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. William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine. representativeassembly in America, at Jamestown, July 31, 1619. He diedin England in 1635-36. He left no descendants in Virginia. Christopher Davison, 1622-1624. Last Secretary of theColony before the death of King James I. He was eldest son ofWilliam Davison of Stepney, Middlesex, Secretary of State underQueen Elizabeth, and of Catherine Spelman his wife, a relativeof Sir Henry Spelman. He was born about 1577, and is said tohave been a student of Grays Inn. He had two brothers, bothpoets, Walter and Francis. He w^as elected secretary b
. William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine. representativeassembly in America, at Jamestown, July 31, 1619. He diedin England in 1635-36. He left no descendants in Virginia. Christopher Davison, 1622-1624. Last Secretary of theColony before the death of King James I. He was eldest son ofWilliam Davison of Stepney, Middlesex, Secretary of State underQueen Elizabeth, and of Catherine Spelman his wife, a relativeof Sir Henry Spelman. He was born about 1577, and is said tohave been a student of Grays Inn. He had two brothers, bothpoets, Walter and Francis. He w^as elected secretary by theLondon Company June 11, 1621. He arrived at Jamestown inOctober, 1621. He died before 1624. Edward Sharpless, Clerk and Deputy Secretary, Pory and. other commissioners from England came in1624, Edward Sharpless was appointed acting secretary on thedeath of Davison. On the 15th of June, 1625, Governor Wyattand council notified the privy council in England that ^they otf the ears of Edward Sharpless because he had violated his. 12,
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