FATHER

Cap. Daniel Gaines

MOTHER

Margaret Bernard

WIFE

Martha Taylor

CHILDREN

1. George Gaines

2. Daniel Gaines

Daniel Gaines, son of Thomas and grandson of Sir John Gaines, direct descendant of Bryehan, King of Wales, among whose descendants were Beli (Heli) The Great, emperor of Great Britain; St. David, Patron Saint of Wales, Roderick the Great, from
whom descends King George of England, and Llewellyn the Great, last and probably the greatest of Welch Kings (who reigned 1194 to 1240). Captain Daniel Gaines was born about 1623 in England, died about 1683. He made his will in Sittingbourne,
Parish, Rappahannock--now Richmond County, Virginia, which was probated 16 October 1684. He was Captain in Virginia Militia in 1680. (See Virginia Colonial Militia, by William Armstrong Crozier (1651-1776). His four children by Margaret Bernard: (1) Elizabeth; (2) Bernard; (3) Margaret; (4) Mary. BERNARD GAINES married Martha Taylor (as above mentioned), daughter of Col. George Taylor and his first wife, Martha Tomlin. In the will of Colonel George Taylor, probated in Rappahannock Co.--now Richmond Co., Virginia, he mentioned, besides his second wife, Susanah (will probated 7 August 1706), as his legatees, his daughter, Martha Taylor Gaines; her youngest son George Gaines, and her oldest son, Daniel Gaines. (William and Mary Quarterly, Series I, Vol. 17, p. 84
 

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