English consul at Salonica, where John Paradise was born. He was educated at the University of Padua, but resided the greater part of his life in London, where he w^as an intimate of Dr. Samuel Johnson. He married Lucy Ludwell, youngest daugh-

ter of lion. Philip Ludwell, of "Green- spring," Virginia, removed to Virginia but about 1788 returned to London and died there December 12, 1795. A table at wdiich Dr. Johnson and other members of the Essex Street Club played, and formerly the property of Paradise, is still preserved in \\ illiamsburg. His daughter Lucy, born in England about 1770 married in 1787 Count Barziza, a Y^enetian subject, and one of their sons came to Virginia and made Williamsburg his home.

Farahunt, a son of Powhatan, sometimes called "Tanx Powhatan," the little Powha- tan. He was chief of the Indians at the falls of James river in 1607.

Parker, George, of Accomac was son of Thomas Parker, 1633-1685, of Isle of Wight county. He was sheriff of Accomac, for many years justice of the peace and major of the militia. He bought lands in Acco- mac county called "Poplar Grove." He died in 1674. leaving a son, Alajor George Parker, who married Anne Scarborough.

Parker, Richard, son of Dr. Alexander Parker, a prominent physician of Essex county, Virginia, was born in 1729, and died ir. 1813. He studied law and settled at "Lawfield," Westmoreland county. In 1775, he was member of the Westmoreland county committee of safety, and in 1788 was elected judge of the general court, in wdiich office he continued till his death. He mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of William Beale, of Richmond county.

Parker, Richard, son of James Parker, of Trangoe, Cornwall, England, emigrated to Nansemond county, Virginia, about 1654. He had three sons, Thomas, Richard and