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PATRICK  HAMLTQN  BASKERV1LL, 

RICHMOND.  VA., 
Of  the  Twenty-first  Generation  in  Direct  Male  Line. 


RICHMOND,  VA. 

UM.  ELLIS  JONES"  SONS.  MC. 

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1548775 


"Genealogy  of  the  Baskerrille  Family,"  of  1912 

ADDITIONAL  ERRORS. 

Page  13 — line  n — "elswhere"  should  be  "elsewhere." 

Table  A— "Rabiou"  should  be  "Robiou." 

Tables  C  and  L  and  pages  57  and  61 — "Dickerson"  should  be 
"Dickenson." 

Table  F  Contd.  —  "Anna7  H.  m. Reynolds",    should   be 

"m.  H.  C.  Terrell." 

Table  F  Contd.— In  "MaryT  Eaton  Hamilton"  and  "Mary8 
Eaton  Tarry, "  "Eaton"  should  be  "Etiphemia." 

Table  F  Contd.— "Wm.8  Baskervill  Tarry"  should  be  Wm.s 
Burwell  Tarry." 

Page  54 — line  6 — "Baskevill"  should  be  "Baskervill." 

Page  81 — line  23 — "Allston"  should  be  "Alston." 

Opp.  p.  89,  Retro.  Table — "James  Murray  d.  1772,  vestry  1742" 
should  be  "1764"  and  "1746." 

Opp  p.  89,  Retro.  Table — "Wm.  Baskerviil,  b.  1763"  should 
be  "1756." 

Opp.  p.  101,  Eaton  Table — Wm.  Eaton,  who  married  Senora 
Macon,  was  a  son  of  Genl.  Thomas  Eaton.  "Thos.  Eaton 
m.  Anna  Boiling"  should  be  "Anna  Bland"  ;  right  bottom — 
"Elizabeth  Frear  m.  Chas.8  Baskervill"  should  be  "Mar- 
garet Freear. 

Opp.  p.  117,  Coleman  and  Embry  Table — "John  Coleman, 
deeds  1714-25"  should  be  "1784." 

Opp.  p.  117,  Coleman  and  Embry  Table — "Henry  Embry,  Jr., 
d.  1756"  should  be  "1753,"  "m.  Priscilla  Blount"  should 
be  "Priscilla  Wilkinson,"  see  Supplement. 

Page  120— line  6 — "1448"  should  be  "1748." 

Page  122 — line  28 — mark  out  "doubtless,"  and  after  "Coleman" 
add  "born  in  1764  or  earlier  was  too  young." 


CONTENTS 


PAGE 

Family  Table,  condensed, * 

English  Descent: 

English  Table, 8 

English  Gleanings,      -         -         -         -         -         -  x3 

Some  English  Grandmothers,     -         -         -         -  32 

Virginia  Baskervilles: 

Tables  A  to  L, after  38 

First  Generation, 39 

Second  Generation,     -         -         -         -         -         -  4-6 

Third  Generation, 47 

Mecklenburg  Branch, 52 

Fourth  Generation,     ------  54 

Tennessee  Branch, 60 

Fifth  Generation. 65 

Sixth  Generation, 7° 

Hamilton  Family, 80 

Cumberland  and  Pulaski  Branch,        -        -        -  84 

Allied  Families: 

Retrospective  Table, 88 

Introduction,       -------  89 

Barber-Dennett  Family, 9° 

Norvell  Family,            ..----  96 

Minge  and  Harrison  Families,    -  97 

Eaton  Family,     - io1 


iv  contents. 

Allied  Families:  page 

Embry  Family, 117 

Coleman  Family, 121 

Gordon  Family, 123 

Murray  Family, 127 

Boiling  Family, 133 

Kennon  Family, 147 

Worsham  Family,        - 151 

Rolfe  Family, 155 

Pocahontas  and  Powhatan,          ....  167 

Appendix: 

Early  Conditions  in  Virginia,     -         -         -         -  179 

Bostoke  Lineage, -  185 

Mainwaring  Lineage,           -----  189 

Winnington  Lineage, 191 

First  Baskervyle  Deed,       -----  193 

Ancestors  in  Colonial  Assemblies,      -         -         -  199 

Present  Conditions  at  Old  Withington,      -         -  201 


ILLUSTRATIONS 


Extract  from  York  County  Records,    -        -        Frontispiece 
Banquet  Hall,  at  Dives,  View  i,  -        -        Page  15 

Same — View  2,  showing  Shield  of  Baskervilles,     "  15 

Pen  Sketch  of  Baskerville  Shield,        -  "  49 

Entrance  to  Old  Inn  at  Dives,      -        -        -  '*  129 


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PREFACE 


This  record  has  been  written  from  time  to  time  during 
several  years,  as  the  writer  has  been  able  to  gather  the  in- 
formation from  many  sources,  and  as  he  may  have  had  the 
time  and  inclination  to  do  so.  It  has  been  a  work  of  much 
interest  and  pleasure,  and  a  fair  amount  of  success  has  been 
gratifying.  Family  exaltation  or  glorification  has  not  at  any 
time  entered  into  the  writer's  thoughts  or  intention,  but  it 
has  been  a  gratification  to  find  so  long  a  line  in  direct  male 
descent  of  a  family  always  of  ladies  and  gentlemen.  The 
proverbial  skeleton  in  the  closet,  often  feared  in  such  a  search, 
has  not  appeared,  and  the  record  is  clean  and  untarnished. 

The  Baskerville  family  has  always  maintained  a  good 
and  honorable  position  among  the  gentry  of  England. 
Its  historical  record  is  certain,  definite,  and  continuous,  and 
it  is  found  in  most  standard  English  genealogical  books. 
And  a  direct  honorable  lineage  of  twenty-two  generations 
through  unbroken  male  descent,  from  father  to  son,  through 
more  than  six  hundred  and  fifty  years,  is  probably  rather  un- 
usual. 

The  search  and  record  has  been  chiefly  retrospective,  and 
no  particular  attempt  has  been  made  to  enroll  all  the  living 
members  of  the  family.  But  any  Baskerville  descendant  will 
doubtless  find  his  lineage  within  one  or  two  generations,  and 
be  enabled  to  trace  the  connection. 

Much  of  the  information  contained  in  this  sketch  is  en- 
tirely new,  as  far  as  the  writer  knows.  The  English  con- 
nection of  the  family  seems  never  to  have  been  accurately 
traced  before.  And  the  old  Mecklenburg  tradition  that  the 
first  Baskerville  settler  in  that  county  was  an  immigrant  from 


X  PREFACE. 

England,  and  possibly  named  John,  was  erroneous,  as  will 
be  shown  in  the  sketch.  Apparently  the  Virginia  family 
have  never  known  before  of  the  Cheshire  connection. 

This  sketch  has  been  written  for  the  writer's  family  with 
no  thought  of  publishing  it  among  other  people,  or  that  they 
would  take  any  interest  in  it.  Therefore  it  is  more  or  less 
personal,  and  relates  particularly  to  the  writer's  personal 
connection.    It  is  printed  chiefly  for  preservation. 

On  the  cover,  the  title  page,  and  the  headings  the  older 
spelling  of  the  name  with  the  final  e  is  adopted,  although 
the  writer  does  not  himself  use  it. 

