HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL NOTES - Wm. and Mary Qrtly., Vol. 5, No. 3 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 *********************************************************************** William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 3. (Jan., 1897), pp. 207-213. Historical and Genealogical Notes. Page 207. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL NOTES. TAYLOR.--"My grandfather Major William Taylor of the Continental army, and who was unfortunate in business after the war, and drew a pension from the United States government up to the time of his death, has two daughters and one son living at this time in Windsor, Missouri; the eldest daughter, Mrs. Elenor Berry, is in her ninety- first year. I have a list of the children and grandchildren of Major William Taylor, named above, prepared some three years ago by his son, Mr. R. F. Taylor, of Windsor, Missouri, after consultation with his two sisters. Should it be of interest to you in making up a record of the Taylor family I will send you a copy of it." Paul F. Thornton, Austin, Texas. WASHINGTON.--"For Lewis Washington on page 37 read 'Lewis William Washington,' who married Ella Moore Bassett and was my father. He was never known by any other name." -- Mary Washington Keyser, 104 West Washington street, Baltimore, Md. Page 208. MAURY-MOORE-GRYMES-DAWSON.--"Rev. James Maury was father of Rev. Walker Maury, who was at William and Mary in 1775, and on March 7, 1777, married Mary Grymes, born in Williamsburg August 25, 1753. Their daughter was Penelope Johstone Maury, born in Williamsburg June 3, 1785. Mary Grymes is supposed to have been the daughter of either Ludwell or Benjamin Grymes. Which of the two?"--Dr. Joseph Leidy, 1319 Locust street, Philadelphia. The will of Mary Grymes, dated May 15, 1787, and proved June 23, 1788, and other records of Orange county, show that Mary Maury was daughter of Ludwell Grymes. The will mentions daughter Hannah Grymes, son John Grymes; legacies to Mary Maury, daughter of Rev. Walker Maury, and to Mary Moore, daughter of William Moore. Mary Grymes frees certain negroes at twenty-two years, and enjoins "each legatee to teach or cause to be taught each negro respectively to read," and the General Assembly to be petitioned, in case any difficulty exists as to their manumission "from my being a femme covert." Hon. James Madison, Esqr., Hardin Burnley, Thomas Barbour, Esqr., and Mr. Henry Fry, executors. In 1795, there is in the Orange records an account of John D. Grymes, as administrator of Ludwell Grymes, in which he charges for expenses incurred by "travelling to Williamsburg to attend suits in the high court of chancery," between Ludwell Grymes and Walker Maury, and by having "the graves of his father and mother paled in." Mary Grymes, the wife of Ludwell Grymes, was Mary Dawson. The following obituary, which appeared in the Nashville, Tenn., Republican Banner, April 15, 1852, is of interest: "Died -- On Wednesday, March 31st, 1852, at the residence of her son-in- law, W. C. Richmond, Esq., of Robertson County, Tenn., Elizabeth Johnson Moore, relict of the late Rev. William Moore, in the 87th year of her age. Mrs. Moore was born in Gloucester county, Va., and was the second daughter of Ludwell and Mary Grimes (or Grymes) and granddaughter of Rev. William Dawson, of William and Mary College. Her parents removed to Burlington, their country seat in Orange county, where she married the Rev. Wm. Moore, then an itinerant Methodist minister and settled in Fluvanna county, where they re- mained a few years, and afterwards moved to the vicinity of Milton, N.C., where they raised their family, and in 1820 removed to Robertson county, Tenn. She was descended from pure old Virginia blood, being connected with the Lees, Pages, Randolphs, Maurys, and Dawsons, and was a woman of Page 209. great vivacity of spirit in early life, of unbounded benevolence and charity, a great talker and fine reader, in a word the idol of her company, but in after life she became much afflicted and was subject to great melancholy, and a few years before her death lost her eyesight, which deprived her of her last earthly enjoyment, reading. She lived to see her fourth generation, and wore out the cord of life thread by thread until the last fibre parted and she died without a struggle. She was a member of the Baptist Church thirty years before her death." Mr. E. D. Richards, of Nashville, Tenn., under date January 8, 1895, writes that Mrs. Moore left three daughters, one of whom married W. C. Richmond, the writer of the above obituary, and had seven or eight children, all of whom died young. Another daughter married a Mr. Durrett, and they have quite a number of children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren living in Robertson county, Tenn. The third daughter married Mr. Richards' grandfather (Durrett Richards) at Milton, N.C., and died about 1820. WASHINGTON.