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ship carpenter from Newton, Limmavady, in the north of Ireland, and Elizabeth tat- ton, his wife, was born December 26, 1729, c-nd came with his father to Virginia in 1735. He was a man of marked energy and decision, and served as surveyor and county lieutenant of Fincastle, and Montgomery counties, and was a burgess for Augusta county in 1765, and 1766-1768, and for Bote- tourt county in 1 769-1 771. He married Susanna Smith, daughter of Francis Smith, of Hanover, and was progenitor of a very distinguished \'irginia family. He died June 28. 1783.

Price, Arthur, was a burgess for Eliza- beth City county in February, 1645, and for "^'ork county in November. 1645.

Price, Thomas, was burgess for Middle- sex county in 1734- 1740. He vacated his position the latter year by becoming clerk of the county, in which office he continued till 1762. He was burgess again in 1758- 1761.

Price, Walter, came in 1618, burgess for Chaplain's Choice in Charles City corpor- ation in 1629, and for Jordan's Jorney and Chaplain's Choice in 1630.

Prince, Edward, was a burgess for Charles City county in 1645.

Proctor, John, was brother of Thomas Proctor, "citizen and haberdasher of Lon- don." On July 5. 1623, he engaged with the London Company, of which he was a member, to carry over 100 settlers. He came to Virginia and resided on his lands on Proctor's Creek in the present Chesterfield county. When the massacre occurred in 1622 he was probably in England, for his wife, Mrs. Alice Proctor, is mentioned as

holding the plantation successfully against the Indians. In 1625 he resided with his wife in the present Surry county.

Pryor, Captain William, was one of the

first settlers on York river. Fie was a jus- tice of York county from 1633 till his death in 1647. His will shows that he was a man of very large estate. He left two daughters Mary and Margaret — the latter of whom married Thomas Edwards, of the Inner Temple, London.

Pugh, Daniel, burgess for Nansemond county in the house of burgesses 1734- 1740.

Furdie, Alexander, born in Scotland and was employed by Joseph Royle in the office of "The Virginia Gazette." He succeeded him as editor on his death in 1766, and soon formed a partnership with John Dixon, who married the widow of Joseph Royle. In 1774 the partnership was terminated and Purdie ran an independent "Gazette." This "Gazette" appeared every Friday. He died at Williamsburg in 1779.

Pyland, James, was a resident of Isle of Wight county, and for his strong royalist sympathies was expelled from the house of burgesses in 1652. He left a son Edward, and there was a James Pyland living in Isle o^ Wight in 1724. Robert Pyland was bur- gess for Warwick county in 1647.

Quiney, Richard, citizen and grocer of London, was son of Richard Quiney. of Stratford-on-Avon, and brother of Thomas Ouiney. who married. February 10, 1615- 1616, Shakespeare's daughter Judith. He married Ellen, daughter of John Sadler, of Stratford, and niece to Anne Sadler, the wife of John Harvard, founder of Harvard Col-