SIR HENRY CHICHELEY.
Sir Henry Chicheley is first mentioned in Virginia in November, 1649,
as the guest of Captain Ralph Wormeley, of "Rosegill," Middlesex
County (afterwards Clerk of Lancaster County), whose widow, Agatha,
he married sometime before 1667. In 1656 he was a Burgess from
Lancaster County, and in 1674, a member of the Council. In March,
1676, he was appointed commander of the forces to be sent against the
Indians, but the forces were disbanded before marching by Sir William
Berkeley. He became Deputy Governor of Virginia, December 30,
1678, upon the death of Governor Herbert Jeffreys, under a commission
dated February 28, 1674, and served until the arrival of Lord Culpeper,
March 10, 1680, but he continued to act as Deputy Governor during the
absence of Lord Culpeper until 1683. Sir Henry Chicheley died sometime
after 1692, and was buried at Christ Church in Middlesex
County. His descendants intermarried with the Corbin, Thacker, and
other families, and there are representatives of his own name, as well, in
Virginia at the present day.
