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He married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Colonel Nicholas Smith, of "Smith's Mount," Westmoreland county. He died in

Turner, Thomas, resided, first, about 1714 ill Essex county, and afterwards was clerk o;' King George from 1723 to 1742. He was justice of King George and vestryman of i lanover parish in that county. In 1736- 1740 and 1 752- 1 755, he served as a member of the house of burgesses for King George county. His residence on the Rappahan- nock was called "Walsingham." He mar- ried Martha Taliaferro in 1715 and died in 1758. 1^'ather of Major Harry Turner.

Twine, John, clerk of the first general assembly 1619.

Tyler, Charles, was the apparent founder of the family of Tylers which beginning in Westmoreland county spread through i'rince William. I-^auquier and Loudoun counties. He iiad four sons Charles, Ben- jamin. Joseph and William. He died in 1723, leaving a widow Jane who married (secondly) William WofTfendall. He was ai!cestor of John Webb Tyler, judge of the Virginia Supreme Court and who died in 1862.

Tyler, Henry, immigrant, born in 1604, came to X^irginia before 1645. and in 1652- 1653 patented 254 acres at Middle Planta- tion, subsequently Williamsburg. He was justice of the peace of York county in 1653. He subsequently, in 1666. received a cer- tificate from York county for 1,800 acres. He married (first) Mary, and (second) Ann. widow of John Orchard. He died in 1672, and left three sons Henry, John and Daniel. His widow Anne married (secondlv) Martin

Gardner, justice and sheriff of York county, and previously grocer of London.

Tyler, Henry, son of Henry Tyler, lived ar ]\Iiddle Plantation, Virginia, was born about 1664. and was justice, coroner and sheriff of York county. In 1699 he was appointed one of the directors for building Williamsburg, the new capital city. As senior warden of the Bruton Church in Wil- liamsburg, he headed the petition of the vestry in 1 710 to the general assembly for a new brick building. This was finished in 17 15 and is still standing. Henry Tyler married Elizabeth Chiles, a granddaughter of Colonel Walter Chiles, member of the council in 1651. He was ancestor of John Tyler, president of the United States in 1841-1845.

Tyler, John, son of John Tyler, of James City county, and grandson of Henry Tyler, of York county, was born in James City county aliout I7i5,and died in Williamsburg ill August, 1773. He was long marshal of the vice-admiralty court of the colony. He married Anne, daughter of Dr. Lewis Con- tesse, a French Huguenot physician, and had issue: i. Mary, who married John Irby, of Charles City county. 2. Elizabeth, who married John (Jreenhow. 3. Rachel, n'arried (first) William Drummond, (sec- ond) Stith Hardyman. 4. Anne, who mar- ried Dr. Anthony Tucker Dixon. 5. Louis. 6. John, governor of \'irginia from 1808- i8ii. 7. Joanna, married ]\Iajor W^ood Boui- din, of Charlotte county.

Tyler, Richard, was son of Richard Tyler of Essex, the immigrant. He was a justice of the peace in Essex and major of the militia. He married (first) Catherine, widow of Thomas Montague, and (second) Anne