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Capt. Samuel Stephens, born in Virginia abt. 1629, was commissioned by the Virginia Council in 1661 as commander of the ‘Southern Plantation,’ and in 1767 the Lords Proprietors appointed him Governor. He was a successful governor and died in 1669, ‘full of years and wealth.” His widow remarried Sir William Berkeley, Governor of Virginia, one year later.