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able issue of their affair. Morris died in Hanover county, Virginia, in 1770.

Maury, James, was born April 18, 1718, son of Matthew Maury, a French Huguenot, who came shortly after his birth to Virginia from Castel Mauron, in Gascony. His mother was Mary Anne Fontaine, daughter of Rev. James Fontaine and Anne Elizabeth Boursiquot, his wife. He attended William and Mary College, and on July 31, 1742, was appointed usher of the grammar school. In February-, 1742, he went to England and was ordained a minister. Returning to Vir- ginia he became minister for one year of a parish in King William county and then went to Louisa to Fredericksville parish, which was afterwards in Albemarle county. As a minister he was highly regarded for his piety and learning. He opposed the two penny act of 1757 and brought suit against the collectors of the parish for the full amount of his salary in tobacco. This suit, involving the question of taxation, became historical. It was defended by Peter Lyons, afterwards president of the state supreme court, and opposed by Patrick Henry, who denounced the interference of the King in setting aside the law as treason to the people of Virginia. Mr. Maury lost his suit, but continued to hold the esteem of the people of Virginia. He was still minister of his parish when he died, June 9, 1769. He married Mary Walker, daughter of Cap- tain James Walker and Annel^nir wife.

Nash, Francis, brother of Governor Ab- ner Xash, of Xorth Carolina, born in Prince Edward county. Virginia. May 10, 1720. He moved to Orange county, Xorth Carolina, a: an early age; was clerk of the superior Ci'urt; held a captain's commission under

the English crown, and commanded his company in a battle at Alamance in 1771. He was a delegate to the provincial con- gress that met in Hillsborough, Xorth Carolina, in August, 1775, received a lieu- tenant-colonel's commission, and was as- signed to one of the two regiments then forming for the continental service. In February, 1777, he was commissioned briga- dier-general by the continental congress, joined Washington, and commanded a bri- gade at the battle of Germantown, there re- ceiving a mortal wound, his death occurring October 7, 1777. The following November congress passed a resolution that a monu- ment costing five hundred dollars be erected t(» his memory, but the resolution was never carried into effect.

Patillo, Henry, born in Scotland, in 1726. came to America at nine years of age, set- tled in Virginia, and became a merchant's clerk. He studied for the ministry, was ordained in 1758, and removed to Xorth Carolina, where he had charge of Presby- terian churches until his death. He was a member of the Xorth Carolina provincial congress in 1775. ^"^ chaplain to that body, and chairman of the committee of the whole. He also taught for many years. His minis- try among the negroes was particularly suc- cessful. Hampden-Sidney College gave him the degree of Master of Arts in 1787. He published in that year a collection of ser- mons, edited John Leland's "Deistical Writers," and left in manuscript a cate- chism, several essays, and a geography. He died in 1801, in Dinwiddie county, Virginia.

Jarratt, Dcvcrcux, born in Xew Kent county, Virginia, January 6, 1733, son of Robert Jarratt, a carpenter, and Sarah Brad-

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