17. William Armistead , who was Major in 1772 and 1775, and a vestryman of Blissland Parish. (See vestry book.) Married Mary, widow of Baker, who kept ordinary at the Brick House for Bassett, the njece of James Nicholas, who left her £500 in event of the death of Abraham Nicholas, son of his brother Abraham Nicholas, as also a specific legacy of £1,000 (letter of William Nelson, 1769; see the Nelson Letter Book at Episcopal Seminary). He had issue of one daughter: