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VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY
ance at the privy council King William came
to the throne and Ludvvell was successful in
obtaining a favorable decision on most of the
questions involved, lifi was again restored
to the council and on May 7, 1691, the house
of burgesses voted him the public thanks and
presented him with ^250. Before this, on
Dec. 5. 1689. the lords proprietors of Caro-
lina appointed him governor of Xorth Caro-
lina, and in 1693 '^^' '^'^t'"' -^orth and South
Carolina. He held office till 1694, when, tired
of the (|uarrels of that turbulent country, he
resigned. He continued in the council in \'ir-
ginia and in 1690-92 was agent for the Cul-
pepers in the Xorthern Xeck. In 1693 he was
one of the first board of visitors of William
and Mary College. He heired from his
brother Thomas, "Rich Xeck," near Wilhams-
burg, but his chief residence was at "Green
Spring." which he obtained by his marriage
with Lady l>erkeley. About 1700, leaving his
estates in the hands of his son I'hilip, he went
to England, where he was living as late as
171 1. Col. I'hilip Ludwell married, in or be-
fore 1667 (first) Lucy, widow of Col. William
r.ernard. and before that of Alaj. Lewis Bur-
well, and daughter of Capt. Robert Iligginson:
i-econd) Lady hVances (Culpe])er) l)erkeley.
His son I'hilip (by his first marriage) and hi^
g-andson I'hiii]) were both members of the
council.
Johnson, Richard, lived in Xew Kent county in 1679. when he was styled "Cajjtain Richard Johnson," and the following year was a justice and captain of horse there. On June 10. 1691. Gov. Nicholson wrote to England that there were vacancies in the council and recommended for one of the places Lieut. -Col. Richard Johnson, a member of the house of burgesses. He was not appointed, however, until 1696. wdien Andros gave him a seat in
that body and he is recorded as being present
on April 20 of that year. His death probably
occurred in i()g8, his will having been made
then, on April 8. Col. Johnson came from
Bilsby. county Lincoln. England. By a wife
in England he had a daughter Judith, who
married Sir Hardoff Wastnays. By a wife in
X'irginia he had several sons, one of whom
was ancestor of the distinguished \irginia
Iaw_\er. Chapman Johnson.
Harrison, Benjamin, of "AVakefield," Surry county, a son of Benjamin Harrison, of the same place, was born Sept. 20, 1645. He was a minor at the time of his father's death, and \v iC;63, was under the guardianship of Capt. 1 h.omas Flood, of Surry. On June 15, 1677, his name apj:;ears for the first time as a jus- lice and he continued for many years to be a member of the county court. On June 16. 1679. h.e tcok the oath as sherifi'. He was a member of the house of burgesses in 1681, i(iy2. \Oaj(\ 1697 a"<^' 1698, and in the latter year was promoted to the council, of which he was a regular attendant until his death. In the charter of William and Mary College. 1692, Benjamin Harrison was ap- |X)inted i.ne of the first trustees. Gov. Xichol- son was not on friendly terms with Harrison
- ii',d his friends and wrote to the lords of trades
ancl plantations in 1703 that the family of Harrisons had endeavored to engross the major ])art of the land on the south side of Blackwater Swamp, but that, for his majesty's interest, he had put a stop to their proceed- ings. Col. Harrison died Jan. 30, 17 12-13.
Jenings, Edmund, jjresident of the council and acting governor fq. v.).
Digges, Dudley, of York county, son of Edward Digges, governor of Virginia, was born about 1665. Sometime in 1698 Gov.
