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VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY
\'irginia, of "Sheffield" and "Winterpock"'
in the present Chesterfield county ; was
justice of Henrico in 1745, sheriff of Ches-
terfield, member of the house of burgesses
in 1764, 1765, 1766-1768. He married Mary
(Joode.
Ward, Seth, of \'arina, ancestor of the Ward family of Virginia, patented in 1634 fifty acres near "Powhatan Tree in Henrico county.
Ware, Rev. Jacob, was minister of St. Peter's parish, Xew Kent, from 1690 to 1695 and afterwards was minister of Henrico parish, till his death in 1709.
Wareham, Thomas, was a burgess for -Mounts Bay in 1632 and 1632-1633.
Waring, Francis, son of Colonel Thomas W'iiring, was colonel of the Essex county militia, and burgess for Essex in 1758-1761. 1761-1765 and 1766-1768; was one of the signers of the Northern Neck protest against the Stamp Act. He died in 1771.
Waring, Thomas, emigrated from Eng- land and settled at "Goldsberry," St. Anne's parish, Essex county, Virginia, in the latter part of the seventeenth century. He was ■vestryman, justice of the peace, and mem- ber of the house of burgesses in 1736. He died at his family seat, January, 1754, leav- ing two sons Francis and Thomas, and three daughters, Elizabeth who married Thomas Todd of King and Queen county, Mary who married Henry Robinson, of Hanover, and Anne who married Rev. James Smith, of Essex. He married Lucy Cocke, daughter of William Cocke.
Warne, Thomas, was a burgess for James City county in 1645.
Warnet, Thomas, of Southwark, London,
son of John Warnet, of Hempstead, Sussex,
was the principal merchant at Jamestown in
1628. He died in February, 1630, and the
legacies given in his will show the style
of living in his day. His wife was Thoma-
sine. daughter of William Hall, of Wood-
ailing, county Norfolk, England.
Warren, Thomas, born in 1621, patented
lands in Charles City county in 1635, due ,
by reason of the personal adventure of his J
wife Susan Greenleafe, and of Robert ,
Greenleafe, "an ancient planter," her former I
husband. He was member of the house J
of ])urgesses for James City county in 1644, '
1645, arid for Surry county in 1658-1659 and |
1666. He died about 1670, leaving a widow !
Jane and son William. His sister Alice Vv^as ;
■wife of Major William Marriott, of Surry | county.
Washbourn, John, was a burgess for Ac- comac county in 1703- 1705. I
Washer, Ensign, was a burgess for Flower dieu Hundred in the first assembly i 1619. j
Washington, Augustine, youngest son of j
Augustine \\'ashington and Jane Butler, his wife, was born in 1720 and was given by his father, Augustine, the family estate in ^^'estmoreland county, known as "Wake- field." He was a burgess for Westmoreland ; county from 1754 to 1758, and a member of the Ohio Company. He married Anne Ay- lett. daughter and coheiress of AMlliam Aylett, of Westmoreland county. Half- \
brother of General George Washington. j
Washington, Colonel John, son of Rev. Lawrence Washington, royalist clergyman, ; of Purleigh in county Essex, England, was i