The  writer  desires  to  express  his  thanks  to  Mr.  Wm.  G. 
Stanard,  Secretary  of  Virginia  Historical  Society,  to  whom  he 
is  indebted  for  facts,  which  started  the  search,  and  for  other 
help  from  time  to  time ;  and  also  to  Dr.  Lyon  G.  Tyler,  of  Wil- 
liamsburg, who  has  kindly  given  important  information  sev- 
eral times. 

Richmond,  Va.,  October  ist,  1912. 


AUTHORITIES 


AUTHORITIES 


Ormerod's  History  of  Cheshire. 

Earwaker's  History  of  East  Cheshire. 

Burke's  Landed  Gentry. 

Burke's  Commoners  of  Great  Britain. 

Dictionary  of  Family  Names,  Lower. 

The  Virginia  Magazine,   (Va.  Hist.  Soc.) 

William  and  Mary  College  Quarterly. 

Records  of  York  Co.,  Va. 

Records  of  Charles  City  Co.,  Va. 

Records  of  Goochland  Co.,  Va. 

Records  of  Cumberland   Co.,  Va. 

Records  of  Lunenburg  Co.,  Va. 

Records  of  Mecklenburg  Co.,  Va. 

Records  of  Prince  George  Co.,  Va. 

Records  of  Amelia  Co.,  Va. 

Records  of  Granville  Co.,  N.  C. 

Records  of  the  State  of  N.  Carolina. 

Records  of  Brunswick  Co.,  Va. 

Records  of  Halifax  Co.,  Va. 

Records  of  Elizabeth  City  Co.,  Va. 

Records  of  Henrico  Co.,  Va. 

Records  of  Surry  Co.,  Va. 

Land  books  of  the  State  of  Va. 

Bristol  Parish  Vestry  Book  and  Register. 

Bruton  Church,  Goodwin. 

Bristol  Parish,  Slaughter. 

Meade's  Churches. 

Heads  of  Families,  First  Census  of  United  States. 

Wheeler's  History  of  North  Carolina. 


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XIV  AUTHORITIES. 

Virginia  Historical  Collection. 

Original  List  of  Emigrants,  &c,  Hotten. 

Brown's  Genesis  of  America. 

Brown's  First  Republic  of  America. 

Virginia   Heraldica,  Crozier. 

Virginia  County  Records. 

National   Encyclopedia   of   American    Biography. 

North  Carolina  Colonial  and  State  Records. 

Water's   Gleanings. 

Hening's  Statutes. 

Baskervill  Famil)  Bible. 

Abstracts  of  N.  C.  Wills,  Grimes. 

Anderson's  Hamilton  Family. 

Family  Genealogical  Tables,  private. 

Private  Letters. 

Historical  Registers  of  the  Continental  Army,  Heitman. 

Virginia  and  Virginians,  Brock. 

Harleian  Manuscripts. 

And  some  others. 


THE  BASKERVILLE  FAMILY 

AND 

SOME  ALLIED  FAMILIES 


CONDENSED  TABLE 


A.  D. 

1066 — Martels  de  Baskerville,  came  from  Normandy  as  one 
of  the  leaders  of  William  the  Conqueror. — Burke. 

1 109 — Radulphus  de  Baskerville,     "»      mentioned  in  tax  levy. 
Robertus  de  Baskerville,       j  — Burke. 

1 1 52 — Robert    de    Buscheville,    witness    to    a    charter    in    the 
Cheshire  records. 
Sir  Robert  Baskerville,  Kt.,  of  Erdisley,  m.  Agnes,  gr. 
d.  of  Rees   ap  Griffith,   Prince   of   South    Wales. — 
Burke.     His  son  was 

1154-1188 — Sir    Ralph     de    Baskerville,    Lord    of    Erdisley. 
(Herefordshire).     His  son  was 
Sir  Roger  de   Baskerville,  of  Erdisley.     His  son  was 

1189-1199 — Walter  de  Baskerville,  of  Erdisley.     His  son  was 

1216-1272 — Walter  de  Baskerville,  of  Erdisley,  and  so  on  at 
Erdisley,  Herefordshire — Burke.  From  some  mem- 
ber of  this  family  seemsto  have  come  the  following 
line  of  our  ancestors,  (Ormerod),  viz.: 

I.  tSiR  John1  de  Baskervyle,  Kt.,  grantee  of  Old  With- 
ington,  Cheshire,  who  married  Matild ,  1266. 


tThe  names  of  our  ancestors  printed  in  Small  Capitals. 


2  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

2.  John2  de  Baskervyle,  of  Old  Withington,  m.  Nichola 

,  records   1298-1334. 

3.  John3  de  Baskervile,  of  Old  Withington,  records  1315- 

1345- 

4.  Thomas4  de  Baskerville,  of  Old  Withington,  m.  Idonea 

Blurton,  records   1366-1386. 

5.  William5     Baskeryyle,    of    Old    Withington,    records 

1420- 1 446. 

6.  William6   Baskeryyle,   of   Old  Withington.    1464-1480. 

7.  Randle    Baskervile,  of  Old  Withington,  m.  Agnes  Bos- 

tock,  records  1477-1483. 

8.  William8    Baskerville.*    of    Old    Withington.    records 

1482-1513. 

9.  William9  Baskerville,*  of  Old  Withington,  m.  Agnes 

Mainwaring,  records  1483-1503. 
'""^.orge10  Baskervile,  of  Old  Withington,  m.  Cecily  de 
Bradford,  records  1517-1542. 

11.  William11   Baskervile,  of  Old   Withington,   m.  Eliza- 

beth Henshaw,  records  1579. 

12.  Thomas12  Baskervile,  of  Old  Withington,  m.  Margaret 

Kinsey,  d.  15S8. 

13.  Thomas13  Baskervyle,  of  Old  Withington,  m.  Dorothy 

Adderly,  b.  1566,  d.  1625. 

14.  John14  Baskeryyle,  of  Old  Withington.  "m.  Magdaline 
Hope,  b.  1599,  d.  1662. 


15.  John15  and  l  of  Va-  Baskeryyle,  5th  son  of  last,  b.  1637, 

d.  1679,  emigrated  to  Virginia  about  1662,  m.  Mary 
Barber. 

16.  George2  Baskeryyle,  of  York  Co..  Va.,   m.   Elizabeth 

Norvell,  b.  abt.  1675. 

17.  George3    Baskervyle,    of    York   Co.,    Ya.,   m.    Martha 

Minge,  d.  1777. 

18.  William4    Baskeryill,   of    Mecklenburg   Co..   Ya.,   m. 

Mary  Eaton,  b.  ir^fd.  1814. 

19.  Charles5  Baskervill,  of  Mecklenburg  Co.,  m.  Eliz.  A. 

Coleman,  b.  1788,  d.   1834. 


*Earwaker  thinks  the  8th  and  9th  names  were  of  the  same  man. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  3 

20.  Henry6  E.  C.  Baskervill,  of  Richmond,  m.  1st  I.  A. 

Hamilton,  b.  1817,  d.  1900. 

21.  P.    Hamilton7    Baskervill,   of  Richmond,    m.    E.    M. 

Skelton,  b.  1848. 

22.  Hamilton8  Meade  Baskerville,  of  Richmond,  b.  1882. 

Note. — The  descent  from  Sir  John  de  Baskervyle,  1266, 
is  direct,  from  father  to  son,  and  positive. 


This  table  was  traced  to  the  writer  because  it  was  made 
for  his  own  family,  printing  for  preservation  being  an 
afterthought. 


ENGLISH  DESCENT 


TABLE  OF  THE  CHESHIRE 
BASKERVYLES 


TAKEN  FROM  ORMEROD'S  CHESHIRE, 
VOLUME  III,  PAGE  718 


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For  us  in  Virginia  our  history  naturally  divides  itself 
into  three  periods,  viz. : 

1st.  Before  A.  D.  1266,  when  Sir  John  de  Baskervyle, 
Kt,  our  lineal  ancestor,  acquired  Old  Withington,  Cheshire, 
England,  and  settled  there; 

2nd.  From  1266  to  1662,  when  John  Baskervyle,  our 
first  Virginia  ancestor,  emigrated  from  Old  Withington  to 
York  Co.,  Va. ; 

3rd.  After  1662,  comprising  the  history  of  the  Virginia 
Baskcfvilles   in  Virginia  and  eiswhere. 

During  the  first  period  we  cannot  record  a  continuous 
lineage,  but  we  have  here  and  there  isolated  records  of  the 
family  history,  which  enable  us  to  trace  it  with  a  fair  degree 
of  certainty,  as  the  name  seems  to  be  confined  to  this  one 
Norman  famih . 

Burke  in  his  "Landed  Gentry"  tells  us  "The  family  of 
Baskerville  is  one  of  the  most  ancient  and  honorable  in  Eng- 
land.'' It  is  not  large  or  numerous,  as  compared  with  some 
other  families:  it  has  always  occupied  a  good  position  so- 
cially and  otherwise ;  and  the  references  to  it  in  standard 
genealogical  records  are  fairly  numerous  and  authentic. 
These  conditions  make  it  possible  to  work  out  its  history 
with  reasonable  accuracy,  the  writer  being  of  the  twenty- 
first  generation  in  direct  male  descent  from  Sir  John  de 
Baskervyle,  who  acquired  Old  Withington  in  1266. 

"The  family  is  of  noble  Norman  origin,  and  came  from 
the  parish  of  Baskerville,  now  Bacqueville,  in  the  arondisse- 
ment  of  Dieppe,  department  of  Seine-Inferieure,  on  the  Eng- 
lish Channel.     The  head  of  the   family,   Martels   de  Basker- 


14  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

ville,  was  at  the  battle  of  Hastings  in  1066,  as  one  of  the 
leaders  of  the  army  of  William  the  Conqueror,  with  whom 
he  had  come  over."  (Dictionary  of  Family  Names,  Lovver, 
p.  20.) 

We  know  nothing  of  the  family  before  1066  in  Nor- 
mandy. That  is  a  sealed  book  to  us,  but  it  would  doubtless 
be  a  very  interesting  subject  of  investigation. 

In  June,  191 1,  there  was  held  in  the  city  of  Rouen,  a 
celebration  of  the  millenial  anniversity  of  the  settlement  of 
the  Norsemen  under  Rollo,  or  Rolfe,  or  Robert,  as  he  was 
later  called,  in  Normandy.  The  Baskerville  ancestor  was 
doubtless  one  of  the  party. 

When  William  the  Conqueror  invaded  England  in  A.  D. 
io65,  his  fleet  was  finally  assembled  at  a  small  town  named 
"Di/es-Sur-iYIer,"  at  the  mouth  of  the  river  of  that  name. 
a  little  S.  W.  of  Honfleur,  and  not  far  S.  W.  from  Havre. 
There  is  now  in  this  town  a  large  building  used  as  an  inn, 
cal:td  "L'Hostellerie  Guillaume  ie  Conquerant,"  and  in  its 
banquet  hall,  called  "Galeae  des  Compagnons,"  is  painted  on 
the  walls  the  names  and  coats-of-arms  of  the  leaders  of  the  in- 
vading army.  Among  these  occur  those  of  Baskerville.  Wre 
also  find  them  on  the  Battle  Abbey  Roll  in  Battle  Abbey  near 
Hastings,  England,  which  was  founded  by  William  the  Con- 
queror in  fulfilment  of  a  vow  made  by  him  during  the  battle. 
A  copy  of  this  Roll  will  be  found  in  the  Virginia  State  Library. 
The  name  Baskerville  occurs  twice  upon  it,  i.  e.,  in  the  list 
cf  leaders,  where  it  is  spelt  "Basktrviie,"  and  over  the  coat- 
of-arms,  where  it  is  spelt  '"Baskerville."  This  is  the  coat 
of  arms.  It  is  the  same  at  Dives  and  in  the  Battle  Abbey, 
and  the  name  in  both  places  is  spelt  "Baskerville." 


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The  accompanying"  pictures  illustrate  the  painting's  at 
Dives.  The  first  two  views  and  the  pen  sketch  were  kindly 
sent  me  on  March  10th,  1910,  at  my  request  by  Mr.  Jas.  E. 
Dunning,  U.  S.  Consul  at  Havre,  France,  he  having  obtained 
them  for  me  from  M.  Le  Reniois,  proprietor  of  "X/Hostellerie 
Guillaume  ie  Conquerant."  The  last  picture  was  given  me  by 
Mrs.  Henry  E.  Baskervill,  having  been  sent  to  her  from  Dives 
by  a  friend. 

The  first  two  are  photographs  of  the  inside  of  the  "Gal- 
erie  de  Compagnons"  one  from  each  end.  The  Baskerville 
shield  is  distinctly  shown  in  the  second  picture  marked  with  a 
cross.  It  is  at  the  far  end  in  the  first,  and  cannot  be  dis- 
tinguished. 

The  third  picture  is  a  pen  and  ink  sketch  of  the  Basker- 
ville shield  kindly  made  by  M.  Le  Remois.  the  proprietor  of 
the  hotel,  showing  die  colors  of  the  painting.  The  last  pic- 
ture shows  the  entrance  to  the  hotel.  The  gentleman  who 
sent  it,  and  some  other  pictures  not  shown  here,  stated:  "I 
find  on  examining  the  cards  that  the  name  of  De  Baskerville 
is  on  the  large  list,  as  I  saw  it  at  the  most  ancient  Hotel  of 
Guillaume  le  Conquerant  at  Dives,  and  not  on  the  smaller 
list  in  the  church.  This  quaint  hotel  has  one  grand  banquet 
hall,  wherein  ail  wails  are  covered  with  the  shields  and  names 
of  the  knights,  including  De  Baskerville.  It  seems  that  an 
artist,  who  took  up  his  abode  here,  painted  all  these  for  his 


16  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

own  and  the  delectation  of  all  who  come  after.  Much  of 
it  is  restored,  much  new,  and  some  very  old." 

It-  would  be  a  delightful  task  some  day  to  go  there,  and 
on  the  spot  make  a  farther  investigation  of  the  history  of  the 
family  here  in  Dives  and  elsewhere  in  Xormandy. 

M.  Le  Remois,  in  his  letter  to  Air.  Dunning,  of  which  I 
have  a  copy,  says,  "I  have  the  honor  to  send  you  enclosed  two 
post  cards  showing  the  hall,  where  the  shields  of  William's 
companions  are  painted,  according  to  the  list  which  is  kept  in 
the  ancient  church  of  the  town  of  Dives.  On  one  of  the  cards 
I  have  made  a  little  cross,  showing  the  position  of  the  shield  of 
Baskerville,  but  as  one  can  not  see  the  color  of  the  shield 
I  have  copied  the  wording  on  the  coat-of-arms  (pen  sketch)/' 
The  date  of  the  paintings  in  the  hall  are  not  known,  but 
please  note  that  M.  Le  Remois  states  that  they  "are  painted 
according  to  the  list  which  is  kept  in  the  ancient  church  of 
the  town  of  Dives."  Of  this  list  apparently  the  gentleman 
who  sent  the  postal  cards  to  Mrs.  Henry  E.  Baskervill,  did 
not  know. 

The  date  of  the  preparation  of  the  Battle  Abbey  Roll  is 
very  uncertain.  It  is  evidently  much  later  than  the  time  of 
the  Conquest,  probably  some  time  during  the  14th  century, 
and  it  is  claimed  that  it  was  somewhat  altered  by  the  monks, 
and  new  names  inserted  to  please  patrons.  Thus  there  is 
some  uncertainty  about  the  names,  it  is  true,  as  there  is 
about  a  great  deal  of  the  personal  history  of  these  early  pe- 
riods, and  yet  we  have  no  reason  to  doubt  the  genuineness 
of  the  name  of  Baskerville  on  the  roll.  The  name,  slightly 
altered,  is  still  found  in  Xormandy  in  the  parish  of  Bacque- 
ville,  and  the  name  occurs,  as  stated,  from  time  to  time  in  the 
English  annals  very  shortly  after  the  Conquest.  As  for  in- 
stance on  the  tax  list  of  1109,  only  43  years  after  the  Battle 
of  Hastings ;  and  again  the  establishment  of  the  Hereford 
Baskervilles  at  Erdisley  early  in  the  twelfth  century.  The 
genuiness  of  the  name  on  the  roll  is  generally  accepted  by 
prominent  genealogists.  The  list  of  the  Conqueror's  followers 
in  the  old  church  at  Dives  is  said  to  have  been  compiled  from 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  17 

Domesday  Book  and  other  authentic  records.  And  the  paint- 
ing's on  the  walls  of  the  old  inn  seem  to  have  followed  the  list 
in  the  old  church.  They  are  mentioned  here,  because  they  are 
interesting,  not  because  they  are  of  any  particular  historical 
value. 

"In  ye  olden  time"'  proper  names  seem  to  have  been 
spelt  very  loosely  and  with  many  variations,  and  this  was  the 
case  in  regard  to  the  name  Baskerville.  The  Norman  name 
seems  to  have  been  "Baskerville'' :  on  the  Battle  Abbey  Roll 
we  find  it  "Baskervile,"  and  "Baskerville";  in  the  Hereford- 
shire records  it  seems  to  have  been  always  "Baskerville*7 ; 
and  in  Cheshire  we  find  "Easkervylc,"  "Baskervile."  "Bask- 
ervill,"  (as  the  Virginia  branch  have  spelt  it  for  several  gen- 
erations), "Baskirvile,"  "Baskyrville,"  and  " Baskerville,."  and 
then  back  again  to  "Baskervylc,"  which  seems  to  have  become 
the  confirmed  spelling  for  the  Cheshire  branch,  and  to  have 
been  used  for  several  generations  in  Virginia.  This  is  in- 
variably the  spelling  in  the  records  cf  York  Co.,  Va.,  the 
first  Baskerville  records  in  Virginia. 

In  Burke's  Landed  Gentry,  Vol.  I,  p.  63,  we  find  the. 
following : 

"The  family  cf  Baskerville  is  one  of  the  most  ancient 
and  honorable  in  England.  Its  name  is  upon  the  roll  of  Bat- 
tle Abbey.  It  has  ever  maintained  the  highest  rank  among 
the  gentry,  and  it  can  boast  of  the  blood  of  the  Plantagenets. 

The  Baskervilles  came  into  Herefordshire  soon  after 
the  Conquest-  and  settled  at  Erdisley.  They  became  con- 
nected with  the  best  families  of  the  country,  served  the  office 
of  sheriff  no  less  than  twenty-one  times,  and  were  elected 
knights  cf  the  shire  in  eleven  parliaments. 

In  the  year  A.  D.  1109,  43  years  af:er  the  Conquest, 
Henry  I,  on  the  marriage  of  his  eldest  daughter,  levied  a 
territorial  impost  of  three  shillings  for  every  hide  of  land, 
and  returns  were  made  in  consequence  by  the  barons.  &c,  in 
which  Adam  de  Port  returns  the  names  of  Radulphtjs  de 
Baskerville  and  Hugo  de  Lacy,  and  that  of  Robertus  de 
Baskervilt.e. 


18  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Their  pedigree  has  been  authentically  deduced.,  and  is 
duly  registered  in  the  College  of  Arms. 

Sir  Robert  Baskerville,  Knight  of  Erdisley  Castle,  in 
the  county  of  Hereford,  married  Agnes,  daughter  and  heiress 
of  Nesta,  daughter  of  Rees  ap  Griffith,  Prince  of  South 
Wales,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son 

Sir  Ralph  de  Baskerville,  Lord  of  Erdisley,  in  the 
time  of  Henry  II.  (1154-1188),  who  married  a  daughter  of 
Drogo,  brother  of  Richard  Lord  Clifford,  and  was  succeeded 
by  his  son 

Sir  Roger  de  Baskerville,  of  Erdisley,  living  in  the 
reign  of  Henry  II,  who  espoused  a  daughter  of  Sir  Roths  de 
Gros,  Knt.,  Lord  of  Orcop,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son 

Walter  de  Baskerville,  of  Erdisley,  in  the  reign  of 
Richard  I   (1189-1199),  who  was  succeeded  by  his  son 

Walter  de  Baskerville,  of  Erdisley,  who  married 
Susan,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Crigdon,  Knt.,  and  had  three 
sons,  Walter  of  Erdisley,  time  of  Henry  III  (1216-1272)  : 
Richard  (Sir),  of  whom  we  are  about  to  treat;  and  George, 
Lord  of  Lawton  and  Pickthorne.  The  second  son  of  Wal- 
ter de  Baskerville  was 

Sir  Richard  de  Baskerville,  M.  P.  for  the  Co.  of 
Hereford  in  1295  and  1297 — became  Lord  of  Erdisley  on  the 
death  of  his  elder  brother,"  &c,  &c,  &c,  through  a  long 
line  to  the  present  representative   (1881) 

"Walter  Thomas  Mynor  Baskerville,  Esqr.,  of  Clyrow 
Castle,  Radnorshire,  b.  Jany.  7th,  1839,  and  his  brother,  Her- 
bert Witherstone  Baskerville,  born  Sept.,  1841." 

This  table  gives  only  the  direct  line  through  the  oldest 
surviving  sons,  who  inherited  by  right  of  primogeniture.  The 
other  descendants,  who  were  of  course  much  more  numerous, 
doubtless  scattered  through  this  and  other  surrounding  coun- 
tries. 

