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THE 


VIRGINIA  MAGAZINE 


OF 


HISTORY  AND  BIOGRAPHY 


Published  Quarterly  by 
THE  VIRGINIA  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY 

FOR   THE 

YEAR  ENDING  DECEMBER  31,  1924 


VOL.  XXXII 


RICHMOND,  VA. 

HOUSE  OF  THE  SOCIETY 

707  E.  FRANKLIN  ST. 


7  9     8  7  3^ 


PUBLICATION  COMMITTEE 

E.  V.  VALENTINE 
C.  V.  MEREDITH 


Editor  of  the  Magazine 
WILLIAM  G.  STANARD 


OLD  DOMINION   PRESS,  INC.,  PRINTERS 
RICHMOND,  VA. 


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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 


Albemarle  County  Marriages 365 

Book    Reviews   105,  203 

Braddock's    Army,    With.      Mrs.    Browne's    Diary    in    Virginia    and 

Maryland.     Contributed  and  edited  by  Fairfax  Harrison 305 

Clergy,    The    Virginia    Colonial,    Governor    Gooch's    Letters    to    the 
Bishop  of  London,  1727-49.     Edited  by  Rev.  G.  M.  Brydon....209,  321 

Council  Journals,  Virginia,  1726-53 i,  113,  327,  370 

Detroit,    The    Proposed    Expedition    Against,    1778.      By    David    L 

Bushnell,   Jr _ 65 

Genealogy : 

Clement,  Clements,  Clemens,  292 ;  Hancock,  413 ;  Har- 
rison (James  River),  97,  199,  298,  404;  Royall,  411; 
Saunders    (Princess  Anne)    —     92 

Illustrations  : 

Ampthill,  Chesterfield  County  254a,  256a 

Berkeley,  Exterior,  two  views,  96a ;  Interior,  two 
views,  98a ;   Inscribed  Walls  at,  three  views,   looa ; 

views  about   1830  404a 

Blair  House,  Williamsburg  384a 

Brandon,  Garden  Front,  198a ;  Garden  Front 
(close),  200a;  Great  Pecan  Tree  in  Garden,  202a; 
Parlor     (Incorrectly     called     Shirley     Parlor), 52a; 

Hall    200a 

Byrd,    William    (II),   of    Westover,    6a;    Armorial 

book-plate   26a 

Carter,  John,  of  Shirley,  48a ;  Robert  of  Corotoman, 

Frontispiece,  January   Magazine  ^'' 

Christ  Church,  Lancaster  Co.,  Interior i8a 

Dandridge,    William    23Ga  l' 

Detroit,    Proclamations    in    Regard    to    Expedition 

against,  1778  64a,  68a 

Digges,  Cole,  Tomb  of 46a 

Elsing  Green,  King  William  Co.,  Two  views 2a 

Gooch,  Major  William,  Tomb  of - 124a 

Harrison,  Benjamin,  "The  Signer" 298a,  302a 

Meade,  David,  pMoa,  Susanna  wife  of 142a       ^' 

Page,   Mann,  of   Rosewell 38a         I' 

Randolph,    Peyton,    President    of    Congress,    102a;  y^ 


IV  TABLE    OF    CONTENTS 

Illustrations — Cont'd : 

Elizabeth    (Harrison)    wife    of,    104a;    Sir    John, 

136a;   Susanna,  wife  of 138a 

Robertson  House,  Chesterfield  county _ 54a 

Rosewell    42a 

Shirley,  50a;   Pigeon  House  at looa 

Tuckahoe,  390a ;    View   from  Garden,  3C)2a ;    Stair- 
way     _ 394a 

Westover,  22a;  view  made  about  1830,  408a;  North 
Gate,  30a ;   West  Gate,  34a ;   Tombs  in  old  church 

yard  at,   two  views .....: 36a 

Wilton,   Middlesex,   Fire-place  at 6oa 

Kennon   Letters 76,  159,  265,  344 

Notes  and   Queries _ 88,  188,  288,  401 

Quit   Rent  Rolls,  Virginia,   1704: 

King  William,  69;  King  and  Queen,  144;  Gloucester 281,  338 

Revolution,  Virginia   State  Troops  in 183,  360 

Virginia   Gleanings   in    England    (wills).     Contributed   by   Reginald 
M.  Glencross  175,  260,  351 

Virginia  Historical  Society,  List  of  officers  and  members,  Jan.,  1924 

January  Magazine 


RoHKKT    CaUTKK    OK    L\)k()Tl) M  A  N . 


THE 


Virginia  Magazine 


OF 


HISTORY  AND  BIOGRAPHY 


Vol.  XXXII.  January,  1924  No.  i 


VIRGINIA  COUNCIL  JOURNALS,  1726-1753 


Vol.  605 — 1418. 


(From  the  Transcripts  in  the  Public  Record  Office, 

London.) 

[This  Society  is  indebted  to  Mr.  Fairfax  Harrison  for 
photostatic  copies  of  these  journals,  which  will  be,  beginning 
with  this  issue,  printed  in  our  ^Magazine.  It  is  evident  that 
the  first  five  pages  of  the  transcript  are  missing. 

The  journals  cover  one  of  the  most  important  periods  of 
our  Colonial  history.  When  they  begin  the  movement  from 
tidewater  westward  was  commencing.  In  the  year  in  which 
they  end  the  English  and  French  were  about  to  come  into 
conflict  on  the  Ohio.  The  period  includes  the  administration 
of  Robert  Carter,  William  Gooch,  John  Robinson,  Thomas 
Lee,  Lewis  Burwell  (all  but  Gooch's,  short  terms  as  acting 
governors)  and  Robert  Dinwiddie.  Extracts  from  the  jour- 
nals between  the  dates  given  have  been  published  in  this  mag- 
azine, and  edited  in  a  very  scholarly  way  by  Mr.  Charles  E. 
Kemper,  of  Staunton,  Va.  When  his  notes  are  used  in  the 
future  they  will  be  indicated  by  the  letter  K.] 


2  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

No  longer  be  answerable  for  any  Accident  that  may  happen 
thereto. 

Richard  Fitz  William*  Esq""  Present 

A  petition  of  James  Taylor'  Surveyor  of  Spotsylvaniaf 
County  setting  forth  that  the  dividing  Line  between  that  County 
&  Hanover  is  very  much  confused  by  the  cutting  down  of  the 
Trees  which  were  marked  by  the  pef  when  he  run  the  said  Line 
and  praying  the  directions  of  this  Board  therein  is  Referred  till 
next  Council. 

A  petition  of  William  Park"  Printer  and  Stationer  praying 
he  may  have  a  Priviledge  to  print  the  Laws  of  this  Colony — 
Read  and  Referred  till  next  Council. 

At  a  Council  held  at  Williamsburg  the  first  day  of  February, 

1726. 

Present 

The  Hon'''*  Robert  Carter"  Esq-"  President 
William   Byrd'  Peter  Beverley' 

Mann  Page'"  John  Carter"  & 

Cole  Digges'  John  Grymes'  Esq"" 

Gen'  Assembly       Ordered  That  the  General  Assembly  which 
prorogued  now  stands  prorogued  to  the  fifteenth  of  this 

month  be  further  prorogued  to  Thursday  the 
11'"  day  of  May  next:  And  that  Proclamations  issue  accord- 
ingly. 

The  President  laid  before  the  Council  a  Letter  from  his 
Grace  the  Duke  of  Newcastle  His  Majesties  Principal  Secretary 
of  State,  dated  the  12'"  day  of  September  last  Signifying  his 
Majesties  Approbation  of  the  Presidents  taking  upon  him  the 
Administration  of   this  Government  on  the  death  of  the  late 

*  Richard  Fitzwilliam  was  a  member  of  the  Virginia  Council  from 
1725  to  1732,  wlicn  he  died  or  returned  to  England. 

t  The  act  estabhshing  the  County  of  Spotsylvania  was  passed  at  the 
session  of  November,  1720  (Hcning  IV,  ■/■/).  That  establishing  Han- 
over was  passed  at  the  same  session,  but  is  given  by  title  only  in 
Hening  IV,  95. 


VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  3 

Governor,  and  the  Suspension  of  Edm"*  JeningsJ  Esq''  Which 
Letter  was  read  at  the  Board. 

Governor  On  reading  at  this  Board  a  Letter  from  his 

Burnett's  Excellency  Will"  Burnett*  Esq'  Governor  of 

letter  &  the  New   York,   together  with  a   Transcript  of   a 

Excuses  late  Conference  between  him  and  the  Sachims 

of   the   5  of  the  five  Nations,  touching  a  Complaint  made 

\               Natives  from  hence  of  a  murder  committed  by  some 

f                for  a  Mur-  of  their  Nation  on  one  of  the  Inhabitants  of 

I               der  Com''  this  Colony  last  Summer :  At  which  Conference 

i                last  the  said  Sachims  acknowledged  that  the  said 

Summer  murder  was  Committed  by  Some  of  their  peo- 

;  pie  in  conjunction  with  some  French  Indians  & 

Tuscaruras  who  they  pretend  were  in  pursuit  of  certain  Indian 

,                 Enemys  who  fled  toward  the  house  of  the  person  murdered : 

[  and  that  thereupon  their  Indians  in  firing  killed  the  said  person 

.  by    mistake    and    hop'd    that    this     Gov'     would    excuse     it. 

i  . — 

t  On  the  death  of  Governor  Hugh  Drysdale,  on  July  22,  1726,  Ed- 
mund Jenings  was  entitled  by  seniority  to  become  President  of  the 
Council  and  Acting  Governor,  but  'being  suspended  Colo.  Robert  Carter 
took  upon  him  the  administration  of  the  government  as  president  of  the 
Council"  (Hening  IV).  Col.  Jenings  was  suspended  by  the  Council 
because  it  was  thought  he  was  too  much  enfeebled  by  age  to  hold  the 
place  of  Governor.  There  is  a  good  deal  about  this  matter  in  Sains- 
bury's  MSS.  Calendar  of  State  Papers,  Colonial,  in  the  Virginia  State 
Library. 

*  William  Burnet  was  eldest  son  of  Bishop  Burnet  and  was  a  godson 
of  William  of  Orange.  He  was  Governor  of  New  York  and  New 
Jersey,  1720-1728,  and  afterwards  Governor  of  Massachusetts.  Gov- 
ernor Burnet's  daughter,  Mary,  married  William  Browne,  of  Salem, 
Mass.  Their  eldest  son,  William  Burnet  Browne,  married,  in  1763, 
Judith,  daughter  of  Charles  Carter,  of  "Cleve,"  King  George  County, 
Va.,  and  removed  to  that  colony,  where  he  purchased  "Elsing  Green," 
King  William  County.  His  tomb  at  that  place  states  that  he  was  born 
at  Salem,  Octo!)er  7,  1738,  and  died  in  King  William  County,  May  6, 
1784.  He  had  three  children  (i)  Mary,  married  Herbert  Claiborne; 
(2)  Elizabeth  Carter,  married  John  Bassett;  (3)  Judith  Carter,  married 
Robert  Lewis.  William  Burnet  Claiborne,  eldest  son  of  Herbert  and 
Mary  Claiborne,  assumed  the  name  of  Browne.  Many  portraits  of  the 
Burnets  and  Brownes  were  formerly  at  "Elsing  Green",  and  also 
tapestry  given  by  William  of   Orange,  to  William   Burnet. 


4  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

The  Council  taking  the  same  into  consideration 
Resolution  are  of  opinion  that  the  Treaty  of  Peace  made 

of   the  with  the   said   Northern   Indians  will   be   ren- 

Council  dered  altogether  ineffectual  if  such  excuses  as 

thereon,  this   shall   be  accepted   for  the  murder  of   his 

Majesties  Subjects,  since  these  Indians  may 
always  find  the  like  pretence  for  Coming  into  this  Government 
contrary  to  the  Express  Wortls  of  the  Treaty:  And  that  there- 
fore it  is  fitt  that  the  Governor  of  New  York  be  desired  to 
interpose  his  Authority  with  the  said  Indians  for  obliging  them 
to  deliver  up  the  person  or  persons  guilty  of  the  said  murder 
in  order  to  be  punished  as  the  Crime  deserves.  And  it  is  Or- 
dered that  a  Letter  be  prepared  accordingly. 

Whereas  the  Ship  Tayloe  of  Bristol,  John  Herd,  Master, 
bound  for  this  Colony  was  in  December  last,  drove  ashoar  in 
North  Carolina  and  the  said  Master  with  divers  of  the  Mariners 
not  heard  of :  Whereupon  those  of  the  Crew  who  escaped  the 
said  Shipwreck  have  been  taken  upon  suspition  of  murdering 
the  said  Master.  It  is  Ordered  that  the  several  persons  who 
were  present  at  the  examination  of  the  Boats  and  Carpenter 
of  the  said  Ship  at  Yorktown  be  summoned  to  attend  this  Board 
tomorrow  to  testify  their  knowledge  in  the  matter  aforesaid. 

February  the  2^  1726 

Present 
As  Yesterday 

Complaint  of  A  letter  from  Nathaniel  Harrison*  Esq-^  to 

Sapony  the  President  was  this  day  read  at  the  Board 

Indians  Signifying  that  the  Saponie  Indians  had  Com- 

plained to  him  that  a  party  of  their   Indians 

*  Nathaniel  Harrison,  of  "Wakefield,"  Surry  County,  had  long  repre- 
sented the  government  of  the  Colony  in  transactions  with  the  Indians 
between  the  James,  Appomattox  and  Roanoke.  The  Flandbook  of 
A)ncrican  Indians  (Bureau  of  Ethnology),  states  that  the  Saponies 
were  one  of  the  Eastern  Siouan  tribes,  though  the  name  was  occa- 
sionally applied  to  the  whole  group  of  Fort  Christiana  tribes,  also 
occasionally  included  under  Tutelo.  The  earliest  notice  of  them  (1670), 
shows  that  their  village  was  apparently  on  Otter  River,  southwest  of 
Lynchburg.     Later   the   Saponi  and  Tutelo  removed   to   the   junction   of 


VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  5 

being  lately  hunting  on  Roanoak  River  were  attacked  in  the 
night  by  the  Tuscaruro  Indians  who  live  in  the  Province  of 
North  Carolina  and  seven  of  the  said  Saponies  killed  or  taken 
prisoners :  And  that  the  Saponies  desire  the  same  satisfaction 
to  be  made  to  them,  as  this  Government  obliged  them  to  make 
to  the  Tuscaruros  on  the  like  occasion,  of  delivering  up  the 

Murderers.  It  is  the  opinion  of  this  Board 
Message  that  a  Letter  be  written  to  the  Governor  of 

thereon  North  Carolina,  Requesting  him  to  cause  the 

to  the  desired  Satisfaction  to  be  given  to  the  Saponie 

Tuscaruros  Indians  our  Tributarys  And  that  he  order  his 

Interpretor  to  accompany  to  the  Tuscaruro 
Town  the  Messenger  sent  by  this  Government  to  demand  the 
delivery  of  the  Indians  Concerned  in  this  murder  And  Coll" 
Harrison  is  desired  to  employ  a  proper  person  to  go  on  this 
Message. 

New  Commissions  of  the  Peace  for  the  Countys  of  West- 
moreland and  Charles  City,  were  this  day  Ordered  to  be  made 
out  pursuant  to  the  Application  of  the  Justices  of  the  said 
Countys. 

Examination  This    Board    having   examined   divers    Wit- 

Concerning  nesses  touching  the  Piracy  and  Murder  where- 

the  Crew  of  with  the  Mate  and  others  of  the  Crew  of  the 
the  Tayloe  Ship  Tayloe  of  Bristol  have  been  accused  :  And 

of   Bristol  having    considered     the    pretended     Evidence 

given  to  the  Court  of  Richmond  County  with 
the  examination  of  Jesper  Parsons  the  Mate  there  taken.  Are 
of  opinion  that  the  Committment  of  the  said  Jesper  Parsons  by 
the  Justices  of  the  Court  of  Richmond  is  illegal  and  void,  since 
the  Crime  for  which  he  stands  Committed  if  it  had  been  proved 

Dan  and  Staunton  rivers.  In  1701-1703,  they  had  again  removed  and 
were  living  on  the  Yadkin,  in  North  Carolina,  but  about  1704  or  1705 
they  took  refuge  in  Virginia,  being  no  longer  strong  enough  to  make 
head  against  both  Northern  and  Southern  tribes,  among  whom  formerly 
they  had  made  havoc.  About  1712,  Governor  Spotswood  placed  them 
at  Fort  Christiana,  near  the  present  Gholsonville,  Brunswick  County. 
About  1740  the  Saponi  and  Tutelo  went  North  and  in  1753,  were  form- 
erly adopted  by  the  Cayuga,  thus  becoming  a  part  of  the  Six  Nations. 
A  remnant  of  the  Saponi  was  still  living  in  1780,  with  the  Cayuga  on 
Seneca  River  in  Senaca  County,  New  York. 


6  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

is  not  tryable  at  Common  Law  but  by  the  Commissioners  ap- 
pointed for  Tryal  of  Piracy :  And  there  appearing  no  Evidence 

to  charge  the  said  Mate  or  any  other  of  the 
Mate  Crew  with  Piracy  or  other  Ofifence,  It  is  Or- 

discharged  dered    that    the    said    Jesper    Parsons    be    dis- 

out  of  charged  out  of  Custody.     But  whereas  divers 

Custody  pieces  of  Plate  and  other  things  of  small  value 

were  found  upon  some  of  the  said  Crew,  and 
owned  by  them  to  have  been  taken  out  of  the  said  Ship  for  their 
necessary  subsistence  in  their  Journey  over  land  to  this  Colony, 
It  is  Ordered  that  the  same  remain  in  the  hands  of  the  Under 
Sherif  of  York  County  untill  further  directions  from  this 
Board :  to  the  end  the  persons  claiming  a  property  in  the  same 
may  have  time  to  make  out  this  Right. 

Petition  On   motion  of   William   Robertson*   setting 

for   Land  forth  that  John  Baylorf  late  of  the  County  of 

King  and  Queen  deceased,  sometime  about  the 
year  1709  Surveyed  1500  acres  of  Land  in  the  said  County  ad- 
joining to  a  Tract  entered  for  by  Richard  Buckner'"  and  Larkin 
Chew",  gent — and  afterwards  purchased  out  of  their  Entry 
3.000  acres  more,  but  never  sued  out  any  Patent  for  the  same, 
And  praying  that  he  may  have  leave  to  enter  for  the  said  Lands. 
It  is  Ordered  that  Robert  Baylor  &  Augustine  Moor,  Gents 
Guardian  to  the  Son  and  Heir  of  the  said  John  Baylor  dec'd. 
have  notice  to  attend  this  Board  at  the  next  Court  of  Oyer  & 
Terminer  to  shew  cause  why  the  pef  ought  not  to  be  admitted  to 
an  Entry  for  the  said  Lands. 

David  Bray"^  Gent  by  his  petition  setting  forth  divers  undue 
practices  of  Daniel  Hornby'"  and  Thomas  Beal'*  to  deceive  this 
Board  in  the  valuation  of  the  improvements  pretended  to  be 

*  This  William  Robertson  was  clerk  of  the  Council.  It  is  believed 
that  a  record,  not  now  accessible,  shows  that  his  only  child  was  a 
daughter.  Therefore,  he  was  not  the  William  Robertson,  ancestor  of 
Governor  Wyndham  Robertson. 

t  John  Baylor,  of  Gloucester,  and  afterwards  of  King  and  Queen,  a 
merchant  and  planter  in  extensive  business.  For  an  account  of  the 
family  illustrated  with  portraits,  see  Va.  Magazine  of  History  and 
Biography,  VI,  I97-I99,  307-309;  XXI,  89-95,  193-195;   XXIV,  3(^7-373', 

XXV,  314-323. 


WlI.MA.M      livUll      (II)      OF     WkSTOVKK. 


VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  7 

made  on  the  Land  taken  up  by  them  in  Spotsylvania  County, 
and  since  granted  to  the  said  Bray,  And  praying  reHef  therein. 
It  is  Ordered  that  the  said  Hornby  &  Beal  do  attend  this  Board 
on  the  sixth  day  of  the  next  General  Court,  till  which  time  the 
Consideration  of  the  said  petition  is  referred. 

The  following  petitions  for  taking  up  land  were  read  and 
granted  viz :  To  Charles  Chiswell'"  4000  acres  in  Hanover 
County  on  the  South  side  the  North  River  opposite  Dugdales 
Run,  and  running  up  and  down  the  River  to  include  the  quan- 
tity. 

To  George  Robertson"  Clerk  1500  acres  in  Prince  George 
County  adjoining  to  a  former  Survey  of  his  consisting  of  600 
acres  on  Flatt  Creek. 

To  William  Mayo''  10,000  acres  extending  from  Daniel 
Thomas's  Line  to  Deep  Creek  on  James  River  including  his 
former  Order  for  3000  acres  in  Henrico  County. 

At  a  Council  held  att  Williamsburgh  the  first  day  of 
March,  1726 

Present 
The  Hon'"^  Robert  Carter  Esq""  President 
Mann  Page  Peter  Beverley 

Cole  Digges  John  Carter   & 

John  Grymes  Esq" 

Mr.  Carter  Mr.  Christopher  Robinson*  Naval  Officer  of 

appointed  Rappahannock  River  being  lately  dec'd.     The 

Naval  Ofif"^  President  was  pleased  to  inform  the  Board  that 

of  Rappa-  he  intended  to  appoint  Robert  Carter  jun""  to 

hannock  succeed  in  that  Office  if  the  Council  have  no 

Objection  to   him  And  the   Council  declaring 

*  Christopher  Robinson  (1681-1727),  of  "Hcwick,"  Middlesex 
County.  He  was  a  Burgess  for  Middlesex,  1710,  1714,  etc.,  and  mar- 
ried, Octoher  12,  1703,  Judith,  widow  of  William  Beverley,  and  before, 
of  Corbin  Griftin,  and  daughter  of  Christopher  Wormley.  Christopher 
Robinson  was  son  of  Christopher  Robinson,  Secretary  of  State  of  Vir- 
ginia, who  was  a  brother  of  John  Robinson,  Bishop  of  London. 

A  genealogy  of  this  family  of  Robinson  was  published  in  this  Maga- 
zine, XV,  445-449;  XVI,  104-107.  215-217;  XVII,  92-94.  205-209,  318, 
319,  429-432;  XVIII,  104,  105,  226-229,  322-324,  448-450;   XIX,  97-100. 


8  VIRGINIA    HISTOKICAL    MAGAZINE 

they  have  no  objection  to  that  appointment  The  said  Rol^ert 
Carter  jiin'  is  accordingly  constituted  Naval  Officer  and  Re- 
ceiver of  the  Virginia  Dutys  within  the  said  District. 

Oliver  Segar"^  Gent  is  appointed  Sherif  of  the  County  of 
Middlesex  in  the  room  of  Christopher  Robinson  Gent  lately 
deceased. 

A  new  Commission  of  the  Peace  for  the  County  of  Middle- 
sex with  the  addition  of  sundry  new  Justices,  was  this  day 
ordered  to  be  prepared  for  the  President's  signing. 

Hilary  Moseley"*  Gent  was  nominated  Sherif  of  Princess 
Anne  County  in  the  room  of  Willoughby  Merchant  who  hath 
made  Oath  of  his  incapacity  to  find  Security  for  his  discharge 
of  that  Office. 

His  Majesties  Receiver  General  Communicated  to  the  Board 
a  War't  under  his  jMajesties  Signmanuel  dated  the  i8"'  of  April 
1726  directing  the  payment  of  ^55 12  out  of  the  Revenue  of 
Ouitt  Rents  to  Peter  Lehuep  Gent  And  he  also  produced  a  Re- 
ceipt whereby  it  appears  that  the  said  sum  was  paid  accord- 
ingly on  the  u'"  of  November  last  past. 

Letter  A  Letter  from  the  Right  hon'''*  the  Lords 

from  the  Comm'^  for  Trade  dated  the  26'"  of  October, 

Lord  Com'"  acknowledging   the   receipt   of    the    Presidents 

of  trade  Letter  on  occasion  of  the  late  Governors  death 

read  was  read  at  the  Board. 

At  a  Council  held  at  Williamsburgh  the  21"'  day  of  April  1727 

Present 
The  Hon""'  Robert  Carter  Esq'  President 

&  William  Byrd 
Nathan'  Harrison 
Cole  Digges 
Peter  Beverley  & 
Richard  Fitz  William  Esq" 

Assembly  It   is   the   Opinion   of   this   Board   And   ac- 

prorogued  cordingly   Ordered   That  the  General  Assem- 

till  Sept,  bly  which  stands  prorogued  to  the  ii'"  day  of 

May  be  further  prorogued  to  W^ednesday  the 


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VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  Q 

6'"  day  of  September  next,  And  a  proclamation  was  prepared 
accordingly. 

Proclamation  Whereas  the  Inhabitants  of  this  Colony  have 

for  a  fast*  for  divers  months  past  been  visited  with  a  vio- 

lent  Sickness  and  very  great  mortality :  And 

*  Services  of  thanksgiving  or  of  fasting  and  prayer  (as  they  were 
more  generally  styled  in  Virginia),  were  not,  as  some  people  seem  to 
think,  peculiar  to  New  Englanders.  The  difference  was  that  their's 
was  an  annual  general  thanksgiving,  which  continued  to  exist,  while 
those  in  the  other  colonies  were  special  or  occasional.  In  Virginia,  in 
1623-4,  an  annual  day  of  fast  and  prayer  was  ordered  by  the  Assembly, 
and  in  1644-5  it  was  enacted  that  one  should  be  held  every  month. 
Whether  this  meant  that  our  ancestors  were  more  devout  than  the  New 
Englanders  or  more  conscious  of  their  sins,  must  be  left  to  conjecture. 

These  early  holy  days  were  not  merely  expressions  of  thankfulness 
for  b!e^^ings  already  received,  and  prayers  for  the  granting  of  them 
in  the  future  and  for  deliverance  from  evil;  but  were  penetential  in 
their  nature.  The  body  must  be  mortified  by  fasting,  and  pra\ers  made 
for  pardon,  for  these  people  believed  that  epidemics,  tempests,  wars  and 
other  calamities  were  God's  direct  punishment  inflicted  on  them  for 
their  sins. 

It  would  require  a  much  fuller  investigation  than  time  and  space 
allow  to  obtain  a  full  list  of  days  of  fast  and  prayer,  and  thanksgiv- 
ing in  Virginia  ;  but  examples  are  given. 

The  earliest  expressed  thankfulness  for  the  escape  of  so  many  of  the 
colonists  from  the  Indian  Massacre  of  1621-2.  Following  are  the  vari- 
ous enactments  of  the  Assembly  as  shown  in  the  first  and  second  volumes 
of  Hening's  Staliitcs  at  Large  of  Virginia. 

"That  the  22nd  of  March  be  ycerly  solemnized  as  holliday,  and  all 
other  hoUidays  (except  when  they  fall  two  together),  betwixt  the  feast 
of  the  annunciation  of  the  blessed  virgin  and  St.  Michael  the  arch- 
angell,  then  only  the  first  to  be  observed  by  reason  of  our  necessities." 
(March,    1623-4). 

"It  is  ordered,  that  the  22nd  day  of  March  be  yearelie  kept  Holyday 
in  commemoration  of  our  deliverance  from  the  Indians  at  the  bloodie 
massaker  which  happened  uppon  the  22d  of  March  1621."  (February, 
1631-2). 

"It  is  ordered.  That  the  22nd  day  of  March  be  yearely  kept  Holy- 
day  in  commemoration  of  our  deliverance  from  the  Indians  at  that 
bloudie  massacre  which  happened  uppon  the  22d  of  March  1621."  (Sep- 
tember, 1632). 

"Be  it  enacted  and  confirmed  by  the  authoritie  of  this  Grand  Assem- 
bly that  the  22d  day  of  March  be  yearly  kept  holy  in  commemoration 
of  our  deliverance  from  the  Indians  at  the  bloody  massacre  of  the  22d 
March  162 1,  And  that  the  ministers  of  every  parish  give  notice  thereof 
to  his  parishioners  the  Sabbath  day  next  before."     (March,   1642-3). 

On  April  18,  1644,  a  second  massacre  by  the  Indians  led  by  (Dpecan- 
canough,  and  the  war  which  followed  gave  fresh  cause  for  prayer. 
The  Assembly,  at  the  session  of  February,  1644-5,  directed  that  there 
be  a  monthly  day  of   fast  and  prayer. 

"Be  it  enacted  by  the  Governour,  Counsell  and  Burgesses  of  this  pres- 
ent  Grand   Assembly   for   God's   glory  and   the   publick  benefitt   of   the 


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considering  that  such  pubhc  Calaniitys  require  Solemn  humili- 
ation and  intercession  with  Almighty  God :  The  President  with 
the  advice  of  the  Council  was  pleased  to  Order  As  it  is  hereby 

collony,  to  the  end  that  God  might  evert  his  heavie  judgments  that 
are  now  upon  us,  That  the  last  Wednesday  in  every  month  be  sett 
apart  for  a  day  of  ffast  and  humiHation,  And  that  it  be  wholy  dedicated 
to  prayers  and  preaching,  And  because  of  the  scarcity  of  pastors,  many 
ministers  haveing  charge  of  two  cures,  Be  it  enacted.  That  such  a 
minister  shall  officiate  in  one  cure  upon  the  last  Wednesday  of  every 
month  ;  And  in  his  other  cure  upon  the  first  Wednesday  of  the  ensueing 
month.  And  in  case  of  haveing  three  cures,  that  hee  officiate  in  his 
third  cure  uppon  the  second  W^ednesday  of  the  ensueing  month,  which 
shall  be  their  day  of  fast.  That  the  last  act  made  the  ii  of  January, 
1641.  concerning  the  ministers  preaching  in  the  fore-noon  and  catechise- 
ing  in  the  afternoon  of  every  Sunday  be  revived  and  stand  in  force. 
And  in  case  any  minister  de  faile  so  to  doe.  That  he  forfeit  500  pound 
of  tobaccoe  to  be  disposed  of  by  the  Vestrey  for  the  use  of  the  parish." 
(February,    1644-5). 

And  at  th  esessions  of  March,  1657-8,  the  Assembly  directed  the  ob- 
servance of  holy  days  twice  a  year  to  commemorate  the  deliverance  from 
both  massacres : 

'"Bee  it  enacted  and  confirmed  by  the  authoritie  of  this  present  Grand 
Assembly,  That  the  two  and  twentieth  day  of  March  and  the  Eighteenth 
day  of  Aprill  be  yearly  kept  holie  in  commemoration  of  our  deliverance 
from  the  Indians  at  the  bloody  massacres  the  22d  day  of  March,  1621 
and  the  eighteenth  of  Aprill,  1644,  And  that  the  ministers  of  everie 
pari-,h  give  notice  thereof  to  the  parishoners  the  Sabboth  day  next 
before."     '(March,    1657-8). 

In  1660-1,  new  subjects  for  fasting  and  prayer  had  arisen,  and  the 
Assembly  enacted  the   following: 

"Whereas,  our  late  surrender  and  submission  to  the  execrable  power 
that  soe  bloodyly  massacred  the  late  king  Charles  the  first  of  ever 
blessed  and  glorious  memory,  hath  made  us  by  acknowledging  them, 
guilty  of  their  crimes,  to  shew  our  serious  and  hearty  repentance  and 
detestation  of  that  barbarous  act,  Bee  itt  enacted,  that  the  30th  day  of 
January  the  day  the  said  king  was  beheaded  be  annually  solemnized 
with  fasting  and  prayers  that  our  sorrowes  may  expiate  our  crime  and 
our  teares  wash  away  our  gilt."      (March,   1660-1). 

This  act  was  repeated,  vcrbat{»i,  in  1661-2.  In  1663  a  plot  for  an  in- 
surrection by  indentured  servants,  which  was  discovered  in  time,  led  to 
the   following  act : 

"Whereas  it  is  evident  that  certaine  mutinous  villianes  had  entred  into 
such  a  desperate  conspiracy  as  had  brought  an  inevitable  ruyne  to  the 
country  had  not  God  in  his  infinite  mercy  prevented  it,  this  grand  as- 
sembly to  testify  their  thanks  to  Almighty  God  for  soe  miraculous  a 
preservation  have  enacted  that  the  thirteenth  of  September,  the  day 
this  villianous  plott  should  have  been  putt  into  execution,  be  annually 
kept  holy  to  keep  the  same  in  a  perpetuall  comemoration."     (September, 

1633-)- 

At  the  session  of  September,  1668,  another  fast  was  decreed  as 
follows : 

"Whereas  the  many  sins  of  this  country  may  justly  provoke  the 
anger  of  Almighty  God  against  us,  and  draw  down  his  judgments  upon 
us,  unless  diverted  by  a  timely  and  hearty  repentance,  the  governour, 
councell   and   burgesses   of    this   grand   assembly   takeing   the   same    into 


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VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  II 

Ordered  That  Wednesday  the  lO'"  day  of  May  next  be  set 
apart  and  kept  as  a  day  of  Solemn  Fasting  &  humiliation 
throughout  this  Colony  and  that  a  Proclamation  issue  accord- 
ingly. 

their  serious  consideration,  have  enacted  and  doe  by  these  presents  enact 
that  the  27th  day  of  August  next  be  sett  apart  for  a  day  of  humiha- 
tion,  hereby  strictly  requireing  all  persons  on  that  day  to  repaire  to 
their  respective  parish  churches,  with  fasting  and  prayers  to  implore 
Gods  mercy  and  deprecate  the  evils  justly  impending  over  us;  and  be 
it  further  enacted  that  if  any  person  or  persons  in  Contempt  thereof 
shall  be  found  on  that  day  working,  gameing,  or  drinking  (works 
of  necessity  only  excepted),  he  or  they  soe  offending,  upon  present- 
ment of  the  church  warden,  and  proofe  thereof  made  to  the  vestry 
shall  be  fined  by  them  one  hundred  pounds  of  tobaccoe,  halfe  to  the  in- 
former, halfe  to  the  poore  of  the  parish,  And  it  is  further  enacted  that 
all  ministers  in  the  parishes  where  they  reside  be  required  to  prepare 
themselves   for   the   solemnizing   that   day."      (September,    1668). 

"Whereas  the  many  hainous  and  crying  sins  of  the  inhabitants  of 
this  country  may  justly  provoke  the  anger  of  Almighty  God  against 
us,  and  drawe  downe  his  judgments  upon  us  unless  diverted  by  a  timely 
and  hearty  repentance ;  the  governour.  councell  and  burgesses  takeing 
the  same  i;uo  their  most  serious  consideration,  have  enacted,  and  doe 
by  these  presents  enact,  that  the  fourth  day  of  May  next  be  soienini.cd 
and  sett  apart  for  fasting  and  prayer  to  Almighty  God  for  the  pard>.'n 
and  remission  of  our  manifold  sins,  which  already  hath  and  yett  may, 
if  not  sincerely  repented  of  and  forsaken,  provoake  his  divine  majestic 
to  inflict  his  heavy  judgments  on  us.  And  it  be  further  enacted,  that 
the  twenty  second  of  August  be  sett  apart  for  a  publique  day  of  thanks- 
giving to  Almighty  God  for  his  greate  mercies  towards  us  in  delivering 
us  from  our  late  horrid  distraction  and  rebellions,  and  subdueing  the 
same.  And  it  be  further  enacted,  that  all  ministers  be,  and  are  hereby 
cnjoyned  to  read  divine  service,  and  to  preach  on  those  several!  and 
respective  dayes  in  their  severall  parish  churches,  etc."  (February, 
1676-7). 

Through  the  remainder  of  the  Colonial  period  there  were  many  special 
days  set  apart  for  fasting,  prayer  and  thanksgiving.  In  1691  the  sub- 
ject was  the  peaceful   condition  of   the   Colony. 

"By  ye  Rt.  Hono'ble  ye  Lieut.  Govern'r.  A  Proclamation  appointing 
a  Day  of   Humiliation  and  Fasting." 

It  having  pleased  almighty  God  of  his  Infinite  goodness  and  mercy 
to  keepe  this  their  ma"«s  Dominion  in  peace  when  all  ye  neighbouring 
Collonys  have  been  in  great  Disturbance  and  danger  and  ye  Gen' 
Assembly  for  this  Country  being  now  assembled  to  consider  ye  best 
means  to  Secure  ye  peace  thereof  I  Francis  Nicholson  Esq.  their 
Maj""*  Lieut.  Gov  of  this  their  Maj"<^»  Dominion  by  ye  advice  and 
Consent  of  ye  Councill  of  State  and  Desire  of  Ye  Gent,  of  ye  house 
of  Burgesses  doe  here  by  appoint  that  Satterday  ye  25th  this  instant 
be  sett  apart  as  a  day  of  humiliation  and  fasting  for  ye  Gen"  As- 
sembly and  Inhabitants  of  James  Citty  humbly  to  implore  divine  as- 
sistance in  directing  this  Gen"  Assembly  to  make  such  good  and  whole- 
some laws  as  shall  be  for  ye  glory  of  God  ye  Honor  of  their  Maj"<'» 
and  security  peace  and  safety  of  this  their  Maj"'^  Dominion  and  In- 
habitants thereof,  and  on  fryday  ye  8th  day  of  May  ye  same  be  p'formed 
throughout  ye  whole  Country  and  ye  ministers  in  ye  respective  p'ishes 
are  not   to   faile  to  p'forme   Duties   of   ye   Day  by   reading  ye   service 


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12  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

Sherifs  The   President   in   Council   was   pleased   to 

appointed  Nominate  and  appoint  the  following  persons  to 

be  Sherifs  of  the  several  Countys  for  the  en- 
suing year : 

of  ye  Church  and  preaching  and  all  p'sons  are  to  abstaine  from  ser- 
vile work  and  labour  that  day.  Given  under  my  hand  and  ye  scale 
of  ye  Collony  ye  24tha  day  of  Ap"  anno  Dom.,  1691. 

flf.  Nicholson 
To  ye   Sheriffe  of   Middlesex   County  his   Deputy." 

In  1692  and  1693  Governor  Andros  ordered  services  for  the  pur- 
poses named  in  his  proclamations : 

"I  March,  1692.  Issues  a  Proclamation  for  a  Solemn  fast  to  Implore 
the  Blessings  of  God  upon  the  Consultations  of  the  Assembly  &  April 
5,  1693,  Issues  another  for  a  fast  to  avert  God's  Judgment  upon  the 
Country  being   Sorely  afllicted   with   the   Measles." 

In   1702  British  victories  were  causes   for  thanksgiving: 
Sir  "Whitehall   November  ye   nth   1702 

We  send  you  here  inclosed  her  Majestys  proclamation  directing  a 
publick  thanksgiving  throughout  England  for  the  great  successes  of 
her  Ma'tys  Arms  by  Sea  and  land.  And  we  ro  hereby  signify  to  you 
Her  Majestys  pleasure  that  a  day  of  publick  thanksgiving  for  those 
Successes  be  likewise  solemnized  throughout  all  her  plantations  in 
America ;  You  are  therefore  to  take  care  that  a  day  be  accordingly 
set  apart  for  that  purpose  as  soon  as  conveniently  may  be  after  your 
receipt  hereof,  And  that  the  same  be  observed  throughout  her  Majesty's 
Colony  and  Dominion  of  Virginia  under  yo'r  Government,  with  such 
due  Solemnities  as  are  Suitable  to  so  great  an  occasion.  So  we  bid  you 
heartily  farewell. 

Yo'r  very  Loving  Friends 

Rob.  Cecill 
Ph.  Meadows 
Wm.  Blathwayt 
John  Pollexfen 
Mat   Prior" 

These  rejoicings  must  have  been  tame  compared  with  those  two  years 
later  for  Blenheim.  The  most  ignorant  Virginian,  living  in  a  frontier 
cabin  would  be  delighted  at  the  news  of  beating  the  French.  There 
were  many  of  the  colonists  who  heartily  disliked  Daniel  Parke  but 
even  they  could  not  help  a  feeling  of  gratification  that  a  Virginian 
had  brought  the  first  news  of  the  great  victory,  and  doubtless  went 
about  expressing  some  early  form  of  "Ole  Virginny  never  Tires".  They 
would  have  been  still  more  interested  could  they  have  known  that  two 
gentlemen  who  were  to  be,  in  the  future,  good  Virginians,  Col.  Es- 
mond and  Col.   Spotswood,  were  wounded  in  that   famous   fight. 

Governor  Nicholson  in  his  long  proclamation  (Calendar  of  Virginia 
State  Papers,  I,  86)    began: 

"Whereas  it  hath  pleased  Almighty  God  to  grant  to  her  Maj'ts 
Armes  in  Conjunction  with  her  AUys  under  the  Command  of  his  Grace, 
John,  Duke  of  Malborough,  Capt.  Gen''  of  her  Maj'ts  Land  forces 
a  Signall  &  glorious  victory  over  the  french  &  Bavarian  fforces  at 
Blenheim,  near  Hockstet  (Hockstadt)  on  the  River  Danube,  in  Ger- 
many, (the  first  account  whereof  being  brought  to  her  most  Sacred 
Majesty  by  Coll.  Parke,  a  Gent.  &  native  of  this  Country  who  was  sent 
by   his   Grace)"   and   proceeds   to   say    that   he   had    received   the   royal 


}io\  Dk'  jv/  u.-;      no  ru-jj^j  i 


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VIRGINIA    COUNCIL   JOURNALS  I3 

Henrico,  John  Radford"" 
Prince  George,  W"  Harrison" 
Surry,  Howell  Edmonds" 
Isle  of  Wight,  Hardy  Council" 
Nansemond,  Dan'  Pugh" 
Norfolk,  John  Hare"^ 
Princess  Anne,  Thomas  Haynes^* 
Elizabeth  City,  Anthony  Armistead" 
Warwick,  Wm.  Cole'' 

proclamation  with  directions  for  the  appointment  of  a  proper  and 
speedy  day  of  thanksgiving  in  Virginia.  The  proclamation  was  to  be 
read  at  services  held  in  every  church  and  chapel,  and  the  militia  of 
each  parish  were  to  meet  at  the  church  on  February  6th,  and,  after 
the  sermon,   fire  three  volleys. 

In  171 1  we  had  a  special  day  of  fast  and  prayer  for  New  England. 
The  proclamation  was  doubtless  issued  early  in  the  summer  of  171 1 
when  the  English  fleet  under  Sir  Hovenden  Walker,  with  its  accom- 
panying land  forces  under  General  Hill  was  at  Boston  preparing  for 
a  campaign  against  Quebec.  The  "Rapperies  and  Murders"  referred 
to,  were  committed  during  the  bloody  incursions  of  the  French  and 
Indians   into    New   England. 

'"Draft  of  a   Proclamation   for  a  Fast,   171 1. 
By   Her   Maty's   Lt.    Governor   &    Commander   in   Chief    of    the    Colony 
of   Virginia. 

A   Proclamation   for  a  Fast, 

Whereas  our  most  Gracious  Sovereign  out  of  her  Pious  Zeal  to 
propagate  the  Protestant  Religion,  extirpate  Popish  Superstition  and 
Idolatry,  as  out  of  a  just  honour  f?]  of  the  Rapperies  &  Murders 
daily  committed  on  her  People  by  the  French  &  Indian  Salvages  in 
their  interest ;  &  as  well  for  Restoring  the  Crown  of  Great  Britain 
to  its  Ancient  Rights  in  North  America,  as  for  settling  Quiet  &  Hap- 
piness to  all  her  Subjects  on  this  Continent:  has  thought  fitting  to 
send  a  very  considerable  part  of  Her  Fleets  &  Armys  on  an  Expe- 
dition to  Reduce  Canada. 

And  whereas  Her  Most  Sacred  Alajesty  has  commanded  that  about 
the  time  when  Her  said  Forces  shall  proceed  on  this  important  Ex- 
pedition a  Day  of  Publick  Fasting  &  Humiliation  be  kept  in  her 
several  Dominions  on  this  Continent  to  implore  the  Blessing  &  Mercy 
of  Almighty  God  in  protecting  Her  Anns  employ'd  in  this  just  & 
necessary  undertaking  &  giving   them  success   therein. 

I  have  therefore,  with  the  Advice  of  Her  Maty's  Council  of  this 
Colony  Thought  fitt  to  issue  this  Proclamation  Appointing  [Date 
left  blank]. 

[Endorsed]  Procrn  for  a  Day  of  Fasting  &  humiliation  &  to  Pray 
for  Success  of  the  Expedition  against  Canada. 

The  series  of  special  days  of  thanksgiving,  fasting  and  prayer  con- 
tinued down  to  the  Revolution,  ending,  for  the  Colonial  period,  with 
those  asked  for  by  Assembly  or  Convention  during  the  dark  days 
preceding  the  Revolution. 

It  is  hard  for  us  now  to  realize  (although  the  impression  is  made 
more  vivid  by  reading  the  respective  services  in  a  Prayer  Book  used 
in  colonial  days)  that  up  to  the  Revolution  we  went  to  church  each 
30th  of  January  on  the  Day  of  King  Charles  the  Martyr,  and  implored 


•it    l«ni    jinr    at 


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14  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

York,  Graves  Packe^ 
James  City,  Robert  Goodriclf" 
Lancaster,  James  Ball" 
Northumberl"*,  John  Shapleigh^^ 
Westmoreland,  Aug"  Washington*' 
Charles  City,  Francis  Hardyman" 
Hanover,  W"'  Fleming'" 
New  Kent,  John  Sclater** 
King  William,  John  Butts'" 
King  &  Queen,  John  Leigh'^ 
Gloucester,  Francis  Willis*' 
Middlesex,  Oliver  Segar 
Essex,  Thomas  Warring'" 
Spotsylvania,  Goodrich  Lightfoot" 
King  George,  Joseph  Strother*^ 
Richmond,  Joseph  Belfield" 
Stafford,  Anthony  Thornton** 
Accomack,  John  Kendall'^ 
Northampton,  Ralph  Pigot" 
Present  Mann  Page  &  John  Carter  Esq" 

tlie  mercy  of  God,  That  neither  the  Guilt  of  that  Sacred  and  innocent 
Blood,  nor  those  other  Sins  By  which  God  was  provoked  to  deliver 
up  both  us  and  our  King  into  the  Hands  of  Cruel  and  unreasonable 
men,   might   be   visited   upon   us  and   our   posterity. 

On  November  5th  we  held  a  service  of  thanksgiving  for  the  happy 
deliverance  of  King  James  I,  and  the  Three  Estates  of  the  Realm 
from  the  Gunpowder  Treason,  and  at  the  same  time  celebrated  the 
happy  arrival  of   his   Majesty  King  William  on  this  day. 

The  interest  in  the  Gunpowder  Plot,  no  doubt  grew  dim  as  time 
passed ;  but  there  never  was  a  period  in  which  the  colonial  Virginian 
did   not   heartily    offer    the    following    prayer : 

■'Accept  also  most  Gracious  God,  of  our  unfeigned  thanks  for  filling 
our  hearts  again  with  joy  and  gladness  after  the  time  that  Thou 
hadst  afflicted  us  and  putting  a  new  song  in  our  mouths,  by  bringing 
his  Majesty  King  William  upon  this  Day  for  the  deliverance  of  our 
Church    and    Nation    from    Popish    Tyranny    and    Arbitrary    Powers." 

William  and  Mary  College,  King  William,  King  and  Queen,  and 
Orange  Counties,  and  King  William   Parish  were  amens  to  this  prayer. 

On  May  29th  we  were  thankful  for  the  Restoration  and  on  Oct.  29, 
commemorated  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  George  III.  This  last 
thanksgiving,  just  before  the  Revolution,  was  to  be  reversed,  and  the 
patriot  who  took  his  copy  of  the  Virginia  Gazette  (now  in  the  State 
Library),  and  wrote  "dair, '"  instead  of  "save"  in  the  motto  at  the 
head  of  the  first  sheet,  probably  represented  the  general  feeling.  ^But 
it  would  have  been  easy  to  commemorate  worse  men  than  the  King, 
and  queer  as  such  services  may  now  seem  to  us,  they  do  not  equal 
in    absurdity    the    efforts    of    later-day    Americans    and    luiglishmen,    to 


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Secretary's  On    reading   at   this    Board   a    Letter    from 

Popple's  Alured   Popple   Esq--    Secretary   to  the   Right 

Letter  Hon'''«  the  Lords  Comm"   for  Trade  hearing 

read  Etc.  date  the  2<'  of  Novemher  1726  and  including  a 

State  of  the  Case  of  the  Ship  John  &  Betty  of 
Bristoll  which  imported  into  this  Colony  a  Quantity  of  Rum 
for  which  the  Duty  of  4  pence  per  gallon  was  demanded  and 
taken  by  Christopher  Robinson  late  Naval  Officer  of  Rappa- 
hannock River,  together  with  the  opinion  of  S'  Philip  York  his 
Majesties  Attorney  General  on  the  said  Case  It  appearing  to 
this  Board  that  by  reason  of  some  disputes  arising  between  the 
importers  of  the  said  Rum  and  the  said  late  Naval  Officer  the 
money  received  for  the  Dutys  thereof  was  never  paid  over  to 
the  Treasurer  of  the  said  Dutys  but  retained  by  the  said  Naval 
Officer  untill  he  should  be  secured  against  the  prosecution  with 
which  he  was  threatened  by  the  Importer  of  the  said  Liquors 

This  Board  are  therefore  of  opinion  That  al- 
Resolution  though  it  appears  by  the  Custom  house  books 

of  the  that  the  said  Ship  John  &  Betty  was  not  en- 

Council  tered  at  the  Custom   house  in   Rappahannock 

on  the  untill  the  15'"  day  of  June  (which  is  five  days 

case  of  the  after  the   Duty  aforesaid  commenced)    yet   if 

Ship  John  they  can  make  due  proof  that  the   Ship  was 

&  Petty  of  within  the  District  of  Rappahannock  on  or  be- 

Rristoll  fore  the  lO'"  day  of  June  as  is  suggested  in  the 

State  of  their  Case  This  Board  will  give  direc- 
tions to  the  Executors  of  the  said  Naval  Officer  to  return  the 
money  paid  for  the  Duty  of  the  aforesaid  Liquors;  And  in 
case  of  their  Refusal  will  give  all  necessary  Assistance  for  the 
Recovery  thereof. 

On  reading  this  day  at  the   Board   a   Representation   from 
divers  of  the  Justices  of  Essexf  County  Complaining  of  the 

fill  the  "Bloody  chasm"  of  the  Revolution  with  a  bogey-man  labeled 
George  III,  while  we  have  a  merry  game  of  hands  across  the  sea,  to 
the  tune,   not  of   "Let   George  do  it",  but   "George  did   it". 

tO"  ^^^3'  27,  1726,  the  House  of  Burgesses  adopted  a  resolution  for- 
bidding the  Justices  of  Essex  from  building  a  new  Court  House,  before 
the  next  session  of  Assembly,  as  this  would  be  an  unnecessary  burden 
if  the  county  was  divided.  On  account  of  the  rapid  extension  of  settle- 
ment up  the  Rappahannock,  many  people  lived  a  long  way  from  Hob's 


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great  Delays  in  the  Administration  of  Justice  in  that  County 
by  the  neglect  of  several  of  the  persons  nominated  in  the  Com- 
mission of  the  Peace  to  attend  the  Courts  And  on  hearing 
John  Lomax"  Gent  one  of  the  Justices  Complained  of  It  ap- 
pears to  this  Board  that  the  Obstructions  which  have  happened 
in  the  Administration  of  Justice  in  the  said  County  have  been 

principally  occassioned  through  the  heats  and 
Order  on  animosities  arisen  among  the  said  Justices  of 

the  Com-  the  Peace  touching  the  place  for  holding  Court 

plaint   of  since  the  time  their  late  Courthouse  was  burnt : 

the  Justices  For  Remedy  whereof  for  the  future  It  is  this 

of  Essex  day  Resolved  and  Ordered  That  a  new  Corn- 

County  mission  of  the  Peace  be  made  out  for  the  said 

County,  And  that  the  Gentlemen  recommended 
by  the  Court  together  with  others  nominated  by  this  Board 
being  the  principal  Inhabitants  of  the  said  County  be  put  in 
the  Commission  as  Justices  of  the  said  County  And  that  every 
of  them  be  personally  summoned  by  the  Sherif  to  meet  at  the 
place  where  the  Court  is  now  held  on  the  next  Court  day  ap- 
pointed by  Law  for  the  said  County,  and  that  they  or  the 
major  part  of  them  who  shall  then  appear  and  take  the  Oaths 
as  Justices  of  the  Peace  do  proceed  to  appoint  a  fitt  place  as 
near  as  conveniently  may  be  to  the  Centre  of  their  County  for 
holding  the  Courts  hereafter  untill  further  provision  be  made 
by  Law  therein,  or  that  by  the  common  consent  of  the  Justices 
so  sworn,  such  places  be  agreed  upon  and  approved  by  the 
Governor  or  Commander  in  Chief  of  this  Dominion  for  the  time 
being  as  may  be  for  the  general  ease  and  convenience  of  the 
Inhabitants  of  the  said  County. 

Hole  (the  later  Tappahannock),  and  desired  that  the  county  seat  should 
be  near  them.  The  division  of  the  county,  however,  settled  these  diffi- 
culties and  left  the  original  site  the  best  for  the  present  Essex. 


NOTES  TO  COUNCIL  JOURNALS. 

'  James  Taylor  was  son  of  James  Taylor,  who  came  to  Virginia  and 
had  in  1668  a  grant  of  about  1000  acres  on  the  Mattaponi  River,  then 
in  New  Kent  and  later  in  King  and  Queen  and  Caroline.  James  Tay- 
lor the  elder  died  on  April  30,  1698  at  his  home  (owned  in  1900  by 
one   of    his   descendants.    Major   William    Pendleton)    about    eight    miles 


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south  of  the  present  BowHng  Green  in  CaroHne   County^     ^''1;  ^^!!ln 
Taylor  of   the  text  was  born   March   14,    1674  and  died  June  23,    I/29. 
The  desuuction  of  the  records  of  King  and  Queen  and  New  Kent  has 
caused  the  loss  of  much  documentary  evidence   u.   regard  to  the  early 
generations    of    the    family;    but    there    are    numerous    deeds     n    Spc^t- 
svlvania  from  Col.  James  Taylor  and  his  son  James  Taylor  3d.     The 
son  ll^d  in   St.   Stephens   Parish,   King  and   Queen  and  the    father   m 
Drysdale  Parish,  firs?  in  King  and  Queen  and  later  ^  Caroline.     There 
^  a  deed    July   i,   1725,   from  James   Taylor   of    Drysdale   Parish.   King 
and  Que -n,  Gentleman    to  John  Taliaferro,  of   Spotsylvania    Gentleman. 
On   Augusl   29.    1727,   James   Taylor   of    drysdale,   is    styled     survey o^ 
and  on  Sept.  10,  of  the  same  year  "Col.  James  Taylor  .     On  February 
S    1727,  and  frequentlv  later,  Alartha,   his  wife    joins  m  his  deeds.     In 
1728  James  Taylor  the  elder,  of  Drysdale  Parish,  King  and  Queen,  and 
James  Taylor    he  younger,  of   St.  George's  Parish.   Spotsylvania    unite 
a   a   deed      On   March    27,    1729,    James    Taylor,    of    Caro.ne    County 
conveyed   2600  acres  in   Spotsylvania   to  Francis   Wyatt.   of    Gloucester 
County      In   1733  there  is  mention  ot    land   which  was   granted  to  CoL 
James   Tavlor.   deceased,   in    1722.     In    1736   the   Assembly   ordered   the 
counties   of    Spotsylvania,   Hanover   and    Orange     to   pay    16000     bs     of 
tobacco  to   Martha  Taylor,   widow,   executrix  of   James   Taylor   for  his 
services  and  expenses  in  running  the  dividing  line  between  the  counties. 
He  patented  and  bought  much  land  in  the  present  Orange^    It  is  usually 
stated  in  the  accounts  of  the  family  that  he  lived  from  about  1722  until 
his  death,  first  at  -'Bloomsbury"  and  later  at     Greenfield     in  the  pres- 
ent  Orange.     He   may  have   built   these   houses   but   the   record.s   quoted 
.how    that    shortly    before    his    death,    he    was    "of    Caroline    County  . 
He  was  J    P.  in  1702-1714  etc.     Burgess  for  King  and  Queen  m   1702 
and  probably  other  years.     His  wife  is  stated  in  some  accounts  to  have 
been    the    daughter    of    William    Thompson    and    granddaughter    of    Sir 
Roger  Thompson.     No  Sir  Roger  Thompson  was  ever  in   Virginia    and 
much  more  probable  is  the  account  in  the  little  chart  prepared  by  Pres- 
ident   Madison,    where   she   is    said    to  be    Martha,    daughter    of    Roger 
Thompson.      The    latter,    no    doubt,    was    the    man    ol    that    name    who 
was  a  J.  P.  for  New  Kent  in  1704.  .,.,,•     01       u.     > 

Incomplete  genealogies  of  the  family  have  been  published  in  Slaughters 
St  Mark's  Parish,  74;  Haydcn's  Virginia  Genealogies  67^-^-  and 
W  K  Anderson's  Robertson-Taylor  Families.  226-263.  This  book  con- 
tains views  of  the  quaint  old  house  "Bloomsbury  ,  and  eng^vings  of 
the  portraits  of  Col.  James  and  Martha  Taylor.  It  is  difficult  fre- 
quently to  date  Eighteenth  century  costumes,  but  these  have  rather  a 
late  appearance  for  people  who  died  in   1729  and   1762. 

=>  William  Parks  was  the  first  newspaper  publisher  and  editor  in 
Virginia  He  was  born  in  England  and  came  to  Annapolis,  Md.  about 
1727  when  he  established  the  Maryland  Gazette.  Soon  afterwards  he 
opened  a  printing  shop  in  Williamsburg,  and  was  employed  by  the  gov- 
ernments of  the  two  Colonies  to  do  public  printing.  On  heb.  22  1727, 
the  House  of  Burgesses,  on  petition  of  Parks,  directed  that  he  be  en- 
gaged to  print  the  laws,  journals,  etc.  In  1733  he  published  in  Wil- 
liamsburg A  Colleetion  of  Virginia  Larvs.  on  Feb.  16,  1736.  began  1  he 
Virninia  Gazette,  and  opened  a  book-store  in  1742.  In  that  year  the 
President  and  Masters  of  William  and  Mary  accepted  a  proposition  of 
Parks  to  furnish  text  books  to  the  students  In  1744  ^e  .^f.^^^''^'^^^ 
a  paper  mill  on  a  branch  of  Archer's  Hope  Creek  near  "^ff^f^^J^^ 
and  some  verses  concerning  it  were  published  in  the  Gazette  (fe  this 
Magazine,    VII,    442).      A   deed    recorded    in    York    County    and    dated 


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Aug.  19,  1749,  shows  that  he  had  as  partner  in  his  printing  estabHsh- 
ment  and  book  store,  Sarah,  widow  of  Graves   Pack. 

Embarking  for  England.  March  23,  1750,  Parks  died  at  sea  on  April 
I  St  and  was  buried  at  Gosport,  Eng.  His  will  was  proved  in  York 
County,  June  8,  1750,  gave  £100  to  each  child  of  his  sister  Jane  Spilsby; 
to  his  sister  Elizabeth  Parks  £50  current.  His  wife  Eleanor  (residuary 
legatee)  and  his  son-in-law  John  Shelton  of  Hanover  County,  Ex- 
ecutors. His  estate  was  appraised  at  £6,211-15-9.  See  VViUiam  and 
Mary  Quarterly,  VH,  10-12.  In  the  Gazette  for  Feb.  14,  1751,  was 
advertised  for  sale  the  printing  house,  out  houses  and  lot  on  Duke 
of  Gloucester  Street,  late  the  property  of  William  Parks.  Dr.  Tyler 
states  in  his  IViUiamsbiirg  the  Old  Colonial  Ca{>ital.  236-237,  that  this 
printing  office  was  on  lot  48  on  the  north  side  of  the  street  and  stood 
until  1896  when  it  was  destroyed  by  fire.  The  post  office  and  book  store 
were  in  the  same  building.  It  would  be  a  most  appropriate  thing  for 
Virginia  newspaper  editors  and  publishers  to  place  a  suitable  memorial 
at  the  site  where  the  ancestor  and  predecessor  of  all  their  papers  was 
published.  In  1754,  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  Shelton  and  granddaughter 
of   William   Parks  became  the  first  wife  of   Patrick  Henry. 

"  Robert  Carter,  of  "Corotoman",  Lancaster  County,  was  born  in  1663 
and  died^  August  4,  1732.  His  father  Col.  John  Carter,  also  of  "Co- 
rotoman", owned  large  estates  and  was  for  many  years,  as  Burgess 
and  Councillor  a  man  of  prominence  in  the  Colony.  Robert  Carter's 
letters  show  that  he  was  educated  in  England,  but  his  school  or  col- 
lege are  not  known.  As  soon  as  he  returned  to  Virginia  he  entered 
on  a  period  of  office  holding  only  terminated  by  his  death.  From 
vestryman  of  his  parish  and  justice  of  his  county,  he  became  a  member 
of  the  House  of  Burgesses  at  the  session  of  1691-92,  and  again  served 
at  the  sessions  of  1605-06.  1696-97,  1698,  1699,  and  was  Speaker  of 
the  House  in  1696  and  1699.  In  1699  he  was  appointed  to  the  Council 
and  remained  a  member  of  that  body  until  1732.  He  was  Treasurer 
of  the  Colony  (an  office  usually  held  in  combination  with  the  Speaker- 
ship") 1600- 1705.  On  July  8,  1726,  when  Edmund  Jenings  was  sus- 
pended, Col.  Carter  became  acting  Governor  and  remained  at  the  head 
of  the  government  until  Sept.  8,  1727,  when  William  Gooch  became 
Governor. 

He  was  much  interested  in  education  (see  this  Magazine  XXXI,  39-41) 
and  was  rector  and  long  a  visitor  of  William  and  Mary,  where  he 
endowed  a  scholarship.  By  his  will  he  left  £200  besides  the  material 
for  the  fine  old  brick  church  still  standing  in  Christ  Church  parish, 
Lancaster  County.  He  made  the  condition  that  the  chancel  of  the  new 
church  should  be  reserved  as  burial  place  for  his  family,  as  the  old 
chancel  had  been  and  that  a  commodious  family  pew  be  erected  in  the 
new  chancel.  He  also  gave  £20  for  a  piece  of  plate  for  the  church. 
The  large  square  pew,  which  seems  to  have  had  a  canopy  over  it, 
still  remains  in  the  church,  and  tradition  has  it  that  "King"  Carter 
(as  he  was  called  from  his  wealth  and  influence)  sat  in  a  large  chair 
in   the  center  of   it. 

Through  his  position  as  agent  for  the  proprietors  of  the  Northern 
Neck  he  not  only  received  a  considerable  income,  but  was  able  to  take 
up  by  grant,  immense  tracts  of  good  land.  His  will  and  many  deeds 
show  that  he  also  bought  much  land  from  private  individuals.  Among 
these  purchases  were  the  "Ripon  Hall"  estate,  York  County,  from  the 
heirs  of  Edmund  Jenings;  "Nomini",  Westmoreland  (6000  acres)  from 
the  Spencers,  and  (about  the  date  of  Robert  Carter's  will)  the  whole 
real  and  personal  estate  in  Virginia,  which  had  belonged  to  John  Lloyd, 


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deed.,  this  last  named  property  probably  had  belonged  to  John 
Lloyd,  formerly  of  Richmond  County,  Va.,  who  had  married  Elizabeth, 
only  daughter  and  heiress  of  Col.  John  Carter,  Sr.,  elder  brother  of 
Robert  Carter.  The  sale  was  made  by  order  of  the  Court  of  Chan- 
cery in  England.  The  suit  which  caused  the  sale  of  the  Lloyd  estate, 
must  have  been  concluded  within  a  year  or  two  of  the  date  of  Robert 
Carter's  will,  June  9,  1730,  and  it  is  believed  that  the  papers  in  the 
case   would   furnish   interesting   information  as   to   the  early   Carters. 

Robert  Carter's  will  and  the  inventory  of  his  great  estate  were 
printed  in  this  Magazine  V,  408-428;  VI,  1-22,  145-152,  260-268,  365- 
370;  VIL  64-68.  Col.  Carter  was  a  man  of  affairs  rather  than  books; 
but  the  list  of  his  library  contains  about  233  titles,  and  a  considerably 
larger  number  of  volumes.  Law  and  theology  were  most  largely  rep- 
resented ;  but  he  had  such  works  as  Burnet's  histories,  Cowley,  Cam- 
den's Brittania,  Addison,  Paschal's  Thoughts,  Josephus,  Horace,  Ter- 
ence, Rapin's  History  of  England,  Caesar,  Sydney  "Of  Government", 
Prynn,  Eilmer,  Hale,  Temple's  Letters,  Tacitus,  Homer,  Evelyn's  Sylva 
and  Ovid's   Metamorphoses. 

In  the  Gentlemen's  Magazine,  November,  1732,  appears  under  deaths, 
"Robert  Carter,  Esq.,  in  Virginia.  He  was  President  of  the  Council 
and  left  among  his  children  above  300000  acres  of  land,  about  1000 
negroes  and  £10,000  in  money." 

The  Carter  home  "Corotoman",  was  beautifully  situated  on  a  low 
bluff  close  to  the  Rappahannock  where  it  is  near  its  mouth  and  is 
several  miles  wide.  The  house  stood  on  a  neck  of  land  between  the 
points  where  Corotoman  River  and  Carter's  Creek  enter  the  Rap- 
pahannock. A  plat  of  the  estate,  then  containing  about  8000  acres  made 
early  in  the  nineteenth  century,  is  preserved  at  I^ncaster  Court  House. 
Along  the  water  front  are  the  remains  of  a  breakwater  made  by  ballast 
dumped  there.  The  Maryland  Gazette  of  Feb.  4,  1729,  mentions  the 
burning  of  the  large  house  of  Col.  Carter — no  doubt  the  original  resi- 
dence at  "Corotoman". 

Some  of  the  rooms  named  in  the  inventory  of  1732,  were  the 
old  house  dining  room,  the  dining  room  closet,  the  chamber  over 
the  dining  room,  the  lower  chamber,  the  chamber  closet,  the  lower 
chamber  closets,  the  chamber  over  the  lower  chamber,  the  porch  chamber, 
the  brick  house  chamber,  the  brick  store,  the  chamber  over  the  brick 
store,  the  brick  house  loft,  the  rum  cellar,  the  outward  cellar,  kitchen, 
kitchen  loft,  pantry,  office  store,  office  chambers,  spring  house,  spring 
house  chambers,  new  dairy  store,  the  old  dairy,  new  dairy  loft,  outward 
cider  house,  inward  cider  house,  smiths  shop,  the  quarter,  quarter  lofts, 
sloop  landing  house,  still  house,  old  coach  house,  new  coach  house, 
the  nail  store  etc.,  etc. 

St.  Leger  Landon  Carter  wrote  in  1834,  of  the  "dilapidated  manor 
house"  at  "Corotoman".  When  this  writer  visited  the  place  about 
seventeen  years  ago  the  site  of  the  house  and  grounds  was  covered 
by  a  heavy  crop  of  corn  and  no  signs  of  them  could  be  seen.  A 
battered  two  story  frame  house  remained  said  to  have  been  the  quarters 
of  the  house  servants.  At  intervals,  between  "Corotoman"  and  Christ 
Church  could  be  seen  tall  cedars  on  e.ich  side  of  a  sti. light  ro.ul,  with 
bank  and  ditch.  It  was  .said  tliat  originally  this  cedar  edged  road  ex 
tended    from   the   church   to   the   house.      Many   parts    have   disappeared. 

Robert  Carter  married  1st.  in  1688,  Judith,  daughter  of  John  Armis- 
tead,    of    Gloucester    County   and   member   of    the   Council,    and    2nd.    in 


20  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

1701,  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Richard  Wilhs,  and  daughter  of  Thomas 
Landon,  of  Middlesex  County,  Va.,  formerly  of  Crednal,  Hereforshire, 
England.  She  qualified  as  administratrix  of  Richard  Willis,  Feb.  3, 
1700,  and  on  April  3,  1701,  Robert  Carter  made  a  deed  in  view  of 
his  intended  marriage  with  her. 

In  another  deed  Jan.  30,  1701-2,  he  speaks  of  her  as  his  wife.  Mrs. 
Judith  Carter  died  Feb.  23,  1699,  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Carter,  July  3. 
1 7 19  in  her  36th  year.  Both  were  buried  at  Christ  Church.  Their 
tombs  have  been  mutilated,  but  the  epitaphs  have  been  copied  and 
published. 

Robert    Carter    had    issue:    (ist    m.)     i.    John    of    "Corotoman"    and 

"Shirley";   2.  Elizabeth,   born  in  ,  died   1721,  married   ist   Nathaniel 

Burwell,  of  "Carter's  Creek",  Gloucester  County  and  2nd  Dr.  George 
Nicholas;  3.  Judith,  married  Mann  Page,  of  "Rosewell",  Gloucester 
County;  (2nd  marriage);  4.  Anne,  married  Benjamin  Harrison,  of 
"Berkeley",  Charles  City  County  (see  Harrison  genealogy  in  course 
of  publication  in  the  Magazine)  ;  5.  Robert  of  "Nomini",  Westmoreland 
County.  One  of  the  most  interesting  of  colonial  documents  is  the 
diary  of  Philip  Fithian,  while  a  tutor  at  "Nomini",  during  the  time 
of  Robert  Carter  (3d),  grandson  of  "King"  Carter.  Dr.  Tyler  has 
printed  in  the  William  and  Mary  Quarterly,  X,  232-241  ;  XI,  21-28, 
the  catalogue  of  his  large  and  valuable  library;  6.  Sarah,  died  young; 
7.  Betty,  died  young;  8.  Ludlow,  died  young;  9.  Charles  Carter,  of 
"Cleve",  King  George  County,  whose  will,  edited  by  Mr.  Fairfax  Har- 
rison, was  published  in  the  Virginia  Magazine  of  History  and  Biography, 
XXXI,  39-69;  ID.  Landon,  of  "Sabine  Hall",  Richmond  County.  Ex- 
tracts from  his  diary  have  been  published  in  the  IVilliam  and  Mary 
Quarterly,  XIII,  43-45.   i57-i65.  219-221,  XIV,  38-44.    181-186,  246-253, 

XV,  15-20,  86-87,  205-211;  XVI,  149-156,  257-269;  XVII,  37-44;  XX. 

173-180;  XXI,  172-181;  II.  Lucy,  married  Henry  Fitzhugh,  of  "Eagles 
Nest",  King  George  County;  12.  George,  of  the  Middle  Temple,  died 
unmarried.     His   will   was   printed  in   this   Magazine   XV,   426-427. 

The  principal  printed  sources  of  information  in  regard  to  the  Carter 
family  in  addition  to  those  cited  are  Tlic  Carter  Tree,  first  edited  by 
Capt.  R.  R.  Carter,  of  "Shirley",  and  the  second  edition,  in  1897,  greatly 
enlarged,  by  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Oliver.  "The  Carters  of  Virginia", 
with  many  portraits  and  other  illustrations  in  Glenn's  Sonic  Colonial 
Mansions  (Phila.  1899),  217-293;  The  Virginia  Magazine  of  History 
and  Biography  II,  235-238;  XXII,  380-382;  XXX,  70-79;  IViUiani  and 
Mary  Quarterly,  Vols.  I,  III,  V,  VI,  VIII,  IX,  X,  XI,  XIII;  and 
Keith's  Ancestry  of  Benjamin  Harrison. 

Robert  Carter  was  buried  under  a  very  large  and  handsome  tomb 
in  the  churchyard  at  Christ  Church,  Lancaster,  which  is  now  only  a 
heap  of  fragments.  Only  a  portion  of  the  shield  remains.  This  bears 
the  arms  of  Carter;  a  chevron  bctweoi  three  cart  zvhecls,  crest;  a 
talbot  sejant  upon  a  wreath,  its  dexter  paw  on  an  escutcheon  containing 
a  Catherine  wheel. 

The  arms  on  the  tomb  of  his  wife  Judith  are  better  preserved.  Her 
tomb  has  two  shields,  the  first  Carter  empaling  three  crosses  crosslet, 
and  the  second  Carter  empaling  Ludlow,  (i  chevron  betzvccn  three 
viartens  heads. 

Fortunately  the  epitaph  of  Robert  Carter  was  copied  many  years 
ago.     It  is  as   follows : 


bitK    .IllX    ,l/v    .X    .7. 


X»l' •  »Ul>i»l'l  I      l»\)Alv   .  <>i  •..■'i     iiu 


/■'4,..>v     viC'l    !i»(i(fr.i    ki.y. 


VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  21 

"H.    S.   E. 
Vir    honorabilis    Robertus 
Carter,   Armiger,   qui   genus 
honestum    dotibus    eximiliis 
et   moribus  antiquis    illus- 
travit.     Collegium  Guliel- 
mi  et  Mariae  temporibus 
difificillimis  propugnavit, 
Gubernator. 
Senatus   Rogator  et 
Quaestor  sub  scren- 
issimis  Principibus  Guilielmo, 
Anna,  Georgio  Primo  et  Secundo. 
A  publicis  concilliis  con- 
cillii  per  sexenniune  praises ; 
plus  anno  Coloniae  Praefec- 
tus,  cum  regiam  dignitatem 
et  publicam  libertatem 
aequali  jure  asseruit, 
Opibus   amplissimis 
bene   partis   instructus, 
Aedem  banc  sacrani,  in 
Deum  pictatis   grande  mo- 
numentum  propriis 
sumptibus  extruit. 
Locu  pletavit. 

In  omnes  quos   humaniter 

excepit   nee   prodigus   nee 

parous  hospes.     Liberali- 

tatem  insignem  testantur 

debita   munifice   remissa. 

Primo   Juditham,   Johannis 

Armistead,   Armigera, 

filiam;  deinde  Betty, 

generosa  Landonorum  stirpe 

oriundam,   sibi  connubio 

junctas  habuit:   equibus 

prolem  numerosam   sus- 

cepit,  in  qua   erudienda 

pecuniae  vim  maximani 

insumpsit. 

Tandem  honorum  et  dierum 

satur,   cum   omnis   vitae 


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munera  egregias  prses- 

titisset,  obiit  Pri.     Norn 

Aug.  An.  Dotn.   1732,  act.  69. 

"Miseri   solamen,  viduae 

praesiduum,    orbi    patrem, 

ademptum  lugent." 

4.  William  Byrd  of  "Westover,"  Charles  City  County  was  son  of  Wil- 
liam Byrd,  of  Henrico  County  and  "Westover";  who  as  Burgess,  Coun- 
cillor, Auditor  and  Receiver  General,  Indian  trader,  merchant  and  planter 
was  long  one  of  the  leading  men  in  Virginia.  William  Byrd  the  elder, 
came  of  a  London  family,  deriving  descent,  as  happened  so  frequently, 
from  a  younger  son  of  a  country  gentleman — in  this  case  of  Cheshire. 
There  is  still  in  possession  of  the  family  a  long  parchment  roll  (there  was 
a  copy  on  paper  at  "Brandon")  which  was  prepared  for  William  Byrd, 
the  emigrant,  in  1702,  which  traces  his  line  to  a  remote  period.  The 
arms  in  colors  of  various  allied  families  are  shown  at  intervals  through- 
out the  roll.  This  pedigree  is  to  a  great  extent  the  same  as  one  given 
in  Holmes  "Heraldic  Collections  for  Cheshire"  (Harlian  MSS,  21 19), 
but  how  far  it  is  correct  could  only  be  established  by  a  thorough  search 
of  English  records.  Through  his  mother,  Mary  Horsmanden,  William 
Byrd  of  the  text,  was  descended  from  Daniel  Horsmanden,  the  Loyalist 
rector  of  Ulcombe,  Kent,  and  through  the  latter's  wife  Ursula,  daughter 
of  Sir  Warham  St.  Leger,  of  Ulcombe,  from  one  of  the  most  eminent 
knightly  families  of  England. 

William  Byrd  the  younger  was  born  March  28,  1674,  and  died  August 
26,  1744.  Before  he  was  ten  years  old  he  was  sent  to  England  for  edu- 
cation, and  as  Professor  Bassett.  editor  of  the  last  edition  of  his  writings, 
has  noted,  was  thrown  entirely  among  his  mother's  people.  Later  he  was 
sent  to  Holland;  but  in  1690  returned  to  England  and  on  April  26,  1692, 
was  admitted  to  the  Middle  Temple.  He  returned  to  Virginia  by  1696  and 
was  immediately  elected  a  Burgess  for  Henrico  County;  but  early  in 
the  next  year  went  again  to  England,  and  in  October,  1698,  was  ap- 
pointed agent  for  Virginia  there,  an  office  he  retained  until  1701.  Dur- 
ing this  stay  in  England  he  made  many  congenial  friends,  and  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  Royal  Society.  On  the  receipt  of  the  news  of  his 
father's  death  he  returned  again  to  Virginia  and  in  a  short  time  was 
appointed  Receiver  General.  In  1708  he  was  appointed  to  the  Council 
and  before  his  death  became  President  of  that  body.  He  was  actively 
engaged  in  planting,  acquiring  by  grant  and  purchase  large  tracts  of 
land,  and  in  colonial  politics.  In  1715  he  went  again  to  England  where 
he  remained  until  1720,  when  he  returned  to  Virginia.  He  was  how- 
ever immediately  reappointed  Agent  and  went  once  more  to  England, 
where  he  lived  until  1726.     He  then  came  back  to  Virginia  and  spent  the 


LS 


VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  23 

rest  of  his  life  at  "Westover."  He  was  not  content  to  be  merely  a 
country  gentleman.  In  1728  and  1729  he  was  one  of  the  Commissioners 
to  run  the  boundry  line  between  Virginia  and  North  Carolina ;  led  by 
his  interest  in  iron  works  he  made  his  trip  to  the  mines  and  in  order  to 
inspect  his  lands  in  Southern  Virginia  and  North  Carolina,  went  on  the 
"Journey  to  the  Land  of  Eden."  In  1733,  with  the  assistance  of  Major 
William  Mayo,  as  surveyor,  he  laid  out  the  town  of  Richmond  and  in 
1737  advertised  the  lots  for  sale.  He  gave  the  site  for  St.  Johns  Church, 
Richmond,  and  was  a  contributor  towards  the  cost  of  building.  He  was 
interested  in  bringing  Swiss,  Germans  and  French  to  the  Colony.  His 
writings,  the  History  of  the  Dividing  Line,  A  Journey  to  the  Land  of 
Eden,  A  Progress  to  the  Mines  (all  composed  without  thought  of  pub- 
lication) are  still  delightful  reading.  Professor  Basset  says  "It  is  im- 
possible to  read  him  without  interest.  It  would  be  hard  to  find  before 
Franklin,  a  better  master  of  the  art  of  writing  clear,  forcible  and  charm- 
ing English." 

Col.  Byrd  was  a  broad-minded,  patriotic  man  and  the  most  accomplished 
and  cultured  gentleman  in  Virginia.  The  house  he  built  and  grounds 
laid  out  at  "Westover,"  were  aniung  the  best  in  the  Colony.  The  house 
\\a.i  burnt  during  the  ownership  of  his  son  and  though  there  is  no  account 
01  the  e.xtcnt  of  the  damage,  it  is  probable  that  the  structure  was  re- 
stored very  much  to  its  former  state.  The  fact  that  tradition  from  "time 
out  of  mind"  identifies  certain  rooms  in  the  present  house  with  those  in 
existance  before  the  fire,  is  strong  evidence  that  the  destruction  was  only 
partial.  Tradition  may  err  as  to  matters  several  hundred  years  back, 
but  it  has  only  been  about  a  hundred  years  since  the  Byrds  sold  "West- 
over,"  and  the  succeeding  owners,  Harrison,  Carter  and  Selden,  were  in 
a  position   to   receive  accurate  accounts. 

The  ornamental  grounds,  whose  beauty  is  spoken  of  by  Chastellux, 
who  visited  the  place  in  1781,  would  appear,  from  the  tone  of  what  he 
says,  to  have  included  more  than  the  present  lawn  and  walled  garden. 

The  library,  of  nearly  4,000  volumes,  was  the  largest  private  collec- 
tion in  the  English  Colonies.  The  catalogue  may  be  most  conveniently 
consulted  in   Bassett's  edition  of    Byrd's   writings. 

Luxury  and  fashionable  society  never  enervated  Col.  Byrd.  He  was 
always  a  man  "taking  with  frolic  welcome  the  sunshine  and  the  storm." 
Many  passages  in  his  writings  show  the  good  humor  and  courage  with 
which  he  met  all  the  viscisitudes  of  his  travels  through  what  was  then 
a  wilderness.  Nor  were  physical  difficulties  his  only  source  of  trouble. 
Though  happy  in  his  family,  his  home  and  his  pursuits,  he  was  for  many 
years  in  financial  difficulties.  At  the  death  of  the  father  of  his  first 
wife.  Col.  Daniel  Parke,  John  Custis  and  his  wife  the  other  daughter 
and  co-heiress,  received  the  large  Parke  estate  in  Virginia,  and  Col.  Byrd 


24  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

what  was  supposed  to  be  a  much  greater  property  in  the  West  Indies  and 
England,  on  the  condition  that  he  undertook  the  payment  of  Col.  Parke's 
debts.  The  result  was  that  for  years  he  was  burdened  with  a  great 
debt  which  caused  him  so  much  distress  that  he  made  several  efforts  to 
sell  "Westover."  This  debt  appears  to  have  been  fully  paid  just  be- 
fore his  death.  He  thus  left  a  splendid  estate  free  from  any  important 
incumbrance.  Professor  Bassett  estimates  that  at  his  death  he  owned 
179440  acres  of  land. 

No  copy  of  Col.  Byrd's  will  is  known  to  exist.  In  one  of  the  few 
remaining  Charles  City  County  record  books  is  this  entry  "March  1744, 
The  will  of  William  Byrd,  Esq.  presented  by  Mrs.  Maria  Byrd  one  of 
the  executors  and  proved  by  the  oaths  of  William  Proctor  and  William 
Stith,  two  of  the  witnesses,  who  swore  they  saw  Peter  Fontaine,  the 
other  witness,  sign."  The  will  book  covering  this  period  was  stolen  or 
destroyed.  Col.  Byrd,  it  would  seem,  would  have  had  property  interests 
in  England  (certainly  much  tobacco),  which  would  have  made  it  neces- 
sary for  his  will  to  have  been  proved  there  before  his  executors  could 
act;  but  a  recent  search  has  shown  that  it  is  not  in  the  Probate  Court 
of  Canterbury  where  all  colonial  wills  were  proved.  If  there  is  a  copy 
in  private  hands  it  is  hoped  that  the  owner  will  make  the  fact  known. 

William  Byrd's  writings  were  edited  by  Edmund  Ruffin  in  1841 ;  T.  H. 
Wynn  in  1866,  and  J.  S.  Bassett  in  1901.  Some  of  his  letters  were 
printed  in  Mrs.  Lee's  Memoir  of  G.  W.  P.  Custis,  in  Lossing's  edition 
of  the  latter's  Recollections.  Others  published  in  the  Viryiuia  Macjazine 
of  Histroy  and  Biography  IX,  1 13-130,  225,  251.  It  is  a  pity  that  more 
of  these  delightful  letters  (which  are  known  to  exist)  have  not  been 
made  public. 

There  have  been  numerous  magazine  articles  about  Westover,  as  well 
as  notices  in  historical  and  architectural  works,  and  several  novels  with 
Byrd  as  the  hero — most  of  them  showing  no  understanding  of  the  man. 
The  careful  study,  political  and  personal,  of  "The  Byrd  Family  in  Vir- 
guiia"  by  Professor  Bassett  is  of  value  and  interest.  This  edition  also 
includes  a  genealogy  of  the  Byrd  family.  The  will  of  Mrs.  Mary  Willing 
Byrd,  second  wife  of  the  third  William,  was  printed  with  many  notes, 
in  the  Va.  Magazine  of  History  and  Biography  VI,  346-358,  and  that  of 
her  husband  (also  annotated)   in  Vol.  IX,  80-88  of  the  same  Magazine. 

In  the  Orrery  Papers  (London,  1903),  are  several  letters  from  Col. 
Byrd  to  his  friends  Charles  Boyle,  Eary  of  Orrery,  and  the  letter's  son 
John,  Lord  Boyle,  who  during  the  period  of  this  correspondence  succeeded 
his  father  in  the  earldom.  As  these  letters  are  practically  unknown  here 
and  show  the  nature  of  Byrd's  relations  with  his  English  friends  and  his 
knowledge  of   English  men  and  affairs  they  are  reprinted. 


VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  25 


To  Charles  Earl  of  Orrery. 

"Virginia,  March  16,  1719. 
My  Lord, — The  many  Favours  I  was  so  happy  as  to  receive  from  Your 
Lordship  in  England,  stick  fast  in  my  Memory  in  all  Clymates  and  I 
believe  I  could  go  thro'  the  Ceremony  of  Husqucnazuing  without  forget- 
ting them.  This  Operation  is  performed  upon  the  Indians  of  this  part 
of  the  World  at  the  Age  of  Puberty  when  they  commence  Men  and  is 
in  order  to  make  them  forget  all  the  Pollys  of  their  Childhood.  For  this 
end  they  are  lockt  up  in  a  place  of  Security,  and  the  Physicians  of  the 
place  ply  them  Night  and  Morning  with  a  Potion  that  transports  them 
out  of  their  Senses,  and  makes  them  perfectly  mad  for  Six  Weeks  to- 
gether. When  this  time  is  expired  they  are  kept  upon  meagre  Dyet  for 
three  days,  and  in  that  Space  they  return  to  their  Understanding,  but 
pretend  to  have  forgot  everything  that  befell  them  in  the  early  part  of 
their  Lives.  I  had  no  reason  to  have  been  terrified  at  a  winter's  passage, 
for  it  was  the  most  agreeable  that  ever  I  had  in  my  life.  In  about  a 
week  we  got  into  a  pleasant  Latitude  betwixt  30  and  40,  where  we  found 
the  Air  as  mild  as  it  is  with  you  in  April ;  in  that  fine  Clymate  we  saild 
about  a  thousand  Leagues  till  we  got  to  the  west  of  Bermudas,  having 
all  the  while  the  finest  weather  in  the  World.  Two  days  before  we 
saild  by  that  Island,  we  understood  there  had  been  a  Pyrate  of  good 
force,  that  had  plundered  several  Ships,  and  among  the  rest  a  Portuguese 
Admiral  who  was  returning  home  from  Brasiil  richly  laden,  out  of  which 
the  Pyrate  took  a  prodigious  Booty  in  Gold.  However  we  had  the  good 
fortune  to  miss  him.  These  Rogues  swarm  in  this  part  of  the  World, 
as  we  are  told  of  70  Sail  at  least  that  haunt  the  several  parts  of  America ; 
and  our  Captains  of  Men  of  War  are  so  intent  on  Trade  that  they  neg- 
lect their  Stations,  and  contrive  to  be  blown  away  to  the  Country  whither 
their  Traffick  calls  them.  This  is  so  great  an  Abuse  that  the  Nation 
is  at  the  Expence  of  building  and  maintaining  Ships  of  War,  for  the 
enabling  the  Commanders  of  them  to  ruin  the  fair  Traders  in  every 
Country  where  they  come.  For  these  Gentlemen  pay  neither  Freight  mior 
Custome,  nor  run  any  Risque,  by  which  Iniquity  they  are  in  condition 
to  undersell  all  those  that  do.  We  have  some  !Men  here  who  have  been 
on  some  of  the  Branches  of  Massasipi  River.  The  nearest  to  us  are 
500  miles  from  this  Country;  lying  about  the  Latitude  of  30,  and  these 
Travellers  say  theyl  never  saw  either  a  finer  Soil  or  a  finer  Clymate. 
But  these  Branches  are  at  least  300  miles  from  the  mouth  of  the  River 
where  the  French  are  seated,  and  great  Waterfalls  intercept  all  passage 
from  one  to  the  other  by  Water.  The  Indians  are  very  numerous  on 
the  Branches  of  the  River;  and  if  the  French  find  Means  to  gain  them 
it  will  render  the  English  Plantations  very  unsafe.     And  when  it  comes 


26  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

to  that,  what  with  the  ill  treatment  of  the  English  Governors,  and  the 
great  encouragement  given  by  the  French  to  their  Colonies  the  English 
Plantations  will  make  no  difficulty  of  changing  their  Masters,  unless  some 
measures  be  taken  to  restrain  the  arbitrary  behaviour  of  these  little 
Rulers  whose  heads  grow  giddy  with  their  power  upon  which  they  imme- 
diately set  up  for  Princes  and  Sovereigns. — I  am,  My  Lord,  yr  most  faith- 
ful humble  Servant, 

W.    Byrd." 


To  Charles,  Earl  of  Orrery. 

"Virginia,  July  5,   1726. 
Mv  Lord, — 

Soon  after  my  arrival  I  had  the  honour  to  write  to  Your  Ldsp  to  ac- 
quaint you  that  we  had  happaly  escaped  all  the  Dangers  of  the  Sea,  and 
were  safely  landed  at  my  own  House.  There  was  nothing  frightfull  in 
the  whole  Voyage  but  a  suddain  Puff  that  carried  away  our  Topmast, 
which  in  the  falling  gave  a  very  bad  crack,  but  we  received  no  other 
Damage,  neither  were  our  Women  terrified  at  It.  The  beautifullest 
Bloom  of  our  Spring  when  we  came  Ashore,  gave  Mrs.  Byrd  a  good 
impression  of  the  Country.  But  since  that  the  Weather  is  grown  Warm, 
and  some  days  have  been  troublesome  eno'  to  make  Her  wish  herself 
back  in  England.  She  now  begins  to  be  seasoned  to  the  Heat,  and  to 
think  more  favourably  of  our  Clymate.  She  comforts  herself  with  the 
thought  that  a  warm  Sun  is  necessary  to  ripen  our  fine  Fruit,  and  so 
pays  herself  with  the  Pleasure  of  one  Sense,  for  the  Inconvenience  that 
attends  tho  others.  I  must  own  to  Yr  Ldship  that  we  have  about  three 
months  that  impatient  People  call  warm,  but  the  Colonel  would  think 
them  cool  enough  for  a  pair  of  Blankets,  and  perhaps  a  comfortable 
Counterpain  into  the  Bargain.  Yet  there  are  not  10  days  in  the  whole 
summer  that  Yr  Ldsp  would  compain  of,  and  they  happen  when  the 
Breazes  fail  us  and  it  is  a  dead  Calme.  But  then  the  other  nine  Months 
are  most  charmingly  delightfull,  with  a  fine  Air  and  a  Serene  Sky  that 
keeps  us  in  Good  Health  and  Good  Humour.  Spleen  and  vapours  are  as 
absolute  Rarities  here  as  a  Winter's  Sun,  or  a  Publick  Spirit  in  Eng- 
land. A  Man  may  eat  Beef,  be  as  lazy  as  Captain  Hardy,  or  even  marry 
in  this  Clymate,  without  having  the  least  Inclination  to  hang  himself. 
It  would  cure  all  Air.  Hutchinson's  distempers  if  the  Ministry  would 
transport  him  hither  unless  they  sent  Lady  G — (?)  along  with  him. 
Your  Ldsp  will  allow  it  to  be  a  fair  Commendation  of  a  Country  that  it 
reconciles  a  Man  to  himself,  and  makes  him  suffer  the  weight  of  his 
misfortunes  with  the  same  tranquility  that  he  bears  with  his  own 
Frailtys.      After   your    September    is    over,    I    shall    wish    your    Ldsp   a 


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little  of  our  Sunshine  to  disperse  that  Fogg  and  Smoake  with  which  your 
Atmosphere  is  loaded.  Tis  miraculous  that  any  Lungs  can  breath  in 
an  Air  compounded  of  so  many  different  Vapours  and  Exhalations  like 
that  of  dirty  London.  For  my  part  mine  were  never  of  a  texture  to 
bear  it  in  winter  without  great  convulsions,  so  that  nothing  could  make 
me  amends  for  that  uneasiness  but  the  pleasure  of  being  near  your  Lord- 
ship. Besides  the  advantage  of  a  pure  Air,  we  abound  in  all  kinds  of 
Provisions  without  expence  (I  mean  we  who  have  Plantations).  I  have 
a  large  Family  of  my  own,  and  my  Doors  are  open  to  Every  Body,  yet 
I  have  no  Bills  to  pay,  and  half-a-Crown  will  rest  undisturbed  in  my 
Pocket  for  many  Moons  together.  Like  one  of  the  Patriarchs,  I  have 
my  Flocks  and  my  Herds,  my  Bond-men  and  Bond-women,  and  every 
Soart  of  Trade  amongst  my  own  Servants,  so  that  I  live  in  a  kind  of 
Independence  on  every  one  but  Providence.  However  this  Soart  of 
Life  is  without  expence,  yet  is  is  attended  with  a  great  deal  of  trouble. 
I  must  take  care  to  keep  all  my  people  to  their  Duty,  to  set  all  the 
Springs  in  motion  and  to  make  every  one  draw  his  equal  Share  to  carry 
the  Machine  forward.  But  then  'tis  an  amusement  in  this  silent  Country 
and  a  contniual  exercise  of  our   Patience  and  Economy. 

Another  thing  My  Lord  that  recommends  this  Country  very  much — 
we  sit  securely  under  our  Vines  and  our  Fig  Trees  without  any  Danger 
to  our  Property.  We  have  neither  publick  Robbers  nor  private,  which 
Your  Ldsp  will  think  very  strange,  when  we  have  often  needy  Gov- 
ernors, and  pilfering  Convicts  sent  amongst  us.  The  first  of  these  it  is 
suspected  have  some-times  an  inclination  to  plunder,  but  want  the  pow'r, 
and  tho'  they  may  be  Tyrants  in  their  Nature,  yet  they  are  Tyrants  with- 
out Guards,  which  makes  them  as  harmless  as  a  Scold  would  be  without 
a  Tongue.  Xeither  can  they  do  much  Injustice  by  being  partial  in  Judg- 
ment, because  in  the  Supreme  Court  the  Council  have  each  an  equal 
Vote  with  them.  Thus  both  the  Teeth  and  the  Claws  of  the  Lion  are 
secured,  and  He  can  neither  bite  nor  tear  us,  except  we  turn  him  loose 
upon  Ourselves.  I  wish  this  was  the  Case  with  all  his  Majesty's  good 
Subjects,  and  I  dare  say  Your  Ldsp  has  the  goodness  to  wish  so  too. 
Then  we  have  no  such  Trades  carried  on  amongst  us,  as  that  of  Horse- 
breakers,  [Housebreakers?]  Highway-men,  or  Beggers.  We  can  rest 
securely  in  our  Beds  with  all  our  Doors  and  Windows  open,  and  yet 
find  every  thing  exactly  in  place  the  next  Morning.  We  can  travel  all 
over  the  Country  by  Night  and  by  Day,  unguarded  and  unarmed,  and 
never  meet  with  any  Person  so  rude  as  to  bid  us  Stand.  We  have  no 
Vagrant  Mendicants  to  seize  and  deafen  us  wherever  we  go,  as  in  your 
Island  of  Beggers.  Thus  My  Lord  we  are  very  happy  in  our  Canaans 
if  we  could  but  forget  the  Onions  and  Fleshpots  of  Egypt.  There  are 
so  many  Temptations  in  England  to  inflame  the  Appetite  and  charm  the 
Senses,  that  we  are  content  to  run  all  Risques  to  enjoy  them.     They  al- 


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25  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

ways  had  I  must  own  too  strong  an  Influence  upon  me,  as  Your  Ldsp 
will  belive  when  they  could  keep  me  so  long  from  the  more  solid  pleas- 
ures of  Innocence  and  Retirement.  I  doubt  not  but  My  Lord  Boyle  has 
learn't  at  Paris  to  i)erform  all  his  Exercises  in  perfection  and  is  be- 
come an  absolute  Master  of  the  French  Language.  I  wish  every  Secre- 
tary of  State  could  write  it  as  perfectly  as  his  Ldsp  does,  that  their 
Performances  might  not  be  subjected  to  the  Correction  of  Mr.  De  La 
Fay.  I  am  sure  that  Lord  Boyle  will  in  every  respect  Answer  the  affec- 
tionate care  your  Lordship  has  taken  of  him,  and  I  suppose  It  will  not 
be  long  before  I  shall  have  the  pleasure  to  hear  that  he  is  happily  mar- 
ried, for  it  now  seems  wholy  to  depend  upon  Him,  to  furnish  Heirs  to 
the  Noble  Family  of  his  Name.  I  most  heartily  long  to  hear  from  Your 
Ixjrdship,  and  shall  rejoice  at  every  happy  Accident  that  befalls  you,  for 
I  am  as  much  as  any  Man  alive,   My  Lord,  yr  etc. 

\V.  Byrd." 


To  John  Lord  Boyle. 


"Virginia,  Feby.  2d,  1726/7. 
My  Dear  Lord. — The  Historical  Epistle  which  You  did  me  the 
Honour  to  send  me,  of  the  30th  of  June  last,  gave  us  great  Enter- 
tainment. Every  thing  is  described  with  so  much  life  and  propriety 
that  I  fancyed  the  Objects  themselves  present  before  my  eyes.  I  could 
imagine  I  saw  Miss  Die  Chapman  bridle  up  and  look  happy  when  the 
Queen  of  France  seemed  gracious,  and  put  on  her  disappointed  Face 
when  Her  Majesty  withdrew  her  Smiles.  I  could  also  figure  your  Lord- 
ship performing  the  friendly  Office  of  picking  up  some  of  Lord 
Windsor's  Effects,  and  others  of  them  droping  while  he  was  bowing 
low  for  the  trouble  he  had  the  misfortune  of  giving  you.  I  could  also 
paint  the  sprightly  Colonel  nodding  over  his  Draughts,  and  cracking 
a  stale  Joke  for  the  hundred  and  fiftieth  time,  while  some  of  the  Com- 
pany take  the  liberty  to  laugh,  not  so  much  at  the  Story  as  the  Historian. 
As  some  People  are  very  awkward  when  they  are  Gay,  I  believe  the 
French  are  so  when  they  are  melancholy.  It  is  a  most  unnatural  part 
for  that  merry  Nation  to  Act,  which  used  to  Sing  when  they  had 
short  Commons,  and  dance  in  wooden  shoes,  either  of  which  would  make 
a  true  Briton  very  low  Spirited.  I  was  in  hopes  your  Lordship  had 
quitted  your  Passion  for  Old  Women  when  you  quitted  England,  and 
resigned  your  Claims  to  Withered  Beauties  to  your  God  Father.  His 
Grace  has  an  aversion  to  green  Charms,  they  set  his  Teeth  on  Edge, 
and  therefore  he  loves  the  Fruit  better  when  it  is  mellow.  However 
if  that  taste  followed  by  you  beyond  the  Seas,  I  wonder  you  could 
want  an  agreeable  Old  Woman  in   France  so  long  as   Lady   Sandwich 


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was  there;  tho'  I  must  confess  it  was  exceeding  odd  in  your  Lordship 
to  expect  to  meet  with  Ancient  Ladys  in  a  Country  where  every  Creature 
is   young,   at   least   every  Age   puts   on   the   same    youthful    Ornaments, 
and   is   amused   with    the    same    youthful    Trifles.      And   if    you    should 
ask   an    Old    Fellow    how    old   he    was,    instead    of    answering    that    he 
was  turned  of   four  score,  He  will  tell  you  that  blessed  be  his    Stars, 
he  found  himself  in  perfect  good  Health.     It  is  a  pity  that  Lord  North 
should  so   far   forget  his   Character  and  Quality  as  to  treat  Ladys   of 
Honour  with   Indecency.     I    fear   he  has  accustomed   himself    so  much 
to  the  Conversation  of— Females  that  he  is  apt  to  forget  himself  when 
he   happens    into   better    Company.      I    am   the    more    concerned    for   his 
Lordship,  because  if   Fine  Things  come  out  of  his  Mouth  with  none  of 
the   best  Grace,   how  shocking  must   Rude   Ones   appear!     I   will   trust 
Old  Ned  fur  good  Claret  and  an  easy  Chair,  to  mend  his   Shape  and 
brighten    up    his    Genius,    which    in    the    cloudiest    English    weather    lies 
extreamly   towards   getting   to   as    full   an   Understanding   as   one   would 
be  fond  of  in  a  Father,  how  little  soever  one  might  covet  it  in  One- 
self.    I    will  answer   for   young   Ned,   He   esteems   the    Old   Gentleman 
a   Man  of  excellent  parts,  and  had  much  rather  be  his   Son  and  Heir, 
than  that   of   the   brightest   Wit   in   the   Land.     I   had   the   honour   of    a 
Letter  from  him  since  he  returned  from  his  Travels,  and  believe  he  has 
profited  more  by  going  Abroad  than  his  Countrymen  usually  have  done. 
Most    young    Fellows    improve    in    little    beside    Confidence;    this    helps 
them   to  discover    their   whole   stock   of    Vice   and    Folly,    which    Bash- 
fulness   concealed   in   them   before.     I    fancy    Your    Lordship   is    not   a 
little  diverted   to   see   the   honest   Colonel   at   his    own   Table   supported 
by  his   two   Maiden    Aunts.     They   talk   the    Northern    Dialect   without 
Doubt  in  all  its  Purity,  and  dress  to  the  Primitive  Simplicity.     I  hope 
our  Friend  is  not  quite  so  peevish  to  them  as  he  used  to  be  to  poor 
Little   foot.     One  of  my  Female   Correspondents   tells  a   woeful    Story 
of    my   good    Friend    the    Alajor    (Gooche).      She    says    he    was    taken 
at  a  Disadvantage  by  one  of  his  own  modish  Countrymen,  and  Brother 
Gamesters,  who  handled  him  pretty  roughly  and  almost  demolished  his 
Person.     But  the  most  incredible  part  of  the  Story  was,  that  the  Major 
endured  it  all  with  the  Patience  of  a  Martyr,  and  the   Forgiveness  of 
a   Christian.     This   surely  cannot  be  true,  because  all   the   Major's  ac- 
quaintance both  Gentlemen  and  Ladys,  have  heard  him  swear  as  man- 
fully as  any  Hero  in  His  Majesty's   Guards.     We  have  had  the  most 
delightful    Winter   here    that    I   ever    saw    in   any    Country,    just    Frost 
enough   to   fertilize   over   our   Ground,   and   purify   the    Air.      The    Sim 
has  befriended  us   constantly   with   the  chearfullest   of    its    Smiles,   and 
Foggs  and  Clouds  have  been  as  absolute   Prodigys   with   us  the  whole 
Season  as  a  Constant  Man  or  an  humble  Woman  is  in  England.     My 
Young  Gentlewomen  like  everything  in  the  Country  except  the  Retire- 


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ment,  they  can't  get  the  Plays,  the  Operas  and  the  Masquerades  out 
of  their  Heads,  much  less  can  they  forget  their  friends.  However, 
the  lightness  of  our  Atmosphere  helps  them  to  bear  all  their  losses 
with  more  Spirit,  and  that  they  may  amuse  themselves  the  better,  they 
are  every  Day  up  to  their  Elbows  in  Housewifery,  which  will  qualify 
them  effectually  for  useful  Wives  and  if  they  live  long  enough,  for 
Notable  Women.  Now  your  Lordship  has  finished  your  Studys,  learnt 
all  your  Exercises,  and  ended  your  Travels,  I  shall  expect  to  hear  very 
soon  that  you  are  Married  and  become  a  Grave  Member  of  the  Com- 
monwealth. May  that  Circumstance  of  Life,  and  everything  else  be 
happy  to  you;  and  may  you  not  forget,  though  at  this  unmerciful 
Distance,    Your   Lordship's   most   obedient    Servant, 

W.   Byrd." 


To  Charles,  Earl  ok  Orrery. 

"Virginia,  Feb.  3d,  1727-8. 
My  Lord — I  am  much  obliged  to  Your  Lordship  for  being  so  very 
good  as  to  sweeten  my  Retirement  by  writing  often.  Whenever  my 
Spirits  sink  at  any  Time  below  their  natural  pitch  Your  Letters  are 
Cordial  enough  to  raise  them  again,  and  make  me  as  gay  as  the  Spring. 
They  call  back  to  my  Memory  all  the  delightful  scenes  at  Britwell 
[a  house  belonging  to  the  Earl]  and  Downing  Street,  and  for  variety 
make  me  look  back  sometimes  on  the  graver  amusements  at  Wills. 
Mrs.  Byrd  too  gives  you  a  thousand  thanks  for  your  Favours  to  her 
Daughter.  There  is  now  a  little  Virginian  that  I  fancy  is  much  more 
a  Romp  than  her  sister.  She  is  so  lively  that  unless  her  Nurse  were 
very  careful,  she  would  spring  out  of  her  Arms.  Like  the  Children 
of  Languedoc  and  Gascony,  She  dances  before  she  can  walk  and  sings 
before  she  can  speak.     If  she  lives  we  must  get  her  a  husband  as  soon 

as   the   Law   will  allow not  content  with  two   Spinsters,    Mrs. 

Byrd with  hopes  of  having  a  Son;   tho  after  All   I  wish  she 

maynt  run  upon  the  Distafif  as  much  as  Her  Grace  of  Argyle.  I  be- 
lieve even  Madam  Smith  would  healp  the  Major  to  an  Heir  if  an  ill- 
turn  of  Play  should  send  them  to  this  Country These  Dis- 
advantages to  Gallantry  make  well  for  Matrimony,  which  thrives 
so  excellently,  that  an  Old  Maid  or  an  Old  Bachelor  are  as  rare  among 
us  and  reckoned  as  ominous  as  a  Blazing  Star.  One  of  the  most  antick 
Virgins  I  am  acquainted  with  is  my  Daughter,  either  our  young  Fellows 
are  not  smart  eno'  for  her,  or  she  seems  too  smart  for  them  ....  We 
are  quite  in  the  Dark  what  they  are  doing  in  Europe,  having  had  hardly 
any  Intelligence  of  a  later  date  than  Your  Lordship's  letter.  However 
we  look  out  very  sharp  for  Ships  at  this  Time  to  satisfie  our  Curiosity. 
I    find    there   are    two    extraordinary    Persons    appointed    Governors    of 


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VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  3I 

Barbados  and  New  York  since  the  King's  Accession.  What  a  mis- 
fortune it  would  be  for  those  Countrys  if  their  Creditors  should  stop 
them  with  a  Ne  Exat  Rccjno.  By  great  Accident  we  have  a  very 
Worthy  Man  to  represent  Lord  Orkney.  It  is  Major  Gooch,  brother 
to  an  eminent  Clergyman  of  that  Name.  He  seems  hitherto  to  maintain 
the  Character  of  a  very  just  Man,  and  has  a  reasonable  share  of  good 
Sense,  good  Nature,  and  good  Breeding.  How  long  He  may  hold 
his  Integrity  I  cannot  warrant  because  Power  and  Flattery  corrupt 
many  a  Hopeful  Ruler.  However  we  are  not  so  apt  to  spoil  our  Gov- 
ernors as  they  are  in  the  other  Plantations,  because  we  never  compli- 
ment with  one  Penny  more  than  their  established  Income.  We  dare  not 
be  generous  to  those  who  are  Good,  for  fear  of  setting  a  Precident 
for  those  who  are  Bad.  Most  of  the  Colonies  have  been  imprudent 
that  way.  They  have  done  e.xtravigant  things  for  Governors  they  have 
been  fond  of,  which  has  afterwards  been  made  a  Rule  for  their  Suc- 
cessors tho'  never  so  disagreeable.  Our  Winter  has  been  very  severe 
this  Year  with  Cold  much  keener  than  ever  I  felt  in  England ;  but  by 
the  benefit  of  our  Climate  it  has  been  very  short  and  we  begin  now 
to  expect  our  Spring  which  is  always  very  beautiful  and  Fragrant. 
1  am  much  in  Lord  Boyle's  Debt  for  the  entertaining  Peice  of  History 
He  was  so  good  as  to  send  me,  and  shall  thank  Him  for  it  by  this  Op- 
portunity. Whenever  His  Lordship  engages  in  the  Hazardous  State 
of  Matrimony  I  hope  it  will  be  to  his  Satisfaction  in  every  Circum- 
stance. I  am  never  so  happy  as  when  I  understand  that  Your  Lordship 
and  all  tor  whom  you  have  any  concern  are  well,  for  I  shall  always 
remain  y'r  Lordship's  most  humble   Serv't, 

W.    BVRD." 


To  John,  Lord  Boyle. 


"Virginia  the  12th  of  Feb'y  1727-8. 
My  Lord — Nothing  can  be  more  obliging  than  the  Memoirs  your 
Lordship  has  pleased  to  send  me.  They  were  so  entertaining  that  I 
have  almost  worn  out  the  Paper  with  often  reading  it  [This  was  in 
response  to  a  letter  from  Lord  Boyle  telling  of  his  coming-of-age  fes- 
tivities]. No  grave  Santercross  at  Wilks  [Wills?]  can  be  better  in- 
formed of  your  Affairs  both  public  and  privat,  than  I  am  by  the 
Favours  of  so  kind  a  Correspondent.  Pray  continue  that  indulgence 
to  a  poor  Hermit,  because  the  next  pleasure  to  being  in  the  fine  World 
is  from  time  to  time  to  receive  an  elegant  account  of  it.  A  lively  de- 
scription paints  every  Thing  so  strongly  on  the  Fancy,  that  it  almost 
cheats  us  into  a  belief  that  the  Original  is  present,  tho  we  are  a  little 
out  of  Temper  when  the  Delusion  vanishes,  as  our  Ladies  are  when 
they  are  awakened  out  of  a  delightful   Dream.     When   Your  Lordship 


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did  me  the  Honour  of  your  Letter  it  was  a  little  too  soon  to   forsee 
what  turn  things  would  take.    The  King  was  just  seated  on  the  Throne, 
and  doubtless  under  great  Concern  for  the  Death  of  his   Royal  Father. 
He  had  not  then  Leasure  to  look  about  Him,  nor  maturely  consider  the 
Situation  of  his  Affairs.     It  might  be  necessary  just  at   first  to  keep 
every  Thing  in  the  Old  Channel,  as  the  most  likely  means  to  prevent 
disorder   and   confusion.     Hasty   alterations,    like   hasty    Physick   might 
occasion  Convulsions,  just  as   when  a   Man  jumps  into  a  great  Estate, 
it  may  be  prudent  to  continue  the  same  Steward    (who  He  knows  has 
cheated  his   Father)    till   he  has   got   into   full   possession,   and   has   got 
himself  Master  of  his  Business   [The  editor  of  the  Orrery  Papers  says 
"This  unflattering  comparison  and  its   following  diatribe  are  of  course 
aimed  at  Sir  Robert  Walpole"]   after  all  this  is  done,  it  may  be  very 
proper  Time  to  change  hands,  and  make  choice  of  more  able  and  faith- 
full    Servants.      Thus    when    the    King    has    tried    the    Temper    of    his 
Parliament   at    Home,    and    has    concluded    a    lasting    Peace    abroad,    it 
may  be  a  right   Season  to  make  substantial   Removes,  and   chuse   such 
Persons  to  serve  Him,  as  by  their  wise  Administration  may  gain  Him 
the  Affections  of  His  People.     Such  as  may  have  the  Industry  of  Her- 
cules to  dense  the  State  of  Impurities  much  harder  to  remove  than  those 
of    the   Augean    Stables.        Such  as   may    influence   our    Parliament   by 
Arguments    taken    from    Reason    and    Regard    for    the    Publick    Good, 
not  from  the  Bank  and  the  Exchequer.     Such  as  will   in   earnest   pay 
off  the  Nation's  Debt  and  not  increase  it  in  Time  of   Peace.     Such  as 
will   take  off   the   Load   that   lies    so   heavy   upon    Trade   and    Industry 
and  lay  it  upon   Vice  and  Luxury.      Such   as   will    put   the   Laws   into 
Vigorous   Execution,  without   regard  to   Party  or   Respect   of    Persons. 
This  would  be  a  glorious  Reign  indeed  if  we  could  once  see  such  Men 
advanced,  but  Princes  who  see  with  other  Men's  Eyes,  will  have  great 
luck   if    they   find   out   such  absolute    Rarieties.     I   am   sorry   our    dear 
Friend   the   Colonel   was   toss't   out   of    his    Place    so   early   and    forced 
to  move  his  lodgings.     It  is  a  great  Character  you  give  of  the  Major, 
that  he  is  able  to  govern  the  most  rebellious  part  of  his  Family  with 
a    Nod.     It    is    more    than    Homer    ever    pretended   to    say    of    Jupiter, 
who  was  forced  to  add  Menaces  to  the  Terror  of  his  Looks,  and  both 
together  could  hardly  keep  his   Consort  in  Order.     I   have  no   skill  m 
the   Sex   if   his   Lady  did   not   need   a   pretty  deal   of    subduing   before 
she  was  brought  under  the   Dominion  of   the  Brow,  the  most  absolute 
of  all  Governments.     I  am  heartily  glad  that  Your  Lordship  and  Mr. 
Southwell  are  so  happy  in  one  another.     I  do  not  know  where  either 
of    you    could    mend    yourselves    or    share   a    better    Task.      May    your 
Intimacy  improve   into   perfect   Friendship  of    which   very    few   of    this 
selfish  Generation  are  capable.     I  beg  you  will  continue  me  the  Honour 
of  Letters  now  and  then,  to  enliven  my  Solitude  and  give  a  great  deal 
of   Pleasure  to  Your  Lordship's  most  obedient  Servant, 

W.  Byru." 


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To  Charles^  E.  of  Orrery. 

"Virginia,  May  27,  1728. 
It  is  some  weeks  since  I  returned  Your  Ldship  my  humble  thanks 
for  the  letter  you  were  so  good  as  to  write  to  me  of  the  20th  of 
July  1727 ;  at  the  same  time  I  acknowledge  my  obligations  to  Lxl  Boyle 
for  his  historical  epistle  in  Sept.  following.  The  next  Memoir  he  sends 
me  will  I  hope  contain  an  account  that  he  has  been  successful  in  his 
Addresses  to  Lady  Harriot  ....  By  our  Squadrons  being  ordered 
from  the  West  Indies,  I  hope  the  Prcliminarys  have  at  last  been  rati- 
fyed  by  the  K.  of  Spain.  If  afterwards  the  Congress  at  Cambray 
should  spin  out  into  as  great  a  length  as  the  Preliminaryes  these 
pacifick  Measurs  will  cost  the  Nation  as  much  as  a  vigourous  War. 
We  might  have  had  several  handsome  Engagements  with  as  moderat 
Expence  of  Blood  as  our  inactive  Cruize  in  the  Spanish  West  Indies 
has  cost.  They  slid  have  sent  a  more  phlegmatick  Admiral  than  Hozier 
to  command  that  santering  Expedition.  He  dyed  for  very  regret  that 
his  hands  were  tyed  up  from  Action,  not  only  when  he  had  the  greatest 
probability  of  Success,  but  when  the  mortality  was  so  fatal  to  his 
Sailors,  that  he  had  barely  enough  alive  to  sail  his  ships.  This  struck 
that  brave  man  to  his  heart,  who  wd  much  rather  have  gone  out  of  the 
world  by  a  20  Pounder.  But  it  is  not  for  mortal  man  to  choose  his 
own  way  of  going  out  of  the  world,  no  more  than  his  own  way  of 
living  in  it  ....  I  am  but  lately  returned  from  a  Progress  where  I 
breathed  in  worse  air,  if  possible,  than  in  Zeeland,  having  been  em- 
ployed as  a  Commissioner  for  settling  the  Bounds  between  this  Colony 
and  North  Carolina,  in  obedience  to  an  Order  from  His  late  Majesty, 
to  run  a  due  West  line  from  the  North  shoar  of  Corotreck  Inlet,  quit 
up  the  Apaluchian  Mountains,  in  distance  may  be  of  about  300  miles. 
However  we  cd  perform  but  half  this  work  in  the  Spring,  by  reason 
of  the  impracticable  ways  we  were  obliged  to  go  thro'  for  near  50 
miles  from  the  Sea  Side.  We  passed  over  several  Bays  and  Rivers 
in  our  way,  and  marcht  on  foot  over  many  Marshes,  Boggs,  and  Po- 
cosins  (this  being  quite  impassible  for  horses)  in  which  we  had  fre- 
quently the  pleasure  of  plunging  up  to  our  knees.  In  these  delightful 
Stations  we  pitcht  our  Tents  every  Night  for  near  3  weeks,  meeting 
with  no  house  but  what  was  worse  than  the  open  Feild.  But  the  most 
intolerable  place  of  all  was  a  vast  Swamp,  which  by  reason  of  the 
Dirt  and  difficulty  of  passing  it,  is  called  The  Dismal.  This  extends 
30  miles  in  length  and  15  in  brea(d)th,  and  is  one  continued  Quagmire, 
or  Magazines  of  Water,  covered  over  with  a  thin  crust  of  Earth  that 
trembles  frightfully  when  one  walks  upon  it.  No  humane  creature 
ever  passed  this  Avernus  before,  nor  can  any  kind  of  Animal,  not  so 
much  as  an  Insect  or  a  Riptele  live  in  it  by  reason  of  the  great  Briars, 
and   the   prickly   Junipers,    which   grow    so   thickly   all   over    it,   that   the 


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genial  rays  of  the  Sun  never  warm  It.  When  the  men  made  a  fire, 
after  burning  half  an  Hour,  it  was  sure  to  be  extinguished  by  sinking 
into  a  hole  of  Water.  No  Bird  will  attempt  to  fly  over  It,  such  offensive 
Vapours  arise  continually  out  of  this  foul  Place.  The  difficulty  of  our 
Journey  cannot  be  better  proved  than  by  telling  Your  Lordship,  that 
sixteen  men  were  twelve  days  in  going  fifteen  miles,  and  worked  like 
horses  all  the  way.  A  large  Portion  of  The  Dismal  is  covered  only 
with  Reeds,  which  being  green  and  waving  with  every  breeze  have  given 
it  the  name  of  the  Green  Sea.  A  hundred  thousand  Acres  are  con- 
tained in  this  mighty  Bogg  and  seven  Rivers  take  their  rise  from  it. 
Thus  entangled  in  bad  Ways,  we  cd  not  with  all  our  industry,  carry 
our  line  further  than  -jz  miles  in  a  month.  The  rest  we  reserve  for  the 
Fall,  when  we  hope  to  proceed  as  far  as  the  Mountains.  Thus  have  I 
troubled  Your  Ldsp  with  an  account  of  my  travels,  and  am  with  great 
respect,  etc.,  etc. 

W.  Byrd." 


To  Lord  Boyle. 

"Virginia,  June  1731. 
I  HAVE  been  honoured  with  two  of  Your  Lordship's  interesting 
Letters  for  which  I  return  You  a  thousand  thanks.  .  .  .  Among  all 
our  polite  acquaintance  you  make  no  mention  of  that  great  Patriot 
Archibald  Hutchison  Esqre.  The  last  Tydings  I  heard  of  Him  were 
that  he  was  a  fourth  time  married.  The  poor  Man  is  so  lost  in  Wed- 
lock that  I  have  never  heard  one  Sylable  from  him  since.  ...  I 
am  now  to  make  Your  Lordship  double  Compliments,  first  on  the  Birth 
of  your  Second  Son  that  I  know  of,  and  secondly  on  the  Birth  of  a 
third  who  I  can  only  hope  is  by  this  time  come  safe  into  the  World. 
If  your  Fireside  should  increase  upon  you  too  fast,  it  will  be  a  reason- 
able Argument  to  persuade  the  Earl  of  Orkney  to  make  over  his  Gov- 
ernment of  Virginia  to  you  in  his  Life-time :  His  Lordship  is  very  old 
and  cannot  long  enjoy  it  himself.  It  would  therefore  be  for  the  ad- 
vantage of  his  Family  to  get  it  transferred  cA  one  of  his  Sons-in-Law, 
least  if  he  should  dy  in  possession  of  it,  it  might  drop  into  other  hands 
and  be  lost.  If  this  could  be  brought  about.  Your  Lordship  might  have 
your  choice,  whether  you  would  come  over,  gnd  be  Monarch  of  a  very 
fine  Country,  and  make  a  very  good  Soart  .of  People  happy,  or  whether 
you  would  stay  in  England,  and  receive  a'-  clear  Remittance  of  200 
pounds  a  year  free  from  all  Taxes  and  Deductions.  I  should  think 
myself  extremely  happy  if  Your  Ldsp  would  honour  us  with  your 
Presence  in  that  Station,  but  if  this  would  be  inconvenient  you  could  by 
no  means  comfort  me  for  my  great  Disappointment  but  by  sending  me 
a  Deputation  to  represent  Your  Person,  tho'  at  the  same  time  it  would 
be  impossible  for  me  to  repre^ent  your  Perfections ;   however  I  do  my 


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VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  35 

best,  and  believe  so  well  of  myself  that  in  such  a  Case  you  would  not 
have  the  trouble  of  any  complaints.  Thus  you  see  My  Lord  I  have 
contrived  very  decently  for  myself  either  to  have  the  Pleasure  of  Your 
Company,  or  else  a  good  Place  to  recompence  me  for  your  Absence. 
.  .  .  ^^'e  live  in  the  innocence  of  the  Patriarch  under  our  Vines  and 
our  Fig-trees  surrounded  by  our  Flocks  and  Herds.  .  .  .  We  are 
all  of  one  Religion  and  of  one  Party  in  Politics.  .  .  .  The  Mer- 
chants of  England  take  care  that  none  of  us  grow  very  rich,  and  the 
felicity  of  the  Clymate  hinders  us  from  being  very  poor.  .  .  .  We 
have  no  Beggars  but  for  Places,  which  for  want  of  Favorites,  Court 
Mistresses  and  First  Ministers  are  never  sold.  ...  I  am,  My  Lord, 
etc.,  etc. 

W.     BVRD." 


To  John,  Earl  of  Orrery. 

"Virginia,  the  20  of  July,  1732. 
•  MY  LORD, — I  daresay  I  shall  find  credit  with  your  Lordship, 
when  I  assure  You  I  am  most  sensibly  concerned  for  the  death  of  my 
very  good  Lord  your  Father.  It  will  not  become  me  to  say  how  much 
I  have  lost  in  a  Friend,  when  your  loss  has  been  so  much  greater  in  a 
Parent.  Fur  that  reason,  while  I  remember  your  Greif  I  must  en- 
deavour to  forget,  or  only  drop  a  silent  Tear  for  my  own.  It  were  im- 
possible not  to  pay  that  Tribute  at  least  to  the  memory  of  a  noble 
Lord  whom  I  have  loved  and  Admired  for  more  than  thirty  years, 
especially  when  during  that  time  He  was  pleased  to  honour  me  with  a 
much  greater  share  of  distinction  than  I  deserved.  No  wonder  then 
that  I  had  so  true  a  Respect  for  his  Lordship  while  he  lived  and  feel 
so  unaffected  a  concern  for  Him  now  he  is  dead.  The  account  He 
gave  me  last  year  of  his  ill  State  of  Health  made  me  apprehend  very 
much  for  Him ;  it  antedated  my  Sorrow,  and  tho'  I  was  prepared  be- 
forehand for  the  Stroke,  yet  it  goes  as  deep  as  if  it  had  all  the  aggra- 
vation of  a  Surprise. 

The  chief  comfort  I  could  hope  for  in  this  mournfuU  situation,  is, 
that  your  Lordship,  your  Lady  and  your  little  Cherubs  are  perfectly  in 
Health :  but  alas  !  instead  of  that  I  am  told  by  some  of  my  Correspond- 
ent, that  your  Lordship's  affliction  for  your  Father  has  rendered  you  ex- 
tremely ill,  and  obliged  you  for  that  reason  to  make  a  long  Campaign 
at  Bath.  There  my  intelligence  ends  and  leaves  me  quite  in  the  dark 
as  to  your  Recovery.  However,  there  is  room  to  hope  that  you  have 
found  benefit  by  those  healing  Springs.  Nevertheless  I  must  take  the 
boldness  to  expostulate  a  little  with  your  Lordship  for  making  so  un- 
kind a  secret  of  your  Recovery,  and  envying  an  old  Friend  the  pleasure 
of  rejoicing  at  it.     It  is  true,  I  believe,  I  am  too  partial  to  my  own  in- 


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clinations  to  hope  for  the  honour  of  hearing  from  you  under  all  these 
melancholy  circumstances :  but  you  will  be  so  good  as  to  pardon  my 
longings  and  believe  it  would  be  some  consolation  to  be  convinced  that 
I  have  lost  no  more  than  one  Friend. 

The  time  I  proposed  for  my  Pilgrimage  into  this  new  World  is 
now  almost  expired :  but  the  exceeding  low  Price  Tobacco  has  yeilded 
ever  since  I  have  left  England  has  not  suffered  me  to  discharge  some 
Engagements  I  had  the  misfortune  to  lie  under.  It  is  that  which  with- 
holds me  from  the  pleasure  of  returning  to  that  enchanted  Island,  which 
I  shall  always  long  to  do,  so  long  as  your  Lordship  is  there,  but  I 
must  wait  with  patience  for  that  till  better  Times  or  better  Fortune 
shall  have  re-established  my  Finances.  In  the  meanwhile  I  must  make 
the  most  of  my  Retirement,  and  content  myself  with  Rural  and  Domes- 
tick  joys,  which  have  this  advantage  at  least,  that  they  are  innocent 
and  need  but  little  repentance:  It  will  be  very  charitable  in  your  Lord- 
ship to  animate  these  harmless  delights,  which  are  apt  to  be  a  little 
lethargick  by  honouring  me  sometimes  with  your  commands,  and  let- 
inf  me  into  your  story.  I  should  be  glad  to  rejoice  at  any  good  that 
befalls  you,  and  even  to  share  in  your  greatest  sorrows,  if  any  such 
are  reserved  for  the  trial  of  your  Fortitude.  As  your  Father's  Friend, 
my  Lord,  I  look  upon  myself  to  be  part  of  your  Inheritance,  and  to  be 
by  hereditary  Right,  Your  Lordship's  most  obedient  humble  Servant, 

W.     BVRD." 


William  Byrd's  Epitaph  on  his  tomb  in  the  garden  at  "Westover"  is 
as  follows : 

[On  the  North  Side] 

[Arms] 

Here  lyeth 

the    Honorable   William    Byrd,    Esq. 

Being  born  to  one  of  the  amplest  fortunes  in  this  country 

He   was   sent  early  to   England    for   his   education ; 

Where  under  the  care  and  direction  of  Sir  Robert  Southwell, 

And    ever    favored    with    his    particular    instruction. 

He  made  a  happy  proficiency  in  polite  and  various  learning ; 

By  the  means  of  the  same  noble   friend. 

He  was  introduced  to  the  acquaintance  of   many 

of   the   first  persons  of  that  age 

For  knowledge,  wit,  virtue,  birth,  or  high  station, 

and  particularly  contracted  a  most  close  and 

bosom  friendship 
with"  the  learned  and  illustrious  Charles  Boyle, 

Earl  of  Orrery. 
He  was  called  to  the  bar  in  the  Middle  Temple, 


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VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  37 

Studied  for  some  time  in  the  Low  Countries, 

Visited  the  court  of  France, 

And  was  chosen  Fellow  of  the  Royal   Society. 

[On  the  south  side  is  the  inscription:] 

Thus  eminently  fitted   for  the  service  and 

ornament  of  his  country, 

He  was  made  Receiver  General  of  his 

Majestey's  revenues  here, 

was  thrice  appointed  publick  agent  to 

the  Court  and  ministry  of   England, 

and   being   thirty-seven   years  a   member, 

at   last   became   President  of   the   Council   of 

this  colony. 

To  all  this  were  added  a  great  elegance 

of  taste  and  life, 

the  well  bred  gentleman  and  polite  Companion, 

the   splendid   economist   and    prudent    father 

of   a    family, 

with-all  the  Constant  enemy  of  all 

exorbitant  power, 

and  hearty  friend  to  the  liberties 

of  his  Country. 

Nat :  Mar.  28,  1674,  Mort  Aug.  26,  1744, 

An   Aetat.   70. 

William  Byrd  married  ist.  in  1706  Lucy,  daughter  of  Col.  Daniel 
Parke,  Governor  of  the  Leeward  Islands,  and  formerly  of  Virginia ; 
she  died  in  London,  Dec.  1715.  Col.  Byrd  married  2nd.,  about  1724, 
Maria,  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Thomas  Taylor,  of  Kensington,  Eng- 
land. 

Issue:  (ist  m.)  I.  Evelyn,  born  July  16,  1707,  died  unmarried,  Nov. 
13.  1737;  2.  Parke,  born  Sept.  6,  1709,  died  June  3,  1710;  3.  Phillips  Wil- 
liam born  Feb.  23,  and  died  Dec.  9,  1712;  4.  Wilhemina,  born  Nov.  6, 
1715,  married  Thomas  Chamberlayne,  of  New  Kent  County;  (2nd. 
m.)  5.  Anne,  born  in  London  Feb.  15,  1735,  died  Sept.  11,  1757,  mar- 
ried Charles  Carter  of  "Cleve,"  King  George  County;  6.  Maria,  born  Jan. 
6,  1727,  died  Nov.  29,  1744,  married  Landon  Carter,  of  "Sabine  Hall," 
Richmond  County;  7.  Jane,  born  Oct.  13,  1729,  m.  John  Page,  of  "North 
End,"  Gloucester  Co. ;  8.  William,  of  "Westover,"  born  Sept.  26,  1728, 
died  Jan.  i,  1777,  married  ist.  on  April  14,  1748,  Elizabeth  Hill,  daughter 
of  John  Carter,  of  "Shirley" ;  2nd.  Mary,  daughter  of  Charles  Willing, 
of  Philadelphia. 

S-  Mann  Page,  of  "Rosewell,"  Gloucester  County,  was  born  in  1691, 
and  died  Jan.  24,  1730.  He  was  son  of  Matthew  Page  and  grandson 
of  John  Page,  each  a  member  of  the  Colonial  Council.     He  was  sent 


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38  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

to  England  for  education  and  entered  Eton  in  1706  and  St.  John's  Col- 
lege, Oxford,  in  1709.  In  1714,  when  he  was  only  twenty-three,  he 
was  appointed  member  of  the  Council.  On  March  9,  of  the  preceeding 
year  Governor  Spotswood  had  recommended  to  the  Lords  Commission- 
ers of  Trade  the  appointment  to  this  position,  of  "Mr.  Mann  Page  a 
young  gentleman  of  a  liberal  education,  good  parts,  and  a  very  plentiful 
estate,  whose  father  and  grandfather  both  had  the  honor  of  the  same 
post."  He  continued  to  be  a  member  of  the  Council  until  his  death. 
None  of  his  letters  or  papers  are  known  to  exist,  though  his  grandson. 
Governor  Page  refers  to  them  in  his  autobiography,  and  his  public 
career  seems  to  have  been  merely  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties 
as  Councillor ;  but  his  principal  memorial  was  the  home  he  built,  Rose- 
well  near  the  junction  of  Carter's  Creek  and  York  River,  which  was 
probably  the  largest  mansion  in  Colonial  Virginia.  It  consisted  of  a 
massive  central  building  of  three  stories  above  a  high  basement,  flanked 
by  wings  torn  down  many  years  ago,  which  formed  a  court  and  gave 
the  house  a  frontage  of  two  hundred  and  thirty  two  feet.  The  central 
building  (destroyed  by  fire  a  few  years  ago)  contained  three  wide  halls, 
nine  passages  and  twenty  three  rooms.  The  wings  contained  six  rooms 
each.  The  main  hall  on  the  first  floor  was  panelled  with  mahogany  and 
the  mahogany  balustrade  of  the  broad  stair-case  was  carved  to  repre- 
sent baskets  of   fruits  and  flowers. 

In  the  later  years  of  the  Page  ownership  it  was  frequently  not  occu- 
pied by  the  family,  and  after  its  sale  in  1838  passed  through  the  hands 
of  numerous  owners,  some  of  whom  removed  the  wainscoting  from  the 
hall  and  the  lead  from  the  roof.  Later  it  has  had  owners  who  have  held 
it  in  high  regard;  but  its  size  made  it  entirely  unfitted  for  modern  Vir- 
ginia country  life  conditions  and  it  was  long  in  a  state  of  partial  decay 
with  its  former  pleasure  grounds  all  gone. 

Mann  Page  married  ist.  in  1712,  Judith,  daughter  of  Ralph  Wormelej', 
Secretary  of  State  of  Virginia.  The  long  Latin  epitaph  on  her  tomb 
at  "Rosewell,"  is  printed  in  Dr.  Page's  Page  Family.  He  married, 
2nd.  in  1718,  Judith,  daughter  of  Robert  Carter,  President  of  the  Coun- 
cil. Issue:  (ist  M.)  I.  Ralph,  born  Dec.  2,  1713.  He  was  a  student 
at  William  and  Mary,  but  died  young  and  unmarried;  2.  Maria  (stated 
to  have  been  called  Judith  after  her  mother's  death),  married  William 
Randolph,  of  "Tuckahoe,"  Goochland  County.  In  October  1765  the 
General  Assembly  (Hening  VIII,  161)  passed  an  act  reciting  that  Ralph 
Wormeley,  formerly  of  the  county  of  Middlesex,  Esq.  in  his  last  will, 
dated  Feb.  2,  1700,  left  his  daughter  Judith  Wormeley  (with  certain 
reversions  if  she  died  without  heirs),  1500  acres  out  of  his  land  in 
Manskin  Neck,  King  William  Co. ;  that  the  said  Judith  afterwards  in- 
termarried with  Mann  Page,  of  the  County  of  Gloucester,  Esq.  and 
had  issue  by  him  a  daughter  Mary,  who  intermarried  with  William 
Randolph,  of  Tuckohoe  in  the  county  of  Goochland,  who  is  since  dead. 


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leaving  Thomas  Mann  Randolph,  Gentleman,  his  eldest  son  and  heir, 
who  is  seized  in  tail  of  the  said  1500  acres  which  he  has  agreed  to  sell 
to  Carter  Braxton,  of  the  county  fo  King  William,  Gentleman.  It  is 
farther  recited  that  said  T.  M.  Randolph  owns  a  tract  of  land,  called 
Edgehill  2000  acres  in  the  county  of  Albemarle  and  it  would  be  much 
to  tiie  advantage  of  the  said  T.  M.  R.  to  dock  the  entail  on  the  1500 
and  settle  the  2000  acres  to  the  same  purposes.  The  Assembly  passed 
the  act  accordingly. 

Mann  Page  had  issue  by  2nd.  marriage :  3.  Mann,  of  "Rosewell"  who 
married  ist.  Alice,  daughter  of  Hon.  John  Grymes  (his  father's  col- 
league in  the  Council)  and  2nd.  Mary  Tayloe ;  4.  John  of  "North  End," 
Gloucester  County,  who  married,  Jane,  daughter  of  William  Byrd,  of 
"Westover,"  also  his  father's  colleague  in  the  Council ;  5.  Robert  of 
"Broadneck"  Hanover  County,  married  Sarah  Walker;  6.  Carter,  student 
at  William  and  Mary,  died  young  and  unmarried ;  7.  Matthew,  student 
at  William  and  Mary,  died  young  and  unmarried ;  8.  Daughter,  died 
young. 

Mann  Page  married  secondly  as  stated  above,  Judith,  daughter  of 
Robert  Carter.  Her  grandson,  Governor  John  Page,  in  his  autobiog- 
raphical sketch  (Viryinia  Historical  Register,  III,  144)  says  "I  was 
early  taught  to  read  and  write,  by  the  care  and  attention  of  my  grand- 
mother, one  of  the  most  sensible  and  well  informed  women  I  ever 
knew.  She  was  daughter  of  Hon.  Robert  Carter,  who  was  President 
of  the  King's  Council  and  Secretary  of  Virginia,  [last  statement  er- 
roneous] and  who  at  the  same  time  held  the  rich  office  of  agent  for 
the  Proprietor  of  the  Northern  Neck,  by  purchase  from  the  Lord  Pro- 
prietor, his  friend,  who  was  contented  to  receive  but  £300  per  annum  for 
it,  as  the  report  of  the  family  stated.  My  grandmother  excited  in  my 
mind  an  inquisitiveness,  which,  whenever  it  was  proper,  she  gratified, 
and  very  soon  I  became  so  fond  of  reading,  that  I  read  not  only  all 
the  little  amusing  and  instructive  books  which  she  put  into  my  hands, 
but  many  which  I  took  out  of  my  fathers  and  grandfathers  collection, 
which  was  no  contemptible  library." 

We  are  indebted  to  Mr.  Fairfax  Harrison  for  a  copy  of  the  will  of 
Mann  Page  made  from  one  recorded  in  a  suit  in  the  (now  extinct) 
Fredericksburg  District  Chancery  Court.  He  has  added  a  few  notes. 
It  is  as  follows  : 

In  the  name  of  God,  amen.  I,  Mann  Page,  of  Rosewell,  Esqr.,  do 
make  this  my  last  will  and  Testament,  in  manner  following : 

First :  I  give  and  devise  to  my  dear  wife  Judith  the  dwelling  house, 
with  all  out  houses  thereunto  belonging,  where  I  now  live,  and  the 
mansion  house  now  building,  with  all  the  land  thereunto  adjoining,  so 
far  as  the  inward  fence  of  the  pasture  runs,  and  the  land  late  in  the 
occupation  of  Mr.  John  Pratt,  and  also  all  the  slaves  which  now  be- 
long  to   my   dwelling   house   and   the   house    plantation,    for   and   during 


Jim  tub    br.tk    )  ' ! 


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her  natural  life,  and  from  and  after  her  decease,  to  my  son  Ralph  Page. 
Also  I  do  give  and  devise  to  my  said  son  Ralph  Page  all  my  lands  in 
the  County  of   Gloucester    (excepting  the  land  by  me   lately  purchased 
of  Col.  Francis  Willis  and  the  slaves  on  the  last  mentioned  land)   and 
all  my  lands,  called  Machieson,  in  the  County  of   Hanover,  and  all  the 
lands,  called  Claybourne's   Neck,   in  the  County  of   King  William,  and 
the  land  by  me  lately  purchased  of   Henry  Chiles.     I  also  give  to  my 
said  son  Ralph  all  the  slaves  now  being  or  belonging  to  or  on  the  sev- 
eral tracts  of  land  to  him  hereby  given,  and  also  all  slaves  belonging 
to  the  several  tracts  of  land  which  were  the  estate  of  his  Mother,  my 
deceased  wife;  which  said  lands  by  me  given  to  my  said  son   Ralph  I 
do  give  and  devise  to  him  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten; 
and,  in  failure  thereof,  to  my  son  Mann  Page  and  the  heirs  of  his  body 
lawfully    begotten;    and,    in    failure    thereof,    to    my    son    Carter    Page 
and  the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten ;  and,  in  failure  thereof,  to 
my  son  John  Page  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten ;   and, 
in  failure  thereof,  to  my  son  Matthew  Page  and  the  heirs  of  his  body 
lawfully  begotten;  and,  in   failure  thereof,   to  my  son   Robert   Page  & 
heirs   of    his   body   lawfully    begotten ;    and,    in    failure    thereof,    to   my 
daughters    Mary   and    Lucy   and    to    their    heirs    forever,    equally   to   be 
divided  between  them.     Likewise  I  give  &  devise  to  my  said  son  Mann 
Page  my  tract  of  land  lying  at  or  near  Hobbses  Hole  in  the  County  of 
Essex  and  also  all  the  slaves  now  upon  or  belonging  to  the  said  tract 
of  land  and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten ;  and,  in  failure 
thereof,  to  my  said  sons  Carter,  John,  Matthew  and  Robert,  successively 
and  the  successive  heirs  of  their  several  Bodies  forever ;  and,  on  failure 
of  such  heirs,  to  my  son   Ralph   Page  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  law- 
fully   begotten;    and,    in    failure    thereof,    to    my    daughters    Mary    and 
Lucy  and  to  their  heirs   forever,   to  be  equally  divided  between  them. 
It  is  my  intent  and  meaning  that  the  slaves  on  the  tract  of  land  hereby 
given  to  my  said  son  Mann  shd.  be  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever.    Also  I 
give  and  devise  to  my  said  son  Mann   Page  all  my  lands  lying  in  the 
County  of   Spottsylvania  to  him  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  be- 
gotten   forever,  and  all   my   lands    in   the   County   of    Prince   William,* 
known   by  the   name   of    Pageland,   to  him  and   the   heirs   of    his   body 
lawfully  begotten   forever ;   and,   for   failure   of   such,   to  my   said  sons 
Carter,  John,  Matthew,  Robert  and  Ralph,  successively,  and  to  the  suc- 
cessive heirs   of  their  several  bodies   forever ;   and,  on    failure   of   such 
heirs,  to  my  said  daughters   Mary  and   Lucy  and   their  heirs    forever, 
equally  to  be  divided   between   them.     As   to   the   lands    I    hold    in   the 
County  of  Caroline  in  right  of  my  present  wife,  with  the  slaves  thereon, 
I  do   expect   my   father-in-law,   Robert   Carter,   Esqr.,   will   give    [them] 
to  my  said  sun   Matm    Page.     Likewise   I   give  and   devise   to   my   son 
Carter  Page  all  that  tract  of   land  purchased  by  my  late  father,   Mat- 

*i.   e.,   in  the   Shenandoah,   an   interesting  description. 


VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  4I 

them  Page,  Esqr.,  of  Col.  Wm.  Bassett,  deed.,  lying  in  the  County  of 
Hanover,   under   the  same   restrictions   as  are   mentioned   in   the  devise 
(if  the  lands  to  my  son  Mann  Page.    I  also  give  to  my  said  son  Carter 
Page  all  the  slaves  and  stock  of  Cattle  and  Hogs  belonging  to  the  lands 
hereby  given   to  him.      I    likewise   give  and   devise   to   my   son    Carter 
Page  the  reversion  &  reversions  and  all  the  right,  title  and  interest   I 
have  in  the  lands  late  of  my  Uncle  Mr.  Francis  Page  and  which  are 
now  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  David  Bray,  to  my  said  son  Carter,  under 
the  same  limitations  as  are  mentioned  in  the  devise  of  the  land  to  my 
son  Mann  Page.     Likewise,  I  give  and  devise  to  my  son  John  Page  all 
that  tract  of  land  lying  in  the  Parish  of  Ware,  in  the  County  of  Glou- 
cester, by  me  lately  purchased  of   Col.   Francis   Willis,  to  my  said  son 
John  and  the  heirs   of   his   body  lawfully  begotten    forever,   under   the 
same  limitations  as  are  mentioned  in  the  devise  of  the  lands  to  my  son 
Mann  Page.     I  also  give  to  my  son  John  all  the  slaves  and  stock  of 
Cattle  and  Hogs  belonging  to  the  land  hereby  devised  to  him,  to  my 
son  John  and  his  heirs   forever.     I  likewise  give  to  my  said  son  John 
five  hundred  pounds  of   Sterling  money,  to  be  paid  him  when  he  shall 
attain  to  the  age  of   twenty-one  years.     Likewise   I  give  and  bequeath 
to  my  son  Matthew  two  thousand  pounds  of  Sterling  money,  to  be  paid 
to  him  when  he  shall  attain  to  the  age  of  twenty-one  years.     Likewise 
I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son  Robert  two  thousand  pounds  of  Sterling 
money,  to  be  paid  him  when  he  shall  attain  to  the  age  of  twenty-one 
years!     I  also  give  to  my  daughter  Mary  Page  two  thousand  pounds  of 
Sterling  money,  to  be  paid  to  her  when  she  shall  attain  to  the  age  of 
twenty-one  years.    Also  I  give  to  my  daughter  Lucy  five  hundred  pounds 
of   Sterling  money,  in  hopes  and  confidence  that  her  mother,  my  dear 
wife,  will  make  further  provision  for  her.     And  I  further  give  and  be- 
queath to  my  dear  and  ever  loving  wife  one  equal  third  part  of  my  per- 
sonal  estate   over   and  above   what    is    hereby   before   given   to   her.      I 
also  give  to  my  son  Ralph  all  the  stocks  of  Cattle  and  Hogs  now  be- 
longing   to   the   lands   hereby   to   him   given,    except    the   stocks   on   the 
home  plantation,  the  use  whereof   I   give  to  my  dear  wife  during  her 
life  and  after  her  death  to  belong  to  my  son  Ralph.     It  is  my  will  and 
desire  that  my  sons  Matthew  and  Robert  be  put  in  the  Army  or  Navy 
of  England  so  soon  as  they  shall  be  capable  of  it,  and  that  their  Edu- 
cation be  such  as  is  proper  to  qualify  them   for  those  services.     It  is 
further  my  will  and  intent  that  the  slaves  and  stocks  hereby  given  to 
my  said  sons  be  kept  upon  the  lands  to  which  they  belong  until  my  sons 
shall  severally  attain  to  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  and  that  out  of  the 
profits  arising  by  the  said  slaves  and  lands  my  children  shall  be  main- 
tained and  educated  suitable  to  their  quality  and  circumstances  and  that 
the  residue  of  the  said  profits  be  applied  towards  paying  my  debts  and 
the  legacies  hereby  given.     And   I   do  hereby  constitute   &  appoint  my 
ever    honoured    father-in-law    and    dear    friend,    Robert    Carter,    Esqr., 


io  st>n;/o 


..•ii<Ki    ,tjJi«.j   n»' 


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my  dear  and  esteemed  friend,  John  Carter,  Esqr.,  guardians  of  my  sons 
until  they  shall  severally  attain  to  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  and  I  do 
appoint  my  dear  wife  guardian  to  my  daughters  Alary  and  Lucy. 

Lastly,  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament,  I  do  constitute  and 
appoint  the  said  Robt.  Carter,  John  Carter,  Robert  Carter  the  younger, 
Charles  Carter  and  Landon  Carter,  Exors.,  and  George  Carter  and  my 
sons  Ralph,  Mann,  Carter,  John,  Matthew  and  Robert,  to  be  Executors 
when  they  shall  be  qualified  by  law  to  take  the  execution  of  my  will 
upon  themselves. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal,  the 
twenty-fourth  day  of  January,  in  the  year  1730. 

(Signed)    Mann   Page. 

Signed,  sealed,  published  and  declared  by  the  said  Mann  Page  as  his 
last  will,  the  interlineation  in  the  fourth  line  being  first  made,  in  pres- 
ence of— Francis  Willis,  Emanuel  Jones,  George  Nicholas,  John  Clayton.* 

I,  Mann  Page,  of  Rosewell,  in  the  County  of  Glostor,  Esqr.,  do  make 
this  Codicil  to  my  last  will  and  Testament. 

Whereas,  I  am  interested  in  several  tracts  of  land  formerly  in  the 
County  of  Stafford,  now  Prince  Wm.  County,  in  partnership  with  Robt. 
Carter,  Esqr.,  Robert  Carter,  Jr.,  and  Charles  Carter,  on  which  lands 
the  said  partners  are  now  digging  for  Copper  oar  &  whereas  I,  the  said 
Mann  Page,  and  the  partners  have  entered  into  several  articles  of  agree- 
ment for  settling  the  said  Lands  and  carry  on  the  said  Copper  Work, 
and  from  time  to  time  to  defray  the  charge  thereof. 

Now  it  is  my  will  &  desire,  and  I  do  hereby  order,  that  the  part 
of  the  said  Articles  by  me  to  be  performed  be  performed  by  my  executors 
or  some  of  them  in  my  will  named,  at  the  charge  of  my  wife  and  my 
six  sons  hereafter  named,  according  to  their  respective  interest  therein, 
and  I  do  devise  and  bequeath  one  seventh  part  of  my  share  of  the  said 
lands  and  mine  to  my  dear  wife  for  and  during  her  natural  life,  and  the 
other  six  parts  to  be  equally  divided  between  my  six  sons,  Ralph,  Mann, 
Carter,  John,  Matthew,  Robert,  and  to  the  heirs  of  their  Bodies  law- 
fully begotten  and,  in  case  of  the  death  of  either  of  my  said  sons 
without  issue,  then  the  part  and  share  of  the  son  so  dying  shall  be 
equally  divided  amongst  the  surviving  sons  &  the  heirs  of  their  bodies, 
respectively,  and  the  part  here  given  to  my  dear  wife,  after  her  death 
to  be  equally  divided  among  my  said  six  sons  and  the  heirs  of  their 
bodies,  respectively. 

In  witness  whereof  I,  the  said  Mann  Page,  have  hereunto  set  my 
hand  and  seal  this  24"  day  of  January,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  Christ, 
1730. 

(Signed)    Mann   Page. 

'Doctor,   lawyer,    preacher — was   Willis   the    "Merchant   Chief." 


9A. 


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VIRGINIA    COUNCIL   JOURNALS  43 

Signed,  sealed  and  delivered  in  the  presence  of  Francis  Willis,  Emanuel 
Jones,  George  Nicholas,  John  Clayton. 

Meni",  the  name  Mann  Page,  subscribed  to  the  within  writing,  was, 
by  the  order  of  the  said  Mann  Page  and  in  his  presence,  written  by 
Col.  Francis  Willis.  In  presence  of  George  Nicholas,  John  Clayton, 
Emanuel  Jones. 

At  a  General  Court  held  at  the  Capitol,  the  28"  day  of  April,  1731. 
This  will  and  Codicil  of  Mann  Page,  Esqr.,  deed.,  was  presented  in 
Court  by  Robert  Carter  and  John  Carter,  Esqr.,  two  of  the  Executors 
therein  named,  who  made  oath  thereto,  and  the  same  were  further  proved 
by  the  oaths  of  Francis  Willis,  Geo.  Nicholas  and  John  Clayton,  wit- 
nesses thereto  and  ordered  to  be  recorded  and  are  recorded. 

Teste,   Matt.   Kemp,   Ck.  Gel.  Ct. 

"On  Saturday,  the  24"  of  January,  1730  (before  day),  I  received  a 
letter  from  Dr.  Geo.  Nicholas,  dated  at  Rosewell  at  two  Oclock  that 
morning,  acquainting  me  that  he  believed  Col.  Page  was  drawing  to- 
wards the  end  of  his  life  and  wished  I  would  come  with  Mrs.  Nicholas 
early  ihat  morning  to  receive  the  Colonel's  last  will.  I  waited  upon 
Mrs.  Nicholas  and  we  arrived  there  about  half  an  hour  after  nine.  I 
was  there  but  a  few  minutes  before  a  servant  told  me  the  Col.  desired 
to  see  me.  I  went  immediately  into  his  bed  chamber  and  he  ordered 
every  one  present  to  go  out  of  the  Room  and  I  shut  the  Door.  Then 
he  told  me  he  desired  I  would  write  his  will.  I  presently  got  pen,  ink, 
and  paper  and  set  down  at  a  table  close  to  his  Bed  side.  I  told  him 
then  the  best  way  would  be  for  him  to  tell  me  in  particular  heads  how 
he  would  have  his  estate  disposed  of,  and  I  would  afterwards  put  them 
in  a  proper  form  and  method,  to  which  he  answered  he  feared  there 
would  not  be  time  to  do  that,  and  said  further  to  me,  "you  must  begin 
the  will  now  and  write  it  as  well  as  you  can  from  my  mouth."  There- 
fore, I  began  the  will  and  desired  him  to  tell  me  how  he  disposed  of 
his  estate,  which  he  did  do  in  the  manner  written  in  the  will  and  in 
most  places  in  his  own  words.  After  every  sentence  was  writ  I  read 
it  distinctly  to  him  and  then  asked  him  if  it  was  according  to  his  in- 
tent, to  which  he  always  made  answer  that  it  was.  When  the  whole 
Will  was  written,  with  the  interlineations,  I  read  it  again  distinctly  to 
him,  and  then  asked  him  if  it  was  done  according  to  his  meaning  and 
intent,  and  he  answered  it  was.  All  this  time  Col.  Page  appeared  to  me 
to  be  as  perfect  in  his  understanding  and  senses  as  I  ever  knew  him, 
but  in  my  apprehension  he  seemed  to  be  doubtful  whether  he  should 
live  till  I  could  finish  the  will,  often  calling  upon  mc  to  know  if  I  had 
made  an  end  of  a  sentence,  and  pressing  me  to  make  haste.  After  I 
had  writ  most  part  of  the  will  I  told  the  Col.  my  hand  grew  weak  & 
trembling  and  proposed  that  Dr.  Nicholas  or  Daniel  Wilkinson  might 
be  called  in  to  write  and  that  I  would  dictate  as  he  should  direct.  He 
paused  a  little  and  said  no  and  that  I  should  make  an  end  tho'  it  were 


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longer  in  doing.  About  seven  O'clock  that  night  the  will  was  finished 
and  executed  and  then  by  the  Col's,  order  sealed  up  and  delivered  by 
me  to  his  wife.  During  the  time  Col.  Page  was  dictating  his  will  he 
would  not  suffer  any  person  to  be  in  the  Room  with  us  except  a  little 
Mulatto  Boy  of  about  eight  years  old  which  he  kept  there  to  call  other 
people  when  he  wanted  them,  and  when  Mrs.  Page,  Dr.  Nicholas  or 
the  servants  came  in,  as  they  often  did  to  administer  him,  he  constantly 
left  off  speaking  to  me  until  they  were  gone  away.  Whenever  he  spoke 
to  Mrs.  Page  he  expressed  himself  with  the  greatest  affection  and 
tenderness  imaginable  for  her  and  said  several  times  she  had  been  the 
best  of  wives  and  that  he  would  reward  her  for  it.  Col.  Page  did 
not  ask  any  advice  in  any  particular  of  this  will,  nor  did  I  know  how 
the  lands  he  possessed  as  heir  to  his  father  and  to  his  mother  were  set- 
tled. I  avoided  asking  him  several  questions  least  it  might  delay  the 
Business  so  that  the  will  could  not  be  finished  before  he  should  die. 
As  soon  as  the  will  was  executed  Col.  Page  told  me  before  Mr.  Presi- 
dent and  the  witnesses  to  the  will,  that  he  had  forgot  to  dispose  of  the 
interest  he  had  in  some  lands  and  Copper  Mines  in  the  Northern  Neck. 
I  told  him  that  might  be  done  in  a  Codicil.  Then  he  told  me  before 
those  persons  in  what  manner  he  would  have  it  given  and  to  whom.  We 
all  then  went  into  another  Room  and  left  the  Col.  Dr.  Nicholas  writ 
the  Codicil  as  I  dictated  to  him,  then  I  carried  it  to  Col.  Page  &  read 
it  distinctly  to  him  and  asked  him  if  it  was  according  to  his  directions. 
He  said  it  was.  Then  it  was  executed  before  all  the  witnesses  to  the 
will  about  eight  O'clock  and  about  nine  o'clock  that  night  Col.  Page 
departed  this  life.  The  above  narrative  was  written  the  ninth  day  of 
February  in  the  year  1730,  by  me,  John  Clayton.  Since  which  time  I 
have  perused  a  Copy  of  the  said  will  and  do  find  that  the  slaves  be- 
longing to  the  lands  in  Spottsylvania  and  Prince  William,  given  to 
Mann  Page,  son  of  the  Testator,  are  not  thereby  devised,  which  I  be- 
lieve was  occasioned  by  forgetfulness  in  Col.  Page;  otherwise  that  he 
would  have  given  those  slaves  to  his  son  Mann  Page  in  the  same  manner 
as  the  slaves  belonging  to  the  other  lands  given  to  the  said  Mann  Page 
and  to  the  other  sons  of  the  Testator  are  devised;  and,  whereas,  in  the 
several  devises  of  the  land  to  Carter  Page  and  to  John  Page  the  estates 
are  expressed  to  be  given  under  the  same  limitations  as  are  mentioned 
in  the  devise  of  the  lands  of  Mann  Page,  I  did  understand  the  meaning 
of  the  Testator  in  these  two  devises  to  have  been  that  on  failure  of  issue 
of  the  body  to  Carter  Page  or  of  John  Page  that  Mann  Page  should 
be  the  first  who  should  take  those  estates  in  remainder.  I,  John  Clayton, 
of  Williamsburg,  Esqr.,  at  the  request  of  the  Honoble.  Robert  Carter 
and  John  Carter,  Esqrs.,  guardians  to  the  sons  of  Mann  Page,  Esqr., 
deed.,  and  two  of  the  Exors.  of  his  will,  do  make  oath  that  what  is 
contained  in  the  above  paper  is  true. 

(Signed)    John   Clayton." 


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VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  45 

April  the  — th. 

Sworn  in  the  General  Court  the  day  and  year  above  written,  by  the 
above  named  John  Clayton,  Esqr.,  and  by  the  Court  ordered  to  be  re- 
corded and  is  recorded. 

Teste,   Matt.   Kemp,   Ck.   Genl.   Ct. 

A  Copy,  Ben.  Waller,  Ck.  Ct. 

Mann  Pages  beautiful  marble  tomb  in  the  family  burying  ground  at 
"Rosewell,"  fell  apart  long  ago,  but  was  restored  by  the  late  Mrs. 
Fielding  Taylor.     The  epitaph  is  as  follows : 

Here  lie  the  remains  of  the  Honourable  Mann  Page  Esq. 

Once  of   His  Majesties  Council  of  this   Collony 

of   Virginia. 

Who  departed   this   life  the   24th   day   of   January    1730 

In  the  40th  year  of  his  Age. 

He  was  the  only  son  of  the  Honourable  Matthew  Page  Esq. 

Who  was  likewise  a  member  of  His  Majesties  Council. 

His  first  wife  was  Judith  Daughter  of  Ralph  Wormeley  Esq. 

Secretary  of  Virginia ; 

By  whom  he  had  two  Sons  and  a   Daughter 

He  afterwards  married  Judith  Daughter  of  the 

Hon'''*  Robert  Carter  Esq. 

President  of   Virginia 

With  whom  he  lived  in  the  most   tender 

reciprocal  affection 

For  twelve  years ; 

Leaving  by  her  five  Sons  and  a  Daughter. 

His  publick  Trust  he  faithfully  Discharged 

with 

Candour  and  Discretion 

Truth  and  Justice. 

Nor  was  he  less  eminent  in  his  private  Behaviour 

For  he  was 

A  tender  husband  and  Indulgent  Father 

A  gentle   Master  and  a   faithful   Friend 

Being  to  All 

Courteous  and   Benevolent   Kind  and  Afifable 

This  Monument  was  piously  erected  to  his  memory 

By   His  mournfully   Surviving   Lady 

It  is  evident  that  the  building  of  "Rosewell"  was  a  heavy  burden  on 
the  Page  estate.  An  act  of  Assembly,  Sept.  1744  (Hening  V,  Tjy^  re- 
cited that  Mann  Page,  late  of  Rosewell,  in  the  county  of  Gloucester  de- 
ceased, was  in  his  life  time  seized  of  a  very  valuable  estate  in   lands 


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lying  in  divers  parts  of  the  Colony,  and  more  especially  a  tract  of  land 
called  Page  land  in  the  county  of  Prince  William,  10610  acres ;  of  one 
called  Page-land  in  the  county  of  Frederick,  formerly  Prince  William, 
8007  acres ;  one  in  Spotsylvania  Co.  4500  acres ;  one  near  Hobb's  Hole, 
Essex,  1380  cares;  one  called  Pamocra,  James  City  County,  900  acres; 
one  in  Hanover  Co.  2000  acres;  and  also  the  reversion  of  about  700 
acres  adjoining  the  City  of  Williamsburg  in  York  County;  a  tract 
called  Neck  of  Land,  James  City  County,  1700  acres;  a  tract  called 
"Pampatike"  King  William  Co.  1000  acres;  all  the  reversionary  lands 
expectant  upon  the  death  of  Elizabeth,  wife  of  David  Bray,  Gentleman, 
and  being  possessed  of  a  large  number  of  slaves  and  considerable  per- 
siderable  personal  estate,  made  his  will,  dated  Jan.  4,  1730  (various  de- 
vises are  here  recited)  ;  that  soon  after  testators  death  his  sons  Ralph 
and  Carter  Page  departed  this  life  as  did  David  Bray  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife,  and  their  interests  became  vested  in  Mann  Page,  son  of  the  testator. 

It  is  also  recited  that  the  testator  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  con- 
siderably indebted  to  persons  in  Great  Britain  and  this  Colony  to  an 
amount  greater  than  the  value  of  his  slaves  and  personal  property ;  that 
said  Mann  Page  (Junior)  had  been  obliged  to  advance  much  of  his 
own  money  to  prevent  creditors  from  bringing  suits,  and  that  after  thir- 
teen years  experience  he  finds  it  impossible  to  raise  sufficient  money  out 
of  the  property  of  the  said  estate  and  desires  permission  to  sell  the 
lands  mentioned  to  pay  his  father's  debts  and  the  portions  of  his  younger 
brothers  and  sisters.  The  Assembly  passed  an  act  docking  the  entail 
of  said  lands  and  authorizing  their  sale  for  the  purposes  mentioned. 
The  act  also  directed  that  the  following  slaves  part  of  those  devised 
by  the  testator  to  Ralph  Page,  to  wit :  Abram,  Barnaby,  John,  Rachel, 
Lucy,  Mary,  Bob,  Nanny,  Billy,  John,  Tom,  Beck,  Nanny,  Lucy,  Bob, 
Judy,  Alice,  John,  Frank,  Joshua,  Soloman,  Jemimy,  Jack,  Margaret, 
Daniel,  Jemimy,  Sarah,  Anthony,  now  being  upon  and  belonging  to  the 
quarter  at  Rosewell ;  James,  Nicholas,  Hannah  his  wife,  Nell,  Rachel, 
Harry,  Billy,  Davy,  Jamimy,  Bob,  London,  Isabel,  Sue,  Moses,  Aaron, 
Sarah,  Oliver,  Dick,  Jack,  now  being  upon  and  belonging  to  Clay  Bank 
quarter;  Jack,  Betty  his  wife,  Billy,  Dick,  Bridget,  Nat,  Edward,  Betty 
his  wife,  Dick,  Jeffry,  Mary,  John,  London,  Harry,  Jack,  Jenny,  Sarah, 
now  being  upon  and  belonging  to  Scotland  quarter;  Harry,  Sarah  his 
wife,  Harry,  Betty,  Bob,  Jemimy,  Betty,  Charles,  Frank,  Mat,  Will, 
now  being  upon  and  belonging  to  Clements  quarter,  all  in  the  county  of 
Gloucester,  with  the  increase  of  such  female  slaves,  shall  be  annexed 
to  the  lands  in  Gloucester  devised  to  Ralph  Page  and  now  in  the  pos- 
session of  Mann  Page. 

The  standard  genealogy  of  the  Pages  is  Dr.  R.  C.  M.  Page's  Gcncalotjy 
of  the  Page  I^ainily  in  Virginia,  two  editions  1883  and  1893.  Except 
for  England  and  the  earliest  Virginia  generations  it  contains  but  little 
in   the  way   of   evidence   from   wills,   etc.,   and  has   the  most   remarkable 


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VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  47 

defect  of  omitting  all  references  to  Confederate  services  by  members 
of  the  family.  Dr.  Page  himself  was  a  gallant  Confederate  artillery 
Captain. 

*  Cole  Digges,  of  "Belfield",  York  County,  was  born  in  1692,  and 
died  in  1744.  He  was  son  of  Dudley  Digges,  member  of  the  Council, 
grandson  of  Edward  Digges,  Governor  of  Virginia,  and  great  grandson 
of  Sir  Dudley  Digges,  of  Chilham,  Kent,  England,  Master  of  the 
Rolls.  He  was  appointed  to  the  Council  in  17 19  and  by  reason  of  long 
service  rose  to  be  President  of  that  body.  On  Sept.  16,  1728,  he  was 
commissioned  Lieutenant  and  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  counties  of 
Elizabeth  City,  Warwick  and  York.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of   Dr.   Henry   Power,  of   York  county  and   had   issue: 

I.  Edward,  of  "Belfield",  (died  March  22,  1769),  married  Aug.  9, 
1730,  Anne,  "daughter  of  the  late  Nathaniel  Harrison  Esq.,  of  the 
Council" ;  2.  William,  of  Denbigh,  Warwick  county,  married  Frances, 
daughter  of  Anthony  Robinson,  of  York  County ;  3.  Dudley,  of  York 
County  and  Williamsburg,  died  June  3,  1790,  aged  61  ;  married  ist 
Mary  Armistead,  2nd  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Ralph  Wormeley,  of 
"Rosegill";  4.  Mary,  (1717-1744)  married  Nathaniel  Harrison,  of 
"Brandon";  5.  Susannah,  married  Aug.  23,  1739,  Benjamin  Harrison, 
of   "Wakefield". 

The  epitaph  of   Cole  Digges  at  "Belfield"  is  as   follows : 

"This  Monument  was  Erected 

By  Colonel  Edward  Digges  to  ye 

memory  of  a  most  indulgent   Father 

The   Honbie   Cole   Digges    Esquire 

who  having  been  many  years  one 

of    his    Majestys    Honor'>'«    Council    for   this 

Colony   Sometime   President  of   ye   same 

Died  in  the  LH-^  year  of  his  age 

in  the  year  of   our  Lord   MDCCXLIV. 

Digges   ever   to   Extremes   untaught   to   bend 

Enjoying   Life   yet   mindful   of    his   end 

In  thee  the  world  an  happy  meeting  saw 

of    sprightly  humour   and    religious    awe. 

Chearful  not  wild,   facetious  yet  not  mad 

Tho   grave   not    sour    though    serious    never    sad 

Mirth  came  not  called  to  banish  from  within 

Intruding   pangs    of    unrepented   sin. 

And   thy   religion   was   no    Studied   Art 

To  vanish  guilt  but  purify  the   Heart 

What   less   then  a   felicity  most  rare 

Need  spring   from   such  a  temper  &  such  care 

Now  in   the  city  taking   great   delight 

To  vote  new  laws  or  old  interpret   right 

Now   crowds   &   Business   quitting  to   receive 

The  joys  Content  in   Solitude  can  give 

With   equal    praise   then   shone   among   the   great 


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And  graced  the  humble   pleasure  of    Retreat 
Displayed  thy  Dignity  in  every   Scene 

And  tempted  or  betrayed  to  nothing  mean 
Whate'er   of   thee  was   mean   beneath   it   lies, 

The  rest  unstained  is  claimed  by  the  skies. 

A  genealogy  of  the  Virginia  branch  of  the  Digges  family  was  pub- 
lished in  the  William  and  Mary  Quarterly  I,  80-89,  140-155,  208-214; 
and  copies  of  the  epitaphs  on  the  tombs  at  "Belfield"  appear  in  Meade's 
Old  Churches  and  Families  of  Virginia  I,  244,  245,  and  Collections  of 
the   Virginia  Historical  Society  XI,   107-109. 

"  Peter  Beverley,  of  Gloucester  county,  was  son  of  Major  Robert 
Beverley,  of  Middlesex  county,  long  a  prominent  figure  in  our  colonial 
history.  Peter  Beverley  was  clerk  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  1691-99, 
clerk  of  Gloucester  county  1702-1714  and  probably  other  years,  Speaker 
of  the  House  of  Burgesses  1700-1714,  Treasurer  of  Virginia  1710-23, 
appointed  to  the  Council  in  17 19,  and  died  1728.  He  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Major  Robert  Peyton,  of  "Isleham",  Gloucester  countj', 
and  granddaughter  of  Sir  Edward  Peyton,  Bart.  He  had  issue:  i. 
Anne,  married  Henry  Whiting  (died  1728)  of  Gloucester  County; 
2.  Elizabeth,  born  Jan.  i,  1691,  died  Dec.  26,  1725,  married,  June  22, 
1709,  Col.  William  Randolph  (2nd)  of  "Turkey  Island";  5.  Susanna, 
married  Sir  John  Randolph,  Knt.,  of  Williamsburg.  See  Va.  Magazine 
of  History  and  Biography  III,   169,   170,  261-268. 

"John  Carter,  son  of  Robert  Carter,  of  '"Corotoman",  who  at  this 
time  was  acting  Governor,  was  born  in  1696  and  died  April  30,  1743. 
The  entry  in  regard  to  his  admission  to  Trinity  College,  Cambridge, 
is  as  follows :  "Carter,  John,  son  of  Robert  Carter  of  Virginia,  America. 
School,  Mile  End,  London  (Mr.  Maltaire).  Age  18,  Fellow  Commoner, 
January  12,  1714.  Tutor,  Mr.  Baker  (matriculated  1714.  Did  not 
graduate)".  He  afterwards  studied  at  the  Middle  Temple,  and  returned 
to  Virginia,  where  he  was  appointed  Secretary  of  State  in  1722  and 
member  of  Council  1724.  He  inherited  great  landed  estates,  including 
"Corotoman"  from  his  father,  and  by  marriage  in  1723,  with  Eliz- 
abeth Hill,  the  heiress  of  "Shirley"  acquired  that  and  the  other  Hill 
estates. 

There  is  no  positive  proof  as  to  which  of  the  Edward  Hills  was 
the  father  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Carter.  The  late  Mrs.  Carter,  of  "Shirley", 
stated  years  ago  that  there  were  no  family  papers  dealing  with  this 
matter ;  and  the  records  of  Charles  City  county,  which  would  have 
contained  full  lecords  were  destroyed  during  the  Civil  War.  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Carter  is  usually  stated  to  have  been  a  daughter  of  Col. 
Edward  Hill  (2nd),  but  it  seems  rather  improbable  that  a  woman 
who  married  in  1723  should  be  the  daughter  of  a  man  born  in  1637. 
She  was  probably  the  only  child  of   his  son,   Edward   Hill    (3rd). 

John  and  Elizabeth  (Hill)  Carter  had  issue:  i.  Charles  (1732-1806), 
of  "Corotoman"  and  "Shirley",  married  1st  Mary  Walker,  daughter 
of  Charles  Carter,  of  "Cleve",  2nd  Anne  Butler,  daughter  of  Bernard 
Moore,  of  "Chelsea".  Charles  Carter's  will  is  printed  Va.  Magazine 
of  History  and  Biography  XXII,  380-382;  2.  Edward,  of  "Blenheim", 
married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Col.  John  Champe,  of  "Lamb's  Creek", 
King  George  county.  Edward  Carter  died  in  Fredericksburg,  and  an 
abstract  of  his  will,  proved  in  Spotsylvania,  June  6,  1792,  is  in  Crozier's 
Virginia  County  Records,  Spotsylvania  (N.  Y.  1905),  p.  48;  3.  Eliz- 
abeth  Hill,   married    (ist   wife),    William    Byrd   3rd,    of    "Westover". 


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°  John  Grymes  (1691-1748),  of  "Brandon",  Middlesex  county,  was  a 
Burgess  1718,  1720,  and  1722,  and  was  appointed  to  the  Council  in 
1725.  He  was  Auditor  General  1718  etc.,  and  Receiver  General  1723- 
1748.  He  married  Lucy,  daughter  of  Philip  Ludwell,  of  "Greenspring" 
and  had  ten  children.  An  elaborate  genealogy  of  the  Grymes  family 
was  published  a  few  years  ago  in  this  Magazine,  XXVH,  184-187, 
403-413;  XXVHI,  90-96,  187-192-b,  374,  375. 

'"  Richard  Buckner,  of  Essex  county,  was  son  of  John  Buckner,  the 
immigrant  member  of  the  family,  who  had  the  distinction  of  bringing 
the  first  printer,  William  Nuthead,  to  Virginia,  and  who  after  print- 
ing the  acts  of  the  session  of  1682,  was  stopped  by  order  of  Council. 
Richard  Buckner  patented  500  acres  on  the  Rappahannock  at  Golden 
Vale  (now  in  Caroline)  and  in  1720  and  1723,  4507  acres  in  King  and 
Queen.  On  Aug.  17,  1715  he  was  granted  179  acres  in  St.  Mary's 
Parish,  Essex,  "adjoining  two  tracts  of  land  belonging  to  said  Buckner, 
of  1000  and  300  acres".  In  1704  he  paid  quit  rents  on  1200  acres  in 
Essex.  He  was  clerk  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  in  1714  and  of 
Essex  1 703-1712  and  probably  a  longer  time."  He  lived  in  later  years 
in  Caroline  county  (which  had  been  formed  from  Essex).  He  married 
Elizabeth  (Cooke?)  and  died  in  Caroline.  The  will  book  has  been 
destroyed ;  but  the  court  order  book  shows  that  his  will  was  proved 
March  4,    1733,   by  Elizabeth  and   Richard   Buckner. 

He  had  issue:  i.  Richard,  justice  of  Caroline  1732,  sheriff  1753, 
died  1777;  2.  Philip,  of  Louisa  county,  where  he  died  in   1762;  3.  John, 

of  Caroline  county,  married  Sarah  ;  4.  William,  of  "The  Neck", 

Caroline  county ;   5.   Elizabeth,   probably  married   Alordecai   Cooke. 

See  The  Buckncrs  of  Virginia.  By  W.  A.  Crozier,  privately  printed, 
New  York,   1907. 

''  There  can  be  little  doubt  that  Larkin  Chew  was  descended  from 
John  Chew,  a  very  early  settler  in  Virginia,  whose  sons  removed  to 
Maryland,  and  founded  prominent  families  there  and  in  Delaware  and 
Pennsylvania.  It  has  been  stated  that  Joseph  Chew,  of  Maryland,  son 
of  John  the  emigrant,  married  a  Miss  Larkin  of  Annapolis,  and  was 
father  of  Larkin  Chew;  but  no  documentary  evidence  has  been,  so 
far,  disclosed,  which  would  substantiate  this,  and  it  must  be,  for  the 
present,   regarded  as  unproved. 

Larkin  Chew  lived  in  King  and  Queen  in  1703,  and  later  in  Essex 
and  Spotsylvania.  He  was  a  Justice  of  the  last  named  county  in  1722, 
sheriff  in  1727  and  1728,  and  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  1723 
and  1726.  He  was  evidently  an  energetic  man,  a  large  buyer  and  seller 
of  lands  and  with  other  irons  in  the  fire,  for  though  in  his  deeds 
he  is  always  styled  "gentleman",  in  the  various  grants  to  him  he  is 
called,  variously,  "gentleman",  and  "builder"  or  "carpenter".  He  no 
doubt  took  contracts  for  building  houses.  Our  ancestors  of  the  co- 
lonial period,  no  matter  what  their  overseas  ancestry  may  have  been, 
would  have  laughed  at  some  of  the  foolishness  talked  by  their  de- 
scendants, who  state  with  pride  that  their  forefathers  were  never  in 
trade  or  mechanical  pursuits.  The  fact  is  that  these  same  forefathers 
engaged  in  any  kind  of  business  they  thought  would  be  profitable.  Be- 
ing men  much  engaged  in  business  they  did  not  often  do  the  practical 
work,  but  they  supervised  it.  Mr.  Cocke  did  not  stand  behind  the 
bar  in  the  tavern  he  owned  at  Varina,  and  Charles  Carter,  of  "Cleve" 
and  Nathaniel  Harrison,  of  "Wakefield"  did  not  actually  work  at  the 
oven  in  their  bakeries  of  ship  biscuit,  nor  did  Henry  Cary  and  Larkin 
Chew  have  time  to  saw  and  plane ;  but  they  would  not  have  under- 
stood any  one  who  thought  that  owning  any  kind  of  business  was 
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Larkin  Chew  was  doubtless  a  dealer  in  lands  before  Spotsylvania 
county  was  formed;  but  the  records  of  that  county  from  Aug.,  1722 
to  Chew's  death  in  1729,  contain  39  deeds  frum  him,  conveying,  in  all, 
18,047  acres  in  that  county.  These  were  to  John  Spicer,  King  George; 
Nicholas  Hawkins,  planter,  Spotsylvania ;  William  Robertson,  Spotsyl- 
vania ;  Richard  Booker,  gent.,  Spotsylvania ;  Samuel  Moore,  Spotsyl- 
vania ;  Edward  Fisher,  carpenter,  Spotsylvania ;  Lawrence  Franklyn, 
planter,  Spotsylvania ;  Thomas  Butler,  Spotsylvania ;  William  Brandi- 
gam,  planter,  Spotsylvania ;  Philip  Brendigem,  planter,  Spotsylvania ; 
Samuel  Loyd,  Spotsylvania;  George  Tribble,  King  and  Queen;  Jona- 
than Clark,  St.  Margaret's  Parish,  King  and  Queen ;  David  Brown, 
South  Farnham  Parish,  Essex ;  William  Lyndsay,  planter,  Spotsyl- 
vania ;  Henry  Rogers,  planter,  Spotsylvania ;  Abraham  Brown,  South 
Farnham,  Essex ;  William  Hutcherson,  planter,  Spotsylvania ;  James 
Sames,  South  Farnham,  Essex;  Joseph  Brock,  gent.,  King  and 
Queen  (9020  acres)  ;  Henry  Martin,  Spotsylvania;  William  Bradbourne, 
South  Farnham,  Essex  ;  John  Hawkins,  gent.,  St.  Anne's  Parish,  Essex ; 
Nicholas  Copland,  Essex ;  James  and  Uriah  Garton,  Spotsylvania ;  Amey 
Sutton,  Spotsylvania ;  Lazarus  Tilly,  planter,  Spotsylvania ;  his  son, 
John  Chew,  Spotsylvania  (part  of  a  tract  of  land  patented  by  Larkin 
Chew,  April  6,  1712)  ;  his  son  Thomas  Chew,  Spotsylvania,  "land 
where  said  Thomas  now  lives" ;  his  son,  John  Chew,  Spotsylvania, 
"land  where   said  John  now   lives". 

Larkin  Chew's  will  was  dated  May  11,  1728,  and  proved  in  Spot- 
sylvania, April  I,  1729,  executor,  son  Larkin  Chew;  legatees:  sons 
Thomas  and  John  Chew,  daughter  Nan  Johnson,  wife  of  William 
Johnson  [Johnston],  son  Larkin  Chew  Jr.,  all  rest  of  estate,  after 
debts  are  paid,  wife  Hannah  to  have  first  choice,  to  maintain  her 
and  "my  mother  Ruth  Green",  during  their  lives,  with  reversion  to 
Larkin  Chew  Jr. 

Larkin  Chew  married  Hannah  Roy. 

Issue : 

1.  Thomas,  described  in  several  deeds  as  eldest  son  and  heir. 
Thomas  Chew,  of  Spotsylvania  county,  gent.,  conveyed  to  Larkin 
Chew  land  where  said  I^arkin  lives,  being  part  of  grants  dated 
April  6,  1712,  and  Dec.  23,  1714,  to  Capt.  Larkin  Chew,  deceased. 
In  1732  he  was  of  St.  Mark's  Parish,  Spotsylvania,  and  in 
1738  of  the  same  parish  in  Orange  county,  Dec.  19,  1746  there 
is  a  deed  in  Spotsylvania  from  Thomas  Chew  of  St.  Thomas' 
parish.  Orange,  and  Martha  his  wife;  he  married  Martha, 
daughter  of   James  Taylor    (2nd). 

2.  John,  of  Spotsylvania,  will  proved  there  July  6,  1756;  married 
(license  June  26,   1729)    Margaret,  daughter  of   Harry  Beverley. 

3.  Larkin  Chew,  of  Spotsylvania,  will  proved  there  Sept.  21,  1770; 
married  (license  Sept.  30,  1733)  Mary,  daughter  of  Harry 
Beverley. 

4.  Ann  married  William  Johnston,  of  Spotsylvania.  On  April  13, 
1737,  William  Johnston,  of  Spotsylvania,  gent.,  made  a  deed  for 
519  acres.  There  is  a  genealogy  of  the  Virginia  Chews  (  with 
very  few  dates)  in  I'lic  TJioiiias  Book,  by  Lawrence  B.  Thomas, 
New  York,  1896,  pp.  276-284. 

'-  All  visitors  to  Bruton  Church,  Williamsburg,  will  note  the  group 
of  substantial  tombs  in  the  churchyard,  bearing  the  arms  and  epitaphs 
of  the  family  of  Bray,  once  prominent  in  that  section,  but  now  prob- 
ably extinct.  David  Bray,  of  James  City  county,  was  born  in  1669  and 
died  October  5,  1731.  He  was  son  of  David  Bray,  of  James  City 
Co.,  and  grandson   of   James   Bray,   of   the  i>ame   county   who  was   ap- 


VIRGINIA    COUNCIL   JOURNALS  5I 

pointed  to  the  Council  in  1670.  Sarah,  wife  of  Thomas  Bray,  an 
uncle  of  David  Bray,  of  the  text,  founded  a  scholarship  at  William 
and  Mary,  and  Elizabeth  Bray,  daughter  of  his  first  cousin,  James 
Bray,  established  a  free  school  in  Isle  of  Wight  county  in  1753.  David 
Bray  married  Elizabeth  (1702-1734)  eldest  daughter  of  John  Page, 
who  was  a  nephew  of  Col.  John  Page,  emigrant  ancestor  of  that  well 
known  family.  The  younger  John  Page,  married  his  cousin,  the  only 
child  and  heiress  of  Capt.  Francis  Page  (son  of  Col.  John)  a  man 
of  large  means.  As  David  and  Elizabeth  Bray  died  without  issue  the 
estate  inherited  by  them  from  Francis  Page  reverted  to  Mann  Page, 
the  younger,  of   "Rosewell". 

There  is  a  genealogy  of  the  Bray  family  in  the  IVilliam  and  Mary 
Quarterly,  XIII,  266-269. 

The  Bray  arms  on  the  tombs  at  Bruton  are:  Ac,  a  chezron  between, 
three  eagles  legs  erased,  a  la  ciiissc,  armed  gu.  Crest :  an  ounce  ppr. 
On  the  tomb  of  David  Bray  (which  also  has  the  epitaph  of  his  wife 
Elizabeth)  these  arms  have  also  those  of  Page  on  an  inescutcheon. 
The  epitaph  of  David  Bray  is  as  follows : 

H.    s    E. 

DAVID    BR.\Y 

Vir 

Forma  Ingenio  Morum   Suavitate  et  Comitate  Praetor 

Serenissimo    Regi    Georgio    Secundo 

Conciliis   in   Virginia   Constitubus 

Tamen  ante  Munus    Susceptum   florente   Aetate 

Morte  abreptus 

ELISABETHANE 

jOHANNis  PAGE,  Arminger  Filiam  Natu  primam 

Sibi  Matrimonio  conjunctam  habuit 

Mutuo   AfFectus   conjunctissimam. 

et  sine  Prole  maerentem  reliquit 

Octob  5°    1731   aetat  32 

Ilia    Amoris    Conjugalii    Extremum    Pignus 

Hoc  Monumentum  posuit 

'^Daniel  Hornby,  of  Richmond  county,  who  was  born  1690  and  died 
Feb.  14,  1749,  was  son  of  Daniel  Hornby,  tailor,  of  Richmond  county, 
whose  will  was  proved  in  1705.  Daniel  Hornsby,  the  younger,  married 
1714  Winifred,  daughter  of  Captain  Samuel  Travers,  of  old  Rappa- 
hannock county.  Daniel  Hornsby  (or  Hornby's)  will  was  dated  Oct. 
13,  1749  and  proved  in  Richmond  county  April  2,  1750.  All  estate, 
with  the  exceptions  stated,  to  Travers  Colston  and  Rawleigh  Colston  ;  to 
Taverner  Beale  a  diamond  ring ;  legacy  to  Winifred,  daughter  of  Capt. 
William  Bcale,  a  Latin  master  to  attend  Travers  Colston  at  £20  a  year 
for  5  years,  he  shall  be  obliged  to  teach  ten  scholars  ;  legacies  to  Mr. 
William  Bcale's  son  William  and  Mr.  Colston'  sson  William;  Thomas 
Beale,  son  of  Capt.  Beale,  and  William  Beale,  son  of  Capt.  William 
Beale. 

"  Thomas  Beale,  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  family  was  born  prior 
to  1626,  married  prior  to  1647  and  emigrated  to  Virginia  prior  to  March 
25,  1649;  was  J.  P.  for  York  Co.  1652  and  Major  of  militia  1661.  He 
was  appointed  to  the  Council  in  1662  and  probably  remained  a  member 
of  that  body  until  his  death.     King  Charles  II,  in  a  letter,  dated  Sept. 


52  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

30,  1668  to  the  Governor  of  Virginia,  recommended  for  appointment 
as' Commander  of  the  fort  at  Point  Comfort,  Thomas  Beale,  of  "whose 
ability  and  prudence  the  King  hath  had  long  experience."  He  appar- 
ently left  no  will  and  the  exact  date  of  his  death  is  not  known;  but 
it  could  doubtless  be  ascertained  from  the  order  books  of  York  county. 

He  married  Alice (possibly  a  widow)  who  made  a  deed,  Sept.  23, 

1702,  as  "widow  of  Col.  Thomas  Beale"  conveying  land  in  York  to  her 
grandson  Peter  Goodwyn,  with  remainder  to  her  grandson  Thomas  Beale 
of  Rappahannock.  Her  will  dated  Oct.  9,  1700,  was  proved  in  \ork 
county  Her  legatees  were  her  granddaughter,  Elizabeth  Powell,  grand- 
sons Thomas  Beale,  Thomas,  son  of  Francis  Reade,  Benjamin,  son  01 
Thomas   Reade  and   Peter   Goodwyn.  ,  ^     ,      t      /i 

Col.  Thomas  Beale'  had  an  only  son  Captain  Thomas"  Beale,  Jr  (born 
1647,  died  1679)  who  patented  land  in  Rappahannock  county  (then  in- 
cluding Richmond  county)  in  1662,  was  appointed  J.  P.  for  York  1673, 
and  soon  afterwards  removed  to  "Chestnut  Hill"  m  the  present  Richmond 
county  He  married  Ann,  daughter  of  William  Gooch,  member  of  the 
Council  (whose  broken  tomb  remains  at  the  site  of  the  old  church  near 
Yorktown).     His   tomb,  at  "Chestnut  Hill",  has  the   following   epitaph: 

"Here  lyes  the  body  of 
Capt.  Thomas   Beale  Jr  who 
Took  to  wife  Ann  daugh- 
ter  of   Col.  William  Gough 
And  had  by  her  two  sons  & 
Two  daughters.     He  depart- 
ed this  life  the  17th  day 
•     of    Oct.    1679 
.States  suae  32 
In  midst  of  tempests  when  the 
torrents  raved 
Deeply  for  mercy  to  the  Lord 
I  craved 
Whose   goodness   thus   so   pittied 

Me  distrest 

His  mercies  wrought  my  soul's 

eternal  rest." 

Thomas"  and  Ann  Beale  had  issue: 

1.  Ann,  born  Aug.    10,    1672    (Farnham   Register). 

2.  Thomas^  born  Jan.  29,  1675    (ibid). 

3.  Charles',  born  Oct.  20,  1678   (ibid). 

4.  Daughter,  name  unknown. 

Thomas^"  Beale,  of  "Chestnut  Hill",  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Capt  John  Taverncr.  His  will  was  dated  Feb.  22,  1728  and  proved  in 
Richmond  Co.,  June  4.  1729-  legatees:  his  wife,  son  William,  daughter 
Ann  Beale,  daughter  Elizabeth  Beale,  son  Thomas;  four  youngest  sons 
Taverner,  Charles,  Richard  and  Robert,  son  John.  The  will  of  his  wife 
Elizabeth  was  dated  March  17,  1728  and  proved  in  Richmond  Co  June 
4,  1729.  Legatees:  sons  Thomas,  William,  John,  Taverner,  Charles, 
Richard  and   Reuben,  daughters   Ann  and   Elizabeth. 


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On  August  27,  1728  Thomas  Beale  had  bought  from  Henry  Willis 
3333  acres  on  the  east  side  of  the  Little  Mountains,  in  St.  George's 
Parish,  Spotsylvania.  This  was  doubtless  the  land  in  the  later  Orange 
on  which  several  of  his  sons  afterwards   settled. 

Thomas^  and  Elizabeth  Beale  had  issue : 

1.  Anne,  born  Sept  3,  171 1    (fanihaiii  Register). 

2.  Thomas^  of  Richmond  Co.,  born  .  .  .  ,  died  Oct.  9,  1732.  He 
married  (License  Richmond  County,  April  27,  1728)  Sarah 
McCarty  and  had  a  son  Thomas,"  born  May  17,  1729  (Farnhaiii 
Register).  This  son  probably  died  unmarried.  The  will  of 
Thomas*  Beale  was  dated  Sept.  27,  1732,  and  proved  in  Rich- 
mond Co.,  Feb.  5,  1732.  He  made  bequests  to  his  son  Thomas, 
when  he  was  aged  20  years,  to  his  (testator's)  sister  Nancy,  and 
to  his  (the  testator's)  "little  brothers  and  sisters,"  John,  Tav- 
ener,  Charles,  Richard,  Reuben,  and  Elizabeth  Beale,  to  be  paid 
when  they  were   18  years   old;   brother   William   Beale. 

3.  William*,  of  Richmond  County,  J.  P.  1748,  etc ;  married  Ann 
Harwar  (License  Richmond  County,  April  29,  1729,  with  her 
name  as  "Harwar  Harwar".)  The  will  of  William*  Beale  was 
dated  March  9,  1776,  and  proved  in  Richmond  County  July  6, 
1778.  Legatees:  sons  William  and  Reuben,  daughter  Susanna, 
sons  Richard  and  Robert;  Mr.  William  Ball,  who  married  daugh- 
ter Ann;  daughters  Sarah  and  Mary;  children  John,  William, 
Reuben,  Richard,  Robert,  Elizabeth,  Winifred,  Travers,  Susan- 
nah, Sarah  and  Mary.  Sons-in-law  Richard  Parker  and  Robert 
Wormely  Carter,  executors.  The  will  of  Willianv'  Beale  (the  son 
named  in  the  will)  was  dated  Jan.  25  and  proved  in  Orange  Feb. 
24,  1800.  He  left  his  estate  to  his  brothers  Robert,  Richard, 
Thomas,  John  and  Reuben.  Robert^  Beale  (another  son  named 
in  the  will),  served  in  the  Revolution  as  Captain.  He  married 
Martha  Felicia,  daughter  of  George  Lee  Turberville,  of  Rich- 
mond County,  and  was  the  father  of  Brig.-General  Rd  Lee  Tur- 
berville Beale,  C.  S.  A.,  of  Westmoreland  County.  An  account 
of  the  descendants  of  Capt.  Rbt  Beale  is  in  Miss  Hardy's  Colo- 
nial fa»iilies,  p.  515.  That  Rev.  G.  W.  Beale,  D.  D.,  son  of 
General  Beale,  did  not  write  a  history  of  the  Northern  Neck 
and  its  people,  is  a  real  loss  to  \'irginia  local  history.  A  life- 
long residence  and  most  thorough  and  judicious  study  of  its 
records  and  other  antiquities,  gave  him  a  knowledge  of  the  sub- 
ject, which  now,  when  so  many  changes  have  taken  place,  can 
never  be  equalled.  His  papers  must  be  of  great  value,  especially 
his  diary,  which  was  evidently  as  much  a  note  book  of  antiquities 
as  a  record  of  the  events  of  the  day.  His  unstinted  generosity 
in  giving,  from  his  great  store  of  knowledge,aid  to  those  who 
asked   him,    deserves    a    full    acknowledgment. 

4.  John,*  of   Richmond  County,   born    died   1767.     He  married 

Elizabeth   His  will  was  dated  Dec.  22,    1766,  and  proved 

Aug.  I,  1767.  Legatees:  wife  Elizabeth,  daughters,  Anne,  Sarah, 
Winifred,  Eustace,  Elizabeth  and  Charlotte  Beale;  John  and 
Hancock  Eustace  and  Richard  Edwards,  executors  and  guardians. 

5.  Richard,*   born    Dec.    19,    1723,    (Parnliam    Register),    died    1771. 

He  removed  to  Orange  county.    He  married  Elizabeth  His 

will  was  dated  Aug.  11,  1768,  and  proved  in  Orange  Aug.  22,  1771. 
Legatees:  daughters  Molly  and  Ann,  wife  Elizabeth,  daughter 
Winifred,   wife   of    Mr.   \Villiam   Dangcrfield,   and   previously  of 


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Mr.  Willis.  The  will  of  his  widow,  Elizabeth,  was  dated  Dec. 
II,  1772,  and  proved  in  Orange  Jan.  28,  1773.  She  left  her 
estate  to  her  three  daughters. 

6.  Reuben,'*  born  Dec.   19,   1725. 

7.  Tavener,''  born  ,  died   1756.     He  removed  to  Orange  County. 

He  married  Frances  (born  March  6,  1726),  daughter  of  Ambrose 
Madison,  and  aunt  of  the  President.  She  afterwards  married 
Jacob  Hite  and  was  killed  by  the  Indians.  The  will  of  Taverner 
Beale  was  dated  Nov.  3,  1754,  and  proved  in  Orange,  Oct.  29, 
1756.  Legatees:  wife,  son  Charles,  children  Taverner,  Frances, 
Elizabeth  and  Anne.  Wife  Frances,  and  brothers  Charles  Bcale, 
Richard  Beale  and  James   Madison    [Sr.]    executors. 

8.  Robert\ 

'^  Charles  Chiswell  of  Hanover  County  died  in  1737  and  his  son  John 
was  his  executor.  The  elder  Chiswell  was  extensively  engaged  in  iron- 
works and  Col.  Byrd,  seeking  to  understand  the  mysteries  of  the  busi- 
ness, visited  him  in  1732,  and  left  a  pleasant  account  in  his  "Progress  to 
the  Mines."  He  says,  "After  this  I  had  8  miles  to  Mr.  Chiswell's,  where 
I  arrived  about  2  o'clock  and  saved  my  Dinner,  I  was  very  handsomely 
entertained,  finding  everything  very  clean  and  very  Good.  I  had  not 
seen  Mrs.  Chiswell  in  24  years,  which,  alas!  had  made  great  havoc  with 
her  pretty  face,  and  placed  very  deep  Furrows  in  her  fair  skin.  It  was 
impossible  to  know  her  again  so  much  the  flower  was  faded.  However, 
tho'  she  was  grown  an  Old  Woman,  yet  she  was  one  of  those  absolute 
Rarities,  a  very  good  old  Woman.  I  found  Mr.  Chiswell  a  sensible, 
well-bred  Man  and  very  frank  in  coinmunicating  his  knowledge  of  the 
Mystery  of  making  Iron,  wherein  he  has  had  long  experience"  Mr. 
Chiswell  explained  the  iron  business  at  length.  Col.  Byrd  at  bed-time 
"retired  to  a  very  clean  lodging  in  another  house  [doubtless  "the  office"] 
and  took  my  Bark,  but  was  forced  to  take  it  in  Water,  by  reason  a  light 
fingcr'd  Damsel  had  ransackt  my  Baggage  and  drunk  up  my  Brandy. 
This  unhappy  Girl,  [a  servant]  it  seems,  is  a  Baronet's  daughter,  but 
*  *  *  inclined  so  much  to  lewdness  that  her  Father  sent  her,  under  the 
Care  of  the  virtuous  Mr.  Cheap,  to  seek  her  fortune  on  this  Side  the 
Globe."  '  The  next  day  Col.  Byrd,  fearing  to  tire  his  host  by  talking 
too  much  about  iron,  turned  the  conversation  to  other  subjects  and  re- 
ceived from  Mr.  Chiswell  information,  not  how  to  home  brew,  but  how 
to  stop  liquor  from  fermenting  and  thus  keep  cider  sweet.  Mr.  Chiswell 
did  then  to  give  his  recipe  for  brewing.  It  is  set  forth  in  the  "Progress 
to  the  Mines." 

Charles  Chiswell  was  the  father  of  Col.  John  Chiswell,  of  Williams- 
burg, a  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  and  the  owner  and  operator 
of  the  lead  mines  in  the  present  Wythe  County. 

'"  Rev.  George  Robertson,  a  Scotchman,  who  was  previously  a  chap- 
lain in  the  navy,  was  licensed  by  Bishop  Compton,  of  London,  as  a  mis- 
sionary to  Virginia.  He  became  minister  of  Bristol  Parish  in  1693  and 
held  the  charge  until  his  death  in  1739.  A  report  made  by  him  to  the 
Bishop  of  London  in  1724  is  in  Slaughter's  Bristol  Parish,  p.  9.  The 
births  of  a  number  of  his  slaves  are  entered  in  the  parish  register.     Rev. 

George  Robertson  married  ist ,  and  2d,  prior  to  171 1,  Mary,  daughter 

of   Peter   Eppes.     Issue:      (ist   m.)    i.   George,   of    Chesterfield   County, 
married  Martha  Field,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah   (Randolph)   Archer; 

(2d    m.)    2.    John,    married    Ann    Royal;    3.    James,    married    ,    4. 

Elizabeth. 


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VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  55 

A  house  built  by  one  of  Rev.  George  Robertson's  sons  still  remains 
near  Swift  Creek,  Chesterfield  County.  It  is  notable  for  the  size  of 
one  of  the  chimneys,  which  is  25  feet  wide  at  the  base. 

There  is  in  existance  a  manuscript  pedigree  of  this  family. 

'"  Major  William  Mayo  and  his  brother  Joseph  Mayo  came  to  Vir- 
ginia about  1723.  They  were  sons  of  Joseph  Mayo,  who  lived  in  or 
near  Fronie,  in  Somersetshire.  William  Mayo  was  baptized  at  Poul- 
shot,  Wiltshire,  Nov.  4,  1684,  emigrated  to  Barbadoes  prior  to  1712, 
where  he  married  Frances  Gould.  During  1717-1721,  he  made  a  survey 
and  map  of  Barbadoes,  which  is  still  preserved  in  Kings  College  library. 
Before  Sept.,  1723.  he  removed  with  his  wife  and  four  daughters,  to 
Virginia.  In  1728  he  qualified  as  one  of  the  first  justices  of  Goochland 
county  and  its  first  surveyor.  In  1729  he  was  one  of  the  Virginia  sur- 
veyors for  running  the  line  with  North  Carolina  and  Mayo  River  was 
named  for  him.  He  was  commissioned  Major  of  Militia  1730;  in  1731 
ran  the  line  between  Goochland  and  Hanover  and  in  1737  laid  out  the 
town  of  Richmond  for  Col.  Byrd.  He  also  was  one  of  the  surveyors 
of  the  disputed  Northern  Neck  line  and  prepared  a  valuable  map.  In 
1731  his  first  wife  was  dead  and  in  August  of  that  year  he  wrote  to 
Anne,  daughter  of  John  Perratt,  of  Barbadoes,  to  come  to  Virginia  to 
marry  him.  Her  brother  had  bought  a  thousand  acre  plantation  in 
Virginia,  which  he  called  Parratt's  Nest.  A  letter  written  by  Major 
Mayo  to  Aliss  Perratt's  brother  is  now  in  the  collection  of  this  Society 
and  was  printed  many  years  ago  in  the  Virginia  Historical  Register,  but 
this  work  is  such  a  rarity  that  a  copy  of  the  letter  is  appended  to  this 
note.  The  lady  obeyed  the  order  or  request ;  came  to  Virginia  and  be- 
came the  second  Mrs.   Mayo. 

Major  William  Mayo  "patented  about  30,000  acres  of  land,  and  lived 
on  Fine  Creek,  in  the  present  County  of  Powhatan."  His  will  was  dated 
Feb.  16,  1743,  and  proved  Nov.  20,  1744.  He  is  said  to  have  died  in 
Richmond  Oct.  20,  1744.  His  widow,  "Madam  Anne  Mayo,"  died  in 
1773- 

Major  William  Mayo  had  issue  (ist  m.)  i.  Anne  (1712-1785),  mar- 
ried,   1732,    George   Carrington ;    2.    Sarah    (born   about    1714),   married 

1st  Jones,  2d,  Joseph  Scott.     3.  Mary   (born  about  1716),  married 

Edmund  Gray;  4.  Hester,  died  young;  by  2d  m.  5.  Daniel,  will  proved 

Fb.  23,  1761,  married  Mary  ;  6.  Rebecca,  born  about  1735,  married 

Henry  Macon,  of  New  Kent,  afterwards  of  Cumberland;  7.  Col.  John 
(1737-17S0),  Burgess  and  member  of  Revolutionary  Conventions,  mar- 
ried Mary  Tabb ;  8.  Joseph   (1739-1802),  married  Martha  Tabb. 

Joseph  Mayo,  brother  of  Major  Williem,  settled  at  "Powhatan  Seat," 
on  James  River,  just  below  Richmond.  His  tomb,  bearing  his  arms  has 
been  removed,  with  all  the  others  in  the  family  burying  ground  there, 
to  Hollywood  Cemetery. 

After  a  generation  or  two  from  Joseph  Mayo,  "Powhatan  Seat"  passed 
to  the  descendants  of  his  brother  William.  Rev.  Charles  Herbert  Mayo 
has  published  two  editions  of  a  genealogy  of  the  English  Mayos.  Much 
regarding  these  in  Virginia  is  contained  in  Brown's  Cabells  and  their  kin 
(see  index).  Mr.  Brown  also  contributed  to  the  Richmond  Standard, 
July  17,  1880,  "A  Partial  Account  of  Three  Generations  of  the  De- 
scendants   of    William    Mayo." 

The  letter  referred  to  above  is  as  follows : 

"Goochland  in   Virginia  27.  Aug'.    1731- 
I    heartily   thank   you    for    your    good    inclination    towards    being   my 
Brother  in  Law,  &  I  wish  I  could  come  to  Barbados  as  you  advise ;  As 


■Miin   ,di 


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I  have  writ  pretty  largely  to  your  Sister  which  I  suppose  she  will  shew 
you  I  shall  have  the  less  occasion  to  enlarge  upon  that  head  to  you, — 
Her  Fortune  though  not  to  be  despised  can  be  no  temptation  for  me  to 
come  to  Barbados  under  my  circumstances,  when  for  ought  I  know  I 
should   lose  more  by  such  an   undertaking. 

My  Sincerity  I  think  need  not  be  called  in  question  &  I  think  also 
that  it  would  be  an  unpardonable  baseness  &  such  as  I  never  was  & 
1  hope  never  shall  be  guilty  of  to  trifle  on  such  an  occasion. 

When  you  have  seen  my  Letter  to  her  &  understand  why  I  cant  come 
to  Barbados  I  am  persuaded  that  you  will  advise  her  to  come  to  Vir- 
ginia to  me,  &  if  she  do  come  she  shall  have  no  cause  to  reproach  you 
for  your  advise  if  I  can  help  it. 

As  to  your  affairs  at  Perratts  Nest  I  am  sorry  to  tell  you  that  on 
the  19  of  March  last  your  Negro  Quaccoo  Hang'd  himself,  the  Women 
are  all  in  Health  &  all  things  goes  on  as  well  as  can  be  expected. 

I  shall  get  some  Cows  &  Calves  with  some  Sows  &  Pigs  to  begin  a 
Stock  for  you  this  Fall,  there  will  be  Corn  &  fodder  for  their  Support- 

I  have  not  been  there  lately  nor  to  a  Plantation  of  my  own  8  Miles 
higher  up  I  have  been  so  busy  in  attending  Workmen  about  a  new 
House — but  I  am  well  informed  that  you  have  extraordinary  good  Corn 
at  Perratts  Nest. 

1  have  paid  Capt.  Bowler  Cocke  £25  Sterling  for  his  half  of  your 
1000  acres  &  have  taken  his  Bond  of  £200  to  make  the  conveyances 
which  I  shall  get  performed  as  soon  as  possil)le.  Your  1000  acres  will 
cost  you  £50  Sterling  &  I  think  you  have  such  a  pennyworth  that  you 
will  have  no  occasion  to  repine  at  the   hardness  of   your   bargain. 

1  have  drawn  on  Mr.  Newport  for  i6o  Sterling,  the  other  Amt  I 
forbear  to  draw  for  waiting  for  an  opportunity  of  buying  therewith 
Two  Negro  Boys  for  you.     1  am  told  a  Guinea  man  is  expected  daily. 

I  thank  you  for  the  Yams,  Eddoes  etc  sent  with  y 2"]  March 

last,  such  things  will  not  come  to  such  perfection  in  this  Climate  as  to 
be  worth  the  pains  of  planting,  &  the  great  plenty  of  other  good  things 
that   we  have,   make  them   the   less   wanted. 

I  shall  take  what  care  1  can  about  propagating  the  Fruit  Stones,  I 
have  had  Plum  stones  from  England  &  planted  them  here  with  no 
success,  having  been  spoilt  in  bringing  yet  neverless  these  may  grow 
&  I  will  try. 

I  have  had  Peaches  from  the  Stones  you  gave  me  when  you  was  at 
my  House  it  is  a  good  Peach  and  large  but  I  think  I  have  better  & 
much  larger  &  some  has  measured  14  inches  about  &  I  think  of  as  rich 
a  juice  as  a  Pine  to  the  full  I  wish  I  could  have  sent  you  &  Mrs. 
Nanny  some  of  them.  I  have  had  this  year  such  a  plenty  &  I  have 
found  such  a  benefit  by  letting  my  Hogs  come  into  the  Orchard  that  I 
propose  to  plant  6  acres  more  &  I  shall  give  directions  to  your  Over- 
seer to  plant  a  good  Orchard  &  will  provide  him  with  Stones. 

I  shall  plant  good  Store  of  May  Cherry  Stones  (Others  I  have 
enough)  if  they  come  up  as  I  hope  they  will  your  Overseer  shall  have 
a  part,  I  have  some  young  Trees  now  growing  &  some  black  damsons, 
I  am  promised  this  Winter  some  plumbs  &  Morrello  Cherry  Trees. — 

The  last  time  I  was  at  Colo.  Byrds  his  Eady  desired  me  to  send  to 
Barbados  for  some  shells  for  her  as  Conk  Shells  Wilks  &  such  Variety 
as  may  be  got,  let  me  beg  the  favour  of  you  to  get  a  small  barrel  full 
(enough  may  be  had  about  Oistins  &  below  Rock)  &  send  them  to 
CoUo.  William  Byrd  at  Westover  in  James  River  and  place  the  charge 
to  my  account. — I  am  my  Dear  Friend 

Your  most  humble  Servt. — 

Wm.  Mayo. 


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Sir 

The  foregoing  is  a  copy  of  my  last  which  I  hope  you  have  received 
Enclosed  is  a  letter  to  your  Sister  which  be  pleased  to  deliver  to  her  I 
am  Dr.  Sir 

Your  most  Affect.  Sert. 

Wm.  Mayo." 
Dated  from  the  N.  E.  corner  of  my  Porch. 

14.  Oct.  1731— 
[Endorsed]    Letters   William   to  his   Sweet  heart — 

"*  The  first  of  this  family  in  Virginia  was  Oliver  Seager — who  lived 
in  that  part  of  Lancaster  county  which  was  afterwards  Middlesex.  Lan- 
caster Court  gave  him  in  1653  a  certificate  for  obtaining  a  land  grant. 
The  will  of  Oliver  Seager  was  dated  Jan.,  1658,  and  proved  in  Lan- 
caster, March,  1659.  Legatees  :  eldest  son  Oliver,  wife  EUeanor,  daughter 
Elizabeth  and  son  Randolph.  Wife,  and  friends  Nicholas  Cocke  and 
Richard  Lee  executors.  His  widow  married  secondly  Humphry  Owen. 
In  Lancaster,  Oct.  30,  1663,  is  a  deed  from  Ellcnor  Owen  to  her  chil- 
dren Oliver  and  Randolph  Seager  and  Elleanor  Owen.  On  Nov.  11, 
1663,  inventories  of  the  estates  of  Oliver  Seager,  deceased,  and  Humphrey 
Owen,  deceased,  were  recorded.  Mrs.  Owen  soon  married,  as  third 
husband,  Humphrey  Jones,  of  Lancaster.  By  an  order  of  the  county 
court,  Nov.  9,  1664,  Humphrey  Jones  and  Eleanor  his  wife  were  to 
have  one-third  of  the  estate  [her  dower]  of  Oliver  Seager,  deceased, 
and  the  rest  was  to  be  divided  among  his  heirs.  The  will  of  Humphrey 
Jones  was  dated  October  and  proved  in  Middlesex  Nov.,  1684.  He 
names  his  "grandchildren,"  Winifred,  Catherine  and  Oliver  Seager,  and 
his  "daughter"  Marie  Seager. 

By  onler  of  Middlesex  Court  Feb.,  1685-6,  Mrs.  Mary  Seager,  execu- 
trix of  Humphrey  Jones,  was  appointed  guardian  of  his  son  Humphrey. 
Though  it  is  possible  that  Humphrey  Jones'  will  referred  to  his  wife's 
grandchildren,  it  is  also  possible  that  Mary  Jones,  his  daughter  by  a 
former  marriage,  had  married  one  of  his  Seager  stepsons.  Though 
Randolph  Seager 's  wife  at  the  time  of  his  will  was  made  was  Ann, 
Mrs.  Mary  Seager  was  probably  a  former  wife.  The  inventory  of 
Oliver  Seager  was  recorded  in  Middlesex  Nov.  13,  1699.  He  was  the 
son  of  the  first  Oliver,  and  probal)ly  died  without  issue.  In  1693  "Mr. 
Randolph  Seager"  had  married  the  administratrix  of  Capt.  Oswald 
Cary,  deceased.  In  or  before  May  1698  she  had  married  (for  the 
3d  time)  Rev.  Samuel  Gray.  The  will  of  "Randle"  Seager,  was  dated 
Dec.  i^x;3.  His  legatees  were  wife  Ann,  daughters  Winifred  and 
Catherine  Seager,  sons  John,  William  and  Oliver;  refers  to  "My 
father  Jones",  deceased,  and  mentions  Humphrey  Jones.  He  owned  a 
plantation  called  "Jamaica"  and  other  lands.  In  1694  Tobias  Mickle- 
borough  was  guardian  to  Oliver,  son  and  orphan  of  Mr.  Randolph 
Seager,  deceased,  and  in  the  same  year  guardians  were  appointed  for 
William,  Catherine,  Winifred  and  John,  also  children  of  Randolph 
Seager.  The  will  of  John  Seager  (son  of  Randolph)  was  dated 
Oct.  1729  and  proved  in  Middlesex,  January,  1740.  He  gave  all  of 
his  estate  to  Jane  Seager  Nicolas,  with  exception  of  bequests  to  his 
brothers   Oliver  and  William,  and  Josiah,   son   of   Oliver. 

Oliver  Seager  gave  bond  June,  171 1,  as  sheriff  of  Middlesex,  and 
Oliver  Seager  was  J.  P.  for  Middlesex,  1732.  The  inventory  of  Cap- 
tain Oliver  Seager,  deceased,  was  recorded  in  Middlesex,  July  7,  174L 
This  was  no  doubt  the  Oliver  Seager  of  the  text.  The  records  of 
Middlesex  would  give  a   full   account   of    the   family,   which  after   270 


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years,  is  still  resident  there.  The  spelling  of  the  name  has  long 
been  changed  to  Segar. 

'°  Hillary  Moseley  (died  1730)  of  Princess  Anne  county,  was  son  of 
Col.  lulward  Moseley,  of  the  same  county  and  great  grandson  of  Wil- 
liam Moseley,  who  had  been  a  merchant  at  Amsterdam  and  had  emi- 
grated to  Virginia  in  1649.     Hillary  Aloseley,  married  Hannah  . 

His  will  was  dated  Nov.  i,  1727  and  proved  in  Princess  Anne,  August 
5,  1730.  He  had  one  son,  Edward  Hack  Moseley  (d.  1783),  who 
was  a  very  prominent  citizen  of    Princess   Anne  county. 

The  Moseleys  long  owned  what  was,  perhaps,  the  largest  and  most 
interesting  collection  of  portraits  in  Virginia.  The  inventory  of  Col. 
Edward  Hack  Moseley,  1783,  included  only  the  number  of  portraits, 
not  the  names.  Among  the  items  were:  "Furniture  in  the  hall,  12 
family  pictures,  9  pictures  in  frames.  In  the  dining  room  2  family 
picturcb,  8  small  ditto  in  frames,  8  small  pictures".  This  collection 
remained  intact  until  the  death  of  Mr.  Burwell  Bassett  Moseley,  of 
Norfolk ;  but  has  since  been  scattered,  and  there  is  no  complete  account 
of  it.  An  old  person  remembered  a  worm-eaten  portrait  on  panel,  of 
a  man  in  armor;  portraits  of  William  Moseley,  the  emigrant,  and  of 
an  old  lady  of  an  earlier  date,  are  engraved  in  Mary  N.  Stanard's 
Colonial  Virginia,  from  two  photographs  given  about  fifteen  years  ago 
to  this  Society.  Portraits  of  Arthur  and  William,  sons  of  the  emi- 
grant, are  owned  by  a  descendant  of  the  family.  The  late  E.  W. 
James  had  seen  a  full  length  seated  portrait  of  Edward  Hack  Moseley. 
A  list  of  these  Moseley  portraits  with  the  designations  given  them  by 
the  family  would  be  of  interest.  A  view  of  "RoUeston",  the  old 
home  of  the  family,  in  Princess  Anne,  is  in  R.  A.  Lancaster's  His- 
torical  Viryiiiia   Homes  and  Churches. 

^  In  1679  "Mr.  Radford"  paid  taxes  on  5  tithablcs  in  Henrico  Co. 
In  1683  "Mr.  Francis  Redford",  of  Henrico,  is  mentioned.  The  will 
of  Francis  Redford  was  dated  May  16,  1682  and  proved  in  Henrico. 
Feb.  I,  1693-4.  Legatees:  to  grandson-in-law,  Samuel  Moody  Jr.  a 
horse,  rest  of  estate  to  be  divided  between  wife  Ann  and  sons  Francis 
and  John;  but  wife  to  have  the  plantation  to  live  on.  If  Francis 
was  unable  to  manage  his  estate  it  was  to  go  to  John. 

John  Redford  was  J.  P.  for  Henrico  1713.  His  will  was  dated 
March  5,  1752  and  proved  in  Henrico,  Oct.  1752.  Legatees :  sons 
Milner  and  John,  daughter  Mary,  wife  of  William  Weathers ;  son 
Francis ;  the  heirs  of  his  deceased  son  William.  It  is  believed  that  he 
was  ancestor  of  families  named  Redford  and  Radford.  The  will  of 
John  Redford,  was  proved  in  Henrico  April,  1778.  Legatees:  sons: 
William  C,  Joseph,  and  James ;  daughters  Martha  Goode,  and  A:in 
Throckmorton;  grandson  Nicholas  Turpin,  grandson  William,  son  of 
John  Redford. 

"  One  of  the  hardest  lessons  for  the  amateur  genealogist  to  learn 
is  that  identity  of  surname  does  not,  necessarily,  imply  relation,  and 
the  assumption  of  such  identity  in  the  work  of  ignorant  or  unprincipled 
professionals  has  to  be  closely  watched.  There  is  hardly  an  English, 
Scotch  or  Irish  surname  which  is  not  borne  by  many  unrelated  fami- 
lies. The  criminal  records  of  Edinburgh  in  the  Sixteenth  century 
are  full  of  Bruces,  Stuarts  and  Douglases,  doubtless  in  many  instances 
assumed  for  the  protection  given  by  the  chiefs  of  those  great  houses. 
In  addition  to  the  very  numerous  descendants  of  John  Washington, 
of  Surry  county,  any  one  carefully  examining  the  records  of  the 
Northern    Neck    will    find    occasional    reference    to    Washingtons    living 


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there  who  could  not  have  been  descendants  of  the  brothers  Lawrence 
and  John.  The  name  "Cuthbert"  is  found  very  frequently  among  the 
"Harrisons  of  Northern  Virginia",  and  it  is  understood  that  some  of 
the  descendants  of  that  family  have  innocently  gone  into  Revolutionary 
Societies,  on  Capt.  Cuthbert  Harrison,  of  Lee's  Legion,  when  the  record 
of  his  bounty  warrant  shows  he  was  a  Brunswick  county  man,  not 
at  all  related  to  the  other  family.  There  are  many  families  named 
Lee,  in  Virginia ;  at  least  three  distinct  families  of  Randolph,  James 
River,  Prince  William,  and  Norfolk,  and  there  were  enough  white 
Harrisons  in  Richmond  in  1923,  old  enough  to  be  in  the  directory,  to 
number  ninety-five.  "Miles"  would  certainly  seem  to  fix  a  man  as  a 
member  of  our  most  noted  family  of  Gary  (for  there  are  several), 
but  the  late  W.  M.  Gary  found  a  Allies  Gary  living  in  the  West,  whose 
people  were  recent  emigrants  to  America  and  who  derived  his  Ghristian 
name    from   his   mother's   surname.    Miles. 

William  Harison,  of  Prince  George,  was  not  of  the  "Wakefield", 
"Brandon"  or  "Berkeley"  line,  because  all  of  its  members  up  to  his 
date  are  accounted   for. 

The  destruction  of  so  large  a  part  of  the  records  of  Prince  George 
and  of  Charles  City,  from  which  it  was  formed,  prevents  the  pro- 
curing of  much  information  in  regard  to  William  Harrison  or  his 
family.  In  May,  1703,  William  Harrison,  of  Prince  George,  con- 
veyed to  Richard  Starke,  of  Surry,  a  tract  of  land  in  the  latter  county, 
formerly  owned  by  Richard  Wager.  In  Prince  George  Court,  May 
1715,  there  was  a  petition  from  Rebecca  and  Thomas  Harrison,  ex- 
ecutors of  William  Harrison,  deceased.  On  July  26,  1715,  Mr.  Wil- 
liam Harrison  and  other  freeholders  presented  a  petition.  In  Nov. 
1715,  Thomas  and  Richard  Harrison  were  jurymen  in  Prince  George. 
In  Nov.  1718  William  Harrison  was  member  of  a  Prince  George 
grand  jury.  On  May  20,  1720,  the  will  of  Thomas  Harrison  was 
proved  in  Prince  George.  In  1704,  William  Harrison  paid  quit  rents 
on  1930  acres  in  Prince  George,  James  Harrison  on  200,  Gabriel  Har- 
rison uu  150  and  Thomas  Harrison  on  1077  acres  in  the  same  county. 
It  is  believed  that  these  Prince  George  Harrisons  had  many  descendants 
in   Brunswick  and  neighboring  counties. 

^  Howell  Edmunds  married  probably  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Blunt,  of  Surry  Co.  The  latter,  in  his  will  dated  Sept.  21,  1708,  named 
Howell  Edmunds  and  Elizabeth  his  wife.  The  will  of  Howell  Edmunds 
was  dated  Dec.  24,  1728  and  proved  in  Surry  Aug.  20,  1729;  he  gave 
his  son  John,  the  plantation  John  lived  on  (etc.,  etc.),  son  Howell, 
son  Nicholas  400  acres  in  Brunswick  with  stocks,  etc.,  daughters  Sarah, 
Jane,  Elizabeth  and  Anne ;  son  Thomas,  executor.  The  son  Thomas 
was  Burgess  for  Surry  1736-1740.  John  Edmunds  was  Burgess  for 
Sussex  from  1754  to  his  death  in  1770.  A  number  of  members  of  his 
family  have  later  been  in  public  life  as  members  of  the  State  Legis- 
lature or  of   Congress. 

In  1704  Howell  Edmunds  paid  quit  rents  on  300  acres  in  Surry  and 
William  Edmunds  (probably  his  brother)  on  lOO.  Each  greatly  in- 
creased his  holdings  before  his  death. 

^The  family  of  Council  settled  in  Isle  of  Wight  county  in  the  Sev- 
enteenth century.  In  1693  Isabella  Mayo,  widow  of  William  Mayo, 
gave  her  "brother"  Hodges  Council  a  power  of  attorney,  recorded  in 
Isle  of  Wight.  Daniel  Boucher  in  his  will  in  1671  made  a  bequest  to 
Hodges  Council.  John  Hardy  in  his  will  proved  in  Isle  of  Wight 
June   9,    1697,    made   bequests   to   his    daughter    Lucy,    wife    of    Hodges 


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Council.  The  will  of  the  latter  was  dated  and  proved  (?)  in  I.'e 
of  Wight,  April  lo,  1699.  His  legatees  were  his  sons:  Hodges,  Hardy 
and  Robert. 

"*The  records  of  Nansemond  county  came  safely  through  the  War 
of  1861-5;  but  were  afterwards  entirely  destroyed  by  fire.  Anne 
Pugh  paid  quit  rents  on  2300  acres  in  that  county  in  1704.  Daniel 
Pugh   was   a    Burgess    for    Nansemond    1736-1740. 

-■'  In  Mcintosh's  Abstracts  of  Norfolk  County  IVills,  1710-1753,  the 
only  mention  of  Hare  or  Hair  is  in  the  will  of  Margaret  Malbone, 
of  the  Borough  of  Norfolk,  dated  Sept.  9,  1740,  in  which  she  gives 
her  son  John  Hair  her  diamond  ring,  a  gold  necklace  and  half  a  dozen 
tea  spoons  and  divides  the  rest  of  her  estate  between  her  sons  John, 
Porten,  James  and  Samuel  Hair  and  makes  her  brother,  Samuel  Boush, 
executor. 

-"A  Thomas  Haynes  paid  quit  rents  on  850  acres  in  Warwick  in  1704 
and  a  Thomas  Haynes  was  Burgess  for  that  county  1738,  1740.  The 
will  of  Herbert  Haynes,  of  Abingdon  parish,  Gloucester  county,  Va., 
was  dated  January  20,  1736  and  proved  in  P.  C.  C.  Dec.  15,  1737! 
He  empowered  Mr.  Job  Wilkes,  of  London,  merchant,  to  receive  his 
rents  in  and  around  the  City  and  suburbs  of  London.  Remainder  to  his 
wife,  Sarah  Haynes,  and  the  rest  to  his  father,  Thomas  Haynes,  execu- 
tors. The  father  and  wife  were  then  in  Virginia.  In  1738  the  Assembly 
ordered  a  warehouse  to  be  established  upcjn  the  old  plantation  of  Thomas 
Haynes,  deceased,  on  Eastermost  River,  Gloucester  county.  There  is 
a  record  in  York  county  a  deed  dated  Aug.  18,  1746  from  John 
Thruston,  of  York,  in  behalf  of  Martha,  infant  daughter  of  Herbert 
Haynes,  deceased,  and  his  wife  Sarah,  who  was  now  the  wife  of 
John  Thruston.  It  is  believed  that  members  of  this  family  removed 
to   Prmce  George  and   Amelia  counties  and  thence  to   North   Carolina. 

-'Anthony  Armistead  was  son  of  Anthony  Armistead  and  grandsoi 
of  William  Armistead,  the  emigrant.  He  was  colonel  of  militia  and 
J.   P.  and  sheriff  of   Elizabeth   City  county.     His  will   was  proved   Dec. 

18,    1728.      He    married    ist    Anne   ,    2nd    Elizabeth    Westwocd 

Issue:  I.  Elizabeth,  married  William  Smelt;  2.  Mary,  married  ist 
Thomas  Tabb,  2nd  Matthew  Wills;  3.  Westwood ;  4.  Antliony;  5. 
Hannah,  married  William   Allen. 

Eor  genealogies  of  the  Armisteads  see  The  Armistead  PaiiiUy,  by 
Mrs.    Garber,    and    the    IVilliaiii    and   Marv    Ouartcrlv     Vols     VI     VII 

vm,  IX,  XI.  XII,  XIV.  ' 

-^William  Cole  (son  of  William  Cole,  of  "Boldrup",  Warwick  county, 
Secretary  of  State  of  Virginia).  He  was  of  age  before  1714,  when 
he  owned  much  land  in  Warwick  and  Charles  City  counties.  He  was 
a  Burgess  for  Warwick  1718  and  1726,  and  a  visitor  of  William  and 
Mary  1723,  etc.  He  was  also  Colonel  of  militia,  and  Deputy  Receiver 
General  in  1721,  etc.  His  will  was  dated  1729.  He  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  William  Roscow,  of  "Blunt  Point",  Warwick  and  his 
wife,  Mary,  daughter  of  William  Bassett,  of  "Eltham",  New  Kent. 
Issue:  I.  William,  of  Charles  City  county;  2.  Mary  (or  Martha)  who 
married  I-erdmand  Leigh,  of  King  William  county,  and,  probably, 
James,   of   Louisa  county. 

For  notices  of  the  Coles  see  this  Magazine,  II,  382,  383;  IX  429 
430,  and   IVilliam  and  Mary  Quarterly,  Vols.   I,   II,   V,   X,   XXI.  ' 

'^Capt.  Graves  Packe  was  J.  P.  for  York  county.  He  married  1st 
Mary,  sister  of  Stevens  Thompson,  Attorney  General  of  Virginia,  2nd 
Sarah  ,  and  died  before   1732.     He  had,  by  the  first  marriage, 


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a  son  Graves  Packe,  in  regard  to  whom  the  following  notice  was 
published  in  the  Virginia  Gazette  of  May  lO,  1765.  A  schooner  had 
sailed  from  York  River  up  Chesapeake  Bay,  and  was  lost,  with  all 
on  board,  above  the  mouth  of  the  Rappahannock.  There  were  two 
passengers,  one  of  them  "Mr.  Graves,  son  of  Mrs.  Sarah  Packe  of 
Williamsburg,  a  very  hopeful  youth  of  about  18  years  of  age".  Any 
one  finding  or  hearing  of  their  bodies  was  requested  to  inform  Mr. 
Parks,  printer,  in  Williamsburg.  Mr.  Packe  was  a  thin,  slender  youth; 
had  on  a  scarlet  great  coat,  a  new  green  cloth  waist  coat,  w'ith  white 
metal  buttons,  a  new  pair  of  leather  breeches  and  a  new  pair  of  boots  : 
and  had  a  silver  watch  in  his  pocket,  the  maker's  name  Bradford  of 
London,  with  a  silver  seal  hanging  to  it ;  and  had  a  mourning  ring 
on  one  of  his  fingers.  He  had  money  in  his  pockets  and  other  effects 
of   considerable   value. 

*^  Robert  Goodrich  was  probably  a  son  of  Benjamin  Goodrich,  of 
James  City  county  (one  of  whose  daughters  married  about  1732,  Willis 
Wilson,  of  Princess  Anne  county).  Col.  Thomas  Goodrich,  of  old 
Rappahannock,  who  was  Bacon's  lieutenant  general  in  1676,  and  died 
in  1679.  His  will  proved  on  April  3,  of  that  year,  names  sons  Ben- 
jamin, Joseph,  Charles  and  Peter,  and  daughters:  Anne  (who  married 
Col.  John   Lightfoot,   of    New   Kent)    and   Katherine. 

There  is  on  record  in  Essex  a  deed  dated  1703,  from  Benjamin 
Goodrich,  of  James  City  county,  to  William  Aylett  of  King  and  Queen 
county,  for  part  of  a  tract  of  land  granted  to  Col.  Thomas  Goodrich 
in  1669  and  by  his  will,  March  16,  1678-9,  left  to  his  son  Joseph  Good- 
rich, who  after  possessing  said  land  for  some  time,  by  his  will  be- 
queathed it  to  his  son  Danby  Goodrich,  who  dying  in  his  minority  the 
said  land  passed  to  said  Benjamin  Goodrich  (son  of  Col.  Thomas). 
The  said  whole  tract  was  divided  in  1681  between  the  said  Joseph 
Goodrich,  and  John  Lightfoot,  gent.,  who  had  married  Joseph's  sister. 
Joseph  Goodrich  evidently  had  another  son,  Thomas,  who  died  a 
minor.  In  the  P.  C.  C.  administrations  is  one  on  the  estate  of  Thomas 
Goodrich,  of  Virginia,  infant,  granted  Nov.  20,  1703,  to  Sir  Abstrupus 
Danby,  Knight,  uncle  by  the  mother's  side  and  next  of  kin.  So  Joseph 
(loodrich  must  have  married  a  sister  of  Sir  Abstrupus  Danby,  of 
Masham,  Yorkshire,  who  was  knighted  Aug.  30,  1691,  and  was  M. 
P.  for  Alborow  1699.  He  was  son  of  Christopher  Danby,  of  Farnley, 
Yorkshire,  and  his  wife  Anne,  daughter  of  John  Culpeper,  brother 
to  the  first  lord.  It  is  possible  that  this  Culpeper  (and  Berkeley) 
connection   had   brought    Abstrupus    Danby    for   a    time   to    Virginia. 

^'This  was  Major  James  Ball  (1678-1754)  of  "Bewdley",  Lancaster 
county,   son  of   William   Ball  and   grandson   of   William,   the   emigrant. 

For  Ball  genealogy  are  Hayden's  Virginia  Genealogies.  45-M4-  As 
extensive  as  is  the  account  there  are  many  lines  not  worked  out,  es- 
pecially of  descendants  of  members  of  the  family  who  emigrated  from 
Virginia. 

A  view  of  "Bewdley",  since  destroyed  by  fire  is  in  Lancaster's  His- 
torical J^irginia  Hotnes  and  Churches. 

^The  will  of  John  Shapleigh  was  proved  in  Northurnberland  county 
May  II,  1741.  The  family  had  long  been  resident  in  that  county. 
Philip  Shapleigh  was  a  justice  of  Northumberland  in  1675,  1677  and 
other  years.  The  St.  Stephen's  parish  register  gives  the  births  of 
four  children  of  Philip  Shapleigh:  John  born  Jan.  22,,  1687;  Hannah 
born  Oct.  6,   1690;   Judith   born    Sept.    13,    1692,  and   Sarah,   born   July 


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14,   1695,  and  also  of  the  birth,  April   19,    1702,  of  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of   Thomas   Shapleigh. 

There  is  on  record,  in  Northumberland  an  agreement,  dated  bept. 
14  1642,  between  Philip  Smith,  gent,  and  "Mrs.  Hannah  Shapleigh", 
in'view  of  their  intended  marriage;  that  she  should  enjoy  certam  lands 
given  by  the  will  of  Ralph  Warington  to  Philip  Shapleigh.  her  father, 
and  other   lands,   together   with   23   slaves,   household   furniture,   etc. 

^'  This  was  Augustine  Washington,  father  of  George  Washington. 
All  that  can  be  ascertained  in  regard  to  him  from  record  or  tradition 
is  in  print.  He  was  born  at  Bridges  Creek,  Westmoreland  county  m 
1694  and  died  April  3,  I749  in  Stafford  county  to  which  he  had  re- 
moved.    He  was  educated  at   Appleby   School,   Westmoreland,    England. 

While  much  has  been  published  (especially  by  Mr.  Waters)  m  re- 
gard to  the  English  ancestry  of  the  Washingtons,  there  is  no  account 
of  the  family  in  America  which  approaches  completeness,  and  as  it 
has  been  so  large  and  its  members  so  widely  scattered,  a  comprehen- 
sive genealogy  would  be  a  difficult  piece  of  work.  The  brief  state- 
ment by  General  Washington  in  regard  to  his  own  immediate  line 
has  been  often  reprinted  and  is  conveniently  found  in  Spark's  edition 
of  his  writings.  Others  are  Wells'  Washinyton  Family;  that  in  Ford's 
IVrilings  of  Washington,  and  another,  covering  only  a  part  of  the 
family  in  Hayden's  Virginia  Gencologics.  Accounts  of  the  descendants 
of  John,  son  of  the  emigrant  John  Washington,  and  of  John,  son  of 
Lawrence,  the  other  emigrant,  were  published  for  the  first  time  in  this 
Magazine  XXII,  211-214,  328-330,  437-441  ;  XXIII,  96-101;  XXVI. 
417-421. 

^'Francis  Hardyman  was  a  Burgess  for  Charles  City  County,  1718. 
He  married  ist,  Henrietta  Maria,  daughter  of  Capt.  John  Taylor,  Clerk 
of  Charles  City;  2d,  Jane,  widow  of  John  Cross.  His  will  was  proved 
August  II,  1741.  Hi  ssons,  John  and  Littlebury  Hardyman  appear  to 
have  been  much  interested  in  breeding  and  racing  horses  in  the  years 
preceding  the  Revolution.  The  Hardyman  family  settled  in  Charles  City 
in  the  Seventeenth  century.     See  William  and  Mary  Quarterly,  XI,  47-49- 

•■'='  As  the  records  of  Hanover  and  the  counties  from  which  it  was  de- 
rived have  been  almost  entirely  destroyed,  nothing  can  be  learned  of 
this  William  Fleming,  who  was  sheriff  of  Hanover,  1727-8.  He  may 
have  been  father  of  Robert  Fleming,  Burgess  for  Caroline,  who,  in 
February,   1737,  "died  at  his  father's  house  in  Hanover"    {Va.  Gazette.) 

""  Rev.  James  Sclater,  minister  of  Charles  Parish,  York  County,  was 
probably  the  father  of  the  James  Sclater,  appointed  sheriff  of  New 
Kent.  As  the  records  of  that  county  have  been  destroyed,  no  details 
in   regard  to  him  can  be  ascertained. 

"■John  Butts  was  of  a  family  from  London,  which  settled  in  York 
County  in  the  Seventeenth  Century,  and  which  spread  into  other  sec- 
tions north  and  south  of  James  River.  This  family  is  now  being  studied 
in  Virginia  and  England. 

""■  Due  to  the  destruction  of  county  records,  a  few  names  constitute 
all  the  information  which  can  be  obtained  of  the  earlier  generations  of 
the  familv,  which  produced  such  a  man  as  Benjamin  Watkins  Leigh. 
Captain  William  Leigh  was  a  justice  of  York  county,  1640.  Willian 
Leigh  was  Burgess  for  King  and  Queen,  1692,  and  a  William  Leigh,  no 
doubt  the  same.  Colonel  of  Militia  in  that  county,  in  1700.  John  Leigh 
was  a  Major  in  King  and  Queen  militia  in  1707.  William  Leigh  pat- 
ented 1000  acres  on  the  north  side  of   Charles    (York)    River,  in   1642. 


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William  Leigh  was,  in  1692,  among  the  '"gentlemen  of  estate  and  stand- 
ing," recommended  by  the  Governor  as  suitable  for  the  Council.  Ferdi- 
nand Leigh,  of  King  William  County,  was  father  of  Rev.  Wm.  Leigh 
(born  about  1744),  and  grandfather  of  B.  W.  and  Judge  William  Leigh. 

™  Francis  Willis  was  born  in  Ware  Parish,  Gloucester  County,  in 
1690,  and  was  alive  in  1749.  He  was  a  Burgess  for  Gloucester,  at  the 
sessions  of  1727-8,  1730,  1732,  1734,  1736,  1738  and  1740.  In  1715  he 
married  Aime,  daughter  of  Edward  Rich  and  neice  of  Elias  Rich,  Esq., 
of  St.  Paul's,  Covent  Garden,  London.  She  died  in  1727  and  her  tomb 
at   Ware  Church,  Gloucester,  bears   the  W^illis  and   Rich  arms. 

For  geneologies  of  the  Willis  family,  see  The  Willis  Pamily  of  Vir- 
ginia, by  B.  C.  and  R.  H.  Willis,  Richmond,  Va.  n.  d.,  and  the  IVilliain 
and  Mary  Quarterly,  Vols.  V,  VL 

*"  Col.  Thomas  Waring  was  Burgess  for  Essex,  1736,  1738,  1740,  1752 
and  1753.  He  married  Lucy,  daughter  of  Dr.  William  Cocke,  of  Wil- 
liamsburg, Secretary  of  State  of  Virginia.  His  will  was  dated  June  9, 
1748,  and  proved  January,  1754.  His  legatees  were,  son  Francis,  daugh- 
ter Ann,  son  Thomas,  daughter  Betty  Todd  [wife  of  Thomas  Todd,  of 
King  and  Queen  County],  daughter  Molly  Robinson  [wife  of  Henry 
Robinson.]  The  will  of  his  son,  Thomas,  then  styled  "Thomas  Waring 
the  elder,"  was  dated  January,  1761,  and  proved  in  Essex,  May  18, 
T761.  Legatees:  eldest  son,  Robert  Payne  Waring,  son  Epaphroditus 
Lawson  Waring,  son  William  Waring,  daughter  Elizabeth  Fauntleroy, 
daughter  Kitty  Todd,  Brother  Col.  Francis  Waring,  and  friends  Rev. 
John  Smith,  Mr.  William  Fauntleroy,  Mr.  William  Todd  and  son  R.  P. 
Waring,  executors. 

Francis  Waring  was  Burgess  for  Essex,  1758-1761,  inclusive,  and 
1766-1769. 

■*'  Goodrich  Lightfoot,  born  February  14,  1713,  was  son  of  Col.  John 
Lightfoot,  of  New  Kent  County.  On  May,  1729,  he  bought  from  Henry 
Willis,  200  acres,  in  Spotsylvania,  on  the  south  side  of  the  Southwest 
Mountains,  and  on  April  4,  1732,  "Goodrich  Lightfoot,  gent,"  sold  300 
acres  to  John  Lightfoot,  of  Spotsylvania.  On  April  3,  1733,  then  of 
St.  Mark's  parish,  Spotsylvania,  made  a  deed  in  which  Mary,  his  wife, 
joined.  He  was  sheriff  of  Spotsylvania,  1726  and  1727,  and  appointed 
Mayor  of  Militia  in  1729.  He  was  one  of  the  first  justices  of  Orange, 
in  1734. 

■^Joseph  Strother  was  son  of  William  Strother,  the  emigrant,  who 
was  in  that  part  of  old  Rappahannock  County,  afterwards  Richmond 
County,  in  1673.  Joseph  Strother  owned  a  part  of  his  father's  land, 
near  Port  Conway,  King  George  County.     He  married   Margaret  Berry. 

There  is  a  Strother  geneology  in  Slaughter's  St.  Mark's  Parish,  re- 
printed in  Green's  History  of  Culpeper  County,  but  a  much  better  one 
in  the  Publications  of  the  Southern  History  Association  (Washington, 
D.  C),  July,   1898,  and  succeeding  numbers. 

^'John  Belfield  was  son  of  Dr.  Joseph  Belfield,  who  emigrated  from 
England  an  dsettled  in  Richmond  County  prior  to  1707.  A  short  notice 
of  the  family  was  published  in  the  Richmond  Standard. 

"Anthony  Thornton,  of  St.  Paul's  parish,  Stafford  County,  was  born 
in  1695  and  died  in  1757.  He  married  Winifred,  daughter  and  heiress 
of  Col.  Peter  Presley,  of  "Northumberland  House,"  Northumberland 
County.  For  his  will  see  IVilliani  and  Mary  Quarterly,  IV,  93.  He 
was  son  of  Francis  Thornton,  of  Stafford  County,  and  grandson  of 
William  Thornton,  the  emigrant,  who  was  in  Virginia  in  1646.     Anthony 


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Thornton  had  four  sons,  Col.  Presley,  of  "Northumberland  House," 
member  of  the  Council ;  Col.  Francis,  of  "Society  Hill",  King  George 
Co. ;  Peter,  of  "Rose  Hill",  Caroline,  and  Anthony,  of  "Ormsby",  Caro- 
line. 

For  a  genealogy  (not  complete),  of  this  Thornton  family,  see  lVill\ai)i 
and  Mary  Quarterly,  Vols.  IV,  V,   VI,  VIII,  X. 

■^  Thos.  John  Kendall  was  probably  the  son  of  William  Kendall,  Jr., 
of  Northampton,  and  may  have  been  the  man  of  the  name  who  was 
Burgess  for  Northampton,  1752-1 761.  For  a  note  on  Kendalls,  see 
this  Alagazine,  XIX,   10-12. 

""  There  is  on  record  in  Northampton  County,  a  petition  from  Capt. 
Francis  Pigott  (who  was  then  a  justice),  and  Mary,  his  wife,  late  wife 
of  John  Alichael. 

The  will  of  Francis  Pigott  was  dated  March  27,  1684,  and  proved  in 
Northampton  March  2,  1684-5.  To  son  Culpeper  Pigott,  land  bought 
of  my  "brother-in-law,"  John  Robins,  gent.,  sons  Thomas  and  Ralph; 
daughter  Elizabeth,  her  own  mother's  apparel ;  son-in-law  Argall  Michael ; 
all  money,  plate,  jewels,  etc.,  "left  me  by  my  father  or  mother  (whose 
memory  is  to  me  most  dear)"  and  all  claims,  bills,  etc.,  to  be  equally 
divided  among  his  four  children.  His  children  may  dispose  of  their 
parts  of  his  estate  in  England.  To  three  sons,  all  books,  except  those 
in  Latin  and  Greek.  Brother-in-law,  William  Waters,  "my  friend  and 
loving  countryman   [i.  e.,   from  same  County?]    Mr.   Daniel   Merch. 

"John  Lomax,  of  "Portobago",  Essex  (now  Caroline),  was  born  at 
North  Shields,  Eng.,  February  4,  1675,  emigrated  to  Virginia  and  died 
December  25,  1729.  He  married  June  i,  1703,  Elizabeth  Wormley, 
daughter  of  Ralph  Wormley,  of  "Rosegill,"  Middlesex  County,  and  his 
wife,  Katherine,  duaghter  of  Sir  Thomas  Lunsford.  Elizabeth  (Worm- 
ley)  Lomax  inherited  "Portobago",  which  had  been  the  property  of  her 
grandfather,  Lunsford.  John  Lomax  was  son  of  Rev.  John  Lomax, 
M.  A.,  Emanuel  College,  Cambridge,  and  rector  of  Wooler,  who  gave 
up  his  living  alter  the  Restoration,  because  he  could  not  comply  with 
the  terms  of  the  Act  for  Conformity. 

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THE  PROPOSED  EXPEDITION  AGAINST 
DETROIT,  1778 

By  David  I.  Bushnell,  Jr. 


The  winter  of  1777-1778  was  an  anxious  period  for  the 
people  uf  the  scattered  settlements  along  the  western  frontier 
of  Virginia.  On  Novemher  10,  1777,  Cornstalk,  the  great  chief 
of  the  Shawnee  who  then  occupied  villages  in  the  valley  of  the 
Scioto,  beyond  the  Ohio,  while  being  held  as  a  hostage  at  Fort 
Randolph,  was  murdered  by  a  soldier  of  the  garrison.  This  act 
of  treachery  caused  his  followers  to  seek  vengeance,  and  to  this 
end  they  were  probably  advised  and  encouraged  by  the  British 
at  Detroit,  which  post  was  then  commanded  by  Col.  Henry 
iiamilton. 

On  November  20,  ten  days  after  the  murder  of  the  Shawnee, 
the  committee  in  Congress  duly  appreciating  the  grave  situation, 
it  was  resolved  "That  three  commissioners  be  appointed  to  re- 
pair without  delay  to  Fort  Pitt,"  and  "That  the  said  commis- 
sioners be  invested  with  full  power  to  suspend  for  misconduct 
any  officers  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  employed  in 
that  (juarter  ..."  also  "That  the  said  commissoiners  be 
directed  to  cultivate  the  friendship  of  the  Shawanese  &  Dela- 
wares  &  prevent  our  people  from  committing  any  outrages 
against  them."  Several  commissioners  were  named  but  for 
various  reasons  they  were  unable  to  serve,  others  were  chosen, 
these  being  Sampson  Matthews  from  Virginia,  and  George  Cly- 
mer  appointed  to  represent  Pennsylvania.  Matthews  reached 
Fort  Pitt  about  the  middle  of  March  and  met  Clymer  who  had 
arrived  some  days  before.  They  deliberated  more  than  a  month 
and  on  April  27,  1778,  addressed  a  letter  to  Congress  in  which 
they  wrote  in  part :  "This  among  other  considerations  induces 


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US  to  submit  to  Congress  the  propriety  of  immediately  setting 
on  foot  an  Expedition,  whose  object  shall  be  Detroit,  the  source 
of  all  the  Calamity,  in  which  if  we  are  fortunate,  Peace  and 
Security  will  undoubtedly  succeed  in  this  Quarter." 

Congress  received  the  letter  signed  by  the  two  commission- 
ers, and  June  ii,  1778:  "Resolved,  That  an  expedition  be  im- 
mediately undertaken,  whose  object  shall  be,  to  reduce,  if  prac- 
ticable, the  garrison  of  Detroit,  and  to  compel  to  terms  of  peace 
such  of  the  Indian  nations  now  in  arms  against  these  states  as 
lie  on,  or  contiguous  to,  the  route  betwixt  Fort  Pitt  and  De- 
troit." But  the  season  was  passing,  supplies  were  difficult  to 
obtain,  and  the  distance  to  be  traversed  was  great.  The  Vir- 
gniians  communicated  with  the  committee  in  Congress,  and  on 
July  25,  1778,  it  was  decided  by  that  body  "That  the  expedition 
against  the  fortress  of  Detroit  be,  for  the  present  deferred."  A 
broadside  was  issued  giving  the  resolution  as  passed  by  Congress, 
a  copy  of  this  interesting  document,  preserved  in  the  Library 
of  Congress,  is  now  reproduced.  Several  days  passed  before 
this  decision  was  known  in  Williamsburg  and  on  August  6, 
Governor  Henry  issued  a  statement  which  was  forwarded  to 
the  County  Lieutenants.  This  was  printed  on  a  small  sheet 
of  paper,  signed  by  the  Governor,  and  was  evidently  accom- 
panied by  a  copy  of  the  broadside  received  from  Congress. 
which  makes  it  appear  that  a  number  of  copies  of  the  latter 
were  sent  to  Williamsburg.  The  copy  which  was  forwarded  to 
"The  County  Lieutenant  of  Monongalia,"  is  now  reproduced, 
it  is  in  the  Library  of  Congress. 

Thus  the  expedition  against  the  distant  post  was  abandoned, 
but  General  Mcintosh  was  furnished  troops  and  supplies  for  an 
advance  into  the  Indian  country  beyond  the  Ohio.  By  early 
autumn  he  had  erected  a  post  at  the  mouth  of  Beaver  Creek,  on 
the  right  bank  of  the  Ohio  about  twenty-six  miles  below  Fort 
Pitt,  which  received  the  name  Fort  Mcintosh.  Later  in  the 
year  another  small  post  was  constructed  near  the  present  vil- 
lage of  Bolivar,  Tuscarawas  county,  Ohio,  this  was  called  Fort 
Laurens  and  was  of  little  value. 

The  Shawnee  continued  to  reach  the  scattered  settlements  and 
to  spread  ruin  and  terror.     British  agents  were  ever  active  and 


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furnished  the  necessary  arms  and  ammunition  to  the  Indians. 
Six  years  later,  during  the  winter  of  1784- 1785,  representatives 
of  many  trihes  gathered  at  Fort  Mcintosh  to  treat  with  Com- 
missioners of  the  United  States.  Chiefs  of  the  Delaware. 
Wyandot,  Chippewa,  and  Ottawa  were  present,  hut  the  ever 
hostile  Shawnee  held  apart.  The  treaty  was  signed  January  21. 
1785,  hut  i)roved  of  little  good.  In  the  endeavor  to  make  peace 
with  the  Shawnee  another  treaty  was  planned,  and  on  August 
18,  1785,  four  representatives  of  the  United  States  left  Pitts- 
hurgh  for  the  Shawnee  towns  and  Septemher  20,  reached  the 
village  of  Mequachake,  situated  near  the  headwaters  of  I\Iad 
River,  in  the  present  Logan  County,  Ohio.  The  account  of  the 
journey  as  revealed  hy  the  journal  of  a  member  of  the  partv 
is  most  interesting.*  The  venture  was  successful  and  a  treatv 
was  signed  January  31,  1786  at  the  "Mouth  of  the  Great  Miami, 
on  the  North-western  Bank  of  the  Ohio  ....  between  the 
Commissioners  Plenipotentiary  of  the  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica, of  the  one  Part,  and  the  Chiefs  and  Warriors  of  the 
Shawanoe  Nation,  of  the  other  Part."  The  second  article  of 
the  treaty  states : 

"The  Shawanoe  nation  do  acknowledge  the  United  States  to 
be  the  sole  and  absolute  sovereigns  of  all  the  territory  ceded  to 
them  by  a  treaty  of  peace,  made  between  them  and  the  King  of 
Great  Britain,  the  fourteenth  day  of  January,  one  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  eighty-four."  However  it  was  not  until  the 
signing  of  the  treaty  of  Greenville,  August  3,  1795,  that  many 
important  questions  were  settled. 

It  is  now  interesting  to  look  back  and  consider  the  probable 
effect  of  a  successful  expedition  against  Detroit  during  the 
autumn  of  1778.  As  planned  the  post  would  have  been  de- 
stroyed and  the  enemy  forces  annihilated.  British  agents  and 
the  Indian  allies  would  no  longer  have  had  the  important  base 
for  their  operations,  whence  they  could  receive  assistance  and 
supplies  whenever  needed.  Undoubtedly  the  tribes  then  under 
the  influence  of  the  British  would  have  become  less  hostile,  and 


*  D.  I.  Bushnell,  Jr.  A  Journey  Through  the  Indian  Country  beyond 
the  Ohio,  1785.  In  Mississippi  Valley  Historical  Review.  Vol.  II, 
No.  2,   September   1915.  pp.  261-273. 


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many  articles  and  ammunition  would  have  become  more  diffi- 
cult to  obtain.  The  Virginia  and  Pennsylvania  troops  would 
have  been  recognized  as  the  stronger  of  the  two  contending 
forces,  and  the  Indians  would  have  been  duly  impressed  and 
influenced.  Peace  would  undoubtedly  have  soon  resulted  along 
the  entire  western  border  of  Virginia  and  Pennsylvania. 


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WILLIAMSBURG,    August   6,    177S. 
SIR, 

BY  the  rcfoliitions  of  Congrcfs  which  accompany  this,  )ou  will  perceive  that  the  expedi- 
tion ngainll  Detroit  is  hid  alidc;  but  that,  in  order  to  proteSl  the  frontiers,  the  war 
is  to  be  carried  into  fuch  of  the  enemies  tawns  as  General  Mackintofh  ihall  dircft.  This 
m-ufure,  fo  nccelTary  to  relieve  the  diitrcfTes  ot  many  worthy  citizens  ot  this  ftate, 
I  am  very  defirous  to  promote  ;  and,  in  order  to  affiit  it  in  a  proper  manner,  I  defire  you 
\,'.\\  draw  out  fo  many  men  I'rom  the  militia  ot'  your  county  as  General  Mackin:o(h  may 
demand,  in  order  to  comply  with  the  direftions  ot  Conjrels.  You  arc  to  take  care,  as  the 
fcafon  is  lar  advanced,  that  no  time  be  loft  to  rendezvous  the  men  according  to  the  General's 
orders ;  and  that  every  article  ot  equipment  which  he  calls  tor  be  turnilhed  in  the  moft  fpecdy 
and  complete  manner  that  circumrtances  will  admit.  You  are  x.^  tranfmit  to  me  an  account 
of  the  fteps  you  take  in  confcquence  of  the  orders  you  may  receive  nom  the  General,  to 
■whom  I  fhall  meauon  the  counucs  that  1  order  to  furnifh  raea  upon  his  requiTition, 

I  am.  Sir, 

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The  Rent  Roll  of  King  William 

County. 

ACRES 

Armsby,  John 

200 

Alvey,  Robt. 

400 

Andrew,  WnL 

100 

Abbott,  Robt. 

100 

Arnold,  Anthony 

100 

Arnold,  Benj" 

1000 

Alcock,  John 

190 

.A.dams,  James 

400 

Anderson,  \Xm.  Capt. 

150 

Burwell,   Msiy 

4700 

Bunch,  Paul 

150 

Baker,  John 

250 

Burgis,  Edw" 

150 

Buttris,  Robt. 

400 

Bibb,  Benj» 

100 

Browne,  Joseph 

270 

Bell,  EdW 

580 

Burch,  Henry 

200 

Burrel,  Suprian  [Cyprian?] 

350 

Baker,  Tho. 

100 

Bobo,  Eliz" 

200 

Bird,  Wm.  Maj"^  q'  [quarter] 

1200 

Burrus,  John 

60 

Butler,  Thomas 

150 

Burrus,  Thomas 

60 

Bassett,  Coll.  q-" 

1550 

Bray,  James  q"" 

1400 

Browne,  Abraham 

250 

Brightwell,  Eliz" 

300 

Bickley,  Joseph 

150 

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3000 

Claibourne,  Tho.  Capt. 

1000 

Claibourne,  John 

50 

Coakes,  Robert 

100 

Cradock,  Sam" 

600 

Cockram,  Wm. 

200 

Cockram,  Joseph 

600 

Celar,  John 

100 

Chadwick,  Wm. 

150 

Sachtrn,  John 

180 

Carr,  Thomas 

500 

Chiles,  Henry  q-' 

700 

Cranshaw,  [Crens 

haw?],  Thomas 

150 

Clark,  Margarett 

100 

Coates,  Wm. 

50 

Douglas,  Wm. 

200 

Davis,  Lewis 

200 

Davis,  Wm. 

200 

Downer,  John 

300 

Downes,  Elias 

300 

23850 

Davenport,  Davis 

200 

Dorrell,   [Darrell] 

Sampson  q"" 

5000 

Davenport,  Martin 

100 

Davis,  Robert 

200 

Dickason,  Wm. 

100 

Dickason,  Thomas 

100 

Dillon,  Henry 

150 

Dabney,  James 

200 

Dabney,  George 

290 

Dabney,  Benj" 

2CX) 

Davis,  John 

200 

Elly,  Rich'' 

100 

Egny,  Eliz" 

100 

Elliott,  Thomas 

480 

Edward,  James 

350 

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Fox,  John  Capt.  600 

Fox,  Henry  2000 

Finton,  Francis  1°° 

Fuller,  Anthony  ^50 

Foord,  John  Jun'  3^0 

Foord,  Wm.  800 

Fullalove,  Thomas  100 

Fleming,  Charles  q^  ^7^ 

Graves,  John  q'  ^0° 

Garratt,  [Garrett],  Thomas  200 

Geeres,  Thomas  10^ 

Green,  John  1°° 

Gravatt,  Henry  ^50 

Goodin,  Maj'  q^  200 

Glover,  Wm.  100 

Harriott,  George  200 

Hollins,  John  200 

Higgason,  John  35^ 

Holderbee,  Wm.  100 

Holliday,  Wm.  100 

Hay  field,  Wm.  100 

Hampton,  John  5^ 

H  lick  step,  EdW  150 

Hurt,  Wm.  Jun'  9^ 

Hurt,  Wm.  Sen^  250 

Hurt,  John  500 

Hendrick,  Hans  7^0 

Handcock,  Thomas  200 

Hayden,  John  150 

Hobday,  EdW  ^50 

Hill,  Thomas  150 

Hutchinson,  Wm.  600 

Hill,  Francis  30° 

Hill,  Gabriell  250 

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ACRES 

Hill,  Ed\v»  Coll  q-  3000 

Hayle,  Joseph  200 

Johns,  Jane  240 

Johnson,  Wm.  300 

Johnson,  Coll  q-^  600 

Johns,  Wm.  lOO 

Isabell.  Wm.  150 

James,  Jonathan  3^0 

Inge,  Vincent  lOO 

Jones,  Frederick  q"  2850 

Jenings,  Coll.  q'  4000 

King,  Robert,  q""  3^0 

Kettlerise,  Symon  200 

Lee,  John  20 

Lypscomb,  Ambrose  600 

Lasy,  [Lacy],  Wm.  100 

Lypscomb,  Wm.  300 

Littlepage,  Rich"  Capt.  q'  2600 

Lypscomb,  John  200 

Mallory,  Thomas  150 

Mallory,  Roger  100 

Miles,  Daniell  350 

McGehee,  Thomas  250 

Marr,  John  200 

Morris,  Wm.  440 

]Maybank,  Wm.  100 

McDonnell,  John  150 

Maddison,  Henry  650 

Merriweather,  Nich"  q""  600 

Mullens,  Matthew  150 

Maddison,  John  q'  300 

Norment,  Joseph  800 

Norment,  Sam"  100 

Noyce,  Wm.  650 

Napier,   Robert  100 

Owens,  Hugh  300 


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ACRES 

Oustin,  John  350 

Oakes,  John  35^ 

Oliver,  John  140 

Palmer,  Martin  1200 

Peek,  John  100 

Pynes,  Nathaniell  1400 

Pee,  Thomas  400 

Purlevant,  Arthur  100 

Powers,  David  200 

Pollard,  Wm.  q'  500 

Pemberton,  Geo.  180 


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Page,  John,  qr.  1000 

Pickrell,  Gabriel  100 

Parks,   [Parke's J   Coll.  qr.  4500 

Quarles,  John  100 

Reynolds,  Wm.  100 

Robert,  Maurice  200 

Randall,  John  100 

Ray,  James  100 

Rhodes,  Nicholas  150 

Sandlon,  Nicholas  700 

Strutton,  Thomas  150 

Streett,  Wm.  350 

Shilling,  George  300 

Satterwhite,  Charles  150 

Slaughter,  Geo.  lOO 

Slaughter,  Martin  130 

Stark,  John  500 

Sanders,  Joshua  100 

See,  Mathew  200 

Sellers,  Jacob  350 

Spruse,  Jeremy  150 

Smith,  Edw^  150 

Spencer,  Thomas  600 


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Slaughter,  John  90 

Smith,  Christ"  q""  800 

Slaughter,  Henry  100 

Toms,  Wm.  150 

Towler,  Matthew  150 

Terry,  Thomas  300 

Terry,  Stephen  330 

Tomason,  Thomas  150 

Terry,  James  400 

Troncer,  John  lOO 

Vickery,  Henry  450 

West,  Jn°  Coll  1800 

Winfree,  Henry  300 

West,  Tho.  Capt.  1000 

Whitworth,  John  200 

Whitlock,  John  200 

Willeroy,  Abraham  550 

Williams,  Phillip  100 

Williams,  Griffith  240 

Wood,  Thomas  300 

Whitehead,  John  100 

Woolsey,  Jacob  130 

Williams,  John  150 

Williams,  Sam"  600 


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Wright,  Thomas  150 

Whitbee,  Robert  800 

West,  Nathan",  Capt.  2000 

Waller,  John  Maj.  800 

Willis,  Wm.  250 

Wheeles,  Joseph  130 

Wormley,  Madame,  q""  3000 

Winston,  William  170 

Whitehead,  Phillip  3000 

Yancey,  Charles  100 


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Yarborough,  John 
Yarborough,  Richard 


Wm.  Standard  [Stanard],  M.  S.  [Middlesex] 

James  Wood,  K.  Q.  [King  and  Queen] 

Zachary   Lewis,  K.   Q. 

Peter  Kemp,  G.  C.   [Gloucester  Co.] 

Wm.  Beck,  N.  K.  [New  Kent] 

Tho.  Hickman,  K.  Q. 

Benj»  Clement,  G.  C. 

David  Bray,  J:  C:  C:  [James  City  Co.] 

Job  House,  N.  K. 

Harry  Beverley,  M.  S. 

Chillian  White,  G.  C. 


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KENNON   LETTERS 

(Continued) 


Mrs.  Elizabeth  B,  Kennon  to  Rachel  Mordecai 

Deloraine  July  9th  1809 
For  the  first  time,  since  the  commencement  of  our  ac- 
quaintance my  dearest  Rachel ;  I  was  really  vexed  with  you, 
when  Mr.  Connelly  hade  his  appearance  at  Deloraine,  without 
a  single  line  from  you.  I  will  now  confide  a  great  secret 
to  }'our  faithful  keeping.  Know  then  my  dear,  your  friend 
S.  S.  K.  can  no  longer  boast  that  she  is  in  a  happy  state  of 
indifi'erence ;  but  has  acknowledged  to  a  terrific  He  creature, 
that  he  has  inspired  her  with  the  painful,  yet  pleasing  pas- 
sion, which  occasions  so  many  fiutterations,  vexations,  agita- 
tions, palpitations,  and  trembleations,  among  young  people — 
yes  my  dear  girl,  a  hardy  son  of  Neptune,  has  after  a  tedious 
servitude,  drawn  from  her  a  confession  of  reciprocal  attach- 
ment and  has  obtained  her  consent  to  lead  her  to  the  Alter 
of  Hymen,  tho'  the  time  when,  is  not  yet  fixed;  when  it  is, 
be  assured  you  shall  know  it;  for  she  says  she  shall  claim 
yours,  and  our  dear  Ellens  promise,  to  officiate  as  bride  maids 
on  the  occasion.  I  suppose  you  will  not  be  puzzled  to  guess 
which  is  the  man,  the  man  she  means  to  marry ;  for  as  I 
have  told  you  he  is  an  honest  tar,  you  will  easily  fix  on  the 
right  one.  You  recollect  Ellens  prognostications  before  I 
left  Warrenton,  relative  to  our  sailor;  she  said  she  was  cer- 
tain it  would  be  a  match,  from  Sallys  manner  of  pronouncing 
his  name;  for  the  ladies  always  called  their  husbands  in  a 
different  way  from  other  people;  and  that  she  instead  of  Sin- 
clair called  him  Miss  Stinker'';  and   from  that  she  was  sure 

='This  girlish  joke  shows,  no  doubt,  that  the  name  Sinclair  was  pro- 
nounced Sinkler.  "Miss  Stinker"  was  probably  an  imitation  of  some 
colored  servant's  attempt  to  say  "Mr.  Sinkler." 


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they  would  be  married;  the  event  shows  she  is  deeply  skilled 

in  the  prophetic  art ;  I  think  she  must  be  burned  for  a  witch ; 

for  I  am  certain  no  other  person,  from  the  same  cause  would 

have  prophesied  this  great  event;  for  great  it  is  to  the  parties 

concerned  you  know,  tho'  of  little  importance  to  the  rest  of 

the  world  ;  for  we  are  seldom  interested  for  the  concerns  of 

others ;   but  as   I   am  satisfied   you   will  be  anxious   to   know 

whether  or   not   I   am   pleased   with  my   daughters   choice ;    I 

will  anticipate  the  question,  and  tell  you  she  could  not  have 

delighted  me  more ;  for  I  know  him  to  be  so  truly  amiable, 

that  I  shall  commit  her  to  his  protection  without  any  fears  for 

her  safety;  his  dangerous  profession  will  I  doubt  not  occasion 

her  some  heart  aches ;  but  these  she  must  learn  to  bear  with 

fortitude  ;  and  as  she  justly  observes,  she  shall  not  be  more 

uneasy  on  that  account  after  she  is  his  wife,  than  she  should 

be  if  she  remained  single  and  loved  him;  you  know  my  dear, 

there  is  no  situation  in  life  exempt  from  trouble  of  some  kind 

or  other,  we  must  therefore  take  the  evil,  with  the  good;  and 

in    his    absence    comfort    herself,    with   the    expectation    of    a 

happy  meeting.     I  have  often  told  her  when  she  has  declared, 

that  she  believed  she  was  incapable  of  feeling  the  passion  of 

love ;  that  Cupid  would  one  day  convince  her  to  the  contrary ; 

and  that  I  expected  when  he  began,  she  would  love  with  all 

her  heart ;  the  event  proves   that   I   was   right ;   for   I   assure 

you  she   has   drank  pretty   deeply ;   and   this   I  am   convinced 

was>  the  case,  from  the  first  week  she  renewed  her  acquaintance 

with  him ;   she   had   known  him   in   her  childhood ;   but   eight 

years  absence,  had  rendered  him  almost  like  a  stranger,  and 

she  was  more  likely  to  receive  a  sudden  impression ;   I   soon 

saw  the  effect  they  had  on  each  other  and    I  determined   to 

let  the  physic  work,  not  doubting;  but  it  would  end  as  it  has; 

you  know  she  used  to  say  she  would  try  the  affection  of  the 

man  she  married   well ;  before  she  consented  to  become  his ; 

she  has  done  so  and  he  has  stood  the  trial,  she  is  resolved 

to  reward  him;   I  could  not  help   smiling  the  other  day,   for 

coming   into  the  room  where   the  lovers   were ;   he  asked   me 

to  listen  to  his  story,  and  tell  him  if  I  did  not  think   Sally 


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had  been  a  little  cruel  to  him;  for  she  had  discarded  him 
so  positively  five  times  v^hile  she  was  in  Surry ;  that  he  had 
no  hopes  of  ever  succeeding;  tho'  his  love  induced  him  still 
to  persevere ;  and  that  she  now  acknowledged  she  had  loved 
him  from  the  first.  I  advised  him  to  punish  her,  by  refusing 
to  have  her  now  she  was  willing;  he  said  he  could  not  pos- 
sibly aft'ord  to  do  that ;  and  indeed  she  now  made  him  such 
ample  compensation,  that  he  would  forgive  her  intirely;  tho' 
if  he  had  known  it  at  the  time;  he  should  have  felt  rather 
more  comfortable,  than  he  had  done  for  eighteen  months 
past;  does  not  this  show  my  dear,  that  if  a  man  has  a  pos- 
sibility of  success  he  will  try  repeatedly,  if  he  loves  sincerely? 
Present  my  sincere  love  to  your  Father,  Mother,  Brothers, 
and  Sisters  ;  I  wish  I  may  ever  have  the  happiness  of  seeing 
them  again ;  but  unless  we  can  meet  in  some  other  place  than 
your  city,  I  fear  we  never  shall ;  for  the  mortifications  I  have 
suffered  there,  have  left  such  a  sting  behind ;  that  notwithstand- 
ing there  are  some  there  I  value  so  highly ;  yet  I  never  think 
of  the  place ;  but  it  makes  my  heart  sink,  as  children  generally 
say  when  they  wish  to  express  a  kind  of  horror;  but  I  will 
try  to  conquer  these  sensations,  and  if  it  ever  is  in  my  power, 
pay  you  one  more  visit.  Fareweel  my  much  loved  Rachel, 
hold  yourselves  in  readiness  to  obey  our  summons  ;  and  come 
and  see  me  (torn)  my  daughter,  and  gain  a  new,  and  estimable, 
and  respected  son;  and  witness  the  happiness  of  your 
sincerely  affectionate  friend 

Since  writing  the  above,  your  letter  E.  B.  Kennon. 

of  the  loth  of  June  has  come  to  hand  ; 

excuse  my  scolding ;  for  your  affectionate 

epistles  makes  me  ashamed  of  being  angry; 

I  will  answer  it  soon,  and  tell  you  a  most  diverting  occurrence. 

Miss  Rachel  Mordecai,  Postmarked: 

Warrenton,  Marshallsville 

North  Carolina.  July  12 


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Sally  S.  Kennon  to  Ellen  Mordecai 

Mount  Misery  August  the  2nd   1809 
Twelve  o'clock. 

As  I  have  only  a  few  minutes  to  write  to  you  in  my  dear 
Ellen,  I  will  not  fill  up  my  paper  or  rather  take  up  my  time 
with  a   long  preamble   about  nothing   at  all;   but   proceed   to 
answer   your   inquiries   relative   to   the   youth,    I   have   chosen 
as   my   chaperon   through   life;   upon   my   word   he    is   in   my 
opinion   something  more  than   common ;   or   depend    upon   it. 
I  never  could  have  given  up  beaux  and  conquests  all  for  him ; 
and  that  too  without  one  sigh  of  regret;  is  it  not  somewhat 
strange  ?  but  it  is  even  so ;   well  then,  he  is   neither  tall  nor 
short;  but  just  the  middle  size;  his  form  and  appearance   is 
very  elegant ;  he  has  all  the  degage  that  you  know  is  peculiar 
to  the  officer;  which  renders  him,  at  least  in  my  eyes,  quite 
irresistable ;   his   skin   is   naturally    very    fair;   but   being   ex- 
posed so  constantly  to  the  sun,  all  his  visible  parts  are  very 
much  tanned ;  how  his  invisibles  are  I  am  unable  to  tell  you ; 
he  is  not  either  fat  or  lean  but  just  what  you  may  call  plump ; 
but  oh  lord,  oh  lord,  you  ask  me  if  he  is  handsome  or  ugly, 
well  Ellen  I  must  tell  you  the  truth,  as   I  am  upon  honour; 
he  is  quite  Ugly,  yes  indeed  hard  as  it  is  to  write  the  word, 
he  is  quite  ugly;  he  has  an  ugly  nose,   not  pretty  eyes,  and 
white  eye  brows,  -and  white  eye  lashes ;  but  then  he  has  a 
very  sweet  looking  mouth,  and  that  is  a  very  great  thing  in  a 
matrimonial  voyage  ;  his  teeth  are  very  white,  but  his  lips  are 
not  remarkable  any  way ;  he  dances   I  am  told,   but   I   never 
saw  him,  therefore  cannot  tell  you  whether  he  does  it  well 
or  not ;  he  plays  very  sweetly  on  the  violin,  sings  quite  agree- 
ably, and  whistles  quite  inchantingly,  much  more  so  I  think 
than  even  Tom  did ;  well  my  dear  have  you  any  idea  from  this 
discription   what   sort  of   a  figure   my   intended   is?     I   think 
I  have  been  quite  particular  enough;  but  I  must  tell  you  that 
his  manners  are  very  pleasing;  and  as  to  his  heart,  I  do  not 
think  a  l)elter  ever  beat  in  a  human  breast  although  as  poor 
old  cousin  Betty  Fitzhugh  used  to  say :  I  say  that  you  should 


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nut.  I  am  at  present  at  Col.  Tarry's  and  have  been  from 
home  paying  a  round  of  visits  to  my  old  friends  in  this  county; 
as  I  have  not  seen  them  this  year ;  for  nearly  a  fortnight  and 
I  do  not  expect  to  be  at  home  in  three  weeks  to  come,  there- 
fore if  you  write  to  me  in  that  time,  you  must  direct  to 
Mecklenburg  Court  House,  if  not  to  Marshallsville,  Meck- 
lenburg. We  have  a  charming  beau,  who  has  been  bowing 
and  scraping  about  me  for  some  time ;  but  as  the  Captain's 
red  head  was  in  the  way,  and  I  could  not  take  him  myself, 
i  have  determined  not  to  lose  him  altogether  but  keep  him  until 
you  and  Rachel  come  over  and  see  if  one  or  the  other  cannot 
take  his  little  palpitator  by  storm  but  this,  as  Mrs.  Higgin- 
botham  says,  is  between  you,  myself  and  the  post  I  will  not 
tell  you  his  name;  but  he  is  bran  new  piping  hot  from  Rich- 
mond. I  have  had  a  sweetheart  since  ilr.  Sinclair  left  us, 
that  surpasses  all  comprehension ;  and  if  I  had  time,  1  would 
gi\'e  you  the  courtship  verbatim  as  Mama  who  you  know  is 
a  famous  hand  at  listening,  had  stationed  herself  in  such  a 
way,  that  she  heard  the  whole ;  and  has  set  it  down ;  but  I 
have  not  time ;  I  will  however  tell  you  one  speech ;  which  will 
give  you  some  idea  of  the  style  in  which  his  speeches  were 
delivered ;  after  trying  for  some  time  to  prevail  on  me  to  dis- 
card the  Captain  and  take  him;  for  I  candidly  told  him  I 
was  engaged ;  he  said  now  Miss  Sally,  do  you  not  think  you 
had  better  marry  a  man  of  science,  one  of  erudition,  and  a 
philosopher,  than  one  whose  frequent  absence,  even  if  he  is 
capable  of  doing  so,  which  I  very  much  doubt,  will  put  it 
out  of  his  power  to  improve  you  ?  for  your  education  has  not 
been  finished  believe  me ;  I  replied  by  asking  him  in  what 
instance  I  had  displayed  so  much  folly  that  he  thought  my 
education  had  not  been  finished ;  by  refusing  me,  was  his 
answer ;  I  was  positively  so  much  astonished  at  the  man,  that 
I  looked  at  him  some  moments  with  all  the  contempt  I  could 
call  into  my  face,  and  then  at  length  exclaimed  with  great 
composure,  really  ?  the  conversation  lasted  about  two  hours, 
in  that  style ;  and  at  length  the  gentleman  took  his  leave 
and  I  never  have  seen  him  since ;  did  you  ever  hear  of  such 
impudence  in  your  life?     Mama  says  when  she  writes  to  you, 


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which  will  he  by  the  next  mail,  she  will  give  a  full  account 
of  it;  but  you  must  recollect  that  this  is  all  to  be  a  profound 
secret,  you  must  not  let  any  person  see  it  but  your  own  family. 
Mama  got  a  letter  from  Captain  Sinclair  by  the  last  mail, 
in  which  he  mentioned  that  he  had  solicited  and  obtained  a 
Midshipman's  commission  in  the  Navy  for  Beverley'"  and  al- 
though she  is  so  dreadfully  afraid  of  the  water,  she  is  so 
fully  sensible  of  the  advantage  it  will  be  to  him,  as  to  money 
matters ;  she  has  consented  to  his  accepting  it ;  so  you  will 
soon  see  the  handsome  smart  young  Midshipman,  for  he  has 
really  grown  quite  handsome,  and  is  almost  as  tall  as  George 
and  vastly  Genteel.  I  have  almost  filled  my  paper,  and  have 
not  told  you  to  give  my  love  to  every  member  of  your  family 
and  my  dear  Rachel  in  particular,  tell  her  that  I  am  anxiously 
looking  out  for  her  promised  letter;  and  that  she  must  not 
disappoint  me ;  I  shall  certainly  expect  you  all  over  to  see  me 
spliced ;  but  as  no  day  is  yet  appointed  I  cannot  tell  now  when 
you  are  to  come,  you  shall  however  be  informed  in  due  season, 
so  hold  yourself  in  readiness  to  set  off  at  a  moments  warning ; 
you,  Rachel  and  Caroline  must  all  be  Brides  maids  for  I 
must  insist  upon  her  coming  with  you.  I  do  not  intend  to 
have  any  wedding  at  all;  except  our  family,  Major  Nelson's, 
the  Skipwiths  and  a  few  young  men  for  the  girls  will  be  all, 
Moses  and  Sally,  I  will  insist  on  their  being  of  the  party, 
Sam  also  if  he  is  up  at  the  time;  could  not  your  dear  Father 
and  Mother  strain  a  point  and  come  too?  I  fear  not,  but  I 
know  if  it  is  in  their  power,  they  will  oblige  me,  when  they 
know  what  a  gratification  it  will  be  to  me  to  have  them  with 
us  at  that  time ;  my  old  friend  Connelly  will  also  have  an 
invitation;  dont  forget  the  night  cap  you  were  to  make  for 
me,  for  the  great  occasion.  My  paper  is  full  and  it  is  twelve 
o'clock  at  night,  I  will  therefore  bid  you  good  night,  after 
begging  you  will  write  very  soon  to  your 

S.  S.  Kennon. 

You  must  excuse  bad  writing  and  blunders,  for  I  am  almost 
asleep  and  was  obliged  to  write  tonight,  as  the  messenger  sets 

""Beverley  Kennon,  afterwards  Commodore.  , 


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82  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

off  early  in  the  morning  for  Williamsburg  and  I  wish  to  send 
this  scrawl  by  him  to  you,  as  it  is  a  quicker  conveyance  by 
that  place  than  Petersburg. 

To  Miss  Ellen  Mordecai, 
Warrenton, 
North  Carolina. 
j\lail. 


Mrs.  Elizabeth  B.  Kennon  to  Rachel  Mordecai 

Col.  Tarrys  Sepr.  29th   1809 

While  every  eye  is  closed,  and  the  pale  ]\loon,  and  Stars 
alone,  shine  conscious  of  my  employment;  I  have  stolen  a  few 
moments  from  sleep,  to  dedicate  them  to  my  beloved  Rachel ; 
alas,  my  dear,  how  many  disappointments  are  we  poor  mortals 
liable  to ;  a  few  days  ago  I  flattered  myself,  I  should  this  very 
night  embrace  my  sweet  friend,  and  the  rest  of  her  highly 
valued  family;  but  some  cross  accidents,  such  as  breaking  the 
spring  of  my  carriage,  getting  one  of  my  horses  lame,  and 
the'  last  mentioned,  not  least  vexatious;  failing  to  collect  as 
much  money  as  I  had  been  promised,  and  expected  to  receive 
yesterday,  have  induced  me  to  postpone  my  trip  to  your  village 
some  time  longer,  I  did  please  myself  with  the  idea,  of  ex- 
ulting over  those;  who  thought  sheriffs,  and  constables  were 
necessary,  to  induce  me  to  pay  what  I  owed  ;  but  I  must  de- 
fer that  pleasure  a  little  longer;  and  have  now  sent  George 
to  discharge  my  debt  to  Mr.  Connelly;  as  the  friendly  steps 
he  took,  when  my  enemies  harrassed  me  so  much;  I  think 
entitles  him  to  precedence;  notwithstanding  there  are  some 
others,  whose  kindness  shall  ever  be  remembered  with  grat- 
itude; and  as  soon  as  I  can  prevail  on  others  to  pay  me,  they 
shall  receive  what  is  due  to  them ;  not  even  Davidson  shall 
suffer;  but  he  shall  be  the  last  I  will  pay;  and  now  while  I 
am  speaking  of  that  little  plague,  will  you  be  kind  enough  to 
request  your  Papa,  to  take  Bob  Ruftin's  deposition,  relative 
to  what  Dickey  told  him,  when  he  asked  him  what  rent  I  was 


KENNON    LETTERS  83 

to  give  him  for  his  house  and  lot;  as  he  may  hereafter  try 
to  make  me  pay  more  than  I  agreed  to  do;  for  I  do  not  be- 
Heve  he  would  scruple  to  do  such  a  thing.  You  will  see  by 
Sallys  letter  to  Ellen,  that  she  thought  I  should  certainly  go  to 
\Varrenton ;  she  wished  very  much  to  accompany  us ;  but  I 
persuaded  her  to  visit  her  cousins  the  Skipwiths ;  as  she 
had  long  promised  them  to  do  so;  and  has  been  prevented 
hitherto,  by  not  wishing  to  leave  me  alone  at  our  retired  dwell- 
ing; but  by  going  now  that  objection  is  obviated.  In  your 
last,  you  expressed  a  wish  to  know  how  her  Amphibious  ani- 
mal' is  employed ;  he  is  still  at  Washington,  busily  engaged  in 
getting  his  vessel  ready  for  sea;  she  is  yet  under  the  hands 
of  the  workmen;  but  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  just  before 
he  left  that  place  for  Charlestown ;  told  him  he  must  hold  him- 
self in  readiness,  for  a  trip  across  the  Atlantic;  he  is  now 
under  sailing  orders ;  but  where  he  will  go  he  cannot  tell ;  Sally 
got  a  letter  from  him  the  day  she  left  home;  he  complains 
very  much  of  the  horrors  of  absence;  but  knows  not  when 
he  can  get  a  Furlough;  as  it  is  expected  that  he  will  be  sent 
to  Europe  with  dispatches.  You  say  you  hope  1  am  now 
happy :  I  assure  you  my  daughters  choice  is  a  source  of  great 
pleasure  to  me ;  for  I  do  not  believe  there  exists  a  more  amiable 
man;  he  is  not  handsome;  but  he  has  every  other  recommen- 
dation ;  and  I  suppose  she  agrees  with  Addison  "That  beauty 
soon  grows  familiar  to  the  lover,  fades  in  the  eye,  and  palls 
upon  the  sense  ;"  while  integrity,  honour,  sincerity,  virtue,  and 
truth,  all  of  which  he  possesses,  will  appear  more  refulgent, 
as  she  gets  more  intimately  acquainted  with  him.  You  can- 
not imagine  my  dear  girl,  how  I  was  pleased  when  I  read 
those  honourable  testimonies  of  approbation,  which  the  parents 
of  your  pupils  and  the  Gentlemen  who  were  present  at  the 
examination,  gave  to  your  Institution;  most  heartily  do  I 
wish,  it  may  continue  to  flourish,  as  long  as  you  desire  to  keep 
it  up ;  I  hope,  indeed  I  know,  you  will  not  accuse  me  of  flattery, 
when  I  tell  you  that  I  never  heard  a  school  more  praised  ;  and 
whenever  any  thing  is  said  in  its  commendation;  both  Sally 
and  myself,  feel  as  proud  as  if  we  had  something  to  do  with 


won  it  art  ; 


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84  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

it ;  go  on  my  amiable  Rachel,  persevere  in  your  praise-worthy 
course,  and  prosperity  will  I  doubt  not,  again  illumine  your  path 
through  life.  I  wish  I  had  any  news  worth  communicating 
to  you ;  but  I  have  not,  for  you  are  such  a  stranger  in  Meck- 
lenburg and  Halifax,  that  the  chit  chat  of  either  place,  must 
be  (juite  uninteresting  to  you ;  when  you  answer  this,  give  all 
the   anecdotes   of   your   town ;    for   they   are   amusing   to    me ; 

poor  Betsy  ,  she  1  suppose  was  deceived,  by  the  stale 

method    of    seduction    our    modern    Lotharios    all    practice ;    a 

promise  of  marriage;  for  you  recollect,  it  was  reported  a  long 

lime,  that  she,  and  her  gallant  gay  deceiver  were  to  be  married; 

but  it  is   probable,   after  he   found   he   could   not  get   her   on 

easier  terms,  he  did  not  choose  to  be  shackled. 

Cease  gay  seducers  pride  to  take ; 

In  triumphs  o'er  the  fair ; 

Since  clowns  as  well  can  act  the  rake. 

As  those  in  higher  sphere. 

As  my  paper  is  full,  I  nuist  bid  you  farewell  my  dear  young 
friend;  after  asking  you  to  congratulate  your  much  loved 
Mama,  on  the  addition  to  her  family;  may  it  live  to  be  a 
comfort  to  you  all.  My  love  to  every  member  of  your  family, 
from  your  Papa,  down  to  the  little  stranger ;  may  you  all  be 
happy,  sincerely  prays 

Yours  Affectionately 

E.  B.  Kennon. 

Ask  your  Mama  and  Papa,  if  they  will  buy  that  great  ket- 
tle of  mine ;  they  shall  have  it  for  five  dollars ;  it  cost  me  six, 
and  it  was  not  injured  when  I  left  it  behind.  As  old  Brigs 
in  Cecelia  says,  I  begin  to  be  noddy;  once  more  farewell. 
12  O'clock.  I  have  not  looked  over  this  scrawl  this  morning, 
so  if  there  are  hundred  blunders;  you  must  blame  Morpheus 
for  them  all. 

Miss  Rachel   Mordecai, 

Warrenton. 
Mr.  G.  Kennon. 


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kennon  letters  85 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  B.  Kennon  to  Rachel  Mordecai 

Deloraine,  Nov.  12th  1809 

With  heartfelt  pleasure,  did  I  hear  a  few  days  ago  my  dear 
Rachel,  that   Major   Nelson   intended  to  visit  your  city  these 
races ;   as   it   afifords   me   an   opportunity   which    I    have    long 
Vv'ished  for,  of  addressing  my  beloved   friend.     Ah,  my  dear 
girl  how  differently  did  I  spend  my  time,  when  I  could  only 
by  taking  a  short  walk,  spend  a  social  hour  with  you,  and  the 
rest  of  your  valued  family  whenever  I  chose  to  do  so,  to  what 
I  do  now  when  any  of  these  Forkites  visit  us ;  I  have  seen  but 
few  of  them  but  to  quote  Salma  Gundy  "'I  had  rather  drive 
an  Ox  Cart  over  one  of  the  sand  fields  of  Carolina  than  sup- 
port one  of  those  horrid,  dull  monotonous  conversations"  but 
as  Mrs.   Higginbotham   says,  this  must  be  between  you,  and 
I,  and  the  Post,  for  I  do  not  wish  to  offend  them.     I  had,  or 
rather  Erasmus  had ;  a  letter  from  your  amiable  brother  Sam ; 
lie  was  well,  and  I  hope  happy,  for  he  deserves  to  be  so;  Moses 
and  Solomon,  must  not  infer  from  this,  that  he  is  a  greater 
favourite  of  mine  than  they  are,  I  assure  them  he  is  not;  for 
I  cordially  value,  love  and  esteem  them  all;  but  I   suppose  a 
triumvirate    of    youthful    beaux,    will    not    care    what    an    old 
woman's   sentiments  are  relative  to  them ;  but  they   must  re- 
member  the  old   saying;  "It  is   better  to  have  the  good   will 
of  cats,  than  their  ill  will;"  therefore  the  affection  even  of  such 
an  old  soul  as  your  friend  will  be  1  flatter  myself  acceptable. 
.\nd  now  my  dear  girl  I  intend  to  solicit  one  proof  of  friend- 
ship from  you,  which  is  confidence ;  for  when  that  is  withheld, 
there  is  very  Httle  sincerity,  however  violent  the  professions 
of  regard  may  be ;  you  will  probably  wonder  what  this  pre- 
amble will  lead  to ;  I  will  not  keep  you  in  suspence ;  but  with- 
out  farther  circumlocution   inform  you   what  it  is   I   wish  to 
know :  when  George  was  in  Warrenton  he  heard  it  so  confi- 
dently asserted  that  Ellen  was  to  marry  Mr.   A.   C.   Miller; 
that  he  appeared   when   he   returned   not   to   doubt   the   truth 
of  the  report;  but  when  he  informed  me  of  it,  I  told  him   I 
would  suspend  my  opinion,  until  I  heard  from  you ;  as  I  was 


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certain  you  would  be  candid  with  me ;  I  now  put  you  to  the 
test ;  and  assure  you  on  my  word,  if  it  is  so,  I  will  be  as 
secret  as  you  wish  me  to  be.  I  think  I  have  a  right  to  ask 
this  of  you,  after  the  free  disclosure  I  made  of  my  daughters 
matrimonial  intentions ;  and  you  know  one  good  turn  deserves 
another ;  give  my  love  to  my  dear  Ellen ;  and  tell  her,  when- 
ever she  alters  her  situation,  let  her  select  what  partner  she 
pleases,  she  will  have  my  hearty  wishes  for  her  happiness. 
Sally  received  a  letter  a  few  days  ago  from  her  Captain  ;  he 
laments  the  necessity  he  is  under,  of  being  so  long  from  her ; 
but  the  hard  dutys  of  his  dangerous  profession,  cannot  be 
dispenced  with  ;  and  he  must  obey ;  I  know  not  when  we  shall 
see  him,  but  I  am  certain  he  will  come  as  soon  as  he  can  get 
leave  of  absence  ;  his  vessel  is  in  fine  order,  just  refitted  and 
as  good  as  new ;  he  says  she  sails  like  the  wind,  and  is  the 
handsomest  thing  he  ever  saw  except  a  pretty  girl ;  you  know 
sailors  in  general  love  the  fair  sex ;  and  he  is  among  their  warm- 
est admirers;  he  informs  us  that  one  of  his  brother  ofticers, 
has  a  secret  kindness  for  Sally  Browne ;  but  is  uncertain 
whether  he  will  tell  his  love,  or  suffer  concealment  like  a 
worm  in  the  bud  &c.  George  and  Hugh  Nelson"  on  their  way 
to  Philadelphia  ;  dined,  supped  and  spent  the  night  on  board 
his  vessel ;  she  is  called  the  Nautilus ;  they  were  highly  de- 
lighted, they  left  it  the  next  day;  got  on  board  a  packet,  and 
as  the  wind  kept  fair  several  days,  I  hope  they  are  now  safe 
in  the  City  of  Penn ;  where  if  it  is  not  their  own  faults,  they 
may  learn  how  to  be  useful  to  the  world ;  at  least  in  the  small 
circle  they  will  move  in ;  how  different  my  dear  will  the  lives 
of  George  and  Beverley  be  spent;  the  profession  of  one,  will 
be  to  cure  wounds ;  the  other  to  inflict  them ;  and  alas,  alas, 
alas,  perhaps  to  receive  them.  Give  my  sincere  love  to  every 
member  of  your  family,  and  tell  your  Mama  my  dear  and 
highly  esteemed  friend ;  that  I  was  pleased  to  see  Elizabeth, 
among  the  names  she  has  given  her  little  stranger,  as  I  have 
the  vanity  to  think,  that  was  selected  on  my  account  and  as- 
sure her,  that  I  will  when  I  marry  again  call  my  first  daughter 


"^George    Kennon  and   Hugh   Nelson   were   going   to    Philadelphia    tu 
study  medicine. 


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Rebecca.  Do  my  dear  when  you  write,  tell  me  all  the  oc- 
currences of  your  village  and  its  environs ;  .  .  .  .  You  ask  me 
my  sweet  friend  to  visit  you  at  the  time  of  your  vacation; 
I  would  do  so  with  pleasure,  was  it  in  my  power ;  but  I  am 
certain  it  will  not  be;  for  many  reasons  will  conspire  to  pre- 
vent me ;  Init  I  entreat  you,  and  Ellen,  and  my  much  beloved 
Caroline  to  try  and  take  a  trip  to  these  "woods,  and  wilds 
and  melancholy  shades"  and  see  if  you  cannot  "make  the 
desert  smile".  Perhaps  you  may  have  heard  that  my  brother 
has  sold  dear  Richland ;  he  has  so ;  and  I  visited  it  lately  in 
the  company,  and  at  the  request  of  the  Lady  who  is  now 
its  mistress ;  never  did  I  see  a  place  more  completely  ruined  ; 
it  has  been  rented  out,  and  the  tenants  appear  as  if  they  de- 
lighted in  devastation ;  the  garden  was  a  pasture ;  the  house 
looked  like  these  old  castles  we  read  of,  for  there  was  only 
one  door  to  get  in  at,  the  steps  from  the  others  were  all  gone ; 
the  chaml)er  I  am  told  is  their  cooking  room,  the  dining  room 
and  parlour  they  sleep  in ;  one  of  the  rooms  upstairs  they  weave 
in,  in  another  they  keep  their  meat ;  what  my  sensations  on 
looking  about  me  were  you  will  easily  imagine ;  the  kitchen 
was  a  stable  and  the  yard  a  nursery  for  all  sorts  of  weeds  up 
to  the  doors.  I  could  not  help  smiling  at  William  Henry,  he 
looked  very  serious  for  some  time  and  then  exclaimed;  Well, 
poor  old  Richland  you  are  gone  to  "construction".  When  you 
have  read  thus  far,  you  will  think  I  had  better  stop;  but  I 
cannot  prevail  on  myself  to  do  so,  for  I  take  such  a  delight 
in  scribbling  to  you,  that  I  must  fill  my  paper  if  it  rs  with 
nonsense  alone.  My  daughter  Nancy,  is  not  here  at  present ; 
but  she  desired  me  when  I  wrote  to  give  her  love  to  you  all ; 
Erasmus  is  quite  delighted  with  the  thoughts  of  being  a  papa ; 
and  as  Ellen  always  said,  I  liked  to  be  thought  old,  I  suppose 
she  will  think  that  I  shall  be  pleased  when  I  am  a  Grandmother. 
Mrs.  Norborne  Nelson  has  lately  presented  her  good  man 
with  a  third  daughter. 

Your  unalterable  friend 

E.  B.  Kennon, 

Aliss  Rachel  Mordecai,  Warrenton,  N.  C.    Honoured  by  Major 
Nelson. 

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FORT  LOUDOUN  AND  ITS  AUTHOR. 

"In  1756  the  author  was  desired  by  Governor  Glen  [of  South  Caro- 
lina] to  build  a  fort  upon  Tanessee  River,  in  the  country  of  the  upper 
Cherakee  Indians,  where  he  previously  sent  a  good  geometer,  one 
Caplain  Hamilton,  whom  he  gave  instructions  to  pitch  upon  a  fork 
of  Tanessee,  a  place  which  was  as  little  as  possible  commanded  by  any 
eminence  ....  At  his  return  the  author  learn'd  that  the  spot  in- 
tended for  a  fort  had  been  chosen  by  the  Indians  before  Hamilton's 
arrival,    in   a    fine    plane,    but   commanded    from    the    opposite    mountain 

which  is  a  long  ridge  on  the  north  side  of  Tanessee 

The  author  after  deliberation,  concluded  it  was  prudent  and  nec- 
essary, that  he  should  make  a  remonstration  of  the  difficulty  in  send- 
ing ammunition,  stores,  relieve,  and  reinforcement  to  a  fort  at  so  great 
a  distance,  through  impregnable  defilees,  and  a  savage  people,  easily 
offended  and  revengeful  ....  He  therefore  did  not  advise  to  the 
construction  of  the  fort ;  but  the  Indians  having  sollicitate  ever  since 
ten  years  without  ceasing,  that  a  fort  should  be  built  and  garnsond 
with  King's  troops  ....  therefore  his  remonstration  and  advice 
could  not  be  attended  to.  He  than  undertook  that  service,  was  allowed 
300  men  and  /5000  sterling,  to  support  all  expences  of  maintaining 
and  marching  these  men,  provisions,  and  stores  over  the  Apalachian 
mountains,  to  built  the  fort  afterwards  called  Loudoun,  upon  Tanessee, 
and  near  Taleguo  Rivers,  in  lat«  36°  10',  and  long*  86°  northwest 
half  west  372  miles  in  a  straight  line,  but  by  the  comon  road  450 
miles    from   Charleston 

[The  author]  had  much  a  do  to  convince  the  Indians  of  the  im- 
propriety to  built  a  fort  between  three  commanding  eminences  .... 
and  at  last  shewed  the  Indians  that  the  mens  very  shoe  buckels  was 
seen  fro  meither  of  these  three  mountains;  could  therefore  not  serve 
for  a  fort  to  protect  their  old  men,  women,  and  children,  what  could 
not   protect   its   own  garrison. 

They  than  conserted  he  should  choose  the  western  mount,  being  a 
narrow  ridge,  on  which  he  laid  only  a  poligon  with  two  bastions,  not 
finding  a  sufficient  plane  on  its  top  for  the  whole  fort,  he  therefore 
laid  another   poligon  with  two  bastions  below,  at  the  east  side  of   the 


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mountain's  foot,  which  he  joined  to  the  southward  with  a  poligon 
to  that  on  the  top,  and  secured  it  with  traverses  against  enfilading ; 
and  on  the  east,  upon  the  river,  with  an  other  pohgon,  on  which  he 
formed  a  ravehn  and  contreguarde  before  the  courtain,  thereby  to 
have  a  full  command  of  the  river,  and  make  the  most  of  the  territory, 
which  descended  towards  the  river  in  several  steps.  A  rhombus,  with 
two  obtuse  and  two  acute  angular  bastions,  was  the  figure  which  the 
fort  could  receive  from  the  bearings  of  the  river  and  mountain,  who 
with  a  rocky  precipice  forty  one  foot  high  from  the  water's  super- 
ficies, terminates  upon  the  river's  edge ;  each  poligon  extended  300 
foot  in  length,  with  a  breast  work  of  twenty-one  foot  thick.  In  the 
didges  he  directed  a  hedge  to  be  planted  of  young  locust  trees,  which 
in  less  than  twelf  months  time  filled  the  didge  from  the  contrescarpe 
to  the  scarpe  ....  The  medling  which  this  hedge  is  in  every  re- 
spect impracticable,  and  renders  the  fort  impregnable  at  least  against 
Indians  who  always  engage  naked.  Each  bastion  mounts  three  canons, 
each  canon  is  of  sixteen  ounces  caliber  or  bore ;  these  small  canons 
was  bought  with  the  greatest  difficulty  and  great  expences  over  the 
Apalachian  Mountains;  the  Indian  trader  (one  EUit)  undertooke  to 
bring  them  from  Fort  Prince  George,  opposite  Keowee,  on  the  east 
side  of  the  Apalachian  Mountains ;  Ellit  contrived  to  poise  on  each 
horse  a  canon  cross  ways  over  the  pack  saddle,  and  lash'd  them  round 
the  horse's  body  with  belts ;  but  as  these  horses  had  to  cross  a  country 
full  of  high  mountains,  and  these  covered  with  forests,  it  would  hap- 
pen that  some  times  one  end  of  a  canon  did  catch  a  tree,  twist  upon 
the  saddle,  and  drew  the  horse  down,  some  of  which  had  by  these 
accidences  their  backs  broken  under  the  wight,  and  lost  their  lif  s ;  the 
longest  journey  these  horses  could  make  was   six  miles  in  a  day." 

This  author  has  been  overlooked  by  the  professional  biographers. 
He  was  John  Gerard  William  de  Brahm,  a  man  after  the  order  of 
Swedenborg,  of  very  scientific  attainments  and  very  mystical  aptitudes. 
De  Brahm  brought  a  German  colony  to  Georgia  in  1751,  was  soon 
made  Surveyor  General  of  the  Southern  District  of  North  America, 
and  did  excellent  work  as  far  south  as  Cape  Florida.  He  died  at 
an  advanced  age,  perhaps  in  Philadelphia  about  1800.  In  1856  Plowden 
C.  J.  Weston  printed  forty  nine  copies  in  quarto  of  a  book  he  called 
"Documents  Relating  to  South  Carolina".  The  extract  given  above 
is  drawn  from  Weston's  edition  of  De  Brahm's  MS  account  of  South 
Carolina. 

It  is  of  interest  to  have  the  Fort  Loudoun  confusion  thoroughly 
cleared  up.  William  de  Brahm,  against  his  judgment,  built  the  fort 
under  orders  from  South  Carolina.  Obviously  he  knew  his  business. 
The  Cherokee  put  him  down  as  a  man  of  science  and  wisdom. 

[By  the  late]     A.  J.  Morrison. 


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REESE. 

Compiled  by  Mrs.  R.  D.  Sturdivant,  Berlin,  Alabama,  and  Mrs.  Minnie 
Reese  Richardson,  Fort  Worth,  Texas. 

Joel  Reese,  born ,  died ,  1812  in  Putnam  County,  Georgia. 

Married to  Rebekah  Harris.     After  the  death  of  Joel  Reese,  Re- 

bekah  Harris  married  (2)  Joseph  Turner  of  Georgia.  Joel  Reese  served 
in  the  Revolutionary  War,  see  Report  of  the  State  Librarian,  Revolution- 
ary Soldiers  of  Virginia,  1912,  page  369. 

Rees,  Joel,  I.  P.,  D.  49,  Pitts,  21. 

Will  of  Joel  Reese  is  recorded  in  Will  Book  A,  Page  18-19,  Eatonton, 
Putnam  County,  Georgia.  His  legatees  were  his  wife  Rebekah,  (to  have 
one  third)  and  his  children  to  have  the  other  two  thirds  and  to  be  schooled 


and  supported  in  a  very  decent  manner.    The  will  was  dated  Nov.  5,  1810 
and  proved  Nov.  12,  1812. 

Children  of  Joel  Reese,  and  his  wife  Rebekah  Harris  are  as  follows: 
Names  Dates    of    Birth  To  Whom  Married 

(  2)     Polly  Reese,  born  July  i6th,  1795  James  B.  Clopton 

(  3)     Betsy  Reese,  born  Dec.  31st,  1796  Kinchen  Peterson  Thweatt 

(  4)     Jordan   Reese,   born   September  4th,    1798. 

(  5)     Blanch  Reese,  born  September  16th,  1800  Fletcher 

(  6)     Jane  Reese,  born   December  31st,   1802. 

(  7)     Joel  Reese,  Jr.,  born  August  i6th  1805  (i)   Miss  Stinson 

(2)    Carrie  Marshall 
Youngest  sister  of 
Stephen  B.  Marshall. 
(  8)     Rebekah  Reese,  born  January   19th,   1808. 

(  9)     Martha  Reese,  born  August  23rd,  1810  Stephen  B.  Marshall 

(  2)     Polly   Reese,   born  July    i6th,    1795,   died   August  8th,    1873,  and 

is  interred  at  the  Presbyterian  Church  Cemetery,   Pleasant   Hill, 

Dallas    County,   Alabama.      Some   of    her    beautiful   needle    work 

is  still  in  the  possession  of  the  family.     Married  to  James 

B.  Clopton.     He  served  as  clerk  of  the  Court  in  Putnam  County, 
Georgia,  in  the  year   1812. 
Children  of   Polly  Reese  and  her  husband  James   B.   Clopton  are  as 
follows : 

(10)  Virginia   Clopton,   born  July  24th,    1813. 

(11)  Waldegrave  Clopton,  born  ,   1815. 

(12)  Martha   Ann   Clopton,   born   April   20th,    1830. 

(13)  James  B.  Clopton,  Jr.  He  was  drowned  while  on  a  boat  ex- 
cursion on  the  Alabama  River.  He  was  only  8  years  old  at  this 
time.  His  body  was  never  found,  although  the  river  was  dragged 
for  his  body,  and  every  means  employed   for  its  recovery. 


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(  9)     Martha    Reese,    born    August    23rd,    1810,    died    ,    married 

,    1826   to   Stephen    B.   Marshall   of    Georgia.     Children   as 

follows  : 

(14)  Elizabeth   Marshall,   born   . 

(15)  William  Blunt  Marshall,  . 

(16)  James    F.    Marshall,    born    .      Killed    in    battle    during    the 

Civil   War. 

(17)  Stephen  B.   Marshall,  Jr.,  born  . 

(18)  Joel   Reese   Marshall,  born  . 

(19)  Rebekah  Marshall,  born  . 

(20)  Henry   Marshall,   born   . 

(21)  Martha   Marshall,  born  . 

(22)  Mary    Marshall,    born    — — — ,   married    W.    R.    Respess.      After 
her  death  Hattie  Marshall  married  W.   R.   Respess. 

(22)     Hattie  Marshall,  born  . 


VIRGINIA  GAZETTES  IN  THE  NEW  YORK  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 

We  have  the  Virginia  Gazette  for  the  following  years : 
1739 — December  7;  1751— February  28,  December  27;  1759 — January 
2,  December  22;  1762 — February  12;  1766 — July  25;  1770 — June  21; 
1775 — January  7,  December  30;  1776 — September  21,  October  4,  No- 
vember i;  1777 — July  18;  1778 — January  23;  1780 — January  8,  April 
8,  May  9,  June  14,  June  28,  July  5,  19,  26,  August  9;  1782 — January 
5,  19,  February  16,  23,  March  23,  April  6,  20,  27,  May  18;  1783 — April 
5;  1791 — May  II,  December  7,  14;  1792 — September  12,  October  31; 
1794 — January  8,  24,  2y,  February  21,  March  7,  July  i,  August  i, 
October  7,  10,  November  11,  25,  December  5;  1795 — March  10,  13, 
24,  April  3,  II,  18,  25,  May  5,  12,  19;  1799 — February  5,  19. 
(Signed)    K.  D.   Metcalf, 

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GENEALOGY 


SAUNDERS-PRINCESS   ANNE  COUNTY,   VIRGINIA. 

Contributed  by  Charles  F.  McIntosh 

"A  Letter  Regarding  The  Queen's  Rangers",  by  E.  Alfred  Jones, 
M.  A.,  F.  R.  Hist.  S.,  proved  of  such  great  interest  to  the  readers  of 
the  Magazine,  October  1922,  that  I  feel  a  sketch  of  four  generations 
of  this  family  will  be  of  interest  to  their  many  descendants  in  the  two 
Dominions. 

JONATHAN   SAUNDERS    (i):     Was  the  Minister  of   Lynnhaven 
Parish,    Princess   Anne   County,    Virginia,    1695    (Va.   Mag.   of    Hist.    & 
B.   Vol.   V,  p.  436)  ;    Charles   Neale  of    North   Carolina  and   Mary  his 
wif'j   conveyed   to  Jonathan   Saunders,   Clerk,   one  hundred  acres   .... 
part  of  an  island  ....  Kendall's  Island  ....  bounded  with  the  fresh 
ponds    (now   the   lakes   of    the    Norfolk   City    Water    system),   dated    5 
Apr.    1696,   recorded  3   Sep.    1696    (Deed   Book   i,   folio    123,   Pr.  Anne 
Co.   Clks.   Office).     A   John    Saunders   was   ordained    for   the   American 
Colonies,   Virginia,   Oct.   24,    1699    (Va.   Mag.,   Vol.    IV,   p.    18)  ;    Jona- 
tha'.i    Saunders,   clerk,    late   minister   or   rector   of    the   parish   of    '•Len- 
haven"   in   Princess   Anne   County  in   Virginia,  deceased,   Administration 
15    Dec.    1702    to    Jonathan    Matthews,    attorney,    for    the    relict    Mary 
Bousli  als   Saunders,  now   wife  of   Maximilian    Boush,   now   in   Virginia 
(Intestate  died  2  years  ago.  See  Warrant),   (England,  P.  C.  C.  Admon. 
Act  Book  1702  folio  243)  ;   Rev.  Jonathan   Saunders'   widow,  on   March 
6,  1700/1,   (who  had  before  been  the  widow  of  Thomas  Ewell),  quali- 
fied as  his  administratrix,  he  dying  intestate   (Va.  Mag.,  Vol.  XI,  p.  79 
—Virginia    Gleanings    in    England).      Mary    who    first    married    Ewell, 
second   Saunders  nad  third   Boush,   was  the  daughter    (youngest   child) 
of    Thomas    and    Anne    Bennett.      By    Ewell    she    had    no    children,    by 
Saunders,  two,  and  by  Boush,  several    (Va.  Mag.,   Vol.  XXXI,   No.  4, 
Oct.    1923). 

JOHN  SAUNDERS  (2)  :  "Maximilian  Boush  &  Mary  his  wife 
late  wido:  and  relict  of  Mr.  Jonathan  Saunders  deceased  to  John 
Saunders  Marriner  son  and  heir  of  ye.  abovesd.  Mr.  Jon^  Saunders 
....  quit  claim  ....  dower  right  ....  Kendall's  Island  .... 
one  hundred  acres  ....  one  ye  eastern  Shore  in  ye.  County  of 
Princess  Anne",  dated  3  feb.  1719,  recorded  3  feb.  1719  (Deed  Book 
3,  folio  296,  Pr.  Anne  Co.)  ;  John  Saunders  to  Robert  Dearmore  .... 
one  hundred  acres    ....    Kendall's  Island    ....    dated  &   Recorded 


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5  Aprill  1720  (Deed  Book  3  f.  310,  Pr.  Anne  Co.)  ;  Christopher  Bur- 
rough  of  Princess  Anne  County  to  John  Saunders  of  Y^  Same  County 
Marriner  ....  250  acres  ....  in  Princess  Anne  County  .... 
excepting  about  fourty  foot  Square  being  Y=  burying  place  .... 
dated  i  Sep.  1724  recorded  2  Dec.  1724  (Deed  Book  4  f.  5,  Pr.  Anne 
Co.).  John  Ellegood  of  Norfolk  County  Gent,  to  Capt.  John  Saunders 
of  Princess  Anne  County,  100  Acres  ....  on  bennetts  Creek  .... 
called  Tiniljer  neck  ....  dated  and  recorded  5  Dec.  1773  (Deed 
Book  4  f.  467,  Pr.  Anne  Co.).  Will  of  Captain  John  Saunders: 
"In  the  name  of  God  Amen,  I  give  my  Soul  unto  Jesus  Christ  my 
Savour  in  hopes  of  receiving  of  it  the  day  of  resurrection  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord  Amen — Item  I  give  unto  my  well  beloved 
v/ife  Mary  Saunders  two  negroes  fellows  the  one  called  George  the 
other  Need  during  her  natural  Life.  I  give  to  my  daughter  mary  Saun- 
ders one  negro  woman  called  nell  &  her  child  Roben  ....  to  my 
Son  Johnathan  one  negro  woman  call*!  Benbo  ....  a  boy  called 
Issakes  ....  to  my  dafter  Alargret  a  negro  called  Jude  ....  a 
negro  calli*  Tone  ....  to  my  child  that  my  dear  wife  is  bearing 
the  negru  caled  Isble  ....  to  my  son  Johnathan  Saunders  the  man- 
hood plantation  whereon  I  live  being  two  hundred  &  fifty  acres  of 
Land  &  allso  Ye  plantation  formerly  caled  Joseph  Smiths  being  one 
hundred  acres  the  Whole  three  hundred  &  fifty  acres  ....  Seaven 
acres  of  Land  Tankard  ....  one  dozen  of  Silver  Spoons  between 
my  two  Dafters  mary  and  margret  Saunders  ....  each  of  them 
one  feather  bed  and  furniture  ....  large  looking  Glass  .... 
all  Ye  rest  of  my  Estate  ....  to  my  well  beloved  wife  afte  rmy 
debts  is  paid  ....  I  do  appoint  my  well  beloved  wife  &  arthur 
Sawer  tu  be  my  whole  &  Sole  Execkuters  ....  february  Ye.  16: 
1733/4  ■  •  •  •  (witnesses)  :  John  Guy  Henry  Miller  ....  (Signed)  : 
John  Saunders  ....  (Proved)  :  5  June  1734  ....  will  of  Capt. 
John  Saunders  by  both  witnesses  on  Ye.  motion  of  Charles  Sayer 
.  .  .  .  Recorded  for  ye.  benefit  of  Ye.  Testators  children".  (Deed 
Book  4  f.  507,  Pr.  Anne  Co.).  There  is  a  mere  feeling  in  reading 
the  records  that  Mary  the  daughter  of  the  testator  may  have  married 
one  Henry  Miller  and  that  Margaret  the  other  daughter  may  have 
first  married  Thomas  Haire  and  second  Peter  Malbone.  This  however 
is  only  an  inference.  I  have  never  been  able  to  prove  it.  The  will  of 
Charles  Sayer  of  Princess  Anne  County :  .  .  .  .  Wife  Margret  Sayer 
.  .  .  .  my  Son  arthur  Sayer  ....  (Witness)  :  Mary  Saunders 
....  dated  18  Aug.  1740  ....  proved  5  Nov.  1740  (Deed  Book 
5  f.  514,  Pr.  Aiine  Co.).  The  Will  of  Margret  Sayer  of  the  Parish 
of  Lynhaven  in  the  County  of  Princess  Anne  ....  unto  my  Grandson 
Jonathan  Saunders  the  Sum  of  Tenn  Pounds  ....  my  grand  daughter 
Margaret  Malbore  ....  my  Son  Arthur  Sayer  ....  my  Grand 
Daughters  Anne  and  Margaret  Newton    ....   my  Daughter  Frances 


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Boush  ....  my  Grandson  Anthy  Lawson  ....  my  Grandaughter 
Margaret  Walke  ....  my  grandaughter  Frances  Sayer  .... 
my  Grandaughter  Margaret  Boush  ....  my  Daughter  EHzabeth  New- 
ton ....  dated  i8  May  1754  ....  proved  19  Nov.  1754  (Deed 
Book  7  f.  661,  Pr.  Anne  Co.).  The  will  of  Arthur  Sayer  of  Princess 
Anne  County  in  Virg"  ....  my  Daughter  Frances  Sayer  .... 
Wife  Eliza.  Sayer  ....  my  daughter  Margt  Sayer  ....  my 
Daughter  Mary  Sayer  ....  my  Nephew  Mr.  Anthony  Lawson  .... 
my  Son  Charles  Sayer  ....  appoint  my  Friends  &  Kinsmen  Thos. 
Walke,  Anthony  Lawson  &  Jonathan  Saunders  Exor^  ....  dated 
24  feb.  1754  ....  proved  20  Oct.  1761  (Deed  Book  8  f.  638,  Pr. 
Anne  Co.).  The  will  of  Elizabeth  Sayer  Widow  of  Princess  Anne 
County  ....  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Sayer  ....  my  three 
Daughters  Frances,  Margaret  and  Mary  and  my  son  Charles  Sayer 
Sons  in  Law  Mr.  John  Hancock  and  Peter  Singleton  Executors  .... 
dated  11  Sep.  1765  (Deed  Book  9  f.  606,  Pr.  Anne  Co.).  Account 
of  Charles  Sayer  Guardian  of  Mary,  Jonathan  &  Margt  children  of 
Capt.  John  Saunders  deceased,  1733  &  1738  (Gdn.  Book  i,  pp.  i,  2  &  6, 
Pr.  Anne  Co.). 

Mary  Saunders  the  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Jonathan  Saunders  married 
Captain  Cornelius  Calvert,  Senior  of  Norfolk  Town,  Va.,  July  29th 
1719.  His  will  is  dated  29  May  1749.  Her  will  is  dated  18  Aug.  1762, 
and  both  are  recorded  in  the  Norfolk  County  Clerk's  Office  at  Ports- 
mouth, Va.,  and  their  issue  was  numerous  (Va.  Mag.,  Vol.  I,  pp.  63- 
109). 

JONATHAN  SAUNDERS  (3)  :  Col.  Nathaniel  Newton  of  Prin- 
cess Anne  County,  Va.,  to  Mr.  Jonathan  Saunders  ....  260  acres 
.  .  .  .  Parish  of  Lynhaven  ....  same  property  purchased  of 
George  Moseley  ....  1743  ....  dated  16  Nov.  1753  (Deed  Book 
7  f.  545,    Pr.   Anne   Co.).     Colony   of    Virginia   to   Jonathan    Saunders 

&  George  Oldner  136  acres  in  Princess  Anne  Co on  Bennetts 

Creek  ....  joining  on  the  Lands  of  Thos.  Owens  the  orphans  of 
Thos.  Thelaball,  Jno.  Hunter  &  Col.  Anthony  Walke  ....  dated 
June  26,  1755  (Land  Office,  Richmond,  Va.,  Vol.  29,  p.  450).  Jon- 
athan Saunders  &  George  Oldner  of  Princess  Anne  Co.,  to  Anthony 
Walke  junr  ....  136  acres  ....  on  Bennetts  Creek  ....  as 
by  patent  of  26  June  1755  ....  also  at  a  Court  held  the  19th  day 
of  Aug.  1755  Elizabeth  wife  of  the  said  Jonathan  Saunders  .... 
acknowledged  (Deed  Book  8  f.  3  &  4,  Pr.  Anne  Co.).  Capt.  Jonathan 
Saunders  was  a  Vestryman,  Lynnhaven  Parish,  Princess  Anne  Co., 
Oct.  26,  1761  (Va.  Mag.,  Vol.  V,  p.  436).  The  inscription  on  his 
tombstone  at  "Pembroke"  Farm,  Lynnhaven  River,  Thalia  Post  Office 
and  Station,  Norfolk-Southern  Ry.,  Princess  Anne  County,  Va.,  is : 
"  .  .  .  .  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Capt.  Jonathan  Saunders  who  was 
a  person  of  great  piety  and  a  most  humane  disposition    (worn)   adored 


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all  his  (worn)  was  a  kind  husband  a  (worn)  father  and  sincere  friend 
he  died  universally  lamented  on  21  Jan.  1765  in  the  39  year  of  his  age", 
(Copied  by  Charles  F.  Mcintosh  22  Oct.  1916).  Captain  Jonathan 
Saunders  Estate  in  Acc«  with  Elizabeth  Saunders  Admx.  16  Dec.  1766, 
(Deed  Book  10,  p.  26,  Pr.  Anne  Co.).  Elizabeth  Saunders  Admx. 
of  Jonathan  Saunders  deed.  agt.  Caleb  Herbert,  Court  18  Dec.  1766, 
(Norfolk  County  Order  Book   1766-1768  f.  64). 

Jacob  Ellegood  Administrator  of  Elizabeth  Saunders  deed.  Court 
17  Aug.  1769  (Norfolk  County  Order  Book  1768-1771  f.  129).  Miss 
Margaret  Saunders  Orphan  of  Jonathan  Saunders  in  Ace  with  Jacob 
Ellegood  Gda Sandford  Saunders  In  Ace  with  Jacob  Elle- 
good Gowdian  1770  (Guardian  Book  i,  p.  109,  Pr.  Anne  Co.)  ;  Miss 
Peggy  Saunders  Orphan  of  Jno.  Saunders  in  Acc  with  Jacob  Ellegood 
.     .    .     .    Sandford    Saunders    Orphan    of    Jno.    Saunders    in    Acc    with 

Jacob   Ellegood    1773    (Guardian    Book    i,    p.  ,    Pr.   Anne   Co.).     I 

find  no  further  mention  of  Sandford  Saunders  in  the  records  and  pre- 
sume he  died  an  infant  unmarried.  I  have  been  unable  to  ascertain 
the  maiden  name  of  Elizabeth  Saunders.  I  am  under  the  impression 
she  was  a  Thorowgood  but  cannot  prove  it.  The  following  clues 
present  themselves:  The  "Pembroke"  Farm  adjoined  the  Thorowgood 
plantations.  Pembroke  was  the  first  name  of  Thorowgood  woman. 
John  Thorowgood  mentions  in  his  will  a  daughter  Mary  Sandford 
Thorowgood  and  appoints  Jonathan  Saunders  Executor.  On  Jonathan 
Saunders  death  his  widow  qualified  C.  T.  A.  on  John  Thorowgood's 
Estate.  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  Saunders  had  a  son  Sandford  Saunders. 
A  John  Sandford  was  a  Justice  on  the  first  court  held  in  Princess 
Anne  County  in   1691    (Pr.  Anne  Co.   Records). 

JOHN  SAUNDERS  (4)  :  "An  Inquisition  Indented  and  taken  at 
the  Court  House  26  Sept.  1779  ....  fourth  year  of  the  Common- 
wealth ....  before  me  Thomas  Reynolds  Walker  Escheator  .... 
Jurors,  to-wit :  Charles  Sayer,  Thomas  Ewell,  Jacob  Hunter,  John 
Matthias,  William  Thorowgood  senr.,  Christopher  Whitehurst,  George 
Jamieson  Junr.,  Henry  Collins,  William  Hayes,  James  Moore  Junr., 
Henry  Hayes  and  William  Keeling  ....  sworn  to  inquire  whether 
John  Saunders  late  of  the  said  County  is  a  British  Subject,  say  .... 
that  the  same  John  Saunders  is  a  British  Subject  ....  joining  the 
Subjects  of  his  Britannick  Majesty  of  his  own  free  will  ....  real 
property  ....  800  acres  ....  Marsh  400  acres  ....  negroes 
taken  by  the  Troopers  of  the  Commonwealth  Stationed  at  Kempc's 
Landing  (Deed  Book  16  f.  48,  Pr.  Anne  Co.).  The  will  of  Jacob 
Ellegood :  "  .  .  .  .  son  Jacob  ....  my  son  in  law  William  Atche- 
son  and  Rcbe''  his  wife  .  .  .  .  daughter  Anne  &.  Margaret  Ellegood 
....  wife  ann  ....  daughter  Elizabeth  ....  daughter  Sarah 
....  dated  22  March  1753,  proved  17  Apr.  1753  ....  of  Princess 
Anne  County   ....    (Deed  Book  7  f.  447,   Pr.   Anne  Co.).     The  will 


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of  Jacob  Ellegood  of  the  County  of  York  in  the  province  of  New 
Brunswick  Esquire  ....  my  brother  in  law  John  Saunders  of  said 
province  Esquire  ....  my  two  sons  Jacob  Ellegood  and  John 
Saunders  Ellegood  both  of  said  province  Gentlemen  ....  son  Wil- 
liam Ellegood  ....  grand  daughter  Rebecca  Aithison  Ellegood 
....  wife  Mary  Ellegood  ....  son  Samuel  Inglis  Ellegood  .... 
to  my  brother  in  Law  and  sister  the  honorable  Judge  Saunders  and 
his  wife  and  to  Captain  John  McKay  and  to  my  Sister  in  Law  Mrs. 
Margarette  McKay  ....  dated  7  Sept.  1801  ....  Provedi  18 
Jan.  1802  (Certified  Copy  Recorded  in  Will  Book  i,  p.  189,  Pr.  Anne 
Co.).  Captain  (Judge)  John  Saunders  was  born  in  Princess  Anne 
County  I  June  1753,  married  Ariana  Margaretta  Jekyll  Chalmers 
daughter  of  Col.  James  Chalmers  of  Maryland  and  Ariana  Margaretta 
Jekyll  daughter  of  John  Jekyll  the  younger.  He  was  a  Captain  in  the 
Queun^  Rangers  and  wounded  at  the  Battle  of  the  Brandywine.  His 
only  son  was  John  Simcoe  Saunders  an  eminent  lawer  in  New  Bruns- 
wick (Va.  Mag.,  Vo.  XXX,  No.  4,  Oct.,  1922 — Ex.  inform  E.  Alfred 
Jones) . 

The  old  Saunders  house  on  the  "Pembroke"  plantation  is  situated 
about  three  miles  from  Kempsville,  about  a  mile  north  of  the  Virginia 
Beach  Boulevard,  which  crosses  a  road  leading  from  Thalia  Station, 
Norfolk-Southern  Ry.,  to  the  old  brick  house.  It  is  about  three  quarters 
of  a  mile  west  of  the  West  Branch  of  Lynnhaven  River.  The  grave 
yard  is  in  a  cultivated  field  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  yards  to  the 
east  of  the  house.  On  a  brick  in  the  north  wall  of  the  house  is  1764. 
The  Farm  is  at  present  owned  by  the  Lynnbrook  Corporation  and 
Mr.  C.   C.  Hudgins  tenant  lives   in  the  old  house    (1923  December). 

Author's  Note  i :  So  far  as  I  know  the  Saunders  family  of  Princess 
Anne  is  no  relation  to  John  Saunders  who  left  a  will  recorded  in  Nor- 
folk County,  Va.,  in  1751,  nor  to  Major  John  Saunders,  U.  S.  Army 
buried  at  the   Norfolk   Naval   Hospital    (Fort   Nelson). 

Author's  Note  2 :  I  am  told  the  Ellegood  House  is  the  brick  dormer 
window  house  about  two  hundred  yards  to  the  south  of  the  Virginia 
Beach  Boulevard  and  about  a  mile  from  Rosemont  Station,  Norfolk- 
Southern  Railroad.  The  Ellegood  house  was  called  Rose  Hall  and 
the  plantation  was  fifteen  hundred  acres  (Deed  of  Jacob  Ellegood, 
etc.,  to  William  Ellegood,  Book  26,  p.  286,  dated  15  June  1803,  Pr. 
Anne  Co.).     (Ex-inform:   Mrs.  J.  C.  Emmerson  of   Portsmouth,   Va.) 

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HARRISON   OF  JAMES   RIVER. 
(Continued) 

9.      Benjamin*    Harrison     {Benjamin^),    of    "Berkeley",    was    born 
-,   and  died  in    1745.     He  was   educated  at   William  and   Mary 


College  and  at  an  early  age  entered  public  life.  He  represented  Charles 
City  county  in  the  House  of  Burgesses  at  the  sessions  of  August  1736, 
November  1738,  May  1740,  August  1740,  May  1742,  and  September 
1744.  He  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Robert  Carter,  of  "Corotoman", 
President  of  the  Council.  Col.  Carter  in  his  will  left  to  his  daughter, 
Anne  Harrison,  £540  sterling  (havir-j  no  doubt  made  a  previous  gift 
when  she  was  married)  and  to  her  daughters  Betty  and  Anne  Harrison, 
£500  sterling  each.  Benjamin  Harrison  met  a  tragic  death.  The  Mary- 
land Ga::cHc  for  August  16,  1745,  prints  a  letter  from  Williamsburg, 
dated  July  i8th  "Last  Friday  evening  [July  12]  a  most  terrible 
accident  happened  in  Charles  City  county ;  when  a  violent  Thunder 
Gust  arose,  and  the  lightning  struck  the  House  of  Col.  Benjamin 
Harrison  of  Berkeley,  which  killed  him  and  his  two  youngest  daughters". 
These  daughters  were  Lucy  and  Hannah.  It  would  appear  from  the 
probate  of  the  will  that  Mrs.  Harrison  had  died  between  its  making 
and  proving. 

One  of  the  record  books  of  Albemarle  county  was  evidently  at  one 
time  an  account  book  of  the  executors  of  Benjamin  Harrison,  of 
"Berkeley",  who  died  in  1745.  It  appears  that  after  a  few  pages  were 
used  the  large  folio  volume  must  have  been  sold  to  Albemarle  court. 
At  one  end  are  the   following  entries  : 

Sept.  20,    1745.     To  the  Estate  of  Col.   Benjamin   Harrison,   Dr. 
To  cash  p'd  Richard  Weir  for  mourning 
To    Cash    p'd    for   coffins 
To  cash  p'd  for  Taylor's  work 
To    Do.    p'd   John    Gardner,    overseer 
Cash  p'd  to  Secretary's  Office  for  a  Testament 

[That  is  for  probate  of  will] 
Do.  p'd   Nimmo  a   lawyer,    for  advice 
Do.   given   Carter   Harrison    for   pocket   money 
Do.  p'd  George  Hierd,  Baker, 
Cash  p'd   Spalding,   the  Taylor,   for   work  done  in   Col. 

Harrison's    life, 
Do.  p'd  Fr.  Barham 

Cash  p'd  David  Clark  for  Rum  bought  in  Colo.  Harri- 
son's life. 
Cash  p'd  Betty  Harrison 
Do.  p'd  Charles  Stagg  for  2  Months  and  4  Days  Wages 

on   the   Schooner, 
Do.  p'd   Thomas   Brokett,   overseer, 
P'd  Wm  .Roister   for   Shingling  the  House 
Cash  p'd  Ben.  Harrison,  Overseer, 
To  my  expenses  taking   Inventory 
P'd   Betty   Smith   for  Shoe  Thread 
Cash  given  Ben.    Harrison   for    Pocket   money, 
Cash  p'd  for  funeral  expenses, 

P'r.  Contra.  Cr. 

July   22d,   1745. 
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By  Cash  rec'd  for  Bread, 


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Here  the  account  ends  abruptly.  It  is  evident  from  the  reference 
to  the  baker  and  the  money  received  for  bread,  that  Col.  Harrison, 
like  Charles  Carter,  of  "Cleve",  and  a  few  other  enterprising  planters, 
had  stablished  a  bakery  , where  bread,  or  rather  biscuits,  for  ships' 
supplies  were  made. 

The  will  of   Benjamin  Harrison  is  as   follows  : 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen :  I  Benjamin  Harrison  of  Berkly  in  the 
County  of  Charles  City  and  Parrish  of  Westover,  Gent.,  being  of 
perfect  sense  and  memory,  ordain  this  my  last  will  and  Testament. 
Imprimis  I  Give  and  bequeath  my  Soul  to  Almighty  God  who  first 
gave  it  its  being,  in  sure  and  certain  hope  of  a  Joyfull  resurrection 
thro'  the  death  and  Passion  of  my  blessed  Savior  Jesus  Christ,  my 
body  to  the  Earth  from  which  it  was  first  taken,  to  be  decently  buried 
on  Berkley  Plantation  near  my  little  dear  son  Henry's  grave,  at  the 
Discression  of  my  executor  hereafter  mentioned,  and  as  to  all  my 
worldly  goods  with  which  it  hath  pleased  the  Almighty  to  bless  me 
my  just  Debts  and  Funeral  charges  being  first  paid,  I  Give  and  dis- 
pose of  in  the  following  manner : 

I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  wife  one  equal  third 
part  of  the  neet  proceeds  or  profits  of  my  whole  Estate  during  her 
Natural  life,  and  forasmuch  as  my  wife  hath  at  all  times  behaved  in 
a  most  dutiful  and  affectionate  manner  to  me  and  all — allways  been 
assisting  through  my  whole  affairs,  I  therefore  think  proper  to  Give 
my  dear  wife  as  a  small  requital  over  and  above  the  Thirds  of  my 
Estate  as  aforesaid,  the  use  and  occupation  of  the  Plantation  whereon 
I  now  live,  commonly  called  Berkley,  with  all  the  Slaves,  Property 
belonging  to  the  Crop  of  the  said  Plantation,  with  all  my  household 
furniture  of  what  kind  soever  and  house  Servants,  except  my  Cook 
wench  Patty  and  her  children  and  the  boy  levy  son  of  Sarah,  which 
Slaves  I  would  have  to  go  to  my  son  Benjamin  on  his  being  of  age; 
I  also  give  to  my  wife  the  use  of  all  my  plate  and  kitchen  Furniture 
as  also  the  use  of  my  flocks  of  Cattle,  Hogs,  Horses  and  Sheep  upon 
the  said  Plantation,  all  which  said  gifts  I  give  to  the  use  of  my  said 
Dear  Wife  so  long  as  she  shall  remain  a  widow  or  shall  abide  on  or 
inhabit  the  said  Plantation,  with  full  power  to  Cut  down  and  make  use 
of  any  Timber  or  Wood  either  for  building  or  repairing,  making  fencing 
or  firing,  or  any  other  use  whatsoever  for  the  said  Plantation  of  or 
from  any  Part  of  my  Estate  in  Charles  City  County  Dureing  the  time 
aforesaid,  she  allowing  yearly  out  of  her  own  Estate  Nine  thousand 
Pounds  of  good  Crop  Tob"  in  nine  cask  to  be  thrown  into  two  thirds 
of  my  estate  which  is  hereafter  Ordered  to  be  divided  amongst  my 
children  untill  my  son  Benjamin  shall  come  to  age  but  no  longer,  and 
after  her  decease  or  nonresidence  as  aforesaid  the  Premisses  to  go  and 
descend  to  my  well  beloved  son  Benjamin  Harrison  and  to  the  Heir  of 
his  Body  Lawfully  begotten  forever.     I  also  give  to  my  wife  my  Coach, 


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chariot,  chair,  Six  horses  and  all  Furniture  thereto  belonging  as  also 
ail  my  Saddle  horses,  mares  and  Colts  on  the  said  Plantation,  together 
with  her   Gold   Watch  and  all   Jewels   now   in   her  possession. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  Benjamin  Harrison  all  that 
Tract  of  Land  commonly  called  Berkley  and  Kimadges  and  also  that 
whereon  my  mother  formerly  lived  as  also  the  Gleeb  Land  bought  of 
the  Parish  of  Westover  in  the  County  of  Charles  City,  to  him  and  his 
heirs  of  his  Body  lawfully  begotten  forever.  I  also  give  to  my  said 
son  Benjamin  the  land  called  Bieres  with  the  Land  Escheated  of  John 
Resbie  and  all  my  land  on  the  south  side  Nottoway  River  belonging 
to  the  Chiticorah  Tract  and  all  the  additional  Surveys  made  adjacent 
thereto,  and  all  my  Lands  at  the  Falls  of  James  River  bought  of 
Davis  and  others  with  the  slaves  and  stocks  thereon  to  him  and  his 
heirs    forever. 

Item.  I  give  unto  my  son  Carter  Henry  Harrison  all  my  land  at 
Willises  Creek  with  all  the  slaves  and  stocks  thereon,  and  all  the 
Land  called  Scotland  Neck  and  the  slaves  and  stocks  of  all  sorts  there- 
on to  go  and  descend  accordingly  to  will  of  the  Honi"*  Robert  Carter 
Dec'd. 

Item.  I  Give  unto  my  son  Henry  all  that  estate  of  Land  on  the 
South  Side  Nottoway  River  by  Peter's  Bridge  being  Seven  Planta- 
tions with  all  the  Slaves  and  stock  of  all  Sorts  thereon,  to  him  and 
his  heirs  Forever,  and  the  mill  thereon.  I  also  give  him  the  Tract 
of  Land  lying  on  Nottoway  on  the  North  Side  the  River  at  Peter's 
Bridge  to  him  and  his  heirs   forever. 

Item.  I  give  unto  my  son  Robert  Harrison  all  my  several  Tracts  of 
Land  lying  at  the  Falls  of  the  Appomattox  River  bought  of  Abraham 
Cocke,  Christopher  Herntory,  Thomas  Williams,  James  Munford  and 
Richard  Smith  and  the  lots  bought  of  Abraham  Jones  and  that  in  the 
Town  of  Petersburg  and  the  Slaves  and  Stocks  of  all  Sorts  thereon, 
and  also  the  remaining  Part  of  Chitecorah  Tract  lying  on  the  North 
Side  of  Nottoway  River  with  the  Slaves  and  Stocks  of  all  Sorts  that 
shall  be   found  thereon,   to  him  and  his  heirs   forever. 

Item.  I  Give  unto  my  son  Nathaniel  my  land  at  Amelia  Court 
House  and  all  the  Slaves  and  Stocks  thereon.  I  also  give  unto  my 
said  son  my  land  at  Great  Creek,  and  Meherrin  (Vizt)  the  Tract 
whereon  Benjamin  Harrison  is  overseer,  tliat  where  Clayton  is  over- 
seer, with  all  the  Slaves  and  Stocks  thereon  to  him  and  his  heirs 
forever. 

Item.  I  Give  unto  my  son  Charles  all  my  Land  Secarnis  with  all  the 
Slaves  and  Stocks  thereon  and  the  Land  called  the  Allen  Tract.  I 
also  Give  to  my  said  Son  all  the  Lands  that  will  fall  to  me  by  the 
death  of  Mr.  Willis  (to-wit)  Cabbin  Point  Mill  and  that  at  Hunt- 
ington, with  all  the  Keepers  thereof,  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever,  and 
my  desire  is  that  there  may  be  Five  Slaves  bought   (Vizt)   three  women 


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and  two  men  as  soon  as  Conveniently  can  be  to  Full  Slave  the  three 
Plantations  on  Secarnis.  And  my  desire  in  that  so  many  Slaves  as 
shall  be  occupied  on  the  Pond  Quarter  and  Black  Water,  at  the  death 
of  Mrs.  Willis  shall  be  and  belong  unto  my  said  son  and  his  heirs 
forever. 

Item.  My  will  and  desire  is  that  the  mulatto  man  John  shall  be 
for  the  sole  use  of  my  wife  so  long  as  she  shall  be  a  widow,  and  that 
the  rest  of  my  Sawyer's  Carpenters  and  Coopers  shall  be  used  for 
the  use  of  my  Estate  in  general  until  my  son  Benjamin  comes  of  age, 
and  then  to  go  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever. 

Item.  I  give  unto  my  son  Robert  my  Tract  of  Land  on  Brunswick 
Creek,  lying  at  the  mouth  of  Great  Creek,  containing  seventeen  hundred 
acres,  be  it  more  or  less,  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever.  I  also  give 
unto  my  said  son  Robert  my  mill  on  Harry's  Swamp  with  the  Land 
thereto  belonging,  being  three  hundred  and  Fifty  Acres  more  or  less, 
to  him  and  his  heirs   forever. 

Item.  I  give  unto  my  son  Benjamin  all  the  Negroes  and  Stocks 
of  all  Sorts  upon  the  Six  Plantations  that  now  are  Settled  on  my 
Berkley  and  Kimadges  Tracts,  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever  ;  and  whereas 
I  have  given  my  Manor  House  and  Plantation  to  my  wife  on  terms 
as  above  to  ascertain  the  bounds,  my  meaning  is  that  from  the  upper 
bounds  of  the  Glebe  shall  be  the  Eastward  Limits,  and  from  thence 
as  the  Shirley  road  runs  to  the  Ford  on  Kimadges  Creek,  containing 
all  the  Land  between  the  Glebe  Road  and  the  River,  and  if  by  Ex- 
perience that  should  be  found  too  little  I  add  to  it  that  Land  on 
tothcr  side  the  Road  called  Woodfords. 

Item.  My  will  and  Desire  is  that  the  Land  I  bought  of  William 
Glover  whereon  my  Surry  Store  stands  be  sold,  and  the  Slaves  thence 
be  Immediately  removed  to  that  part  of  the  Chetecorah  Tract  given 
my  son  Robert  for  him  and  his  heirs  forever,  and  the  money  arising 
By  the  Sale  of  the  Land  to  be  laid  out  for  Negroes  for  the  same 
uses,  To  wit,  for  the  better  Settling  the  same  Part  of  the  Chetecorah 
Tract. 

Item.  Forasmuch  as  there  are  a  great  number  of  Slaves  which,  after 
the  death  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Willis  relict  of  Henry  Harrison,  Esq--, 
Dec'd.  and  by  the  last  Will  of  the  said  Henry  Harrison,  are  to  revert 
to  me  and  my  heirs,  my  Will  and  desire  therefore  is,  that  when  the 
estate  in  Negroes  shall  revert  by  the  death  of  the  Said  Willis  now  in 
possession,  that  then  the  said  Negroes  shall  be  divided  into  six  as 
equal  Parts  as  possible,  Without  Parting  men  and  their  wives,  by 
three  able  and  discreet  persons  to  be  appointed  by  the  General  Court, 
which  division  being  made  my  will  and  desire  is  that  three  already 
Given  to  my  son  Charles  go  in  Proportion  to  his  Part,  that  my  son 
Benjamin  have  the  first  choice,  and  the  Rest  of  my  six  sons  to  choose 
according  to  Seniority,  which  Negroes  I  Give  to  them  and  their  heirs 
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Item.  I  Give  unto  my  son  Carter  Henry  and  Henry,  to  be  equally 
divided  between  them,  all  the  house  hold  Plate  that  belonged  to  Henry 
Harrison,  Esq.,  dec'd.,  now  in  possession  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Willis  his 
reloct,  and  after  her  death  to  revert  to  me,  as  will  appear  by  an  in- 
strument of  writing  between  the  said  Willis  and  myself  recorded  in 
Surry  Court. 

Item.  I  Give  and  bequeath  unto  my  daughter  Betty  Harrison  one 
thousand  pounds  sterling  including  my  mother's  legacy  of  two  hundred 
pounds  that  is  to  say  five  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  by  my  Executors 
within  Twelve  months  after  she  shall  arrive  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  years,  or  be  married,  and  the  other  Five  Hundred  Pounds  within 
three  years  after,  and  also  I  give  to  my  Daughter  Betty  these  several 
Slaves  following  and  their  increase  to-wit :  Leddy,  Chariot  and  Cate, 
the  Daughter  of  Aggy,  to  her  and  her  heirs   forever. 

Item.  I  Give  and  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Anne  the  sum  of  one 
thousand  pounds  Sterling,  Five  hundred  to  be  paid  by  my  Executors 
within  Twelve  months  after  she  shall  arrive  to  the  Age  of  Twenty- 
one  or  be  married,  and  the  other  Five  hundred  pounds  within  three 
years  after  that.  I  also  give  to  my  Daughter  Anne  a  negro  girl  named 
Dorcas  to  her  and  her  heirs  forever.  The  Thousand  pounds  is  to  be 
with  my  mother's   Legacy  hundred   Pounds   inclusive. 

Item.  I  Give  to  my  Daughter  Lucy  Eight  hundred  Pounds  Sterling 
including  my  Mother's  Legacy,  to  be  paid  her  in  four  years  after  she 
arrives  to  the  Age  of  twenty-one  or  is  married.  I  also  give  to  my 
Said  Dauglner  Lucy  three  Slaves  and  their  increase  to-wit :  Aaron, 
Hannah  the  Daughter  of  Tamer,  and  Martha  the  Daughter  of  Bess, 
to  her  and   her   heirs    forever. 

Item.  I  Give  to  my  Daughter  Hannah  Five  hundred  pounds  Ster- 
ling including  my  Mother's  Legacy,  to  be  paid  her  within  three  years 
after  she  arrives  to  the  Age  of  twenty-one  or  married.  Also  a  negro 
girl  Suckey,  the  Daughter  of  Bess  and  her  increase,  to  her  and  her 
heirs    forever. 

Item.  My  will  and  desire  is  that  my  whole  Estate  shall  be  kept 
cnti.'e  until  my  Debts  are  paid  and  the  two  Eldest  Daughter's  Fortunes 
are  raised,  and  until  my  son  Benjamin  comes  of  Age.  and  then  what- 
ever   Legacy,    remain    unraised    the    Estate   of    Each   of    my   sons   shall 

be  taxed   in    Proportion   to  their  Anr.ual   for   the    Paj-ment 

thereof. 

Item.  That  the  Guardianship  and  disposal  of  my  children  shall  be 
entirely  in   the   Power   of    my   wife,   and   that   they   be  maintained  and 

educated  at  her  discression  of  my  estate ;  of  whose  prudence 

I  have  had  sufficient  Proof  dureing  her  Life,  that  if  my  Daughters 
dureing  their  minority  Do  marry  without  first  having  had  the  Con- 
sent and  approval  of  my  said  wife,  then  they  or  every  one  of  them 
so  marrying  shall   forfeit  all  Claims   or   Pretensions   whatsoever  to  all 


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and  every  part  of  the  Legacies  given  them,  by  this  my  will,  and  I  doe 
heartily  and  Earnestly  recommend  to  my  said  Children  that  they  be- 
have with  Duty  and  obedience  to  their  mother,  and  that  they  live  in 
Love  and  Friendship  with  one  another,  and  Lastly  I  doe  hereby  ap- 
point my  Dear  Wife  Ann  Harrison,  and  all  my  sons  as  they  shall 
come  of  Age,  Executors  of  this  my  Last  Will  and  Testament,  and 
I  further  order  that  there  be  no  appraisement  of  my  Estate  nor  Se- 
curity given  but  her  own.  In  witness  whereof  I  have  here  set  my 
hand  and  Seal  this  17th  day  of  October  1743,  and  I  utterly  revoke  all 
other  Wills  by  me  heretofore  made.  This  my  last  containing  two  sheets 
of   Paper. 

Benjamin    Harrison    [Seal.] 

Signed  Sealed  Etc.  in  the  Pressence  of  Robert  West,  Joseph  Royal, 
John  Stith. 

Charles   City   County  ss — August   Court   1745. 

The  Afore  written  Last  will  and  Testament  of  Col"  Benjamin 
Harrison  Dec'd  was  Presented  in  Court  by  William  Randolph  Gent, 
and  Wife  and  Miss  Betty  Harrison,  who  made  oath  there  and  being 
proved  by  the  oath  of  Joseph  Royall  one  of  the  witnesses  thereto  is 
admitted  to  Record,  and  the  said  Joseph  Royall  also  on  his  oath 
declared  he  saw  John  Stith  and  Robert  West  the  other  two  witnesses 
sign  the  said  Will  as  witnesses  and  on  the  motion  of  the  said  William 
Randolph  and  Betty  Harrison,  and  performing  what  is  usual  on  such 
Cases  Certificate  is  granted  them  for  obtaining  Letters  of  Administra- 
tion with  the  said  Will  anncxt  in  due  forme  Durante  Minori  estate  of 
Benjamin  Harrison  son  and  heirs  of  the  Dec'd. 
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Lewellin  Eppes,   Clk.   Curia 
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Lewellin  Eppes,   Clk.   Curia 

Benjamin*  and  Anne    (Carter)    Harrison  had  issue: 

18.  Henry  ,died  in  childhood. 

19.  Benjamin'^. 

20.  Carter  Hcnry^. 

21.  Nathaniel^. 

22.  Henry". 

23.  Robert^ 

24.  Lucy,   killed  by   lightning. 

25.  Hannah,  killed  by  lightning. 

26.  Anne,  married  William   Randolph  of  "Wilton",  Henrico  county. 

27.  Elizabeth,  (commonly  called  Betty)  married  Peyton  Randolph, 
of  Williamsburg.  He  was  educated  at  William  and  Mary  and 
then  went  to  England,  where  he  was  admitted  to  the  Middle 
Temple,  Oct.  13,  1739,  and  called  to  the  Bar,  Feb.  10,  1743. 
In  1748  he  became  Attorney  General  of  Vriginia  and  con- 
tinued as  such  until   1754  when  he  was  suspended  by  Governor 


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Dinwiddie  for  going  to  England  at  the  request  of  the  Bur- 
gesses to  support  their  petition  against  the  pistole  fee  which 
Dinwiddie  exacted  for  granting  land  patents.  On  Randolph's 
return  from  England,  however,  he  was  re-appointed  and  re- 
tained the  office  until  he  resigned  in  1766.  He  represented 
Williamsburg  in  the  House  of  Burgesses  1749,  the  College  of 
William  and  Mary  1752-1758,  Williamsburg  1758-1775,  and 
the  same  place  in  the  Conventions  of  March  and  July  1775,  of 
each  of  which  he  was  President.  He  was  speaker  of  the  House 
of  Burgesses  1766-1775.  In  1773  he  had  been  appointed  Chair- 
man of  the  Committee  of  Correspondence  and  in  March  1774 
President  of  the  first  Virginia  Convention.  In  March  1774  he 
was  chosen  one  of  the  delegates  to  Congress  and  by  that  body 
elected  its  President  and  held  that  office  until  his  death  on 
Sept.  22,  1775.  He  was  buried  in  the  vault  of  the  Chapel  of 
William  and  Mary  College  and  a  mural  monument  erected 
which   was  destroyed  when  the  College  was  burnt. 

The  epitaph  published  in  the  Virginia  Gazette,  Nov.   il,   1775, 
was  probably  that  intended  for  the  tablet. 

Sacred 

To  the  memory   of 

The   Hon.    Peyton   Randolph,    Esq'r, 

Those  distinguished   virtues   in   every  station   of    life 

Gained   him 

The  affection  and  confidence  of  his  Country. 

Descended  from  an  ancient  and  respectable  family, 

He  received  a  liberal  and  polite  education 

In   William  and   Mary   College. 

Removing  thence  to  the  Inner  Temple, 

He  was  advanced  to  the  Degree  of  Barrister  at  Law, 

And  appointed   Attorney   General    of    Virginia. 

In  this  Office 

His  regard  to  the  peace  and  security  of    Society, 

His  humanity  and  benevolence 

To  the  criminal   his  duty  obliged  him   to   prosecute, 

Were  not  more  conspicuous 

Than  his   Learning  and   Integrity   in   his    Profession. 

After  an  extensive  practice  in  the  General  Court, 

He  resigned  his   Law  employments ; 

And  being  elected   Speaker  of   the  House  of   Burgesses, 

Discharged  the  duties  of  that  high  office 

With   such   Ease,    Dignity  and   Impartiality, 

That  he  was   frequently  called  to  the  Chair,  by  the 

Unanimous   voice 

Of  the  Representatives  of   the  People. 

When  the  measures   of   the   British   Ministry 

Compelled  the  American  Congress  to  unite  their  Councils 

In  General  Congress, 


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He  was  chosen  first  Delegate  for  this  Colony 

To  that  illustrious  Assembly; 

And  was   by  them  unanimously  elected  their    President. 

While   he   was   a   third   time   attending   to   that   Great    Council, 

A  sudden  stroke  of  the  Palsy  deprived 

America  of  a  firm  Patriot, 

His  Country  of  a  wise  and  faithful   Senator, 

His  acquaintances  of  an  invaluable  Friend, 

His   family  of  the  most  affectionate  Husband 

And  kindest  Master. 

Upon  the  22nd  Day  of   October,    1775, 

In  the  S4th  Year  of   his  Age. 

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Jefferson    Davis,    President   of   the    South.     By    H.    J.    Eckenrode. 
New   York.     The   Alacmillan   Company,    1923,   pp.   371. 

This  study  in  politico-military  history  is  fashioned  after  the  style  of 
a  plot.  There  is  a  dramatic  introduction,  assembling  of  the  elements 
of    conflict,   catastrophe,    lesson. 

After  depicting  the  opening  scene  of  the  drama  at  Montgomery  on 
February  9,  1861,  the  author  digresses  to  a  discussion  of  the  elemental 
impulses,  the  racial  divergencies,  the  mutually  destructive  ideals  that 
led  up  to  the  inevitable  clash.  Anthropology  is  set  in  the  forefront. 
The  reader  is  introduced  to  a  novel  sort  of  Nordic — the  "sun-baked" 
romanticist  planter,  incited  by  training  and  environment  to  throw  down 
the  gauntlet  of  defiance  to  the  materialistic  and  practical,  the  modernist 
and  industrialized  Nordic  of  the  North  with  his  infusion  of  non-Nordic 
strains.  The  Scottian  influence  in  fostering  throughout  the  South  an 
atmosphere  of  unreality  and  of  mediaevalism — a  theme  previously  de- 
scanted on  by  Mark  Twain — is  brought  into  the  picture.  The  par- 
liamentary battle,  the  nexus  of  political  intrigue  leading  to  the  triumph 
of  industrialism  is  dwelt  upon  in  satisfying  detail. 

The  story  of  Jefferson  Davis'  career  is  a  striking  performance  in 
which  persoiially  intimate  episodes  alternate  with  vivid  descriptions  of 
the  events  in  which  he  played  so  mighty  a  part.  The  author  has  set 
himself  the  task  of  showing  by  what  a  strange  sequence  of  circum- 
stances a  man  of  scholarly  tendencies,  a  recluse  by  nature,  handicapped 
by  physical  weakness  was  forced  into  the  forefront  of  a  stupendous 
adventure.  Dr.  Eckenrode  makes  of  his  subject  a  credible  individual, 
though  it  is  sometimes  difficult  to  make  all  his  estimates  fit  into  one 
consistent  whole. 

