[99] Probably William King, who married Elizabeth Edwards in
Stafford in 1738. He was the son of Alfred King, whose
parents were William King (d. 1702) and Judith Brent of
Stafford. His account with Mercer seems to indicate that he
was a silversmith. "Notes and Queries," _The King Family,
VHM_ (Richmond, 1916), vol. 24, p. 203.
[100] The _Virginia Gazette_ on January 27, 1738, announced
that Major Cornelius Lyde, "Son of Mr. _Lionel Lyde_, an
eminent merchant in Bristol, died at his House in _King
William_ County." Later it referred to "Capt. Lyonel Lyde of
Bristol, [master of] the _Gooch_." Mercer's account with Lyde
in Ledger G is headed "M^r Lyonel Lyde, Merch^t in London."
Lyde died in 1749 before Mercer settled his account.
Elsewhere in the ledger is an account with "Mess^{rs} Cooper,
Macartney, Powel, & Lyde. E^{xrs} of Lyonel Lyde." Another
Lyonel Lyde, who became "Sir Lyonel" by 1773, was evidently
heir to the business.
[101] SIR AMBROSE HEAL, _The London Furniture Makers from the
Restoration to the Victorian Era, 1660-1840_ (London:
Batsford, 1953), pp. 6, 13, 236, 237.
[102] GEORGE E. ELAND, _The Purefoy Letters_ (London:
Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1931), vol. 1, pp. 98, 107, 111,
177, and pl. 11.