About  1 1 52  we  find  in  Cheshire  that  Robert  de  Busch- 
erville  was  witness  to  the  charter  of  Randle  Gemons  to  the 
Abbey  of  Werburg. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  19 

Next  we  come  to  a  definite  and  positive  point  of  depar- 
ture for  the  family  lineage,  beginning  our  second  period. 

In  A.  D.  1266,  Sir  John  de  Baskervyle  was  grantee  of 
a  moiety  (half)  of  Old  Withington  in  Cheshire.  This  is  the 
first  definite  record  of  the  Cheshire  branch  of  the  family,  and 
we  have  an  unbroken  male  line  of  descent  from  this  Sir  John 
de  Baskervyle  of  A.  D.  1266  to  ourselves,  through  650 
years,  and  twenty-one  generations  of  honorable  descent  to  the 
writer's  generation,  a  condition  which  few  families  can  right- 
fully claim.  The  full  table  of  this  descent  will  be  found  else- 
where. 

We  may  assume  with  a  reasonable  claim  to  certainty  that 
these  Baskervyles  in  Cheshire  are  a  branch  of  the  Hereford 
family.  Apparently  this  was  the  only  family  of  this  name  in 
the  kingdom,  and  other  branches  were  established  from  it 
authentically,  as  will  be  noticed  later,  so  that  there  was  no 
other  source  from  which  the  Cheshire  branch  could  have 
come. 

We  will  take  up  first  the  Cheshire  branch,  from  which 
we  can  with  absolute  certainty  trace  our  descent.  Please  ob- 
serve that  in  this  branch  with  a  few  exceptions  the  name  is 
spelt  regularly  "Baskervyle,"  and  this  spelling  continued  in 
Virginia  as  long  as  the  family  remained  in  York  Co.,  until 
about  A.  D.  1740. 

Quite  a  number  of  the  prominent  writers  on  genealogy 
give  detailed  accounts  of  the  Cheshire  Baskervyles.  We  find 
it  in  Burke's  Landed  Gentry,  (which  may  be  found  generally 
in  public  libraries),  in  Earwaker's  East  Cheshire,  where  there 
is  a  full  table  of  descent,  in  Ormerod's  History  of  Cheshire, 
which  is  fuller  and  more  in  detail  than  the  others  (in  the 
writer's  library),  and  doubtless  in  many  other  works  on  the 
history  and  gentry  of  Cheshire.  We  have  adopted  Ormerod's 
account  as  the  basis  of  our  sketch  and  will  follow  it  closely. 
We  will  also  make  use  of  Earwaker's  statements. 

The  County  of  Chester  was  erected  into  a  "county  pala- 
tine," by  William  the  Conqueror  and  granted  to  his  nephew, 


20  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Hugh  Lupus,  whom  he  made  Earl  of  Chester,  and  almost 
royal  authority  over  iV  was  given  to  him. 

It  had  an  independent  parliament  and  eight  barons. 
Henry  VIII  subordinated  it  to  the  English  parliament,  but  it 
did  not  send  representatives  until  1549,  and  the  separate  juris- 
diction ceased  only  after  1831. 

The  county  was  divided  into  seven  "Hundreds,"  one  of 
which  was  Macclesfield  Hundred.  This  was  divided  into 
eleven  "Parishes,"  one  of  which  was  Prestbury  Parish.  This 
parish  was  divided  into  thirty-two  "Townships,"'  one  of  which 
was  Old  Withington,  the  seat  of  the  Baskervyles. 

Old  Withington  does  not  appear  in  the  "Domesday"  sur- 
vey, finished  in  1086,  because  it  was  included  in  the  parish  of 
Chelford,  and  the  two  are  still  assessed  jointly  in  the  county 
rate.  At  an  early  period  the  manor  formed  a  part  of  the 
estates  of  the  Ardernes  of  Aldford,  under  whom  it  was  held 
by  the  Camvilles  of  Co.  Stafford.  Afterwards  "a  release  of 
all  homages  or  rents"  was  granted  to  Robert  de  Camville,  and 
in  1266  he  (Camville)  granted  one  moiety  of  the  manor  to 
Oliver  Fitton,  and  the  other  moiety  to  Sir  John  de  Basker- 
vyle.  The  whole  manor  subsequently  became  vested  in  the 
Baskervyles,    and   has    descended    to    the   present  possessor 

This  continuation  of  possession  of  an  ancestral  domain 
in  a  direct,  unbroken  male  line  is  a  very  remarkable  and  un- 
usual thing,  even  in  England.  The  changes  have  been  slower 
in  Cheshire  than  in  other  counties,  and  yet  in  that  county 
there  are  only  four  families  who  have  held  their  estates  so 
long,  viz. :  the  Tattons  of  Wythenshawe,  the  Stanleys  of  Ai- 
de rly,  the  Davenports  of  Woodford,  and  the  Baskervyles  of 
Old  Withington. 

"Old  Withington  Ha'lU  the  family  seat,  was  nearly  re- 
built in  1819  by  the  possessor,  and  is  a  spacious  and  handsome 
mansion  situated  among  park  like  grounds  and  at  the  end  of  a 
fine  avenue  to  the  right  of  the  road  from  Middlewich  to  Mac- 
clesfield, about  eight  miles  distant  from  the  latter  place.  The 
township   is   on   the   edge  of  the  hundred,  and   the   general 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  21 

surface  of  the  ground  varies  little  from  the  flatness  of  the 
district  towards  Northvvich,  but  the  hills  on  the  border  of  the 
Staffordshire  frontier  enliven  the  distant  prospect,  and  the 
profusion  of  forest  trees  in  the  surrounding  hedgerows  breaks 
the  monotony  of  the  foreground." 

We  have  a  picture  of  the  house,  as  rebuilt  in  1819. 

The  following  statement  contains  all  the  information  we  yf ,  /?_ 
can  gather  in  regard  to  them.     The  records  of  the  early  period  v-t.A^j 
are  very  meagre,  and  have  doubtless  been  thoroughly  exam-  /%> 
ined  by  the  genealogists  from  whom  these  notes  are  obtained. 

On  the  earliest  list  of  chief  men  of  Macclesfield 
Hundred,  containing  ninety-eight  names,  all  who  had 
sufficient  land  to  entitle  them  to  be  called  on  juries, 
occurs  the  name  of  "William  Baskervill"  (so  spelt), 
which  looks  very  familiar.  This  was  in  1445,  thirty  years 
after  the  battle  of  Agincourt,  and  just  before  the  "War  of  the 
Roses."  So  in  1579,  the  middle  of  the  reign  of  Queen  Eliza- 
beth, occurs  another  list  of  knights,  esquires,  gentlemen,  and 
freeholders  containing  ninety-six  names,  and  among  them 
again  "William  Baskervill"*  (of  course  another  man.) 

There  is  not  much  information  in  regard  to  the  family 
at  that  time.  The  names  are  found  in  records  of  juries, 
witnesses  to  deeds  and  charters,  lawsuits,  and  other  such  pro- 
ceedings. Some  of  these  are  rather  amusing.  In  1477  Wil- 
liam Baskervyle  and  his  son  Randle.  or  Randal,  and  Ralph 
and  John  Baskervyle,  sons  of  Randle,  (three  generations), 
were  bound  over  by  a  £40  recognizance  to  keep  the  peace  to- 
wards John  Henshawe  of  Chilford.  A  hundred  years  later 
one  of  them,  also  named  William,  married  Agnes  Henshawe. 

