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'''Colonel Philip Ludwell III''' was a Virginian who in the mid eighteenth century lived in colonial America. He was received into [[Orthodoxy]] in London, England. His [[conversion]] represented one of the earliest examples of the presence of Orthodox Christians in what is now the United States of America.{{orthodoxyinamerica}}
==Life==
Philip Ludwell III was born on [[December 28]], 1716 in Carter's Creek, Surrey, Virginia.[[http://www.anusha.com/pafg543.htm]] He was a third generation Virginian whose grandfather, Philip Ludwell I, was the first governor of the Carolinas and father, Philip Ludwell II, was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses as well as rector of the College of William and Mary. He married Frances Grymes on [[July 29]], 1737 in Surrey county, Virginia. [[http://pennock.ws/surnames/fam/fam28399.html ]]
Born of an impressive political heritage in Virginia, Philip was involved in the government of the colony. He was appointed to the Virginia Council in 1752. As a colonel, he commissioned George Washington in 1753 into the British/colonial army. He was a cousin of Martha Washington and was related to Robert E. Lee and the two President Harrisons.
*[http://pennock.ws/surnames/fam/fam28399.html Philip III Ludwell/Frances Grymes]
==External linklinks==*[http://www.ecrsa.org/members/tsapina.html   Eighteenth Eighteenth-Century Russian Studies Association: Olga A. Tsapina]*[http://ancientfaith.com/podcasts/history/orthodoxy_in_colonial_virginia Ancient Faith Radio: Podcast: Orthodoxy in Colonial Virginia]*[http://orthodoxhistory.org/tag/philip-ludwell-iii/ Unsolved mysteries of American Orthodoxy]
[[Category: Church Life|Ludwell III, Philip]][[Category:Converts to Orthodox Christianity|Ludwell III, Philip]][[Category:Converts to Orthodox Christianity from Protestantism|Ludwell III, Philip]][[Category:People|Ludwell III, Philip]]
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