Old Tombstones in Gloucester County, VA. ************************************************************************ 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 ************************************************************************* Lyon G. Tyler William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 2. (Oct., 1894), pp. 115-120 Page 115 PEACHEY FAMILY. 115 2. Archibald C. Peachy was born 8th Octo A. D. 1820. 3. John Blair Peachy was born 19th June, A. D. 1823, died the 6th day of December, A. D. 1868, aged 45. 4. Thomas Griffin Peachy was born 28th February, 1826. Died 3rd May, 1867. 5. Beverly St. George Tucker Peachy was born 13 Febry, 1828. 6. Mary Monro Peachy was born 14th March, 1831. 7. Sally Cary Peachy was born Jan. 20th, A.D. 1837. Died 9th Sept, 1839. 8. Mary Monro Cary Peachy was born 20th July, A.D. 1841. Married, in the city of Alexandria, on Monday the 9th day of October, 1843, by the Rev. James Johnston, William S. Peachy, of the city of Williamsbury, State of Va., to Virginia Bland, youngest daughter of Bathurst Daingerfield, dec'd. Died, in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia, on the 1st July, at 11 0'clock p.m., A.D. 1881, William Samuel Peachy, in the 63rd year of his age." The Peachey arms, as preserved on a seal of the late William S. Peachy, are the same as those of John Peachey, Esq., of Sussex county, England, granted in 1614: Az a lion rampant, double queued erm. ducally crowned or, a canton of the last charged with a mullet pierced gu (Burke). The crest of the seal differs in some measure, but it is identical with a crest of "John Peachey, Esq.," whose bookplate I have seen in Judge Beverley Tucker's library in an old copy of Chaucer's Poems--a demi-lion double queued erm, holding in the dexter paw a sword point upward. ______________________ OLD TOMBSTONES OF GLOUCESTER COUNTY, VA. COLLECTED BY THE EDITOR. [continued from the July Number.] XVII. TODDBURY,1 ON NORTH RIVER. Here Lyes Interred The Body of Frances Todd2 who was born April 12, 1692 And departed this Life November the 5th 1703. Page 116 116 WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE QUARTERLY. Here Lyes the Body of Capt. Christopher Todd who was born the 2d Day of April in the Year of our Lord 1690 and Departed This Life the 26th of March 1743. _____________ Here lyes the Body of Capt. Thomas Todd, Sen., who was Born in the Year of our Lord 1660 and Departed this Life the 16th day of January 1724/5 ____________ Here lies the Body of George Wythe Booth who departed this Life Decr 20th 1808 in the 36th year of his age. _________ Here lies the body of James H. Roy who departed this life On the 18th March 1825 in the 49th year of his age. ____________ Here lies the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Roy wife of James H. Roy who departed this life On the 15th of April 1813 in the 41st year of her age. __________ Here lies the body of Mary Jones, Relict of the Rev'd Emanuel Jones who departed this life April 18th 1820 in the seventy-first year of her age. Page 117 OLD TOMBSTONES IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY. 117 Here lies the Body of Mary E. Booth Daughter of George W. and Lucy B. Booth who departed this Life On the 12th of September, 1818 in the eighteenth year of her age. ______________ Here lies the body of Philip A. Smith second son of the Rev'd Armistead Smith And Martha Smith who after a lingering and painful illness which he bore with uncommon Christian fortitude departed this life the 1st day of October 1813 in the 25th year of his age universally lamented by his numerous relations, friends and acquaintances. ___________ In memory of Thomas Smith Eldest son of The Rev'd Armistead and Martha Smith, of Mathews County, Virginia. Born March 5th, 1785 Died April 13th 1841. __________ In Memory of Thomas Todd Tabb Eldest son of Philip and Mary who was born The 4th of Dec. 1782 And departed this Life The 20th of June, 1835. Page 118 118 WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE QUARTERLY. Here lies the Body of Lucy Armistead Tabb Daughter of The Rev. Armistead Smith And the Wife of Thomas Todd Tabb who departed this life Nov. 14th, 1821 in the 39th year of her age. __________ Within this Tomb rest the mortal remains of Frances A. Taliaferro3 late wife of Warner Taliaferro and Daughter of George and