Francis Dade (politician)

Either Francis II or his father bought 1300 acres next to Robert Townshend's patent in then-vast Northumberland County.

Francis II' grandson Horatio Dade served on the King George County Committee of Safety during the American Revolutionary War and Horatio's son Townshend Dade served as that county's sheriff and much later represented King George county in the Virginia House of Delegates, as well as like his father and uncle Cadwallader helped supply Patriot troops.

[5] Confusion may result from males of various generations sharing the name "Townshend Dade", including one Rev.

During the War of 1812, grandsons Townshend and Cadwallader Dade served in the Virginia General Assembly representing King George County.

Royalist Henry Norwood mentioned a "John Smith" as aboard The Virginia Merchant with future Speaker Francis Moryson in 1649, and the same name also appears under the headrights listed by royalists Sir Henry Chicheley and Col. Richard Lee.

Under Smith's leadership, the House replied that the dissolution was illegal; it swore its members to secrecy and threatened to censure anyone who left the session.

It then proceeded to reelect Mathews and his council, forcing them all to swear an oath to honor the sovereignty of the House.