Book Reviews; William and Mary College Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3, 1894 Transcribed by Kathy Merrill for the USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Geneaology of the Browne, Cochran, Brooke, Neale and Bennett Families Bennett Bernard Browne William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Papers, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan., 1894), p. 215. BOOK REVIEWS GENEALOGY of the Browne, Cochran, Brooke, Neale and Bennett Families. By Dr. Bennett Bernard Browne, 1218 Madison avenue, Baltimore, Md. This is an interesting account, on a single large sheet, of the families of Maryland named, with a description of arms, etc., truly a multum in parvo. History of Gloucester County, Virginia, and its Families Sally Nelson Robins William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Papers, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan., 1894), p. 216. HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER COUNTY, VIRGINIA, AND ITS FAMILIES. By Sally Nelson Robins. Illustrated from photographs taken by Miss Blanche Dimmock, of Sherwood, Va., 1893. This is a neat little account of historic places ad families, written in a graceful style and con- taining a great deal of value. We ought to have a history of each of our conties. Mrs. Robins deserves much praise for htis sprightly account of the past. The Green Bag, Boston, Mass. S. S. P. Patteson William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Papers, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan., 1894), p. 216. THE GREEN BAG, Boston, Mass., Vol. V., Nos. 7, 8 and 9. Mr. S. S. P. Patteson, who is an able and progressive member of the Richmond bar, has given the public in these numbers an interesting account of the Virginia Supreme Bench from the period of the Revolution. A more splendid array of judicial talent was never presented to the World, and Mr. Patteson had a fine subject for his pen. The Va. Historical Magazine Philip A. Bruce William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Papers, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan., 1894), p. 216. THE VA. HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, Philip A. Bruce, Editor, Richmond, Va. Vol. I, No. 2, October, 1894. This Magazine is doing an excellent work and deserves full support from all interested in Virginia antiquities. The present number contains a mine of historic wealth. The New England Historical and Genealogical Magazine John Ward Dean William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Papers, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan., 1894), p. 216. THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE, John Ward Dean, Editor, Boston, Mass., October No, 1894. This is a model magazine in every particular. "The Gleanings" of Mr. Henry F. waters in the English records presents us with several interesting wills, of much value to Virginia students. The Ancestry of Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States: 1889-1893 William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Papers, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan., 1894), p. 216-218. THE ANCESTRY OF BENJAMIN HARRISON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: 1889-1893 in chart form, showing also the Descendants of William Henry Harrison, President of the United States of America in 1841, and Notes of Families Related. By Charles P. Keith, author of "The Provincial Councillors of Pennsylvania, 1733-1766", etc., Philadelphia, 1893. Page 217. The painstaking accuracy and industry with which Mr. Keith has compiled this work entitles him to the highest praise. The related families presented are Armistead, Bacon, Bassett, Burwell, Cary, Harrison, Irwin, McDowell, Ramsey, Symmes and Tuthill. The first six are Virginia families, and for that reason, apart from the fact of their great distinction in American history, are of more interest to us, as home-folks. The father of William Armistead, the immigrant, is shown by Mr. Keith to be Anthony Armistead, of Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire, and Frances Thompson, his wife. The old tradition that the Armisteads were from Hesse D'Armstadt has no foundation in fact. It is barely possible that the wife of William Armistead, the immigrant, was an alien, and hence the name "Hesse", given by John Armistead, the son to his residence at the mouth of the Pianketank. The Dutch, in the early days of the Colony, carried on a big trade with Virginia, and many of them settled here. The Bassetts are traced to William Bassett of "Newport in the Co. of Southampton, Yeoman". In the York Co. Va. books is a power of attorney dated April 2, 1683 from Ann Banister, the wife of Moses Banister of Newport, in the Isle of Wight, Southampton Co., butcher, and Mary Foster, spinster, of the same places, to Capt. Mathew Rider to collect legacies due to them under the will of William Bassett, "late of the parish of Blissland in the County of New Kent in Virginia". By reference to Bassett's will he had two sisters, Annie and Mary Foster. Joseph Foster, Capt. Bassett's nephew, resided in the adjoining parish of St. Peter's, and became Captain, Colonel &c. In the parish register are the following entries: Joseph, son of Joseph Foster & Eliz. his wife, bapt. the 8th April, 1687. Eliz. dau. to Capt. Joseph Foster & Eliza. his wife, bapt, 27 Sept., and borne ye 1st, 1689. Luce, dau. of Joseph Foster Gent by Eliza., his wife, born 5 Oct. 169-. Joseph, s. of Joseph Foster & Eliz his wife, born Oct. 29, 169-. Easter, a mulatto, belonging to Coll. Jos. Foster, born 12 Aug., 1705. Jenny, a negro, belonging to Coll. Jos. Foster, born may, 1716. Madam Elizabeth Foster departed this life Jan 8th, 1718. John, son of Jno. Foster, Gent, by Jane his wife, b. 15 June, 17--. Mary, dau. of Jno. Foster, Gent, born January the 10th, 1716. Thomas, s. of Mr. Joseph Foster, born April 16th, 1716. William, son of Capt. Jno. Foster, departed this life 8br 28th, 1716. Thomas, son of Capt. Jno. Foster, departed this life the 20th of 7br, 1715. Page 218. John, son of Jno. Foster, departed this life January 5, 1715. Jane, the wife of Mr. Jno. Foster, deceased April 21, 1721. [Entries of negroes belonging to Capt. John Foster, subsequently in 1738 called Major John Foster.] In the same register Coll. John Scott, who died Oct. 23, 1729, figures prominently. He may have been one of the Scott family mentioned in the will of William Bassett. In the same register, also, are entered children of Thomas Bassett (he has a son William) doubtless the son of William Bassett (under 18 in 1660), son of Thomas Bassett, whose widow Mary married secondly, William Felgate, of Queen's Creek, York Co., in 1660, and thirdly, Capt. John Underhill, Jr. formerly of the City of Worcester, England. Mr. Keith fixes the Burwell family definitely in England. In making an abstract several years ago of an earliest record book, of York Co., Va., 1645-1649, then without cover and thrown aside, the Editor took down the deed of gift of Dorothy Wingate, widow of Roger Wingate, Esq., to her only son, Lewis Burwell, as also certain references to Lewis Burwell and Robert Vaus as "brothers". This information he communicated to the distinguished genealogist, W. G. Stanard, Esq., who informed Mr. Keith. It is gratifying to see what the clew thus given has led to such important results.