I5476: Fear BREWSTER (ABT 1605

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Prior to 1717 settled in Virginia. In 1741 he commanded "the Wolf, R. N., 12 guns in the Virginia Station, November, 1741; transferred to the "south Sea", 40 guns, and served in Governor Oglethorpe's attack on St. Augustine, and Admiral Vernon's seige of Carthagena; subsecquently commanded the man-of-war "Ludlow Castle".

William Dandridge: Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I III--Colonial Councillors of State: of "Elsing Green," King William county, and his brother, Col. John Dandridge, of New Kent, were the progenitors of the Dandridge family in Virginia. The first notice on record of Col. William Dandridge is under date of July 21, 1712. when he chartered his vessel to the governor of North Carolina to carry twenty soldiers to Charleston. At this time he seems to have been a merchant and ship owner at Hampton, Elizabeth City county, as on Jan. 23, 1713, he was allowed to build a wharf opposite to his lots in that town, and in 1717, he is said to have built a house and wharf there. On May 31, 1727, the King appointed William Dandridge a member of the council, in the place of Philip Ludwell, deceased, and on Dec. 4 of the same year, the governor appointed him one of the commissioners to settle the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina. In 1738, Dandridge was given command of his majesty's sloop "Wolf," and in 1741, was transferred to the "South Sea," forty guns, in which he served in Oglethorpe's attack on St. Augustine, and Admiral Vernon's on Carthagena. In the last mentioned service he especially distinguished himself. Later he commanded the "Ludlow Castle," man-of-war. Dandridge died in 1743 in Hanover county. His brother, Col. John Dandridge, was the father of Mrs. Martha Washington.

Coloniel Families in the United States, Volume I: Quote: "The progenitors of the Virginia Dandridges were two brothers, Colonel William Dandridge of "Elsing Green," King William County, and Colonel John Dandridge of New Kent Co. They first settled at Elizabeth City, each on opposite sides of the Pamunkey River. Colonel John Dandridge was the father of Mrs. George Washington" (Martha).

"Colonel (Capt) William Dandridge, of the British Navy, was born in England; settled in Virginia prior to 1717; married (firstly) Euphan Wallace, b. 1696;d. 22 April 1717; widow of Wilson Roscon, Hampton, Va.; he m. (secondly) March, 1718-9, Unity West, heiress of Colonel Nathaniel West, and gr. dau. of Thos. West, Lord de la Warr; in 1741 he commanded "The Wolf," R.N., 12 guns, in the Virginia Station, November,1741 transferred to the "South Sea," 40 guns, and served in Governor Oglethorpe's attack on St. Augustine, and Admiral Vernon's seige of Carthagena; subsequently commanded the man-of-war "Ludlow Castle"; he d. 1743."

Col Dandridge was living in Hampton, VA and was an established merchant in 1712. In 1713, he was permitted to build a wharf opposite his lots in Hampton. It was in Hampton that he married Euphan Wallace of Elizabeth City Co, VA. By 1719 she had died and he married Unity West, of King William, Co, VA. It was soon after this marriage that he was conveyed the large tract of land now know as Elsing Green, along the Pamunkey River in King William Co., which had been owned by the Wests. Capt. Nathaniel West, his brother Thomas West and his nephew, John West, joined in making the conveyance in 1719. Col Dandridge had prospered and in 1722, Governor Spottswood suggested him as a person fit in every way to be a Councillor, to which office he was appointed by the King on May 21, 1727. He had already been named in the Commission of Peace for King William Co. In Dec 1727, Governor Spottswood appointed him to the Commission to settle the bondary line between Virginia and North Carolina. He lived the life of a county squire on his vast estate on the Pamunkey River and served the Church as a vestryman in the Parish of St. John's with reasonable zeal and attention.

King William Co. VA old Homes and Buildings
Elsing Green Originally owned by Colonel William Dandridge, who married Unity West. Elsing Green was for a long time the home of William Burnett Browne. Carter Braxton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, lived here for some time.
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~vakingwi/homes.htm

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My Southern Family

Fear BREWSTER

ABT 1605 - ABT 1634

ID Number: I5476

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Sally CARROLL

ABT 1750 - ____

ID Number: I97899

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Col. William DANDRIDGE of Elsing Green

29 Dec 1689 - 27 Aug 1744

ID Number: I22941

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Nancy HICKERSON

ABT 1790 - ____

ID Number: I3106

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Martha SWAN

1813 - 27 Mar 1898

ID Number: I51466

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Hannah Battaile TAYLOR

29 Aug 1775 - ____

ID Number: I74241

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Linsey Whillock TYREE

13 Jun 1804 - ____

ID Number: I79608

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Catherine E. WILLIAMS

11 Mar 1802 - 21 Aug 1836

ID Number: I26262

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