The  heads  of  the  family  from  time  to  time  acquired  other 
estates  and  domains  by  right  of  inheritance  of  their  wives.  So 
Thomas  Baskervile,  of  Old  Withington,  Esqr.,  who  died 
in  1588,  married  Margery,  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Thomas 
Kinsey  of  Blackden,  gent.,  and  inherited  the  domain  of  Black- 
den  and  Goosetrey,  through  his  wife.  And  after  that  time  he 
was  "Thomas  Baskervile,  of  Old  Withington  and  Blackden,, 
Esqr./'  and  his  heirs  retained  the  same  title^.     So  John  Bask- 


22  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

ervyle,  of  Old  Withington  and  Blackden,  Esqr.,  who  died  in 
1784,  married  Men.  1st,  1731,  Mary,  daughter  and  final  heiress 
of  Robert  Glegg,  of  Gayton,  Esqr.     Robert  Glegg  died  and 
was  succeeded  by  his  son,  William  Glegg,  who  died  without 
issue  in  1758.     John  Baskervyle,  pursuant  to  the  will  of  Wil- 
liam Glegg,  in  order  to  inherit  the  Glegg  estate  of  Gayton, 
assumed  the  name  of  Glegg  in  place  of  Baskervyle,  and  the 
name  of  the  family  at  Old  Withington  has  since  then  been 
Glegg,  or  Baskervyle  Glegg.     This   seems   to  us   mercenary 
and  objectionable,  but  it  is  not  an  unusual  occurrence  in  Eng- 
land, and  many  men  of  great  prominence  and  fame  have  done 
the   same  thing.     One  conspicuous   example  is   found   in  the 
present  Lord  Bishop  of  London,  Rt.  Rev.  Arthur  Foley  Win- 
nington-Ingram,  D.  D.,  who  visited  Richmond  during  the  Gen- 
eral Convention  of   1907,  and  was  so  popular.     The  family 
name  was  "Wlnnington,"  and  his  father  assumed  that  of^In- 
gram  in  order  to  inherit  an  estate.     Moreover  this  assump- 
tion of  the  name  "Glegg"  occurred  about  a  hundred  years 
after  John  Baskervyle,  the  Emigrant,  the  ancestor  of  the 
Virginia  Baskervilles,  came  to  Virginia  about   1662,  as  will 
appear  later.     And  yet  we  cannot  help  feeling  a  little  resent- 
ment that  it  should  have  been  so.     However,  it  is  so,  and  has 
been  since  1758,  and  the  representative  of  the  family  in  1881 
was  John  Baskervyle  Glegg,  oi  Old  Withington  and  Gaytpn, 
esqr.,  born  Nov.  10,  1876,  his  father  having  died  in  iSyj.^JJU^M-^  ■'- 

They  were  all  loyal  members  of  the  Church  of  England, 
and  continue  so,  and  their  Virginia  descendants  are  with  few 
exceptions  Episcopalians.  They  worshipped  at  the  chapel  at 
Goosetrey,  where  they  were  baptized  and  buried  for  many 
years.  Later  most  of  the  baptisms  and  some  of  the  burials 
occurred  at  the  chapel  at  Chelford. 

One  of  the  parishes  of  Northvvich  Hundred  is  "Goosetrey 
cum  Barnshaw  Chaplry,"  which  contains  the  townships  of 
"Barnshaw  cum  Goosetrey,"  Twemlowe,  Blackden,  and  Lees. 
Of  these  Blackden  and  Goosetrey  were  inherited,  as  previ- 
ously stated,  by  the  Baskervyles  through  Margery,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Kynsey,  of  Blackden,  gent.,   (the  latter  died  and 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  23 

was  buried  at  Goosetrey  March  2nd,  1590),  who  married 
Thomas  Baskervyle,  of  Old  Withington,  gent.,  (died  and 
buried  at  Goosetrey  1588).  This  seems  to  have  been  the  first 
recorded  burial  of  a  Baskervyle  at  Goosetrey.  After  this 
most  of  the  baptisms  and  burials  seem  to  have  occurred  here 
until  after  John  Baskervyle,  of  Old  Withington  and  Blackden, 
esqr.,  (died  Jany.  19th,  1784,  aged  78,  monument  at  Goose- 
trey), married  Mary  Glegg  on  March  1,   1731,   (died  Febry. 

21st,  1784,  aged ,  monument  at  Goosetrey),  when  all  the 

baptisms  and  some  of  the  burials  occurred  at  the  chapel  at 
Chelford. 

The  Goosetrey  Chapel  was  a  "chapel  of  ease''  to  the 
Vicarage  of  Sandbach,  and  had  been  established  previous  to 
I35°,  when  "there  was  granted  a  license  to  bury  at  Goose- 
tree  on  account  of  the  distance  from  the  mother  church,  in 
which  (license)  all  oblations  for  funerals  and  otherwise  are 
reserved  for  the  Church  of  Sandbach."  The  chapel,  as 
stated,  was  in  Xorthwich  Hundred,  five  or  six  miles  S.  E. 
from  Old  Withington  Hall.  Reference  is  made  to  a  map  of 
Chesshire  in  Ormerod's  History,  Vol.  I,  p.  xlvii,  where 
Goosetrey,  Chelford.  and  Old  Withington  Hall  may  be  located. 

The  table  of  descent  of  the  Kinseys  of  Blackden,  and 
other  information  in  regard  to  them,  and  to  Goosetrey,  will 
be  found  in  the  history,  Vol.  Ill,  p.   131  and  f. 

The  present  (1881)  chapel  at  Goosetrey  is  a  plain  but 
neat  and  commodious  building  of  brick,  with  a  tower  erected 
in  1792.  The  church  yard  is  on  the  bank  of  a  small  brook, 
forming  a  parallelogram,  which  appears  to  have  been  the  site 
of  the  ancient  manor  house  of  Goosetrey.  In  this  chapel  and 
the  one  at  Chelford  are  many  interesting  monuments  of  the 
Baskervyles  and  Gleggs.  We  will  mention  only  some  of 
those  of  our  own  ancestors ,  as  having  special  interest  for  us. 

In  the  chapel  at  Goosetrey  on  an  old  wooden  tablet  sus- 
pended in  the  vestry  is  the  following  inscription,  viz. : 

"John  Baskervyle,  of  Old  Withington,  in  the  county 
palatine  of  Chester,  who  took  to  wife  Magdaline,  daughter  of 
George  Hope,  of  Queens  Hope,  in  the  county  of  Flint,  Esq. 


24  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

"He  had  issue  six  sons.  viz. :  George,  who  died  in  his 
minority,  Thomas,  Lawrence,  Randle,  John  [who  emigrated  to 
Virginia  about  1662. —  P.  H.  B.],  and  Henry  [whose  wijl  on 
record  in  London  identifies  the  Emigrant. — P.  H.  B.],  and  six 
daughters,  viz.:  Rebecca,  Elizabeth,  Magdaline,  (deceased); 
Katherine,  Alary,  and  Elizabeth,  (surviving).  He  died  ye 
sixteenth  day  of  February  anno  Domini  MDCLXII,  and  about 
sixty-third  yeere  of  his  age."  He  was  the  last  of  our  Eng- 
lish grandfathers. 

