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 BURGESSES AND OTHER PROMIXEXT PERSONS

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father of Rev. Jeremiah White, Cromwell's well-known chaplain.

Whitehead, Philip, son of Richard White- head, living in Gloucester county in iT^ji ; was burgess for King William county in the assemblies of 1723-1726 and 1727-1734. lie used arms very nearly the same as the arms of Whitehead of Uplands, Lancaster county. England. His sister Mary married Philip Ryan, of King and Oueen county, and a daughter married William Claiborne, of "Romancoke," King \\ illiam county.

Whiting, Beverley, son of Henry Whiting and Anne Beverley, daughter of Peter Bev- erley, Escp, was burgess for Gloucester county from 1740 to 1755. w-hen he died, and was succeeded by Thomas Whiting ( q. v.).

Whiting, Thomas, of "Gloucestertown" and "Elmington."' was burgess for Glouces- ter from 1755 to 1776, inclusive, and mem- ber of the conventions of 1775 and 1776. He v^as chairman of the X'irginia naval board during the revolution. In his will, dated October 15, 1780, he names his children, Thornas (who was ancestor of the Whitings o^ Hampton), Henry, Horatio, Sarah, Cath- erine. Eliza L., Susanna, who married (first) ir. 1786, Gibson Cluverins and (second) John Lowry ; Jane, who married Charles Grymes. and Anne, who married (first) Major John Pryor and (second) Charles Eremont, father of General John C. Fre- niont.

WicklifFe, David, first child of Protestant parents born in the state of ^laryland, was- the son of David Wicklifife, of Maryland, who died in 1642. After his father's death his mother emigrated to Mattox creek, Westmoreland countv. where he married

Mary Nicholas, and had a son David. The \\ icklilie family has been conspicuously represented in Kentucky, to which state members of the family immigrated.

Wilford, Thomas, was the second son of a knight who had been killed while fighting for King Charles. He was burgess for Northumberland county in 165 1, acquired the Indian language and served as interpre- ter. In 1O76 he joined with Bacon and was cai)tured and executed. He is described "as a small man with a great heart."

Wilkins, John, was a burgess for Acco- mac county in 1O41, and died in 165 1. The Wilkins family is still prominent on the eastern shore, and has had frequent repre- sentatives in the assembly of Virginia.

Wilkinson, John, was a burgess for Acco- niac in ].f)^^2-T,^^.

Wilkinson, William, a surgeon, who came with the first settlers in 1607.

Wilkinson, Rev. William, patented 700 acres near Ensign Thomas Keeling, on Lyn- haven river, due for the importation of his wife Naomi and other persons, and by as- signment from Robert Newkirk. In 1644 he was minister at Elizabeth City, and, re- moving to Maryland, was the second Prot- estant minister in that colony.

Willcox, Captain John, came to X'irginia in 1620, and in 1621 made a settlement on "Old Plantation Creek." in Northampton county. In 1624 he was a burgess, being one of the signers of the "Tragical Rela- tion." After the massacre of 1622 he com- manded expeditions against the Indians. Pie died sometime before 1628. when his will, dated in 1622. was proved in England. He