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VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY

Taylor, William, son of Henry Taylor, of Charles City county, and brother of Ethelred Taylor, was burgess for Southampton county in the assemblies of 1756-1758 and 1758-1761. He married Lucy Mason and died in 1772, leaving issue : Ann, wife of William Brown ; Mary Mason Taylor, Mar- tha Taylor, William Taylor and Robert Taylor.

Taylor, William, burgess for Lunenburg county in the assembly of 1766-1768.

Teackle, John, was son of Rev. Thomas Teackle, of Northampton county, and was born September 2. 1693. He was lieutenant- colonel of the militia and burgess in 1720 until his death the following year. He mar- ried Susanna Upshur, daughter of Arthur Upshur and Sarah Brown, his wife.

Teackle, Rev. Thomas, was son of Thomas Teackle. of Gloucester, England, and was born in 1624, and died in 1695. He was a warm royalist and came to Virginia about 1653, and was minister in Northampton county. He married (first) Isabella, widow ot Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Douglass, (second) ]\Iargaret Nelson, daughter of Robert Nelson, of London, merchant. He left descendants.

Tebbs, Foushee, was a burgess for Prince William county in the assemblies of 1776- 17G8, May. 1769, 1769-1771. 1772-1774.

Temple, Joseph, was in 1722 attorney of certain Bristol merchants at their iron works in Virginia. He settled in King Wil- liam county and carried on a large mercan- tile business and patented much wild land. He married Ann, daughter of Benjamin Arnold, and had ten children. He died be- fore 1760. Joseph Tr.mple was a son or

grandson of William Temple, gentleman, of Bishopstone House, near Warminster, Wilt- shire, England.

Temple, Peter, minister of York parish, York county, \'irginia. received a grant of land December 24. 1665. He married, in 1669. Mary, widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Ludlow, of York county, and was the nominal head of the clergy in the colony. Before 1686 he returned to England and lived at Sible-Heningham. in Surry county, and later at Lambeth. Surrey. He had a son, Captain Peter Temple, of York county, Vir- ginia, who married Anne, daughter of Colo- nel James Bray.

Tennant, Dr. John, of Port Royal, Caro- line county, came to Virginia in 1723 and became prominent as a physician. In 1735 he visited England, where he secured the friendship of such distinguished physicians as Sir Richard Mead and James Monro. In 1736 he published what was probably the first work on medicine printed in Virginia, "An Essay on the Pleurisy." He gained considerable note by his advocacy of the virtues of the Seneca rattlesnake root as a specific for many diseases, especially pleu- risy, and was awarded iioo by the general assembly in 1738. He married Dorothy Paul in 1731 and left issue — a son of the same name who was distinguished during and after the revolution.

Terrell, Richmond, founder of the family of that name in Virginia, was brother of Robert Terrell, of the city of London, mer- chant. He had a brother, William Terrell, v/ho also settled in Virginia (see "Virginia Mag. Hist, and Biog.," xvi, p. 190).

Terrell, Robert, citizen and fishmonger of