--In a book that I had of my kinsman Augustine Fitzhugh Alexander, there is on the margin of one page, in as beautiful and well-proportioned a handwriting as if engraved, the signature "John Washington, 1760." I never knew what John Washington this was, but think that he may have been the one who is given the list of county committees in THE WILLIAM AND MARY QUARTERLY, October, 1896, as from King George county. On a blank space on a leaf in the book is written, in an ornamental hand, the following: "My second Son, Robt. Washington, wase Born Jnot ye Wourld the 31 [or, perhaps, 21] Day of December, Jn the Yeare 1747, & of A Munday, & Baptized by the Revt. Archbold Campell. My Son Robt. Washington Departed this Life the 8 Day of January, Jn the Yeare 1748/9 -- Son to Robt. Washington & Sarah his Wife. "Sarah Washington, Daughter to Robert Washington and Sarah his Wife, wase born the 7 Day of Aprill, in the Yeare 1745, of a Sunday, & Baptised by the Rever. Rodirick McCulloch. She Departed this Life the 2 day of January, Jn the Year of our Lord god 1748/9." In another place, in a poor hand, is written: "Mr. Robert Washington Departed this Life ye 13th of May, a Bout 2 o'Clock after noon, & was Buried ye 15th a Bout 1 o'Clock after noon. Page 210. In another place, in the same hand, is written: "Mr. Robert Washington Departed this Life the 13th of may, a Bout 2 o'Clock in after noon, in the year 1765, it being of a monday, and was Buried the 15th, a Bout 1 o'Clock, of a Wednesday." It is a book of instructions, forms of various legal papers, etc., for the use of justices of the peace in England. The title-page is gone, but it covers the times of the two Charleses and of William and Mary. Among the names of the justices are Roger Thornton, Edward Peyton, "knight & baronett, Justice," Thomas Chicheley, Esq., John Cage, etc. (There is a Cage family in Tennessee, in the Street Family Book). The book is curious for the philologist for its antiquated words and spelling: e.g., "West Wratting" (West Riding of York). For knowing when a man is drunk enough to be arrested, it counsels as follows: "Now, for to know a drunken man the better, the Scripture describeth them to stagger and reel to and fro. (Job xii. 25; Esa xxiv.20). An so, where the same legs which carry a man into the house cannot bring him out again, it is a sufficient sign of Drunkeness." Geo. Wilson, Lexington, Mo. REV. MUNGO MARSHALL.--The Rev. Mungo Marshall, mentioned in the July number of WILLIAM AND MARY QUARTERLY, was rector of St. Thomas' parish, Orange county, Virginia, before 1758. In this year he died. Besides his son William, he left a son James, and two daughters, Lucy and Sukey. Not long after Mr. Marshall's death, his widow married Dr. James Marsden, of Orange C.H. At the old glebe of St. Thomas' parish is an ancient tombstone made of soapstone, the lower part sunk in the ground, much larger than the upper portion, which was hewn in the usual shape. It has not weathered, and there is no inscription on either side, and no traces of one. Tradition says that Mungo Marshall was buried at the colonial brick church which once stood about two miles southeast of Orange Courthouse, and that the large marble slab on his grave was carried off many years ago to use in the dressing of leather. What became of James Marshall and the daughters? [See Meade.]--Andrew G. Grinnan, Madison Mills, Va. GWATKIN.--Charles Gwatkin ws born the third day of April, in the year of our Lord 1741. John Gwatkin ws born the twentieth day of January, in the year of our Lord 1742-'3. Mary Gwatkin was born the thirty-first of May, in the year of our Lord 1745. Page 211. James Gwatkin was born the ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord 1747. Margrait Gwatkin was born the fifth 5th of April, in the year of our Lord, 1749. Prudence Gwatkin was born the fifth 5th of April, in the year of our Lord 1749. Sons and daughters of Edward and Mary Gwatkin his wife. The foregoing copied by me from an old book in possession of Mr. Lucien Freeman, the title Family Devotion, &c., 10th Edition. Williamsburg: Printed by William Parks, 1740. The first person mentioned, known here (Bedford City), as I am told as Col. Charles Gwatkin, was a Revolutionary soldier and was for a long time, and, perhaps, until his death, a justice of the peace of this county. I am under the impression that many years ago there was a gentleman by the name of Gwatkin connected as pro- fessor with William and Mary College, and that he was not very loyal to the colonial government.--R. D. Buford, clerk County Court, Bedford City, Va. DAWSON.--Rev. Musgrave Dawson was brother of William Dawson, President of William and Mary. He married in 1757 Mary Waugh, daughter of Alexander Waugh, whose will was proved in Orange county, January 23, 1793. Their son was John Dawson (mentioned in his grandfather's will), who graduated at Harvard University, was presidential elector in 1793, was congressman from Virginia from 1797 to 1814. He died March 30, 1814, in Washington City, aged fifty-two. He was an exquisite in dress, and was familiarly known as "Beau Dawson."--See QUARTERLY II., 51, 153. NOTES FROM MARYLAND RECORDS, p 50.--For Thorne White, read "Jerome White," surveyor-general of Maryland.--Henry H. Goldsborough, Baltimore. COOKE.