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William Whitlaker," his name appears in a
list of members present, Nov. 29, 1659. He
died sometime between March 18, 1662, the
date of the last grant of land to him, and Oct.
2S, 1666, when "^Ir. Richards Whittaker" was
granted 135 acres in James City county, 100
acres of which had been given him by "^lajor
William Whittaker, his deceased father."' He
was probably a near relative of Rev. Alex-
ander Whitaker. He left numerous descend-
ants.
Hammond, Mainwaring, who had been an officer in the royal army during the civil war, came to Virginia early in the year 1650. Col. Henry Norwood, also a cavalier officer, says in his "\"oyage to Virginia." that when he landed in York county, Feb. 13, 1650, he found that Capt. Wormeley, of his majesty's council, had "guests at his house feasting and carousing that were lately come from Eng- bnd," and that most of them were of the writer's "intimate acquaintance." These guests were Sir Thomas Lunsford, Sir Henry Chicheley, Col. Philip Honeywood, afterward Sir Philip, and Col. Hammond. So far as the records show, Col. Hammond held no public office until Gov. Berkeley was restored to power in 1660. Soon after his arrival in Vir- ginia, however, he acquired by patent a large tract of land. On March 15, 1649 (probably 1650) "Manwaring Hammond Esq.," was granted "3,760 acres on York River, on the south side called Fort Royall, 600 acres of which he purchased from Captain Marshall, and the remainder of which was due for the transportation of sixty persons to Virginia." On Nov. II, 1659, as "Col. Mainwaring Ham- mond," he was granted 600 acres adjoining the above. As soon as Sir William Berkeley was reelected governor, Hammond, who seems
t'.^ have been one of his favorites, w^as brought
into the public service. At the session of
March, 1659-60, the assembly ordered that
"Collonell ]\Iannering Hammond, according to
the desire of Sir William Berkeley, Kn't., Gov-
ernor and Capt. Generall of Virginia, be con-
stituted, authorized and made Major General
of Virginia." In Oct., 1660, the governor and
assembly employed Maj. Gen. Hammond and
Col. Guy ^Molesworth, another distinguish-
ed cavalier officer, to go to England and pro-
cure from the King pardon for the Vir-
ginians for submitting to the parliamentary
authority. In their lack of knowledge as to
what might be the policy of the restored royal
government, this was no act of mere syco-
phancy on the part of the colonists, but may
have been necessary to secure them from fines
or other legal penalties. It was ordered that
the two agents should be paid 11,000 pounds
of tobacco apiece out of the levies of that
year and 11,000 more the next year. It was
in 1660 also that Gen. Hammond was ap-
pointed to the council, but few references to
his services as a member of that body have
come down to us. On Feb. 3, 1661, he and
Col. Edward Hill sat with the court of
Charles City county as itinerant judges, and,
on Nov. 6, of the same year, he was present
as a councillor. It is likely that he soon after
sailed for England and never returned to Vir-
ginia. He had a brother in Virginia named
Francis Hammond.
Ludwell, Thomas, was son of Thomas Ludwell, of Bruton, in Somersetshire, Eng- land, and Jane Cottington, his wife, daughter of James Cottington and niece of Philip, Lord Cottington. His father was church w^arden of Eruton and steward of the Sexey Hospital in that town. He was born January 25, 1628-