The  following  paragraphs,  the  second  of  which  closes  the  book,  may 
give  an  idea  of  the  author's  analysis  of   his  protagonist : 

"What  was  the  balance  of  his  virtues  and  defects?  He  had  a 
great  positive  virtue :  dignity,  honor,  courage,  industry.  He  was  single- 
minded  in  his  devotion  to  his  cause.  He  had  a  sound  military  edu- 
cation and  a  considerable  talent  for  war.  He  was  ordinarily  a  good 
judge  of  men,  though  liable  to  make  bad  mistakes  at  times.  He  had 
too  much  rather  than  too  little  will :  his  determination  overstayed  the 
consent  of  fate.  He  was  apt  to  stand  rocklike  on  some  wrong  de- 
cision. He  had  administrative  ability.  He  inspired  respect,  though 
not  affection  or  even  liking." 

"Success  depended,  in  the  last  analysis,  on  Jefferson  Davis.  He 
failed.  Not  from  lack  of  brains,  for  he  had  a  good  mind,  and  not 
from  want  of  character,  for  he  was  a  strong  man.  But  from  tem- 
perament. He  did  not  have  the  faculty  of  success :  the  power  to  grapple 
men  to  him,  absolute  self-forgetfulness.  So  he  failed  and  with  him 
failed  the  last  hope  of  the   Nordic  race." 

We  almost  feel  as  if  Jefferson  Davis  were  the  puppet  of  the  Greek 
tragedy  destined  by  the  gods  to  bring  about,  through  his  own  sacrificial 
suffering,  a  consummation  ordained  in  their  own  peculiar  scheme  of 
things. 


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The  author  venture  '  numerous  criticisms  of  the  conduct  of  affairs 
—the    book   is    full  ithy    verdicts.      Washington    should    have    been 

seized  in  the  early  di  of  the  conflict;  the  Confederate  Cabinet  should 
have  been  reorganized  id  enlarged;  the  Confederate  scheme  of  govern- 
ment should  not  have  t  n  modeled  slavishly  on  that  of  the  United  States; 
the  whole  cotton  crop  j  hould  have  been  purchased  and  used  as  security 
for  a  large  foreign  Igui;  diplomats  should  have  been  chosen  with  a 
finer  discrimination;  Gfc>>eral  Lee  should  have  been  made  generalissimo; 
the  Pennsylvania  invasion  should  never  have  been  undertaken  and  Vicks- 
burg  should,  a  all  costs,  have  been  relieved;  the  Confederate  Congress 
should   have   overthrown    Davis. 

Some  of  these  pronouncements  will  meet  with  general  assent ;  others 
will  be  hotly  disputed.  To  settle  strategy  and  questions  of  statecraft 
after  the  fact  is  an  easy  performance.  Many  elements  that  appeared 
determining  to  the  man  on  the  ground  have,  to  those  of  another  gene- 
ration, vanished  from  view.  Dr.  Eckenrode  has  sought  to  appraise 
the  elements  of  the  conflict  with  the  cool  eye  of  the  scholarly  observer 
rather  than  with  he  vital  comprehension  of  the  men  who  played  a 
personal   part. 

Despite  a  tendency,  here  and  there,  to  redundency  the  art  of  the  book 
is  delightful;  it  has  the  charm  of  spontaneity;  there  is  a  wealth  of 
allusion ;  it  abounds  in  spaf kie  and  humour,  though  the  author's  fond- 
ness for  striking  epithets  not  infrequently  leads  him  perilously  close 
to  the  verge  of  caricature ;  it  displays  a  graphic  power  that  makes 
living  and  unforgettable  many  a  minor  character,  even  if  slightly 
sketched.  In  short,  it  possesses  the  qualities  of  good  literature  and  of 
readableness  far  above  the  general  run  of  biographies. 

Now  a  readable  book  has  resting  upon  it  all  the  greater  obligation 
to  a  merciless  adherence  to  facts ;  it  should  not  vary  a  hair-breadth 
to  the  right  or  the  left  for  the  sake  of  effect.  Dr.  Eckenrode's  equip- 
ment has  doubtless  enabled  him  to  handle  his  theme  with  a  competence 
denied  to  many  historical  writers  and  to  fuse  his  political  and  military 
views  W'ith  striking  effect.  He  has  convinced  himself  that  he  has  care- 
fully weighed  the  evidence  drawn  from  original  sources  and  has  ma- 
turely arrived  at  conclusions.  Many  of  these  conclusions  will  be  dis- 
puted; they  will  be  especially  provocative  to  those  who  yield  an  almost 
unreasoning  allegiance  to  heroes  about  whom  clings  the  magic,  elusive 
atmosphere  of  great  names  and  of  a  great  lost  cause. 

R.  A.   Stewart. 

Thomas  Nelson  Page.  A  Memoir  of  a  Virginia  Gentleman.  By 
his  Brother,  Rosewell  Page.  New  York.  pp.  210,  with  portrait,  etc. 
The  term  "gentleman"  is  happily  applied  by  the  author  to,  the  sub- 
ject of  his  biography.  It  does  not  refer  so  much  to  the  fact  that  Thomas 
Nelson  Page  came  of  stocks  which  for  generations  have  served  their 
country  well,  as  to  those  higher  and  finer  characteristics  which  induced 
the  old  poet,  though  he  knew  men  must  fall  far  below  the  ideal,  to  say 
that  Christ  was  the  first  true  gentleman. 

Of  course  to  a  man  who  is  not  this  kind  of  a  gentleman  such  a  char- 
acter is  as  difficult  to  understand  as  it  is  to  the  blind  to  comprehend 
color.  He  simply  would  be  incapable  of  appreciating  such  a  biography 
as  this.  Fortunately  there  are  many  who  can  read  it  with  a  finer  sense 
and  sympathetic  feeling  and  all  of  these  will  prize  and  enjoy  the  loving 
story  of  one  brother's  life  told  by  another.  There  have  been  other  read- 
ers of  this  book,  equally  blind,  who  find  nothing  in  it  but  an  effort  to 
show  that  the  Pages  and  Nelsons  were  the  foremost  people  in  Virginia. 


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BOOK    REVIEWS  I07 

Nothing  could  be  more  false.     Simplicity  and  of  affectation  were 

striking  traits  of  the  class  to  which  Thomas  Nel  Page  belonged.  No 
people  in  the  world  were  freer  from  snobbishne:  The  author  of  this 
biography  never  had  in  mind  or  attempted  any  mparison  with  other 
people.  He  describes  lovingly  and  truly  the  little  ircle  of  relatives  and 
friends  in  which  his  brother  lived.  Rosewell  Paj  iS  story  of  this  time 
is  in  itself  a  valuable  contribution  to  history,  for  t  is  not  derived  from 
musty  documents  or  the  casual  observations  of  tr^. sellers;  but  from  inti- 
mate  knowledge. 

The  same  truth  and  straightforward  candor  are  shown  in  the  later 
portions  of  the  book  which  treat  of  the  literary  life  of  the  author  of 
"Marse  Chan"  and  "Red  Rock"  and  of  the  official  career  of  the  am- 
bassador to  Italy.  These  phases  of  Thomas  Nelson  Page's  life  may 
probably  receive  more  critical  study  in  the  future ;  but  to  those  who  were 
moved  to  tears  by  such  stories  as  "Marse  Chan,"  and  who  loved  "Tom 
Page"  as  one  who  with  a  whole  heart  loved  and  served  his  country 
and  his  friends,  and  who  was  "a  Virginia  gentleman,"  no  other  account 
of  his  life  will  ever  take  the  place  of  that  which  Rosewell  Page  has 
written  with  such  ample  knowledge  and  with  so  great  a  love. 

Historic  Gardens  of  Virginia.  Compiled  1  /  the  James  River  Garden 
Club.  Edited  by  Edith  Tunis  Sale.  Committee :  Edith  Tunis  Sale, 
Laura  C.  Morton  Wheelwright,  Juanita  Massie  Patterson,  Lila  L.  Wil- 
liams, Caroline  Coleman  Duke.  Published  by  the  William  Byrd  Press, 
Inc.,  Richmond,  Va.,  [1923]  pp.  335,  with  decorated  title  page,  by 
Mrs.  Williams,  and  231  illustrations  and  plans  of  gardens,  13  of  the 
illustrations  in  color. 

For  a  number  of  years  past  the  James  River  Garden  Club  has  done 
yeoman  work  in  adding  beauty  to  homes  in  and  around  Richmond ;  but 
now  it  has  gone  far  beyond  any  of  its  former  efforts  and  has  let  the 
world  share  in  its  knowledge  of  quaint,  beautiful  and  interesting  gardens 
and  houses  in  Virginia.  It  has  produced  one  of  the  most  beautiful 
books  about  Virginia  which  has  ever  been  issued,  and  made  a  permanent 
and  valuable  addition  to  our  historic  literature. 

The  editors  frankly  state  that  the  text  is  done  by  amateurs;  but  this 
is  not  a  delect.  Intimate  knowledge  of  the  subjects  treated  of  rather 
than  literary  style  is  what  is  most  needed  in  a  book  of  this  sort. 

In  spite  of  such  allowances,  it  is  rather  a  pity,  however,  that  some 
of  the  sketches  were  not  written  with  a  little  more  restraint  and  a 
closer  adherance  to  proved  facts  of  history.  Claremont  is  not  the  only 
instance,  but  it  comes  early  in  the  book  and  attracts  attention  in  this 
way.  When  the  great  land  holding  class  was  a  real  power  in  Virginia, 
it  was  characterized  by  extreme  simplicity.  The  Aliens  and  Eppes'  did 
not  call  their  homes  "manors,"  for  any  lawyer  could  now  give  the  in- 
formation that  when  a  man  in  will  or  deed,  spoke  of  his  "manor  planta- 
tion," he  simply  meant  the  place  where  he  lived.  There  were  no  manors 
in  Virginia  and  so  far  as  a  quite  extensive  acquaintance  with  Virginia 
records  shows,  the  name  of  no  house  or  plantation  had  the  word  "manor" 
attached  to  it  in  earlier  days,  except  certain  tracts  of  land  set  apart  by 
Lord  Fairfax  to  be  held  by  members  of  his  family.  "Manor"  in  the 
name  "Leeds  Manor,"  etc.,  evidently  meant  merely  the  "manor  plantation" 
of  ordinary  wills  and  deeds. 

The  "romantic"  legend  that  Arthur  Allen  (who  so  far  as  the  records 
show,  was  an  Englishman),  was  a  runaway  prince  of  the  House  of 
Guelph,  is  of   th   esame  "romantic"  cast  as   the  legend  of   the  dancing 


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match  between  the  Devil  and  Mr.  Lightfoot,  as  to  whether  Sandy  Point 
should  be  a  swamp  or  dry  land. 

The  story  that  all  the  Presidents  down  to  i860  visited  Claremont 
is  duplicated  in  regard  to  "Berkeley."  It  is  not  very  probable  in  either 
case ;  but  could  be  easily  proved  or  disproved  by  proper  research.  We 
know  that  one  President  was  born  at  "Berkeley"  and  that  his  descendant 
visited  the  place  and  is  said,  by  jocular  citizens  of  Charles  City,  to  have 
killed  a  plain  domestic  hog  while  shooting  near  by.  President  Polk  cer- 
tainly was  at  Brandon,  and  when  notice  of  his  desire  to  pay  the  visit 
came  to  Mrs.  Harrison,  soon  after  one  of  the  famous  May  parties  had 
temporarily  almost  exhausted  the  resources  of  the  house,  it  caused  some 
consternation.  She  called  her  old  cook  into  council,  who  assured  her 
all  would  be  well.  "But,"  said  the  lady  of  the  house,  "you  must  re- 
member that  this  is  the  President  of  the  United  States,"  "And  you. 
Madam,"  he  replied,  "must  remember  how  blest  we  are  in  our  cook." 
And  Brandon  never  showed  greater  or  more  gracious  hospitality  than 
President   Polk   received. 

One  more  word  as  to  the  account  of  Claremont.  We  feel  assured 
that  Afr.  Whitty,  who  knows  Pue's  career  almost  day  by  day,  will  con- 
firm the  belief   that   Poe  was   never  at  Claremont. 

Even  such  harmless  errors  as  these  do  not  detract  from  the  value  of 
the  account  of  this  most  interesting  house,  once  the  mansion  of  a  planta- 
tion which  looked  on  the  map  like  a  German  principality. 

Historic  Gardens  of  Virginia  is  a  book  which  all  who  are  interested 
in  beautiful  gardens,  and  in  the  history  of  houses  full  of  personal  and 
historic  note  should  obtain  at  once.  It  will  be  a  possession  of  pride  and 
pleasure  in  any  library. 

Richmond,  Its  People  and  Its  Story.  By  Mary  Newton  Stanard. 
Author  of  "Colonial  Virginia,  Its  People  and  Customs,"  etc.  Phila- 
delphia and  London.  J.  B.  Lippincott  Company,  1923.  pp.  238,  with 
83   illustrations. 

Richmond's  seven  hills  are  striking  features  of  its  topography.  Within 
the  area  embracing  them  an  unusually  large  number  of  men  towering 
as  peaks  in  American  history  have  been  familiar  figures.  Both  hills 
and  notables  have  been  of  moment  in  creation  of  the  background  and  in 
evolution  of  the  atmosphere  distinctive  of  Virginia's  metropolis.  They 
have  not,  though,  been  the  only  influences  of  importance.  That  fact 
emerges  frequently  in  the  latest  published  work  of  Mary  Newton  Stan- 
ard. It  grips  the  imagination  the  more  firmly  because  of  the  charming 
setting  in  which  she  presents  with  contagious  enthusiasm  the  results  of 
her  deep  and  wisely  discriminating  research  among  rich  stores  of  in- 
formation, a  setting  in  which  men  who  laid  the  foundation  of  our  country 
and  built  largely  upon  them  appear,  not  as  outstanding  impersonal  char- 
acters upon  the  stage  of  statesmanship  and  affairs,  not  as  dwellers  upon 
some  remote  Olympus,  but  as  real  human  beings,  part  and  parcel  of  the 
community  and   sharing   its   everyday   life. 

In  the  fewer  than  two  hundred  and  fifty  pages  of  the  volume  no  at- 
tempt has  been  made  to  record  three  centuries  of  events  centering  in 
Richmond.     But  noteworthy,  determining  happenings  are  depicted  as  vig- 


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nettes  lacking  nothing  of  historical  perspective  but  colored  by  the  im- 
pression that  the  actors  in  them  are  "just  folks."  The  account  of  the 
planting  of  a  cross  at  the  Falls  of  the  James,  on  Whitsunday,  1607, 
within  a  few  weeks  after  the  founding  of  Jamestown  of  the  first  perm 
anent  English  settlement  in  America  has  its  piquant  details  in  the  inter- 
change of  hospitalities  t>etween  the  Indians  and  Captain  Christopher 
Newport,  Captain  John  Smith.  Gabriel  Archer,  George  Percy  and  their 
companions.  Nathaniel  Bacon,  Jr.,  rallying  his  forces  at  the  Falls,  in 
1676,  presaged  Patrick  Henry  a  century  later.  In  the  description  of 
the  social  relaxations  in  private  homes  and  taverns  of  members  of  the 
Convention  of  1775,  one  is  almost  prone  to  forget  that  among  the  men 
stirred  by  "Liberty  or  Death"  were  Andrew  Lewis,  whose  victory  at 
Point  Pleasant  in  the  previous  year  had  made  impossible  a  death  blow 
to  the  cause  of  the  Revolution  in  a  combination  of  servile  insurrection 
and  Indian  atrocities  in  Virginia,  Thomas  Jefiferson,  author  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence  and  future  President  and  George  Wash- 
ington, commander  of  the  American  forces  and  first  President.  Then, 
too,  there  is  something  very  human  in  the  presence  of  Gouveneur  Morris, 
of  New  York,  and  Robert  Morris,  of  Philadelphia,  urging  another  Con- 
vention, in  1788,  to  ratify  the  Constitution.  Three  of  the  members  of 
that  Convention  were  James  Madison,  protagonist  of  the  Constitution  and 
future  President,  James  Monroe,  another  future  President,  and  John 
Marshall,  later  as  Chief  Justice,  to  be  a  powerful  expounder  of  the  Con- 
stitution. Madison  and  Marshall  lived  to  escort  to  the  chair  James 
Monroe  as  President  of  the  Convention  of   1829-30. 

There  are  other  pictures,  Colonel  William  Byrd  II  and  Major  Wil- 
liam Mayo  plotting  the  town-site  in  1737,  Baron  Steuben,  Lafayette, 
Benedict  Arnold,  Anthony  Wayne,  Cornwallis  and  Tarleton  in  skirm- 
ishes  and  alarms  in  and  around  the  place ;  Thomas  JefYerson  setting  a 
mark  for  classic  architecture  in  Virginia  and  neighboring  Slates  in  his 
adaptation  to  the  plan  of  the  new  Capitol  the  lines  of  the  Maison 
Carree ;  John  Marshall,  a  resident  of  the  "court  end"  of  the  town,  do- 
ing his  own  marketing  or  pitching  quoits  at  Buchanan's  Spring;  the  "Two 
Parsons,"  Rev.  John  Buchanan  and  Rev.  John  D.  Blair,  alternating  in 
services  at  St.  John's  Church  and  in  the  hall  of  the  Capitol  and  con- 
tributing in  divers  and  rival  ways  to  the  joys  of  their  fellow  townsmen; 
William  Wirt  at  the  trial  of  Aaron  Burr;  Lafayette,  in  1824,  for  the 
second  time  a  guest,  attending  the  races  at  the  Tree  Hill  course  one 
day  and  on  another  day  occupying  John  Marshall's  pew  at  Monumental 
Church,  civic  memorial  of  the  Theatre  fire  of  1811  ;  Spanish  pirates  car- 
ried through  the  streets  on  their  way  to  execution ;  the  apprehension 
on  account  of  the  Nat  Turner  massacre  in  1831,  a  generation  after 
Gabriel's  "Insurrection" ;  the  keen  interest  in  the  "Tippecanoe  and  Tyler 
too"  campaign;  the  excitement  over  the  John  Brown  raid  at  Harper's 
Ferry,  and  the  strain  of  the  four  years'  epic  of  the  capital  of  the  Southern 


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no  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

Confederacy.  Glimpses  are  had  of  Jefferson  Davis,  General  Lee  and 
General  Stuart,  of  Captain  Sally  Tompkins,  of  the  populace  swarming 
to  housetops  or  to  brows  of  hills  to  view  distant  manifestations  of  one 
of  the  seven  days'  battles  around  Richmond,  of  the  turmoil  on  the  day 
following  evacuation  on  April  2,  1865,  and  the  reactions  of  whites  and 
blacks  to  the  brief  visit  of  Abraham  Lincoln. 

From  other  angles  are  seen  Edgar  Allan  Poe,  the  dreamer,  as  editor 
of  the  Southern  Literary  Messenger,  of  John  R.  Thompson  and  George 
W.  Bagby,  successors  in  the  editorship,  of  Washington  Irving,  Charles 
Dickens,  W.  M.  Thackeray,  Edwin  Booth  and  Joseph  Jefferson,  both 
finding  congenial  air  in  Edward  V.  Valentine's  studio,  of  Jenny  Lind, 
Adelina  Patti,  the  Prince  of  Wales,  Moses  Ezekiel,  Thomas  Nelson  Page 
and  others  of  national  and  world  fame  or  of  local  repute. 

More  than  four  score  illustrations  of  persons,  places  and  things  based 
upon  photographs,  old  prints,  drawings  and  paintings,  some  of  them  re- 
produced and  published  for  the  first  time,  reinforce  the  underlying  note 
of  the  work. 

Through  the  whole  story  surges  the  life  of  the  men  and  the  women 
and  the  youth  of  Richmond,  in  times  of  stress  and  sorrow  and  in  times 
of  prosperity  and  happiness,  a  story  told  as  it  can  be  told  only  by  one 
who  is  of  that  life  of  today  and  an  inheritor  of  the  traditions,  the  be- 
liefs and  the  convictions  that  were  pronounced  in  the  people  of  old 
Richmond  and  account  for  the  cherishing  in  the  midst  of  modernity  of 
many  of  the  landmarks,  psychical  as  well  as  material,  of  the  fathers. 

Edward  Ingle. 

Descendants  of  Mordecai  Cooke,  of  Mordecai's  Mount,  Gloucester 
Co.,  Va.,  1650,  and  Tho.mas  Booth,  of  Ware  Neck,  Gloucester 
Co.,  Va.,  1685.  By  Dr.  and  Mrs.  William  Carter  Stubbs,  New  Or- 
leans, 1923,  pp.  282,  XXXV,  with  a  portrait,  two  Coats  of  Arms  and 
a  full  index. 

A  number  of  years  ago  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Stubbs  prepared  in  a  small 
pamphlet  an  incomplete  account  of  the  Cooke  family.  They  have  now 
published  a  corrected  and  much  enlarged  genealogy  of  that  family  and 
of  the  connected  family  of  Booth.  The  arms  of  both  are  preserved  on 
old  tombs.  There  are  various  legends  to  account  for  the  name  Mordecai ; 
but  probably  the  explanation  is  a  very  simple  one — that  the  emigrant  to 
Virginia  came  of  a  Puritan  stock. 

From  an  ancestral  point  of  view  the  Booth  line  is  the  most  interesting. 
The  tomb  of  Thomas  Booth,  the  emigrant,  bears  his  arms  and  states 
that  he  was  born  in  Lancashire,  and  died  Oct.  11,  1736,  in  his  74th  year. 
At  one  time  the  Virginia  Booths  thought  they  were  entitled  to  the 
estates  of  the  extinct  Lords  Delemcre.  Considerable  research  was 
done  and  the  pedigree  claimed  made  Thomas  Booth  the  emigrant  to  be 
son  of  St.  John  Booth,  who  was  a  son  of  Sir  John  Booth,  of  Woodford, 
Cheshire,  and  a  grandson  of  Sir  George  Booth,  of  Dunham  Massie, 
Chesire.  Kimber's  Baronetage  says  that  Thomas,  son  of  St.  John 
Booth,  "died  in  America  in  1700"  ;  but  such  statements  by  English  gene- 
alogical  writers   have   been,   in   numerous   instances,   proved   to  be   false. 


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When  a  younger  son  went  to  the  colonies  he  was  soon  lost  to  sight  and 
declaring  him  dead  was  an  easy  way  to  drop  him  from  the  pedigree, 
bt.  John  Booth  was  a  Cheshire  man;  but  may  have  lived  for  a  time 
in  the  neighboring  Lancashire.  A  search  of  various  Lancashire  Parish 
registers,  about  1662,  might  positively  establish  the  paternity  of  Thomas 
isooth    of    Virginia. 

Dr.  and  Airs.  Stubbs'  book  is  a  monument  of  long  and  minute  in- 
vestigation. In  addition  to  the  families  named  there  is  much  about  those 
of  Anderson,  Baylor,  Baytop,  Brown,  Buckner,  Carter,  Cary  Curtis 
Davis,  Kllerson,  Field,  Fitzhugh,  Fontaine,  Fox,  Gaines,  Gwathmey' 
Haywood,  Howard,  Johnson,  Jones,  Kemp,  Leigh,  Lewis,  Lipscomb' 
Mason,  Maupin,  Moore,  Page,  Payne,  Pickett,  Peyton,  Pryor  Roane 
Robins,  Robinson,  Roper,  Roy,  Saunders,  Shackelford.  Smith  Stubbs' 
Tahaterro,  Thornton,  Todd,  Tomkies,  Tyler,  VanZandt,  Vaughan' 
Walker,  Washington,   Whiting,   Wyatt  and   hundreds  of   others. 

Kith  and  Kin,  written,  at  their  urgent  request  for  the  children  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  John  Russell  Sampson,  by  their  mother.  It  includes  records 
of  ancestors  bearing  the  names  Baker,  Baldwin,  Breckinridge,  Brown 
Bryson,  Byrd,  Curd,  Dudley,  Goodman,  Horsley,  Kennedy,  Le  Bruen' 
McClanahan,  McDowell,  McKesson,  Pooge,  Reed,  Rogers,  Thornton' 
Trice,  Sampson  and  Woods.  Richmond,  Va.  The  William  Byrd 
Press,  Inc.,   1922,  pp.  247. 

The  title  page  of  this  book,  which  is  evidently  the  result  of  much 
laborious  investigation,  gives  such  a  full  description  of  its  contents 
that  those  interested  in  the  particular  families  treated  of  will  be  in- 
formed at  once  as  to  its  contents.  It  not  only  contains  narrative  his- 
tories of  the  families  named;  but  in  most  cases  has  also  carefully  pre- 
pared charts. 

It  little  more  identifying  the  particular  families  may  be  useful. 
The  book  treats  of  the  Sampsons,  of  Goochland,  etc.;  Rogers,  of 
King  and  Queen,  etc.,  and  the  connected  family  of  Clark;  Goodman 
of  Albemarle,  Horsley,  Trice,  Dudley  (Mass.),  Baldwin,  Conn,  and 
\a. ;  Woods,  of  Albemarle,  Poage,  of  the  Valley;  McClanahan  and 
Breckinridge,  also  of  the  Valley;  Bryson,  McDowell,  Baker,  another 
Valley  family,  Reed,  Kennedy,  and  others.  In  many  instances  descend- 
ants through  daughters  are  traced  and  there  are  numerous  personal 
anecdotes  and  family  stories  which  will  be  especially  appreciated  by 
those  who  are  of  the  "Kith  and   Kin". 

As  usual  in  genealogies  the  author  has  some  statements,  which  have 
been  disputed;  but  as  these  have  been  frequently  argued,  it  is  needless 
to  discuss  them  here.  The  book  should  find  a  place  in  all  collections 
of   Virginia  genealogy. 

A  Serge.\nt's  Diary  in  the  World  War.     The  Diary  of  an  Enlisted 
Member  of   the   150th   Field   Artillery    (Forty-second    [Rainbow]    Di- 
vision).     October    27,    1917,    to    August    7,    1919.      By    Elmer    Frank 
Straub.      Indiana   World    War    Records.      Volume    III.      Published   by 
the   Indiana   Historical   Commission,   Indianapolis,    1923,  pp.  255. 
To   civilians   this   is   one   of    the   most   interesting   books    published    in 
America  in  regard  to  the  World  War.     It  covers  the  whole  period  from 
enlistment  to  return  home,  including  a  stay,  with  apparently  rather  casual 
University  attendance,  at  Glasgow  as  a  student.     It  gives  in  a  remarkable 
way  an  insight  into  the  life  and  modes  of  thought  of  the  average  Ameri- 
can soldier.      Sergeant   Straub   was   evidently  a  very  efficient  and   brave 
man;   but   there  is   in  the  diary  hardly  a  word  of   appreciation   for  any 


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success  in  action  or  for  the  good  conduct  of  any  comrade.  Only  once 
is  any  regard  expressed  for  an  officer,  and  not  infrequent  criticism.  He 
rarely  mentions  any  happenings  in  our  army  outside  of  his  battery 
and  it  is  plain  that  the  men  of  one  small  unit  knew  little  that  happened 
beyond  it.  Indeed,  there  is  small  evidence  of  acquaintance  with  most  of 
the  batteries  of  his  regiment.  Sergeant  Straub  went  through  the  ex- 
hausting labors  and  the  dangers  of  a  campaign,  with  frequent  grumbling ; 
but  always  doing  his  job.  Dangers  incurred  in  battle  seem  to  have  been 
of  small  account  compared  with  poor  food  at  mess.  Of  course  each 
soldier  in  the  army  had  his  own  individuality,  and  men  from  different 
sections  of  the  country  were  unlike;  but  notwithstanding  this.  Sergeant 
Straub  had  much  in  common  with  other  enlisted  men.  His  diary  is  a 
book  well  worth  reading  by  all  who  wish  to  get  an  inner  view  of  life 
in  the  army.  The  American  soldier  of  the  World  War  was  apparently 
of  a  type  differing  from  his  ancestor  of  the  Civil  War,  whether  Con- 
federate or  Union.  At  least,  this  is  the  impression  one  gets  when  com- 
paring memories  of  the  men  of  the  earlier  war  with  wliat  one  learns  of 
those  in  the  later.  But  after  all,  probably  if  we  knew  the  soldiers  of 
both  wars  intimately  enough  we  would  find  them  much  more  alike  than 
the  civilians  of   the   present  day,   may  think. 

Letters  of  Members  of  the  Continent.'Vl  Congress.  Edited  by  Ed- 
mund C.  Burnett.  Volume  H,  July  5,  1776,  to  December  31,  1777. 
Washington,  D.  C.  Published  by  The  Carnegie  Institution  of  Wash- 
ington,  1923.     pp.  638. 

The  Carnegie  Institute  continues  the  great  service  it  is  doing  to  Ameri- 
can history  by  the  publication  of  the  second  volume  of  this  series.  About 
half  of  the  matter  included  has  never  before  been  printed.  The  year 
and  a  half  following  the  Declaration  was  a  critical  period  and  the  letters 
and  papers  printed  here  give  most  valuable  informaticju  in  regard  to  it. 
Dr.  Burnett's  introduction  of  some  twenty  pages  is  admirably  done. 
When  completed  the  Letters  from  Members  of  the  Continental  Congress 
will  be  one  of  the  great  source  books  of   American  history. 

Life  and  Times  of  Alvah   Crocker.     By  William  Bond  Wheelwright. 

Privately    Printed,    Boston,    Mass.,    MCMXXIII.    pp.    114,    with    26 

illustrations. 

An  interesting  biography,  issued  in  handsome  form,  of  one  who  as 
builder  of  the  Fitchburg  Railroad,  the  extension  to  the  West  through  its 
Hoosie  Tunnel,  the  establishment  of  a  great  paper  manufactory  and 
the  founding  of  Turner's  Falls — did  much  for  Massachusetts. 


OFFICERS  AND  MEMBERS 

OF  THE 

Virginia   Historical   Society 

JANUARY,  1924 


President, 
Edward   V.   Valentine,   Richmond,   Va. 

Tice-Preside7its,   , 

Lyon  G.  Tyler,  Holdcroft,  Charles  City  Co.,  Va. 
Philip  A.  Bruce,  University,  Va. 

Corresponding  Secretary  and  Ldbrarian, 

William  G.  Stanard,  Richmond,  Va. 

Recording   Secretary, 

D.    C.    Richardson,   Richmond,    Va. 

Treasurer, 
Robert   A.    Lancaster,    Jr.,    Richmond,    Va. 

Executive  Committee, 

Wm.  H.   Palmer,   Richmond,  Va.       Daniel  Gbinnan,  Richmond,  Va. 
C.  V.   Meredith,  Richmond,  Va.         J.  P.  McGuire,  Richmond,  Va. 
J.  Stewart  Bryan,  Richmond,  Va.     Wm.  A.  Anderson,  Lexington,  Va. 
A.  C.  Gordon,  Staunton,  Va.  Fairfax   Hakrisox,  Fauquier   Co..   Va. 

S.  H.  YoNGE,  Norfolk,  Va.  S.  S.  P.  Patteson,  Richmond,  Va. 

Morgan  P.  Robinson,  Richmond,  Va. 
J.   Jordan   Leake,   Richmond,   Va. 
and  ex-offlcio,  the  President,  Vice-Prcnidents,  Secretaries 
and  Treasurer. 


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HONORARY  MEMBER 
Keane,   Prof.  A.   H.,   London,  Eng. 


CORRESPONDING  MEMBERS 
Bacon,  H.  F.,  Bury  St.  Edmund,  Eng.        Judah,     George     F.,     Spanish     Town. 


Banks,   Chas.   E.,  M.   D. 
Barber,  E.  A.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Bryant,   H.   W.,  Portland,  Maine. 
Campeau,  Hon.,  F.  R.  E.,  Ottawa,  Can. 
Cliamplin,  J.  D.,  Jr.,  New  Tork,  N.Y. 
Craig,    Isaac,    Alleghany,    Pa. 
Hinke,  Prof.  W.  J.,  Auburn,  N.  Y. 


Jamaica. 

Nicholson,    Col.    J.    P.,    Philadelphia, 

Pa. 
Richemond,  Mons.   Meschinet  De,  La 

Rochelle,    France. 

Ross,  Hon.   D.  A.,  Quebec,  Can. 


LIFE  MEMBERS 


Adams,   Gilmer   S.,    Louisville,    Ky. 

Alexander,   H.   M.,   New   York,   N  Y.. 

Ancell,  Rev.  B.  L.,  Yangchow,  China. 

Andrews,  A.   B.,   Raleigh,   N.   C. 

Bagnell,   Mrs.   Wm.,   St.   Louis,   Mo. 

Barratt,  Judge  Norris  S.,  Philadel- 
phia,  Pa. 

Billings,  C.  K.  G.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Blackwell,  Henry,   New   York,   N  Y. 

Elalr,  Mrs.  Lewis  H.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Blankinship,  Dr.  J.  W.,  Berkley,  Cal. 

Bryan,   J.   Stewart,   Richmond,   Va. 

Bryan,    Jonathan,    Richmond,    Va. 

Bryan,    Robert    C,    Richmond,    Va. 

Bryan,   St.   George,   Richmond,   Va. 

Bullitt,    Dr.   John   C,    Wayne,    Pa. 

Bushnell,  David  I.,  Jr.,  Washing- 
ton,   D.    C. 

Cabell,  J.  Alston,  Columbia,  Va. 

Cabell,  Col.  H.  C,  U.  S.  A.,  Port- 
land,  Oregon. 

Cameron,  Miss  Mary  H.,  Richmond, 
Va. 

Carrington,  Mrs.  Tazewell  M.,  Jr., 
Richmond,  Va. 


Claiborne,   Hamilton   Cabell,   Washing- 
ton. D.  C. 
Claiborne,   Herbert  A.,   Richmond,  Va. 
Clement,    Col.    H.    C,    U.    S.    A.,    Chat- 

iKim,  Va. 
Cocke,    Lucien    H.,    Roanoke,   Va. 
Cook,   Heustis   P.,   Richmond,   Va. 
Cox,  Mrs.  Wm.  Ruffin,  Richmond,  Va. 
Deals,   H.    E.,   Flemington,    N.    J. 
Downman,    R.    H.,    New   Orleans,    La. 
Dulaney,     Benjamin     L,     Washington, 

D.   C. 
Earnest,    Joseph    B., 
Fairfax,   Th.   Lord,   London,    Eng. 
Fishburn,  J.   B.,  Roanoke,  Va. 
Fothergill,  Mrs.  Augusta,  Richmond, 

Va. 
Gibbs,    Mrs.    Virginia    B.,    Newport, 

R.    I. 
Glasgow,      Arthur     Graham,      London, 

England. 
Gratz,  Simon,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Hanna,   Charles    A.    Montclair,   N.   J. 
Harrison,  Fairfax,  Belvoir,  Fauquier 

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Va. 
Hughes,  R.  M.,  Norfolk,  Va. 
Huntington,    Archer    M.,    New    York, 

N.    Y. 
Hutzler,    Henry    S.,    Richmond,    Va. 
Hyde,    James    Hazen,    Paris,    France 
James,  Miss  Ada,   Chatham,  Va. 
Jones,    Judge    Lewis    H.,    Louisville, 

Ky. 
Keith,   Charles   P.,   Philadelphia.    Pa. 
Kinsolving,   "Walter  O.,    Austin,   Tex. 
Lee,  W.  H.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Mason,  Wm.  Peyton,  Los  Angeles,  CaL 
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Va. 
Miller,   Dr.  J.  L.,  Thomas,  W.  Va. 
Mitchell,    Robert,    Richmond,    Va. 
Mooie,  Miss  May  I.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Moriarty.  G.  Andrews,  Boston,  Mass. 
Morse,    Wlllard   S.,   Seaford,    Del. 
McCabe,  Col.  E.   R.   Warner,  U.  S.   A. 
McCabe,    W.    Gordon.    Jr.,    Charleston, 

S.    C. 
McCormick,     Cyrus     Hall,     Chicago, 

111. 

Nolting,  Miss  Elizabeth  Aiken,  Rich- 
mond, Va. 

Palmer,   Col.    William  H.,    Richmond, 
Va. 

Pillsbury,    Mrs.    Charles    S.    Minnea- 
polis,   Minn. 
Raborg,  T.  M.  T.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Reid,  Prof.  Legh  W.,  Haverford,   Pa. 

Richardson,   Judge   D.   C,   Richmond, 
Va. 


Robinson,  Morgan  P.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Rosser,  Thomas  L.,  Jr.,  Charlotts- 
ville,    Va. 

Rucker,  Mrs.  Booker  Hall,  Rolla,  Mo. 

Scott,    Frederick    W.,    Richmond,    Va. 

Scott,    George    Cole,    Richmond,    Va. 

Sharp.  Willoughby,  Jr.,  New  York, 
N.    Y. 

Stiles,  Mrs.  Barnett,  Medina,  Band- 
era  Co.,   Texas. 

Stires,  Rev.  Ernest  M.,  D.  D.,  New 
York,    N.    Y. 

Stone,   Edward  L.,   Roanoke,  Va. 

Stubbs,    Wm.    C,    New    Orleans,    La. 

Swanson,  Hon.  Claude  A.,  Chatham, 
Va. 

Sweet.  Mrs.  Edith  M.,  St.  Albans, 
W.  Va. 

Tedcastle,  Mrs.  Arthur  W.,  Milton, 
Mass. 

Traylor,  Michael  G.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Waterman,  W.  H.,  New  Bedford, 
Mass. 

Watson,  Mrs.  Alexander  McKenzie, 
Louisville,  Ky. 

Webb,   W.   Seward,   New  York,   N.   Y. 

Weddell,  Hon.  A.  W.,  Calcutta,  In- 
dia. 

Weddell,  Mrs.  A.  W.,  Calcutta,  In- 
dia. 

Wickham,   Henry  T.,   Richmond,   Va. 

Williams,    A.    D.,    Richmond,    Va. 

Williams,  Mrs.  Frank  D.,  Richmond, 
Va. 

Williams,  Thomas  C,  Richmond,  Va. 

Willson,  Mrs.  Howard  T.,  Virden, 
111. 

Winslow,   H.   M.,   Harriman,   Tenn. 

Woodson,  Lt.  Col.  R.  S.,  U.  S.  A., 
Cliarleston,  W.   Va. 


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Adams,    Walter,   Framingham,   Mass. 
Adamson,    Arthur    L.,    Richmond,    Va. 
Addison,  W.   Meade,  Richmond,  Va. 
Adkins,   S.  B.,   Richmond,   Va. 
Allen,  William  Kinckel,  Amherst,  Va. 
Allison,  James  W.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Alsop,  Albert  B.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Ambler,    Ben.    Mason,    Parkersburg, 
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Va. 

Anderson,  James  Blythe,  Lexington, 
Ky. 

Anderson,   Mrs.   L.    C,   Bainbridge,    O. 

Anderson,  Mrs.  Nils,   Plainfleld,  N.   J. 

Anderson,   Robert   E.,   Richmond,  Va. 

Anderson,  Major  W.  A.,  Lexington, 
Va. 

Andrews,  Prof.  C.  M.,  Yale  Univer- 
sity,   New    Haven,    Conn. 

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Atwood,    Lewis    R.,    Louisville,    Ky. 
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Barbour,    John    S..    Washington,    D.    C. 

Barbour,    Mrs.    W.    T.,    Roanoke,    Va. 

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Barnhill,  Mrs.  J.  F.,  Indianapolis, 
Ind. 

Barton,  Col.  G.  L..,  Jr.,  Lexington,  Va. 

Baskervill,    P.   H.,   Richmond,    Va. 

Baskerville,  Hamilton  M.,  Richmond, 
Va. 

Bates,  Onward,  Chicago,  111. 

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Battle,  George  Gordon,  New  York, 
N.    Y. 

Battle,  Col,  William  S.,  Roanoke,  Va. 

Batts,   R.    I.,.,   Austin,   Tex. 

Baylor,  Capt.  James  B.,  Newmarket, 
Caroline  Co.,  Va. 

Baughman,    Dr.    Greer,   Richmond,   Va. 

Bayne,   Howard    R.,    New    York,  N.  Y. 

Beirne,  Capt.  Francis  P.,  Baltimore, 
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Beirne,  Major  Richard  F.,  Ashland, 
Va. 

Bell,  J.  W.,  Abingdon,  Va. 

Bell,    Landon    C,    Columbus,    Ohio. 

Bell,    Robert    O.,   Lynchburg,    Va. 

Belmont,   August,   New    York,   N.   Y. 

Berry,   Mrs    C.    D.,   Nashville,   Tenn. 

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Ind. 

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Beverley,  W.  W.,  Henrico  County,  Va. 

Bivins,  Mrs.  Virginia  Jeffery,  New- 
port   News,   Va. 

Blackledge,  Mrs.  Martha  Allen, 
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Blackwell,  Dr.  Karl  S..  Richmond, 
Va. 

Blaine,  Randolph   H.,   Louisville,   Ky. 

Blair,  Miss  Louisa  Coleman,  Rich- 
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Blake,  John  J.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Block,  Rev.  Karl  Morgan,  Roanoke,  Va^ 

Bloomberg,    Harold    S.,    Richmond,    Va. 

Boatwright,  Mrs.  Gertrude  F.  H., 
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Boisseau,    P.    H.,    Danville,    Va. 

Boiling.    Charles    E.,    Richmond,    Va. 

Bond,  Mrs.  Walker  McClun,  Win- 
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Booker,  Mrs.  Hunter  R.,  Hampton, 
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Boothe,  Gardner  L.,  Alexandria,  Va. 

Borchardt,  W.  O.,  Austinville,  Va. 

Bosher,   Charles   G.,   Richmond,   Va. 

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Bowe,  Stuart,  Richmond,  Va. 

Bowles,   Dr.   A.   R.,   Richmond,  Va. 

Bowling,  Benjamin  L.,  Mason  City, 
Iowa. 

Boykin,  Miss  Anna  B.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Boykin,    Edward   C,   Orange,   N.   J. 

Bradshaw,  Mrs.  C.  W.,  Greensboro, 
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Bradshaw,  Mrs.  Rosena,  Paducah, 
Ky. 

Brady,    Joseph    P.,    Richmond,   Va. 

Brame,   Miss   Lucille,    Richmond,  Va. 

Branch,   John    K.,    Richmond,    Va. 

Branch.    M.    C,    Richmond,    Va. 

Brockenbrough,  Edward,  Norfolk, 
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Brodhead,  Mrs.  Lucas,  Versailea, 
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Brodnax,  Dr.  John  W.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Brooke,  Major  Richard,  Weston,  W. 
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Brown,  Eli  H.,  Jr.,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Brown,    Mayo   C,   Lynchburg,   Va. 

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Bruce,  Hon.   C.  M.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
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Bruce,  Mrs.  Mary  Howard,  Baltimore, 

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ville,  Va. 
Buchanan,   John  P.,   Marion,  Va. 
Buckner,  Dr.   Leigh,  Roanoke,  Va. 
Budloiig,   Mrs.   Milton   J.,   New   York, 

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Bullitt,   J.   P.,   Philadelphia,   Pa. 
Bullitt,     Wm.     Marshall,     Louisville, 

Ky. 
Burgos,   Richard   F.,   El  Paso.  Texas. 
Burke,    Edmund    J.,    Boston,   Mass. 
Burnhill,    J.   F.,    Indianapolis,    Ind. 
Burwell,    D.    S.    Norfolk,    Va. 
Button.    Col.    Joseph,    Richmond,    Va. 
Byrd,     Richard     Evelyn,     Richmond, 

Va. 
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Cabell,    Henry   Landon,    Richmond,   Va. 

Cabell,  Col.  Julian  M.,  U.  S.  A.,  Wash- 
ington,  D.    C. 

Cabell,  Robert  G.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Cabell,   Royal   E.,   Richmond,   Va. 

Cahill.    Mrs.    H.   Virginia,   San    Anto- 
nio, Texas. 

Caldwell,   C.    R.,    Staunton,  Va. 

Caldwell,  James  E.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Call,  Norman,  Richmond,  Va. 

Callaway,  Fuller  E.,  La  Grange,  Ga. 

Callahan,     G.     C,     Philadelphia,     Pa. 

Gallery,    Mrs.    J.    D.,    Pittsburg,    Pa. 

Cameron,     Col.     Benehan,    Stagville, 
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Camp,   William  S.,   Washington,   D.    C. 

Campbell    R.    K.,    Washington,    D.    C. 

Cannon,   Arthur  M.,   Richmond,   Va. 

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Cannon,   James  E.,   Richmond,   Va. 
Caperton,     Mrs.     James     W.,     Rich- 
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Capps,  Rear  Admiral,  W.  L.,  U.  S. 
N.,    Washington,    D.    C. 

Cargill,   Mrs.   T.   A.,   Houston,   Texas, 

Carlin,   Hon.   C.   C,  Alexandria,  Va. 

Carpenter,  Rear  Admiral  J.  S.,  U.  S. 
N.,    Washington,    D.    C. 

Carpenter,  IMujor  William  T.,  U.  S. 
A.,   Ann   Arbor,    Michigan. 

Carrington,  Richard  W.,  Richmond, 
Va. 

Carrington,  Tazewell  M.,  Richmond, 
Va. 

Carter.   Robert  II.,   Richmond,   Va. 

Carter,    Miss,    Carter's    Bridge,    Va. 

Carter,  Miss  Sally  Randolph,  Car- 
ter's   Bridge,    Va. 

Carter,   Spencer  L...  Richmond,   Va. 

Gary,   Alfred   S.,   Richmond,   Va. 

Cary,  Hunsdon,  Richmond,  Va. 

Cary,   R.   M.,   Pensacola,    Fla. 

Cary,   Wilson  M.,    Baltimore,   Md. 

Caskie,    James,    Richmond,    Va. 

Caskie,   James   R.,   Lynchburg,  Va. 

Cassell,  IMrs.  Julius  F.  F.,  Staunton, 
Va. 

Catlett,  Mrs.  Richard  H.,  Staunton, 
Va. 

Chalkiey,  John  W.,  Big  Stone  Gap,  Va. 

Chalkley,    Judge    Lyman,    Lexington 

Ky. 

Chamberlayne,  Dr.  Churchill  G.,  Rich- 
mond,  Va. 

Chandler,  Dr.  J.  A.  C,  Williamsburg, 
va. 

Chandler,  R.  G.,  Chicago,  111. 

Chandler,   Walter  T.,   Chicago,   111. 

Chapin,    William    E.,    Atlanta,   Ga. 

Chauncey,  Mrs.  Agnes  C,  Narberth 
Pa. 

Chelf,    Mrs.    T.    W..    Dumbarton,    Va. 

Chikon,    W.    B..    Washington,    U.    C. 

Chownlng,    C.    C,    Urbanna,    Va. 

Christian,  Judge  Frank  P.,  Lynch- 
burg,  Va. 

Christian,    Judge    Geo.  L.,  Richmond, 

Va, 
Christian,   Stuart,   Richmond,  Va. 
Christian,    Walter.    Richmond,    Va. 
Claiborne,    Mrs.    Robert,    New    York, 

N.    Y. 

Claiborne,  Rev.  W.  S.,  Sewanee, 
Tenn. 

Clark,   Mrs.   Edward  H.,   New   York, 

N.  Y. 
Clark,    W.    Welch,   Danville,    Va., 


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ville,  N.  J. 
Clement,  Mrs.  N.  E.,  Chatham,  Va. 
Cobh.   Win.   H.,   Flkins.   W    Vn. 
Codding-ton,   Joseph   L.,   Omaha,   Neb. 
Coffin,  Charles  P.,  Broukliiif,   Mus.s 
Cohen,  Charles  J.,   Philadelphia,   Pa. 
Cohen,  Mrs.  Edward,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Coke,   John  A.,  Jr.,   Richmond,  Va. 
Coleman,    Aylett    B.,    Roanoke,    Va. 
Coleman,    Charles    W.,    Washington, 

D.    C. 
Coleman,    George    P.,    Williamsburg, 

Va. 
Coleman,  J.   T.,  Lynchburg,  Va. 
Collins,    J.    Taylor,    Bowling    Green, 

Va. 
Colston,    Edward.    Cincinnati,    Ohio. 
Compton.    Key,    Baltimore,   Md. 
Compton,  Dr.  R.  F..  Charlottesville,  Va. 
Conyers,  C.   B.,   Brunswick,   Ga. 
Cook,   Roy   Byrd,   Charleston,   W.   Va. 
CooHdge,    Archibald    C,    Cambridge, 

Mass. 
Cooper,  Henry  O'B.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Cootes,  Col.   Harry  N.,  U.  S.  A.,  Fort 

Meyer,  Va. 
Corbitt.  James  H.,  Suffolk,  Va. 
Corbin,     Mrs.     John     W.,    Baltimore, 

Md. 
Corbin,  Richard  Beverley,  New  York, 

N.   Y. 
Corbin,    Mrs.    Richard    W.,    Newport, 

R.  L 
Gotten,    Firuce,    Baltimore.    Md. 
Couty,    Norman    jM.,    Louisville,    Ky. 
Cox,  Edwin   P.,  Riclimond,   Va. 
Coxe,  Whitwell  W.,  Roanoke,  Va. 
Cozzens,     Federlck     B.,  Chicago,     111, 
Craddock,   John   W.,  Lynchburg,   Va. 
Crane,    Mis.    Ellen    Bruce,    Westover, 

Roxbury    P.    O.,    Va. 
Crawford.   Dr.   Joel,    Yale,   Va. 
Crawford,  Mrs.  Millard  H.,  Shepherds- 
town,  W.   Va. 
Crenshaw,  S.   Dabney,  Richmond,  Va, 
Crenshaw,   William  A.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Cridlin,    W.    B.,    Richmond,    Va. 
Crockett,  R.  H.,   Franklin,  Tenn. 
Crockett,   Mrs.    Sidney   S.,   Nashville, 

Tenn. 

Crump,  Judge  Beverley  T.,  Rich- 
mond, Va. 

Crump,  James  D.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Crump,  Malcolm  H.,  Bowling  Green, 
Ky. 

Crump,  Robert  S.,  Richmond.  Va. 

Crutchfleld,  E.  M.,  Richmond,  Va. 


Cunningham,    Mrs.    Jennie   M.,    Shelby- 

ville,    Ky. 
Cunningham,    Richard    E.,     Richmond, 

Va. 
Curry,    Duncan,    Staunton,  Va. 
Cutchins,    John   A.,    Richmond,   Va. 


Dabney,  Dr.  William  M.,  Ruxton,  Md. 

Dabney,  Prof.  R.  H.,  University, 
Va. 

Dance,   Mrs.    Russell,   Corinth,   Miss. 

Dandridge,  Misa  Mary  E.,  Cincin- 
nati,   Ohio. 

Darling,  Mrs.  Frank  W.,  Hampton, 
Va. 

Daughters,    A.    R.,    Washington,  D.  C. 

Davenport,   Charles,   Richmond,   Va. 

Davles,   H.   Thornton,  Manassas,  Va. 

Davis,    Arthur    K.,    Petersburg,    Va. 

Davis,    Mrs.    E.    P,,    Columbia,    S.    C. 

Davis,  Chaplain,  E.  W.,  U.  S.  N., 
Charleston,    S.    C. 

Davis,  J.   Lee,  Richmond,  Va. 

Davis,   W.   O.,   Gainesville,   Texas. 

Davis,  Hon.  Westmoreland,  Loudoun 
Co..  Va. 

Delano,    E.   Carter,   Warsaw,   Va. 

Denby,  Edwin  H.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Denham,  Edward,  New  Bedford, 
Mass. 

Denham,  Mrs.  Harry  Bartlett,  Wash- 
ington,   D.    C. 

Denoon,   Harry  L.,   Richmond,   Va. 

de   Pilas,   F.   A.,   New   York,   N.   Y. 

Detrick,   Miss   Lillie,    Baltimore,   Md. 

Dew,    Thomas    R.,    Richmond,    Va. 

Dickey,  Judge   Lyle  A..   Lihue,   H.   T. 

Dickinson,  A.  B.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Diggs,  Gains  W.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Dillard,  Dr.  James  H.,  Charlottes- 
ville,   Va. 

Dingledine,  Prof.  Raymond  C,  Har- 
risonburg,    Va. 

Doremus,  Mrs.  C.  A.,  New  York, 
N.   Y. 

Douglas,  Miss  Sallle  Hume,  Hono- 
lulu,  H.    T. 

Downing,  Prof.  George  C,  Washing- 
ton,  D.   C. 

Downing,  Mrs.  H..  H.,  Front  Royal,  Va, 

Drake,    Nicholas,    Richmond,    Va. 

Drewry   Hon.    P.   H.,    Petersburg,  Va. 

Drewry,  W.  S.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Druien,  Mrs.  James  L.,  Bardstown, 
Kv 

Drybread,  Mrs.  I.  J.,  Franklin,  In- 
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Duke,  Frank  W.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Duke.  Judge  R.  T.  W.,  Jr.,  Char- 
lottesville,   Va. 

Duke,  airs.  Thomas  T.,  Richmond, 
Va. 

Dulany,   W.   H.   Jr..  St.   Louis,  j\Io. 

Dunn,    Mrs.    Elizabeth    Ridley,    Ricli- 

moud,   Va. 
Dunn,    John,    M.    D.,    Richmond,    Va. 
Dunn,   Rev.   Joseph   B.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Dupont,  Col.   H.   A.,   Winterthur,  Del. 
Duval,     Miss    Maria    P.,    Charlestown, 

W.  Va. 
Dwig-ht,    Dr.    E.    W.,    Boston,    ]\Iass. 


Eag-on,     Robert    E.,     Dallas,    Texas. 

Easley,    J.    C,    Richmond,    Va. 

East,  John  P.,  New  York,  N    T. 

Kberb-,  Mrs.  Kdward  W.,  Washing- 
ton,   1).   C. 

Eckenrode,  Dr.  H.  J.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Edmunds,  James  E.,  Lynchburg,  Va. 

Eggleston,  Dr.  J.  D.,  Hampden-Sid- 
ney,    Va. 

EUegood,  Dr.  J.  Atkinson,  Wilmington, 
Del. 

Ellerson,  H.  Watkins,   Richmond,   Va. 

Ellis,    Wade    H.,    Washington,    D.    C. 

Ellis,    William  A.,    Florence,   Ala. 

Embry,  Judge  Alvin  T.,  Fredricks- 
burg,   Va. 

Empio.    Adam,   Vienna,    Austria. 

Evans,  Miss  Catherine,  Kiclimund, 
Va. 

I'^irrar,   B.   W.,  Summervillt;,  Ga. 

Faulkner,  C.  J.,  Boydton,  Va. 

Faulkner,    John    A.,    Lynchburg,    Va. 

Fauntleroy,  Miss  Juliet,   AltaVista,  Va. 

Ferrell,   Mrs.    Chas.   C,  Anson,   Texas. 

Fife,  Prof.  R.  H.,  Middletown,  Conn. 

Finch,  Dr.  A.  T.,  Chase  City,  Va. 

Fishburne,  Judge  John  W.,  Charlottes- 
ville, Va. 

Fitzgerald,  Littleton,  Jr.,  Richmond, 
Va. 

Fitzgerald,  Marion  N.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Fitzhugh,   Gen.   Chas.    L.,   Washington, 
D.  C. 

Fitz  llugli,  Carter  II.,  Lake  Forest, 
111. 

Fleet,    Beverley,    New   York,    N.    Y. 

Fleet,    Rutherfoord,   Ashland,   Va. 

Fleming,  Mrs.  Vivian  M.,  Fredericks- 
burg, Va. 

Fletcher,  William  Meade,  Sperry- 
ville,  Va. 


Flickwir,    David   W.,    Roanoke,   Va. 

Foster,    Mrs.    W.    W.,    Richmond,    Va. 

Fountain,  General  S.  W.,  U.  S.  A., 
r{a\'orford.     Pa. 

Freeman,    Dr.    Douglas    S.,    Richmond, 

Va. 

French,  Dr.  Jno.  Herndon,  New  York, 
N.   Y. 

Frost,  D.  C,  Lynchburg,  Va. 

Funsten,   O.   Herbert,   Richmond,   Va. 

Furluw,  Mrs.  Floyd  C,  New  York, 
N.    Y. 

Gaines,    C.    Carrington,    Poughkeepsie, 

N.   Y. 

Gaines,  J.  B.,  Tallahassee,  Fla. 

Garcin,   Dr.    R.    D.,   Richmond,  Va. 

Garland,  Spotswooa,  Wilmington. 
Del. 

Garnett,  C.  B.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Garnett,  Theodore  S.,  Norfolk,  Va. 
Gary,  Hampson,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Gilbert,  Mrs.  Wells,  Oswego,  Ore. 
Gilbert,  Mrs.  R.  M.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Gilbert,  Prof.  W.  E.,  East  Radford, 
Va. 

Gilpin,  Kenneth  N.,  Boyce,  Va. 

Gish,  Miss  Elizabeth,   Lynchburg,   Va. 

Glascock,  B.   Richards,  Warrenton,  Va. 

Glascock,    Thomas    B.,    Upperville,    Va. 

Glasgow,   Miss   Ellen,   Richmond,  Va. 

Glencross,  Reginald  M.,  London,  Eng- 
land. 

Glenn,   Garrard,   New  York.   N.   Y. 

Glover,   Rolfe  E.,   Richmond,   Va. 

Goddard,   A.   J.,    Freeport,   111. 

Good,    D.    Sayler,    Roanoke,    Va. 

Goodwin,  Rev.   E.   L.,  Ashland,   Va. 

Goodwin,  Thompson  W.,  Roanoke,  Va. 

Goodwyn,    Tyler,    Montgomery,    Ala. 

Goodwyn,   Mrs.   W.  S.,   Emporia,   Va. 

Gordon,  Armlstead  C,  Staunton,  Va. 

Gordon,  James  W.,  Bon  Air,  Va. 

Gordon,  Col.  John  W.,  Westhampton, 
Richmond,    Va. 

Gordon,   Thomas   C,    Richmond,   Va. 

Gover,    A.    M.,    Richmond,    Va. 

Gravatt,  Mrs.  John  J.  Jr.,  Staunton, 
Va. 

Graves,  Mrs.  W.  W.,  Jefferson  City, 
Mo. 

Gray,  Andrew  J.,  Jr.,  Richmond,  Va, 

Gray,  Dr.  A.  L.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Grayson,  Rear  Admiral  Cary  T.,  U.  S. 
N.,   Washington,   D.   C. 

Grayson,  Mrs.  J.  Cooke,  Charlottes- 
ville,   Va. 

Green,  Lincoln,  Washington,  D.  C. 


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Gregg,    Mrs.    George    M.,    Philadelphia, 

Pa. 
Gregory,    George   C,   Richmond,   Va. 
Gribbel,    John,    Philadelphia,    Pa. 
Grinnan,     Judge     Daniel,     Richmond, 

Va. 
Grinnan,   John   C,   Norfolk,   Va. 
Grinnan,    Miss    Nina    S.,    Woodberry 

Forest,   Va. 
Grinnan,  Dr.  St.  George  T.,  Richmond, 

Va. 
Groome,    H.    C,    Warrenton,    Va. 
Grymes,  A.  J.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Guimareans,    A.   J.   C,    London,    Eng- 
land. 
Qunn,    Edgar    G.,    Richmond,    Va. 
Gunn,   Julien,   Henrico   Co.,   Va. 
Guthrie,  Major  John  D..  Portland,  Ore. 
Guy,  H.  I.,  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 
Guy,  John  H.,  Richmond,  Va. 


Haas,   Judge   T.   N.,   Harrisonburg,   Va. 
Habliston,    Mrs.     W.    M.,    Richmond, 

Va. 
Hagner,    A.    Randall,    Hopewell,    Va. 
Hairston,    S.    W.,    Ronnoke.    Va 
Hairston,     Samuel.     Wenonda,    Va. 
Hairston,  Mrs.  Samuel,  Wenonda,  Va. 
Hall,      Mrs.      Prescott     F.,      Brookline, 

Mass. 
Hall,  Wilmer  L.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Hancock,   John  W.,   Roanoke,  Va. 
Hancock,  W.  S'cott,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Harahan,  W.  J.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Hardaway,    Horace,   Amelia,    Va. 
Hardy,    Miss    Stella    Pickett,    Bates- 

ville.    Ark. 

Harman.    J.    N.,    Tazewell,    Va. 
Harnsbiiger,    Dr.    Steplien,    Warren- 
ton,   Va. 

Harris,    John    T.,    Jr.,    Harrisonburg, 
Va. 

Harrison,    Dr.     Archibald    C,     Balti- 
more,   Md. 

Harrison,    Mrs.    Carter    H.,    Univer- 
sity,   Va. 

Harrison,    Hon.    Carter    II.,    Chicago, 
111. 

Harrison,    Carter    H,    Jr.,    Wlnnetka, 
111. 

Harrison.       Charles       Buckner,       St 
Loui.s,    Mo. 

Harrison,    Dabney    Carr,    Boyce,    Va. 

Harrison,    Mrs.    Edward    C,    Carters- 

ville,    Va. 
Harriscin,    E.   C,   Staunton,  Va. 
Harrison       Hon        Francis      Burton, 

Alne.s,    Scotland. 


Harrison,  Geo.  T.,  M.  D.,  University, 
Va. 

Harrison.  Mrs.  George  West,  Peters- 
burg,   Va. 

Harrison,   H.    S.,    Roxbury,    Va. 

Harrison,  L.   A.,  Huntington,   W.  Va. 

Harrison,   Randolph,   Lynchburg,   Va. 
Harrison,     Robert     L.,     New     York, 
N.     Y. 

Harrison,   Hon.    Thomas   W.,   Winches- 
ter, Va. 

Harrison,    William    B.,    Denver,    Col. 

Harrison,    W.    Gordon,    Brandon,   Va. 

Harrison,   W.   Preston,   Los   Angeles, 
Cal. 

Hart,   Hon.   Harris,  Richmond,  Va. 

Harwood,    R.    H.,   Richmond.   Va. 

Hayden,   Horace  Edwin,  Jr.,   Richmond 
College,   Va. 

Hayes,  John  G.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Hawkins,  O.  A.,   Richmond,  Va, 

Heatliwole,  Prof.  C.  J.,  Richmond  Va. 

Heath,   James   E.,   Norfolk,  Va. 

Henderson,  INIrs.   Helen  S.  T.,   Lynch- 
burg, Va. 

Herman,    A.    H.,    Richmond,    Va. 

Herndon,  J.  W.,  Alexandria,  Va. 

Hert,  Mrs.  A.  P..  Louisville,  Ky. 

Hickey,   James  J.,   Richmond,  Va. 

Higgins,   Mrs.   D.   F.,   Joliet,   111. 

Hill,  Julien   H.,  Richmond,   Va. 

Hine,  Col.  Charles  DeLano,  U.  S.  A., 
Vienna,    Va. 

Hite,     Rev.     Lewis    F.,     Cambridge, 
Mass. 

Hocker,   Mrs.    W.   A.,    Roanoke,  Vu. 

Holladay,  Waller,  Richmond,  Va. 

Holt,   R.  O,   New  York,   N.   Y. 

Hord,    Rev.    A.   H.,    Philadelphia,    Pa. 

Horsley,    Dr.    J.    Shelton,    Richmuiid, 
Va. 

Hotchkiss,    E.    D.,    Richmond,    Va. 

Houston,  Mrs.   E.  M.,  Springfield,  Mo. 

Houston,    Miss    Martha    K.,    Columbus, 
Ga. 

Howard,   Mrs.    Eleanor   Washington, 

Washington,    D.    C. 
Howard,  John,  Jr.,   Richmond,   Va. 

Howard,     Charles     McIIenry,     Balti- 
more,   Md. 

Howard,    N.    T.,    Greenville,    Tenn. 

Howell,    Arden,    Richmond,    Va. 

Howerton,   Thomas    H.,   Waverley,   Va. 

Howie,  Mrs.   Paul  W.,   Richmond,  Va. 

Howry,  L.  Beverley,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Hudgins,  Russell  W.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Huglits,    A.    S.,    Denver,    Col. 


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Hughes,  Dr.  T.  K.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Hull,    D.    D.,   Jr.,    Roanoke,   Va. 
Hume,      Mrs,      Frank,      Washington. 
D.  C. 

Humston,   Bzra,   Bosworth,   Mo. 

Hunley,   Col.    W.    M.,    Lexington,    Va. 

Hunt,    Gaillard,    Washington,    1/     i,:. 

Hunter,    E.    P.,    Washington,    D.    C. 

Hunter,    James    W..    Nfirfnlk.    \':i. 

Hunier,  Len.,   Caruthersvillc,   lilo. 

Hunion,    Kppa,   Jr.,   Richmond,    \  a. 

Hutcheson,    H.    F.,    Boydton,    Va. 

Hutcheson,  Mrs.  J.  C,  Houston,  Tex. 

Hutchinson,     Gary     T.,     New     York, 
N.     Y 

Hutzler,  Alvin  B.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Hyde,  Mrs.   John  A.,  Dallas,  Texas. 


Ingram,  Judge  John  L.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Irvin,    Miss    Annie    B.,    Richmond,    Va. 


Jackson,    E.    H.,    Front    Royal,    Va. 
Jackson,   G.   Carlton,   Richmond,   Va. 
Jackson,    II.    W.,    Uichinond.    Va. 
Jackson,    R.    H.,    Fort    Smith,    Ark. 
Jaffa,  Louis  I.,  Norfolk,  Va. 
James,  Arthur  W.,  Richmond,  Va. 
James,   G.  Watson,   Jr.,  Richmond,  Va. 
James,    Mrs.    George   N.,    Petersburg, 
Va. 

Jameson,    Mrs.    Sydney    B.,    Buchanan, 

Va. 
Jamiton,  J.  E.,  Roanoke,  Va. 
Jarman,    Prof.    J.    L.,    Farmville,    Va. 
Jeffreys,    T.    F.,    Drewry's    Bluff,    Va. 
Jenkins,    Luther    H.,    Richmond,    Va. 
Jerman,  W.  B.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Jett,  Rt.  Rev.  Robert  Carter,  Roanoke, 

Va. 

Jewett,  W.   K.,  Passadena,  Cal. 

John.ston,  Dr.  Alice,  Columbus,   Ohio. 

Johnston,  Mrs.  J.  A.,  Richmond,  Va. 

John.ston,   J.   Ambler,    Richmond,    Va. 

Johnston,  James  D.,  Roanoke,  Va. 

Johnston,    Miss  Mary,  Warm  Springs, 
Va. 

Jones.    Callom    B.,    Richmond,    Va. 

Jones,  G.  C,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Jones,   J.   Crawley,    Norfolk,   Va. 

Jones,    Mrs.    J.     Pembroke,    Norfolk, 
Va. 

Jones,    H.    Stewart,   Richmond,    Va. 

Jones,  Mrs.  M.  F.,  Lawton,  Okla. 

Jones,     Meriwether,     Richmond,     Va. 


Jones,     Mrs.     Richard,     Atlantic    City, 

N.   J. 
Jones,  S.  Bruce,  Bristol,  Va. 
Jones,    T.    Catesby,    New    York,  N.  Y. 
Jones,    Wm.     McFarland,    Richmond, 

Va. 
Jones,    Willliam   M.,   Brooklyn,   N.    Y. 
Jones,    VV.    Sirother.    Red   Bank,    X.    J. 
Jordan,    Mrs.    Harvie,    St.    Matthews, 

S.   C. 
Jordan,    R    L.,   East   Radford,   Va. 
Joynes,    Levin,    Richmond,    Va. 
Judkins,  Lewis  M.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Junkiu,    Francis    T.    A. 

Kable,  Mrs.  W.  G.,  Staunton,  Va. 
Keach,  Mrs.  O.  A.,  Wichita,  Kan. 
Kearney,    IMiss    Elizabeth    Anderson, 

I'nivei-sity,    Va. 
Kegley,  Judge  W.   B.,  Wytheville,  Va. 
Keith,    Ttiomas   R.,    Fairfax,    Va. 
Kelley,  Judge  Joseph  L.,  Bristol,  Va. 
Kemper,    Charles    E.,    Staunton,    Va. 
Kemper,   E.    H.,   Alexandria,  Va. 
Kennedy,  Mrs.  Edwin  M.,   Knoxville, 

Tenn. 
Kilby,    Dr.    C.    M.,    Lynchburg,    Va. 
King,  Mrs.  S.  W.,  Jr.,  Dallas,  Texas. 
King,  Mrs.  William  G.,  Dublin,  Va. 
Kinnier,  Miss  Josephine  P.,  Lynchburg, 

Va. 
Kirby,  Judge  Samuel  B.,   Louisville, 

Ky. 

Kirk,   Henry  J.,   Bertrand,  Va. 

Klemm,  Mrs.  J.  G.,  Jr.,  Haverford, 
Pa. 

Knapp,   Mrs.   Shepherd,   Esmont,    Va. 

Knight,    Brig.    Genl.    John    T.,    U.    S. 

A.,    Washington,    D.    C. 

Lacy,   Samuel  W.,   Richmond,  Va. 
Lamb,    Brockenbrough,    Richmond,    Va. 
Lamb,    Mrs.    E,    T.,    Norfolk,    Va. 
Lambert,  Mrs.    W.   H.,   Germantown, 
Pa. 

Lancaster,  R.  A.,  Jr.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Landis,   John  T.,   Washington,  D.   C. 

Larus,    Mrs.    Lewis    G.,    Richmond,    Va. 

Lassiter,  Hon.  Charles  P.,  Peters- 
burg, Va. 

Lassiter,  Maj.  Gen.  William,  U.  S.  A., 
Washington,    D.    C. 

Lea,  John  P.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Leake,    J.    Jordan,    Richmond,    Va. 

Leake,  Walter,  Richmond,  Va. 


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Lee,   Cazenove  G.,  Jr.,  Washington,  D. 

C. 
Lewis,   Ciiarles,   Cincinnati,   Ohio. 
Lewis    Jolin  Taylor,  Ashland,  Va. 
Lewis,  Stanford  Bacon,  Lansdowne,  Pa 
Lewis,  William  Travers,  Berryville,  Va. 
Leigh,  Egb'  rt  G.,  Jr.,  Richmond,   \'a. 
Liebes,  Leon,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Lichtenstein,  Isaac,  Richmond,  Va. 
Lindly,    j\Irs.    Mabel,    Lincoln,    Neb. 
Litchford,   Henry  E.,   Richmond,   Va. 
Lloyd,    Mrs.    Arthur   S.,    New   York,    N, 

Y. 
Locke,   Victor  Murat,   Antlers,  Okla. 
Lodge,  Hon.  H.  C,  Washington,  D  C. 
Long,   A.    R.,   Lynchburg,   Va, 
Lung,   Ernest  M.,   Richmond,  Va. 
Long,    E.    McL.,    New    York,    N.    Y. 
Longan,    Mrs.    George   F.,    Sedalia,    ^^o. 
Love,    Col.    James    M.,    Jr.,    L^.    S.    A., 

Fairfax    C.   H.,   Va. 
Love,   Samuel   B.,    Richmond,   Va. 
Lucado,   Mrs.    Margaret   S.,    Lynchburg, 

Va. 
Luckett,    Mrs.    Daingerfleld    G.,    New 

York,    N.    Y. 
Lukeman,    H.    Augustus,    New    York, 

N.   Y. 
Lunsford,   Charles  I.,   Roanoke,  Va. 
Lyon,  Mrs.   Heber  N.,  St.   Paul,  Minn. 


Machen,    Lewis   H.,    Richmond,   Va. 
Mack,   Dr.    Edward,    Riclimond,   Va. 
Mahcr,   Arthur   P.,   New   York,    N.    Y. 
Maher,  N.  D.,  Roanoke,  Va. 

Major,  J.   N.,   Riverton,   Va. 

Mallory,  Col.  J.  S.,  U.  S.  A.  Lexington, 
Va. 

Mann,  Miss  Annie  V.,  Petersburg,  Va. 
Manson,  N.  C,  Jr.,  Lynchburg,  Va, 
Marcuse,   1.   J.,   Richmond,  Va. 
Markham,   George   D.,  St.   Louis,   Mo. 
Marston,  Mrs.  Maude  L.,  Ventnor,   N. 
J. 

Martin,  Mrs.  Arthur  Lewis,  Nan- 
laka,    Va. 

Marye,  Hon.  George  T.  Jr.,  Wash- 
ington,   D.    C. 

Massie,  Eugene  C,  Richmond,  Va. 

Massie,  Paul,  Roanoke,  Va. 

Massie,     Robert,    Lynchburg,    Va. 

Mastin,  Mrs.  George  R.,  Lexington, 
Ky. 

Matthews,    Albert,    Boston,    Mass. 


Maupin,  Mrs.  William  L.,  Charlottes- 
ville, Va. 

Maury,   C.   W.,  Noroton,  Conn. 

Mercer,  Mrs.  William  P.,  Elm  City, 
N.    C. 

Meredith,  Charles  V.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Meriwether,  Mrs.  Minor,  Shreveport, 
La, 

Meyer,  Mrs.  August  R.,  Kansas  City, 
Mo. 

Michael,  C.   Edwin,   Roanoke,  Va. 

Michie,  Thomas  J.,  Charlottesville, 
Va. 

Mickley,  Miss  Minnie  F.,  Allentown, 
Pa. 

Middleton,    Maury,    Washington,    D.    C. 

Millard,   C.   I.,  St.   Louis,   Mo. 

Miller,   Dr.   Clifton   M.,    Richmond,   Va, 

Miller,   Dr.    E.    Howe,   Danville,   Va. 

Miller,   H.   W.,  Washington.   D.    C. 

Miller,   John   M.,   Jr.,   Richmond,  Va. 

Miller,    Rudolph   P.,    Xew    Vorl;.  -N.  V 

Minge,  J.    H.,   New   York,   N.   Y. 

Minnigerude,  Cliarles    Laltin.i^re.  Md. 

Minor,    Benj.    S.,    Washington,    D.    C. 

]Minor,    Hugh,    Cannel   City,    Ky. 

Mitchell,    Kirkwood,    Richmond,    Va. 

Montague,    Hill,     Richmond,    Va. 

Moore,    A.,    Jr.,    Berryville,    Va. 

Moore,    Frank,    Lexington,   Va. 

Moore,   Hon.    R.    Walton,   Fairfax,  Va. 

Moore,   Dr.    S.    B.,   Alexandria,   Va. 

Moore,   Thomas   L.,   Richmond,   Va. 

Moore,    Warner,    Richmond,    Va. 

Morgan,  Dr.  Daniel  H.,  Lanesville. 
N.   Y. 

Morris,  L.   Z.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Morrison,   A.    Kyle,    Bristol,   Va. 

Morton,  Richard  Lee,  Williamsburg, 
Va. 

Morton,  W.  Waller,  Richmond,  Va. 

Mosby,  Mrs.   J.   B.,   Richmond.  Va. 

Moseley,  Robert  B.,  London,  Eng- 
land. 

Moss,  Mrs.  Edwin  S.,  Williamsburg, 
Ky. 

Moyler  John,  Richmond,   Va. 

Mullen,  James,  Richmond,  Va. 

Munce,  John  S.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Munford,  Mrs.  Beverley  B.,  Rich- 
mond,   Va. 

Munford,    R.    B.,    Jr.,    Richmond,    Va. 

Murrell,   W.  M.,  Lynchburg,  Va. 

Myers,   Barton,   Norfolk,    Va. 

Myers,    Lllburn    T.,   Richmond,   Va. 

McAdams,   Thomas    B.,   Richmond,   Va. 


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McAllister,    J.    T..    Hot    Springs     Va. 
Mac     Brydc,      David     C,      Simsbuiy, 

Conn. 
McCabe,    Mrs.    W.    Gordon,    Richmond, 

Va. 
McCaw,   Brig-.   Gen.    Walter  D.,    U.    S. 

A.,    Washington.    D.    C. 
MaoCorkle,    Hon.    W.    A.,    Charleston, 

W.  Va. 
McCorkle,     Walter    K,     New     York, 

N.    Y. 
McCormick,  Harold  F.,  Chicago,  HI. 
McCormick,  Robert  H.,  Jr.,  Chicago, 

111. 
McCoy,   Dr.   W.    K.,   Gum   Spring,   Va. 
McCurdy,    H.    A.,    Richmond,    Va. 
McCutclieon,     Mrs.     B.     B.,     Clifton, 

Portje,    Va. 
McDiarmid,    Mrs.    James    C,    Fayette- 

ville.    N.   C. 
McDonald,    Dudley,    Richmond,    Va. 
McFall,   James,  PittsburKh,   Pa. 
McGrourty,    W.   B.,    Baltimore,   Md. 
McGuire,   Mrs.   Frank   H.,   Richmond, 

Va. 
McGuire,   Dr.  Hugh,  Alexandria,  Va. 
McGuJre,    Dr.    Hunter    H.,    Winchester, 

Va. 
McGuire,   John   Peyton,   Richmond,   Va. 
McGuire,  Murray  M.,  Richmond,  Va. 
McGuire,   Dr.   Stuart,   Richmond,  Va. 
McKinney,    Mrs.    Roy    W.,    Paducah, 

Ky. 
Mcllwaine,  Dr.  H.  R.,  Richmond,  Va, 
Mcllwaine,    W.    B.,    Petersburg,    Va. 
Mcintosh,    Charles    F.,    Norfolk,    Va. 
McNeil,    Mrs.    Walter    S.,    Richmond, 

McVeig-li,  Mrs.   L.  W.,  Richmond,  Va. 


Neale,    S.    C,    Washington,    D.    C. 
Neilson,    Miss   Lou,    Oxford,    Miss. 
Nelson,  James  Poyntz,   Richmond,  Va. 
Nelson,   Leon   M.,   Richmond,   Va. 
Neville,  Mrs.  Robert,  Upperville,  Va, 
Neville,    MaJ.    Gen.    Wendell    C,    U.    S. 

M.    C,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 
Newblll,    Col.    Willard    D.,    U.    S.    A., 

San   Francisco,   Cal. 
Newton,  John  B.,  Roanoke,  Va. 
Nicklin,    Col.    B.    P.,    U.    S.    A.,    Camp 

Benniiig,  Ga. 


Nixon,   Lewis,  New  York,  N.   Y. 
Noland,  Miss  Charlotte  B.,  Mlddleburg, 

Va. 
Nolting,  Frederick  E.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Norman,    Charles    T.,    Richmond,   Va. 
Norton,  Mrs.  Wm.  S.,  San   Francisco, 

Cal. 
Norvell,    IVIrs.    Lipscomb,    Beaumont, 

Te.xas. 
Nowlin,  Miss  Chloe  W.,  Lynchburg,  Va. 


O'Connell,  Rt.  Rev.  D.  J.,  Richmond, 

Va. 
Old    Dominion    Press,    Inc.,    Richmond, 

Va. 
Oliver,  Rear  Admiral  James  H.,  U.   S. 

N.,   Shirley,   Va. 
Oliver,  Mrs.  R.  B.,  Cape  Giradeau,  Mo. 
Omohundro,  F.  A.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Oppenheimer,  Mrs.  W.  T.,  Richmond, 

Va. 
Osborne,   W.  L.   H.,   Glide,   Oregon. 
Otey,  Mrs.   Dexter,   Lynchburg,  Va. 
Owens,   Robert  B.,  Philadelphia,   Pa. 


Pace,  James  B.,   Richmond,  Va. 
Page,   Legh  R.,  Richmond,   Va. 
Page,   Mrs.   Mann,    Elizabeth.    N.   J. 
Page,  Hon.  Rosewell,  Beaver  Dam,  Va. 
Palmer,   E.    A.,    Richmond,    Va. 
Palmer,    Wm.    P.,   Cleveland,    Ohio. 
Parham,   E.   F.,   Clarendon,    Va. 
Parker.  Col.  John,  Browsholme  Hall, 

Clethiroe,    Lancashire,     Eng 
Parks,    Mrs.    Roscow,    Marion,    111. 
Parrlsh,    Oscar    E.,    Richmond,    Va. 
Parrish,    John   B.,   Richmond,   Va. 
Parrlsh,   J.    Scott,   Miniborya,    Chester- 
field Co.,  Va. 
Parrish,  W.   J.,  Richmond,  Va, 
Patterson,   John    L.,    Richmond,    Va. 
Patteson,   S.   S.   P.,  Richuioiul.    Va 
Paxton,     T.    B.,   Jr.,   Cincinnati,    Ohio. 
Payne,  Col.  Brooke,  U.  S.   A.,  Asher- 

ton,   Texas. 
Payne,  D.  A.,  Lynchburg,  Va. 
Payne,  John  B.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Payne,  Henry  E.,  Charleston,  W.  Va. 
Peete,  Mrs.  J.  W.,  Memphis,  Tenn. 
Pegram,  Henry,  New  York,  N.   Y. 


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Washington,    D.    C. 

Pegram,  Robert  Baker  (Sd),  Atlanta, 
Ga. 

Pendleton,    Louis,   Bryn   Athyn,   Pa. 

Penn,   George  E.,  Abingdon,  Va. 

Penn,  George  E.  Jr.,  Kingsport, 
Tenn. 

Penn,  Mrs.  James  G.,  Danville,  Va. 

Pennington,  Robert  L..   Bristol,  Va. 

Perkinson,    J.    E.,    Danville,    Va. 

Perry,  Mrs'  A.  V.,  Manette,  Wash- 
ington. 

Perry,  Mrs.  James  C,  San  Francisco, 
Cal. 

Pescud,   Peter   F.,   New  Orleans,   La. 

Peterkin.  Mrs.  George  W.,  Parkers- 
burg,    \V.    Va. 

Peters,  Dr.  Don  Preston,  Lynchburg, 
Va. 

Pettigrew,  Mrs.  C.  D.,  Pine  Bluff, 
Ark. 

Pettus,  William  J.,  >T  n..  U.  S. 
Marine  Hospital  Service,  San 
Franci.seo,    Cal. 

Peyton,  Dr.  Charles  E.  C,  Pulaski,  Va, 

Phillips,   E.    Raleigh,    Richmond,   Va. 

Pinckard,   James  S.,  Montgomery,  Ala. 

Pinckney,  C.   C,  Richmond.   Va. 

Pinkerton,  Charles,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Pleasants,    Edwin,    Riclunuiid,    Va. 

Pleasants,  Dr.  J.  Hall,  Baltimore, 
Md. 

Poindexter,   W.   W.,  Louisville,   Ky. 

Pollard,   Henry  R.,   Jr.,   Richmond,    Va. 

Pollard,   Robert  N.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Porter,    Mrs.    .William    B.,    Roanoke, 

Powers,    Robert  L.,    Richmond,    Va. 
Powers,  W.  Frank,  Richmond,  Va. 
Prentiss,  Judge  R.  R.,  Suffolk,  Va. 
Price,  James  H.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Priddy,  Dr.  A.  S.,  Colony,  Va. 
Pritchett,    James   I.,    Danville,    Va. 
Pullen,    A.    M.,    Richmond,    Va. 

Quarles,  Hon.  J.  M.,  Staunton,  Va. 

Rabe,  Mrs.  A.  K.,  Pittsburgh,   Pa. 

Ramage,  C.  J.,  Saluda,  S.  C. 

Ramey,  Mrs.  Alice  Lewis,  Brown- 
wood,    Texas. 

Randolph,  Archibald  C,  Bluemont,  Va. 

Randolph.  Prof.  Harrison,  Charles- 
ton,   S.    C. 

Randolph,  Rev  Joseph  B.,  Corinth, 
Miss. 


Randolph,  Mrs.  Robert  Lee,  Alex- 
andria, La. 

Read,  Mrs.  Edwin  Leigh,  Baltimore, 
Md. 

Reagan,  Frank,  Macon,   Ga. 

Reed,    P.    L.,    Richmond,    Va. 

Reed,   William   T.,   Richmond,   Va. 

Reeder,  Mrs.   Clifford  H.,   Miami,   Fla. 

Reid,  Mrs.    E.   S.,   Chatham,  Va. 

Reid,    Mrs.    Fergus,    Norfolk,    Va. 

Held,    Mrs,    R     J.,    Chatham.    Va. 

Reynolds,  Tliomas  P.,  Richmond, 
Va. 

Rhoads,    W.    S.,    Richmond,   Va. 

Richards,   J.    Donald,    Warrenton,    Va. 

Richards,  Major  Harrison  H.  Cocke, 
U.    S.    A. 

Richards,  Mrs.  Walter  B.,  Riverton, 
Va. 

Richardson,  .Mrs.  Julia  W.,  Rich- 
mond,  Va. 

Richardson,  Mrs.  Malbon,  Upperville, 
Va. 

Ridgeley,  Mrs.  Jane  M.,  Chicago,  111. 

Riely,  Henry  C,  Richmond,  Va. 

Rixey,  C.  J.,  Jr.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Roberson,  Mrs.  J.  Fall,  Cropwell, 
Ala. 

Roberts,  Mrs.  James  A.,  Marietta, 
Ohio. 

Robertson,  Judge  Thoa.  B.,  Hopewell, 
Va. 

Robins,   Dr.  C.   R.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Robinson,  Miss  Agnes  C,  Wash- 
ington,   D.   C. 

Robinson,  Alexander  G.,  Louisville, 
Ky. 

Robinson,  Miss  Martha  Reed,  New- 
man,   Ga. 

Robinson,  P.  M.,  Clarksburg,  W.  Va. 

Rocki  nbach.  Brig.  Genl.  Samuel  D., 
U.    S.    A.,    Camp    Meade,    Md. 

Roemer,  Rev.  John  L.,  D.  D.,  St. 
Charles,   Mo. 

Rogers,  Rev.  George  Flovd,  Char- 
lotte.  N.   C. 

Roper,   W.   A.,   Richmond,   Va. 

Roszel,  Major  B.  M.,  Winchester,  Va. 

Roy,  Dr.  Philip  S.,  "Washington, 
D.    C. 

Roystcr,    Dr.    L.    T.,    University,    Va. 

Ruebush,  Joe  K.,  Dayton,  Va. 

RutUn,    E.    Lorraine,    Richmond,    Va. 

Russell,  Charles  W.,  Washington, 
D.   C. 

Ryan,   Thos.    F.,   Oak    Ridge,   Va. 

Ryland,   Miss  Cally,  Richmond,  Va. 

Ryland,    W.    S  ,    Richmond,    ^  a. 


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Sands,   Alexander  H.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Sands,   Oliver  J.,   Richmond,  Va. 
Saunders,   Hon.  John  R.,  Saluda,  Va. 
Savajje,    N.    R.,    Richmond,    Va. 
Saville,  Allen  J.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Saville,  Charles  O.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Scherr,    Henry,    Williamson,    W.    Va. 
Schmidt,  "W.    C,   Richmond,   Va. 
Scott,    Rev.    John    Garlick,    Richmond, 

Va. 
Scott,    Mrs.    L.    D.,    Atlanta,   Ga. 
Scott,  Robert  E.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Scott,    Thomas   B.,   Richmond,   Va. 
Scott,  W.  Madison,  Richmond,  Va. 
Scott,  W.   W.,  Orange   Co.,   Va. 
Scott,    Walker,    Richmond,   Va. 
Scruggs,  Mrs.  George  R.,  Dallas,  Texas. 
Sears,    Mrs.    Willa,   Clarence,    Mo. 
Sexton,    Mrs.    James    S.,    Hazlehurst, 

N.    Y. 
Semple,    W.    T.,    Cincinnati,    Ohio. 
St'xton,    Mrs.    James    C.,    Hazlehurst, 

Miss. 
Sheild,  Howard,  Norfolk,  Va. 
Shelton,   Thos.   W.   Norfolk,  Va. 
Shepherd,  Dr.  Wm.  A.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Sheppard,   Mrs.   Ocie   Hardesty,   Man- 

ninjjion,     W.    Va. 
Shewmake,     Oscar     L.,     Williamsburg', 

Va. 
Sigman,   Mrs.    M.   L.,   Monticello,   Ark. 
Sim,   John  R.,   New^  York,   N.   Y. 
Sitterding,    Fritz,    Riclimond,    Va. 
Skeltun,     Mrs.     Steve     G.,     Hartwell, 

Ga. 
Skinker,  Mrs.  William,  The  Plains,  Va. 
Slaughter,  J.  W.,  The  Plains,   Va. 
Smith,  A.  D.,  Fayetteville,  W.   Va. 
Smith,   Alda  L.,    Belton,   S.   C. 
Smith,   Blackburn,    Berryville,   Va. 
Smith,    Miss   Edith    W.,    Denver,    Col. 
Smith,  Dr.  F.  H.,  Abingdon,  Va. 
Smith,  Capt.  G.  Tucker,  U.   S.  N 
Smith,   H.   M.,   Jr.,   Richmond.   Va. 
Smith,    Dr.    James    Henderson,    Rich- 
mond,   Va. 
Smith,  Mrs.  Marsden  C,  Richmond,  Va. 
Smith,    Capt.    R.    C,    U.    S.    N.,    Coop- 

erstown,    N.    Y. 
Smith,   Richard  H.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Smith,  Tliomas  O.,   Birmingliam,   Ala. 
Smith,  Tliomas  J.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Smith,    Turner   G.,    Atlanta,    Ga. 
Smithey,   Marvin,  Lawrenceville,  Va. 
Smyth,   Mrs.   James   C,  Richmond,   Va. 
Southall,   Rev.  S.   O.,  Dinwiddle,   Va. 


Sparrow,     Miss     Carolina,     Lambert, 

Sweetbrier   College,    Va. 
Speiice,  Mrs.   Audrey   K.,   Wytheville, 

Va. 

Spilman,  Gen.   B.  D.,  Warrenton,  Va. 
Squires,  Rev.   W.  H.  T.,   Norfolk,  Va. 
Stanard,   W.   G.,   Richmond,   Va. 
Statham,    Miss    Mary    B.,    Passadena, 
Cal. 

Staton,  Mrs.  James  G.,   Williamston, 

N.  C. 
Stechert  &  Co.,  New  York,  N.   Y. 
Steele,   Charles,   New   York,   N.    Y. 
Steiger,    E.,   New   York,   N.   Y. 
Stern,  Cary  Ellis,  Richmond,  Va. 
Stetson,       Chas.       W.,       Glencarlyn, 

Arlington    County,    Va. 
Stettinius,    Mrs.    E.    R.,    New    York, 

N.   Y. 
Stevens,   B.   F.   and   Brown,   London, 

Eng. 
Stewart,    Miss    Annie    C,    Brook    Hill, 

Va. 
Stewart,  Miss  E.  Hope,  Brook  Hill,  Va. 
Stewart,   Miss  Norma,   Brook   Hill,  Va 
Stewart,    Miss    Lucy    W.,    Brook    Hill, 

Va. 
Stewart,   J.   A.,    Louisville,   Ky. 
Stone,    Dr.    Harry   P.,   Roanoke,   Va. 
Stone,    Miss    Lucie    P.,    Hollins,    Va. 
Stoner,  Mrs.  R.  G.,  Mt.  Sterling,  Ky. 
Straley,  Miss  Rosa  Walthall,  Prince- 
ton,  W.   Va. 
Straus,   Arthur  L.,   Richmond,  Va 
Straus,    Milton   J.,   Richmond,    Va. 
Street,    George  P.,  Atlanta,    Ga. 
Stringfellow,  Blair  B.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Strother,  James  French,  Welch,  W.  Va. 
Stubbs,  Thomas  J.,  Jr.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Sturdivant,   Mrs.   R.    D.,    Berlin,   Ala. 
S'ublett,  F.   L.,   Harrisonburg,  Va. 
Sutton,   Frank  T.,   Jr.,   Richmond,   Va. 
Swem,  Earl   G.,   Williamsburg,   Va. 
Swink,   A.    O.,   Richmond,   Va. 
Sydnor,   Eugene  B.,   Richmond,   Va. 


Tabb,    T.    Garnett,    Richmond,    Va. 
Talbot,   Minton   M.,   Norfolk,    Va. 
Talbot,   Mrs.   J.  A.,   Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Taliaferro,    Mrs.    Ricliard    P.,    Ware 
Neck,  Va. 

Tallcy    Mrs.    Dyer    F.,    Birmingham, 
Ala. 

Talley,  Robert  H.,  Westhampton,  Rich- 
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Tarns,   Miss    Fannie    S.,    Washing-ton, 

D.   C. 
Tanner,    Chaiies   W.,    Richmond,   Va. 
Tayloe,   E.   D.,  University,  Va. 
Tayloe,  William  H.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Taylor,   E.   C,  Tamcliff,   W.   Va. 
Taylor,    Dr.    Fielding    L.,    New    York, 

N.    Y. 
Taylor,  G.   A.,  Boston,  Mass. 
Taylor,  Gervas  S.,   Richmond,  Va. 
Taylor,  Jacquelin   P.,   Richmond,  Va. 
Taylor,    John    M.,    Richmond,    Va. 
Taylor,  Tazewell,   Norfolk,  Va. 
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York,  N.   Y. 
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Ky. 
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Va. 
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ville.    La. 
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Wright,    Mrs.    Marcus    J.,   Washington, 

D.    C. 
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Ala. 
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Wynn,  F.  S.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Wynn,   Mrs.   James   O.,   Atlanta,   Ga. 
Wysor,   Harry   R.,   Muncie,   Ind. 
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HISTORY  AND  BIOGRAPHY 


Vol.  XXXII.  April,  1924  No.  2 


VIRGINIA  COUNCIL  JOURNALS,  1726-1753=^ 


Vol.  605 — 14 1 8. 


(From  the  Transcripts  in  the  Public  Record  Office, 

London.) 

(Continued.) 

April  25th,  1727 

Present 

'J'he  Hon""  the   PVesident 

William  Byrd  Cole  Digges  John  Carter 

Xathan'    Harrison        Peter  Beverley  Rich'd  Fitzwillianis 

Mann  Page  John  Robinson'  John  Grymes,  Es(j. 

On  the  Application  of  William  Fantleroy^  Gent,  and  Oath 
made  that  he  sent  some  Plate  by  Capt.  Herd  of  the  Ship  Tay- 
loe  of  Bristol,  to  be  changed  and  made  into  other  kinds  of 
plate,  and  finds  by  Capt.  Herd's  books,  that  it  was  changed 
and  marked  with  the  initial  Letters  of  his  name ;  and  it  ap- 
pearing that  the  broken  plate  found  on  the  Tayloe's  Sailors 

*  Through  an  error  in  the  label  of  a  photographic  print  the  parlor 
at   Brandon   was   given   in  our  January   issue  as  the   Shirley   parlor. 


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was  SO  marked,  it  is  Ordered  that  the  same  be  delivered  to 
him  or  his  Order. 

April  26th  1727 

Present 
The   President 

William  Byrd  Peter  Beverley 

Nathan'  Harrison  John  Robinson 

Mann  Page  John  Carter  & 

Cole  Digges  John  Grymes  Esqrs. 

On  hearing  this  day  the  matter  on  the  petition  of  David 
Bray,  Gent  against  David  Hornby  and  Thomas  Deal ;  The 
Council  having  examined  the  Allegations  of  the  petition  and 
heard  the  several  parties  And  it  appearing  to  the  Board  that 
the  said  Beal  &  Hornby  had  at  the  last  hearing  concealed  the 
Advantages  they  made  of  the  Land  in  controversy,  and  had 
deceived  the  Board  in  some  other  particulars  of  their  pre- 
tended improvements  It  is  now  Ordered  that  there  be  paid  to 
the  said  Hornby  in  full  for  his  Improvements  and  Seating  as 
given  in  to  this  Board  the  Sum  of  £41.7.6.  And  to  the  said 
Thomas  Beal  in  full  of  his  Demand  the  Sum  of  £48.15.6. 
current  money  and  no  more.  And  whereas  the  said  Thomas 
Beal  and  David  Hornby  have  their  Slaves  on  the  Land  and 
have  prepared  for  making  a  Crop  It  is  Ordered  that  they 
continue  there  till  the  finishing  the  said  Crop  and  that  the 
Plantations  and  Improvements  in  the  like  good  Order  as  con- 
tain'd  in  the  Estimate  be  delivered  to  the  petitioner  or  his 
Order  on  the  20th  of  Novem"  next,  and  that  the  money  afore- 
said be  paid  by  the  said  Bray  within  eight  days  thereafter  to 
the  said  Beal  and  Hornby  or  their  Order  in  Williamsburgh 
and  upon  such  payment  ]tlr.  Bray  is  to  have  a  Patent  for  the 
said  Land;  but  in  case  he  refuses  to  pay  the  said  several  sums, 
then  the  said  Lands  shall  be  granted  to  any  other  that  will 
pay  the  money  hereby  directed  to  be  paid  for  the  Improve- 
ments made  thereon. 


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The  great  Men  of  the  Saponie  Indians 
Complaint  of  the  this  day  attending  the  President  in  Council, 
Sapony  Indians  made  Complaint  That  while  some  of  their 
agt.  the  Tusca-  people  were  hunting  on  Roanoak  River  last 
ruros  &  others  Winter,  they  were  surprised  in  the  night 
and  Orders  by  a  party  of  Tuscaruras  living  within  the 
thereon  Province    of    North    Carolina,    who    killed 

four,  and  carried  off  prisoners  three  of  their 
Nation ;  They  said  that  they  had  always  continued  faithful  to 
the  English  and  had  hitherto  declined  taking  their  Revenge 
of  the  Tuscaruras  lest  they  should  thereby  disoblige  this  Gov- 
ernment; and  hop'd  that  as  they  had  been  made  to  give  Sat- 
isfaction to  the  Tuscaruras  by  delivering  up  one  of  their  Nation 
who  killed  a  Tuscaruro  some  time  ago,  The  Tuscaruras  should 
now  be  obligated  to  give  the  like  Satisfaction  to  them  Where- 
upon the  President  caused  to  be  interpreted  to  them  the  Letter 
he  wrote  last  February  upon  their  Complaint  made  to  Coll. 
Harrison  concerning  the  Injury  done  them  by  the  Tuscaruras, 
wherein  he  had  insisted  upon  the  Satisfaction  they  now  pro- 
posed ;  and  also  the  Letter  he  received  from  the  Governor  of 
North  Carolina  in  answer  thereto,  together  with  the  Answer 
made  by  Blunt'  the  Chiefman  of  the  Tuscaruras  to  the  Gov- 
ernor and  Council  of  North  Carolina  the  4th  day  of  this 
month ;  Wherein  Blunt  denies  that  any  of  the  Tuscaruras  be- 
longing to  his  Town  were  concerned  in  the  murder  of  the 
Saponies  whereof  they  complain  ;  but  that  it  was  committed 
by  the  Tuscaruras  now  living  under  the  protection  of  the  five 
Nations,  and  that  he  was  sure  that  if  they  were  taxed  with 
it  they  would  not  deny  it.  To  which  the  Great  men  of  the 
Saponies  answered  That  these  were  but  excuses  fraimed  by 
Blunt,  for  that  they  had  good  proof  that  the  Indians  of  his 
Town  and  none  other  committed  this  murder ;  That  the  Sa- 
ponies who  escaped  had  followed  the  Tract  of  the  party  that 
attack'd  them,  two  days  march  towards  Blunt's  Town ;  that 
an  Indian  Slave  then  at  the  said  Town  had  seen  one  of  the 
Saponie  prisoners  brought  thither  and  put  to  death,  and  that 
they  can  make  appear  by  several  of  the  English  Inhabitants 
on  Roanoak  that  the  same  Tuscaruras  were  seen  about  that 


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time  with  divers  Scalps  which  they  were  carrying  home  to 
their  Town,  and  which  could  be  none  other  but  those  of  the 
Saponies ;  And  prayed  that  if  this  Government  could  not 
obtain  from  Blunt  the  Satisfaction  they  desired,  they  may 
have  liberty  with  the  assistance  of  the  Indians  their  Confed- 
erates, to  take  their  Revenge  in  their  own  way. 

The  Council  taking  into  consideration  what  hath  been  now 
offered  by  the  Saponie  Indians  It  is  Resolved  by  this  Board 
that  no  further  Application  be  made  to  the  Governor  of  North 
Carolina  since  he  hath  acknowledged  that  the  Tuscaruras  are 
not  Tributarys  to  his  Government  and  it  appears  he  has  very 
little  Authority  over  them,  but  since  Blunt  their  Chiefman  at 
his  late  Conference  with  the  Governor  of  North  Carolina,  de- 
clared in  the  presence  of  Richard  Fitzwilliam,  Esqr.  one  of 
the  members  of  this  Board,  that  he  should  have  been  ready 
upon  a  Message  from  this  Government  to  have  come  in  and 
justified  himself  and  his  Nation  from  what  is  charged  on  them 
by  the  Saponies,  a  Messenger  be  dispatched  to  the  said  Blunt, 
requiring  him  and  his  Great  men  to  attend  at  this  Board  on 
the  second  tuesday  in  June  next  in  order  to  the  examination 
into  the  truth  of  what  is  alledged  against  his  Indians  by  the 
Saponies;  And  the  Great  !Men  of  the  Saponie  Indians  are 
also  Ordered  to  attend  at  the  same  time  to  make  out  their 
Charge ;  And  it  is  further  declared  to  the  Saponies,  that  in 
case  Blunt  shall  not  come  in  upon  this  Message,  or  if  upon 
his  coming  in,  he  shall  not  sufficiently  clear  his  Indians  from 
the  fact  whereof  they  are  accused  the  Saponies  shall  then  be 
at  liberty  to  committ  what  Hostilitys  they  think  fitt  upon  the 
said  Tuscaruras,  whereon  this  Government  will  not  interpose 
to  restrain  them,  provided  they  forbear  doing  any  Injury  to 
the  English  Inhabitants  on  the  Frontier. 

^Vhereas  the  Great  Men  of  the  wSaj)onie  Indians  have  this 
day  made  Comjilaint  to  the  Board  that  one  John  Prouse  of 
Hanover  County,  being  some  time  ago  at  a  Horse  race  on 
the  Maherine  River  where  a  Saponie  Indian  was  present  and 
very  much  in  drink,  the  said  Prouse  as  the  Indian  lay  asleep 
set  fire  to  his  Cloaths  whereby  the  said  Indian  was  so  griev- 
ously  scorched  and   burnt  that   within   a    few   days   thereafter 


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he  died.  It  is  Ordered  that  a  Proclamation  issue  for  appre- 
hending^ the  said  Prouse  and  Conveying  him  to  the  public 
Goal  at  Williamsburgh  in  order  to  his  Tryal  for  the  death  of 
the  said  Indian,  And  that  a  Reward  of  iio  be  promised  for 
appreliending  him  and  bringing  him  to  the  public  Goal. 

Complaint  being  this  day  made  by  the  Saponie  Indians  that 
one  Martin  Lyon  frequently  brings  Rum  into  their  Town  and 
sells  the  same  to  their  young  men,  whereby  great  disorders 
are  committed  among  them.  It  is  Ordered  That  the  said 
Martin  Lyon  do  attend  this  Board  on  the  second  Tuesday 
in  June  next  to  answer  the  said  Complaint  And  that  the  Sherif 
of  Prince  George  County  serve  him  with  this  order. 

May  the  2nd.  1727 

Present 

The  President 


William  Byrd 
Nathan'  Harrison 
Mann  Page 


Cole  Digges 
Peter  Beverley 
John  Robinson 


John  Carter 
Rich'd   Fitzwilliam 
John  Grymes,  Esqs. 


New  Commissions  of  the  Peace  for  the 
Justices  &  Sher-  Countys  of  Stafford,  Northumberland,  Spot- 
ifs  Appointed.  sylvania,  Hanover,  &  James  City  were  this 

day  Ordered  in  Council,  and  several  per- 
sons appointed  to  be  Justices  in  the  room  of  those  lately  de- 
ceased. 

The  following  Sherif s  were  this  day  nominated  in  Council 
in  the  room  of  those  who  have  desired  to  be  excused  from 
that  Office,  Viz;  For  Glocester,  Peter  Whiting^;  Warwick, 
John  Langhorn\ 

Edwin  Thacker  Gent  is  appointed  one  of  the  Coroners  of 
Middlesex  County. 

Whereas  the  Justices  of  Stafford  County  have  neglected  the 
recommendation  of  Sherifs  for  the  ensuing  year,  and  the 
person  now  in  that  Office  refusing  to  serve  any  longer.  The 
President  is  desired  to  grant  a  Commission  to  such  Justice 
of   the  said   County  as   shall   be   willing  to   serve   in   the   said 


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Office;  and  if  none  will  voluntarily  accept  the  same,  that  he 
appoint  such  person  as  he  shall  think  titt  being  in  the  Comm" 
of  the  Peace  for  that  County  to  be  Sherif  for  the  ensuing 
year. 

On  the  petition  of  Richard  Pearson  late  Master  of  the 
Ship  Fortune  of  Whitehaven  setting  forth  that  in  the  year 
1724  he  came  into  this  Colony  and  entered  said  Ship  in  the 
District  of  South  P'otomack,  where  after  he  had  purchased 
and  taken  on  board  a  considerable  quantity  of  her  Lading  of 
Tol)acco  the  said  Ship  and  Lading  was  unfortunately  burnt 
in  the  said  District.  That  notwithstanding  thereof  the  Naval 
Officer  of  the  said  District  hath  now  demanded  of  him  the  Port 
Dutys  and  other  Charges  which  would  have  been  payable  if  the 
said  Ship  had  been  cleared,  And  praying  Relief  therein.  It  is 
the  Opinion  of  this  Board  and  accordingly  Ordered  That  in 
Consideration  of  the  great  loss  the  petitioner  sustained  by  the 
burning  of  the  Ship,  the  Duty  of  Tonnage  be  remitted  him, 
And  that  the  Naval  Officer  do  not  demand  the  same. 

The  Accompt  of  Contingent  Charges  from  the  25th  of  Oc- 
tober last  together  with  the  expense  of  keeping  in  repair  the 
Governor's  House  were  this  day  examined  and  allowed  in 
Council. 

Ordered  that  Henry  Cary  and  John  Ty- 
Order  for  Re-  ler  Gents,  be  appointed  to  view  the  Gov- 
pairing  the  Gov-  ernor's  House'  and  Report  what  Reparations 
ernor's  House.  are  necessary  therein  and  the  Charges  there- 
of, and  that  the  same  be  forthwith  sett 
about ;  And  It  is  further  Ordered  that  the  great  Dining  room 
and  Parlour  thereto  adjoining  be  new  painted,  the  one  of 
pearl  colour  the  other  of  cream  colour ;  and  that  the  Window 
fraimes  Outer  doors  and  Eves  be  also  new  painted ;  that  the 
pasture  fence  be  put  in  repair  and  that  Labourers  be  hired  to 
assist  the  Gardiner  in  putting  the  Garden  in  good  order. 

On  the  petition  of   Giles  Cook',   Setting 

Petitions       for     forth  that  one  George  Parker  late  of  the 

Land.  County  of  Essex,  deceased,  in  the  year  1720, 

obtained  an  Order  of  this  Board   for   10,- 

000  acres  of  Land  in  the  Fork  of  Rappahannock  River  in  the 


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County  of  Spotsylvania  joining  upon  the  entry  of  Robert  and 
Humfry  Brooks  [Brooke],  Augustine  Smith  and  George  Brax- 
ton junr.^  and  sometime  afterv^ards  surveyed  4000  acres  there- 
of but  never  sued  out  any  patent  for  the  same,  that  the  said 
George  Parker  is  since  dead,  and  Ma  jr.  Wilham  Dangerheld" 
of  Essex  County  now  lays  claim  to  the  said  Land  or  some  part 
thereof  but  without  having  yet  sued  out  or  obtained  any  patent 
for  the  same,  whereby  the  petitioner  conceives  that  the  Entry 
of  the  said  Parker,  and  the  claim  of  the  said  William  Danger- 
field  under  him  are  according  to  the  Order  of  the  Government 
become  void,  and  praying  that  leave  may  be  granted  to  him 
the  Petr.  to  enter  for  Survey  and  take  out  a  Patent  for  the  said 
Land.  It  is  Ordered  that  unless  the  said  William  Danger- 
field  being  duly  served  with  a  copy  of  this  Order,  do  appear 
before  this  Board  at  the  next  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer 
and  make  out  his  pretensions  to  the  said  Land,  and  show 
cause  why  he  hath  not  hitherto  sued  out  a  Patent,  the  same 
be  granted  to  the  petitioner. 

On  the  petition  of  Henry  Willis'"  Setting  forth  that  about 
seven  Years  ago  there  were  surveyed  for  Richard  Yarborough" 
of  King  William  County  400  acres  of  land  lying  in  the  Fork 
of  Rappahannock  River  in  Spotsylvania  County  That  the  said 
Richard  Yarborough  nor  any  person  for  him  hath  hitherto 
sued  out  any  patent  for  the  said  Land,  neither  is  the  survey 
thereof  returned,  into  the  Secretary's  Office,  whereby  the  pe- 
titioner conceived  that  the  Entry  and  Survey  of  the  said 
Yarborough  is  become  void :  And  praying  Leave  may  be 
granted  him  the  petr.  to  enter  for  survey  and  take  out  a 
Patent  for  the  said  Land  It  is  Ordered  that  unless  the  said 
Rich'd  Yarborough  being  duly  served  with  a  copy  of  this 
Order  do  appear  before  this  Board  at  the  next  Court  of  Oyer 
and  Terminer  and  make  out  his  pretensions  to  the  said  Land 
and  show  cause  why  he  hath  not  hitherto  sued  out  a  Patent 
the  same  be  granted  to  the  petitioner. 

Whereas  Henry  Willis  Gent  did  on  the  i6th.  of  June  last 
past  exhibit  his  petition  to  this  Board,  praying  Leave  to  enter 
for  10,000  acres  of  Land  in  Spotsylvania  County  surveyed 
about  3  years  ago  for  Edmund  Jenings,  Esq.  William  Jenings 


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and  James  Taylor,  and  no  Patent  sued  out  for  the  same  And 
the  said  Edmund  Jenings,  \\'iniam  Jenings  and  James  Tay- 
lor having  had  notice  of  the  said  petition  and  not  appearing 
to  make  out  their  Claim  to  the  said  tract  of  Land  It  is  Ordered 
that  the  said  Henry  Willis  have  leave  to  enter  for  and  survey 
the  said  Land  And  that  upon  the  Return  of  said  Survey  a 
Patent  be  granted  him  for  the  same  upon  his  entering  Rights 
for  the  quantity  of  Land  aforesaid. 

At  a  Council  held  at  the  Capitol 

the  6th.  day  of  ]\Iay,   1727 

Present 

The  President 

Nathan'  Harrison        John  Carter 

Peter  Beverley  Richard  Fitzwilliam  & 

John  Robinson  John  Grymes  Esqrs. 

Whereas  Capt.  \'incent  Pearse  Corn- 
Order  for  Ships  mander  of  his  May'"'^  Ship  the  Tartar  is 
to  go  under  Con-  now  bound  out  with  divers  Merchant  Ships 
voy  of  C  a  p  t.  under  his  Convoy,  and  hath  signified  his 
Pearse  of  his  Readiness  to  give  the  like  Convoy  to  such 
M  a  t  y  s.  Ship  other  Ships  as  shall  join  him  upon  his  Re- 
Tartar  turn.  It  is  Ordered  that  the  Naval  Officers 
do  give  notice  to  the  Masters  of  Ships  in 
their  respective  Districts  that  if  they  intend  to  take  any  benefit 
of  this  Convoy  they  are  to  repair  to  the  mouth  of  the  York 
River  before  the  loth.  day  of  next  month  which  is  the  place 
appointed  for  joining  his  Majesties  said  Ship ;  And  the  said 
Naval  Officers  are  further  to  signify  to  such  of  the  said  Mas- 
ters whose  Ships  cannot  be  ready  by  that  time  that  as  this 
l>oard  judgeth  it  highly  necessary  for  the  Safety  of  the  Trade 
that  the  Shijjs  should  go  hence  from  time  to  time  in  Fleets 
wherein  they  may  not  only  be  better  provided  for  mutual  de- 
fence, but  have  also  the  guard  of  his  Majesties  Ships  of  War 
to  protect  them  off  this  Coast  they  may  expect  a  further  Noti- 
fication of  the  time  when  and  the  place  where  another  Fleet 


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is  to  be  formed,  that  so  they  may  not  run  themselves  into 
danger  by  going  out  singly,  when  by  a  short  delay  they  may  be 
secured  from  the  danger  of  Privateers  on  this  Coast. 

The  following  Warrants  on  the  Receiver 
Warrants      for     General    to   be    paid    out   of    his    Majesties 
the    established      Revenues  were  this  day  signed  by  the  Pres- 
Sallerys   etc     ident  in  Council  \TZ 
signed.  Out  of  the  2S.  per  Hogshead  etc. 

To  the  President  for  the  Earl  of  Orkney 
and  himself  half  a  years  Salary  ending  the  25th.  of  April  iiooo 
To  the  Gentlemen  of  the  Council  half  a  years  Salary  to 

the  same  time  175 

To  the  Auditor  General  of  the  Plantations  half  a  years 

Salary  50 

To  the  Solicitor  of  the  Virginia  Affairs  half  a  years  Salary       50 
To  the  Attorney  General  for  the  like  Salary  20 

To  the  Clerk  of  the  Council  for  the  like  Salary  50 

To  William  Prentis  for  half  a  years  Salary  for  the  Gun- 
ners of  the  *  *  *  Battery s  20 
To  the  Armourer  half  a  years  Salary  6 
To  Wm.  Prentis  for  sundry  Ministers  attending  this  Gen- 
eral Court  6 
To  Wm.  Prentis  for  sundry  Expresses  and  other  Contin- 
gent charges                                                                     I9"5"8:^ 
To  the  same  for  sundry  Expenses  in  Repairing  the  Gov- 
ernor's House                                                               45"5"5/^ 
And  out  of  the  Quit  Rents 
To  Mr.  Commisionary  Blair  half  a  years  Salary                       50 
To  the  Attorney  General  half  a  years  additional  Salary         30 
John  Robinson  Esq.  Absent. 

The  Accompts.  of  his  IMajesties  Revenues 

Acct.     of     the     of  Quit  Rents  Port  Dutys  and  Head  money 

Revenue  Pas'd.       being  examined  by  the  Deputy  Auditor  were 

this  day  sworn  to  by  the  Receiver  General 

and  Certified  by  the  President  as  usual. 

Sundry  Patents  for  Land  were  this  day 
Patents  Signed.       signed  by  the  President  in  Council. 

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Patents  have  been  entered  in  the  Secretary's  Office  and  were 
this  day  laid  before  the  President  in  Council  It  is  Ordered  that 
the  several  persons  entering  the  said  Caveatts  do  attend  this 
Board  at  the  next  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  and  that  they 
notify  to  the  persons  whose  patents  are  desired  to  be  stopped 
to  attend  at  the  same  time ;  to  the  end  this  Board  may  proceed 
to  determine  the  pretensions  of  the  several  parties. 

The  Commission  of  Peace  for  the  County  of  James  City 
which  was  ordered  on  the  2 1st.  of  last  month  not  being  yet 
issued  It  is  Ordered  that  the  several  persons  this  day  re- 
nominated at  the  Board  be  added  to  the  Justices  in  the  former 
Commission,  And  that  a  new  Commission  issue  accordingly. 

On  reading  at  this  Board  the  petition  of  James  Taylor  Sur- 
veyor of  Spotsylvania  setting  forth  that  the  Dividing  Line 
between  the  said  County  and  that  of  Hanover  which  he  run 
some  years  ago  for  his  own  Satisfaction  being  for  want  of 
due  Assistance  but  slenderly  mark'd  out,  is  since  by  the  new 
Settlements  made  thereon,  cutt  down  in  many  places;  And 
praying  that  for  perpetuating  the  said  Boundary,  and  avoiding 
the  Confusion  that  must  arise  by  interfering  Entries  with  the 
respective  Surveyors  as  well  as  the  disputes  which  may  happen 
touching  the  payment  of  Levys  and  other  public  dues,  this 
Board  may  give  such  proper  directions  as  they  think  fitt  for 
ascertaining  the  Bounds  between  the  said  Countys.  It  is 
Ordered  that  the  Courts  of  the  respective  counties  of  Hanover 
and  Spotsylvania  do  appoint  commissioners  for  settling  the 
Dividing  Line  between  the  two  Countys  and  to  direct  the 
Surveyors  of  the  said  Countys  to  mark  out  the  same  pur- 
suant to  the  directions  of  the  Act  of  Assembly  and  to  make 
report  thereof  to  the  respective  County  Courts  to  be  entered 
of  record. 

Examined 

Wil  Robertson  CI  Con. 

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Reced.  wth.  Mr.  Carter's  Letter  of  the  13th.  May   1727. 
Reced  i8th.  July 

1727 

Read  ^^' 

Virginia 

Journal  of   Council  in  Assembly'* 

May  1 2th.  1726. 

At  a  Council  held  at  the  Capitol  August  17th.  1727 — 

Present 
The    President 
Nath'  Harrison       Peter  Beverley 
Cole  Digges  John  Carter  & 

John  Grynies  Esqrs. 

Mr.  John  Randolph'"*  being  admitted  to 
Mr.  Randolph  to  execute  the  Office  of  Clerk  of  the  Council 
act  as  Clerk  of  upon  the  occasion  of  the  sickness  of  Mr. 
the  Council.  Robertson  He  took  Oath   for  the   faithful 

execution  thereof  during  the  time  of  his 
acting  therein. 

The  President  asking  the  Advice  of  the 
Assembly  Pro-  Council,  what  was  to  be  done  in  Respect 
rogued.  to   the   Meeting  of   the   General   Assembly 

which  stood  prorogued  to  the  6th,  day  of 
September  It  is  the  Opinion  of  the  Board  that  it  be  further 
Prorogued  to  Thursday  the  i6th.  of  November.  Ordered 
that  Proclamation  do  Issue  accordingly. 

Whereas  a  Letter  was  this  day  laid  before 
Charges  of  try-  the  Board  by  the  President  wrote  to  him 
i  n  g  pirates  by  Sr.  Richd.  Everard'*  Barot.  Governor 
brought  from  N.  of  the  Province  of  North  Carolina,  con- 
Carolina.  How  cerning  the  transactions  in  the  Governt.  in 
to  be  paid.  the  apprehending  Examination  and  convey- 

ing into  this  Colony  several  Pirates  wherein 
Sr.  Rich'd,  desires  that  the  expences  of  that  Business  which  was 
considerable  should  be  Repaid  to  the  Province  of  North  Caro- 
lina, by  this  Governt.  It  is  the  Opinion  of  the  Council  that 
all  expences  of  the   said  prisoners  untill   they   were  brought 


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into  Virginia  Ought  to  be  Defrayed  by  the  Governt.  of  North 
Carolina,  and  the  President  is  Desired  to  Signify  the  Opinion 
of  the  Board  to  Sr.  Richard. 

And  whereas  it  appears  that  Roger  Kennyon,  Andrew  Freas- 
ure,  George  Hull,  Jonathan  Howard  and  John  Cocke  pursuant 
to  their  several  Recognizances  taken  for  that  purpose  in  Caro- 
lina had  Travelled  from  thence,  and  attended  and  given  evi- 
dence on  the  Tryal  of  the  said  Pirates,  It  is  Ordered  that  the 
Receiver  Gen'  do  pay  unto  the  said  Roger  Kennyon,  Andrew 
Freasure,  George  Hull  and  Jonathan  Howard  Six  pounds 
fifteen  shillings  apiece  for  their  travelling  and  attendance. 
Unto  John  Cocke  for  the  same  £2.2.2.  and  unto  Michael  Grif- 
fin for  the  same  ii.io.o.  and  unto  Edw.  Honcott  for  attend- 
ing as  a  Guard  upon  the  Prisoners  £1.19.0.  and  that  he  do 
also  pay  to  the  Prisoner  Martha  Farlee  who  was  acquitted 
£1.10.0.  to  defray  her  expences  in  travelling  home  again. 

Whereas  the  board  was  informed  that 
Incursion  of  the  the  Inhabitants  of  this  Colony  near  Roa- 
Cattabavv  I  n-  noak  had  lately  been  infested  with  a  Com- 
dians.  pany   of   the    Cattabaw"    Indians    who   had 

Committed  Several  Roberys  upon  them  and 
that  they  expected  they  would  return  Soon  with  more  con- 
siderable number  and  do  more  Mischief  Not  only  to  the  Eng- 
lish Inhabitants,  but  to  the  Tributary  Indians,  and  that  was 
some  reason  from  their  insolent  behaviour  of  late  to  Appre- 
hend they  desired  to  take  possession  of  Xtanna  Fort  in  which 
there  are  Several  Cattabaws  at  this  time,  and  that  they  will 
do  other  acts  of  Hostility. 

r-  1         TT       •  Colonel  Harrison  is  desired  to  take  such 

Lolo.      Harrison  ,        ,    ,     ,  . 

,  ^  measures  as  he  shall  thmk  most  Expedient 

empowed  to  pro-  ^  .        ,      _  ^ 

f^^t  ,u    17       *•  '^'1"  protectnig  the  Frontiers  against  the  In- 

tect  the  r  rontier.  :  .  '^ 

cursions  of  these  Indians. 

On  reading  at  this  Board  the  petition  of 

A     petition     for     John    Cosby    and    Charles    Barret'"    Setting 

deserted  Land.         forth  that  Benjamin  Brown  of  the  County 

of  Hanover  some  years  ago  made  an  Entry 

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sometime  in  the  beginning  of  March  ^IDCCXXV.  made  two 
Surveys  the  one  for  Eight  Hundred  acres  of  land  lying  on 
one  or  both  sides  the  South  Fork  of  little  River  and  the  other 
for  Eight  Hundred  acres  more  laying  on  both  sides  of  North 
Fork  of  the  said  River  and  have  or  might  have  had  Platts 
of  the  said  Surveys  delivered  to  him  which  he  hath  neglected 
to  loge  in  the  Secretary's  Office  and  hath  taken  no  measures 
to  obtain  a  Patent  thereupon  in  contempt  of  the  Orders  of  the 
Government  and  praying  the  said  land  may  be  granted  to  them 
according  to  Usage  in  Such  Cases  It  is  accordingly  Ordered 
that  the  said  Brown  have  notice  to  attend  this  Board  at  the 
next  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  to  Shew  Cause  why  the 
said  Land  should  not  be  granted  to  the   Petitioners. 

At  a  Council  held  at  the  Capitol  September  the  nth.  1727 

Present 

The  Honble.  William  GooclV',  Esq-^  His  Maj""  Lieutenant 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  the  Colony  and  Do- 
minion of  Virginia. 

Robert  Carter  Cole  Digges 

James  Blair^*  Peter  Beverley 

William  Byrd  John  Carter  & 

Mann  Page  John  Grymes,  Esqrs. 

A  Patent  under  the  great  Seal  of  Great  Britain  bearing  date 
at  Westminster  the  loth.  day  of  March,  in  the  First  year  of 
the  Reign  of  His  late  Majesty  King  George  the  First  consti- 
tuting the  Right  Honble  George  Earl  of  Orkney  His  said 
late  Majestys  Lieutenant  and  Governor  General  of  this  Colony 
and  Dominion. 

Also  a  Commission  under  the  Signet  and 
W  m.  Gooch  Sign  Manuel  of  His  said  late  Majesty  bear- 
Esqr.  his  au-  ing  Date  at  the  Court  St.  James's  the  23rd. 
thority  to  be  day  of  January  1726-7  in  the  thirteenth  year 
Lieutenant  Gov-  of  His  said  late  Majesty's  Reign  constitu- 
ernor  published.  ting  and  appointing  the  Honble.  William 
Gooch  Esqr.   (in  case  of  the  death  or  the 


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absence  of  the  Earl  of  Orkney)  to  be  Lieutenant  Governor  of 
the  said  Colony  and  Authorizing  &  requiring  him  to  execute 
and  perform  all  and  Singular  the  Power  and  Authority  Con- 
tained in  the  aforementioned  Commission  granted  to  the  said 
Earl. 

Together  with  a  printed  Proclamation  issued  by  His  Present 
Majesty  King  George  the  Second  declaring  that  all  Persons 
in  any  Office  at  the  Demise  of  His  late  Majesty  within  the 
Kingdom  of  Great  Britain,  Ireland,  or  any  of  the  Plantations 
shall  continue  in  the  execution  of  their  respective  Trusts  and 
Employments. 

And  a  Commission  under  the  great  Seal 
Also  his  Com"  of  the  High  Court  of  Admiralty  of  Great 
of  Vice  Admiral  Britain  bearing  date  the  24th.  day  of  March 
1726-7  constituting  the  said  William  Gooch 
Esqr.  Vice  Admiral  of  this  His  ^Majesty's  Colony  and  Dominion 
of  \'irginia.  Were  Severally  Read  and  Published  in  the  Place 
where  the  General  Court  is  usually  held. 

From  whence  the  Lieutenant  Governor 
He  is  Sworn  in-  with  the  Council  repaired  to  the  Council 
to  Office.  Chamber  where  His  Honour  took  the  Oath 

Appointed  by  Act  of  Parliament  to  be  taken 
instead  of  the  Oaths  of  Allegiance  and  Supremacy  the  Ab- 
juration Oath  mentioned  in  the  Act  of  Parliament  made  in 
the  6th.  Year  of  the  Reign  of  Her  late  Majesty  Queen  Anne 
Subscribed  the  Test  and  took  the  Oath  for  the  faithful  Dis- 
charge of  the  Office  of  Go\ernor  and  due  observation  of  the 
Acts  of  Trade  which  said  Oaths  were  Administered  to  him 
by  Robert  Carter,  James  lilair  and  William  Byrd,  Esqrs.  three 
of  the  Members  of  His  Maj"*  Council. 

And  then  the  said  Lieut.  Governor  Ad- 
The  Council  ministered  to  the  Several  and  Respective 
Sworn.  Members  of  the  Council  here  present  the 

Oaths  of  Allegiance  and  Supremacy  the  ab- 
juration Oath  and  the  Test,  together  with  the  Oath  of  a  Coun- 
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NOTES  TO  VIRGINIA  COUNCIL  JOURNALS. 

'  John  Robinson  son  of  Christopher  Robinson,  Secretary  of  State  of 
Virginia,  was  born  in  1683  and  died  Aug.  24,  1749.  His  father,  in 
iGij3.  bequeathed  £50  toward  keeping  him  at  school  in  England,  and 
he  no  doubt  was  under  the  charge  of  his  uncle,  the  Bishop,  while  there. 
His  father  bequeathed  him  i,iao  acres  on  the  Pianketank  river,  Mid- 
dlesex county,  and  he  doubtless  lived  on  this  plantation  when  he  re- 
turned to  Virginia,  as  he  represented  Middlesex  county  in  the  House  of 
Burgesses  in  the  sessions  beginning  Nov.  7,  1711,  and  Nov.  16,  1714. 
In  a  letter  from  Governor  Spotswood  to  the  Lords  of  Trade,  March 
9,  1713,  he  recommended  to  fill  a  possible  vacancy  in  the  Council,  "Mr. 
John  Robinson  Nephew  of  ye  present  Bishop  of  London.  He  is  now 
with  his  Uncle,  and  if  he  return  hither,  (which  is  yet  uncertain)  I 
hope  y'r  Lo'ps  will  a  ford  him  ye  hon'r  of  serving  her  Maj'ty  in  a 
Station  he  is  well  qualified  for."  In  a  letter  to  Bishop  Robinson, 
dated  March  13  of  the  same  year,  the  Governor  writes:  "A  vacancy 
happening  in  the  Council  here  I  am  very  desirous  it  should  be  supplied 
by  one  ot  y'r  Lo'p's  Fami.y,  assuring  my  Self  y't  such  having  always 
before  their  Eyes  y'r  Lo'p's  Example  will  be  true  to  ye  Interests  of 
ye  Church  and  of  ye  State.  I  offer'd  this  fact  to  Mr.  Christopher 
Robinson,  but  found  him  unwilling  to  quit  on  y't  Acc't.  of  the  Naval 
Officer's  place.  Upon  w'ch  I  have  now  recommended  to  be  added  to 
ye  Council  Mr.  John  Robinson,  one  whose  qualifications  for  that  Trust, 
(I'm  persuaded)  are  not  inferior  to  any  other  in  this  Country.  I 
should  have  been  loath  to  loose  him  out  of  our  House  of  Burgesses 
(where  he  has  done  remarkable  service)  were  it  not  to  give  him  an 
opportunity  of  serving  her  Maj'tie  in  a  more  hon'ble  Station,  and 
as  I  hope  your  Lo'p  will  not  only  approve,  but  encourage  his  accepting 
thereof,  w'ch  is  the  more  necessary  in  regard  he  is  not  related  to  any 
of  ye  present  Council,  of  which  are  two  [too]  many  Already  of  one 
Kindred  [the  Burwell-Ludwell-Harrison  connection;]  and  that  he  may 
with  greater  ease,  support  that  Character  I  have  reserv'd  for  him 
an  Agency  of  considerable  profile,  which  is  lately  erected  at  the  Town 
where  he  lives  [Urbanna?]."  He  also  states  that  he  is  arranging  to 
obtain  a  county  clerkship   for  the  younger  brother,   Benjamin. 

Notwithstanding  the  Governor's  good  wishes,  John  Robinson  did 
not  become  a  member  of  the  Council  until  1720.  He  retained  his  seat 
until  the  end  of  his  life,  becoming  president  of  the  body.  On  June 
20,  1749,  on  the  departure  of  Governor  Gooch  for  England,  Robinson 
became  acting  Governor  of  Virginia ;  but  his  tenure  of  office  was  ended 
by  his  death  a  few  months  later. 

John  Robinson  lived  first  in  Middlesex  and  afterwards  at  "Piscataway" 
or  "Piscataqua",  in  Essex.  He  married  first,  about  1701,  Katherine, 
daughter  of  Major  Robert  Beverley,  of  Middlesex.  (The  second  wife 
of  Christopher  Robinson,  the  emigrant,  was  step-mother  alike  of  John 
Robinson  and  of  his  wife,  Katherine  Beverley.)  John  Robinson  mar- 
ried secondly  Mary,  widow  of  Thomas  Welch,  and  before  of  Francis 
Meriweather,  and  daughter  of  Lancelot  Bathurst,  of  New  Kent  county. 
There  is  on  record  in  Essex  the  marriage  settlernent,  dated  Jan.  5, 
1 73 1,  between  Hon.  John  Robinson,  of  Spotsylvania  Co.,  (where  he 
seems  to  have  lived  a  short  time),  and  Mrs.  Mary  Welch,  of  Essex, 
widow.  In  addition  to  personal  property,  valued  at  upwards  of  £750, 
she  owned  65  negroes.     There  was  no  issue  by  this  marriage. 

John  and  Catherine  Robinson  had  issue:  I.  Christopher.  His  birth 
on  July  1st,  1703,  is  recorded  as  "sone  of  Mr.  John  Robinson  and 
Aladani    Catherine    his    wife"    (Register).      Foster's    Oxford    Malricu- 


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lotions  has  the  following:  "Robinson,  Christopher,  son  of  John,  of 
Aliddlesex,  Virginia,  gent.,  Oriell  Coll.,  matric,  12  July  1721,  aged  18, 
B.  A..  1724;  M.  A.  1729;  fellow  at  his  death  20  April,  1738."  2. 
Mary,  born  Jan.  3,  1706-7,  (Register).  3.  John,  Speaker  of  the  House  of 
Burgesses;  4.  William;  5  Robert,  born  Oct.  20,  1711  (Register),  Captain 
of  an  East  Indiaman  (the  Cataract),  buried  at  Gravesend ;  6.  Katherine, 
born  Feb.  23d,  1715  (Register).  The  Virginia  Gazette,  July  13-20, 
1739,  contains  a  notice  of  her  marriage:  "On  Thursday  the  5th.  inst. 
at  Piscataqua,  in  Essex  County,  Mr.  Peter  IVagener,  Attorney  at  Law, 
only  sou  the  the  Reverend  and  Worshipful  Peter  IVagener,  Esq;  of 
the  County  of  Essex  in  England,  was  married  to  Miss  Katy  Robinson, 
only  daughter  of  the  Honorable  John  Robinson,  Esq.,  one  of  his 
Majesty's  Council,  a  Young  Lady  of  very  amiable  qualifications."  In 
Miss  Lindsay's  Lindsays  of  America  it  is  stated  that  Peter  Wagener, 
wiio  married  Catherine  Robinson,  was  born  at  Sisted,  Essex,  Eng., 
April  5,  1 7 17,  his  father  being  rector  of  that  place.  There  are  num- 
erous descendants  of  this  marriage ;  7.  Henry ;  8.  Beverley,  of  New 
York. 

'Col.  William  Fauntleroy,  of  "Naylor's  Hole",  Richmond  County, 
was  born  in  1684  and  died  in  1757.  He  was  son  of  William  and 
Katherine  (Griffin)  Fauntleroy  and  grandson  of  Moore  Fauntleroy, 
who  came  to  Virginia  about  1641  and  became  a  man  of  prominence 
and  estate.  The  emigrant  brought  with  him  a  confirmation  of  his 
arms,  issued  to  him  in  1633.  Not  many  years  ago  this  document  (a 
rare  one  for  America)  was  the  property  of  one  of  his  descendants  and 
is  probably  still  preserved.  It  is  as  follows :  "To  all  Singuler  to 
whom  these  p'sents  shall  come  Sr.  John  Boroughs  Kt.  Garter  prin- 
cipall  Kinge  of  Armcs  of  Englishmen  sendeth  greeting  know  yee  that 
Moore  fauntleroy  Gent,  sonne  of  John  Fauntleroy,  Gent:  the  only 
son  of  William  Fauntleroy  of  Craitndall  in  the  county  of  Southampton 
Gent,  who  bcare  for  his  Coate  Armour  Gules  three  Infants  heads 
coupcd  Argent  crined  Or.  which  Amies  they  and  their  Ancestors  have 
borne  time  out  of  mind  and  now  being  desired  by  the  said  Moore 
Fauntleroy  Gent,  to  Imblazon  and  settforth  his  said  Coat  of  Armes 
with  the  Crest  thereunto  belonging  (that  is  to  say)  on  a  zureath  of  his 
Cullars  A  Flower  de  liz  Or  betjceen  tiao  Angells  wings  displayed 
Azure  Mantled  Gules  doubled  Argent  as  are  more  plainly  depicted  in 
the  Margent  hereof  The  which  Armes  and  Crest  before  Expressed  I 
the  said  John  Borough  Kt.  Garter  principall  King  of  Armes  of  English- 
men, By  yee  authority  annexed  unto  the  office  of  Garter  by  the  Sta- 
tutes of  the  Most  Noble  Order  of  the  Garter,  Continued  practice  and  the 
Letters  Pattents  of  my  said  office,  made  unto  mee  under  the  grcatc 
Scale  of  England  do  by  these  p'sents  declare  assigne  confirme  & 
grant  unto  the  aforesaid  Moore  Fauntleroy  and  to  his  issue  &  posterity 
to  bee  by  them  and  of  them  borne  with  there  due  differences  according 
to  the  Lawe  of  Armes  for  ever.  In  Witness  whereof  I  have  unto 
the.-^e  present  affixed  the  scale  of  Myne  Office  and  subscribed  my  name 
Dated  the  Eight  Day  of  December  and  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  God 
1633- 

Sr.  John   Borough,   Garter." 

Col.  William  Fauntleroy  of  "Naylor's  Hole"  was  a  member  of  the 
House  of  Burgesses  for  Richmond  County  at  the  sessions  of  August 
1736,  Nov.  1738,  May  1740,  Aug.  1740,  May  1742,  Sept.  1744,  Feb. 
1745.  July  1746.  March  1747,  Oct.  1748  and  August  1749.  He  married 
Apphia,  daughter  of  John  Bushrod,  of  Westmoreland  County.  His 
will  was  dated  Oct.  20.  1757  and  proved  Dec.  5,  1757.  Legacies  to 
sons    William,    Moore    (including    lands    left    to    testator    by    his    grand- 


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father  Griffin),  grandson  George  Hale  Fauntleroy,  son  of  son  Moore; 
son  John ;  daughters  Hannah  Robinson,  Apphia  Dangerfield,  Katherine 
Lewis,  Mary  Brooke  and  Ann  Pettit ;  grandson  Henry  Robinson; 
grandchildren  Mary,  Martlia,  Lucy  and  Leroy  Dangerfield ;  daughter 
Sarah  Gray  and  grandson  Robert  Brooke.  He  left  a  very  large  and 
valuable  estate. 

His  elder  brother,  Moore  Fauntleroy,  of  "Crandall"  near  "Naylor's 
Hole",  Richmond  County,  also  left  a  large  estate,  his  personal  property 
being  appraised  at  £4623.   10.   5. 

There  is,  or  was  in  existence  a  few  years  ago,  a  letter  book  of 
William  Fauntleroy,  eldest  son  of  Col.  William,  who  succeeded  him 
at  "Naylor's  Hole".     Following  are  a  few  extracts   from  it: 

In  a  letter  dated  July  23,  1741,  from  William  Fauntleroy,  of  Rap- 
pahannock, Virginia,  to  Mr.  Joseph  Younger,  merchant,  London,  he 
desires  to  have  sent  "a  handsome  chear  to  go  with  two  horses  abreast 
and  a  whipp  to  have  my  name  on  it.  P.  S.  I  should  be  glad  if  I  could 
have  my  Court  of  arms  on  the  chear,  if  it  would  not  cost  much,  which 
is  three,  infants  heads." 

Under  date  ist.  December  1752,  to  Messrs.  Sydenham  and  Hodgson, 
merchants  in  London,  he  orders  a  "chariott"  suited  for  a  large  family, 
harness  for  six  horses,  a  whip,  and  his  coat  of  arms  on  the  chariot. 

September  10,  1758,  is  a  letter,  per  Captain  Likeley,  of  "The  Guinea" 
from  William  Fauntleroy,  to  his  sons  William  and  Moore,  then  at 
school  in  Aberdeen,  Scotland.  Moore  was  to  be  a  physician  and  study 
with  his  cousin  George ;  they  were  to  be  entered  at  The  Temple  for 
five  years.    There  are  a  number  of  other  letters  in  regard  to  these  sons. 

In  a  letter,  in  1761,  to  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Fauntleroy,  in  London,  he 
says  "Sally  Fauntleroy  is  married  to  Dr.  Mortimer,  a  fine  man  and 
gets  by  his  calling  some  hundred  pounds  per  year." 

The  old  home  of  the  Fauntleroys  at  "Naylor's  Hole",  a  large  sand- 
stone house  on  the  bank  of  the  Rappahannock  was  demolished  about 
thirty  years  ago. 

It  is  understood  that  an  elaborate  genealogy  of  the  Fauntleroys  is 
in  course  of  preparation,  to  be  published  in  book  form  by  Miss  Juliet 
Fauntleroy,  of  Alta  Vista,  Va. 

^  After  the  war  with  the  colonists  in  1711-13,  during  which  the  Tus- 
caroras  had  suffered  severe  loss,  a  large  number  of  them  fled  to  the 
North  and  were  admitted  into  the  Confederacy  of  the  Iroquois,  making 
the  Sixth  Nation.  In  1713,  Tom  Blunt,  the  leading  chief  of  the  "North- 
ern Tuscaroras",  who  had  been  neutral  during  the  war,  made  an  agree- 
ment with  the  whites  to  attack  the  hostile  portion  of  the  tribe  (or 
confederacy).  In  the  same  year  by  treaty  with  the  government  of 
North  Carolina  Blunt  was  made  chief  of  the  remnants  of  the  tribes 
still  remaining  in  that  Colony.  He  appears  to  have  been  always  friendly 
towards  the  Colonists.  About  1802  the  Tuscaroras  who  remained  in 
North  Carolina  removed  to  the  Tuscarora  reservation  in  Niagara 
County,  New  York. 

*  We  are  indebted  to  Dr.  and  Mrs.  W.  C.  Stubbs,  701  Howard  Ave., 
New  Orleans,  La.  (whose  recent  book  on  the  Cooke-Booth  families 
of  Gloucester  Co.,  Va.,  was  noticed  in  our  January  Magazine),  for  the 
first  account  of  the  Whitings,  from  the  emigrant  down,  which  has 
been  printed.  The  almost  entire  desrtuction  of  the  Gloucester  records 
makes  the  preparation  of  such  a  genealogy  difficult ;  but  the  unequalled 
knowledge  of  the  history  of  that  county  and  its  people,  which  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Stubbs  possess  made  work  possible  to  them  which  would  be 
impossible  to  others.  The  only  additions  to  their  contribution  have 
been  a  few  extracts  from  county  records  and  references  to  Whiting 
data  already  in  print. 


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The    first    of    the    Whitings    in    Virginia    is    believed    to    have    been : 

1.  Henry'  Whiting,  of  Gloucester  county,  who  is  mentioned  in  the 
records  of  York  county  Feb.,  1671-2,  as  "Dr.  Henry  Whiting."  On  April 
16,  1683  "Mr.  Henry  Whiting"  was  brought  before  the  Governor  and 
Council  and  accused  that  he  had  in  the  Session  of  Assembly,  1682,  said 
"If  care  was  not  taken  to  make  a  cessation  [of  tobacco  planting]  we 
must  all  go  a  plundering."  He  was  suspended  from  holding  any 
military  or  civil  office  until  his  Majesty's  pleasure  be  known.  But 
the  storm  soon  passed.  Henry  Whiting,  who  had  in  1680  been  a  justice 
for  his  county,  and  major  of  horse  in  the  militia,  was  appointed  to  the 
Council  in  1691  and  Treasurer  of  Virginia  July  5,  1691-2.  In  1670 
he   brought    suit    in    the    General    Court    in    right    of    his    wife    Apphia, 

widow  of  Richard  Bushrod.     He  married  secondly,  Elizabeth  ,  who 

was  living  in   1729   ( Abingdon  Register). 

Issue:  2.  Major  Henry",  of  Gloucester  county,  sheriff  1723,  died  1728. 
He  married  Ann,  daughter  of  Peter  Beverley,  of  Gloucester.  There  is  on 
record  in  Middlesex  a  deed,  dated  Oct.  1744,  from  Ann,  widow  of  Henry 
Whiting,  of  Gloucester  Co.,  and  eldest  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Peter 
Beverley,  Esq. ;  Dame  Susanna  Randolph,  widow  of  Sir  John  Randolph, 
and  Peter  Randolph,  of  Henrico,  eldest  son  of  Elizabeth  Randolph,  late 
wife  of  William  Randolph,  of  Henrico,  said  Elizabeth  being  second 
daughter  of  the  said  Peter  Beverley,  of  the  ist  part;  Thomas  Whiting, 
the  elder,  and  Bayley  Seaton,  of  Potsworth  parish,  Gloucester,  of  the 
2d  part,  and  Henry  Whiting,  of  Middlesex,  gent.,  of  the  3d  part; 
3.  Col.  Francis',  of  Ware  Parish,  Gloucester,  sheriff  1718,  married 
NIary  (1684-1731-2),  daughter  of  Thomas  Perrin  (and  had  issue: 
Francis'\  John',  Elizabeth,  born  1713,  married  Mordecai  Cooke,  and 
Mary,  married  Warner  Washington)  ;  4.  Thomas",  of  Petsworth  Parish, 

Gloucester,  J.  P.  1722,  married  ,   (probably  a  daughter  of  Matthew 

Kemp)  (and  had  issue:  Francis'',  John",  of  King  and  Queen  Co.,  Kemp*, 
and  Matthew",  who  was  sheriflf  of  Gloucester  1741)  ;  5.  Elizabeth", 
married  1723,  John  Clayton  (1685-1774),  botanist,  and  Clerk  of  Glou- 
cester county;  6.  Catherine"  (1694-1734)  married  John  Washington, 
of  "Highgate",  Gloucester.  Her  tomb  there  has  an  epitaph  stating  she 
was  daughter  of  Major  Henry  and  Elizabeth  Whiting,  and  also  a  coat 
of  arms :  Washington  impaling :  on  a  cliez'ron  betivccn  three  tvolves 
Iieads.  three  trefoils.  Crest:  A  u'olf's  head  (?).  This  must  be  intended 
for  Whiting ;  but  none  of  the  ordinary  books  of  heraldry  assign  such 
a  coat  to  any  of  the  name. 

2.  Major  Henry"  and  Ann  (Beverley)  Whiting  had  issue:  7.  Col. 
HenrjA',    of     Middlesex,    sheriff    of    ithat    county,     1745,    will    proved 

1765,  married  Joyce  ,    (will   proved    1771)    and  had  no  issue:   8. 

Major  Peter"  (of  the  text),  sheriff  of  Gloucester  1727,  married 
Anne,  sister  of  Wilson  Miles  Cary,  and  had  no  issue ;  9.  Col.  Bev- 
crle\''\  of  Gloucester.  On  Oct.  30,  1722,  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  he 
matriculated  at  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  as  "son  of  Henry  Whiting, 
of  Virginia,  gentleman."  He  was  a  Burgess  for  Gloucester  1740- 1754 
and  died  in  1755.  He  married,  in  1733,  Mary  Scaife,  of  King  and 
Queen;  10.  Francis',  married  in  1747,  Frances  (born  1728)  daughter 
of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Throckmorton)  Perrin.  A  suit  given  in 
Chalkley's  Abstracts  of  Augusta  County  Records,  II,  88,  states  that 
10.  Francis"  Whiting  removed  to  Frederick  or  Berkeley  county  and 
died  June  1775  (having  issue:  Henry\  died  Oct.  1786,  Beverley*,  Fran- 
cis' Jr.,  and  Ann,  wife  of  Dolphin  Drew);  11.  Thomas',  (1712-1781) 
of  Gloucester  Town,  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses,  continuously 
from  1755  to  1775,  and  also  member  of  the  Conventions  of  March 
and   December    1775  and   May    1776.     He  married    (ist)    Elizabetii    Bev- 


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erley  (died  1749);  (2d)  Elizabeth  Thrustoii  (1740-1766),  (3d)  Eliz- 
abeth Seawell.  An  abstract  of  his  will,  with  other  notes  on  the  Whit- 
ings was  published  in  this   Magazine,   XVIII,  356-359. 

9.  Bevcrle/  and  Mary  (Scaife)  Whiting  had  issue:  12.  John'',  student 
at  William  and  Mary  1752,  etc..  Captain  in  the  Revolution,  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Booth)  Perrin.  See  Cooke-Bootli  book  for 
issue;  13.  Col.  Scaife*,  of  "Glen  Roy",  Gloucester,  justice  1794,  died  1821  ; 
14.  Mary,  born  1735;  I5-  Ann,  born  1738;  15.  Peter  Beverley\  of 
"Elmington",  Gloucester  Co.,  student  at  William  and  Mary  1752,  etc., 
vestryman  of  Ware  Parish,  sheriff  1795,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  President  Lewis  Burwell,  of  "Carter's  Creek",  Gloucester.  His 
son  Peter  B.  Whiting,  of  Berryville,  Clarke  county,  sold  "Elmington" 
in  1803. 

John"  Whiting,  son  of  3.  Col.  Francis"  Whiting  is  said  to  have 
married  a  Miss  Perrin.  He  had  issue :  Harriet,  married  John 
Linger,  of  Gloucester  and  Susannah  (1775-Jan.  23,  1803)  who  married 
John  L.  Thruston. 

II.  Thomas"  Whiting  (who  married  three  times)  had  issue, 
twelve  children,  of  whom'  eight  survived,  viz:  16.  Elizabeth;  17. 
Sarah;  18.  Anne;  19.  Catherine;  20.  BeverleyS  born  March  10 
and   buried   Oct.    24,    1759;   21.    William';    22.    Thomas    Beverley*,    born 

1758,   married    (ist)    Whiting;    (2d)    Elizabeth    Kennon,    widow 

of  John  Perrin;  23.  Susanna,  married  (ist),  in  1780,  Gibson  Cluverious, 
(2d),  in  1792,  John  Lowry ;  24.  Jane,  married  Charles  Grymes ;  25. 
Anne  Beverley,  married  ist  Major  John  Prosser.  After  divorce 
from  him  she  married  Fremont,  a  French  dancing  master,  and  was 
the    mother    of    John    C.    Fremont ;    26.    Henry' ;    27.    Horatio    Gates*. 

19.  Thomas  Beverley'  and  Elizabeth  (Kennon)  "VVhiting  had  issue:  28. 
Dr.  Thomas",  died  unmarried;  29.  Kennon^  born  1796,  married  Anne 
Wythe  Mallory ;  30.  Tomasia,  d.  s.  p. 

29.  Kennon'  and  Anne  (Mallory)  Whiting  had  issue:  31.  Thomas 
B.*;  32.  William  Perrin";  33.  Henry  Clay";  34.  Anne  Bush";  35.  Eliza- 
beth Tomasia ;  36.  Louisa  Frances ;  37.  Martha  Kennon ;  38.  General 
Julian  Wythe,  of  Mobile,  Alabama,  who  married  Ida  Gracey  Lawler, 
of  Mobile  and  died  in  1916.  General  Whiting  prepared  a  valuable  chart 
of  the  family.  He  had  issue:  Ella  W.,  Lessie  Fairfax,  Wythe  L., 
and  Montague,  all  married. 

The  date  given  in  the  suit,  (referred  to  above)  of  the  death  in 
Oct.  1786,  of  Henry'  Whiting,  son  of  10.  Francis^  Whiting  identifies 
him  with  the  Henry  Whiting,  born  Dec.  19,  1748,  whose,  will  was 
dated  Oct.  27,  1786,  and  proved  in  Frederick  county  June  5,  1787.  His 
legatees  were  his  sons  Carlyle  Fairfax  Whiting,  George  Braxton 
Whiting  and  Francis  Beverley  Whiting,  wife  Elizabeth  and  daughter 
Mary  Blair  Whiting.  His  brother  Francis  Whiting  and  Warner  Wash- 
ington executors. 

This  Henry*  Whiting  married,  ist  in  1777,  Anne  Fairfax,  daughter 
of  John  and  Sarah  (Fairfax)  Carlyle,  of  Alexandria,  V'a.;  2d,  Nov. 
16,  1780,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  George  Braxton.  In  the  account  of 
the  descendants  of  John  Carlyle,  ilVillia)n  and  Mary  Quarterly,  XVIII, 
286-289.  subsequently  reprinted  in  book  form)  is  an  account  of  the 
descendants  of  Carlyle  Fairfax  Whiting.  Tlic  Blair,  Banister  and  Brax- 
ton Faiiiilics,  by  Frederic  Horner  (Philadelphia,  1898),  besides  mis- 
cellaneous notes  on  the  Whitings,  contains  a  Bible  record  of  the  mar- 
riage of  Henry  Whiting  and  Elizabeth  Braxton,  and  of  the  births  of 
their  children,  and  also  an  incomplete  account  of  the  descendants  of 
George  Braxton  and  Francis  Beverley,  sons  of  Henry  Whiting  (pp. 
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4.  Thomas^  Whiting  had  several  children,  named  above.  Three 
of  these,  Henry',  Frances^  and  Matthew',  are  noticed  in  Hayden's 
Virginia  Genealogy,  p.  178.  From  the  statements  there  made  it  is 
evident  that  Francis^  was  the  Francis  Whiting,  of  Fauquier  county, 
whose  will  was  dated  Oct.  24,  1810  and  proved  Nov.  17,  1810.  His 
legatees  were  his  nephew,  Matthew  W.  Brooke,  Francis,  son  of 
his  deceased  nephew,  Francis  Brooke,  Whiting  Digges,  son  of  his 
(the  testator's)  sister,  Elizabeth  Digges,  Catherine  Powell,  Lucy  In- 
gram, Martin,  son  of  his  nephew,  Francis  Brooke,  Dorothy  Kemp, 
and  Elizabeth  Dudley,  daughter  of  "my  wife's  brother,"  Dudley  Digges. 

Also  in  Hayden,  pp.  194,  195,  is  an  account  of  the  descendants  of 
George   Braxton   Whiting,   and  on   p.   479   miscellaneous    Whiting  notes. 

"  The  first  of  the  Langhornes  in  Virginia  was  Captain  John  Lang- 
horne  who  settled  in  Warwick  county  in  or  before  1675.  He  repre- 
sented that  county  in  the  House  of  Burgesses  1676-7.  In  1681  he 
obtained  a  grant  of  1970  acres  in  Warwick  county  on  James  River  and 
Water's  Creek,  1300  of  which  he  had  purchased  in  1675  from  William 
Whitby,  Jr.  The  plantation  on  which  several  generations  of  the  family 
lived  was  named  "Gambell".  The  almost  total  destruction  or  removal 
of  the  Warwick  records  during  the  Civil  War  (years  ago  sheets  from 
the  old  books  of  this  county  were  on  exhibition  at  an  exposition  in 
Denver)  prevents  any  authoritative  account  of  John  Langhorne's  im- 
mediate descendants  being  made.  John  Langhorne  (of  the  text)  is 
stated  in  the  accounts  of  the  family,  to  have  been  son  of  Capt.  John, 
the  emigrant ;  but  there  is  a  sufficient  period  for  another  generation  to 
have  come  in.  John  Langhorne,  the  second,  was  a  Burgess  for  War- 
wick 1748  and  1749.  From  him  the  descent  is  established  by  proof. 
He  had  three  sons:  i.  William,  of  "Gambell",  Burgess  for  Warwick 
1772,  1773.  1774.  1775  and  Member  of  Conventions  of  March  and 
July.  1775,  married  Mary  (?)  Scarsbrook ;  2.  Maurice,  of  Cumberland 
county,  married  Elizabeth  Trotter ;  3.  Jeremiah,  of  Langhorne  Park, 
Bucks  County,  Pa.,  died  without  issue.  The  last  named  son  is  given 
in  a  manuscript  genealogy. 

"  At  the  session  of  October  1705  the  Assembly  appropriated  £3000 
for  building  a  house  for  the  Governors.  It  was  to  be  situated  on  a 
tract  of  63  acres  adjoining  the  City  of  Williamsburg,  which  had  been 
bought  from  Henry  Tyler,  with  the  addition  of  as  many  lots  as  the 
directors  of  the  City  should  deem  fit.  It  was  to  be  of  brick,  54  feet 
in  length  and  48  in  width,  inside  measurements,  two  stories  high,  with 
convenient  cellars,  one  vault,  sash  windows  of  glass  and  with  a  cover- 
ing of  stone  slate.  A  kitchen  and  stable  were  also  to  be  built  and 
Henry   Cary  was  appointed   to  be   "overseer  of   the   work." 

In  October  1710  the  house  was  unfinished.  The  Assembly  then  in 
session  voted  £1560  for  completing  the  house,  kitchen  and  stable,  and 
also  appropriated  £635  additional,  directing  that  a  court-yard  of  di- 
mensions proportionate  to  the  said  house,  should  be  laid  out  levelled 
and  encompassed  with  a  brick  wall,  four  feet  high,  with  balustrade 
of  wood  thereupon,  and  that  a  garden  254  feet  long  and  154  feet  wide 
slujuld  be  laid  out  and  levelled  and  encompassed  by  a  brick  wall  four 
feet  high  with  balustrades  of  wood  upon  the  said  wall,  and  a  convenient 
kitchen  garden  laid  out  and  enclosed  with  pales  and  an  orchard  and 
pasture  ground  made  and  surrounded  by  a  ditch  and  good  fence,  and 
houses  for  cattle  and  poultry  built  with  yards  attached.  £250  of  the 
amount  appropriated  was  directed  to  be  used  for  the  purchase  of 
furniture. 

A  list  of  the  furniture  ordered  has  been  preserved.  There  were  to 
be    three   dozen    "strong    fashionable    chairs",    three    large    tables,    three 


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large  looking-glasses  and  four  chimney  glasses  for  the  lower  apart- 
ments, and  also  "one  marble  buffette  or  sideboard  with  a  cistern  and 
fountain." 

The  "great  room"  in  the  second  story  was  to  be  furnished  with 
gilt  leather  hangings  and  sixteen  chairs  to  match,  two  large  looking 
glasses  with  the  arms  of  the  Colony  on  them,  "according  to  the  new 
mode",  two  small  tables  to  stand  under  the  looking  glasses,  two  marble 
tables  and  eight  glass  sconces.  There  were  to  be  a  large  looking  glass 
for  the  largest  bed-chamber,  four  chimney  glasses  for  the  other  cham- 
bers, aiul  "a  great  lanthorn"   for  the  hall. 

Rev.  Hugh  Jones,  writing  in  1723  says  that  The  Palace  (as  it  was 
called)  was  a  "magnificent  structure,  finished  and  beautified  \yith  g:ates, 
fine  gardens,  walks,  a  fine  canal,  orchards,  etc."  "Upon  birth-nights 
and  at  Balls  and  Assemblies,  I  have  seen  as  fine  an  appearance,  as 
good  diversions,  and  as  splendid  entertainment  as  I  have  seen  anywhere 
else." 

Dr.  Tyler  gives  in  his  "Williamsburg"  (213-218)  an  interesting  ac- 
count of  the  "Palace".  He  says  the  house  occupied  by  Fauquier, 
Botetourt,  and  Dunmore  was  much  larger  than  the  earlier  one,  being 
74  by  68  feet.  This  new  building  was  ready  for  occupancy  in  1753. 
The  first  one  was  either  added  to  or  pulled  down  and  another  erected 
on  its  site.  As  there  were  no  later  legislative  appropriations  for  the 
purpose  the  cost  of  the  new  building  must  have  come  from  some 
fund  under  control  of  the  Governor  and  Council,  possibly  quit  rents. 
'  Giles  Cooke  is  believed  to  have  been  a  son  of  Giles  Cooke  and  a 
grandson  of  Mordecai  Cooke,  the  emigrant  to  Gloucester  county  about 
1639.  Giles,  of  the  text,  was  tobacco  inspector  in  Gloucester  in  1714 
and  a  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  for  that  county  1720-1727. 
The  tomb  of  Mrs.  Mary  (Cooke)  Booth  at  Jarvis  Farm,  Gloucester, 
bears,  impaled  with  Booth,  or  a  fessc  bclxvren  hvo  lions,  passant,  gules. 
See  Tico  Families  of  Vinjinia.  Cooke  and  Booth,  (New  Orleans,  1923), 
by  Dr.  and  Mrs.  W.  C.   Stubbs. 

''Robert  and  Humphrey  Brooke,  were  brothers,  sons  of  Robert  Brooke, 
of  Essex  county,  the  emigrant.  Robert,  of  "Farmers  Hall",  was  a 
noted  Surveyor,  Knight  of  the  Horseshoe,  etc.,  and  died  1744.  Hum- 
phrey lived  in  King  William  county,  married  a  daughter  of  George 
Braxton,  Sr.,  and  died  in  1738.  A  very  extensive  Brooke  genealogy 
was  published  in  this   Magazine,  Vols.  XI-XX. 

Augustine  Smith,  son  of  Major  Lawrence  Smith,  of  Gloucester 
county,  lived  in  St.  Mary's  Parish,  Essex  county.  In  1722  he  was  one 
of  the  111  St  justices  of  Spotsylvania.  His  name  appears  very  frequently 
in  the  records  of  that  county.  On  July  14,  1722,  Augustine  Smith,  of 
Spotsylvania  Co.,  gent.,  sold  to  John  Catlett  and  Richard  Buckner,  of 
Essex,  for  £120  Sterling,  4000  acres  in  St.  George's  Parish,  Spotsylvania. 
On  Oct.  6,  1732,  he  sold  to  Augustine  Smith  of  Petsworth  Parish. 
Gloucester  county,  1000  acres  in  St.  Georges  Parish,  formerly  granted 
to  Col.  Augustine  Warner  and  now  in  possession  of  the  said  Aug. 
Smith,  of  Gloucester.  On  Oct.  29,  1725,  to  Jonathan  Gibson,  Jr.,  of 
Essex,  gent.,  400  acres  in  Spotsylvania,  patented  by  said  Smith,  Aug. 
21,  1719.  On  Nov.  I,  1726  to  his  daughter,  Mary  Slaughter  of  Spot- 
sylvania 432  acres  in  the  Fork  of  Rappahannock  on  the  South  side 
of  "ye  Mountain  Run".  On  July  4,  1727,  Major  Augustine  Smith  of 
Spotsylvania  to  Ambrose  Madison  of  King  and  Queen,  863  acres,  part 
of  a  patent  in  1719,  On  Nov.  5,  1728,  Augustine  Smith,  gent.,  to 
Robert  Slaughter,  gent.,  both  of  Spotsylvania,  320  acres  in  St.  Georges 
Parish.  In  1729  he  was  one  of  the  directors  and  trustees  of  the  town 
of  Fredericksburg.     In  Oct.,  1730,  he  made  a  deed  in  which  he  is  called 


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"of  St.  Mary's  Parish,  Caroline,  gent."  In  1731  he  was  of  St.  Marks 
Parish  (now  Culpcper).  On  Nov.  2,  1731,  he  conveyed  to  his  eldest 
son,  Thomas  Smith,  of  Spotsylvania,  gent.,  400  acres  in  Spotsylvania, 
where  said  Thomas  has  dwelt  for  some  time  past.  On  Nov.  5,  1734, 
Thomas  Smith,  of  Prince  William  and  Augustine  Smith,  sold  the 
400  acres  just  noted. 

The  will  of  Augustine  Smith  was  proved  in  Orange  county,  July 
30,  1726  and  names  issue:  i.  Thomas,  of  Prince  William;  2.  Mary, 
wife  of  Robert  Slaughter.  There  is  a  genealogy  of  this  family  in 
the  IVilliain  and  Mary  Quarterly  IX,  42-44. 

The  epitaph  of  George  Braxton,  Sr.,  at  Mattopony  Church,  King  and 
Queen  county,  is  as  follows : 

"Here  lies  the  Body 

Of  George  Braxton  Esq. 

Who  Departed  this  Life 

the  first   Day  of   July   1748 

in  the  71st.   Year  of   his  Age 

leaving  issue  a   Son   &  two   Daughters 

He  died  much  lamented 

being  a  good  Christian,  tender   Parent 

a  kind  Master  and   [illegible]   Charitable 

Neighbor." 

This,  the  first  of  his  name  in  Virginia  first  appears  among  the  frag- 
ments of  the  records  of  King  William  county  in  1703,  when  he  signed 
a  power  of  attorney  as  "George  Bra.xton,  of  Virginia,  merchant." 
Later  he  is  styled  Colonel  George  Braxton.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
House  of  Burgesses  for  King  and  Queen  1718,  1723  and  probably  other 
years.  One  of  his  daughters  was  Elizabeth,  who  married  Humphrey 
Brooke,  and  was  mother  of  George  Brooke,  of  "Mantapike",  King 
William  county,  colonel  in  the  Revolution  and  Treasurer  of  Virginia. 
The  son  George  Braxton,  Jr.,  who  was  a  member  of  the  House  of 
Burgesses  for  King  William  in  1748,  and  for  King  and  Queen  in  1758 
and  1761,  in  which  latter  year  the  House  ordered  a  new  election  to  fill 
the  vacancy  caused  by  his  death.  He  married  Mary  (daughter  of 
Robert  Carter,  of  "Corotoman"),  whose  tomb  is  also  at  Mattapony 
Church,  and  was  the  father  of  George  Braxton  and  Carter  Braxton, 
the  signer  of   the   Declaration   of    Independence. 

Mattapony,  an  old  Colonial  Parish  church,  is  a  large  cruciform  build- 
ing. 

'William  Daingerfield,  or  Dangerfield  (the  name  is  spent  both  ways) 
of  "Greenfield,"  Essex  County,  was  son  of  John  Daingerfield,  of  Essex 
(will  proved  June  21,  1720).)  and  grandson  of  William  Daingerfield, 
the  emigrant,  who  patented  land  on  the  Rappahannock  in  1667.  Wil- 
liam Daingerfield,  of  "Greenfield,"  was  a  member  of  the  House  of 
Burgesses  for  Essex  at  the  sessions  of  April,  1718,  May,  1723,  May, 
1726,  Feb.  1727-8,  and  probably  other  years.  He  married  Elizabeth, 
widow  of  William  Tomlin,  and  daughter  of  Lancelot  Bathurst,  of  New 
Kent  County,  who  was  5th  son  of  Sir  Edward  Bathurst,  Bart.,  of 
Lechlade,  Sussex.  William  Daingerfield's  will  was  proved  in  Essex  Nov. 
18,  1735.  Ht'  names  his  sons  William  and  Edwin,  and  daughters  Eliza- 
beth and   Martha. 

Ther  eis  a  genealogy  of  the  Dangerfields  in  the  William  and  Mary 
Quarterly,  VIII,  96-100;  IX,  188,  189;  XII,  69,  70;  XVII,  65,  66. 
Crozier's  Sl^olsylvania  Records  (1905,  contains  valuable  data  as  to  the 
family   in   that   county. 


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VIRGINIA   COUNCIL  JOURNALS  1 35 

William  Daingerfield,  of  "Greenfield"  (an  estate  which  remained 
in  the  family  until  1821),  had  a  grandson  (son  of  his  son  William), 
William  Daingerfield  of  Spotsylvania,  a  Colonel  in  the  Continental  Line, 
who  married  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Willis.  His  family  Bible  record 
(copied  some  years  ago)  has  never  been  printed  and  is  given  below: 

Copy  from  Family  record  of  Coll.  William  Dangerfield  of   Coventry, 
Spottsylvania    County.    Va.,    kept    in    a    Bible    in    the    possession   of    the 
late  Judge  Geo.  W.  Lewis. 
Coll.  William  Daingerfield  and  Mary  Willis  were  married  March  lOth, 

1763- 

Our  first  child,  a  daughter,  named  Catharine,  born  the  25th  of  June, 
1764.  William  Daingerfield  Snr.,  Beverley  Stanard  &  Robinson  Danger- 
field,  Godfathers ;  Elizabeth  Beale,  Hannah  Chew  &  Elizabeth  Dainger- 
field godmothers.  Married   15th  Octb   1789  to  George  Lewis. 

Our  Second  a  daughter  named  Elizabeth  was  born  Febry  8th  1766. 
Laskin  Chew,  William  Woodford  &  George  Weeden,  Godfathers ;  Eliz 
B.  Stanard,  Alice  Chew  &  Frances  Beale,  Godmothers,  married  April 
2ist    1780  to  Coll   Charles   Magill. 

Our  third  a  son  named  John  born  Nov.  7th  1767,  Lewis  Willis  & 
Francis  Taylor  Godfathers  Hannah  Beale  and  Mildred  Chew  God 
mothers  married  22nd  June  A  D  1787  to  Francis  Southall,  second  wife 
Eleanor   B   Armistead. 

Our  fourth  a  son  named  William  born  Aug  5th  1769.  Mordecai 
Buckner,  Oliver  Towles  Godfathers,  Mary  Towles  &  Mary  Dawson 
Godmothers,  died  29th  Sept.   1808. 

Our  fifth  a  son  named  Henry  was  born  June  27th  1771,  James  Maryes 
&  John  Lewis  Godfathers,  Hannah  Chew  (jodmother,  married  Aug.  lOth, 
1793.   to  Eleanor   Mynn   Thurston. 

Our  Sixth  a  son  named  Willis  born  April  12  1773  died  8th  April 
1778. 

Our  Seventh  a  daughter  named  Mary  born  March  3rd,  1775.  Thomas 
Strachan  &  William  Stanard  Godfathers.  Mrs.  Strachan  &  Ann  Bush- 
rod  Meredith  Godmothers.  Married  April  5th  1792  to  Gawin  Corbin 
Turberville.   departed   this   life   January   2nd    1809. 

Our  eighth  a  daughter  named  Anna  born  Augst.  28th  1776  Richard 
Lowry  Godfather  Eliz  Smith  &  Sarah  Stewart  Godmothers  married 
i8th  of  Feby.  1794  to  Hay  Battaile. 

Our  ninth  a  daughter  named  Sarah  born  Feby  3rd  1779  John  Chew 
Junr  Larkin  Smith  Godfathers  Sarah  Alexander  Lee,  Ann  Beale  & 
Catherine  Daingerfield  Godmothers  was  married  20th  Aug  1807  to 
Nathaniel  H.  Hoe" 

^"  Col.  Henry  Willis  was  a  member  of  a  family  founded  in  Virginia 
by  his  great  uncle.  Col.  Francis  Willis,  a  native  of  the  parish  of  St. 
Fowles  als  St.  Algates  in  the  City  of  Oxford,  who  came  to  the  Colony 
before  1640,  was  frequently  in  the  House  of  Burgesses  and  a  Coun- 
cillor 1658-1675,  when  he  returned  to  England.  He  died  in  1691  leav- 
ing a  considerable  estate.  His  will  is  in  Water'e  Glcaninys.  Henry 
Willis,  the  younger  was  Burgess  for  Gloucester  1718,  1720,  1722,  1723, 
1726,  1727-8.  In  1727  when  Fredericksburg  was  laid  out  he  was  one 
of  the  first  trustees.  He  eventually  removed  to  that  place  and  made 
his  home  on  "Willis'  Hill,"  one  of  the  heights  made  famous  during  the 
great  battle. 

During  Col.  Byrd's  "Progress  to  the  Mines"  in  October  1732,  he 
went  from  Germanna  to  Fredericksburg.  "I  got  about  seven  o'clock  to 
Col.  Harry  Willis's,  a  little  moistened  with  the  rain ;  but  a  Glass  of 
good  Wine  kept  my  Pores  open  x  x  x  I  was  obliged  to  rise  early  here 


136  VIRGIxMA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

tliat  I  might  not  starve  my  Landlord,  whose  constitution  requires  liim 
to  swallow  a  Beef  Steak  before  the  Sun  blesses  the  world  with  its 
genial  Rays.  However  he  was  so  complaisant  as  to  bear  the  gnawing  of 
his  Stomach,  till  8  o'clock  for  my  sake.  Col.  Waller  after  a  Score  of 
loud  athems  to  clear  his  Throat,  broke  his  fast  along  with  us.  When 
this  necessary  affair  was  dispatched,  Col.  Willis  walk't  me  about  his 
Town  of  Fredericksburg,  x  x  x  The  inhabitants  are  very  few.  Be- 
sides Colo.  Willis,  who  is  the  top  man  of  the  place,  there  are  only  one 
Merchant,  a  Taylor,  a  Smith  and  an  Ordinary  keeper  x  x  It  happened 
to  be  Court  day  there  x  x  The  Colo,  brought  3  of  his  Brother  Justices 
to  dine  with  us,  namely  John  Taliaferro,  Majf  Lightfoot  &  Captain 
Green,  and  in  the  Evening  Parson  Kenner  edified  us  with  his  Company." 

Henry 'W'illis  married  (I),  Nov.  2.  1714,  Ann,  widow  of  John  Smith, 
of  "Purton,"  and  daughter  of  David  Alexander;  (2d.)  Oct.  30,  1726, 
Mildred,  widow  of  John  Brown,  and  daughter  of  John  Howell;  (3d.) 
Jan.  5,  1733,  Mildred,  widow  of  Roger  Gregory,  and  daughter  of  Law- 
rence Washington.     Col.  Willis  had  eleven  children. 

For  account  of  the  family  see  A  Sketch  of  the  Willis  Family,  by 
P>.  C.  &  R.  H.  Willis,  Richmond,  Va.,  n.  d.,  and  Williamund  and  Mar\ 
Quarterly,  Vols.  V.  and  VL 

In  Spotsylvania,  June  4,  1741,  John  Grymes  and  Francis  Willis 
qualified  as  executors  of  the  will  of  Henry  Willis,  which  was  dated 
July  7,   1740.     The  will  was  probably  recorded  in  the  General  Court. 

The  tomb  of  Ann  Rich,  wife  of  Francis  Willis  (brother  of  Col. 
Henry),  who  died  in  1727,  is  in  Ware  Church,  Gloucester  County.  It 
bears   (impaling  Rich),  three  griffins  passant  in  pale,  for   Willis. 

"In  1704  John  Yarborough  owned  150  acres  in  King  William,  and 
Richard  Yarborough  350  acres.  In  Spotsylvania,  June  i,  1761,  William 
Garrett  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  sold  600  acres  to  Alsop  Yarbrough,  of 
Hanover  County. 

'"The  title  "Journal  of  Council  in  Assembly"  is  an  error.  These  min- 
isters are  of  the  Council  as  an  executive  body. 

"Sir  John  Randolph,  of  Williamsburg,  son  of  William  Randolph,  of 
"Turkey  Island,"  Henrico  County,  the  emigrant,  was  born  in  1693  and 
died  March  9,  1737.  He  was  educated  at  William  and  Mary  and  going 
to  England  was  admitted  to  Gray's  Inn  May  17,  1715,  as  "John  Ran- 
dolph of  Virginia,  gent."  and  was  called  to  the  Bar  Nov.  25,  1717. 
(Wm.  &  Mary  Quarterly  XXI,  25-28).  He  shortly  afterwards  re- 
turned to  the  Colony  and  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  House  of  Bur- 
gesses. For  some  reason  he  was  not  appointed  on  the  first  day  of 
the  session,  for  Thomas  Eldridge  who  was  appointed  clerk  on  April 
23rd,  1718,  had  doubtless  agreed  to  be  a  seat-warmer  for  Randolph. 
Eldridge  resigned  on  April  28  and  on  the  same  day,  John  Randolph  pre- 
sented a  commission  from  the  Governor  (for  the  clerk  of  the  House 
was  then  appointed  by  the  Governor)  and  qualified.  He  held  his 
clerkship  until   April   22,    1734,   when  he   resigned. 

On  March  8,  1728,  Randolph  was  appointed  an  agent  for  Virginia  in 
England  and  directed  to  solicit  the  House  of  Commons  for  favorable 
action  on  a  petition  in  regard  to  the  tobacco  trade.  On  June  28,  1731, 
he  was  again  appointed  agent. 

It  has  been  suggested  that  the  idea  of  a  warehouse  system  embodied 
in  Walpole's  famous  Excise  Bill  in  1733,  could  be  traced  to  the 
views  of  the  Virginia  House  of  Burgesses  as  represented  by  Randolph. 
The  editor  of  the  Journals  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  1727-40  (Rich- 
mond 1910)    p.  XIV  says:     "The  scheme  embodied  in  the   Excise   Bill 


I.. 'J 


,tt\l      di.     VIIU(     It'.  • 


Sir  Jiiu.x   Raxdolimi,  K.\t. 


From    poi  tiait   at 

William    and    Mary    Colleije. 


Photograph    by    H.    P.    Cook, 
Richmond.     Va. 


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was,  in  l^are  outline,  to  require  that  all  tobacco  brought  into  England 
should  come  in  duty  free  but  should  be  stored  in  public  warehouses, 
and  when  taken  from  there  for  home  consumption  taxed  at  a  fair  rate, 
no  tax  whatever,  however,  being  imposed  on  it  when  exported.  The 
scheme  was  an  eminently  wise  one  from  almost  every  point  of  view; 
smuggling  would  have  been  diminished,  the  revenues  increased,  honest 
traders  encouraged,  the  troublesome  question  of  rebates  done  away  with, 
and  the  colonial  producers  of  tobacco  (being  able  either  in  person  or 
through  agents  to  examine  the  books  kept  at  the  warehouses)  would 
not  have  been  so  often  defrauded  by  dishonest  meichanrs.  The  peo- 
ple of  Virginia  were  heartily  in  favor  of  the  bill.  Sorre  time  before 
the  measure  was  introduced,  the  General  Assembly  sent  an  agent  to 
England  to  ask  that  an  act  of  this  nature  be  passed ;  and  his  assistance 
must  have  been  highly  valued  by  the  minisrty,  for  before  his  return 
to   Virginia   he  had  been   knighted  by  the  king." 

On  his  return  from  his  first  agency  the  House  of  Burgesses,  re- 
solved, unanimously,  "That  the  sum  of  one  thousand  Pounds  be  paid 
to  John  Randolph,  Esq.  for  defraying  his  expenses  in  Great  Brittain 
and  his  late  Voyage  thither  and  returning;  And  as  a  recompense  for  his 
faithful  and  Industrious  Application  there  in  the  service  of  this  Colony 
according  to  the  trust  imiposed  in  him ;  Whereby  was  obtained  the 
Repeal  of  a  Clause  of  an  Act  of  Parliament  made  in  the  Ninth  Year 
of  the  Reign  of  the  late  King  George  the  first,  prohibiting  the  Im- 
portation of  Tobacco  stript  from  the  Stalk  or  Stem  into  Great  Brittain." 

On  Aug.  24,  1734  John  Holloway,  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Bur- 
gesses resigned  on  account  of  feeble  health  and  Sir  John  Randolph 
was  chosen  to  succeed  him.  On  Aug.  5,  1736,  at  the  beginning  of  a 
new  session  Mr.  (Edwin)  Conway  nominated  for  Speaker,  Sir  John 
Randolph  "as  a  Gentleman  of  such  known  Ability  and  Integrity ;  so 
worthy  and  so  eminent,  that  he  expected  he  was  already  chosen  in  the 
Minds  of  all  them  present." 

Benjamin  Harrison  of  Charles  City,  seconded  by  Charles  Carter  of 
King  George  and  Edmund  Berkeley  of  Middlesex,  nominated  John 
Robinbon.  of  King  and  Queen,  "But  Mr.  Robinson  standing  up  in  his 
Place,  declared.  That  he  did  not  expect  to  be  made  a  Competitor  with 
the  Gentlemen  that  had  been  named ;  that  he  was  no  ways  qualified ; 
and  prayed  that  Sir  John  Randolph  might  be  chosen  without  any 
opposition,"  which  was  done.  Sir  John's  speeches  when  taking  the 
chair  are  in  the  Journal  of  the  House  of  Burgesses,  1727-40  (Rich- 
mond  1910),  pp.   175,   176,   239,  240. 

Sir  John  represented  William  and  Mary  College  in  the  House  when 
he  was  chosen  Speaker,  and  was  Treasurer  of  the  Colony  1734-1736. 
In  1736  he  was  elected  recorder  of  the  Borough  of  Norfolk. 

He  appears  to  have  been  considered  the  head  of  the  bar  of  his 
time  and  to  have  been  generally  regarded  as  a  man  of  great  talents 
and  acquirements.  He  left  in  manuscript  reports  of  cases  in  the  Gen- 
eral Court  of  Virginia,  these  together  with  reports  by  Barradall,  have 
been  edited  by  another  learned  lawyer,  the  late  Major  R.  T.  Barton, 
of   Winchester,   Va.    (2  vols.,   Boston,    1909). 

Major  Barton  says  "That  he  was  an  able  lawyer  comes  down  as  the 
testimony  of  all  his  contemporaries,  and  is  fully  sustained  by  a  review 
of    his   arguments   in   the   many   important    cases   he   was    engaged   in." 

The  editor  of  the  reports  evidently  finds  it  difficult  to  understand 
how  a  court  (the  General  Court)  composed  of  country  gentlemen, 
who  were  not  lawyers,  could  have  come  to  any  decision  in  many  of 
the  cases  which  came  before  them.  They,  however,  had  in  many  in- 
stances,   some    legal    training,    owned    and    read    law    books,    and    pre- 


138  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE 

vioiisly  to  ascending  the  General  Court  bench  had  much  valuable  prac- 
tical experience  in  the  county  courts.  They  also  had  the  aid  of  their 
clerk  and  (when  he  was  not  personally  engaged)  of  the  attorney 
general. 

Major  Barton  adds;  "It  is  hard  to  read  these  arguments  of  the 
often  intricate  and  abstruse  points  of  law  and  rules  of  practice,  ad- 
dressed to  a  body  of  country  gentlemen,  educated  in  every  thing  ex- 
cept the  art  of  special  pleading,  and  understand  how  they  could  pa- 
tiently listen  to  them  or  in  any  wise  profit  by  them.  And  yet  they 
did  listen,  and  sometimes  decided  cases  upon  purely  technical  ques- 
tions. And  the  records  show  that  they  had  opinions  on  these  subjects, 
for   the   Court   was    frequently  divided   on   them." 

The  Acts  of  the  Privy  Council,  Colonial  Scries  (6  vols.,  London, 
1908-1912)  contain  a  number  of  entries  in  regard  to  appeals  from  the 
Virginia  General  Court.  Where  the  decision  is  given  in  this  printed 
Calendar  (which  is  not  always  the  case)  there  are  recorded  thirty 
six  Virginia  appeals.  Of  these  in  19  cases  the  judgment  of  the  Vir- 
ginia Court  is  confirmed,  in  one  remitted  to  Virginia  for  additional 
evidence  as  to  facts,  in  three  reversed  in  part,  and  in  thirteen  re- 
versed. 

Though  these  appeals  were,  in  name,  to  the  whole  Privy  Council, 
they  were,  in  fact  decided  by  the  Committee  of  Appeals,  composed  of 
the  law  members. 

His  nephew,  William  Stith,  says  that  he  (Randolph)  intended  to  write 
a  preface  to  the  laws  of  Virginia,"  and  therein  to  give  an  historical 
account  of  our  Constitution  and  government,  but  was  prevented  from 
prosecuting  it  into  effect  by  his  many  and  weighty  public  employ- 
ments and  by  the  vast  burden  of  private  business  from  his  clients." 
Stith  made  use  of  the  materials  his  uncle  had  collected. 

The  following  obituary  notice  of  Sir  John  appeared  in  The  Vinjinia 
Gazette   for  the  week  ending  March   11,   1736-7: 

"Williamsburg,  March  11, — On  Monday  last,  the  Hon.  Sir  John 
Randolph,  Knt.,  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Burgesses,  Treasurer  of 
this  Colony,  and  Representative  for  William  and  Mary  College,  was 
interred  in  the  Chapel  of  the  said  College.  He  was,  (according  to 
his  own  Directions)  carried  from  his  House  to  the  Place  of  Inter- 
ment, by  Six  honest  , industrious,  poor  House-keepers  of  Bruton  Parish  ; 
who  are  to  have  Twenty  Pounds  divided  among  them :  And  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Dawson,  one  of  the  Professors  of  that  College  pronounced  a 
Funeral  Oration  in  Latin.  His  Corps  was  attended  by  a  very  numerous 
Assembly  of  Gentlemen  and  others,  who  paid  the  last  Honours  to  him, 
with  great  Solemnity,  Decency,  and  Respect.  He  was  in  the  44th. 
Year  of  his  Age. 

He  was  a  Gentleman  of  one  of  the  best  Families  in  this  Country. 
Altho'  what  Livy  says  of  the  Romans,  soon  after  the  Foundation  of 
their  City,  be  very  applicable  to  us  here  (in  novo  populo,  ubi  omnis 
repentina  nobilitas  fit,)  yet  his  family  was  of  no  mean  Figure  in 
England,  before  it  was  transplanted  hither.  Sir  Thomas  Randolpli 
was  of  a  Collateral  Branch,  which  had  the  Honour,  in  several  important 
Embassies,  to  serve  Q.  Elizabeth,  one  of  the  wisest  Princes  that  ever 
sat  on  an  English  Throne,  very  nice  and  difficult,  and  happy,  even  to 
a  Proverb,  in  the  choice  of  her  Ministers.  Among  these.  Sir  Thomas 
made  no  inconsiderable  Figure,  and  is  acknowledged  to  have  been  a 
Man  of  great  Parts  and  Ability,  and  every  Way  equal  to  the  Em- 
ploiments  which  he  bore.  Mr.  Thomas  Randolph,  the  poet,  was  great 
Uncle  to  Sir  John.  An  immature  Death  put  a  Stop  to  his  rising  Genius 
and  Fame ;  but  he  had  gained  such  a  Reputation  among  the  wits  of  his 


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age,  that  he  was  exceedingly  lamented;  And  Ben  Johnson  always  ex 
pressed  his  Love  and  Esteem  for  him,  calling  him  by  no  other  Title, 
but  that  of  Son.  The  family  were  high  Loyalists,  in  the  Civil  Wars, 
and  being  entirely  broken  and  dispersed.  Sir  John's  father  resolved 
(as  many  other  Cavaliers  did)  to  take  his  Fortune  in  this  Part  of  the 
World. 

By  his  Mother's  side,  he  was  related  to  the  Ishams  of  Northampton- 
shire, an  ancient  and  eminent  Family  of  that  County. 

Sir  John  discovered,  from  his  earliest  Childhood,  a  great  Propensity 
to  Letters.  To  improve  which,  he  was  first  put  under  the  Care  of  a 
Protestant  Clergyman,  who  came  over  among  the  French  Refugees. 
Rut  afterwards  he  received  a  fuller  and  more  complete  Education  in 
William  and  Mary  College;  for  which  Place  (with  a  gratitude  usual 
to  Persons  who  make  a  proper  use  of  the  Advantages,  to  be  reached 
in  such  Seminaries)  he  always  expressed  the  greatest  love  and  Respect 
not  only  in  Words,  but  by  doing  real  and  substantial  Services.  He 
finished  his  Studies,  in  the  Law,  in  Gray's  Inn,  and  the  Temple,  and 
having  put  on  his  Barrister's  Gown,  returned  to  his  Native  Country ; 
where  from  his  very  first  appearance  at  the  Bar,  he  was  ranked  among 
the   Practitioners   of   the   first   Figure  and   Distinction. 

His  Parts  were  bright  and  strong,  his  learning  extensive  and  use- 
ful. If  lie  was  liable  to  any  Censure  in  this  Respect,  it  was  for  too 
great  a  Luxuriancy  and  Abundance;  and  what  Quinctilian  says  of 
Ovid,  may,  with  great  Propriety,  be  applied  to  him;  Quantum  vir  illc 
praestare   potuerit,   si    ingenio   suo   temperare   quam   indulgre    moluisset  1 

In  the  several  Relations  of  a  Husband,  a  Father,  a  Friend,  he  was 
a  most  extraordinary  Example ;  being  a  kind  and  affectionate  Husband, 
without  Fondness  or  Ostentation  ;  a  tender  and  indulgent  Parent,  with- 
out Weakness  or  Folly;  a  sincere  and  hearty  Friend,  without  Profession 
or  Flattery.  Sincerity  indeed,  ran  through  the  whole  Course  of  his 
Life,  with  an  even  and  uninterrupted  Current;  and  added  no  small 
Beauty  and  Lustre  to  his  Character,  both  in   Private  and   Publick. 

As  he  received  a  noble  Income,  for  Services  in  his  Profession  and 
Emploimcnts,  so  he,  in  some  Measure,  made  a  return,  by  a  most  gen- 
erous, open,  and  elegant  Table.  But  the  Plenty,  Conduct,  and  Hospi- 
tality which  appeared  there,  reflect  as  equal  Praise  on  himself  and  his 
Lady. 

Altho'  he  was  an  excellent  Father  of  a  Family,  and  careful  enough 
in  his  own  private  Concerns,  yet  he  was  even  more  attentive  to  what 
regarded  tiie  interests  of  the  Publick.  His  Sufticiency  and  Integrity, 
his  strict  Justice  and  Impartiality,  in  the  Discharge  of  his  Offices, 
are  above  Commendation,  and  beyond  all  reasonable  Contradiction. 
Many  of  us  may  deplore  a  private  Friend ;  but  what  I  think  all  ought 
to  lament,  is  the  loss  of  a  publick  Friend;  an  Asserter  of  just  Rights 
and  liberties  of  Mankind ;  an  Enemy  to  Oppression ;  a  Support  to  the 
Distressed ;  and  a  Protector  of  the  Poor  and  indigent,  whose  cause  he 
willingly  undertook,  and  whose  Fees  he  constantly  remitted,  when  he 
thought  the  Paiment  of  them  would  be  grievous  to  themselves  or  fami- 
lies. In  short,  he  always  pursued  the  Publick  Good,  as  far  as  his 
judgment  would  carry  him;  which,  as  it  was  not  infallible,  so  it  may, 
without  Disparagement  to  any,  be  placed  among  the  best,  that  have 
ever  been  concerned  in  the  Administration  of  the  Affairs  of  this  Colony. 

The  following  particular  may  perhaps  be  thought  trifling.  How- 
ever, I  cannot  help  observing,  that  all  these  accomplishments  received 
an  additional  Grace  and  Ornament  from  his  Person ;  which  was  of  the 
finest  Turn  imaginable.  He  had  to  an  eminent  Degree,  that  ingenua 
totius    corporis    pulchritude    &    quidam    senatorius    decor,    which    Pliny 


140  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE 

inentions,  and  which  is  somewhere  not  unhappily  translated.  'The 
Air  of  a  Man  of  Quality.'  For  there  was  something  very  Great 
and  Noble  in  his  Presence  and  Deportment,  which  at  first  sight  be- 
spoke and  highly  became,  that  Dignity  and  Eminence,  which  his  Merit 
had  obtained  him  in  this  Country." 

The  Virginia  Gazette  of  April  20,  1739,  says:  "A  beautiful  Monu- 
ment of  curious  Workmanship,  in  Marble,  was  lately  erected  in  the 
Chapel  of  the  College  of  William  and  Mary,  to  the  memory  of  Sir 
John  Randolph,  Knight,  who  was  interred  there;  and  which  has  the 
following  inscription  upon  it : 

Hoc  juxta  marmor  S.  E. 

Johannes  Randolph,  Eques.: 

Hujus   Collegii  dulce   Ornamentum,   Alumnus 

Insigne  Praesidium   Gubernator 

Grande  Columen  Senator, 

Gulielmum  Patrem  Generosum 

Mariam  ex  Ishamorum  Stirpe 

In  Agro  Northamptoniensi  Matrem 

Praeclaris  dotibus  honestavit 

Filius  natu  Sextus 

Litcris  Hunianioribus 

Artibusque  ingenuis  fideliter  instructus 

(lUi  quippe   fuerat  turn  Eruditionis, 

Tuni  Doctrinae  sitis  nunquam  explenda.) 

Hospitium  Graiense  concessit 

Quo  in  Domicilio 

Studiis  unice  deditus 

Statim   inter   Legum   peritos   excelluit, 

Togamque  induit ; 

Causis   validissimus  agendis 

In    Patriam 

Quam  semper  habuit  charissimam   reversus 

Causidici 

Senatus  primum  Clerici  deinde   Proclocutoris, 

Thesuarii 

Legati  ad  Anglos  semel  atque  iterum  missi 

Glaucestriae  demum  Curiae  Judicis  Primarii 

Vices  arduas   honestasque   sustinuit 

Pcrite,   graviter   integrc; 

Quibus   in  Muniis 

Vix   parem  habuit 

Superiorem  certe   Neminem 

Hos  omnes  quos  optime  meruit  Honores 

Cum  ingenua   totius   Corporis   pulchritude 

et  quidam   Senatorius   decor, 

Tum  eximium  Ingenii  acumen 

Egregie  iliustrarunt 

At  Aequitas  sumni  juris  expers 

Clientum  fidele  omnium 

Pauperorum  sine   Mercede   Patrocinium 

Hospitium   sine   luxu   splendidum 

Veritas  sine  fuco 

Sine  fastu  charitas 

Ceteris    Animi    Vertutibus 

Facile  praeluxerunt. 

Tandeum 

Laboribus  Vigiliisque  fractus, 


David  Meade 


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VIRGINIA   COUNCIL  JOURNALS  I4I 

Morboque  lentissiino  confectus 

Cum  sibi  satis,  sed  Amicis,   sed   Reip ;   parum  vixisset, 

Susannam 

Petri   Beverley,  Amigeri 

Filiam  natu  minimam 

Conjugem  delectissimam, 

(Ex  qua  tres  Filios  Filiamque  unicam  susceperat) 

Sui  magno  languentem  desiderio 

Relequit 

Sixto  Non :   Mar:   Anno  Dom:    1736-7 

Aetate ;  44. 

This  tablet  was  destroyed  in  the  fire  of  1859;  but  another  tablet 
bearing  this   same   inscription   has   been   erected. 

Sir  John  Randolph  married  Susanna,  daughter  of  Peter  Beverley  of 
Gloucester  County,  and  had  issue:  i.  John,  who  was  admitted  to  the 
Middle  Temple  April  8,  1745,  and  called  to  the  Bar  Feb.  9,  1749.  He 
was  Attorney  General  of  Virginia,  and  father  of  Edmund  Randolph ; 
2.  Peyton,  President  of  the  Continental  Congress.  For  biographical 
sketch  and  portrait  see  this  Magazine  XXXII,  102-104;  3-  Beverley; 
4.  Mary,  married  Philip  Grymes  of  "Brandon". 

^*  Sir  Richard  Everard,  4th  Baronet  of  Langley's,  Essex,  England, 
(which  he  sold  to  discharge  debts  with  which  it  was  encumbered) 
served  as  a  young  man  as  a  captain  in  the  army ;  but  resigned  on  his 
marriage  with  Susanna,  daughter  of  Richard  Kidder.  Bishop  of  Bath 
and  Wells.  Sir  Richard  was  Governor  of  North  Carolina.  Just  be- 
fore his  departure  from  the  Colony  in  1731  his  daughter  Susanna 
married  David  Meade  (1710-1757),  of  Nansemond  County,  Virginia. 
The  Ex-Governor  died  at  this  house  in  Red  Lion  Street,  Holbourne, 
London,  F"eb.   17,   1732. 

The  only  detailed  account  of  the  descendants  of  David  and  Susanna 
Meade  is  in  P.  H.  Baskervill's  "A^idrew  Meade  of  Ireland  and 
Virginia,  His  Ancestors  and  Some  of  His  Descendants  and  Their 
Connections"  (Richmond,  1921),  which  also  contains  good  accounts  of 
the  Everards,  Kidders,  etc.  We  are  indebted  to  Mr.  Baskervill  for 
permission  to  use  the  cuts  of  the  portraits  of  David  Meade  and 
Susanna  Everard  his  wife,  which  appeared  in  his  book.  These  por- 
traits were  in  the  possession  of  the  late  Mrs.  Benjamin  B.  (Lila  Meade) 
Valentine. 

A  celebrated  English  genealogist  has  spoken  of  "roj'al  descents", 
as  being  "the  common  possession  of  all  middle-class  Englishmen,"  and 
a  London  clergyman,  who,  some  years  ago,  wrote  a  little  book  on  the 
subject,  says  that  he  married  a  plumber's  daughter  to  a  policeman, 
and  that  between  them  they  were  descended  from  all  the  sons  of 
Edward   I. 

The  Everards,  however,  had  a  much  rarer  "royal  descent".  They 
could  trace  to  that  Duke  of  Clarence,  brother  of  Edward  IV  and 
Richard  III,  who  married  Warwick,  the  Kingmaker's  daughter.  There 
is  also  in  the  line  a  brother  of  Cardinal  Pole. 

'"  The  Catawba  were,  with  the  exception  of  the  Cherokee,  the  most 
populous  and  important  tribe  in  the  Carolinas.  Lawson,  of  North 
Carolina,  found  Virginia  traders  among  them  in  1701.  They  were 
almost  constantly  friendly  to  the  whites ;  but  were  often  at  war 
with  Iroquois,  Shawnee,  Delawares  and  Cherokee.  In  retaliation  for 
the  raids  of  the  Iroquois  and  other  Lake  tribes  into  their  country, 
the  Catawba  sent  small  scalping  parties  into  Ohio  and  Pennsylvania. 
Warfare  and  disease  reduced  their  number   to  "a  pitiful   remnant"  be- 


142  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

tore   the  close   of    the    i8th   century.     It   was,   no  doubt,    one   of    these 
scalping  parties,   which  caused  the  complaint   given   in   the   text. 

'"The  grant  referred  to  above  was  issued  on  Sept.  28,  1730,  and 
is  stated  to  be  for  land  adjoining  tracts  already  ownied  by  Cosby  and 
Barret.  Between  1730  and  1740  John  Cosby  received  six  grants  of 
land,  the  last  being  on  June  10,  1740,  for  3,000  acres,  which  included 
and  confirmed  former  grants  "on  both  sides  of  the  Tan  Fatt  [Vat J 
branch  of  the  Little  River  in  Hanover,  adjoining  the  lands  of  Captain 
Overton,  Barret  and  others."  Louisa  county  was  formed  from  Hanover 
in  1742  and  the  greater  part  of  John  Cosby's  lands  were  in  the  new 
county.  He  died  in  1761  and  his  will  was  proved  in  Louisa.  He  left 
795  acres  in  Hanover  to  his  son  John,  1,200  acres  of  the  tract  in 
Louisa  where  testator  lived  (about  3,000  in  all)  to  his  son  William, 
and  the  remainder  of  his  Louisa  tract  to  two  grandsons.  John  Cosby 
married  (ist)  Martha,  daughter  of  Peter  Garland,  and  (2d),  about 
1750  Ann    (Meriwether)    Johnson,   widow.     No  issue  by  2d  marriage. 

John  and  Martha  (Garland)  Cosby  had  issue:  i.  John,  married 
Mary  Wingfield ;  2.  William,  married  Minor  or  Carr ;  3.  James,  mar- 
ried, 1745,  Sarah  Nelson ;  4.  Mary,  said  to  have  married  Bartelot  An- 
derson ;  5.  Amy,  married  —  Duke ;   6.  Ann,  married  Griffith   Dick- 

erson ;   7.   Elizabeth,   married  Snelson. 

Charles  Barret  is  said,  by  tradition  in  one  line  of  his  descendants, 
to  have  been  a  native  of  England.  He  was  a  Burgess  for  Louisa 
County  at  the  sessions  of  May  1742,  Sept.  1784,  Feb.  1745,  July  1746, 
March  1747,  Oct.  1748,  and  April  1749.  His  will  was  probably  in  the 
earliest  will  book  of  Louisa,  which  has  been  lost  or  is  much  mutilated. 
He  married  Mary  Leigh,  and  had  issue;  at  least  three  children:  i. 
Charles,  will  dated  Sept.  10,  1770,  proved  June  1771,  legatees,  wife  Mary, 
son  Charles,  "children"  (not  naming  them),  and  brother  Robert;  2.  Rev. 
Robert,  for  many  years  minister  of  St.  Martin's  Parish,  Louisa.  He 
went  to  England  for  ordination,  and  received  the  usual  royal  bounty 
on  Dec.  3,   1737.     He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of   Robert   Lewis,   of 

Belvoir,  and  died  in  Albemarle  County  in  1805;  3.  Anne,  married  

Dabney. 

A  much  worn  memorandum  fo  the  will  of  Mary,  wife  of  Charles 
Barret,  Sr.  (which  is  of  record  in  Louise),  shows  that  it  was  dated 
in  St.  Martin's  Parish,  Hanover.  Dec.  3,  1740,  and  proved  Feb.  1740- (41). 
Her  legatees  were  her  sons  Charles  and  Robert  and  daughter  Ann 
Dabney. 

Charles  Barret,  Burgess  for  Louisa  at  the  sessions  of  March  1756. 
Sept.  1756,  April  1757,  and  March  1758,  was  doubtless  Charles  Bar- 
ret, Jr. 

'"Sir  William  Gooch  came  of  a  family  long  resident  in  Sufifolk, 
England.  He  was  grandson  of  William  Gooch,  Esq.,  of  Mettingham, 
in  that  shire,  and  son  of  Thomas  Gooch,  who  died  in  1688.  Governor 
Gooch  was  born  Oct.  22,  1681,  and  died  Dec.  17,  1751.  He  served  as  an 
officer  in  the  army.  He  was  Governor  of  Virginia  for  twentv-two  years 
and  left  in  August,  1749,  amid  the  regrets  of  the  people.  Pages  414-449 
of  Campbell's  History  of  Vinjinia  give  an  account  of  Gooch's  admin- 
istration. In  1740  Colonial  troops  took  part  in  the  unsuccessful  ex- 
pedition against  Carthagena.  After  the  death  of  Major  General  Alexander 
Spotswood,  just  as  the  troops  were  about  to  sail,  Gooch  took  command 


and   the   regiment   was   known  as    "Col.   Gooch's    American    Regiment." 
PVoni  between  Sept.  and  Dec.  1740,  until  about  July  25,   1741,  Dr.  James 
Blair,    President    of    the    Council,    actcxl    as    Governor    during    Gooch's 
aijsence.     William   Gooch   was  created  a   baronet   in    1740.      H 
Rebecca  Staunton,  whose  will,  dated   1773  and  proved   1775   in 


married 
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Susanna   Evekakd,  Wife  of  David  Meade 


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VIRGINIA   COUNCIL  JOURNALS  143 

bate  Court  of  Canterbury,  has  been  published  in  the  William  and  Mary 
Quarterly  XXIII,  173-175;  in  it  she  says  she  would  have  made  a  be- 
quest to  repair  and  keep  up  the  burying-place  at  York  in  Virginia, 
where  her  son,  grandson  and  brother  lie,  but  that  she  has  been  so  badly 
treated  in  regard  to  the  matter,  she  therefore  omits  it.  She  left  her 
gilt  sacrament  cup  to  William  and  Mary  College,  the  place  of  her  son's 
education.  This  beautiful  cup,  with  her  arms,  now  belongs  to  Bruton 
Church,  Williamsburg.  She  also  makes  bequests  to  Warner  Lewis 
of  Virginia. 

Governor  and  Lady  Gooch  had  an  only  child,  William,  who  married 
Eleanor,  daughter  of  James  Bowles,  of  Maryland.  William  Gooch,  the 
younger,  died  without  issue,  and  his  widow  married,  about  1746,  Warner 
Lewis,  of  "Warner  Hall,"  Gloucester  County. 

Burke's  Baronctayc  states  that  Governor  Gooch  had  an  uncle,  Wil- 
liam Gooch,  who  died  in  1653.  Dr.  Tyler  conjectures  that  this  may  be 
Major  William  Gooch,  of  York  County,  Va.,  member  of  the  Council, 
who  died  in  1655,  aged  29,  and  whose  tomb  is  at  the  site  of  the  old 
York  Churcii  near  Yorktown.  Major  William  Gooch  left  an  only 
daughter  Anne,  who  married  Thomas  Beale.  Lt.  Col.  Henry  Gooch, 
of  York  County,  a  contemporary  of  Major  William  Gooch,  was  ancestor 
of  the  Virginia  family  of  the  name.  See  ll'iUiam  and  Mary  Quarterly 
V,   1 10- 1 12. 

'■'James  Blair,  D.  D.,  founder  and  president  of  William  and  Mary 
College,  member  and  President  of  the  Council.  For  biographical  sketch 
and  portrait  see  this  Magazine,  XXXI,  84-87. 

(To  be  continued) 


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VIRGINIA  QUIT  RENT  ROLLS,  1704 
(Continued) 


King  and  Queen  County 

A  True  Account  of  the  Lands  in  King  &  Queen  County 
as  it  was  taken  by  Robt.  Bird,  Sheriff,  in  the  year  1704. 


ACRES 

Alford,  John 

200 

Austin,  Dan" 

80 

Asque,  John 

320 

Adams,  John 

200 

Arnold,  Edw** 

150 

Allen,  Thomas 

100 

Adkinson,  John 

250 

Austin,  Thomas 

100 

Adamson,  David 

100 

Anderson,  Rich'd 

650 

Allcock,  Dorothy 

150 

2300 

B 

Baker,  Wm. 

350 

Beverley,  Robt.  q'' 

3000 

Bennett,  Alexander 

200 

Breeding,   George    [Breeden] 

200 

Bennett,  Wm. 

150 

Bowles,  Rob' 

100 

Bennett,  Sawyer 

150 

Baylor,  John 

3000 

Bell,  Roger 

150 

Burford,  Wm. 

150 

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Bray,  John 

230 

Blake,  Wm. 

290 

I                             Boisseau,  James  Quarf 

900 

Blake,  Wm.  Juir- 

210 

Brown,  Lancelet 

385 

Burch,  Jn° 

100 

'                              Burch,  Wm. 

100 

Brown,  Tho:  Blakes  Land 

300 

Bridgforth,  James 

355 

Bagley,  Robt. 

550 

Banks,  Wm. 

1079 

Bullock,  John 

200 

1                              Bird,  Wm. 

572 

]                             Broach  [Brock?],  Jn° 

1200 

Braxton,  Geo. 

2825 

Blanchet,  John 

125 

Bowker,  Ralph 

330 

Bine,  Edm** 

III 

Barber,  James 

750 

Burgess,  Wm. 

100 

Bond,  Jn° 

100 

Breemer,  John 

1 100 

Bland,  Henry 

150 

Breemer,  John  Jun-" 

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Bowden,  Tho: 

150 

Barton,  Andrew 

150 

Barlow,  Henry 

200 

Baskett,  John 

150 

Batterton,  Tho. 

100 

Baker,  James 

322 

Bell,  Robt. 

150 

Bocus,  Reynold 

150 

Bourne,  George 

200 

Bird,  Robt. 

1324 

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ACRES 

Cane,  Jn"  300 

Chessum,  Alexand"^  150 

Cook,  Benjamin  200 

Cook,  Thomas  Jun"^  50 

Cook,  Thomas  Sen""  100 

Cook,  John  50 

Clayton,  John  400 

Chapman,  Mary  200 

Clayton,  Jeremy  325 

Crane,  W™  120 

Camp,  Thomas  250 

Carleton,  Christ"  200 

Carleton,  Jn"  300 


Carter.  Tinr 


350 


Coleman,  Tho.  300 

Coleman,  Daniell  470 

Clayton,  Susannah  Widd°                             700 

Collier,  Rob'  100 

Crane,  W"'  300 

Crane,  Tho  320 

Cha{)man,  John  200 

Caughlane,  James  100 

Cotton,  Catherine  50 

Collier,  Charles  450 

Collier,  John  400 

Collins,  W""  350 

Cammell,  Alexander  200 

Chin,  Hugh  100 

Conner,  Tinr  1410 

Collin,  James  Yard  q""  300 

Corhin.  Gowin  |Ga\vin|  2000 

Crisp,  Tobias  100 

Carters  q'"  300 

Carlton,  Tho  200 


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Carlton,  Anne 
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ACRES 

300 
390 


12235 

Clerk  and  Cordell  both  in  Gloucester 

1000 

D 

Widd"  Durrat 

200 

Day  Alexand""  Maj"^  Beverley  q^ 

300 

Doe,  Wm. 

300 

Dilliard  [Dillard],  Niclr 

150 

Dilliard,  Edw* 

150 

Dimmock,  Tho 

150 

Dismukes,  W" 

200 

Duett,  Charles 

900 

Didlake,  James 

200 

Durham,  John 

100 

Dunkley,  John 

380 

Duson,  Tho 

448 

Davis,  Nath" 

300 

Deshazo,  Peter 

450 

Davis,  Jn" 

90 

Davis,  EdW 

100 

Dillard,  Thomas 

170 

Dewis,  Rich"* 

250 

Dillard,  Geo. 

325 

Duglas,  James 

275 

Dayley,  Owen 

180 

5618 


Eachols,  John 
Ellis,  John 
Eastham,  George 
Ewbank,  W" 
Eastham,  Edw*  jun'' 
EdW',  John 


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ACRES 

Eastham,  Edw"  100 

Eastes,  Abraham  200 

Eyes,  Cornelius  100 

Emory,  Ralph  ioq 

Ellis,  Timothy  ^50 


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F 

Forsigh,  Thomas  150 

Farguson,  James  300 

Flipp,  John  80 

Farish,  Rob'  i_^oo 

Fielding,  Henry  1000 

Farmer,  John  ^o 

Fothergill,  Rich-^  67- 

Forteon,  Charles  400 

Forgett,  Charles  150 

Fothergill,  Rob'  150 


4355 
Farmer,  John  not  paid  for  200 

Fox,  Alargarett  not  paid  for  100 


Gadberry,  EdW  100 

Griffin,  EdW  100 

George,  Rich-'  100 

Griffin,  David  100 

Graves,  Rob'  150 

Graves,  Jn°  i^o 

Gardner,  Ringing  200 

Gray,  Joseph  200 

Gilby,  John  300 

Gray,  Sam"  40 

Gresham,  Jn"  200 

Gresham,  EdW  175 

Good,  John  200 


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ACRES 

Gresham,  George 

150 

Garrett,  Danll 

200 

Gamble,  Tho :  L.  Majors  Land 

450 

Gresham,  Tho 

225 

Graves,  Jn" 

150 

Guttery,  Jn" 

230 

Gregory,  Frances  Widd" 

700 

Gough,  Alice  Widd" 

800 

Griggs,  Francis 

250 

Garrett,  John 

330 

Garrett,  Humphrey 

200 

Gibson,  Widd" 

200 

Garrett,  Rob* 

200 

6100 

H 

tiand,  Thomas 

ISO 

Hayle,  John  cf 

685 

Honey,  James 

200 

Holloway,  W™ 

100 

Hernden   [Herndon],  James 

100 

Hoomes,  George 

725 

Hodges,  Thomas 

250 

Hayle,  Joseph 

250 

Hayes,  John 

100 

Haynes,  W" 

494 

Holcomb,  W"  Brayfords  Land 

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Henderson,  John  Thackers  Land 

200 

Hodgeon,  Widd" 

200 

Henderson,  Widd" 

300 

Henderson,  W"" 

162 

Housburrough    [Hansborough?] 

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Hesterley,  John 

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Hill,  John 

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Hockley,  Rob* 
Howard,  Peter 
Hardgrove,  W'° 
Herring,  Arthur 
Hickman,  Thomas 
Hunt,  W- 
Hobs,  W™ 
Hicks,  Rich" 
Howden,  W™ 
Howerton,  Thomas 


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300 
100 
50 
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Kallander,  Tim" 
Kink,  Anne 
King,  Edw" 
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Lumpkin,  Robt. 
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Lobb,  W" 
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Lewis,  Zachary 
Lumpkin,  Jacob 
Lewis,  David 
Lewis,  John  Escf 

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Lemon,  EHz" 

Lynes  [Lyne?],  Rebecca 

Levingstone,  John 

Levingstone,  Sam" 

Lawrence,  Matthew 

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Major,  Francis  700 

Mansfield,  Thomas  60 

]\rorris,  Henry  100 

Major,  John  400 

Mels,  Nidr  200 

Marcartee    [McCarty?],  Daniell                 200 

Morris,  W"  300 

Alead,  W""  100 

Matthews,  Edw^  160 

Martin,  Cordelia  Widd°  200 


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Pollard,  Robt.  500 

Pollard,  Wm.  100 

Phinkett,  Eliz"  500 

Pemberton,  Tho  115 

Pickles,   Tho  93 
Potters,   Francis  Widd"   Neals   Land         100 

Parks,  James  200 

Purchase,  Geo.  q""  580 

Page,  Jn"  100 

Pritchett,  David  225 

Pigg,   Henry  61 

Page,  John  Jun'  300 

Pigg,  EdW  250 

Phelps,  Tho  400 

Pendleton,  Philip  300 

Pendleto    [Pendleton],  Henry  700 

Pann,  John  200 

Payton's  quar"  500 

Pigg,  John  100 

Pamplin,  Robt.  150 

Pryor,  Christ^  175 

Paulin,  Eliz"  175 


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Richeson,  Tho  460 

Richeson,  Elias  180 

Read,  Eliz"  c-q 

Russell,  Alexand'  Wyatts  Land  400 

Robinson,   Robt.  ngo 

Rowe,  John  100 

Richards,  W"  400 

Richards,  John  014 

Richards,  Oliver  250 

Riddle,  Tho.   Reads  Land  700 

Roy,  Rich"  J  000 

Ryley,  Elias  200 

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Stone,  Mary  100 

Smiths  in  Bristoll  q-"  2800 

Stone,  Jn"  295 

Stubblefield,  G^o.   q"^  400 

Scandland,  Denis  1470 

Swinson,  Rich''  170 

Smith,  Christ"  200 

Smith,  John,   Cooper  273 

Smith,  Alexander  275 

Seamour,  W"  268 

Sones,  Tho  1^0 

Shepard,  Isaac  100 

Southerland,  W"  800 

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Smith,  Nich"  q' 

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Sanders,  Nath" 

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Smith,  Jn"  Sawyer 

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Shuckelford  [Shackelford],  Roger 

250 

Skelton    [Shelton?],   John 

100 

Snell,  John 

150 

Simpio,   Charles 

100 

Sawvey,  John 

113 

Stringer,  Mary  T. 

175 

Spencer,  Tho 

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Sykes,  Stephen 

50 

Smith,   Francis 

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Smith,  Rich" 

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Sparks,  John 

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Surly,  Tho 

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Stapleton,  Tho 

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Story,  John 

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Spencer,  Katherine 

600 

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Trice,  James  oqo 

Tureman,   Ignatius  100 

Turner,  Thomas  267 

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Wright,  Tho  300 

Watkins,  Wm  137 

Wiltshire,  Joseph  5o 

Watkins,   Edw"  08 

Watkins,    Philip  203 

White,   Thomas  200 

Walker,  John  6000 

Wilson,  Benj.  Wyats  Land  420 

Wyat,  Rich"  1843 

Walton,  Thomas  200 

Wyat,  John  S30 

Withby,  Thomas  50 

Williams,  Thomas  200 

Watts,  Tho.  235 

Ward,  Sam"  j6o 

Watkins,    Benj,  60 

Watkins,  Tho:  jun'  125 

Williams,  Kliz"  ooo 

Waldin,  Sam"  275 

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Sally  S.  Kennon  to  Ellen  Mordecai 

Deloraine  November  the  12th  1809 
My  dear  Ellen 

As  I  do  of  all  things  hate,  to  get  a  letter  from  a  friend 
tilled  with  apologys ;  I  will  do  unto  others,  as  I  would  be  done 
by;  and  only  say  that  I  would  have  written  sooner  if  I  had 
b.ave  had  time  ;l)ut  I  have  been  extremely  busy,  preparing 
George  for  Philadelphia;  since  I  wrote  to  you  last,  that  I  have 
scarcely  had  time,  every  now  and  then  to  let  my  Tar  know, 
that  I  am  still  in  the  land  of  the  living;  I  know  you  will  par- 
don me ;  therefore  I  shall  not  say  another  word  on  the  sub- 
ject of  tiiy  silence.     I  got  a  letter  from  Monsieur  le  Capptain" 

""We   are  indebted   to   Mr.    E.   W.    Williams,   of   Baltimore,    for   the 
official  record  of  Arthur  Sinclair,  obtained  from  the  Navy  Department. 

RECORD   OF   SERVICE  OF  CAPTAIN   ARTHUR   SINCLAIR. 

U.  S.  N. 

1798     Entered  the  Navy  as  Midshipman. 

1700    Midshipman  on  the  CONSTELLATION  in  the  engagement  with 

the   French    frigate    LTNSURGENTE   and    the    capture    of    the 

French   ship. 
1804     May,  18,  Commissioned  Lieutenant. 
1804    June  9  to  July  10,  Attached  to  the  Mediterranean   Squadron  on 

the  ESSEX  in  attacks  on  Tripoli.     Ordered  to  Gunboat  No.  10. 

1806  July  10,  Returned  to  United  States  as  Commander  of  Gunboat 
No  10  and  placed  in  charge  of  Gunboats  Nos.  i,  4,  5.  10  o" 
the  SPITFIRE.  ^.     .  •     u  •  a 

1807  January   7,    Relieved    by    Captain    Decatur,    Sniclair    bemg   under 

Dtcatur.  /-ttttca 

1807     February   20,    Ordered    to    recruit    forty    men    lor    the    Ltih-bA- 

PEAKE. 

July  3,  Ordered  under  Decatur. 

December  2,  Ordered  to  Washington  to  seUle  accounts.      (Came 
up  in  Gunboat  No.   10;  was  in  command  of   Schooner  ENIEK- 
PRISE  ) 
1809     Fohruary  15,  Ordered  from  Norfolk  to  Washington. 
April  8,  Appointed  to  command   NAUTILUS. 


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by  the  last  mail  he  was  well,  and  has  just  arrived  in  Norfolk 
after  an  absence  of  eight  months;  which  time  he  has  spent  in 
Washington,  attending  to  the  repairs  of  his  vessel;  when  he 
will  visit  us,  I  have  not  yet  been  able  to  learn;  he  says  he 
can  perhaps  tell  me  when  he  writes  again ;  but  you  know  he  is 
not  a  free  man,  and  must  do  as  his  Commodore  directs ;  high, 
ho,  it  makes  me  feel  very  strangely,  whenever  I  think  that 
perhaps  in  a  month  or  two  I  may  no  longer  be  Sally  Kennon ; 
but  have  assumed  a  new  name,  and  in  some  measure  a  new 
character;  you  may  depend  I  have  some  very  serious  reflec- 
tions on  the  occasion;  and  if  I  have  these  sensations,  when 
I  think  of  becoming  the  wife  of  the  man  I  prefer  to  all  others ; 
and  in  whom  I  have  perfect  confidence ;  what  must  those  poor 
victims  to  parental  authority  think,  when  about  entering  the 
temple  of  Hymen  with  a  man  that  is  perfectly  indififerent  to 
them?  and  perhaps,  which  I  dont  doubt  is  sometimes  the  case, 
they  are  utterly  disagreeable  to  them.  I  cannot  for  my  soul 
imagine  what  has  put  me  in  this  serious  mood  this  morning; 
I  will  however  endeavour  to  shake  it  oft;  and  as  the  first  step 
towards  it,  I  will  quit  this  subject,  after  telling  you  that  Cap- 

1811  December  13,  Ordered  to  Newport,  R.  I.,  with  the  NAUTILUS 
to  deliver  her  to  Lieutenant  Crane  and  to  take  command  of  the 
ARGUS. 

1812  July  10,  Commissioned  under  confirmation  of  the  Senate  as 
Master  Commandant  this  date,  commission  dated  July  2,  1812. 
October  12  to  December  17,  Cruised  with  the  North  Atlantic 
Squadron  in  the  ARGUS  and  made  a  number  of  prizes.  Became 
separated  from  the  squadron  and  was  chased  for  three  days  and 
nights  by  the  enemy's  squadron,  escaping  by  good  management. 

1813  May  18,  Ordered  to  Sackett  Harbor  for  duty  in  the  Squadron 
of   Commodore  Chauncey  on  Lake  Ontario. 

July  24,  Commissioned  a  Captain  under  confirmation  of  the  Senate. 
September  28,  Rendered  gallant  service  in  an  engagement  with 
the   British   Squadron. 

1814  Ordered  to  Erie. 

1814  July  20  to  September  — ,  Commanding  the  NIAGARA  on  Lake 
Huron  and  on  Lake  Superior,  and  commanding  U.  S.  Naval 
Forces  in  an  expedition  against  forts  St.  Mary's  and  Michili- 
mackinac.     Captured  a  number  of  the  enemy's  ships. 

1817  November  4,  Ordered  to  take  command  of  the  Frigate  CON- 
GRESS  at   Norfolk. 

1 81 8  July  24,  Ordered  from  Norfolk  to  Washington. 

September  8,  Ordered  to  report  to  Captain  Cassin  to  superintend 
a   seventy-four,   then   under   construction   at    Norfolk. 

1819  February  27,  Ordered  to  command  the  Norfolk  Station  until  the 
return  of   Commander   Shaw. 

1831     February  7,   Died  at  Norfolk,  Virginia. 


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tain  Sinclair  has  sold  his  house  in  Surry,  and  intends  pur- 
chasing a  plantation  within  a  few  miles  of  Hampton ;  where 
we  are  to  reside;  you  will  excuse  my  being  thus  minute;  for 
as  I  know  every  thing  that  concerns  you,  is  interesting  to  me 
and  I  flatter  myself  that  it  is  reciprocal ;  for  you  know  Achilles 
says : 

A  generous  friendship  no  cold  medium  knows. 
Burns  with  one  love,  with  one  resentment  glov/s. 

I  have  met  with  a  very  heavy  loss  lately ;  I  sent  down  to 
Richmond  for  my  wedding  clothes,  and  unfortunately  the 
night  the  wagon  left  town,  it  was  robbed,  and  every  particle 
of  my  paraphernalia  was  taken  away ;  and  I  have  not  yet 
heard  one  word  about  it,  I  suppose  they  are  gone  forever  and 
ever  amen ;  and  I  must  join  in  chorus  with  that  old  song  you 
may  perhaps  have  heard  :  I'll  be  married  in  old  clothes  be- 
cause I  cant  get  new ;  for  I  will  not  buy  any  more  until  I  go 
down  myself ;  you  all  must  put  on  your  best  bibs  and  tuckers, 
when  you  come  over ;  for  Captain  Sinclair  wrote  me  word 
that  my  cousin  Captain  Fawn,  and  his  friend  Captain  Smith 
are  to  accompany  him  out ;  they  are  both  extremely  clever 
fellows  I  can  assure  you ;  Smith  sent  me  word  the  other  day, 
that  when  Arthur  came  out  to  be  hanged,  he  would  come  up 
and  stand  Jack  Batch ;  he  is  a  charming  fellow,  and  from 
what  I  can  learn  does  sad  havock  among  the  hearts  of  his  fair 
country  women ;  you  must  set  your  cap  at  him,  as  he  is  the 
youngest,  and  Rachel  at  my  cousin.  Captain  Fawn;  tell  Susan 
when  you  see  her,  that  I  have  a  sweet  heart  for  her  also,  who 
tho'  not  extremely  handsome,  is  sterling  worth,  and  has  a 
heart  that  will  overbalance  his  ugly  face ;  I  have  a  song,  a 
sweet  little  one ;  I  think  so  extremely  applicable  to  him,  that 
I  will  write  you  four  of  the  lines : 

The  heart  alone,  is  worth  a  thought ; 
Features  boast  no  real  worth ; 
Beauty  may  be  sold  and  bought ; 
True  merit  in  the  mind  has  birth. 

I  would  write  to  Susan  by  Major  Nelson  if  I  had  time ;  but 
I  have  not,  if  she  is  at  the  races  give  my  love  to  her,  and  tell 


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1  cr  not  to  go  back  to  Tarborough ;  as  the  distance  is  so  great, 
that  perhaps  she  may  not  receive  my  letter  apprising  her  of  the 
time  that  I  am  to  resign  my  freedom,  I  will  however  write  to 
her  soon  and  give  her  the  above  mentioned  information  and 
I  hope  she  will  not  disappoint  me ;  if  you  do,  you  may  depend 
upon  it,  I  shall  be  extremely  angry ;  tell  Rachel  that  she  must 
not  even  think  she  is  too  much  engaged  to  come.  Caroline 
and  the  boys  are  also  included,  tell  them  that  they  must  hold 
themselves  in  readiness  to  see  the  last  of  me.  Your  Father 
and  Mother  I  should  be  delighted  to  see;  but  I  fear  that  is 
impossible;  but  however,  as  the  negroes  say,  I  lives  in  hopes, 
and  I  hope  1  shant  die  in  dispair ;  when  I  say  the  Boys  must 
come  over  here,  you  must  recollect  Sam  is  included,  tell  him 
this  if  you  see  him,  if  not  write  him  word,  that  his  presence 
ib  requested.  Did  I  tell  you  in  my  last,  that  Tom  Nelson  was 
courting  a  Miss  Atkerson  in  this  county,  or  rather  in  Mecklen- 
inu-g?  If  1  did  not  I  will  do  so;  she  has  however  discarded 
him  twice  and  he  now  declares  off,  and  holds  the  whole  sex 
m  defiance  and  swears,  he  will  never  again  put  it  in  the  power 
of  any  woman  to  make  him  unhappy;  how  long  he  will  adhere 
to  his  resolution  I  cannot  determine ;  I  fancy  he  will  continue 
firm  hi  his  resolves  until  he  sees  another  pair  of  bright  eyes 
and  then  away  goes  all  his  fine  resolutions ;  this  last  flame 
was  a  great  fortune  and  he  says  prodigiously  handsome;  but 
I  never  saw  her,  so  cant  tell  whether  she  is  or  not.  You  recol- 
lect Jane  Davis  who  went  to  school  to  Mrs.  Falkner,  the  year 
before  the  last;  Hugh  Nelson  has  been  worshiping  at  her 
shrine;  but  all  to  no  purpose,  for  she  has  proved  inflexible 
to  all  his  protestations,  solicitations  &c.  and  has  refused  him 
her  fair  hand;  is  he  not  to  be  pitied?  thus  to  lose  at  one  mo- 
ment such  a  combination  of  every  thing  that  is  delightful ; 
1  pity  him  most  sincerely;  but  jesting  apart,  altho'  I  do  not 
think  her  at  all  pretty ;  I  think  her  a  very  amiable  girl ;  I  am 
told  that  she  and  Polly  Boyd  will  be  at  the  races,  and  if  a 
wish  would  do ;  myself  would  anchor  soon  with  you ;  but  that 
cannot  be,  and  I  must  be  contented,  to  remain  where  I  am  ; 
yet  I  do  not  despair  of  visiting  you  diis  winter.  Go  to  the 
race  balls  and  dance  two  reels   for  me,  one   with   Mr.   Snow 


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and  one  with  Mr.  Connelly ;  as  they  are  my  reigning  favourites ; 
that  is,  out  of  your  family.  As  soon  as  you  get  this,  begin 
your  letter,  and  write  every  day  until  Major  Nelson  leaves 
Warrenton;  and  give  me  all  the  news  of  the  great  world;  for 
1  live  here  in  such  a  nook,  that  I  scarcely  hear  any  thing  out 
of  our  own  family;  by  that  means  too,  I  shall  get  a  long 
letter,  and  that  is  the  only  gratification  except  the  comfort  we 
see  in  our  own  family,  that  we  can  now  enjoy;  for  of  all  places 
that  ever  I  saw,  this  is  the  most  retired,  and  if  I  may  use  the 
expression  Lonesome ;  dont  therefore  disappoint  me.  Give  my 
love  to  Rachel,  and  tell  her  I  have  been  expecting  her  promised 
letter;  for  a  long,  long  time;  and  have  almost  given  out  the 
idea  of  getting  one  at  all;  she  must  however  make  up  for  her 
past  remissness  by  writing  me  a  very  lengthy  epistle  by  the 
Major.  Mrs.  Lucy  Nelson,  who  you  recollect  no  doubt  seeing 
when  you  were  over  here,  on  Wednesday  last,  presented  her 
Lord  and  Master  with  a  third  daughter ;  and  is,  as  the  old 
women  always  say  on  such  occasions,  as  well  as  could  be  ex- 
pected ;  I  have  not  yet  seen  her  but  shall  visit  the  little  stranger 
in  a  day  or  two.  The  Major's  children  have  done  wonderfully 
this  year ;  for  Robert  who  married  Miss  Wilson,  of  this  county, 
will  increase  and  multiply  also  in  a  few  months.  We  had  a 
very  smart  beau  here  a  few  days  past,  who  stayed  a  whole 
day,  and  night,  and  was  as  sociable  and  agreeable  as  you  can 
imagine  any  one  to  be,  and  we  cannot  for  our  lives,  find  out 
even  so  much  as  his  name;  I  had  a  great  mind  several  times 
to  adopt  your  Fathers  plan  and  call  him  ]\Ir.  Thompson ;  you 
know  he  calls  a  man  by  that  name  if  he  can  not  recollect  his 
real  name.  I  have  made  very  strict  inquiries  about  him  but 
his  name  I  cannot  find  out;  but  I  do  not  yet  dispair,  for  my 
curiosity  it  at  the  highest  pitch;  I  believe  I  should  positively 
have  fallen  in  love  with  him  ;  had  not  my  heart  been  so  in- 
tirely  occupied  by  another  object;  but  enough  of  this;  I  could 
scribble  on  in  this  nonsensical  strain  an  hour  longer  if  I  had 
time;  but  1  have  not.  If  you  have  the  Nightingale,  you  will 
greatly  oblige  me,  by  sending  me  a  copy  by  Major  Nelson; 
if  you  have  not  time  to  copy  it  yourself;  tell  Polly  Plummer 
or  any  of  the  girls  of  my  acquaintance,  that  they  will  do  me 


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a  great  favour  by  assisting  you  in  it.  I  have  some  sweet  songs, 
which  you  shall  learn  when  you  come.  I  would  send  you  some 
of  my  favourites,  if  I  had  time  to  copy  them.  I\ly  piano  is 
in  fine  order ;  Mrs.  Nelson  has  tuned  it  and  it  is  now  very 
sweet.  Upon  looking  over  this  morsel  of  eloquence  and  I  may 
with  truth  add  elegance,  I  find  it  is  written  so  intolerably  bad, 
that  I  would  write  it  over  if  I  had  time,  but  as  I  know  it  will 
not  be  seen,  except  by  partial  eyes,  I  will  even  send  it  off. 
Farewell  my  dear  Ellen;  present  my  love  to  every  member  of 
your  household  and  to  every  other  person  who  thinks  it  worth 
while  to  inquire  after  me.  (The  balance  of  this  sheet  is  worn 
away,  except  the  name.) 


S.  S.  Kennon. 


To  Miss  Ellen  Mordecai, 

Warrenton,     North  Carolina. 
To  the  care  of 

Alajor  Nelson. 


AIrs.  Elizabeth  B.  Kennon  to  Samuel  Mordecai"* 

Deloraine  Decemr.  3rd  1809 
I  shall  think  myself  ungrateful  my  amiable  young  friend, 
if  I  any  longer  neglect  thanking  you,  for  your  obliging  atten- 
tion to  my  request  relative  to  the  articles  I  asked  you  to  pro- 
cure for  me ;  but  as  old  Madam  Duval  in  the  Novel  of  Evelina 
£ays,  "It  was  an  unlucky  obligingness  to  me  I  am  sure"  for  not 
one  thing  have  I  received;  the  rogues  deprived  us  of  all;  for 
as  Miss  Patsy  Best  would  express  it,  they  did  not  leave  us 
as  much  as  would  "rap"  round  our  fingers ;  w'ell,  well,  rogues 
are  things  I  never  did  set  any  store  by;  poor  Sally  is  very 
unfortunate  for  she  not  only  loses  her  paraphernalia;  but  has 
the  mortifying  idea  that  she  shall  not  appear  as  fascinating 
perhaps  in  the  eyes  of  her  Tar  on  a  certain  important  day  as 
she  expected ;  for  you  know  fine  feathers  make  fine  birds ;  but 
3^  he  intended  to  take  her  for  better  for  worse,  he  will  only 
begin  a  little  sooner  than  common  to  find  her  worse,  tho'  I 
hojje  it  will  only  be  in  her  habiliments,  than  he  supposed ;  for 

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she  has  prudently  determined,  not  to  buy  any  thing  more ;  but 
diverts  herself  with  singing  the  old  song  "I'll  be  married  in 
old  Clothes,  because  I  cant  get  new"  but  the  misfortune  we 
have  met  with,  does  not  make  our  obligation  less  to  you ;  both 
for  your  former  kindness,  and  the  polite  message  delivered  us 
by  Jack  Nelson  from  you ;  offering  to  send  the  same  quantity, 
and  quality  of  goods  to  us  again  if  we  desired  it;  I  thank  you 
my  kind  friend ;  but  the  times  are  too  hard,  to  allow  me  to  get 
a  double  portion  of  finery  even  for  that  momentous  occasion. 
I  do  not  know  when  she  will  resign  her  liberty,  as  the  day  is 
not  yet  fixed ;  but  whenever  she  commences  a  matron,  we 
shall  be  delighted  to  see  you  here ;  she  does  not  intend  to  have 
any  but  her  greatest  favoiirites  present,  and  you  and  the  rest 
of  your  valued  family  will  ever  be  ranked  in  that  number  by 
us  both ;  but  notwithstanding  you  are  very  much  in  my  good 
graces;  yet  I  will  document  you  a  little,  for  neglecting  me  in 
the  manner  you  did ;  in  not  answering  my  letter ;  but  I  sup- 
pose that  is  a  humiliation,  we  old  souls  must  expect ;  when 
we  flatter  ourselves,  with  engaging  the  attention  of  a  youth- 
ful beau  so  far,  as  to  induce  him  to  write  to  us ;  now  answer 
me  candidly  my  young  Sir,  and  tell  me;  if  a  young,  charming, 
bewitching  girl  had  written  to  you,  whether  her  epistle  would 
have  remained  unnoticed?  no,  no,  I  warrant  Richmond  would 
have  been  searched  from  one  end  to  the  other,  for  the  best 
quill,  the  finest  paper,  and  the  blackest  ink,  to  enable  you  to 
convey  to  her  in  the  handsomest  manner  your  rapture  on  the 
occasion  ;  but  I  will  stop  scolding,  extend  the  hand  of  mercy 
to  you,  forgive  the  past,  and  receive  you  into  favour  again, 
if  you  will  promise  as  the  children  do  to  behave  better  here- 
after, and  prove  that  you  will  do  so,  by  acknowledging  the 
receipt  of  this  as  soon  as  you  get  it;  for  we  are  so  immured  in 
this  place,  that  it  is  almost  a  renovation  of  my  existance  to 
receive  a  letter  from  a  friend ;  write  me  an  account  of  every 
occurrence  of  the  great  world ;  tell  me  who  is  in  love,  who  is 
courting  and  who  married ;  for  you  know  this  kind  of  news 
i?  quite  interesting  to  such  young  damsels  as  myself ;  but  for 
your  life  dont  tell  me  any  person  is  dead,  particularly  an  ancient 
dame;  for  I  am  like  old  Catherine  of  Russia,  I.  dont  like  that 


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gloomy  subject  at  all ;  and  shall  be  afraid  you  mean  it  as  a  hint 
to  me,  that  it  is  time  to  look  about  me ;  and  that  would  be 
mortifying  to  a  blooming  nymph,  who  wants  some  years  yet 
of  being  in  her  grand  Climacteric.  I  flatter  myself  my  dear 
young  friend,  your  goodness  will  not  subject  you  to  any  in- 
convenience ;  as  Erasmus  is  now  exerting  all  his  energies  to  get 
some  tobacco  down  in  time  to  prevent  your  being  plagued,  by 
the  merchant  of  whom  you  purchased  those  unprofitable  goods 
and  wares  for  us ;  he  is  in  hopes  he  can  send  you  some  by 
Christmas ;  let  me  know  if  that  will  be  time  enough  for  your 
purpose.  I  received  a  letter  from  Rachel  and  my  daughter  one 
from  Ellen,  a  few  days  ago  by  Major  Nelson  on  his  return 
from  the  Warrenton  races ;  alas,  alas,  whenever  I  peruse  those 
effusions  of  friendship,  their  valued  letters ;  how  do  I  lament 
the  deprivation  of  their  society,  including  the  other  individuals 
who  formerl}'  contributed  to  my  happiness,  when  I  was  so 
often  an  inmate  in  your  Father's  hospitable  abode ;  but  those 
days  are  gone,  never  to  return;  I  was  very  sorry  to  hear  that 
my  estimable  Moses ;  has  Ijeen  ill ;  tho'  I  had  the  pleasure  of 
reading  in  the  next  line,  after  being  informed  of  his  sickness; 
that  he  was  convalescent ;  and  I  please  myself  with  think- 
ing that  he  has  intirely  recovered  by  this  time.  I  was  going 
to  apologize  for  putting  a  stop  to  this  scrawl,  by  telling  you 
I  had  others  to  write ;  but  I  imagine  you  think  it  long  enough. 
I  will  therefore  only  deliver  a  message  from  Sally  to  you,  and 
then  conclude ;  she  desires  you  will  accept  her  salutations  as 
the  great  folks  say ;  and  assure  yourself,  that  she  often  thinks 
of  you ;  and  wishes  you  every  happiness  this  world  can  bestow. 
Farewell  my  esteemed  young  friend,  you  cannot  enjoy  more 
felicity  than  is  wished  you,  by  your  sincere  friend 

E.  B.  Kennon. 
To  Mr.  Samuel  Mordecai^, 

Richmond 
Mail. 
Postmarked :  Marshallsville    Dec.  6th 

^  In  the  July  number  Mr.  Samuel  Mordecai  is  reported  as  having  died 
at   Warrenton,   N.   C,  and   in  the  Oct.  number  as  having  died  in    1861. 

Mr.  Mordecai  died  at  Raleigh,  N.  C,  where  he  had  lived  for  several 
years,  and  the  date  of  his  death  was  April,    1865." 


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kennon  letters  167 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  B.  KennOxN  to  Rachel  Mordecai 

Deloraine  Febry,  4th   1810 

Well  my  dearly  beloved  girl,  the  Die  is  cast,  and  my  daugh- 
ters fate  is  fixed  in  this  world,  either  for  happiness  or  the 
reverse;  for  she  is  no  longer  (to  express  myself  in  the  style  of 
Paddys  wedding)  Miss  Sally  Kennon,  but  Mrs.  Sally  Sinclair; 
on  this  day  fortnight  she  commenced  a  Matron ;  and  promised 
before  old  Mr.  Michlejohn;  to  love,  honour  and  obey  her  truly 
worthy  Sailor  forever;  she  pronounced  her  vows  with  perfect 
confidence  that  she  should  never  repent  what  she  did ;  and  when 
he  received  her,  he  appeared  to  think  her  Heavens  best  gift; 
most  sincerely  do  I  wish,  that  they  may  be  always  as  well 
pleased  with  each  other,  as  they  are  at  present ;  for  I  never  saw 
a  couple  more  in  love  in  my  life;  this  you  may  be  certain  is  a 
source  of  heartfelt  delight  to  me ;  for  to  see  her  united  to  a 
Man,  with  whose  intrinsic  worth  I  have  been  long  acquainted ; 
and  to  know  that  he  almost  Idolizes  her,  is  enough  to  repay  me 
for  the  many  anxious  moments  I  have  felt  on  her  account ;  and 
to  increase  my  satisfaction  I  am  convinced  from  every  action, 
word,  and  look  of  hers,  that  she  loves  him  as  sincerely  as  he 
does  her ;  I  could  say  a  great  deal  more  on  this  subject,  for  it  is 
a  pleasing  theme  to  me ;  but  I  must  quit  a  moment,  to  apologize 
to  you,  and  my  other  valued  friends ;  who  have  been  invited  to 
visit  us  on  this  occasion ;  for  not  giving  you  notice  when  it  took 
place ;  did  I  not  know  you  all  so  well ;  and  was  I  not  sure,  that 
you  are  too  well  convinced  of  the  sincerity  of  our  regard,  to 
doubt  a  moment  our  wishes  to  have  you  here ;  I  should  feel  un- 
easy while  I  am  addressing  you ;  but  as  I  am  certain  you  are 
fully  sensible,  it  would  delight  us  to  have  you,  and  my  much 
loved  Ellen  here  at  any  time ;  but  particularly  on  that  occasion ; 
I  flatter  myself  you  will  readily  admit  the  excuse,  I  am  now 
going,  with  the  greatest  veracity,  to  make  you ;  Know  then  my 
dearest  girl,  that  tho'  this  marriage  has  been  in  agitation  many 
months;  yet  it  happened  unexpectedly  at  last;  for  as  Mr.  Sin- 
clair had  been  ordered  out  on  a  cruise,  we  never  had  fixed  the 
wedding  day ;  intending  to  do  so  when  he  returned ;  this  you 


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know  was  uncertain ;  for  when  a  person  is  at  the  mercy  of  the 
winds;  they  cannot  command  their  own  time;  he  was  gone 
many  long  weeks,  for  such  they  thought  them  no  douht ;  but  as 
soon  as  he  was  again  on  Terra  Firma  he  asked  for,  and  obtained 
leave  of  absence;  tho'  for  a  very  short  period  only  three  weeks; 
but  at  the  same  time  was  informed,  that  if  there  v/as  any  dis- 
patches sent  to  Europe;  his  vessel  would  be  the  one  pitched  on 
to  carry  them ;  and  should  this  be  the  case,  an  express  would 
be  sent  to  demand  his  attendance;  which  he  must  instantly  re- 
turn with;  this  intelligence  you  may  be  sure  quickened  his 
motions;  he  set  off  immediately  after  obtaining  permission;  and 
made  his  appearance  at  this  place ;  when  we  were  uncertain 
whether  the  amphibious  creature  was  on  land  or  water ;  he  had 
nt)t  been  in  the  house  more  than  a  very  few  hours ;  when  he 
began  on  the  subject  nearest  his  heart;  and  plead  his  cause  so 
strenuously,  rationally  and  effectually;  that  she  at  last  "will- 
ingly inclined  her  ear" ;  and  they  were  married  in  three  days 
after  his  arrival;  those  days;  were  devoted  to  the  necessary 
business,  of  procuring  a  license,  sending  for  the  Parson  &c,  &c, 
&c;  Sally  intreated  to  have  time  allowed  her  to  send  for  her  two 
dear  friends ;  but  with  the  persuasion  which  always  attends  a 
beloved  object,  he  urged  so  many  reasons  in  opposition  to  her 
request ;  that  he  conquered  at  last ;  among  other  things  he  asked 
her,  which  she  had  better  disappoint  her  friends  or  him?  for 
what  would  his  sensations  be  if  while  waiting  for  you  and 
h^llen ;  an  express  arrived  commanding  his  immediate  attendance 
on  board  his  vessel?  and  to  proceed  to  sea  without  delay?  was 
this  to  happen,  he  would  be  forced  to  ol)ey ;  and  then  what  would 
his  situation  be  ?  this  was  said  in  a  voice  modulated  by  love,  while 
his  eyes  looked  unutterable  tenderness ;  and  his  manner  was  so 
pathetic;  that  the  poor  damsel  could  no  longer  resist  him,  and 
the  powerful  advocate  he  had  in  her  heart;  she  therefore  con- 
sented; and  on  the  twenty-first  of  the  month  became  bone,  of 
iiis  bone,  and  flesh,  of  his  flesh;  you  recollect  how  intensely  cold 
the  weather  was;  Erasmus  swears,  if  she  does  not  make  the 
best  of  wives;  she  ought  to  be  drawn  up  to  the  gangway  every 
^Tonday  morning,  and  have  the  cat  with  nine  tails  played  about 
her;  for  the  Captain  and  he,  suffered  enough  the  day  before 


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when  they  went  for  the  Hcense,  it  was  forty  miles  to  the  Clerk's 
ofiice  going  and  returning,  to  earn  twenty  wives  instead  of  one ; 
for  one  of  his  eyes  was  closed  up  with  snow,  and  his  whiskers 
had  icicles  hanging  to  them ;  the  Tar  said  he  was  not  quite  as 
hadly  off  as  Erasmus :  for  he  sat  on  the  weather  side  and  as  he 
was  not  much  acquainted  with  the  navigation  in  this  place;  he 
gave  the  intire  charge  of  the  vessel  to  him,  depending  on  him  to 
hring  him  into  port;  he  did  not  stear  at  all  hut  wrapped  himself 
up  in  his  watch  coat ;  and  placed  his  hrother  at  the  helm ;  hut  he 
declared  he  had  rather  go  to  England  for  a  wife,  than  to  under- 
take one  of  these  back  woods  cruises  again ;  he  has  asked  me 
several  times,  what  could  induce  me  to  live  here;  and  swears 
he  had  rather  be  a  sea  turtle,  than  to  spend  his  life  in  these 
woods  and  wilds;  for  he  is  sorry  even  for  the  hogs  about  the 
place ;  l)ccause  he  is  sure  they  will  never  leave  this  Fork ;  which 
he  thinks  a  great  misfortune  to  any  thing.  I  feel  quite  low 
spirited  my  dear  Rachel,  for  our  Son  of  Neptune  has  left  me 
today;  as  his  furlough  has  nearly  expired,  to  proceed  on  his 
journey  back  to  Norfolk ;  where  he  left  his  vessel ;  he  has  only 
allowed  himself  the  number  of  days  requisite  to  carry  him 
there ;  consequently  he  must  travel  on,  let  weather  be  as  it  will ; 
to  put  otT  the  parting  moment  as  long  as  possible  which  they 
mutuall}'  dread ;  he  has  determined  only  to  go  as  far  as  Lady 
Skipwith's  the  first  day,  which  is  twenty  miles  from  this  place ; 
whither  Sally  will  accompany  him ;  he  will  then  bid  her  fare- 
well fur  a  short  time  only  I  hope;  and  once  more  make  his 
appearance  on  board  the  Nautilus,  time  enough  to  give  satis- 
faction to  those  in  authority  over  him.  You  will  be  surprised 
perhaps  at  his  leaving  her  behind  him;  but  you  will  cease  to 
wonder  at  that,  when  I  tell  you  my  fears  occasioned  it ;  for  I 
was  apprehensive  she  might  perhaps  catch  her  death,  if  she 
undertook  so  long  a  journey,  at  this  season  of  the  year,  and 
when  it  is  so  uncommonly  cold ;  he  has  proved  himself  a  dutiful 
son;  for  to  calm  my  fears,  he  consented  to  consign  her  to  the 
care  of  Erasmus;  who  has  promised  to  escort  her  to  Richmond, 
or  Petersburg,  to  meet  him  as  soon  as  the  weather  is  more 
moderate;  and  in  the  meantime  if  he  is  not  ordered  away,  with 
those  dispatches;  he  will  again  ask  a  short  furlough  and  once 


170  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE 

more  join  his  "soul's  far  better  part"  in  one  of  the  above  men- 
tioned towns;  and  from  thence  they  will  proceed  to  his  place  of 
residence,  which  is  within  a  few  miles  of  Plampton ;  this  situ- 
ation will  be  very  agreeable,  and  convenient  to  them  both ;  as  it 
will  enable  them  to  be  together,  whenever  his  ship  is  in  the 
roads;  which  is  frequently  the  case.  Thus  my  beloved  Rachel, 
I  have  given  you  a  long  account  of  your  friend;  I  would  apolo- 
gize for  my  prolixity;  but  I  judge  of  you  by  myself,  and  I 
know  you  would  never  tire  me  when  writing  of  yourself  or  any 
of  your  family.  Sally  will  write  to  Ellen  very  soon ;  was  she 
at  home,  would  do  so  now;  and  would  I  am  sure  join  me,  in 
the  sincerest  love  for  you  all ;  for  I  can  with  truth  assure  you, 
that  absence  has  not  the  same  effect  on  friendship,  that  it  has 
on  loA'e  generally;  for  if  I  am  to  judge  from  my  own  feelings, 
relative  to  every  member  of  your  beloved  family;  instead  of 
being  diminished,  it  is  increased  by  our  separation.  Mercy  on 
me,  that  I  should  omit  so  long  to  tell  you  I  am  a  Grandmother, 
what  a  mortification  to  such  a  beautiful  belle  as  I  am;  well  you 
know  what  can't  be  cured,  must  be  endured ;  and  notwithstand- 
ing my  extreme  youth ;  Nancy  actually  presented  my  son  with  a 
very  fine  boy,  about  a  week  ago ;  and  she  is  as  the  old  women 
say,  as  well  as  can  be  expected ;  it  is  to  be  called  George ;  for 
Erasmus  says,  as  the  poor  fellow  has  been  disappointed  in  love ; 
perhaps  he  may  live  a  bachelor ;  and  give  his  little  name-sake 
all  he  makes  by  his  Emetics,  Cathartics,  Blisters,  Glisters  &c; 
but  George  seems  to  be  of  a  different  opinion,  for  he  says  he 
has  three  in  his  eye  who  he  intends  to  court  in  rotation  as  soon 
as  he  commences  a  Doctor  of  medicine,  and  if  they  are  all 
cruel ;  he  will  look  for  other  game ;  for  he  is  resolved  not  to 
lament  for  one,  when  there  are  so  many  sweet  creatures.  Don't 
you  think  I  have  written  enough?  and  that  it  is  time  to  put  a 
stop  to  this  scrawl?  If  you  do  not  I  do ;  I  will  therefore  bid 
you  my  amiable  friend  farewell ;  after  asking  you  to  answer 
this  letter  by  the  next  mail;  and  to  tell  me  candidly,  whether 
you,  Ellen,  Moses,  Sally,  Caroline,  and  Mr.  Connelly;  will 
pardon  our  conduct ;  and  love  as  well  as  ever,  your  truly  affec- 
tionate friend 

E.  B.  Kennon. 


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P.  S.     This  scrawl  must  not  be  seen, 
by  any  but  your  own  particular  family; 
blessings  attend  you  all  I  pray. 

To  Miss  Rachel  Mordecai, 

Warrenton,   N.   C. 
Mail. 
Postmarked:  Marshallsville  7th  Feby,  1810         12)/^ 


Mrs.  Arthur  Sinclair  to  Ellen  Mordecai 

Deloraine  Feb.  the  24th  1810 
I  would  commence  my  letter  my  dearest  Ellen,  with  an  apol- 
ogy for  my  long  silence,  did  I  not  suppose  you  were  acquainted 
with  the  cause,  and  would  forgive  me  unsolicited.  Mama  tells 
me  she  has  written  to  my  ever  dear  Rachel,  an  account  of  that 
greatest,  and  most  important  day  of  my  life;  in  which  I  re- 
signed my  liberty  into  the  hands  of  another;  it  is  therefore  use- 
less for  me  to  tell  the  story  over  again;  for  you  know  the  wise 
Ulysses  says,  there  is  nothing  so  tedious  as  a  twice  told  tale. 
I  had  promised  myself  the  pleasure  of  paying  you  all  a  flying 
visit  before  I  was  ordered  down  but  that  gratification  is  alas, 
denied  me;  for  I  received  a  letter  by  the  last  mail  from  my 
lord  and  master;  appointing  me  to  meet  him  at  Four-Mile- 
Tree""  immediately;  and  from  thence,  we  shall  proceed  in  a 
week  or  ten  days  down  to  Norfolk;  where  I  have  a  relation  who 
insists  on  my  paying  him  a  visit,  and  remaining  with  him,  until 
our  house  is  ready  for  our  reception ;  you  know  Ellen  those  who 
are  bound  must  obey,  and  I  shall  obey  this  mandate  on  the 
morrow,  weather  permitting;  you  have  no  idea  what  an  obedi- 
ent submissive  wife  I  make;  how  long  this  will  last  I  know  not; 
not  any  great  length  of  time  tho'  I  imagine.  Mama  says  I  must 
hold  out  to  the  last,  for  she  never  in  her  life  heard  any  person 
pronounce  obey  more  audibly  than  your  humble  servant  did; 
Captain  Sinclair  says  I  have  sworn  to  do  so  before  God,  and 
man;  and  I  shall  be  perjured  if  I  do  not,  but  I  do  not  think  so 

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by  any  means,  for  I  had  previously  determined  not  to  make  any 
such  promise,  and  they  took  an  undue  advantage  of  me,  and 
frightened  me  into  it ;  don't  you  think  I  should  be  excusable  for 
not  doing  so.  when  that  was  really  the  case?     I  wish  my  poor 
sailor,  could  have  had  sufficient  time  allowed  him,  to  have  per- 
mitted me  to  carry  him  over  and  show  him  to  you ;  I  know  you 
would  have  been  pleased  with  him ;  but  recollect  my  dear,  I  do 
not  say  he  is  handsome ;  for  he  is  quite  the  reverse ;  but  he  is  a 
charming  fellow  that  is  better ;  but  I  will  not  say  any  thing  in 
his  commendation,  for  you  will  very  naturally  attribute  it  to  my 
l)artiality;  but  leave  you  to  be  your  own  judge;  for  1  flatter 
myself  you  and  my  dear  Rachel,  and  your  brothers,  will  some- 
times visit  our  dwelling;  you  know  my  Ellen,  what  delight  it 
would  give  me  to  have  you  all  with  me ;  your  papa  and  mama 
I  know  it  is  useless  to  ask  to  come  so  far;  but  if  they  would,  I 
should  esteem  it  an  everlasting  favour ;  for  1  should  then  be 
certain  they  love  me,  as  well  as  I  do  them ;  tell  them  this,  and 
when  you  write,  give  me  their  answer.     You  can  come  down 
next  vacation,  if  you  can  only  stay  one,  or  two  weeks,  it  would 
be  better  than  none  at  all ;  you  could  come  on  the  stage  in  two 
days;  one  from  Warrenton  to  Petersburg,  and  the  other  from 
Petersburg  to  Norfolk;  where  you  would  delight  the  hearts  of 
your  friends  by  your  presence;  what  say  you  my  dear  girls  to 
this  plan?  will  you  accede  to  it  and  gratify  your  friend  by  so 
doing?     I  will  promise  you  to  render  your  stay  in  Norfolk  as 
delightful  as  the  place,  and  our  delectable  company  will  allow 
me ;  Caroline  is  included  in  this  invitation,  and  indeed  all  the 
family  from  your  Father,  down  to  Elizabeth  Sarah  Kennon ;  do 
come  my  dears,  if  it  is  possible  for  you  to  do  so.     This  place 
is  so  intolerably  dull,  that  I  scarcely  know  what  subject  I  shall 
find  to  entertain  you  with;  no  births,  deaths,  or  marriages;  ex- 
cept Erasmus  having  a  son,  and  that  I  suppose  Mama  has  given 
Rachel  an  account  of ;  but  I  will  just  add,  that  he  is  as  ugly  a 
little  dog,  as  ever  I  saw  in  my  life;  poor  little  soul  I  hope  he 
will  improve;  if  he  does  not,  I  pity  him.     Helen  Skipwith"'  is 
engaged  to  be  married  to  a  Mr.  Coles  an  extremely  clever  young 

''Helen,    daughter    of    Sir    Peyton    Skipwith,    Bart.,    of    Prestwould, 
married   Tucker   Coles,   and  her   sister    SeHna   married   John   Coles. 


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KENNON    LETTERS  173 

man  I  am  told !  I  have  seen  him  twice ;  but  it  was  only  for  a 
short  time,  and  I  can  only  tell  you  that  I  think  him  very  hand- 
some; I  got  a  letter  from  her  yesterday,  she  is  a  very  sweet 
girl ;  but  Selina  her  sister,  is   I  think  one  of  the  very  finest 
women  1  know ;  they  stayed  with  me  upwards  of  a  week  some 
time  ago ;  the  first  of  this  month  I  think  it  was ;  and  I  returned 
and  spent  some  delightful  days  at  Prestwould ;  the  more  I  see 
of  them,  the  more  I  am  delighted;  I  shall  go  there  tomorrow 
night,  to  take  my  final  leave  of  them;  it  really  is  quite  melan- 
choly to  take  leave  of  friends  that  you  scarcely  ever  expect  to 
see  again ;  for  this  will  he  the  case,  when  I  part  from  them ;  for 
tho'  they  have  promised  to  visit  me,  I  hardly  think  the  old  Lady 
will  ever  suffer  them  to  go  so  far  from  home ;  and  when  Helen 
gets  married,  she  will  live,  far  beyond  the  mountains ;  and  at 
that  distance  I  scarcely  ever  calculate  on  seeing  her  again ;  but 
I  will  still  hope,  for  you  know  it  is  said  if  it  was  not  for  hope, 
the  heart  would  break.     Tom  Nelson  has  been  confined  to  his 
bed  for  some  time  with  a  violent  fever,  he  was  so  very  ill  for 
some  time  that  his  life  was  despaired  of;  he  is  now  however 
getting  much  better ;  but  it  is  not  well  enough  yet,  to  leave  his 
bed.    George  returned  home  a  few  days  past  from  Philadelphia; 
he  was  compelled  to  leave  that  place,  on  account  of  his  health ; 
which  had  suffered  considerably  from  the  coldness  of  the  cli- 
mate ;  we  feared  he  was  threatened  with  consumption ;  but  he  is 
now  thank  God  much  better  than  when  he  left  Philadelphia; 
and  I  hope  will  recover  in  a  very  short  time.      [Part  of  this  let- 
ter is  missing].     I  must  chat  a  little,  before  I  go,  to  you  that  is 
poz:  oh,  lord,  I  had  forgotten  to  rectify  a  mistake,  made  I  sup- 
pose by  our  friend  Major  Nelson;  you  mention  William  Popes 
being  in  Warrenton ;  but  you  were  mistaken,  it  was  his  brother 
Doctor  Pope ;  I  tell  you  this  least  you  should  still  labour  under 
this  deception,  and  call  my  taste  in  question  relative  to  manly 
beauty ;  for  beyond  all  doubt  William  is  the  handsomest  man  I 
ever  saw,  and  the  Doctor  as  Jack  Nelson  says,  quite  the  reverse ; 
and  added  to  his  uncommon  beauty,  he  is  also,  except  one.  the 
most  agreeable  fellow  I  am  acquainted  with ;  who  that  one  is,  I 
will  leave  you  to  guess ;  upon  my  word  I  believe  I  should  have 
lost  my  heart  with  him;  if  it  had  not  previously  been  in  the 


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possession  of  its  present  master;  but  I  no  sooner  became  ac- 
quainted with  him ;  that  that  heart  which  had  withstood  every 
other  attack  from  the  he  creatures ;  surrendered  without  one 
struggle  for  Hberty ;  you  know  Ellen  I  always  declared  against 
love  and  marriage;  and  said  it  was  out  of  the  nature  of  things, 
for  me  to  love  a  man  well  enough  to  marry  him,  but  you  see  I 
stand  an  awful  example,  of  the  instability  of  these  resolutions; 
for  I  am  married,  and  have  not  once  felt  the  smallest  inclination 
to  have  the  knot  untied  again ;  and  find  my  fetters  as  agreeable. 
as  I  ever  did  in  my  days  of  folly,  as  Mama  calls  the  years 
eighteen  hundred  and  six  and  seven ;  having  made  a  new  con- 
(juest,  or  having  on  a  very  becoming  dress;  is  not  this  very 
strange  ?  1  think  it  is ;  but  it  is  no  less  true  for  all  that.  I 
have  scribbled  on  such  a  deal  of  nonsense,  that  I  have  almost 
filled  my  paper,  without  having  said  half  I  at  first  intended  and 
as  I  have  my  clothes  to  pack  up  and  it  is  now  past  ten,  I  must 
lay  aside  my  pen,  after  begging  you  will  write  to  me  directly. 
I  shall  take  this  letter  on  to  Drummonds;  where  I  hope  it  will 
meet  with  a  ready  conveyance,  and  you  will  get  it  in  time  to 
write  tu  me  as  I  request.  Do  my  dear  Ellen  sufi'er  no  eye  to 
see  this,  but  your  own;  for  it  is  written  so  badly,  I  am  quite 
ashamed  of  it ;  but  I  have  not  time  to  write  it  better  or  I  would. 
Present  my  love  to  every  member  of  your  family  for  me;  and 
believe  me  sincerely  yours. 

S.  S.  Sinclair. 

Miss  Ellen  Mordecai,  Warrenton,  North  Carolina 
Mail. 

[This  letter  is  not  postmarked  and  seems  to  have  been  worn 
1)\-  some  one  carrying  it  in  the  pocket]. 

(To  be  continued) 


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VIRGINIA  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND 


Contributed  by  Reginald  M.  Glencross,  176  Worplee  Road, 
Wimbledon,  London,  S.  W.  20,  England. 


(Continued) 

William  Svdnor. 

Will  dat.  29  Oct.  (sic)  to  be  buried  in  Black  Friars  at  Lud- 
gate.  To  high  altar  of  my  parish  church  of  St.  Patryk  (sic 
rcctiits  Petrock)  in  Exeter  3s.  4d.  My  wife  to  have  place  she 
dwelleth  in.  Sd.  wife  Joan  to  have  my  house  in  Norgate  Street, 
Exeter,  the  sign  of  the  crown,  valued  at  26s.  8d.  a  year,  for 
life,  remainder  to  our  children.  To  my  eldest  son  Richard  S. 
£40.  To  my  daur.  Elizabeth  to  her  marriage  £40.  To  my  son 
Thomas  by  Joan  my  wife,  on  her  death,  5  marks  yearly  in 
land  in  Egerton  &  Bowton  [to  Kathryn  my  daur. — in  inargin]. 
To  my  son  Richard  rest  of  my  lands  in  Egerton  &  Bowton. 
To  my  st)n  Paul  £40,  he  to  be  in  keeping  of  my  ex'ors  to  law- 
ful age.  To  my  brother  Sir  Thomas  Egerton,  Canon  of  Leeds 
in  Kent  £10.  To  my  brother  Maister  Sir  Richard  Sydnor 
silver  cup.  To  my  sister  IMargaret  £10.  To  Roger  Sweet- 
ornden  £10.  To  each  of  my  brother  Swettornden's  children 
los.  40.  To  church  of  Egerton,  white  vestments  value  £10. 
Rest  of  goods  to  my  wife  &  she  to  be  ex'trix.  My  brother 
M.  Sir  Richard  Sydnor  to  be  ex'or.  IVitiicsscs:  Sir  Thomas 
Draper,  Clerke ;  Richard  Wydder,  Salter  of  the  p'ish  of  All 
Hallows,  Breadstreet  &  Edward  Dormer,  haberdasher  in  same 
p'ish  &  others. 

Proved  26  Feb  1514  [5]  by  Master  Sydnor  ex'or  [no  mention 
of  Joan.     R.  M.  G.] 

Holdcn  4 

[The  Paul  Sydnor,  son  of  this  testator  was  probably  the  man  of  the 
name  who  had  a  grant  of  the  advowson  and  Vicarage  of  Brenchley, 
Kent,    in   31st    Henry   VIII.      William    Sydnor   the    testator    though   he 


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lived  in  London  and  was  possibly  a  native  of  Exeter  owned  lands 
at  Egerton  and  Boughton  in  Kent.  See  also  this  Magazine  XXX,  44. 
This  family  probably  removed  about  1563  to  Suffolk  and  Norfolk,  and 
later  descendants   returned  to  Kent.] 


John  Banyster  of  London  grocer 

Will  dat.  3  Dec.  1653.  I  have  formerly  given  £500  a  piece 
&  more  to  my  two  eldest  dau'rs.,  Mary  Grossman  &  Ann 
Short  to  advance  them  in  their  marriages  which  was  to  the 
full  of  my  estate,  &  on  latter  dau'r  my  farm  &  manor  called 
Boones  (?)  co.  Essex  from  my  death.  To  my  youngest  dau'r 
Margaret  B.  in  fee  my  farm  called  Softmans  ( ?)  in  p'ish  of 
Canwedon  co.  Essex.  To  my  2  dau'rs  Mary  Grossman  &  Mar- 
garet B.  in  fee,  remainder  in  my  freehold  lands  called  Gole- 
mans  in  Witham,  Folborne  &.  Rivenall  co.  Essex  on  death  of 
my  sister  in  law  Florence  Baldwyn  late  wife  of  Alexander 
Banyster,  equally.  To  my  sister  Susan  Brooks  40s.  a  year 
for  life.  To  my  cousin  John  Brookes  £5.  To  my  cousin 
Anne  Banyster  £5.  To  my  friend  Mr.  Hancock  &  his  wife 
20s.  a  piece.  To  my  cousin  Gressener  50s.  To  my  maid- 
servant Joan  40s.  To  my  grandchildren  &  to  my  godsons 
Edward  Gressener  &  [blank]  Mawdett  &  to  my  cousin  George 
Gressener  &  his  wife  £30  a  piece  out  of  my  estate  in  the  Bar- 
bados Island.  To  Mr.  William  Gore  £3.  Rest  of  estate  in 
sd.  Island  to  my  3  dau'rs  Mary,  Anne  &  Margaret  equally. 
Rest  of  goods  to. my  2  dau'rs  Mary  Grosseman  &  Margaret  B. 
equally  &  they  to  be  exetrices.  IVitnesses :  George  Stanley, 
Arthur  Hollingworth,  G.  Gressener,  Abraham  Stephens. 
Prov.  6  Jan  1653  [4]  by  Mary  Grosseman  &  Margaret  B. 
dau'rs  &  extrices. 

Alchen  37 

[As  there  was  frequent  intercourse  between  Virginia  and  Barbadocs 
it  is  possible  that  the  testator  was  of  the  same  family  as  John  Banister, 
hte   Virginia  Naturalist.] 


Henry  Herbert  of  Gowlebrooke  co.  Monmouth,  esquire 

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marriage  with  my  wife  Mary,  my  father  William  H.  esq.  on 


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15  May,  1637  conveyed  so  much  of  manor  of  Hardwicke, 
Monmouthshire,  as  he  was  then  owner  of  &  all  his  other 
lands  in  H.,  little  thereon  to  use  of  me  &  my  wife  M.  for 
lives,  sd.  wife  to  have  same  for  life.  Since  sd.  15  May,  I 
have  purchased  in  fee  lands  in  H.  afsd.  part  of  John  Parry 
esq,  William  Johns  &  John  Bennett  &  one  tenement  called 
Skybor  Adam  etc  some  time  the  land  of  Thomas  Parry  which 
I  had  by  will  of  my  aunt  Margaret  Powle  dec,  all  these  & 
ten'm't.  called  the  Spitty  in  p'ish  of  Bergavenny  all  yearly 
rent  of  £64.  13s.  to  sd.  wife  M.  H.  for  life.  Capital  Messuage 
caJled  Cowldbrooke,  capital  messuage  called  Dawkins,  my 
manor  of  Lanthewy  Rotherch  &  all  lands  in  Bergavenny, 
Landilor,  Pertholy,  Lanthewy  Rotherch,  Lanwenarth,  Lan- 
over,  Lanellen,  Glascoode  etc.  co.  Monm.  reversion  of  my 
manor  of  Hardwicke  etc  given  to  my  wife  for  life,  from  her 
death,  to  my  son  James  H.  in  tail  male,  in  default  to  my  issue 
male  in  tail  male,  in  default  to  my  brother  William  H.  in  tail 
male,  in  default  to  my  brother  Thomas  H.  in  tail  male,  in 
default  to  my  brother  Charles  H.  in  tail  male,  in  default  to 
my  right  heirs,  but  sd.  premises  to  my  friends  &  trustees 
Evan  Seyse  of  Bowerton  co.  Glamorgan  esq.,  Thomas  Hughes 
of  Moynscourt  co.  Monm.  esq.,  Edmund  Jones  of  Lansoy  in 
sd.  CO.  esq.  Edward  Herbert  of  Magors  Grange  sd  co.  esq., 
&  Walter  Morgan  of  Landilor  Portholy  in  sd.  co  esq.  for  1 1 
years  from  my  death  on  trust  to  pay  to  my  son  James  H. 
fSo  a  year  or  if  he  die  to  my  other  issue  male.  To  my  3 
daughters  Katherine,  Priscilla  &  Elizabeth  i  1,000  a  piece  at 
marriage  or  16  &  £40  a  year  apiece  meanwhile  &  on  every 
15  Jan  (not  being  Lord's  day)  to  meet  with  accounts.  Where- 
as I  have  conveyed  lands  in  Hardwicke  etc  for  payment  of 
£50  yearly  during  life  of  my  brother  in  law  Lawrence  Rud- 
3^erd  &  of  f8oo  on  his  death  payable  now  only  (my  brother 
in  law  William  Rudierd  being  deceased  without  children)  to 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  my  uncle  Matthew  Herbert  &  to  my  wife 
M.  equally,  being  legacies  given  to  them  by  my  mother  in  law 
Mary  Rudyerd  deceased  by  will  whereof  I  am  executor ;  now 
to  sd.  trustees  lands  in  p'ish  of  Bergevenny  &  Landiloe  Per- 
tholy, Monm.,  which  I  bought  of  my  cousin  John  Jones  since 


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dec,  now  in  possession  of  Hugh  Watkin  John  at  £52  rent  & 
also  parcel  of  land  in  Bergevenny  purchased  of  Richard  Tue, 
at  £2-10.  rent,  for  50  years,  on  trust  to  pay  Mr.  Richard  Reade 
&  Master  Matthew  Herbert  £50  a  year  during  Hfe  of  sd.  L. 
Rudyerd  &  on  his  death,  to  pay  to  sd.  E.  Herbert  her  share 
of  the  £800.  To  poor  of  Bergevenny  £10,  to  my  servants 
40s.  a  piece.  To  my  bro.  William  H.  £20,  to  his  daur  Eliz- 
abeth H.  £10.  To  my  sister  Jones  £5.  To  my  brother  Thomas 
H.  £5.  To  my  brother  Charles  H.  £10.  To  sd.  trustees 
£5  a  piece.  To  my  wife  Mary  H.  morety  of  household  goods 
etc  £100.  She  to  live  at  Cowldbrooke  during  minority  of  my 
son  James  H.  Other  morety  to  sd.  son  J.  H.  at  21.  Legacies 
given  to  my  sd.  son  J.  H.  &  my  dau'rs  K.  &  P.  by  their 
grandfather  William  H.  &  their  grandmother  Mary  Rud- 
yerd to  be  paid  them.  To  my  brother  in  law  Lawrence  Rud- 
yerd 40s.  To  my  uncle  Matthew  Herbert  40s.  To  his  wife 
Elizabeth  H.  40s,  my  aunt  Powle  40s,  my  aunt  Anne  Pown- 
all  40s,  my  aunt  Jane  Lewis  40s,  my  uncle  John  Herbert  40s 
all  for  rings.  Annuity  given  to  last  by  my  father  for  his 
life  out  of  tithe  of  Lanthewy  Rotherch  held  by  lease  to  be 
paid.  To  my  aunt  Atye  my  aunt  Parker  40s.  a  piece  for 
rings.  My  wife  &  my  brother  William  H.  to  be  ex'ors.  Sd. 
trustees  to  be  overseers.  Rest  of  goods  between  my  sd.  wife 
&  3  daurs.  Witnesses:  Thomas  Quarrell,  Nicholas  Bound, 
Anthony  Potter,  Susanna  Cardiffe. 

Proved  23  July  1656  by  Mary  H.  the  relict  &  William   H. 
the  brother,  the  ex'ors. 
Received   original   will   23   Feb    1656    [7]    for   exors.     Robt. 

Cattle. 

Berkeley,  267 

[In  the  Blandford  Churchyard,  Petersburg,  Va.,  is  a  tomb,  removed 
from  "Puddledock",  Prince  George  county,  bearing  arms  and  crest 
and   the   following  inscription: 

"Here  Lyeth  Interred  the  Body  of 

loHN  Herbert  Son  of  lohn  Herbert 

Apothecary  and  Grandson  of 

Richard  Herbert  Citizen  &  Grocer 

of   London  who  departed  this   Life 

the  17th  day  of  March  1704  in  the 

46th  year  of   his   Age." 


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The  arms  and  crest  on  the  tomb  are  the  same  as  those  borne  by  Sir 
Richard  Herbert  of  Colbrook,  youngest  brother  of  William,  ist  Earl 
of  Pembroke.  Making  the  ordinary  allowance  for  generations,  Richard, 
grandfather  of  John  Herbert  of  Virginia,  would  have  been  born  about 
1598.  Dr.  Lyon  G.  Tyler  has  cited  the  Visitation  of  London,  1634, 
which  shows  that  William  Herbert,  of  Colbrook,  Co.  Monmouth,  had 
issue:  i.  William,  of  Colbrook,  eldest  son  (father  of  Henry  Herbert, 
the  testator);  2.  Thomas;  3.  Matthew,  of  London,  draper,  1634;  4. 
Richard;  5.  John;  6.  Cecil;  7.  Dorothy;  8.  Jane;  9.  Margaret;  10. 
Katherine,  wife  of  Henry  Powell.  Henry  Herbert  names  his  Aunts 
Margaret  Powell,  Anne  Pownall  and  Jane  Lewis  and  Uncles  Matthew 
and  John  Herbert.  Dr.  Tyler  makes  the  very  probable  conjecture  that 
another  uncle,  Richard  Herbert,  who  was  living  at  the  Visitation  of 
1634;  but  probably  dead  in  1651,  was  the  grandfather  of  John  Herbert 
of   Virginia.] 


RoiiERT  Goocn  of  Earsham  co.  Norfolk,  esq. 

Will  (lat.  14  May  1653.  To  my  eldest  son  Leonard  G.  in 
fee  my  manor  of  Dubbells  in  Earsham  afs'd.  all  lands  in  Yar- 
mouth, Norfolk,  Heddenham  Norfolk  (in  occupon.  of  Faire- 
head  now  in  Randalls  occupation).  To  my  2  son  Robert  G. 
in  fee  my  manor  of  Weston  in  Weston  co.  Suffolk,  capital 
messuage  called  Weston  Hall  &  lands  in  Weston  Ringfield, 
Shuckefeild,  he  to  pay  to  my  son  Philip  at  22,  £200  all  this 
in  satisfaction  of  legacies  other  than  the  household  stuff  left 
for  him  according  to  his  grand  father's  Holnes  Will,  he  not 
to  contend  with  rest  of  his  brothers  &  sisters,  to  join  lovingly 
with  his  brother  Leonard  to  help  all  other  young  ones  his 
brothers  &  sisters.  To  my  son  Clement  G.  in  fee,  my  lands 
in  Ditchingham  &  Brome  which  are  not  already  settled  on 
him,  lands  in  Btmgay  are  his  already.  To  my  eldest  dau'r. 
Elizabeth  G.  £400  (beyond  that  Lease  already  hers  which  lease 
is  for  £400  more  .  To  my  daur.  Anne  &  2  younger  brothers 
Clement  &  Philip  to  share.  To  my  dau'r.  Martha  £600.  To 
my  son  Philip  £200  more.  Ex'ors  to  look  after  their  younger 
brothers  and  sisters.  If  any  of  them  willfully  overthrow 
themselves  in  marriage  or  otherwise  against  wills  of  her  brother 
Leonard  &  Robert,  that  son  or  dau'r  to  lose  half  legacy.  Sd. 
eldest  son  Leonard  G.  to  be  ex'or.  To  sd.  son  Robert  G. 
lease  of  a  farm  in  Weston  late  in  Williams'  occupation  mort- 
gaged by  Mr.  Kempe  for  £200  &  to  take  all  profits  between 
Mr.  Kempe  junior  &  me  on  the  release  of  Mr.  Wally  &  his 


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wife  to  my  sd.  son  R.  in  Weston  Hall  which  was  by  covenant 
to  have  been  procured  in  a  year  after  the  purchase  of  Weston 
Hall,  so  more  is  due  from  Mr,  Kempe  son  of  Mr.  K.  dec. 
who  first  made  the  mortgage  to  me.  To  son  Leonard  house- 
hold stuff  here  &  half  my  books  &  other  half  to  my  son  Ro"bert 
especially  the  French  Law  Books.  My  son  Robert  has  suf- 
ficient househo  Idstuff  from  his  grandfather  Holnes  will.  To 
my  servants  William  Micleburgh  20s.  &  others  los.  each.  Rest 
of  goods  to  my  son  Leonard  &  he  to  be  ex'r.  [Memorandum 
15  Nov.  1652  &  14  May  1653  as  to  surrenders  &  additional 
legacies  &  children.]  Witnesses:  [William  Carvell,  Christo- 
pher Jaye  1652]  Will  Mickleburgh,  Roger  Turner,  Clement 
Gooche,  Ralphe  Jaye  X.  To  my  sister  in  law  Anne  Warner 
£10  7  Dec  1654. 
Pi'ov.  13  June  1655  by  Leonard  G.  son  &  exor. 

Aylctt,  280 


RoRER  GoocH  of  city  of  Norwich,  gent. 

Will  dat.  22  Sep.  1656.  To  poor  of  p'ish  where  I  shall 
die  20s.  To  poor  of  p'ish  of  St.  Lawrence,  Norwich  20s, 
of  St.  Michael  of  Costany  in  Norwich  20c,  of  Respham  co. 
Norfolk  I  OS,  of  Hackford  near  Reepham  afsd.  los,  of  Howe 
CO.  Norfolk  5s.  To  my  wife  Martha  my  freehold  &  charter- 
hold  copyhold  &  customaryhold  messuages  &  lands  in  Car- 
deston,  Reepham,  Hackford,  Whitwell,  Howe,  Brooke  &  Por- 
ringland  Norf.  for  life,  thereafter  as  follows:  to  my  dau'r. 
Frances  G.  4  acres  called  Moregate  meadow  which  I  late  pur- 
ch'd  of  one  Breese,  &  all  lands  in  Hackford,  Reepham  & 
Whitwell  now  in  occupation  of  George  Smith,  in  fee  &  rest  of 
lands  in  Cardeston,  Reepham,  Hackford  &  Whitwell  afsd.  to 
my  son  Edmund  G.  in  fee.  To  my  son  Thomas  G.  lands  in 
Howe,  Brooke  &  Porringland,  in  fee,  from  death  of  my  wife 
AL  Sd.  wife  to  pay  to  sd.  son  Thomas  G.  iio  yearly.  To 
sd.  son  Edmund  G.  £100.  To  my  dau'r.  Frances  G.  iioo. 
Whereas  I  have  with  my  wife  I\L  &  son  Edmund  G,  sold 
certain  houses  in  p'ishes  of  St.  Laurence  &  St.  Gregory  Nor- 


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wich  to  Martin  Cumber  since  dec.  on  condition  for  payment 
of  several  sums  of  money  &  whereas  one  of  the  sums  is  to  be 
l)aid  in  1659.  Now  I  bequeath  sd.  £105  (sic)  to  sd.  son 
Edmund  G.  or  (if  sum  not  paid)  the  sd.  houses.  To  my 
servant  Grace  Cubitt  40s.  Rest  of  goods  to  my  wife  Martha 
G.  &  she  to  be  extrix.  JVitncsses :  Roger  Smith,  Grace  Cubitt 
X,  Anne  Fovie. 
Prob.  6  Dec  1656  by  Martha  G.  relict  &  extrix. 

Btdkcley,  449 

[The  family  of  Gooch  was  at  one  time  quite  numerous  in  Norfolk 
and  Suffolk.  Governor  Sir  William  Gooch,  was  son  of  Thomas  Gooch, 
Alderman  of  Yarmouth.  Major  William  Gooch  and  Lt.  Col.  Henry 
Gooch  lived  in  York  Co.,  Va.,  in  the  latter  part  of  the  17th  century. 
See  note  on  Governor  Gooch  in  this  magazine.] 


Christopher  Greenehow  of  Grisdall  in  p'ish  of  Graistocke 

Will  dat.  16  Aug.  1644.     To  Agnes  Hyne  £3.     To  Thomas 
Scott  &  Christopher  Scott  my  nephews  40s.  to  either  at  21. 
Rest  o  fgoods  to  my  brother  Richard  G.  &  he  to  be  ex'or, 
IVitnesscs:  John  Bancke,  John  Crosthwait. 
Prob.  28  Sep.  1653  by  Richard  G.  brother  &  ex'or. 


John  Green  how  of  Murray  in  p'ish  of  Graistocke,  Cumber- 
land, yeaman. 

Will  dat,  18  May  1653.  To  be  buried  in  p'ish  church  yard 
of  G,  To  my  brother  William  G.  &  his  son  George  G.  20s, 
To  my  brother  in  law  Richard  Greenhow,  Richard  &  Christo- 
pher 20s.  To  my  brother  in  law  John  Bristow  two  sons  John 
&  Thomas  being  turns  20s,  To  my  brother  in  law  William 
Jacke  his  son  John  Jacke  one  lamb.  To  everyone  whom  I 
am  godfather  unto  male  &  female  I2d.  To  Hugh  Johnson 
half  bushel  of  rig.  To  John  Gardhouse  same.  To  Thomas 
Renoldson  of  Penrith  one  peck.  To  Richard  Bristow's  wife 
is.  To  Elizabeth  Cowman  is.  To  my  son  James  G.  hus- 
bandry gear.  To  my  wife  Mabel  &  my  son  James  G,  afsd. 
rest  of  goods  &  they  to  be  ex'ors.     Supervisors  William  Jacke, 


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John  Bristow  both  of  Berriar.     J^Vit)icsscs:  William  Jack  X, 

William  Greenhow  X,  John  Brown  X. 

Prob.  24  Aug.  1653  ^y  ^label  G.  relict  &  James  G.  son,  the 

ex'ors. 

Brent,  91 


Richard  Greenhouse  of  Water  in  Mungrisedale  in  p'ish  of 
Graiesbacks  co.  Cumb.  yeoman 

Will  dat.  3  Nov.  1655.  To  my  eldest  son  John  Greenhowe 
husbandry  gear  so  that  my  wife  have  to  serve  her  necessaries 
during  widowhood.  To  sd.  son  John  G.  20  sheep  at  age  of 
15.  To  my  dau'r  Agnes  G.  £30  at  21,  if  she  die  before,  same 
to  my  dau'r  Margaret  G.  at  21,  if  she  die  before,  same  to  my 
2  sons  Richard  &  Christopher.  My  wife  Jennett  G.  to  have 
her  widow  right  of  my  tenement  according  to  custom  of  this 
manor  &  a  third  of  my  goods.  Rest  of  goods  to  my  3  children 
Richard,  Christopher  &  Margaret  &  they  to  be  ex'ors.  If 
wife  be  with  child  same  to  have  its  portion.  Tho.  Greenhowe 
and  William  Greenhowe  and  Edward  Greenhowe  to  be  over- 
seers. Testator  made  his  mark.  Christopher  Walker,  Richard 
Strickett,  Christopher  Buckburrowe. 

Adm.  c.  t.  a.  26  June  1656  to  Thomas  Greenhow,  William 
Greenhow  Sc  Edward  Greenhow,  testamentary  curators  to  Rich- 
ard, Christopher  &  Margaret  G.  children  &  ex'ors  of  dec,  to 
their  use  &  during  their  minority. 

Berkeley,  229 

[The  Greenhows  or  Greenhalghe  (as  was  an  early  spelling)  seem 
to  have  lived  in  several  different,  counties  in  the  north  of  England, 
Cumberland,  Lancashire  and  Westmoreland.  Those  whose  wills  are 
given  above  were  Cumberland  men.  The  branch  from  which  John 
Greenhow  (1724-1787)  the  emigrant  to  Virginia  came,  has  been  traced 
to  his  grandfather,  John  Greenhow,  gentleman,  1650-1733)  who  was 
buried  at  Harwich  Chapel,  Lancashire.  Robert  Greenhow,  father  of 
the  emigrant,  removed  from  Lancashire  to  High  House,  Stamton,  near 
Kendal,  in  Westmoreland.  Sec  IVilliaiii  and  Mary  Quarterly,  VH,  17; 
XVn,  273-275.] 

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VIRGINIA  STATE  TROOPS  IN  THE 
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(From  the  State  Auditor's  Papers,  now  in  State  Library) 


(Continued  from  XXXI,  332) 
1776 

April     18  To  Cash  paid  Miles  King  for  Sun- 
dry Persons  for  Necess'  furnish'd 

the  Troops  at  Hampton 27       9       7 

To    Ditto    paid    Ditto    for    Francis 
Malory     for     Wood,     Hampton 

Troops 26       5 

Ditto    paid    Do.    John    Jones    for 

Boat  hire  House  Rent  to  said  Do.     14     18     10 

Ditto  paid  Ditto  for  Francis  Malory 
for  Wood  to  Hampton  Troops 9 

Ditto  paid  Ditto  for  Thomas 
Wakefield  for  Necessaries  &  At- 
tendance to  the  Troops  at  Hamp- 
ton .._ - 16       6       •' 

Ditto  paid  Ditto   for  Joseph  Mas- 

enburg  for  Wood  to  Ditto 3     ^o 

Ditto  paid  William  Giles  for  a  gun       5 

Ditto  paid  James  Overton  for  2 
guns  5 

Ditto  paiid  William  Foster  for 
Wagon  hire 5 

Ditto  paid  Ditto  for  John  Fox  for 

Wood  to  the  8"*  Reg" 8      8" 

Ditto  paid  John  Ramsay  for  a  gun       5 

Ditto  paid  Walter  Hopkins  for  pay 
of  Capt.  A.  Anderson  Company 
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Ditto  paid  George  Lyne  for  pay  of 

his  Company  of   M.  Men 22     12     loj^ 

Ditto  paid   Ditto   for  Tho^   Wyatt 

for  Meal  to  Capt.  Watkins  Com- 

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Ditto  paid  William  Armistead  for 

for  Arms  &  Blank'  to  the  Public       5     i^ 
19  Ditto  paid  Richard  Bland  for  Bur- 
well  Prosser  for  a  gun i       2 

Ditto  paid  William  Richards  for 
the  pay  of  his  Comp''  of  M.  Men 

&  for  16  Hunting  Shirts 3/6      6 

Ditto  paid  John  Jones  for  pay,  Pro- 
visions &   Necessaries   furnished 

his  Company  from  Dinwiddie 588     10      9 

Ditto   paid   John   Montague   for   a 

gun  to  Capt.  Mead's  Comp^ 4 

Ditto  paid  John  Green,  Thomas 
Harron  &  Walter  Keebec  for 
Transporting  Troops  to  Eastern 

Shore    39     12 

Ditto  paid  Ditto  for  Rations  to  his 

Conip''  &  2  guns   furnished 102       4       4>4 

Ditto  paid  Robert  Gambell  for  Pro- 
visions furnished  Sundry  Com- 
panies by  Hezekiah  Heaton,  John 

Jouett  &   Henry   Gambell 12       5       6 

Ditto  paid  David  Leitch  for  Ruggs 

furnished    2    Camp' 44     i^       7 

Ditto  paid   John   Gaskins   for   pay 

of  his  Comp^  to  28'"  Feb loi     16       4^ 

Ditto    paid    Ditto    for    Provisions, 

Arms  &  Necessaries  to  his  Coy...     52       4       8 
20  Ditto    paid    Thomas    Walker     for 
Martin    Hawkins    as    Waggoner 
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Ditto  paid  Ditto  for  a  gun  furnish- 
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Ditto  paid  John  Ferguson  for  Gab- 
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Stephensons    Comp''   819 

Ditto  paid  Henry  Field  for  a  gun 

furnished  public  service 2     10 

Ditto  paid  Richard  Timberlake  for 
I  Barrell  Corn  to  Captain  Terrils 
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Ditto    paid    Reubin    Morris    for   a 

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Ditto  paid   Daniel   JMcQuan   for   i 

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Ditto  paid  Joseph  Morton  for  Wag- 

gonage  to  the  public  service 92     10       " 

Ditto  paid  Chas.  Ashton  for  board 

of  2  sick  Soldiers i      12       " 

1776  To  cash  paid  Collin  Cooke  for  pay 

April  20  &  Necessaries  to  Capt"  Thomas 

Ruffin's  Company  of  the  6'"  Reg»  104       9       8 

Ditto  paid  Lieut  Watts  for  the  pay 
of  Cap"  Isaac  Beats  Co^" 

Ditto  paid  the  4  Reg'  from  the  3" 

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Ditto    paid    William    Bently    for    2 

guns  furnished  the  Army 6       "       " 

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saries   furnished    their   Comp^' 103       i       2 

Ditto  paid  Ditto  for  Arms  fur- 
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Meads  Comp^"  from  Amelia 19     17       6 

Ditto  paid  Cap-  Thomas  Berry  for 
balance  of  pay  to  his  Company 
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Ditto    paid    Tarlton    Woodson    as 

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Ditto  paid  M.  Carrington  for  Arms 

to  Cap-  Fleming's  Co 18       7       9 

Ditto  paid  Ditto  for  Jacob  Michaux 

for   Ferriages  19       7/^ 

Ditto  paid  George  Muter  for  re- 
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Ditto  paid  Peter  Hunberger  for  Re- 
cruiting his  Marine  Company 
and  ten  months  pay  to  himself 
&  Lieut.  Th.  Kelly 77     10      " 

Ditto  paid  Aron  Jefifery  upon  ac- 
count for  recruiting  in  the  marine 
service  &  for  i  months  half  pay 
advanced  - 39     10       " 

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Ditto  paid  Ditto  for  Provisions  to 

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Ditto   paid    Edward    Dobbyns    for 

Waggon  hire  to  the  public 49     13 

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furnished Ditto 4 

Ditto  paid  Miles  Taylor  for  James 

Marsden  for  Wood  furnished  the 

Princess  Ann  Militia  on  Duty 57       2       6 

Ditto  paid  Colo'  Charles  Harrison 

for    Cap"    James    Innis    for    the 

Company  of  Artillery  to  the  lO'" 

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Ditto  paid  George  Reed  for  Richard 

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Berry's   Company   7     n 

Ditto   paid    M.   Jouett    for    Henry 

Clements  for  Waggon  Hire 726 

Ditto    paid    William    Lime    for    2 

guns  furnished  the  pub' 11       "       " 

Ditto  paid  Alder  Bell  for  Timber 

guns  &:  other  Necessaries  to  the 

Army  54       7       3 

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MANORS 


The  Virginia  use  of  the  term  "uimior:"  A  learned  student  of  the 
sources  of  Virginia  history  has  recently  said  {Va.  Mag.,  xxxii,  107) 
that  "there  were  no  manors  in  Virginia."  We  understand  this  to  imply 
that  the  manorial  system  of  local  jurisdiction  which  had  developed  in 
l-ugland  under  the  Tudors,  of  which  the  badges  were  the  court  baron 
and  the  court  leet,  was  not  transferred  to  Virginia.  This  is  unde- 
batable.  The  proof  of  it  is  in  relation  to  the  patent  granted  in  1616 
by  the  Virginia  Company  to  Capt.  John  Martin  (for  whom  see  Brown, 
Genesis,  ii,  943)  for  that  "particular  plantation"  which  he  seated  as 
"Martin's  Brandon"  on  the  lower  side  of  James  River.  The  text  of 
this  patent  is  lacking,  but  it  was  contemporaneously  interpreted  as  a 
grant  to  Martin  to  "enjoye  his  landes  in  as  lardge  and  ample  a  manner, 
to  all  intentes  and  purposes,  as  any  Lord  of  any  manours  in  England 
duth  holde  his  groundc."  In  1619  the  Virginia  Assembly  (Journals 
ff.  B.,  1619-59,  P-  8)  fairly  objected  that  such  powers  were  incom- 
patible with  the  establishment  in  the  colony  of  the  uniform  system  of 
local  goveriunent  which  was  contemplated  by  the  fundamental  Laws 
and  Constitutions  enacted  by  the  Virginia  Company  in  1618;  i.  e., 
after  the  date  of  Martin's  grant;  and  as  a  consequence  the  Company 
secured  the  surrender  of  Martin's  patent  of  1616  and  issued  him  a  new 
one,  minus  the  manorial  jurisdiction  (See  Kingsbury,  Records  of  the 
Virginia  Company,  passim).  On  the  other  hand,  it  may  be  noted  that 
the  owners  of  all  the  several  "particular  plantations"  did  for  a  time 
claim  and,  until  the  county  system  was  fully  developed,  exercised  a 
certain  measure  of  local  jurisdiction,  including  a  privilege  of  repre- 
sentation in  the  Assembly  similar  to  that  later  exercised  by  the  New 
York  patroons  (See  c.  g.,  the  records  of  Berkeley  Hundred,  calendared 
in   Bulletin  N.  Y.  Public  Library,  i,   186;   iii,   167,  208). 

The  only  examples  of  the  full  fledged  jurisdictional  manor  estab- 
lished in  America  were  in  Maryland  and  New  York,  but  even  in  those 
colonies  they  soon  withered  under  pioneer  conditions  (For  Maryland 
sec  Johnson,  Oh!  Maryland  Manors,  and  Gould,  Land  System  in  Mary- 
land, Johns  Hopkins  Studies,  1883  and  1913;  for  New  York,  Cad- 
wallader  Colden's  report  of  1732  in  Doc.  Hist.  iV.  Y.,  i,  252,  and  The 
Lizungstons  of  Livingston  Manor,    1910,   passim). 

While  a  jurisdictional  manor  on  the  developed  English  precedent 
would  probably  have  been  impossible  in  a  civilization  based  on  slavery, 


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certainly  so  long  as  practically  free  land  was  available  on  the  frontier, 
it  remains  a  fact  that  the  term  manor  was  used  in  eighteenth  century 
Virginia    in  a  special  sense,  both  above  and  below  the   Rappahannock. 
By   1700    as   Mr.   Gould  has  shown,  the  Maryland  manor   had  become 
nothing   more   than   a   tract    of    land   held    intact    by   entail,    which    the 
proprietor    was    administering    by    a    system   of    "manorial"    leases    for 
three  lives.     This  precedent  seems  to  have  spread  across  the  Potomac 
and  to  have  brought  with  it  the  term  "manor",  not  as  a  claim  of  special 
jurisdiction  but  as  a  description  of   a  system  of   estate  admmistration. 
It  will   suffice  to  cite  three  examples   of   such  usage,   of   which   there 
is   formal  record:    (i)    By  his  will  of    1694,  George  Brent  of   Wood- 
stock directed  that  a  portion  of  his  share  of  the  Brent  Town  tract  be 
erected  into  a   "manor",   of   which  the   remainder    should  be  held,  and 
thereafter   during  the   eighteenth  century  his  heirs  in  tail  administered 
that  "manor"   by  leases   for   three   lives    (See   the   surviving    fragments 
of  the  will    supplemented  by  recitals  in  a  subsequent  deed,  m  Va.  Mag., 
xviii    96-    Prince    IVilliam   D.   B.,  W :    85;   and   the   "manorial"    leases 
noted  in    Tylers   Quar.,  iv,    164)  ;    (2)    Like   Lord   Baltimore's   charter, 
the  several  charters  of   the  Northern  Neck  proprietary  had  authorized 
the  erection  of   manors  with   full  equipment  of   court  baron  and  court 
leet,  but  there  was  no  attempt  by  the  proprietors  to  set  up  such  courts 
in   any   of    the    great    tracts    granted    in   the    seventeenth    century,    Mt. 
Vernon,  Ravensworth  and  Brent  Town.     In  1736  and  later  years,  how- 
ever, reciting  specifically  the  term  in  the  record  he  made  on  the  pro- 
prietary  books.    Lord    Fairfax    erected    the   "manors"    of    Leeds,    Great 
Falls,  South  Branch  and  Greenway  Court,  all  of  which  he  administered 
under   the   system    of    leases    for   three    lives    without    claim   of    special 
jurisdiction.     (3)   That  William  Beverley  called  his  great  tract  on  the 
upper   waters   of    the   South    Branch  of    Shenandoah   a   manor    appears 
from  the  designation  of  it  on  the  I755  edition  of  the  Fry  and  Jefferson 
map  as    "Beverley   manor    or    Irish    track."     This    doubtless   meant   no 
more  than  a  following  of  Lord  Fairfax's  precedent. 

In  the  sense  of  these  examples,  it  may  fairly  be  said  that  the  Spots- 
woods,  Carters,  Fitzhughs,  Pages,  Burgesses,  Balls,  William  Fairfaxes, 
Colvills  and  other  holders  of  "great  tracts"  in  northern  Virginia  on 
which  the  proprietors  did  not  reside,  also  established  "manors".  It 
does  not  appear  that  any  of  these  families  used  the  term'  in  any  will, 
deed,  or  other  formal  instrument.  This  was  doubtless  because  that 
term  was  always  unpopular  in  Virginia  and  repelled  tenants;  but  be- 
cause their  lands  in  question  were  entailed  and  were  administered  on 
the  system  of  leases  for  three  lives  these  non-residentiary  estates  were 
uniformly  called  "manors"  in  popular  local  parlance,  and  so  they  are 
described  by  Kercheval  in  his  History  of  the   Valley. 

The  interesting  fact  is  that  despite  the  special  jurisdiction  which 
would  have  given  these  "manors"  legal  significance,  the  colonial  use 
of   the  term  was  not  without   English   precedent.     It  was  a  reversion, 


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under  new  conditions,  from  the  contemporary  English  institution  to  the 
earlier  English  designation  of  a  proprietary  estate.  Just  as  the  Vir- 
ginia County  Court  had  revived  and  united  with  that  of  the  Tudor 
Justice  of  the  peace  the  customary  jurisdiction  of  the  "vill"  or  the 
"hundred"  long  after  that  jurisdiction  had  been  distributed  between 
the  manorial  courts  and  the  royal  courts  in  England,  so  the  "manor" 
in  the  colony  revived  the  simpler  form  of  the  manor  which  Bracton 
knew.  Maitland  says  (History  of  English  Law,  2d  ed.,  191 1,  i,  594) 
that  "in  the  thirteenth  century  the  term  vuinerium  seems  to  have  been 
no  more  precise  than  the  term  "estate",  as  commonly  used  by  laymen, 
is  at  the  present  time."  Holdsworth  adds  (History  of  English  Laiv, 
cd.  1922.  i,  180)  an  historical  explanation  in  the  statement  that  the 
"manor"  as  an  institution  "ca»ie  not  only  to  denote  a  certain  tract  of 
land  held  in  a  certain  way  hut  also  to  connote  jurisdiction." 


BERKELEY'S   OPPOSITION   TO   THE   GRANT   OF   VIRGINIA 
TO  LORDS  ARLINGTON  AND  CULPEPER. 

[There  survives  among  the  MSS.  of  the  Duke  of  Leeds  at  Hornby 
Castle,  Bedale,  Yorks,  the  following  letter  addressed  by  Sir  William 
Berkeley,  Governor  of  Virginia,  to  the  celebrated  Thomas  Osborne 
(1631-1712),  earl  of  Danby,  Lord  High  Treasurer  of  England,  1673- 
1679,  and  later  first  Duke  of   Leeds  of   William   Ill's  creation. 

In  Historical  MSS.  Covimission  Report,  xi,  Appendix  7,  p.  10,  this 
letter  is  calendared,  with  the  suggestion  that  it  referred  to  the  Northern 
Neck  grant,  doubtless  by  reason  of  its  identification  of  the  grant  in 
question  only  as  "this  Patent  of  my  Lord  Culpeper ;"  but  the  date,  as 
well  as  the  text,  belies  that  attribution. 

In  February,  1674-5,  when  Berkeley  wrote,  the  Northern  Neck  was 
still  vested  under  the  second  patent  (that  of  8  May,  1669)  in  the  earl 
of  St.  Albans  and  others,  and  although  about  that  time  Lord  Culpeper 
acquired  an  interest  in  it,  it  was  not  until  21  July,  1681,  that  he  pur- 
chased from  the  others  the  full  proprietary  right. 

On  the  other  hand,  the  Arlington-Culpeper  grant  of  all  Virginia 
(printed  in  Hening,  ii,  569)  was  dated  25  February,  25  Car.  II,  and 
news  of  it  had  only  recently  reached  Virginia  when  Berkeley  wrote 
to  Lord  Danby. 

Considering  Danby 's  general  reputation  at  the  time,  and  Berkeley's 
deprecatory  tone,  there  is  interest  in  Berkeley's  suggestion  that  the 
Crown  was  not  receiving  all  the  Virginia  revenues.  It  will  be  re- 
membered that  Danby's  wife  was  a  Bertie  and  that  the  burden  of  a 
contemporary  song  was : 

At  Charing  Cross,  hard  by  the  way 
Where  all   the   Berties  make  their   way.] 


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Virginia  i  Febr.  '74/5 
Right  Honorable : 

Though  absolutely  unknown  to  any  thing  of  your  Lordship,  But 
your  great  place  and  trust  you  have  with  his  Sacred  Majesty  and  the 
fame  of  those  virtues  that  procured  them  yet  I  hope  your  Lordship 
will  pardon  this  boldness  of  importuning  your  Lordship,  especially  when 
you  shall  see  that  it  is  either  the  King's  interest  or  my  apprehending 
the  King's  interest  that  makes  me  to  presume  to  write  to  your  Lord- 
ship. My  Lord,  thus  it  is  the  King  has  a  great  revenue  from  this  poor 
place  (or  else  the  King  is  wonderfully  defrauded)  ;  not  that  I  impute 
any  great  merit  to  my  self  in  this  improvement  but  to  the  length  of 
time  which  I  have  served  in  it.  Yet  perhaps  the  universal  justice  and 
dispatch  of  it,  as  well  as  to  the  merchants  as  to  the  Planters,  has  been 
some  cause  of  the  increase  of  the  Colony  and  by  consequence  of  his 
majesty's  revenue;  for  to  my  knowledge  there  is  not  one  laborer  here 
that  does  not  pay  the  King  five  pounds  sterling  yearly,  and  I  verily 
believe  that  in  twenty  years  more  our  numbers  and  returns  to  his 
majesty  will  double.  By  this  your  Lordship  will  see  how  conducible 
to  the  King's  revenue  is  a  moderate  and  rational  encouragement  to 
his  poor  people,  that  at  least  they  may  have  something  out  of  their 
sweat  and  labour  to  supply  their  own  necessities  which  they  can  never 
have  if  this  Patent  of  my  Lord  Culpeper  be  cominanded  to  be  put 
in  execution  to  the  utmost  rigour  of  some  clauses  and  powers  [that] 
are  granted  in  it. 

Now  my  Lord  you  are  the  most  principal  officer  of  his  majesty's 
revenue  and  therefore  we  humbly  hope  that  your  Lordship  will  not  be 
offended  with  us  when  we  petition  you  to  take  a  view  of  His  Majesty's 
grant  and  examine  how  ruinous  it  may  be  to  the  Royal  Patronage,  when 
the  Planters  may  be  discouraged  from  their  labours  to  finding  that  their 
unintermitted  labours  will  not  be  sufficient  to  maintain  their   families. 

My  Lord  having  no  support  at  court  nor  no  means  to  assure  me  of  a 
hope  of  the  King's  favour  (but  my  conscience  of  having  ever  done  His 
Majesty  all  the  faithful  and  industrious  service  I  was  capable  of)  were 
a  madness,  I  say,  in  me  to  oppose  such  powerful  Lords  that  can  blast 
me  with  the  least  breathings  of  their  anger  on  me  if  His  Majesty's 
interest  did  not  enforce  me  to  this  duty ;  and  I  have  this  further  to 
strengthen  me  in  my  duty  that  these  great  lords  shall  not  be  frus- 
trated of  the  ends  of  their  grant  from  His  Majesty;  for  we  will  by 
our  agents  offer  them  more  than  ever  they  will  make  of  it;  and  yet 
further  I  will  say  that  if  one  of  these  Lords  would  vouchsafe  to  come 
hither  and  once  for  all  settle  what  they  shall  find  we  are  able  to  do, 
then  I  say,  we  will  never  repine  as  what  they  shall  impose  on  us ;  for 
being  persons  of  honour  we  know  they  will  not  exact  from  us  any- 
thing but  what  is  just,  equitable  and  supportable.  But,  my  Lord,  it 
is   their   officers   we   fear   who   will   defraud   them  and   grind   us;   and 


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having   by   this    Patent   an    equal    decided    and   abstracted   power    from 

the  present  governor's   of   it  will   unavoidably  put   the  country  in   some 

disorder.     My  Lord,  you  have  too  many  important  affairs  to  be  kept 

from  them  by  impertinencies,  which  this   letter  may  be   full  of,   I   shall 

therefore   end   it   with   begging   your   pardon    for   them. 

Your  Lordship's  most  humble 

and  most  obedient 

servant 

per  the  post   1675/4 

Virginia  Will  Berkeley. 

(Addressed) 

For  the  Right  Hono^ie 

the  Lord   High   Treasurer 
of   England. 


LORD   CULPEPER'S   SURRENDER   OF   THE   ARLINGTON- 
CULPEPER  GRANT  OF  ALL  VIRGINLA.. 

[In  Hening,  ii,  569,  578,  is  printed  (from  the  subsequently  lost 
General  Court  D.  B.,  1682-89,  No.  3,  p.  28)  the  full  text  of  the  grant 
of  Virginia  by  Charles  H  to  Henry,  Earl  of  Arlington,  and  Thomas, 
Lord  Culpeper,  dated  25  February,  25  Car.  H,  and  of  the  assignment 
of  his  interest  therein  by  Arlington  to  Culpeper,  dated  10  September, 
22,  Car.  H.  Among  the  McDonald  Transcripts  (vi,  298)  in  the  Vir- 
ginia State  Library  is  the  full  text  (calendared  in  CaL  Am.  &  IV.  I., 
1681-85,  No.  1771,  p.  660)  of  the  King's  warrant,  dated  24  June,  1684, 
for  an  allowance  to  Lord  Culpeper  of  £600  per  annum  for  20  years, 
charged  on  the  establishment  of  the  army,  in  compensation  for  his  sur- 
render of  this  patent.  Hening  prints  also  (ii,  521)  from  the  Bland 
MS.  (see  also  Cal.  Am.  &  W.  I.,  1681-85,  No.  1815,  p.  670)  a  letter 
from  Charles  H  to  Lord  Howard  of  Effingham,  dated  25  July,  1684, 
notifying  the  Virginia  government  of  Lord  Culpeper's  surrender  of 
the  grant.  But  none  of  the  surviving  Virginia  records,  nor  any  of 
the  collections  of  transcripts  of  English  records  in  the  Virginia  State 
Library  and  the  Library  of  Congress,  has  made  available  the  text 
of  Lord  Culpeper's  surrender.  That  document,  dated  27  May,  1684,  is 
in  P.  R.  O.  Treasury,  88:129.  Its  importance  seems  sufficient  to  com- 
plete the  printed   record   by  giving  here   the   following  transcript.] 

To  all  to  whom  these  presents  shall  come. 

The  Rt.  Hono»>i«  Thomas,  Lord  Culpeper,  Baron  of  Thornsway, 
sendeth  Greeting, 

Whereas  his  Maj"  by  Letters  Patents  under  the  great  Seal  of  Eng- 
land bearing  Date  the  25th  Day  of   February  in  the  35th  year  of  his 


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NOTES   AND  QUERIES  193 

Raigne  for  the  Considerations  therein  mentioned,  Did  give,  grant  and 
Demise  unto  the  Rt.  Hono^ie  Henry,  Earle  of  Arlington,  and  Thomas, 
Lord  Culpeper,  their  Executors,  Adm"  &  assignes, 

All  that  intire  Tract,  Territory,  Region  &  Dominion  of  Land  and 
water  Comonly  called  Virginia,  together  with  the  Territory  of  Acco- 
mack, and  all  that  part  of  the  Bay  of  Chesapeack  that  lyeth  between 
the  same  or  any  part  thereof,  And  all  other  the  Rights,  members, 
Jurisdictions  &  appurtenances  thereof.  And  Severall  other  Tracts, 
Regions  &  Dominions  and  Territories  therein  mentioned,  as  also  all 
Islands  whatsoever  within  Ten  Leagues  of  any  the  Coasts  of  Any  the 
said  Territoryes,  together  with  the  Soyle  of  all  &  singular  the  premisses, 
and  all  Woods,  Underwoods,  Timber  &  Trees,  mountaines.  Swamps, 
Waters,  Rivers,  Lakes,  Havens,  Ports,  Creeks,  Wrecks  of  the  Sea, 
Flotson,  Jetson  and  Lagen,  Whales  &  Royall  Fishes,  whatsoever,  to- 
gether with  the  Royalty  of  the  said  Seas  and  Bayes  and  all  Royall 
Mynes  and  other  mynes  whatsoever,  as  also  all  &  singular  the  Premisses 
or  any  part  thereof  which  during  the  Continuance  of  the  said  Grant 
Should  in  any  wise  Escheat  or  become  forfeit  to  his  Maj",  his  heires 
and  Successors,  and  all  manner  of  Quit  Rents,  and  other  Yearly  Rents, 
Paym's,  Dutys  and  Reservations  whatsoever  Due  or  payable  upon  any 
Grants  of  the  Premisses  or  any  part,  or  parts  thereof  made  by  his 
said  Maj'e  or  any  of  his  Royall  predecessors  or  by  the  Governor  and 
Councill  of  Virginia  for  the  time  being,  or  any  other  person  or  per- 
sons whatsoever,  therein  including  the  Rent  of  Six  pounds  thirteen 
shillings  four  pence  reserved  upon  a  Grant  made  by  his  said  Maj"- 
to  Henry,  late  Earle  of  St.  Albans,  and  others,  their  heirs  and  assignes 
for  ever,  bearing  date  the  8th  day  of  May  in  the  one  &  twentieth 
year  of  his  Raign,  as  also  all  Powers,  Priviledges,  Grants,  Clauses, 
Covenants,  advantages,  authorities,  conditions.  Provisoes,  agreem"  and 
other  things  and  matters  whatsoever  mentioned  &  granted  or  intended 
to  be  granted  by  the  said  letters  Patents  (excepting  &  reserving  as 
is  therein  excepted  &  reserved)  together  with  all  arrears  of  the  said 
Quit  Rents  and  other  profits  w'*'  accrewed  since  the  said  Eighth  day 
of  May, 

To  have  and  to  hold  all  and  singular  the  said  Tracts,  Regions,  Terri- 
tories and  Dominions,  with  all  the  Rights,  Members,  Jurisdictions  and 
appurtenances  thereunto  belonging,  together  with  all  and  singular  the 
said  Quit  Rents  and  other  Yearly  Rents,  Paymt»,  Dutys  and  reser- 
vations and  other  the  premisses  unto  the  said  Henry,  Earle  of  Ar- 
lington, and  Thomas,  Lord  Culpeper,  their  Executors,  administrators 
&  assignes  from  the  tenth  day  of  March  then  last  past  before  the  date 
thereof  untill  the  full  and  term  of  one  and  thirty  years  from  thence 
next  ensuing,  and  fully  to  be  Compleat  and  ended  at  and  under  the 
yearly  Rent  of  Forty  Shillings  of  Lawful  money  of  England  payable 
as  therein  is  expressed  as  in  and  by  the  said  Letters  Patents  remaining 


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on  Record  (amongst  divers  other  Covenants,  Provisos,  Grants,  Clauses, 
Powers,  advantages,  authorities.  Conditions  &  agreem's  therein  Con- 
teined)  relation  being  thereunto  had,  it  doth  &  may  more  fully  and  at 
large  appear. 

And  IVIicreas  the  said  Earle  of  Arlington  by  Indenture  bearing  date 
the  tenth  day  of  September  in  the  three  and  thirtieth  year  of  his  Maj'" 
Raign  hath  granted  and  assigned  the  premisses  and  all  his  Estate,  right, 
title  and  Interest  therein  by  virtue  of  the  said  letters  Patents  or  other- 
wise, unto  the  said  Thomas  Lord  Culpeper,  his  Executors  and  assignes. 

Now  knoiv  yee  that  the  said  Thomas,  Lord  Culpeper,  for  and  in 
Consideration  of  a  grant  from  his  said  Maj'*  to  him  the  said  Thomas, 
Lord  Culpeper,  his  Executors,  Adm"  and  assignes  of  the  yearly  Sum 
of  six  hundred  pounds  per  ann.  payable  quarterly  out  of  the  Exchequer 
for  and  during  the  term  of  twenty  years  and  one  half  year  Comencing 
from  the  five  and  twentieth  day  of  August  now  last  past,  Hath  assigned 
and  set  over,  and  by  these  presents  doth  assign  &  set  over  unto  Our 
Soveraign  Lord  the  King's  Maj'^  his  Heires  and  successors  for  and 
During  all  the  residue  of  the  said  Terme, 

All  and  singular  the  premisses  in  and  by  the  said  Letters  Patents, 
granted  or  mentioned  to  be  granted  as  aforesd,  And  every  of  them 
and  every  part  and  parcell  thereof  and  all  Powers,  Priviledges  and 
authorities  thereby  given  or  therein  conteined.  As  also  all  manner  of 
arrears  of  Quit  Rents  and  other  Rents,  Duties  and  profits  now  re- 
maining Due  and  unpaid  by  the  respective  Tenants  and  Owners  of  the 
Premisses,  or  any  part  or  parts  thereof.  And  all  the  Estate,  Right, 
Title,  Interest,  Property,  Claim  and  Demand  whatsoever  w^i-  the  said 
Thomas,  Lord  Culpeper,  now  hath  in  and  unto  all  and  singular  the 
premisses  and  every  or  any  parts  or  parcells  thereof  by  virtue  of  the 
said  first  recited  Letters  Patents  and  assignm'  from  the  said  Earle 
of  Arlingttni  (except  all  arrears  of  the  above  mentioned  Rent  of  Six 
pounds  thirteen  shillings  Four  pence  reserved  on  the  before  recited 
Grant  to  Henry,  Earle  of  St.  Alban,  and  others  bearing  Date  the 
Eighth  day  of  May  in  the  one  and  twentieth  year  of  his  Maj"»  Raigne 
due  upon  or  at  any  time  before  Michaelmas  Day  now  last  past,  to- 
gether with  the  said  Rent  of  Six  pounds  thirteen  shillings  four  pence 
to  grow  and  become  due  on  midsummer  day  now  next  ensuing; 

Pro^ndcd  alwayes  And  it  is  hereby  intended  Declared  and  agreed  that 
no  Quit  Rents,  moneys  or  arrears  of  Quit  Rents  or  other  Profits  what- 
soever, w^^  now  are  or  shall  be  received  by  or  remaining  in  the  hands 
of  any  Sheriff,  Receiver  or  other  Collectors  or  officers  whatsoever  at 
any  time  before  the  tenth  Day  of  May  next  ensuing  the  date  hereof 
shall  be  hereby  assigned  or  set  over,  released  or  Discharged,  but  that 
the  same  and  every  of  them  do  &  shall  belong  to  the  said  Thomas,  Lord 
Culpeper,  his  Executors,  Adni"  and  assignes  to  his  and  their  owne 
proper   use    and    behoof,    with    full    power    and    Lawfull    authority    for 


NOTES   AND   QUERIES  195 

him  and  thcin  to  sue  for  and  recover  the  same,  either  in  their  owne 
name  or  his  Maj'"^  as  is  particularly  expressed  in  the  said  Letters 
Patents,  Tlicse  presents  or  any  other  matter  or  thing  to  the  Contrary 
in  any  wise  notwithstanding. 

And  Lastly,  The  said  Thomas,  Lord  Culpeper,  Doth  hereby  Remise, 
Release  and  for  ever  quit  claim  unto  his  said  Ma«y,  All  arrears  of 
Salary  payable  unto  him,  the  said  Thomas,  Lord  Culpeper,  as  Gover- 
nor of  Virginia,  as  also  all  sums  of  money  expended  and  laid  out 
and  due  or  payable  to  him,  and  all  other  Pretensions  from  his  Maj"' 
(luring  his  Government  of  Virginia  relating  to  the  said  Governm  and 
Colony,  Except  the  sum  of  seaven  hundred  pounds  ordered  by  his 
Maj'«'»  warrant  bearing  Date  the  24th  day  of  this  Instant  May  to  be 
paid  to  the  said  Thomas,  Lord  Culpeper  out  of  the  Revenue  arising 
in  Virginia,  as  the  remaining  part  of  one  years  salary,  Due  from 
Christmas,  1680,  to  midsummer  following,  deduction  being  first  to  be 
made  out  of  the  said  seaven  hundred  Pounds  of  any  sum  or  sums  that 
shall  appear  to  have  been  received  by  the  said  Thomas  Lord  Culpeper 
or  bis  assignes  since  that  time  on  the  publique  Accompt  of  Virginia 
(w^i'  if  any  such  be,  are  hereby  released  unto  his  Maj«<^)  according 
to  his  Maj«'s  Warrant  aforesaid  and  agreement  therein  mentioned 
to    be   made   with   the    said   Thomas,    Lord    Culpeper,    in   that   behalf. 

1)1  Witness  zvlicrcof  the  said  Thomas,  Ld.  Culpeper,  hath  hereunto 
;ct  his  hand  and  seale  the  Seaven  and  twentieth  Day  of  May  in  the  Six 
and  thirtieth  year  of  the  Raign  of  our  Soveraign  Lord  Charles  the 
second  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  England,  Scotland,  France  &  Ireland. 
King  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c  and  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  Christ 
one  Thousand,   Six   hundred   Eighty   Four. 


PETITION  OF  CHARLES  NEILSON. 
Contributed  by  R.  B.  Munford,  Jr. 

(From  Archives  Dept.  Va.  State  Library.  File  "Executive  Com- 
munications Thos.  Jefferson  Jany   1779,   Dec.    11,    1779." 

A  letter  reading  as  follows :  [Does  not  say  to  whom  addressed — 
doubtless  to  Governor  Jefferson  &  Council  or  to  the  General  Assembly.] 

Hon'-ie  Sirs, 

Nothing  but  the  unhappy  Situation  to  which  I  am  reduc'd  by  a  long 
and  tedious  confinement  could  induce  me  to  address  you  at  this  time 
when  the  Important  Afairs  of  the  State  must  necessarily  Engross  every 
moment  of  your  time. 

Earlie  in  April  1776  my  Banishment  was  announced  by  the  Com 
mittee  of  Safety  at  which  time  my  Estate  was  order'd  into  the  hand; 
of    Commissioners    &    myself    ordered    into    this    County;    Without    one 


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farthing  for  my  traveling  charges  nor  have  I  received  the  smallest 
alowance  for  my  Subsistence  ever  since.  This  has  obliged  me  to  apply 
to  those  whom  actuated  by  the  Principals  of  Humanity  felt  for  my 
Distress  and  advanced  me  a  Sum  of  money;  but  unable  longer  to  pro- 
cure that  Friendly  aid,  and  every  necessary  of  Life  rose  to  such  ex- 
travigant  Prices  I  have  been  reduc'd  to  the  Cruel  tho  unavoidable 
necessity  of  selling  some  Negroes  the  Property  of  my  helpless  Infants 
for  our  support,  pay  the  Commissioners  for  the  hire  of  my  own  Ser- 
vants, and  to  pay  the  Taxes  on  those  Servants  with  every   Penalty. 

Before  my  Banishment  my  afairs  were  much  Involv'd  and  now  my 
Creditors  are  daily  Importuning  me,  alase  I  am  deprived  of  the  means 
of  paying  them  unless  your  Honours  will  be  pleas'd  in  your  Wisdom 
and  Clemency  to  rescind  the  order  for  my  Confinement  and  enable 
me  to  sell  my  estate  to  satisfie  the  first  demands  of  my  Creditors,  pay 
the  Debts  I  have  Contracted  during  my  Confinement  and  procure  some 
necessaries   for  my  Family  of  which   They  are  almost   Destitute. 

As  a  man  who  wishes  to  act  the  honest  part  to  His  Creditors  and 
Daily  experiencing  the  anguish  of  a  Parent  and  Husband  deprived  of 
every  means  of  relieving  those  depending  on  Him  from  apparent  Dis- 
tress— In  that  light  be  pleas'd  to  view  me  then  Judge  my  Feelings. 
Thus  I  have  in  a  very  Candid  manner  represented  my  unfortunate 
Situation,  and  to  which  I  beg  your  Honours  Attention. 

1  am 

Hon<«  Sirs 

Your   most  Obedient 
and   very    Hble    Serv. 

(Signed)    Chas.   Neilson. 
Fauquier 

July  26,   1779. 

"In  the  House  of  Delegates 

the  22J  of  October   1779. 

Resolved  that  Charles  Neilson  be  discharged  from  the  confinement  to 
which  he  was  ordered  by  a  Resolution  of  the  Convention  in  May  1776 
that  his  Estate  be  restored  to  him  and  that  the  Bond  which  he  then 
gave  be  canceled. 

Teste 

John  Beckley  C.  h.  d. 
26">  October  1779 

Agreed  to  by  the  Senate 
Will  Drew  C.  S. 

[Charles  Neilson  had  been  a  wealthy  merchant  of  Urbana  and 
had  been  arrested  as  a  Tory.] 


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NOTES  AND  QUERJES  197 

LETTERS  FROM  COLONELS   BRENT  AND  GIBSON 
Contributed  by  R.  B.  Munford,  Jr. 

Va.  State  Archives.  Filed  under  "Executive  Communications  Thos. 
Jefferson  April  7  1780 — Dec.  29  1780" 

A  joint  letter  from  Col.  Gibson  &  Col.  Brent  addressed  to  "The 
Honbie  B.  Harrison  Esq'   Speaker  of   The  House  of   Delegates" 

/ 
Richmond  23<>  May  1780 
Sir: 

We  take  liberty  thro  you  to  represent  to  the  Gen'  Assembly  the 
many  disadvantageous  circumstances  which  the  Regiments  we  have 
the  Honor  to  command  sustain  on  their  present  Establishment. 

The  resolution  of  Congress  passed  at  a  very  early  period  of  this 
contest  discriminating  the  Rank  of  State  and  Continental  troops  has 
in  its  operations  subjected  us  to  various  discouragements.  It  may  be 
sufficient  here  only  to  say  that  during  three  years  in  which  we  have 
done  duty  with  the  Continental  Army  we  have  had  the  mortification  to 
see  our  rank  trampled  under  foot  by  unjust  &  partial  Regulations  and 
the  opportunities  of  doing  Honor  to  ourselves  &  the  State  we  belong 
to  have  been  divested  from  us.  Nor  are  these  the  only  Injuries  we 
have  experienced.  Peculiar  priviledges  to  which  as  your  Soldiers  we 
were  entitled  have  been  Distributed  to  us  with  partiality  &  Injustice. 
The  first  &  second  State  Regiments  have  hitherto  acquiesced  in  these 
Evils  from  a  persuasion  that  they  would  be  immediately  removed  as 
soon  as  proper  representation  thereof  cou'd  be  made  to  the  Legislature 
of  Virginia  trusting  that  by  that  Respectable  body  their  rank  &  priv- 
iledges in  future  would  be  amply  secured  to  them.  We  therefore  Sir 
as  their  representatives  beg  leave  to  request  that  a  Committee  of  the 
Honble  the  Assembly  may  be  appointed  to  take  Cognizance  of  their 
Complaints  on  which  we  should  be  happy  to  attend  to  illustrate  the 
subject  matter  of  this  letter  by  such  Information  and  authentic  docu- 
ments as  We  are  able  to  afford. 

We  have  the   Honor   to  be  with   the  greatest  respect 

Sir 
Your  Obed'  Humble  Serv'» 

(Signed)  Geo.   Gibson   Col" 
i-t  V.  S.  R. 
W.   Brent   Col" 
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SAUNDERS   FAMILY    (Jan.  Magazine)    Corrections. 

On  p.  93,  1.  10,  "Manhood",  should  read  "Manor";  on  same  p.,  2d 
1.  from  bottom,  for  "Malbore"  read  "Malbone".  The  compositor 
skipped  erne  hne  of  the  copy.  On  hnes  23  and  24  after  the  words 
"seaven  acres  of  land",  insert  "which  is  in  Issaks  [Essex]  in  England, 
and  a  quart".  From  the  word  "tankard",  following  "quart"  the  text 
is  correct. 


GENEALOGY  I99 


GENEALOGY 


HARRISON   OF  JAMES   RIVER. 

(Continued) 

Note.  By  a  typographical  error  there  was  omitted  on  p.  102,  Jan. 
1924  magazine,  among  the  children  of  Benjamin*  and  Anne  (Carter) 
Harrison,  the  name  of  their  son,  Charles.  His  name  will  be  carried 
in  the  genealogy  as  "23-a  Charles"." 

8.  Henry'  H.-vrrison  (Bciijuiiii)i^),  of  Surry  county,  was  born  in 
i6g2(?)  and  died  Sept.  24,  1732.  He  was  appointed  a  justice' of  the 
court  of  his  county  as  soon  as  he  was  of  age,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  House  of  Burgesses  at  the  sessions  of  August  1715,  April  1718, 
November  1718,  November  1720,  May  1722,  December  1722,  May  1726, 
February  1727-8,  and  May  1730.  He  was  appointed  a  member  of  the 
Council  in  1730.  He  left  a  considerable  fortune,  which,  after  his  wife's 
death,  passed  to  his  nephew,  Benjamin  Harrison,  of  "Berkeley".  He 
made  a  will,  which,  as  it  does  not  appear  to  be  in  Surry,  must  have 
been  recorded  in  the  General  Court  and  has  been  destroyed. 

He  married,  April  ist,  1708,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Smith, 
of  "Purton",  Gloucester  county,  and  had  no  issue.  She  married,  secondly 
(his   2nd   wife),    Francis   Willis,   of    Gloucester. 

His  tomb  in  the  family  burying  ground  at  Brandon  is  an  obelisk, 
which  for  some  time  was  in  bad  condition ;  but  has  now  been  repaired. 
It  bears  arms:  azure,  three  demi-lions  rampant,  or.  Crest:  a  dcmi-lion 
rampant,  arg,  holding  a  laurel  branch  vert.  These  differ  from  the  arms 
on  the  tomb  of  the  wife  of  his  nephew,  Nathaniel  Harrison.  The 
latter  seem  to  have  been  the  arms   commonly  used  on   silver,  etc. 

"Under   this  peaceful  marble   rests   the   body   of 

Henry  Harrison,    Esq. 

Who  with  great  firmness   resigned  his   spirit 

Unto  the  hands  of  his  Maker 

the  24th  day  of   Sept.    1732, 

in  the  40th  year  of  his  age, 

Unfortunately  alas   for  his   friends 

tho'  not  for  himself,  who  exchanged  a  life  of  care 

and   sorrow   for  a  happy  immortality. 

In  his  public  character  he  was 


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an  upright  Judge  and  unbiassed  Counsellor 

ever  true  to  the  interest  of  his  King  and  his  Country, 

and  in  private   life  he  was 

a  tender  husband,  a  merciful  master, 

a  fair  dealer  and  generous   friend. 

Pious  to  God  and  beneficent  to  man; 

So  kind  was  he  to  his  relations, 

that  his  grateful  heir 

tho'  he  gained  a  large  fortune  yet  thought 

himself  a  loser  by  his  death, 

and  at  his  own  cost  and  charge 

hath  erected 

this  monument  in  honour 

to  his  memory." 

II.  Nathaniel*  Harrison  (Nathantcr),  of  "Brandon",  Prince 
George  county,  was  born  in  1703  and  died  Oct.  i,  1791.  His  father 
devised  to  him  all  of  his  lands  in  Charles  City  and  Prince  George 
counties,  4245  acres,  called  New  Hope,  in  Brunswick,  and  many  slaves. 

At  the  session  of  Assembly  of  October  1765,  reciting  that  Nathaniel 
Harrison  owned,  among  other  lands,  two  tracts  in  Priijce  George 
county,  viz :  Coggin's  Point,  1973  acres,  and  Brandon,  about  7000  acres, 
the  entail  on  Coggin's  Point  was  docked  and  the  said  Nathaniel  Har- 
rison was  authorized  to  sell  it,  and  to  use  the  proceeds  in  the  pur- 
chase of  slaves  to  be  placed  on   Brandon. 

Col.  Harrison  appears  to  have  held  no  offices  during  the  Colonial 
period  except  his  rank  in  the  militia  and  as  a  member  of  the  county 
court.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Revolution  he,  with  his  son  Benjamin, 
was  a  member  of  the  Prince  George  Committee  of  Safety,  and  when 
his  son  declined  election  as  a  member  of  the  first  Executive  Council 
of  the  State  in  1776,  Nathaniel  Harrison  was,  in  that  year,  elected  in 
his  place. 

After  Nathaniel  Harrison's  second  marriage,  in  1748,  he  removed 
to  Stafford  county.  In  1752  an  act  of  Assembly  was  passed  reciting 
that  Nathaniel  Harrison  and  Hugh  Adie,  of  the  county  of  Stafford, 
gentlemen,  had,  in  1749,  contracted  to  build  a  brick  court  house  for 
the  sum  of  44,500  lbs.  of  tobacco,  and  in  1750,  just  as  it  was  almost 
completed  it  was  feloniously  burned.  The  county  court  was  therefore 
ordered  to  levy  and  pay  to  Harrison  and  Adie  such  proportion  of  the 
contract  price  as  it  should  judge  fair  compensation  for  time,  labor 
and  material.     It  is  not  known  when  he  returned  to  Brandon. 

The  will  of  Nathaniel  Harrison  of  Brandon  was  dated  Aug.  i, 
1789,  and  proved  in  Prince  George  county  March  13,  1792.  He  gave 
his  wife  the  use  of  his  plantation  called  Church  Pasture  Quarter, 
provided  she  work  no  more  than  20  hands  on  it ;  bequest  to  daughter 


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Elizabeth   Fitzhugh   for   her   life,   with   reversion   to  his    son    Benjamin 
and  all  the  rest  of  the  estate  to  his  son  Benjamin. 
His  epitaph,  at  Brandon,  is  as  follows : 

"Sacred 

to  the   Memory  of 

Nathaniel   Harrison 

of  Brandon,  Eldest  Son  of  Nathaniel  &  Mary 

Harrison,  of   Wakefield.     He  died 

October  1st  1791,  at  the  age 

of  78  years." 

Nathaniel  Harrison  married  ist  Mary,  daughter  of  Cole  Digges, 
of  York  county.  President  of  the  Council.  Her  tomb  at  Denbigh 
Church,  Warwick  county,  bears  an  armorial  shield.  Harrison :  azure, 
two  bars  ermine,  bctiveen  fire  estoiles,  three,  hvo,  one,  impaling  Digges, 
and  the  following  epitaph: 

"Here   lieth 

The  body  of  Mary  Harrison 

Daughter  of  the  Hon'ble  Cole  Digges,  Esq. 

President  of  his  Maj'ty's  Council  for  this  Colony 

and 

Late  Wife  of  Colonel  Nathaniel  Harrison 

of  Prince  George  County 

By  whom  she  had  four  children,  viz 

Nathaniel  who  was  born  May  27th  1739 

and  died  June  13th  1740, 

Digges  who  was  born  October  226.,  and  died  Nov'r   12th  1741 

(both  interred  near  this  place) 

Also  Elizabeth  born  July  30th  1737 

Benjamin  born   February   13th   1742. 

She  so  discharged  the  Several  Duties 

of   Wife,   Mother,   Daughter,   Neighbor 

that  her  Relations  &  Acquaintances 

Might  justly  esteem  their  affliction   insupportable 

Was    it    not    chastened    with   the    Remembrance 

That  every  Virtue  which  adds  weights  to  their  loss 

Augments  her  Reward. 

Obit  Nov'r  1744  ^t  27" 

Col.  Harrison  married  secondly  in  1748,  Lucy,  daughter  of  Robert 
("King")  Carter,  of  "Corotoman"  and  widow  of  Henry  Fitzhugh,  of 
"Eagle's  Nest",  Stafford  (now  King  George).  By  an  order  of  Staf- 
ford Court  Feb.  15,  1748,  there  was  set  aside  out  of  the  estate  of  Col. 
Henry  Fitzhugh,  deceased,  Mrs.  Lucy  Harrison's  dower  and  third  of 
slaves,  stocks,  etc.,  and  by  an  agreement  made  by  Col.  Nathaniel  Har- 


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rison,  (of  Brandon),  and  Lucy  his  wife,  late  wife  of  Henry  Fitzhugh, 
set  aside  for  her  732  acres  of  "the  home  house  tract,"  and  27  slaves. 
Mrs.  Harrison's  Fitzhugh  children  were  young,  and  probably  Col. 
and  Mrs.  Harrison  lived  at  "Eagle's  Nest".  Nathaniel  Harrison  seems 
to  have  been  an  obliging  husband.  The  fact  that  his  first  wife  and 
two  children  were  buried  at  Denbigh  Church  makes  it  seem  that  during 
the  time  of  the  first  marriage.  Col.  Harrison  and  his  wife  lived  near 
her  relations  in  Warwick.  Brandon  had  long  been  managed  for  non- 
resident English  owners  and  it  is  possible  that  there  were  only  small 
dwellings  for  overseers  and  managers  on  the  plantation. 

There  was  no  issue  by  the  second  marriage. 

There  is  a  tradition  that  Thomas  Jefferson  designed  the  central 
building  of  the  house  at  Brandon,  and  in  "Thomas  Jefferson,  Archi- 
tect," privately  printed  by  Mrs.  Coolidge,  and  edited  by  Prof.  Fiske 
Kimball,  there  is  a  plan  for  a  house  (without  any  text  or  description) 
which  the  editor  thinks  may  have  been  intended  for  Brandon,  and  to 
have  been  drawn  about  1789.  The  plan,  however,  differs  from  that 
of   the  present  Brandon  house. 

It  has  been  difficult  to  understand  why  the  owners  of  such  an  estate 
were  so  late  in  building  a  mansion  house;  but  this  may  be  accounted 
for,  as  before  shown,  by  the  fact  that  the  plantation  was  long  managed 
for  the  English  owners  and  that  Nathaniel  Harrison  did  not  live  there 
regularly  until  late  in  life.  The  present  house  may  have  been  built 
for  Nathaniel  Harrison's  son  Benjamin  at  the  time  of  his  first  marriage. 

Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Digges)  Harrison  had  issue:  28.  Nathaniel*, 
born  May  27,  1739,  died  June  13,  1740;  29.  Digges^  born  Oct.  22,  died 
Nov.  12,  1741 ;  30.  Elizabeth*,  born  July  30,  1737,  married  January  31, 
1760,  Major  John  Fitzhugh,  of  "Marmion",  Stafford  (now  King  Geroge 
county);  31.  Benjamin*. 

(To  be  continued) 


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Dwelly's   Parish    Records.     Vol.    12,    North    Pftherton    Registers, 
annotated   with    the    Bishop's    Transcripts    at    Wells    (Section    3,    pp. 
513-768).     Copied  from  the  originals  by  E.  Dwelly,  F.   S.  A.  Scot.; 
F.  S.  G.  West  Eweli,  Surrey,  MCMXXIII.     Sole  agent  in  America, 
F.  J.  Wilder,  28  Warren  Avenue,    Somerville,   Alass. 
Mr.   Dwelly  continues   in  his  usual  thorough  way  the  publication  of 
Somersetshire  parish  registers,   comparing  and   in   many   instances   sup- 
plying gaps  from  the  Bishop's  transcripts.     We  can  again  heartily  com- 
mend Mr.   Dwelly's   books,  and  would  suggest  that  those  who  are  in- 
terested, should  write  to  him  at  West  Ewell,   Surrey,   England. 

Washington's  Southern  Tour  1791.     By  Archibald  Henderson,  with 

illustrations.     Boston  and    New    York.     Houghton    Mifflin   Company, 

1923,  pp.  XXX,  339,  with  88  illustrations. 

From  the  outside  of  the  front  cover,  with  its  gilt  coach,  entirely  through 
to  the  back,  this  is  a  beautiful  book  and  it  is  more.  In  spite  of  wliat 
modern  writers  have  done  to  bring  Washington  down  from  the  monu- 
ment, we  still  associate  with  him  the  word  "stately,"  and  the  first  im- 
pression of  this  book  is  that  it  is  stately,  as  becomes  its  subject. 

Publisher's  description  have  to  be,  sometimes,  discounted ;  but  that 
given  of  this  volume  is  so  entirely  accurate,  that  it  may  be  copied  as  a 
summary,  ready  to  hand,  which  this  reviewer  would  only  duplicate  in 
writing  his  own  account. 

"The  present  book — the  material  for  which  was  obtained  after  years 
of  research,  from  rare  and  inaccessable  letters,  documents,  speeches, 
etc.,  and  from  Washington's  Journal — is  the  detailed  account  of  this 
trip  set  forth  by  Mr.  Archibald  Henderson,  a  distinguished  historical 
scholar.  It  contains  the  day  by  day  narrative  of  Washington's  journey, 
showing  how  he  traveled,  where  he  "baited,"  slept  and  spoke,  what  he 
wore,  how  he  was  received,  and  also  his  own  opinion  of  the  States  he 
traversed  and  their  inhabitants. 

Washington's  purpose  in  making  this  trip  was  twofold;  he  wanted 
to  see  with  his  own  eyes  the  economic  condition  of  the  Southern  States, 
and  to  estimate  for  himself  the  prosperity  and  the  loyalty  of  their  citi- 
zens. And  secondly,  he  considered  it  advisable  that  he  should  be  seen 
by  them,  not  in  a  spirit  of  complacent  self-glorification,  but  as  the 
personification  of  the  infant  republic  he  had  struggled  so  arduously 
to  help  create,  and  as  the  emblem  of   the  loyalty  they  owed  it. 

The  contents  of  this  book  show  how  successfully  he  achieved  his 
purpose.  The  shrewd,  wise  comments  he  made  in  letters  and  in  his 
Journal  give  a  clear-cut  picture  of  the  South  as  it  was  at  the  end  of 
the  century;  and  the  letters,  speeches,  and  state  proclamations  of  his 
Southern  hosts  indicate  how  completely  the  First  Executive  captured 
the  loyalty  and  fired  the  imagination  of  the  people. 

Washington  started  from  Mount  Vernon  April  7th,  in  his  own 
splendid  coach,  with  postilions,  outriders,  and  a  baggage  train,  and  after 
making  his  first  stop  at  Fredericksburg,  visited  Richmond  and  Peters- 
burg, Virginia,  and  then  passed  into  North  Carolina,  traveling  by  Hali- 
fax, Tarborough,  Greenville,  New  Bern,  Trenton,  and  Wilmington.  He 
then  proceeded  to  Georgetown  and  Charleston,  South  Carolina,  Savan- 
-nah  and  Augusta  in  Georgia,  and  returned  by  way  of  Columbia,  South 
Carolina,  Salisbury,  and  Salem,  North  Carolina.     Views  of  these  cities, 


204  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

as  well  as  portraits  of  many  of  the  people  Washington  met,  are  in- 
cluded in  the  sixty  illustrations,  many  of  these  exceedingly  rare,  many 
not  hitherto  reproduced,  which  the  book  contains." 

Dr.  Henderson's  editing  has  been  very  w-ell  done  and  his  notes  give 
a  great  amount  of  information  about  people  and  places  named  in  Wash- 
ington's diary. 

The  illustrations  are  a  very  remarkable  feature  of  this  valuable  book. 
They  include  numerous  portraits,  views,  etc.,  either  now  published  for 
the  first  time  in  book  form  or  so  scarce  as  to  be  practically  inaccessable. 

Text,  notes,  and  illustrations  form,  together,  not  only  a  valuable  ad- 
dition to  our  knowledge  of  Washington ;  but  also  of  people  and  con- 
ditions in  Virginia,  North  and  South  Carolina,  and  Georgia  in   1791. 

Historic  Gardens  of  Virginia.     By  The  James   River   Garden   Club. 
The   William  Byrd   Press,   Inc.,   Richmond,    Virginia. 

Exactly  what  idea  is  intended  to  be  conveyed  by  "Historic,"  as  ap- 
plied to  Gardens,  it  is  difficult  to  determine,  but  the  great  Cervantes 
is  authority  for  the  statement  that  "Historians  ought  to  be  precise, 
faithful  and  unprejudiced." 

In  this  respect  the  beautiful  volume  under  review  is  occasionally 
at  fault  so  far  as  the  Gardens  of  Orange  County  are  described;  which 
is  the  only  feature  of  it  that   I   presume  to  criticize. 

Being  wholly  the  work  of  ladies,  a  reviewer  must  work  softly,  and 
touch  lightly,  the  errors  to  which  he  calls  attention,  and  even  then 
stand  in  the  dreadful  awe  of  the  XIX  Amendment. 

Passing  by  minor  and  immaterial  errors  as  to  Barboursville  and 
Woodberry  Forest  (which  the  Madisons  always  spelled  Woodbury,  it 
having  been  named  for  the  old  English  Manor  house),  we  come  to 
Horseshoe,  where  the  error  is  so  grave  that  it  becomes  a  public  duty 
to    correct    it. 

Manifestly  the  author  of  the  Horseshoe  sketch  was  misled  by  a 
duplication  of  the  name,  though  the  error  has  not  been  corrected  in 
a  second  edition. 

Quoting  Col.  Byrd's  brief  account  of  his  visit  to  Col.  Spotswood  at 
Germanna — "in  the  afternoon  we  walkt  in  a  meadow  by  the  river  side, 
which  winds  in  the  form  of  a  Horseshoe  about  Germanna,"  the  writer 
proceeds  to  locate  the  Horseshoe  she  so  charmingly  describes  some 
eighteen  miles   higher   up  the   river. 

The  Spotswood  "Horseshoe  about  Germanna"  described  by  Col.  Byrd 
lies  just  across  the  river  from  that  now  Deserted  Village.  It  is  still 
known  as  Horseshoe;  and  is  now  owned  by  Doctor  Willis,  who  re- 
sides there.  The  Horseshoe  of  "Historic  Gardens"  is  about  eighteen 
miles  distant,  and  on  it  is  a  splendid  mansion  modeled  after  our  State 
Capitol.  It  was  once  owned  by  Bishop  Wilmer,  but  was  built  by  Mr. 
Charles  Moncure,  formerly  of  Richmond. 

SpGiswood's  Garden  lay  on  the  Orange  side  of  the  Rapidan.  It 
was  symmetrically  terraced,  and  the  terraces  were  distinctly  defined 
as  lately  as   1880  when   I   first  visited  Germanna. 

The  "Tidewater  Trail"— of  the  State  Highway  System— running 
from  Newport  News  to  Sperryville  in  Rappahannock  County  where 
it  intersects  the  "Lee  Highway,"  crosses  the  Rapidan  at  Germanna, 
which  now  is  only  part  of  the  landscape  known  as  the  "Wilderness," 
and  yet  more  "historic"  than  any  mere  Garden  in  the  whole  of  Virginia. 
The  home  of  Parson  Thompson,  known  as  "Salubria",  who  niar- 
ried  Spotswood's  widow,  is  about  a  mile  to  the  east  of  Stevensburg, 
in  Culpeper  County;  a  substantial  brick  mansion  wainscoted  to  the  ceil- 
ing, now  owned  by  Rear  Admiral  Grayson,  late  physician  of  Ex- 
President   Wilson. 


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All  these  facts  are  well  known  to  me,  and  can  be  easily  verified  to 
the   satisfaction   of   any   Doubting    Thomas. 

Orange  County,  Va.  W.  W.  Scott. 

Virginian  Writers  of  Fugitive  Verse.     By  Armistead  C.  Gordon,  Jr. 
James  T.  White  &  Co.,  New  York.     XV,  404  pp. 

The  author  and  the  publishers  are  alike  to  be  congratulated  for  the 
beautiful  book  they  have  made.  Tasteful  and  pleasing  binding,  excel- 
lent paper,  and  beautiful  type  give  the  volume  an  air  of  distinction, 
not  unworthy  even  of   the  imposing  array  of   great  names   within. 

Although  made  primarily  for  Virginians,  the  volume  has  much  to 
interest  those  who,  by  misfortune  of  birth,  are  shut  from  this  charmed 
circle. 

The  critical  material  is  abundant  and  excellent,  for  the  most  part. 
The  "Introduction"  is  by  no  less  a  hand  than  that  of  Thomas  Nelson 
Page,  but  like  most  introductions,  it  adds  almost  nothing  to  the  value 
of  the  volume.  Even  our  veneration  for  the  Mother  of  States  can 
not  make  her  the  Mother  of  Poets  and  we  are  unable  to  follow  Mr. 
Page  when  he  claims  that  "the  best  done  in  Virginia"  is  "a  body  of 
lyric  verse  which  for  either  quantity  or  quality  has  not  been  excelled, 
if  equalled,  by  that  in  any  other  part  of  the  country  except  in  Massa- 
chusetts and  there  only  in  the  single  generation  in  which  the  Massa- 
chusetts School  reached  its  flood."  We  are  glad  to  find  no  such  lapses 
of  judgment  in  Dr.  Gordon's  appraisals  of  Virginia  poets,  among  whom, 
with  Poe  left  out  of  question,  and  even  with  doubtful  claim  to  Father 
Ryan,  there  is  none  to  rank  with  Henry  Timrod,  Paul  Hamilton  Hayne, 
Sidney   I^nier,  and,   in  dialect  verse,   with  Joel   Chandler   Harris. 

The  general  plan  of  the  volume  is  admirable.  Dr.  Gordon  has 
gone  about  his  work  with  true  doctorial  thoroughness,  but  with  a 
charm  of   style  that  makes  his  dullest   pages   eminently   readable. 

After  a  chapter  of  definition,  limitation,  and  summary,  the  work 
is  taken  up  in  chronological  order.  Two  chapters  are  given  to  the 
Colonial  Period ;  a  chapter  each  to  the  Revolutionary  Preiod,  The 
Period  of  Confederation,  and  The  Civil  War  and  Reconstruction  Period. 
In  the  concluding  chapter.  The  National  Period,  Dr.  Gordon  has  found 
his  material  so  various  and  e.Ktensive  that  he  has  wisely  adopted  the 
alphabetical  arrangement,  with  brief  sketches  of  the  authors  repre- 
sented. 

The  critical  material  concludes  with  a  good  Bibliography  and  an 
admirable  index,  which,  under  a  single  alphabet,  covers  both  critical 
material  and  selections. 

Dr.  Gordon  (p.  3)  speaks  of  "Mrs.  Beers's  'All  Quiet  along  the 
Potomac  To-night'."  Is  not  the  evidence  conclusive  that  the  long 
disputed  authorship  of  this  famous  poem  belongs  to  Thaddeus  Oliver, 
of  Georgia?  (See  Southern  Historical  Society  Papers,  Vol.  VIII, 
pp.  255-260.) 

In  only  a  single  instance  can  we  take  issue  with  Dr.  Gordon  in  mat- 
ters of  taste  and  judgment:  the  reprinting  of  the  lines  ascribed  to 
Washington  and  first  given  wide  publicity  in  Ford's  The  True  George 
W  ashing  ton.  Surely  the  spirit  of  the  Father  of  His  Country,  con- 
fronted once  more  with  this  pitiful  indiscretion,  might  well  cry  out 
that  his   punishment  is  more   than  he  can  bear  I 

Certain  verses  are  ascribed  to  Jefferson  also,  but  these  are  wisely 
hidden  away  in   the  commentary. 

In  his  seven  chapters  of  commentary,  the  author  has  wandered  far 
afield  and  has  collected  material  that  is  invaluable.  Forgotten  authors 
are  brought  to  light ;  long  buried  collections  and  once  famous  single 
poems  are  dug  up,  and  in  all  cases  there  is  fitting  appraisal. 


206  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

In  numberless  cases  errors  are  corrected  and  doubtful  questions  set- 
tled. For  example,  the  lines  "To  Pocahontas,"  quoted  by  John  Davis 
in  his  The  l-'irst  Settlers  of  Virginia,  and  in  his  Travels  attributed  to 
John  Rolfe,  are  held  by  Dr.  Gordon,  on  good  evidence,  to  be  the  work 
of  Davis  himself.  Even  Dr.  Gordon,  however,  has  not  been  able  to 
give  us  any  light  on  the  authorship  of  "Bacon's  Epitaph."  This  is 
universally  conceded  to  be  the  best  piece  of  poetry  published  in  Co- 
lonial America ;  but  we  ourselves  must  confess  to  a  sneaking  fond- 
ness for  the  counter-blast — "The  Death  of  G.  B."  How  vigorously 
the  fiery  old  Royalist  can  curse ! 

"Death   keep  him  close ; 
IVe  have   too   many   devils   still   go    loose." 

Dr.  Gordon,  by  publishing  both  poems, — the  one  in  the  selections, 
the  other  in  the  critical  material, — has  cleared  up,  forever  we  trust, 
the   popular   confusion  between 

"The  roses  nowhere  bloom  so  white 
As  in  Virginia," 

a  poem  written  by  Harry  Curran  Wilbur,  of  Pennsylvania,  and  called 
"In  Virginia,"  and  the  poem  "In  Old  Virginia,"  by  Benjamin  B.  Val- 
entine and  beginning : 

"I   love  the  mountains  wreathed  in  mist. 
The  twilight  skies  of  amethyst, 
The  groves  of  ancient  oaks,  sun-kissed. 
In  old   Virginia." 

The  latter  is  the  better  poem  but  has  failed  to  catch  the  popular  fancy. 
Dr.  Gordon  has  gone  over  his  ground  so  thoroughly  that  sins  of 
omission  are  not  numerous.  We  regret  to  miss  the  name  of  Nannie 
Langhorne,  whose  lovely  lyrics  we  read  years  ago  in  the  Lynchburci 
Virginian  and  in  General  Basil  Duke's  Southern  Magazine.  And  in 
a  future  edition,  Dr.  Gordon  will  certainly  include  "To  the  Mocking- 
bird" by  General  Edwin  Lee,  a  cousin  of  our  great  Commander.  The 
poem  was  published  in  the  '70's  in  the  Baltimore  American.  It  was 
a  favorite  with  Governor  Fitz  Lee  and  was  often  quoted  in  his  speeches. 
The  poem  possesses  some  merit,  as  may  be  seen  from  the  following 
stanza : 

"God  bless  thee,  Southern  Bird,  God  bless  thy  lay ! 
Like  music  in  a  dream 

It   floats   from  old   Potomac's   cliffs  away 
To  Colorado's  stream ; 

From  where   Virginia's  mountain  torrents   roar 

To  where  the  warm  gulf   laps  the  Texan  shore." 