Lucy Booth. In the full tide of youth, beauty and all the external Blessings of friends and fortune she sunk to an early, not untimely grave For the beauty of holyness illumined her path and she was ripe for eternity. She departed this life April 3d 1824 Aged 22 years. _______ Sacred to the memory of the Rev. Armistead Smith of Mathews county Who after having faithfully served God in the Gospel of his Son departed this life Sept'r 12, 1817, aged 60 years 9 months & 12 days If sincerity in friendship, a heart glowing with true piety, benevolence & charity have a claim to lasting regard the memory of the deceased will be fondly cherished. Page 119 OLD TOMBSTONES IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY. 119 Here lies the Body of Martha Smith Relict of the Rev. Armistead Smith and daughter of Edward & Mary Tabb who was born Oct'r 21st, 1757 and departed this life Sept'r 16th, 1821. __________ Philip Tabb Son of Edward and Lucy Tabb Born 6th day of November, 1750 Departed this life 25th day of Feb'y 1822. __________ Edward Tabb son of John Tabb & Martha his wife born the 3d day of February 1719 departed this life 29th day of January, 1782 __________ Here lies the body of Pauline Booth daughter of Edward and Lucy Tabb and wife of George W. Booth who departed this life on the 6th of April 1794 in the 29th year of her age. ____________ Lucy Tabb daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth Todd. Born November 20, 1721. Departed this Life 18th day of February, 1791.4 Page 120 120 WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE QUARTERLY. XVIII.--ABINGDON PLACE. In Memory of Richard Cooke,5 Born Nov. 16, 1790. Died March 31st 1851. Beloved in life, lamented in death, The best consolation of his friends is their hope of his Immortality. NOTES BY THE EDITOR. 1 Toddbury is now occupied by the Mott family, having passed out of the Todd family, to which it belonged for generations. The building upon the place is of brick, and upon the chimney on one side I have read, carved in the brick, the year 1722. It probably suggests some repairs made in that year, as the tombstones indicate a much earlier origin. The house is not large, but is beautifully panelled within, and dispensed a princely hospitality. The scenery of the North river is exquisite. Every half mile or so, some handsome resi- dence decorates the shore--Newstead, Toddbury, Exchange, Elmington, Dun- ham Massie, Green Plains, Auburn, Isleham, etc. 2 There is one tomb at Toddbury so worn as to be undecipherable. It is supposed to be that of the father of Capt. Thomas Todd, Sen. 3 Mother of General William B. Taliaferro. 4 Tabb.--The first of this family in Virginia was Humphrey Tabb, who appears from the Land-Books to have settled in Elizabeth City county about 1637, and was a justice o fthat county in 1652. In 1662 there is a grant to Thos. Tabb, son and heir of Humphrey Tabb, deceased. From these de- scended the families of the name in Elizabeth City, York, Gloucester, Mathews, Amelia, Norfolk, Mecklenburg, etc. Among the pominent representatives of the name before and during the Revolution were Thos. Tabb, Sheriff of Eliza- City, 1708 and 1709; Thos. Tabb, Sheriff of Amelia, 1741, and many years Burgess, who died Nov. 27, 1709; John Tabb, Burgess for Amelia from about 1753 to 1774, member of the Convention of 1774, and of the Colonial Committee of Safety, 1775-'6; John Tabb, Burgess for Elizabeth City, 1748-'58; and Augustine Tabb, captain in the State line during the Revolution. TODD.--Several of the name appear early in the seventeenth century. Robert Todd is mentioned in the York records in 1642, and bought land in Gloucester in 1652. In 1666 there is a grant of land in Gloucester to Wm. Todd, "son and heir of Robert Todd, deceased," Thos. Todd patented land in Elizabeth City in 1647, and in Gloucester in 1664. Branches of the family were long resident in Gloucester and in King and Queen. The most prominent man of the name was Thos. Todd, of Kentucky, Justice of the United States Supreme Court, who was born in King and Queen county, Va. The History of Baltimore County, MD., states that a Major Thomas Todd came from Vir- ginia, patented land at North Point in 1664, and left a son Thomas. 5 Richard Coke was a distinguished Virginia politician and Member of Congress, uncle of the present Senator Coke, of Texas.