Francis Dade, II

Major John Smith and Behethland, his wife, "of Potomack," made a power of attorney to Major Edward Griffith, of Mulberry Island, in the county of Warwick. Then, on December 29, 1663, Edward Griffith and Elizabeth, his wife, of Mulberry Island in James River, assign to Francis Dade, son of Major Francis Dade, deceased, all their right in a patent of land in Westmoreland Co., and in case of his death they gave their interest to his brothers and sisters, and in case of their decease, the land was devised to Mrs. Behethland Dade, relict of said Major Francis Dade.

3. Francis Dade, b. —; d. June 13, 1694; inventory dated June 6,1698; m. —, "Frances Townshend, one of the two co heiresses of Col. Robert Townshend, whose mother was dau. of Mr. Baldwin of Glassthorne, Co. Northants, Eng., and whose wife Mary was dau. of Mr. Needham Langhorne of Newton, Brownshall, of Northants, Sir Wm. Langhorn being the eldest son of the family. Col. Robert's bro. Francis of London owned a large estate on the York and Potomac Rs., all which he devised to his uncles, Robert Baldwin of London, mcht., and Wm. Baldwin of Glassthorne, in trust for his mother, then wife of Col. RobertWilliam. Her 2d husband was Jones, by whom she had Cadwallader Jones, Col. in the British service (pro. Lt. Col. C. Jones, Staff'd, 1680], whence the name Cadwallader in the Dade line. The other dau. "Col. Robert Townshend m. John Washington. In 1727 she conveyed part of the Townshend pat. to her son John Washington. (Lib. J., 496.) v. PeyTon Excursus—Washington, p. 519, No. 4. After Mr. Dade's death his wid. m. (II.) —, ■ Rice Hooe, Virginia." (Hope 3, p. 716.)