Virginians  have  always  been  great  classicists ;  and  excellent  trans- 
lations are  found  in  Dr.  Gordon's  volume.  One  of  the  best  is  General 
Lewis  Littlepage's  transcript  of  Horace's  Immortal  "Integer  vitae 
scelcrisque  purus." 

It  would  l)e  hardly  fair  to  say  that  nowhere  in  the  volume  do  we 
hear  the  accents  of  great  poetry.  The  title  'fugitive',  as  Dr.  Gordon 
explains,  precludes  the  best  work  even  of  the  authors  represented. 
Most  Southern  poetry  is  the  work  of  amateurs.  Even  that  match- 
less Grecian,  Gilderslceve,  is  not  happy  when  he  essays  original  verse. 
And  trained  romancers,  like  Amelie  Rives  and  Ellen  Glasgow,  in  verse- 
making,   write   with  the  left  hand. 

But  the  volume  contains  much  that  is  worthy  of  a  place  in  any 
collection  of  American  poetry, — Chamberlayne's  "Leaves  from  the  An- 
thology,"   Coleman's    "Over    the    Sea    Lies    Spain,"    Virginia    Tunstall's 


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"Parting,"  and  Nancy  Byrd  Turner's  four  lyrics.  Miss  Turner's 
"The  Dream  Peddler"  is  perhaps  the  most  delightful  thing  in  the 
volume,  despite  inevitable  comparison  with  Beddoes'  "Dream'  Pedlary." 
And  here  are  two  exquisite  fragments  from  the  hand  of  William 
Peterfield  Trent: 

"Light  of   love,   forever   flitting, 
One  branch  for  another  quitting, 
Lest  age  grip  thee  ere  thou  know  it, 
Heed  the  warning  of  the  Poet — 
Youth,  his  shoulders  winged  with   rapture. 
Is  not  subject  to  recapture." 
And  this  : 

"Joy  and   love,   where  are  ye   flown? 
Light  of  life,  art  hid  away? 
When  the   clouds  are   all   o'erblown, 
When  the  sun  comes  back  to  stay. 
Shall  we  live  our  lives  once  more 
With  the  zest  we  knew  of  yore? 

Yes,  for  youth  was  born  to  love, 
And  young  veins  must   run  with  joy; 
Still  shall  light   from  heaven  above 
Kiss  the  cheeks  of  girl  and  boy; 
But  the  eyes  that  pine  to-day 
Shall  be  shut  then  'neath  the  clay." 

Now,  one  of   these  is  original  and  the  other  a  transcript   from  Theo- 
critus.    And  both  are — poetry  ! 

Will  not  all  Virginians  see  to  it  that  Dr.  Gordon's  book  finds  a 
place  in  every  public  and  private  library?  Benjamin    Sledd. 

A   History  ok   Colonial   Virginia,   The   First    Permanent   Colony 
IN  America.     To  which  is  added  the  genealogy  of  the  several  shires 
and  counties  and  population  in  Virginia  from  the  first  Spanish  Colony 
to  the  present  time.     By  William  Broaddus  Cridlin,  Secretary  of  the 
Va.    Hi.-torical   Pageant   Association,   Registrar    Va.    Society   Sons   of 
the  American   Revolution.     Pageant   Edition.     Williams   Printing   Co., 
Richmond,  Va.,  1923,  pp.  181,  with  index  and  map. 
Mr.   Cridlin  has  done  a   useful   work   in   popularizing   details   of   Vir- 
ginia history  generally   known  only   to   special   students   of   the   subject. 
He  has  been  able  to  do  this,  within  the  confines  of  his  pages,  by  treat- 
ing  only   of    the   history   of    the   colony   until    the   end   of    Bacon's    Re- 
IjcUion.      He   begins   with  a   chapter   on   the   Indians,    and    follows   this 
with   notices   of    Spanish    settlements   in    1526   and    1570.     It   should   be 
stated  that  these  settlements  are  debatable  subjects;  but  there  is  neither 
space  nor  time,  nor  has  the  reviewer  the  special  knowledge  needed  to 
properly  discuss  the  matter.     Then  follows  an  account  of  the  Roanoke 
Colony,    the   settlement   at   Jamestown,    and   the    history   of    the    colony 
through    1676   is   treated   in   chronological   order,    with   much   interesting 
information    from   contemporary    writers   and    manuscript    sources. 

The  fornution  and  succession  of  various  counties  and  the  estimated 
population  list  are  very  useful. 

The  name  of  Newport  News  is  not  so  finally  settled  as  the  author 
states.  Grants  of  land  before  1630  spell  it  Newport  Ncivcs,  and  spell- 
ing by  British  officers  as  Nciisl',  during  the  Revolution,  is  of  no  au- 
thority whatever,  since  (whatever  the  original  form)  it  had  been  spelt 
Nrzvs  for  a  hundred  years  before. 

On  p.  61  in  the  chapter  on  "Origin  of  County  Names",  Stafford  was 
certainly   not  named   from  any   English   parish   but   from   Staffordshire. 


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208  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE 

There  are  some  misprints,  most  of  them  corrected  in  the  sheet  of 
errata ;  but  these  do  not  at  all  detract  from  the  merits  of  a  valuable 
and  instructive  book. 

A  great  deal  about  our  early  history,  not  generally  known,  can 
be  learned  from  Mr.  Cridlin's  work. 

The  Family  and  Early  Life  of  Stonewall  Jackson.  By  Roy  Bird 
Cook,  Author  of  "Lewis  County  (W.  Va.)  in  the  Civil  War,"  (&c.) 
1924.  Old  Dominion  Press,  Inc.,  Publishers,  109  Governor  St.,  Rich- 
mond, Va.     pp.  96  with  14  illustrations. 

Stonewall  Jackson  has  been  the  subject  of  so  many  books,  essays  and 
studies,  that  it  would  seem  there  was  nothing  new  to  tell  of  his  life. 
But  to  believe  this  would  be,  emphatically,  an  error.  Mr.  Cook's  oppor- 
tunities and  his  careful  investigation  have  enabled  him  to  tell  the  story 
of  the  great  soldier's  early  life  in  a  way  which  will  make  his  book  one 
which  all  of  Jackson's  countless  admirers  will  prize. 

The  author  has  given  much  new  information  and  done  away  with  a 
number  of  fables.  It  would  appear  that,  as  far  as  Jackson's  youth  was 
concerned,  Dr.  Dabney  played  the  part  Wirt  had  earlier  performed  in 
regard  to  Patrick  Henry. 

Dr.  H.  J.  Eckenrode,  who  does  not  speak  lightly  of  historical  sub- 
jects, says  in  the  "Editor's  Preface"  that  "the  reader  may  be  sure  that 
what  he  finds  bears  the  stamp  of  authentic  history.  Much  new  matter, 
garnered  here  and  there,  has  been  added.  The  result  is  that  by  far  the 
most  complete  account  of  the  youth  of  the  great  general  is  to  be  found 
in  these  pages." 

Mr.  Cook  begins  with  a  careful  genealogy  of  the  Jackson  family 
whose  emigrant  ancestor  John  Jackson,  a  Protestant  Ulsterman,  left 
the  neighborhood  of  Coleraine,  with  his  parents  in  1729,  and  after  living 
for  a  time  in  England,  New  Jersey  and  Maryland,  came,  in  1758,  to  what 
is  now  West  Virginia.  In  almost  every  branch  of  his  descendants 
ability  was  shown  and  many  were  prominent  in  public  life.  A  family 
which  in  addition  to  the  great  General  and  other  gallant  soldiers  could 
produce  several  judges  of  the  higher  Courts,  a  governor  of  a  state, 
several  members  of  Congress  and  a  number  of  members  of  state  legis- 
latures, may  with  justice  be  pronounced  one  of  distinction. 

The  author  treats  of  Jackson's  paternal  ancestors  fully  and  with 
justice  for  he  inherited  the  traits  of  the  Presbyterians  of  Ulster;  but 
only  gives  a  brief  notice  of  his  mother's  line. 

Those  of  us  who  have  always  associated  T.  J.  Jackson  with  the  Scotch- 
Irish  as  race  and  the  Trans-Alleghany  region  as  an  ancestral  home  will 
be  greatly  surprised  to  learn  that  General  Jackson  also  came  from  a 
long  line  of  Eastern  Virginia  ancestry.  The  starting  point  in  tracing 
Mrs.  Julia  Beckwith  Neale  Jackson's  forefathers  is  sufficient  to  enable 
one  to  trace  her  ancestry,  not  only  to  the  Winns,  Eighteenth  Century  set- 
tlers in  the  present  Loudoun,  and  the  Withers,  late  Seventeenth  Century 
planters  in  Stafford,  but  to  families  who  were  among  the  very  earliest 
settlers  in  the  extreme  eastern  part  of  the  Northern  Neck.  Among  those 
were  the  Neales  (1659),  Presleys,  of  "Northumberland  House"  (1647), 
Rodhams  (1653)  and  Underwoods  (1649)- — approximate  dates.  It  is 
pleasant  to  feel  that  the  East  shares  equally  with  the  West  in  the  blood  of 
the  great  commander.     We  predict  a  wide  demand  for  this  book. 


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HISTORY  AND  BIOGRAPHY 


Vol.  XXXII.  July,  1924  No.  3 


THE  VIRGINIA  CLERGY 


GOVERNOR    GOOCH'S  LETTERS 

to   the 

Bishop  of  London 

1727-1749 

From  the  Fulham  Manuscripts. 


The  thanks  of  this  Society  are  given  to  Mr.  Fairfax  Harrison  for 
the  copies  of  the  letters  printed  below  and  to  Rev.  G.  McLaren  Brydon 
for  his  careful  and  scholarly  editing. 

The  letters  which  form  the  basis  of  this  article  have  been 
copied  from  the  originals  at  Fulham  Palace,  and  have  been 
presented  to  the  Virginia  Historical  Society  by  Mr.  Fairfax 
Harrison.  They  constitute  a  series  written  during  the  years 
1727-1744  by  William  Gooch,  governor  of  Virginia,  (1727- 
1749)),  to  Edmund  Gibson,  Bishop  of  Lxjndon,  (1723-1748), 
dealing  with  the  subject  of  the  clergy  of  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land who  were  licensed  by  the  Bishop  of  London  to  officiate  in 
Virginia,  and  of  men  who  were  recommended  by  the  Governor 
to  the  Bishop  for  ordination  and  his  license. 

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purely  a  routine  matter  as  the  supply  of  clergy  for  the  Colony: 
and  yet  for  that  reason,  because  they  deal  with  the  ordinary 
and  usual  course  of  events  rather  than  the  extraordinary  and 
unusual,  they  throw  a  ray  of  much  needed  light  upon  the 
Church  life  of  the  period.  Written  as  they  were  by  a  man 
of  sterling  character  and  real  religious  conviction,  who  took 
seriously  his  share  of  responsibility  for  the  welfare  of  the 
Church  established  in  the  colony,  they  present  a  fairer  and 
truer  picture  of  conditions  than  can  possibly  be  given  by  the 
ex-parte  statements  of  partizans  whose  cause  might  be  strength- 
ened by  proving  the  general  un worthiness  of  the  clergy  and 
lack  of  spiritual  life  among  the  people. 

The  Governor  recognizes  the  fact  that  some  among  the 
clergy  are  unworthy  of  their  calling  and  that  many  are  in- 
dififerent  to  their  responsibilities, — a  condition  which  doubt- 
less improved  during  his  administration.  And  yet  he  is  quick 
to  deny  the  accusations  of  an  anonymous  writer,  (see  letter 
of  July  8th,  1735),  of  widespread  un  worthiness  among  the 
clergy,  and  defends  the  character  of  a  number  who  had  been 
accused.  One  cannot  fail  to  perceive  through  all  his  letters, 
in  his  recommendations  of  men  for  ordination,  that  he  was 
seeking  ministers  of  blameless  life,  good  education  and  earnest- 
ness of  purpose, — and  finding  them.  Also,  even  while  he  calls 
attention  to  and  condemns  some  of  the  evils  arising  from  a 
lax  regard  of  moral  laws,  he  nevertheless  comments  upon  the 
character  of  the  laity  of  the  Province  as  being  "so  well  in- 
clined to  Religion  and  X'ertue  that  'tis  a  great  pity  they  should 
want  instruction"  through  a  lack  of  ministers. 

The  Governor,  in  commenting  upon  the  charges  in  the  anony- 
mous letter  mentioned  above,  calls  attention  to  a  fact  which 
must  always  be  borne  in  mind  when  the  character  of  the  Co- 
lonial Church  and  its  clergy  are  under  consideration.  '"Tis 
a  melancholy  truth",  he  writes,  "That  the  Church  and  clergy 
have  many  enemies  in  this  County,  free-thinkers -multiply  very 
fast  and  the  current  runs  in  some  places  almost  without  op- 
position",    (letter  of  July  8,  1735). 

It  is  a  striking  fact  that  the  general  characterization  of  the 
colonial  clergy  as  unworthy  men  which  has  become  a  common 


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tradition  for  the  past  hundred  years  or  more  has  been  formed 
in  very  large  part  from  the  statements  of  the  enemies  of  the 
Church,  or  those  who  would  be  benefitted  by  its  weakening 
or  destruction.  It  was  the  Free-thinkers  in  Governor  Gooch's 
day.  Then  the  spread  or  the  Presbyterians  in  three  sections 
of  the  state  East  of  the  Blue  Ridge ;  then  the  coming  of  the 
Baptists  in  1760- 1770  and  their  rapid  growth.  The  position 
of  the  incoming  denomination  would  naturally  be  stronger 
and  its  right  to  exist  and  grow  be  better  established,  wherever 
the  un^vorthiness  of  clergy  and  laxity  of  life  of  laity  could  be 
shown  to  exist ;  and  the  average  proponent,  either  apostle  or 
convert,  of  the  incoming  faith  would  be  just  a  little  more  than 
human  if  he  were  not  tempted  to  use  the  argument  of  an 
occasional  example  as  the  proof  of  a  general  condition.  Ex- 
amples of  unworthiness  and  laxity  there  undoubtedly  were  in 
distressingly  large  number — what  age  or  Church  has  been  with- 
out them  ?  But  is  it  quite  fair  when  much  evidence  on  one 
side  is  presented  and  none  ujDon  the  other,  to  judge  the  case 
as  completed,  and  verdict  rendered  for  all  time?  Then  the 
days  of  Revolution  and  the  long  struggle  for  the  disestab- 
lishment and  disendowment  of  the  Church,  and  here  again  every 
mention  of  unworthiness  strengthened  the  hands  of  those  who 
believed  they  were  fighting  for  a  great  principle.  Perfectly  nat- 
ural and  quite  human  to  make  use  of  every  aid  in  the  fight  with- 
out looking  into  the  meticulous  accuracy  of  charges  against  the 
ministry  as  a  class ;  but  a  little  hard  after  all  upon  the  many 
men  of  noble  character  and  earnest  purpose  who  gave  their 
lives  to  the  ministry  of  the  Church  in  the  colonial  period. 
And  Bishop  Meade,  great  leader  and  true  Father  in  God  as 
he  was  to  his  people,  and  lover  and  historian  of  his  Church, 
in  regard  to  the  character  of  the  colonial  clergy  took  his 
coloring  from  the  traditions  and  recollections  of  the  general 
statements  of  his  youth,  and  with  his  stern  puritan  conception 
of  religion  (  alien  alike  to  the  colonial  period  in  Virginia  and 
to  our  own  day,  voiced  condemnation  of  the  common  social 
customs  of  the  day  enjoyed  by  the  clergy  as  well  as  the  laity 
more  strongly  than  we  of  a  later  day  would  agree  to  upon  the 
same   evidence.      But   the   tradition   remains   though   the   evi- 


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212  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

dence  is  unstudied.  Where  all  men  drank  strong  drink  with- 
out consciousness  of  wrong,  there  is  a  difference  between 
drinking  and  drunkenness,  and  this  the  Bishop  did  not  recog- 
nize; and  the  fox-hunting  parson  of  the  colonial  day  might 
find  his  fellow  in  the  condemnation  of  the  Bishop,  if  he  were 
here  to  judge,  in  the  hunter  or  fisherman  parson  of  today. 
Yet  the  layman  today  invites  his  parson  to  go  hunting  with 
him  without  the  slightest  thought  that  the  minister  in  so 
doing  is  proving  unworthy  of   his  calling. 

"The  character  of  the  clergy,"  says  Mr.  P.  A.  Bruce,  "did 
not  sink  below  the  standard  of  conscientiousness  observed  in 
the  same  class  in  England,  and  as  a  rule  they  were  graduates 
of  English  Universities  and  of  excellent  social  connections 
in  their  native  country".  (History  of  Virginia,  Vol.  i,  p. 
285).  The  whole  period  in  England  was  marked  by  form- 
alism and  chilling  of  spiritual  life,  and  Virginia  suffered  from 
the  same  condition.  But  this  does  not  mean  that  there  were 
no  ministers  inspired  with  love  for  the  souls  of  men  or  a 
readiness  to  serve  in  the  hard  missionary  fields.  The  follow- 
ing extract  from  a  letter  of  Rev.  Anthony  Gavin,  who  is  men- 
tioned in  one  of  Governor  Gooch's  letters,  breathes  a  spirit 
of  self-denying  devotion  which  would  do  honor  to  any  day 
of  the  Church's  life. 

August  5,  1738. 

I  got  immediately  a  parish  which  I  served  nine  months 
(This  was  Henrico  Parish).  But  hearing  that  a  frontier  parish 
was  vacant  and  that  the  people  of  the  mountains  had  never 
seen  a  clergyman  since  they  were  settled  there,  I  desired  the 
Governor's  consent  to  leave  an  easy  parish  for  this  I  do  now 
serve.  I  have  three  churches,  23  and  24  miles  from  the  Glebe, 
and  besides  these  I  have  seven  places  of  service  up  in  the 
mountains — I  go  twice  a  year  to  preach  in  twelve  places  which 
I  reckon  better  than  400  miles  backwards  and  forwards  and 
ford  19  times  the  North  and  South  Rivers  (Rivanna  and 
James?)  (Perry  Papers,  p.  360).  Mr.  Gavin's  parish  was 
St.  James,  Goochland,  which  included  the  present  Goochland 
and  Powhatan  Counties  and  all  counties  west  to  the  top  of 
the  Blue  Ridge  Mountains. 


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The  Church  of  England  being  established  by  law  in  Vir- 
ginia as  it  was  in  England  was  presumably  to  be  governed 
by  the  same  statute  and  common  law,  and  should  have  had 
the  same  spiritual  government  and  leadership  as  in  the  mother 
country.  But  Virginia  was  the  first  colony,  and  England 
was  learning  by  her  mistakes  in  America  lx)th  in  Church  and 
State  the  great  principles  of  wise  colonial  government  and 
development  which  have  made  the  British  Empire  of  today 
and  a  Church  co-terminous  with  it.  The  American  Revolution 
and  the  subsequent  utter  breakdown  of  the  Church  in  Vir- 
ginia give  ample  proof  of  England's  early  inexperience  and  ig- 
norance both  in  Colonial  government  and  church  extension 
and  evangelization. 

In  civil  and  governmental  matters  the  authority  of  the 
King  and  the  government  of  England  could  be  and  was  ad- 
hered to  and  enforced,  but  church  government  and  adminis- 
tration according  to  the  genius  of  the  Church  of  England, 
by  the  very  blindness  of  the  English  ecclesiastical  and  civil 
authority,  was  not  and  could  not  be  enforced.  Under  the 
rules  of  the  Church,  while  its  temporal  affairs  and  financial 
support  were  subject  to  the  control  of  King  and  Parliament, 
its  spiritual  government  and  the  administration  of  discipline 
was  vested  in  its  Bishops.  The  Bishop  is  absolutely  necessary 
to  the  existence  of  the  Church  of  England.  No  man  can  be 
admitted  to  its  ministry  except  by  Episcopal  ordination,  and 
he  alone  can  depose  an  unworthy  man  from  the  ministry. 
The  Church  looks  to  its  Bishops  as  its  leaders  in  matters 
spiritual  and  in  the  strengthening,  upbuilding  and  extension 
of  its  work.  The  Church  in  Virginia  being  without  a  Bishop 
during  all  the  colonial  period,  was  consequently  without  spiritual 
head  or  effective  leadership,  and  there  was  no  one  to  ad- 
minister discipline  effectively  when  a  minister  proven  to  be 
unworthy  had  to  be  dealt  with. 

The  Church  in  all  the  American  colonies  was  under  the 
spiritual  jurisdiction  of  the  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  London, 
the  most  populous  diocese  in  the  English  Church.  It  was  his 
duty  to  issue  license  to  officiate  as  a  minister  to  every  clergy- 
man who  sought  work  in  America  and  any  man  in  Virginia 


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seeking  to  enter  the  ministry  must  go  to  London  to  be  or- 
dained by  him.  But  London  was  3,000  miles  in  space  and 
three  months  in  time  distant  from  Jamestown,  and  its  Bishop 
inmtersed  in  problems  of  his  own  great  city  and  diocese. 
With  the  utmost  zeal  and  real  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the 
Church  in  Virginia,  what  could  he  know  of  its  problems  or 
how  exercise  adequate  discipline?  And  so  the  Church  in 
Virginia  suffered. 

Beginning  about  1689  the  Bishop  of  London  established  the 
custom  which  existed  until  the  Revolutionary  period  of  placing 
in  \'irginia  and  in  other  colonies  an  officer  called  his  Commis- 
sary who  should  represent  the  Bishop  as  far  as  possible.  It 
was  the  Commissary's  duty  to  hold  conventions  of  the  clergy, 
to  make  visitations  to  parishes  and  districts,  to  inquire  into 
spiritual  conditions  and  report  to  the  Bishop.  He  could  make 
a  visitation  and  inquire  into  cases  of  misconduct  on  the  part 
of  a  clergyman  but  he  could  not  depose  from  the  ministry 
an  unworthy  man.  The  Commissary's  duties  and  responsibili- 
ties were  ill  defined  at  best  and  perhaps  for  that  reason  his 
work  was  to  a  great  extent  ineffective. 

The  first  Commissary,  and  the  one  referred  to  in  Governor 
Gooch's  letters,  was  the  Rev.  James  Blair,  M.  A.,  Edinlmrgh, 
D.  D.,  a  Scotchman  who  was  apjiointed  Commissary  in  1689 
and  held  that  position  until  his  death  in  1743.  He  was  an 
able  man,  was  one  of  the  founders  and  until  his  death  the 
first  President  of  William  and  Mary  College.  But  he  was 
frequently  embroiled  in  quarrels  with  one  Governor  after 
another  over  matters  of  Church  policy  or  the  College,  and 
he  did  not  win  the  undivided  loyalty  of  the  clergy.  Com- 
missary Blair  did  not  come  to  an  open  rupture  with  Gov- 
ernor Gooch  as  he  did  with  several  of  his  predecessors,  but, 
reading  between  the  lines  of  the  Governor's  letters,  one  does 
not  gain  any  impression  of  intimate  friendship  and  sympathy 
between  the  two. 

The  one  great  question  which  constantly  gave  trouble  dur- 
ing the  colonial  period  was  that  of  the  relationship  of  the 
minister  to  his  parish.  Under  the  system  that  grew  up  in 
the  Church  of  England  the  right  to  ai)point  a  minister  to  the 


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charge  of  a  parish  rested  in  some  man,  or  body  of  men,  or  some 
institution  like  one  of  the  universities,  and  did  not  rest  in  the 
congregation  of  people  to  whom  the  clergyman  was  to  minister. 
For  instance  the  right  of  appointing  the  rector  of  a  village 
church  on  some  landed  estate  might  rest  in  the  owner  of  the 
estate.  He  would  have  the  right  to  nominate  to  the  Bishop 
tlie  minister  whom  he  desired  to  become  its  rector.  This 
was  and  is  the  right  of  Presentment;  and  the  Bishop,  if  he 
approved  the  character  of  the  minister,  would  then  induct 
him  into  possession  of  the  parish  with  its  spiritual  duties 
and  responsibilities  and  the  right  to  receive  the  salary  at- 
tached. After  such  induction  the  minister  could  not  be 
removed  except  for  proven  unworthiness  of  life  or  denial  of 
the  faith  of  the  Church.  It  was  a  life  tenure,  and  if  the  salary 
were  withheld  it  could  be  sued  for  and  recovered  through  the 
courts.  This  system,  with  its  great  temptation  to  an  ease- 
loving  man  to  regard  his  spiritual  responsibilities  lightly,  had 
at  least  this  merit,  that  it  removed  from  a  fearless  minister 
any  danger  of  being  forced  out  of  his  parish  when  he  felt 
it  his  duty  to  rebuke  vice  in  high  places  or  to  condemn  ill 
conduct  of  life  wherever  he  found  it. 

As  the  parishes  in  \^irginia  were  established  in  and  sup- 
ported by  the  counties  in  which  they  were  situated,  each 
vestry  claimed  and  was  accorded  the  right  of  presentation, 
or  of  nominating  the  minister  whom  they  desired  for  their 
rector.  As  there  was  no  Bishop  in  Virginia,  the  English 
Government  had  delegated  to  the  Governor  the  right  to  induct 
the  minister  into  the  parish  when  presented  by  the  vestry. 
The  possible  danger  of  this  is  patent.  A  Bishop  would  not 
induct  until  he  was  sure  of  the  character  of  the  minister  pre- 
sented. The  Governor  might  be  as  deeply  solicitous  for  the 
spiritual  welfare  of  the  people  as  a  Bishop  would  be,  or  then 
again  he  might  not,  and  might  use  his  power  to  the  serious 
detriment  of  the  Church.  And  after  inducting,  he  had  no 
power  to  discipline  or  remove  if  the  minister  should  prove 
unworthy.  The  vestries  found  the  way  out  of  the  difficulty. 
The  supply  of  ministers  was  rarely  as  great  as  the  need,  and 
usually  they  had  to  make  choice  of  a  minister  from  new  un- 


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tried  men  who  had  just  come  to  the  colong.  The  available 
minister  might  be  one  who  had  felt  deeply  the  call  to  the  min- 
istry of  the  Church  and  was  zealously  in  earnest,  or  on  the 
other  hand  he  might  be  one  who  had  proven  undesirable  in 
England  and  had  been  urged  by  his  family  or  friends  to  come 
to  the  colonies,  on  the  general  idea  that  the  Church  in  the 
colony  would  be  a  convenient  dumping  ground  for  the  misfits 
at  home.  "Recommendations"  were  probably  as  easy  to  get 
then  as  now,  and  Bishop,  Governor  and  Commissary  alike  were 
sometimes  deceived  by  them. 

The  solution  of  the  vestry's  dilemma  lay  in  the  right  they 
had  to  employ  a  minister  temporarily  without  presenting  him 
for  induction.     In  that  way  they  could  employ  a  minister  for 
a  year,   and   if   he   proved   worthy   could   continue   to   employ 
him  from  year  to  year.     This  became  the  rule  and  very  few 
ministers   were   ever   inducted   in   Virginia.      It   was   contrary 
to  the  system  of  the  Church,  and  the  clergy  were  restive  under 
it.     They   felt  that  their  positions  were  so  insecure  that  the 
minister,  especially  if  he  were  a  timid   man,   would   fear   to 
rebuke  misconduct  on  the  part  of  the  leading  people  in  his 
parish ;  and  undoubtedly  the  vestries  in  some  cases  used  their 
power  improperly  to  get   rid  of  a   minister.     One   Governor 
after  another  made  effort  to  force  the  vestries  to  present  their 
ministers  for  induction  but  every  such  effort  failed.     Governor 
Gooch  refers  to  the  matter  of  induction  in  his  letters  to  the 
Bishop   shortly  after  coming  to  Virginia,  and   expresses   the 
hope  that  he  can  accomplish  the  purpose,  but  he  seems  to  have 
given  up  the   attempt.     The  position  held   by  the  vestries  in 
the  matter  proved  impregnable,  and  the  custom  prevailed  until 
the  end  of  the  colonial  period.     Commissary  Blair  sided  with 
the  vestries  in  this  matter  and  was  opposed  to  induction  as  a 
general  rule.     He  had  perceived  the  difficulty  of  disciplining 
a  clergyman  of  ill-repute  and  realized  that  in  spite  of  the  in- 
justices that  were  committed  the  vestries  were  using  the  only 
means  in  their  power  to  protect  their  parishes  from  ix)ssible 
life  tenure  by  unworthy  ministers. 

And   yet   in   spite   of   its   handicaps   and    shortcomings   the 
Church  in  Virginia  was  functioning  as  best  it  could  through- 


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out  the  colony,  and  was  the  religious  influence  which  formed 
and  fostered  the  spiritual  life  of  its  people.  With  the  ex- 
ception of  three  or  four  earher  and  scattered  congregations 
of  Presbyterians  and  Quakers,  it  was  not  until  the  latter  part 
of  Governor  Gooch's  administration  that  there  was  any  other 
Christian  body  actively  at  work  in  the  colony.  It  is  not  fair 
to  judge  the  spiritual  life  of  the  Church  of  the  early  eighteenth 
century  by  the  standards  of  the  twentieth.  It  can  be  judged 
only  by  the  standards  and  the  measure  of  life  of  its  own  day. 
With  that  fact  in  mind  it  will  be  seen  that  in  spite  of  its 
seeming  conservative  coldness  as  contrasted  with  the  flaming 
missionary  zeal  of  the  denominations  which  came  into  the 
colony,  the  Church  of  England  did  extend  its  ministrations 
over  a  steadily  expanding  territory  pari  passii  with  the  ex- 
tension of  settlement  and  the  growth  of  population.  And, 
after  all  that  can  be  said,  the  spiritual  life  of  the  Church  bore 
a  rich  fruitage  in  the  ideals  of  liberty  and  righteousness  which 
animated  the  men  who  made  Virginia  great  in  the  days  of 
Revolution  and  the  formation  of  American  government. 

A  must  interesting  question  is  the  amount  of  effort  made 
at  that  time  to  Christianize  the  negroes  who  were  brought  to 
the  colony  as  slaves.  They  were  being  brought  in  from  Africa 
steadily,  and  according  to  the  statement  of  one  writer,  little 
effort  was  made  to  teach  the  truths  of  the  Christian  religion 
to  the  slaves  of  the  first  generation  because  of  their  inability 
to  understand  English.  But  as  their  children  grew  up  with 
more  or  less  knowledge  of  English  and  some  familiarity  with 
English  customs  and  ideals,  the  effort  at  Christianization  proved 
more  successful.  This  is  one  of  the  things  in  which  failure 
was  due  to  lack  of  a  real  head  and  right  leadership.  There 
could  be  no  concerted  action  or  policy,  but  the  effort  to 
Christianize  negroes  and  indians  alike  was  left  to  the  minister 
of  each  parish,  and  to  the  sense  of  responsibility  of  each  slave 
owner.  In  many  parish  registers,  page  after  page  is  filled 
with  the  names  of  slave  children  brought  to  Baptism ;  in  other 
parishes  or  under  other  ministers  there  are  few  such  entries. 
But  are  we  even  in  our  own  day  so  keenly  alive  to  the  spiritual 
needs  of  the  colored  people  as  to  be  able  to  condemn  harshly 
the  failures  of  that  earlier  period  ? 


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The  biographical  notices  of  the  clergy  mentioned  in  these 
letters  have  been  taken  from  the  invaluable,  and  as  yet  un- 
published, "Memorabilia  of  the  Colonial  Clergy  of  Virginia" 
by  the  late  Rev.  Edward  L.  Goodwin,  D.  D.,  of  Ashland, 
Historiographer  of  the  Diocese  of  Virginia.  It  will  be  seen 
that  these  biographical  notices  are  in  many  cases  incomplete; 
all  that  is  known  of  the  services  rendered  by  each  clergyman 
is  given,  but  sometimes  the  only  fact  known  in  regard  to  one 
clergyman  or  another  is  that  he  was  minister  in  a  certain  parish 
in  a  certain  year.  How  long  he  stayed,  or  what  other  parishes 
he  may  have  had  is  not  yet  known.  These  letters  themselves 
mention  one  or  two  clergymen  of  whom  nothing  was  known 
before,  beyond  the  fact  that  they  received  the  King's  Bounty 
for  Virginia. 

The  King's  Bounty  was  an  appropriation  of  £20  from  the 
public  funds  made  to  every  clergyman  licensed  by  the  Bishop 
of  London  to  the  colonies,  to  assist  in  defraying  his  travel- 
ing evpenses.  Fothergill's  "List  of  Emigrant  Ministers  to 
America"  is  the  authority  for  the  dates  upon  which  the  min- 
isters mentioned  received  this  bounty.  But  it  sometimes  hap- 
pened that  the  date  of  receiving  the  King's  Bounty  was  not 
synchronous  with  the  first  coming  of  the  minister  to  Virginia. 
It  was  sometimes  applied  for  and  granted  after  his  arrival 
in  this  country.  Or  sometimes  a  minister  who  had  served  in 
this  country  as  a  deacon  received  the  King's  Bounty  when  he 
returned  to  London  for  ordination  to  the  priesthood. 

George  MacLaren  Brydon. 


My  Lord: 

I  did  my  Self  the  honour  to  Address  to  your  Lordship 
by  a  Ship  which  went  from  hence  sometime  since :  In  which 
I  express'd  my  thankfulness  to  your  Lordship  for  all  your 
Favours,  praying  for  a  continuance  of  them.  Since  that  Time 
we  have  had  a  meeting  of  the  Clergy,  from  whom  your  Lord- 
ship will  find  with  This,  an  address  to  his  Majesty,  and  another 


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VIRGINIA    CLERGY  2ig 

to  your  Lordship :  'tis  their  request  to  me,  and  suits  best 
with  my  Inclinations,  that  your  Lordship  would  be  pleas'd 
to  deliver  that  for  the  King,  with  your  own  hands ;  at  the  same 
Time  to  acquaint  his  Majesty  particularly,  from  what  Part 
of  his   Majesty's  Dominions  in  America  it  comes. 

Since  my  Arrival  I  have  recommended  three  Clergymen  to 
Livings;  M'  Taylor'  M'  Becket'  &  M'  Marsden :'  the  latter 
indeed  had  not  your  Lordship  Certificate  But  as  he  had  sev- 
eral Testimonials  of  his  Doctrine,  good  Life  &  Conversation, 
and  as  he  told  me  he  was  known  to  your  Lordship,  and  I 
had  good  reason  to  believe  he  was  hurried  out  of  England  by 
misfortunes  truly  so,  I  did  venture  to  send  him  to  a  Parish. 

The  time  is  not  yet  come  in  the  which  it  will  be  proper 
to  propose  the  Inducting  of  Ministers :  in  the  mean  season 
I  am  preparing  by  degrees  the  Country  for  it ;  and  am  making 
Friends  &  forming  the  best  methods  to  introduce  it ;  and 
I  am  not  without  hopes. 

The  Gentleman  that  brings  this,  Cap'  Jones  of  Virginia, 
has  promised  me  to  deliver  it  to  your  Lordship  with  his  own 
hands,  and  I  hope  your  Lordship  will  be  perfectly  well  sat- 
isfied, with  such  answers  as  in  justice  to  us  here  I  am  per- 
swaded  he  will  give  to  any  Questions  your  Lordship  is  pleased 
to  put. 

My  Lord  it  is  my  Inclination  as  well  as  Resolution  to  live 

'  Rev.  Daniel  Taylor,  Jr.,  B.  A.,  born  in  Virginia,  son  of  Rev.  Daniel 
Taylor,  Sr.,  Rector  of  Blissland  Parish,  New  Kent  and  James  City 
Counties,  1704-1729.  Ordained  probably  in  1727,  received  the  King's 
Bounty  lor  Virginia  May  30,  1727.  Minister  of  St.  John's  Parish, 
King  William  County,  from  1729  to  1742  (probably).  Died  September 
28,  1742.  Married  Alice  Littlepage  of  New  Kent  and  left  children 
{  Calendar  State  Papers  of  Virginia  ;  Fragment  of  Vestry  Book  ;  Hayden, 
P-  396.) 

"  Rev.  Thomas  Beckett  received  the  King's  Bounty  for  Virginia 
May  10,  1727,  was  minister  of  St.  James  Parish,  Goochland  County, 
1727,  minister  of  St.  Mark's  Parish,  Culpeper  County,  1733-38,  and 
was  discharged  for  scandalous  conduct  (History  St.  Mark's  Parish,  p. 
7  and  8).  Possibly  the  same  man  officiated  in  Frederickville  Parish, 
Albemarle  County  in  1754.     (See  Gov.  Gooch's  letter  of  July  8,  1735). 

^  Rev.  Richard  (or  John)  Marsden  officiated  in  Lynnhaven  Parish, 
Princess  Anne  County,  for  ten  months  in  1729  (Meade,  Old  Churches, 
I  :  248 ;  Colonial  Churches  in  the  Original  Colony  of  Virginia,  2d.  ed., 
p.  150;  Gov.  Gooch's  letter  of  June  29,  1729.)  He  was  called  Richard 
Marsden  by  Bishop  Meade ;  John  Marsden  in  Colonial  Churches. 


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220  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

as  becomes  a  Man  so  much  befriended  by  your  Lordship;  and 
to  prove  by  my  Actions  that   I  am 

May  it  please  your  Lordship 
Your  Lordship's 

most  obliged  most  faithful 
&  most  obedient  humb  Serv** 
WILLIAM  GOOCH 
Williamsburg 
Oct   18'"  1727 
Addressed  To 

The  Right  Honourable 
and  Right  Reverend  the 
Lord  Bishop  of  London 
These 
left  M'  Randolph's  Servant 
(By  Bp.  Gibson) 
Endorsed     Govern'  Gouge 

A  Letter  before  (not  rec*) 
Marsden 
Indue 
British  Transcripts 
Fulham  MSS.  Virginia,  2nd  Box  No.  164. 


My  Lord: 

I  the  other  day  had  the  honour  of  a  Letter  from  your 
Lordship  by  the  hands  of  M'  Grasty:  I  was  extreamly  pleased 
to  find,  notwithstanding  the  great  difficulty  which  attends 
such  things  in  this  Colony,  that  I  had  now  an  opportunity, 
whenever  any  proper  Preferment  offer'd,  to  demonstrate  to 
your  Lordship,  the  forwardness  &  readiness  by  which  I  shal 
always  express  a  very  grateful  sense  of  all  your  Lordships 
favours  to  me.  Your  Lordsp.  will  pardon  me,  if  I  but  just 
mention,  that  I  wish  the  Person  was  more  deserving;  but 
'tis  sufficient  me  me  that  he  is  thus .  recomended,  and  your 
Lordship  may  be  assured,  that  the  first  occasion  that  presents 
its  self,  I  shal  not  forget  him. 


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VIRGINIA    CLERGY  221 

M'   Smith'  not  long  since  sent  in  hither  by  your  Lordsp. 
has  given  me  great  trouble  as  well  concern:  so  very  mean  in 
appearance,  in  pocket  so  poor,  and  so  little  to  say  for  himself, 
that  no  Parish  would  receive  him;  and  it  hap'ning  just  before 
our  Assembly  was  to  meet,  that  had  he  been  better  qualified 
to  serve  a  Parish  in  this  Country,  where  they  are  very  large, 
too  much  for  a  Man  of  his  infirmities  to  undertake,  it  would 
have  been  very  unseasonable  to  have  enter'd  into  a  Dispute, 
an  dto  have  forced  a  Parish  to  receive  a  Minister,  who  in  my 
own  judgment,  as  also  by  an  Act  of  Vestry,  was  rejected  as 
not  able  to  undergo  the  fatigue  of  serving  two  Churches  near 
thirty  miles  distant  from  each  other   ...   to  provide  for  him 
otherwise  I  have  prevailed  wit  lithe  Inhabitants  of  this  Town  to 
make  him  Lecturer,  here  by  Contribution,  which  with  20'"  p 
an.  the  Comissary  gives  him  for  reading  prayers  will  be  up- 
wards of  SO"-  this  with  a  little  help  from  a  School  if  we  can 
get  him  Scholars,  will  I  hope  maintain  himself  a  Wife  &  three 
Children  and  another  it  seems  is  coming.     I   make  no  doubt 
but   with   some   good   advice,   he    will   in    time   prove    himself 
very  deserving  to  such  as  can   overlook   his   Person,    for   his 
mind  is  perfectly  honest. 

There  are  many  vacant  Parishes  in  this  Colony,  which  I  wish 
were  well  fiU'd :  here  are  some  very  good  men,  some  very  bad, 
and  many  very  indifferent ;  but  time  I  hope  will  improve  them. 
A  Young  Gentleman  bred  at  Oxford  I  think,  son  to  M' 
Robinson  one  of  the  Council  here,'  is  by  the  Governors  of  the 
Colledge  appointed  Professor  of  Pliilosophy,  and  directed  to 
wait  on  your  Lordship  for  your  Approbation.  We  are  going 
to  build  the  Chappel  as  fast  as  we  can,  and  from  our  Enquiry 
into  the  state  of  things  there,  your  Lordship  may  in  time  know 
more.  

*  Rev.  Joseph  Smith  received  the  King's  Bounty  for  Virginia  Sep- 
tember 21,  1727.  Nothing  is  known  of  him  beyond  the  references  in 
Gov.  Gooch's  letters. 

=  Rev.  William  Robinson,  B.  A.,  Oxon.,  1740.  Son  of  Christopher 
Robinson  of  Middlesex.  Master  of  William  and  Mary  Graminar  School, 
1742;  ordained  priest  1743;  received  the  King's  Bounty  for  Virgmia 
September  25,  1746;  minister  Stratton-Major  Parish,  King  and  Queen 
County  from  1744  until  his  death  in  1768;  commissary  to  Bishop  of 
London  T761  until  his  death;  {Stratton-Majar  Vestry  Book;  Perry); 
visitor  William  and  Mary  College,  1761  ;  was  nephew  of  Bishop  Rob- 
inson   of    London. 


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222  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

I  shant  trouble  your  Lordship  at  present  with  the  dispute 
that  has  long  subsisted  about  Presentation  &  Induction ;  be- 
cause about  two  moneths  hence,  a  very  honest  Gentleman  8i 
an  able  Lawyer  will  go  from  hence  to  England  ;  I  have  already 
discoursed  him  on  this  head,  and  shal  direct  him  to  wait  on 
your  Lordship,  and  give  your  Lordship  an  exact  relation  of 
the  temper  of  the  People  of  this  Country;  that  if  your  Lordsp. 
upon  hearing  what  he  will  advance  shal  judge  it  necessary, 
I  should  wish  for  a  new  Instruction,  which  would  prevent 
great  uneasiness  here,  should  I,  when  not  sure  that  I  shal  be 
supported  from  home,  make  a  right  use  of  a  Lapse. 

I  must  add  that  this  Gentleman  is  one  of  the  Governours  of 
the  Colledge  &  perfectly  acquainted  with  its  Constitution  from 
the  beginning. 

Your  Lordship  will  find  by  the  Prints  how  we  proceed,  for 
by  that  time  this  is  in  England,  my  Speech  &  their  Addresses 
will  be  there  too;   I   hope  your   Lordship  by   what  you   hear 
of  me  will  be  encouraged  to  continue  me  in  your  favour;   I 
have  still  to  beg  your  Lordships  blessing  for  me  &  mine 
I  am  i\Iy  Lord  with  great  Duty 
Your  Lordship's  most  obliged 
most  faithful  humb  Servant 
WILLIAM  GOOCH 
Williamsburg 
Feb.  14"'  1727/8 

Endorsed.      Govern"'    Gooch-Grasty-Smith-IM'"   Robinson    com« 
over-Indue 

British  Transcripts 

Fulham  MSS.  Virginia  ist  Box  No.  171. 


My  Lord 

The  last  week  came  in  hither  the  Rev"  ]\I'  W*"  Swift"  from 
Bermudas :    He  shew'd  me  his  Orders,  and  a  Letter  from  your 

"  Rev.  William  Swift  received  the  King's  Bounty  to  Bermuda  May 
8,  1722;  Minister  of  St.  Martin's  Parish,  Hanover  County  1728;  died 
1734  (Meade,  i:  467;  see  Gov.  Gooch's  letter  of  July  8,  1735).  St. 
Martin's  Parish  was  formed  in  1726,  so  Mr.  Swift  was  probably  the 
first   minister. 


},, 


VIRGINIA    CLERGY  223 

Lordship  sent  to  him  in  1726  directing  him  not  to  leave  that 
Island  until  your   Lordship   had  sent  another   to   supply   that 
Cure.     Upon  which  I  told  him,  that  I  was  sorry  to  find  he 
had  not  complied  with  your  Lordship  Instructions.    He  is  much 
esteem'd  by  Those  that  are  acquainted  with  him,  and  appears 
from  the  little  knowledge  I  have  of  him,  to  be  a  Gentleman 
\ery  deserving.     I   must  confess   from  the  general  Character 
of  that  Place,  where  all  sorts  of  Provisions  are  very  Scarce, 
and   consequently   dear,   and   the    allowance    to    Ministers   but 
small,  how  he  could  stay  there  so  long  as  he  did,   which  he 
said  was  wholly  owing  to  your  Lordship's  letter;  that  abated 
both  my  wonder  &  resentment,  especially  as  he  had  a  Family 
to  provide  for.     I  hope  therefore  your  Lordship  will  not  blame 
me,  if  to  relieve  a  Man  from  such  Circumstances,  I  immediately 
sent  him  to  a  Parish  in  this  Country,  S'  Martin's  in  Hanover 
County,  where  I  am  confident  he  will  be  very  easie  and  faith- 
fully discharge  his  duty  in  the  care  of  Souls. 

M'   Smith  whom  your  Lordship  sent  over  sometime  since, 
is  still  in  this  Town  as  Reader;  I  can  by  no  method  prevail 
upon  any  Parish  to  receive  him,  but  must  be  obhged  to  force 
one  to  accept  of  him:     I  am  very  unwilling  it  should  come 
to  this,  nor  can  I  tell  how  to  avoid  it.     'tis  with  difficulty  that 
I  prevail  upon  the  Inhabitants  of  this  Town  to  continue  their 
Subscriptions,  so  that   I   shall  be  constrained  to  take  another 
Course,  to  keep   Him   &  his   Family   from   starving.      I   must 
say  'tis  not  so  much  from  his  Shape  or  Make,  that  the  People 
in  general  have  so  great  a  prejudice  to  him,  as  it  is  from  his 
ignorance  of  the  World  very  visible  in  his  Conversation,  and 
his  great  heedlesness  in  doing  the  duty  of  his  Function.     I 
have  been  very  obliging  &  kind  to  him ;  I  have  studied  every 
art  to  introduce  him  into  the  good  opinion  of  others;  but  his 
own  Conduct  demolishes  every  overture  of  this  sort  by  follies 
I  have  cautioned  him  against;  He  has  not  only   told  every 
Body  that  your  Lordship  ordained  him  Deacon  and  Priest  just 
before  he  left  England,  but  also  that  your  Lordship  gave  him 
a  special  Command  not  to  preach  in  London ;  and  'tis  but  the 
other  day,  that  he  boasted  himself  the  Maker  of  my  Castors, 
that  he  was  very  sure  of  it,  for  he  knew  his  own  Work. 


TJIOI    O' 


eii/Ilo]    ^J  Jtoii  at' 


224  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

A  Clergyman  named  Thomas  Bailye,'  notorious  for  his  scan- 
dalous Life  &  Conversation,  I  was,  by  complaint,  obliged  to 
admonish  him  to  quit  his  Parish  &  leave  this  Country ;  but 
so  great  was  his  poverty  when  he  appear'd  to  make  answer 
to  his  Accusers,  and  altho'  'twas  impossible  for  him  to  purge 
himself,  yet  I  was  prevailed  upon  by  him  to  send  him  to 
another  Parish,  upon  the  terms,  that  if  they  were  willing  to 
receive  him,  I  was  willing  to  make  another  tryal  of  him ;  he 
faithfully  promising  to  behave  himself  in  his  future  Life  as 
he  ought  to  do.     I  have  not  yet  heard  from  the  Parish. 

I  shal  be  greatly  disappointed  if  an  Act  of  our  Assembly 
proves  not  sufficient  encouragement  for  good  Men  to  come 
and  live  with  us,  for  they  will  now  have  16000  weight  of 
Tabacco  put  into  Casks  free  from  any  deductions,  which  will 
make  twenty  Hh""  and  these  according  to  the  price  of  Ta- 
bacco will  be  from  seven  to  tenn  Pounds  the  hogshead ;  then 
the  Perquisites  are  not  inconsiderable ;  a  good  House  to  live 
in,  and  a  Glebe  of  200  acres  of  Land. 

1  have  had  great  marks  from  the  Country  of  their  Esteem 
&  Respect  for  me :  the  Council  voted  me  unanimously  300'" 
Ster.  the  Assembly  gave  me  500"*  Cur  which  is  about  420'" 
Ster.  the  first  I  accepted  of  having  mentioned  it  before  I  left 
England  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle  &  S""  R.  Walpole,  but  the 
last  remains  for  his  Majesty's  consent,  which  if  happily  I  am 
thought  worthy  to  receive,  so  very  chargeable  is  the  entrance 
into  this  Station,  will  but  little  more  than  carry  me  through 
this  year,  which  on  many  accounts  is  much  more  expensive 
than  I  hope  the  succeeding  ones  will  prove. 

But  I  must  not  trouble  your  Lordship  with  my  own  affairs ; 
nor  with  a  larger  Detail  of  things  relating  to  my  Government, 
because,  the  Bearer  John  Randolph  Esq'  a  Gentleman  learned 

'  Rev.  Thomas  Bally  received  the  King's  Bounty  for  Naraganzett 
March  27,  1712;  ministered  in  Maryland  and  came  thence  to  Virginia. 
(See  Perry,  Papers  Relating  to  the  History  of  the  Church  in  Virginia, 
p.  249;  was  minister  of  Newport  Parish,  Isle  of  Wight  County  in 
1724;  was  fined  by  King  George  County  court  in  1726  for  swearing 
twelve  oaths  in  one  day;  applied  for  Warwisqueake  Parish,  Isle  of 
Wight  County  in  1727,  and  in  1728  claimed  to  have  been  appointed  to 
Lynnhaven  Parish,  Princess  Anne  County,  and  the  vestry  begged  the 
governor   to   remove   him.      (Meade,    i:    163,  248,   301). 


•-uie    1 


lo  Jfl^itj'//  o 


J'^jf   1   atol'Ki 


Uoe    .fi*-..    .10:    ;  T 


VIRGINIA    CLERGY  225 

in  the  Law,  and  well  qualified  in  all  other  respects,  who  comes 
to  England  for  his  health,  and  is  one  of  the  Governours  of 
W^illiani  &  Mary  College  will,  in  confidence,  if  your  Lordship 
pleases,  give  your  Lordship  an  exact  &  honest  Relation, 

j\Iy  earnest  endeavours  are,  to  follow  after  such  Things 
as  will  render  my  Administration  pleasing  to  Almighty  God, 
and  acceptable  to  my  Royal  Master;  and  in  so  doing,  I  act 
the  Part  that  only  can  recommend  me  to  the  continuance  of 
your   Lordship's   favour. 

I  beg  your  Lordship's  blessing  for  Me  &  Mine,  and  am 
with  the  greatest  Duty  &  Gratitude 

My   Lord 

Your  Lordship's 

Most  faithful  and  most 
Obedient  humble  Servant 
WILLIAM  GOOCH 
Virginia 
Will  "-burg 
May  26"'  1728 

Endorsed  Gooch 

Swift — Bermudas 
— Increase  of  Min'^  Sal'" 
— Smith 
— Baily  ill  Cl'man 

British  Transcripts 

Fulham  MSS.  Virginia  ist  Box  No.  159. 


My  Lord 

The  Reverend  M'  Nearn*  being  called  to  England  to  receive 
a  P'arish  provided  for  him  in  Wiltshire ;  I  laid  hold  of  the 
opportunity  of   informing  your   Lordship   that   the   Behavior 

*  Rev.  Nearn  was  minister  of  King  William  Parish,  Mana- 

kintown,    Henrico   County    (later    Powhatan    County)    1727-28    (Meade, 
I  :  466,  467;  Perry,  353). 


ma   t^tiB   ,?ntlvl 


fiBorO  II; 


226  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

of  that  Gentleman  during  his  Ministry  in  this  Country,  gives 
his  Parishioners  just  cause  to  lament  his  leaving  them.  I  shal 
at  last  I  hope  provide  for  M'  Smith,  he  is  now  gone  to  a 
Church  upon  tryal,  where  I  have  used  great  Interest  with 
the  \^estry  to  accept  of  him. 

The  French  Refugees*  My  Lord  settled  in  this  Country  are 
very  desirous  of  having  a  Minister  to  Preach  to  them  in  French 
as  well  as  English ;  and  to  that  end  Petitioned  me  not  long 
since  to  interceed  w'"  your  Lordship,  in  case  they  can  find  a 
Clergyman  so  qualified  and  willing  to  come  hither,  they  them- 
selves being  very  poor,  that  by  your  Lordship's  Interest,  the 
Society  would  help  them  in  paying  his  Sallary ;  which  they 
propose  shal  be  Eighty  Pounds  p  annu  of  which  they  would 
give  forty.  M'  Nearn  is  well  acquainted  with  the  Circum- 
stances of  these  People  and  will  give  your  Lordship  a  per- 
fect account  of  them  and  their  request. 

Now  Col.  Nicholson  is  dead  I  hope  all  things  will  be  made 
easie  and  settled  to  the  Advantage  of  the  College:  Not  know- 
ing till  it  was  too  late  that  the  seven  years  were  expired,  we 
must  not  it  seems  till  the  next  Year  do  our  Selves  the  honour 
to  chuse  your  Lordship  our  Chancellor. 

I  beg  your  Lordship's  blessings  for  me  &  mine,  and  am 
with  the  greatest  Duty  &  Respect 

My   Lord 

Y  Lordship's  most  obliged 
and  most  faithful  humb  Serv' 
WILL-  GOOCH 
Virginia 
July  10'"  1728 

Endorsed         Gooch 

— French  Refugees 
— Min-^ 
British  Transcripts 
Fulham  MSS.  Virginia  1st  Box  No.  146. 

*  The  French  refugees  referred  to  were  the  Huguenots  who  settled 
at  Manakin  Town  on  the  south  side  of  James  River  in  Henrico  County 
about  1700.  In  1705  they  were  set  apart  as  a  separate  parish  called 
King  William  Parish,  within  the  bounds  of  Henrico  Parish.  By  this 
setting  apart  they  were  released  from  paying  parish  levies  in   Henrico 


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VIRGINIA    CLERGY  227 

May  it  please  your  Lordship 

By  the  Fleet  which  now  sailes  for  London,  I  have  pre- 
sumed to  write  recommendatory  Letters  to  your  Lordship  by 
three  Gentlemen  who  have  been  for  some  Years  in  this  Colony 
viz  M'  Smith,"  M'  GemmilF"  &  M'  Fyfe;"  the  Two  first  were 
Tutors  in  private  Families,  and  the  Other  kept  a  School  in 
one  of  our  Towns:  They  are  All  of  them  v/ell  afl'ected  to 
his  Majesty  &  Family,  unblamable  in  their  Lives  &  Conver- 
sation, and  very  pious  sober  Men.  The  great  want  my  Lord 
we  are  in  of  Ministers,  many  Parishes  being  vacant,  made 
me  the  more  willing  to  encourage  these  Persons  to  undertake 
the  Voyage,  moved  thereto  by  their  own  Dispositions;  and  if 
your  Lordship  shal  be  pleas'd  to  think  them  in  other  respects 
qualified  for  the  sacred  office  of  Priest,  I  may  venture  to  be 
answerable  for  their  Conduct  afterwards.  My  Lord,  the  Laity 
all  over  this  Province  are  so  well  inclined  to  Religion  & 
Vertue,  that  'tis  great  pity  they  should  want  Instruction  to 
help  them  forward  in  their  Duty,  for  such  are  our  Circum- 
stances, that  if  a  Parish  wants  a  Minister,  the  Distance  will 
not  allow  the  People  to  go  to  the  Next,  if  the  Next  is  so 
fortunate  as  to  have  One. 

M.  Smith  is  long  since  very  happily  placed  much  to  his 
own  Satisfaction — M'  Marsden  to  whom  in  a  former  Letter 
I  acquainted  your  Lordship  I  had  given  a  Parish,  about  Moneth 
since  run  away  above  £400  in  Debt  by  borrowing  Money  and 
drawing  Bills  in  England. 

We  were  again  this  Year  under  dreadful  Apprehensions 
from  the  Caterpillars,  for  which  reason  I  appointed  a  Fast ; 
and  can  now  inform  your  Lordship  that  by  the  peculiar  favour 

Parish  and  so  enabled  to  support  their  own  minister.  Their  first 
ministers  were  Huguenots.  Afterwards  they  secured  the  services  of 
some  neighboring  minister  who  could  hold  services  in  their  native 
language.     (See  their  letter  to  Mr.   Nearn,  Perry,  353). 

'  Rev.  William  Smith  received  the  King's  Bounty  for  Virginia  Sept. 
24,   1729;  died    1734.     His  parish  not  known. 

'"Rev.  John  Gemmill  (Gamill,  Gemurill)  received  the  King's  Bounty 
for  Virginia,  Sept.  24,  1729.  Minister  of  Upper  Parish,  Isle  of  Wight 
County    (Warwisqueake    Parish)    1729-1744.      (Meade,    i:   303). 

"  Rev.  William  Fyfe  received  the  King's  Bounty  for  Virginia  Sept. 
24,  1729.  Minister  of  Elizabeth  City  Parish,  Elizabeth  City  County 
from  1731   until  his  death  ^n   1755.     (Meade,   i:  231,   Perry). 


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228  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

that  the  loss  of  some  Orchards  which  have  been  eat  up  by 
those  destructive  Insects, 

As  there  were  many  Men  to  attend  the  Commissioners  & 
Surveyors  who  run  the  dividing  Line  betwixt  this  Government 
&  North  Carolina,  I  thought  it  proper  to  send  a  Minister  with 
them,'''  seeing  they  were  to  pass  through  a  Country  where 
of  Heaven  that  Danger  is  over  without  any  other  consequence 
they  could  not  have  the  oppertunity  of  attending  the  publick 
Worship ;  such  is  the  unhappy  State  of  those  poor  People 
who  live  on  the  borders  of  our  Neighbouring  Province,  in 
which,  there  is  not  one  Clergyman ;  the  Report  that  Gentleman 
made  to  me  sufficiently  proves  how  well  he  answered  my 
purpose  in  sending  of  Him,  for  he  Christened  above  an  hun- 
dred Children  of  different  ages,  and  many  Adult  Persons, 
and  preached  to  Numbers  who  had  never  heard  a  Sermon 
since  their  first  settlement  in  those  Parts. 

I  am  prevailed  upon  by  the  Gentlemen  of  the  Country  to 
beg  the  favour  of  your  Lordship  to  interceed  with  His  or 
Her  Majesty  for  an  Organ  for  our  Church  at  Williamsburg, 
one  of  £200  value  would  be  large  enough.  As  such  Gifts 
my  Lord  have  sometimes  been  made  by  royal  Bounty  to 
other  Places  in  America;  the  Subjects  here  most  humbly  pre- 
sume to  hope,  that  they  may  have  as  just  a  Claim,  and  would 
think  themselves  as  highly  engaged,  and  I  dare  to  say  it, 
bear  as  ample  testimony  of  their  Gratitude,  as  any  People  in 
any  part  of  his  Majesty's  Dominions. 

Dean  Berkley"  after  a  tedious  and  dangerous  Passage  of 
four  moneths  was  forced  into  Virginia  for  want  of  Provis- 
ions ;  I  did  the  good  man,  my  Lord  all  the  Honour  in  my 

"  Rev.  Peter  Fontaine  the  chaplain  to  the  expedition  was  minister 
of  Westover  Parish,  Charles  City  County  from  1716  until  his  death 
in  1757.  A  Huguenot.  Received  the  King's  Bounty  for  Virginia 
March  30,  1716.  (Tyler's  Cradle  of  the  Republic,  p.  145;  Meade,  passim; 
Perry). 

"  Rev.  George  Berkeley,  Dean  of  Derry,  later  Bishop  of  Cloyne, 
in  Ireland,  secured  from  King  George  First  a  charter  for  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  university  in  Bermuda,  and  a  grant  of  £20,000  from  Par- 
liament for  its  endowment.  He  came  to  America  and  spent  three 
years  in  Rhode  Island  waiting  for  the  money  to  be  paid.  It  was 
not  paid  and  the  plan  came  to  naught.  He  stopped  in  Virginia  on 
his  way  to  New  England.  (Wilber force,  History  of  the  American 
Church,  p.   155,   159). 


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VIRGINIA    CLERGY  229 

Power,  and  gave  him  a  short  view  of  our  Country  and  Cir- 
cumstances, and  so  much  I  must  say,  it  was  not  without  a 
great  deal  of  regrett  he  left  us,  I  mean  on  our  Side.  Ber- 
muda my  Lord  is  a  very  poor  Island,  but  I  can't  give  your 
Lordship  a  juster  Idea  of  it,  than  by  saying  'tis  as  if  fifty 
Islands  were  jumbled  together,  the  largest  of  which  is  indeed 
about  twenty  miles  long  &  half  a  mile  broad,  but  the  rest 
very  small  as  your  Lordship  will  think  when  in  the  whole 
'tis  not  thirty  miles  long  and  taking  all  in  not  above  five 
miles  over.  Rivers  or  great  runs  of  water  divide  every  one 
of  these,  over  which  the  Inhabitants  pass  in  Boats,  and  there 
is  not  in  all  the  Place  a  Levell  of  above  a  mile.  As  the  Deans 
Charter  for  this  Island  is  not  irrevocable,  I  am  in  great  hopes 
his  further  information  of  Things  will  turn  to  our  Advantage ; 
for  the  Continent  in  my  opinion  is  by  much  the  properest 
Place  for  his  Purpose,  and  Virginia  my  Lord  above  all  the 
Provinces  on  the  Main  seems  to  be  best  situated  for  it.  but 
I  must  say  no  more : 

Was  I  to  give  your  Lordship  a  Character  of  M'  Baylie  a 
Clergyman  who  gos  home  in  this  Fleet,  I  could  not  say  worse 
of  him  than  he  deserves;  he  is  so  well  known  all  over  the 
Continent,  that  not  a  Parish  will  accept  of  him;  for  he  has 
been  often  tryed  and  to  no  purpose.  He  has  lived  here  upon 
Charity  for  many  moneths,  and  to  Charity  he  is  indebted  for 
his  passage  for  himself  and  his  Wife,  which  costs  £io,  and 
money  given  to  the  Captain  to  put  into  his  hands  about  £io 
more  when  he  puts  him  on  shore.  He  leaves  behind  him  two 
Boys,  the  youngest  is  with  a  Clergyman,  and  the  eldest  about 
nine  years  of  age,  I  intend  to  put  to  the  College. 

I  have  sent  over  by  this  Fleet  a  Box  full  of  a  Root  and 
Barks,  which  in  equal  quantities  being  made  into  a  Decoction, 
will,  in  this  Country,  cure  the  most  inveterate  venereal  Disease, 
in  order  for  the  Riisitians  to  make  a  tryal  of  it  in  England ; 
but  in  all  likelihood  the  difference  of  Climate  will  make  a 
difference  in  its  Operation,  and  here  only  mankind  will  be 
the  better  for  what  has  been  a  Secrett  in  the  hands  of  a  Negro, 
for  many  years  in  this  Country  where  he  practiced  with  suc- 
cess, until  I  thought  it  worthy  my  endeavours  to  get  the  Dis- 


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VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 


covery  from  him.  Next  to  the  Service  I  expect  from  it,  I 
wish  it  may  be  an  encouragement  to  one  of  the  travelhng 
Phisitians  to  take  a  Tour  into  America,  where  he'l  profit  much 
more  than  by  a  jaunt  to  France  &  Italy. 

M"^  Clarke"  who  lived  three  or  four  years  past  in  this 
Country,  then  went  to  England ;  the  last  Winter  returned,  and 
I  gave  him  a  Parish,  but  not  without  a  reprimand  for  not 
waiting  on  your  Lordship.  And  a  young  Gentleman  of  this 
Country  who  for  cheapness  went  to  the  Colledge  as  Glascow 
and  came  hither  by  the  last  Ships  in  Deacon's  orders,  I  sent 
to  a  Parish;  his  name  is  Kenn[e]r,'^  and  has  promised  me  as 
soon  as  he  is  old  enough  to  wait  upon  your  Lordship  for 
Priest's  Orders.  I  hear  a  very  extraordinary  Character  of 
him. 

I  beg  your  Lordship's  blessing  for  me  &  mine  and  am 
My   Lord 

Your  Lordship's 

Most  dutiful  and  most  obliged 


humble  Servant 

WILLIAM  GOOCH 

W"  "burgh 

June  29'"  1729 

Endorsed         Gooch 

— Smith 

— Gemill 

want  of  Min" 

—Fife 

Smith 

Marsden 

Caterpill" 

N*"  Carolina — Min' 

Organ 

D'  Berkly 

Bayly- 

Bark  and  root 

Clark 

Kenner 

"  Nothing  is  known  of   Mr.  Clark. 

"Rev.    Rodham    Kenner     (Sr.),    born    in    Northumberland    County, 


'mT' 


VIRGINIA    CLERGY  23I 


British  Transcripts 

Fulham  MSS.  Virginia  ist  Box  No.  153. 


May  it  please  your  Lordship 

I  take  the  first  oppertunity  to  inform  your  Lordship  that 
the  Rev^  M"-  Holbrooke,"  who  about  four  years  since  by  the 
Society,  from  whom  he  received  i6o  p  annum,  was  settled  at 
Salem  in  the  Jerseys,  where  he  has  continued  all  that  Time, 
about  Six  days  agoe  came  to  Virginia,  a  journey  of  three 
hundred  miles,  in  order  to  obtain  a  Recommendation  from  me 
to  a  Parish  in  this  Colony;  and  for  that  purpose  brought  with 
him  a  Certificate  signde  by  the  Commissary  and  the  neigh- 
bouring Clergy  in  those  Parts,  setting  forth  his  good  Life  & 
Conversation,  I  gave  him  for  answer,  that  as  he  was  placed 
there  by  the  Society,  it  must  be  proper  for  him  to  acquaint 
the  Society  with  his  Intentions  before  he  left  his  Church ; 
and  that  he  ought  to  have  your  Lordship's  Licence  for  so 
doing,  and  when  such  Consent  was  obtained,  I  should  be 
very  glad  to  receive  him.  He  told  me  he  would  conduct  him- 
self accordingly,  and  I  promised  him  to  write  to  your  Lord- 
ship ;  upon  which  we  parted,  and  he  went  away  well  contented, 
after  I  had  given  him  something  to  help  out  his  journey.  If 
he  had  succeeded  he  was  determined  to  go  back,  and  return 
with  his  Family  in  the  Spring,  so  that  tis  no  great  disapoint- 
ment  to  him. 

Not  long  since  my  Lord,  by  Accident,  I  mett  with  Methodus 
Procedendi  contra  Clericos  irregulares  in  Plantationibus  Ameri- 

was  minister  of  St.  George's  Parish,  Spotsylvania  County,  1729-1730, 
and  officiated  for  two  years  longer  occasionally.  Died  1734  probably. 
(History  St.  George's  Parish,  p.  15;  Perry,  357);  William  Byrd's 
Progress  to  the  Mines,  375.     Went  to  England  for  priest's  orders  1731. 

"  Rev.  John  Holbrooke  received  the  King's  Bounty  for  New  Jersey, 
Dec.  13,  1723.  Was  minister  of  Hungar's  Parish,  Northampton  County, 
1729-1747.     (Meade,  i:  258;  Colonial  Churches  in  Virginia.  108-9). 

*  Methodus  Procedendi  contra  Clericos  Irregulares  in  Plantationibus 
Americanis,  a  16  page  quarto  pamphlet  containing  directions  to  the 
commissaries  and  forms  for  preparing  citations,  summoning  witnesses, 
pronouncing  sentence,  etc.  Printed  in  full  in  The  Anglican  Episcopate 
and  the  American  Colonies,  by  Arthur  Lyon  Cross,  pp.  294,  309  (Har- 
vard  Historical   Series,    No.   I/). 


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232  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

canis,*  and  in  that  with  your  Lordships  Directions  to  your 
Commissary.  But  since  the  eight  Instruction  concerns  my 
Self,  where  your  Lordship  orders  him  to  inform  your  Lord- 
ship what  Steps  are  taken  towards  obtaining  an  Act  of  As- 
sembly for  P'resentment  of  Crimes  &  Vices  to  be  made  to 
the  Temporal  Courts,  agreeable  to  what  was  added  to  the 
Instructions  of  every  Governour  in  the  Plantations,  I  must 
beg  leave  of  your  Lordship  to  answer  for  my  Self,  not  doubt- 
ing but  M'  Blair  has  done  me  Justice.  My  Instructions  my 
Lord  did  not  come  to  my  hands  till  many  moneths  after  the 
meeting  of  the  last  House  of  Burgesses ;  but  upon  sight  of 
that  Instruction,  I  made  a  proper  Memorandum  of  it,  that  I 
might  be  sure  not  to  faile  to  recommend  it  to  the  next  As- 
sembly, which  I  shal  not  forget  to  do ;  and  to  shew  your 
Lordship  how  mindful  I  was  of  it,  I  made  it  part  of  my 
Charge  to  the  Grand  Jury  of  the  first  General  Court  after 
it  came  in,  as  your  Lordship  pious  Request  both  to  his  late  & 
present  Majesty,  and  as  such  an  Instruction  to  me.  This 
very  Charge,  as  the  Commissary  was  present  when  I  gave  it, 
so  he  desired  after  the  Court  ended  that  I  would  let  him 
see  it,  but  for  what  purpose  I  could  not  then  imagine ;  how- 
ever, he  had  it  for  three  or  four  Days,  and  for  that  reason 
my  Lord  it  is  that  I  say,  I  hope  he  has  done  me  Justice. 

If  those  Gentlemen  I  had  the  honour  to  introduce  to  your 
Lordship,  are  so  fortunate  as  to  be  approved  of  by  your 
Lordship,  and  admitted  into  holy  Orders ;  and,  as  they  en- 
gaged to  do,  return  to  this  Country,  we  sh'ant  have  a  vacant 
Parish;  and  the  provision  to  be  made  for  M'  Holbrooke,  if 
your  Lordship  gives  him  leave  to  come  hither,  will  depend 
upon  M"'  Clarke's  leaving  his  Parish,  who  talks  of  going  for 
England.  I  thought  proper  mention  this  to  your  Lordship, 
notwithstanding  I  had  desired  the  Comissary  to  do  it,  for 
fear  a  letter  should  miscarry,  and  Gentlemen  should  be  sent 
over  when  we  can't  provide  for  them. 

I  had  the  honour  of  your  Lordship  Letter,  for  which  I  do 
most  humbly  thank  your  Lordship ;  and  shal  endeavour  to 
deserve  such  Favours,  by  doing  all  the  Good  I  can  both  in 
Church  &  State. 


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VIRGINIA    CLERGY  233 

A  Surveyor's  place,  in  the  Country  for  Lands  I  mean,  is 
the  only  way  to  provide  for  M'  Grasty ;  and  therefore  I  have 
secured  for  him  the  first  Vacancy,  for  they  are  in  the  dis- 
posal of  the  College,  and  a  proper  one  for  his  situation  has  not 
fallen  since  I  came  in. 

When  your  Lordship  hears  anything  of  me  displeasing  to 
your  Lordship.  I  comfort  my  self  that  your  Lordship  will 
not  let  me  be  a  Stranger  to  it;  I  beg  your  Lordships  blessing 
for  me  &  mine,  and  hope  your  Lordsp.  will  make  allowances 
for  what  may  proceed  from  Ignorance  or  Surprise  in 

My    Lord 

Your  Lordship's 

Most  dutiful  most  faithful 
and  most  obliged  humble 
servant 
WILLIAM  GOOCH 
W°"burgh 
Oct  9"^  1729 

Endorsed        Gooch — Holbrook — Instruc" — all  full — Grasty — 
Hear  all's  well 

British  Transcripts 

Fulham  MSS.  Virginia,  ist  Box  No.  115. 


My  Lord: 

I  would  not  neglect  the  first  oppertunity  to  return  Your 
Lordship  my  Duty  and  Thanks  for  the  honour  of  three  Letters 
which  the  last  Winter   I   received   from  your   Lordship. 

That  which  concerned  M^  Dawson,"  the  first  occasion  w'" 
offers  shal  be  punctually  obeyed,  for  it  must  be  a  Church  near 
to  the  College:  He  is  a  very  good  Man,  sober,  modest,  and 
truly  Religious. 

The  Gentlemen  your  Lordship  was  pleased  to  Ordain  are 

"Rev.  William  Dawson,  B.  A.,  Oxon,  D.  D.,  Prof.  Moral  Philosophy, 
William  and  Mary  College,  1729;  President  of  the  College,  1743-1752. 
Commissary  of  Bishop  of  London,  1743-1752.  Member  Governor's 
Council,  1743-1752.  Died  1752.  Married  Mary  (Randolph)  Stith 
(Meade;    Tyler;    Perry).     See    later    letters    of    Gov.    Gooch. 


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234  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

returned  to  this  Country,  and  in  their  several  Parishes  have 
behaved  themselves  to  the  satisfaction  of  us  here,  and  suit- 
able to  your  Lordship's  hopes. 

Those  who  make  it  their  Request  to  me,  did  not  know- 
that  I  had  applied  to  your  Lordship  for  an  Organ. 

By  great  Accident  I  lately  heard  of  a  Relation  of  your 
Lordsp.  M''  Gibson  an  Inhabitant  of  this  Country ;  and  it  is 
a  great  Comfort  to  me,  that  I  can  give  your  Lordship  the 
Assurance,  before  this  time  twelve  Moneth,  to  Provide  for 
Him  in  our  new  Tobacco  Law,  to  do  great  Service  to  his 
Majesty's  Revenue,  so  your  Lordship  I  hope  will  excuse  me 
if  I  say,  what  is  fact,  that  it  was  carried  in  the  Assembly 
by  my  Endeavours,  and  the  confidence  the  Burgesses  have  in 
my  Integrity. 

In  pursuance  of  that  Instruction  obtained  from  his  Majesty 
by  your  Lordship,  a  Law  is  passed  for  encouraging  Religion 
&  Morality,  and  discountenancing  of  Vice:  whereby  the  former 
Laws  against  sundry  Sins  &  offences  are  more  strongly  en- 
forced ;  and  the  Church  wardens  are  obliged  from  time  to 
time  to  make  Presentments,  and  those  Presentments  are  made 
of  equal  Force  to  ground  a  Prosecution,  as  an  Indictment 
found  by  a  Grand  Jury ;  there  is  also  a  Clause  which  gives 
Jurisdiction  to  our  General  Court  to  take  Cognizance  of  Mar- 
riages within  the  Levitical  degrees,  and  to  declare  such  Null ; 
and  also  one  to  Punish  all  Persons  who  either  by  Marriage 
or  otherwise  are  Guilty  of  incestuous  Copulations.  This  is 
the  substance  of  the  Law,  and  I  hope  answers  what  your 
Lordship  designed :  And  indeed  it  was  high  time  to  restrain 
such  wicked  Practices,  which  by  no  Court  or  Law  heretofore 
established,  in  this  Country,  were  Punishable. 

Two  ministers  are  lately  Come  from  England,  M-"  Marie" 
and  M'  Wright :"  the  first,  as  he  is  a  Frenchman,  fortunately 
found  the  Parish  vacant  next  to  the  French  Town,  so  that 
those  People  now  have  a  Preacher  in  their  own   Language ; 

'^  Rev.  James  Marie  (Marye)  was  minister  of  St.  James  Parish, 
Goochland  County  and  King  William  Parish,  Manakintown,  1730-32-flf. 
Minister  St.  George's  Parish,  Spotsylvania  County,  1735-1767.  Died 
1767.     (Meade,   11:  69;   Slaughter,  History  of  St.   George's  Parish). 


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VIRGINIA    CLERGY  235 

He  appears  to  be  a  conscientious  good  Man ;  as  I  have  reason 
to  be  convinced  the  other  is. 

M'  Commissary  with  my  consent  will  recommend  to  your 
Lordship  one  M""  Macculloch"*  for  Holy  Orders ;  I  know  little 
of  him,  my  chief  dependence  is  upon  the  Clergyman  who  gives 
indeed  that  Persons  of  Character  &  Probity  in  London  will 
vouch  for  his  good  behaviour  Six  Years  that  he  lived  there; 
and  the  Comissary  has  taken  an  essay  of  his  skill  in  Languages. 
As  I  should  be  sorry  by  my  recommendation  to  your  Lord- 
ship to  do  a  thing  above  a  Man's  merit,  so  I  shal  be  as  cautious, 
not  to  depress  a  man  below  it ;  but  their  Lives  &  Conversations 
are  our  only  Concern,  not  their  Learning  &  Parts,  neither 
of  which  in  this  Person,  will  bring  the  Church  into  danger 
of  Contempt. 

I  beg  your  Lordship's  Blessing  for  me  &  mine,  and  be- 
seech your  Lordship  for  the  continuance  of  your  Patronage 
and  Protection ;  and  it  ever  shal  be  my  hearty  Prayer  to  the 
Throne  of  Grace  that  God  may  long  continue  your  Lordships 
here  on  Earth  for  the  Good  of  His  Church.  I  beg  leave  to 
subscribe  myself 

My  Lord 

Your  Lordships  Most  dutiful 
and  Most  obedient  humble 
Servant 
Virginia  WILLIAM  GOOCH 

W""  burgh 
July  23-^  1730 

Endorsed         Gooch — Dawson — Ordain'd — Organ — 
M"'  Gibson — Good  done — Macculloch 
Answ" 
British  Transcripts 
Fulham  MSS.  Virginia,  No.  234. 

'*  Rev.  Wright,  not  previously  known,  sent  to  a  parish  in  the 

Northern  Neck.  A  John  Wright  received  the  King's  Bounty  for 
Maryland  March  25,  1729.      (See  letter  May  28,   1731)- 

'■^  Rev.  Roderick  Macculloch  received  the  King's  Bounty  for  Virginia 
October  20,  1730.  Mentioned  in  King  George  County  records.  Pos- 
sibly rector  of  Hanover  Parish,  King  George  County  1732-37-  Married 
Elizabeth  Weedon  of  Washington  Parish,  Westmoreland  County;  died 
before    1748. 


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My  Lord 

The  Bearer  hereof,  the  Rev"  M""  Kenner,*  living  a  great 
distance  from  me,  and  going  for  England  in  a  Ship  that  lyes 
in  a  River  at  as  great  a  Distance,  I  have  not  at  present  an 
0}:)pertunity  of  doing  any  other  Honour  to  my  Self,  than 
Acknowledging  the  Receipt  of  your  Lordships  Letters,  and 
doing  Justice  to  this  Gentleman,  who  waits  on  your  Lord- 
ship for  Priest's  orders. 

It  is  near  three  Years  since  he  came  into  this  country, 
immediately  after  he  was  Ordained  Deacon  by  your  Lordship, 
and  has  all  along  behaved  himself  in  a  sober  and  decent  Man- 
ner, mighty  well  beloved  in  his  Parish,  and  as  well  respected 
in  the  Country,  a  very  serviceable  Minister  in  the  Church. 

About  a  Moneth  hence  there  will  come  from  the  college 
a  Young  Gentleman  on  the  same  Errand,  by  whom  I  shall 
again  address  your  Lordship,  and  beg  your  Lordship's  accep- 
tance of  a  taste  of  our  Virginia  Bacon. 

I  humbly  crave  your  Lordship's  Blessing,  and  am  with  great 
Duty  and  Respect 

My   Lord 

Your  Lordship's 

Most  obliged  and  most 
faithful  humble  Servant 
WILLIAM  GOOCH 
W""burgh 
May  15th,  1 731 

[By  Bp.  Gibson] 
Endorsed         Gooch 

Kenneir     Answ" 

B  ritish  Tracts  crip  ts 

Fulham  MSS.  Virginia,  No.  229. 

♦  See  note  15. 

(To  be  continued) 


.;sinJ6r<i* 


W'll.MAM    DaXHUIDGE 


From     a     portrait     in     the     collection     at 
the    Va.    Historical    Society. 


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VIRGINIA   COUNCIL  JOURNALS 


237 


VIRGINIA  COUNCIL  JOURNALS,  1726-1753 


Vol.  605 — 1418. 


(Continued) 

John   Carter,   Esqr.    Secretary   of   this   His 
Secretary  Majestys  Colony  and  Dominion  took  the  Oath 

Sworn.  for  the  due  Execution  of  that  Office. 

The  Reverend  Mr.  Commissary  Blair  pro- 
Bishop  of  ducing  a  Commission  under  the  Hand  Etc. 
London's  Episcopal  Seal  of  the  Right  Reverend  Edmond 
Commissary  Lord  Bishop  of  London,  constituting  him,  the 
Sworn.  said  James  Blair  Commissary  of  Virginia  with 
power  to  Execute  the  Several  Authorities 
granted  to  the  said  Bishop  by  His  late  Majesties  Letters 
Patents  under  the  Great  Seal  granted  to  the  said  Bishop  bear- 
ing Date  the  Day  of  a  copy  whereof  is  annexed  to 
the  said  Commissarys  Commission.  Which  Patent  and  Com- 
mission aforesaid  being  Severally  read  Mr.  Commisarie  there- 
upon took  the  Oath  for  the  due  Execution  of  the  said  Office. 

John  Grymes,  Esqr.  His  Majesty's  Receiver 
Receiver  Gen-  General  took  the  Oath  for  the  due  Execution 
eral  Sworn.         of  the  said  Office. 

William    Dandridge^    Esqr.    pursuant    to    a 

'  William  Dandridge  was  living  at  Hampton,  Va.,  in  1717,  where 
he  was  a  ship  owner  and  probably  a  merchant.  In  1719  he  is  de- 
scribed, in  a  deed,  as  "late  of  Hampton,  now  of  King  William  county, 
gent."  In  1727  he  became  a  member  of  the  Council,  and  on  December 
14th  of  that  year  was  appointed  one  of  the  commissioners  on  the  part 
of  Virginia  to  settle  the  boundary  line  with  North  Carolina.  He  was 
for  a  number  of  years  an  officer  in  the  English  navy,  and  probably 
served  before  1737,  but  of  that  service  we  have  no  record.  In  the 
Virginia  Gazette,  March  11-18,  1736,  it  is  stated  that  "Its  currently 
reported  here  by  persons  lately  arrived  from  London,  that  Col.  IVilliain 
Dandridge  is  very  shortly  to  have  the  Command  of  one  of  His  Maj- 
esty's Ships."  In  the  issue  of  Sept.  18,  it  is  stated  that  Captain  Dan- 
dridge's  sailing  from  England  had  been  somewhat  delayed  and  that  the 


23S  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

Mr.  Dandridge  Warrant  under  the  Sign  Manuel  of  His  late 
Sworn  of  the  Majesty  bearing  date  the  first  day  of  June 
Council.  1727,  in  the  thirteenth  year  of  his  Reign  di- 

rected to  the  Commander  in  Chief  of  this 
Colony  for  the  time  being  having  first  taken  the  Oaths  ap- 
pointed to  be  taken  instead  of  the  Oaths  of  Allegiance  and 
Supremacy,  together  with  the  Abjuration  Oath,  and  Sub- 
scribed the  Test,  was  Sworn  and  Admitted  One  of  His  Maj- 
estys  Council  of  this  Colony. 

John  Custis^  Esqr.  pursuant  to  a  warrant 

Mr.  Custis  under  the   Sign   Manuel  of   His  late   Majesty 

Sworn  of  the      bearing  Date  the   Second  day  of   June    1727, 

Council.  in  the  Thirteenth  Year  of  His  Reign  Directed 

to  the   Commander  in   Chief   of   this   Colony 

Duke  of  Montagu  had  presented  him  with  a  fine  sword.  This  hand- 
some weapon,  bearing  the  inscription  on  the  blade:  "April,  1738. 
This  Sword  was  presented  by  his  Grace  John  Duke  of  Montagu,  to 
Capt.  Wm.  Dandridge,"  is  now  the  property  of  his  descendants,  the 
family  of  the  late  Captain  Francis  West  Chamberlayne,  C.  S.  A., 
of  this  city,  and,  together  with  Capt.  Dandridge's  portrait,  has  been 
deposited  with  the  Virginia  Historical  Society.  The  Duke  of  Montagu 
was  first  lord  of  Admiralty.  In  February,  1741,  Captain  Dandridge 
still  commanded  the  IVolf.  12  guns,  on  the  Virginia  station;  but  in 
November  of  that  year  was  transferred  to  the  South  Sea,  40  guns. 
He  served  in  Oglethorpe's  attack  on  St.  Augustine,  and  Vernon's,  on 
Carthagena.  Captain  (or  Colonel)  Dandridge  died  in  1743,  at  his 
seat,  "Elsing  Green",  King  William  county.  He  married  first,  Euphan, 
widow  of  Wilson  Roscow,  of  Warwick  county  and  daughter  of  Rev. 
James  Wallace.  She  died  in  1717,  and  her  tomb  bears  her  arms — W^allace 
— impaling  azure,  a  lion's  head  erased  or,  bcttvccn  three  mascles  argent. 
These  are  the  arms  of  Dandridge  of  Great  Malvern,  England.  There 
appears  to  have  been  no  issue  by  the  first  marriage.  Col.  Dandridge 
married  about  1719,  Unity,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Nathaniel  West, 
of  King  William  county,  a  grandson  of  Governor  West.  He  has  numer- 
ous  descendants,    both   of   his    own   and   other   names. 

No  complete  genealogy  of  the  descendants  of  William  Dandridge 
has  been  prepared,  but  several  partial  accounts  are  in  print.  The  de- 
scendants of  Capt.  William  Dandridge's  brother,  Col.  John  Dandridge, 
of  New  Kent  (the  father  of  Mrs.  Martha  Washington)  have  been 
given  more  completely.  See  William  and  Mary  Quarterlv,  V,  30-39, 
81,  182,  139,  140;  VI,  250,  251;  XII,  126-128;  XIV,  267,  268;  XX, 
149-167;  Va.  Magazine  of  History  and  Biography,  XI,  216,  423;  VX, 
430,  431  ;  XXII,  96,  97;  Seldens  of  Virginia  and  Allied  Families  (Mary 
S.  Kennedy)  II,  13-35;  Robertson's  Pocahontas  and  Her  Descendants, 
33-    36,    45,    46;    Browning's    Americans    of    Royal    Descent. 

'Col.  John  Custis,  of  Williamsburg,  and  of  "Arlington",  Northampton 
county,  was  a  great  grandson  of  the  emigrant,  a  grandson  of  Major 
General  John  Custis,  of  "Arlington"    (appointed  to  the  Council,   1677), 


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VIRGINIA   COUNCIL  JOURNALS  239 

for  the  time  being,  having  first  taken  the  Oaths  appointed 
to  be  taken  instead  of  the  Oatlis  of  Allegiance  and  Supremacy, 
Together  with  the  Abjuration  Oath,  and  Subscribed  the  Test, 
was  Sworn  and  Admitted  one  of  His  Majesty's  Council  of  this 
Colony. 

Whereas  upon  the  Demise  of  our  late  Sov- 
His  Majesty  ereign  Lord  King  George  the  First  of  Glorious 
King  George  Memory  the  Imperial  Crown  of  Great  Britain 
the  Second  France  and  Ireland  together  with  the  Supreme 

proclaimed.  Dominion  and  Sovereign  Right  of  this  Colony 

and  Dominion  of  Virginia  and  all  other  His 
Late  Majestys  Dominions  in  America,  are  Rightly  come  to  the 
High  and  Mighty  Prince,  George,  Prince  of  Wales  Our  present 
most  Gracious  Sovereign,  It  is  ordered  that  His  said  Majesty 
be  P'ublickly  and  Solemnly  Proclaimed  at  the  Capitol,  the 
Markett   place  and  the   Colledge  of   William  and   Mary ;  and 

and  son  of  Col.  John  Custis,  of  "Wilsonia"  (Councillor  1693,  etc.) 
was  born  in  1678  and  died  November  1749.  He  is  stated  to  have  been 
educated  in  England,  owned  a  large  estate  and  in  his  later  years 
became  very  eccentric.  He  married,  about  1707,  Frances,  daughter 
and  co-heiress  of  Daniel  Parke,  Jr.  Their  married  life  was  not  happy 
and  many  traditions  concerning  them  were  formerly  current  on  the 
Eastern  Shore.  Mrs.  Custis  died  March  13,  1714-15,  and  John  Custis, 
as  has  been  stated.  In  1714,  by  the  intervention  of  friends,  they  were 
induced  to  make  a  series  of  agreements,  which  might  lead  to  greater 
harmony.  They  were  recorded  in  Northampton  Court,  and  a  copy  was 
printed  in  this  Magazine,  IV,  64-66.  An  abstract  of  Col.  Custis'  will 
is  in  Waters'  Gleanings,  I,  393-395-  In  it  he  gives  the  inscription 
he  desired  to  be  placed  on  his  tomb.  His  wishes  were  carried  out. 
The  epitaph  is  as  follows : 

[Arms] 

"Beneath  this  Marble  Tomb  lies  ye  body 

of  the  Honorable  John  Custis,  Esq., 

of  the  City  of  Williamsburg  and   Parish  of   Bruton 

Formerly  of  Hungars  Parish  on  the  Eastern  Shore  of 

Virginia  and  the  County  of   Northampton  the 

Place  of  his  nativity. 

Aged  71  years  and  yet  lived  but  seven  years 

Which  was  the  space  of   time  he  kept 

A   Bachelor's   House  at   Arlington 

On  the  Eastern  Shore  of  Virginia. 

This  information  put  on  his  tomb  was  by  his 

own  positive  order. 


Wm.  Colley,  Mason,  in  Fenchurch  Street, 
London,   Fecit." 

John   Custis'   only   son,    Daniel    Parke   Custis,    was    the   first   husband 
of   Martha   Dandridge,  afterwards    Mrs.   Washington. 


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that  a  Proclamation  do  also  Issue  commanding  the  High 
Sheriffs,  Justices  of  the  Peace  and  other  officers  to  Cause  His 
present  Majesty  to  be  Proclaimed  in  the  respective  Countys 
within  this  Colony  with  all  Convenient  Speed. 

Whereas  His  Majesty  hath  been  pleased  by 
Directions  for  Order  in  His  Privy  Council  the  19th.  of  June 
altering  the  1727,   to   declare   that   in  all   the    Prayers    for 

prayers  for  the  Royal  Family  instead  of  the  Words   [His 

Queen  and  Royal  Highness  George  Prince  of  Wales  The 

Royal  Family.  Princess  and  their  Issue,  and  all  the  Royal 
Family]  be  inserted  [Our  Gracious  Queen 
Caroline,  the  Royal  Issue,  and  the  rest  of  the  Royal  Family.] 
It  is  ordered  that  the  same  alteration  be  observed  in  the 
Prayers  throughout  this  Colony,  and  that  Mr.  Commissionary 
Blair  be  Desired  to  Signify  the  same  to  the  Clergy. 

Ordered  that  a  Proclamation  be  prepared 
Proclamation  and  Issued  for  Publishing  His  Majestys  Royal 
Continuing  Proclamation  for  continuing  in  their  respective 

Officers.  offices  all  such  Persons  as  at  the  time  of  the 

Demise  of  our  late  Sovereign  were  Duely  Pos- 
sessed of  or  invested  in  any  office  or  Employment. 

Resolved  that  an  Humble  Address  be  pre- 
Address  to  the  pared  to  His  Majesty  to  be  signed  by  the 
King  to  be  Governour  and  Council  Condoling  the  Death 

Prepared.  of  our  late  Most  Gracious  Sovereign  and  con- 

gratulating His  Present  Majestys  Happy  Ac- 
cession to  the  Throne,  and  that  the  said  Address  be  prepared 
and  brought  in  by  Mr.  Commissionary  Blair,  William  Byrd 
and  John  Carter,  Esqrs. 

John  Randolph,  Esq.  by  commission  from 
Deputy  the  late  Governour  Constituted  His  Maj"  At- 

Attorney  torney  Gen'  during  the  absence  of  John  Clay- 

Genl.  &  etc.  ton    Esq.    and    also   admitted   to    Officiate    as 

Sworn.  Clerk  of  the  Council  in  the  room  and  During 

the  indisposition  of  Mr.  Robertson  took  the 
Oaths  appointed  by  Act  of  Parliament  to  be  taken  instead  of 
the  Oaths  of  Allegiance  and  Supremacy — together  with  the  Ab- 


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VIRGINIA  COUNCIL  JOURNALS  24I 

juration  Oath,  and  subscribed  the  Test,  and  also  took  the  Oaths 
of   those  respective   Offices   During   his   Continuance   therein. 

At  a  Council  held  the    12th.   Day  of    Septem"   1727 
Present 
The  Honble.  the  Lieut.  Governr. 
Robert  Carter  Cole  Digges 

James  Blair  Peter  Beverley 

William  Byrd  John  Carter 

Nathl.  Harrison  John   Grymes 

Mann  Plage  William  Dandridge 

John  Custis,   Esqrs. 

Nathaniel  Harrison  Esr.  took  the  Oaths  ap- 
Mr.  Harrison  pointed  by  Act  of  Parliament,  to  be  taken  in- 
Sworn  of  the  stead  of  the  Oaths  of  Allegiance  and  Su- 
Council  &  premacy,    the    Abjuration    Oath,    and    Sub- 

Deputy  scribed   the   Test,   and   then    took    the    Usual 

Auditor.  Oath  of  a  Member  of  His  Majestys  Council. 

And  also  as  Deputy  Auditor  of  His  Maj- 
esties Revenues  of  this  Dominion  took  the  Oath  for  the  Due 
Execution  of  that  Office. 

Mr.  Commissionary  Blair  reported  that  the 
Address  to  Persons  appointed   had   prepared  an   Humble 

the  King  Address  to  His   Majesty  which  was   read  at 

approved.  the  Board  and  Agreed  to. 

Ordered  that  the  same  be  fairly  Transcribed 
and  Signed  by  the  Lieut.  Governour  and  all  the  members 
of  the  Council  now  Present,  and  that  a  Duplicate  thereof  be 
prepared  and  Signed  in  like  manner. 

His  late  Maj''^"  approbation  Declared  in 
Orders  for  Council  the  28th.  of  March,  1727,  of  the  pro- 

running  the  posals  made  by  Col.  Spotswood  and  Mr.  Eden 
dividing  Line  late  Lieut.  Governours  of  Virginia  and  North 
between  Vir-  Carolina  for  settling  the  Boundaries  between 
ginia  and  the  said  Governments ;  which  Proposals  have 

North  also  been  agreed  to  by  the  Lords  Proprietors 

Carolina.  of   North  Carolina  was  this  day  read  at  the 

Board,  and  thereupon  it  is  the  opinion  of  the 


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242  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

Council  that  the  Governour  be  Desired  to  send  a  Copy  of 
His  Majestys  said  order  in  Council  to  the  Governour  of  North 
Carolina  and  to  Desire  him  to  appoint  Two  Commissioners 
in  behalf  of  that  Province  to  meet  sometime  in  the  Month 
of  March  next — William  Byrd""  and  Nathaniel  Harrison  Esqrs. 
who  are  hereby  Nominated  and  Appointed  Commissioners 
on  the  part  of  this  Colony,  and  then  jointly  to  proceed  in 
running  the  Dividing  Line  between  the  two  Governments  ac- 
cording to  the  Proposals  aforesaid. 

And  it  is  Further  ordered  that  John  Allen  Gent,  and  Mr. 
Mayo  Surveyors  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  Assistants 
to  the  said  Commissioners  for  the  better  performing  the  Ser- 
vices aforesaid,  and  that  they  be  paid  for  their  Trouble  and 
Expence  out  of  His  Majestys  Revenue. 

His  Majestys  Approbation  Declared  in 
The  King's  Council  the  i6th.  day  of  June,  1727,  of  an 
Approbation  Act  passed  in  this  Colony  the  last  Session  of 
of  the  Act  Assembly  entitled  An  Act  for  laying  a  Duty 

laying  a  duty  on  Liquors  was  read  and  Ordered  to  be  En- 
on  Liqrs.  tered  on  the  Council  Books, 

rec'd.  Also    His    Majestys    Approbation    Declared 

in  Council  the  same  i6th.  day  of  June  1727, 
of  an  Act  passed  the  same  Session  entitled  An  Act  to  Confirm 
the  Title  of  Richard  Randolph  to  Certain  Entailed  Lands 
and  to  Settle  other  Lands  of  Greater  Value  and  Two  Negro 
Slaves  to  the  same  Uses,  was  this  day  read  at  the  Board  & 
Ordered  to  be  entered  on  the  Council  Books. 

The  Lieutenant  Governour  being  informed 
John  Vidal  that   John    Vidal    a    Prisoner    in    the    Public 

a  Pirate  Goal  in  Williamsburg  has  been  lately  convicted 

pardoned.  and  attainted  of  Piracy,  and  is  to  be  Executed 

on  the  6th.  day  of  October,  was  pleased  to 
ask  the  Advice  of  the  Council  whether  in  their  opinion  the 
said  Vidal  be  a  fit  Object  of  the  Kings  Mercy ;  upon  debating 
whereof,  it  is  the  opinion  of  the  Council  that  in  Respect  of 
His  Majestys  Succession  to  the  Throne,  and  the  arrival  of  the 

^  The  happy  choice  of  William  Byrd  as  one  of  the  Commissioners 
produced  the  delightful  History  of  the  Dividing  Line. 


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VIRGINIA  COUNCIL  JOURNALS  243 

Governour  it  is  very  fit  to  begin  His  Administration  with  an 
Act  of  Mercy,  and  therefore  they  do  advise  His  Honour  to 
grant  unto  the  said  John  Vidal  His  Majestys  most  Gracious 
Pardon. 

At  a  Council  held  the  i6th.  Day  of  October,  1727 

Present 
The  Governour 
James  Blair  John  Carter 

Nath'  Harrison  Richard  FitzwilHam 

Cole  Digges  William  Dandridge 

Peter  Beverley  John  Custis  Esqrs. 

Richard  Fitzvvilliam  Esq.  Surveyor  General 
Rich'd.  of  His  Majestys  Customs  this  day  took  the 

Fitzwm.  Oaths  of  Allegiance  and  Supremacy  and  the 

Sworne  of  Abjuration    Oath,    Subscribed    the    Test,    and 

the  Council.         took  the  Oath  of  one  of  His  Majestys  Council 
of  this   Colony,   Together   with   the   Oath   of 
Surveyor  General. 

At  a  Council  held  the  17th.  Day  of  October  1727 

Present 
The  Governor 
James  Blair  Peter  Beverley 

William  Byrd  John  Robinson 

Nath.  Harrison  Rich-*  Fitzwilliam 

Cole   Digges  William  Dandridge 

John  Custis,  Esqrs. 

John  Robinson  Esq.  took  the  Oaths  ap- 
John  Robin-  pointed  by  Act  of  Parliament  to  be  taken  in- 
son  Esq.  stead   of   the    Oaths    of    Allegiance    and    Su- 

Sworne  of  premacy,  The  Abjuration  Oath,  Subscribed  the 

the  Council.        Test,  and  took  the  Oath  as  one  of  His  Maj- 
estys Council  of  this  Colony. 


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At  a  Council  held  October  the  27th.  1727 

Present 
The  Governour 
Robert  Carter  Peter  Beverley 

James  Blair  John  Robinson 

Nath'  Harrison  William  Dandridge 

Cole  Digges  John  Custis  Esqrs. 

The  Governour  laid  before  the  Board  a  pe- 
Quaker's  tition  of   Robert  Jordan  Junior*  in  behalf   of 

Petition  himself     and     several     other     People     called 

Rejected.  Quakers  Residing  in  the  Countys  o  fHenrico, 

Charles  City  and  Nansemond  complaining  of 
several  Fines  Levied  upon  them  for  not  attending  at  the  Mus- 
ters of  the  Militia  appointed  by  Law  in  the  said  Counties, 
and  Praying  Redress  therein,  It  is  the  Opinion  of  this  Board 
that  the  said  Fines  being  imposed  on  them,  for  their  refusing 
Obedience  to  the  Law,  they  ought  therefore  not  to  be  Re- 
lieved. 

The  Governour  also  laid  before  the  Board 
Gov  of  a  Letter  lately  received  by  him  from  Sir  Rich" 

North  Caro-  Everard  Bart.  Governour  of  North  Carolina, 
Una  concern-  Dated  the  3rd.  instant. — promising  to  take 
ing  the  Speedy  Measures  with  the  Advice  of  his  Coun- 

boundarys.  cil  for  the  Appointment  of  Commissioners  and 

the  time  and  place  where  they  shall  meet  the 
Commissioners  appointed  by  this  Governour  for  settling  the 
boundaries  between  this  Colony  and  the  said  Province  pur- 
suant to  the  Order  of  His  Majesty  in  Council,  and  that  in 
the  mean  time  no  Patents  shall  be  granted  for  any  Lands  lying 
within  the  Controverted  bounds  which  Letter  was  Read. 

Present 
William  Byrd 
Richard  Fitzwilliam  John  Carter  Esqrs, 

*  Robert  Jordan,  Jr.,  was  a  member  of  a  very  prominent  Quaker 
family,  which  now  has  representatives  almost  throughout  the  United 
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Whereas  John  Vidal  lately  Convicted  of 
John  Vidall  Piracy  and  by  the  Governour  Pardoned  for 
Discharged.  the  said  Offence  is  still  detained  in  the  Public 
Goal,  and  there  like  to  Continue,  as  well  for 
the  Prison  Fees  as  the  Fees  due  to  other  Officers,  It  is  Or- 
dered that  the  said  Fees  be  paid  out  of  His  Majestys  Revenues 
of  2s.  p.  Hog'  Ct.  and  that  the  said  Vidal  be  forthwith  Dis- 
charged out  of  Prison. 

Ordered  that  the  General   Assembly  which 
Gen'  Assem-      stands  Prorogued  to  the  i6th.  Day  of  Novem- 
bly  dissolved.      ber  next,  be  Disolved  and  that  Proclamation 
Issue  for  Notifying  the  said  Dissolution. 
An   Account   of   Contingent    Charges    from 
Acct.  of  the  25th.  of  April   1727,  to  the  25th.  of  this 

Contingent  Present  Month  also  an  Account  of  Work  done 

Charges  to  the  Governours  House,  and  other  Disburse- 

regulated.  ments  upon  the  same  for  the  like  time  together 

with  an  Account  of  the  Charges  in  the  Ap- 
prehending Vidal  and  Execution  of  Certain  Pirates  were  this 
Day  laid  before  the  Governour  in  Council  by  Nath'  Harrison 
Esq.  Deputy  Auditor  and  being  examined  Divers  of  the  Ar- 
ticles of  the  Said  Account  were  allowed,  and  others  to  be 
re-examined  and  Regulated,  by  the  said  Auditor. 

The  Officers  of  His  Majestys  Revenue  on 
500  lbs.  worth  their  Application  are  Authorized  and  impow- 
of  Rights  to  ered  to  Sign  &  Issue  Rights  to  the  Value  of 
be  issued.  500  for  the  use  of  Such  as  shall  Require  the 

Same  for  the  taking  up  of  His  Majestys  Lands. 
On  the  Application  of  the  Justices  of  Eliz- 
New  Justices      abeth  City  County,  It  is  Ordered  that  Edward 
for  EHz.  City      Jones,"  William  Hunter,  John  Brodie  and  Wil- 
appointed.  Ham   Westwood   gentlemen   be   added    to    the 

''There  was  in  Elizabeth  City  and  Warwick  a  family  of  Jones, 
which  for  generations  held  prominent  county  offices,  sheriffs,  magistrates, 
etc.;  but  the  destruction  of  so  large  a  portion  of  the  records  prevents 
any  connected  account  of  them   from  being  prepared. 

John  Brodie  was  doubtless  a  member  of  one  of  the  numerous  Scotch 
families  in  and  around  Hampton  and,  indeed,  in  the  counties  and  towns 
near  Hampton  Roads.  There  is  in  Elizabeth  City  a  deed,  dated  Dec. 
24,    1762,   from  John   Brodie  and   Elizabeth  his   wife. 


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Commission  of  the  Peace  for  the  said  County. 
Whereas  Sundry  Inhabitants  and  the  Ma- 
Church  to  be  jority  of  the  Vestry  of  EHzabeth  City  Parish 
built  in  Eliz-  have  represented  to  the  Governour  that  the 
abeth  City  Church  of  the  said  Parish  is  so  ruinous  that 

parish.  it  is   Dangerous    for  them  to   Repair   thither 

for  the  Performing  Divine  Service  and  that 
great  Differences  have  arisen  between  the  Inhabitants  of  the 
said  Parish  concerning  the  place  where  a  new  Church  should 
be  built  in  the  said  Parish  and  upon  the  occasion  of  the  said 
Differences  an  Order  was  made  by  the  last  House  of  Bur- 
gesses that  the  present  Vestry  should  not  proceed  to  the  bujld- 

William  Hunter  was  a  merchant,  and  died  in  Elizabeth  City  county 
in  1739.  His  son,  William  Hunter,  of  Williamsburg,  became  owner 
and  editor  of  the  Virginia  Gazette,  succeeding  Parks  in  1750.  He  was 
deputy  post-master-general  of  the  Colonies.  William  Hunter,  the  elder, 
was  probably  a  brother  of  Col.  John  Hunter,  of  "Little  England", 
Elizabeth  City  county,  who  in  1766,  had  removed  to  London  and  was 
living  in  South  Street,  parish  of  St.  George,  Hanover  Square.  See 
William  and  Mary  Quarterly,  VH,  13-16,  154,  155;  XIV,  149  for  notes 
on  this  Hunter  family. 

William  Westwood,  a  member  of  a  family  long  resident  in  Elizabeth 
City.  He  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  at  the  sessions 
of  Nov.  1738,  May  1740,  May  1742,  Sept.  1744,  Sept.  1745,  July  1746, 
March  1747,  Oct.  1748,  April  1749.  Feb.  1752,  Nov.  1753,  Feb.  1754, 
Aug.  1754,  Oct.  1754,  May  1755,  Aug.  1755,  Oct.  1755,  March  1756, 
Sept.  1756,  April  1757,  and  March  1758.  He  married  Mary,  who  ap- 
pears to  have  been  a  daughter  of  Rev.  James  Wallace,  of  "Erroll", 
Elizabeth  City.  His  will  dated  May  7  and  proved  June  8,  1770.  His 
legatees  were  his  grandson  Merritt  Westwood,  daughter-in-law,  Eliz- 
abeth, widow  of  his  son  James,  sons  William  and  Worleich  Westwood, 
grandson  John  Stith  Westwood,  daughter  Mary,  wife  of  Robert  Armis- 
tead,  daughter  Elizabeth,  wife  of  James  Wallace,  daughter  Martha 
Westwood,  daughter  Rachel,  wife  of  Henry  King,  granddaughter  Sarah, 
daughter  of  son  James.  William  and  Mary  Westwood  had  issue:  i. 
William,  a  student  at  William  and  Mary  1759,  etc.  He  married  Ann 
Stith.  His  will  was  dated  Dec.  24,  1780  and  proved  in  Elizabeth 
City  July  30,  1784;  legatees:  sons  William  and  Worleich,  wife  Ann 
and  daughter ;  2.  Worleich,  who  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Bur- 
gesses for  Elizabeth  City  at  the  sessions  of  Feb.  1722,  March  1773, 
May  1774,  and  June  1775;  of  the  Revolutionary  Conventions  of  March, 
July  and  December  1775,  of  the  Constitutional  Convention  of   1788  and 

of  the  Legislature ;  3.  James,  married  Elizabeth  .     His  will  was 

dated  Nov.  3,  1768  and  proved  in  Elizabeth  City  Feb.  23,  1769,  legatees: 
wife  Elizabeth,  son  Merritt,  daughters  Sarah  and  Anne.  The  daughters 
of  William  and  Mary  (Wallace)  Westwood  are  named  in  his  will. 
See  William  and  Mary  Quarterly,  IX,  131,  for  a  note  on  the  Westwood 
family. 


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ing  of  a  New  Church  before  the  next  Session  of  Assembly, 
which  is  complained  of  as  a  great  grievance  to  the  Petitioners 
and  other  Inhabitants  who  have  petitioned  the  Governour  for 
relief  therein;  The  Governour  this  day  in  Council  took  the 
Matter  of  the  said  Petition  into  Consideration  and  upon  hear- 
ing of  all  Parties  by  their  Council,  It  is  the  Opinion  of  the 
Board  that  the  New  Church'  ought  to  be  built  in  the  Town 
of  Hampton  as  the  most  convenient  place  in  the  said  Parish 
and  that  the  Vestry  be  at  liberty  to  proceed  to  the  building 
of  the  same  accordingly. 

At  a  Council  held  at  the  Capitol  November  the  2d.  1727 

Present 
The  Governour 
Robert  Carter  John  Robinson 

James  Blair  John  Carter 

William  Byrd  Rich"  Fitzwilliam 

Nath'   Harrison  John  Grymes 

Cole  Digges  William  Dandridge 

Peter  Beverley  John  Custis  Esqrs. 

The  Governour  laid  before  the  Board  a 
Mr.  Leheup  Letter  from  Mr.  Leheup  Sollicitor  of  the  Vir- 
to  be  paid  ginia  Affairs   dated  the  24th.   of  June   1727, 

for  publick  together  with  an  account  of  sundry  fees  and 

services.  other  Charges  expended  by  him  in   the   Sol- 

liciting  and  obtaining  of  His  Majesty  the 
Order  for  Settling  the  boundaries  between  this  Colony  and 
the  Province  of  North  Carolina,  and  in  obtaining  His  Maj- 
jestys  approbation  of  the  Act   for  laying  a  Duty  on  Liquor 

*  This  new  church  was  the  present  St.  Johns  at  Hampton.  There 
had  been  two  earlier  churches  in  the  parish.  In  the  Council  Journal, 
Oct.  10,  1624  (this  Magazine,  XIX,  357)  is  an  order  for  paying  work- 
men for  building  a  church  in  Elizabeth  City.  A  patent  of  1637  shows 
that  this  church  was  east  of  Hampton  River.  The  foundations  were 
discovered  a  few  years  ago.  They  resemble  the  oldest  remains  of 
a  church  at  Jamestown— a  thin  brick  wall  based  on  cobblestones— 
evidently  for  a  frame  building  with  brick  underpinning.  About  1667 
another  church  was  built  on  the  present  Pembroke  farm,  west  of 
Hampton.  Bishop  Meade  quotes  two  wills  made  in  1667,  in  one  of 
which  a  request  was  made  for  burial  in  the  "old  church  at  Kicotan", 
and    the   other   in    "the   new   church   at    Kicotan".      On    June    17,    1727, 


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amounting  to  £59-9-6  which  Sum  he  desires  may  be  reim- 
bursed to  him,  and  Hkewise  that  he  may  have  a  suitable 
Recompense  for  his  Extraordinary  Trouble  in  Negociating 
the  business  of  the  Duty  Act  and  other  affairs  of  this  Gov- 
ernment during  the  Administration  of  the  late  Governour ; 
and  the  said  Letter  and  Account  being  read  at  the  Board, 
It  is  the  Opinion  of  the  Council  and  Accordingly  Ordered 
that  the  Receiver  General  do  pay  out  of  His  Majestys  Rev- 
enues of  2s.  p.  Hog'  etc  the  said  sum  of  £59-9-6  expended 
by  Mr.  Leheup  for  the  Service  of  this  Government,  together 
with  Fifty  Guineas  as  a  gratuity  for  his  extraordinary  trouble 
and  Care  therein  and  that  it  be  recommended  to  the  next 
Assembly   to   reimburse   that   Expence   to   the   Revenue. 

The  Governour  was  pleased  to  inform  the 
Differences  Board  that  the  Nottaway  Indians  having  com- 

between  the  plained  to  him  that  they  were  threat""*  by  the 
Maherine  Maherines  upon  Suspicion  of  their  being  Con- 

and  Sapony  cerned  with  the  Cattabaws  in  their  late  attack 
Indians.  on  the  IMaherines  and  being  assured  by  Col. 

Harrison  who  had  been  desired  by  the  Presi- 
dent to  examine  into  the  Conduct  of  the  Tributary  Indians 
upon  the  Cattabaws  arival  upon  our  Frontiers  That  the  Not- 
taway Indians  were  altogether  unconcerned  with  the  Mischiefs 
committed  by  the  Cattabaws  with  whom  they  had  not  the 
least  Correspondence,  he  had  thereupon  written  to  the  Gov- 
ernour of  North  Carolina,  in  Justification  of  the  Nottaways, 
and  desired  him  to  interpose  his  Authority  to  Divert  the  Ma- 
herines from  prosecuting  their  Revenge  upon  a  Jealousie  which 
appeared  to  be  entirely  groundless.  That  he  had  received 
from  S'  Rich'*  Everard  the  Governour  of  North  Carolina  a 
Letter  Dated  the  30th.  of  last  Month  Acquainting  him  that 
the  Maherines  declare  that  they  have  not  anye  suspicion  of 
the  Nottaways  being  Concerned  in  the  late  Attack  on  their 
Nation,  and  that  they  have  not  any  Quarel  with  those  Indians, 
but  charge  the   Mischief  done  them   on  the   old   Oceaneeche 

the  county  court  ordered  Jacob  Walker  and  John  Lowry  to  lay  off 
and  value  an  acre  and  a  half  on  Queen  Street,  Hampton,  for  a  church. 
See  Meade's  Old  Churches  and  families  of  Virginia,  I,  229,  238,  and 
L.  G.  Tyler's  Cradle  of  the  Republic,  158,  160. 


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King  and  the  Saponie  Indians  expecting  that  as  they  had 
Twelve  persons  killed  and  a  boy  carried  away  Prisoner,  the 
like  number  of  the  Saponies  shall  be  delivered  up  to  them  to 
be  put  to  Death,  and  that  the  Prisoner  be  restored  to  them. 

Whereupon  Col.  Harrison  Acquainted  the 
Order  Board  that  he  had  Strictly  examined  the  con- 

thereon,  duct  of   the   Saponies   in  the   AfYair   wherein 

they  are  now  Charged,  and  was  well  Assured 
that  only  Three  of  that  Nation  Joyn'd  the  Cattabaws  in  their 
March  to  the  Maherine  Towne,  and  that  their  so  Doing  was 
contrary  to  the  express  Orders  of  their  great  Men  who  were 
very  willing  to  have  Delivered  them  up  had  they  returned  to 
the  Saponie  Towne,  but  one  of  them  Dying  at  Roanoke,  the 
other  Two  for  fear  of  being  punished  fled  away  with  the 
Cattabaws;  and  as  to  the  IMaherine  Boy  taken  Prisoner  the 
Chief  Man  of  the  Cattabaws  had  promised  to  Restore  him 
as  soon  as  he  got  back  to  his  own  Towne, — And  thereupon 
this  Board  delivered  their  opinion  that  this  account  of  the 
part  the  Saponie  Indians  had  in  the  Attack  made  on  the  Ma- 
herines  be  Signified  to  the  Governour  of  North  Carolina,  to 
the  end  he  may  Satisfie  the  Maherine  Indians  what  endeavours 
have  been  used  to  procure  them  Satisfaction  as  well  as  in  re- 
gard to  their  people  killed,  as  to  the  Boy  Carried  away  Pris- 
oner; and  that  neither  the  Saponies  nor  the  Acconeeche  King 
had  any  hand  in  the  Injury  done  them,  nor  can  be  Accountable 
for  the  same. 

The  following  Warrants  on  the  Receiver  General  to  be  paid 
out  of  His  Majestys  Revenue  were  this  Day  Signed  by  the 
Governour  in  Council  Yiz. 

Out  of  the  2s.  P  Hog"  Port  Duties  and 
Warrants  for  Head  Money  To  the  Governour  for  44  days 
Sallerys  etc  Sallary  from  the  nth.  of  Sept'  to  the  25th. 
Signed.  of  October  inclusive  £245-18-  4 

To  the  President  for  his  Sallary  from  the  25th.  of 

April  to  the  nth.  of  September  754-  i-io^ 

To  the  Gentlemen  of  the  Council  one  half  years 

Sallary  ending  the  25th.  of  October  175-  o-  o 


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To  the  Judges  and  Officers  of  the  Oyer  &  Term- 
iner held  last  June  100-  o-  o 

To  the  Auditor  General  of  the  Plantaions  one  half 

of  years  sallary  ending  the  25th,  of  October         50  o-  o 

To  the  SoUicitor  of  the  Virginia  Affairs  for  the 

like  sallary  50-  o-  o 

To  the  Attorney  General  for  the  like  Sallary  20-  o-  o 

To  the  Clerk  of  the  Council  for  the  same  time         50-  Q-  o 

To  the  Armourer  for  the  same  time  6-00 

To  William  Prentis  for  Money  paid  the  Gunners 

of  the  Several  Batteries  20-  o-  o 

To  the  Same   for  Money  paid  to  the  Ministers 

who  preached  before  the  General  Court  4-  o-  o 

To  the  Same  for  Money  paid  for  Repairs  upon 

the  Governour's  House  85-10-  5 

To  William  Prentis'  for  Money  paid  for  Ex- 
penses and  Contingent  Charges  70-14-  o 

To  the  Same  for  Money  paid  for  the  Charges 
&  Execution  of  Several  Pirates  apprehended  in 
North  Carolina  96-  8-  5^4 

And  out  of  the  Revenue  of  Quit  Rents  to  Mr. 

Commissionary  Blair  one  half  years  Sallary  50-  o  o 

To  the  Attorney  General  one  half  years  additional 

Sallary  30-0-0 

The* Accounts  of  His  Majestys  Revenue  of 
Accts.  of  the  2s.  P  Hog'  Port  Duties  and  head  Isloney  end- 
2s  P  HHd.  ing  the  25th.  of  October  last  being  examined 

etc.  passed  by  the  Deputy  Auditor  was  exhibited  by  the 

Receiver  General  who  made  Oath  thereto  and 
Certified  by  the  Governour  in  the  usual  form  The  ballance 
whereof  being  ^6304-  6-1 1^4 

'  William  Prentis  was  a  prominent  merchant  of  Williamsburg  and 
was  for  some  time  a  partner  of  Hon.  John  Blair.  He  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  John  Brooke,  of  York  county.     His  will  was  proved  April 

19,  1765,  legatees:  sons  John,  Daniel,  Joseph  and  William,  daughter 
Elizabeth  and  daughter  Sarah,  wife  of  William  Waters.  The  will 
of  his  wife  Mary,  names  the  same  children.  The  will  of  William 
Prentis'    son,    Col.    John    Prentis    of    Williamsburg,    was    proved    Nov. 

20,  1775.     His    legatees    were    his    brothers    Joseph    and    Daniel,    sister 


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November  the  4th.  1727 

Present 

The  Governour 

Robert  Carter  John  Robinson 

James  Blair  John  Carter 

William  Byrd  Rich"  Fitzwilliam 

Nath'  Harrison  John  Grymes 

Cole  Digges  William  Dandridge  & 

Peter  Beverley  John  Custis  Esqrs. 

A  Petition  of  Joseph  Smith'  of  the  County 
Jos.  Smiths  of  Essex  Gent,  complaining  of  Salvator  Mus- 
petition  agst.  coe  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  said  County  being 
Mosco  refrd.  read  at  the  Board,  It  is  Ordered  that  a  Copy 
of  the  said  Petition  be  given  to  the  said  Muscoe 
and  that  he  have  notice  to  Attend  this  Board  to  Answer  the 
same  at  the  Council  to  be  held  after  the  next  Court  of  Oyer 
and  Terminer. 


Waters,  and  cousin  Robert   Prentis.  .    j-  ^ 

Joseph  Prentis,  son  of  William,  was  born  Jan.  24,  1754,  and  died 
June  18  1809.  He  was  educated  at  William  and  Mary,  was  a  member 
of  the  Convention  of  December  1775,  judge  of  the  Court  of  Admiralty 
1776  member  of  the  House  of  Delegates  from  Williamsburg  1777  and 
from  York  county  1 778-1 788,  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Delegates 
1788,  member  of  the  Privy  Council  I779.  and  judge  of  the  General 
Court  1789-1809.  He  was  the  great  grandfather  of  R.  R.  Prentis, 
now  a  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Appeals  of  Virginia.  (See 
William  and  Mary  Quarterly,  VH,   125,   190). 

«The  will  of  Col.  Joseph  Smith  was  dated  March  15,  1726,  and 
proved  in  Essex  Aug.  20,  1728.  His  legatees  were  the  children  of 
his  brother  John  Smith,  late  of  Bideford  [England],  merchant,  his 
brother  Benjamin  Smith  of  Ireland,  his  brother  James  Smith,  of  Rosse 
Ireland,  his  (the  testator's)  wife  Sarah,  her  sons  John,  Benjamin  and 
Edward,  and  his  daughter  Betty  (to  whom  he  gave  £500  sterling  and 
two  negro  girls).     He  left  a  large  estate. 

Salvator  Muscoe  was  a  Burgess  for  Essex  at  the  sessions  of  August 
1736  Nov.  1738  and  May  1740.  His  will  (written  in  his  67th  year) 
was  'dated  June  9  and  proved  in  Essex  June  1741.  His  legatees  were 
his  grandson  Muscoe  Garnett,  daughters  Mary,  Frances,  Tabitha,  Jane 
and  Sarah;  and  wife  Mary.  He  states  that  his  sister,  Mrs.  Jane 
Collingwood,  of  Great  Britain,  by  her  will,  dated  Sept.  28,  1730,  had 
left  him  all  her  stock  in  the  Royal  Exchange  Assurance  Company, 
it  being  £400. 


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252  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

The  Council  taking  into  Consideration  the 
Resolution  great   and   extraordinary   Expence   which   the 

for  paying  Governour  hath   been   put  to   by  a   long  At- 

£300  to  the  tendance  in  London  after  his  Appointment  to 

Govr.  for  his  Office,  before  he  could  find  an  Opportunity 

extraordinary      of  his  Passage  to  this  Colony,  and  by  being 
charges.  Oblidged  at  last  to  Transport  himself  and  his 

family  in  a  Merchant  Ship,  and  considering 
also  the  Charge  he  must  be  at  in  passing  Two  Commissions 
for  his  said  Office,  Occasioned  by  the  Demise  of  His  late 
Majesty,  are  unanimously  of  the  Opinion  and  so  accordingly 
Order  that  towards  Defraying  the  Expenses  aforementioned 
the  Sum  of  Three  hundred  pounds  Sterling  be  paid  to  the 
Governour  by  the  Receiver  General  Out  of  the  Ballance  of 
His  Majestys  Revenue  of  2  S.  P  Hog'  Remaining  in  his  hands 
and  that  the  same  be  placed  among  the  Contingent  Charges 
of  this  Government. 

At  a  Council  held  at  the  Capitol  the  14th.  day  of  Dec.  1727 

Present 

William  Gooch,  Esq.  His  Maj"  Lieut.  Governour 
Mr.  Commissionary  Blair        John  Robinson 
William  Byrd  John  Carter 

Mann  Page  Rich"  Fitzwilliam 

Cole  Digges  John  Grymes 

Peter  Beverley  William  Dandridge 

John  Custis,  Esqrs. 

His  Majestys  Proclamation  bearing  Date 
Kings  proc-  the  5th.  Day  of  July  1727  Declaring  His  Royal 
lamation  con-  Pleasure  for  Continuing  the  Officers  in  His 
tinuing  Officers  Majestys  Plantations  till  His  Maj""  pleasure 
published.  shall  be   further  Signified  was  read  and   Or- 

dered to  be  Published  throughout  this  Colony. 

The  Governour  having  laid  before  the  Coun- 


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VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  253 

Commisrs.  for     cil  a  Letter  from  Sir  Richard  Everard  Gov- 
settling  the  ernour  of   North  CaroHna  dated  the  6th.  in- 

boundaries  stant  notifying  his  appointment  of   four  per- 

with  No.  sons  to  be  Commissioners  on  the  part  of  that 

CaroHna  ap-        Province  for  Settling  the  boundaries  between 
pointed  etc.  both  Governments  and  proposing  that  a  Con- 

and  orders  ference   be   held    between    the    Commissionrs. 

for  that  on  both  sides  before  the  last  of  January  for 

service.  Settling  such  Preliminaries  as  may  be  neces- 

sary for  the  better  expediting  the  said  Work. 
The  Council  are  thereupon  of  Opinion  that  there  is  no  Ne- 
cessity for  any  such  previous  Conference  as  is  Desired,  Since 
the  Proposals  approved  by  His  Majesty  and  agreed  to  by  the 
Proprietors  of  Carolina  are  so  plain  as  to  leave  no  room  for 
dispute  in  the  execution  thereof,  nor  any  liberty  for  the  Com- 
missioners to  depart  from  the  Rules  therein  laid  down ;  But 
if  anything  is  necessary  to  be  Provided  on  either  Side  toward 
enabling  the  Commissioners  to  proceed  with  the  greater  ease 
and  expedition  when  they  Meet  to  Settle  the  boundaries  the 
Same  may  in  the  meantime  be  concerted  by  Letters.  And 
it  is  Ordered  that  this  Resolution  of  the  Board  be  Communi- 
cated to  the  Governour  of  North  Carolina. 

Nathaniel  Harrison  esq.  formerly  appointed  one  of  the 
Commissioners  for  Settling  the  boundaries  between  this  Gov- 
ernment and  North  Carolina  being  lately  Dead,  Richard  Fitz- 
william  and  William  Dandridge  Esqrs.  were  this  day  Nomi- 
nated and  Appointed  to  be  Joyn'd  in  Commission  with  Wil- 
liam Byrd  Esq.  for  the  same  purpose  and  'tis  Ordered  that 
a  Commission  be  Prepared  Constituting  and  Authorizing  them, 
or  in  case  of  the  Death  or  Disability  of  either  the  Survivor 
or  Survivors  Commissioners  on  the  part  of  this  Government 
for  determining  and  Settling  the  said  boundaries.  And  it  is 
further  Ordered  that  the  5th.  Day  of  March  next  be  appointed 
for  their  Meeting  the  Commissioners  of  North  Carolina  at 
the  Mouth  of  Corrituck  Inlet  in  order  to  proceed  from  thence 
to  lay  out  the  bounds  in  controversy  of  which  the  Governour 
is  Desired  to  give  the  Governour  of  North  Carolina  timely 
Notice. 


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Ordered  that  a  Tent  belonging  to  Richard  Fitzwilliam  Esqr. 
be  purchased  by  the  Receiver  General  and  paid  out  of  His 
Majts.  Revenues  for  the  use  of  the  Commissioners  appointed 
on  the  part  of  this  Government  for  Settling  the  boundaries 
with  North  Carolina,  and  whereas  it  has  been  represented  that 
the  said  Commissioners  are  like  to  be  several  weeks  employed 
in  this  Service,  and  in  passing  through  a  Country  where  there 
is  not  any  Minister  or  Established  Worship,  It  is  Ordered 
that  Peter  Fontaine  Clerk  be  Appointed  to  Attend  the  said 
Commissioners  as  their  Chaplain. 

The  Governour  Desiring  the  advice  of  the 
Assembly  to  Board  what  time  will  be  most  proper  for  hold- 
Meet  the  first  ing  a  General  Assembly  It  is  Thereupon  Re- 
of  February.       solved  that  a  General  Assembly  be  called  to 

Meet  on  Thursday  the  First  day  of  Febru- 
ary next  and  that  Writts  for  the  Election  of  Burgesses  be 
prepared  and  Issued  accordingly. 

William  Robertson  Gent,  having  Since  his 
Wm.  Robert-      Recovery  from  his  late  indisposition  before  t. 
son  takes  ye        Governour  taken  the  Several  Oaths  appointed 
Oath  as  Clerk     by  Law  to  be  taken,  instead  of  the  Oaths  of 
of  the  Council.    Allegiance  and   Supremacy  together  with  the 

Abjuration  Oath,  Subscribed  the  Test,  this 
day  took  the  Oath  of  his  Office  as  Clerk  of  the  Council. 

Mann  Page,  Esq.,  absent. 
Justices  for  On    the   recommendation    of   the    Court   of 

Warwick  ap-       Warwick   County   It   is   Ordered   that   Henry 
pointed.  Gary,*  Anthony  Armistead,  Junior,  John  Jones 

and  Henry  Scasbrook  Gents,  be  added  to  the 

Commission  of  the  Peace  for  the  said  County, 
and  that  the  said  Henry  Gary  be  placed  in  the  rank  he  formerly 
held  in  the  said  Commission. 

*  Henry  Cary  (i675?-i749)  of  Williamsburg  and  later  of  Warwick 
and  "Ampthill"  (now.  in  Chesterfield  county)  succeeded  his  father 
Henry  Cary  (son  of  Col.  Miles  Cary,  the  emigrant)  in  his  business 
as  Contracting  builder.  Henry  Cary  the  younger  built  (probably)  the 
Braflferton,  and  (certainly)  the  President's  House  at  William  and 
Mary  College,  various  churches  and  court  houses,  among  them  St. 
Pauls  Church,  Hanover,  and  St.  Johns,  Hampton.  By  his  second 
marriage  with  Anne   Edwards  of   Surry  county,  he  was  the   father  of 


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On  hearing  this  day  at  the  Board  of  the 
Private  Pe-  complaint  of  Joseph  Smith  Gent,  against  Sal- 
titions  heard  vator  Muscoe  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace 
&  orders  for  the  County  of  Essex,  It  is  Ordered  that 

thereon.  the   further  examination   thereof   be   deferred 

till  the  6th.  day  of  February  next  at  which 
time  both  the  said  Parties  together  with  such  Witnesses  as 
they  think  Necessary  for  proving  their  respective  Allegations 
are  Directed  to  Attend  this  Board,  and  the  Sherif  of  the  said 
County  is  Ordered  to  Summon  such  Persons  as  either  party 
shall  desire  to  give  evidence  in  the  Matter  of  the  said  Com- 
plaint. 

David  Bray  Gent,  having  by  his  Petition  represented  to  this 
Board  that  in  order  to  obtain  a  Grant  for  a  Tract  of  Land  in 
Spotsylvania  County  possessed  by  Daniel  Hornby  &  Thomas 
Beal,  he  did  in  pursuance  of  a  former  Order  of  this  Board 
send  his  Overseer  to  receive  possession  of  the  said  lands, 
and  was  ready  according  to  the  Direction  of  this  Board  to 
have  paid  the  money  at  the  time  appointed,  but  that  the  Ser- 
vants of  the  said  Hornby  and  Beal  did  refuse  to  deliver  pos- 
session, and  that  the  said  Hornby  and  Beal  have  not  hitherto 
sent  to  receive  the  said  Money  and  praying  that  the  Patent 
for  the  said  land  may  no  longer  be  delayed,  this  Board  having 
upon  Oath  Robert  Taliaferro  the  Petitioners  Overseer  and  it 

Archibald  Cary,  of  "Ampthill",  one  of  the  leading  Virginia  states- 
men of  the  Revolutionary  period.  See  The  Virginia  Carys,  by  Fair- 
fax  Harrison,  privately  printed   1919. 

Anthony    Armistead,    jr.,    was    son    of    Major    William    Armistead 

(Burgess    for    Elizabeth    City    in    1693),    married    Margaret    , 

and   died   in    1738,   leaving   several   children. 

The  emigrant  of  the  family,  Lt.  Col.  John  Scarsbrook  or  Scaris- 
brook,  came  to  Virginia  about  the  middle  of  the  Seventeenth  Century 
and  in  1657  was  the  husband  of  Mary,  daughter  of  Capt.  Nicholas 
Martian,  of  York  county.  He  married  a  second  time ;  but  had  issue 
only  by  his  first  marriage.  He  died  in  1679  leaving  (with  several 
daughters)    a  son,   Capt.   John   Scarsbrook,   born   March   27,    1676,   who 

was  a  master   of   a   merchant   ship  and  married   Elizabeth' . 

He  was  probably  father  of  Henry  Scarsbrook.  (born  1700,  died  April 
^772i)  of  Warwick  county.  Martha,  widow  of  Col.  Henry  Scarsbrook 
died  1776,  aged  58.  Scarisbrook  of  Scarisbrook  was  an  ancient  Lan- 
cashire family  and  in  the  Seventeenth  Century  a  branch  was  settled 
as  merchants  in  Liverpool.  Probably  the  Virginia  family  came  from 
this  Liverpool  line.     See  IVilliam  and  Mary  Quarterly,  X'XIV,  200. 


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appearing  thereby  that  he  did  in  behalf  of  the  Petitioner 
demand  possession  of  the  Plantations  of  the  said  Hornby 
and  Beal  on  the  loth.  day  of  November  last,  and  waited 
there  untill  the  20th.  of  the  said  Month,  when  by  reason  of  his 
own  indisposition,  he  sent  another  Person  to  make  the  same 
Demand,  but  received  an  answer  from  the  Overseers  of  the 
said  Beal  and  Hornby  that  they  had  no  orders  therein  from 
their  employers.  It  is  thereupon  ordered  that  the  Petitioner 
have  a  Patent  for  the  aforesaid  Tract  of  Land  he  Agreeing 
that  the  Money  formerly  ■  Ordered  for  the  Improvements  of 
the  said  Hornby  and  Beal  thereon  shall  still  be  ready  and 
Subject  to  the  further  Directions  of  this  Board. 

On  the  Petition  of  William  Cradock'"  Gent,  for  Stoping 
a  Patent  Sued  out  by  Richard  Phillips  for  One  Hundred  Acres 
of  Land  in  King  William  County,  It  is  Ordered  that  the 
Parties  attend  this  Board  on  the  6th.  day  of  February  next 
in  order  to  a  hearing  of  their  several  Pretensions  to  the  lands 
in  controversy. 

Richard  Long"  having  entered  Caveat  for  Stoping  a  Patent 
Sued  out  by  William  Beverley  Gent,  for  lands  lying  in  King 
and  Queen  and  Essex  Counties  and  not  appearing  to  prosecute 
the  same,  the  said  Caveat  is  Dismissed  And  it  is  Ordered 
that  a  Patent  be  granted  for  the  land  therein  mentioned  to 
the  said  William  Beverley. 

George  Woodroof''  having  Petitioned  for  a  grant  of  Three 
hundred  and  Eighty  acres  of  land  in  the  County  of  King 
William  Survey'd.  for  Benjamin  Arnold  deceased  in  the  year 
1 71 5,  which  said  Benjamin  did  Devise  the  said  land  to  his 
daughter  Rachel  now  the  wife  of  Francis  Arnold,  but  no 
Patent  ever  Sued  out  for  the  same,  And  it  appearing  to  this 
Board  That  Anne  Arnold  the  widow  of  the  said  Benjamin 
hath  Surreptitiously  obtained  a  Copy  of  the  aforesaid  Survey, 
and  returned  the  same  into  the  Secretary's  Ofifi.ce,  with  intent 
to  take  out  a  Patent  thereon,  It  is  Ordered  that  no  Patent 

^"Samuel  Cradock  owned  600  acres  in  King  William  in   1704. 

"  No  one  named  Long  owned   land  in   King  and   Queen   in    1704. 

"  In  1704  Benjamin  Arnold  owned  1000  acres  in  King  William. 
His  daughter  Ann,  married  Joseph  Temple,  of  King  William,  the 
emigrant  of  that  family. 


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Issue  to  the  said  Anne  but  that  as  well  the  said  Anne  as  the 
said  Francis  Arnold  and  the  Petitioner  do  attend  this  Board 
on  the  6th.  day  of  February  next  to  make  out  their  Several 
pretentions  to  the  said  Lands. 

On  the  Application  of  Anne  Major"  widow  for  hearing  and 
determining  her  pretentions  to  a  Tract  of  Land  in  New  Kent 
County  lately  found  to  escheat,  and  Petition'd  for  by  John 
Meux  late  of  the  said  County  deceased,  It  is  ordered  that  the 
said  Anne  Major  give  Notice  to  the  Heir  or  Heirs  at  Law 
of  the  said  Meux  to  attend  this  Board  on  the  6th.  day  of 
February  next  in  order  to  a  determination  of  her  and  their 
pretentions  to  a  grant  of  the  said  land,  and  that  the  said  Anne 
have  leave  to  examine  in  the  County  such  ancient  witnesses  as 
she  shall  think  proper  for  the  proof  of  her  Title  giving  due 
Notice  to  the  heirs  of  the  said  Meux  to  attend  at  such  ex- 
amination which  any  Justice  of  the  Peace  of  the  County  of 
New  Kent  is  hereby  empowered  and  required  to  take  upon 
Oath,  and  to  certifie  into  the  Council  Office  before  the  said 
6th.  day  of  February. 

On  the  Petition  of  Henry  Willis  setting  forth  that  by  Patent 
dated  the  5th.  day  of  November  1673  O"^  Thousand  four 
Hundred  and  Sixty  five  Acres  of  land  lying  in  the  County  of 
Rappahannock  (now  Spotsylvania)  on  the  South  side  of  Rap- 
pahannock River  in  the  freshes  thereof  on  the  head  of  a 
Creek  called  /Nassaponax  were  granted  to  John  Bowsy. 

That  the  said  Bowsy  not  cultivating  the  said  Land  accord- 
ing to  the  Conditions  of  the  said  Patent  Augustin  Smith  Gent. 
Petitioned  for  the  said  Land  as  lapsed  according  to  the  form 
of  an  Act  of  Assembly  made  in  the  year  1705,  and  obtained 
an  Order  of  the  General  Court  dated  the  25th.  day  of  October 
1709,  for  a  grant  of  the  said  Land  according  to  the  said  Act. 

That  the  said  Augustin  ever  since  hath  neglected  to  sue 
out  a   Patent   for  that  land   and   keeps   the    same   under  the 

"Ann  Major,  of  the  text,  was  no  doubt  Ann,  wife  of  John  Major 
of  Charles  City  and  daughter  of  Col.  Thomas  Ballard.  See  The 
Majors  and   Their  Marriages,  by  James   Branch   Cabell,   pp.   57  et  seq. 

The  Meaux  family  settled  in  New  Kent  early  in  the  Eighteenth 
Century.  The  emigrant  is  said  to  have  come  from  Bristol.  See  Wil- 
liam and  Mary  Quarterly,  XVI,  67-71. 


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said  Order  without  paying  any  Quitt  Rents  to  the  King  for 
the  same,  It  is  Ordered  that  the  said  Augustin  Smith  who 
now  Hves  in  the  County  of  Essex  be  Summoned  to  attend  this 
Board  on  the  6th.  day  of  February  next  to  Shew  Cause  why 
the  said  Orders  Should  not  be  made  Void  and  the  said  Land 
granted  to  the  Petitioner. 

Mann  Page  Esq.  Present 
Ordered    that    a    new    Commission    of    the 
Justice  for  Peace  issue  for  the  County  of  Gloucester,  and 

Gloucester  that  John  Lewis"  Gent,  be  put  in  his  former 

appointed.  place   and    that   John    Armstead,    Christopher 

Todd   and   Thomas    Perrin   be   added    to   the 
Commission. 

On  hearing  this  day  at  the  Board  the  Petition  of  Richard 
Randolph  Gent,  for  Stopping  a  Patent  sued  out  by  Arthur 
Moseley  Junior,  for  Four  Hundred  Acres  of  Land  on  Fight- 
ing Creek  in  the  County  of  Henrico  It  Appearing  to  this  Board 
that  Three  Hundred  Acres  of  the  said  Land  is  within  the 
bounds  of  a  Tract  granted  by  Order  of  Council  to  Nathaniel 
Harrison  Esq.  and  by  him  assigned  to  the  Petitioner  and 
by  the  Negligence  of  the  Surveyor  left  out  of  the  Petitioners 
Survey,  It  is  the  Opinion  of  the  Council  and  accordingly  Or- 
dered that  the  said  Surveyor  be  as  he  is  hereby  required  to 

"John   Lewis    (1692-  Jan.    17,    1752)    of    "Warner    Hall",    Glou- 

cester county,  was  appointed  member  of  the  Council  in  1748.  He 
married,  ist,  Frances,  daughter  of  Henry  Fielding  of  King  and  Queen 
county  (she  died  Oct.  27,  1731),  2nd,  Priscilla,  widow  of  Robert 
Carter,  of  "Nomini",  and  daughter  of  Col.  William  Churchill.  There 
was  no  issue  by  this  second  marriage. 

Issue  (ist  marriage)  i.  Warner,  (born  Oct.  10,  1720),  of  "Warner 
Hall",  was  educated  in  England.  His  portrait,  said  to  be  by  Reynolds, 
was  destroyed  in  the  fire  at  "Rosewell",  in  1916.  He  married  Eleanor, 
daughter  of  James  Bowles,  of  Maryland,  and  widow  of  William  Gooch, 

Jr.,  son  of  the  Governor;   2.  ,   son,  baptized   Sept.    15,    1723;  3. 

Col.  Fielding  (July  7,  1725-1781),  of  "Kenmore",  Fredericksburg,  Va., 
was  long  a  man  of  prominence.  He  was  a  Burgess  for  Spotsylvania 
at  the  sessions  of  March,  May  and  October  1760,  March  1761,  Nov. 
1761,  Jan.  1762,  March  1762,  Nov.  1762,  March  1763,  Jan.  1764,  Oct. 
1764,  May  1765,  Nov.  1766,  March  1767  and  March  1768.  During 
the  Revolution,  as  joint  commissioner  with  Charles  Dick,  he  rendered 
the  State  great  service  in  manufacturing  arms  at  Fredericksburg  (see 
lVillia7n  and  Mary  Quarterly,  XX VH,  248-257).  He  married  ist, 
Catherine  Washington,  aunt  of  George  Washington,  and  2nd,  Betty 
Washington,  his  sister;  4.  Mildred,  born  1726,  died  1729;  5.  Col.  Charles 


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lay  off  the  Three  Thousand  Acres  mentioned  in  the  Petitioners 
Grant  so  as  to  include  the  Three  Hundred  Acres  aforemen- 
tioned out  of  the  entry  of  the  said  Moseley,  and  that  he  com- 
pleat  the  said  Survey  to  the  Petitioner  without  any  further 
charge  than  would  have  been  due  if  the  whole  Three  Thou- 
sand Acres  had  been  included  in  his  first  survey,  And  whereas 
it  appears  to  this  Board  that  the  said  Moseley  hath  made  divers 
Improvements  on  the  aforementioned  Three  Hundred  Acres 
of  Land,  It  is  ordered  that  the  Petitioner  Satisfie  him  for  the 
same,  and  that  the  said  Arthur  Moseley,  have  leave  to  take 
out  a  Patent  for  the  remaining  One  Hundred  Acres  contained 
in  his  said  Entry,  to  which  purpose  the  Surveyor  is  hereby 
required  and  Directed  to  Deliver  a  Survey  and  Piatt  for  the 
fee  he  hath  already  received,  and  that  he  also  Repay  to  the 
said  IVIoseley  the  Money  he  received  for  the  Purchase  of 
Rights  for  the  Three  Hundred  Acres  above  Mentioned,  and 
in  case  the  said  Surveyor  shall  refuse  to  Comply  with  what 
is  hereby  enjoyn'd  him.  It  is  Ordered  that  he  Attend  this 
Board  on  the  6th.  Day  of  February  next  to  answer  for  his 
misbehaviour  in  his  Office  by  which  as  well  the  Petitioner  as 
the  said  Arthur  Moseley  have  been  put  to  trouble  and  Expence 
and  Delayed  in  obtaining  their  Patents. 

Examined — Will.  Robertson  els  Con. 

(b.  Feb.  25,  1729-30,  d.  about  1770)  of  "Cedar  Creek",  Caroline  Co., 
served  as  a  Captain  in  Washington's  regiment  in  1755,  etc.  A  diary  kept 
by  him  covering  the  period,  Oct.  10,  1755-Dec.  27,  1755,  has  been  printed 
in  (ii'HCdloijy  of  the  Lcims  Family,  by  W.  T.  Lewis  (Louisville,  1893), 
I)p.  36-41.  He  married  Lucy,  daughter  of  John  Taliferro  of  "Snow 
Creek".  On  p.  14  of,  his  book,  W.  T.  Lewis  has  confused  this  Charles 
Ix'wis  with  his  cousin,  Charles  Lewis,  of  "The  Byrd" ;  6.  Frances. 

For  genealogical  accounts  of  this  Lewis  family  see  the  William  and 
Mary  Quarterly,  II,  III,  IX,  X,  XI;  Genealogies  of  the  Lcxms  and 
Kindred  J'amities,  by  J.  M.  McAllister  and  Lura  B.  Tandy  (Columbia, 
Mo.,  1906)   and  the  work  by  W.  T.  Lewis  referred  to  above. 

John  Armistead  was  probably  the  son  of  William  Armistead  and 
grandson  of  John  Armistead,  member  of  the  Council. 

Christ()i)her  Todd  was  born  April  2,  1690  and  died  March  24,  1743. 
His  tomb  is  at  "Toddsbury",  Gloucester  county.  For  Todd  genealogy 
see  this  Magazine,  XIV,  425-440;  XV,  85-98,  212-222,  302-316,  431- 
445;  XXVI,  89-103;  and  IVillia^n  and  Mary  Quarterly,  III,  115,  116. 

For  Pcrrin  seq  IVilliam  and  Mary  Quarterly,  III,  253;  V,  253. 


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VIRGINIA  GLEANINGS  IN   ENGLAND 


Contributed  by  Reginald  M.  Glencross,  176  Worplee  Road, 
Wimbledon,  London,  S,  W.  20,  England. 


(Continued) 

John  Lanier,  of  Camerwell,  co.  Surrey,  gent. 

Will  dat.  21  Nov.  1616.  To  be  buried  in  chancel  of  Cam- 
erwell church  near  my  mother  in  law  Mrs.  Marke  Anthony 
Galliardello.  To  my  wife  Mrs.  Frances  L.  messuage  and  tene- 
ment called  Suttie  Campes  co.  Cambridge  for  life.  To  her 
household  stuff  for  life.  If  she  can  before  her  death  provide 
the  sums  of  £40  a  piece  for  my  3  sons  viz.  Marke  Anthony, 
John  &  Francis,  she  to  have  all  goods  absolutely,  otherwise, 
at  her  death,  goods  to  be  equally  divided  between  my  3  s'd. 
sons.  To  my  2  daur's.  viz.  to  Lucretia  £50,  to  my  dau'r.  Eliz- 
abeth £50 — both  being  due  by  bond  from  my  son  Nicholas  L. 
gent  at  their  ages  of  18.  To  sd.  2  daur's  £10  a  piece  more. 
To  my  son  Nicholas  40s.  for  piece  of  plate.  To  my  dau'r. 
Judith  wife  of  Edward  Norgate,  gent.  40s.  for  plate.  For 
poor  of  C.  afsd.  los.  To  my  servant  Katherine  Robinson 
6s.  8d.  My  wife  Frances  L.  to  be  extrix.  Overseers  my 
friends  Mr.  Edward  Wilson,  vicar  of  Camerwell,  Mr.  Peter 
Danson,  vicar  of  Cashalton  &  Mr.  Henry  Harper.  IVitnesses: 
Henry  Harper,  Roger  Buford. 
Proved  21  Dec.  161 6  by  Frances  L.  releict  &  extrix. 

Cope.  124. 

[See  wills  of  John  Lanier  (1650),  and  Elizabeth  Lanier  (1652), 
with  note  in  this  Magazine,  XXVII,  340-342.  The  John  Lanier  whose 
will  is  given  above  is  the  man  of  the  name  noted  in  the  third  para- 
graph of  the  note  on  p.  341. 

Mr.    George    Cole    Scott,    of    Richmond,    whose    wife    is    descended 


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from  the  Laniers,  has  made  some  investigation  in  regard  to  the  English 
family  and  contributed  the  following  note.  It  is  evident,  however,  that 
Graves  was  mistaken  in  stating  that  Nicholas  Lanier,  born  1588,  was 
son  of  Jerome  Lanier.  The  baptismal  register  and  the  will  here  printed 
show  that  he  was  son  of  John  Lanier.  Walpole  made  the  same  error, 
Whether  the  family  was  from  France  or  Italy  may  be  uncertain; 
but  beyond  doubt  the  most  distinguished  Nicholas  Lanier  was  born  in 
England.] 

"In  the  notes  on  the  Lanier  family  published  in  the  Virginia  Magazine 
of  History  and  Biography  (Vol.  XXVIII,  pages  341  and  342)  and  in 
Tyler's  Historical  Magazine  (Vol.  Ill,  pages  282-287)  it  is  briefly 
assumed  and  probably  correctly,  that  all  the  American  Laniers  are 
descended  from  a  common  English  ancestry,  but  it  is  further  stated 
that  the  English  Laniers  were  of  French  origin.  An  investigation, 
however,  of  such  authorities  as  are  available  does  not  bear  this  out. 
The  Laniers  of  England  from  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth  through 
the  reign  of  Charles  the  second  were  of  more  or  less  prominence  at 
court  as  musicians  and  painters  and  their  lineage  should  not  be  diffi- 
cult to  trace. 

The  "Dictionary  of  National  Biography"  states  them  to  be  of  French 
descent  emigrating  from  near  Rouen.  J.  F.  D.  Lanier  in  the  notes 
on  his  family  (privately  printed,  second  edition  1877)  states  his  family 
were  originally  French  Huguenots  from  Bordeaux.  Sidney  Lanier  in 
appendix  to  the  same  publication  states  the  Laniers  to  have  originally 
been  French  Huguenots  which  is  repeated  in  the  "Encyclopedia  Brit- 
tanica"  in  the  article  on  Sidney  Lanier. 

From  an  investigation,  it  would  appear  that  they  were  not  of  French 
origin,  but  Italian.  The  most  prominent  of  the  family  at  the  court  of 
Charles  the  first  was  Nicholas  Lanier.  His  portrait  was  painted  by 
Vandyke  and  again  by  Livensz,  both  of  which  were  engraved.  He 
was  sent  abroad  by  the  King  to  purchase  works  of  art  and  was  a 
musician  of  note  and  is  easily  identified.  Grave's  Dictionary  of  Music 
and  Musicians  states  that  Nicholas  Lanier  was  the  son  of  Jerome 
I^-inicr,  who  emigrated  with  his  brother   Nicholas   from   Italy. 

"Bryan's  Dictionary  of  Painters  and  Engravers"  also  states  that 
Nicolo  or  Nicholas  Laniere  was  a  native  of  Italy.  Horace  Walpole 
in  his  "Anecdotes  of  Painting  in  England"  says  Nicholas  Lanier  was 
born,  in  Italy  and  in  his  article  on  Vandyke  gives  certain  distinguishing 
marks  that  were  put  on  paintings  and  drawings  of  the  King  and  the 
Earl  of  Arundel,  and  in  an  edition  published  with  additions  by  Rev. 
James  Dalaway  there  is  a  foot  note  by  him  "These  marks  are  on  the 
drawings,  often  accompanied  by  the  name  of  the  master  written  in  a 
very  fine  Italian  hand  by  Nicholas  Lanier,  who  in  the  early  part  of 
his  life  was  employed  both  by  the  King  and  Lord  Arundel  to  pur- 
chase paintings  and  drawings  in  Italy." 


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Now  Horace  Walpole  was  a  dilettante  in  literature,  but  his  "Anec- 
dotes of  Painters"  was  compiled  from  the  manuscripts  of  Virtue 
(now  in  the  British  Museum  and  so  far  as  known  have  not  been  pub- 
lished) of  whom  he  says  in  the  preface  to  the  "Strawberry  Hill  Edition." 

"Mr.  Vertue  had  for  several  years  been  collecting  materials  for 
this  work :  he  conversed  and  corresponded  with  most  of  the  virtuosi 
in  England:  he  was  personally  acquainted  with  the  oldest  performers 
in  the  science:  he  minuted  down  everything  he  heard  from  them.  He 
visited  every  collection,  made  catalogues  of  them,  attended  sales,  copied 
every  paper  he  could  find  relative  to  the  art,  searched  of!ices,  registers 
of  parishes  and  registers  of  wills  for  births  and  deaths,  turned  over  all 
our  own  authors,  and  translated  those  of  other  countries  which  re- 
lated to  his  subject.  He  wrote  down  everything  he  heard,  saw,  or 
read.     His  collection  amounted  to  near  forty  volumes,  large  and  small." 

"One  satisfaction  the  reader  will  have,  in  the  integrity  of  Mr.  Vertue; 
it  exceeded  his  industry,  which  is  saying  much.  No  man  living,  so 
bigoted  to  a  vocation,  was  ever  so  incapable  of  falsehood.  He  did 
not  deal  even  in  hypothesis,  scarce  in  conjecture.  He  visited  and  re- 
visited every  picture,  every  monument,  that  was  an  object  of  his  re- 
searches ;  and  being  so  little  a  slave  to  his  own  imagination,  he  was 
cautious  of  trusting  to  that  of  others.  In  his  memorandums  he  always 
put  a  quere  against  whatever  was  told  him  of  suspicious  aspect;  and 
never  gave  credit  to  it  till  he  received  the  fullest  satisfaction.  Thus 
whatever  trifles  the  reader  finds,  he  will  have  the  comfort  of  know- 
ing that  the  greatest  part  at  least  are  of  most  genuine  authority. 
Whenever  I  have  added  to  the  compiler's  stores,  I  have  generally  taken 
care  to  quote  as   religiously  the   source  of   my  intelligence." 

Be  the  Laniers  originally  French  or  Italian  would  not  seem  difficult 
to  positively  settle  if  one  had  access  to  original  records  in  England. 
But  the  evidence  certainly  seems  in  favor  of  Italy,  and  until  it  is 
proved  to  the  contrary  it  would  seem  safe  to  leave  it  so  rather  than 
trust  to  the  bare  statement  in  the  "Dictionary  of  National  Biography," 
or   the   family   tradition   of   their   French   Huguenot   origin. 

George   Cole   Scott." 


Thomas  Landon,  of  Monington  Stradle  co.  Hereford. 

Will  dat.  28  Mar.  1614.  To  church  of  Vowchurch  20s. 
To  chapel  of  Monington  apd  5s.  To  my  brother  John  L.  6s. 
8d.  To  my  sister  Anne  6s.  8d.  To  my  sister  Johane  6s.  8d. 
To  my  sister  Margaret  6s.  8d.  &  2  ewes.  I  forgive  my  father 
Roger  L.  debts.  To  my  sd.  father  &  my  mother  use  of  one 
black  cow  in  hands  of  John  Charles.     At  death  of  survivor 


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VIRGINIA  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND  2^3 

sd.  COW  to  such  of  my  children  as  survivor  shall  appoint. 
To  godchildren  I2d.  a  piece.  To  my  dau'r.  Johane  £60  at  20. 
To  my  son  Thomas  L.  £20  at  18.  To  my  son  John  L.  £20 
at  18.  Last  £100  to  be  delivered  to  my  cousin  Henry  Phel- 
potts  gent,  to  give  profits  to  my  wife  Anne  for  life.  To  my 
wife  Anne  rest  of  goods  during  widowhood,  if  she  marry 
again,  half  the  goods  to  her  &  the  other  half  of  my  4  children 
williani,  Thomas,  John  &  Johane  equally.  Table  board,  etc. 
after  my  wife's  death  to  William  L.  my  son  &  heir.  Sd. 
wife  Anne  to  be  extrix.  Witnesses:  John  Greene,  Henry 
Phelpott,  David  ap  Hughe,  Hoell  Watkynne,  Roger  Landon, 
William  Seyton?  Simon  Williams. 
Proved  5  July  1614  by  Anne  relict  &  extrix. 

Lozve,  79. 

[M,ost  of  the  informarion  in  regard  to  the  Landons,  which  is  in  print, 
has  been  compiled  by  Mr.  C.  P.  Keith,  author  of  The  Ancestry  of 
Benjamin  Harrison.  Thomas  Landon,  of  Middlesex  County,  Va.  (who 
died  in  1701)  was  formerly  of  Credenhill  or  Crednal,  Herefordshire, 
and  was  son  of  Silvanus  Landon,  of  St.  Martins-in-the-Fields,  Middle- 
sex, Eng.  gent.  Silvanus  was  probably  son  of  John  Landon,  yeoman  of 
the  wine  cellar  to  James  I  and  Charles  L  Mr.  Keith  conjectures  with 
great  probability  that  Thomas,  of  Cridenhill,  afterwards  of  Virginia, 
was  the  kinsman  Thomas  of  Credenhill  named  in  the  will  dated  Feb. 
6,  1679,  of  "Thomas  Landon,  of  Monington  Stradell  in  the  parish  of 
Vowchurch,  county  of  Hereford,  gent."  This  last  named  Thomas  must 
have  been  the  son  of   Thomas,  the  testator  above. 

The  will  (1632)  of  Benedict  Landon,  younger  son  of  a  Lancashire 
family  was  printed  in  this  Magazine,  XX,  179,  180.  See  Ancestry 
of  Benjamin  Harrison,  88,  and  this  Magazine,  U,  430-433-1 


William  Sidnor 

Sentencia  pro  confirmatione  testamenti  et  codicilli  Willelmi 
Sidnor  defuncti. 

Auditis  meretis  negotii  testamentarii  sine  approbacionis  tes- 
tamenti Willelmi  Sydnor  .  .  de  [blank]  in  Com.  [blank]  in 
diocese  Norwici  .  .  inter  Willelmum  Gwen,  curatorem  ad  lites 
Thomae  Sydnor  parlem  agentem  ex  una  et  Willelmum  Sydnor, 
Franciscum  Sydnor,  Paulum  Sydnor  et  Edmundum  Sydnor 
executores  testamenti  antedicti  W.  S.  partes  contra  quos  .  . 
ex  altera. 


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Ideisco  Nos  dictum  W.   S.   testamentum   fecisse  pronunci- 
amus. 
Dat.  13  June  1616. 

P.  C.  C.  Cope,  55. 


[Thomas,  William,  Francis,  Paul  and  Edmund  Sydnor,  were  probably 
the  children  of  William  Sydnor,  deceased,  of  the  diocese  of  Norwich, 
whose  will  and  codicil  were  in  question.  Francis  Sydnor,  whose  will, 
1653,  was  printed  in  this  Magazine,  XXX,  44,  may  have  been  the 
Francis  named  above,  and  it  is  highly  probable  that  William  Sydnor, 
of  the  diocese  of  Norwich,  named  above,  may  have  been  the  same 
person  as  William  Sydner,  Esq.,  of  Blundeston,  Suffolk,  alive  1573, 
who  was  a  son  of  Paul  Sydnor,  of  Brinckley,  Kent,  1542.  In  this 
Magazine,  XX/II,  175,  is  the  will  of  William  Sydnor  (1514)  who  had 
a  son  Paul.  Francis  Sydnor,  (will  1653)  names  a  kinsman  Fortunatus 
Sydnor.     A  Fortunatus   Sydnor   was  the   emigrant  to   Virginia.] 


KENNON    LETTERS  265 


KENNON   LETTERS 

(Continued) 


Mrs.  Elizabeth  B.  Kennon  to  Rachel  Mordecai 

Richmond,  June  ist  1810 
Notwithstanding  I  am  convinced  my  beloved  Rachel,  that  our 
affection  for  each  other  is  too  sincere,  to  make  apologies  neces- 
sary for  any  seeming  remissness  in  keeping  up  a  frequent  com- 
munication ;  and  that  a  little  failure  in  etiquette,  or  the  mere 
punctilio  of  receiving  a  letter  for  letter;  will  never  be  regarded; 
yet  it  is  so  long  since  I  received  your  last  welcome  favour,  that 
I  think  an  excuse  for  my  silence  is  what  you  have  a  right  to 
expect ;  know  then  my  dear,  that  I  was  preparing  when  I  last 
heard  from  you,  to  emigrate  from  the  solitary  shades  of  Delo- 
raine  to  the  Metropolis ;  and  I  determined  to  postpone  scrib- 
bling, until  I  got  to  the  city ;  flattering  myself  that  I  could 
make  my  scrawl  more  amusing,  by  relating  the  anecdotes  of  the 
town  that  it  would  otherwise  be ;  but  I  began  to  be  afraid  you 
would  think  I  intended  to  "postpone  it  altogether" ;  for  nearly 
four  weeks  have  elapsed  since  I  entered  the  great  world !  and 
this  is  the  first  time  I  have  addressed  my  amiable  young  friend ; 
but  when  I  first  got  here  after  emerging  from  Halifax;  I  felt  I 
imagine  as  Robinson  Crusoe  did  when  he  returned  to  his  own 
country,  after  living  so  long  in  that  dismal  island ;  I  had  become 
so  completely  rusticated,  that  perhaps  I  gaped  and  started  at 
every  thing  I  saw !  for  such  a  change  in  a  few  days ;  was  enough 
to  bewilder  me,  as  much  as  a  Kamschatskyan  would  be  in  Lon- 
don; and  to  make  all  the  matter  worse,  I  got  here  just  as  the 
races'^  began ;  which  you  must  be  sensible,  added  to  the  hurly 

^^  The  races  which  so  interested  Mrs.  Kennon  were  at  the  Fairfield 
track.  The  Enquirer  for  May  10,  1810  gives  an  account  of  the  three 
days  meeting  as  follows : 

"Fairfield   Jockey  Club   Races 

1st  day,  4  mile  heats  for  $400.00 

John  Minge's  b.  h.  Sir  Alfred,  by  Sir  Harry,  6  years  old,  100  lbs.  5.  i.  i 

W.  R.  Johnson's  b.  m.  Maria,  by  Bay  Yanky,  4  years  old,  93  lbs.  4.  2.  2 


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burly  about  the  place;  I  knew  not  what  to  do  with  myself,  I 
saw  so  many  running  to  and  fro : 

"But  I  luckily  met  with  a  friend ; 
And  beg'd  his  assistance  he'd  lead ; 
So  he  led  me  about, 
Mongst  the  rabble  and  rout, 
And  I  thought  the  whole  world  at  an  end". 

"But  the  finest  of  all  gay  sights"  was  the  agility  and  wonder- 
ful performances  of  the  Equestrians;  never  did  I  behold  the 
like;  I  was  so  astonished  that  I  could  only  now  and  then  find 
time  to  say:  Well  bless  the  world,  for  not  only  the  riders,  but 
the  horses  amazed  me;  however  I  will  not  attempt  to  discribe 
their  feats  for  I  cannot  do  them  justice  I  will  only  tell  you, 
that  they  surprised  every  body  as  well  as  your  poor  friend  from 
the  back  woods.  Well  my  dear  girl  I  have  accounted  for  my 
silence  when  I  first  came  to  this  residence  of  great  folks ;  but 
the  worst  part  of  the  story  is  to  come,  for  just  as  I  was  thinking 
to  impart  to  you  as  well  as  my  pen  would  enable  me  some  part  of 
the  pleasures  I  have  enjoyed;  my  dear  little  Richard  was  taken 

Ralph  Wormeley's  c.  h.  Tom  Tuff,  by  Escape,  6  years  old  120  lbs.  i.  4-  3 
Wade  Mosby's  s.  h.  Duroch,  by  Diomede,  4  years  old,  100  lbs.  1.2.  dr. 
Robert  Temple's  b.  h.   Lamplighter,   by   Diomede,   5   years   old, 

no  lbs.  6.  3.  6 

Genl.  Chamberlayne's  b.  h.  Providence,  by  Oscar,  4  years  old, 

100  lbs.  2.     dr. 

Wm.  Ball's  s.  m.  Minerva,  by  Diomede,  6  years  old,  118  lbs.  bolted 

Miles  Selden's  b.  h.  Mill  Boy,  by  Bedford,  5  years  old,  no  lbs.  distance 
ist  heat  8m.  gs.;  2d  heat  8m.  24s.;  3d  heat  8m.  5s. 

2d  day  Proprietor's  Purse  $200.00,  3  mile  heats 
Ralph  Wormley's  b.  h.  Moloch,  by  Diomede,  5  years  old,  no  lbs.  3.  i.  i 
W.  R.  Johnson's  c.  h.  Don  Quixote,  by  Dion,  5  years  old,  126  lbs.  4.  2.  2 
Wade  Mosby's  s.  h.  Duroch,  by  Diomede,  4  years  old,  100  lbs.  i.  2.  dr. 
Genl.  Chamberlayne's  g.  h.  by  Hamilton,  4  years  old, 

TOO  lbs.  distance 

1st  heat  6m.  is.;  2d  heat  5m.  54s.;  3d  heat  5m.  59s. 
3d  day  Annual  Sweepstakes  for  $500.00,  3  mile  heats 
W.   R.   Johnson's   s.   h.,   by   Diomede,   belonging   to    Mr.   Wilks, 

5  years  old,  2.  i.  i 

Ralph  Wormley's  b.  h.  4  years  old  by  Diomede  3-  2.  2 

John   Hoome's   c.  h.   belonging  to   Mr.   Tyler,   4  years   old   by 

Diomede  1.4.  dr. 

Col.  Selden's  c.  m.,  belonging  to  Mr.  Fulton  ^^  distance 

1st  heat  5m.  31S. ;  2d  heat  6m.  4s.;  3d  heat  6m.  7s." 


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extremely  ill  with  a  worm  fever  I  believe ;  he  was  confined  to 
his  bed  ten  days,  and  is  now  so  weak  that  he  cannot  walk  across 
the  room  not  even  with  assistance ;  to  you  who  know  me  so  well 
I  need  not  give  any  other  reason  for  my  want  of  punctuality  as 
a  correspondent.  Ah,  my  dear,  what  short  sighted  animals  we 
poor  mortals  are;  how  often  do  we  plan  schemes  of  pleasure, 
without  reflecting  how  many  unforseen  events  may  arise  to 
frustrate  them;  when  I  left  the  upper  country,  I  intended  only 
to  stay  a  short  time  here  and  then  proceed  to  Norfolk,  to  join 
my  darling  daughter  and  her  amiable  Help  mate;  but  you  see 
what  a  disagreeable  stop  has  been  put  to  my  plan ;  for  I  know 
not  when  I  shall  be  able  to  visit  them,  for  there  is  another  im- 
pediment in  the  way  besides  Richards  sickness,  and  that  is  the 
measles ;  my  children  have  never  had  it,  and  it  is  in  my  Brothers 
family;  I  shall  therefore  be  obliged  to  stay  here  until  they  have 
it,  for  I  would  not  by  any  means  run  the  risque  of  carrying  it 
any  where  with  me;  which  I  might  do  if  I  traveled  with  them 
before  they  had  gone  through  it;  well  patience  is  a  virtue  and 
I  will  endeavour  to  exercise  it ;  and  never  did  I  find  the  exertion 
more  necessary;  for  the  last  letter  I  got  from  Sally,  contained 
the  disagreeable  information  that  she  had  the  ague  and  fever 
very  bad ;  she  says  she  has  only  dined  twice  out  of  her  own  room 
in  a  fortnight;  the  Captain  has  been  two  cruises  since  they 
were  married,  the  first  he  took  her  with  him;  but  the  last  she 
was  too  unwell  to  accompany  him ;  he  is  now  at  home,  and  she 
says  she  shall  exert  her  persuasive  powers,  to  prevail  on  the 
Commodore  to  let  him  stay  with  her  until  her  health  is  better ; 
and  as  he  is  her  next  neighbor,  visits  them  frequently,  and  must 
therefore  be  convinced  how  sick  she  is;  she  flatters  herself  he 
will  be  as  indulgent  as  possible;  I  hope  he  will,  for  as  he  is  a 
married  man  himself,  he  may  perhaps  have  a  fellow  feeling 
for  a  brother  Tar;  you  will  not  my  dear  girl  think  my  sensa- 
tions enviable,  when  you  reflect  that  I  am  detained  by  the  ill- 
ness of  one  child  here;  and  at  the  same  time  heard  that  another 
is  so  much  indisposed,  as  to  stand  in  need  of  good  nursing; 
and  it  appears  impossible  for  me  to  get  to  her  in  some  weeks ; 
as  long  as  her  husband  remains  with  her  I  shall  be  contented ; 
for  I  know  his  tenderness,  care  and  attention  to  her,  will  be 


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equal  to  any  thing  I  could  do;  but  these  amphibious  animals 
have  no  time  they  can  call  their  own;  and  I  shall  be  very  un- 
easy if  he  is  obliged  to  leave  her,  before  I  can  venture  to  go  to 
her.     You  kindly  say  in  your  letter,  that  you  are  anxious  to  hear 
vi'hether  or  not  I  intend  to  reside  with  my  daughter.     Both  she 
and  her  worthy  Partner  insist  on  my  doing  so;  and  as  I,  I  will 
candidly  confess  to  you,  cannot  be  even  tolerably  contented  away 
from  her.     I  have  consented  to  make  their  house  the  place  of 
my  abidance ;  this  elegant  expression  is  not  my  own,  I  learned  it 
in  Halifax ;  Erasmus  wishes  me  very  much  to  continue  with  him, 
and  says  he  has  as  much  right  to  me  as  Sally  has;  but  I  con- 
sider it  so  much  easier  for  a  man  to  travel  than  a  woman ;  that 
he  will  have  it  in  his  power  to  visit  me  much  oftener  than  she 
could;  particularly  if  she  ever  has  a  little  family  about  her;  I 
tell  him  this,  but  it  does  not  satisfy  him;  this  kind  of  conten- 
tion among  my  children  for  my  company,  is  I  assure  you  very 
pleasing  to  me ;  for  George  swears,  I  shall  not  live  with  either 
of  them  when  he  is  married ;  for  he  shall  take  me  himself.  Your 
charming  attentive  brother  has  been  to  see  me  several  times ; 
his  company  always  afTords  me  pleasure,  tho'  there  is  a  pain- 
ful sensation  mingled  with  it;  for  when  I  am  conversing  with 
him,  how  much  do  I  think  of  you  all ;  and  of 
"Our  evening  walks  our  Tete  a  Tetes,  our  pleasing  chat  at  tea; 
When  on  these  pleasures  gone  I  think,  I'm  lost  in  reverie; 
For  now  alas  they  are  no  more,  ah,  cruel  destiny." 
Yes  my  dear  Rachel,  those  happy  times  are  gone  never  to  re- 
turn; for  tho'  I  please  myself  with  the  idea  of  seeing  Warren- 
ton  again  some  time  or  other ;  yet  I  know  I  should  not  feel  as 
I   formerly  did;  too  many  disagreeable  things  have   occurred 
there  to  be  forgotten ;  and  whenever  I  thought  of  them,  my  feel- 
ings would  be  hurt;  but  enough  of  this,  I  will  not  have  any 
tormenting  restrospects  when  writing  to  you.     Give  my  love  to 
my  dear  Ellen,  and  tell  her  one  of  her  lively,  agreeable,  funny, 
cliaracteristic  letters;  would  be  a  treat  to  me  in  my  present 
melancholy   situation;   confined   to   a   sick   room,   with   all  the 
gloomy  thoughts  I  have  on  such  occasions;  but  which  are  now 
increased  by  my  dread  of  measles;  write  then  my  beloved  girls 
as  soon  as  this  short  letter  reaches  Warrenton ;  and  delight  me 


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KENNON    LETTERS  269 

with  your  letters ;  I  know  they  both  will  be  charming.  How  is 
my  highly  valued  Moses  ask  him  why  he  never  sends  the  least 
message  through  you  to  his  old  friend?  I  heard  Sally  wish 
several  times  to  know,  if  the  stockings  she  sent  him  were  to  his 
taste;  inform  me  when  you  write,  that  I  may  tell  her  when  I 
see  her ;  I  told  her  he  would  not  value  them  now  she  is  an  old 
married  woman,  half  as  much  as  he  did  when  she  was  a  belle ; 
but  I  suppose  they  are  worn  out  before  this ;  remember  me  af- 
fectionately to  him,  and  Solomon ;  I  would  send  them  my  love, 
if  I  thought  two  beaux  would  care  a  fig  for  the  love  of  such 
an  old  animal  as  I  am ;  however  you  may  include  them  with  the 
rest  of  the  family,  to  every  individual  of  which  you  must  present 
my  unalterable  love,  from  your  Papa,  and  Mama,  down  to  my 
little  namesake;  ask  Augustus  if  Miss  Sallie  Kennon  is  a 
mighty  pretty  Lady  now?  I  wonder  if  the  dear  little  fellow 
remembers  her.  Let  me  again  intreat  you  to  write  soon,  for  I 
long  to  hear  from  you ;  and  the  communication  is  so  direct  to 
and  from  Warrenton  to  this  place  that  we  shall  be  unpardon- 
able if  we  are  remiss  in  scribbling  to  each  other;  you  know  the 
Poet  says : 

"Heaven  sure  taught  letters  for  some  wretches  aid ; 
Some  banished  lover,  or  some  captive  maid ;" 

And  I  am  sure  he  might  have  added  for  the  satisfaction  of 
friends  too ;  for  I  know  not  how  I  should  bear  being  absent 
from  so  many  that  I  love,  if  it  was  not  for  this  charming  inven- 
tion ;  this  certainly  beguiles  the  pain  of  absence,  and  affords  us 
delightful  moments  in  abundance ;  for  while  I  am  reading  a  let- 
ter from  a  friend,  which  does  not  contain  any  bad  news ;  I  feel 
quite  happy  "exert  your  energys"  then  my  charming  young 
friend,  to  give  me  this  consolation ;  for  you  ought  to  try  to  con- 
sole me,  for  the  small  prospect  there  is  of  our  meeting  for 
several  years,  as  often  as  possible.  I  know  your  time  is  very 
much  engaged;  but  you  might  steal  a  few  moments  every  day 
or  two  to  devote  to  one  who  loves  you  so  sincerely ;  at  any  rate 
you  can  write  on  Sundays ;  and  that  will  not  be  doing  more 
for  me  than  I  am  now  doing  for  you,  for  it  is  after  midnight 


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270  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

and  every  eye  in  the  house  is  closed  but  my  own;  you  must 
excuse  all  the  blunders  you  observe,  and  let  no  eye  less  partial 
to  me  than  your  own  see  this ;  as  you  will  by  so  doing  expose 
to  ridicule  your  sincerely  affectionate  friend. 