--David Cooke, born in Alexandria about 1785, son of a wealthy slave-holder, the youngest of ten children, who all died in youth save a sister, Elizabeth, went to Phildelphia when about twenty- one years old; there married a Miss Whipple. He was a man of wealth and culture. With what family of Virginia Cookes is he connected?-- E. W. Leavitt, 10 Joy street, Boston Mass. HUBARD FAMILY--Mr. B. B. Minor, of Richmond (formerly editor of Southern Literary Messenger), calls attention to some errors on page 107. Anne Hubard did not marry General James Taylor, of Kentucky, but his father, James Taylor, of "Midway," Caroline county. (See Hayden, p. 681). He was chairman of the Com- Page 212. mittee of Safety for that county, a member of the conventions of 1775 and 1776, and after the Revolution was a member of the Senate for several years. There was another James Taylor in the convention from Orange [this was his father, whose will was proved in Orange, September 23, 1784.-Editor]. Hubard Taylor went to Kentucky and took with him, as his first wife, Clara Minor, daughter of Thomas Minor of "Locust Grove," Spotsylvania county, whose son, Thomas Minor, a captain in the Revolution, married Elizabeth Taylor, sister of Hubbard Taylor, so that he and Hubbard Taylor were double brothers- in-law. Dr. Hubbard Taylor Minor, of Essex and Spotsylvania, was the grandson of Anne Hubbard Taylor, and named for his uncle, Hubbard Taylor. As to Mary, daughter of James Hubard, of Gloucester, she was not the mother of bishop Kavenaugh. His mother was a daughter of Dr. Thomas Kinde and Betsey Taylor, daughter of Col. Hubbard Taylor. BANKS, p. 64.--Adam Banks, of Stafford county, purchased lands in 1674. He had issue: Girard (Gerrard?), who was living in Stafford in 1709. This family is next found in Orange county. The will of Girard Banks was proved there August 25, 1768. He married Frances, daughter of Sarah Strother, whose will was proved December 22, 1774. He had issue: Girard Banks, under twenty-one in 1774. Mrs. Emma Banks Richards writes that 'she has a miniature in gold of Girard Banks and his wife Sarah, nee Strother, taken in 1790. The father of this Girard Banks ws named also Girard Banks, and he married Frances Bruce, of Halifax. BANKS, p 64.--William Banks, brother of Tunstall Banks, of King and Queen county, made his will March, 1808, and it was proved in Albemarle county, November 16, 1812. It mentions brothers Tunstall and Baylor Banks and his son Baylor, sisters Anna Banks and Elizabeth thurston and her son William, Aunt Jane Voss. Legacies to Brother Baylor, Lena Roberts, Alexander Shepherd, and William T. Banks. POSEY.--See pages 60, 141. Rev. Dr. Douglas F. Forrest, of Clarksburg, W. Va., sends the following note which gives an inter- marriage of Captain John Posey: "William Harrison, of Stafford and Westmoreland counties, married Sarah Hawley and had issue: Sarah, William, Alexander, George and Sybil; of these George Harrison married Martha Price. She married secondly, Captain John Posey, son of Major-General Thomas Posey, afterwards Gov- Page 213. ernor of Illinois. John's step-mother was Mrs. Mary Thornton, widow of George Thornton and daughter of John Alexander and Lucy Thornton. Who was Sarah Hawley?" BRUTON PARISH CHURCH.--This interesting building, a sketch of which was given in QUARTERLY III., pp 169-180, is now undergoing thorough repair. The money necessary was contributed, with consent of her sisters, by Miss Marie Marshall, an invalid, who has for many years resided in Williamsburg. On Sunday, November 21, the structure was in sufficient readiness to receive the congregation, who had been temporarily banished during the work of restoration. On this occasion a most eloquent and feeling sermon was delivered by the rector, Rev. T. C. Roberts. POWDER MAGAZINE IN WILLIAMSBURG.--This building was erected in Williamsburg by Alexander Spotswood in 1716. About this time John Brush was gunner and manager. In 1775 it was the depository of the government powder and arms. When Lord Dunmore removed the powder, Patrick Henry raised a company in Hanover and demanded from the governor indemnity, which was furnished. It thus became associated with the beginnings of the Revolution. For a long time after the Revolution it was used as a Baptist church. Then it passed into private hands, and was used as a stable. In 1890 it was purchased by the "Society for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities." It was repaired and has become a place for historical relics. On November 11, 1896, a stained-glass window was unveiled in the magazine to the memory of Governor Spotswood. The donor was Mrs. William F. Spotswood, of Petersburg. An oration was delivered in the college chapel by Hon. John Goode, who was introduced by President Lyon G. Tyler. Mr. Tazewell Taylor, of Norfolk, introduced Miss Catherine Spotswood, who unveiled the window at the magazine. A luncheon was given by the ladies of the colonial capitol branch of the association, at the house of Mrs. Cynthia Tucker Coleman, directress of the local chapter. RECORDS.--Information wanted as to the whereabouts of the early will book of King George county, Va., which was taken from the clerk's office during the war, and some years ago was ascertained to be in New York. A reasonable sum would be paid for its return.