Then  follows  the  coat-of-arms,  which  will  be  described 
later. 

On  another  tablet  is  inscribed :  "Here  lyeth  the  body  of 
Magdalen,  daughter  of  George  Hope  of  Dodleston,  in  the 
county  palatyne  of  Chester,  Esqr.,  the  relict  of  John  Basker- 
vyle_,  of  Old  Withington,  in  the  said  county  palatyne  of 
Chester,  Esqr.,  by  whom  she  had  yssue  several  sonnes  and 
daughters.  She  died  the  XIX  day  of  April,  in  the  year  1670, 
aged  66  years."  She  was  the  last  of  our  English  grand- 
mothers. 

Then  follows  the  coat  of  arms. 

The  font  (in  the  Goosetrey  chapel)  is  octagonal,  orna- 
mented with  quartrefoils  in  panels  round  the  upper  part,  and 
with  shields  round  the  base,  the  bearings  of  which  are  defaced. 

A  survey  of  Goosetrey  church  taken  1569,  (Harl.  MSS, 
2151,  66),  notices  the  arms  of  Kinseys,  Venables,  &c,  and  the 
memorial  of  John  Baskervyle  of  Old  Withington  and  his  wife 
already  noticed.  The  vicarage  is  the  gift  of  the  Vicar  of 
Sandbach,  and  it  is  of  the  gross  value  of  £300  per  annum. 
The  population  in  1882  was  623.  In  i860  Wm.  Geo.  Armis- 
tead,  M.  A.,  became  vicar  and  continued  in  1882. 

The  Chapel  cf  Chclford  is  situated  in  the  township  of 
this  name,  in  the  Macclesfield  Hundred,  four  or  five  miles 
N.  W.  of  Old  Withington  Hall,  as  will  be  seen  on  Orme- 
rod's  map.  It  is  a  "chapel  of  ease,''  granted  with  the  entire 
"vill"  (township)  by  Robert  de  Worth  just  before  his  death 
in  1266,  with  his  body  to  be  buried  there,  to  the  monks  of 
Chester,  "'who  shall  celebrate  mass  there  on  Sundays  and  two 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  25 

week  days,"  al!  of  which,  and  other  features  and  conditions, 
are  confirmed  in  a  charter  (deed)  given  by  him  in  the  year 
named.  The  manor  of  Chelford  finally  passed  to  the  Main- 
warings,  and  was  divided  up  to  various  purchasers.  The 
burials  of  Easkervyles  there  all  seem  to  be  subsequent  to  the 
emigration  of  John  Baskervyle,  about  1662.  except  that  of 
Mrs.  Dorothy  (Davenport)  Baskervyle,  second  wife  of 
"Thomas  Baskervyle.  of  Old  Withington  and  Blackden,  gent.," 
the  grandfather  of  John1  Baskervyle.  This  burial  occurred 
in  1654. 

Near  the  banks  of  the  stream,  which  bounds  one  side  of 
the  park  of  Astle  Hall,  and  adjacent  to  the  high  road,  is  this 
Chapel  of  Chelford,  a  neat  modern  building  of  brick,  erected 
in  1774.  In  this  chapel,  East  of  the  North  aisle,  is  found  a 
panel,  upon  which  there  was  originally  a  portrait,  but  that 
it  might  be  turned  into  a  monument,  this  was  overlaid  with 
paint,  as  a  ground  for  the  lettering  of  the  inscription.  And 
below  the  arms  of  Baskervyle  impaling  Davenport  of  Calverly, 
with  crests  of  both  families,  is  an  inscription.  The  effect  is 
now  very  curious,  the  operation  of  time  on  the  paint  having 
brought  out  in  dim,  shadowy  form  the  features  of  the  person 
represented. 

The  inscription  is  as  follows : 

"On  ye  death  of  Mrs.  Dorothy  Baskerville,  who  died  ye  first  day  of 
Febru,  and  was  interred  ye  3r<1  of  Febr.,  1654,  at  Chelford. 

This  little  He,  this  narrow  roome,  contains  more  worth  shutt  up  in 

Tombe 
Than  can  my  Tongue  or  Pen  expresse;  to  Rich,  to  Pore,  to  Fatherlesse 
Our  Dorothy  a  Dorcas  was;  but  now  shee"  gone,  shees  dead  alas — 
Let  us  behinde  then  melt  to  tears,  few  livd  her  life,  though  some  her 

years — 
What  said  I;  she  is  gone  (not  yett),  God's  Pearles  are  in  his  cabinett. 
Shee*  chang1;  not  dead;  dyes,  th'  day  starr  onely  setts  to  rise." 

This  Airs.  Dorothy  Baskervyle  was  not  our  ancestor. 
She  was  the  second  wife  of  Thomas  Baskervyle,  grandfather 
of  John  Baskervyle,  the  Emigrant.  His  first  wife,  our  an- 
cestor, was  Dorothy  Adderly,  who  was  buried  at  Goosetrey. 


26  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

The  table  of  descent  preceding  this  sketch,  taken  from 
Ormerod's  work,  will  give  the  names,  and  such  facts  about 
each  one  as  we  know.     It  is  given  just  as  we  find  it. 

The  last  of  our  English  ancestors  were  John1*  Basker- 
vyle, of  Old  Withington,  b.  1599,  d.  1662,  and  Magdaline 
(Hope)  Baskervyle,  his  wife,  d.  1669.  They  had  six  sons  and 
six  daughters.  The  oldest,  George15  Baskervyle  died  under 
age,  and  the  family  estate  was  inherited  by  the  second  son, 
Thomas15  Baskervyle,  from  whom  the  present  owners  are  de- 
scended. The  fifth  son  was  John15  Baskervyle,  the  Emi- 
grant, born  1637,  baptized  at  Goosetrey,  Oct.  1st,  1637,  who 
came  to  Virginia,  and  settled  in  York  Co.  about  the  time  of 
his  father's  death  in  1662,  or  soon  after,  as  he  was  on  record 
as  Clerk  of  York  Co.  in  1664.  The  sixth  son,  Henry15  Bask- 
ervyle, born  in  1646,  died  in  1676,  and  was  buried  at  Goose- 
trey. His  will  is  on  record  in  Somerset  House,  London,  and 
the  following  is  an  abstract: 