E.  B.  Kennon. 
Don't  laugh  at  my  having  so  many  quotations. 


Mrs.  Elizabeth  B.  Kennon  to  Rachel  Mordecai 

Richmond  July  9th  1819 
My  dear,  good,  sweet,  obliging  Ellen : 

Astonishment,  and  pleasure  joined  together,  does  not  prove 
fatal  in  these  days;  if  they  did  in   former  times;  or   I   am 
certain  I  should  have  been  a  victim  to  them  this  morning  im- 
muned  in  a  sick  room,  which  I  have  scarcely  left  for  a  fort- 
night,   for   both   my   children   have   had   the    measles,    I    was 
standing  at  the  window,  looking  about  with  a  kind  of  vacant 
stare,  not  thinking  of  passing  objects  at  all;  when  Sam's  wel- 
come visage  caught  my  eye ;  he  was  escorting  a  young  lady, 
I  got  only  a  glimpse  of  her  face  through  the  limbs  of  some 
trees  which  are  in  the  yard ;  but  I  easily  recognized  my  be- 
loved Rachiel's  features,  an  exclamation  of,  is  it  possible,  burst 
from  me,  I  ran  down  stairs  as  quick  as  my   old  ankles,   we 
have  no  legs  in  the   fashionable  world,  would  carry  me  and 
had  the  inexpressible  delight  to  embrace  my  long  absent  friend 
once  more ;  she  only  staid   about  an   hour,   indeed   her   visit 
was  so  short,  it  almost  appears  like  a  dream,  my  seeing  her 
here.     I  had  a  thousand  things  to  say  to  her;  and  they  all 
arose  in  my  mind  in  a  kind   of   helter   skelter   way,   and   re- 
minded me  of  what  I  have  heard  of  the  crowds  at  the  doors 
of  the  theatre;  after  Mr.  Garrick,  or  Mrs.  Siddons  performed; 
where  they  were  all  striving  to  get  out  first,  and  by  that  means 
impeded  each  other ;  this  you  will  say  is  comparing  great  things 
with  small,  I  agree  with  you  that  it  is  so ;  but  never  the  less 
the  simile  is  not  bad ;  for  as  my  questions  could  not  all  come 
out  at  once,  they  jostled  and  struggled  for  preeminence,  and  in 
the  contest  all  remained  where  they  were;  I  tried  to  pervail 
on  her  to  return  and  stay  all  night ;  but  she  said  it  was  not 


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KENNON    LETTERS  2/1 

in  her  power.  I  was  thinking  some  days  ago  of  your  whole 
family  and  wondering  if  I  should  ever  see  any  of  you  again 
except  Sam ;  and  with  a  sigh  feared  I  never  should ;  but  this 
unexpected  meeting  with  your  sister,  inspires  me  with  hopes, 
that  I  shall  in  time  be  as  fortunate  with  the  rest  of  you ;  and 
be  delighted  in  the  same  manner  at  different  times  with  the 
sight  of  you  all;  but  when  will  it  happen?  ah,  my  dear  girl 
that  is  a  question  I  am  afraid  we  shall  not  answer  soon.  I 
thank  you  my  Ellen  for  your  promptitude  to  oblige  me,  when 
I  requested  you  to  write  to  me ;  assure  yourself  if  you  en- 
courage me,  by  answering  my  epistles,  you  shall  find  me  a 
more  punctual  correspondent  than  those  you  complain  of ; 
as  for  Sam  he  must  apologize  for  himself;  but  the  poor  old 
matron  Madam  Sinclair,  has  been  so  sick  with  the  ague  and 
fever,  that  she  has  scarcely  written  to  me  since  I  came  down 
the  country;  and  if  it  had  not  been  for  the  dutiful  attention 
of  her  lord  and  master  to  his  mother ;  I  should  have  heard 
very  seldom  from  her ;  but  as  he  was  convinced  she  was  not 
able  to  write,  and  knew  my  anxiety  about  her ;  he  took  that 
task  on  himself,  and  has  from  time  to  time  informed  me  of 
her  situation  in  his  last  letter  he  says,  Sally  is  better.  She 
has  I  assure  you  been  extremely  sick,  she  is  very  much  re- 
duced. The  Captain  is  now  gone  on  a  cruise,  and  she  has 
exerted  herself  to  scribble  to  me ;  for  I  got  a  letter  from  her 
last  week ;  she  mentioned  that  she  had  not  written  to  you 
for  some  time,  and  requested  me  when  I  wrote  to  Rachel, 
to  tell  you  the  cause  of  her  silence;  and  intreat  you  to  ex- 
cuse it,  for  she  would  write  when  she  was  well  enough ;  she 
also  desired  her  love  to  you  all.  You  recollect  she  used  to 
say,  she  should  like  to  marry  a  Captain  of  a  ship,  because 
he  would  be  so  much  from  home ;  but  her  opinion  is  en- 
tirely altered  now;  she  laments  his  being  of  that  profession, 
as  it  obliges  him  to  be  so  much  from  her;  speaks  of  his  ab- 
sence very  pathetically,  declares  it  is  almost  insupportable  and 
says,  she  should  be  as  happy  as  it  is  possible  to  be  in  this 
world,  if  her  husband  could  stay  with  her.  Oh  matrimony, 
matrimony,  what  a  great  metamorphoser  art  thou ;  did  you 
ever  think  Sally  Kennon,  the  wild  giddy,  thoughtless,  lively. 


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2'J2  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

rattle-brained  Sally  Kennon,  would  have  become  a  real,  down- 
right, loving  wife?  but  so  it  is  I  give  you  my  word;  why 
Ellen  my  dear;  perhaps  you  may  depreciate  as  much,  if  you 
ever  meet  with  a  he  creature  who  gets  an  entire  possession 
of  your  heart,  as  this  sailor  has  of  hers ;  how  differently  will 
you  both  think  then,  from  what  you  did  in  the  year  eighteen 
hundred  and  six ;  there  is  one  thing  I  will  answer  for ;  and 
that  is,  that  you  will  be  wiser  if  you  are  not  happier  than 
you  were  then ;  but  I  hope  you  will  be  both ;  for  I  am  sure 
QMrs.  Sinclair,  would  not  give  up  one  day  of  her  beloved  tar's 
valued  company ;  for  a  dozen  rides  on  the  cotton  machine, 
twenty  chats  with  sister,  and  Mrs.  you  know  who ;  tho'  that 
was  what  you  both  set  store  by,  as  you  always  laid  up  a  fund 
of  amusement  from  those  conversations;  or  an  hundred  walks 
to  the  mill,  in  search  of  natural  curiosities;  my  dear  girls 
may  not  laugh  as  much  perhaps;  but  they  will  I  flatter  myself 
enjoy  more  felicity.  In  your  letter  you  say  you  saucy  girl, 
that  Mrs.  Kennon  is  a  charming  woman,  and  you  love  her; 
but  she  is  not  handsome ;  why  my  dear  child  where  are  your 
eyes  ?  take  my  advice  and  never  say  so  again ;  for  the  con- 
trary opinion  is  so  prevalent,  that  your  judgment  would  be 
arraigned  in  every  company  you  went  into ;  and  you  would  be 
pointed  at,  and  called  the  lady  with  the  curious  taste,  who 
differed  from  every  body  in  her  notions ;  stay  child  till  I  get 
to  Norfolk ;  and  then  you  will  hear  what  havock  I  make  among 
the — I  was  going  to  say  old  beaux;  but  I  will  not  mortify 
myself  so  much  as  to  imagine,  I  shall  only  conquer  the  ancient 
animals;  no,  no,  no,  my  dear;  young  and  old  will  feel  the 
influence  of  my  charms;  notwithstanding  you  judge  so  erron- 
iously ;  I  hope  when  you  choose  a  husband,  you  will  discrim- 
inate better;  my  son-in-law  has  promised  me  one  of  his  brother 
officers ;  he  says  I  must  set  my  cap  for  him ;  for  he  is  im- 
mensely rich ;  and  if  he  is  eighty  years  old,  almost  blind,  and 
quite  lame;  what  does  that  signify  when  there  is  so  much 
money  in  the  way?  I  think  I  shall  take  the  charming  fellow; 
if  I  can  get  him;  and  then  I  will  drive  to  Warrenton,  in  an 
elegant  equipage  and  visit  you  all  in  style ;  but  I  believe  I  will 


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KENNON    LETTERS  273 

leave  the  son  of  Neptune  at  home ;  for  perhaps  you  will  not 
think  so  much  of  the  finery,  if  you  see  the  source  from  whence 
it    will    be    derived.      But    enough    of    this    silly    stuff;    for 
I  have  only  scribbled  in  this  way  to  divert  you  my  dear  girl; 
and  am   far   from    feeling  as  cheerful,   as   any  person   would 
suppose  who  perused  this  scrawl ;  on  the  contrary  I  am  really 
unhappy  ;  for  I  am  detained  here  by  the  sickness  of  the  children, 
which  alone  is  sufficient  to  make  me  very  uneasy,  and  in  ad- 
dition to  that,   I  know  my  beloved  daughter  is  in  a  situation 
to  want  my  care,  and  attention  during  the  absence  of  her  better 
half;  but  I  must  call  hope,  and  patience  to  my  aid,  and  en- 
deavour to  bear  my  present  difficulties  with   fortitude.     Give 
my  love  to  every  individual  of  your  family ;  tell   Solomon   I 
thank  him  heartily   for   thinking  it  worth  his   while  to  write 
those  few  lines  to  me ;  but  like  all  good  things  there  was  not 
enough  of  them;  the  more  the  better;  and  most  sincerely  do 
I  pray,  that  his  wishes  for  my  prosperity,  may  be  trebled  on 
his  head;  as   for   Moses,  he  appears  to   have    forgotten   me; 
for  he  never  sends  me  the  least  message,  to  show  he  remembers 
there  is   such   an   old   creature   in   existence;   well,    that   is   a 
mortification    we   superannuated   belles   must    submit   to    from 
the  youthful  beaux;   but   notwithstanding   he   neglects   me   so 
much,  he  is  as  great  a  favourite  as  ever;  your  amiable  Sam 
visits  me  sometimes;  but  not  half  as  often  as   I   wish;  tell 
your  Papa  and  Mama,  I  am  afraid  they  do  not  want  to  see 
me  as  much  as  I  do  them;  because  I  do  not  think  I  am  as 
much  worth  wishing  about.     I  had  a  letter  from  Erasmus  the 
night  before  last;  he  said  they  were  all  well  when  he  wrote; 
but  he   was   near   losing   his   son   by  an   accident;   he   got   so 
badly   choked  by   a   bone  getting   across   his   throat;  that   he 
is  convinced  a  few  moments  would  have  put  a  period  to  his 
days;  if,  as  George  says,  the  great  skill  of  Doctor  Kennon, 
had  not  been  successfully  exerted  to  extract  it ;  it  was  an  inch 
long  and  as  thick  as  my  little  finger.     The  sheet  is   full  my 
dear  Ellen;  if  you  send  me  a   speedy  answer,  I   shall  think 
you  are  pleased  with  the  quantity  and  quality  it  contains;  if 
on  the  contrary,   you  are  slow  in   acknowledging  the   receipt 
of  it,  I  shall  be  certain  I  have  fatigued  you,  and  conduct  my- 


no  b^bh'i:  -jul  y^ 
&   /i    IfifiJ    JIw/    ;  .'> 

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274  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

self   accordingly   hereafter.      Farewell    my    much    loved   girl, 
may  you  have  many  as  sincere  friends  as 
Yours  Affectionately 

E.  B.  Kennon. 
P.  S.     You  sign  yourself 
Ellen  the  scrawled ;  I  am 
sure  I  should  call  myself 
Elizabeth  the  incorrect. 

Miss  Ellen  Mordecai, 
War  rent  on, 
North  Carolina. 

Honoured  by 
Miss  R.  Mordecai. 


Mrs.  Elizabeth  B.  Kennon  to  Ellen  Mordecai 

Williamsburg  Ocr.  15th  1810 
After  a  long,  very  long  silence  on  both  sides  my  dear  Ellen ; 
I  once  more  take  up  the  quil  of  a  foolish  fowl,  as  a  goose  is 
generally  said  to  be,  tho'  I  cannot  tell  why,  to  put  my  wise 
thoughts  on  paper  for  your  edification ;  for  surely  the  air  I 
breathe  now,  ought  to  infuse  wisdom  into  me ;  near  that  seat 
of  science  William  and  Mary,  surrounded  by  students  f^  some 
of  whom  will  probably  hereafter  be  renowned  philosophers, 
legislators,  doctors,  lawyers,  and  what  not,  repeatedly  in  com- 
pany with  the  professors  and  teachers  at  this  far  famed  col- 
lege; if  I  do  not  gain  an  increase  of  knowledge,  of  what  use 
will  it  be  for  me  to  associate  with  all  these  people?  well  if 
1  do  not  improve  I  will  comfort  myself  with  thinking,  I  was 
so  very  clever  before  that  it  is  impossible  to  make  an  alter- 
ation for  the  better;  what  think  you  of  that?     When  I  see 


'^  Among  the  students  at  this  session  were  Dabney  Browne  and  Fer- 
dinand Stuart  Campbell,  afterwards  professors  at  William  and  Mary, 
George  Croghan,  afterwards  Adjutant  General  U.  S.  A.;  the  dis- 
tinguished Francis  Gilmer,  and  Robert  G.  Scott,  later  an  eminent  lawyer, 
who  married   Susan,  daughter  of   Bishop  James   Madison. 


Kioaiv 


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KENNON   LETTERS  2/5 

the  young  belles  and  beaux  here  together ;  they  bring  to  my 
memory  two  mad-caps  I  was  acquainted  with  in  the  year  1806; 
called  Ellen  and  Sally;  and  I  smile  when  I  reflect,  what  a  de- 
lightful theatre  this  old  metropolis  would  be  for  tl.cm  to  act 
their  parts  on,  if  they  had  the  same  thoughts  and  inclinations 
they  had  in  that  memorable  foolish,  happy  year,  as  I  have 
heard  you  call  it;  but  the  last  mentioned  lady  of  the  charm- 
ing pair  I  allude  to  above ;  has  become  quite  a  sober,  domestic, 
sedate  matron ;  for  Beverley  says,  she  stays  at  home,  attends 
to  household  matters,  makes  babys  caps,  and  kisses  her  hus- 
band when  he  is  with  her;  and  when  he  is  buffeting  the  bil- 
lows ;  she  sighs,  looks  melancholy  as  a  cat,  watches  the  wind, 
spies  for  the  Nautilus,  and  laments  the  absence  of  her  be- 
loved ;  did  you  suppose  it  possible,  for  matrimony  to  make 
such  an  alteration?  does  it  appear  from  this  account  that 
Mrs.  Sinclair  and  S.  S.  Kennon  are  two  different  people? 
would  you  know  her  in  this  new  character?  I  hardly  think 
I  shall ;  it  is  only  from  what  I  have  been  told,  that  I  give 
you  this  description  of  her ;  for  I  have  not  seen  her  for 
eight  months;  but  when  I  am  with  her,  which  I  now  hope 
to  be  in  a  few  days ;  I  will  take  a  good  observation,  not  in 
a  precipitate  manner ;  and  when  I  have  formed  my  opinion, 
I  will  tell  you  what  I  think;  not  in  a  circuitous  way;  but 
downright  as  the  children  say.  High  ho,  my  dear  Ellen,  I 
write  in  this  foolish  way  to  try  and  disperse  my  uneasy 
thoughts,  for  I  know  sorrow  is  what  you  never  set  store 
by,  but  I  find  it  will  not  do,  for  in  defiance  of  pen,  ink,  and 
paper,  disagreeable  reflections  will  intrude ;  and  bring  to  my 
minds  eye  my  dear  licensed  man  killer,  as  Doer.  Lewis  in 
Mecklenburg  styles  his  fraternity,  and  my  much  loved  sailor 
boy ;  perhaps  at  this  moment  crossing  Hampton  Roads  in  a 
mail  boat ;  both  to  encounter  dangers  which  make  my  heart 
ache ;  but  I  will  not  trouble  you  with  my  fears ;  for  you  will 
have  them  when  you  are  a  wife,  and  mother  yourself;  and 
it  is  useless  to  plague  you  with  mine.  It  is  a  pity  you  are 
so  totally  unacquainted  with  the  inhabitants  of  this  ancient 
city ;  for  I  could  amuse  you  very  agreeably  with  the  anecdotes 
of  the  place  if  you  knew  the  persons ;  but  as  it  is,  it  would 


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276  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

be  dull  uninteresting  stuff ;  but  there  is  one  young  lady  here 
who  I  know  you  have  heard  of,  Miss  Susan  Madison  she 
was  engaged  you  recollect  to  Ned  Johnson ;  she  appears  de- 
termined to  have  a  student  from  one  of  the  southern  states, 
for  she  is  now  mortgaged  to  a  Mr.  Scott  from  Georgia;  and 
it  is  said  they  are  to  be  married  as  soon  as  he  has  completed 
his  education ;  don't  you  think  he  has  come  a  great  way  for  a 
wife?  I  suppose  he  thought  it  best  to  kill  two  birds  with  one 
stone,  get  a  sweet  girl  and  his  learning,  as  your  old  Frank 
said,  at  the  same  time.  I  hear  one  of  your  Carolina  girls 
has  played  the  duce  with  our  elegant  tar  as  Captain  Smith 
is  called ;  I  am  surprised  she  could  treat  such  a  clever  fellow 
so ;  for  as  I  have  heard  Miss  Sawyer's  conduct  represented 
by  a  lady  who  was  here  the  other  day ;  I  think  it  must  have 
been  very  wrong ;  I  imagine  the  son  of  Neptune  is  ready  to 
exclaim  in  the  words  of  the  song  "Sirens  in  every  port  we 
find,  more  fell  than  rocks  or  waves" ;  but  he  must  comfort 
himself  with  the  old  saying,  there  are  as  good  fish  in  the 
sea  as  ever  came  out  of  it ;  and  as  the  ocean  is  his  element, 
he  may  perhaps  find  one,  who  will  make  him  amends  for 
this  disappointment ;  I  sincerely  wish  he  may  for  he  is  a 
truly  amiable  gentleman,  as  well  as  an  honest  hearted  sailor. 
When  I  was  at  Petersburg,  and  heard  of  the  stage  from 
Warrenton  coming  in,  and  going  out,  I  had  such  an  inclination 
to  see  you  all,  that  I  could  with  difficulty  resist  the  temptation ; 
and  had  almost  determined  once,  to  take  a  flying  trip  to  the 
little  village  which  I  shall  forever  feel  a  partiality  for,  not- 
withstanding I  was  treated  so  ill  there  ;  and  nothing  prevented 
me  but  having  William  and  Richard  with  me ;  and  I  did  not 
choose  either  to  carry  them  with  me,  or  to  leave  them  behind. 
i\Iy  journey  from  Richmond  to  Petersburg,  afforded  me  an 
oportunity  of  getting  acquainted  with  your  uncle  Myers,  and 
Miss  Catherine  Wiseham ;  with  both  of  whom  I  was  delighted  ; 
I  cannot  have  the  feelings  of  a  stranger  toward  any  of  your 
family ;  for  the  moment  Mr.  Myers  got  in  the  stage,  I  ob- 
served such  a  strong  resemblance  to  your  dear  Mama,  that 
I  felt  as  if  I  was  in  the  company  of  a  friend ;  but  as  he  had 
no  reason  to  be  as  much  pleased  with  me ;  I  am  afraid  our 


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KENNON    LETTERS  2// 

sentiments  were  not  reciprocal.  Give  my  love  to  your  Papa, 
Mama,  Brothers  and  Sisters  ;and  tell  your  Papa  I  shall  es- 
teem it  a  particular  favour,  if  he  will  by  the  first  safe  con- 
veyance send  my  bed,  and  bedstead,  and  little  chest  to  Gen- 
eral Jones's;  as  I  want  them  for  William  Henry  who  is  go- 
ing to  school  directly.  There  has  another  great  "transmo- 
grafication"  taken  place;  this  has  also  been  occasioned  by 
ihe  same  event — matrimony;  for  Maria  Byrd  and  Mrs.  Brad- 
fute,"^  are  as  unlike;  as  Mrs.  Sinclair  and  Sally  Kennon ;  she 
has  quitted  her  airs  and  graces,  and  become  as  domestic  as 
you  please ;  and  instead  of  decorating  her  own  person ;  she  and 
her  sisters  are  busily  employed,  in  ornamenting  all  the  para- 
phernalia, for  even  the  petticoats  are  worked,  of  a  little  stranger 
she  expects  shortly  to  present  her  good  man  with :  and  that  you, 
and  my  beloved  Rachel  may,  whenever  you  choose  to  become 
brides;  meet  with  as  amiable  partners  as  the  two  ladies  above 
mentioned  have ;  is  the  sincere  prayer  of  your  truly 
Afifecte.   Friend 

E.  B.  Kennon. 
P.  S.     All  here  join  in  love  to  you  and 
the  rest  of  the  family.     Nancy  says  she 
is  afraid  Caroline  has  forgotten  her. 

Miss  Ellen  Mordecai, 
Warrenton, 
North  Carolina. 


Mail. 


Mrs.  Arthur  Sinclair  to  Ellen  Mordecai 

Norfolk  November  the  5th  1810 

I   have   this   moment   my   beloved    Ellen,    concluded   a   long 

letter  to  my  poor  Sailor ;  and  as  I  know  you  have  long  since 

concluded  from  my  silence  that  I  had  forgotten  you ;  or  rather 

that  I  had  forgotten  the  use  of  my  pen;  I  have  seated  my- 

^  Maria,  daughter   of   Otway  Byrd  and  wife  of    Davidson   Bradfute. 


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278  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

self  to  devote  the  residue  of  this  afternoon  to  you.  I  will 
before  I  begin  to  give  you  any  of  the  occurrencies  of  Town, 
tell  you  all  the  reasons  why,  and  wherefore  that  have  thus 
long  kept  me  silent ;  and  to  sum  them  all  in  one ;  I  simply  in- 
form you,  that  it  has  been  the  want  of  that  first  of  all  bless- 
ings, health ;  for  I  can  with  truth  assure  you ;  I  have  scarcely 
known  what  it  is  to  be  quite  well  one  day ;  since  I  became 
a  married  woman;  and  it  now  wants  a  very  little  of  ten 
months  since  that  has  been  the  case.  I  have  not  since  I 
came  to  Norfolk  except  those  that  I  was  obliged  to  write  to ; 
my  husband  and  Mother ;  I  give  you  my  word  written  but 
three  letters.  My  health  is  now  I  thank  God  much  better  than 
it  has  been  but  my  back,  which  received  a  violent  hurt  when 
I  was  a  child,  and  which  I  doubt  not  you  have  frequently 
heard  me  speak  of,  almost  makes  a  complete  cripple  of  me ; 
so  much  so,  that  the  position  I  am  obliged  to  set  in 
while  writing,  is  extremely  painful,  but  the  same  reasons 
do  not  exist  my  dear  girl  to  prevent  your  writing;  and  I  did 
hope,  you  would  not  have  stood  on  ceremony  with  an  old 
friend ;  particularly  as  you  know  my  situation ;  and  that  it 
was  not  inclination  but  necessity  that  withheld  my  pen ;  for 
I  take  infinitely  too  much  pleasure  in  writing  to  and  receiving 
letters  from  you,  to  relinquish  it  for  a  trifle.  I  will  how- 
ever quit  the  subject  with  a  hope  that  should  any  unforeseen 
event,  prevent  my  writing  to  you  for  the  next  two  or  three 
months ;  that  you  will  not  again  treat  me  as  a  stranger  but 
will  write  as  often  as  you  can ;  and  I  give  you  my  word,  I 
will  pay  you  with  interest,  as  soon  as  it  is  again  in  my 
power  to  scribble.  I  will  not  easily  give  up  the  pleasure  I 
have  for  a  long  time  been  promising  myself  of  a  visit  from 
you,  and  Rachel  this  winter ;  you  certainly  can  come  during 
your  vacation;  if  it  is  only  for  a  few  weeks,  or  a  month;  you 
cannot  have  an  idea  how  much  pleasure  such  an  event  would 
give  me ;  or  you  would  exert  all  your  powers  to  put  the 
plan  in  execution ;  you  can  get  from  Warrenton  to  this  place 
in  two  days  or  three  at  farthest ;  and  the  inconvenience  of 
being  that  length  of  time  in  the  stage,  will  I  hope  be  more 
than  counterbalanced ;  by   the  pleasure  we   should  all   derive 


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KENNON    LETTERS  2/9 

from  a  reunion  which  I  fear  will  never  take  place  unless  you 
will  adopt  this  plan ;  for  I  have  no  hope  as  long  as  my  Good 
man  is  in  the  line  of  life  he  at  present  is,  of  ever  again 
visiting  the  upper  country ;  he  is  never  at  home  long  enough 
to  accompany  me ;  and  I  could  not  you  know  go  without  him ; 
for  I  have  not  now  as  formerly  a  brother  always  at  my 
command  or  a  beau  now  and  then  to  offer  his  services.  Now 
you  see  this  is  still  the  case  with  you  and  my  dear  Rachel ; 
for  you  have  three  brothers  all  or  either  of  whom  I  know 
will  come  with  you  with  pleasure ;  at  least  when  they  know 
by  doing  so,  they  will  so  essentially  oblige  an  old  friend.  Mama 
is  with  me;  Captain  Sinclair  will  also  be  in  at  that  time  and 
we  shall  spend  our  time  most  delightfully;  he  is  out  now; 
but  will  be  in  for  the  winter  in  about  three  weeks ;  indeed 
it  is  now  time  for  them  to  let  him  stay  at  home  a  little  while ; 
for  since  last  May  he  has  not  I  am  confident  spent  three 
weeks  at  a  time  at  home ;  if  he  has  been  with  me  three,  it 
is  as  the  negroes  say  the  outside.  I  almost  wish  the  Nautilus 
did  not  sail  as  fast  as  she  does ;  for  it  is  on  that  account  I 
am  told ;  that  they  keep  him  out  so  constantly ;  if  ever  you  are 
placed  in  a  similar  situation,  you  will  find  it  not  the  most 
pleasant  of  all  things  in  this  life;  to  be  one  half  of  the  time 
that  is  allotted  you,  separated  from  your  husband ;  that  is 
if  you  love  him ;  now  if  on  the  contrary  you  do  not  care 
"no  sight"  for  him,  as  Miss  Patty  vwuld  say;  it  would  be 
vastly  pleasant  to  be  your  own  mistress  ten  months,  out  of 
the  twelve;  but  if  on  the  contrary  like  me,  you  loved  him 
most  ardently,  and  were  still  separated  no  situation  on  earth 
can  he  more  distressing.  He  is  now  cruising  off  the  coast  of 
North  Carolina ;  which  is  I  am  told  by  tars  the  most  dangerous 
on  our  coast.  He  has  just  returned  from  that  place  and  was 
very  near  being  lost,  God  knows  what  can  induce  the  Depart- 
ment to  send  him  there  again,  so  soon  after  his  being  so 
nearly  lost ;  they  have  their  reasons  I  suppose ;  and  I  must 
submit  with  perfect  resignation.  I  have  not  heard  from  him 
but  once,  since  he  left  me ;  and  that  was  the  night  he  went 
away ;  he  was  obliged  to  come  to  an  anchor  about  twelve  or 
eighteen   miles   from   this  place   for  the   want  of   a   wind   to 


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280  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

carry  him  to  sea ;  and  wrote  to  me  only  to  say  he  was  well 
and  that  far  on  his  way  out.  You  must  positively  come  my 
dear  girls  and  let  me  introduce  you  to  him,  you  will  not  see 
a  handsome  one ;  but  as  sweet  a  fellow  as  ever  you  saw  in  all 
the  days  of  your  life.  I  will  also  promise  to  let  you  see  as 
many  smart  Navy  Officers  as  you  can  possibly  wish  for  ; 
Norfolk  abounds  with  them.  My  paper  is  quite  full,  I  must 
therefore  bid  you  adieu,  after  begging  you  will  present  my 
love  to  every  member  of  your  family  and  telling  the  boys 
they  must  bring  you  and  my  dear  Rachel  to  see  me,  if  they 
value  the  regard  of  theirs  and  your  truly  affectionate  friend 
S.  S.  Sinclair. 

To  Miss  Ellen  Mordecai,  Warrenton,  N.  C.         Mail. 

I  had  given  the  Emigrant  to  Sally  Brown  before  you  wrote 
to  me  for  it  or  you  should  certainly  have  had  it. 

(To  be  continued) 


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VIRGINIA   QUIT   RENT   ROLLS,    I704  251 


VIRGINIA  QUIT  RENT  ROLLS,  1704 
(Continued) 


Gloucester  Rent  Roll 
A  Rent  Roll  in  Petso   [Petsworth]    Parish. 

ACRES 

Capt.  David  Alexander  1050 

James  Amis  250 

Wm.  Armistead  430 

John  Acre  100 

Ralph  Baker  150 

Martha  Brooken   [Brooking?]  600 

Thomas  Buckner  850 

Sam"  Bernard  550 

Wm.  Barnard  [Bernard]  810 

Rich"*  Bailey  600 

Mary  Booker  100 

Thomas  Cook  350 

Wm.  Crymes  400 

Jno.  Cobson  100 

Robt.  Carter  11 02 

Wm.  Collone  400 

Hannah  Camell  100 

Benja.  Clements  400 

Jno.  Clarke  100 

Wm.  Cook  135 

Jno.  Coleman  200 

Jno.  Day  400 

Jerim  Darnell  150 

Jn°  Darnell  60 

James  Dudley  780 


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ACRES 

Rich"  Dudley 

400 

Thomas  Dudley 

200 

Thomas  Dixon 

300 

Jn°  Drument 

80 

Sam"  Fowler 

150 

Wm.  Fleming 

600 

Wid"  Forginson 

150 

Wm.  Fockner 

180 

Jn°  Grymes 

1400 

Susannah  Grinley 

200 

Darcas  Green 

400 

Jn"  Grout 

300 

Jn°  Harper 

100 

Wm.  Howard 

300 

Rich"  Hubard 

100 

Wm.  Hansford 

500 

Jn°  Hanes 

150 

Alexander  How 

120 

Rich"  Hill 

70 

Rob'  Hall 

100 

Rich"  Hull 

250 

Sam"  Hawes 

200 

Stephen  Johnson 

150 

Wm  Jones  for  Northington 

530 

Glebe  Land 

127 

Jn°  Kingson 

400 

Cap.  Edward  Lewis 

1000 

Rich"  Lee  Esq' 

1140 

Nich"  Lewis  orphen 

350 

Wm.  Milner 

900 

Rich"  Miner 

250 

Edw"  Musgrove 

100 

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Hayes  an  Orphan 

60 

Eliz"  Mastin 

360 

Jn"  Mackwilliams 

50 

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VIRGINIA  QUIT  RENT  ROLLS,    I704 


283 


Robt.  Nettles 

Wm.  Norman 

Isaac  Oliver 

Dorothy  Oliver 

Jn"  Pritchett 

Jn°  Pate 

Rich''  Price 

Mad"  Porteus 

Mad"  Page 

Robt.  Porteus 

Guy  Parish 

Wm.  Roane 

James  Reynolds 

George  Robinson 

John  Royston 

Thomas  Read 

Wm.  Richards  in  Pamunkey 

Jn°   Shackelford 

Edward  Symons 

Nich°  Smith 

John  Stubs 

Thomas  Simpson 

John  Smith 

Augustin  Smith 

Augustin  Smith,  Jun' 

Wm.  Stanbridge 

Wm.  Thornton  Sen' 

Wm.  Thornton  Jun' 

Wm.  Thurston 

Wm.  Upshaw 

Francis  Wisdom 

Thomas  West 

Thomas  Whiting 

George  Williams 

Conquest  Wyatt 

Seth  Wickins 

Walter  Waters 


ACRES 

300 

150 
100 
130 

850 

IIOO 

600 

500 

550 

892. 

100 

500 

2CX) 
300 

2000 

280 
500 
280 
300 
280 
1300 
200 
500 

800 
200 
490 

112 

100 

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ACRES 

Jane  Wortham 

60 

Robt.  Yard 

450 

Robt.  Hall 

250 

Wm.   Whittmore   Desarted 

150 

Wm.   Parsons  Orphan 

100 

Edw"  Stephens 

70 

John  Kelly  Orphan 

150 

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21364 

4II32 

Tho  Neale 

Gloucester  Rent  Roll 
A  Rent  Roll  in  Kingston  Parish. 


Rose  Curtis 

400 

Robt.   Peyton 

680 

Rich"   Perrott 

35 

Henry   Preston 

1500 

Sarah  Green 

200 

Robt.  Cully 

200 

Thomas  Hayes 

140 

Andrew  Bell 

128 

Humphrey  Toy 

IIOO 

Anne   Aldred 

350 

Dunkin  Bahannah  [Bohannon?] 

113K 

Rich'i  Hunley 

50 

Capt.  Gayle 

164 

Math  Gayle,  Jun^ 

250 

James   Hundley 

100 

John  Hundley 

130 

Philip  Hundley 

660 

Tho  Cray 

200 

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ACRES 

Hen.  Knight  240 

John  Williams  5^ 

Rich"  Beard  3^0 

Timothy  Hundley  300 

Thomas  Bedford  5° 

Jn"  Floyd  250 

John  Bohannah  ii3>^ 

Capt.  Armi stead  3^75 

Christopher  Dixon  3^0 

Robt.  Bristow  Esq'  900 

Edw"  Gowing  lOO 

Tho.  Ryland  272 

John  Nevill  100 

Lawrence  Parrott  34^ 

Wm.  Brooks  720 

Joseph  Bohannah  148 

Wm.  Hampton  34^ 

Widd"  Green  150 

Capt.  Dudley  650 

Capt.  Knowles  575 

Capt.  Tho :  Todd  775 

Wm.  Beard  100 

Wm,  Tompkins  100 

Henry  Bolton  5^ 

Wm.  Eliott  1060 

Humphrey  Tompkins  100 

Daniel  Hunter  200 

Thomas  Peyton  684 

Rich<«  Dudley  35^ 

James  Ransom  jun'  3^^) 

Tho  Peters  3° 

Robt.  Elliott  1247 

Mich:  Parriott  100 

Jn°  Meachen  Jun'  600 

Caleb  Linsey  140 

Alexander  Ofield  23 

Mark  Thomas  300 


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ACRES 

Jn"  Garnet  250 

Wm.   Rumer  5 10 

Wm.  Brumley  750 

Wm.   Credle  5^ 

Charles  Jones  225 

Robt.   Sadler  50 

EdW  Sadler  20 

Geo.   Roberts  170 


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Rich"*  Longest  600 

Tho  Fliping  300 

Charles  Walters  100 

Wm.    Gundry  200 

Thomas  Kemp  2CX) 

Tho  Allaman  842 

Coll  Kemp  200 

Ralph  Shipley  430 

George  Turner  5^ 

Coll  James  Ransom  1400 

Thomas  Putman  3^0 

Rich"   Marchant  180 

Widd«  Sinoh  3^0 

Christopher  Rispus  200 

Benj.  Read  550 

Walter  Keble  55o 

Joseph  Brooks  500 

Capt.  Gevin  noo 

Lindseys  Land  39^ 

Thomas  Garwood  77 

John  Callis  1000 

Tho  Miggs  100 

Rich-'  Glascock  500 

Jn"  Lylley  584 

Geo.  Billups  1200 

Robt.  Singleton  650 

James  Foster  225 


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287 


John  Andrews 

Thomas  Rice 

John  Martin 

Capt.   Smith 

Capt.  Sterhng 

John  Diggs 

Wm.  Hewlett 

Jn»  Miller 

Andrew  Ripley 

Francis  Jarvis 

Wm.  Armistead 

John  Banister 

Tho:  Plumer 
Isaac  Plumer 
James  Taylor 
Edw"  Borum 
Widd"  Davis 
Sam :  Singleton 
Wm.  Morgan,   Sen' 
Wm.  Morgan,  jun' 
John  Bacon 
Henry  Singleton 
John  Edwards 
Patrick  Berry 
Anne  Forrest 


ACRES 

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200 

550 

IIOO 

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300 

100 

40 

460 

300 
650 

400 
200 

50 
360 
300 
300 

50 

200 

825 

600 

534 
250 
500 

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24256 

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1705 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES 


WILL  OF   PHILIP   LUDWELL,   1767 

P.  C.  C. 
Legard  183. 

Philip  Ludwell,  late  of  the  Colony  of  Virginia  but  now  of  the  City 
of  Westminster,  esquire 

Will  dat.  28  Feb.  1767.  All  my  estate  real  &  personal  in  the  Colony 
of  Virginia  (not  hereby  otherwise  disposed  of)  to  Hon.  Richard  Cor- 
bin,  esq.,  H.  M.  Receiver  Gen.  of  Virginia,  Robert  Carter  Nicholas, 
tiq..  Treasurer  of  Virginia,  John  Waylcs  &  Benjamin  Waller,  esq., 
attorneys  at  law  in  Virginia,  in  fee,  in  trust  for  my  daurs.  Hannah 
Philippa  L.,  Frances  L.  &  Lucy  L.  in  fee,  to  be  divided  as  follows, 
the  Green  Spring  part  whereby  I  mean  that  part  of  my  land  that  lies 
in  James  City  County  on  the  Western  side  of  Powhatan  Swamp  (with 
slaves,  stocks,  etc.)  including  Powhatan  Mill  &  the  Miller;  the  Rich 
Neck  part  whereby  I  mean  all  on  Eastern  side  of  the  Powhatan  Swamp 
&  at  Archers  Hope  &  in  Williamsburg;  the  Chipokes  part  whereby  I 
mean  all  lands  in  the  county  of  Surry;  these  to  be  made  as  equal 
as  possible  by  adding  part  of  one  division  to  another  and  then  Green 
Spring  part  to  be  conveyed  to  H.  P.  my  Rich  Neck  part  (with  Rich 
Neck  plantation  therein)  to  F.  at  21  or  marr'd  and  the  third  part  in- 
cluding Chipokes  &  my  Surry  lands  to  L.  at  21  or  marr'd— all  in  fee 
with  Survivors'  clause.  All  household  furniture,  books,  etc.,  in  Vir- 
ginia to  be  sold  except  one  large  mahogany  "escrultore,"  etc.  Whereas 
I  stand  engaged  by  promises  to  give  freedom  to  2  of  my  slaves,  named 
Jane  &  Sarah,  daurs.  of  Cress,  for  her  faithful  &  unwearied  care  in 
nursing  my  dear  little  orphans  from  the  death  of  their  mother  &  finally 
sacrificing  her  life  in  their  service.  Now  I  empower  my  daur.  H.  P.  L. 
on  my  death  &  desire  her  to  have  them  brought  over  to  England  & 
manumitted,  to  sd.  daur.  iioo  for  this.  My  sd.  daur.  H.  P.  L.  im- 
mediately &  my  daurs.  F.  &  L.  at  21  to  be  universal  extrices.  &  my 
friends  the  sd.  R.  Corbin,  R.  C.  Nicholas,  J.  Wayles  &  B.  Waller  to 
be  exors.  jointly  with  them  in  Virginia,  Peter  Paradise,  esq.,  John 
Paradise,  esq.  of  City  of  Westminster  &  William  Dampier,  esq..  Master 
Apothecary  of  S.  George's  Hospital  to  be  exors.  jointly  with  my  daurs. 
in  England  &  to  be  guardians  to  my  2  daurs.  F.  &  L.  till  21  or  marriage 
but  if  either  shd.  go  over  to  Virginia  my  trustees  in  Virginia  to  have 
powers  of  guardians,  A  handsome  ring  to  each  of  my  trustees,  to  my 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES  289 

friend  Charles  Carol,  jun.  of  Maryland,  esq.,  books  in  Virginia  he  may 
choose.  JVitiis.  Jos"  Sharpe  of  Lincolnston,  [Lincoln's  Inn?]  Sam' 
Lund  of  the  Strand,  Thomas  Trafford,  of   Cecil   Street. 

Cod.  dat.  2  Mar.  1767.  Estate  up  to  time  of  division  to  be  carried 
on  as  if  I  were  alive  &  tobacco  to  be  shipped  as  usual  to  my  dear  & 
faithful  friends,  Messrs.  Cary,  Moorey  &  Welch,  merchants  in  London 
&  by  them  to  be  accounted  for  to  Messrs.  Paradise  &  Dampier  2  of  my 
exors.  in  England.  IVitiis.  Josa.  Sharpe,  Tho.  Trafford,  John  Brown, 
(sic)  Proved  6  May,  1767  by  Philippa  L.,  Spinster  daur.  &  one 
of  the  universal  extrices.  Power  reserved  to  Frances  L.  &  Lucy  L., 
spinsters,  daurs.  also  &  the  other  universal  extrices  when  of  age.  Power 
reserved  also  to  Richard  Corbin,  esq.,  Robert  Carter  Nicholas,  John 
Wayles  &:  Benjamin  Waller,  exors.  in  Virginia  &  also  to  Peter  Para- 
dise, esq.,  John  Paradise,  esq.,  &  William  Dampier,  esq.,  the  exors.  in 
England. 

Special  Probate  P.  A.  B. 

Thomas,  etc.,  Archbp It  hath  been  alleged  ....  by  Hannah 

Philippa  Ludwell,  spn.,  that  Philip  Ludwell  late  of  prsh.  of  St.  Martin 
in  the  Fields  Middx.,  esq.,  some  time  since  died,  having  made  his  Will 
&  a  codicil  having  appted.  various  exors.  (recited  as  in  above  extract 
will  appear).  Now  on  6  May,  1767  the  sd.  will  was  proved  by  sd. 
Hannah  Philippa  L.,  spr.  daur.  &  one  of  the  universal  extrices.  Power 
reserved   (as  in  extraited  probate)   given  at  the  time  &  place  afsd. 

[This  was  Philip  Ludwell,  of  "Greenspring",  third  of  the  name.  He 
was  born  Dec.  28-29,  1716;  died  in  England  March  25,  1767  and  was 
buried  at  Bow  Church.  With  him  the  male  line  of  the  Va.  Ludwells 
ended.     See  Lee  of  Virgmia,  p.   129.] 


READE  OF  GLOUCESTER 

George  Reade  of  Gloucester,  who  came  to  Virginia  in  Harvey's 
second  administration,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Mar- 
tian, and  died  in  1671,  a  member  of  the  Council  under  Berkeley,  must 
always  be  of  interest  in  the  Virginia  tradition  because  he  was  one  of 
the  ancestors  of  George  Washington  and  Robert  E.  Lee.  The  meagre 
vestiges  of  his  family  which  survive  the  destruction  of  the  Gloucester 
records  are   collected   in   Va.   Mag.,  iv,   204;   vi,  408;    IV.   &  M.   Quar., 

In  the  family  of  Tompkins  of  King  William  there  is  a  Bible  which 
throws  a  pale  ray  of  new  light  on  some  of  these  Reades.  It  contains 
genealogical  entries  transcribed  by  Elizabeth  Mildred  Gwyn  Tompkins 
(1788-1856),  wife  of  William  Temple  Fleet,  of  "Fleet  Street"  from 
a  similar,  but  older,  record,  since  destroyed  by  fire,  in  the  possession 
of    her   nephew,    Richard    Tompkins    of    "Enfield."      Mrs.    Fleet    was    a 


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granddaughter  of  Christopher  Tompkins  (1705-1778)  and  of  Joyce 
(1701-1771),  daughter  of  the  Thomas  Reade  of  Gloucester  who  was 
son  of  George,  and  himself  married  (Hening,  viii,  483)  Lucy,  daughter 
of  Edmund  Gwyn  of  Gwyn's  Island.  By  tradition  the  Thomas  Reade 
last  mentioned  left  eleven  children.  The  two  sons,  Thomas  and  John 
arc  authenticated.  Of  the  daughters,  the  five  following  have  been 
taken  as  proven  by  the  genealogists,  viz:  Lucy  (1701-1731),  m. 
John  Dixon  of  Bristol  (M.  L  in  W.  &  M.  Quar.,  iii,  29).  Joyce 
(1701/2-1771),  m.  Christopher  Tompkins  of  Caroline  (Fa.  Mag., 
xix,  196).  Mildred,  m.  Philip  Rootes  of  "Rosewall"  in  King  &  Queen, 
Va.  Mag.,  iv,  204).  Mary,  m.  Mordecai  Throckmorton  {VV.  &  M. 
Quar.,  iii,  50;  xiv,  117).  Anne,  m.  Matthew  Pate  of  Gloucester 
([F.  &  M.  Quar.,  xiv,   117). 

With  this  list  may  now  be  compared  the  Tompkins  record  of  the 
daughters   of    Thomas   Reade,   viz : 

Joyce   Reade  married   Tompkins 

Lucy  Reade  married   Rootes 

Dorothy    Reade    married    Throgmorton 

Sarah  Reade  married  Cary 

Mary  Reade  married  Duval    [intended   for   Dixon?] 

Mildred  and  Catherine. 
The  confusion  in  this  list  as  compared  with  the  proofs  of  the  other 
families  into  which  the  daughters  married  shows  that  the  Tompkins 
I^ible  entry  was  made  in  a  generation  later  than  that  recorded,  but  its 
value  as  testimony  lies  in  its  substantial  accuracy  and  the  addition  of 
the  three  daughters  (Sarah,  Dorothy  and  Catherine),  who  bring  the 
total   number  of  children  up  to  the  traditional  eleven. 

To  the  Cary  family  this  record  of  a  wide  spread  connection  has  a 
special  significance  as  it  may  be  a  clew  to  the  provenance  of  Sarah 
(i7io?-i783),  wife  of  Wilson  Cary  (1702-1772)  of  Ceelys.  The  long 
and  patient,  but  fruitless,  search  by  the  late  Wilson  Miles  Cary  of 
Baltimore  for  the  family  name  of  this  Sarah  is  rehearsed  in  Va.  Mag., 
ix,  107,  and  The  Virginia  Carys,  p.  105. 

What  gives  colour  to  this  clew  is  that  the  marriage  of  one  of  the 
Reades  (who  on  the  present  hypothesis  would  have  been  a  sister  of 
Wilson  Gary's  wife)  to  Matthew  Pate  might  explain  the  possession 
of   Pate  books  and  Gloucester  lands  by  the  son  of   Wilson  Cary. 

F.   H. 


PAGE. 

The  account  given  in  the  Genealogy  of  the  Page  Family  in  Vir- 
ginia of  the  second  Mann  Page,  viz.,  the  eldest  son  of  Mann  Page  and 
Judith    Carter,    is    capable    of    some   additions.      He    is    referred    to    as 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES  29I 

"of  Rosewell",  and  it  is  assumed  that  he  died  there,  though  no  tomb- 
stone has  been  found.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  he  had  before  his  de- 
cease removed  from  Rosewell  to  Mannsfield  in  Spotsylvania  county, 
and  in  his  will,  dated  1780,  calls  himself  "of  Mannsfield".  The  pre- 
sumption would  be  that  he  was  buried  at  Mannsfield. 

The  list  of  his  children  as  given  in  the  Genealogy  (pp.  68-69,  second 
edition,  1893)  is  incomplete.  It  lacks  the  names  of  two  sons,  George 
and  Warren,  both  of  whom  were  of  age  in  1780,  and  to  the  latter 
of  whom  his  father  left  an  estate  in  the  Northern  Neck  called  Bull 
Run,  and  also   lands   in   Spotsylvania. 

The  date  given  for  the  birth  of  the  son  Gwynn  Page  is  somewhat 
in  error,  as  he  was  under  age  in  1780.  Also,  the  conjectural  date  of 
the  marriage  of  Lucy  Burwell  Page  to  Col.  Baylor  ("1784")  is  in- 
correct, as  they  were  already  married  before  the  date  of   her   father's 

will. 

These  matters  have  probably  already  had  the  attention  of  those 
immediately  concerned.  But  as  the  corrections  have  not,  to  my  knowl- 
edge, appeared  in  print,  they  are  now   submitted. 

Ben  J.   L.   An  cell. 


DAY  ARMS. 


The   following  is  a  copy  of  a  memorandum  made  by  John  Day,  of 
Isle  of  Wight  County,  for  his  son,  Davis  Day: 

"Day   Arms 
Sic   itur  ad  astra 
Two    hands    clasping    each    other    coupled    at    wrist,    conjoined    to    a 

pair  of   wings. 

John  Day 
to  his  son 
Davis  Day" 
1776 


HOOKE. 


Wanted,  to  hear  from  all  persons  interested  in  the  Hooke  (Hook, 
Hooks,  Hookes  and  Hok,  or  other  spellings  of  this  name)  family 
history,  especially  William,   Robert,   George,   Elisha  and   Elijah  Hooke. 

Mrs.  Audrey  K.   Spence, 
Wytheville,  Va. 


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GENEALOGY 


CLEMENT,   CLEMENTS,   CLEMANS. 
With  a  Notice  of  Mark  Twain's  Ancestry 

By  Mrs.  N.  E.  Clement,  Chatham,  Va. 

In  the  Genealogy  Magazine  edited  by  Wm.  M.  Clemens,  of  Pompton 
Lake,  New  Jersey,  there  appears  an  article  beginning  in  Vol.  X,  No. 
9,  called  the  "Genesis  of  Mark  Twain",  in  which  the  editor  treats  of 
the  Virginia  ancestry  of  the  distinguished  American  humorist  and 
author. 

So  renowned  a  name  as  that  of  Samuel  L.  Clemens  would  be  an 
honorable  addition  to  any  family  history  and  would  find  an  assured 
welcome  wherever   it   rightly  belonged. 

The  editor  of  Genealogy,  in  his  article,  has  made  Mr.  Clemens  a 
member  of  the  Virginia  families  of  Clement  and  Clements,  confusing 
the  two  families,  and  making  so  many  mis-statements  that  in  justice 
to  them  the  following  corrections  are  offered. 

Genealogy  states  that  the  founder  of  the  family  of  Samuel  L.  Clemens 
was  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Clements  who  came  to  Virginia  in  161 1,  bringing 
with  her  her  four  small  children,  and  two  servants,  a  woman  of  gentle 
birth  and  breeding,  the  niece  of  Sir  Nicholas  Fuller  and  Lady  Elizabeth 
Layghton.  In  early  Virginia  records  her  name  is  spelled  both  Clement 
and  Clements,  but  Mr.  Wm.  M.  Clemens  spells  it  Clemens.  The  only 
way  to  ascertain  the  correct  mode  of  spelling  these  early  surnames 
is  by  reference  to  signatures  on  original  manuscripts  such  as  deeds  and 
wills. 

Genealogy  further  states:  "the  daughter  and  three  sons  of  this 
first  gentlewoman  grew  to  their  full  stature  in  the  wilds  of  the  new 
world,  degenerating  slowly  one  generation  after  another  as  they  pene- 
trated further  and  further  into  the  wilderness,  into  tribes  of  low, 
ignorant,  and  poverty  stricken  mountaineers,  only  after  several  gene- 
rations to  rise  again  thro'  the  female  influence  of  their  families  into 
a  race  that  finally  found  once  more  the  high  water  mark  of  intelligence 
in  the  mind  and  work  of   Mark  Twain." 

Complete  genealogies  of  the  Clement  and  Clements  families  of  Vir- 
ginia have  never  been  compiled  owing  to  the  destruction  of  the  court 
records  of  the  eastern  counties,  but  wherever  mention  is  made  of  them 
we  find  their  members  occupying  positions  of  honor  and  trust  among 
their   fellow  men. 


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GENEALOGY  293 

The   Editor   of    Genealogy   says : 

"The  son  Jeremiah  (son  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth)  the  ancestor  of  Mark 
Twain,  married  Edy  in  James  City  in   1634." 

The  records  of  James  City  County  have  been  destroyed,  but  in  the 
Land  Office  in  Richmond,  in  Patent  Book  3,  page  274,  dated  1636, 
Jeremiah  Clements  is  granted  500  acres  eastward  of  land  formally  in 
his  possession,  on  the  north  side  of  James  River  for  the  transportation 
of  nine  persons,  one  of  whom  is  given  as  Edy,  wife  of  Jeremiah  Cle- 
ments. 

Quoting   Genealogy : 

"Jeremiah's  son,  Francis,  born  in  Surry  County,  was  the  father 
of  a  second  Francis  who  married  Elizabeth  Meriweather  and  died  in 
1721." 

In  Land  Patent  Book,  Vol.  2,  page  306,  we  find  granted  unto  "Jere- 
miah Clements,  son  and  heir  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Clements,  deceased, 
350  acres  on  the  east  side  of  Upper  Chippooks  Creek,  August  26,  1633." 

Upper  Chippooks  Creek  lies  in  what  became  Surry  County  in  1652, 
and  with  the  destruction  of  James  City  record  we  turn  to  Surry  County. 

Jeremie  Clement  represented  James  City  County  in  the  House  of 
Burgesses  in  1641.     He  probably  died  before  Surry  was  made  a  county. 

In  Surry  Deed,  March  17,  1657,  Captain  Henry  Perry,  who  had 
married  the  "heretrix"  of  Jeremiah  Clements  of  Upper  Chippoecks 
Creek  conveys  350  acres   to   Edward   Oliver. 

Again,  Captain  Bartholomew  Clements  of  Surry  County,  in  his  will 
dated  1713,  bequeathes  "my  dividend  of  land  on  Upper  Chippoecks" 
to  friend  \Vm.  Rooking,  to  whom  he  leaves  his  estate. 

In  Quit  Rent  Rolls  for  Surry  County,  1704,  Bartho.  Clements  pays 
tax  on   1 1 50  acres  of   land. 

"Bartho.  Clements  one  tract  of  land  he  now  living  in  England 
the  quantity  unknown."     Va.  Mag.  Hist,  and  Biog.,  Vol.  29,  page  28. 

Francis  Clements  of  Surry  County  was  not  a  son  of  Jeremiah 
Clements.  In  book  7,  page  703,  Land  Patents  Records,  Rich.,  there 
is  granted  to  Francis  Clements,  year  1689,  450  acres  of  land,  due  for 
the  transportation  of  nine  persons  into  the  colony,  and  the  list  is 
headed  with  his  own  name,  showing  him  to  be  an  emigrant. 

He  represented  Surry  County  in  the  House  of  Burgesses  in  1692, 
(Journal  House  Burgesses).  He  served  as  clerk  of  the  General  As- 
sembly  1699.      (Journal   H.   B.) 

He  was  clerk  of  Surry  County  from  Oct.  1697  to  July  1708.  (Surry 
Records)  and  his  signature  as  Clerk  to  Court  proceedings  reads  "Fra. 
Clements." 

Francis  Clements  married  ist  Elizabeth  Meriweather,  sister  of  Wm. 
and  Major  Nicholas  Meriweather.  (Surry  Records,  Deed  Book  4, 
page  46.)     2nd,  Lydia  ,  probably  Blighton,  for  at  Surry  Court 


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held  August  ii,  171 1,  Francis  Clements  and  wife  Lydia  administer  the 
estate  of   George  Blighton. 

Prior  to  1715  Francis  Clements,  Senior,  moved  over  into  Isle  of 
Wight  County,  for  in  that  year  he  deeds,  "for  love  and  affection,  516 
acres  to  son  Francis  Clements,  Junior,"  and  states  "I,  Fra.  Clements, 
of  Isle  of  Wight,  appoint  loving  friend  Nicholas  Mogget  of  Surry 
to  be  my  true  and  lawful  attorney  to  acknowledge  the  deed,"  etc. 

The  will  of  Francis  Clements,  Sr.  is  recorded  in  Isle  of  Wight. 
1719,  in  Vol.  2,  page  632,  of  Wills  and  Deeds.  He  bequeathes  to  sol. 
Francis  Clements  "my  plantation  commonly  called.  The  Springs,  where- 
of the  said  Francis  now  dwells,  containing  516  acres.  My  silver  tank- 
ard  (obliterated). 

To  son  Thomas,  450  acres,  a  gun  called  Harrison,  etc. 
To   son    Benjamin,   my   plantation   on   north    side    Nottaway    River   and 
450  acres  adjoining." 
Daughters — Mary  and    Elizabeth — 
Wife,  Lydia,  sole  executor. 

"To  friend  Capt.   Nathaniel   Ridley  my  silver   sword,  and  to  his   wife, 
Elizabeth,  a  mourning  ring." 

Slaves,   Sam  and  Nannie,  he  sets   free"  as  a  reward    for   faithful  ser- 
vice," giving  each  50  acres  and  a  cow. 

Francis  Clements,  Jr.,  of  Surry,  died  in  1721.  (In  his  will  which 
is  recorded  in  Surry  he  mentions  neither  a  wife  nor  children.)  He 
states  that  he  is  the  son  of  Francis  Clements,  deceased,  and  names 
brothers,  Thomas  and  Benjamin.  He  leaves  his  plantation  called  Indian 
Springs  for  a  glebe  for  Southwork  Parish.  (An  ancient  house  stand- 
ing on  the  highway  between  Surry  C.  H.  and  Petersburg  is  today 
called  the   Glebe.     Is   it   the   original    Indian    Springs    Plantation?) 

The  editor  of  Genealogy  says:  "Francis  who  died  in  1721  named 
a  son  Benjamin  in  his  will.  Benjamin,  who  was  one  of  the  founders 
of    Lynchburg,    married    Susanna    Hill    in    1736." 

We  have  seen  that  Francis  Clements,  who  died  in  1721,  named  in 
his  will,  not   a  son   but  a   brother   Benjamin. 

Benjamin  Clement  who  married  Susanna  Hill  was  the  son  of  Wil- 
liam Clement  of   King  William  and  Amelia   Counties. 

In  Book  17,  page  164,  Land  Patent  Books,  Richmond,  William  Cle- 
ment of  King  William  County  is  granted  1227  acres  in  Amelia  County, 
on  Appomattox  River  and  Bent  Run,  in  year  1736.  The  father  of 
William  Clement  of  King  William  is  not  known,  owing  to  the  de- 
struction of  the  records  in  that  part  of  the  state,  but  it  is  significant 
that  Benjamin  Clement  of  Gloucester  County  owned  600  acres  in 
King  William  County  as  given  in  the  Quit  Rent  Rolls  for  1704.  (Va. 
Mag.  Hist.,  Vol.  30,  p.  75). 

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GENEALOGY  295 

Edward  Creffield  of  London,  in  1694,  when  he  bequeathes  "the  rest 
of  my  estate  both  real  and  personal  in  Virginia  unto  my  loving  friend 
Mr.  Benjamin  Clement  of  Ware  in  ye  County  of  Gloucester,  in  Vir- 
ginia." Va.  Mag.  Hist.,  Vol.  19,  p.  290.  (The  Gloucester  records 
destroyed  in   1865). 

William  Clement  served  as  one  of  the  presiding  justices  of  the  Court 
of  Amelia  from  1741  to  1755,  when  he  was  appointed  Sheriff  of  the 
County.      (Amelia   County   Records.) 

He  died  in  1760,  and  in  his  will,  probated  in  February  of  that  year 
(to  which  his  signature  reads  William  Clement)  he  named  sons,  Ben- 
jamin Clement,  John  Clement,  William  Clement,  Francis  Clement  and 
daughters  Elizabeth,  Anne  and  Barsheba, — to  each  of  whom  he  leaves 
two  slaves.  At  death  of  wife,  Anne  Clement,  estate  to  be  equally 
divided  among  his   seven  children.      (Amelia   County   Records.) 

Benjamin  Clement,  son  of  William  Clement  of  King  William  and 
Amelia,  married  Susanna,  and  it  is  family  tradition  that  she  was 
Susanna  Hill,  probably  a  daughter  of  Captain  Isaac  Hill  of  King  and 
Queen  County.  They  were  married  about  1725,  for  their  son  Isaac 
was  born  in  1727,  according  to  the  Register  of  his  family  Bible. 

Benjamin  Clement  began  patenting  lands  on  Staunton  River  as  early 
as  1741.     (Land  Office  Book,  19.) 

Benjamin  and  Susanna  Clement  of  Amelia  sold  their  plantation  seat 
in  1748,  (Amelia  Deeds)  at  which  date  they  probably  moved  to  Staunton 
River. 

When  Halifax  was  made  a  county  in  1752  Benjamin  Clement,  Gent, 
was  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  appointed  for  the  new  county, 
and  was  appointed  Captain  of  a  company  of  rangers  for  Halifax  in 
1755-      (Halifax   Records.) 

In  the  Virginia  Gazette,  Aug.  5,  1775,  there  is  the  statement  that 
Mr.  Benjamin  Clement  was  the  first  in  the  colony  to  manufacture 
gunpowder,  and  that  he  and  his  neighbor,  Mr.  Charles  Lynch,  have  a 
mill  that  turns  out  50  lbs.  a  day.  They  call  upon  those  who  have  the 
good  of  tlieir  country  at  heart  to  make  salt  petre,  "for  without  it  we 
can  have  no  powder,  consequently  no  means  of  defense,  but  with  it 
we  shall  soon  have  both." 

Quoting  from  Genealogy : 

"Benjamin's  will   filed  in  the  records  of   Campbell   County." 

Benjamin  Clement's  will  is  filed  in  Pittsylvania  County  in  1780, 
(Book  II,  page  115,  and  his  signature  reads  Benj.  Clement.  His  per- 
sonal estate  was  valued  at  £27,664.4.8  (Acct.  Cur.  Book,  i,  page  86), 
and  sons   Adam  and   Isaac  were  named  executors. 

Isaac  Clement  commanded  a  company  of  Pittsylvania  Militia  in  the 
Revolutionary  War,  {Va.  Mag.  Hist.,  Vol.  20,  page  205),  and  was 
a  member  of  the  Pittsylvania  County  Committee  of  Safety,  {William 
and  Mary  Quarterly,  Vol.  5,  p.  247). 


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Adam  Clement  commanded  a  company  of  Bedford  Militia  (Aud. 
Acct.  X,  74),  Dec.  24,   1787. 

Warrant  to  Capt.  Adam  Clement  and  others  of  Bedford  Militia  as 
per  pay  roll  in  number  76.   £483,832. 

In  the  year  1798  Capt.  Isaac  Clement  moved  to  Pendleton  District, 
S.  C,  and  at  same  time  deeded,  for  love  and  affection  692  acres  in 
Pittsylvania  to  sons,  Isaac,  Stephen,  and  Hugh.  (Book  11,  page  317). 
Again  in  1809  he  deeded  636  acres  to  son  Stephen.  (Book  17,  p.  478, 
Pittsylvania  Deeds). 

Quoting   from   Genealogy : 

"Adam,  the  second  son  of  Benjamin  and  great  grandfather  of  Mark 
Twain,  was  a  small  farmer  in  Bedford  County,  where  he  married 
Agnes  Johnson  in  1765." 

In  the  year  1809  Adam  and  Agnes  Clement  made  a  deed  of  gift 
of  1005  acres  in  Pittsylvania  to  sons,  George  and  Alexander  (Pittsyl- 
vania Deeds,  Book  17,  p.  401),  and  in  will  made  181 1,  he  gives  320 
acres  in  Tennessee  to  son  Adam  (Campbell  County  Records).  The 
tax  returns  of  year  1810  show  that  Adam  Clement  paid  taxes  in  Camp- 
bell County  on  11 19  acres,  tax  $10.62. 
3  whites,  12  blacks  over  16,  i  black  over  12,  10  houses,  i   four  wheeled 

carriage tax    $11.92 

In  his  will  he  disposed  of  37  slaves  to  his  several  children.  (Camp- 
bell Records). 

Genealogy  says  again : 

"Adam  and  Agnes  had  nine  children  as  follows :  Adam  Jr.,  Samuel, 
Alexander,  William,  Johnson,  George,  Agnes,  Sally,  Lucy.  All  are 
mentioned  in  the  will  of  Adam  who  died  in  Campbell  County  in  181 1, 
with  the  exception  of  Samuel,  the  grandfather  of  Mark  Twain.  Samuel 
had  met  an  accidental  death  in  1805,  hence  having  died  before  his  father 
his  name  was  omitted  in  the  will,  which  bears  date   1808." 

Correction:  The  will  of  Adam  Clement  bears  date  October  17, 
181 1,  and  is  probated  Novmeber  Court,  1813.  He  names  in  his  will  not 
nine,  but  eleven  children,  without  the  above  mentioned  Samuel.  The 
will  reads :  "the  residue,  together  with  all  my  estate  both  real  and 
personal  not  before  disposed  of,  shall  be  equally  divided  between  all 
my  children,  to-wit ;  William  Clement,  Alexander  Clement,  Johnson 
Clement,  Benjamin  Clement,  George  Washington  Clement,  Adam 
Clement,  Charles  Clement,  Juriah  Lucy,  Susanne  Perkins,  Sally  Moore, 
and   Agnes   Clement." 

it  was  Adam  Clement  and  not  his  father  Benjamin  who  was  one 
of  the  original  trustees  of  the  town  of  Lynchburg. 

"The  town  of  Lynchliurg  was  established  in  1786,  when  45  acres  were 
vested  in  John  Clarke,  Adam  Clement,  Charles  Lynch,"  and  others. 
(Howe's  Hist,  of  Va.,  page  210.) 


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Adam  Clement  was  one  of  the  gentlemen  justices  appointed  for  the 
new  county  of  Campbell  when  cut  oflf  from  Bedford  in  1782,  and 
served  until  appointed  Sheriff  of  the  County  in  1791.  (Campbell  Co. 
Records.) 

Alexander  Clement,  son  of  Adam  and  Agnes  Clement  was  a  lawyer 
and  served  as  Commonwealth  Attorney  for  Campbell  County  from 
1825  until  he  removed  to  Tenn.      (Campbell  Records.) 

George  Washington  Clement,  another  son  of  Adam  and  Agnes 
Clement  was  educated  at  Hampden-Sidney  College  and  later  studied 
medicine  in  Philadelphia.  The  following  recommendation  was  given 
him   upon    leaving    Hampden-Sidney. 

"H.   Sidney  College,  Feb.  27,   1807. 

That  the  bearer,  Mr.  G.  Clement,  has  conducted  while  a  student  at 
this  place  with  the  strictest  propriety  and  decorum  and  that  he  leaves 
us  with  an  unblemished  moral  character  is  hereby  certified. 

Wm.   S.  Reid." 

George  W.  Clement  was  a  student  in  the  Medical  Department  of 
the  University  of   Pennsylvania  the  years  of    1809  and   1810. 

Register  of   U.  of   Pa. 

December  i,  1811,  he  married  Stella  Smith,  daughter  of  Major  John 
Smith  of  the  "Pockett"  (of  the  Rev.  Guy  Smith  family.  William  and 
Mary  Quarterly.  Vol.  9,  page  44).  (Pittsylvania  Marriage  Register). 
The  tax  returns  for  year  i860  show  that  Dr.  George  W.  Clement 
paid  taxes  on  3793  acres  of  land  in  Pittsylvania  County  and  on  1337 
acres  in  Franklin  County.  His  personal  tax  included  40  slaves  (over 
12  years  of  age),  2  carriages. 

Dr.  George  W.  Clement's  will  is  probated  at  Pittsylvania  County, 
1867,  in  which  he  names  sons,  William  Calloway  Clement,  Ralph  Alex- 
ander Clement,  James  Reid  Clement,  Henry  C.  Clement,  daughter 
Octavia  and   others. 

W'Uiam  C.  Clement  was  a  student  at  William  and  Mary  College 
from   1840-42.     (Register  of  William  and  Mary  College.) 

Ralph  Alexander  Clement  was  a  graduate  of  University  of  N.  C, 
taking  his  A.   B.   Degree  in   1840.      (Register  of   U.  of    N.  C.) 

Henry  C.  Clement  student  at  Germantown  Academy,  N.  C,  1856, 
1857,  1858,  and  student  at  Emory  and  Henry  College  1858,  1859. 

Samuel  Clemens  and  Pamela  Goggin,  the  grandparents  of  Mark 
Twain,  were  married  October  23,  1797,  in  Bedford  County,  and  made 
their  home   in  the  adjoining  county  of   Campbell. 

The  first  child  of  this  marriage,  John  Marshall  Clemens,  was  the 
father  of  the  great  American  author,  Mark  Twain. 

The  following  items  found  in  the  records  of  Surry  County  may 
prove  suggestive  of   Mark  Twain's  parental  line. 


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The  will  of  John  Clements  of  Surry,  May  2,  1710.  Children, 
Samuel,  John,  Anne,  Elizabeth.  Wife,  Mary,  executrix,  Loving  friends 
Capt.  Wm.  Browne,  Capt.  Thos.  Holt,  Mr.  Sam'l  Thompson,  Co- 
overseers   of   will. 

Will  of  Samuel  Clemens  of  Surry,  Planter,  1727.  Gun  and  sword 
to  brother,   William   Clemens.     Whole  estate  to  loving  mother. 

Will  of  William  Clements,  April,  1741.  Wife,  Ales,  Five  children, 
viz.  Lucy,  Elizabeth,  Samuel,  William  and  Henry. 

Mrs.   N.   E.   Clement. 


HARRISON    OF   JAMES    RIVER. 

(Continued) 

Correction.  The  generation  numbers  of  the  children  of  Nathaniel 
Harrison,  of  "Brandon",  on  p.  202  of  the  April  magazine  should  be 
5  instead  of  4  as  printed. 

II.  Benjamin*  Harrison,  of  "Wakefield",  Surry  county,  was  borrv 
,   and   died   in    1759.      It   appears    from   a   petition   of    his    son. 


Nathaniel,  to  the  General  Assembly  in  1762  he  incurred  such  large 
debts  that  most  of  his  slaves  and  personal  property  were  sold.  He 
married,  August  23,  1739,  Susannah,  daughter  of  Cole  Digges  of 
"Belfield",  York  county.  His  will  was  dated  November  14,  1758  and 
proved  in  Surry,  March  20,  1759,  legatees :  sons  Peter  Cole  Harrison 
and  Nathaniel  Harrison,  daughters  Susannah,  Hannah  and  Ludwell 
Harrison,  and  Wife  Susannah.  Wife,  brother  Nathaniel  Harrison,  and 
Nicholas   Massenberg,   executors. 

Issue:     (Family  Bible  Record,  Williaxi  and  Mary  Quarterly,  VII,  39). 

32.  Elizabeth,  born  Nov.  26,  1740.  Baptized  by  Rev.  Mr.  Richard 
Hewit,  and  died  Sept.  8,   1748. 

33.  Mary,  born  Oct.  22,  1742.  Baptized  by  Rev.  Mr.  John  Smith, 
and  died  Sept.  2,   1747. 

34.  Nathaniel*. 

35.  Susanna,  born  Dec.  23,  1745.  Baptized  by  Rev.  Mr.  William 
Fife. 

36.  Benjamin*,  born  Aug.  23,  1747.  Baptized  by  Rev.  Mr.  Henry 
Eilbeck,  and  died  June  11,  1757. 

37.  Hannah,  born  Sept.  r,  1749.  Baptized  by  Rev.  Air.  Henry 
Eilbeck. 

38.  Eliza  Digges  Harrison  was  born  on  a  Saturday,  about  half  an 
hour  after  eleven  in  the  evening,  increase  of  the  moon.  Bap- 
tized by  Rev.  Mr.  Eilbeck,  died  Nov.  8,   1751. 


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Bible  record.] 

39.  Peter  Cole*,  born  Feb.  11,  1753  about  three  o'clock  in  the  morn- 
ing. Increase  of  the  moon.  Baptized  by  Rev.  Mr.  Richard 
Hopkins.  He  married,  (license  dated  Sussex  Co.,  Feb.  18, 
1775)  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Hay,  deceased.  Accompany- 
ing the  marriage  bond  is  a  statement  from  Nathaniel  Harrison 
that  Peter  Cole  Harrison  was  aged  21  years,  and  another,  dated 
Feb.  18,  1775,  "Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Hay  and  Judith  his 
wife  was  born  the  5th  day  of  November  A.  D.  1751.  William 
Willie,  rector",  of  Albemarle  parish,  Sussex.  The  register 
gives  the  birth  of  a  daughter,  Susan,  born  Dec.  16,  1775.  Peter 
Cole  Harrison  may  have  had  other  children ;  but  nothing  is 
known  of  them  by  this  compiler.  If  there  are  descendants  of 
P.  C.  Harrison  information  will  be  welcome ;  but  it  should  be 
borne  in  mind  by  any  investigator  that  no  son  of  P.  C.  Harrison 
could  have  been  of  age  before  1797  at  the  earliest.  This  pre- 
cludes most  of  the  untraced  Harrisons  from  being  his  de- 
scendants. 

40.  Ludwell,  born  on  a  Tuesday  about  a  half  an  hour  after  eleven 
in  the  evening.  Decrease  of  the  moon.  Baptised  by  Rev.  Mr, 
Alexander  Finney.  She  married  January  16,  1773,  William 
Gooseley,  of  Yorktown. 

19.  Benjamin^  Harrison,  of  "Berkeley",  is  stated  to  have  been 
born  in  1726,  and  died  April  24,  1791.  The  author  of  his  life  in  Saunder- 
son's  Lives  of  the  Signers,  evidently  had  very  good  sources  of  infor- 
mation in  regard  to  Benjamin  Harrison,  "the  Signer",  and  his  account 
will  be  quoted  at  length  later  on  in  this  account.  Here  a  detailed 
account  of  his  public  offices  will  be  given.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
House  of  Burgesses  for  Charles  City  county  from  the  session  be- 
ginning April  10,  1749  to  the  last  which  began  Jan.  i,  1775,  forty 
sessions  in  all.  He  represented  his  county  in  the  Revolutionary  Con- 
ventions of  May,  July  and  December,  1775,  and  was  elected  to  that 
of  May,  1776;  but  was  represented  by  an  alternate,  he  being  in 
Congress,  of  which  he  was  a  member  1774-1778.  On  the  organi- 
zation of  the  state  government  he  became  a  member  of  the  House 
of  Delegates  for  Charles  City  at  the  first  session  in  October  1776, 
and  continued  to  be  a  member  of  this  body  at  the  sessions  of  June 
1777,  Oct.  1777,  Jan.  1778,  May  1778,  Oct.  1778,  Oct.  1779,  May  1780, 
Oct.  1780,  March  1781  and  May  1781.  From  1778  to  1781  he  was 
Speaker  of  the  House.  He  was  then  elected  Governor  of  Virginia 
and  held  that  office  Nov.  30,  1781-Nov.  30,  1784.  At  the  first  election 
after  the  expiration  of  his  term  as  Governor  he  again  offered  as  a 
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the  circumstances  referred  to  by  Saunderson)  by  John  Tyler,  Sr.,  who 
had  for  several  sessions  been  a  member  for  that  county  and  Speaker 
of  the  House.  The  election  in  Surry  was  a  little  later  and  immediately 
after  his  defeat  in  Charles  City,  Col.  Harrison  moved  over  the  river 
to  the  former  county  (where  he  owned  land)  again  became  a  can- 
didate for  the  House  and  was  elected.  When  the  Legislature  met 
he  was  a  candidate  for  the  office  of  Speaker  and  defeated  his  rival, 
John  Tyler,  Sr.,  by  a  vote  of  45  to  39.  Of  course  the  legality  of  his 
election  to  the  House  was  contested,  and  on  Nov.  2,  1785  "Mr.  Braxton 
reported  from  the  Committee  of  Privileges  and  Elections,  that  the  com- 
mittee had,  according  to  order,  inquired  into  the  eligibility  of  Benjamin 
Harrison,  Esq.,  one  of  the  members  returned  to  serve  in  this  House 
for  the  county  of  Surry,  and  had  agreed  upon  a  report,  and  came 
to  a  resolution  thereupon,  which  he  read  in  his  place,  and  afterwards 
delivered  it  at  the  clerk's  table,  where  the  same  were  again  read, 
and  are  as   f  olloweth  : 

It  appears  to  your  committee,  from  the  information  of  the  said 
Benjamin  Harrison,  that  previous  to  the  invasion  of  Arnold  in  this 
State,  he  was  a  resident  of  the  county  of  Charles  City,  from  whence 
he  was  compelled  to  remove  himself  and  family  to  some  place  of 
safety;  that  the  invasion  of  this  State  by  Cornwallis  soon  after  took 
place,  by  which  means  his  house  and  furniture  were  so  damaged, 
that  he  did  not  return  thither  until  January  last;  that  he  was  elected 
Chief  Magistrate  [Governor]  in  November  1781,  and  resigned  that 
office  on  the  29th  of  November,  1784;  that  he  was  a  candidate  for, 
and  elected  a  representative  of  the  said  county  of  Charles  City  on 
the  30th  of  the  same  month;  that  he  resided  in  the  county  of  Charles 
City  from  January  last  to  the  7th  of  April,  the  day  after  the  election 
in  the  county  of  Charles  City;  for  which  he  was  a  candidate;  that  on 
the  7th  or  8th  of  April  he  carried  his  bed  and  some  furniture  to 
the  county  of  Surry,  wherein  he  engaged  his  rooms  and  board  for 
twelve  months;  that  he  carried -thither  a  servant  and  horses,  leaving 
the  rest  of  his  family  in  Charles  City,  and  entered  the  said  servant 
and  horses,  with  himself,  among  the  taxables  of  the  said  county  of 
Surry  before  the  loth  of  April;  that  they  were  not  entered  in  the  said 
county  of  Charles  City,  but  would  have  been,  had  it  been  required  of 
him  before  his  removal  to  Surry,  though  no  person  to  his  knowledge 
was  appointed  in  Charles  City  to  take  the  list  of  taxables  before  his 
removal;  that  on  the  6th  of  April,  the  day  of  the  election  in  Charles 
City,  at  which  he  was  a  candidate,  and  after  the  poll  was  closed,  he 
declared  his  resolution  of  removing  immediately  to  the  county  of 
Surry,  and  thereupon  wrote  his  resignation  as  a  vestryman  in  the  county 
of  Charles  City,  which  was  accepted,  and  Mr.  Turner  Southall  chosen 
in  his  stead;  that  he  refused  to  accept  the  commission  of  county  lieu- 


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tenant  of  Charles  City,  previous  to  the  election  in  Surry,  and  at  the 
time  of  such  refusal,  informed  the  Governor  that  he  did  not  consider 
himself  a  resident  of  Charles  City,  nor  would  accept  of  any  office, 
either  civil  or  military  therein ;  that  the  election  in  Surry  was  on  the 
4th  Tuesday  in  April,  being  court  day;  that  he  is,  and  for  many  years 
has  been  a  freeholder  in  the  county  of  Surry ;  that  he  contributes  to 
the  support  of  a  minister  therein ;  that  he  has  frequently,  since  his 
election  in  the  said  county  of  Surry,  attended  several  public  meetings 
to  know  the  sentiments  of  his  constituents ;  and  that  he  was  unanimously 
elected  by  the  vestry  of  Surry,  on  the  15  of  October  last,  to  represent 
them  in   the   convention   of   the   clergy  and   laymen. 

Resolved  that  it  is  the  opinion  of  this  Committee,  That  the  residence 
of  the  said  Benjamin  Harrison,  in  the  county  of  Surry  on  the  day  of 
election,  is  not  such  as  is  required  by  the  spirit  and  meaning  of  the 
Constitution,  and   therefore   he   was   ineligible." 

The  report  and  resolution  were  ordered  to  be  referred  to  a  committee 
of  the  whole  immediately.  There  was  evidently  a  long  and  warm 
debate,  and  the  House  determined  to  take  up  the  subject  again  in 
committee  of  the  whole  on  the  next  day.  On  November  3rd  the  com- 
mittee of  the  whole  again  sat  and  when  it  adjourned,  and  Mr.  Speaker 
(Harrison  himself)  resumed  the  chair,  Mr.  Matthews,  chairman  of 
the  committee,  submitted  exactly  the  same  report  brought  in  by  the 
committee  on  Privileges  and  Elections,  but  brought  in  as  the  resolution 
of  the  committee  of  the  whole. 

"Resolved,  that  it  is  the  opinion  of  this  committee.  That  the  election 
of  Benjamin  Harrison,  Esq.,  returned  a  member  for  the  county  of 
Surry,  is  legal." 

A  recorded  vote  was  called  and  those  voting  in  the  affirmative  were : 
Thomas  Parramore,  Joshua  Fry,  Samuel  Sherwin,  Zachariah  Johnston. 
Robert  Clarke,  Archibald  Stuart,  Thomas  Claiborne,  William  Ander- 
son, Hickerson  Barksdale,  John  Daniel,  Edmund  Read,  David  Patteson, 
Bernard  Markham,  Edward  Carrington,  Carter  Henry  Harrison,  French 
Strother,  Henry  Fry,  William  Watkins,  Charles  Sims,  David  Steward 
[Stewart],  George  Thompson,  Elias  Wills,  Thomas  Mann  Randolph, 
Isaac  Coles,  Isaac  Vanmiter  [Vanmeter],  Garland  Anderson,  John  Mayo, 
Jr.,  John  Rentfro,  Thomas  Moore,  William  Thornton,  James  Ball,  Jr., 
Richard  Bland  Lee,  William  White,  Thomas  Johnson,  Christopher 
Robertson,  Samuel  Garland,  Benjamin  Logan,  Lewis  Burwell,  Thomas 
Pettus,  John  Gordon,  David  Bradford,  James  Madison,  Charles  Porter, 
William  Harrison,  Benjamin  Lankford,  William  Ronald,  William  Mayo, 
Cuthbert  Bullitt,  George  Lee  Turberville,  John  Hopkins,  Gawin  Ham- 
ilton, Carter  Bassett  Harrison,  Wilson  Cary,  Richard  Lee,  Henry  Lee, 
Jr.,   Nathaniel  Nelson  and  James  Innes — 57. 

Those    in    the    negative :      John    Cropper,    Wilson    Nicholas,    Joseph 


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Eggleston,  Samuel  Jordan  Cabell,  Nicholas  Bowyer,  John  Trigg,  Thomas 
Edmunds  of  Brunswick,  John  Clarke,  Charles  Moil  Talbot,  Samuel 
Hawes,  Anthony  New,  Henry  Southall,  Joseph  Jones,  Worlick  West- 
wood,  William  Gatewood,  Meriwether  Smith,  Thomas  Helm,  Thomas 
Smith,  Thomas  Underwood,  John  Lucas,  Edmund  Wilkins,  Parke  Good- 
all,  Nathaniel  Wilkinson,  John  Dellaid,  William  Norvell,  William  Walker, 
William  Dudley,  Carter  Braxton,  Benjamin  Temple,  William  Curtis, 
William  Pettijohn,  David  Scott,  William  Armistead,  Willis  Wilson, 
Griffin  Stith,  John  Taylor,  Thomas  Ridley,  John  Whitaker  Willis,  John 
Clarke,  Richard  Bibb,  Edward  Bland,  Edmund  Ruffin,  Jr.,  Williamson 
Ball,  Andrew  Moore,  William  Garrard,  Thomas  Edmunds  of  Sussex, 
John  Howell  Briggs  and  Joseph  Prentis — 49. 

Benjamin  Harrison  soon  returned  to  Charles  City  and  was  a  delegate 
for  that  county  at  the  sessions  of  Oct.  1787,  June  1788,  Oct.  1788,  Oct. 
1789  and  Oct.  1790.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  next  House 
but  died  before  the  session  began.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the 
Virginia   Constitutional   Convention   of    1788. 

Hugh  Blair  Grisby  whose  sources  of  information  for  his  Virginia 
Convention  of  1788  were  not  only  published  histories  and  biographies 
but  the  personal  information  of  survivors  from  the  period  of  which 
he  wrote,  has  this  to  say  of  Benjamin  Harrison.  Patrick  Henry  (the 
leader  of  the  opposition  to  the  adoption  of  the  Federal  Constitution)  and 
the  existing  Virginia  Constitution  had  been  attacked  by  Federalist  mem- 
bers, especially  by  John  Marshall,  for  an  act  passed  in  1777  attainting 
and  outlawing  Joseph  Phillips,  a  negro  who  was  leader  of  a  band  of 
thieves  and  murderers. 

"As  soon  as  Marshall  had  resumed  his  seat,  and  while  the  members 
were  exchanging  opinions  respecting  the  relative  merits  of  the  two 
young  men  who  had  just  appeared  for  the  first  time  on  the  floor, 
there  arose  a  large  and  venerable  old  man,  elegantly  arrayed  in  a  suit 
of  blue  and  bufT,  a  long  queue  tied  with  a  black  ribbon  dangling  from 
his  full  locks  of  snow,  and  his  long,  black  boots  encroaching  on  his 
knees,  who  proceeded,  evidently  under  high  excitement,  to  address 
the  House. 

He  had  been  so  long  a  member  of  the  public  councils  that  even 
Wythe  and  Pendleton  could  not  easily  recall  the  time  when  he  had  not 
been  a  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses.  His  ancestors  had  landed  in 
the  Colony  before  the  first  House  of  Burgesses  had  assembled  in  the 
church  on  the  banks  of  the  James,  and  had  invoked  in  the  presence 
of  Governor  Yeardley  the  blessing  of  heaven  on  the  great  enterprise 
of  founding  an  Anglo-Saxon  colony  on  the  continent  of  America.  One 
of  his  ancestors  had  been  governor  of  Somer's  Islands,  when  those 
islands  were  a  part  of  Virginia,  [an  error]  Others  had  been  members 
and  presidents  of   the  Council  of   Virginia    from   the  beginning  of   the 


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From     the    portrait     in     Independence    Hal 
Philadelphia. 


GENEALOGY  303 

seventeenth  century  to  that  memorable  day  in  August,   1774,  when  the 
first    Virginia    Convention    met    in    Williamsburg,    and    appointed    the 
first  delegation  to  the  American  Congress.     Of  that  delegation,  whose 
names  are   familiar  to  our  school  boys,  and   will   be  more   familiar   to 
the  youth  of  future  generations,  this  venerable  man  had  been  a  member, 
had  hastened   to   Philadelphia,   and   had   declared   to   John   Adams    that, 
if  there  had  been  no  other  means  of  reaching  the  city,  he  would  have 
taken  up  his  bed  and  walked.     But  this  was  not  his   first  engagement 
in  the  public  service.     Educated  at  William  and   Mary,  when  that  in- 
stitution was  under  the  guardianship  of   Commissary  Blair,  he  entered 
at  an  early  age  the   House  of   Burgesses,   and   in   the   session  of    1764 
was  a  member  of   the  committee  which  drafted   the   memorials  to  the 
king,  the  lords,  and  the  commons  of  Great  Britain  against  the  passage 
of    the    Stamp    Act.     During   the    following   session    of    the    House    of 
Burgesses,  in  1765,  he  opposed  the  resolutions  of  Henry,  not  from  any 
want  of  a  cordial  appreciation  of  the  doctrines  asserted  by  them,  but 
on  the  ground  that  the  House  had  not  received  an  answer  to  the  me- 
morials which  he  had  assisted  in  drawing  the  year  before,  which  were 
daily  expected   to   arrive.     In   th   patriotic   associations   of    those   times 
his  name  was  always  among  the  first  on  the  roll.     He  was  a  member 
of   all   the    Conventions    until   the    inauguration   of    the   Commonwealth, 
and    in    the    first    House    of    Delegates    gave    a    hearty    co-operation    in 
accommodating  the  ancient  polity  of  the  Colony  to  the  requisitions  of 
a    republican    system.      But    his    most    arduous    services    were    rendered 
in  Congress,  and  as  a  representative  of  Virginia  in  that  body  he  signed 
the  Declaration  of  American  Independence.     While  in  Congress  he  had 
presided    on    the    most    important    committee^,    especially    on    those    re- 
lating to  military  affairs,  and  on  the  Committee  of   the  Whole  during 
the   animated    discussions    on    the    formation    of    the    Articles    of    Con- 
federation,  and   had   been   repeatedly   deputed   by    Congress    on    various 
missions   at    critical   periods   to   the   army  and   to   the    States.     On   his 
return  home  he  had  been  regularly  a  member  of   the   House   of   Dele- 
gates,  of   which   he   was   almost   invariably   the   Speaker   while   he   had 
a  seat  in  the  Assembly.     He  was  in  the  chair  of  the  House  when,  in 
1777,   the   bill   attainting    Phillips   had   been    passed,   and   he   knew   that 
the  bill  had  been  drawn  by  Jefferson,  his  old  colleague  in  the  House 
of   Burgesses,  in  the  Conventions,  and  in  Congress,  in  whose  judgment 
and   patriotism  he  had   unlimited   confidence.     He   remembered   what   a 
dark   cloud    was    resting    on   his    country    when    the    miscreant    Phillips 
with  his  band  was  plundering  and  murdering  the  wives  and  daughters 
of    the    patriotic    citizens    of    Norfolk    and    Princess    Anne,    who    were 
engaged  elsewhere  in  defending  the  Commonwealth,  attacking  them  in 
the   dead   of    night,   burning   their   habitations,    perpetrating    vilest    out- 
rages, and  then  retreating  at  daybreak  into  the  recesses  of  the  swamp; 


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and  tliat  all  the  Assembly  had  done  under  such  provocation  was  to 
provide  that,  if  the  wretch  did  not  appear  within  a  certain  time  and 
be  tried  by  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth  for  the  crimes  with  which 
he  was  charged,  he  should  be  deemed  an  outlaw ;  and  he  felt  indignant 
that  such  a  patriotic  measure,  designed  to  protect  the  lives  and  prop- 
erty of  the  people,  should  be  wrested  from  its  true  meaning  by  the 
quibbles  of  attorneys,  and  receive  such  severe  condemnation.  Before 
he  took  his  seat  he  declared  his  opposition  to  the  Constitution,  little 
dreaming  that  the  half-grown  boy  whom  he  had  left  at  Berkeley  blazing 
away  at  cat-birds  in  the  cherry  trees,  or  angling  from  a  canoe  for 
perch  in  the  river  that  flowed  by  his  farm,  would  one  day  wield  the 
powers  of   that  executive  which   he  now   pronounced   so  kingly. 

When  Benjamin  Harrison  had  pronounced  the  accusation  of  the 
General  Assembly  in  respect  to  Josiah  Phillips,  unjust,  he  declared 
that  it  had  been  uniformly  lenient  and  moderate  in  its  measures,  and 
that,  as  the  debates  would  probably  be  published,  he  thought  it  very 
unwarrantable  in  gentlemen  to  utter  expressions  here  which  might  in- 
duce the  world  at  large  to  believe  that  the  Assembly  of  Virginia  had 
perpetrated  murder.  He  reviewed  in  a  succinct  manner  the  proposed 
plan  of  government,  declared  that  it  would  infringe  the  rights  and 
liberties  of  the  people ;  that  he  was  amazed  that  facts  should  be  so 
distorted  with  a  view  of  effecting  the  adoption  of  the  Constitution, 
and  that  he  trusted  they  would  not  ratify  it  as  it  then  stood.  This 
aged  patriot  did  not  engage  in  debate  during  the  subsequent  proceed- 
ings of  the  Convention.  He  felt  that  his  time  of  departure  was  near, 
and  in  less  than  three  years  after  the  adjournment  of  the  Convention, 
at  Berkeley  his  patrimonial  seat  on  the  James,  he  was  gathered  to  his 
fathers." 

(To  be  continued) 


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HISTORY  AND  BIOGRAPHY 


Vol.  XXXII.  October,  1924  No.  4 


WITH  BRADDOCK'S  ARMY 


Mrs.  Browne's  Diary  in  Virgini.a  and  Maryland 


Contributed  and   Edited   by   Fairfax    Harrison 


[The  Library  of  Congress  has  recently  acquired  a  photographic  re- 
production of  a  MS.  belonging  to  S.  A.  Courtauld,  Esq.,  of  the  Howe, 
Halstead,  co.  Essex,  entitled  Journal  of  a  Voyage  from  London  to  Vir- 
ginia, 1754.  This  diary  extends  from  November  17,  1754,  to  January 
19,  i'757,  and  rehearses  the  experiences  of  an  English  lady  who  ac- 
companied her  brother,  a  commissary  officer  attached  to  Braddock's 
expeditionary  force,  from  London  to  Fort  Cumberland.  A  few  days 
after  the  disaster  on  the  Monongahela,  her  brother  died  of  the  bloody 
flux,  then  epidemic  in  the  army.  Barely  escaping  the  same  fate  her- 
self, the  diarist  then  followed  in  the  wake  of  the  retreating  Dunbar 
and  made  a  painful  way  from  Will's  Creek  to  Fredericktown  and 
Philadelphia,  and  ultimately  to  Lord  Loudoun's  garrison  at  Albany. 
There  the  narrative  ends  abruptly. 

The  only  clews  to  the  author  on  the  face  of  the  MS.  are  casual 
references  to  herself,  once  as  "Madam  Browne,"  and  several  times  as 
a  widow,  with  children  left  at  home  in  England.  Mr.  Courtauld  sup- 
plements them,  however,  with  testimony  that  "she  was  a  genuine  per- 
son, really  existed.  There  are  records  at  the  Admiralty  giving  names 
of  herself  and  of  others  mentioned  by  her."  This  confidence  is  fully 
borne  out   by  the  colonial   local   colour. 

The  documentary  value  of  the  MS.  is  only  incidental:  it  lies  in  its 
fleeting  glimpses  of  contemporary  life  in  the  colonies  both  on  the 
frontier  and  in  the  towns.  But  on  the  human  side,  Mrs.  Browne 
maintained  such  a  resolute  cheerfulness  through  a  succession  of  poignant 
emotions  and  physical  hardships  as,  it  would  seem,  entitles  her  diary 
to  a  place  beside  the  memoirs  of  those  other  charming  women  travellers 


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in    eighteenth    century    America,    Mrs.    Grant    of    Laggan,    Miss    Schaw 
and  Mme.  de  Riedesel. 

What  here  follows  arc  the  notes  relating  to  Virginia  and  Maryland.] 

March  the  io. 

At  4  in  the  Afternoon  made  Cape  Henry,  a  fair  Windy 
[day].  At  7  cast  Anchor  in  Hanipton  Road.  All  in  great 
Spirits.  4  Officers  came  on  Board.  Drank  out  15  bottles  of 
Port,  all  in  the  Cabbin  drunk  (but  Mr.  Cherrington")  to  be 
free  of  Hampton. 

March  the  ii. 

The  Captain  went  on  board  the  Commodore,"  and  received 
his  Orders  to  sail  up  the  River  Potomack  in  28  Hours.  My 
Brother  and  self  went  on  shore  to  Hampton  in  the  Pilots 
Boat.  Gave  7s.  6d.  for  rowing  2  Miles.  Went  to  the  Kings 
Anns  and  breakfasted.  Walk'd  till  Dinner.  A  very  agree- 
able Place,  and  all  the  Houses  extreemly  neat.  Had  for  Din- 
ner a  Ham  &  Turkey,  a  Breast  of  Veal  &  Oysters,  to  drink 
Madeira  Wine,  Punch  and  Cyder.  Stay'd  till  4  in  the  After- 
noon and  then  went  on  Board 

March  the  22. 

Went  on  Shore  to  Bellhaven  with  Mr.  Bass.  Extremely 
hot,  but  as  Agreeable  a  Place  as  could  be  expected,  it  being 
inhabited  but  4  years.  Went  with  Mr.  Lake  to  every  House 
in  the  Place  to  get  a  Lodging,  and  at  last  was  Obliged  to  take 
a  Room  but  little  larger  than  to  hold  my  Bed,  and  not  so 
much  as  a  Chair  in  it.     Went  on  Board  at  Night. 

March  the  23. 

Sunday.  Was  hurried  on  Shore  with  all  my  Baggage  to 
my  Lodging.     My  Brother  took  one  the  next  Door.     I  now 

*  Messrs.  Cherrington,  Bass,  Lake,  Napper,  Falkner,  Anderson,  and 
others  who  appear  from  time  to  time  in  the  diary,  were  all  subalterns 
of  the  British  regiments  in  Braddock's  command.  Several  of  them  are 
mentioned  in  the  General's  orderly  book  (Lowdennilk,  Cumberland, 
Appendix) . 

-'Capt.  Augustus  Keppel,  R.  N.  (1725-1786),  who  then  flew  a  broad 
pennant  from  the  Nonvich.  in  command  of  the  North  American  station. 


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think  myself  very  happy  that  I  am  at  Liberty  once  more, 
having  been  a  Prisoner  in  that  wooden  World  call'd  the 
London  4  Months  and  4  Days.  I  have  sail'd  since  I  left 
England  3  Thousand  Leagues. 

March  the  26. 

My  l>rother  went  to  his  Lodgings  at  a  dutchmans.  5  of 
the  Doctors  being  at  a  Loss  where  to  go.  came  to  board  with 
us,  staid  3  Weeks  and  then  were  order'd  to  Will's  Creek. 

Aprh.  the  22. 

All  the  Troops  march'd  to  Will's  Creek.  Left  behind  i 
Officer  and  40  Men,  my  Brother  and  self  in  care  of  the  Sick, 
having  50  ill. 

April  the  29. 

Words  cannot  express  my  Joy ;  received  a  Letter  from 
England  being  the  first  since  I  left  them,  my  dear  Children, 
and  all  were  well.  It  was  dated  the  4  of  February.  My  Mind 
much  more  at  ease. 

May  the  3. 

Major  Carlile's  Lady^  came  to  see  me,  but  I  was  at  a  loss 
to  seat  her  not  having  a  Chair  in  the  House.  She  sent 
home  for  3. 

May  the  4. 

This  Day  was  oblig'd  to  quit  our  grand  Parlour,  the  Man 
of  the  Ilouse  being  at  a  loss  for  a  Room  for  the  Soldiers 
to  drink  Cyder  and  dance  jiggs  in. 

May  the  5. 

Removed  into  our  first  Floor.  It  consisted  of  a  Bed  cham- 
ber and  Dining  Room,  not  over  large.  The  Furniture  was 
3  Chairs,  a  Table,  a  Case  to  hold  Liquor  and  a  Tea  Chest. 

^  Sarah  (1729-1761),  dau.  of  William  Fairfax  of  Belvoir,  and  wife 
of  John  Carlyle,  merchant  of  Alexandria,  then  serving  as  commissary 
of  the  Virginia  forces.  His  house  (a  landmark  still  standing),  was 
Braddock's  headquarters  while  in  Alexandria. 


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May  the  6. 

This  Unhappy  Day  2  Years  depriv'd  me  of  my  dear  Hus- 
liand,  and  ever  since  to  this  Day  my  Life  has  been  one 
continual  Scene  of  Anxiety  and  Care. 

May  the  21. 

Extremely  hot.  Discharged  my  servant  Betty,  having  found 
of  mine  in  her  box,  a  pair  of  ruffles,  a  pair  of  stockings  and 
an  Apron. 

May  the  21   [sic.]. 

Mr.  Wood  gave  my  Brother  and  self  an  Invitation  to  go  to 
see  his  Daughter.  It  was  4  Miles  up  the  River.*  Set  of  at 
4  and  came  to  her  House  at  6  but  to  great  Disappointment 
she  was  out ;  but  her  Mother  receiv'd  us  with  a  friendly 
wellcome.  We  stay'd  till  8  and  then  w^ith  great  difficulty  got 
into  our  Boat,  it  being  a  Shore ;  and  when  we  had  got  half 
way  home  our  Cockswain  run  us  a  ground,  and  we  were 
some  Hours  before  we  could  get  clear.  At  1 1  we  got  home, 
but   I  was  much   fatigued   with  my   journey. 

May  the  24. 

5  Waggons  came  in,  we  wait  for  4  more.  Mr.  Napper  sent 
us  2  Markeys.     Very  busy  in  getting  ready  to  march. 

May  the  25. 

Most  of  this  Day  spent  in  making  a  Tilt  for  my  AX'aggon 
which  is  to  be  my  Bed  Chamber  on  my  March  to  Wills's 
Creek. 

May  the  26. 

My  new  Servant  came.  Sent  a  Letter  to  England  by  the 
Man  of  War,  Capt.  Deggs,  bound   for   Hampton. 

*"Mr.  Wood"  was  undoubtedly  James  Wood,  the  clerk  of  Frederick 
and  founder  of  Winchester,  who  in  1754  and  1755  served  as  assistant 
commissary  of  the  Virginia  forces  under  John  Carlyle,  and  was  much 
in  Alexandria  on  that  duty  {Dinividdic  Papers,  i.  271;  Letters  to 
Washington,  8,  18).  Although  the  account  of  his  family  by  Cartmel 
clears  up  many  of  the  confusions  in  Hayden,  neither  gives  the  clew 
to  the  married  daughter  who  was  living  in  1755  on  Four  Mile  Run, 
among  the   Alexanders,   Chapmans   and   Pearsons. 


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WITH  BRADDOCK's  ARMY  309 

May  the  27. 

Went  with  Capt.  Johnson's  Lady"*  to  Mr.  Roshar's  in  Mary- 
land." We  were  receiv'd  with  great  PoHteness.  The  neatest 
House  I  have  seen  since  I  left  England,  and  furnish'd  in 
Taste.    We  stay'd  till  Night. 

May  the  28. 

iCapt.  West's  Lady'  came  to  see  me,  and  found  me  very 
busy  packing  up.  Spent  the  Evening  at  Capt.  Johnson's, 
much  intreated  to  stay  all  Night,  but  did  not. 

May  the  29. 

Received  a  Card  from  IMrs.  Salkeldat,*  with  her  Comp'ts 
and  desired  my  Company  to  her  Husband  Funeral  at  2. 
He  had  been  dead  a  Month.  It  is  the  Custom  of  this  Place 
to  bury  their   Relations   in  their   Gardens. 

JMay  the  30. 

Extreem  hot.  Very  busy  making  Bread  and  Ginger  Bread 
and  boiling  Hams  for  our  March.  Had  Company  to  dine 
with  us  in  our  Anti  Chamber  which  is  as  hot  as  a  Bagnio. 
We  are  to  march  on  Sunday  for  Will's  Creek  if  Mr.  Falkner 
our  commanding  Offtcer  does  not  get  lit  in  his  upper  Rooms 
and  forget  it. 

^  Sarah,  daughter  of  Dennis  McCarty  of  Fairfax,  and  wife  of 
George  Johnston,  the  Alexandria  lawyer  who,  ten  years  later,  drew 
and  seconded  the  fiery  resolutions  against  the  Stamp  Act  which  Pat- 
rick Henry  introduced    (Hayden,   p.   87). 

*  Dr.  J.  Hall  Pleasants  of  Baltimore  identifies  "Mr.  Roshar"  as 
Henry  Rozer  (or  Rosier)  of  "Notley  Hall,"  Prince  Georges  County, 
Maryland.  This  house  stood  on  the  Potomac  about  eight  miles  from 
the  mouth  of  Piscataway  Creek,  and  so  nearly  opposite  Alexandria. 
Another  Rozer  manor  in  the  vicinity  was  "Duddington,"  lying  above 
the  Eastern  Branch  and  so  included  in  the  future  site  of  Washington 
City;  which  under  Notley  Rozer's  will  was  inherited  by  his  daughter 
Ann,  sister  of  Henry,  and  through  her  marriage  passed  into  the 
Carroll   family. 

'  Margaret,  daughter  of  Simon  Pearson  and  widow  of  William 
Henry  Terrett  of  Alexandria,  who  had  recently  made  a  second  marriage 
with  her  cousin,  John  West,  then  a  burgess   for   Fairfax. 

*  "Henry  Saleald"  is  recorded  as  the  purchaser  in  1749  of  lots  in 
Alexandria  on  the  organization  of   the  town. 


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310  virginia  historical  magazine 

May  the  31. 

Spent  this  Day  in  packing  up  and  loading  my  Waggon 
and  fixing  my  Tilt.  Sup'd  at  Capt.  Johnsons  and  lay'd  at 
Mr.  Moxly's,*  but  had  no  sleep  not  having  lay'd  on  a  Bed 
since  I  left  England. 

June  the  i. 

At  4  in  the  Morning  I  was  call'd  upon  by  Mrs.  Johnson 
who  came  to  take  her  leave  of  me,  and  at  8  we  March'd  for 
\Vills's  Creek  with  one  Officer,  my  Brother,  self  and  Servant, 
2  Nurses,  2  Cooks  and  40  Men  to  guard  us,  12  Waggons  with 
the  sick.  Lame,  and  Blind,  my  Waggon  in  the  Rear.  My 
Equipage,  3  Horses  and  a  Mare,  good  in  Spirit  but  poor  in 
Flesh;  which  I  mention'd  to  Mr.  Gore  (my  Coachman^"), 
who  told  me  that  if  they  were  right  fat  they  would  faint 
by  the  Way.  My  Brother  came  padding  on  his  H'orse  in 
the  Rear,  but  as  my  Friend  Gore  observ'd  there  was  no  fear 
of  his  fainting  by  the  Way  being  very  poor  in  Flesh.  We 
had  march'd  3  Miles  when  my  Coachman  was  for  taking  a 
better  Road,  but  the  Sentrys  forbid  it ;"  but  he  said  it  was 
very  hard  if   the  other   \^^aggons   drove   to   the   Old   Boy   he 

"  Although  George  Johnston  had  a  house  in  Alexandria,  the  context 
seems  to  indicate  an  excursion  to  his  country  seat,  "Belvale,"  near 
Parson  Charles  Green's  glebe,  on  the  "back  road"  below  Alexandria. 
"Mr.  K?toxly's"  was  certainly  an  ordinary.  As  Richard  Moxley  was 
paid  a  claim  in  1756  for  supplies  furnished  by  ordinary  keepers  to 
soldiers  (Hening,  vii,  22),  it  seems  likely  that  he  was  then  keeping 
the  ordinary  at  Cameron  which  Dalrymple  had  laid  down  on  the  Fry 
and  Jefferson  map.  This  house  would  be  on  the  way  between  Alex- 
andria  and    George    Johnston's    "Belvale." 

'"  As  appears  later,  Gore  was  a  Quaker,  of  which  faith  were  many 
of  the  earliest  settlers  on  the  upper  Potomac,  on  either  side  of  the 
Blue  Ridge.  Mrs.  Browne  uniformly  identifies  those  of  them  at  whose 
houses  she  stopped,  by  the  appellation  "my  Friend,"  e.  g.,  Thompson, 
Laidler,   Bellinger,   Rogers. 

^^  The  roads  from  Alexandria  to  the  Valley:  In  1755  there  were  two 
available  roads  leading  from  Alexandria  across  the  Blue  Ridge,  both 
of  which  were  laid  down  by  Capt.  Dalrymple  on  the  edition  of  the 
Fry  and  Jefferson  map  published  at  the  beginning  of  that  year.  Fork- 
ing at  the  head  of  Hunting  Creek  at  the  place  called  Cameron,  they 
were,  viz:  (a)  the  pioneer  avenue  of  immigration  up  the  Potomac, 
known  as  the  eastern  ridge  road  leading,  via  Falls  Church  and  Water- 
ford,  to  Key's  (later  Vestal's)  gap.  This  was  the  route  by  which 
Sir  Peter  Halket  had  marched  his  regiment  a  few  weeks  ahead  of 
Mrs.   Browne.     The   orders    for   Halket,   set   out   in   Braddock's   orderly 


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WITH  BRADDOCK's  ARMY  31  I 

must  follow  them.  We  halted  at  3  and  din'd  on  a  Piece  of 
salt  Pork  and  Water  to  Drink.  At  6  we  came  to  the  old 
Court  House  17  Miles  from  Bellhaven.''  Laid  in  a  Room 
with  but  3  Beds  in  it. 

June  the  2. 

At  Break  of  Day  the  Drum  beat.  I  was  extreemly  sleepy 
but  got  up,  and  as  soon  as  our  Officer  had  eat  6  Eggs  and 
drank  a  dram  or  two  and  some  Punch  we  march'd  ;  but,  my 
Waggon  being  in  the  Rear  the  Day  before,  my  Coachman  in- 
sisted that  it  was  not  right  that  ISIadam  Browne  should  be 
behind,  and  if  they  did  not  give  way  they  should  feel  the 
soft  end  of  his  Whip.  He  gain'd  his  Point  and  got  in  Front. 
The  Roads  are  so  Bad  that  I  am  almost  disjointed.  At  12 
we  halted  at  Mr.  Colemans,"  pitch'd  our  Markeys  and  dined 
on  Salt  Ganmion,  nothing  better  to  be  had. 

June  the  3. 

At  3  in  the  Morning  was  awak'd  by  the  Drum,  but  was  so 


book  (Lowdermilk,  Cumberland,  Appendix,  p.  xxiii)  give  the  stations 
mentioned  by  Mrs.  Browne,  as  "the  old  Court  House,  Mr.  Coleman's 
on  Sugarland  Run,  Mr.  Miner's,  Mr.  Thompson's  the  Quaker,  Mr. 
Key's,  the  Ferry  of  Shan"."  (b)  the  road  up  the  Back  Lick  of 
Hunting  Creek  and  across  the  branches  of  Accotink  and  Pohick,  via 
Rocky  Run  church  (now  Centreville)  and  William  West's  ordinary 
at  the  head  of  Bull  Run,  to  Williams'  (later  Snicker's)  gap.  This 
was  the  "better  road"  which  Mrs.  Browne's  driver  wanted  to  take. 
It  had  been  opened  up  as  a  through  route  only  in  1754.  but  it  was 
expected  that  Braddock  would  himself  follow  it  to  Winchester.  Sir 
John  Sinclair,  the  quartermaster,  vetoed  that  proposal,  however,  to 
the  surprise  of  all  Virginia.  Washington  conjectured  that  "those  who 
promoted  [the  route  through  Maryland,  over  which  Braddock  lead 
Dunbar's  regiment]  had  rather  that  the  communication  should  be  opened 
that  way  than  through  Virginia."  Although  superseded  as  a  through 
route  by  the  Little  River  turnpike  at  the  end  of  the  century,  this 
road  has  remained  a  local  highway.  On  the  principle  of  luciis  a  non 
hiccndo  it  has  been  known  in  the  Fairfax  County  tradition,  even  since 
1755,  as  the  "Braddock   Road." 

"^The  first  Fairfax  Court  House,  at  what  is  now  known  as  Freedom 
Hill  in  the  branches  of  Difficult.  It  had  been  established  in  1742  on 
William  Fairfax's  "Springfield  tract,"  and  was  abandoned  in  1752 
when  a  new  court  house  was  built  in  Alexandria. 

"  Richard  Coleman's  ordinary  on  Sugarland  Run,  where  Washington 
usually  spent  the  night  on  his  journeys  between  Mount  Vernon  and 
the  Valley,  as  appears  from  his  diary.  Coleman  was  included  in  the 
first  commission  of  Loudoun,   1758. 


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312  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

Stiff  that  I  was  at  a  loss  to  tell  whether  I  had  any  Limbs. 
I  breakfasted  in  my  Waggon  and  then  set  of  in  front;  at 
which  all  the  rest  were  very  much  inrag'd,  but  to  no  Pur- 
pose for  my  Coachman  told  them  that  he  had  but  one  Officer 
to  Obey  and  she  was  in  his  Waggon,  and  it  was  not  right 
that  she  should  be  blinded  with  Dust.  My  Brother  the  Day 
before  left  his  Cloak  behind,  so  sent  his  Man  back  for  it 
on  his  Horse,  and  march'd  on  Foot.  On  the  Road  met  with 
Mr.  Adams  a  Parson,"  who  left  his  Horse  &  padded  with 
them  on  foot.  We  halted  at  Mr.  Minors.'"  We  order'd  some 
Fowls  for  Dinner  but  not  one  to  be  had,  so  was  obliged  to 
set  down  to  our  old  Dish  Gammon  &  Greens.  The  Officer 
and  the  Parson  replenish'd  their  Bowl  so  often  that  they 
began  to  be  very  joyous,  untill  their  Servant  told  them  that 
their  Horses  were  lost ;  at  which  the  Parson  was  much  in- 
rag'd and  pop'd  out  an  Oath,  but  Mr.  Falkner  said  "Never 
mind  your  Horse,  Doctor,  but  have  you  a  Sermon  ready  for 
next  Sunday?"  I  being  the  Doctors  country  woman  he  made 
me  many  Compts.  and  told  me  he  should  be  very  happy  if  he 
could  be  better  acquainted  with  me,  but  hop'd  when  I  came 
that  way  again  I  would  do  him  the  Honour  to  spend  some 
Time  at  his  House.  I  chatted  till  1 1  and  then  took  my  leave 
and  left  them  a  full   Bowl  before  them. 

June  the  4. 

At  break  of  Day  my  Coachman  came  and  tap'd  at  my 
Chamber  Door  and  said  Madam  all  is  ready  and  it  is  right 
early.  I  went  to  my  Waggon  and  we  moved  on.  Left  I\Ir. 
Falkner  behind  in  Pursuit  of  his  Horse.  March'd  14  Miles 
and  halted  at  an  old  sage  Quaker's  with  silver  Locks."     His 

"  As  no  parson  named  Adams  is  listed  for  Virginia  by  Fothergill, 
it  seems  probable  that  this  was  a  misnomer  for  John  Andrews,  who, 
ill  1755.  was  the  parson  of  Cameron  parish,  including  all  of  what  was 
then  the  upper  end  of   Fairfax   County. 

'^  Nicholas  Minor's  ordinary  on  his  plantation,  which  became  the 
site  of   Leesburg    (Hening,   vii,   235). 

^"  "Edward  Thompson,  the  Quaker"  appears  in  Washington's  ex- 
pense account  of  his  march  over  this  road  in  1754.  Thompson  re- 
sided on  the  site  of  the  future  town  of  Hillsborough,  and  has  left  many 
respectable  descendants  in  that  part  of   Loudoun. 


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WITH  BRADDOCK's  ARMY  3^3 

Wife  on  my  coming  in  accosted  me  in  the  following  manner: 
"Welcome  Friend  set  down,  thou  seem's  full  Bulky  to  travel, 
but  thou  art  young  and  that  will  enable  thee.  We  were  once 
so  ourselves  but  we  have  been  married  44  Years  &  may  say 
we  have  lived  to  see  the  Days  that  we  have  no  Pleasure  there- 
in." We  had  recourse  to  our  old  Dish  Gammon,  nothing  else 
to  be  had  ;  but  they  said  they  had  some  Liquor  they  call'd 
Whisky  which  was  made  of  Peaches.  My  Friend  Thompson 
being  a  Preacher,  when  the  soldiers  came  in  as  the  Spirit 
mov'd  him,  held  forth  to  them  and  told  them  the  great  Virtue 
of  Temperance.  They  all  stared  at  him  like  Pigs  but  had 
not  a  Word  to  say  in  their  justification. 

June  the  5. 

My  Lodgings  not  being  very  clean,  I  had  so  many  close 
Companions  call'd  Ticks  that  deprived  me  of  my  Nights  Rest, 
but  I  indulg'd  till  7.  We  halted  this  Day,  all  the  Nurses 
Baking  Bread  and  Boiling  Beef  for  the  March  to  Morrow. 
A  fine  Regale  2  Chicken  with  iMilk  and  Water  to  Drink, 
which  my  friend  Thompson  said  was  fine  temperate  Liquor. 
Several  things  lost  out  of  my  Waggon,  amongst  the  rest  they 
took  2  of  my  Hams,  which  my  Coachman  said  was  an  abom- 
ination to  him,  and  if  he  could  find  out  who  took  them  he 
would  make  them  remember  taking  the  next. 

June  the  6. 

Took  my  leave  of  my  Friend  Thompson,  who  bid  me 
farewell.  A  great  Gust  of  Thunder  and  Lightning  and  Rain, 
so  that  we  were  almost  drown'd.  Extreem  bad  Roads.  We 
pass'd  over  the  Blue  Ridge  which  was  one  continual  mountain 
for  3  Miles.  Forg'd  through  2  Rivers.''  At  7  we  halted  at 
Mr.  Keys,  a  fine  Plantation.'^     Had   for  Dinner  2  Chickens. 

"The  "two  rivers"  were  Catoctin  Creek,  on  the  east,  and  Shenan- 
doah, on  the  west,  of   Key's  gap,  where  they  crossed  the   Bl^e   Ridge. 

'"Gersham  Key  Hved  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Shenandoah,  above  the 
Blue  Ridge  gap  which  was  then  (as  it  is  now)  generally  called  for 
him.  He  is  named  in  the  act  of  1748  (Hening,  vi,  18)  establishing  the 
lower  Shenandoah  ferry;  but  at  the  time  of  Mrs.  Browne's  journey  that 
ferry  was  kept  (as  appears  from  Washington's  expense  accounts) 
by  John  Vestal,  who  lived  on  the  east  bank  of   the   river,  a  tenant  of 


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314  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

The  Soldiers  desired  my  Brother  to  advance  them  some  Whisky 
for  they  told  him  he  had  better  kill  them  at  once  than  to  let 
them  dye  by  Inches,  for  without  they  could  not  live.  He 
complied  with  their  Request  and  it  soon  began  to  operate ; 
they  all  went  to  dancing  and  bid  defiance  to  the  French.  My 
Friend  Gore  began  to  shake  a  Leg,  I  ask'd  him  if  it  was 
consistent  as  a  Member  of  his  Society  to  dance  ;  he  told  me 
that  he  was  not  at  all  united  with  them,  and  that  there  were 
some  of  his  P'eople  who  call'd  themselves  Quakers  and  stood 
up  for  their  Church  but  had  no  more  Religion  in  them  than 
his  Mare.     I  then  told  him  I  should  set  him  down  as  a  Ranter, 

June  the  7. 

Having  no  Room  to  lodge  in  I  lay'd  in  the  Chimney,  so 
wanted  no  calling  in  the  Morning  having  no  sleep  all  Night. 
At  4  we  began  to  march.  Left  Mr.  Falkner  behind,  who 
did  not  choose  to  March  with  an  empty  Stomach.  Great 
Gusts  of  Rain,  My  Waggon  and  every  thing  in  it  wet,  and 
all  the  Sick  allmost  drown'd.  At  4  we  halted  at  my  Friend 
Laidlers  who  bid  me  wellcome,  but  had  no  Whisky  which 
was  the  Soldier's  first  Enquiry ;  for  they  were  still  in  the 
Opinion  that  they  could  not  live  without  it.  We  now  live 
high,  had  for  Dinner  a  Qr.  of  Lamb  and  a  Pye,  to  drink 
my  Friend  Thomson's  temperate  Liquor  Spring  Water.  I 
spent  the  Evening  very  agreeable;  Mr.  Falkner  favour'd  me 
with  several  Tunes  on  his  Flute.  Chatted  till  10  and  then 
retired. 

June  the  8. 

I  slept  but  poorly,  laying  on  a  deal  Feather  Bed.  Having 
had  no  sleep  for  2  Nights  did  not  hear  the  Drum.  We  march'd 
at  4.  At  9  we  halted  at  my  Friend  Bellingers  who  bid  me 
wellcome.  My  Brother  set  of  for  Winchester,  8  m.  ofif,  but 
Mr.  Falkner  said  he  would  do  himself  the  Pleasure  of  stay- 


William  Fairfax.  As  Dalrymple  uniformly  called  the  Blue  Ridge 
gaps  by  the  names  of  the  keepers  of  the  Shenandoah  ferries  below 
them,  he  designated  the  one  here  in  question  "Vestals"  and  that  name 
is  found  applied  to  Key's  gap  on  all  the  maps  of  the  Fry  and  Jefferson 
tradition,   though  now   obsolete. 


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WITH  BRADDOCK's  ARMY  315 

ing  with  me.  We  spent  the  Day  very  agreeably ;  had  for 
Dinner  some  Veal  and  Greens,  to  drink  french  Wine,  and 
for  Supper   Milk  Punch. 

June  the  9. 

Lay'd  on  some  Planks.  Halted  all  this  Day,  the  Nurses 
busy  baking  Bread  and  boiling  Beef  and  Washing.  Mr. 
Falkner  went  a  shooting,  return'd  and  brought  me  some  Squir- 
rills.  Dress'd  them  for  Dinner.  My  Brother  return'd  from 
Winchester,  there  came  with  him  Mr.  Savage  an  Ofificer'* 
and  thirteen  Recruits,  and  a  Waggon  with  a  Nurse  and  four 
sick  Men,  one  at  the  Point  of  Death. 

June  the   10. 

Up  before  the  Sun  and  march'd  till  12.  Extreem  hot 
and  very  bad  Road,  I  was  obliged  to  walk.  We  halted  at 
7  at  my  Friend  Rogers  who  had  nothing  for  us  to  eat.  Mr. 
Falkner  and  Mr.  Savage  went  a  Shooting  and  brought  me 
some  Pidgeons ;  had  them  for  Supper  which  made  us  a  fine 
Regale,  to  drink  Milk  and  Water.  At  10  I  went  to  bed  in  my 
Waggon,  but  lay'd  extreemly  cold.  Mr.  Falkner  order 'd  a 
Centinel  to  be  at  my  Waggon  all  Night  so  that  no  one  should 
molest  me. 

June  the  ii. 

The  Drum  beat  and  awaked  me  but  I  was  at  a  loss  for 
some  time  to  tell  where  I  was.  My  Coachman  put  the  Horses 
to  the  Waggon  and  march'd  on  and  desir'd  me  not  to  disturb 
myself.  The  Roads  were  so  bad  that  the  poor  Horses  were 
not  able  to  keep  on  their  Legs,  which  I  observ'd  to  my  Coach- 
man who  said  they  were  right  tough  and  good,  and  that  every 
one  was  not  to  be  taken  by  their  Looks,  and  as  to  Black  & 
Brown  they  were  as  good  as  ever  stretch'd  a  Chain.  We 
left  one  of  the  Nurses  and  a  sick  man  behind,  he  not  being 
able  to  march  any  further.     2  of  the  Waggons  broke  down, 

"  John  Savage  of  Prince  William  was  one  of  the  officers  of  the 
Virginia  regiment  to  receive  the  thanks  of  the  House  of  Burgesses 
for  gallantry  at  Fort  Necessity,  under  the  resolution  of  August  30, 
1754   (Journals  H.  B.,  1752-58,  p.   198). 


01  w 


■/■   I  .;l>   <n   i,'>n   'jfi: 


.(    Ion   '^ri 


9UJ  iiislorri 


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3i6  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

halted  till  they  were  mended.  I  walked  till  my  [feet]  were 
blister'd.  We  came  to  a  Place  call'd  Spring  Mountain  and 
there  we  encamped.  We  drank  Tea  and  supt  on  the  Stump 
of  an  old  tree.  We  had  nothing  to  eat  but  salt  Pork,  to 
drink  humble  Grog.  We  chatted  till  ii  and  were  very  merry 
and  then  retired  to  our  respective  Waggons. 

June  the  12. 

At  2  in  the  Morning  the  Drum  beat,  but  I  could  have  wish'd 
it  to  have  stay'd  a  few  Hours  longer,  being  very  sleepy.  We 
marched  but  there  is  no  describing  the  badness  of  the  Roads. 
I  walked  as  far  as  I  was  Able.  The  poor  Horses  no  longer 
regard  the  Smack  of  the  Whip  or  beat  of  the  Drum,  and 
as  to  Black  she  could  go  no  further.  2  of  the  Waggons  broke 
down.  At  10  we  came  to  the  River"  and  waited  6  Hours 
before  we  could  ferry  over.  At  8  at  Night  we  halted  at  a 
Rattlesnake  Colonels  nam'd  Crisop.''  Had  for  supper  some 
Lamb,  to  drink  some  very  bad  Wine,  which  was  but  5s.  a 
Quart !     I  could  get  no  bed  so  went  to  my  Waggon. 

June  the  13. 

At  3  we  march'd  but  I  was  so  ill  I  could  not  hold  up  my 
Head.  3  of  the  Waggons  broke  down  at  4  in  the  After 
Noon.  Mr.  Bass  came  to  meet  us  and  gave  me  some  Letters 
from  England.  At  6  we  came  to  Fort  Cumberland,  the  most 
desolate  Place  I  ever  saw.  Went  to  Mr.  Cherrington  who 
receiv'd  me  kindly,  drank  Tea  and  then  went  to  the  Governor 
to  apply  for  Quarters.  I  was  put  into  a  Hole  that  I  could 
see  day  light  through  every  Log,  and  a  port  Hole  for  a 
Window;  which  was  as  good  a  Room  as  any  in  the  Fort. 

'■■'"  The  Potomac,  below  the  mouth  of  the  South  Branch,  as  appears 
from  the  Fry  and  Jefferson  map.  Thence  they  marched  to  Will's 
Creek  on  the  Maryland   shore. 

-'  This  racy  description  of  the  Maryland  frontiersman,  Thomas  Cre- 
sap,  gives  colour  to  the  later  exploits  of  his  son,  Michael,  which 
Jefferson  featured  in  his  Notes  on  Virginia.  "Col.  Cresap's"  house  on 
the  upper  Potomac  was  indicated  by  Dalrymple  on  the  Fry  and  Jeffer- 
son map. 


\o 


.H    aifT   4Kl){ 


I.' 


WITH  BRADDOCK's  ARMY  3^7 

June  the  14. 

I  was  taken  very  ill  with  a  Fever  and  other  Disorders 
which  continued  10  Days  and  was  not  able  to  get  out  of  my 
Bed.^ 

July  the  i. 

My  Brother  was  taken  ill  with  a  Fever  and  Flux  and  Fits. 
My  Maid  taken  ill  with  a  Fever. 

July  the  4. 

'All  greatly  alarni'd  with  the  Indians  scalping  several  Fam- 
ilys  within  lO  Miles  of  us;  one  poor  boy  brought  in  with 
his  Scalp  of,  he  liv'd  4  Days.  Several  Familys  left  their 
Homes  and  came  to  the  Fort  for  Protection. 

July  the  7. 

By  Brother  extreemly  ill,  he  was  blister'd.  Several  who 
call'd  themselves  friendly  Indians  came  to  the  Fort  but  the 
Gates  were  ordered  to  be  shut.  They  stay'd  4  Hours  and 
then  went  to  the  Camp,  and  we  had  not  a  drop  of  Water 
there  being  no  well  in  the  Fort. 

July  the  8. 

My  Brother  still  the  same  and  maid  very  ill.  I  can  get 
no  Nurse,  so  that  I  am  very  much  fatigued. 

July  the  ii. 

My  Brother  much  better.  All  of  us  greatly  alarm'd ;  a 
Boy  came  from  the  Camp  and  said  the  General  was  kill'd 
4  Miles  from  the  French  Fort,  and  that  allmost  all  Sr.  Peter 
Hackets  Regiment  is  cut  of  by  a  Party  of  French  and  Indians 
who  were  behind  Trees.  Dunbar's  Regiment  was  in  the  rear 
so  that   they  lost  but   few   Men."'     It   is   not   possible   to   de- 

^A  week  earlier,  Washington  had  written  from  the  "Camp  at  Will's 
Creek"  to  William  Fairfax :  "Our  hospital  is  filled  with  sick,  and 
the  numbers  increase  daily,  with  the  bloody  flux,  which  has  not  yet 
proved  mortal  to  many"    (iyritings   of   Washiugton,  ed.    Ford,   i,    161). 

^  The  battle  was  on  July  9,  but  Braddock  did  not  die  of  his  wounds 
until  July   13th. 


^.1'r: 


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(fjjw   m  >  X'jliM   oi   n'ulivN   a\11 


nhtU   fi'j.    ^\i;':^:. 


9fij  ivd  no*?  9rfi  01 


.lui'R^  9jIj  ni  Ibv/  on  gniad  o^5tii 


■.  [  .1^  He  vjc 


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3l8  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

scribe  the  Distraction  of  the  poor  Women  for  their  Hus- 
bands. I  pack'd  up  my  Things  to  send,  for  we  expected  the 
Indians  every  Hour.  My  Brother  desired  me  to  leave  the 
Fort,  but  I  am  resolv'd  not  to  go  but  share  my  Fate  with 
him     .     .     . 

July  the  12. 

My  Brother  better.  No  news  from  the  Camp  so  we  hope 
that  it  is  not  true  what  the  Boy  said     .     .     . 

July  the  13. 

.  .  .  An  Officer  is  come  from  the  Camp  and  confirms 
all  what  the  Boy  said 

July  the  17. 

Oh !  how  shall  I  express  my  Distraction.  This  unhappy 
day  at  2  in  the  after  Noon  deprived  me  of  my  dear  Brother  in 
whom  I  have  lost  my  kind  Guardian  and  Protector  and  am 
now  left  a  friendless  Exile  from  all  that  is  dear  to  me     .     .     . 

August  the  17. 

I  went  out  of  my  Room  supported  by  2.  The  Day  is 
fix'd  we  are  to  march  the  20  and  I  am  resolv'd  not  to  stay 
behind,  if  I  am  able  to  set  on  a  Horse,  which  I  have  not 
been  on  this   16  Years. 

August  the  18. 

X'^ery  busy  packing  up  for  my  March  which  increas'd  my 
Disorder  very  much.  Mr.  Cherrington  is  gone  so  that  I  shall 
not  be  so  happy  as  to  go  in  his  Party.  He  is  the  only  one  I 
can  call  my  Friend.  I  can  get  no  Horse  so  fear  I  must  be 
left  behind. 

August  the  20. 

I  happily  met  with  a  Horse.  I  bought  it  and  set  out  with 
my  Nurse  walking  by  my  Side,  all  the  Gentlemen  were  gone 
before     .     .     . 


y.l'id  3W  o^  qfUiiO  dHj  rn> 


tur.Aiioj  biiii  arneO  9fif  ..*■..        .   )> 


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.Ti:; 


\[i.U  oi  ton   b'v[o8'ji  rnc  1   biis  m:   -jflJ  rbrcm  ot  ^ib  9W  b'xft 
ki/i    ^vr.fl   1    /|-jir!v/   ,'>^"?oH    s:   no  J'V.   . 


HffV/    V  ''    ^^      ?> ' 


with  braddock  s  army  3i9 

August  the  30. 

I  was  very  ill  and  not  able  to  march  with  the  rest.  Mr. 
Anderson  was  so  kind  as  to  leave  his  Servant  to  attend  me. 
We  march'd  at  10  and  at  6  we  arriv'd  at  Frederick's  Town 
in  Maryland.  Mr.  Bass  came  to  meet  me,  he  had  taken  a 
Lodging  for  me  at  the  Widow  DeButts.'^  I  was  very  much 
fatigued  having  marched  since  I  left  the  Fort  150  Miles, 
\ery  ill  with  a  Fever  and  Flux     .     .     . 

Sept.  the  10. 

Better  every  day  and  begin  to  walk  out  to  see  the  Town, 
which  is  a  very  Pleasant  Place.  Most  of  the  People  are 
Dutch. 

Sept.  the  15. 

Rec'd  the  Comp.  of  all  the  English  Ladies  in  the  Town, 
who  came  to  see  [me]  all  at  once  and  gave  me  an  Invitation 
to  their  Houses,  which  I  excejjted,  and  was  receiv'd  with 
ereat  Politeness. 


Sept.  the  20. 

I  had  an  Livitation  to  go  to  a  Ball,  which  was  compos'd 
f  Romans,  Jews,  and  Hereticks  who  in  this  Town  flock 
together.  The  Ladys  danced  without  Stays  or  Hoops,  and 
it  ended  with  a  jig  from  each  Lady. 


o 


Sept.  the  25. 

I  receiv'd  an  Invitation  to  go  out  of  Town.  I  went  to  a 
farm  House  &  was  receiv'd  with  a  friendly  wellcome.  I 
had  for  Breakfast  a  fine  Dish  of  Fish  and  a  Pig.  I  stay'd 
2  Days,  and  the  Good  Alan  and  his  Wife  waited  on  me 
home. 


Judge  T.  J.  C.  Williams  of  Baltimore  advises  that  there  was  a 
Robert  DcButts  living  in  Fredericktown  prior  to  1746,  whose  name 
appears  m  the  church  accounts  of   the  period. 


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320  virginia  historical  magazine 

Sept.  the  30. 

Parson  Miller  and  his  Lady''  came  to  see  and  invited  me 
to  his  House  6  Miles  out  of  Town. 

October  the  i. 

The  Director  is  arrived  from  Philadelphia,  but  no  Letters 
from  England.  We  are  to  march  as  soon  as  the  sick  come 
from  Fort  Cumberland. 

OcTR.  the  5. 

All  the  Sick  are  come  from  Fort  Cumberland,  but  they 
were  obliged  to  leave  some  of  the  Baggage  behind,  being 
alarm'd  by  the  Indians. 

lOcTR.  THE  7. 

An  Express  is  arriv'd  from  near  Fort  Cumberland  with 
an  Account  that  the  Indians  have  scalp'd  5  Families,  and 
that  they  are  in  the  greatest  Distress  having  Bread  but  for 
3  Days  and  cannot  go  out  for  more. 

OCTR.    THE    8. 

An  Express  is  arriv'd  from  Fort  Cumberland  with  an 
Account  that  the  Indians  are  near  them,  and  beg  some  As- 
sistance. 

OcTR.    THE    9. 

Very  busy  packing  up  to  go  to  Philadelphia  having  but 
2  days  notice     .     .     . 

^The  parson  of  All  Saints  parish  from  1746  to  1758  was  Samuel 
Hunter,  who  had  received  the  Royal  Bounty  to  go  to  Maryland  in 
1744  (Fothergill).  It  seems  probable  that  this  was  a  reference  to 
him,  for  there  was  no  parson  named  Miller  in  Frederick  County  in 
1755,  and  Fothergill  includes  none  of  the  name  among  the  Maryland 
clergy. 


V'Jfil    Jf'     ?-"nh- :'FrT'"1    *7'''^    rrtn-r^    -.'::crj    ?■ 


Kir   1 


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.t>    HUT    .HTDO 


VIRGINIA    CLERGY  321 


THE  VIRGINIA  CLERGY 


Edited  by  Rev.   G.   McLaren   Brydon 


( Continued ) 

My  Lord 

M""  Fox"'  the  Bearer  of  this  Letter,  which  is  an  answer  to 
those  of  Oct.  8""  and  Xl^er  15""  I  have  heen  Honoured  with 
from  your  Lordship,  is  the  Gentleman  I  mentioned  in  my 
Letter  by  M""  Kenner,  Brought  up  at  the  College  of  William 
and  iM,ary,  and  waits  on  your  Lordship  for  Holy  Orders,  to 
which,  as  I  know  him  modest,  sober  and  Religious,  I  beg  leave 
to  Recommend  him.  I  have  put  under  his  care  half  a  dozen 
Hams,  which  I  hope  will  prove  good,  and  be  accepted  by  your 
Lordshijx 

M'  McCulloch  was  well  received  in  the  Parish  I  sent  him 
to,  and  I  doubt  not  will  be  very  faithful  to  his  Trust :  I  am 
exceedingly  s(jrry  to  find  your  Lordship  so  deceived  l)y  M. 
WVight,  who,  long  before  your  Lordship  Letter  came  to  my 
hands,  was  settled  in  a  P'arish  in  the  Northern  Neck,  and 
what  is  not  often  the  Practice,  after  he  had  been  there  some 
Moneths,  I  received  thanks  in  a  Letter  from  one  of  his  Parish- 
ioners, for  sending  so  diligent  and  useful  a  Minister  to  that 
Church  :  and  indeed  my  Lord,  in  those  parts  of  his  Country 
where  he  is  known,  he  has  by  his  Behaviour  acquired  that 
character :  Upon  reading  your  Lordship's  letter  with  the  In- 
closed from  M""  Lowther,  I  consulted  M'  Commissary  what 
method  to  take,  that  might  not  disoblige  your  Lordship,  in  an 
aftair  so  delicate  as  it  concerned   the   Church  and   Clergy ;   1 


"  Rev.  John  Fox  was  educated  at  William  and  Mary  College.  Master 
of  the  Indian  School  of  William  and  Mary  College,  1729-1736;  visitor 
William  and  Mary  College,  1761  ;  minister  of  Ware  Parish,  Gloucester 
county,  1742-58,  (Meade,  i:  354-329-  Perry);  married  Isabel,  daughter 
of   Thomas  Booth,    (Colonial  Churches,   196). 


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322  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

considered,  if  out  of  regard  to  the  Ministry,  we  indulged  this 
unhappy  Gentleman  with  an  admonition  to  Retire  privately 
out  of  this  Province,  there  was  no  Place  he  could  flee  unto, 
wherein  he  would  not  be  the  occasion  of  greater  Scandal  to 
his  Profession,  and  give  your  Lordship  more  uneasiness,  when 
again  reduced  to  the  necessity  of  relieving  himself  by  the 
same  unrighteous  ways.  On  the  other  hand  if  we  shew'd 
him  your  Lordship's  Letter,  and  promised  him  to  Intercede 
with  your  Lordship  in  his  favour,  and  in  the  mean  time,  to 
conceal  his  Crimes,  provided  he  would  make  Restitution  to 
the  Persons  he  had  injured,  not  forgetting  what  was  due  to 
himself,  I  then  thought,  if  he  had  any  Ingenuity  or  Gratitude 
in  him,  he  might  yet  make  a  good  Man,  it  is  now  in  Power, 
and  thereby  we  should  avoid  the  ofifence  that  must  fall  upon 
the  Clergy,  should  it  be  known  here,  as  your  Lordship  ex- 
presses it,  that  a  Minister  with  all  the  appearance  of  sobriety 
&  seriousness  is,  I  hope  I  may  say  it,  and  with  your  Lordships 
leave,  hvas,  in  Principle  so  very  bad  a  M^n.  This  therefore 
my  Lord,  as  he  was  so  well  settled  among  us,  is  what  I  pro- 
posed and  it  was  thought  by  M'  Commissary  the  best  Ex- 
pedient: M''  Wright  was  sent  for,  the  whole  was  opened  to 
him  by  M""  Blair,  for  he  declined  seeing  of  me,  and  altho  he 
was  too  prone  to  deny  the  Facts  he  stood  charged  with,  he 
has  notwithstanding  made  hearty  Promises,  he  has  taken  good 
Resolutions,  and  if  he  observes  and  do  them,  your  Lordship 
1  trust  will  not  be  Angry,  that  we  have  given  him  the  op- 
pertunity. 

The  News  in  the  Papers  concerning  the  Negros  was  only 
from  common  Report,  for  my  Letters  were  lost  in  the  Gooch 
frigate  which  sailed  hence  in  September  last,  and  have  not 
since  been  heard  of.  Numbers  of  these  poor  Creatures  were 
taken  up  in  all  parts  of  the  Country  for  their  unlawful  Meet- 
ings and  Examined,  but  no  discovery  could  be  made  of  any 
formed  Design  of  their  Rising,  only  loose  Discourses  that  an 
order  from  His  Majesty  was  brought  in  by  M'  Spotswood 
to  sett  all  those  slaves  free  that  were  Christians,  and  that  the 
order  was  Suppressed.  A  Notion,  in  their  Circumstances, 
sufficient  to  incite  them  to  Rebellion,  were  they  Masters  of  a 


r>t\j   v<' 


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VIRGINIA    CLERGY  323 

more  peaceable  Disposition  than  generally  they  have:  who 
the  first  Author  of  this  Report  was,  I  could  never  learn,  and 
the  wickedness  of  it  will  not  give  me  leave  to  Guess.  How- 
ever, keeping  the  Militia  to  their  Duty,  by  Imprisonment 
and  severe  whipping  of  the  most  Suspected,  this  Disturbance 
was  very  soon  Quashed,  and  until  about  six  weeks  after- 
wards we  were  easy ;  when  in  the  Countys  of  Norfolk  & 
Princess  Anne,  the  Negros,  about  two  hundred  of  them,  had 
the  assurance  to  assemble  on  a  Sunday  whilst  the  People 
were  at  Church,  and  to  chuse  from  among  themselves  officers 
to  Command  their  intended  Insurrection,  which  was  to  have 
been  put  in  Execution  very  soon  after ;  But  this  Plot  being 
happily  discovered,  the  Ringleaders  were  brought  to  a  Tryal 
and  four  of  them,  on  clear  Evidence  Convicted,  were  Executed. 
By  this  means  they  are  again  very  Quiet  and  Submissive,  and  I 
hope  convinced  that  their  best  way  is  to  rest  contented  with 
their  condition.  But  as  we  could  not  be  too  much  on  our 
Guard  against  such  desperate  Combinations,  I  ordered  the 
Militia  to  carry  their  Arms  to  Church  on  Sundays,  lest,  the 
same  mutinous  Spirit  returning,  they  should  be  siezed  by 
these  poor  wretches ;  and  this  they  continued  to  do  for  some 
time,  but  soon  weary  of  well  doing,  it  is  now  intirely  dropt. 
What  your  Lordship  observes  is  of  some  Masters  very  true, 
they  use  their  Negros  no  better  than  their  Cattle,  and  I  can 
see  no  help  for  it:  tho'  far  the  greater  Number,  having  kind 
Masters,  live  much  better  than  our  poor  labouring  Men  in 
England. 

If  I  am  not  mistaken,  and  many  others  who  think  as  I  do 
are  not  in  the  wrong,  the  following  story  will  Surprize  your 
Lordship,  to  whose  great  judgment  I  submit  myself.  But 
before  I  tell  it,  I  must  acquaint  your  Lordship  that  our  Courts 
of  Justice  are,  first  the  General  Court,  held  twice  a  Year,  in 
April  &  October,  in  which  I  and  the  council  sitt  judges. 
Then  the  County  Courts  held  in  each  County  every  Moneth, 
in  which  the  Justices  of  the  respective  Countys  are  the  Judges. 
In  these  last  Courts  by  a  special  Commission  of  Oyer  and 
Terminer  directed  to  the  Justices,  all  Negros  Accused  of 
criminal   matters  are  tryed ;  and  by  a  Law  of  the  Country, 


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324  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

not  by  Jurys,  but  according  to  Evidence,  the  Bench,  by  putting 
the  Question,  finds  them  guiUy  or  not  GuiUy. 

In  one  of  these  Courts,  in  January  last,  a  Negro  woman 
Slave  was  tryed  for  stealing ;  and  as  I  knew  her  to  be  a 
Christian  (for  not  long  before  she  had,  upon  some  pretence, 
I  forget  what,  sued  for  her  Freedom  in  the  General  Court, 
where  she  was  examined  touching  her  Faith  of  which  she 
gave  a  tolerable  account)  I  desired  a  Lawyer  to  attend  the 
Tr\'al,  and  in  case  she  was  found  Guilty,  to  inform  the  Justices 
that  notwithstanding  she  was  a  Slave,  it  was  my  opinion,  as 
a  christian,  she  was  Intitled  to  the  benefit  of  the  Clergy  ;  upon 
^^'hich  after  some  little  debate,  for  it  was  never  Inquired  into 
before,  the  Question  was  put,  and  the  judges  were  divided, 
so  it  was  agreed  to  be  deferr'd  until  another  and  a  fuller  Court. 
^^'hen  a  report  was  made  to  me  of  their  Proceedings,  and 
fearing  it  might  go  against  her  if  1  left'  to  be  determined  there, 
I  advised  with  our  ablest  Lawyers,  and  from  the  county  court 
had  it  Adjourned  into  the  General  Court,  resolving  to  have 
this  Matter  argued  in  the  most  public  manner  by  our  best 
Lawyers,  as  a  thing  of  great  consequence,  by  which  all  the 
courts  in  the  country  for  the  future  should  govern  themselves, 
and  not  doubting  but  it  would  be  carried  in  favour  of  the 
Christian  though  a  black  one;  But  when  the  Day  of  hearing 
came,  notwithstanding  four  out  of  five  of  the  Gentlemen  learned 
in  the  Law,  of  which  number  the  King's  Attorney  General 
was  one,  gave  it  as  their  opinion,  suj^ported  by  ])roper  Argu- 
ments, that  she  had  a  Right  to  plead  the  benefit  of  that  statute, 
when  1  put  the  Question,  we  were  divided  here  too,  six  and 
six ;  and  now  it  rests  to  be  determined  by  the  opinion  of  the 
SoUicitor  &  Attorney  General  in  Fngland,  which  I  shall  send 
for  as  soon  as  our  Lawyers  have  drawn  up  a  State  of  the 
Case  as  they  have  directions  to  do,  with  the  sense  of  the  Laws 
of  this  Country,  and  political  reasons  for  and  against  it.  But 
I  can  assure  your  Lordship  that  there  is  no  Law  against  it, 
if  there  is,  I  think  it  ought  to  be  repealed:  and  for  political 
reasons,  they  are  of  equal  force  against  white  as  black  People 
being  Christians.  I  shant  trouble  your  Lordship  with  par- 
ticulars, but  thought  it   my   Duty   to  acquaint   your   Lordship 


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with  it,  not  knowing  whether  M*"  Commissary  will  do  so  or 
not,  who  was  one  of  the  judges. 

Our  Law  made  the  last  Sessions  for  the  improvement  of 
our  Staple,  contrived  by  myself,  and  in  truth  my  Lord,  carried 
thro'  the  House  of  Burgesses  by  my  Interest,  and  some  Ex- 
pense to  me  in  Entertainments,  the  best  Law  that  ever  was 
made  for  His  Majesty s  Interest  (and  as  such  I  was  in  hopes 
to  get  some  Credit  by  it)  for  the  merchants  and  for  the  Planters, 
has  very  vm fortunately  mett  with  opposition  from  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Customs,  influenced  by  M'  Fitzwilliams,  a 
name  I  mention  only  to  your  Lordship,  who  unluckily  went 
hence  last  Summer,  and  notwithstanding  when  he  parted  from 
me,  he  owned  it  the  best  Law  that  ever  passed  here  for  the 
King's  Revenue,  and  he  is  an  officer  of  the  Customs,  yet 
truly  when  he  gets  Home  he  fills  the  Conmiissioners  heads 
with  an  opinion  that  t'would  lessen  the  Customs,  merely  for 
the  sake  of  doing  Mischief,  for  which  only  he  is  disposed, 
ri  not  speak  of  the  Advantage  this  Law  would  be  the  Clergy, 
because  I  have  ordered  our  agent  to  leave  a  P'amphlet  at  your 
Lordship's  which  speaks  fully  to  it,  called  a  Letter  to  a  Friend 
in  England,  in  defence  &c^  by  this  Intimation,  and  the  way 
of  Expression,  your  Lordship  will  find  out,  what  is  to  be  a 
Secret  to  every  body  else.  I  take  the  liberty  to  inclose  to  your 
Lordship  my  Charge  to  the  Grand  Jury,  in  October  last,  which 
I  was  desired  to  Print,  our  Press  being  just  then   sett  up. 

I  beg  Your  Lordship's  Blessing  for  me  and  mine,  and,  wish- 
ing your  Lordship  many  Years  of  Happiness,  which  will  be 
for  the  good  of  Mankind,  as,  to  mention  only,  your  Lord- 
ship's late  excellent  Pastoral  Letters  Evince,  I  remain  with 
the  greatest  Duty  and  Gratitude 

My  Lord 

Your  Lordship's 

Most  obedient  and  most 
faithful  humble  servant 
WILLIAM  GOOCH 

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My  Lord  the  weather  is  now  so  hot 
it  is  with  great  difficulty  I  write,  and 
therefore  hope  your  Lordship  will  excuse 
my  Blunders. 

British  Transcripts 

Fulham  MSS.  Virginia,  No.  in. 


Sir 

If  I  could  receive  any  greater  Satisfaction  in  Obeying  your 
Commands,  than  by  Doing  the  Thing  you  desired  for  the 
Service  of  your  Friend,  I  should  certainly  have  mett  with  it, 
when  pursuant  to  your  Recomendation  I  settled  M'  Eelback'^ 
in  a  good  Parish  amongst  kind  Parishioners,  and  near  his 
Brother's  House. 

M'  Randolph  who  will  deliver  this  to  you  is  sent  over  by 
our  General  Assembly  to  Present  their  Address  to  the  King 
and  their  Petition  to  the  Parliament,  and  to  Sollicite,  with  the 
Approbation  of  the  King's  Ministers,  that  some  Method  may 
be  entered  into  in  favour  of  our  Trade,  whereby  the  Frauds 
in  the  Payment  of  the  Dutys  may  be  prevented,  which  are 
so  injurious  to  the  Planters  and  fair  Traders,  as  well  as  to 
the  Crown. 

As  he  is  in  all  respects  a  very  deserving  Gentleman,  the 

least   Countenance   he   meets   with    from   You,   shall   ever   be 

acknowledged  as  an  Honour  done  to 

Sir 

Your  most  faithful  and  obedient 

humble  Servant 

Will:  Gooch 
July  23"  1732 

Endorsed  Virginia  July  23  1732 

Gov  R  Oct'  27  (by  M'  Randolph) 

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P.  R.  O.     C.  O.  1337/5  No.  88. 


"^  Rev.  Henry  Elebeck  received  the  King's  Bounty  for  Virginia  Jan- 
uary II,  1731-32.  His  parish  or  parishes  not  known.  He  performed 
several   Harrison  of    Surry  baptisms,    1747-51- 


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VIRGINIA    CLERGY  327 

My  Lord 

I  am  much  obliged  to  Your  Lordship  for  the  Honour  of  a 
Letter  dated  the  14'"  7ber,  wherein  your  Lordship  is  pleased 
to  Excuse,  what  I  should  have  been  much  more  uneasie  at, 
and  could  never  have  forgiven  my  self  for,  had  it  proceeded 
from  any  neglect  in  me,  my  not  having  yet  done  anything  for 
M--  Gibson,  who  shall  never  be  out  of  my  thoughts  until  he 
is  provided  for. 

The  vacant  Parishes  we  now  have  hap'ned  so  very  lately, 
that  I  wonder  the  Merchants  had  such  early  Intelligence,  that 
truly  valueable  Man  M'  Yates'"  died  about  three  months  since: 
M'  Smith,*  not  the  little  Gentleman.f  and  M'  Swift$  very 
lately:  M'  Debuts^  a  very  good  man  left  us  in  the  Fall,  and 
went  to  Maryland  for  a  better  Living;  to  which  Province  M' 
Keith''''  about  six  weeks  ago   thought  fitt  to   retire   with  his 


^'Rev.  Bartholomew  Yates,  Sr.,  B.  A.  Brasenose  College,  Oxford, 
ordained  Sept.  10,  1700.  Received  the  King's  Bounty  for  Virginia 
September  18,  1700;  came  to  Virginia  February,  1700-01;  minister  of 
Sittenburne  Parish,  and  North  Side  of  St.  Mary's  Parish,  Richmond 
county,  1701-02;  minister  of  Kingston  Parish,  Gloucester  county,  1702- 
03;  minister  of  Christ  Church  Parish,  Middlesex  county  from  March 
1702,  until  his  death,  July  26,  1734,  aet.  57.  Inducted.  Visitor  of 
VVilliam  and  Mary  College  and  Professor  of  Divinity,  1729.  His 
vestry  raised  his  salary  to  20,000  pounds  tobacco  to  keep  him  from 
going  to  York  county.  Married,  1704,  Mrs.  Sarah  Mickleborough, 
widow,  daughter  of  William  Stanard,  (Meade,  i:  359  et  seq. ;  Perry, 
296,  355;   Bruce  1:   203). 

♦  See  note  No.  9. 

t  See  note  No.  4. 

^*  Rev.  Lawrence  DeButts  received  the  King's  Bounty  for  Virginia 
July  9,  1721  ;  minister  of  Washington  Parish,  Westmoreland  county, 
1721-28;  officiated  also  in  Northumberland  and  in  North  Farnham 
Parish,  Richmond  county ;  officiated  in  St.  Mark's  Parish,  Culpeper 
county,  1731-33;  in  Truro  Parish,  Fairfax  county,  1733-34;  went  to 
Maryland  for  a  better  living  (Slaughter's  Histary  of  St.  Mark's 
Parish,   Truro  Parish,  Perry). 

^^  Rev.  James  Keith,  born  in  Scotland,  1696,  received  the  King's 
Bounty  for  Virginia  March  4,  1728-29;  minister  of  Henrico  Parish 
1730,  and  prior,  until  1733,  resigned  (vestry  book  16).  Dr.  Brock 
quotes  Perry  as  saying  he  went  to  Maryland,  but  it  would  seem  to 
be  the  same  who  married  Mary  Isham  Randolph  of  Tuckahoe  and  was 
minister  in  Hamilton  Parish,  Prince  William  county  (now  Fauquier) 
in  1736  and  was  there  until  his  death  probably  about  1757.  (History 
Truro  Parish,  p.  12;  Meade,  11:  207  and  216;  Perry  358.)  (Gov. 
Gooch's  letter  confirms  Perry's  statement). 


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Guilt,  there  are  besides  these,  two  new  erected  Parishes§ 
which  could  not  be  prepared  for  the  reception  of  ]\Iinisters 
before  midsummer,  having  Churches  to  build  and  Glebes  to 
Purchase.  Seven  in  all,  which  I  hope  will  be  supplied  with 
good  Men ;  and  for  their  encouragement  the  Livings  are  now 
of  double  the  value  to  what  they  were  formerly. 

The  Master  of  the  Ship  lately  arrived  told  me  when  he  left 
England  'twas  thought  the  Arch  Bp.  of  Canterbury  could  not 
live  a  Moneth :  If  it  pleases  God  to  take  His  Grace  to  him- 
self, I  shall  hope  in  a  little  time  to  Congratulate  Your  Lord- 
ship upon  your  Translation  thither;  which  I  dare  say  is  the 
wish  and  constant  Prayer  of  all  good  Men,  I  am  sure  it  is  of 

M^y  Lord 

Your  Lordships 

Most  dutiful  and  most 
obliged  humble   Servant 
WILLL-VM   GOOCH 
Jan.  I4"'  1734 

Endorsed.     Gooch — Vacant  Livings  in  Virginia — ReC  Marcli 
6  1734/5  Answ* 

Written  ag. 
Aug.  2. 
1735 

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Fulham  MSS.  Virginia  ist  Box  No,  70. 


My  Lord 

I  received  Your  Lordship  Letter  which  dos  me  the  honour 
to  acknowledge  your  Lordship's  acceptance  of  the  Wine  I 
ventured  to  Send,  because  'tis  agreed  by  every  Body  Madeira 
is  much  improved  by  passing  through  this  hott  Climate,  and  I 
hope  it  will  be  as  Good  as  1  intended  it. 

:!:  New  parishes  newly  erected  at  this  time  were:  Truro  Parish  in 
Fairfax  county,  Lunenburg  Parish  in  Richmond  county  and  Brunswick 
Parish   in   King   George   county,  all    formed   in    1732. 


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VIRGINIA    CLERGY  3^9 

I  then  informed  your  Lordship  of  the  offer  I  had  made  to 
U.  Gibson  of  an  Inspector's  Place  convenient  to  his  DweUing 
which  at  first  he  wiUingly  Accepted,  but  when  called  upon  to 
receive  his  Comission,  seeming  not  very  inclined  to  Under- 
take it,  I  urged  it  no  further  upon  him  than  barely  telling  of 
him,  what  he  was  no  Stranger  to,  that  if  he  rejected  this 
ofiice,  I  could  not  Say  When  or  How  I  could  serve  him.  The 
person  I  gave  that  Place  to,  dying  about  eight  moneths  ago, 
I  made  another  Tender  of  it  to  M.  Gibson,  who,  tho'  he  re- 
fused it  for  himself,  brought  a  ffriend  with  him  and  desired 
me  to  give  his  Recomendation  the  Preference,  for  there  were 
Competitors,  and  accordingly  I  gave  a  Commission  to  his 
ffriend.  This  oifice  is  to  view  Tobacco,  and  see  it  weighed 
and  mark'd  and  tho  but  £60  a  year  is  coveted  by  every  Body 
that  lives  near  the  Warehouse,  because,  they  can  do  that  Duty, 
without  neglecting  their  own  Puisiness. 

There  are  my  Lord  but  five  Naval  Officers  in  the  Country, 
and  by  reason  of  our  Situation,  but  one  of  them,  upon  a 
Vacancy,  he  could  think  of  having,  that  being  at  the  mouth  of 
the  same  River  on  which  he  lives;  therefore  when  I  askt  him 
in  case  that  one  should  fall,  whether  he  would  leave  his  Plan- 
tation and  remove  near  fourscore  Miles  to  the  Port  where 
the  Officer  is  obliged  constantly  to  reside,  he  readily  answered 
No,  nor  is  it  worth  his  while,  and  owned  his  Mistake  in  be- 
lieving he  might  have  Executed  the  office  at  his  own  House, 
which  I  do  assure  your  Lordship  is  not  to  be  done,  unless  I 
would  oblige  every  Master  of  a  Ship  that  comes  into  the 
River  to  go  eighty  miles  to  the  Officer  to  Enter,  and  take  such 
another  journey  when  he  Clears,  a  Burden  not  to  be  imposed 
upon  Trade. 

We  now  fell  into  discourse  about  a  Clerk's  Place,  and  I 
told  him  whenever  any  Vacancy  hap'ned  convenient  to  him, 
he  might  depend  upon  it  I  would  procure  it  for  him,  they  are 
in  the  Gift  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Colony,  with  which  he 
was  well  Satisfied;  But  I  give  your  Lordship  my  word,  it 
was  not,  my  Case,  for  I  am  very  much  concerned  that  it  has 
not  been  in  my  power  to  express  my  Gratitude  to  your  Lordsp. 
by  doing  something  for   AP   Gibson,   who  shall  be  always  in 


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my  remembrance,  and  meet  with  my  Countenance  &  Favour 
to  the  greatest  degree  I  am  capable  of. 

M'  Fox*  chuses  to  continue  at  the  College  with  my  Promise 
of  a  Parish  convenient  for  holding  both.  I  am  under  the 
same  but  prior  Engagement  to  M^  Dawsonf  formerly  reco- 
mended  by  your  Lordship  from  my  Lord  of  Oxford. 

I  beg  your  Lordship's  blessing  and  remain  with  the  Greatest 
Duty  and  Respect 

Your  Lordship 

Most  obliged  and  most  faithful 
humble  Servant 

WILLIAM  GOOCH 

June  20'"  1734 

Endorsed.  Gooch— Virginia 

Rec.  Aug.  23  Gibson 

1734 

Answ<»  Fox 


Dawson 


British  Transcripts 

Fulham  MSS.  Virginia,  ist  Box  No.  151, 


July  8"-  1735 
My  Lord 

The  bearer  M'  W"'  Phillips''  having  been  a  Student  at  ^lerton 
College  in  Oxford,  and  lived  near  three  Years  W"  a  Gentle- 
man in  this  Country  as  Tutor  to  his  Children,  behaving  him- 
self during  that  time  as  a  good  Christian  &  loial  Subject; 
As  his  Father  is  a  Clergyman,  and  if  I  mistake  not,  one  of 
the  Prebendarys  of  Worcester,  I  have  been  prevailed  upon  to 
recommend  him  to  your  Lordsp.  for  Holy  Orders.  And  if 
he  gives  your  Lordship,  what  I  could  not  learn  from  him,  a 

*  See  note  No.  21. 

t  See  note   No.    17. 

=^Rev.  William  Phillips  received  the  King's  Bounty  for  Virginia 
Jan.  8,  1736;  minister  of  South  Farnham  Parish,  Essex  county,  1739- 
1744.      (Meade,    1:    390.) 


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VIRGINIA    CLERGY  33 ^ 

good  reason  for  his  leaving  the  University  and  coming  hither, 
he  may  approve  himself  to  your  Lordship's  Satisfaction. 

The  Anonymous  Letter  your  Lordship  sent  inclosed  to  the 
Commissary  I  could  not  read  without  some  Emotion  and  a 
good  deal  of  Suspicion,  but  as  I  can't  think  the  Comissary's 
example  will  justify  me  in  judging,  who  told  me  he  believed 
one  Smith  was  the  Author  of  it,  a  Clergyman  then  dead, 
I  shall  only  say  with  your  Lordships  leave,  and  without  enter- 
ing into  the  improbability  of  M'  Blair's  Conjecture,  that  who- 
ever the  Author  was,  his  design  to  conceal  his  own  faults 
was  what  he  meant,  more  than  to  publish  those  of  other  men, 
the  black  List  at  least  denoting  some  Merit  to  those  Ministers 
whose  Names  are  not  mentioned  in  it.  for  what  less  with 
submission  could  your  Lordship  conclude  from  the  language 
of  a  Writer  of  so  much  seeming  Sincerity,  and  One  so  very 
intimate  with  all  the  Clergy,  as  to  be  able  to  Cull  out  of 
them  &  so  many  with  their  particular  Crimes  &  Failings, 
than  that  the  Gentlemen  he  had  picked  out,  were  the  only 
ones  scandalous  in  their  lives,  that  they  are  full  as  vicious  as 
he  has  been  pleased  to  represent  them,  and  that  a  Reformation 
was  not  to  be  expected,  if  an  Appeal  to  your  Lordship  did 
not  shame  them  into  good  manners. 

This  my  Lord  I  take  to  be  the  substance  of  his  Narrative, 
which  in  a  few  Words  I  hope  to  prove  an  unwarrantable  De- 
famation, as  well  as  a  most  wicked  Imposition  upon  your 
Lordship,  the  true  Cause  of  my  Concern.* 

For  my  Lord  so  partial  has  the  Informer  been  in  his  Col- 
lection, not  to  give  your  Lordship  any  distrust  of  others, 
that  M^  Dicky"  he  has  taken  the  liberty  to  Censure,  is  a  Man 
of  as  good  Report,  as  well  beloved  by  his  Parishioners  for  his 
diligence  in  his  Duty  and  uniform  behaviour,  as  your  Lord- 
ship looks  for  from  them.  I  once  indeed  did  reprimand  him 
for  being  too  Gay  in  his  Apparel,  he  told  he  was  much  in 
want  of  a  Coat,  and  what  he  had  on  was  the  only  coloured 
Cloth  he  could  gett.  he  has  lately  married  a  fortune  of  i2000. 
and  one  of  a  good  Family. 

*'Rev.  Adam  Dickie  received  the  King's  Bounty  for  Virginia  April 
12,    1731.     Nothing   further  known  of   him. 


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M'  Leneve'"  is  unhappy  in  being  easily  overcome  with  Liquor, 
and  now  and  then  is  betrayed  by  it;  he  Hves  very  near  me, 
is  often  at  my  house,  because  otherwise  very  decent  and  regular. 

M--  Becket*  is  a  man  of  strong  Constitution,  loves  drink 
perhaps  too  well,  and  living  in  the  Northern  Neck  where  drink- 
ing and  boxing  is  too  much  in  fashion  has  been  tempted  to 
quarrel ;  for  being  unpohshed,  he  is  bold  and  hardy  in  his 
temper,  and  has  not  yet  learnt  to  turn  the  other  Cheek,  but 
with  this  he   is  constant  in  the  discharge   of   his   Duty. 

M'  Dunbar-"  is  the  very  bad  Man,  now  M^  Swift  is  gone, 
(and  1  think  the  Letterwriter  should  not  have  called  him 
from  his  Grave)  nor  should  1  be  able  to  say  anything  for  him, 
if  his  accusation  was  not  old  and  out  of  Date  ;  for  he  has  been 
married  above  two  years,  and  leads  a  vertuous  sober  life.* 

These  my  Lord  are  their  Characters,  and  as  the  Writer 
could  not  be  ignorant  of  these  Circumstances,  they  are  so 
many  Aggravations  of  his  offence. 

But  my  Lord  'tis  a  melanchoUy  truth,  the  Church  &  Clergy 
have'  many  Enemies  in  this  Country,  ffree  thinkers  multiply 
ver)-  fast  having  an  eminent  Layman  for  their  Leader,  and 
the  Current  runs  in  some  places  almost  w"'out  opposition.  I 
was  lead  to  say  thus  much  by  what  went  before,  and  if  your 
Lordship  desires  it,  I  shall  be  more  open,  and  readily  turn  Li- 
former  in  things  pertaining  unto  God.  I  beg  y^  Lordsp.  bless- 
ing and  am  in  duty  and  Gratitude 

Your  Lordsp  most  obed'  humb  Servant 
WILLIAM  GOOCH 


^  Rev.  William  LeNeve  received  the  King's  Bounty  for  Providence 
Island  Miay  21,  1722;  came  from  England  in  1722;  minister  of  James 
City  Parish  until  1737  and  probably  later,  also  had  a  church  on  Mul- 
berry Island,  Warwick  county,  and  lectured  in  Williamsburg  in  1723. 
(Tyler;   Perry;   Va.   Hist.   Mag.,  July,    1916,   p.   308). 

*  See  note  No.  2.  He  was  in  St.  Mark's  Parish,  Culpeper  county 
at  this  time.  Under  one  interpretation  Culpeper  county  was  in  the 
Northern   Neck. 

""  Rev.  Hancock  Dunl)ar  received  the  King's  Bounty  for  Virginia 
December  30,  1725;  minister  of  St.  Stephen's  Parish,  King  and  Queen 
county,   1754-8  and   1773-6,   Meade,    i  :   379,   Perry. 

*  See  Commissary  Blair's  letter  to  the  Bishop  of  London  in  regard 
to   this    anonymous    letter.      Perry,    p.    357. 


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VIRGINIA    CLERGY  333 

Endorsed.     Gov  Gooch — Phillips — Dickie — Becket — Dunbar — 
Free-thinking — Rec'  Sept'   5.   1735.     AnsW 

British  Transcripts 

Fulhani   AISS.  Virginia,  ist  Box  No.  68. 


Saturday  /ber  20'"   1735. 
jMy  Lord 

The  beginning  of  this  Week  I  received  the  honour  of  your 
Lordship's  letter  by  AL  Gavin,*'  who,  as  he  has  been  with 
three  or  of  four  times,  appears  to  be  a  Gentleman  of  a  decent 
temper,  open  but  not  too  free,  and  as  farr  as  I  am  capable  of 
judging  from  his  Conversation,  as  well  fitted  for  the  discharge 
of  the  duties  of  a  Parish,  and  the  service  of  Religion,  as  1 
would  wish  to  see  come  into  this  Country,  where,  so  deplorable 
is  our 'Case,  on  Account  of  gross  Ignorance,  an  heathenish 
Rudeness,  and  an  utter  unconcernedness  for  the  Things  of 
God,  many  Parishes  are  even  at  this  day,  like  churches  newly 
Planted,  but  not  well  formed.  But  my  Lord  I  hope  in  time 
we  shall  be  more  careful,  and  not  be  obliged  on  all  occasions 
to  fill  our  Letters  with  such  Complaints  as  must  give  your 
Lordship  great  Uneasiness ;  and  1  hope  what  1  sent  your  Lord- 
ship in  June  last  will  give  you  some  Relief  as  to  the  faults  of 
tlie  Clergy,  which  tho'  men  deceive  themselves  with  thinking 
they  are  less  excusable  then  in  others,  ought  not  at  every 
turn  to  be  sett  up  to  intercept  tiie  Light,  their  own  will  not 
bear. 

To  Morrow  IVL  Gavin  is  to  read  Prayers  and  Preach  in 
this  Church,  and  on  Alunday  I  intend  to  send  him  to  the 
Parish  AP  Keith  left,  a  very  good  one,  where,  I  make  no  doubt, 

^  Rev.  Anthony  Gavin  received  the  King's  Bounty  for  Virginia  June 
17.  1735;  minister  of  Henrico  Parish,  Henrico  county,  1735-36.  (Vestry 
Book;  History  of  Henrico  Parish,  p.  17);  minister  of  St.  James' 
Parish,  the  undivided  parish  and  county  of  Goochland,  1736-44;  min- 
ister of  St.  James-Northam  Parish,  Goochland  county,  1744-1749; 
died  1749;  preached  to  the  Huguenots  of  King  WiUiam  Parish,  Man- 
akintown,  1736  and  1739  to  1744,  four  in  French  and  six  in  KngUsh 
a  year.      (Meade,   i:  467;   Perry,   360-61.) 


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334  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

his  Conduct  will  make  amends  to  the  People  for  the  failings 
of  that  unhappy  Gentleman. 

My  Lord  the  hearer  hereof,  M--  Pasture,"  waits  on  your 
Lordship  for  holy  orders :  He  was  brought  up  at  our  College, 
and  for  sometime  was  Usher  to  the  School ;  He  is  the  Son 
of  a  very  honest  industrious  Man,  who  lives  in  this  Town, 
and  though  in  low  Circumstances,  breeds  up  [torn]  large 
Family  with  Reputation.  But  my  Lord,  if  a  good  share  of 
Learning,  Ingenuity,  Modesty  and  Sobriety,  will  recommend 
a  Person  to  your  Lordship's  favour,  I  beg  leave  to  ask  it  on 
the  behalf  of  this  young  Man,  who  has  always  maintained 
that  character. 

I  receive  with  great  thankfulness  your  Lordship's  sentiments 
of  the  present  situation  of  Afifairs  in  Europe,  to  which,  the 
Consec^uence  of  a  Battle  on  the  Rhine  must  give  a  great  Turn : 
nor  will  the  diversion  the  Portuguese  may  give  the  Spaniards 
at  Home,  as  I  presume  to  say,  be  of  small  Importance  to  the 
Maritime  Powers,  if  that  Warr,  which,  by  the  trifle  that  oc- 
casioned it,  appears  to  have  been  a  politic  stroke,  can  be  kept 
up. 

I  am  with  the  greatest  Duty  and  Gratitude 
My  Lord 

Your  Lordship's  most  obedient 
and  most  faithful  hunib  Serv' 
William  Gooch 
Endorsed 

— Gov  Gooch 
Gavin 
Rec*  Dec.  Pasteur 

13-  1/35  Clergy 

Answ* 
British  Transcripts 
Fulham  MSS.  Virginia  No.  46 


*^  Rev.    Charles    Pasture    (Pasteur)    received   the    King's    Bounty    for 

Virginia  March  19,  1735-36;  died  on  the  voyage  to  Virginia.  (See 
mention  of  Pasteur  family  in  William  and  Mary  Quarterly,  Jan.,  191 1, 
P-   155). 


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VIRGINIA    CLERGY  335 

My  Lord 

I  am  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  two  Letters  your  Lord- 
ship was  pleased  to  honour  me  with  by  the  return  of  the 
Trade :  the  last  by  M--  Pasteur  was  brought  to  me  by  the  Cap- 
tain on  board  whose  Ship  that  young  Gentleman  died  in  the 
Passage,  about  half  Seas  over. 

All  the  other  Clergymen  are  Arrived,  one  excepted,  who  I 
am  told,  tho'  licensed  by  Your  Lordship  for  Virginia,  is  gone 
to  Maryland,     his  Name  I  dont  know. 

We  have  still  my  Lord  some  vacant  Parishes,  lately  Erected* 
indeed,  but  by  the  next  year  they  will  be  able  to  maintain 
ministers,  and  I  hope  we  shall  acquit  our  Selves  so  well  at  least 
for  the  fut,ure  as  to  keep  the  People  about  us  from  growing 
worse. 

I  humbly  beg  your  Lordship  to  Accept  of  a  Pott  of  Bar- 
bados Sweetmeats,  which  I  have  given  in  Charge,  w'"  this 
Letter,  to  a  Captain  of  a  Ship  who  I  am  sure  will  deliver 
them  himself,  the  danger  of  the  Seas  excepted;  by  whom  I 
should  have  sent  some  Hamms,  had  the  Ships  gone  Home 
sooner  in  ye  year. 

I  beg  your  Lordship's  Blessing  for  me  and  mine,  and  am 
with  great  Duty  and  Respect  My  Lord 

Your  Lordship's  most  obliged 
and  most  faithful  humb  Serv* 
WILLIAM  GOOCH 
August  20'"  1736 

Endorsed  Gov  Gooch 

— New  Parishes 
— Sweetmeats 
— Hamms. 
Answ" 

By  Capt.  Whitesides — 

British  Transcripts 

Fulham  MiSS.  Virginia  No.  182. 

*  Parishes   late   erected   were    Raleigh    Parish    in    Amelia   county  and 
Dale   Parish  in   Chesterfield   county,   both   formed   in    1735. 


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236  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

March  3"   1736/7 

My  Lord 

1  received  the  honour  of  Your  Lordship's  Letter  of  the 
i8'^  of  November,  and  think  Myself  much  ObUged  to  Your 
Lordship  for  your  kind  acceptance  of  the  Sweetmeats  ;  which 
has  encouraged  me  to  send  to  Barbados  for  more,  and  if  they 
come  time  enough  shall  be  conveyed  to  your  Lordship  this 
sunmier  by  the  same  hand. 

The  Bearer  hereof  the  Rev"  J^L  Read"  waits  on  Your  Lord- 
ship for  Priest  Orders,  he  has  promised  me  to  be  as  Ex- 
peditious in  his  Return  to  his  P'arish  as  his  Ordination  will 
Admit  of;  And  I  dare  say  nothing  will  divert  him  from  it, 
for  he  has  a  sincere  Regard  for  the  Souls  of  his  Parishioners, 
and  is  worthy  of  Your  Lordship's  particular  notice,  being  a 
Modest,  sober,  discreet  and  useful  Minister. 

I  doubt  not  but  M'  Gibson  dos  me  justice  to  your  Lord- 
ship, for  tho'  I  have  not  yet  been  Able  to  serve  him  in  the 
way'  he  desires,  I  have  done  him,  and  shall  continue  to  do 
for  him  all  the  kind  and  good  Offices  in  my  Power,  and  the 
first  \''acancy  be  sure  to  Provide  for  Him,  And  I  trust  your 
Lordship  will  ascribe  it  to  want  of  Power,  and  that  nothing 
else  has  kept  me  from  serving  a  Gentleman,  who  is  known  by 
every  Body  here  to  be  as  welcome  at  My  House  as  any  Man 
in  the  Country,  and  to  have  on  all  Occasions  My  Favour  & 
Countenance,  as  he  is  Your  Lordship's  tTriend. 

