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member of the house of burgesses ; member of the \'irginia conventions of IJ/S-/", and a warm personal friend of General Wash- ington. He resigned his seat in the legis lature, May 22, 1776, to accept a commission from the American Congress as deputy commissary general of the forces in Vir- ginia. He died at Yorktown in 1781. He married, in 17(^6, Alary Alacon, and had chil- dren ; Elizabeth, Henry and Colonel Philip. Colonel Philip Aylett held a general's com- mission in the war of 1812, and possessed a very large plantation at Montville, on which multitudes of slaves were employed in the cultivation of cotton, corn and to- bacco. Like till of his family, he adhered to the Episcopal church, and was a stanch Democrat in political principle. He married Judith Page Waller, of Montville, and had children : Patrick Henry, William Roane and -Mice Roane.

William Roane Aylett. junior son of Colo- nel Philip and Judith Page (Waller) Aylett, was born in 1832, on the paternal planta- tion in Alontville. He was educated under private tutors and at Rumford Academy and the University of Virginia, graduating from the latter institution in both academic and law courses. He engaged in the practice of law in his native coimty, in which he was very busily occupied until the outbreak of the war between the states. As soon as this appeared inevitable, he organized a com- pany of men, which was attached to the Fifty-third \'irginia Regiment of \'olun- teers, and was elected its first captain. He was soon promoted lieutenant-colonel, and at the time of his retirement was in com- mand of the regiment as colonel, the organi- zation forming a part of Pickett's division, Armistead's brigade. At the battle of Get- tysburg he received a severe wound, and suffered minor injuries on various other oc- casions. At Sailor's Creek he was made a prisoner and was subsequently paroled, after which he returned to his law practice, and made himself. famous. For sixteen years he was commonwealth's attorney. For many years he was a vestryman of the Episcopal church, was a member of Pickett's Camp, Confederate \'eterans, and in poli- tics a sound Democrat. He died in 1900. In 1858 he married Alice Brockenborough, born 1838, died 1895. Children: i. Sallie, married Richard T. Goodwin, and had chil- dren : Richard and Sallie. 2. Pattie Waller,

wife of Dr. George Carrington Callaway, had children: Alice, Carrington, Henry, Ed- ward, Pattie, Aylett. 3. Philip, married Christianna Fernquest, and had a daughter, Elsie. 4. Alice Page, married Dr. Moses T. Hoge, Jr., and became the mother of Alice, Bessie, William A., and Susan. 5. William Roane, of further mention below. 6. Bessie B., wife of Austin B. Mitchell, and mother of Austin and Pattie Mitchell. 7. Patrick Henry, single.

Dr. William Roane (2) Aylett, second son of William Roane (i) and Alice (Brocken- borough) Aylett, was born November 2, 1871, on the old plantation at Montville. He was educated under private tutors, took an academic course, and graduated in the academic and medical departments of the University of Virginia, taking the degree of M. D. in 1895. Following his graduation he gained practical experience in the Orange Hospital, Orange, New Jeisey, where he was two years an interne, and in 1897 set- tled at Newport News, \'irginia, where he has since been engaged successfully in the practice of his profession. Today he occu- pies a leading position as physician and sur- geon in Warwick county, and is a member of the staff of St. Francis Hospital. He is a member of the American Medical Society, Virginia Medical Association, the Tide Water Medical Societies of Virginia and North Carolina, and the local medical so- cietv. I'ollowing the precepts of his for- bears he maintains connection with the Protestant Episcopal church, is a member of the great Alasonic fraternit}-, and gives political allegiance to Democratic principles and policies, ^^'hile busily engaged in car- ing for his ])atients. Dr. Aylett does not re- fuse to give some time to the public ser- vice, and has been for some years chairman of the board of police commissioners of Newport News. He is esteemed as a phy- sician and as a man. and worthily fulfills the traditions of a fine old family, and the duties of an American citizen. He married, June 5, 1930, Sallie Clarke, daughter of J. E. and Anna (Southall) Clarke, of Hender- son. North Carolina.

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