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the grammar school at William and Mary
was discontinued in 1779, he removed to
Williamsburg, where he conducted a gram-
mar school of his own. This school had, in
addition to the principal, four ushers and an
attendance of one hundred scholars; and
among them besides John Randolph and his
brothers Richard, Theodorick and John,
who followed him to Williamsburg, was the
celebrated Littleton Waller Tazewell, after-
wards senator and governor. In 1786 Mr.
Maury removed to Norfolk, where he was
principal of the academy, and made a
profit of two hundred pounds annually, but
he did not sur\ive long, dying October 11,
1788. He married Mary Grymes, daughter
o. Benjamin Grymes and Mary Dawson, his
wife, daughter of Rev. Musgrave Dawson.
He left issue ten children.
Marques, Thomas, born near Winchester, Virginia, in 1753, settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1775. He left home at the age of thirty-six to prepare himself for the ministry, was ordained pastor of a Presbyterian church at Cross Creek in 1794* and active as a missionary among the In- dians. The manifestations known as "fall- ing work" first appeared during a revival in his church in 1802, and spread thence to other districts. He died near Bellefontaine, Ohio, September 29, 1827.
Ellicott, Andrew, born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, January 24, 1754. His father and uncle, who were Quakers, purchased a large tract of wild land on the Patapsco river in 1770. and founded the town of Elli- cott's Mills (now Ellicott City). Andrew was a close student of science and practical mechanics, and soon attracted attention, even of Washington, Franklin and Ritten- viA-20
house. He was commissioner for marking
tlie boundaries of X'irginia, Pennsylvania
and New York. About 1785 he removed to
Baltimore, where he was elected to the legis-
lature. In 17S9 Washington appointed him
to survey the land lying between Pennsyl-
vania and Lake Erie, and he made the first
accurate measurement of the Niagara river
from lake to lake, with the height of the
falls and the descent of the rapids. He .sur-
veyed and laid out the city of Washington
in 1790, and in 1792 was made United States
surveyor-general. He superintended the
construction of Fort Erie, at Presque Isle
(now Erie, Pennsylvania), in 1795, ^"^ ^*^d
out the towns of Erie, Warren and Frank-
Im. In 1796 he was appointed by Washing-
ton as United States commissioner under
the treaty of San Lorenzo el Real, to deter-
mine the boundary between the United
States and the Spanish possessions, and the
results of his service, embracing a period of
nearly five years, appear in his "Journal"
of 1803. Upon its completion he was ap-
pointed by Gov. McKean. of Pennsylvania,
secretary of the state land office. He re-
signed in 180S. and in 1812 became pro-
fessor of mathematics at West Point, where
he remained until his death. He went to
Montreal in 181 7, by order of the govern-
ment, to make astronomical observations for
carrying into effect some of the articles of
the treaty of Ghent. He was an active mem-
ber of the American Philosophical Society,
contributed to its transactions, and corre-
si»onded with many of the learned societies
of Europe. He died at West Point. New
York, August 29, 1820.
McEUigott, James N., born in Richmond, Virginia, October 13, 1812, of Scotch-Irish
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