I  am  very  much  concerned  to  hear  from  AP  Commissary 
what  your  Lordsp.  was  pleased  to  write  him  concerning  Your 
self:  But  sutler  me  to  say  My  Lord,  that  lett  what  will 
hai)pen,  I  shall  never  deviate  in  the  lease  from  the  Respect, 
Duty  and  Gratitude  1  owe  to  Your  Lordship,  which,  with 
Pride,  I  shall  take  all  oppertunitys  to  acknowledge,  because, 

^Rev  John  Read  (Reade)  received  the  King's  Bounty  for  Vir- 
"iuia  June  13,  1737;  minister  of  Stratton  Major  Parish,  Km-  and 
Quet..  county,  \736-17A3:  supphed  in  Middlesex  and  GU.ucester^ 
(Meade,  1:  374.  360,  325;  Stratton-Majur  Vestry  Book.)  Married 
Frances,   daughter   of    Rev.   Bartholomew   \  ates,    br. 


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VIRGINIA    CLERGY  337 

with  begging  Your  Lordship's  Blessing  for  me  and  mine,  I 
am  with  the  greatest  Sincerity  in  the  World,  My  Lord, 
Your  Lordship's 

Most  faithful  and  most 

obedient  obliged  humble  Servant 
WILLIAM  GOOCH 

My  Lord  of  London 
Endorsed  -      Gov  Gooch 

— Sweetmeats 

— M'  Read 

— M--  Gibson 

— My  self 

Answ"  Aug.   1737. 

(To  be  continued) 


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VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 


VIRGINIA  QUIT  RENT  ROLLS,  1704 

(Continued) 


Gloucester  Rent  Roll 


A  Rent  Role  in  Ware  Parish. 


Thomas  Poole 
Anne  Croxson 
Thomas  Ptirnell 
Nicholas  Pamplin 
Simon  Stublefield 
Jno.  Price 
Sam"  Dawson 
Sam"  Vadrey 
Nathan.  Burwell 
John  Dawson 
Tho :  Bacop 
Robt.  Frances 
Walter  Greswell 
Tho  Read 
James  Shackelford 
Robt.  Freeman 
Jno.  Marinex 
Isaac  Valine 
Tho :  Haywood 
Hugh  Marinex 
Leonard  Ambrose 
Philip  Grady 
Capt.  Wm.  Debnam 
James  Burton 
Jno.  Spinks 
Wm.  Hurst 
Sarah   More 


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300 
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210 
200 
600 

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780 
200 
400 

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ACRES 

John  Ray 

100 

Robt.  Pryor 

300 

Christ"  Greenaway 

270 

Capt.  Throgmorton 

500 

James  Clark 

250 

Philip  Cooper 

200 

Jno,  Kindrick 

100 

Sam"   Simons 

120 

Wm.  Radford 

200 

John  Robins 

900 

Alice  Bates 

200 

Jno.  Easter 

350 

James  Davison 

100 

Robt.  Morrin 

200 

Anne  Bray 

100 

Grace  Easter 

200 

Sampson  Darrell 

300 

Capt.  Francis  Willis 

3000 

Thomas  Powell 

460 

Wm.  Holland 

300 

Capt.  Cook 

1500 

Giles  Cook 

140 

Wm.  Jones 

120 

Tho  Colles 

100 

Philip  Smith 

700 

Tho :  Cheesman 

650 

Geo :  More 

40 

James  Morris 

250 

16710 

Abraham  Iverson  Senr. 

1000 

Robert  Bristow  Esqr. 

2050 

Anthony  Gregory 

700 

Rich"  Bailey 

800 

Wm.  Foulcher 

100 

W^idd"  Jeffes 

216 

Rich"  Dudley  Junr. 

300 

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ACRES 

John  Buckner 

900 

Thomas  Todd 

884 

John  &  Peter  Watertield 

143 

Henry  Whiting 

800 

Mad'"  Whiting 

950 

Jn.  Goodson 

150 

Wm.  Morris 

350 

Mary  Lassells 

200 

Peter  Ransone 

220 

Charles  Waters 

200 

Dorothy  Kertch 

220 

Dorothy  Boswell 

1600 

Rich"  Cretendon    [Crittenden] 

280 

EUz"  Anniers 

250 

EHz"  SnelUng 

250 

Joseph  Boswell 

230 

John  Bullard 

100 

Anthony  Elliot 

100 

Wm.  Armistead 

100 

Peter  Kemp 

650 

Maj'  Peter  Beverley 

800 

Ditto  P  Tillids  Lands 

150 

Dudley  JoUey 

100 

Robt.  Couch 

100 

14893 

16710 

31603 

Gloucester  Rent  Roll 
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Mr.  Guy  Smith 
James  Gary 


30 
50 


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ACRES 

Wm.  Sawyer  15^ 

EdW  Cary  ^oo 

Robt.  Barlow  62 

Tho:  Cleaver  Sworne  200 

Edw  Stevens  oo 

Henry   Stevens  00 

Chillion  White  100 

Jeremiah  Holt  35° 

of  Ditto  for  ye  Widd"  Babb  150 

Robt.  Yarbborrow  lOO 

Robt.  Starkey  100 

Henry  Seaton  l?^ 

Hugh  Howard  200 

Capt.  Booker  1000 

Jno.  Stoakes  3^^ 

Jno.  Dobson  400 

Wm.  Dobson  95° 

Edm''  Dobson  35° 

Hugh  Allen  1250 

George  Jackson  117 

Jno.  Teagle  3° 

Widd"  Jones  45 

Mary  Thomas  100 

Thomas  Seawell  200 

Benj.  Lane  5° 

Valentine  Lane  80 

Jeffry  Garves  33 

Thomas  Coleman  250 

Johanna  Austin  4° 

Maj'  Burwell  330O 

Jno.  Satterwight  5^ 

Jeremiah  Holt  Junr.  150 

Charles  Stevens  75 

Rich<»  Roberts  for  wife  300 

Jno.  Sadler  125 

James  Steavens  lOO 

Susannah  Stubbs  300 


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ACRES 

Rich'^  Foster 

150 

Henry  Mitchell 

50 

Nathan"  Russell 

550 

Eliz"  Richardson 

500 

Wm.  Camp 

175 

James  Row 

300 

John  Butler 

100 

John  Smith  Esqr. 

2000 

Ditto   for  Robt.   Bryon 

400 

Capt.  Blackbourne 

550 

Peter  Richeson 

250 

Benj.  Clements 

500 

Thomas   Graves 

70 

Robt.  Page 

175 

Joseph  More 

150 

17417 

Richard  Dixon 

200 

Eliz"  Turner 

150 

Owen  Grathmee   [Gwathmey] 

250 

Rich-  Wood  folk 

125 

Jn.  Waters 

50 

Wm.  Milliard 

80 

Rich"  Heywood 

100 

Mary  Hemingway 

150 

Wm.  Kemp 

75 

Robt.  Francis 

104 

Joshua  Broadbent 

200 

Joseph  Coleman 

200 

Grustam  Clent 

100 

Philip  Grady 

150 

Jno.  Hall 

15 

Tho:  Walker 

300 

Jno.  Mixon 

400 

Tho :  Sanders 

450 

Wm.  Smith  for  Kittson 

50 

John  Banister 

2750 

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ACRES 

Mad"  Mary  Page  3000 

Jno.  Lewis  Esqr.  2000 


(To  be  continued) 


11009 
17417 


28426 

Ware 

31603 

Petso 

41132 

Kinston 

46537 

147698 


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344  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 


KENNON   LETTERS 


(Continued) 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  B.  Kennon  to  Samuel  Mordecai 

Norfolk  June  3rd  181 1 
Eleven  O'Clock  at  night.'' 
I  have  also  had  a  letter  from  my  dear  Rachel  since  the 
dreadful  catastrophe;  it  was  like  herself;  I  need  not  say  any 
more  to  convince  you,  I  was  much  pleased  with  it.  Will  you 
not  think  when  you  read  this  scrawl  that  I  would  do  very  well 
for  Dihden's  wife?  I  think  I  am  a  little  in  his  style;  but  I 
live  and  learn ;  it  would  never  do  for  me  to  be  so  much  with 
the  nautical  tribe,  and  not  catch  their  linge ;  you  must  con- 
sider I  am  the  mother  of  one  son  of  Neptune,  and  mother- 
in-law  to  another;  and  that  I  see  so  many  of  them,  and  hear 
their  technical  terms  so  often,  that  I  expect  to  talk  like  old 
Commodore  Trunnion  myself;  indeed  for  some  months  past 
my  thoughts  were  generally  fixed  on  the  uncertain  main;  for 
my  dearest  tar,  my  midshipman,  my  much  loved  sailor  boy,"" 
is  seldom  absent  from  my  minds  eye;  nearly  seven  months 
have  elapsed  since  he  left  me,  to  encounter  all  the  dangers 
his  dreadful  profession  subjects  him  to;  in  all  that  time,  I  have 
had  only  one  letter  from  him ;  that  was  dated  from  Plymouth ; 
he  said  they  were  to  take  Mr.  Pinkney  on  board,  and  were 
waiting  for  him ;  and  that  it  was  uncertain,  when  they  should 
lea\'e  that  country ;  that  they  might  perhaps  sail  in  three  weeks, 
or  possibly  they  might  be  detained  as  many  months;  this  1 
suppose  has  been  the  case,  as  the  Essex  has  not  yet  arrived. 
I  believe  you  know  that  is  the  ship  my  amphibious  animal  is 

'^  Reiterated  expressions  of  affection,  requests  for  letters,  sympathy, 
in  distress,  etc.,  appear  frequently,  and  have  been  generally  omitted  m 
publication. 

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KENNON    LETTERS  345 

attached  to ;  you  see  I  must  express  myself  like  a  seaman ;  I 
begin  to  be  very  impatient ;  but  Hope,  that  best  friend  of  the 
unhappy ;  soothes  me  with  the  idea  that  1  shall  now  soon  see 
him;   but   as   this   subject   makes   me   gloomy,    I    will    quit   it. 
My   daughter,   has    once   more    the    happiness    of    having   her 
husband  with  her ;  he  returned  a  few  days  ago  from  St.  Marys, 
whither  he  was  sent  to  carry  troops  for  the  defence  of  that 
place ;  how  long  he  will  remain  with  her  is  uncertain,  for  they 
never  suffer  him  to  stay  long  in  port;  alas,  alas,  it  is  a  bad 
life   these    poor   children    of    danger,    these   nurselings    of    the 
storm   lead;   and   those   who   love   them,   endure   many   heart 
aches;   but  the  evils   we   cannot   cure,   we   must   try   to   bear. 
From'  what  my  amiable  Rachel  says,  I  flatter  myself  that  the 
fire  has  only   interrupted,  not  blasted   the   happiness   of  your 
family;    and    that   the    tranquility    they    began    to    enjoy,    will 
soon  be  restored,  how  very  true  it  is  my  dear  young   friend 
that  an  approving  conscience  is  a  balm  to  the  heart  in  every 
situation;   of    this,    I    am   certain   you   were   all   convinced   on 
that  dreadful   night,   for   when   you   were   surrounded   by   ca- 
lamity, you  all  derived  the  sweetest  consolation  from  the  con- 
sciousness of   having  discharged  your   duty,   in   the   different 
scenes  in  which  your  lots  were  cast;  and  as  there   were  no 
lives  lost,  the  evil  was  supportable;  you  were  all   spared  to 
comfort   each  other,   and   that   was   a   blessing   far    preferable 
to  the  possession  of  the  mines  of  Golconda ;  even  if  at  the 
same  time,  you  had  the  harrowing  reflection  that  those  most 
dear  to  you  had   perished  in  the  flames.     You  must  excuse 
my  not  answering  your  letter  by  your   uncle;  but  I   did   not 
know  until  he  had  left  town,  that  he  had  been  here ;  for  when 
I  was  told  Mr.  Myers  brought  it;  I  concluded  it  was  the  gen- 
tleman  who   lives   in   this   place,   who   had   probably  been   to 
Richmond.     It  is  now  the  fearful  midnight  hour  and  all  are 
fast  asleep  around  me;  and  my  eyes  begin  to  twinkle  like  a 
farthing   candle   in   the   socket;   this   must   be   admitted   as   a 
sufficient  apology  for  this  terrible  scrawl ;  I  have  just  looked 
over  it,  and  find  it  so  horrid  that  I  would  write  it  over  again 
if  I  had  time ;  but  I  have  not ;  I  only  wish  I  had  an  hundred 
dollars   for  every   word   I   have  left  out;  but   I   will  tell  you 


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346  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

as  Ellen  once  told  me  on  a  similar  occasion ;  I  can  write  gooder 
and  this  if  I  try;  but  I  acknowledge  it  must  be  by  daylight, 
if  I  am  to  write  to  prove  my  wonderful  talents  as  a  scril^e ; 
for  candle  light,  and  eyes  which  have  seen  nearly  half  a  cen- 
tury ;  cannot  produce  copper  plate.  My  daughter  joins  me  in 
best  wishes  to  you.  When  you  see  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bradfute, 
give  my  love  to  them  and  tell  them,  I  shall  try  very  hard  to 
visit  them  between  this,  and  the  fall ;  but  I  am  afraid  Sally 
cannot  accompany  me.  I  shall  expect  you  to  be  my  beau,  and 
attend  me  to  all  the  gay  parties  I  shall  go  to.  Farewell  my 
much  esteemed  young  friend,  that  you  may  hereafter  be  as 
hap{)y  as  you  deserve  to  be,  and  greater  felicity  than  that  you 
need  no  twish  for,  is  the  prayer  of  your  sincere,  and  affec- 
tionate, tho'  sleepy  old  friend 

E.  B.  Kennon. 
Mr.  Samuel  Mordecai, 

Richmond. 
Mail. 


Mrs.  Elizabeth  B,  Kennon  to  Rachel  Mordecai 

•  Richmond  August  24th  181 1 

A  length  of  time  has  elapsed  my  beloved  Rachel,  since  I 
last  wrote  to  you;  and  I  should  feel  uneasy  least  you  should 
impute  my  silence  to  a  diminution  of  regard,  was  I  not  satis- 
fied you  are  too  well  convinced  of  the  sincerity  of  my  affec- 
tion for  you ;  to  suffer  an  idea  to  intrude  for  a  moment,  that 
I  do  not  love  you  as  well  as  ever;  if  you  have  had  a  thought 
of  that  kind,  you  have  done  me  injustice;  for  a  variety  of 
events  have  prevented  my  scribbling;  among  others  sickness 
has  had  a  considerable  share;  and  has  driven  me  from  Nor- 
folk, to  seek  for  health  in  the  upper  country.  I  have  got 
thus  far  on  my  way ;  but  the  tormenting  ague  still  pursues  me ; 
I  hope  however  to  get  better  of  it  when  I  go  higher  up;  and 
I  will  not  plague  you  with  a  longer  account  of  my  grunts, 
and  groans,  and  shiverings,  and  burnings ;  but  turn  to  a  more 
agreeable  subject,  and  tell  you  that  not  long  after  I  received 
your  last  affectionate  letter,  my  dear  Beverley  returned  to  his 
native  shores ;  and  by  his  presence  removed  a  load  of  anxiety 


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KENNON    LETTERS  347 

and  fear  from  my  bosom.     I  declare  to  you  when  I  saw  the 
Essex  the  day  she  arrived,  ghde  majestically  along  in  stately 
pride  by  our  house;  and  reflected  that  my  darling  boy  was 
in  her,  escaped   from     the  perils  of  the  ocean;  I  would  not 
have  exchanged  the  night  for  a  view  of  the  Falls  of  Niagara; 
or  of  Napoleon  in  all  his  glory,  with  the  Empress,  and  the 
King  of   Rome  to  boot;  nay,  more   not  even   to   see   myself 
married  to  Mr.  Jefiferson  would  not  please  me  as  well  as  I 
was  then.     Eight  tedious  months  had  I  indured  the  uneasiness 
which  a  mother  must  feel  who  has  any  thing  to  do  with  these 
amphibious  animals;  when   the  beautiful   ship   made  her  ap- 
pearance; and  restored   to  my  heart  that  long  absent  guest, 
tranquility ;  for  that  day  eight  months  that  she  left  our  Capes, 
she  anchored  at  Norfolk ;  and  my  beloved  tars  amiable  com- 
mander, soon  permitted  him  to  visit  me  ;  he  had  a  great  deal 
to  talk  of ;  but  he  did  not  like  Othello  tell  of  the  Anthropophagy, 
or  men  whose  heads  upon  their  bosoms  grow,  he  only  told  me 
probable  tales.     Since  their  return,  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy 
gave  Captain  Smith  his  choice,  either  to  continue  in  the  Essex, 
or  take  command  of  the  Congress ;  which  is  a  larger,  and  better 
ship;  he  chose  the  latter,  and  as  he  knows  I  wish  my  sailor 
boy  to  remain  with  him,  he  was  kind  enough  to  get  him  ordered 
to  that  also;  and  he  is  now  gone  on  to  Washington,  to  get 
on  board  the  Congress;  which  is  at  present  refitting  at  that 
place;  and  it  will  probably  be  some  months  before  I  see  him 
again ;  but  as  long  as  I  can  hear  frequently  from  him,  I  will 
try  to  be  satisfied ;  but  when  the  vast  Atlantic  rolled  between 
us,  I  found  it  impossible  to  be  so.     You  will  perhaps  my  dear 
girl  be  surprised,  that  I  could  leave  my  two  pets,  Sally,  and 
her  son,  exposed  to  the  dangers  of  the  Norfolk  diseases;  but 
this  is  not  the  case;  her  careful  husband,  was  preparing  to 
carry  her  for  a  trip  up  the  Bay  and  promised  me  to  set  off 
in  two  days  after  I  left  them ;  and  I  have  this  day  received 
a  letter  from  the  Captain,  informing  me  that  he  was  as  good 
as  his  word,  and  that  both  of  those  dear  objects  were  now 
in  a  very  healthy  part  of  the  world ;  and  he  flattered  himself 
they  would  find  great  advantage  from  their  little  voyage,  and 
the  salubrious  air  they  now  breathe.     I  should  have  felt  quite 


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348  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

unhappy  at  the  necessity  which  forced  me  to  come  away  from 
them ;  if  I  had  not  have  known,  that  I  left  my  beloved  daughter 
in  more  careful  hands  than  my  own  ;  for  tho'  it  may  appear 
strange,  and  unaccountable  to  you  to  hear  it ;  yet  I  assure 
you  it  is  true,  most  true,  and  strange  as  true,  that  her  good 
man  exceeds  me  so  far  in  care,  solicitude,  and  apprehensions 
about  her,  that  I  cannot  help  laughing  at  him  frequently  for 
his  needless  fears ;  for  he  is  always  like  a  tender  mother, 
fancying  every  thing  will  hurt  her,  and  trying  to  guard  her 
fro  mdanger.  You  cannot  my  dear  Rachel,  imagine  the  de- 
light it  gives  me,  when  I  witness  so  many  proofs  of  his  ardent 
love;  and  am  convinced  from  every  action  of  hers,  that  it  is 
reciprocal;  for  I  may  truly  say  of  them  in  the  words  of  Eloisa, 
sure  this  is  bliss,  if  bliss  on  earth  there  be;  for  never  did  I 
see  two  people  more  devoted  to  each  other.  I  have  this  mo- 
ment received  an  invitation  to  dine  out ;  and  notwithstanding 
it  is  my  ague  day,  I  feel  so  young  and  lively,  that  I  shall 
venture  to  go ;  hoping  my  troublesome  companion  will  be 
too  polite,  to  attack  a  beautiful  young  belle  when  she  is  dis- 
playing her  airs,  and  graces  ;  and  putting  on  all  her  charms  to 
fascinate  the  beaux;  but  if  it  should  make  its  unwished  for 
appearance,  I  shall  be  as  much  at  my  ease  as  I  am  here ;  for 
my  visit  is  to  my  niece  Maria  Bradfute;  and  as  it  is  almost 
time  for  me  to  begin  to  decorate  my  Sylph  like  figure,  for  the 
trip ;  I  am  obliged  to  write  in  such  a  hurry,  with  a  continual 
noise,  and  perpetual  interruptions  that  you  must  excuse  all  the 
imperfections  you  will  observe  in  this  scrawl.  Your  amiable 
brother,  my  valued  Sam ;  with  his  usual  friendly  attention  has 
visited  me  several  times  since  I  came  to  Richmond ;  and  when 
I  last  saw  him,  he  informed  me  he  should  set  off  in  a  few 
days  to  Warrenton.  Oh,  how  sincerely  do  I  wish  it  was  in 
my  power  to  accompany  him ;  for  I  can  truly  say,  it  would 
be  one  of  the  greatest  pleasures  I  could  enjoy,  to  be  once  more 
in  the  midst  of  your  beloved  family;  mutually  participating 
all  the  delights  of  friendly  converse,  and  unbounded  confidence ; 
we  would  then  talk  of  the  days  of  other  years,  which  are 
pleasing  tho'  mournful  to  the  soul ;  and  then  to  chase  away 
distressing    reflections ;    around    my    chair    an    evening   group 


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KEN'NON    LETTERS  349 

I  draw,  and  tell  of  all   I   thought  and  all   I   saw,   since  our 
melancholy  parting,  the  morning  I  quitted  your  little  village  to 
return  to  it  no  more  as  a   resident;  the   sensations   I  always 
experience,  when   I  think  of   those  days  which  preceeded  my 
departure;   1   find  so  acute,  that  I   invariably  try  to  turn  my 
thoughts  into  another  channel ;  but  so  ardently  do   I   long  to 
see  you  all,  that  I   would  if  it  was  in  my  power,  indure  the 
sight  of  Davyson,  and  my  other  enemies;  for  the  satisfaction 
I  should  feel,  when  I  embraced  my  friends;  and  if  no  untoward 
occurrence   prevents,  1   will  take  a   flying  trip   while   I   am   in 
^Mecklenburg,  to  assure  you  all  by  word  of  mouth;  how  dear 
you  all  are  to  my  heart.     When   I  left  Norfolk   I   told   Sally 
I  would  if  possible  go  to  Warrenton  before   I   returned;   she 
iiegged  I  would  do  so ;  and  desired  me  to  assure  you  all ;  that 
nothing  but  her  husbands  company,  which  she  has  it  now  in 
her  power  to  enjoy,  as  he  will  be  some  time  in  port;  should 
prevent  her   from  visiting  you  also ;  but  he  cannot   leave  his 
vessel,  and  she  cannot  leave  him ;  so  you  see  my  dear  what  a 
Necromancer  matrimony   is ;   and   how   soon   it   can   change   a 
wild,    thoughtless,    giddy    girl,    who    appeared    to    set    love    at 
defiance,  into  a  fond  domestic  creature ;  who  is  never  happy  ; 
but  when  like  Darby  and  Joan  she  and  the  lord  of  her  affec- 
tions are  together.     Who  knows  but  in  a  few  years,  I  may  see 
you  and    Ellen   in  the   same  predicament?   if    so    I    wish   sin- 
cerely you  may  both  be  as  happy  as  your  friend.     The  news- 
papers informed   me  that  Mr.   A.   C.   Miller   is   married;  and 
notwithstanding  I  cannot  forget,  yet  I  do  so  sincerely  forgive, 
that    he   has    my    hearty    wishes ;    that    many    years    of    unin- 
terrupted happiness  may  be  the  portion  of  him  and  his  Mary ; 
and  to  make  his  felicity  perfect,  I  wish  him  a  parcel  of  charm- 
ing little  (jnes,  to  be  a  comfort  to  him  in  his  old  age ;  for  a 
marriage  is  never  completely  happy,  without  those  pledges  of 
affection.      I    find   Moses    is   incorrigible ;   and    that   he   is   de- 
termined not  to  encourage  me  to  write ;  well,   I   am  not  the 
first    old    simpleton,    who    has    found    herself    deceived    when 
flattered   with   the   expectation   of   being   very   agreeable   to   a 
young  beau  ;  she  has  exerted  all  her  energies  to  retain  him  in 
her  snares ;  well,  well,  what  cant  be  cured  must  be  indured ; 


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350  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

that  is  all  I  can  say  to  it.  Ellen  too  an  inconstant  chit,  has 
neglected  me  I  suppose  for  a  younger  correspondent ;  she 
may  easily  get  a  more  pleasing  one ;  but  never  one  who  loves 
her  better.  I  am  extremely  anxious  to  proceed  on  my  journey 
to  the  back  woods,  for  so  I  imagine  a  Norfolk  lady  must  ex- 
press herself,  I  have  not  seen  Erasmus  for  eighteen  months; 
which  is  much  longer  than  I  ever  was  separated  from  one  of 
my  children  before ;  I  am  also  impatient  to  see  my  dear  little 
George,  who  I  am  told  is  a  fine  fellow.  Do  my  much  loved 
girl  write  to  me  immediately ;  that  I  may  get  your  letter  be- 
fore I  leave  this  city ;  otherwise  it  may  never  come  to  hand, 
as  I  shall  be  continually  going  from  one  place  to  another ;  to 
pay  my  respects  to  my  numerous  acquaintances,  who  will  all 
think  I  treat  them  ill,  if  I  do  not  ask  them  how  they  do; 
after  such  a  long  absence.  My  foe  is  making  its  chilly  ap- 
proaches ;  I  feel  it  too  plainly  to  doubt  his  intentions ;  I  must 
therefore  say  farewell  before  my  hand  begins  to  shake  so 
much ;  as  to  prevent  my  assuring  you,  and  every  member  of 
your  beloved  family ;  that  I  am  very  sincerely,  truly,  and 
affectionately ;  theirs  and  yours 


E,  B.  Kennon. 


Did  you  ever  see  such  a  scrawl? 


Miss  Rachel  Mordecai, 
Warrenton, 
North   Carolina, 

(To  l)e  continued) 


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•  ob    yjff)    woii  MOflt    J^i:  :tr'nt    I    jln^ 

lo  r. 

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VIRGINIA  GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND  351 


VIRGINIA  GLEANINGS  IN   ENGLAND 


Contributed  by  Reginald  M.  Glencross,   176  Worple  Road, 
Wimbledon,  London,  S.  W.  20,  England. 


(Continued) 
William  Hopkins. 

William— Archbp.,  etc.,  to  James  Hopkins  brother  of  Wil- 
liam H.,  late  of  Virginia;  but  in  pish  of  St.  Dunstan  in  the 
West,  London,  bachelor  dec.  greeting.  Whereas  sd.  W.  Hop- 
kins (as  is  alleged)  made  his  will  &  left  same  in  Virginia 
and  is  since  dead.  Grant  of  Admon.  therefore,  to  you  until 
original  last  will  or  an  authentic  copy  thereof  be  brought 
to  the  Registry.  Ruth  Hopkins  widow,  the  mother  first  re- 
nouncing. 
Dat.  12  Feb.   I734[5]- 

P.  C.  C,  A.  A.  B.,  Feb.  1734-35- 

[In  volume  I,  pp.  122,  123,  of  the  Virginia  Historical  Register  for 
July,  1848,  is  printed  an  account  of  William  Hopkins,  an  eminent 
member  of  the  Virginia  bar,  taken,  originally,  from  '"Sir  John  Ran- 
dolph's   Breviate    Book." 

"In  a  few  Days  afterwards  [in  Dec,  1734]  in  London  died  William 
Hopkins,  Esq.,  who  had  practice  in  this  Court  about  12  years  and 
in  that  Time  by  hard  Study  and  Observation  he  made  a  surprising 
Progress;  became  a  very  ingenious  Lawyer  and  a  good  Pleader,  tho' 
at  his  first  coming  he  was  raw  and  much  despised.  But  he  had  a 
Carelessness  in  his  Nature,  which  preserved  him  from  being  discouraged, 
and  carried  him  on  till  he  came  to  be  admired.  He  had  a  good  Foun- 
dation in  School  Learning',  understood  Latin  and  French  well,  had  a 
strong  Memory,  a  good  Judgment,  a  Quickness  that  was  very  visible; 
and  a  handsome  Person,  all  mighty  advantages.  But  his  manner 
was  awkward,  his  Temper  Sower,  if  it  was  to  be  judged  by  the  Action 
of  his  M'uscles ;  and  was  given,  was  too  much  given  to  laugh  at  his 
own   Discourses. 

When  he  brought  himself  into  good  Business,  he  almost  totally  neg- 
lected it,  which  I  believe  was  owing  to  a  Desire  of  Dipping  into  all 
kinds  of  Knowledge,  wherein  he  had  a  great  Deal  of  Vanity,  and 
prevented  his  Digesting  what  he  had,  so  well  as  he  would  have  done 
otherwise.     He   had   many   good    Qualities    in    Practice;    was    moderate 


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352  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

in  his  Fees ;  Ingenious  and  Earnest,  never  disputed  plain  Points,  but 
was  a  candid  fair  arguer,  yet  he  had  a  laiHng  which  brought  him  to 
a  Quarrel  with  me.  It  was  an  odd  Sort  of  Pride  that  would  not 
suffer  him  to  keep  an  Equilibrium  in  his  own  Conceits.  He  could 
not  see  himself  admired,  without  thinking  it  an  Injury  to  him  to  stand 
upon  a  Level  with  any  other.  And  therefore  tho'  I  was  always  his 
Friend,  had  done  him  many  Kindnesses,  and  he  himself  thought  hnii- 
self  obliged  to  me.  He  came  into  so  ill  a  Temper,  as  not  to  allow 
me  either  Learning  or  Honesty,  which  broke  our  acquaintance,  and 
after  that  I  thought  I  discovered  some  Seeds  of  Malice  in  him.  He 
died  in  the  Flower  of  his  Age,  and  may  be  justly  reckoned  a  Loss  to 
this  poor  Country,  which  is  not  like  to  abound  (at  present  at  least) 
in   Great   Geniuses."] 


Edward  Braie,  of  Shortniead  in  p'ish  of  Bigleswade  co. 

Will  dat.  I  Dec.  1612  Beds.  [Bedfordshire].  My  freehold 
ten'int  in  Nether  Calcote  in  occup'on  of  widow  Browne  in 
p'ish  of  Northill,  Beds.,  to  be  sold,  also  freehold  lands  in 
Stratton  Holme  &  Holmeside  in  p'ish  of  Bigleswade,  Beds. 
To  my  second  son  William  B.  in  fee  20  acres  of  freeh.  land 
lately  purchased  of  William  Retchford  &  Nicholas  Bray.  To 
my  eldest  dau'r.  Annys  B.  100  marks  at  21  or  marriage,  also 
£10  which  was  the  gift  of  her  grandmother  Johan  Angell. 
To  my  second  dau'r.  Mary  B.  100  marks  at  21  or  marriage, 
also  £20  which  was  gift  of  her  grandmother  John  Angell. 
To  my  dau'r.  Elizabeth  Bray  100  marks  at  21  or  marriage 
&  ±10  more  which  was  the  gift  of  her  grandmother  Johan 
xAngell.  My  eldest  son  Mark  B.  not  to  enter  on  copyhold 
lands  till  he  be  21.  To  poor  of  Bigleswade  13s.  4d.  &  to 
Ringers  5s.  To  William  Hunt,  Edward  Retchford  &  my 
godson  Edwardes  &  my  godson  Luke  my  godchildren  2s.  6d. 
a  piece  &  Edward  Fisher  &  Edward  Sawyer  my  godchildren 
12  (£  or  s?)  a  piece.  To  my  man  Thomas  Luffe  5  s.  & 
to  my  maid  Elizabeth  Lewis  5s.  To  my  maid  Annys  Ancell 
1 2d.  Rest  of  goods  to  my  wife  Elizabeth  &  she  to  be  ext'rix. 
My  faithful  uncle  Clarke  &  cousin  his  son  John  C.  &  my 
friend  John  Smarte  of  Bigleswade  to  be  overseers  &  to  them 
5s.  a  piece.  If  my  wife  refuse  to  prove  will,  my  brother 
Robert  Astwood  to  be  exor.  JVitncsscs:  Robert  Hinde,  John 
Angell  X,  Thomas  LufTe  X. 
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VIRGINIA  GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND  353 

will  named.  This  was  originally  written  "Johannis  Astwood". 
"Johannis"  was  crossed  out  &  "Elizabeth"  substituted  but 
"iVstwood"  left  in  error. 

[The  Probate  Cert,  book  has  a  similar  faulty  correction.  Both  in 
Register  and  in  Act  Book  is  a  note  stating  the  correction  was  made  in 
Oct.  1620,  but  there  is  nothing  in  the  Act  Book  for  Oct.  1620  re- 
ferring to  this  testator. — R.   M.  G.] 

Capcll,  44. 

[Edward  Bray,  of  Biggleswade,  was  probably  an  ancestor,  and  cer- 
tainly of  the  same  family  as  Robert  and  Plumer  Bray,  of  Lower 
Norfolk  County,  Va.  See  this  magazine,  XXVI,  280,  for  will  of 
Edward    Bray,   of    Biggleswade    (1656)    and   note.] 


Anthony  Beheatiiland. 

Sentencia  condemnatoris  in  negotio  Compoti  bonorum  An- 
thony I'eheathland. 

In  Dei  Nomine  Amen.  Auditis  .  .  .  per  nos  .  .  magistrum 
custodem,  .  .  .  nieritis  .  .  negotii  exhibitionis  Inventarii  .  .  bon- 
orum .  .  .  Anthony  Beheathland  nuper  .  .  parochiae  Sancti 
Martini  iuxta  Lowe  in  Com.  Cornubiae  .  .  quod  coram  nobis 
in  judicio  inter  Georgium  B.  et  Robertum  B.  fratres  .  .  dicti 
defuncti  partes  .  .  j^romoventes  ex  una  et  Ursulam  B.  re- 
lictam  et  administricem  .  .  ,  bonorum  .  .  eiusdem  defuncti 
partem  contra  quem  idem  negotium  promovetur  partibus  ex 
altera  .  .  .  vertebatur  .  .  .  [Procurator  dictae  U.  B.  relictae  et 
administratrices]  exhibuit  An  account  of  U.  B.  relict  &  admix 
of  goods  .  .  of  A.  B.  .  .  of  G.  M.  by  C.  .  .  .  gent  .  .  .  Nos  .  .  . 
prenominatam  U.  B.  non  nulla  bona  .  .  dicti  A.  B.  ,  .  ex  Com- 
pute ,  .  .  omisisse  .  .  et  .  recipisse  .  .  bona  .  .  .  extendentia 
.  .  ad  suman  £685  5s.  eandem  U.  B,  .  .  £147  .  .  per  earn  in- 
disposita  .  .  pronunciamus  .  .  et  condemnamus  U.  B.  .  .  ad 
debitam  .  .  solutionem  earundem  .  .  12  July  161 7. 

Weldon,  73. 

[Translation] 

Sentence  Condemnatory  in  the  matter  of  an  Account  of  the 
goods  of  Anthony  Beheathland. 


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354  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen.  We  the  Master  Keeper  .  . 
having  heard  the  merits  .  .  of  the  matter  of  the  exhibiting  of 
an  account  of  the  goods  of  Anthony  Beheathland  late  of  the 
parish  of  St.  Martin  by  Lord  Cornw.  which  depended  before 
us  in  judgement  between  George  B.  &  Robert  B.  brothers  of 
sd.  dec.  plfifs.  of  the  one  part  &  Ursula  B.,  relict  &  admi'x 
of  goods  of  same  dec,  deft,  of  the  other  part  .  .  ,  [The  proctor 
of  sd.  U.  B.  relict  &  admix]  exhibited  "An  Account  of  U.  B. 
relict  &  admix,  of  goods  of  A,  B.  of  S.  M.  by  L.  .  .  .  gent." 
We  .  .  pronounce  that  the  sd.  U.  B.  has  omitted  some  of  the 
goods  of  sd.  A.  B.  from  the  Account  &  has  received  goods 
amounting  to  £685.  5  &  that  the  sd.  U.  B.  has  £147  by  her 
undisposed  of  &  we  condemn  the  sd.  U.  B.  to  their  due  pay- 
ment 12  July  1617. 

P.  C.  C,  Adm.  Act  Book,  161 5-8,  p.  22. 

Anthony  Beheathland  of  St.  Martin  by  Lowe  Cornw.  (Exon.) 
Adm.  2  June  161 5  to  relict  Ursula  B. 

22  May  1618  Caveat  entered  by  Robert  Beheathland  for  pay- 
ment of  £80  among  the  relations  of  the  dec.  according  to  the 
order  of  the  Lord  Judge. 
[No  further  ref.  in  Calr.  to   1618.] 

[Members  of  this  Cornish  family  were  early  in  Virginia.  See  this 
Magazine.  XI,  363.  In  1628,  Dorothy  Beheathland,  step-daughter  of 
Lt.  Thomas  Flint,  was  Uving  in  Elizabeth  City  County.  She  had  a 
grandmother  then  living  in  England.  Robert  Nicholson,  of  London, 
merchant,  who  owned  a  plantation  in  Warwick  County,  gave,  in  his 
will,  dated  Nov.  10,  1651,  bequests  to  Mrs.  Mary  Bernard,  of  Warwick 
County,  widow,  and  to  her  daughter,  Beheathland  Bernard.  Rev. 
Thomas  Butler,  of  Warwick  County,  in  his  will  dated  Nov.  20,  1636, 
made  bequests  to  "Mr.  Thomas  Barnett"  [Bernard]  and  to  his  wife, 
Mary.  Their  daughter,  Beheathland  Bernard,  married,  1st,  Major  John 
Smith  (whose  real  name  was  Francis  Dade,  and  2d,  Andrew  Gilson. 
See   William  and  Mary   Quarterly.  XXIII,   292,   293.] 


William  Shropshire  of  Chateulne  co.  Stafford,  yeoman. 

Will  dat.  I  July  161 2.  To  be  buried  in  churchyard  of  Eccle- 
shall.  Whereas  I  have  assured  all  my  lands  to  my  sons  Simon 
S.  &  John  S.  in  bail  in  default  as  I  sh'd.  appoint  by  will. 
Same   therefore,   in   such   default,   to    my   2   neices    Tymysin 


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VIRGINIA  GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND  355 

Brimer  dau'r.  of  James  B.  late  of  Chebsic,  Staffs,  dec.  & 
Johane  his  wife  dec.  &  of  [sic  rectus  to]  Phillipp  Smyth 
dau'r.  of  Roger  S.  late  of  Breisenhill  in  p'ish.  of  Haughton 
dec.  &  of  Margaret  his  wife,  in  fee  equally.  To  my  son  Simon 
S.  5s.  as  his  child's  part.  Rest  of  goods  to  my  son  John  S. 
&  he  to  be  ex'or.  Dared  at  Chateulne  afs'd.  JVitnesscs: 
VVm.  Iremonger,  Walter  Barbour,  John  Broughton  jun. 
Proved  13  Feb.   161 2-3  by  John  S.  son  &  ex'or. 

Capell,  13. 

[It  is  not  known  whether  the  testator  was  ancestor  of  this  Vir- 
ginia family  of  the  name,  whose  emigrant  ancestor  was  a  native  of 
Wiltihire.  St.  John  Shropshire,  son  of  OHver  Shropshire,  of  Marl- 
borougii,  Wilts.,  gent,  matriculated  at  Magdalene  Hall,  Oxford,  April 
9,  1685,  aged  19,  and  took  his  B.  A.  from  Queen's  College  in  1688, 
as  John  Shropshire.  St.  John  Shropshire  (doubtless  the  same  as  the 
Oxford  man)  was  minister  of  Washington  parish,  Westmoreland 
County,  Va.,  in  1704.  In  this  year  he  signed  an  address  of  the  clergy 
to  the  Governor  as  JoJin  Shropshire.  He  died  in  1718.  The  inventory 
of  his  estate  filed  in  Westmoreland  in  that  year  includes  "i  large 
book  press"  £4,  and  "a  large  library  of  books"  i6o.  On  Nov.  16, 
1718,  Elizabeth,  widow  of  St.  John  Shropshire,  stated  to  the  court 
that  he  made  no  will.  Her  son,  St.  John  Shropshire,  offered  for  pro- 
bate a  nuncupative  will,  which  was  judged  not  authentic,  and  therefore 
the  said  Elizabeth  and  St.  John  were  appointed  administrators.  F^liz- 
abeth  Stonehouse  in  her  will  dated  April  14,  1738  and  proved  in  West- 
moreland, Dec.  I,  1742,  left  her  estate  to  her  sons,  St.  John  and  Win- 
field  Shropshire.  Whether  she  was  widow  of  Rev.  St.  John  Shrop- 
shire or  of  one  of  his  sons  is  not  known.  Walter  Shropshire  gave 
bond  in  Orange  County  Sept.  2,  1751,  as  guardian  of  John  and  Ann 
Shropshire,  orphans  of  John  Shropshire,  deceased.  Of  course  this 
John  Shropshire  may  have  had  other  children.  John  and  Ann  were 
the  minors.  A  license  was  issued  in  Orange,  Dec.  4,  1757,  for  the 
marriage  of  John  Shropshire  and  Mary  Part  [portion  of  word  illegible]. 
On  Dec.  17,  1772,  Walter  Shropshire,  of  Craven  Co.,  S.  C,  made  a 
deed,  recorded  in  Orange,  to  John  Shropshire,  of  Orange  County,  Va. 
There  is  a  marriage  license.  Orange,  1773,  for  Joseph  Bain  Johnson 
and    Elizabeth   Shropshire. 

This  is  all  the  record  evidence  which  has  been  noted.  Doubtless 
a  thorough  examination  of  the  records  of  Westmoreland  and  Orange 
would   give   more   information. 

The  Shropshire  family  has  scattered  widely  through  the  South  and 
West.  Their  traditions  as  regard  to  the  early  generations  of  the 
family  are  so  confused  and  contradicting  as  to  be  of  no  value.  It 
should  have  been  added  to  the  record  evidence  given  above,  that  on 
Jan.  I,  1778,  William  Shropshire  of  Henry  County  took  the  oath  of 
allegiance. 

An  account,  dated  1910,  from  Mr.  Franklin  Shropshire,  of  Lees- 
burg,  Ky.,  says,  "My  father.  Col.  B.  N.  Shropshire,  \yas  born  in 
Bourbon  Co.,  Ky.,  Nov.  8,  1798,  his  father  Joe  Shropshire  was  born 
in   Clarke  Co.,   Ky.,  who  was  a   son   of   John    Shropshire,   a  native   of 


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356  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

Virginia,  who  afterwards  settled  in  Clark  County,  Ky.  John  Shrop- 
shire's   father   was  an    Englishman." 

The  following  account,  dated  1910,  is  from  Mrs.  Laura  D.  Shrop- 
shire,  Avon,   Ky. : 

"Record  of  the  Shropshire  family  of  Kentucky  as  handed  down  to 
the   present   generation   by   older   members    of    the    family. 

Tradition  says  that  John  Shropshire  migrated  from  England  to  Vir- 
ginia and  that  his  wife  was  a  Miss  Campbell  from  Scotland,  but  we 
have  not  the  date  of  his  arrival,  but  know  it  was  far  enough  back 
for  one  or  more  of  his  grandsons  to  serve  in  the  Revolutionary  War 
several  years,  and  his  daughter  (Mrs.  Elizabeth  Switzer)  is  supposed 
to  be  the  only  Daughter  of  the  Revolution  now  in  the  state  of  Ken- 
tucky. The  son  of  the  above  John  Shropshire,  also  named  John, 
migrated  from  Virginia  to  Kentucky  some  time  between  1780  and  1790, 
bringing  with  him  his  wife,  Mollie  Porter  Shropshire,  eleven  sons  and 
two  daughters,  named  as  follows :  Walker,  Abner,  James,  William, 
Benjamin,  John,  Joseph,  Jerry,  Edward,  George,  Moses,  Nancy  and 
Betsy.  Nancy  married  Lewis  Smith  and  Betsy  married  Hawkins 
Smith,   but   the   Smiths   were   not   related   by   blood. 

John  Shropshire  and  his  family  settled  in  that  part  of  Kentucky 
now  known  as  Bourbon,  Clark  and  Harrison  Counties.  The  family 
is  now  a  very  large  one  scattered  over  a  number  of  Western  states 
and   the   Southern   states,   especially   Texas. 

The  family  of  Benjamni  Shropshire,  who  was  our  great  grand- 
father. 

Benjamin,  son  of  John  Shropshire  was  born  in  Orange  Co.,  Va., 
1763.  Benjamin  married  Elizabeth  Hoyle,  of  King  George  Co.,  Va., 
who  was  born  July  3,  1767.  To  this  marriage  only  one  son  lived. 
John  Elliott  Shropshire  was  born  in  Bourbon  Co.,  Ky.,  March  19, 
1795  and  married  Rebecca  Hutchinson,  also  of  Bourbon  Co.,  Ky.,  who 
was  born   March  20,    1797. 

The  children  born  to  John  E.  Shropshire  and  Rebecca  Shropshire 
that   lived  to  maturity   were : 

Augustus  Shropshire,  born  Aug.  18,  1817,  died  1896.  James  H. 
Shropshire,  born  May  21st,  1822-1903.  Benjamin  Shropshire,  born 
March  24,  1826-1867.  Augusta  Elizabeth  Shropshire,  born  Dec,  8,  1828- 
1884.  Gabrielia  Rebecca  Shropshire,  born  March  18,  1831-1862.  John 
Samuel  Shropshire,  born  April  23,  1833  and  was  killed  as  a  Major 
of  his  regiment  (in  1862)  in  a  part  of  the  Southern  army  sent  to 
New    Mexico. 

James  H.  Shropshire,  1822-1903,  was  married  to  Lucy  A.  Ware 
in  1850.  Lucy  Arabella  Ware,  born  1830- 1876.  Their  children  were 
eight  in  number,  but  only  five  lived  to  be  grown.  John  Clifton  Shrop- 
shire, George  Ware  Shropshire,  1853-1853,  Mary  Ware  Shropshire 
(Simpson),  Nancy  Ware  Shropshire  (Weathers),  Ella  Shropshire, 
1858-1865,  Katherine  D.  Shropshire  (Field),  James  H.  Shropshire,  Jr., 
died  in  infancy,  Laura  D.  Shropshire. 

John  Clifton  Shropshire  in  1882  married  Sallie  Kinnaird,  of  Fay- 
ette Co.,  Ky.  Their  only  child  was  James  Kinnaird  Shropshire,  1884.- 
Hc  married  Nellie  Shirley  of  Mt.  Sterling,  Ky.  in  1904.  Their  children 
are:     James  Shirley  Shropshire,   1906- ;   Lawrence  K.   Shropshire,   1909-. 

Mary  Ware  Shropshire  married  James  Madison  Simpson  in  1885  and 
their   only   living   child   is   Laurance   Shropshire    Simpson,   born    1888. 

Nancy   Ware   Shropshire   married   William   T.    Weathers    in    1887. 

Katherine  D.  Shropshire  married  David  L  Field,  1891.  Their  children 
are:      Lucy  Ware   Field,    1891-;    David   L   Field,   Jr.,    1895-." 


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VIRGINIA  GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND  357 

An  account  from  another  source  also  dated  1910,  follows : 
"Winkfield  Shropshire  came  to  America  from  England  as  a  mis- 
sionary from  the  "High  Church  of  England,"  about  the  year  1745. 
His  wife  came  with  him  (she  was  a  Miss  Moore  of  Welsh  descent) 
and  settled  in  Va.  They  had  thirteen  children,  eleven  boys  and  two 
girls.  Three  of  the  sons  lost  their  lives  in  the  Revolutionary  War 
in  Va.  Mrs.  Shropshire  also  died  in  Va.  Winkfield  Shropshire  moved 
from  Va.  to  Ga.  in  1780.  He  died  in  Oglethorpe  Co.,  Ga.,  in  1798, 
and  was  buried  on  the  "Academy  Lands,"  being  the  first  grave  made 
on  this  plot  of  ground.  His  sons  were  named  William,  Winkfield, 
John,  Joshua,  Bartholomew,  Walter  and  Spencer.  (Names  of  four  sons 
lost  to  memory.)  Names  of  daughters,  Penelope  and  Sally.  Spencer 
Shropshire  married  Miss  Frances  Pollard  of  Halifax  Co.,  Va.,  Jan. 
8,  1800.  Mrs.  Frances  Pollard  Shropshire  was  a  daughter  of'  Mrs. 
Tabitha  Collins  Pollard  (Collins  being  her  maiden  name).  Spencer 
Shropshire  with  his  wife  also  settled  in  Oglethorpe  Co.,  Ga.  They 
had  six  sons,  Wesley,  Joshua,  Jacob,  Seaborn,  John  and  Monroe;  two 
daughters,  Cynthia  and  Malinda.  Wesley  Shropshire  married  a  Miss 
Swanson.  They  had  two  sons.  Jack  and  Francis  Callaway.  Francis 
Callaway  married  Miss  Mary  Wright,  daughter  of  Hon.  F.  R.  Wright, 
of   Rome,  Ga." 

A  member  of  the  family  entering  in   1912   says: 

Rev.  William  Shropshire,  a  native  of  Virginia,  was  educated  in 
Europe  and  returned  in  1740  with  his  wife  Susan  Collins,  of  Wales. 
She  soon  died,  leaving  a  son,  Alexander.  Rev.  William  married  2d, 
Mary  Edris  Witherspoon.  who  died  in  one  year,  leaving  a  son,' 
John  Witherspoon  Shropshire,  whose  descendants  live  in  Aberdeen! 
Miss.,  Centa,  Ala.,  and  at  Washington  and  Rives,  Tenn.  Rev.  William 
married  about  1743-44  Cynthia  Winkfield  of  Henry  Co.,  Va.  [a  county 
not  m  existence  until  about  30  years  later]  and  died  at  the  home  of 
his  son  William  Shropshire,  Jr.,  at  Washington,  Wilks  Co.,  Ga.,  in 
1788.  [The  fact  that  there  was  a  Winfield  Shropshire  in  Westmoreland 
in  1738  makes  this  third  marriage  very  doubtful— that  is  as  to  the 
name  of  the  3rd  wife.]  Winkfield  Shropshire,  son  of  Rev.  William 
Shropshire,  by  his  3rd  marriage,  married,  in  1770,  Abigail  Spencer 
Moore,  widow  of  Frederick  Moore  of  Westmoreland,  daughter  of  John 
Spencer,  of  Cobham,  Albemarle,  and  granddaughter  of  John  Spencer, 
of  Westmoreland.  [There  was  a  family  of  Moore  in  Westmoreland; 
but  the  name  Frederick  does  not  appear  in  any  abstracts  of  wills! 
In  Albrmarle  in  1781  John  Spencer  sold  a  tract  of  land  on  Moore's 
Creek.  1  Mrs.  Shropshire  died  in  Albemarle  in  1779.  The  eldest  son 
of  Winkfield  and  Abigail  Shropshire,  Spencer  Shropshire,  was  born 
in  Fairfax  County,  Va.,  in  1774,  and  died  at  Cuthbert,  Randolph  Co., 
Ga.,  m  1833.  Spencer  Shropshire,  youngest  son.  W.  M.  Shropshire, 
aged  9S,  now  [1912I  lives  in  Rome,  Ga.  Spencer  Shropshire's  eldest 
son,  Wesley  Shropshire,  was  born  April  3.  iSon,  near  Lexington,  Ogle- 
thorpe Co.,  Ga.,  and  died  in  Chatonga  Co.,  Ga.,  aged  98  years  and 
0  months.  (The  account  was  from  Wesley  Shropshire's  granddaughter 
Mrs.  W.  C.  Henson,  of  Cartersville,  Ga.). 

This  same  lady  gave  an  account,  evidently  traditional,  that  Rev.  Wm. 
Shropshire  was  born  in  Va.  about  1708  and  after  the  death  of  his 
father,  Rev.  St.  John  Shropshire,  went  to  England  with  his  mother 
"Mane  de  Sarentine,"  widow  of  Lewis  de  Sarentine  of  France.  [As 
Rev.  St.  John  Shropshire's  widow  was  named  Elizabeth,  it  is  difficult 
to  see  how  such  a   tradition  as  this  one  could  have  originated.] 

The  accounts  of  members  of  the  family  living  as  late  as  the  Revo- 


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lution  are  no  doubt  correct,  as  well  as  those  of  their  descendants.  The 
John  Shropshire  who  emigrated  to  Kentucky  was  probably  the  John 
Shropshire,  orphan  of  John  Shropshire  referred  to  in  the  Orange  Co. 
records  in  1751.  Benjamin,  son  of  the  emigrant  to  Ky.,  was  born  in 
Orange.  William  Shropshire,  whose  ministerial  designation  may  have 
come  from  tradition,  confusing  him  with  Rev.  St.  John  Shropshire,  was 
probably  the  William  Shropshire,  of  Henry  County,  1778,  as  "Rev.  Wil- 
liam Shropshire"  is  said  to  have  married  Miss  Winkfield,  of  Henry.  Only 
the  Westmoreland  records  could  show  how  William  Shropshire  de- 
scended from  St.  John.] 


John  Gooche  of  Great  Yarmouth  co.  Norf.,  marchant. 

Will  dat.  25  July  1617.  To  my  wife  Margaret  for  bring- 
ing up  of  my  children  all  my  messuages  &  lands,  fishowses, 
salthowses,  etc.  in  Y.  afsd,  which  I  purchased  of  John  Felton, 
for  her  Hfe,  remainder  to  my  son  Robert  G.  in  fee.  To  sd. 
wife  M.  for  same  purpose  my  2  messuages  I  lately  purchased 
of  Augustin  Youngs,  late  of  Y.  afsd.  dec.  &  of  Gilbert  Hill 
of  same  town,  the  former  till  my  son  Robert  be  21,  the  latter 
till  my  son  John  be  21.  Robert  at  21  to  have  former  messuage 
during  life  of  my  wife  M.  &  on  her  death,  sd.  messuage  to 
my  son  John  in  fee.  My  son  John  to  have  latter  messuage 
during  life  of  my  sd.  wife  &  at  her  death  sd.  messuage  to 
my  son  Robert  in  fee.  Rest  of  estate  to  my  wife  M.  to  pay 
debts  etc,  surplus  to  be  paid  to  my  overseers  for,  benefit  of  my 
wife  &  children.  Sd.  wife  M.  to  be  ext'rix.  She  to  permit 
all  personal  estate  that  shall  come  to  her  by  death  of  Nicholas 
Dannock  her  late  father  dec,  to  remain  for  performance  of 
my  will.  If  she  refuse  all  her  legacies  etc.  to  William  Gooche, 
Robert  G.,  Clement  G.  my  brethren  &  to  Charles  Rawlyns 
my  brother-in-law  whom  I  ordain  supervisors  &  to  be  ex'ors 
on  sd.  wife's  refusal.  Witnesses:  Charles  Gooche,  Thomas 
Holland,  Roger  Gooche. 

Proved  21  Aug.  1617  by  Margaret  relict  &  ex'trix. 
Adm.  c.  t.  a.  4   May   1621    to   Charles   Rawlins   husband   of 
Anne  R.  sister  of  Margaret  G.  relict  &  ex'trix  d.  b.  n.  a.  by 
sd.  M.  G.  dec.  during  min.  of  Robert,  John,  Anne,  Margaret, 
Bridget  &  Mary  G.  childre  nof  dec. 

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William  Gooch  of  Metfeld  co.  Suffolk,  the  younger. 

Nuncupative.  Will  dat.  25  Feb.  1604.  Oratio  obliqua.  All 
goods  to  his  wife  Jane  towards  bringing  up  of  his  children 
&  she  to  be  ex'trix.  Nicholas  Gooch  &  Bartholomew  Style 
his  brother  &  brother  in  law  to  be  supervisors.  Bartholomew 
Stiles  clerk,  Gregory  Smithe  &  Robert  Kepus  to  be  witnesses. 
Signed  by  these. 
Proved  13  June  1605  by  Jane  G.  relict  &  ex'trix. 

Hayes,  48. 

[The  two  Gooch  wills  above  are  additional  material  towards  a 
genealogy  of  the  family  to  which  Governor  Sir  William  Gooch  and 
(probably)  Major  William  Gooch  and  Henry  Gooch,  of  York  County, 
belonged.  John  Gooch,  of  Yarmouth,  was  doubtless  nearly  related  to 
Governor  Gooch.  See  this  Magazine,  XXXII,  125,  142,  143,  179-181. 
The  two  wills  show  that  Robert  Gooch  (p.  179)  had  a  son  Clement, 
and  John  Gooch  (above)  had  a  brother  Clement.  John  (1617)  names 
a  son   Robert.] 


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VIRGINIA  STATE  TROOPS  IN  THE 
REVOLUTION 


(Continued  from  Vol.  XXXII,  p.   187.) 


1776             To    cash   paid    Bembridge    Godwin 
April  25          for  Samuel  Hunt  for  Provisions 
Etc  furnished  Guard  at  Barretts 
Point   3     1 1 

Ditto  paid  Ditto  for  Damon  Daley 

for  a  gun 2     10 

Ditto  paid  Stephen  Mitchell  balance 
of  his  account  as  Q.  Master  and 
for  Necessaries  furn'd  the  Troops 

at  York  12     ii 

26  Ditto  paid  James  Carter  for  Cham- 
pion Travis  for  Building  a  Guard 
House  at  the  mouth  of  Queen 
Creek  10 

Ditto  paid  John  Marks  for  H. 
Gains  for  a  gun  &  Repairing 
Arms  4     16 

Ditto    paid    Ditto    for    Captain    Fon- 
tain  for  his  Expenses  in  Adver- 
tising a  stolen  Rifle  belonging  to 
the  public  i       " 

Ditto   paid  John   Ogilby    for   2   guns 

furnished  Cap-  Mead's  Com'' 6       " 

Ditto  paid  Ditto  for  T.  Drinkwater 

&  Ben  Ward  for  2  guns 6       " 

Ditto  paid  Joseph  Eggleston  for  a 

gun  furnished  the  public 4       " 


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Ditto  paid  Thomas  Keith  for  Sun- 
dry Persons  for  Provisions  fur- 
nished Capf  Shelton's  and  Ash- 
by's   Companies   23       9       " 

Ditto  paid  Henry  Field,  say  Thom- 
as Walker  for  Thomas  Weshart 

for  Express  hire 5       9       3 

27  Ditto  paid  John  Singleston  for  Ex- 
press hire   10       "       " 

Ditto  paid  Edmund  Barrase  for  a 

Rifle  gun  4       "       " 

Ditto    paid    Charles    Hayes    for    a 

Rifle 6       "       " 

Ditto  paid  Jos.  Abraham  for  T, 
Holliday  Provisions  to  the  Louisa 
Regulars   3     19       " 

Ditto  paid  Thomas   Hutchings   for 

pay  of  his  Comp'  28  Feb 47     13       8j^ 

Ditto  paid  Peter  Dunn  for  Pay  of 

Cap"  Gregory's  Com'  Do 140     15       " 

Ditto  paid  Richard  Harrocks  for  a 

gun  furnished  the  Army i      10       " 

Ditto  paid  Thomas  Patterson  for 
Rations  &  Necessarys  to  his 
Company  of  the  6'"  Reg'  to  28 
Febru'   143       4       " 

29  Ditto  paid  Samuel  Wren  for  a  Rifle 

gun   furnished  the  Public 4       "       " 

Ditto  paid  Sach"'  Gilliam  for  a  Rifle 

Sold  the  public 45" 

30  Ditto  paid  Joseph  Jones  for  Arms 

furn'd  3'*  Reg" 11       5       " 

Ditto  paid  Ditto  for  a  gun  furnished 

the  Army   3 

Ditto  paid  Robert  Rackerstraw  for 

Cap-    Hutchings    for    Provision 

Wagon    hire    Etc.    to    his    Com' 

from  Potsylvania  136       "       " 


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Ditto  paid   Henry   Croucher    for  a 

Rifle  Gun  5     10       " 

Ditto  paid  Thomas  Pate  for  repair- 
ing Arms  8       8     10 

Ditto    paid    Sarah    Spotswood    for 

nursing  2  Officers i      10       " 

Ditto  paid  Cap"  James  Greer  for 
Sundry  Cloathes  belongs  to  his 
Company    &    Burnt    to    prevent 

spreading  Small  pox 38       8       6 

May         I  Ditto    paid    Richard    Ludlow    for 

Waggonage  public  stores 726 

Ditto  paid  John  Hodge  for  a  Gun 

and  Bayonet  3       "       " 

Ditto  paid  George  Muter  upon 
Ace*  for  the  purchase  of  Arms 
and    Materials    for    Hero   Galley...  100      "      " 

Ditto    paid    Joseph    Eggleston    for 

Wood  furnished  the  Army 112       3     10 

Ditto   paid   Thomas   Massie   for   3 

Guns  furn'd  the  pub"^ ii        5       " 

2  Ditto  paid  Richard  Graham  for 
Cap"  Washington  balance  of 
Bounty  Money  recruiting  Ex- 
penses &  Necessaries  to  his  Com- 
pany          80     13       " 

Ditto    paid    Ditto    for    Helsop    & 

Blair  Sun*^'  to  the  3*  Reg" i       4       " 

To  cash  paid  Richard  Graham  for 
Doctor  French  for  Mede»  and  to 
Cap"   Westfall's    Comp" i       "       9 

Ditto    paid    Jonathan    Prosser    for 

Express  hire  4       "       " 

Ditto  paid  William   Eggleston   for 

Solomon  Tessel  for  a  gun 25" 

Ditto  paid  Phillip  Moody  for  gun 

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Ditto    paid    William    Forster    for 

Waggonage  at  Hampton 45" 

Ditto    paid    John    Tabb    for    900 

bushels  Corn  furn'd  the  pub-^ 67     10 

Ditto  paid  Ditto  for  Waggonage  & 

Pole  Axes  to Ditto 82     10       " 

3  Ditto     paid     Ditto     for     Nathaniel 

Veneble  for  Provisions  &  Wag- 
gon hire  to  Capf  Mortons  Com- 
pany       56       "       9 

Ditto  paid  Ditto  for  Francis  Wat- 
kins  for  a  Rifle 5 

Ditto  paid  Ditto  for  the  Support  of 
a  disabled  Soldier 2 

Ditto  paid  Thomas  Peyton  for 
Colo'  Fielding  Lewis  for  a  Pilot 
Boate  purchased  for  the  use  of 
the  Country  

Ditto  paid  Ditto  for  the  pay  of  his 

Minute  Cmopany  254     19       2 

Ditto  paid  Ditto  for  William  Hall 

for  Provisions   Said   Company 91" 

Ditto  paid  Richard  Graham  for 
Cunningham  &  C'  for  Sundry 
Beding  to  Capf  Lee's  Comp^  of 
the  3"  Reg" 28       5 

Ditto  paid   Ditto   for  the   same   to 

Cap"  Kussels  Co''  5'"  Reg' 15       4      6 

Ditto    paid    John    Edmundson    for 

Henry  Dunn  &  A.  Smith  for  2 

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Ditto    paid    Billey    H.    Avery    for 

Arms  to  Cap-  Puffin's  Com^^ 20     12       6 

4  Ditto    paid    Richard    Taylor    for   a 

Guard  at  Sandy  Point 43 

Ditto  paid  Fielding  Lewis  for 
James  Hunter  for  Sundry  En- 
trenching Tools  132       3 


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ards for  a  gun 5 

Ditto  paid  Ditto  for  James  Mercer 
for  Sundries  to  the  Continental 
Troops  &  Wood  to  the  P.  Wil- 
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Ditto  paid  Ditto  to  James  Keer  for 

Nursing  Sick  Soldiers 3       8 

Ditto  paid  Ditto  for  Express  hire..       i      16 

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365 


ALBEMARLE  COUNTY  MARRIAGES 


(Concluded  from  Vol.  XXXI,  p.  338.) 


Moses  Lawson  & 

Sinclair  Powel  & 

Henry  Lamb  & 

William  H.  Parrott  & 

Lewis  Shiflett  & 

Zachariah  Connel  & 

Alfred  T\L  Mallory  & 

Thornton  Marshall  & 

John  Rapp  & 

Eli  Howard  & 

James  Dunn  & 

Alfred  Lawson  & 

Livingston  Frazier  & 

James  Brian  & 

Samuel  Hall  & 

James  Gardener  & 

Fielding  Shiflett  & 

Benjamin  Sandridge  & 

Berton  Shiflett  & 

Tabner  Morris  & 

Joseph  Lawson  & 

William   Parrott  & 

John  W.  Taylor  & 

Kennel  Shiplett  & 

George  Wolfe  & 

Robert  Ansel  & 

Thomas  Smith  & 

Charles  Going  & 

Json  W.  Walton  & 
William  B.  Black  well      & 


Rebecca  Goodall 
Delilah  Frazier 
Elizabeth  Catterton 


Dec  the  20th 

Dec  the  31st 

Jan  2nd  1834 


IVIary  Wilcox 
Eliza  Keaten 
Drucilla  Morris 
Nancy  Williams 
Polly  Shiplet 


January  the  29th 

January  the  30th 

Feb.  the  6th 

Feb  the  26th 

February  the  27th 


Francis  Ann  Eliz  Walton   Mar  nth 


Ann  Marshall 
Elizabeth  Gentry 
Frances  Wyant 
Delithia  Rosanber 
Elizabeth  Fleck 
Elizabeth  Dowel 
Mary  Wood 
Mary  Shiflett 
Salina  Ellett 
Nancy  Frazier 
Eliza  Shiplett 
Selina  Snow 


Ma)'  the  22nd 

July  the  loth 

August  the  loth 

Aug  the  19th 

October  the  ist 

Oct  the  2nd 

October  the  23rd 

Nov  the  6th 

Nov  the  20th 

December  the  ist 

Deceml^er  the  25th 

Feb  the  17th  1835 


Nancy  F,  Thompson  Feb  the  26th 
Joanna  H.  Taylor  March  the  12th 
Mary  Ann  Lawson  March  the  22nd 
Elian  Ferguson  April  the  14th 

Harriet  Boswell  ^lay  the  14th 

Elizabeth  Harris  June  the  5th 

Matilda  Middlebrook  July  the  30th 
Ann  Dickerson  August  the  nth 
Mary  Elizabeth  Simms  Sep  the  loth 


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George  W.  Shurmond 
Sabret  King 
Michael  Sandridge 
Thompson  Mason 
John  D.  Maupin 
Michael  P.  Moyers 
Hiram  Via 
Nathaniel  Gear 
Davis  Shiflett 
John  H.  Frazier 
William  Shiflett 
Obediah  Snow 
Garret  Morris 
Alias  Shiflett 
Nelson  Shiflett 
Austin  Sandridge 
Benjamin  Watson 
Taverner  Marshall 
Joel  Sandridge 
Ealey  Olevar 
James  C.  Melton 
Reuben  E.  McDaniel 
Thomas  M.  Via 
Ryland  Garrison 
Fountain  Marshall 
Ansel  Morris 
Fountain  Morris 
Samuel  Dowel 
John  Shifflet 
Goiden  Morris 
Johnson  Lamb 
Caswell  Collier 
Louden  B.  Bruce 
William  Marshall 
Robert  Smith 
Nathan  Sandridge 
Pleasant   Maupin 
John  Watson 


&  Eliza  Catterton      Oct  the  12th  (  ?) 

&  Jurucia  Herring  Oct  the  15th 

&  Nancy  Talor 

&  Harriet  Cave  (O?) 

&  Narciscia  Davis 

&  Susan  Melone 

&  Harriett  A.  Nalor 

&  Sarah  Lamb 


&  July  Morris 
&  Mary  J.  Morris 
&  Polly  J.  Shiflett 
&  Nancy  Watson 
&  Sarah  Baughker 
&  Jincy  Shiflett 
&  Carry  Davis 
&  Sarah  Sandridge 
&  Eliza  Hughs 


Nov  the  nth 
Jan  2 1st  1836 
March  the  3rd 
March  the  8th 
March  the  loth 
March  the  23rd 
March  the  24th 
April  the  5th 
April  the  12th 
April  the  17th 
Aptil  the  17th 
April  the  21st 
May  the  23rd 
August  the  1 8th 
September  the  8th 


&  Airy  Gibson  September  the  8th 
&  Susan  Wood  September  the  28th 
&  Martha  Rhodes  October  the  6th 
&  Martha  Pretchet  Nov  the  8th 


&  Sally  Dunn 
&  Nancy  J.  Dunn 
&  Rhody  Keaton 
&  Judith  Gardner 
&  Eliza  Lamb 
&  Patsey  Morris 


December  the  20th 

December  the  20th 

Dec  the  22nd 

Dec  the  22nd 

Jan  the  5th  1837 

Jan'r  12th 


&  Lucy  Ann  Bingham     January  19th 

&  Matilda  Lawson         March  the  21st 

&  Margaret  Douglas 

&  Nancy  Varnal 

&  Elizabeth  Haney 

&  Lina  Shiflett 

&  Mary  Ann  Shackelford       May  4th 

&  Nancy  Lamb  May  the  14th 

&  Parmela  Garrison    August  the  29th 

&  Sarah  Catterton  August  31st 

&  Macv  Lamb        September  the  19th 


March  the  23rd 
April  the  25th 
April  the  27th 
April  the  30th 


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Henderson  Shiflet  & 

Caleb  Norris  & 

Wiley  Shiflet         *  & 

Lively  Keaton  & 

William  Marshall  & 

John  Coatney  & 

George  Thrift  & 

John  B.  Mallory  & 

Frederick  Wyant  & 

James  Jarrel  & 

W^inston  Marshall  & 

Solomon  Shiflett  & 

Wootson  Hall  & 

Livly  Morris  & 
Livingston  N.  Stephens  & 

Pleasant  Sandridge  & 

Asa  Shiflett  & 

Thomas  Shearman  & 

Smith  Shiflett  & 

James  Frazier  & 

Robert  Turner  & 

Ferril  Shiflett  & 

Rober  Bryan  & 

Garrot  Morris  & 

William  Norris  & 
Benjamin  McCallister      & 

Richard  M.  Hall  & 

James  Long  & 

James  L,  Dunn  &. 

John   P'atterson  & 

James  Currier  & 

Smith  Davis  & 

Mickelbery  Roach  & 

James  Lamb  & 
William  Graham,  Esq.    & 

Harry  Shiflett  & 

Jackson  Shiflett  & 

VV^arner  Lank  ford  & 


Milley  Shiflet  December  22nd 

Harlena  Harris  Dec  the  22nd 

Margaret  Shiflett  Jan'r  the  3rd  1838 
Sophia  Shiflett  Jan'r  the  5th 

Malinda  Lawson        Jan'r  the  i8th 
Nancy  Smith  February  the  4th 

Eliza  Early  February  the  14th 

Elizabeth  Roberts       March  the  8th 
Elizabeth  Burns  April  the  ist 

Kiziah  Hufman  April  the  i6th 


Jane  Norford 
Frances  Collier 
Sarah  Wilkinson 
Kiziah  Frazier 
Sarah  Parrott 


July  the  26th 

October  i8th 

October  the  30th 

November  27th 

November  28th 


Charlotte  Wilkinson  Dec  6th 

Jane  Shiflett        December  the  loth 
Ann  E.  Early       December  the  13th 


Sarah  Shiflett 
Sarah  J.  Rucker 
Peapha  Morris 
Catharine  Morris 
Luraina  Jollet 
ALirtha  Mallory 
Mary  Giboson 
Frances  Wilkerson 
Lurainna  Powel 
Sarah  Beasly 
Carline  Salmon 


December  20th 

Dec  the  23rd 

Dec  27th 

Jan  15th  1839 

January  the  i6th 

January  24th 

January  the  24th 

Nov  29th 

March  3rd 

May  the  9th 

Sept  the  19th 


Harriet  Shiflett  September  the  29th 
Louisa  Shiflett  December  the  19th 
Mary  Snow  Jan  the  17th  1840 

Angelina  Rucker  Jan'r  the  31st 

Izabella  Craig  April  the  14th 

Lucinda  C.  P.  Eddens  the  14th  (  ?) 
Carline  Bateman  June  the  i6th 

Harriet  Bateman  June  the  i6th 
Frances  Fisher  Walton      July  i6th 


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James  Maiden 

Joseph  Morris 

Stephen  C.  Shifflett 

John  Gentry 

James  Keaton 

Solomon  Shiflets 

George  Cohier 

Durrett  Robert 

Jarril  Morris 

Bevily  Morris 

Nimrod  J.  Wood 

Angus  McGee 

John  Garrison 

Asa  Goughker 

Piarden  Shiflet 

Leroy  Gibson 

James  Goodall 

Ehhugh  Mallory 

Austin  Garrison 

Nicholas  Shiflet 

John  C.  Davis 
Robert  Ham 
James  Riddle 
William  Riddle 
Morton  Shiflet 
Harrison  Breading 
William  J.  ]\Iorris 
Parrott  Elliott 
Riley  Morris 
John  Gibson 
Sampson  Shiflet 
Henry  Morris 
Henry  Shiflet 
Theophilus  Lawson 
Hiram  Cave 
Michael  Frazier 
Oville  Allen 
Harrison  Morris 


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Mary  Ann  Wyant      August  the  6th 
Polly  Shiflett  October  the  ist 

Mary  M.  Collier  Oct  the  28th 

Carlina  Duglas       December  the  5th 
January  19th  1841 
Jan'r  21st 


Betsey  Powel 
Winney  Shiflet 
Susan  Shiflet 
Amanda  Lamb 
Virindy  Morris 
Delila  Morris 
Dosha  A.  T^Iaden 
Polly  Shorb 
Delitha  ^Monday 
Eliza  Rucker 
Theodosha  Ham 
Elizabeth  Goodall 
Pyrena  Gibson 


Jan'r  the  21st 

February  4th 

]\Iarch  the  i8th 

April  the  15th 

August  the  19th 

October  the  30th 

Dec  the  22nd 

March  the  14th 

May  19th 

Sept  the  21st 

Sept  the  22nd 

Nov  the  15th 

Dec  the  20th 


Nancy  Collier 
Sarah  Jane  Taylor 
Nancy  Lawson  Jan  the  11  day  1843 
Agnes  Jane  Roberd  Jan  the  12th 
Mary  Duglass  March  the  27th 

Frances  Riddle  May  the  25th 

Nelly  Riddle  May  the  25th 

Rosalanea  Shiflet  June  the  5th 

Sept  the  19th 
Sept  the  28th 
Oct  the  5th 
Nov  the  7th 
November  the  9th 
December  28th 
Jan  1 6th  1844 
January  the  25th 
April  the  i^^h 
June  the  5th 
July  the  4th 
Deem  the  18th 
Dec  the  19th 


Lucritia  Morris 
Sally  Shiflett 
Amanda  A.  Catterton 
Harriet  Morris 
Rebecca  Long 
Claussa  Shiflet 
Leany  Shiflet 
Ehza  Morris 
Carline  Herring 
Mad;(sa  Shiflett 
Virinda  Shiflett 
Sarah  Ann  Davis 
Caty  Morris 


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Luis  Morris 
William   F.  Davis 

David  W.  Mills 
Haston  Shiflett 
Meredith  IMondy 
Thomas  Jear 
Edmond  May 
James  Gentry 
Plasant  Morris 
Laton  Long 
Marshall  Elliott 
Elijah  Davis 
James  W.  Archer 
Richard  Hall 


&  Elvanda  Morris 
&  Ardena  Wyant 
&  Sarah  E.  Richards 
&  Liddy  Shiflett 
&  Mahuldy  Hall 
&  Nancy  J.  Lamb 


Dec  the  19th 

Dec  the  31st 

Feb  20th  1845 

March  the  30th 

April  the  20th 

October  the  i6th 


&  Evelina  Snow  October  the  22nd 
&  Luthana  Sandridge  Nov  the  6th 
&  Susan  Frances  Frazier  Dec  the  4th 
&  Rebeca  Jane  Gibson  Dec  the  4th 
&  Malinda  Shiflett  April  the  9th  1846 
&  Barbraia  Shiflett  April  the  23rd 
&  Nancy  Roberts  May  the  10th 

&  Sarah  Givin  July  the  20th 


The  above  record  is  a  true  copy  of  the  original  marriage 
book  of  the  Rev.  John  Gibson  of  Albemarle  County,  Vir- 
ginia, and  contained  in  the  pension  case  of  (Rev.)  John  Gib- 
son, Rejected  No.  3,996,  Pension  Bureau,  Washington,  D.  C., 
and  examined  this  25th  day  of   November,   1901. 

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At  a  Council  held  at  the  Capitol,  the  3rd  day  of  February,  1727 

Present 
The  Hon''"'  the  Governour 
James  Blair  Richard  FitzWilliam 

Cole  Digges  William  Dandridge 

Peter  Beverley  and 

John  Carter  John   Custis,   Esqrs. 

On  reading  at  this  Board  the  petition  of 
Spencer's  peti-  Abraham  Spencer'  praying  that  a  Fine  im- 
tion  for  remit-  posed  on  him  by  King  William  County  Court 
ting  a  fine  re-  in  July  last  may  be  remitted  It  is  ordered 
referred.  that   the  Justices  of  the  said   Court   may  be 

required  to  Certify  the  manner  of  the  prose- 
cution, and  the  proofs  of  the  fact  for  which  the  petitioner  was 
fined ;  to  the  end  this  Board  may  be  satisfied  whether  the 
Allegations  of  the  petitioner  concerning  the  Courts  preceed- 
ings  be  true. 

The  Governour  communicated  to  the  Coun- 
Governor  of  cil  a  Letter  from  Sr.  Richard  Everard  Gov- 
North  Caro-  ernor  of  North  Carolina  proposing  that  liefore 
lina's  letter  the  dividing  line  be  run  between  the  two  Gov- 

with  the  an-  ernments,  it  be  agreed  and  declared  that  all 
swer  thereto  Grants  made  by  either  Government  for  lands 
read.  within  the  controverted  bounds,  shall  be  con- 

firmed to  the  present  possessors  in  which  so- 
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and  the  said  letter  being  read  together  with  the  Governor's 
Answer  thereto  dated  the  23d  of  January,  It  is  the  unanimous 
opinion  of  this  Board  that  the  said  proposal  ought  not  to 
be  agreed  to,  and  that  the  Answer  given  by  the  Governour 
to  the  aforesaid  letter  is  conformable  to  the  repeated  Decla- 
rations of  this  Government,  concerning  the  disposing  of  the 
lands  within  the  controverted  bounds  whenever  the  same  should 
come  to  be  determined. 

On  reading  at  this  Board  a  Letter  from  the 
Letter  from  Right  Hon""  the  Lords  Comm^'  for  Trade 
the  Board  of  and  Plantations,  together  with  the  opinion  of 
Trade  &  his  Majesty's  Attorney  and  Solicitor  General 

Opinion  of  the  on  the  Case  transmitted  from  hence,  relating 
Attorney  &  to  the  fines  &  forfeitures  claimed  by  the  Pro- 

Soll'er  General  prietors  of  the  Northern  Neck  within  the  Ter- 
concerning  the  ritory  granted  to  them  by  Charter ;  It  is  or- 
Northern  Neck  dered  that  the  said  Opinion  be  entered  on  the 
Read  Council    Books    &    in    the    Secretary's    Office 

to  which  all  persons  concerned  may  have  Re- 
course— 

February  the  5th   1727 

Present 

The  Governour 

James  Blair  Richard  Fitz  William 

Peter  Beverley  John  Grymes 

John  Carter  William  Dandridge 

John  Custis  Esqrs. 

Mr.  John  Blair       The  Governour  was  pleased  with  the  advice 

appointed  Navl  &   Consent   of   the   Council,   to   Constitute    & 

Officer  in  room  appoint   John    Blair''    Gent    Naval    Officer    of 

of  Mr.  Light-  the    Upper    District    of    James    River,    in    the 

foot  dec'd.  room  of  Francis  Lightfoot  Gent,  deceased. 

Council  The   Minutes  of  Council   from   the   Gover- 

Minutes  nor's  Arrival  to  the  14th  of  Decenr ;  last  in- 

Read  elusive   were   this   day   read   and   approved. 


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For    preventing    disputes    &    controversies 
Order  con-  which    may    arise    by    allowing    Entry's    im- 

cerning  the  mediately  to  be  made  for  Lands  lying  within 

granting  lands    the  controverted  Bounds  between  this  Colony 
within  the  &  North   Carolina,   It  is  this  day  ordered  by 

controverted        the  Governour  with  the  advice  of  the  Council 
bounds.  that   no   Entrys   be   admitted    for   any   of    the 

lands  lying  within  the  bounds  heretofore  in 
controversy,  untill  upon  the  Report  of  the  Commissioners  ap- 
pointed for  the  determination  of  Boundarys,  Rules  shall  be 
established  for  the  more  regular  entring  for  the  Said  lands, 
and  public  notice  thereof  given  throughout  the  Colony :  And 
the  Surveyors  of  the  several  Countys  next  adjoining  to  the 
said  controverted  bounds,  are  to  take  notice  hereof,  and  to 
conform  themselves  accordingly — 

February  the  6th.  1727 

Present 
The  Governour 
Mr.  Commis"''  Blair  John  Carter 

Peter  Beverley  Rich'd  FitzWilliam 

John  Robinson  John  Grymes  & 

William  Dandridge  Esqrs. 

This  day  being  appointed  for  the  hearing  a 
Private  Dis-  determining  divers  Controversy's  arising  on 
putes  about  the  pretensions  of  Several  Persons  to  Grants 
Lands  heard.  of  his  Majesty's  Lands  The  Governour  and 
Council  preceeded  thereon  and  the  matter  be- 
tween William  Cradock,  Gent  and  William  Philips,  planter, 
touching  the  grant  of  one  hundred  acres  of  Land  in  King 
William  County,  by  consent  of  both  parties  is  appointed  to  be 
heard  at  the  Council  to  be  held  next  Court  of  Oyer  &  Ter- 
miner,— 

Present  John  Custis  Esqr. 

On  reading  at  this  Board  the  humble  petition  of  Anne  Major 
widow  on  behalf  o  f herself  &  the  Children  &  Devisees  of 
William   Major  her  deceased  husband,  setting  forth  that  her 


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said  husband  about  thirty  five  years  ago,  for  a  \'aluable  Con- 
sideration purchased  of  one  Daniel  Workman  a  certain  Tract 
of  land  in  New  Kent  County  containing  by  estimation  280 
acres  and  was  immediately  possessed  thereof,  but  no  Con- 
veyance ever  acknowledged  or  recorded  ;  that  some  years  after 
the  said  Workman  departed  this  life,  and  the  said  William 
Major  and  the  petitioner  have  been  in  peaceable  possession 
of  the  same  land  ever  since ;  That  one  John  Meux  now  de- 
ceased sued  out  an  Inquisition  of  Escheat  for  the  said  land 
by  which  it  is  found  that  the  same  is  escheated,  and  that  tho' 
the  pet-  conceives  she  has  a  Right  thereto,  yet  she  is  willing  to 
take  a  patent  on  the  said  Escheat  for  strengthening  her  title ; 
and  praying  this  Board  to  consider  the  equity  of  her  pre- 
tensions ;  It  appearing  by  the  Affidavit  that  pursuant  to  the 
order  of  this  board  the  14th.  of  December  last  due  notice  hath 
been  given  to  Mr.  Farrel  the  Executor  of  the  last  Will  and 
Testament  of  the  aforesaid  John  Meux  and  Gmardian  to  his 
Heir  at  Law  to  attend  this  Board  and  make  out  his  Preten- 
sions ;  and  that  he  hath  refused  to  concern  himself  in  the 
prosecuting  the  said  Escheat,  It  is  ordered  that  a  patent  be 
granted  for  the  land  aforesaid  to  the  said  Anne  Major,  or 
to  such  of  the  Devises  of  the  said  William  Major  dec'd.  as 
shall  be  agreed  upon  to  take  the  same,  and  to  make  the 
division  according  to  the  will  of  their  deceased  father;  they 
paying  the  fees  and  other  Charges  expended  by  Mr.  Meux 
in  prosecuting  the  said  Escheat  and  also  the  composition  due 
to  his   Majesty. 

On  reading  this  day  at  the  Board  the  several  pretensions 
of  George  Woodroofif  and  Anne  Arnold  widow,  in  behalf  of 
herself  and  of  Rachel  her  daughter  now  the  wife  of  Francis 
Arnold,  to  three  hundred  and  eighty  acres  of  Land  lying 
on  East  No.  East  River  in  the  County  of  Spotsylvania,  Sur- 
veyed in  the  year  171 5  for  Benjamin  Arnold  deceased,  but 
no  patent  ever  since  sued  out :  It  is  the  Opinion  of  this  Board 
and  accordingly  Ordered,  that  the  said  George  Woodrooff 
have  a  patent  for  the  said  land,  upon  his  giving  bond  to  con- 
vey the  same  to  Anne  the  Daughter  of  the  said  Rachel  Arnold 


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when   she   shall  come  of   age  or   marry   according   to   his   in- 
tention this  day  signified  to  this  Board. 

February  the  8th.   1727 

Present 

The  Governour 

Cole  Digges  Richard  FitzWilliam 

Peter  Beverley  John   Grymes 

John  Robinson  William  Dandridge  & 

John  Custis,  Esqrs. 

Several  petitions  for  leave  to  take  up  and 
New  Land  Survey  his   Majesty's   Lands,  were  read,  and 

Granted.  granted   as    follows    viz :      Thomas    Bott^,    for 

two  hundred  acres  in  Prince  George  County, 
beginning  on  the  South  side  of  Appomattox  River  below 
Smack's  Creek  and  extending  downwards  to  the  Line  of 
Essex  Bevil  on  Saponie  Creek. 

Henry  Anderson*  for  two  thousand  two  hundred  acres  join- 
ing on  Henry  Randolph  and  George  Robinson  on  the  branches 
of  Smack's  Creek  in  Prince  George  County — 

Henry  Anderson  for  two  thousand  acres  called  the  Beech- 
tree  joining  to  James  Powel  Cocke's  land  on  Nibb's  Creek 
in  the  same  County — 

John  Anderson^  twelve  hundred  acres  on  both  sides  of 
Nibbs  Creek  joining  to  the  land  of  Edward  Booker  in  the 
Same  County, 

Henry  Anderson  Jun'  2000  acres  joining  on  the  lands  of 
John  Anderson  and  James  Powel  Cocke  on  Nibbs  Creek  in 
the  same  County, 

William  Kennon'  for  1000  acres  in  the  Same  County  join- 
ing on  the  land  of  William  Pride  on  the  So.  side  of  Ap- 
pomattux  River, 

Henry  Wood'  for  3000  acres  between  Willis's  &  Randolphs 
Creek  in  Henrico  County, 

Seth  Ward*  for  5000  acres  on  the  Northside  Appomattux 
River  in  the  Same  County,  beginning  at  a  Hickory  mark'd 
on  four  sides,  and  running  up  the  said  River  to  Green  Creek, 


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Thomas  Randolph'  for  3000  acres  in  the  Same  County  be- 
ginning about  a  mile  above  Henry  Gary's  upper  survey  on 
Hatchers  Creek,  and  extending  on  both  sides  of  the  said 
Creek  to  complete  the  quantity, 

Rene  Laforce'"  for  900  acres  in  Henrico  County  joining 
on  the  lands  of  Chastain  and  Dutoi,  and  to  include  the  same 
in  one  patent,  the  same  being  already  surveyed  in  two  dis- 
tinct surveys, 

Henry  Cary"  for  3000  acres  beginning  on  the  Great  Moun- 
tains of  Willis's  Creek  in  Henrico  County  and  extending  over 
the  said  Mountains  to  the  two  great  branches  which  encom- 
pass the  same,  and  so  down  the  Creek  to  a  white  Oak  marked 
HC  to  include  the  quantity, 

John  Syme,"  John  Anderson,  Thomas  Anderson  and  Richard 
Clough  for  6000  acres  in  one  or  more  Tracts  on  the  branches 
of  the  River  Byrd  in  Hannover  County  and  joining  on  the 
land  formerly  granted  to  the  said  Syme, 

Ralph  Crutchfield'"  for  1500  acres  in  Hannover  County 
including  400  acres  surveyed  for  John  Whately  and  assigned 
to  the  petitioner,  with  leave  to  include  the  whole  in  one  patent, 

Thomas  Tyler"  for  3,000  acres  beginning  on  the  South  fork 
of  Terry's  Run  adjoining  to  the  land  of  James  Taylor  and 
Joseph   Hawkins  in   Spotsylvania   County — 

Christopher  Clark"  for  2,500  acres  on  both  sides  of  South 
Anna  above  deep  creek  in  Hannover  County — 

Peter  K,ing"  for  1,700  acres  lying  below  Deep  Creek  in 
Hannover  County — 

Michael  Holland"  for  2000  acres  in  Hannover  County,  400 
acres  thereof  being  already  granted  by  patent  to  Rich'd  and 
Thomas  Watson,  &  400  acres  surveyed  for  John  Woody  & 
Benjamin  Johnson  and  assigned  to  the  pef  with  leave  to  in- 
clude the  whole  in  one  patent — 

George  Booker'*  for  2,000  acres  in  Prince  George  County 
bounding  on  Nibbs  Creek  &  the  lines  of  Will"  K,ennon,  & 
of  Flatt  Creek — 

David  Walker"  for  1,000  acres  in  Prince  George  County, 
on  Turkeyegg  and  Ready  Creeks  and  on  Nottoway  River, 
including  the  land  formerly  granted  to  Solomon  Wynne — 


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William  Mayo  for  6,000  acres  between  Appomattux  River 
&  Flatt  Creek  in  Prince  George  County,  adjoining  to  the  lands 
of  Abraham  Burton,"""  John  Stevens  &  William  Pride,  and 
the  same  to  be  laid  off  in  one  or  more  tracts — 

James  Patillo"''  for  1000  acres  in  Prince  George  County 
between  the  lines  of  John  Kerby,  Edmund  Irby,  John  Tillman, 
Richard  Cooke,  James  Williams  and   Rowante  Road — 

Richard  Randolph^  for  2000  acres  in  Prince  George  County 
beginning  on   a   great   branch   on   the  head   of    Flatt   Creek — 

John  Dandridge^  on  his  petition  hath  leave  granted  him 
to  include  in  one  patent  three  Several  Entrys  each  for  400 
acres  of  land  lying  on  the  Northside  the  Southanna  a  little 
above  Cubb  Creek  in  Hanover  County — 

Thomas  Randolph  on  his  petition  hath  leave  granted  him 
to  include  in  one  patent  4,000  acres  of  land  surveyed  in  ten 
several  surveys  lying  on  the  Northside  the  North  branch  of 
James  River  and  at  the  foot  of  the  Mountains  in  Henrico 
County — 

Thomas  Jones,  Gent**:  by  his  petition  setting  forth  that 
Benjamin  Brown  of  Hannover  County  long  since  entered  for 
and  surveyed  1,600  acres  of  land  in  the  said  County,  but  hath 
never  returned  the  Survey  or  sued  out  any  patent  for  the 
Same ;  whereby  the  said  Entry  is  become  void,  and  praying 
a  grant  thereof.  It  is  Ordered  that  the  said  Brown  be  sum- 
moned to  appear  at  the  next  Council  held  after  the  Court 
of  Oyer  and  Terminner  in  June  to  shew  why  the  said  land 
should  not  be  granted  to  the  petitioner — 

Thomas  Jones  by  his  petition  setting  forth  that  Joseph 
Powel  of  King  William  County  some  years  since,  entered 
for  two  tracts  of  land,  the  one  Containing  1,500  and  the  other 
400  acres  on  Elk  Creek  now  in  Spotsylvania  County,  but 
never  sued  out  any  patent  for  the  same.  And  that  James 
Taylor  of  King  and  Queen  County  also  entered  for  and  Sur- 
veyed 1500  acres  on  the  same  Elk  Creek  without  sueing  out 
any  patent  for  the  same,  though  the  said  land  hath  been 
long  since  surveyed  and  praying  Grants  for  the  said  lands. 
It  is  Ordered  that  the  said  Powel  and  Taylor  be  summoned 
to  appear  at  the  next  Council  after  the  Court  of  Oyer  and 


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VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  377 

Terminer  in  June,  to  show  cause  why  the  said  several  tracts 
should  not  be  granted  to  the  petitioner — 

On  the  petition  of  John  Cosby  and  Charles  Barrett  Ordered 
that  Thomas  Carr  of  King  William  County  be  summoned  to 
appear  at  the  next  Council  to  be  held  after  the  Court  of 
Oyer  and  Terminer  in  June,  to  show  cause  why  the  land 
mentioned  in  the  said  petition  being  800  acres  on  both  sides 
the  South  fork  of  little  River  and  400  acres  on  lx)th  sides 
the  North  Fork  of  Little  River  in  Hannover  County  should 
not  be  granted  to  the  petitioner — 

February  the  13th.  1727 

Present 

The  Governour 

James  Blair  John  Robinson 

William  Byrd  John   Carter 

Peter  Beverley  John  Grymes  & 

John  Custis   Esqrs. 

This  day  His  Majesty's  Commission  under 
Governors  the  Great  Seal  bearing  date  the  9th.  day  of 

Comm"  from       November  1727  in  the  first  year  of  his  Maj- 
his  present  esty's     Reign,     consisting     [constituting]     the 

Majty.   pub-        Right    Hon""    George    Earl    of    Orkney    his 
lished.  Majesty's   Lieutenant  and   Governor   Gen'    of 

Virginia  and  also  a  Commission  under  his 
Majesty's  Royal  Signet  and  Sign  manual  bearing  date  the  17th 
of  October,  constituting  Wm.  Gooch  Esqr.  his  Majesty's  Lieu- 
tenant Governor  of  this  Dominion  were  read  and  published 
in  the  General  Court  house,  in  the  presence  of  the  Council 
the  House  of  Burgesses  now  assembled  and  a  great  concourse 
of  Gentlemen  and  others — 

After  which  the  Lieutenant  Governor  re- 
Governor  turning  to  the  Council  chamber  took  the  Oaths 
Sworn.  appointed  by  an   Act  of   Parliament  made  in 

the  first  year  of  the  Reign  of  his  late  Maj- 
esty King  George  the  First  entitled  An  Act  for  the  further  se- 


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378  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

cuiity  of  his  Majesty's  person  &  Government  and  the  Suc- 
cession of  the  Crown  in  the  heirs  of  the  late  Princess  Sophia 
being  protestants  and  for  extinguishing  the  hopes  of  the  pre- 
tended Prince  of  Wales  and  his  open  and  secret  abettors — 
And  then  subscribed  the  Test  and  took  the  Oath  for  the  due 
observation  of  the  Acts  of  Trade  and  the  execution  of  his 
Office  of  Lieut.  Governour  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  this 
Dominion — 

The    Board    taking    into    consideration    the 
Order  for  proper  Commis"",  and  Instructions  to  be  given 

framing  the  to  the  Commissioners  appointed  on  the  part 
Commission  of  this  Government  to  settle  the  boundarys 
for  settling  between  this  Colony  and  the  Province  of  North 

the  boundarys  Carolina,  It  is  thereupon  Resolved,  That  it 
be  an  Instructions  to  the  said  Commissioners 
that  in  case  those  appointed  for  North  Carolina  shall  fail  to 
appear,  or  being  present  shall  refuse  to  run  the  Dividing 
Line  pursuant  to  his  Majesty's  directions,  the  Commissioners 
of  Virginia  do  proceed  to  mark  out  the  same  without  them — 

That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the  said  Commissioners  to  treat 
and  agree  with  the  Commissioners  of  North  Carolina  in  the 
best  manner  they  can,  touching  such  Islands  or  small  parcels 
of  land  which  may  be  intersected  by  the  dividing  Line,  and 
which  (according  to  the  proposals  approved  by  his  Majesty) 
are  left  to  be  allotted  to  the  one  Government  or  the  other 
as  the  natural  bounds  will  admit, 
Resolved 

That  power  be  given  to  the  said  Commissioners,  in  case 
of  Resistance  or  Opposition  by  the  people  of  Carolina  to  call 
to  their  assistance  the  Militia  and  Posse  of  the  Several  ad- 
jacent Countys  to  remove  all  force,  And  that  the  directions 
and  Authority s  aforesaid  be  inserted  in  the  Commission  to 
be  given  the  said  Comm°"  under  the  Seal  of  the  Colony  And 
that  no  other  particular  Instructions  be  given  them  but  what 
are  contained  in  the  said  Commission,  Which  the  Clerk  of 
the  'Council  is  hereby  ordered  to  prepare  against  the  next 
meeting  of  the  Council — 


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VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  379 

Mr.  Augustine  Smith  having  by  an  Instrument  under  his 
hand  relinquished  his  pretentions  to  a  Tract  of  Land  in  Spot- 
sylvania County,  petitioned  for  by  Henry  Willis,  Gent,  as 
forfeited  by  the  said  Augustine,  for  not  sueing  out  a  Patent 
for  the  same  in  due  time ;  It  is  Ordered  that  the  said  Tract 
of  land  containing  1,400  acres  be  granted  to  the  said  Henry 
Willis  he  procuring  Rights  for  the  Same,  and  pursuing  the 
Orders  of  the  Government  in  that  behalf — 

February  the  16'"  1727 
Present 
The  Governour 
James  Blair  John  Carter 

Cole  Digges  Richard  FitzWilliam 

Peter  Beverley  John  Grymes 

John    Robinson  John  Custis  Esqrs. 

Whereas  some  doubt  hath  been  made  whether 
Order  con-  the  exemption  from  purchasing  Rights  granted 

cerning  Sur-  by  his  late  Majesty  to  the  persons  taking  up 
veys  of  land  lands  in  Brunswick*"^  and  Spotsylvania  doth 
Brunswick  extend  to  lands  which  shall  be  Surveyed  but 

and  Spot-  not   patented   before   the   first   of    May   next, 

sylvania  It  is  the  opinion  of  this   Board  that  the  said 

Exemption  doth  extend  to  all  lands  actually 
surveyed  in  the  said  Countys  before  the  first  day  of  May  next 
tho  Patents  shall  not  be  passed  for  the  same,  and  the  Sur- 
veyors of  the  said  Countys  are  to  cause  the  said  Surveys  to 
be  returned  to  the  Secretarys  Ofifice  with  all  convenient  speed — 

February  the  27"-  1727 

Present 
The  Governour 

Robert  Carter  John  Carter 

Cole  Digges  Richard  FitzWilliam 

James  Blair  John  Grymes 

Peter  Beverley  William  Dandridge 

John  Robinson  John  Custis  Esqrs. 


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380  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

The  Draught  of  a  Commission  to  WilHam 
Commission  Byrd,  Rich**  FitzWilHam  and  WiUiam  Dan- 
for  SettHng  dridge  Esqrs.  for  SettHng  the  Boundarys  be- 
the  boundary  tween  this  Colony  and  the  Province  of  North 
approved  CaroHna,  in  conjunction  with  the  Comm"   of 

that  Province,  pursuant  to  his  Majestys  Com- 
mands, being  prepared,  were  read  at  the  Board  and  approved, 
and  ordered  to  be  fairly  engross'd  for  the  Governor's  sign- 
ing, and  the  Seal  of  the  Colony  affixed  thereto — 

This  Board  having  received  information  that  Mr.  Allen  one 
of  the  Surveyors  appointed  for  running  the  dividing  Line  be- 
tween this  Colony  and  North  Carolina,  declining  going  on 
that  Service  being  hindered  by  the  dangerous  indisposition 
of  his  Wife,  The  Governour  with  the  advice  of  the  Council 
was  pleased  to  nominate  and  appoint  Mr,  Alexander  Irwin 
Professor  of  Mathematicks  in  the  College  of  William  and 
Mary  in  the  room  of  the  said  Mr.  Allen,  and  in  case  he  shall 
refuse  to  undertake  the  Same,  then  Mr.  Drury  Stith'"  is 
appointed  for  that  service — 

A  Representation  of  sundry  of  the  principal 
Petition  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  County  of  Surry,  corn- 
people  of  plaining  of  the  inconvenient  situation  of  the 
Surry  present  Courthouse,  and  praying  the  Gover- 
County  for  nour  to  appoint  a  more  proper  place  where  a 
altering  the  new  Courthouse  may  be  built  near  the  centre 
Court  House  of  the  said  County :  And  also  a  counter  pe- 
tition of  divers  Inhabitants  of  the  said  County, 
praying  that  the  Court  of  the  said  County  may  be  held  where 
it  now  is ;  were  severally  read.  And  it  is  ordered  that  the 
parties  be  heard  thereon  before  this  Board  on  Wednesday 
the  6th.  of  next  month — 

March  the  6'"  1727 
Present 
The  Governour 
Robert  Carter  John  Robinson 

James  Blair  John  Carter 

Cole  Digges  John  Grymes  & 

Peter  Beverley  John  Custis   Esqrs. 


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VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  381 

On  hearing  at  the  Board  the  several  petitions 
Order  about  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Surry  County  with  the 
Surry  Court-  Allegations  of  the  several  partys  touching  the 
house  most  convenient  place   for  holding  the  Court 

of  the  said  County,  It  is  ordered  that  for  the 
more  equal  determination  of  the  Dispute  between  the  said 
parties  the  Surveyor  of  the  said  County  be,  and  he  is  hereby 
required  to  lay  before  this  Board  a  Map  of  the  said  County, 
describing  the  place  where  the  present  Court  house  now  stands, 
&  the  place  proposed  for  erecting  a  new  Court  house,  together 
with  the  distance  of  each  from  the  Outward  bounds  of  the 
said  County  and  the  consideration  of  the  said  petitioners  is 
referred  till  the  said  Mapp  is  prepared — 

A  P'etition  of  divers  of  the  Frontier  In- 
&  petition  of  habitants  of  the  County  of  Isle  of  Wight  be- 
the  Inhabi-  ing  presented  and  read  at  the  Board  com- 
tants  of  Isle  plaining  of  the  great  distance  of  their  Court 
of    Wight  house   from  the  greater  part  of   the   said   In- 

ref'd  habitants,  and  praying  that  the  same  may  be 

removed  nearer  the  centre  of  the  County,  It 
is  Ordered  that  the  Surveyor  of  the  said  County  prepare  a 
Mapp  of  the  said  County  describing  the  place  where  the  Court 
now  is  kept,  and  the  place  proposed  by  the  petitioners  for 
erecting  a  new  Courthouse ;  and  that  the  said  Mapp  be  re- 
turned to  the  Governour  to  the  end  this  Board  may  be  better 
enabled  to  judge  of  the  most  convenient  place  for  fixing  the 
said  Courthouse — 

Present  Mann  Page  Esqr. 
On  the  humble  Application  of   Sarah  Wil- 
Examination        Hamson   an    Indian    Woman    now    under    sen- 
in  behalf  of         tence  of  death  in  the  publick  Goal  for  murder 
Sarah  Wil-  The  Governour  in  Council  was  pleased  to  ad- 

liamson  mitt  sundry  Witnesses  to  be  examined,  which 

she  alledged  would  have  been  material  for 
her  justification  on  her  trial  but  were  through  her  ignorance 
omitted  to  be  summoned;  And  after  examination  of  the  said 
witnesses,  the  Governour  having  asked  the  advice  of  the  Coun- 
cil thereon,  They  are  thereupon  of  opinion  that  the  witnesses 


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382  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

now  produced  do  not  sufficiently  make  appear  her  innocency 
of  the  fact  for  which  She  stands  condemned — 

March  the  is"-  1727 
Present 
The  Governour 
Robert  Carter  Peter  Beverley 

James  Blair  John  Robinson 

Mann  Page  John  Grymes  & 

Cole  Digges  John  Custis  Esqrs. 

A  new   Commission   of   the   Peace   for  the 

Com*  of  the         County   of    Princess    Anne    was   this   day   or- 

peace  dered  with  an  addition  of  Sundry  Gentlemen 

recommended     to    be    Justices     in    the     said 

County — 

March  the  2i»'  1727 
Present 
The  Governour 
Robert  Carter  Peter  Beverley 

James  Blair  John  Robinson 

Mann  Page  John  Grymes  & 

Cole  Digges  John  Custis  Esqrs. 

John  Grymes  Esqr.  his  Majesty's  Receiver 
Dispute  be-  General  informing  the  Board  that  he  had  in 
tween  the  his  hands  divers  judgments  and  orders  of  the 

King's    Offi-        County  Courts  in  the  Northern  Neck  whereby 
cers  &  the  Fines  are  laid  on  sundry  persons  for  contempt 

proprietors  &  breaches  of  the  peace  and  desired  the  di- 

agent   in  the       rections  of   the   Board   whether  the   same   be 
Northern  due  to  the  King  or  to  the  Proprietors  &  par- 

Neck  ad-  ticularly  as  to  a  fine  of  £5  laid  by  the  Court 

justed  of    Lancaster    County    on    Rawleigh    Chin    & 

the  like  fine  on  William  Norris  for  a  Con- 
tempt :  The  Council  taking  the  same  into  consideration  are 
of  opinion  that  the  Fines  above  mentioned,  and  all  others  of 
the  like  nature,  not  particularly  appropriated  by  Act  of  As- 
sembly are  due  to  the  Proprietors  of  the  Northern  Neck,  ac- 


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VIRGINIA   COUNCIL   JOURNALS  383 

cording  to  the  opinion  of  his  Majestys  Attorney  and  Solicitor 
General  on  the  2d.  Query  refer'd  to  them  upon  the  State 
of  the  case  between  the  King  and  the  said  Proprietors  but 
that  all  Fines  imposed  on  the  Inhabitants  of  that  Territory 
by  the  General  Court  or  any  inferiour  Court  not  held  within 
that  Territory,  ought  to  be  accounted  for  to  his  Majesty  as 
well  as  all  fines  and  forfeitures  arising  by  virtue  of  an  Act 
of  Assembly  and  recovered  in  the  Courts  held  within  the 
said  neck,  And  the  Receiver  General  also  moving  for  directions 
touching  the  Forfeitures  of  the  Estate  of  Thomas  Glascock 
of  the  County  of  Richmond  indicted  and  outlawed  for  murder : 
and  the  forfeiture  of  the  personal  estate  of  one  Moverley 
of  Westmoreland  County  who  was  found  a  felode  se.  The 
Council  are  thereupon  of  opinion  that  the  first  of  these  for- 
feitures doth  belong  to  the  Proprietors,  according  to  the  de- 
termination of  the  Attorney  and  Solicitor  General  in  the  case 
aoove  mentioned  And  that  the  other  forfeitures  of  the  goods 
of  Moverley  do  by  the  Express  words  of  the  said  determi- 
nation appertain  to  his  Majesty,  and  ought  to  be  accounted 
for  to  his  Majestys  Receiver  General :  But  for  as  much  as 
it  is  very  inconvenient  for  the  Sheriffs  in  the  northern  neck 
to  attend  the  Ofificers  of  his  Majestys  Revenue  to  pass  their 
accounts  of  such  small  sums  as  may  happen  to  be  received 
by  them  for  fines  and  forfeitures  accuring  to  his  Majesty 
within  that  Territory,  It  is  Ordered  that  the  said  Sherifs  be, 
and  they  hereby  required  to  account  with  Coll.  Thomas  Lee 
for  all  such  sums  as  shall  come  to  their  hands,  and  that  they 
shall  be  allowed  5%  cent  be  given  to  the  said  Thomas  Lee 
for  receiving  and  paying  the  same  to  the  Receiver  General 
for  his  Majestys  use — 


NOTES  TO  COUNCIL  JOURNALS. 

^Probably  son  of  Thomas  Spencer,  who  owned  600  acres  in  King 
William  in   1704. 

-John  Blair  was  son  of  Dr.  Archibald  Blair,  of  Williamsburg,  and 
nephew  of  James  Blair,  D.  D.,  first  president  of  William  and  Mary 
College.  He  was  born  in  1689  and  died  November  5,  1771.  On  Feb. 
5,  1727  he  was  appointed  naval  officer  for  the  Upper  District  of  James 
River,  and  represented  Williamsburg  in  the  House  of  Burgesses  at  the 


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384  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

sessions  of  August,  1736,  Nov.,  1738  and  May,  1740.  On  Aug.  15, 
1728.  a  commission  for  Horatio  Walpole,  Auditor  General  of  the 
Plantations,  was  read  in  the  Va.  Council,  appointing  John  Blair  Deputy 
Auditor  General  for  Virginia.  Governor  Gooch  in  a  letter  dated  May 
10,  1743,  announcing  the  death  of  Dr.  James  Blair,  stated  that  he  "left 
to  each  of  his  nephew's  children"  £1000  and  made  his  nephew,  John 
Blair,  residuary  legatee,  who  would  receive  near  £5000.  In  a  letter, 
dated  Feb.  26,  1744-5,  the  Governor  recommended  John  Blair  for  ap- 
pointment to  the  Council,  and  said  that  during  his  uncle's  life  time  he 
had  been  in  narrow  circumstances,  but  had  inherited  near  iio,ooo.  John 
Blair  held  the  office  of  Auditor  General  and  Councillor  during  life. 
He  became  President  of  the  Council  and  was  acting  governor  from 
Jan.  to  June,  1758,  and  March  to  October,  1768.  On  July  16,  1768, 
he  wrote  the  following  letter  to  the  King's  Attorney  for  Spotsylvania 
county: 

"Sir— I  lately  received  a  letter  signed  by  a  good  number  of  worthy 
gentlemen,  who  are  not  here,  complaining  of  the  Baptists.  The  par- 
ticulars of  their  misbehaviour  are  not  told  any  further  than  their 
running  into  private  houses  and  making  dissensions.  On  their  appli- 
cation to  the  attorney  general,  John  Randolph,  they  brought  me  his 
letter,  advising  me  to  write  to  you  their  petition  was  a  matter  of  right, 
and  that  you  may  not  molest  these  conscientious  people  so  long  as  they 
behave  themselves  in  a  manner  becoming  pious  Christians  and  in  obedience 
to  tlie  laws  till  the  court,  when  they  intend  to  apply  for  license,  and 
when  the  gentlemen  who  complain  may  make  their  objections  and  be 
heard.  The  act  of  toleration  (it  being  found  by  experience  that  per- 
secuting dissenters  increases  their  numbers)  has  given  them  a  right 
to  apply  in  a  proper  manner  for  licensed  houses  for  the  worship  of 
God  according  to  their  consciences,  and  I  persuade  myself  the  gentle- 
men will  quietly  overlook  their  meetings  till  the  court.  I  am  told 
they  administer  the  sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper  near  the  manner 
we  do  and  differ  in  nothing  from  our  church  but  in  that  of  baptism 
and  their  renewing  the  ancient  discipline,  by  which  they  have  reformed 
some  sinners  and  brought  them  to  be  truly  penitent.  H  this  be  their 
behaviour  it  were  to  be  wished  we  had  some  of  it  among  us.  Nay, 
'if  a  man  of  theirs  is  idle  and  neglects  to  labor  and  provide  for  his 
family  as  he  ought,  he  incurs  their  censures,  which  have  had  good 
effect." 

Will  not  some  one  examine  the  Spotsylvania  court  minutes  for  the 
first  court  after  July  16,  1768  and  ascertain  whether  the  Baptists  did 
apply  for  licenses.  It  has  been  stated  that  they  refused  to  do  so  and  that 
this  was  the  cause  of  the  persecution  of  their  ministers  which  shortly 
followed. 

The  Histary  of  the  Blair,  Banister  and  Braxton  Pamilies  by  F.  A. 
Horner  (Philadelphia,  1898)  contains  a  number  of  interesting  and,  indeed, 
delightful  letters,  from  members  of  President  Blair's  family.  One 
of  them,  dated  Aug.  21,  1769,  from  Ann,  or  Agan  Blair,  describes  a 
pleasant  little  happening  at  the  old  Blair  house  (still  standing  near  the 
College)  : 

"Good  morrow  to  you  Sis's ;  we  spent  a  cheerful  afternoon  yester- 
day. Mrs.  Dawson's  Family  stay'd  ye  Evening  with  us  and  ye  Coach 
was  at  ye  door  to  carry  them  Home  by  ten  o'clock  but  everyone  ap- 
pearing in  great  spirits  it  was  proposed  to  set  at  ye  steps  [also  still 
remaining]  and  sing  a  few  songs  w'ch  was  no  sooner  said  than  done ; 
while  thus  we  were  employ 'd  a  candle  and  Lanthorn  were  observed 
to  be  coming  up  street    (except   Polly  Clayton   censuring   their   ill   taste 


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for  having  a  candle  such  a  fine  night).  No  one  took  any  notice  of  it 
till  we  saw  whoever  it  was  stop't  to  listen  to  our  enchanting  notes ; 
Each  warbler  was  immediately  silenced ;  whereupon  the  invader  to  our 
Melody  call'd  out  in  a  most  rapturous  voice  Charming !  charming ! 
proceed  for  God's  sake  or  I  go  Home  directly.  No  sooner  were  these 
words  uttered  than  all  with  one  consent  sprang  from  their  seats  and 
ye  air  echo'd  with  pray  walk  in  my  Lord  [Botetourt]  ;  no  indeed  he 
would  not,  he  would  set  on  the  Steps  too,  so  after  a  few  ha  ha  ha's 
and  being  told  what  all  we  knew  that  it  was  a  delightful  evening  at 
his  desire  we  strew'd  the  way  over  with  flowers  &c,  &c  [probably  mean- 
ing they  sang  for  him]  till  a  full  half  hour  was  elapsed  when  all 
retired   to   their    respective    Homes." 

This  little  moonlight  scene  with  Botetourt  sitting  with  the  Blairs 
on  the  steps  of  their  home  and  the  girls  singing  ballads  for  him  is  a 
pleasant  contrast  to  the  political  wrangles  of   the  time. 

In  the  collection  of  this  Society  is  a  Virginia  almanac  for  1751, 
which  contains  a  diary  or  rather  a  series  of  memoranda  by  John  Blair, 
it  has  been  published  in  the  IViyiam  and  Mary  Quarterly,  VH,  133-153; 
Vni,  1-17.  It  contains  some  information  in  regard  to  Mr.  Blair's  life 
and  the  happenings  of  the  time.  Jan.  8,  175 1,  "Dined  at  Col.  Bur- 
well's  &  staid  all  night  &  danced  and  drew  14th  cake — Col.  Cart'r  Bur- 
well — ring."  nth,  "Had  a  dance  and  cake  at  Mr.  Cock's."  17th, 
Mr.  J.  R.  [andolph?]  play'd  on  his  violin  &  Dr.  Hackerston  on  his 
G  flute."  Feb.  7th,  "Dined  at  Col.  Burwell's,  had  fine  Greens  that 
were  planted  abt  ist  Sep'r."  March  nth,  J.  C.  [James  City]  Court. 
I  bo't  5000  lb.  Tob.  there."  i6th,  Had  a  beef  from  Chic'y  [Chicka- 
hominy]  yesterday.  The  man  surprised  at  Spinet,  Garden  and  Pictures." 
18th,  At  Green  Spring.  We  gathered  oranges."  [There  must  have  been 
a  conservatory  there].  20th,  "Col.  Cary  dined  here,  had  asparagus." 
April  28th,  "Coach  sent  to  York  with  Mrs.  Waters."  May  i6th,  "Negro 
ship  arrived."  [Dr.  Tyler  adds  a  note  from  the  Viryinia  Gazette  that 
this  was  the  ship  Tryal  from  Angola,  with  near  400  slaves  consigned 
to  Philip  Rootes  and  Humphrey  Hill].  June  23rd,  "We  went  into 
mourning  lor  the  Prince  [of  Wales].  July  lOth,  "Fine  entertainment 
of  music  at  the  Brafferton."  i6th,  "Mr.  Bacon  [Rev.  Thos.  Bacon  of 
Md.]  dined  here,  we  had  fine  musick."  17th,  "Do.  He  dined  with  Dr. 
Gilmer.  Fine  violin,  Mr.  Petit  danced  fine."  August  15th,  "Dined  at  the 
College  after  Chapel."  i6th,  "Saw  several  dances  between  Nottoway 
and  Cherokee"  [Indians].  Sept.  ist,  "Mr.  Miller  dined  here,  had 
Green  Peas."  loth,  "Dined  at  Col.  Hunter's  [near  Hampton]  &  heard 
Harpsicord."  Oct.  6th,  "Hear  ye  actors  are  dispersed."  [On  Oct.  21 
a  company  of  comedians  opened  at  the  new  theatre  near  the  Capitol 
with  Richard  I  (?)].  March  25th,  "Mrs.  Randolph  gave  a  fine  account 
of  our  gardener."  August  2nd,  "I  paid  Wm.  Goodall  i2i.  6s.  in  part 
of  a  year's  schooling  2  children  entered  19th  of  January."  Sept.  ist, 
"Mr.  Waller's  young  son  Benjamin  buried  this  day,  my  Coach  carried 
the  Bearers,  Mr.  Blair,  Mr.  Basset,  Mr.  Allen  &  my  son  who  carried 
him  to  his  grave  in  Napkins."  Jan.  14th,  "Our  Spinnet  came  home 
lame."  i8th,  "Mr.  Pelham  [organist  of  Bruton  Church]  approved  of 
it  and  of  the  musick  sent  with  it."  Feb.  25th,  "Mrs.  Burwell  and 
others  at  billiards."  James  Burwell  and  Betty  Blair  entered  with  Mrs. 
Drummond  to  learn  to  read  today."  Nov.  15th,  "This  evening  Mr.  Pres- 
ton to  prevent  the  young*  gentlemen  at  ye  College  from  playing  at  a  re- 
hearsal in  ye  dormitory,  how  they  could  act  Cato  privately  among 
themselves,   did   himself,   they   say,   act   the    Drunken    Peasant." 


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Most  of  the  entries  in  the  diary  relate  to  pubhc  and  personal  busi- 
ness. President  Blair  attended  church  regularly  and  always  notes 
the   preachers  and   sometimes   the   texts. 

John  Blair  married  Mary  (born  Jan.  16,  1708),  daughter  of  Rev. 
John  Monro,  of  St.  Johns  Parish,  King  William  county.  They  had 
issue: 

I.  Christian  (1727-1784)  married,  in  1744,  Armistead  Burwell ;  2. 
Mary  (1728-9-April  i,  1730)  ;  3.  John  (1731-1800),  Justice  of  the  United 
States  Supreme  Court;  4.  Mary  (born  Sept.  27,  1734),  married,  ist, 
Dec.  6,  1753,  George  Braxton,  of  "Nevington,"  King  and  Queen  county; 
2nd,  Dec.  31,  1774,  Col.  Robert  Burwell;  3rd,  April  8,  1792,  R.  Pres- 
cott;  5.  Sarah  Archer  (died  Feb.  19,  1735-6,  an  infant);  6.  Sarah 
(1738-1799),  married,  1759,  Col.  Wilson  Miles  Cary ;  7.  Dr.  James 
(1741-1772).  He  studied  medicine  at  Edinburgh  in  1765,  etc.,  married 
Kitty  Eustace  of  New  York,  and  died  without  issue.  The  Virginia 
Crazcttc  contains  the  following  obituary :  "Williamsburg,  January  7, 
1773- — On  Saturday  the  26th  of  December,  died  at  Charlottesville,  in 
the  thirty-second  year  of  his  age,  Dr.  James  Blair,  one  of  the  phy- 
sicians of  this  city.  To  an  extensive  knowledge  of  the  various  branches 
of  literature  he  united  the  profoundest  skill  in  his  profession ;  to  the 
most  unlimited  freedom  of  inquiry  he  joined  a  piety  rational,  manly 
and  sublime,  and  by  his  example  demonstrated  the  possibility  of  sup- 
porting at  the  same  time,  the  character  of  the  acute  philosopher  and  the 
sincere  Christian.  Of  the  national  rights  of  mankind,  as  well  as  the 
peculiar  privileges  of  his  native  country,  he  was  an  able  and  intrepid 
defender.  His  sentiments  concerning  civil  and  religious  liberty  were 
clear,  uniform,  and  consistent,  an  inflexible  regard  to  justice  manifested 
itself  in  every  part  of  his  conduct.  But  those  awful  virtues  were 
tempered  with  the  amiable  ones  of  a  compassion,  humanity  and  universal 
benevolence.  Long  will  his  death  be  lamented  and  his  memory  revered 
by  the   friends  of   learning,   liberty,  and  virtue. 

' Cui    frudor,  et  justitiae   soror 

Incorrupta   fides  nudaque  Veritas, 
Qundo  ullum  invcnient   Parkm.'  " 

8.  Archibald  (b.  March  4,  1744-5)  died  without  issue;  9.  Anna 
(or  Agan)  born  May  4,  1746,  married  in  1779  Col.  John  Banister; 
10    Eli7abeth,  married   Capt.   Samuel   Thompson,  of   the   British   navy. 

Francis  Lightfoot,  of  "Teddington,"  Sandy  Point,  Charles  City 
county,  was  son  of  Philip  Lightfoot,  of  "Teddington,"  Surveyor  Gen- 
eral of  Virginia.  Francis  Lightfoot  inherited  several  tracts  of  land 
at  Sandy  Point  from  his  father  and  added  to  them  by  purchase.  A 
tomb  at  Sandy  Point  bears  arms,  Lightfoot  impaling  Corbin,  and  an 
epitaph  commemorating  his  wife  and  himself.  It  is  as  follows:  "Here 
lieth  interred  the  body  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Lightfoot,  wife  of  Francis 
Lightfoot,  Gent.,  Who  departed  this  life  December  31,  1727  in  the 
34th  year  of  her  age.  Also  ye  above  Mr.  Francis  Lightfoot,  who  de- 
parted this  life  January  ye  7,  1727,  In  ye  fourty  first  year  of  his  age. 
Also  the  body  of  Frances  Lightfoot  Son  of  the  above  said  Mr.  Francis 
and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Lightfoot  who  departed  this  life  May  17,  1730,  in 
the   eighth   year   of   his   age." 

After  the  death  of  Francis  Lightfoot  there  was  considerable  liti- 
gation in  regard  to  his  estate,  which  was  ended  by  an  act  of  Assembly 
in  May,  1740.  This  act  recites  that  Philip  Lightfoot,  gent,  of  James 
City  county,  was  seised  of  three  tracts  of  land  in  the  parish  of  West- 
over,  then  in  James   City;   but   later  in   Charles   City,  and  by  his   will. 


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dated  Aug.  13,  1708,  bequeathed  them  to  his  eldest  son,  Francis  Light- 
foot,  and  his  heirs,  and  if  he  died  without  heirs  to  Phihp  Lightfoot, 
another  son  of  Philip  the  elder.  Francis  Lightfoot,  after  his  father's 
death,  entered  into  said  lands  and  added  to  them  by  purchase,  and 
thinking  he  had  a  fee-simple  in  all  of  his  lands,  by  his  will  dated  Jan. 
6,  1727,  gave  his  daughter,  Elizabeth,  £1000  sterling  and  all  the  rest  of 
his  estate  to  his  son  Francis  Lightfoot.  But  provided  that  if  his  son, 
Francis,  died  without  issue,  male,  or  there  should  be  any  failure  there- 
after in  the  male  line,  he  gave  all  said  estate  to  his  brother  Philip 
and  his  heirs,  he  or  they  paying  to  the  daughter  of  his  said  son  or 
if  there  were  no  such  daughter,  to  his  own  daughter,  Elizabeth,  £2500 
sterling.  Francis,  the  son,  died  without  issue  and  Beverley  Randolph, 
of  Henrico  county,  gentleman,  intermarried  with  the  said  Elizabeth, 
to  whom  the  said  Philip  has  paid  the  said  sums  of  £1000  and  £2500. 
But  notwithstanding  Beverley  Randolph  has  brought  suit  to  recover 
the  lands  and  Philip  Lightfoot  to  recover  the  money  paid.  As  a  com- 
promise it  was  agreed  and  the  Assembly  enacted  that  Philip  Light- 
foot should  pay  a  certain  additional  sum  and  that  all  the  lands,  etc., 
be  vested  in   him   in   fee  simple. 

^  Bott  or  Botte  and  Batt  or  Batte,  two  entirely  distinct  families  re- 
quire careful  discrimination  when  searching  the  older  records  of  Hen- 
rico and  Chesterfield.  In  the  Henrico  records,  April  i,  1689,  is  men- 
tion of  "Mr.  Thomas  Botte"  as  marrying  Amy,  widow  of  Henry 
Kent  and  before  of  Essex  Bevill.  The  family  of  Bott  was  later 
resident  in  Chesterfiel-d,  Amelia,  etc.  In  Chesterfield  in  September, 
1753,  is  a  deed  from  Richard  Kennon,  of  Charles  City,  gent;  to 
Thomas  Bott,  of  Chesterfield,  gent  , conveying  a  tract  of  land  which 
had  been  sold  by  William  Kennon  to  said  Bott  in  1741.  In  1758 
Thomas  Bott  deeded  a  tract  of  land  in  Chesterfield  to  his  son  John 
Bott.  The  will  of  Thomas  Bott,  of  Chesterfield,  was  dated  Aug.  6, 
1776.  His  legatees  were  his  grandson  William  Bell  (to  whom  he 
gave,  among  other  things  a  negro  said  Bell's  mother  had  of  William 
Bott),  granddaughter  [daughter?]  Mary,  wife  of  John  Wilson,  daughter 
Ann,  wife  of  William  Hall,  sons  Miles,  William  and  John,  wife  Ann. 
At  Chesterfield  Court  July,  1777,  John  Bott  presented  his  commission 
as   County   Lieutenant   and   qualified. 

There  is  on  record  in  Amelia  a  deed  dated  April,  1760,  from  Thomas 
Bott  of  Chesterfield  to  his  sons  William  and  Miles  Bott,  of  Amelia 
county. 

William  Bott  appeared  to  have  been  a  Quaker,  though  his  father, 
who  was  vestryman  of  Dale  Parish,  1760,  etc.,  was,  of  course,  not 
one.     The   following  is  on  record   in   Amelia : 

"I,  William  Bott,  of  Amelia  county,  Virginia,  being  fully  persuaded 
that  Freedom  is  the  natural  right  of  all  mankind  and  that  it  is  my 
duty  to  do  unto  others  as  I  would  desire  to  be  done  by  in  the  like 
situation,  and  having  under  my  care  three  negroes,  whom  I  have  here- 
tofore held  as  slaves  ■ I  hereby  emancipate  and  set  free.     22nd 

day  of  the  Seventh  month,  1782." 

The  vestry  book  and  register  of  Bristol  Parish  contain  the  following 
entries  in  regard  to  the  Botts :  "Mr.  Tho.  Bott,"  vestryman  Oct.  30, 
1720  to  Oct.  29,  1729.  when  he  probably  removed  into  .  Dale  parish. 
Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Bott,  born  Dec.  14,  172 1  ;  Anne, 
daughter  of  same,  born  Dec,  1723;  Miles,  son  of  same,  born  Feb.  21, 
1733- 

*  In  August,  1706,  "Mr.  Henry  Anderson"  married  Prudence,  an 
orphan    of    Edward    Stratton,    of    Henrico    county.      He    had    not    pre- 


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viously  lived  in  that  county  as  he  owned  no  land  there  in  1704.  He 
was  probably  the  Henry  Anderson  who  in  1704  owned  land  across  the 
Appomattox  in  Prince  George.  He  was  a  J.  P.  for  Henrico  in  17 19, 
and  sheriff  in  1729.  He  married  2d,  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Ralph 
Crawford,  and  on  April  10,  1739,  Henry  Anderson  had  a  receipt 
from  Elizabeth  Anderson,  widow  and  late  administratrix  of  Ralph 
Crawford.  The  will  of  Elizabeth  Anderson,  of  Chesterfield,  was  dated 
Oct.  9,  1759.  Her  legatees  were  her  daughter  Elizabeth  Crawley, 
grandson  John  Poythress,  son  Claiborne  Anderson,  and  grandson,  John 
Anderson.  The  will  of  Henry  Anderson,  Sr.,  was  dated  Jan.  20,  1733-4 
and  proved  in  Henrico  August,  1734.  His  legatees  were  his  sons 
Claiborne  and  Francis,  daughter  Judith  and  Ann,  sons  Henry  and 
Edward. 

Issue  of  Hery  Anderson  (Sr.)  :  i.  Claiborne;  2.  Francis;  3.  Martha, 
named   in   her   brother   John's   will,    1733;    4.   Judith,    named    in   wills   of 

her   father  and  brother  John,   married  Cocke,   probably  James 

Powell  Cocke ;  5.  Ann^  married  Benjamin  Ward,  of  Henrico  county, 
who  died  in  1732;  6.  Henry;  7.  Edward,  named  in  his  father's  and 
brother  John's  will.  There  is  of  record  in  Amelia  county  a  deed  dated 
1736  from  Henry  Anderson  of  Amelia,  conveying  572  acres  in  that 
county,  which  had  been  devised  to  Edward  Anderson,  brother  of  said 
Henry,  by  their  father,  Henry  Anderson,  and  which  had  been  granted 
to  Henry  Anderson  (Sr.)  in  1725.  So  it  is  probable  that  Edward 
Anderson  was  dead  without  issue;  8.  John,  made  will  Dec,  1733,  in 
which  he  named  his  brothers,   Francis,   Henry  and  Edward  and  sisters 

Martha,    Judith    and    Ann;    9.    Elizabeth,    married    Crawley. 

The  Bristol  Parish  Register  contains  the  births  of  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  Anderson,  April  14,  1729,  and  of  their  son, 
Claiborne,  July  12.  1732.  Elizabeth  and  Claiborne  may  have  been  the 
only  children  of   Henry  Anderson,   Sr.,   by  his   second  marriage. 

Claiborne  Anderson  was  sheriff  of  Chesterfield,  1764.  His  will  was 
dated  Dec.  14,  1771  and  his  inventory  filed  Jan.  7,  1773.  He  gave 
his  eldest  daughter,  Mary,  £1000  current,  and  his  youngest  daughter, 
Ann,  iiooo  current;  son  John  land  testator  lived  on;  nephew  Peter 
[copy  illegible]  a  negro ;  negroes  to  be  equally  divided  between  his  sons 
John  and  James.  Friends  William  Crawley,  Sr.,  of  Amelia,  nephew 
Ralph   Crawforth   Anderson,   and   David   Crawley,   executors. 

The  will  of  Henry  Anderson  (son  of  Henry  Anderson,  Sr.)  was 
dated  Sept.  2,  1751  and  proved  in  Amelia  June  28,  1753.  His  legatees 
were  his  sons  Henry,  John  and  Ralph  Crawford  Anderson  (to  the 
latter  he  gave  all  his  land  at  Winterpock,  Chesterfield,  800  acres)  ; 
sons  Francis  and  West  Anderson ;  daughters  Elizabeth,  Prudence  and 
Sarah  Anderson,  unborn  child  and  wife  Elizabeth.  His  wife,  son 
Henry,  and  nephew,  Benjamin  Ward,  executors.  Henry  Anderson, 
the  testator,  married  about  1739,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Ralph  Craw- 
ford. 

Francis  Anderson,  whose  will  was  dated  Feb.  9,  1793,  and  proved  in 
Amelia  Feb.  26,  1793,  was  probably  the  son  of  Henry  Anderson,  Jr. 
His  legatees  were  bis  son,  Claiborne  Anderson,  daughter  Elizabeth 
Watson,  youngest  sons  Henry,  Francis  and  Chamberlain  Anderson  and 
daughters   Ann,   Dorothy  and    Sarah   Anderson. 

The  Amelia  county  marriage  bonds  contain  those  for  Francis  An- 
derson and  Edith  Weldon,  July  9,  1742;  Henry  Anderson  and  Martha 
Cocke,   Jan.    24,    1760 ;    Francis    Anderson    and    Sally    Anderson    Black- 


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burn,  May  I,  1790;   Claiborne  Anderson  and  Polly  Branch  Jones,  July, 
1801. 


Essex  Bevill  had  a  grant  of  land,  Oct.  27,  1671,  at  Old  Town  on 
the  Appomattox  River,  Henrico  county.  He  was  a  J.  P.  for  that 
county  in  1677.  His  will  was  dated  Nov.  9,  1682  and  proved  in  Hen- 
rico, Feb.  I,  1682-3.  He  gave  his  son  John  "the  land  I  now  live  on 
known  as  Old  Town"  on  Old  Town  Creek  [probably  the  site  of  a 
town  of  the  Appomattox  Indians]  ;  to  his  son  Essex  200  acres  on  the 
north  side  of  the  creek,  and  all  the  rest  of  his  estate  to  his  wife  Amy. 
On  Sept.  24,  1683,  Mrs.  Amy  Bevill  made  a  deed  to  her  children,  John, 
Essex,  Mary,  Amy  and  Elizabeth  Bevill.  In  or  before  August,  1686, 
she  married  Henry  Kent  and  in  the  same  month  qualified  as  his  ad- 
ministratrix.    By  April,  1689,  she  had  married  Thomas  Bott. 

The  Essex  Bevill  of  the  text  was,  of  course,  the  son.  A  line  of  the 
descendants  of  Essex  Bevill,  which  removed  to  Georgia,  has  been 
described  in  "The  Bevilie  Family,"  by  Mrs.  Agnes  B.  V.  Tedcastle 
(privately  printed,  Boston,  1917).  The  name  Essex  Bevill  appears  in  an 
English  pedigree  and  research  is  now  being  made  to  ascertain  the 
connection  with  the   Virginia   settler. 

^John   Anderson   was   son   of    Henry   Anderson,   above. 

A  genealogy  of  the  Booker  family  was  published  in  the  four  num- 
bers of  Vol.  VII,  V.  Magazine  of  History  and  Biography.  Col.  Ed- 
ward Booker,  of  "Winterham,"  Amelia  county,  was  baptised  in  Abing- 
don parish,  Gloucester  county,  June  2,  1680.  He  was  appointed  a 
justice  of  Prince  George,  1733,  was  one  of  the  first  justices  of  Amelia 
on  its  organization  in  1736,  and  one  of  the  first  representatives  in  the 
House  of   Burgesses.     In   1736  and   1743  he  was  presiding  justice.     He 

married  1st,  Mary  ,  and  2nd,  Judith,  sister  of  William  Archer. 

He  died  in  1750.  His  estate  was  appraised  at  £1,288.  2.  6.  See  VII, 
96,  97. 

'  The  Kennon  genealogy  published  in  the  William  and  Mary  Quarterly, 
XIV,  132-135.  268-275;  XV,  45,  46,  shows  three  William  Kennons 
living  about  this  time.  The  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  family,  Richard 
Kennon  was  in  Virginia  before  1670  and  was  a  successful  mercliant 
at  Bermuda  Hundreds.  He  repeatedly  went  to  England  on  business. 
A  land  grant  in  1680  shows  that  before  that  date  he  had  made  eight 
voyages  to  Virginia,  and  on  June  i,  1686,  stating  he  was  again  about 
to  go  to  Europe,  he  gave  a  power  of  attorney  to  his  brother-in-law,  John 
Worsham.  And  several  years  before  this  "Richard  Kennon,  of  Bermuda 
Hundreds,  Merchant",  had  given  a  general  power  of  attorney  to  John 
Worsham,  doubtless  preparatory  to  another  trip  abroad.  On  Sept.  9, 
1679  several  London  merchants  gave  powers  of  attorney  to  Richard 
Kennon  "now  in  London."  He  soon  commenced  buying  land.  As  the 
extant  Henrico  records  only  begin  in  1677  any  earlier  purchases  are 
not  recorded;  but  on  Oct.  19,  1677,  Christopher  Robinson,  son  and 
heir  of  Christopher  Robinson,  of  Bristol  Parish,  deceased,  sold  to 
"Mr.  Richard  Kennon  of  Bermuda  Hundreds,"  a  tract  of  land  called 
"The  Neck,"  bounded  by  the  land  formerly  sold  to  the  said  Kennon, 
the  lands  of  Nicholas  Dison  and  John  Worsham,  and  Appomattox 
and  Swift  Creek.  This  was  the  "Conjurer's  Neck"  estate,  in  the  present 
Chesterfield  county.  A  patent  of  1635  refers  to  "the  Conjurer's  Fields" 
on  the  Appomattox.  As  the  town  of  the  Appomattox  Indians  had  been 
not  far  away  "Conjurer's  Neck"  had  probably  been  the  scene  of  the 
incantations  of  the  medicine  men.     The  old  brick  home  of  the  Kennons 


390  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

here  remained  in  excellent  preservation  until  1879,  when  it  was  burnt. 
In  April,  1681,  William  Byrd,  of  Henrico,  Esq.,  sold  to  Richard  Ken- 
non,  gent.,  657  acres  at  Rochdale  [now  in  Chesterfield  county]  which 
had  been  formerly  sold  by  Bowman  to  Kennon ;  but  which  had  been 
really  the  property  of  Sir  John  Zouch,  and  had  been  escheated  and 
granted  to  Abel  Gower  who  sold  to  Byrd.  Richard  Kennon  later  gave 
this  property  to  his  daughter,  Judith,  and  her  husband  Thomas  Eldridge. 
Richard  Kennon  was  appointed  a  justice  of  Henrico  167S,  and  was  a 
Burgess  for  that  county  in  1685.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  William  Worsham,  and  died  in  1696.  His  will  was  proved  in 
Henrico  Aug.  20,  1696.  Issue:  i.  Richard,^  born  Dec.  5,  1684,  died 
March  8,  1688  (tomb  at  "Conjurer's  Neck")  ;  2.  William-;  3.  Richard'; 
4.  Mary/  married  1697,  Major  John  Boiling,  of  "Cobbs" ;  5.  Elizabeth,* 
married  1698,  Joseph  Royal  1 ;  6.  Martha,  married,  1701,  Robert  Mun- 
ford;  8.  Judith,  married  Thomas   Eldridge. 

2.  Coh  William^  Kennon,  of  "Conjurer's  Neck",  was  vestryman  of 
Dale  Parish  in  1710;  afterwards  lived  in  Bristol  Parish,  where  he 
was  also  a  vestryman.  His  last  appearance  at  a  vestry  meeting  was 
on  May  22,  1735.  The  date  of  his  death  is  unknown ;  nor  is  there 
any  record  of  his  will.  He  perhaps  removed  to  Charles  City.  He 
married  Anne,  daughter  of  Col.  Francis  Eppes,  and  had  issue  (Bristol 
Parish   Register)  :  ' 

9.  Richard^;  10.  IVilliam^;  il.  Francis^  born  Sept.  3,  1713;  12.  Henry 
Isham,  born  April  22,  1718,  died  unmarried  Oct.  8,  1747  (tomb  at  "Con- 
jurer's  Neck")  ;    13.  John,   born   Dec.   20,    1721. 

3.  Richard'  Kennon,  of  Chesterfield  county;  vestryman  of  Bristol 
Parish,  his  last  appearance  being  on  Nov.  11,  1734.  He  married  Agnes, 
daughter  of  Robert  Boiling.  The  date  of  his  death  is  not  known  nor 
is  there  a  known  record  of  his  will.  The  will  of  Mrs.  Agnes  Kennon 
was  dated  June  i,  1762,  and  proved  in  Chesterfield.  Bequests  to  her 
daughter  Mary  Clack  and  to  the  latter's  children,  except  Ann  and 
Polly  Kennon  Clack;  granddaughter  Ann  Clack  one  negro  and  silver 
spoons,  granddaughter  Polly  Kennon  Clack  a  negro  girl ;  granddaughter 
Elizabeth  Jones  a  negro  girl  and  certain  furniture;  son  Robert  Kennon, 
stock  of  cattle,  etc. 

Issue   (Bristol  Parish  Register.) 

14.  Elizabeth,  born  Dec.  12,  1720;  15.  Ann,  born  Nov.  30.  1722; 
16.  Robert',  born  April  14,  1727,  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Sir  Wil- 
liam   Skipwith,    Bart.;    17.    Mary,    born   Jan.    29,    1728,    married    

Clack;    18.   Martha,   born   Oct.    17,    1731. 

9.  Richard'  Kennon,  of  Charles  City  county,  born  April  15,  1712, 
died  about  1761.  He  was  Burgess  for  Charles  City  at  the  sessions  of 
Nov.  1738,  May  1740,  Aug.  1740,  May  1742,  Sept.  1744,  Feb.  1745, 
July  1746,  March  1747,  Oct.  1748,  April  1749,  Feb.  1752,  Nov.  1753, 
Feb.  1754,  Aug.  1754,  Oct.  1754,  May  1755,  Aug.  1755  and  Oct.  1755. 
He  lived  at  "Kennons",  Charles  City  county  and  married  Ann,  daughter 
of  William  Hunt.  His  will  was  dated  July  19,  1761  and  proved  in 
Chesterfield  county.  He  gave  his  son,  John,  Conjurer's  Neck  in  Chester- 
field and  25  negroes ;  daughter  Ann  Kennon,  4  negroes  ;  daughter  Mary 
Kennon,  4  negroes;  wife  Ann,  the  land  he  bought  in  Charles  City  and 
in  James  City,  the  mill  thereon  and  20  slaves;  also  to  wife  his  Archer's 
Hill  tract  he  bought  from  his  brother.  Land  in  Amelia  and  his  lots 
and  houses  in  Petersburg  to  be  sold.  To  wife  his  chariot  and  six 
horses,  all  his  breeding  mares  and  colts,  all  sheep,  and  as  many  cattle 
as  she  may  think  convenient  for  use  on  her  lands,  and  the  whole  crop 
of  corn  at  Wintopock.     Empowers  wife  to  divide  the  rest  of  the  estate 


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among  the  children  as  she  deems  proper,  except  his  silver  bowl  which 
he  gives  to  his  son  William.  Wife,  Edward  Osborn  and  Seth  Ward, 
executors.  The  inventory  of  Col.  Richard  Kennon's  estate  at  Winter- 
pock  was  appraised  at  £3239.9. 

Issue:  19.  John*;  20.  William,*  Burgess  for  Charles  City  (at  first 
as  "William  Kennon,  Jr.")  at  the  sessions  of  Sept.  and  Nov.  1758, 
F'eb.  1759,  Nov.  1759,  March,  May  and  Oct.  1760,  Mgrch  1761,  Nov. 
1761,  Jan.  1762,  March  1762,  Nov.  1762,  May  1763,  Jan.  1764,  Oct. 
1764,  and  May  1765.  He  married  Priscilla,  daughter  of  Col.  Francis 
Willis,  of  Gloucester  county  and  removed  to  North  Carolina,  where 
he  was  a  signer  of  the  Mecklenburg  Declaration  and  a  member  of  the 
first  State  House  of   Represnetatives ;   21.  Anne;  22.  Mary. 

10.  Col.  William^  Kennon,  of  Henrico  and  Chesterfield,  born  Feb. 
0,  1713-14;  died  about  1759.  He  married  in  1744  (marriage  bond  in 
Goochland  county)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Col.  Charles  Lewis  of  "The 
Bird."  Col.  William  Kennon's  will  was  dated  Oct.  3,  1759  and  proved 
in  Chesterfield.  He  gave  his  daughters  Mary  and  Elizabeth  each  £200 
and  a  negro  girl.  His  estate  is  to  be  divided  into  seven  parts,  three 
to  his  wife  Elizabeth  and  one  each  to  his  sons,  Richard,  William,  John 
and  Charles.  Plantation  testator  lives  on  to  be  sold.  Other  lands 
and  personal  estate  to  be  divided  at  the  discretion  of  his  executors. 
Wife  Elizabeth,  Col.  Richard  Kennon,  Capt.  John  Robertson,  Capt. 
Howell   Lewis   and   Mr.   Edmond   Taylor   executors. 

The  inventory  of  Col.  William  Kennon's  personal  property  shows 
a  large  estate  (including  books  valued  at  £10).  His  personal  estate 
in  Amelia  county  was  appraised  at  £359.  10.  10.  A  careful  exammation 
of  the  records  of  Henrico  and  Chesterfield  would  add  many  details  to 
the  Kennon  pedigree. 

'Henry  Wood  is  said  to  have  been  born  in  London  in  1696,  and 
came  to  Yorktown,  Va.,  in  1713,  after  which  he  lived  two  years  as 
apprentice  with  Christopher  Robinson  of  Middlesex  county.  He  then 
removed  to  Henrico,  where  he  married  in  1713,  Martha,  daughter  of 
William  Cocke  of  "Brcmo."  He  practiced  law  and  was  appomted  the 
first  clerk  of  Goochland  county  in  1728,  holding  the  office  until  1757 
when  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son.  Col.  Valentine  Wood.  His  tomb 
is  at  "Woodville",  Goochland. 

Issue:  I.  Valentine,  born  Sept.  2,  1744,  lived  for  a  time  in  Albe- 
marle county,  where  he  was  one  of  the  first  justices,  1744;  was  clerk 
of  Goochland,  1757-81,  and  Colonel  of  Militia.  He  married,  Jan.  3, 
1764  Lucy,  sister  of  Patrick  Henry  and  had  issue;  2.  Sally,  born 
1726,  married  William  Pryor,  of  Goochland,  who  died  1777;  3-  Patty, 
born  1733,  married,  1751,  William  Meriwether,  of  Louisa  county  and 
three  other   children  who  died   unmarried. 

"  Seth  Ward,  of  "Sheffield,"  Henrico  county,  later  in  Chesterfield, 
who  died  in  1735  leaving  a  large  estate.  He  married,  prior  to  Aug. 
1717,  Martha,  daughter  of  John  Worsham  and  had  three  children. 
There  is  a  genealogy  of  this  family  of  Ward  in  the  William  and  Mary 
Quarterly,  XXVII,   185-   199,  258-293. 

•Thomas  Randolph,  of  "Tuckahoe,"  first  in  Henrico  county  and  later 
in  Goochland.  He  was  son  of  the  first  William  Randolph,  of  "Turkey 
Island"  and  is  stated  to  have  been  born  about  1683.  He  received  under 
his  father's  will  a  share  in  a  tract  called  "The  Slashes,"  in  Curies 
Neck,  in  a  tract  of  3256  acres  between  Westham  and  Tuckahoe  Creek 
and  in  Randolph's  upper  island  in  James  River.  In  1721  and  1722-3 
he  declined  the   office   of   sheriflf   of    Henrico. 


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On    Oct.    II,    1726,    Thomas    Randolph,    gent.,    of    St.    James    Parish, 
Henrico  county  sold  to  Joseph  Mayo,  gent.,  400  acres  on  James   River 
and    Muddy    Creek.      March    27,    1727    sold    to    William    Randolph    390 
acres  on  Tuckahoe  Creek.     Oct.  31,  1727,  Robert  Adams  sold   iQO  acres 
on  Upper  Manakin  Creek,  to  Thomas  Randolph,  and  on  the  8th  of  the 
same  month   Randolph  bought  from  Daniel   Stoner  2700  acres  on   Fine 
Creek;    on    Feb.    22,    1727    he    bought    from    Thomas    Farrar,    of    St. 
James   Parish,   500  acres   on   the   north   side   of   James   River,   adjoining 
the  Glebe   land  at   Varina,   part  of   a   grant,   June    i,    1637,   to   William 
Farrar,  grandfather  of   said  Thomas,  and  by  said  Wm.  devised  to  his 
son    Thomas    Farrar    by   will    dated.    May   6,    1676.      Jan.    26.    1727    he 
bought    from    William    Farrar,    of    Henrico    county,    686    acres    called 
Farrar's    Island,   a   tract   of    land    patented    by   William    Farrar   and    by 
him  devised  to  William  Farrar,   father   of   the   party  to  this  deed;   on 
Feb.    25,    1728,    from    John    Farrar,    for    a    consideration    of    £500,    452 
acres  '"commonly  called  and  known  as   Henrico",  on  James   River,  ad- 
joining the  lands  of  John  Boiling.  Robt.  Bullington,  Thomas  and  Henry 
Jordan,   Martha   Cox  and  the  land  conveyed  by  Thomas   Farrar  to  said 
Randolph,   being    part    of   a    grant   of    land    to    William    Farrar,    grand- 
father of  the  said  John  Farrar;   Aug.  3,  1713  from  Francis  Lightfoot, 
of  James  City  county,  for  £30,  3256  acres  on  the  north  side  of  James 
River,  "beginning  at  a  great  white  oak  where  Tuckahoe   Creek   forces 
through  the   Isles  and  falls  into  the   River",  etc.;    Aug.   3,    1713.    from 
John  Randolph  for  £90  a  tract  of   land  on  north  side  of  James   River 
at    the    upper    end    of    Randolph's    Island.      On    July   4,    17 14,    Thomas 
Randolph  sold  to  his  brother,  William,  375  acres,  part  of  a  tract  called 
"The    Slashes.'       On    April    11,    1729,    "Col.    Thomas    Randolph"    (the 
military  title  was  derived  from  his  being  County  Lieutenant  of  Gooch- 
land)   bought   450   acres   at    Sabot    Island,    from    Robert    Woodson,    Jr. 
Thomas   Randolph  made  a  will,   but  no  copy  of   it  is  known   to  exist. 
There   is   in   Goochland   a   receipt,   dated   Aug.    17,    1730,    from   William 
Randolph,  John   Fleming  and   Richard   Randolph,  executors   of    Thomas 
Randolph,  deceased.    These  dates  give  approximately  the  date  of  Thomas 
Randolph's  death.     Thomas  Randolph  married  on  Oct.   16,   1712.  Judith, 
daughter  of   Charles   Fleming,  of   New   Kent  county    (St.    Peter's   Reg- 
ister).    A   few  years  after  her   husband's   death   she   married    Nicholas 
Davies.     There  is  on  record  in  Goochland  a  deed  dated   Dec.  24,   1733, 
between   Nicholas   Davies,  of   Henrico,  merchant,   on  the  one   part,  and 
John   Fleming  and  Tarleton  Fleming,  gentlemen,   on  the  other   part,  in 
view  of  a  marriage  shortly  to  be  solemnized  between  said   Davies  and 
Mrs.  Judith   Randolph,  widow  of   Thomas   Randolph.     Mrs.   Randolph's 
trustees   were   her   brothers.     Col.    Byrd,    in    his    "Trip    to   the    Mines," 
gives  an  account  of   a  visit   to  Tuckahoe,   the   year   before  the   widow 
remarried.     The    Mrs.    Fleming   mentioned    was    one   of    her    sisters-in- 
law  : 

"Sept.  20,  1732.  I  parted  there  with  my  Indendant,  and  pursued  my 
Journey  to  Mr.  Randolph's,  at  Tuckahoe,  without  meeting  with  any 
Adventure  by  the  way.  Here  I  found  Mrs.  Fleming,  who  was  packing 
up  her  Baggage  with  design  to  follow  her  Husband  the  next  day,  who 
was  gone  to  a  new  Settlement  in  Goochland.  Both  he  and  She  have 
been  about  Seaven  Years  persuading  themselves  to  remove  to  that  re- 
tired part  of  the  Country,  tho'  they  had  the  two  strong  Arguments 
of  Health  and  Interest  for  so  doing.  The  Widow  smiled  graciously 
upon  me,  and  entertain'd  me  very  handsomely.  Here  I  learnt  all  the 
tragical  Story  of  her  Daughter's  humble  Marriage  with  her  Uncle's 
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not  one  visible  Qualification,  except  Impudence,  to  recommend  him  to 
a  Female's  Inclinations.  But  there  is  sometimes  such  a  Charm  in  that 
Hibernian  Endowment,  that  frail  Woman  cant  withstand  it,  tho'  it 
stand  alone  without  any  other  Recommendation.  Had  she  run  away 
with  a  Gentleman  or  a  pretty  Fellow,  there  might  have  been  some 
excuse  for  her,  tho'  he  were  of  inferior  fortune :  but  to  stoop  to  a 
dirty  Plebeian,  without  any  kind  of  merit,  is  the  lowest  Prostitution. 
I  found  the  Family  justly  enraged  at  it;  and  tho'  I  had  more  good 
nature  than  to  join  in  her  Condemnation,  yet  I  cou'd  devise  no  excuse 
for  so  senseless  a  Prank  as  this  young  Gentlewoman  had  ptay'd.  Here 
good  drink  was  more  Scarce  than  good  Victuals,  the  Family  being 
reduc'd  to  the  last  Bottle  of  Wine,  which  was  therefore  husbanded 
very  carefully.  But  the  Water  was  excellent.  The  Heir  of  the 
Family  did  not  come  home  till  late  in  the  Evening.  He  is  a  pretty 
young  man,  but  had  the  misfortune  to  become  his  own  master  too 
soon.  This  puts  young  Fellows  upon  wrong  pursuits,  before  they 
have  Sence  to  Judge  rightly  for  themselves.  Tho'  at  the  same  time 
they  have  a  strange  conceit  of  their  own  Sufficiency,  when  they  grow 
near  20  Years  old,  especially  if  they  happen  to  have  a  small  Smatter- 
ing of  Learning.  Tis  then  they  fancy  themselves  wiser  than  all  their 
Tutor's  and  Governor's  which  makes  them  headstrong  to  all  advice, 
and  above  all    Reproof   and  Admonition. 

21.  I  was  sorry  in  the  morning  to  find  myself  Stopt  in  my  Career 
by  bad  weather  brought  upon  us  by  a  North-East  Wind.  This  drives 
a  World  of  Raw  unkindly  Vapours  upon  us  from  Newfoundland,  loadeu 
with  Elite,  Coughs,  and  Pleurisys.  However,  I  complain'd  not,  lest 
I  might  be  suspected  to  be  tir'd  of  the  good  Company.  Tho'  Mrs. 
Fleming  was  not  so  much  upon  her  Guard,  but  mutin'd  strongly  at 
the  Rain,  that  hindered  her  from  pursuing  her  dear  Husband.  I  said 
what  I  could  to  comfort  a  Gentlewoman  under  so  sad  a  Disappoint- 
ment. I  told  her  a  Husband,  that  staid  so  much  at  Home  as  her's 
did,  cou'd  be  no  such  violent  Rarity,  as  for  a  Woman  to  venture  her 
precious  Health,  to  go  daggling  thro'  the  Rain  after  him,  or  to  be 
miserable  if  she  happened  to  be  prevented.  That  is  was  prudent  for 
marry'd  people  to  fast  sometimes  from  one  another,  that  they  might 
come  together  again  with  the  better  Stomach.  That  the  best  things 
in  this  World,  if  constantly  us'd,  are  apt  to  be  cloying,  which  a  little 
absence  and  Abstinence  wou'd  prevent.  This  was  Strange  Doctrine 
to  a  fond  Female,  who  fancys  People  shou'd  love  with  as  little  Reason 
after  marriage  as  before.  In  the  afternoon  Monsieur  Marij,  the  Min- 
ister of  the  Parish,  came  to  make  me  a  visit.  He  had  been  a  Romisi. 
Priest,  but  found  Reasons,  either  Spiritual  or  temporal,  to  quit  that 
gay  Religion.  The  fault  of  this  new  Convert  is,  that  he  looks  for  as 
much  Respect  from  his  Protestant  Flock,  as  is  paid  to  the  Popish 
Clergy,  which  our  ill-bred  Hugpenots  dont  understand.      [Mr.   Mayre.] 

2J.  We  had  another  wet  day  to  try  both  Mrs.  Fleming's  Patience 
and  my  good  breding.  The  N.  E.  Wind  commonly  sticks  by  us  3  or  4 
days,  filling  the  Atmosphere  with  damps,  injurious  both  to  man  and 
beast.  The  worst  of  it  was,  we  had  no  good  Liquor  to  warm  our 
Blood,  and  fortify  our  Spirits  against  so  strong  a  Malignity.  How- 
ever, I  was  cheerful  under  all  these  Misfortunes,  and  exprest  no  Con- 
cern but  a  decent  Fear  lest  my  long  visit  might  be  troublesome.  Since 
I  was  like  to  have  this  much  Leisure,  I  endeavour'd  to  find  out  what 
Subject  a  dull  marry'd  man  cou'd  introduce  that  might  best  bring  the 
Widow  to  the  use  of  her  Tongue.  At  length  I  discover'd  she  was  a 
notable   Quack,   and   therefore    paid   that    regard   to   her    Knowledge,    as 


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to  put  some  Questions  to  her  about  the  bad  distemper  that  raged  then 
in  the  Country.  I  mean  the  Bloody  Flux  that  was  brought  to  us  in 
the  Negro-ship  consigned  to  Colo.  Braxton.  She  told  me  she  made 
use  of  very  simple  remedys  in  that  Case,  with  very  good  success.  She 
did  the  Business  either  with  Hartshorn  Drink,  that  had  Plaintain  Leaves 
boil'd  in  it,  or  else  with  a  strong  decoction  of  St.  Andrew's  Cross, 
in  new  milk  instead  of  Water.  I  agreed  with  her  that  those  remedys 
might  be  very  good,  but  would  be  more  effectual  after  a  dose  or  two 
of  Indian  Physick.  But  for  fear  this  Conversation  might  be  too  grave 
for  a  Widow.  I  turn'd  the  discourse,  and  began  to  talk  of  Plays,  & 
finding  her  Taste  lay  most  toward  Comedy,  I  offer'd  my  Service  to 
read  one  to  Her,  which  she  kindly  accepted.  She  produced  the  2d  part 
of  the  Beggar's  Opera,  which  had  diverted  the  Town  for  40  Nights 
successively,  and  gain'd  four  thousand  pounds  to  the  Author.  This 
was  not  owing  altogether  to  the  Wit  or  Humour  that  Sparkled  in  it, 
but  to  some  Political  Reflections,  that  seem'd  to  hit  the  Ministry. 
But  the  great  Advantage  of  the  Author  was,  that  his  Interest  was 
solicited  by  the  Dutchess  of  Queensbury,  which  no  man  could  refuse 
who  liad  but  half  an  eye  in  his  head,  or  half  a  Guinea  in  his  pocket. 
Her  Grace,  like  Death,  spared  nobody,  but  even  took  my  Lord  Selkirk 
in  for  2  Guineas,  to  repair  which  Extravagance  he  lived  upon  Scots 
Herrings  2  Months  afterwards.  But  the  best  story  was,  she  made  a 
very  Smart  Officer  in  his  Majesty's  Guards  give  her  a  Guinea,  who 
swearing  at  the  same  time  twas  all  he  had  in  the  World,  she  sent 
him  50  for  it  the  next  day  to  reward  his  Obedience.  After  having 
acquainted  my  Company  with  the  History  of  the  Play  I  read  3  Acts 
of  it,  and  left  Mrs.  Fleming  and  Mr.  Randolph  to  finish  it,  who  read 
as  well  as  most  Actors  do  at  a  Rehearsal.  Thus  we  kill'd  the  time, 
and  triumpht  over  the  bad  weather. 

23.  The  Clouds  continued  to  drive  from  the  N-Est,  and  to  menace 
us  with  more  Rain.  But  as  the  Lady  resolved  to  venture  thro'  it,  I 
thought  it  a  Shame  for  me  to  venture  to  flinch.  Therefore  after 
fortifying  myself  with  2  capacious  Dishes  of  Coffee,  and  making  my 
Complements  to  the  Ladyes,  I  mounted,  and  Mr.  Randolph  was  so 
kind  as  to  be  my  Guide." 

The  date  of  the  Tuckahoe  house  is  unknown.  The  estate  continued 
the  property  and  home  of  five  or  six  generations  of  the  Randolphs. 

Issue  of   Thomas  and  Judith    (Fleming)    Randolph: 

I.  William,  of  '"Tuckahoe,"  (born  1712,  died  1745)  ;  commissioned 
colonel  of  militia  May  20,  1740.  Burgess  for  Goochland  at  the  sessions 
of  May  1742  and  Sept.  1744.  He  married  Mary,  only  daughter  of 
Mann  Page,  of  "Rosewell,"  by  his  first  marriage  with  Judith  Wormeley. 
She  inherited  from  her  grandfather  Wormeley  1500  acres  in  King 
William  county,  and  from  her  father,  Mann  Page,  £2000  sterling.  The 
will  of  William  Randolph,  of  "Tuckahoe,"  was  dated  July  20,  1745 
and  proved  May  20,  1746.  To  daughter  Judith  Randolph,  ii2oo  ster- 
ling and  all  the  gold  rings  and  trinkets  which  belonged  to  her  mother, 
"my  dear  deceased  wife,"  also  three  negro  girls;  to  daughter  Mary 
Randolph,  £1200  sterling  (£200  to  be  paid  when  she  is  16  years  old 
and  laid  out  in  such  trinkets  as  her  guardians  shall  think  fit).  Decent 
memorials  to  be  erected  to  Thomas  Randolph,  my  father,  my  mother 
and  my  wife.  Only  son,  Thomas  M.  Randolph,  all  rest  of  estate,  and 
"my  will  is"  that  he  shall  not  be  educated  at  the  College  of  William 
and  Mary  or  sent  to  England  on  any  account  whatever  ;  but  executors 
shall  keep  a  private  tutor  for  his  education,  and  daughters  Judith  and 
Mary  shall  be  educated  according  to  their  quality  and  circumstances. 
If  all   children   die  before  age  of   21    or   marriage,   estate   to   be   equally 


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divided  between  the  children  of  Rev.  WiUiam  Stith  (of  Henrico) 
"by  his  present  wife,  Judith,  my  sister."  Appoints  John  Lewis,  of 
Gloucester  and  WiUiam  Bassett,  of  New  Kent,  guardians  of  his 
daughters,  and  Rev.  WiUiam  Stith,  guardian  of  his  son.  WiUiam 
Bassett,  Beverley  Randolph,  Peter  Randolph,  Rev.  William  Stith  and 
Peter  Jefferson  executors,  March  2,  1742-3-  A  codicil  makes  Beverley 
and  Peter  Randolph,  and  Rev.  William  Stith,  of  Henrico,  and  Peter 
Jefferson,  of  Albemarle  executors ;  Peter  Randolph  and  Rev.  William 
Stith,  guardians  of  son,  and  Col.  John  Lewis,  of  Gloucester  and 
brother-in-law  Mann  Page,  of  Rosewell,  guardians  of  daughters.  His 
friend,  Peter  Jefferson  and  his  family  are  to  remove  down  "and  re- 
main in  my  Tuckahoe  House."  Peter  Jefferson  did  "remove  down" 
and  in  a  house  still  standing  in  the  yard  at  Tuckahoe  little  Thomas 
Jefferson  is  said  to  have  received  his  first  lessons  from  the  tutor  em- 
ployed in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  William  Randolph's  will ;  2. 
Judith,  married  Rev.  William  Stith,  President  of  William  and  Mary 
and  Historian  of  Virginia;  marriage  bond,  Goochland,  May  17,  1738; 
3.  Alary.  This  is  the  daughter  who  so  scandalized  her  family  by 
eloping  with  an  overseer.  There  have  been  various  confused,  con- 
tradictory and  impossible  traditions  about  this  affair ;  but  probably 
the  true  account  is  that  Mary  Randolph  did  first  marry  the  overseer 
of  one  of  her  uncles  and  after  his  death  married  Rev.  James  Keith. 
It  would  seem  from  Byrd's  account  that  the  elopement  with  the  over- 
seer took  place  in  1732.  So  Mary  Randolph's  second  marriage  must 
have  taken  place  not  long  afterwards  as  her  daughter,  Mary  Randolph 
Keith,  married  Thomas  Marshall  in  1754,  twenty-two  years  later.  But 
in  those  days  of  youthful  marriages  several  years  might  have  elapsed 
before  the  second  marriage  of  Mary  Randolph.  Family  and  friends 
little  knew  that  this  daughter,  so  scorned  and  derided  for  her  mes- 
alliance was  to  be  the  chief  glory  of  the  Tuckahoe  Randolphs.  She 
was  the  grandmother  of  John   Marshall. 

'"Rene  Laforce  was  appointed  a  justice  of  Goochland  county  May 
II,  1728  and  therefore  must  have  been  one  of  the  leading  men  of 
the  Huguenot  colony.  It  is  singular  that  the  name  does  not  appear  in 
any  of  the  documents  printed  in  "Documents  Relating  to  the  Huguenot 
Emigration   to   Virginia." 

There  were  in  the  Huguenot  colony  at  Manakin  Town,  several  persons 
named  Chastain,  probably  brothers  or  other  near  relatives.  Stephen 
or  Estienne  Chastain.  and  his  wife,  came  in  the  first  ship  in  1700.  In 
1714  Stephen  Chastain,  with  two  tithables  and  Pierre  Chastain,  with 
eight  tithables,  were  living  in  King  William  parish.  Jean  Chastain 
and  his  wife  were  living  in  the  parish  in  1714,  and  Jean  Chastain, 
clerk  of  the  vestry  1727,  etc.  Pierre  Chastain  was  a  vestryman,  1707. 
The  King  William  parish  register  gives  the  following:  Jean  and 
Chariot  Chastain  had:  i.  Judith,  born  May  20,  1727;  2.  Pierre,  born 
Feb.  24,  1728-9;  3.  Magdalene,  born  Jan.  5,  1731-2;  4.  Estiene,  born 
Nov.  9,  1737.  Estiene  and  Martre  (Martha)  Chastain  had:  i.  Marie 
Magdalene,  born  Aug.  23.  1727 ;  2.  son,  name  not  given  in  register, 
born  Nov.  3,  1728;  3.  Estiene,  born  March  i,  1729  (30).  Martha, 
wife  of  Estiene  Chastain  died  Dec.  24,  1725,  age  52  or  53  years.  Jean 
and  Judith  Chastain  had:  i.  Jeanne,  born  Oct.  3,  1734;  2.  Magdalene, 
born  Jan.  23,  1743-4.  Jean  and  Marianne  Chastain  had:  Jean,  born 
Sept.  26,  1721.  Rene  and  Judith  Chastain  had:  i.  Isaac,  born  March 
15.  1733-4;  2.  Pierre,  born  Oct.  9,  1736;  3.  Marianne,  born  May  17, 
1738;   4.   Rene,   born   June  30,    1741. 

The   will   of    Peter    Chastain,    of    King   William    Parish,    was    proved 


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i'LS^v^^^""^'  ^  «•'   '???■     '^^^^  ^'"  '^f   Stephen  Chastain.   late  of   the 
pace.Vose  m  Doffine   [Dauphiny]   in  the  province  of  France    inhabitant 
a    Manakmtown    Parish  of  King  William,  Goochland  couiUy' dated  Ja" 
10.   U32-3.  proved  in   Goochland  Aug.  21     ly^n-   lecratpps  •   f,  if/ a?    1 
and  daughter  Mary  Magdalene.     Left  negroes'l;JT  ^nsid    able^'lte' 
inJess-^'raS^^h^  Chastain (X)   of  King  William  Parish  ''in  violent 

is'S^  W.i-;^  Sroft.i^i&S^^ 
5rdLe^^L^;^-.,^^^:^Sm£S 

nf':^^.  -fl  ^i^t^S-Sar-lrit.^--  - 
sponsors  m  the  parish  register  1728-^^  The  will  nf  ]  ^.^  aPPt-^r  as 
dated  Dec.  9,  1750  and  pried  in'cum'berla'iK     ulll^lt^     ^o  nLl^v' 

executors  ""^^    ^°''''''    ^"^    ^'^    ^'''^^'    Thomas    Porter, 

Hatcher's  CreekTn  lltema  e  ?oart  of  T'l  ""'  'T  f '^^  °^  '^"^  «" 
with  all  cattle  whatfoeveTon  sifd  land  .n/^""  ''"'^i  ^"^'  '^  "^^'■°^^' 
them-   but   if   T   r^iTh^f  -r        "'  ^"^  ""^^^  confirm  said   land  to 

son-m-law    Alexander    Spiers ^om';,rr.  '•  T-  "^^'^  ^''^-     To 

chain  and  seal     Mrs     tr^h  ^"^    current    and    testator's    gold    watch, 
bt.  Lukes  Church,  London,  £200  sterlin?  •   R,.v    M.    rZl        i^  . 

s.o„.     He  was  a   Burgess   for  Hanover  m   .V^^  fnd  died  about   wl 


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and  his  widow  married  secondly  Col.  John  Henry,  of  Hanover  county, 
and  became  the  mother  of  Patrick  Henry.  On  Oct.  7,  1732,  Col.  Byrd, 
on  his  return  from  his  "Progress  to  the  Mines,"  came  to  "Studley", 
the  home  of  Mrs.  Syme,  then  a  widow.     He  writes: 

"In  the  evening  Tinsley  conducted  me  to  Mrs.  Sym's  House,  where 
I  intended  to  take  up  my  Quarters.  This  lady,  at  first  suspecting  I 
was  some  Lover,  put  on  a  Gravity  that  becomes  a  Weed;  but  so  soon 
as  she  learnt  who  I  was,  brighten'd  up  into  an  unusual  cheerfulness 
and  Serenity.  She  was  a  portly,  handsome  Dame,  of  the  Family  of 
Esau,  and  seemed  not  to  pine  too  much  for  the  Death  of  her  Husband, 
who  was  of  the  Family  of  the  Saracens.  He  left  a  Son  by  her,  who 
has  all  the  strong  features  of  his  Sire,  not  soften'd  in  the  least  by 
any  of  hers,  so  that  the  most  malicious  of  her  Neighbors  cant  bring 
his  Legitamacy  in  Question,  not  even  the  Parson's  Wife,  whose  unruly 
Tongue,  they  say,  dont  spare  even  the  Reverend  Doctor,  her  Husband. 
This  widow  is  a  person  of  a  lively  and  cheerful  Conversation,  with 
much  less  Reserve  than  most  of  her  Countrywomen.  It  becomes  her 
very  well,  and  sets  off  other  agreeable  Qualities  to  Advantage.  We 
tost  off  a  bottle  of  honest  Port,  which  we  Relisht  with  a  broil'd  Chichen. 
At  Nine  I  retir'd  to  my  Devotions,  and  then  Slept  so  Sound  that 
Fancy  itself  was  Stupify'd,  else  I  should  have  dreamt  of  my  most 
obliging   Landlady. 

8.  I  moisten'd  my  Clay  with  a  Quart  of  Milk  and  Tea,  which  I 
found  altogether  as  great  a  help  to  discourse  as  the  Juice  of  the  Grape. 
The  courteous  Widow  invited  me  to  rest  myself  there  that  good  day, 
and  go  to  Church  with  her,  but  I  excus'd  myself,  by  telling  her  she 
wou'd  certainly  spoil  my  devotion.  Then  she  civilly  entreated  me  to 
make  her  House  my  Home  whenever  I  visited  my  Plantations,  which 
made  me  bow  low,  and  thank  her  very  kindly.  From  thence  I  crost 
over  to  Shaccoe's,  and  took  Thomas  Tinsley  for  my  guide,  finding 
the  Distance  about  15  Miles." 

John  and  Sarah  (Winston)  Syme  had  an  only  child,  Col.  John 
Syme,  of  Hanover,  born  about  1729,  who  was  a  Burgess  at  the  session 
of  Feb.  1752;  but  on  contest,  was  unseated;  was  again  Burgess  for 
that  county  at  the  sessions  of  March  1756,  Sept.  1756,  April  1757. 
March  1758,  Sept.  and  Nov.  1758,  Feb.  1759,  Nov.  1759,  March,  May 
and  Oct.  1760,  March  1761,  Nov.  1761,  Jan.  1762,  March  1762,  Nov. 
1762,  May  1763,  Jan.  1764,  Oct.  1764,  May  1765,  Nov.  1766,  March 
1767,  March  1773,  May  1774,  June  1775,  and  the  Revolutionary  Con- 
ventions of  March,  July  and  Dec.  1775  and  May  1776.  Col.  John 
Syme  married  ist,  about  1750,  Mildred,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Nicholas 
Meriwether,  Jr.,  and  2d,  Sarah  Hoops  and  had  issue  by  both  marriages. 

"In  1704  Peter  Crutchfield  owned  400  acres,  and  "Crutchfield  Jr." 
400  acres  in  New  Kent  county.  The  Crutchfields  later  lived  in  Caro- 
line and  Spotsylvania.  The  will  of  Stapleton  Crutchfield,  of  Berkeley 
parish,  Spotsylvania,  was  dated  June  17  ,1788,  executor's  bond  Sept. 
I,  1789.  Executors  Edward  Herndon,  son-in-law  Samuel  Woodfork 
and  Richard  Noel,  and  Edward,  son  of  Joseph  Herndon.  Eldest  chil- 
dren John  Crutchfield,  Jane  Lipscomb  and  Agatha  Woodfork ;  sons 
Robert,  Thomas,  Stapleton  and  Achilles  (tracts  of  land  testator  had 
in  Fayette  Co.,  Ky.,  to  be  equally  divided),  wife  Sarah,  plantation  tes- 
tator lived  on  and  at  her  death  to  be  equally  divided  between  youngest 
children,    Mary,    Richard,   Stapleton   and   Achilles   Crutchfield. 

William  Crutchfield,  of  Spotsylvania,  served  in  the  Revolution  as 
a  seregant  in  the  3rd  Regiment  of  Light  Dragoons  and  had  an  only 
daughter   and   heir,    Philadelphia    Crutchfield. 


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Stapleton  Crutchfield  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Delegates  for 
Spotsylvania  1807-8,  1808-9.  1908-10,  1810-11,  1817-18.  He  served  with 
distinction  as  a  colonel  in  the  War  of  1812.  Oscar  M.  Crutchfield  was 
a  member  of  the  House  of  Delegates  from  Spotsylvania  for  sixteen 
sessions  between  1834-1861.  He  was  Speaker  at  the  sessions  of  Jan. 
1852,    1852-3,    1853-4,    1855-6,    1857-8,    1859-60,    1861. 

A  later  Col.  Stapleton  Crutchfield  was  a  very  gallant  and  distinguished 
officer   in  the  Confederate  army. 

"By  deed  dated  March  15,  1727,  Thomas  Tyler,  of  St.  Georges  Parish, 
Spotsylvania  County,  for  a  consideration  of  £80  sterling,  conveyed 
500  acres  in  Spotsylvania  to  Charles  Tyler  in  Great  Britain,  in  Sallop 
Co.  [Shropshire]  and  Hopton  Wafer  Parish,  said  land  having  been 
patented  by  said  Thomas  Tyler  June  30,    1726. 

'"  A  chart  published  a  number  of  years  ago  and  a  brief  account  in 
Woods'  History  of  Albemarle  County,  give  considerable  information 
in  regard  to  the  descendants  of  Christopher  Clark,  of  Louisa  county. 
For   some   generations   the   members   of    the    family   were   Quakers. 

Christopher  Clark  was  a  large  land  owner  in  Louisa  county  and 
obtained  grants  within  the  present  Albemarle  county  in  1732.  With 
his  son.  Bowling,  he  was  overseer  of  a  Friends  Meeting  House  near 
Southv,'est  Mountain.  The  will  of  Christopher  Clark  was  dated  Aug. 
14,  1741  and  proved  in  Louisa  May  28.  1754.  His  legatees  were: 
daughter  Agnes  Johnson,  daughter  Sarah  Lynch,  daughter  Rachael 
Moreman,  sons  Micajah  and  Bowling,  daughter  Elizabeth  Anthony, 
daughter  Penelope  Lynch,  wife  Penelope.  The  family  chart  gives 
Christopher  a  son  Edward,  who  died  in  1783.  Woods'  Albe)itarle 
states  that  most  of  the  family  removed  to  that  part  of  Bedford,  now 
Amherst,  and  that  in  1754  Edward  and  Bowling  Clark  were  over- 
seers of  the  South  River  Friends  Meeting  House.  Issue  of  Christopher 
and  Penelope  Clark  (as  given  in  his  will)  :  i.  Agnes,  married  Benjamin 
Johnson;  2.  Rachael,  married  ist,  Thomas  Moreman,  2nd,  William 
Ballard;  3.  Sarah,  married  ist,  Charles  Lynch,  2nd,  Major  Ward; 
4.  Micajah'';  5.  Bou'ling';  6.  Elizabeth,  married  April  22,  1741,  Joseph 
Anthony   (born  May  2,   1713,  died   Nov.  23,   1785). 

4.  Micajah''  Clark,  born  Sept.  16,  1718,  married  Judith  (born  Oct. 
1716),  daughter  of  Robert  Adams.  Issue:  5.  Christopher,^  born  Feb.  20, 
1737,  married  Ann  Ward;  6.  Robert^;  7.  Mourning,  born  April  6,  1740, 
died  unmarried;  8.  Micajah,^  born  Feb.  27,  1741,  married  Milly  Martin;  9. 
John,  born  Dec.  26,  1743,  married  Mary  Moore;  10.  Edward,  born  Dec. 
17.  1745.  died  single;  11.  Penelope,  born  Oct.  7,  1747,  married  ist,  Reuben 
Rowland,  2nd,  Jonathan  Landers;  12.  Judith,  born  Dec.  2,  1749,  married 
Andrew  Moorman;  13.  Bouldin,  born  Dec.  4,  1751,  married  April  27, 
1791,  Elizabeth  Cheadle,  died  Dec.  4,  1818,  14.  Betty,  born  Jan.  14, 
1754,  married  Joseph  Anthony;  15.  James,  born  Jan.  16,  1757,  married 
Lucy  Cheadle;  16.  IVilliuvv' ;  6.  Robert^  Clark,  born  Aug.  13,  1738, 
married  Susan,  daughter  of  John  Henderson,  Sr.,  and  removed  to 
Bedford  county  and  later  to  Clarke  county,  Ky.  (Issue:  17.  Robert, 
the  first  manufacturer  of  iron  in  Kentucky;  18.  James,*  born  in  Bed- 
ford Co.,  Va.,  1779,  died  in  Frankfort,  Ky.,  Aug.  27,  1839;  several 
times  a  member  of  the  Kentucky  Legislature,  a  judge  of  the  Court 
of  Appeals,  member  of  Congress,  1813-16,  judge  of  Circuit  Court, 
1917-24,  M.  C.  1825-31,  of  the  State  Senate,  and  its  Speaker  1832,  and 
Governor  from  1836  until  his  death;  19.  Bennett*  removed  to  Mo. 
1818.  Had  a  son  John  Bullock'"  Clark  (born  April  17,  1802,  died 
Fayette,  Mo.,  Oct.  29,  1885),  commanded  a  regiment  of   Mo.  volunteer 


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cavalry  in  the  Black  Hawk  War,  1832,  where  he  was  twice  wounded; 
Major-General  of  militia  1848;  member  of  the  legislature  1850,  1851  ; 
M.  C.  1857-61  ;  Brig. -General  C.  S.  A.  and  commanded  Missouri 
troops  until  disabled  at  the  battle  of  Springfield,  Aug.  1861  ;  member 
of  Confederate  House  of  Representatives  and  Senate.  J.  B.^  Clark 
had  a  sun  John  Bullock*  Clark,  born  in  Fayette,  Mo.,  Jan.  14,  1831  ; 
Brig.-General    C.    S.    A.    and    M.    C.    1871-1883.)       5.    Bowling    Clark, 

married   Winifred  —  and  had   issue:   20.   Christopher,^   born   Feb. 

-9.  17431  ^1-  Elizabeth,  born  Nov.  21,   1744. 

William^  Clark  was  a  magistrate  of  Albemarle  county  and  died  in 
1800.  He  married  Elizabeth  Allen  and  had  issue:  22.  Jacobi ;  23. 
James,  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Thomas  W.  Lewis  and  removed 
to   Mo. ;   24.   Micajah,  a  prominent  physician  of   Richmond,   Va. 

'"In  1704,  in  King  and  Quenn  county,  John  King  owned  150  acres; 
Edward  King,  200;  Robert  King,  100;  and  Daniel  King,  200.  In 
King   William   "Robert   King's   Quarter,   200  acres." 

"Judging  from  the  quit  rent  roll  of  1704  the  only  family  of  Holland 
then  living  in  Virginia  was  in  Nansemond.  In  that  year,  John  Holland 
owned  700  acres,  Henry  400  acres  and  Joseph  109  acres  in  that  county. 

'"''  This  man  was  either  George  Booker  of  Gloucester  county,  legatee 
in  a  will  dated  1751,  or  his  son  George,  named  in  the  same  will.  In 
1761  Edv,ard  Booker  made  a  bequest  to  the  children  of  the  second 
George  Booker.  He  may  be  the  person  of  the  name  whose  will  was 
proved  in  Amelia,  Dec.  22,  1791.  For  Booker  genealogy  see  this 
Mayacwc.  Vol.  VII. 

'*  David  Walker  and  Mary,  his  wife,  are  shown  by  the  Bristol  Parish 
Register  to  have  had  the  following  children:     i.   Alexander,  born  Oct. 

3,  1727;  2.  Robert,  born  Oct.   10,   1729;  3.  David,  born  March  6,   1731  ; 

4.  Mary,  born  March  6,  1731,  twin  with  David;  5.  Freeman,  born 
Sept.  3,   1734;  6.  James. 

Robert  was  probably  ancestor  of  the  family  of  the  name  at  "Kingston," 
Dinwiddic  county,  and  of  the  distinguished  physicians,  David  and  Robert 
Walker.  See  Slaughter's  Bristol  Parish.  232,  233.  Dr.  John  Walker 
Brodnax,  of  the  Medical  College  of  Virginia,  has  some  interesting  relics 
of  these,  his  ancestors. 

^Abraham  Burton  was  probably  a  member  of  the  family  of  the 
name  which  had  several  representatives  in  Henrico  at  the  beginning 
of  the  18th  Century,  when  Isaac  Burton  owned  1000  acres,  Robert 
Burton  1350  acres  and  Willia  m  Burton  294  acres  in  that  county. 
Later   thefamily   scattered   widely   through   Virginia   and   other   states. 

"■^A  deed,  dated  April  2,  1751,  recorded  in  Lunenburg,  conveys  to 
Henry  Patillo  and  other  trustees  (evidently  Presbyterians)  land  for 
a  burying  ground.  Dr.  William  Henry  Patillo,  of  Charlotte,  N.  C, 
was  trustee  of  Hampden-Sidney  College  1847-1855.  His  father(?) 
Rev.  Henry  Patillo,  of  Granville,  N  .  C.,  received  the  first  honorary 
A.  M.  given  by  the  College. 

The  Bristol  Parish  Register  contains  the  following:  James  and 
Mary  Patillo  had  James,  born  Dec.  23,  1725;  Ann,  born  July  15,  1728; 
Henry,  born   Oct.  31,   1730;   Lucy,  born   Nov.   11,    1733. 

^  Richard  Randolph,  of  "Curies  Neck",  Henrico  county,  for  a  notice 
of  him,  abstracts  of  his  and  his  wife's  wills  and  portraits  of  both,  see 
this  Magazine,  XXII,  440-446. 

"Col.  John  Dandridge,  of  New  Kent  county,  was  a  brother  of  Capt. 
William  Dandridge.    In  1722  he  had  a  grant  of  a  lot  in  Hampton  and  in 


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1747  (possibly  earlier)  was  clerk  of  New  Kent  county.  He  married 
July  22,  1730,  Frances,  daughter  of  Orlando  Jones,  of  King  William 
county,  and  died  Aug.  31,  1756,  aged  56  years.  (Tomb  in  St.  George's 
Churchyard,  Fredericksburg.)  For  an  account  of  the  descendants  of 
John  Dandridge,  see  IVilliam  ami  Mfjry  Quarterly,  V,  33-39;  VI,  250, 
251.  John  Dandridge's  daughter,  Martha  (June  2,  1731-May  22,  1802) 
m.  1st,  1749,  Daniel  Parke  Custis,  2nd,  Jan.  6,  1759,  George  Wiashington. 

^  This  was  Col.  Thomas  Jones  of  Williamsburg,  son  of  Capt.  Roger 
Jones.  He  married  Feb.  14,  1725,  Elizabeth,  widow  of  William  Pratt, 
of  Gloucester  county,  and  daughter  of  William  Cocke,  Secretary  of 
State  of  Virginia.  He  died  about  1758.  Several  letters  written  by 
Col.  Jones  to  his  future  wife  and  other  papers  relating  to  this  family 
of  Jones  were  printed  in  this  Maijazinc,  XXVI,  70-80,  162-181,  283-289. 
The  genealogy  of  the  family  is  given  and  illustrated  with  many  docu- 
ments in  "Capt.  Roger  Jones  of  London  and  Virginia,"  by  Judge  L.  H. 
Jones,  Louisville,  Ky.,  in  two  editions. 

"  In  the  act  passed  November,  1720,  erecting  the  counties  of  Spotsyl- 
vania and  Brunswick  (Hening,  IV,  yy  et  seq.)  the  inhabitants  were 
made  free  of  public  levies  for  ten  years  beginning  May  i,  1721. 

"' Lt.  Col.  Drury  Stith,  sheriflF  of  Charles  City  1719,  1724-5,  died  1741. 
He  married  Susanna,  daughter  of  Lancelot  Bathurst,  of  New  Kent 
county.  For  genealogy  of  the  Stith  family  see  William  and  Mary 
Quarterly,  Vol.   21   and   22. 

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PETTUS— Wanted. 


1.  Parentage  and  place  of  birth  of  Thomas  Pettus,  born  April 
22,  1 761,  whose  bond  for  his  marriage  to  Rhoda,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Dawson,  July  7,  1792,  is  of  record  in  Amherst  County,  Va.,  with 
Pleasant   Dawson  as   surety. 

2.  Parentage  and  place  of  birth  of  Thomas  Pettus,  whose  bond 
for  his  marriage  to  Polly,  daughter  of  Henry  Madison,  Dec.  3,  1783, 
is  of  record  in  Charlotte  County,  Va.,  with  Thomas  Gaines  as  surety. 

3.  Names  of  children  of  Stephen  Pettus,  Jr.,  and  Anne,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Dillard,  who  were  licensed  to  marry,  Jan.  26,  1747,  by  the 
records  of  Spotsylvania  County,  Va.,  also  parentage  and  places  and 
dates  of  birth  and  death  of   this   Stephen   Pettus. 

James   M.   Breckenridge, 
820  Wainwright  Bldg.,  St.  Louis. 


FRAMl-:. 


Kcply  to  (|ucry  p.  359,  Oct.,  1923  issue,  Va.  Magazine. 

]f  Mr.  Clarence  E.  Parks  will  consult  Chalklcy's  Abstracts  of 
Auyustci,  Vol.  3,  p.  567,  he  will  see  that  Jeremiah  was  the  son  and 
heir  of  one  Wm.  Frame,  transaction  of  May  3,  1783.  Page  424, 
Vol.  2,  shows  that  Jeremiah  had  gone  to  Ky. 

I  would  like  to  exchange  Frame  data  with  Mr.  Parks,  since  I  de- 
scend from  Elizabeth  Frame,  born  about  1775,  who  married  Col. 
Wm.   McMillan  and  settled  in   Clark    (adjoining)    County,   Ky. 

Other  Frames,  early  settlers  of  this  vicinity,  were :  Margaret, 
daughter  of  David,  married  David  Hughes;  Miss  Frame,  ist  wife 
of  Jas.  Kenney ;  Samuel  Frame;  Wm.  and  John,  sons  of  Wm.  and 
Sarah  Gibson,   brothers  of   Elizabeth   McMillan. 

Mr.s.   W.   H.   Whitley, 
Paris,  Bourbon  Co.,  Ky. 

If  Mr.  Parks  will  write  to  Judge  L.  H.  Jones,  524  ist  St.,  Louisville, 
Ky.,  he  may  obtain  information,  etc. 


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STROTHER— RAINY. 

Desired: — 'Dates  of  births,  marriages  and  deaths  of  Joseph  Strother, 
son  of  William  Strother,  emigrant,  and  of  Matthew  Rainy,  Revolutionary 
soldier,  of  Sussex  County,  Va.,  who  married  Judith  ,  and  re- 
moved  to   Georgia   about    1782. 


SMITH'S   FORT. 


Perhaps  you  already  have  this  but  I  thought  I'd  send  it  to  you  as 
it  suggests  definitely  the  location  of    Smith's    Fort. 

James  City  County  Land  Grants,  Book  2,  p.  151.  "James  Mason, 
60  acres  commonly  called  by  the  name  of  Smith's  Fort  about  2  miles 
tip    Smith's   Fort    Creek."      (July   8,    1648). 

A.   V.   D.   P. 


PHILIP  RYAN,  Henry  Coukty. 

If    L.    H.    W.    will    write   to    Mrs.    M.    R.    Redwine,    10    The    Prado, 
Atlanta,   Ga.,   some   information   may  be  obtained. 


HOOK. 

Wanted  the  needed  names,  dates,  lineage,  names  of  descendants  or 
other    information    concerning   the    following: 

1.  Anthony  Lewis,  Serg.  Inf.,  Rev.  War,  will  proved  May  25,   1779, 

2.  William  Hooke,   Rev.  War.,  married  Mrs.  Campbell. 

3.  Captain   James   Hooke,  6th   Va.   Reg.,   Rev.   War. 

4.  George  Hooke,  died  in  Monroe  Co.,  Indiana,  March  7,  1835, 
married  Jan.  8,  1789,  Jane  Blcakley,  b.  March  17,  1762,  d.  of  Thomas 
Bleakley.      All    of    above    parties    were    of    Rockingham    Co.,    Virginia. 

5.    Hook,  soldier  in  Algerian  War. 

6.  John  Hook,  who  received  large  grants  of  land  in  Franklin,  Bed- 
ford,  Montgomery  and    Patrick   counties,    Va.,   near    1786. 

7.  John   Hook,   named   in   Howe's   History  of   Va. 

George  Hooke,  of  Rockingham  Co.,  Virginia,  will  made  prior  to 
1825,  wife  Mary  Ann.     Issue: 

I.  James  W.   Hooke,  m.   Sarah   Pirkey,  April    17,    181 1,   issue  settled 

in   Missouri;  2.  Elisha  Hooke,  m.  Jane  ,   Kentucky;  3.   Robert 

Scott  Hooke,  m.  Polly  Irvine  April  21,  1814,  Highland  Co.,  Va.,  issue; 
4.  Elijah  Hooke  married  Phebe  Reeves,  daughter  of  William  Reeves, 
m.  Sept.  12,  1818,  went  first  to  Ky.,  then  to  California;  5.  Samuel 
Hooke,  m.  Malinda  Parke  ?     No  issue ;  6.     Jane  Hooke  m.  John  Light 


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I^Iarch    27,    1805,    issue;    7.    Easter    Hooke,    m.    Samuel    Harrison    Feb. 
5,    1810,   issue. 

(Mrs.)    Audrey  K.   Spence, 

Wytheville,   Va. 


POTOMAC-RAPPAHANNOCK-SHENANDOAH. 

The  following  interpretation  of  the  three  words  may  be  of  assistance: 

POTOMAC.  "The  word — is  a  verbal  noun  meaning  'something 
l)rought,'  and,  as  a  designation  for  a  place,  may  perhaps  be  short  for, 
say,   Enda    Patomek,    'where   something   is   brought.'  " 

RAPPAHONCK.  "Rapchanck,  'the  alternating  stream.'  The  termi- 
nation ock  in  the  Southern  Lenape  word  may  be  the  animate  plural 
suffix;  if  so,  the  word  would  mean  'people  of  the  alternating  (ebb 
and   flow)    stream.'" 

SHENANDOAH.  This  is  a  Northern  Iroquoian  word,  probably 
Seneca  dialect,  meaning  The  place  of  the  hills,  or,  as  we  would  say, 
The  hill  country. 

[The  above  was  kindly  furnished  by  Mr.  David  I.  Bushnell,  Jr., 
of   the   Bureau  of   American   Ethnology,   in   response   to  a   request.] 


RODES-YANCEY. 


There  is  on  record  in  Rockingham  county,  the  marriage  bond,  dated 
Feb.  4,  1827,  of  William  Rodes  and  Claricy,  daughter  of  Layton 
Yancey,  of  Rockingham  county.   ■ 


ADAMS-BEEKS-GANNAWAY. 

Ancestors  and  relatives  wanted.  Eli  Adams,  born  Snow  Hill,  Md., 
1785.  Father  died  1795;  family  moved  near  Lebanon,  Ky.,  about  1795. 
Eli   married   Elizabeth   Beeks,   in   Xenia,   O.,    1810. 

John  and  Marmaduke  Gannaway  came  to  Virginia  about  1700.  Lived 
in  New  Kent,  Buckingham,  Albemarle,  Cumberland,  and  Wythe  counties. 
WTiich  John  died  1748  leaving  12  children?  Oldest  William  born  1747 
(who  married  Elizabeth  Wright.  He  died,  Wythe  Co.,  1800;  she  mar- 
ried John  Newland  1804).  Mary  married  Capt.  Wm.  L.  Williams, 
probably  in  Buckingham  county  before  1793.  When  was  he  captain? 
Which  John  married  Martha  W^oodson,  1773?  He  died  Goochland 
county,  1798.  Gregory  born  1753,  died  near  Cripple  Creek  1804.  Mar- 
ried Rhoda  Robertson.  A  John  married  Mary  W.  Robertson.  WTio 
were  the  Robertsons,  Wrights,  Williams  ancestors?  Which  John  Gan- 
naway was  in  the  Revolutionary  War  ? 

Katharine   K.   Adams, 
1837  Greenleaf  Ave.,  Chicago,   111. 


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HARRISON    OF   JAMES    RIVER 

(Continued) 

Many  biographies  in  various  collections  of  "lives"  are  mere  back 
work  containing  little  valuable  information,  but  as  has  been  said  above, 
the  writer  of  the  life  of  Benjamin  Harrison,  in  Saunderson's  "Lives  of 
the  Signers"  evidently  had  unusually  good  sources  of  information, 
derived  no  doubt  from  people  closely  associated  with  the  subject  of 
the  biography.  With  a  few  unimportant  exceptions,  the  account  is 
reprinted   in    full   here : 

"Benjamin  Harrison  was  born  in  the  family  mansion  at  Berkeley, 
but  on  what  day  we  have  been  unable  to  precisely  ascertain.  At  the 
time  of  his  father's  death,  he  was  a  student  in  the  college  of  William 
and  Mary,  but  owing  to  a  quarrel  with  one  of  the  professors  in  which 
he  was  engaged,  he  left  that  institution  before  the  usual  period.  Al- 
a  memorial  to  the  lords,  and  a  remonstrance  to  the  House  of  Commons, 
and  decision  of  character,  that  the  management  of  his  estate,  which 
was  very  extensive,  was  committed  entirely  to  his  charge  soon  after 
he  returned  from  college.  As  the  head  also  of  a  family,  which  had 
always  been  among  the  conspicuous  political  leaders  of  the  colony, 
he  was  soon  called  on  to  represent  his  district  in  the  provincial  legis- 
lature, and  took  his  seat  in  the  House  of  Burgesses,  before  he  had 
arrived  at  the  age  strictly  required  by  law.  To  this  station  during 
his  whole  life,  whenever  his  other  political  employments  did  not  in- 
terfere with  it,  he  was  always  elected,  except  in  one  solitary  instance 
which  we  shall   have  occasion   hereafter   to  notice. 

He  had  not  long  been  a  member  of  the  legislature  before  he  became 
one  of  the  principal  leaders  in  it.  A  great  deal  of  plain,  good  sense 
united  with  a  ready,  sprightly  manner,  and  much  promptness  and 
decision  of  character,  rendered  him  highly  useful.  And  in  addition 
to  this,  his  large  fortune  and  his  connections  by  marriage,  which  were 
extended  through  almost  every  leading  family  in  Virginia,  gave  him 
great  personal  influence.  These  circumstances  soon  pointed  him  out, 
to  the  royal  government,  as  one  on  whom  their  highest  favors  could 
be  justly  and  advantageously  conferred.  The  office  of  governor  was 
always  reserved  for  a  native  of  Great  Britain,  or  at  least  for  a  person 
sent  directly  from  that  country;  but  there  remained  many  lucrative  and 
honourable  appointments   for   favoured  colonists.     Among  these  that  of 


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a  member  of  the  executive  council,  which  answered  to  the  English 
privy  council,  was  the  chief  in  point  of  rank,  and  considerable  in  re- 
gard to  influence ;  into  that  body  the  government  proposed,  notwith- 
standing his  youth,   to  introduce   Mr.   Harrison. 

But  this  plan,  however  desirable  it  might  seem  to  be  to  the  colo- 
nial government,  and  indeed  however  just  and  proper  in  itself,  was 
frustrated  by  the  occurrences  of  the  times.  Mr.  Harrison  was  not  a 
man  to  be  led  away  from  conduct  which  he  deemed  correct,  by  any 
personal  advantage.  The  measures  which  had  already  been  adopted 
by  the  British  ministers,  although  they  were  far  from  having  reached 
that  excess  to  which  they  were  subsequently  carried,  were  yet  such 
as  met  with  strong  reprobation  from  all  the  patriotic  burgesses  of 
Virginia.  With  these  he  therefore  united,  heart  and  hand,  in  opposing 
those  meiisures  of  the  mother  country,  and  soon  became  obnoxious  to 
the  royal  party,  in  proportion  to  the  zeal  with  which  they  had  pre- 
viously courted   him. 

On  the  fourteenth  of  November,  1764,  he  was  appointed,  with  several 
distinguished  members  of  the  house,  to  prepare  an  address  to  the  King, 
a  memorial  to  the  lords,  and  a  remonstrance  to  the  House  of  Commons, 
on  the  sul)ject  of  the  resolutions  which  had  been  passed  preparatory 
to  the  stamp  act.  To  which  of  the  gentlemen  of  the  committee  the 
authorship  of  these  papers  would  be  severally  assigned,  we  are  at 
this  time  of  day  unable  to  ascertain;  it  does  not,  however,  seem  probable, 
from  the  character  of  Mr.  Harrison,  that  either  was  the  production 
of  his  pen.  It  is  said,  by  those  who  knew  him,  that  he  wrote  with 
facility  and  correctness  when  it  became  necessary,  but  that  it  was  an 
office  he  never  sought,  either  from  a  natural  indolence  in  that  respect, 
or  from  his  preference  to  employments  of  more  activity  and  energy. 
On  the  eighteenth  of  December,  the  report  of  the  committee  was  pre- 
sented, but  such  was  the  temper  of  the  times,  that  the  more  prudent, 
at  least  the  more  timid,  altered  much  which  seemed  to  indicate  too 
strongly  a  feeling  of  resistance,  and  left  it  little  more  than  a  pre- 
sentation of   injured   rights,   and   a   picture  of   anticipated   suffering. 

We  have  no  means  of  tracing  the  particular  opinions  of  Mr.  Har- 
rison, or  the  incidents  of  his  private  and  political  life,  through  the 
next  ten  years ;  and  it  would  be  exceeding  the  simple  office  of  biog- 
raphy to  enter  into  the  history  of  Virginia  during  that  period,  al- 
though his  official  station  closely  connected  him  with  all  the  important 
transactions  of  the  times.  We  know,  however,  and  it  is  sufficient, 
that  in  his  opinion  and  his  conduct,  he  was  closely  connected  with 
Randolph,  Wythe,  Jefferson  and  Henry,  and  the  other  distinguished 
patriots  of  the  day,  who  so  carefully  nourished  in  Virginia  those 
sparks  of  freedom  which  were  gradually  extended  throughout  the  con- 
tinent. 

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the  several  counties  and  corporations  of  Virginia  assembled  at  Wil- 
liamsburg. They  there  passed  a  series  of  resolutions,  which  prove  the 
spirit  by  which  they  were  animated;  and  set  forth  the  determination 
to  which  they  had  come,  of  supporting  to  the  last  their  American 
brethren,  and  opposing  the  designs  of  the  mother  country.  With  these 
objects  they  entered  warmly  into  the  plan  which  had  been  generally 
recommended,  of  assembling  a  congress  of  delegates  from  all  the  colo- 
nies, and  appointed  seven  deputies  to  represent  Virginia.  Of  these 
Mr.  Harrison  was  one. 

On  the  fifth  of  September,  1774,  the  first  continental  congress  met 
at  Carpenter's  Hall,  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  and  Mr.  Harrison, 
who  was  present  on  that  day,  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing  a  dele- 
gate from  his  own  state,  raised  by  the  unanimous  approbation  of  the 
assembly,   to  the  presidential   chair. 

In  the  journals  of  this  assembly,  which  at  best  present  but  a  meager 
outline  of  the  proceedings  of  a  legislative  body,  we  find  but  few 
notices  of   Mr.  Harrison  during  the  short  session  of    1774. 

On  the  twentieth  of  March,  1775,  the  second  convention  of  dele- 
gates from  the  several  counties  and  corporations  of  Virginia,  met  in 
the  city  of  Richmond.  Of  this  body  Mr.  Harrison  was  also  a  member. 
He  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing,  in  their  first  act,  his  country's 
approval  of  the  measures  in  which  he  had  assisted.  A  resolution  was 
passed,  in  which  the  convention  expressed  its  unqualified  approval 
of  the  measures  of  congress,  and  declared  that  they  considered  the 
whole  continent  as  under  the  highest  obligations  to  the  respectable 
body,  for  the  wisdom  of  their  councels,  and  their  unremitted  en- 
deavours to  maintain  and  preserve  inviolate,  the  just  rights  and  liberties 
of  their  countrymen.  To  this  they  especially  added  their  warmest 
thanks  to  the  worthy  representatives  of  the  colony,  for  their  cheerful 
undertaking  and  faithful  discharge  of  the  very  important  trust  re- 
posed in  them. 

These  resolutions  were  shortly  followed  by  a  proposition  to  create 
in  the  province  a  military  force,  and  to  put  it  in  a  state  of  defence. 
Mr.  Harrison  was  opposed  to  this  measure  as  premature,  and  in  his 
opposition  he  was  supported  by  most  of  those  who  had  sat  with  him 
in  congress,  and  by  Wythe,  Nicholas  and  others,  the  leading  patriots 
of  the  province.  It  need  scarcely  be  said  that  this  opposition  arose 
from  no  personal  fears,  and  from  no  unmanly  spirit  in  regard  to  the 
liberties  of  the  country. 

Early  in  May,  1775,  Mr.  Harrison  again  repaired  to  Philadelphia, 
to  take  his  seat  in  congress.  During  his  residence  in  this  city,  he 
lived  in  a  house  which  may  yet  be  seen  in  the  northern  part  of  the 
town,  with  two  of  his  colleagues  from  Virginia,  General  Washington 
and  Peyton  Randolph,  the  distinguished  president  of  congress.  There 
Mr.    Randolph    died    in    the    autumn    of    the    same    year;    and    General 


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Washington  having  taken  the  command  of  the  army  in  Massachusetts, 
Mr.  Harrison  remained  alone.  Within  a  few  past  years,  there  were 
several  old  and  respectable  inhabitants  of  Philadelphia,  and  a  few 
survive,  who  could  recollect  at  the  period  of  which  we  are  speaking, 
the  cheerfulness  and  vivacity  of  his  manners,  and  the  liberality  of  his 
disposition.  In  a  confined  mansion  then  on  the  outskirts  of  the  town, 
though  now  far  within  its  limits,  he  gave  to  his  northern  friends 
some  idea  of  that  generous  hospitality  which  had  long  distinguished 
the  more  extensive  establishments  at  Berkeley.  He,  indeed,  exceeded, 
in  some  degree,  the  limit  of  prudence;  and  as  in  those  days  supplies 
of  money  from  distant  landed  estates  were  uncertain,  and  procured 
with  difficulty,  he  was  several  times  induced  to  borrow  it  from  his 
friend  and  associate  in  congress,  Mr.  Willing.  This  loan  at  one  time 
amounted  to  a  large  sum,  but  was  punctually  repaid  by  Mr.  Har- 
rison  before   his   death. 

Congress  had  scarcely  met,  when  the  duties  of  the  president,  as 
speaker  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  of  Virginia,  obliged  him  to  re- 
linquish his  honourable  post  and  return  to  that  state.  Mr.  Hancock 
had  just  arrived  in  Philadelphia;  he  brought  with  him  all  the  fame, 
which  ministerial  oppression  had  conferred,  in  excluding  him  by  name 
from  the  general  pardon  extended  to  the  rebellious  colonists;  and 
he  brought  with  too,  a  better  claim  to  distinction  in  the  generosity 
of  his  character,  and  the  perfect  disinterestedness  of  his  patriotism. 
The  eye  of  congress  was  immediately  fixed  on  him  as  the  successor 
of  Mr.  Randolph,  and  he  was  unanimously  elected  president.  With 
a  modesty  not  unnatural  at  his  years,  and  a  consciousness  of  the  diffi- 
culty he  might  experience,  in  filling  a  station  of  such  high  importance 
and  responsibility,  he  hesitated  to  take  the  seat  to  which  he  had  been 
elected.  Mr.  Harrison  was  standing  beside  him,  and  with  ready  good 
humour  that  loved  a  joke  even  in  the  senate  house,  he  seized  the 
modest  candidate  in  his  athletic  arms  and  placed  him  in  the  presidential 
chair,  then,  turning  to  some  of  the  members  around,  he  exclaimed, 
"we  will  show  mother  Britain  how  little  we  care  for  her,  by  making 
a  Massachusetts  man  our  president,  whom  she  has  excluded  from 
pardon  by  a  public  proclamation." 

On  the  twenty-fourth  of  June,  we  find  Mr.  Harrison  a  member  of  a 
committee,  appointed  to  devise  ways  and  means  to  put  the  militia  in  a 
proper  state  for  the  defence  of  America;  a  measure  leading  at  once, 
to  the  general  organization  of  an  army  throughout  the  colonies.  After 
deliberating  on  it  for  nearly  a  month,  a  plan  was  presented  to,  and 
with  some  alterations,  adopted  by  congress,  which  formed  the  basis 
of  the  militia  system  throughout  the  war. 

On  the  first  of  August,  congress  adjourned,  and  on  the  eleventh  of 
the  same  month,  a  convention  was  held  at  Richmond,  when  Mr.  Har- 
rison   was    elected    a    third    time    to    congress.      On    the    thirteenth    of 


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September  he  took  his  seat.  His  name  soon  appears  among  the  most 
prominent  and  active  members  of  the  house ;  and  perhaps  there  was 
no  one  in  it,  who  enjoyed  more  general  confidence  and  esteem.  His 
attention  from  the  first,  was  strongly  turned  towards  the  miHtary 
affairs  of  the  colonies  in  their  organization,  and  in  facilitating  all 
the  legislative  details  of  the  war,  he  was  particularly  active.  In 
September,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  a  committee  of  three,  who 
repaired  immediately  to  the  camp  at  Cambridge,  where  they  had  a 
long-  and  full  conference  not  only  with  the  commander-in-chief,  but 
with  some  of  the  governors  of  the  neighboring  states,  and  arranged 
with  them  a  system  of  vital  importance;  that  of  continuing,  support- 
ing and  regulating  the  continental  army.  He  had  scarcely  returned 
to  Philadelphia,  before  he  was  called  on  to  make  similar  arrangements, 
with  regard  to  the  troops  which  were  required  for  the  defence  of 
South  Carolina  and  New  York.  He  settled  the  details  of  both  these 
plans,  which  were  peculiarly  difficult  from  the  loose  mode  of  enlisting, 
and   the   entire   ignorance   of    discipline    which   universally   prevailed. 

Towards  the  close  of  this  year  congress,  which  had  hitherto  con- 
fined its  views  to  internal  government,  began  cautiously  to  extend  the 
circle  of  its  relations,  in  anticipations  no  doubt  subsequent  events. 
They  were  well  aware  that  if,  as  every  experience  seemed  to  indicate, 
the  quarrel  with  the  mother  country  should  be  terminated  by  a  resort 
to  arms,  they  ought  to  look  for  aid  to  her  powerful  rivals  in  the 
old  world.  To  prepare  the  way  for  this,  it  was  necessary  to  establish 
with  them  a  species  of  diplomatic  intercourse,  though  not  avowedly 
with  those  objects,  nor  in  the  manner  usually  adopted  between  foreign 
nations.  On  the  twenty-ninth  of  November,  Mr.  Harrison  was  placed, 
if  we  may  use  the  expression,  at  the  head  of  the  department  of  foreign 
affairs,  that  is  to  say,  he  was  appointed  the  chairman  of  a  committee 
organized  under  the  following  cautious  resolutions.  "That  a  com- 
mittee of  five  be  appointed  for  the  sole  purpose  of  corresponding  with 
our  friends  in  Great  Britain,  Ireland  and  other  parts  of  the  world,  and 
that  they  lay  their  correspondence  before  congress  when  directed.  That 
congress  will  make  provision  to  defray  all  such  expenses  as  may  arise, 
by  carrying  on  such  a  correspondence,  and  for  the  payment  of  such 
agents  as  they  may  send  on  this  service."  By  this  committee,  and 
in  this  manner,  was  all  foreign  intercourse  of  the  country  conducted 
until  the  spring  of  1777.  At  this  time  its  objects  had  become  more 
definite,  and  its  negotiations  more  extensive ;  its  style  was  therefore 
altered  to  that  of  the  "committee  of  foreign  affairs,"  and  a  secretary 
was  appointed  with  a  permanent  salary.  This  organization  continued 
until  the  close  of  the   war. 

Three  days  after  Mr.  Harrison  had  been  raised  to  this  situation,  he 
was  suddenly  appointed  by  congress  on  a  mission  to  Maryland.  Lord 
Dunmore,   the  royal  governor  of   Virginia,  had  been  driven   from  that 


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province  the  preceeding  summer.  Sacrificing  or  forgetting  every  prin- 
ciple of  honourable  warfare,  he  had  collected  from  the  shores  a 
body  of  renegadoes,  fugitive  slaves  and  vagabonds,  with  whom  he 
manned  a  number  of  small  vessels,  and  plundered  and  laid  waste  the 
coast  of  the  Chesapeake.  The  defenceless  inhabitants  applied  to  con- 
gress for  protection  against  this  barbarous  invasion.  That  body  were 
at  a  loss  as  to  what  course  to  adopt,  for  they  were  without  a  naval 
force  fitted  for  such  an  enterprise.  They  resolved,  however,  without 
delay,  to  send  Mr.  Harrison  to  Maryland.  He  was  empowered,  with 
any  one  or  more  of  the  delegates  of  that  colony,  to  take  such  measures 
as  appeared  most  efifectual,  to  prevent  these  aggressions  of  the  enemy. 
This  duty  he  performed  with  the  utmost  promptness ;  he  caused  a 
number  of  small  vessels  to  be  fitted  out,  and  succeeded,  to  a  great 
degree,  in  the  object  of  his  mission. 

The  year  1776  opened  with  prospects,  daily  more  and  more  un- 
favourable to  the  rights  of  the  colonists.  Every  arrival  from  England 
served  more  and  more  to  convince  the  discerning  and  reflecting  that  a 
resort  to  force  would  be  inevitable.  Congress  saw  this,  and  gradually 
adopted  those  measures  which  seemed  most  calculated  to  unite  to- 
gether the  different  colonies,  to  augment  the  armed  force  of  the  country, 
and  to  arrange  and  distribute  them  in  such  a  manner  as  best  to  meet 
the  impending  dangers.  In  all  these  measures  Mr.  Harrison  was  a 
prominent  actor.  On  the  seventeenth  of  January,  he  brought  up  a 
report  for  regulating  the  recruiting  service;  on  the  twenty-fourth  he 
was  placed  on  a  committee  to  establish  a  general  war  department ;  on 
the  twenty-sixth  we  find  him  sent,  with  Messrs.  Lynch  and  Allen,  to 
New  York,  to  arrange  with  General  Lee  a  plan  for  its  defence,  and 
for  the  erection  of  important  fortifications  on  the  North  and  East 
rivers ;  and,  immediately  after  his  return,  he  was  named  on  a  com- 
mittee for  the  purpose  of  arranging  the  proper  military  departments 
of  the  middle  and  southern  colonies,  so  that  the  future  operations  of 
the  war  might  be  carried  on  in  a  manner  more  regular  and  systematic. 
To  the  naval  resources  of  the  colonies  he  also  turned  his  attention, 
and  on  the  sixth  of  March  became  a  regular  member  of  the  standing 
committee  of  marine. 

On  the  twenty-third  of  March,  1776,  congress  passed  a  declaration 
which  may  be  considered  a  forerunner  of  independence,  as  the  issuing 
of  letters  of  marque  precedes  the  formal  declaration  of  a  war.  After 
setting  forth  their  grievances,  the  infringement  of  their  rights,  the 
rejection  of  their  petitions,  the  ravages  upon  their  coasts  and  the 
seizure  of  their  property,  they  declare  their  right  to  make  reprisals 
upon  their  enemies,  and  annoy  them  according  to  the  laws  and  usages 
of  nations ;  they  therefore  authorize  the  colonists  to  fit  out  armed 
vessels  and  cruise  agains  the  enemy;  declare  all  property  taken  by 
them    on    the    high    seas    lawful    prize,    and    conclude    by    appointing    a 


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committee  to  consider  of  the  fortifying  one  or  more  ports  on  the 
American  coast  in  the  strongest  manner,  for  the  protection  of  our 
cruisers  and  the  reception  of  their  prizes.  Of  this  committee  Mr. 
Harrison  was  the  chairman. 

In  May  we  find  Mr.  Harrison  chairman  of  a  committee  on  the 
Canada  expedition,  and  making  every  effort  to  retain  the  footing 
which  the  provincials  had  already  gained  there.  For  this  purpose  he 
had  a  conference  with  General  Washington,  General  Gates,  and  General 
Mifflin,  and  afterwards  brought  the  subject  immediately  before  con- 
gress. His  views  were  sanctioned  and  confirmed.  The  commanding 
officer  in  Canada  was  instructed  to  use  every  effort  in  keeping  pos- 
session of  the  country,  and  to  contest  with  the  British  every  foot 
of  ground.  With  a  view  of  cutting  off  all  communication  between 
the  upper  country  and  the  enemy,  particular  exertions  were  directed 
to  be  made  on  the  St.  Lawrence  below  the  mouth  of  the  Sorel.  The 
troops  destined  for  Canada  were  ordered  to  repair  thither  immediately; 
and  those  already  there  were  assured  of  the  resolution  of  congress  to 
afford   them  every   support. 

On  the  twenty-fifth  of  May,  Mr.  Harrison  was  appointed  chairman 
of  fourteen,  who  were  chosen  for  the  important  purpose  of  conferring 
with  the  general  officers,  and  arranging  with  them  a  plan  for  the 
ensuing  campaign.  This,  as  it  involved  in  a  great  degree  the  future 
results  of  the  war,  was  one  of  extreme  delicacy  and  difficulty.  A 
plan,  however,  was  adopted  and  submitted  to  congress.  It  was  by-, 
them  referred  to  a  committee  of  the  whole,  of  which  Mr.  Harrison 
was  chairman,  and  after  long  and  numerous  deliberations,  measures 
were  decided  on,  founded  on  the  plan  which  had  been  framed  by 
the   first  committee. 

It  was  found,  however,  at  length,  that  the  military  affairs  of  the 
government  were  now  become  too  extensive  and  too  important,  thus 
to  be  submitted  in  detached  portions,  as  exigency  required,  to  the  con- 
sideration of  temporary  committees ;  and  that  it  was  much  more  ad- 
vantageous to  form  a  permanent  body,  to  whom  they  should  be  gen- 
erally entrusted.  On  the  thirteenth  of  June,  therefore,  a  Board  of 
War  and  Ordnance  was  appointed,  consisting  of  five  members  of 
Congress  and  a  secretary,  who  had  the  general  superintendence  and 
regulation  of  the  army;  to  their  care  were  committeed  all  the  military 
stores,  the  distribution  of  money,  the  raising  and  equipping  of  troops, 
the  destination  of  prisoners,  and  the  transaction  of  all  business  re- 
lating thereto.  In  the  subsequent  affairs  of  the  country,  this  Board 
became  the  most  important. 

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THE  COLONIAL  ROYALLS   OF  VIRGINIA 


By  John  Royall  Harris 

President  of  Cumberland  University 

Lebanon,  Tenn. 


Chapter  I. 
First  Two  Joseiphs 


Joseph  Royall,  1600-1658.  Came  from  England  in  the  Charitie, 
July,  1622.  Living  at  "Ye  Neak  of  Land",  Feb.  16,  1623.  At 
"Charles    Cittie",    Feb.    24,     1624.      Married    before     1637,    first, 

Thomassia   ;    second,    Ann   ;    third,   about    1645, 

Katherine   Banks,  1686.     Virginia    Patent   Books   I,    II, 

III,  show  1 100  acres  of  land  granted  by  the  king  for  transpor- 
tation of  twenty  persons  into  the  colony,  many  of  whom  were 
of  well  known  families.  Location  on  Turkey  Island  Creek, 
Diggs  Hundred,  and  on  the  James  above  Shirley  Hundred.  Since 
1637  part  of  this  land  has  been  in  possession  of  descendants,  the 
ancestral  home  known  as  Doghams,  said  to  be  a  variation  of 
some  French  name  of  a  stream  in  Normandy,  from  which  country 
the  family  went  to  England  with  William  the  Conquerer.  Ac- 
cording to  Brock,  and  aged  Royalls,  and  old  wax  seals  on  Vir- 
ginia  records,   there   was   a   coat   of   arms. 

There  is  no  will  of  record,  but  that  of  Katherine,  his  wife, 
who  married  Henry  Isham,  and  of  her  son  by  the  same  name, 
Henrico  court  records,  the  children  can  be  authoritatively  traced. 
The  junior  Henry  Isham  died  unmarried.  Mary  Isham  married 
William  Randolph,  and  Ann,  Francis  Eppes. 

Captain  Joseph  Rovall,  1646-1732.  Married  before  1681-2, 
Mary  Eppes,  daughter  of  Col.  Francis  Eppes  and  Elizabeth  Little- 
berry.  Elizabeth  was  twice  married,  first  to  William  Worsham, 
and  then  to  Eppes,  and  she  leaves  the  unusual  record  of  having 
two  daughters  named  Mary,  one  by  each  union.  Mary  Eppes 
was  born  1664,  and  date  of  death  is  not  known  , Henrico  records 
refer  to  her  1681-1698,  identifying  her  as  wife  of  Joseph  Royall, 
brother  of  William  Eppes,  and  the  Eppes  wills  show  her  parent- 
age. 

Because  the  children  of  the  first  George  Archer  refer  to  Joseph 
Royall  as  father,  and  the  latter  calls  them  in-law,  there  is  ground 
for  the  opinion  that  Joseph  also  married  Archer's  widow,  who 
was    the    daughter    of    Major-General    Abraham    Wood,    though 


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it  must  have  occurred  between  1676,  when  Archer  died,  and 
1681-2  when  Joseph  and  Mary  Eppes  were  married.  Counting 
the  age  of  the  Archer  children,  their  mother  must  have  been 
near  44  years  old,  or  about  ten  years  the  senior  of  her  husband. 

Virginia  Patent  Books,  7,  8,  9,  10,  and  Henrico  records  show 
that  Captain  Joseph  had  for  himself  and  in  connection  with 
Col.  William  Randolph,  Col.  Francis  Eppes,  and  George  Archer, 
4,542  acres  of  land,  embracing  Martin's  Swamp  on  the  south 
side  of  the  James,  and  tracts  on  north  side  of  the  Appomattox 
River,  and  on  Proctor's  Creek.  His  title,  service  as  sheriff, 
and  as  vestryman  in  Curl's  Episcopal  Church,  and  innumerable 
references  to  him  in  public  documents  enable  us  to  know  much 
of  him  and  his  issue.  Up  to  now  no  will  has  been  found,  but 
land  conveyances  and  other  records  clearly  prove  what  is  here 
included. 

Issue:  Joseph  Royall,  Jr.,  Henry  Royall,  William  Royall, 
Sarah  Royall.     Traced  in  Chapter  II. 

3.     RovALL.     Daughter   of    (i).    Married  Dennis, 

and  had  before  1686  one  son  Richard  Dennis. 

4.  Sar.\h    Royall.      Daughter    of    (i).      Married    John    Wilkinson, 
and  had  before   1686  Sarah   Wilkinson. 

5.  Kathekixe  Royall.     Married  first  Farrar,  and  before 

1686  had  daughter  Katherine  Farrar.  Second,  Richard  Perrin, 
and  had  by  same  date  Richard,  Mary,  Sarah,  and  Ann  Perrin, 
Perrin's  will,  1695,  mentions  wife  Katherine,  daughters  Sarah 
Perrin,    Mary   Napier,  and   granddaughter    Sarah   Farrar. 

6.      Royall.     Daughter  of  (i).     Married  Maschell, 

and  had  before  1686  son  "Maiden   Maschell". 

In  1637  Joseph  Royall  (i)  had  land  grant  for  transportation  of 
his  brother  Henry  into  the  colony.  There  is  later  documentary  men- 
tion of  a  Henry  in  Elizabeth  City  County,  as  late  as  1696,  and  earlier 
in  Warwick  County.  In  1704  Henry  Royall  was  sheriff  of  Elizabeth 
City   County.     Later  tracings   will   show   connection   of   the  name. 

Sibill  Royall  was  among  the  dead  at  "James  Cittie"  and  "In  the 
Island",  1624.  She  was  referred  to  in  minutes  of  council  and  general 
court  as  a  widow,  with  a  goddaughter  in  England.  Possibly  her 
husband  was   Roger  Royall,  killed  in  the  Charles   City  massacre,    1622. 

New  England  records  refer  to  Royalls  quite  early,  with  names  sim- 
ilar to  those  of  Virginia,  but  no  connection  between  the  two  families 
is  known,  nor  between  Joseph   Royall  and   Roger  and   Sibill   Royall. 

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HANCOCK  FAMILY  OF  LOWER  NORFOLK,  HENRICO  AND 
BEDFORD  COUNTIES. 

Compiled  by  J.   Rives  Childs. 

Tlie  following  facts  relating  to  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Hancock- 
family  in  Virginia  were  assembled  as  a  result  of  a  brief  three  days 
visit  to  the  Virginia  State  Library  and  Chesterfield  Court  House.  They 
do  not  aim  in  any  way  at  completeness  but  are  offered  in  the  belief  that 
no  effort  has  been  made  previously  toward  fixing  the  common  derivation 
of  many  thousands  of  Hancocks,  settled  throughout  Virginia  and  the 
South.  The  compiler  was  interested  chiefly  in  establishing  the  deriva- 
tion of  the  Bedford  county  branch  of  the  family.  From  the  amount  of 
material  which  was  brought  to  light,  there  should  be  little  difficulty  for 
those  deriving  descent  from  the  earliest  know'n  representative  of  one 
of  the  Hancock  families  in  Virginia,  Simon,  to  establish  that  fact.  For 
the  first  and  second  generations  the  chief  sources  of  material  are:  C.  F. 
Mcintosh,  Brief  Abstracts  of  Lower  Norfolk  County  Wills,  and  for  the 
generations  which  follow,  the  early  Henrico  county  records  now  to  be 
found  in  Virginia  State  Library,  together  with  the  county  records  of 
Princess  Ann,  Chesterfield  and  Bedford  on  file  in  the  respective  court 
houses. 


Statements  have  recently  appeared  in  print  that  the  Hancocks  of  Vir- 
ginia are  descended  from  Richard,  Edward  and  Mathew  Hancock  who 
were  transported  to  the  Colony  and  settled  respectively  in  Charles  City 
county,  1650;  York  county,  1651  ;  and  Lower  Norfolk  county,  1654. 
Hotten  records  a  John  Hancock,  aged  17  who  embarked  Oct.  24,  1635 
from  London  for  Virginia  and  also  a  Thomas  Hancock,  aged  15,  who 
embarked  from  Gravesend  in  August,  1635  for  Virginia.  But  with  none 
of   these  five  has  his  compilation  anything  to  do. 

According  to  a  record  contained  in  an  old'  family  Bible  of  the  Han- 
cocks, an  e.xcerpt  from  which  is  given  by  Prof.  William  Preston  John- 
ston in  The  Johnston's  of  Salisbury  (Page  183),  the  earliest  known  emi- 
grant to  Virginia  by  the  name  of  Hancock  was  a  William  Hancock, 
one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Second  Virginia  Company  in  1609  and 
who  was  a  subscriber  to  the  amount  of  £62-10-5.  The  account  quoted 
from  the  family  Bible  is  as  follows : 

"In  ye  year  1620  William  Hancock  in  search  for  Forrest  for  his 
building  of  ships,  embarked  for  ye  plantations,  being  one  of  ye  company 
owners  thereof,  leaving  his  f amilye  in  England ;  on  ye  22nd  of  March, 
1622  he,  with  others,  was  massacreed  by  ye  salvages  at  Thorpe's  House, 
Berkeley  Hundred,  fifty  miles  from  Charles  City. 

"In    1630,   Augustin,   son   and   heir   of    William,   came   to   Virginia   to 


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claim  the  estate,  and  died,  leaving  children,  Robert,  William,  Sarah  and 
Ruth.  William,  born  1631,  died  1672,  leaving  sons  George,  born  1658; 
Jubal,  1660,  Jubal  killed  by  Indians  at  'Jinto.'  George  died  leaving  one 
child  Robert,  born  1679,  died  1732.  Robert  left  children,  Robert,  born 
171 1  ;  he  was  ancestor  of  Col.  William  Hancock  of  Bedford  county, 
Virginia;  Edward,  born  1713,  died  young  ..."  (The  connection 
of  William  Hancock  with  the  Virginia  Company  is  attested  to  by  Brown, 
Genesis,  and  the  death  of  William  Hancock  at  Berkeley  is  uoted  by 
the  Va.  Hist.  Collections,  Vol.  8,   Page  278). 

(i)  The  progenitor  of  the  Hancocks  which  follow  was  Simon^  Han- 
cock, a  planter,  who  appears  to  have  settled  on  the  Eastern  Branch  of 
the  Elizabeth  River  in  Lynhaven  Parish  in  what  is  now  Princess  Anne 
county  as  early  as  1637.  It  is  possible  that  he  was  another  son  of  Wil- 
liam Hancock  of  the  Second  Virginia  Company  though  there  is  nothing 
to  establish  that  fact.  The  earliest  record  of  him  occurs  under  date  of 
April  12,  1641,  when  the  following  entry  in  the  Lower  Norfolk  county 
records  is  to  be  found : 

"These  are  to  certifie  that  Simond  Handcock  hath  maid  appear  to 
this  court  that  he  hath  due  to  him  fifty  accers  of  land  by  the  transpor- 
tation of  Abraham  Thomas  into  this  Colony  in  the  Allexander  in  Ann" 
Dn  1637.  (Extracts  from  Lower  Norfolk  county  records  quoted  in 
New  Eng.  Hist.  Mag.  Vol.  47,  Page  62). 

Mr.  Lea,  who  made  the  extracts,  notes  that  Simon*  Hancock  was 
styled  in  the  records  "planter"  and  that  before  May  26,  1642,  he  had 
married  the  relict  and  administratrix  of  Gilbert  Gaye,  Mrs.  Sarah  Gaye. 
The  name  of  Simon  Hancock  recurs  frequently  in  the  early  records. 
"At  a  court  holden  at  Will  Shipp's  for  ye  county  of  Lowr  Norfolk  ye 
sixteenth  of  Jannarie,  1642"  and  "where  there  were  present  Captain 
John  Gookin  Esq.,  Commandr.,  Captain  John  Sibsey,  Mr.  Henry  Seawell 
and  Lieut,  ffrancis  Mason : 

"The  Sheriff  Doth  positively  aver  yt  Mr.  Powis  after  a  Sumon  served 
upon  him  for  his  appearance  to  this  Court,  did  question  wheather  there 
was  any  Authority  to  comand  or  request  him  thither  to  this  county  and 
he  hath  not  appeared  according  to  ye  tenor  of  ye  Sumon,  to  answer 
ye  Suite  of  Symon  Hancock  in  an  action  of  Debt."  (Lower  Norfolk 
Antiquary,   Vol.   i.   Page   144). 

Simon'  Hancock  and  Mr.  Robert  Powis  seem  to  have  preserved  their 
mutual  difficulties  for  at  least  seven  years  for,  at  a  court  held  in  Lower 
Norfolk  county,  Dec.  16,  16.. 49,  "upon  petition  of  Mr.  Robt.  Powis, 
Gierke,  it  is  ordered  yt  Simon  handcocke  shall  be  authorized  to  gather 
ye  sd  powis  his  tythes  in  ye  Eastern  branch  .  .  ."  (Antiquary,  Vol. 
2,  Page  87). 

On  July  31,  1650,  "Simond  Hancocke"  witnessed  the  will  of  Richard 
Foster  of  Elizabeth  River,  Virginia,  making  bequests  to  Sarah  Wil- 
liams, John  Carraway,  Roger  Carraway.  William  Carraway. 


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On  June  i,  1652  certificate  was  granted  to  Simond  Hancocke  for  200 
acres  for  the  transportation  into  the  Colony  of  Randall  Hewett,  John 
Cooper,  Simon  Robinson  and  George  Gay.  (New  Eng.  Hist.  Mag. 
Vol.  47.  Page   193). 

Simon^  Hancock  d.  sometime  between  June  i,  1652  and  June  22,  1654 
as,  on  the  latter  date,  letters  of  administration  were  granted  on  his  estate 
to  his  widow,  Sarah  Hancocke,  her  sureties  being  Mr.  William  Moseley 
and  John  Carraway.  On  November  29,  1654,  a  patent  for  300  acres  of 
land  was  granted  Sarah  Hancock  of  Lynhaven  Parish  in  Lower  Norfolk 
county,  200  acres  of  which  was  granted  for  the  transportation  of  Richard 
Belt,  John  Browne,  Mary  Stout  and  William  Piggott  into  the  Colony 
and  no  acres  was  "the  residue  of  her  husband  Simon  Hancock  of  Thomas 
Holt,  the  said  land  being  due  unto  the  said  Sarah  Hancock,  vizt.,  one 
hundred  acres  part  thereof  being  part  of  a  patent  of  five  hundred  acres 
granted  unto  Thomas  Holt,  dated  22nd  May  1637,  an  dby  Symon  Han- 
cock purchased  of  the  said  Thomas  Holt  and  accrueth  to  the  said  Sarah 
Hancock  as  being  the  relict  and  administratrix  of  the  said  Symon  Han- 
cock.    (Land  Patent  Books,  Vol.  4,  Page  188). 

Following  the  death  of  Simon'  Hancock  his  widow,  Sarah  m.  a 
Piggott  or  Pigot,  whether  the  William  Piggott  who  had  appeared  as 
one  of  the  hcadrights  in  the  patent  of  land  granted  her  in  1654  or  a 
John  Pigot,  living  at  the  time  in  Lower  Norfolk  county,  is  uncertain. 
John  Pigot  gave  his  age  as  38  in  Lower  Norfolk  county  in  1658  and 
under  date  of  Sept.  7,  1652  there  appears  in  the  Lower  Norfolk  county 
records  a  power  of  attorney  from  "ffrancis  Welles  of  St.  Giles-in-the- 
fields.  county  Middlesex,  Gentleman,  to  friend  John  Pigot  of  Virginia, 
merchant  and  citizen  and  merchant  taylor  of   London." 

From  the  will  of  Sarah  Piggott,  of  the  Parish  of  Lynhaven,  dated 
April  1,  1689  and  proved  May  15,  1689,  she  had  issue  by  Simon'  Han- 
cock:  (2)   Simon-  (3)  William"  (4)   Robert^  (5)   daughter". 

The  following  is  an  abstract  of  her  will : 

".     .     .     unto  my  Grand  Daughter  Susannah  Moseley,  a   feather  bed 
will  all   the    furniture   thereunto  belonging   foure  pewter   dishes 
two  ewes,  one  chest,  one  negro  woman    .    .    .    one  large  table  cloathe  and 
half  a  dozen  of  Ozenbrings  napkins     ...     a  heifer     ...     a  paire 
of  good  sheets   foure  breeding  sowes  and  a  horse  called   Sparke   .   .  . 

".  .  .  unto  my  grand  Daughters  Mary  and  Susan  Moseley  all  my 
wearing  Clothes     .     .     . 

".     .     .     unto  my  Grand   son   George  ye   son  of   William   Hancocke 
.     .    one  Ewe     .     .     .     when  he  comes  to  age. 

".  .  .  unto  my  Grand  son  Edward  Hancock  .  .  .  Ewe  when 
he  comes  to  age  .  .   . 

"unto  my  Son  Simon  Hancocke  children  Every  one  of  them  a  Lamb 
to  bee  DD  them  when  they  are  weanable  of  this  present  yrs  Stocks  .  .  . 

".    .    .    unto  my  grand  Daughter  ffances  Hancocke  a  yeares  schooling. 


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".  .  .  unto  my  grand  son  William  Moseley  and  to  his  heirs  as  many 
feathers  as  will  fill  a  bed     .     .     . 

".  .  .  unto  my  Grand  Son  Edward  Moseley  one  Ewe  and  Doe  make 
how  overseer  on  ye  plantation  until  my  Grand  Son  Simon  Hancock  ye 
Son  of  William  Hancock  comes  to  age  and  that  hee  keepe  my  three  grand 
children,  vizt :  Simon,  Samuel  and  George  Hancocke,  the  sons  of  William 
Hancocke,  until  they  shall  all  come  to  age  according  to  their  father's 
will     .     .     . 

".     .     .      the  Stock  wch  was  my  Son's  William  Hancocke's     .     .     . 

".  .  .  my  grand  son  Edward  Hancocke  shall  live  with  his  Unkle 
Simon  Hancocke  and  that  my  son  Simon  should  have  his  proportion  of 
the  cloth     ... 

".  .  .  my  foure  Grand  sons  vizt  Simon,  Samuell,  Edward  and 
George  Hancocke,  the  sons  of  William  Hancocke,  unto  everyone  of  them 
a  yeare's  scholing  .  .  .  and  yet  my  Grand  Son  William  Moseley  if 
he  thinks  fitt  to  give  them  their  schooling  to  be  paid  out  of  my  estate 
as  aforesd     .     .     . 

".  .  .  all  the  ramining  part  of  my  estate  to  be  equally  divided  be- 
tween my  two  sons  Robert  and  Simon  Hancocke  .  .  .  my  executors 
.  .  .  my  loving  friend  John  Carraway  and  my  loving  Son  Simeon 
Hancocke    .    .    .    overseers    .    .    . 

Witnesses  :  Edward  Moseley  Sarah  Piggott 

John  Moseley  (seal) 

(Brief  Abstracts  of  Lower  Norfolk  County  Wills,  Vol.  i,  Page  126). 

(2)  Simon-  Hancock  (Simon')  b.  about  1649,  d.  about  1725,  m. 
Susannah   Ashall,   d.   about    1676    (daughter   of    George   Ashall,   d.    1673 

and  Mary  ).     According  to  the  will  of  Sarah  Piggott,  Simon  2 

and  Susannah   (Ashnall)   Hancock  had  issue:   (6)    Simon'  (7)  

and  others. 

Simon^  Hancock  is  mentioned  as  one  of  the  appraisers  in  the  will 
of  James  Wishart  of  Lower  Norfolk  county,  dated  Oct.  i,  1674,  proved 
March  i,  1679/80;  in  the  will  of  Jonathan  Martin,  dated  April  5,  1690, 
proved  Sept.  15,  1690  Simon  Hancock,  together  with  James  Wishart 
(son  of  the  foregoing)  was  appointed  "to  Dcvid  my  Estate";  and  on 
March  15,  1693/4  Simon  Hancock  and  Edward  Moseley  proved  the 
will  of  Hester  Bridge. 

Simon  Hancock  Jr.  and  Simon  Hancock  Sr.  who  must  have  been  the  the 
(6)  and  (2)  above  mentioned,  appear  in  the  Quit  Rent  Rolls  of  Prin- 
cess Anne  county  in  1704  as  possessed  of  200  and  300  acres  of  land  re- 
spectively. On  Oct.  7,  1724,  "In  action  upon  the  case  James  Nimmoe 
pit.  and  Simon  Hancock  Sen.  Defendt.  for  2  pounds  15  shillings  by 
account  for  schooling  .  .  .  the  Court  award  that  ye  Deft  pay  the 
plaint  his  claim  Said  with  Costs   (Antiquary  vol.  i,  page  85). 

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GENERAL  INDEX 


Titles  of  Separate  Articles  are  Itidicated  in  Small  Capitals. 


Abbott,   69 

Aberdeen,   129,  357 

Abingdon    Parish,    Gloucester    Co., 

60,    340,    389;    Quit    Rent    Rolls, 

1704,  340,  et  seq. ;   Register,   130 
Abraham,  361 
"Academy  Lands,"  357 
Accomack  Co.,   14,   193 
Acconeeche,  King  of,  249 
Accotink,  311 
Achilles,    161 
Acre,  281 
Adam,    Adams,    69,    144,    177,    303, 

312,   392,   398,  402 
Adamson,  i.)4 
Addison,    19,  83 
Addie,    199 
Adkinson,   144 

Ala'bama,  90,  131 ;  River,  90 
Albany,  305 
Albemarle  Co.,  39,  97,  III,  142,  219, 

357,     391,     395,     396,     398,     403; 

Marriages,  365  et  seq.;  History 

of,  398;   Parish,  299 
Alchen,   176 
Alcock,  69 
Aldred,  284 
Alford,   144 
Algerian  War,  402 
Allaman,  286 
Allcock,  144 
Allen,    60,    99,    107,    144,    242,    341, 

368,  380,  385,  399,  409 
Alexander,    136,   281,   308;    (ship), 

414 
Alexandria,   131,  307,  308,  309,  310 
All  Hallows  Parish,   175 


All  Saint's  Parish,  320 

Aha  Vista,   129 

Alvey,  69 

Ambrose,  338 

Amelia  Co.,  60,  186,  294,  295,  335, 

387.    388,    389,    390,    391 ;    Court 

House,  99 
American  Church,  History  of,  228; 

Colonies,      92 ;      regiment.      Col. 

Gooch's,  142 ;  School,  48 
Amis,   281 
Amherst   Co.,  401 
"Ampthill"    254,    255,    396;    Ches- 

TEIRKIELD  CoUNTY,  ILLUSTRA- 
TIONS, 254a ;  256a. 

Amsterdam,  58 

Ancell,  291,  352 

Anderson,  17,  69,  iii,  142,  144,  183, 
287,  301,  306,  312,  319,  374,  375, 
387,  388,  389;  Henry  (Henrico), 
Note  on,  387,  et  seq. 

Andrew,  67 

Andros,   12 

Angell,  352 

Angola,  385 

Annapolis,  17,  49 

Anniers,   340 

Ansel,  365 

Anthony,  398 

Apalachian  Mountains,  2i,  88,  89 

Apperson,   187 

Appleby  School,  62 

Appomattox,  Indians,  389;  River, 
4.  99,  294,  374,  388,  389,  412 

Archer,  54,  109,  369,  386,  389,  411, 
412;  — 's  Hill,  390;  — 's  Hope, 
288;  Hope  Creek,  17 


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Argus   (Ship),  i6o 

Argyle,  30 

Arlington,    192,    193,    194,   328,    239 

Arlington  and  Culpeper,  Berke- 
ley's Opposition  to  Grant  to, 
190,    et    seq. 

Armistead,  13,  19,  21,  47,  60,  135, 
184,  246,  254,  258,  259,  281,  285, 
287,  302,  340;  Family,  The,  60; 
Note  on,  60 

Armsby,  69 

Arnolds,  69,  109,  144,  255,  256,  257, 
301,  373 

Arundel,  261 

Ashall,  416 

Ashby,  361 

Ashland,  218 

Ashton,  185 

Astwood,  352,  353 

Asque,    144 

Atcheson,  95 

Atkerson,  162 

Atlanta,  402 

Atlantic,  83,  347 

Atye,  178 

Augusta,  203 ;  County  records,  130 

Austin,   144,  341 

Avery,  363 

Avon,    Ky.,    356 

Aylett,  61,  180 

Babb,  341 

Back  Lick,  311 

Bacon,  61,  109,  287,  385;  -'s  Ep- 
itaph, 206;  Rebellion,  207 

Bacop  (Baytop?),  338 

Bagby,  no 

Bagley,  145 

Bahannah,  Bohannon,  284 

Bailey    (Baily),  224,  225,  281,  339 

Baker,  48,  69,  iii,  144,  145,  281 

Bakeries,  97,  98 

Baldwin  (Baldwyn),  11,  176 

Ball,  14,  53,  61,  189,  266,  301,  302, 
364 


Ballard,  257,  398 

Baltimore,      159,      189,     290,     309; 

American,  206 
Bancke,  181 
Banister,    131,    176,   287,   342,   386 ; 

Banks,  145,  411 
Banyster,   John,   will    (1654)    with 

note,  176 
Baptist,  384 
Barbadoes,    31,    55,    56,    176,    335, 

336 
Barber  (BarTxiur),  145,  355 
Barboursviile,  204 
Barham,  97 
Barksdale,  301 
Barlow,   145,  341 
Barnard,  281 
Barnctt,  354 

Baronetage,  Burke's,  143 
Barradall,    137 
Barrase,  361 
Barret    (Barrett),    124,     142,    377; 

family,  note  on,    142 ;    -'s   Point, 

187,  360 
Barton,  137,  138,  145 
Baskervill,  141 
Baskett,  145 
Bass,  306,  316,  319 
Bassett,   3,   22,   23,   24,   41,   60,   69, 

385,  395 

Batch,  161 

Bateman,  367 

Bates,  339 

Bath,  35 

Bathurst,    127,    134,   400 

Batt,   364,  387 

Battaile,    135 

Batterton,  145 

Baughker,  366 

Baylie   (Bayly),  229,  230 

Baylor,  6,  11 1,  144,  291 

Baytop,   III 

Beal  (Beale),  6,  7,  51,  52,  53,  114, 
135.  143,  255,  256;  genealogy,  51 
et     seq;     Thoinas,     Jr.,     epitaph 

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Beard,  285 

Beasly,  367 

Beats,  185 

Beaver  Creek,  66 

Beck,  75 

Becket,  219,  332 

Beckley,  196 

Beckwith,  208 

Bedale,  190 

Beddoe,  207 

Bedford,   266,   285,   296;    Co.,   296, 

297,   398,   402,  413,    414;    -shire, 

352 
Becks,  403 
Beer,  205 
Beheathland,   Anthony,    "Sentence" 

( 1617)  with  note,  353 
Belfield,  14,  47,  48,  63,  298 
Bell,    69,    144,    14s,    187,    284,    387, 

396 
Bellhaven,  306,  311 
Bellinger,  310,  314 
Belt,  415 
"Belvale,"  310 
Belvoir,   142,  307 
Bennett,    92,    144,    177;    -'s    Creek, 

93,  94 
Bently,  185 
Bent  Run,  294 

Bergevenny,  178;  Parish,  177 
"Berkeley,"  20,  59,  61,  97,  108,  130, 

137.  178,  182,  190,  192,  198,  228, 

230,  289,  299,  304,  404,  407,  414; 

Illustrations,     96a;     Interior 

Views,  Illustrations,  98a 
Berkeley,    Inscribbu)    Walls    at, 

Illustration,  looa 
Berkeley's  Opposition  to  Grant 

to    Arlington     and     Culpeper, 

190,  et  seq 
Berkeley,   Sir   Wm.,   letter    (1675), 

to  Lord  Danby,  190  et  seq 
Berkeley  Co.,    130;    Hundred,    188, 

389,  413;  Parish,  397 


Berlin,  90 

Bermuda,  25,  222,  225,  228,  229 

Bernard,  281,  354 

Berriar,  182 

Berry,  63,  186,  187,  287;  -ville,  131 

Bertie,  190 

Best,  164 

Beverley,  2,  7,  8,  48,  50,  75,  81,  113, 
114,  117,  120,  123,  125,  127,  130, 
131,  141,  144,  147,  189,  241,  243, 
247,  251,  252,  256,  340,  346,  370, 
371,  372,  374,  377,  379,  380,  382 

"Beverley  Manor  or  Irish  Tract," 
189 

Beverley,  Peter,  note  on,  48 

Bevil,  374,  387 ;  Essex,  note  on, 
389 

"Bewdley",   61 

Bibb,  69,  302 

Bickley,  69 

Bideford,  251 

Bigleswade,  352,  353 
Bilboe,  396 

Billups,  286 

Bine,  145 

Bingham,  366 

Bird,  69,  144,  145 

Blackbourn,  342 

Black  Friar,  175 ;  Hawk  War,  399 

Blackwell,  365 

Bland,  145,  184,  192,  302 

Blair,  109,  120,  125,  126,  131,  142, 
143,  214,  216,  232,  237,  240,  241, 
243,  244,  247,  250,  251,  252,  303, 
322,  331,  332,  362,  370,  371,  372, 
377,  379,  380,  382,  384,  385,  386 

Blair  Banister  and  Braxton  Fami- 
lies, History  of,  384 

Blair   House,   Williamsburg, 
Illustration,  384a 

Blair,  James,  M.  D.,  notice  of  (d. 
1773).  386 

Blair,  John  (d.  1771),  note  on,  384 
ct  seq 

Blake,  145 


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Blanchet,  145 

Blansford,  178 

Blathwayt,  12 

Bleakley,  402 

Blenheim,  12,  48 

Blighton,  293,  294 

Blissland  Parish,  219 

"Bloomsbury",    17 

Blue    Ridge    Mountains,    212,    310, 

313,  314 
Blunderton,  264 
Blunt,  59,  115,  116,  129;  Point,  60; 

-'s  Town,  115 
Bobo,  69 
Bocus,  145 
Bohannah,  285 
Boisseau,  145 
"Boldrup,"  60 
Bolivar,  66 
Boiling,  390,  392 
Bolton,  285 
Bond,  145 
Booker,  50,  281,  341.  374-  375,  389, 

399 
Books,  64,  288,  391,  394 
Book  Reviews: 

Continental  Congress,  Letters  of 

Members  of.  Vol.  II,  Carnegie 

Institution,  112 
Cooke,     Mordecai    and    Thomas 

Booth,  Descendants  of,  Stubbs, 

no 
Crocker,  Alvah,  Life  and  Times 

of.  Wheelwright,  112 
Davis,    Jefferson,     President     of 

of   the   South,   Eckenrode,    105 
Gardens,    Historic,    of     Virginia, 

James  River  Garden  Clul),  107 
Page,    Thomas    Nelson,    Memoir 

of  a  Virginia  Gentleman,  Page, 

106 
Richmond,    Its    People    and     Its 

Story,   Stanard,   108 
Sergeant's  Diary  in    the    World 

War,  A.  Straub,  in 


Boones,  176 

Booth,  no,   in,   129,   131,   133 

Bordeaux,  261 

Boroughs,  128 

Borum,  287 

Boston,  13,  112,  203,  389 

Boswell,  340,  365 

Botetourt,  133,  385 

Bott,  374;  Family,  note  on,  387 

Boucher,  59 

Boughton,   176 

Bound,  178 

Bourbon  Co.,  Ky.,  355,  356,  401 

Bourne,  145 

Boush,  60,  92,  94 

Bow  Church,  289 

Bowden,  145 

Bowerton,  177 

Bowker,    145 

Bowles,  143,  144,  258 

Bowling  Green,  17 

Bowman,  390 

Bowsy,  257 

Bowton,  175 

Bowyer,  302 

Boyd,  162 

Boyle,  24,  28,  31,  33,  34.  36 

Bracton,   190 

Bradbourne,  50 

Braddock,   305,   306,   307,   310,   31 1. 

317;   -'s   Road,   311 
Braddock's    Army,    With.      Mrs. 

Browne's  Diary,  305  et  seq 
Bradford,  61,  301 
Bradfute,  277,  346,  348 
BraflFerton,  254,  385 
Branch,  396 
Brandigan,  50 

"Brandon,"  22,  47,  49.  59.  108,  113, 
141,  198,  199,  201,  202,  298; 
Garden  Front;  Illustration, 
198a;  Garden  Front  (Close), 
Illustration,  200a ;  Hall, 
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Brandon,  Parlor  (Erroneously 
called  Shirley),  Illustration,  52a 

Brandywine,  96 

Brasenose  College,  327 

Braxton,  39,  119,  131,  133,  134,  145, 
301,  302,  386,  394;  family,  note 
on,  134;  George,  Epitaph  (1748), 

134 

Bray  (Braie),  6,  7,  41,  46,  50,  51, 
69,  75,  114,  14s,  254,  339,  352, 
353;  family,  note  on,  50,  51; 
David,  Epitaph  (1731),  51;  Ed- 
ward, will  (1613),  with  note,  352 

Brazil,  25 

Breading,  368 

Breckinridge,  iii,  401 

Breeding,  144 

Breemer,  145 

Breese,  180 

Breisnhill,  355 

'"Bremo,"  391 

Brenchley,  175 

Brendigem,  50 

Brent,  182,   189,  197;  Town,  189 

Brent  and  Gibson,  Colonels, 
Letter  From,  (1780),  197 

Brian,  365 

Brickenhead,  396 

Bridge,  416 

Bridges  Creek,  62 

Bridgforth,   145 

Briggs,  302 

Brightwell,  69 

Brimer,  355 

Brinckley,  264 

Bristol,  4,  5,  15,  257,  290,  387,  389, 
390;    Parish    Register,    388,   390, 

399 
Bristow,  181,  182,  285,  339 
British  Transcripts,   220,   222,  225, 

226,  231,  233,  236,  326,  328,  330, 

333,  334 
Broach    (Brock),   145 
Broadbent,  342 
"Broadneck,"  39 


Brock,  50,  327,  411 

Brodie,  245 

Brodnax,  399 

Brokett,  97 

Brooken,    (Brooking)    281 

Brooke,  128,  130,  134,  180,  250 

Browne  (Brown),  3,  50,  55,  69,  86, 

Brooks,   119,  "176,  285,  286 

109,  III,  124,  125,  136,  145,  179, 
182,  274,  280,  289,  298,  305,  310, 
311,  313,  352,  376,  414.  415 

Brown's  Genesis,  188 

Browne's,     Mrs.,     Diary     With 
Braddock's  Army,  305  et  seq 

Brown,  William  Burnet,  note  on,  3 

Browning,  238 

Broughton,  355 

Bruce,  58,  212,  327,  366 

Brunmley,  286 

Brunswick  Co.,  5,  59,  199,  302,  379, 
400;  Creek,   100;   Parish,  328 

Bruton  Church,  50,  143,  385;   Par- 
ish, 138,  239 

Bryan,  261,  367 

Brydon,  209,  218,  321 

Br  yon,  342 

Bryson,  in 

Buchanan,   109;  -'s  Spring 

Buckburrowe,  182 

Buckingham  Co.,  403 

Buckner,  6,  49,   in,  133,  i35.  281, 
340 ;  Richard,  note  on,  49 

Bucks  Co.,  Pa.,  132 

Buford,  260 

BuUard,  340 

Bulkeley,  181 

Bullington,  392 

BuUitt,  301 

Bullock,  145 

Bungay,  179 

Bunch,  69 

Burch,  69,  144 

Burford     ,  144 
Burgess,  145,  189 

Burgesses,  House  of,  232 


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Burgis,  69 

Bureau  of  Ethnology,  4 

Burnet  (Burnet),  3,  19,  112 

Burns,  367 

Burr,  109 

Burrus,  69 

Burrel,  69 

Burrough,  93 

Burton,  338,  Z7^,  399 

Burwell,    i,   20,   69,    127,   291,   301, 

338,  341,  38s,  386 
Bush,  131 

Bushneil,   65,   67,   403 
Bushrod,  128,  130 
Butler,  48,  50,  342,  354 
Buttris,  69 
Butts,  14,  62 
Byrd,  2,  8,  22,  23,  26,  28,  30,  31,  32, 

34.  35,  36,  ZT,  39.  48,  54,  55,  56, 
109,  III,  113,  114,  117,  125,  126, 
135,  204,  231,  240,  241,  242,  247, 

251,  252,  253,  277,  zn,  380,  390, 
392,  395,  397 

Byrd  Family  in  Virginia,  The,  24 
Byrd  River,  375 

Byrd,      William       (II),      Epitaph 
(1744),  36,  y]\  note  on,  22  et  seq ; 

Portrait,  6a 
Byrd,    William     (II),     Letters    to 

Earl  of  Orrery  and  Lord  Boyle, 

25  ct  seq 
Byrd,  William,  Press,  107,  204 

Cabin  Point,  99 
Cabell,  257,  302 
Cabell's  and  their  kin,  55 
Caesar,  19 
Calcote,  352 

Calendar  of  State  Papers,  3 
California,  402 
Callaway,  357 
Callis,  286 
Calvert,  94 
Cambray,  33 

Cambridge,    48,    64,    408;    County, 
260 


Camden,    19 

Cammell,  Camell,  146,  281 

Camerwell,  260 

Cameron,  310;  Parish,  312 

Camp,  146,  342 

Campbell,  274,  356,  402;  County, 
295,  297 

Canaan,  27 

Canada,   13,  410 

Cane,  146 

Canterbury,  24,  143 ;  Archbishop 
of,  328 

Canwedon  Parish,  176 

Cape  Florida,  89 

Cape  Henry  306 

Capell,  353,  355 

Cardeston,  180 

Cardiffe,   178 

Carlton,  146,  147 

Carlyle,   Carlile,    131,   307,  308 

Carnegie  Institute,  112 

Carolina,  85 

Caroline  Co.,  16,  17,  40,  49,  62,  64, 
134,  259,  397;  Queen,  240 

Carol  (Carroll),  289,  309 

Carpenter's  Hall,  406 

Carr,  70,  142,  ;iy7 

Carraway,  414,  415,  416 

Carrriages,  99 

Carrington,  55,  186,  302 

Carter,  i,  2,  3,  7,  8,  14,  18,  19,  20, 
21,  23,  37,  38,  39,  41,  42,  43,  45. 
46,  48,  49,  53,  97,  98,  III,  113, 
114,  117,  120,  123,  125,  126,  134, 
137,  146,  189,  198,  201,  237,  240, 
241,  243,  244,  247,  251,  252,  258, 
281,  290,  357,  360,  370,  371,  372, 
377,  379,  380,  382.— 's  Creek,  19, 
20,  38,  131  ;   Tree,  20 

Carter,   Arms,  20 

Carters  of   Va.,  The,  20 

Carter,  John,  Shirley,  note  on,  48 ; 
Portrait,  48a;  Robert  ("King") 
epitaph  (1732),  21,  22;  note  on, 
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Carthagena,    142,   238 
Cartmel,  308 
Carvell,   180 

Gary,  49,  57,  59,  "i,  ^i^,  130,  132, 
254,  255,  289,  290,  301,  340,  341, 
385,  386,  396 
Carys,   The   VirgiuM,  255,   290 
Gary.  Elizabeth,  will   (i75o),  396; 

Henry,   will    (1748),   396 
Gablialton,  260 
Gassin,  160 
Cataract    (ship),   128 
Gatawba,  141 
Gattabaws,  248,  249 
Gattabaw,  Indians,  124 
Catherine  of   Russia,   165 
Gatlett,  133 
Catoctin   Creek,   313 
Catterton,  365,  366,  368 
Caugh  lane,   146 
Cave,  Cove,  366,  365 
Cayuga,  5 

Gecill,  12;   Street,  289 
"Cedar  Greek,"  259 
Gelar,  70 
Ceuta,  357 
Gentreville,  311 
Cervantes,  204 
Chadwick,  70 
Chalkley,   130 
Chalmers,   96 
Ghampe,  48 
Chamberlayne,    37,    186,    206,    238, 

266 
Chapman,  28,  146,  308 
Charitie    (ship),  411 
Charles  I,  263 
Charles  II,   192,  261 
Charing  Gross,   190 
Charles  City  Co.,  5,  H,  20,  22,  24, 
48,  59,  62,  97,  98,   102,   137,   199, 
228,  244,  257,  299,  300,  301,  302, 
386,  390,  391,  400,  413 
Charles  City  Massacre,  412;   Par- 
ish, 62 


Charleston,  88,  203 

Gharlestown,  83 

Charlotte  Co.,  401  ;  N.  C.,  399 

Charlottesville,   386 

Chastain,    375,    395,    396;    note    on, 

396 
Ghastellux,  23 
Ghatenlue,  355 
Chatham,  292 
Ghatooga  Co.,  357 
Chauncey,  160 
Cheadle,  398 
Cheap,  54 
"Chelsea,"  48 

Cherokee  Indians,  88,  141,  385 
Cherrington,  306,  316,  318 
Chesapeake     Bay,     61,     I93,     409; 
(ship).  159 

Cheshire,  22,  no,  ni 
Chessiem,  146,  339 
Chesterfield   Co.,    54.   55,  254   335, 
387,   389,   390,   391,    396;    Court 
House,  413 
"Chestnut  Hill,"  52 
Chetocorah,  100 
Chew,  6,  49,  50,  i35.  186;  Larkin, 

note  on,  49  et  seq 
Chicago,  64,  403 
Chiles,  40,  70 
Chilham,  47 
Chin,  146,  382 
Chipokes,  288 
Chippewa,  67 
Ghiswell,  7,   54;   Charles,  note  on, 

54 

Chitecorah,  99 

Christ  Church,  18,  19,  20,  130 

Christ  Church,  Lancaster,  In- 
terior, Illustration,  i8a 

Church  in  Va.,  History  of,  224 

Churches,  247,  248 

Church  Pasture  Quarter,  199 

Churchill,  258 

Civil  War,  91 

Clack,  390 


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Claiborne   (Claibourne),  3.  70.  30i 
Claremont,  107,   108 
Clarence,  Duke  of,  141 
Clark,  Clarke,  70,  97,  ni,  230,  232, 
281,  296,  301,  302,  339,  352,  375, 

398,  399 
Clark,  Christopher,  note  on  family, 

396  et  sq 
Clarke  Co.,  131,  356,  401 ;  Ky.,  355, 

356,  398 
Clay,   131 

Claybourne's    Neck,    40 
Clayton,  42,  43,  44,  45.  99,  130,  146, 

384 
Cleaver,  341 
Clement,    Clements,    Clemens,    75. 

187,  281,  292,  293,  294,  295,  296, 

297,  298,  342,  258 
Clement,     Clements,     Clemens 

Families,  292  et  sq 
Clent,  342 
Clergy,  The  Virginia,  Governor 

Gooch's     Letters,     Edited     by 

Rev.  G.   M.  Brydon,   109,  et  sq ; 

321  et  sq 
Clerk,  147 

"Cleve,"  3.  20,  37.  48,  98 
Clopton,  90 
Clough,  147.  375 
Cloyne,  228 
Cluverious,    131 
Clymer,  65 
Coakes,  70 
Coates,  70 
Cotney,  367 
Coats  of  Arms,  20,  63 
Coats  of  Arms,  Custis,  239;  Dan- 
dridge,  238 ;  Day,    291 ;    Digges, 
201;     Fauntleroy,     128;     Gooch, 
194a ;  Harrison,  199,  201 ;  Whit- 
ing, 130 
"Cobbs,"  390 
Cobham,  357 
Cobson,  281 

Cocke,    Cock,    49,    56,    57,   63,    124, 
374,  385,  388,  391 


Cockram,  70 

Coggin's    Point,    199 

Colbrook,   179 

Golden,  188 

Cole,  13,  16;  William,  note  on,  60 

Coleman,    146,    176,    206,   281,   311, 

341,  342 
Coleraine,  208 
Coles,  301 
CoUes,  339 
Colley,  239 

Collier,  146,  366,  367.  368 
Collingwood,  251 
Collins,  Collin,  95.   146,  357 
Collone,  281 

Colonial      Clergy     of      Va.,      Me- 
morabilia of  the,  218 
Colonial    Virginia,   a     History    of. 

207 
Colston,  51 
Columbia,  203 
Colvill,  189 

Committee  of  Safety,  I95 
Commodore  (ship),  306 
Compton,  54 

Confederate  Congress,   106 
Congress  (ship),  160,  347 
"Conjurer's  Neck,"  389,  39° 
Connel,  365 

Connelly,  76,  81,  82,  162,  170 
Conner,  146 

Constellation  (ship),  I59 
Continental    Congress,    Letters 
OF  Members  of  Vol.  H,  Pub.  by 
Carnegie  Institution;  Reviev*^, 
112. 
Conway,  137 

Cooke,  Cook,  49,  no,  118,  129,  130, 
131  133,  146,  185,  208,  281,  339. 
376 
Cooke,  Mordecai  and  Thomas 
Booth,  Descendants  of.  By 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  W.  C.  Stubbs. 
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Cooper,  339,  414 

Cope,  264 

Copland,  50 

Copper  Mine,  42 

Corbin,   146,   288,  289,  386 

Cordell,  147 

Cornstalk,  65 

Cornwallis,  109 

Correspondence,  Committee  of,  103 

Coroteek,  Corrituck,  Inlet,  33,  253 

"Corotoman,"  18,  19,  20,  48,  97,  134, 

201  ;  River,  19 
Cosby,    124,   377;    family,   note   on, 

142 
Costany,  180 
Cotton,   146 
Couch,  340 
Council,  13,  59,  60;  family,  note  of, 

59.  60 
Council      Journals,       Virginia, 

1726-1753;  I  et  seq;   113  et  seq ; 

237  et  seq  ;  370  et  seq 
Courtauld,  305 
Court  of  Chancery,  19 
Courts,  Va.  Colonial,   136,   137 
Covent  Garden,  63 
Coventry,   135 
Cowlebrooke,  Cowlbrooke,  176,  177, 

178 
Cowley,  19 
Cowman,  181 
Cox,  392 

Cradle  of  the  Republic,  248 
Cradock,  70,  256,  3^2 
Craig,  367 
"Crandall,"    129 
Crane,  146 
Craundall,   128 
Cranshaw    (Crenshaw),  70 
Craven  Co.,  S.  C,  355 
Crawford,  3&y 
Crawley,  387 
Cray,  284 
Credle,  286 
Credenhill,  263 


Crednal,  20 

Creffield,  295 

Cressener,  176 

Cridlin,  207,  208 

Crisp,  146 

Cripple  Creek,  403 

Crisop,  316 

Crittenden,  Critendon,  340 

Crocker,  Alvah,  Life  and  Times 

OF,   By   W.    B.    Wheelwright. 

Review,   112 
Croghan,  274 
Cropper,  302 
Cross,  62,  231 
Crossman,  176 
Crosthwait,  181 
Croucher,  362 
Croxson,  338 
Crozier,  48,  49 
Crutchfield,  375 ;   Family,   note  on, 

397,  398 
Crymes,  281 
Cubb  Creek,  376 
Cubitt,  181 
Cully,  284 
Culpeper,  61,  193,  194,  195;  Co.  134, 

191,    204,   219,   332;     Lord,     190, 

192;  County,  History  of,  63 
Culpeper,     Lord,     Surrender     of 

Grant  of  Virginia,  192  et  seq 
Cumber,  181 
Cumberland,    181,    182,     306,     311  ; 

Co.,  55,  132,  396,  403;  University, 

411 
Cunningham,  363 
Curd,  III 

Curies  Neck,  391,  399 
Curl's   Episcopal   Church,  412 
Currier,  367 
Curtis,  III,  284,  302 
Custis,   23,   24,   238,   239,   241,   243, 

244,  247,  251,  370,  371,  372,  374, 

377,    379.    380,    382,    400;    Arms, 

239;  John,  epitaph    (1749),   239; 

John  (d.  1749),  note  on,  238,  239 


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Custom  House,  15 
Cuthbert,  357 

Dabney,   70,    142,  208 

Dade,  354 

Dalaway,  261 

Dale  Parish,  335,  387,  390 

Daley,  360 

Dallas  Co.,  90 

Dalrymple,  310,  314.  3i6 

Dampier,  288,  289 

Dan   River,    5 

Danby,  61,  190 

Dancing,  385 

Dandridge,  237,  238,  239,  241,  243, 

244,  247,  251,  252,  253,  370,  371, 

374.   376,   379.   380,   399;    Arms; 

William,   Portrait,  236a;   note 

on,  237,  238 
Dangerfield,    Daingerfield,   53.    II9. 

129,    134.    135;    family,   note   on, 

134  et  seq 
Daniel,  301 
Dannock,  358 
Danson,  260 
Danube  River,  12 
Darnell,  281 
Darrell,  339 
Davenport,  70 
Davidson,  82 
Davies,  392 
Davis,    Jefferson,    President    of 

THE  South,     By  H.  J.  Ecken- 

RODE,  Review,  105 
Davis,   70,    105,    106,    no,    11,    I47, 

162,  206,  287,  366,  367,,  368,  369 
Davison,  339 
Dawkins,  177 
Dawson,    135.    138,    233,    330,    338, 

384,  401 
Day,  147,  281  ;  coat  of  arms,  291 
Dearmore,  92 
Debnam,  338 

De  Butts,   Debuts,  319,  327 
Decatur,  159 


de  Brahm,  89 

Deep  Creek,  7,  375 

Deggs,  308 

De  La  Fay,  28 

Delaware,  49,   67,    141;    (Indians), 

65 

Delemere,  no 

Dellaid,  302 

"Deloraine,"  76,  85,  159,  164,  167, 
171,  265 

"Deloraine,"  76,  85,  159.  164,  167, 
171,  265 

de  Riedesel,  306 

Denbigh,  47;  Church,  201,  202 

Dennis,  412 

Denver,  132 

Detroit,  The  Proposed  Expedi- 
tion, Against,  1778,  65  et  seq 

Dibden,   344 

Dick,  258 

Dickason,   70 

Dickens,  no 

Dickerson,   142,  365 

Dicky,  Dickie,  331,  333 

Dictionary  of  National  Biogrophy, 
261 

Dictionary  of  Music  and  Musicians, 
261 

Dictionary  of  Painters  and  En- 
gravers, 261 

Didlake,  147 

Difficult  (creek),  311 

Digges,  2,  7,  8,  47,  48,  113.  114,  117, 
123,  125,  132,  201,  241,  243,  244, 
247,  251,  252,  287,  298,  370,  374. 
379,  380,  382;  Hundred,  411; 
Cole,  note  on,  47,  48;  Cole, 
epitaph  (i744).  47,  48;  Cole, 
tomb,  illustration,  46a ;  Arms,  201 

Dillon,  70,   147,  401 

Dimmock,  147 

Dinwiddie,  i,  103;  County,  184, 
399 ;  Papers,  308 

Diomede,  266 

Dion,  266 


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Dismal  Swamp,  The,  33 

Dismukes,  147 

Dison,  389 

Ditchingham,   179 

Dividing  Line,  History  of.  The,  13, 

242 
Dixon,  282,  285,  290,  342 
Dobbyns,  187 
Dobson,  341 
Doe,  147 

Doffeni,    Dauphiny,   396 
Doghams,  411 
Don  Quixote,  266 
Dormer,  175 
Dorrell,  70 
Douglas,  58,  70,  366 
Dowel,  365,  266 
Downer,  70 
Downes,  70 
Draine,  385 
Draper,  175 
Drew,  130 
Drinkwater,  360 
Drument,  282 
Drummond,  174,  385 
Drysdale,  3  ;  Parish,  17 
Dubbells  Manor,  179 
Dudley,  in,  132,  281,  282,  285,  287, 

302,  339 
"Duddington,"  309 
Duett,  147 
Dugdales  Run,  7 
Duglas,  147,  368 
Duke,  107,   142,  206 
Dupuy,  396 
Durrock,  265 
Durrat,   147 
Durham,  147 
Duson,  147 
Dutoy,   396 

Dunbar,  305,  311,  317,  332,  333 
Dunham,  Massie,  no 
Dunkley,  147 
Dunmorc,  133,  408 
Dunn,  361,  363,  365,  367 


Dutoi,  375 

Duval,  164,  290 

Dwelly's  Parrish  Record,  203 

Eachols,  147 

"Eagle's  Nest,"  20,  201,  202 

Early,  367 

Earsham,  179 

Easter,  339 

Eastermost  River,  60 

Eastern  Shore,  184,  239 

Eastes,  148 

Eastham,  147,  148,  185 

Eastin,  187 

East  River,  409 

Eatonton,  90 

Eccleshall,  354 

Eckenrode,  105,   106,  208 

Eddens,  367 

Eden,  23,  241 

Edgehill,  39 

Edinburgh,  58,  214,  386 

Edmunds   (Edmonds),  13,  59,  302; 

Howell,  note  on,  59 
Edmundson,  363 
Education,    18,    41,    127,    128,    129, 

130,  136,  139,  297,  385,  394,  416 
Edward  I,  141  ;  IV,  141 
Edwards,  53,  70,  147,  254,  287 
Effingham,  192 
Egerton,  175,   176 
Eggleston,  302,  360,  362 
Eguy,  70 
Eguy,  70 

Eilbeck   (Elebeck),  298,  326 
Eldridge,  136,  390 
Elizabeth  City  Co.,  13,  47,  60,  227, 

245,  246,  347,  25s,  354,  412,  414; 

Churches,  247,  248;    Parish  227, 

246;  Queen  138.  261;  River,  414 
Elk  Creek,  376 

Ellegood,  93,  95,  96;  House,  96 
Ellerson,  iii 
Elett  (Ellit),  89,  365 
Elliott,  70,  71,  285,  340,  368,  369 


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Ellis,  147,  148 

Elly,  70 

"Elmington,"  131 

Eloisa,  348 

"Elsing  Green,"  3,  238 

Elsing  Green.     Illustrations,  2a 

"Eltham,"  60 

Emanuel  College,  64 

Emmerson,  96 

Emory,  148 

Emory  and  Henry  College,  297 

Encyclopedia  Brittanica,  261 

"Enfield,"  289 

England,  Church  of,  209,  213,  214, 
216 

English  Law,  History  of,  190 

Enquirer,  265 

Eiitcrl>rise  (ship),  159 

Eppes,  54,   102,   107,  390,  411,  412 

Erie,  160 

"Erroll,"  246 

Esau,  397 

Esmond,  12 

Essex  Co.,  14,  15,  16,  40,  46,  49, 
50,  61,  63,  64,  118,  127,  128,  133, 
134,  176,  198,  251,  256,  258,  302, 
330,  344;  Eng.,  128,  141,  305; 
Ship,  159,  347 

Eton,  38 

Eustace,  53,  386 

Evelyn,  19 

Everard,  123,  141,  244,  248,  252, 
370;  Sir  Richard,  note  on,  141 

Ewbank,   147 

Ewell,  92,  95,  203 

Exeter,  175,  176 

Excise  Bell,  Walpole's,   136 

Eyes,  148 

Ezekial,  no 

Fairehead,  179 

Fairfax,    107,    131,   307,    309,    314, 

317;  Co.,  311,  312,  327,  328,  357; 

Court  House,  311  ;  Lord,  189 
Fairfield,  265 


Falkner,    162,   306,    309,    312,   314, 

315 
Falls  Church,  310 
Farguson,  148 
Farish,  148 
Far  lee,  124 
Farmer,   148 
"Farmer's  Hall,"  133 
Farnham  Register,  52,  53 
Farrar,  392,  412;  -'s  Island,  392 
Farrel,  373 

Fauquier,  133;  Co.,  132,  196,  327 
Fauntleroy,  63,  113,  128,  129 
Fauntleroy,      Arms,      Confirmation 

(1633),  128;  family,  note  on,  128, 
129 
Fawn,  161 

Fayette  Co.,  Ky.,  356,  397,  399 
Felton,  358 
Ferguson,   185,  365 
Ferril,  186 

Field,  54,  III,   185,  356,  361 
Fielding,  148,  258 
Fife,  230,  298 
Fighting  Creek,  258 
Filmer,  19 
Fine  Creek,  55,  392 
Finney,  299 
Finton,  71 
Fisher,  50,  352 
Fitchburg,  112 
Fithian,  20 
Fitzhugh,  20,  79,  III,  189,  199,  201, 

202 
Fitzwilliam,  2,  8,  113,  116,  117,  120, 

243,  247,  251,  252,  253,  254,  370, 

372,  374,  379 
Five  Nations,  3,  115 
Flatt  Creek,  7,  375,  376 
Fleck,  365 

Fleet,  289  ;  Street,  289 
Fleming,   14,  62,  71,  283,  392,  393, 

394 
Fletcher,  90 


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Fliping,  286 

Flipp,  148 

Flint,  354 

Floyd,  285 

Fockner,  282 

Fol'borne,  176 

Fontaine    (Fontain),   24,    11 1,   227, 

254,  360 
Foord,  71 
Ford,  62 
Forginson,  282 
Forrest,  287 
Fcrsigh,  148 
Forteon,  148 

Forts:  Christianna,  4,  5,  124;  Cum- 
berland, 305,  316,  320;  Loudoun, 
88,  89 ;  Lawrence,  66 ;  Mcintosh, 
66,  67;  Necessity,  315;  Pitt,  65, 
66 ;  Prince  George,  89 ;  North,  90 
Fort  Loudoun  and  Its  Author, 
88  et  seq 

Fortune   (ship),  118 

Foster,  127,  183,  286,  342,  363,  414 

Fothergill,  148,  218,  312,  320 

Forgett,  148 

Foulcher,  339 

Four-Mile-Tree,  171,  308 

Fovie,  181 

Fowler,  282 

Fox,  71,  III,  148,  183,  321,  330 

Frame,  401 

France,  230,  239,  261,  357 ;  note  on, 
401  ;  Queen  of,  28 

Frances   (Francis),  242,  338 

Frankfoot,   398 

Franklin,  23 ;   Co.,  297,  402 

Frazier,  186,  365,  367.  368,  369,  396 

Freasure,  124 

Frederick  Co.,  46,  130,  131,  308,  320 

Fredericksburg,    39,    48,    133,    135, 
136,  203,  258,  399 

Fredericktown,  305,  319 

Fredericksville   Parish,  219 

Freedom  Hill,  311 

Freeman,  338 


Fremont,  131 

French  23,  362;  Fort,  317;  Hugue- 
nots,  261,   262 

French  &  Indian,  13 

Friends  Meeting  House,  398 

Frome,  55 

Fry,   189,  301,  310,  314 

Fry  and  Jefferson's  Map,  310,  319 

Fulham,  209;  Mss.,  220,  22,  225, 
226,  233,  235,  236,  326,  328,  330, 
333,  334,  335;  Palace,  209 

Fullalove,  71 

Fuller,  71,  292 

Fulton,  266 

Fyfe,  226 

Garber,  60 

Gabriel's    Insurrection,    109 

Gadberry,    148 

Gaines,    in,  360,  401 

Gall,   185 

Galley,    186 

Galliardello,  260 

"Gambrell,"    132,    184 

Gamble,   149 

Gannaway,  403 

Gardens,   Historic,   of   Virginia. 

By  James  River  Garden  Club. 

Review,  107 
Guardhouse,    181 
Gardner,  97,   148,  365,  366 
Garland,  142,  301,  364 
Garnett,  251,  286 
Garrard,  302 
Garrett,  71,   136,   149 
Garrick,  270 
Garrison,  366,  368 
Garton,    50 
Garves,  341 
Garwood,  286 
Gascony,  30 
Gaskins,  184 
Gates,   131,  410 
Gatcwood,  302 
Gavin  212,  333,  334 


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Gay,  396,  414,  415 

Gazette,   18 

Gear,  366 

Geeres,  71 

Gemmill,  227,  230 

General  Assembly,  2,  8 

General   Court,   7 

Gentlemen's  Magazine,  19 

Gentry,   365,   368,  369 

George  I,  King,  137,  239;  II,  126, 

proclaimed,    239;     III,     14,     15; 

King,  125,  228;  Prince  of  Wales, 

239,  240 
Georgia,  89,  90,  203,  204,  205,  276, 

357,  389,  402 
Georgetown,  203 
German,  23 
Gennanna,  135,  204 
Germany,  12 

Germantown  Academy,  297 
Gevin,  286 
Gholsonville,   5 
Gibbons,  186 
Gibson,  133,  149,  197,  209,  220,  234, 

235,  236,  327,  329,  336,  366,  367, 

368,  369,  401 
Gilby,  148 
Gildersleeve,  206 
Giles,  183 
Gilliam,  361 
Gilmer,  274,  385 
Gilson,  354 
Givin,  369 
Glamorgan,  177 
Glascock,  286,  383 
Glascoode,  177 
Glasgow,  III,  206 
Glebe,  Road,  100 
Glen,  88 

Glencross,  175,  260,  351 
"Glen  Roy,"  131 
Gloucester    Co.,   6,    14,    17,    19,    20, 

37,  38,  39,  40,  41,  42,  45,  46,  48, 

60,  63,  75,  no,  117,  129,  130,  131, 

133,  135,  136,  141,  143.  147.  155, 


198,  258,  259,  281,  284,  289,  294, 
295,   321,   336,   389,  391,  395,  399 

Gloucester  County  (Ware  and 
Abingdon),  Quit  Rent  Roll, 
1704,  338  et  seq;  (Petsworth 
and  Kingston),  281,  et  seq 

Glover,  71,  100 

Godwin,  187,  360 

Goggin,  297 

Going,   365 

Golconda,  345 

Golden  Vale,  49 

Gooch,  I,  18,  29,  31,  52,  125,  126, 
127,  142,  143,  179,  180,  181,  209, 
et  seq.,  258,  322,  325,  326,  327, 
328,  330,  332,  333.  334,  335,  337, 
358,  359,  377,  384- 

Gooch:  Arms,  124a,  John,  Will 
(1617),  358;  Robert,  will  (1655), 
179;  Roger,  will  (1656)  with 
note,  180;  William,  will  (1605) 
with  note,  358;  Major  Wil- 
liam, Tomb,  Illustration, 
124a;  epitaph  (1655),  124a;  Sir 
William,  Governor  of  Va.,  377 ; 
Note  on,  142,  143 

Goochland  Co.,  38,  55,  in,  212, 
219,  234,  333,  391,  392,  394,  395, 
396,  403 

Good,   148 

Goodall,  302,  365,  368,  385 

Goode,  58 

Goodin,   71 

Goodrich,   14 ;   Robert,  note  on,  61 

Goodmare,   iii 

Goodson,  340 

Goodwin,  218 

Goodwyn,  52 

Gookin,  414 

Gooseley,  299 

Gordon,  205,  206,  207,  301 

Gore,  176,  310,  314 

Gosport,    18 

Goss,  396 


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Gough,    149 

Goiighker,   368 

Gould,  55-  188,  189 

Governor's  Huuse,  118,  132,  133 

Gower,  390 

Gowing,  285 

Grady,  338,  342 

Graham,   187,  362,  363,  367 

Graiesbacks,  182 

Graistocke,  181 

Grams,  187 

Grant,  306 

Granville,   N.  C,  399 

Grasty,  220,  222,  233 

Gravatt,  71 

Graves,  71,   148,   I49,  261,  342 

Gravesend,  128,  413 

Gray,    55,   57,    129,    148;   — 's    Inn, 

136,  139 
Grayson,  204 
Great  Creek,  99;   Falls,   189,  238; 

Miami,  67 
Green,  50,  63,  71.  136,  184,  263,  282, 
284,      285,      310;      Creek,      374; 
—field,"    17,    134,    135;    Spring," 
49,  288,  289,  385 ;  — ville,  67,  203 

Grecnhalghe,   182 

Greenhouse,   182 

Greenhow,  Christopher,  will  ( 1653) , 
181;  John,  will  (1653),  181, 
Robert,  will  (1656)  with  note, 
182 

Greenway  Court,   189,  339 

Greer,  362 
.  Gregory,  136,  I49,  339.  361 

Gresham,  148,  149 

Greswell,  338 

Griffin,  i,   124,   128,  129,  148 

Griggs,  149 

Grinley,  282 

Grisby,  302 

Grisdall,  181 

Grout,   282 


Grymes,  2,  7,  39,  49,  113,  114,  117, 
120,  123,  131,  136,  141,  237,  241, 
247,  251,  252,  282,  372,  374,  377, 
379,  380,  382 

Guelph,    107 

Gundry,  286 

Gunpowder  Plot,  14 

Guttery,  149 

Gwathmey,   Grathmee,   iii,  342 

Gwen,  263 

Gwyn,  290 

Hackerston,   385 

Hackford,  180 

Hacket,  310;   's   Regiment,  317 

Haire,  93 

Hale,   19 

Halifax,    84,    203,    265,    268,    295; 

Co.,  357 
Hall,  282,   342,   363,  365,   367,  369, 

387 
Halstead,  305 
Ham,  368 
Hamilton,  65,  88,  266,  301 ;  Parish, 

327 

Hampden-Sidney  College,  297,  399 

Hampton,  71,  161,  170,  183,  237, 
245,  247,  254,  285,  306,  308,  363, 
385,  399 ;  Church  at,  247 ;  River, 
247 ;  Roads,  245,  275,  306 

Hancock,  71,  94,   176,  413,  414,  415 

Hancock  Family,  413,  et  seq 

Hand,   149 

Hanes,  282 

Haney,    366 

Hanover  Co.,  2,  7,  14,  17,  18,  39, 
40,  41,  46,  54,  55,  62,  116,  117, 
122,  124  136,  142,  222,  223,  254, 
357.  376,  zn,  396,  397;  Parish, 
235 ;  Square,  246 

Hansford,   282 

Hardgrove,   150 

Hardwicke,    177 

Hardy,  26,  53,  59 


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Hardyman,   14,  62 

Hare,  Hair,  13,  60 

Harleian  MSS.,  22 

Harper,   260,   282 

Harper's  Ferry,  109 

Harriott,  71 

Harris,  90,  I49>  205,  365,  367,  411 

Harrison,  i,  4.  5.  8.  I3,  20,  2i,  39, 
47.  59.  98.  99,  100,  102,  108,  113, 
114,  115,  117,  120,  123,  124,  127, 
137,  186,  187,  197,  198,  199,  201, 
202,  209,  241,  242,  243,  244,  245, 
248,  249,  251,  252,  255,  258,  294, 
298,  299,  300,  301.  302,  304.  305. 
326,  403,  404,  405.  406,  407.  408, 
409,  410 

Harrisons  note  on,  58,  59 

Harrison  of  James  River,  97  et 
seq.,  199  et  seq.,  298  et  seq.,  404 
et  seq.;  Arms,  199,  201,  Benja- 
min, "the  Signer,"  biographical 
sketch,  299,  et  seq.,  404  et  seq., 
Benjamin,  "the  Signer,"  por- 
traits, 298a,  302a ;  Benjamin,  will 
(1745).  98  et  seq.,  Henry,  epitaph 
(1732),  199,  200;  Mrs.  Mary 
(Digges),  epitaph  (i744).  201; 
Nathaniel,  epitaph  (179O.  201; 
Benjamin  Ancestry  of  (Keith), 
263 

Harrison   Co.,  356 

Harrocks,  361 

Harron,   184 

Harry's  Swamp,  100 

Hart,  149,  150 

Harvard,  Historical  Series,  231 

Harvey,  289 

Harwar,  53 

Harvvick   Chapel,   182 

Hatcher's  Creek,  375,  396 

Haughton,  355 

Hawes,  282,  302 

Hawkins,  50,  184,  375 

Hayden,  17,  61,  71,  132,  219,  308, 
309 


Hayfield,   71 

Hayle,  72,    149 

Hayes,    Hay,    Hays,    95,    149.    185, 

282,  284,  299,  361 
Haynes,  13,  60,  149,  205;  Thomas, 

Note  on,  60 
Haywood,  iii,  150,  338 
Heaton,   184 
Heddenham,    179 
Helm,    302 
Helsop,  362 
Hemingway,    342 
Henderson,    149,  203,   204,   398 
Hendrick,  71 
Henson,   357 
Hening,  2,   3.  9.   38,   190.   192,  290, 

310,   312,   400 
Henrico  Co.,  7,  I3.  22,  58,  102,  130, 

136,  225,  226,  244,  258,  333,  374. 

375,  376,  387.  388,  389,  390.  391. 

392,    395.    399;    Court    Records, 

411,  413;   Parish,  212,  327,  333 
Henry,   18,   66,    109,  208,  302,   303. 

309,  391.  397.  405;  Co.,  350.  357, 

358,  402;  VHI,  175 
Herbert,  Henry,  will    (1657),  vvith 

note,  176;  John,  epitaph    (1704), 

178 
Herd,  4,    113 
Hereford,    262,    263;    —shir-,    20, 

263 
Hernden  [Herndon],  149,  39i 
Herntory,  99 
Hero   (galley),  362 
Herring,   150,  366,  368 
Hesterley,  149 
Hewett,  Hewit,  298,  414 
"Hewick,"  7 
Heywood,  342 
Hickman,   75,   150 
Hicks,    150 
Higgason,  71 
Kigginbotham,  80,  85 
"Highgate,"   130 
High  House,  182 


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Highland   Co.,   402 
Hill,    13,   Z7,   48,   71,  72,    149,  282, 
294.  295,  358,  38s 

Hillard,  342 

Hillsborough,   312 

Hinde,  352 

Historical  Magazine,   Tyler's,  261 

Kite,   54 

Hobday,  71 

Hob's,  150;  Hole,  15,  40,  46 

Hockley,   150 

Hockstadt,  12 

Pledge,  362 

Hodgeon,   149 

Hodges,   149 

Hodgson,   129 

Hogg,  185 

Hoe,   135 

Holbourne,   141 

Holbrooke,  231,  232 

Holcomb,   149 

Holden,    175 

Holderbee,  71 

Holdsworth,   190 

Holland,  22,  339,  358,  375,  399 

Holliday,  71,  361 

HolHngworth,  176 

Hollins,  71 

Holloway,   137,   149 

Holmes,  22,  179,  180 

Holmeside,  352 

Holt,   150,  341,  415 

Homer,    19 

Honcott,   124 

Honey,  149 

Hoode,  Hood,  291,  403;   Note  on, 

402 
Hoomes,  149,  266 
Hoops,  397 
Hoosic  Tunnel,  112 
Hopkins,    183,    188,   299,   301,   351; 

William,     Adm.      (1735),     with 

note,   351 
Hopton  Wafer   Parish,  398 
Horace,   19,  206 


Horedon,   149 

Hornby,    6,    7,    51,    114,    255,    256; 
Castle,   190;  Family,  note  on,  51 
Horner,  131,  384 
Horsmanden,  22 
Horseshoe,  204 
Horsley,   iii 
Hotten,   413 

Housburrough        [Hansborrough], 

149 
House,  75 

House  of  Burgesses,  15,  17,  18,  48, 
49,  54,  97,  103,  127,  128,  130,  132, 
^33,  134,  136,  137,  138,  198,  246, 
293,  299,  302,  303,  315,  325,  377, 
389,  404,  407;  Journal  of,  188 
Howard,    in,    124,    150,    282,    341, 

365 
Howden,  150 

Howe,  180,  282,  296,  305,  402 
Howell,   136 
Howerton,   150 
Howlett,  287 
Hozier,  ^3 
Hoyle,  356 
Hubard,   282 
Huckstep,  71 
Hudgins,  96 
Hufman,  367 

Hughes,  Hughs,   177,  263,  366,  401 
Huguenots,  226,  227,  228,  322,  393, 

395 
Hull,  124,  282 
Humberger,   187 
Hundley,  284,  285 

Hungar's  Parish,  231,  239  , 

Hunt,  150,  352,  360,  390 
Hunter,  95,  245,  246,  285,  320 
Hunter   (Elizabeth  City,  Note,  246 
Hunting  Creek,  310,  311 
Huntington,  99 
Huron,  Lake,  160 
Hurst,  338 
Hurt,  71 
Hutchings,  361 


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Hutchinson,  26,  34-  50,  7 1.  356 
Hyinen,  76 
Hyne,   181 

Illustrations :      "Ampthill,"      254a, 
256a;     "Berkeley,"     96a,     about 
1830,  404a;   Interior  Views,  98a; 
Inscribed   Walls  at,    looa;    Blair 
House,       Williamsburg,       384a ; 
Garden  Front,  198a;  Parlor,  (In- 
correctly   assigned    to    Shirley)  ; 
Garden  front  (close),  200a;  26a; 
(Close),  200a;  Hall  200a;  Byrd, 
William     (II),    Armorial    book- 
plate, 6a;    Carter,   John    ("Shir- 
ley"),      48a;       Carter       Robert 
("King"),      frontispiece,      Jan., 
1924,  Mag.,  Christ  Church,  Lan- 
caster   Co.,    interior,    i8a;    Dan- 
dridge,    WiUiam,    236a;    Digges, 
Cole,   46a;    "Elsing   Green,"    2a; 
Gooch,     Major     William,     tomb, 
124a;  Harrison,  Benjamin,  "The 
Signer,"      298a,      302a;       Page, 
!\Iann   ("Rosewell"),  38a;   Proc- 
lamations   in    regard    to    Detroit, 
64a,  68a,  Randolph,  Peyton,  102a ; 
Mrs.    Peyton,     104a;     Robertson 
House,     Chesterfield     Co.,     54a; 
"Rosewell,"  42a;  "Shirley,"  50a; 
Pigeon  House  at,    lOoa ;   Tucka- 
hoe,     390a;     from     the     Garden 
392a,     Stairway,     394a ;     "West- 
over,"    22a;    about    1830,    408a; 
West    Gate,    34a;    North    Gate, 
30a;  Old  Churchyard,  Tombs  in, 
36a;    "Wilton,"    Middlesex,    fire- 
place,  60a. 
Indians,   3-   4>   5-  9>    10.   25,   54.   65, 
67,  68,  88,  89,  109,  114.  "5,  117. 
124,   129,  141,   142,  248,  249,  317, 
320,  381,  385-  389-  402,  414 
Indian    Massacre,   9;    School,   321; 
Springs,   294 


Indians,  Handbook  of  American,  4 ; 

Indiana    Historical    Commission, 

in;       Indiana       World       War 

Records,  in 
Inge,  72 
Ingle,   no 
Ingram,  132 
Inner  Temple,  103 
Innes,   187,  301 
Irby,  376 

Ireland,  126,  141,  228,  239,  251,  408 
Iremonger,   355 
Iroquoian,  403 
Iroquois,  129,  141 
Iivine,  402 
Irving,  no 
Irwin,  380 
Isabell,  72 
Isle  of   Wight  Co.,   13,  5°,  59.  60, 

224,  227,  291,  294,  381 
"Isleham,"  48 
Italy,  230,  261 
Isham,  139.  390.  411 
Iverson,   339 

Jack,  181,  182 

Jackson,  341 

Jackson,  Family  and  Life  of  Stone- 
ivall,  208 

James,  58,  72;  City,  11,  385.  412; 
City  County,  14.  46.  50.  61,  75, 
n7,  122,  219,  288,  293,  386,  390, 
392,  402;  —City  Parish,  332;  — 
town,  109,  207,  214;  River,  4,  7. 
56,  57,  62,  132,  188,  198,  212,  226, 
263,  293,  301,  304.  371,  376,  391. 
392,  404,  411,  412;  River  Garden 
Club,  107,  204 

James,  Falls  of,  109 

"Jamaica,"  57 

Jamieson,  95 

will  ,1614),  with  note,  262 

Jarrel,  367 

Jarvis,  287;  Farm,  133 


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Jaye,   180 
J  ear,  369 

Jefferson,    109,    no,    189,    195.    I97. 
202,  20s,  303,  310,  314.  316,  347, 

395.  405 
Jeffery,   187 
Jeffes,  339 
Jeflfreys,  150 
Jckyll,  96 

Jenings,   3,    18,   1^,    1 19,    120 
Jerseys,  231 
"Jinto,"  414 
Jolui,   178 
Johns,  T2,   177 

John  and  Betty  (Ship),  15 
Johnson,  50,  72.   m,   I39>  142,   150, 

181,   188,  .-265,  276,  282,  296,  301, 

309,  310,  355,  375,  398 
Johnston,  50,  301,  309>  3io,  4i3 
Johnston's,   The,  of  Salisbury,  413 
Jollet,  367 
Jolley,  340 
Jones,   42,    43,    55,    57-    72,   96,    99, 

III,   133,   150,  177,  183,  184,  185, 

186,  219,  245,  254,  277,  282,  286, 

301,  339,  341,  361,  376,  390,  400, 

401 
Jordan,  244,  392 
Josephus,   19 
Jowett,  184,  187 

Kallander,    150 

Kamschatskyan,   265 

Keaton,  365,  366,  367,  368 

Keble,  286 

KeeHng,  95 

Keer,  364 

Keith,    Keithe,    20,    361,    327,    263, 

333,  395 
Kelly,   187,  284 
Kemp,  Kempe,  43,  45,  75,  m,  132, 

186,   179,   180,  286,  340,  34^ 
Kcmpsville,  96 
Kemper,   i  ;  's  Landing,  95 


Kendall,  14,  64,  182;  's  Island,  92 
"Kenmore,"  258 
Kennedy,  in,  238 
Kennefif,  150 

Kenner,   136,  230,  236,  321 
Kenney,  401 

Kennon,  76,  78,  79,  82,  84,  86,  87, 
124,  131,  159,  160,  164,  166,  167, 
170,  172,  265,  269,  270,  271,  272, 
273,  274,  275,  277,  344,  346,  350, 
375,  375,  387,  389,  390,  391 
Kennon    family,    note    on,    389,    et 

seq. 
Kennon   Letters,  76  et  seq.,   159 

et  seq.,  265  et  seq.,  344  et  seq. 
Kensington,   37 

Kent,  22,  47,   I75,  264,  387,  389 
Kentucky,  356,  358,  402,  403 
Keowee,  89 
Keppel,  306 
Kirby,  376 
Kercheval,  189 
Kertch,  340 
Kettlerise,  72 
Key,  Keys,  310,  311,  3i3,;  's  Gap, 

314 
Kicotan,  247 
Kidder,   141 

Kimadges,    100;    Creek,    100 
Kimball,  202 
Kimber,  no 
Kindrick,  339 
King,  72,    150,    183,   246,   366,   375, 

399 
King  Charles  I,  10,  13;  H,  51 
King  George  Co.,  3,  14,  20,  37,  48, 

50,  63,  64,  137,  201,  202,  224,  235, 

328,  356,  277 
King  James  I,  14 
King  &  Queen   Co.,  6,    14,    16,   17, 

49,  50,   60,  61,   63,   75,    III.    130, 

133.   134,  137.  144.  221,  256,  258, 

290,  295,  332,  336,  376,  386,  399 
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King  William  Co.,  3,  M.  38,  39, 
40,  46,  60,  63,  69,  119,  113.  I34> 
136,  219,  2i7,  238,  256,  289,  294, 
295,  370,  372,  376,  377.  386,  394, 
400 

King  William  County,  Quit 
Rent  Rolls,  1704,  69  et  seq. 

King  William  Parish,  14,  225,  226, 
234,  284,  327,  333,  395 

King    Wm.    Parish    Register,    395, 

396 
Kings  Arms,  306 
King's   Bounty,   208,   219,  221,  222, 

224,  227,  228,  231,  235,  327,  330, 

331,  332,  333,  336 
Kingsbury,   188 
King's  College  Library,  55 
Kingson,   282 
"Kingston,"   399 
Kingston  Parish,  284,  327 
Kink,  150 
Kinnaird,  357,  358 
Kinston,  343 
Kith  and  Kin,  III 
Kittson,  342 
Knight,  285 
Knowles,  150,  285 
Kubec,   184 
Kussel,  363 


Lafayette,  109 
Laforce,   375,   395 
Laggan,  306 
Laidler,  310,  314 
Lake,  306 

Lamb,   365,   366,   367,   368,   369;    's 
Creek,  48 

Lamplighter,  266 

Lancashire,    no,    11,    182,   255,  263 

Lancaster,  58,  61 ;  Co.,  14,  18,  20, 
57,  61,   384;    Court   House,    19; 

Land,   282,   286 

Landilor    Portholy,   177 

Land  Office,  293 


Landon,  20,  262,  263,  398 ;  Thomas, 

will    (1614),   with  note,   262 
Landers,  398 
Lane,  341 
Lanellen,   177 
Langford,   151 
Langhorn,     117,     132,    206;     Park, 

132;  family,  note  on,  132 
Langley,   141 
Languedoc,   30 
Lanier,    205,    260,    261,    262;    John, 

will   (1616),  with  note,  260 
Lankford,   301,  367 
Lanover,    177 
Lanquedoc,   30 
Lansoy,   177 

Lanthewy  Rotherch,   177,   178 
Lanwenarth,    177 
Larkin,    49 
Lassells,  340 
Lasy    (Lacy),    72 
Lawrence,    151 

Lawson,  94,   141,  365,  367,  368 
Lawyers,   136  et  seq 
Layghton,  292 
Lea,   414 
Lead  Mines,  54 

Lebanon,  403,  411 

Le    Bruen,    in 

Lechlade,    134 

Lee,  I,  24,  57,  59,  72,  106,  no,  135. 
151,  206,  282,  289,  301,  363,  409 

"Lee   Highway",   204 

Leesburg,  312;   Ky.,  355 

Lee's   Legion,   59 

Lee  of  Virginia,  289 

Leeds,    Canon    of,    175 ;    Duke    of, 
190 ;   Manor,   107,   189 

Leeward  Islands,  37 

Leftwich,    151 

Leheup,  8,  247 

Leigh,  14,  60,  62,  63,  in,  142,  150; 
family,  note  on,  62 

L'Insurgente   (ship),  159 

Leitch,    184 


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Lemon,  151 
Leneve,  332 
Letto,    151, 
Levingstone,    151 
Le   Vilian,  396 

Lewis,    3,   75,    109,    in,    135,    142, 

143,   151,   153,  178,  258,  259,  275, 

282,  343,  352,  363,  383,  391,  395. 

399,  402 ;  Co.,  208 

Lewis    ("Warner  Hall"),  note  on, 

258,  259 
Lexington,   357 

Library  of   Congress,  66,    ;02,  305 
Light,   402 

Lightfoot,  14,  61,  63,  108,  136,  371, 
386,  387,  392 ;   Francis,  note  on, 
386 
Likeley,    129 
Lime,    1S7 

Lincoln,  no;  's  Inn,  289;  -ton,  289 
Lind,   no 

Lindsay,    128;   of  America,   128 
Linsey,    285 
Lipscomb,    in,  397 
Lippincott,    108 
Littlebury,  411 
"Little    England,"    246;    Mountain, 

53;   River,   125,   142,  311,   377 
Littlepage,  72,  206,  219 
Livensz,   261 
Liverpool,  255 
Livingston,  188;  Manor,  188 
Lives  of  the  Signers,  299 
Livy,  138 
Lobb,  151 
Loeft,   151 
Logan,   301 
Logan  Co.,  67 
Lomax,  15,  64 

London,  i,  27,  48,  54,  60,  61,  62, 
63,  108,  129,  138,  141,  155,  178, 
227,  246,  265,  289,  305,  337,  351, 
396,  415;  (ship)  307 
London,  Bishop  of,  7,  54,  209,  214, 
218,  220,  222,  233,  237,  332 


London,  Visitation  of,   179 
London  to  Virginia,  Journal  of 

A   Voyage  From,  305 
Long,  256,  367,  368 
Longest,  286 
Lossing,  24 
Lothario,  84 

Loudoun  Co.,  88,  208,  305,  311 
Louisa  Co.,  49,  60,   142,   391,  398; 

Regulars,    361 
Louisville,  259,  400,  401 
Loveing,   151 
Lowdermilk,    306,   311 
Lower  Norfolk  Co.,  353,  413,  4I4. 

415,  416;  Antiquary,  414 
Lowry,   131,   135,  248 

Lowther,   321 
Loyd,  50 
Lucas,  302 

Ludgate,  175 

Ludwell,  49,  127,  288,  289;  Philip, 
Will  (1767),  288,  289 

Ludlow,  20,  362 ;  Arms,  20  (26 ) 

Luflfe,  352 

Lumpkin,    151 

Lund,  289 

Lunenburg  Co.,  328,  399 

Lunsford,  64 

Lloyd,  18,   19 

Lynch,  295,  296,  398,  409 

Lynchburg,  4,  294,  296;  Virginian, 
206 

Lyndsay,  50 

Lynes    [Lyne],  151,   184 

Lylley,  286 

Lynnhaven,  93;  Parish,  92,  94,  219, 
224,  414,  415 ;  River,  96 

Lyon,  117,  151 

Lypscomb,  72 

Macon,  55 
Madeira,  328 
Maden,  368 

Madison,   17,  54,  72,  109,   133,  151. 
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Magdalene  Hall,  355 

Magill,  135 

Magors  Grange,  177 

Maherine  Indians,  248;  River,  116; 

Town,  249 
Maiden,  368 
Maison  Carre,   109 
Maitland,    190 

Major,    151,    152,  257,  372,   373 
Malbone,   60,   93,    198 
Mallory,   72,   131,    183,  365,   367 
Maltaire,  48 
Manakintown,    225,    226,    234,    333, 

395,  396 
Manakin  Creek,  Upper,  392 
Mannsfield,  291 
"Mantapike,"    134 
Manskin   Neck,  38 
Manors  in  Virginia,  188  et  seq 
Mansfield,   152 

Marcartee     [McCarty],     152 
Marchant,   286 
Marij,  393 
Marinex,    338 
Markham,  302 
Marks,  360 
Marlborough,    12,   355 
"Marmion,"    202 
Marr,  72 

Marsden,  187,  219,  220,  227 
Marshall,  90,  91,  109,  282,  302,  365, 

3^^?,  395;  -ville,  78,  80,  166,  171 
Martian,    255,    289 

Martin,  50,  151,  188,  287,  416;  's 
Brandon,  188;  Swamp,  412 

Marye,  135,  234 

Maryland,  49,  96,  143,  188,  189, 
208,  224,  235,  289,  305,  306,  309, 
311,  316,  319,  327,  335,  403,  409 

Maryland  Manors,  Old,  188 

Maschell,  412 

Masenburg,  [Masumljurg],  183, 
298 

Masham,  61 

Mason,  iii,  366,  402,  4x4 


Massachusetts,  3,  112,  203,  205,  407 

Massaponax,  257 

Massasipi  River  ,25 

Massie,   187,  362 

Mastin,  252  : 

Mattapony  River,  16 

Mattopony  Church,  134 

Matthews,  65,  92,    152,  301 

Matthias,  95 

Maupin,  in,  366 

Mawdett,    176 

May,    151,    152,   369 

Maybank,  72 

Mayo,  7,  23,  55,  56,  57,  59,  109,  242, 

301,  366,  376,  392;   River,  67 
Mayo,    Major    William,    note    on, 

55  et  seq 
Meachen,   285 

Meade,  48,  141,   184,  186,  211,  219, 
Meade,  58,  141,   152,   184,   186,  211, 

219,  222,  224,  225,  228,  231,  233, 

234,  247,  248,  321,  327,  330,  332, 

333,  336,  360,  362;  River,  67 
Meade,  David,  portrait,   140a 
Meade,  Mrs.  Susanna  [Everard], 

portrait,  142a 
Meadows,    12 
Mecklenburg  Co.,  80,  84,  162,  275; 

Court    House,    80 ;     Declaration, 

391 
Medical  College  of  Virginia,  399 
Meditterranean,    159 
Melone,   366 
Meherrin,   99 
Mels,   152 
Melton,   366 
Mequachake,  67 
Merch,  64 
Merchant,  8 
Mercer,    185,    364 
Meriwether,  127,  135,  142,  293,  391, 

397 
Merton   College,   330 
Metcalf,  91 
Metfeld,  Co.,  359 


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Mettingham,    142 
Meux,  257,  373 
Michael,   64 
Michaux,    186 
Alichilimackinae,   160 
Mickleborough,    327 
Middlebrook,  365 

Middlesex    Co.,    7,    8,    12,    14,    20, 

38,  48,  49,    57,  64,   75,    117,    126, 

128,   130,   137,  221,  263,  289,  336, 

327  391  ;   England,  415 

Middle  Temple,  20,  22,  36,  48,  102, 

141 
Mifflin,  203,   410 
Miggs,  286 
Mile   End,   48 
Miles,   59,   72 
Milner,  282 

Miller,  85,  93,  287,  320,  385 
Mill   Boy,  266 
Minerva,    266 
"Mines,  Trip  to  the,"  392 
Ministers,    121,   128 
Ministers,  E>nigrant,  Virginia,  List 

of,  218 
Minor,    142,   265,   311,   312 
Mississippi,  357;   Valley  Historical 

Review,  67 
Missouri,  399,  402 
Mitchell,  342,  369 
Mixon,  342 
Mobile,   131 
Mogget,  294 
Moloch,  266 
M/oncure,  204 

Monday  [Mondy],  368,  369 
Monington  Stradell,  262,  263 
Monmouth    Co.,    Wales,    176,    177, 

179 
Monmouthshire,    177 
Monongaheia,  305 
Monongalia,  66 
Monroe,   109,  386,  402 
Montague,    184,    238 
Montgomery,  105 ;  Co.,  402 


Monumental  Church,   109 

Moody,  58,  362 

Moore,  6,  48,  50,  95,  in,  128,  151, 

296,  302,  338,  339,  342,  357,  398; 

's  Creek,  357 
Moorey,  289 
Mordecai,  76,  78,  79,  82,   no,   159, 

164,   166,   167,  170,  174,  265,  270, 

273,   277,   344,   346,   350;   — ;    -'s 

Mount,  no 
Moregate,   180 
Moorman,  283,  398 
Morgan,    177,   287 
Alorrell,  56 
Morrin,    339 
Morris,  72,  109,   151,  152,  185,  339, 

340,  365,  367,  368,  369 
Morrison,  89 
Mortimer,   129 
Morton,   185,  363 
Mosby,  266 
Moseley,   8,   58,   94,   258,   259,   415, 

416 
Moseley,     Hillary,     note     on,     58; 

portraits,    58 
Mount   Misery,   79;    Sterling,   Ky., 

356;   Vernon,   189,  203,  311 
Moverley,  383 
Moxly,  310 
Moyers,   366 
Moynscourt,   177 
Mulberry  Island,  333 
Aluddy   Creek,   392 
Mulick,   151 
Munford,  99,  390 
Mungrisedale,   182 
Alurray,   181 
Muscoe,  251,  255 
Musgrove,  282 
Music,  385 
Muter,    186,  362 
Myers,  276,  345 

McCallister,  367 
McCarty,    53,    309 
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INDEX 


McCulloch,    235,   321 

AIcDonald  Transcripts,  192 

Mc Daniel,   366 

IMcDonnell,  72 

McDowell,  III 

McGehee    [McGee],  72,  368 

Machieson,    40 

McKesson,    iii 

Mcintosh,  60,  66,  92,  95,  413 

McKay,  96,    151 

Macmillan,  105,  401 

McQuan,    185,    186 

Nalor,  366 

Nansemond  Co.,  13,  60,  141,  244, 
399 

Napier,  72,  412 

Napper,   306,   308 

Napoleon,  347 

Naragans:ett,  224 

Nason,  152 

Nautilus,  (ship),  86,  159,  160,  169. 
275,  279 

"Naylor's  Hole,"  128,   129 

Neale,  [Neal],  92,  152,  153,  208, 
284 

Nearn,  225,  226,  227 

"Neck,  The,"  49 

Neck  of  Land,  46 

Negroes,  39  et  seq ;  46,  93,  98,  99, 
100,  114,  127,  196,  288,  294,  299, 
322,  390,  394,  396,  415 

Negroes  freed,  288,  294 

Neilson,  Charles,  Petition 
[1779],  105,  106 

Nelson,  81,  85-87,  96,  106,  142,  153, 
161-166,  173,  301 

Nettles,  283 

Nevill,   285 

New,-  302;  Brunswick,  96;  Bern, 
203 ;  England,  13,  228,  412 ;  Eng- 
land  Hist,  and  Gen.  Register, 
414,  415;  Hope,  199;  Jersey,  3, 
208,  231,  292;  Kent  County,  14, 
16,  17,  55,  60,  61,  62,  63,  75,  127, 


129,  238,  257,  373,  392,  395,  397, 
399,  400,  403;  Mexico,  356; 
Orleans,  no,  129;  York,  3,  4,  5, 
31,  105,  109,  128,  188,  203,  205, 
408,  409;  York  Public  Library, 
91 

Newcastle,  Duke  of,  2,  224 

"Newington,"  386 

Newland,    403 

Newport,  56,  109,  160;  News,  204, 
207 ;  Parish,  224 

Newton,   93,   94 

Niagara,  Falls  of,  347;  ship,  160; 
County,   129 

Nibb's  Creek,  374,  376 

Nicholas,  20,  42,  43,  44,  288,  289, 
301,  406 

Nicholson,   11,    12,  226,  354 

Nicols,  261 

Nimmo,  97 

Noel,  397 

"Nomini,"  18,  20,  258 

Norfolk,  13,  59,  60,  92,  93,  94,  137, 
159,  160,  169,  171,  172,  176,  181, 
267,  272,  277,  278,  280,  303,  323, 
344,  347,  350;  Naval  Hospital, 
96;  Wills,  Abstracts  of,  60; 
County,  England,  179,   180 

Norford,    367 

Norgate,    260 

Norma,  152 

Normandy,  411 

Norment,  72 

Norris,    152,    367,   382 

North,  29 

Northampton  Co.,  14,  64,  231,  238, 
239;  -shire,  139 

North  Carolina,  4,  5,  23,  33,  55,  60, 
78,  82,  115,  116,  123,  124,  129, 
141,  174,  203,  204,  228,  230,  237, 
241,  244,  247,  248,  250,  252,  254, 
273,  350,  370,  372,  277,  380,  391 ; 
University  of,  297 

North  Carolina  and  Va.  Boundary 
Line,  370,  372,  378,  380 


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"North  End,'  '2)7^  39 

North    Farnham    Parish,   327 

Northill   Parish,  352 

Northington,  282 

North  River,  7,  212,  409 

North  Shields,  64 

North    Pftherton,   203 

Northern  Neck,  18,  39,  44,  53,  55, 
58,  i8p,  190  et  seq;  208,  235,  291, 
321,  332,  371,  382 

Northumberland  Co.,  14,  61,  62, 
63,  117,  230;  "House,"  63,  64, 
308 

Norvell,  302 

Norwich,  180,  263,  264;  (ship),  306 

Notes  and  Queries,  88  et  seq;  188 
et  seq  ;  288  et  seq;  401  et  seq 

"Notley   Hall,"   309 

Nottoway  River,  99,  294,  375 ;  In- 
dians, 248,  385 

Noyce,  ']2 

Nuthead,  49 

Oakes,    73 

Ofield,  285 

Ogilby,   360 

Ogilvie,    152 

Oglethorpe,    238,    357 

Ohio,  I,  65,  66,  67,  141,  403;  River, 

67 

Oistins,   56 

Old  Churches  and  Families  of  Vir- 
ginia, 48,  248 

Old  Dominion  Press,  208 

Old  Town,  389 

Oldner,  94 

Oliver,  20,  72,,  205,  283,  293,  366 

Olympus,   108 

Ontario,  Lake,   160 

Opecancanough,  9 

Orange  Co.,  14,  17,  50,  53,  54,  134, 
204,  205,  355,  356,  358 

Organ,  232,  235 

Oriel  College,   128 

Orkney,  31,  34,  125,  126;  Earl  of; 
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"Ornsby,"  64 

Orrery,    24,    25,    26,    30,     Z2>,     35; 

Papers,  32 
Orrill,    152 

Osbourn    [Osborne],   152,   190,  391 
Othello,  347 
Ottawa,  67 
Otter    River,   4 
Oustin,  72 
Overstreet,  152 
Overton,   142,    183 
Ovid,   19,   139 
Owens,  57,  94,   152 
Oxford,    127,    130,    135,    221,    327, 

355;   Lord,  330 
Ozenbring,   415 


Packe,  14,  18,  60,  61 ;  Graves,  note 
on,  60 

Page,  2,  7,  14,  20,  37,  38,  39,  40,  41, 
42,  43,  44,  45,  46,  47,  51,  73,  106, 
107,  no,  III,  113,  114,  117,  125, 
153,  189,  205,  241,  254,  258,  290, 
342,  343,  381,  382,  394,  395 

Page,  Mann,  of  Rosewell,  note  on, 
37  et  seq ;  Portrait,  38a,  epitaph 
[1730],  45;  will  [1730],  39  et 
seq 

Page,  Thomas  Nelson,  A  Memoir 
OF  A  Virginia  Gentleman.  By 
Rosewell  Page.     Review,   106 

Page  Family,  38,  46;  Corrections, 
290,    291 

Pageland,  40,  46 

Paine,   152 

Palmer,  73 

Pamocra,  46 

Pampatike,  46 

Pamplin,    153,    338 

Pamunkey,  283 

Pann,   153 

Paradise,   288,   289 

Paris,   28,   401 

Parish,   283 


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Parke,  2,  12,  23,  24,  37.  55,  239 

Parker,  53,    118,   119,    178 

Parks,    17,    61,    73,    153.    246,    401, 

402,  William,  note  on,  17,  18 
Parrott,  285,  365,  367.  -'s  Nest,  55 
Parry,   177 

Parsons,  5,  6,  284,  301 
Paschal,  19 

Pasteur    [Pasture],  334.  335 
Pate,  153,  283,  290,  362 
Patillo  ,376,  399 
Patrick  Co.,  402 
Patti,    no 

Patterson,  107,  361,  367 
Patteson,  301 
Paulin,  153 
Payne,    in 
Pearse,   120 
Pearson,   n8,  308,  309 
Pee,  73 
Peek,  73 
Pelham,    385 
Pemberton,  73,    I53 
"Pembroke,"  94.  95.  96,  I79,  247 
Pendleton,  16,  153,  296,  302 
Pennsylvania,  49,   65,   68,   106,   141, 

206;  University  of,  299 
Penrith,    181 
Percy,   109 
Perkins,   296 

Perratt,   55;   -'s   Nest,    56 
Perrin,  130,  131,  258,  259,  412 
Perrott,   284 
Perry,  212,  221,  224,  225,  227,  228, 

233.  293.  321,  327.  333.  332 
Petersburg,   82,    99,    169,    172,    178, 

276,  294,  390 
Peters,  285 ;  Bridge,  99 
Pettitt,  153,  385 
Pctsworth    Parish,     130,    I33.    286, 

343 
Ptttus,   301 ;   Note,   401 
Pettijohn,  302 

Peyton,  48,   in,   153,  284,  285,  363 
Phelpotts,  263 


Phelps,    153 

Philadelphia,   37,   86,   89,    108,    109, 

131,  159.   ^73,  297,  303,  304.  305. 

320,  333,  372,  384,  406,  407,  408 
Philip,   152 

Phillips,  256,  302,  330 
Phinkett,    153 
Physicians,    129 
Pianketank  River,  127 
Pickett,   III 
Pickrell,   73 
Pickles,   153 
Pigot,    14,    64,    415,    416;    Francis, 

will    [1685],  64 

Pigg,   153 

Pinkney,  344 

Pirates,    123,    124,   242 

Pirkey,   402 

"Piscatavvay,"  127;  Creek,  309 

Piscataqua,    128 

Pittsburgh,  67 

Pittsylvania  Co.,  295,  296;  Mar- 
riage  Register,  277 

Plate,  64,   113 

Pleasant  Hill,  90 

Pleasants,   186,  306 

Plummer  [Plumer],  163,  286, 
287 

Plymouth,   344 

Pocahontas,  206,  238 

"Pocket,"   297 

Poe,  iq8,  no,  205 

Pohick,   311 

Point   Comfort,  52 

PointPleasant,  109 

Pole,    Cardinal,    141 

Pollexfen,    12 

Pollard,  73,   153,  357 

Polk,    108 

Pomca,    152 

Pompton    Lake,    292 

Pond  Quarter,   100 

Pooge,   1 1 1 

Poole,  338 

Popes,   173 


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Popple,  15 

Port   Conway,  63 

Port    Duties,    250 

Porter,  301,  396 

Porteus,  283 

"Portobago,"  64 

Portsmouth,   94,  96 

Portuguese,   334 

Potomac  River,  189,  205,  306,  309, 

310,  316.  403 
Potomac  -  Rappahannock-Shen- 

ENDOAH,  note  on,  403 
Potter,    178 
Potters,    153 
Poulshot,  55 
Powell,  132,  152,  177,  179,  339,  365, 

367,  368,  376 
Powle,  177 
Power,  47 
Powers,  73 
Powhatan  Co.,  55,  212,  225;   Mill, 

288;  "Seat,"  55;  Swamp,  288 
Powis,  414 
Pownall,   178,   179 
Poythress,  388 
Prado,  The,  402 
Pratt,  39,  400 
Preevitt,  152 
Prentis,  120,  250,  251,  302;  family, 

note  on,  250,  251 
Presbyterian,  211,  217,  399 
Presley,  63,  208 
Preston,   284,    385 
"Prestwould,"  172,  173 
Price,  283,  338 
Pride,  374,  376 
Printing,  2 

Pritchett,   153,  283,  366 
Prince   George   Co.,   7,    13,   59,   60, 

117,   178,  199,  201,  309,  374,  375, 

376,  387,  389 
Prince  William  Co.,  40,  42,  44,  46, 

59,  134,  189,  315,  327 


Prince  Anne  Co.,  8,  13,  58,  61,  92, 
93,  94.  95.  96,  219,  224,  303,  323, 
413,  414,  416;  Militia,  187 

Privy  Council,  Acts  of,  138 

Progress  to  the  Mines,  A,  23,  54, 
135,   231 

Proctor,  24;  -'s  Creek,  412 

Prosser,  131,  184,  362 

Prouse,    116,    117 

Providence,  266;  Island,  332 

Provingland,    180 

Prynn,   19 

Pryor,  12,  iii,   153,  339,  391 

"Purton,"    136,    198 

Putnam,  286;  Co.,  90 

Public  Record  Office,   i 

"Puddledock,"  178 

Pugh,   13,  60 

Purchase,   153 

Purlevant,  y^ 

Purnell,   338 

Pynes,   73 

Quakers,  217,  244,  387,  398;  Peti- 
tion [1727],  244 

Quarles,  73 

Qurrell,  178 

Quebec,  13 

Queens  Rangers,  96 ;  Street,  246 ; 
College,  355;  Creek,  360;  Letter 
in   regard  to,  92 

Queensbury,  Duchess  of,  394 

Quit  Rent  Rolls,  Virginia, 
[1704]  ;  King  William,  69;  King 
and  Queen,  144;  Gloucester,  281, 
338 

Racing,     62,     402;     at     Richmond 

[1810],  265,   266 
Rackerstraw,    361 
Radford    [Redford],   13,    58,    339; 

note  on,  58 
Raleigh,  166;  Parish,  335 
Ramsay,  183 


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Randall,  73,   179 

Randolph,  38,  39,  48,  54,  59,  102, 
103,  123,  130,  136,  137,  138,  140, 
141,  220,  224,  233,  240,  242,  259, 
301,  326,  327,  351,  374,  375,  376, 

384,  387,  391,  392,  394,  395.  399. 
405,  406,  407,  411,  412;  Co.,  357; 
's  Island,  392 

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son] WIFE  OF  Peyton,  portrait, 
104a;  Sir  John  note  on,  136  et 
seq;  Sir  John,  portrait,  136a; 
Sir  John,  Epitaph  [1737],  140, 
141;  Peyton,  epitaph  [1775],  103; 
Peyton,  note  on,  102,  103 ;  Pey- 
ton, portrait,  102a;  Susanna, 
WIFE  OF  Sir  John,  portrait,  io8a, 
Thomas  ["Tuckahoe"],  note  on, 
391  et  seq 

Ransom    [Ransone],   285,   286,   340 

Rapidan,  204 

Rapin,    19 

Rapp,  365 

Rappahannock,  15,  61,  129,  189, 
403;  Co.,  49,  51,  52,  63,  204;  Dis- 
trict of,  15;  River,  7,  15,  19,  61, 
118,  119,  134,  257 

Ravensworth,  189 

Rawlyns,  358 

Ray,  ^z,  339 

Reade  [Read],  154,  178,  283,  286, 
289,  290,  301,  336,  2,2;j,  338 

Reade  of  Gloucester,  289  et  seq 

Receiver  General,  8,  22 

Redwine,  402 

Reed,    in,    187 

Reddy  Creek,  375 

Reepham,    180 

Reese,  90,  91 

Reeves,   402 

Refugees,  French,  226 

Reid,   297 

Renoldson,    181 

Rentfro,   301 


Rent  Roll,  284 

Republic,  Cradle  of  the,  228 

Respham,    180 

Respess,  91 

Retchford,  352 

Revolution,  Va.  State  Troops  in, 

183  et  seq;  360  et  seq 
Revolutionary    War,    90,    213,    356, 

357 
Reynolds,  y^,  258,  283 
Rhode  Island,  228 
Rhodes,  73,  366 
Rice,   154,  287 
Rich,  63,  136 
Richard  III,    141 
Richards,    153,    154,    184,    283,   364, 

369 
Richardson,  90,  342 
Richeson,    154,   342 
Richland,  87 
Richmond    Co.,    5,    14,    19,    20,    2)7, 

51,  52,  53,  127,  128,  129,  327,  328 
"Richmond  in  By-Gone  Days,"  164 
Richmond,    Its    People    and    Its 

Story.       By     Mary      Newton 

Stanard.    Review,  108 
Richmond  Standard,  55,  63 
Rich  Neck,  288 
Riddle,  154,  368 
Ridley,  294,  302 
Rings,  153 
Ripley,  287 
"Ripon  Hall,"  18 
Rispus,  286 
Rivanna   River,   212 
Rivenall,  176 
Rives,  206,  357 
Roane,  in,  283 
Roanoke,  249 ;  Colony,  207 ;  River, 

4.  5.  115.  124 
Roach,  367 
Roberd,  368 
Robert,  73 
Roberts,  286,  341,  367,  369 


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Robertson,  6,  7,  17,  50,  54,  55,  122, 
123,  238,  240,  254,  259,  301,  391, 

403 
Robertson,    Rev.    George,   note   on, 

54;   House,    Chesterfield    Co.; 

Illustration,  54a 
Robins,  64,   iii,  339 
Robinson,    i,   7,   8,    15,  47,   63,   III, 

113,   114,   117,   120,   121,   127,   128, 

129,   137,   153,   154,  222,  243,  244, 

247,  251,  260,  283,  374,  2,77,  279, 

3S0,  382,  389,  391,  415 
Robinson,   President  John,  note  on, 

127,  128 
Robinson  Crusoe,  265 
Rochdale,  390 
Rock,  56 

Rockingham  Co.,  402,  403 
Rocky  Run,  311 
Rodes,  403 
Rodhams,  208 

Rogers,  50,  in,  153,  310,  315 
Rollings,    154 
"Rolleston,"  58 
Rolfe,  206 

Rome,  357 ;  King  of,  347 
Ronald,  301 
Rooking,  293 
Rootes,  290,  385 
Roper,    III 
Rosanber,  365 
Roscow,  60,  238 
"Rosegill,"  47,  64 
Rose  Hall,  96 
"Rose  Hill,"  64 
Rosemont,  96 
"Rosewell,"  20,  27,  38,  39,  42,  43, 

45,  51,  258,  290,  291,  394;  House, 

Illustration,  42a 
Roshar,  Rozer,  Rozier,  309 
Rosse,  251 
Rouen,  261 
Row,  234 

Rowante   Road,   376 
Rowe,   154 


Rowland,  398 
Roy,  50,  III,   154 
Royall,  Royal,  54,  102,  309,  411 
RoY.-vLL  Family,  411  et  seq 
Royal  Bounty,  320;  Exchange  As- 
surance Co.,  251  ;  Society,  22 
Royston,  283 
Rucker,  367,  368 
Rudyerd,  177,  178 
Ruffin,  24,  82,   185,  302,  363 
Russell,   154,  342 
Ryan,   205,   402 
Ryland,  285 

"Sabine  Hall,"  20,  378 

Sabot   Island,   392 

Sachern,   70 

Sackett  Harbor,  160 

Sadler,  286,  341 

Sainsbury  mss.,  3 

St.  Albans,  190,  193,  194;  Andrew's 
Cross,  394;  Ann's  Parish,  50; 
Augustine,  238 ;  Dunstan's  Par- 
ish, 351 ;  Fowles  als  St.  Algate, 
135;  Gregory,  180;  George's 
Churchyard,  400;  Hospital,  288; 
Parish,  17,  53,  133,  231,  234,  246; 
Giles-in-the-Field,  415;  James, 
Court  of,  125;  Parish,  212,  219, 
234,  333,  392 ;  Northam  Parish, 
?>2i2  \  John's  College,  38 ;  Church, 
23,  109,  247,  254;  Parish,  219, 
386;  Lawrence,  410;  Parish,  180; 
Leger,  22 ;  Luke's  Church,  396 ; 
Louis,  401 ;  Mark's  Parish,  17, 
50,  63,  134,  219,  327,  332;  Martins 
in  the  Field,  263,  289;  Parish, 
142,  222,  223,  354;  Mary's,  160, 
345;  Parish,  49,  133,  134;  Regis- 
ter, 392;  Michael,  180;  Patryk, 
175;  Paul's,  63;  Church,  254; 
Parish,  63 ;  Stephen's  Parish,  17, 
332;  Register,  61;  Thomas's 
Parish,  50. 

Sale,   107 


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Salcald,  309 

Salem,  3,  203,  231 

Salisbury,  203 

Salkeldat,  309 

Salmon,  367 

Salop,   [Shropshire],  Eng.,  398 

"Salubria,"  204 

Sames,  50 

Sampson,  iii 

Samden,    Ti,    154,   342 

Sandford,  95 

Sandridge,  365,   366,  367,  369 

Sandlow,  73 

Sandy   Point,    107,   386 

Sandwich,   28 

Saponie  [Sapony],  4,  5,  116; 
Creek,  374;  Indians,  4,  115,  116, 
248,    349 ;    Town,    249 ;    note    on, 

4-  5 
Saracens,  397 
Sarentine,  de,  357 
Satterwhite   [Satterwight],  73,  341 
Saunders,   92,   93,   94,   95,   96,    in, 

198;    Family,    Princess    Anne 

Co.;  92  et  seq;  correction,  198 
Saunderson,  299,  300,  404 
Savage,  315 
Savannah,  203 
Sawyer,  100,  276,  341,  352 
Sawvey,  155 
Sayer,   93,   94,   95 
Scaife,    130,   131 
Scandland,    154 
Scarsbrook      [Scarisbrook],      132, 

254,  25s 
Sclater,  14,  62 
Schaw,  306 
Scotland,  129,  327,  356,  396;  Neck, 

99 
Scott,   55,    181,   205,   260,  262,   274, 

276,  302 
Scruge,  186 
Seager,   Segar,  8,   14,  57,  58;  note 

on  Seager  Family,  57,  58 
Ceamour,    154 


Seaton,   130,  341 

Scawell,  131,  341,  414 

Sebrill,    154 

Secarnis,   99,    100 

See,  7z 

Selden,   2^,   238,   266 

Sellers,    "j}) 

Seneca  Co.,  5 ;  River,  5 

Sergeant's  Diary  in  the  World 
War,  a.  By  E.  F.  Straub.  Re- 
view,  III 

Seyse,  177 

Seyton,  263 

Sliackelford,  in,  155,  283,  338,  366 

Shapleigh,    14,    61,   62;    Family   61, 

Sharpe,  289 

Shaw,  160;  Ferry,  311 

Shawnee  [Shawonee],  65,  66,  67, 
141  ;  Nation,  67 

Shea,  154 

Shearman,  367 

"Sheffield,"   391 

Shelton,    18,    361 

Shenandoah,  40,  403;  Ferry,  313; 
River,   189,  313 

Shepard,   154 

Sherwin,  301 

Shiflett  [Shifflett],  365,  366,  367, 
368,  369 

Shilling  TZ 

Shiplet,  365 

Shipley,  286 

Shipp,  414 

Ships  : 

Argus,  160;  Chesapeake,  159;  Con- 
gress, 160;  Constellation,  159; 
Enterprise,  159;  Essex,  159; 
Fortune,  118;  Guinea,  129;  L'ln- 
surgente,  159;  London,  307; 
Nautilus,  150,  160;  Niagara,  160; 
Norwick,  306 ;  South  Sea,  328 ; 
Spitfire,  159;  Tartar,  120;  Tay- 
loe,  4,  1x3;  Taylor,  113;  Wolfe, 
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"Shirley,"  20,  37,  48,  lOO,  113,  356; 
Hundred;  House,  Illustration, 
50a ;  Pigeon  House  at.  Illustra- 
tion, looa 

Shoot,  154 

Shor'b,  368 

Short,   176 

Shortmead,  352 

Shropshire,  354,  355,  356,  357,  398 

Shropshire  Family,  note  on,  355  et 
seq ;  William,  will  [1613],  with 
note,  355 

Shuckefield,  179 

Shurmond,  366 

Sibsey,   414 

Siddous,  270 

Sidnor,  Sydnor,  263,  264 

"Signers,  Liz'cs  of  the,"  404 

Sims,    Simms,   301,    365 

Simpir,  155 

Simpson,  283,  356 

Simons,  339 

Sinclair,  76,  80,  81,  159,  161,  167, 
171,   174,   272,   275,  277,  279,  311 

Sinclair,  Capt.  Arthur,  record  of 
service,  159,  160 

Singleton,  94,  286,  287,  361 

Sinoh,  286 

Siouan,  4 

Sisted,  128 

Sittenburne   Parish,  327 

Six  Nations,  5 

Skelton  [Shelton],  155 

Skipwith,  81,  83,  155,  169,  172,  390 

"Slashes,  The,"  391,  392 

Slaughter,  17,  54,  63,  73,  74,  133, 
134,  207,  234,  327,  399 

Smack's  Creek,  374 

Smarte,  352 

Smelt,  60 

Smith,  30,  62,  63,  73,  74,  93,  97,  99, 
109,  III,  119,  133,  134,  135,  136, 
154,  155,  161,  180,  181,  198,  221, 
222,  223,  224,  226,  227,  230,  251, 
255,  276,  283,  287,  297,  302,  327, 


331,  339,  340,  342,  347,  354,  356, 
363,  365,  367,  379;  's  Fort,  402; 
's  Fort  Creek,  402 

Smith,  Augustine,  Spotsylvania, 
note  on,   133,    134 

Smythe,  355 

Snell,   155 

Snelling,    340 

Snelson,   142 

Snickers  Gap,  311 

Snow,  162,  365,  367,  369;  Creek, 
259;    Hill,   403 

"Society   Hill",  64 

Softmans,    176 

Somers'  Island,  302 

Somersetshire,  55,  203 

Somerville,    203 

Sones,    154 

Sophia,   Princess,  277 

Sorel,   410 

Southall,   135,  300,  302 

Southampton,  Eng.,   128 

South  Anna  River,  375,  376; 
Branch,  189;  Carolina,  88,  203, 
204,  2q6,  408;  Farnham  Parish,' 
50,  330;  Potomac,  118;  River, 
212,  398;    Sea,  236 

Southern  Historical  Association, 
publications  of,  63 ;  Historical 
Society  Papers,  205 ;  Literary 
Messenger,  no;  Magazine,  206; 
States,   203 

Southerland,    154,    155 

Southwark  Parish,  294 

Southwell,  32,  36 

Southwest   Mountains,  63,  398 

Spark,  Sparks,  62,  155 

Spain,   King  of,  33 

Spaniards,   334 

Spanish  West   Indies,  33 

S pence,  291,  403 

Spencer,  18,  7i    155,  357,  370 

Sperryville,  204 

Spicer,  50 

Spiers,  396 


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Spilsby,  i8 

Spinks,    338 

Spitfire   (Ship),   159 

Spotswood,  5,  12,  38,  127,  142,  189, 
204,  241,  322;  's  Garden,  204 

Spotsylvania  Co.,  2,  7,  14,  17,  40, 
44,  46,  48,  49,  50,  53,  63,  117,  119, 
122,  127,  133,  134,  135,  136,  231, 
234,  255,  257,  258,  291,  362,  373, 
375-  376,  379,  384,  397,  398,  400, 
401 ;  Records,  134 

Springfield,  399;  Tract,  311 

Spring  Mountain,  316 

Spruse,   73 

Stafford  Co.,  14,  42,  62,  63,  117, 
199,  207,  208;  England,  354; 
Court  House,  200;   -shire,  207 

Stagg,  97 

Stamp  Act,  309;   House,  303 

Stanard,   58,   75,    108,    135,  327 

Stanbridge,    283 

Stanley,   176 

Stapleton,   155 

Starkey,  341 

Starke,  Stark,  59,  73,  155 

State  Library,  Va.,  14,  195;  Li- 
brarian, Report  of,  90 

Staunton,  i,  142,  182;  River,  5,  295 

Stephens,   176,  284,  367 

Stephenson,    185 

Sterling,    287 

Steuben,   109 

Stevenstnirg,   204 

Stevens,   376,   341 

Stewart,  Steward,   106,  135,  301 

Stinson,   90 

Stith,  24,  102,  138,  233,  302,  380, 
395,  400 

Stoakes,  341 

Stone,   154 

Stoner,   392 

Sydnor,  William,  will  (1515),  with 
note,  175  ;  William,  Confirmation 
of   will   (1616).  with  note,  263 

Sykes,   155 


Synn,    375,    396,    397 

Syme   family,  note  on,  396  et  seq 

Symons,    283 

Swanson,   357 

Swedenborg,    89 

Sweetornden,    175 

Swift,  222,  327,  332;  Creek,  55,  389 

Swinson,    154 

Swiss,   23 

Switzer,   356 

Tabb,  55,  60,  363 

Tacitus,  19 

Talbot,  302 

Talegno  River,  88 

Taliaferro,   17,   III,   136,   255 

Talor,  366 

Tanssee  River,  88 

Tan  Fatt   [Vat],  142 

Tappahannock,   16 

Tarborough,  162,  203 

Tarleton,  109 

Tarry,  80,  82 

Tartar (  ship),  120 

Taverner,  52,  53 

Tayloe,  39,   (ship),  4,  5  ,113 

Taylor,  2,  16,  17,  37,  45,  50,  62, 
120,  122,  135,  155,  186,  187,  219, 
287  302,  363,  365,  368,  375,  376, 
391  ;  James,  note  on,  16,  17 

Teagle,  341 

Tedcastle,  389 

"Teddington,"  386 

Temple,  19,  256,  266,  302 ;  The,  129, 

139 
Tennessee,  296,  297,  357,  411 
Terence,   19 
Terrett,  309 
Terril,  185 

Terry,   74 ;   -'s   Run,   375 
Tessol,  382 
Texas,  90,  356 
Thacker,   117,   156 
Thackeray,    no 
Thalia,  96;  Post  Oflfice,  94 


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Thanksgiving  Days,  note  on,  9  et 

seq 
Thelaball,  94 
Theocritus,  207 
Thomas,  7,   50,   155,  285,  341,  414; 

Book  The,  50 
Thompson,    17,    60,    1 10,    163,    204, 

298,  302,  310,  311,  312,  313,  314, 

365,  386 
Thornton,    14,  60,   63,  64,   iii,  283, 

302 
Thornsway,   192 
Thorpe,   413 
Thrift,   367 

Throckmorton,   58,   130,   290,  339 
Thruston,    131,    135,  283 
Thweatt,   90 
"Tidewater  Trail,"  204 
Tillid,  340 
Tillman,  376 
Tilly,   50 
Timberneck,  93 
Timberlake,   185 
Timrod,   205 
Tinsley,  397 

"Tippecanoe  and  Tyler  too,"  109 
Tobacco,   137,  325 
Todd,  63,   III,    155,    156,   258,  259, 

285,  340 
"Toddsbury,"  259 
Tomason,  74 
Tomkies,   in 

Tompkins,   no,  285,  289,  290 
Tomlin,    134 
Tom  Tuff,  266 
Towler,  74 
Towles,   135 
Towley,  156 
Toy,  155,  284 
Trafford,  289 
Trans-Alleghany,    208 
Travers,  51 
Travis,  360 
Tree  Hill,   109 
Trent,  207 


Trenton,  203 

Trib'ble,  50 

Trice,  iii,  156 

Trigg,  302 

Trinity  College,  48 

Tripoli,   159 

Troucer,  74 

Trotter,   132 

Trunnion,  344 

Truro  Parish,  327,  328 

Tryal   (ship),  385 

"Tuckahoe,"  38,  327,  391,  392,  394. 

View  of.  Illustration,  390a;  From 

THE  Garden,  Illustration,    392a ; 

Stairway,  Illustration,  394a. 
Tudor,  188,  190 
Tue,  178 

Tunstall,  155,  206 
Turberville,  53,  135,  301 
Tureman,   156 
Turkeyegg    Creek,   375 
"Turkey     Island,"    48,     136,     391 ; 

Creek,  411 
Turner,  90,  109,  112,  155,  156,  180, 

207,  286,  342,  2^y 
Turpin,  58 

Tuscaruras,  3,  5,  115,  116,  129 
Tuscarawas  Co.,  66 
Tutelo,  4,  5 
Tyler,    18,    20,    111,    118,    132,    133, 

143.  179,  228,  233,  248,  261,  266, 

301,     332,     375.     385,     398;     's 

Quarterly,   189 
Tivain,    Genesis   of   Mark,   292    et 

seq 

Ulcombe,   22 
Ulster,   208 
Ulysses,    171 
Underwood,  208,  302 
Upshaw,  283 
Urbanna,   127,   196 
Uttley,    156 

Vadrey,   338 


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INDEX 


Valentine,    no,    141,   206 

Valine,   338 

Vandyke,  261 

Vanmiter,    Vanmeter,    301 

Van  Zandt,  in 

Varina,  49,  392 

Varnal,  366 

Vaughan,   ni,   156 

Vegetables,  etc.,  385 

Veneble,  363 

Vernon,   238 

Vertue,  261 

Vestals,   310,   313,   314 

Via,   366 

Vickery,   74 

Vidal,  242,  243,  245 

Wize,  156 

Va.  Beach,  96 

Virginia,  Colonial,   Its  People   and 

Custoins,  Stanard,  108 
Virginia  Company,   188,  413,  414 
Virginia  Council,  2 
Virginia  Council  Journals,  1726- 
53;   et   seq,    113   et   seq ;    237   et 
seq,  370  et  seq 
Va.,  First  Settlers  of,  206 
Virginia    Gazette,    14,    61,    62,    91, 
103,   128,   138,   140,  237,  295,  246, 
385,    386;    file    in    N.    Y.    Public 
Library,  91 
Va.    Genealogies,    Hayden,    17,    61, 

62 
Va.  Gleanings  in  England,  92 
Virginia,  Historic  Gardens  of,  108 
Va.  Historical  Register.  39,  55,  35i 
Virginia,   History  of,  212 
Virginia,    History    of,    Campbell's, 

142 
Virginia     Homes     and     Churches, 

Historical,  Lancaster,  58,  61 
ViKGiNiA  Quit  Rent  Rolls,  1704, 
69  et  seq,  144  et  seq;  281  et  seq; 
338  et  seq 
Virginia  State  Troops  in  the 
Revolution,  183  et  seq,  360  et 
seq; 


Va.,  Writers  of  Fugitive  Verse, 
Gordon,  205 

Virginia  Laws,  A  Collection  of,  17 

Va.  Magazine  of  History  and  Biog- 
raphy. 6,  7,  17,  18,  19,  20,  24,  48, 
49,  60,  62,  64,  92,  94,  96,  176, 
188,  189,  238,  261,  289,  293,  295, 
332,  389.  400,  401 

Va.  State  Papers,  Calendar  of,  12, 
219 

Virginia  State  Library,  3,  192,  4^3 

Virginia   State  Line    (troops),   197 

Vose,  396 

Vowchurch,  262,  263 

Va.  Historical  Society,  208,  209 

Va.  Historical  Society,  Collections 

of,  48 
Virginia  Historical  Society,  List 

OF  Officers  and  Members,  Jan. 

1924.     January  Magazine 
Virginia  Gleanings  in  England, 

Banyster,  John    (1654),    176 

Beheathland,     Anthony     (1617), 

353 
Braie,     Edward    (1613),    352 
Gooch,  John  (1617),  358 
Gooch,  Robert  (1655),  I79 
Gooch,  Roger  (1656),  180 
Gooch,  William  (1605),  359 
Greenhow,    Christopehr     (1653), 

181 
Greenhow,  John  (1653),  181 
Greenhow   (Greenhouse)    (1656), 

182 
Herbert,  Henry  (1657),  176 
Hopkins,  William  (i735-).  251 
Landon,  Thomas  (1614),  262 
Lanier,   John    (1616),   260 
Shropshire,  William   (1613),  355 
Sidnor,    William    (1616),   263 
Sydnor,  William  (1515)-  I75 


Wadlington,  157 
Wagener,   128 
Wager,   59 


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"Wakefield",  4,  47,  59,  183,  289 

Waldin,    156 

Walke,  94 

Walker,    13,    39,   48,    95,    iii,    156, 

157,   182,   184,   185,  248,  289,  302, 

342,  361,  375,  399 
Wales,    357;    Prince   of,    no,    ZJI^ 

385 
Wallace,  238,  246 
Waller,  45,  74,   136,  288,  385 
Wally,    179 
Walpole,    Z2,    136,    224,    261,    262, 

384 

Walton,   365,   367 

Ward,  156,  360,  374,  388,  391,  398; 
Seth,   note   on,   391 

Ware,  156,  157,  295,  343,  356; 
Church,  136;  Neck,  no;  Parish, 
41,  63,  130,  131,  321,  338 

Ware  Parish,  Gloucester,  Quit 
Rent  Roll,  338  et  seq 

Waring    family,   note   on,   63 

Warington,  62 

Warrenton,  76,  78,  83,  84,  85,  87, 
163,  166,  172,  173,  268,  272,  273, 
276,  278,  280,  348,  350 

Warring,   14 

Warwick  Co.,  13,  47,  60,  n7,  132, 
141,  201,  202,  238,  245,  254,  255, 
332,  354 

Warrosqueake  Parish,  224,  227 

Washington,  14,  58,  62,  83,  106, 
109,  III,  130,  131,  136,  159,  160, 
203,  204,  20s,  238,  239,  258,  259, 
289,  311,  312,  313,  317,  347,  357, 
362,  400,  406,  407,  410;  D.  C, 
dZ,    n2,    309;    Parish,    235,    327, 

355 
Washington,  Augustine,  note  on,  62 
Washington  Family,  62 
Washington,  Letters  to,  308 
Washington,  Writings  of,  62 
Washington's    Southern   Tour,    203 
Washington,    Writings    of,    Ford's, 

317 


Waterfield,  340 
Waterford,  310 
Waters,  62,  64,   182,  239,  250,  251, 

'2'^l,   342,   385;    's   Creek,    132;    's 

Gleanings,    135 
Watkins,    156,    184,    185,    263,    301, 

363 
Watlington,   157 
Watters,  286 
Watts,    156,   185 
Watson,  366,  375,  388 
Wayles,   288,   289 
Wayne,  109 
Weathers,  58,  356 
Weeden,    135,   235 
Weir,  97 
Welch,    127,   289 
Weldon,  353,  358,  388 
Wells,  Welles,  62,  203,  415 
Weshart,  361 

West,   74,    102,   238,   309,   283,   2)11 
West  Ewell,  203 
West  fall,  362 
Westham,  391 
West  Indies,  24,  33 
Westminster,  125 ;   City  of,  288 
Westmoreland    Co.,    5,    14,    18,    20, 

53,    62,    128,    182,    235,    327,    355, 

357,  383 

Weston,  89,  179;  Hall,  179,  180 

Weston   Ringfield,    179 

"Westover",  22,  23,  24,  36,  37,  39, 
48,  56,  98,  386;    Parish,  228 

Westover,  Illustration,  22a 

Westover,  Old  Churchyard, 
Tombs  in.  Illustrations,  36a 

Westover,  North  Gate,  30a 

Westover,    West    Gate,    Illustra- 
tion, 34a 

West  Virginia,  208 

Westwood,  60,  245,  246,  302 ;  fam- 
ily, note  on,  246 

Whately,  375 

Wheeles,   74 

Wheelwright,  107,  112 


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WTiitaker,   302 

Whitby,   Whit'bee,  74,   132 

White,  75,   156,    157,  205,  302,  341 

Whitehall,    12 

Whitehaven,    118 

Whitehead,  74 

Whitehurst,  95 

Whitesides,  335 

Whiting,  48,  III,  117,  129,  130,  131, 

^     132,  283,   340 

Whiting  Arms,  130 

Whiting   family,   note  on,   129,   132 

Whitley,   401 

AVhitlock,  74 

Whittmore,  284 

Whitwell,   180 

Whitworth,  74 

Whitty,    108 

Wherein,    157 

Wickins,    283 

Wilberforce,   228 

Wilbur,   206 

Wilcox,  365 

Wildbore,   157 

Wilder,  203 

"Wilderness",   204 

Wilkerson,  367 

Wilkes,  60,  266 

Wilkinson,  43,    156,   302,   367,  412 

Wilkins,    302 

Willbourn,    157 

Willeroy,  74 

William  III,   190 

William  of  Orange,  3 

William  the  Conqueror,  411 

Williamsburg,  2,  7,  8,  17,  18,  44, 
46,  47,  48,  50,  54,  61,  63,  66,  82, 
97,  102,  103,  114,  117,  132,  133, 
136,  138,  143,  220,  222,  225,  228, 
230,  233,  235,  238,  239,  242,  246, 
250,  251,  254,  273,  288.  303,  325, 
332,  386,  396,  400.  406 


William  and  Mary  College,  14,  18, 
38,  39,  60,  97,  102,  131,  137,  138, 
139,  140,  143,  214,  221,  225,  233, 
239,  246,  251,  254,  273,  297,  303, 
321,  327,  380,  394,  395,  404; 
Grammar  School,  221 ;  Quarter- 
ly, 18,  20,  48,  51,  60,  62,  63,  64, 
131,  134,  136,  143,  182,  238,  246, 
251,  255,  258,  259,  289,  290,  295, 
297,  298,  334,  354,  385,  389,  391, 
400 

Williams,  74,  99,  107,  156,  159,  179, 
207,  263,  283,  285,  319,  365,  376, 

403.  414 

Williamson,    381 

Willie,  299 

Willing,   37,  407 

Willis,  14,  20,  40,  41,  42,  43,  53, 
54,  63,  74,  99,  100,  10 1,  119,  120, 
135.  136,  198,  204,  257,  302,  339, 
374,  379.  391;  '  Creek,  99,  375, 
396;  Family,  136;  '  Hill,  135; 
Arms,  63 ;   Col.  Henry,  note  on, 

135 
Wills,  31,  301 ;  's  Creek,  305,  307, 

308,  309,  310,  316,  317 
Wilson,  61,  156,  163,  204,  260,  302, 

387 
"Wilsonia",  239 
"Wilton",   102 
Wilton,  Middlesex,  Fire-place, 

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Wiltshire,  55,  156,  225,  355 
Wimbledon,   175,  260,  351 
Wilmer,  204 
Wilmington,  203 

Winchester,  137,  308,  311,  314,  31S 
Windsor,  28 
Winfree,  74 
Wingfield,   142 
Winkfield,  357.  358 
Winns,  208 
Winston,  74,  396,  397 


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"Winterham",  389 

Winterpock,   388,  390,  391 

^^''isdom,  283 

Wise,  157 

Wiseman,   276 

Weshart,  416 

Wirt,    109,  208 

Witham,    176 

Withby,  156 

Withers,  208 

Witherspoon,  357 

Witt,  396 

Wolf   (Ship),  238 

Wolfe,  365 

Wood,  74,   75,    156,   308,   365,   368, 

374.  391,  411 
Wood,   Henry,  note  on,  391 
Woodberry  Forest,  204 
Woodbury,  204 
Woodfolk,  342 
Woodford,  100,  no,  135 
Wood  fork,  397 

Woodroof,   WoodroofiF,   256,   372 
Woods,  III,  398 
Woodson,    186,   392,  403 
Woodstock,   189 
Woody,   375 
"WOodvilie",  391 
Wooler,    64 
Woolsey,   74 
Worcester,   330 
Workman,  373 
World    War,   A    Sergeant's    Diary 

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Wormley,  7,  38,  45,  47,  53,  64,  74, 

266,  394 


Worple  Road,  260 

Worsham,  389,  390,  411 

Wortham,   284 

Wren,  361 

Wright,  74,  156,  234,  235,  321,  322, 

357,  403 
Wyant,   365,   367,  368,  369 
Wyatt,    Wyat,    17,    in,    156,    184, 

283 
Wydder,    175 
Wynn,  Wynne,  24,  375 
Wythe,  131,  302,  405,  406;  Co.,  54, 

403;  ville,  291,  403 

Xenia,  403 

Yadkin   River,   5 

Yancey,  74,  403 

Yarborough,  75,   119,   136,  341 

Yard,    284 

Yarmouth,   179,   181,  201,  358,  359 

Yates,  327,  336 

Yeardley,  302 

York,  15,  157,  360;  County,  6,  14, 
17,  18,  46,  47,  51,  52,  60,  62,  96, 
130,  143,  181,  250,  255,  298,  299, 
327,  359,  385,  413;  Church,  143; 
River,  38,  61,  62,  120;  -shire,  61  ; 
-Town,  4,   143,  391 

York,  190 

Young,  358 

Younger,    129 

Zeeland,  33 
Zouch,    390 


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