"Henry  Baskerville,  citizen  of  London.  Will  26th 
Febry.,  1675-6;  proved  19th  May,  1676.  To  my 
brother  Thomas  Baskerville  and  wife  £12  for  mourning.  To 
my  brother  Thomas  Hund  and  wife  £12  for  mourning.  To 
my  brother  Thomas  Cowper  and  wife  £12  for  mourning.  To 
my  sister  Gregg  the  sum  of  16.  To  my  brother  Randall  Bask- 
erville £6  for  mourning  and  £5  per  annum  for  life.  To  my 
goddaughter  Katherin  Baskerville  iio  for  a  piece  of  plate. 
To  Mr.  Thomas  Edge  and  Mr.  William  Jenkyns,  ministers, 
£5  apiece.  To  my  brother,  John  Baskerville,  in  Virginia, 
£10.  To  Joan  Eaton  and  Mary  Morley,  maid  servants  to  my 
brother  Lawrence  Baskerville  £3  apiece.  To  Mr.  Henry  Aston 
and  wife  and  to  my  cosen  Swetanham  20s  apiece  to  buy  them 
rings.  To  my  friends,  Mr.  Hugh  Noden,  Mr.  Thomas  Yates, 
Doctor  William  Vaughan,  Mr.  John  and  Mr.  Charles  Hearle, 
Mr.  Richard  Newstub,  Mr.  Richard  Malcher,  Mr.  Thomas 
Jackson  of  Bromfield,  and  Mr.  Thomas  Cowles,  being  all  my 
countrymen,  10s.  each  for  a  ring.  All  the  rest  to  my  executor 
and  brother  Lawrence  Baskerville.  Witnesses,  Richard  Mal- 
cher, Tho.  Cowles."  (Va.  Hist.  Mag.,  Vol.  XV,  p.  58.) 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  27 

The  names  in  this  will  identify  the  Cheshire  family,  and 
the  fifth  brother  John  as  having  gone  to  Virginia.  His  pres- 
ence in  York  Co.,  Va.,  in  or  before  1664,  the  only  person  of 
that  name  on  record  in  Virginia  at  that  time,  and  the 
Cheshire  spelling  of  the  name,  which  was  continued  in  York 
Co.  for  a  generation  or  two,  render  the  identification  com- 
plete. 

This  completes  the  record  in  England,  and  this  history 
will  next  be  taken  up  in  that  of  the  Virginia  Baskcrvillcs. 

The  coat-of-arms  is  the  same  for  the  several  branches  of 
the  family,  viz. : 

Arms :  Argent,  a  chevron  Gules  between  three  hurts. 
This  is  the  same  as  in  the  old  hall  at  Dives,  France,  and  on 
the  Battle  Abbey  Roll,  and  is  represented  on  page  15. 

The  crests  are  different  for  the  different  branches  of  the 
family.  That  for  the  Hereford  and  Oxford  branches  is  de- 
scribed, as  follows : 

A  wolf's  head,  erased,  argent,  holding  in  its  mouth  a 
broken  spear  or  staff,  or  head  argent,  imbrued  gules. 

Motto,  Spero  ut  fidelis.  This  seems  to  be  used  only  by 
the  Oxford  branch. 

The  crest  for  the  Cheshire  branch  (our  own)  is: 

On  a  wreath,  a  forester  vert,  edged  or,  holding  over  the 

right  shoulder  a  cross-bow  or,  and  with  the  other  hand  in  a 

leash  a  hound — passant  Argent. 


28  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Thus  our  coat  of  arms  and  crest  appears  as  follows : 


SK   c-  i  ,%  '  V"-'  v'--'  4^'  '  *Q\ 


It  remains  to  say  a  few  words  about  the  other  English 
branches. 

The  original  settlement  was  in  Hereford  at  Erdisley, 
where  they  built  a  castle,  of  which  only  the  site  remains,  and 
this  branch  of  the  family  was  most  prominent.  Camden  in 
his  Brittanica  in  the  account  of  Herefordshire  speaks  of 
"Erdisley,  where  the  famous  and  ancient  familv-TBASKERViLLE 
have  long  inhabited,  which  bred  in  old  time  so  many  noble 
knights."  An  abbreviated  sketch  of  them  has  been  given  on 
p.  18,  bringing  them  down  to  Walter  Thomas  Alynor  Basker- 
ville, Esqr.,  of  Clyrow  Court,  Radnorshire,  b.  Jany.  1839,  the 
head  of  this  family  in  1847. 

This  branch  has  a  royal  descent,  which  was  engrafted 
into  it,  when  Sir  James  Baskerville,  Knight,  of  Erdisley,  liv- 
ing in  1433,  married  Elizabeth  Touchet,  daughter  of  John 
Touchet,  Baron  Auoley,  living  1405,  who  was  descended  from 
William  the  Conqueror.  Charlemagne.  Henry  I  of  France, 
Llewellyn  the  Great.  Prince  of  North  Wales,  &c.  This  will 
be  found  in  Burke's  Commoners  of  Great  Britain,  Vol.  II,  p. 
XVIII,  in  the  Va.  State  library.  This  does  not  affect  the 
Cheshire  branch. 

For  a  full  and  long  account  of  the  Erdisley  (Hereford) 
family,  see  Burke. 


Opposite  p.  38. 

"At  Erdisley,  like  so  many  ether  places  in  this  county 
(Herefordshire),  is  the  site  of  a  demolished  castle,  or  rather, 
as  recorded  in  the  Domesday  Book,  'of  a  fortified  dwelling', 
domus  defensabiiis,'  'builded,'  says  Taylor  in  his  History  of 
Gavelkind  (a  peculiar  kind  of  land  tenure),  'because  of  its 
vicinity  to  the  Welsh  borders.'  " — Beauties  of  England  and 
Wales,  Brewer,  London,  181S,  Vol.  6.  p.  547  (Herefordshire). 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  29 

Several  celebrities,  descended  from  this  family,  are  men- 
tioned in  the  encyclopedias. 

Sir  Thomas  Baskerville  (died  1597)  was  the  son  of 
Henry  Baskerville,  Esqr.,  of  the  city  of  Hereford,  and  is  de- 
scribed as  "of  Good  Rest.  Warwickshire."  He  was  a  promi- 
nent general  in  the  English  army,  and  obtained  a  high  repu- 
tation as  a  military  commander.  He  led  several  successful 
military  expeditions,  and  accompanied  several  voyages  under 
Drake  and  Hawkins,  as  a  military  commander.  He  died  of 
fever  at  Ficqueny,  in  Picardy,  France.  June  4th,  1597,  and 
was  buried  in  St.  Paul's,  London,  with  a  monument.  Of 
course,  this  was  consumed  in  the  Great  Fire  of  1666. 

Sir  Simon  Baskerville,  M.  D.,  (1574-1641),  phvsician, 
son  of  Thomas  Baskerville,  apothecary,  &6*v,  descended  from 
the  Baskervilles  of  Herefordshire.  He  attained  great  eminence 
in  the  profession,  and  was  appointed  physician  to  James  I,  and 
afterwards  to  Charles  I,  who  conferred  knighthood  upon  him. 
It  is  related  that  he  had  a  hundred  patients  a  week,  and  he 
amassed  so  much  wealth  as  to  acquire  the  title  ''Sir  Simon 
Baskerville,  the  Rich."  Further  it  is  recorded  of  him  that  he 
was  a  great  friend  to  the  clergy  and  never  took  any  fees 
of  them,  or  of  any  suffering  cavalier.  &c,  &c.  He  died  July 
5,  1641,  and  was  buried  in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  where  a 
mural  monument  was  erected  to  his  memory,  which  was 
also  burned  in  1666.  An  abstract  of  his  will  may  be  found 
in  the  Va.  Hist.  Soc.  library,  in  "Genealogical  Gleanings  in 
England,"  Waters,  proved  by  his  wife.  "Dame  Catherine  Bask- 
erville," but  it  is  not  of  special  interest. 

John  Baskerville,  the  printer,  (1706-1775)  born  at  Sion 
Hill,  Wolverley.  Worcestershire,  on  Jany.  28th,  1706,  was 
probably  the  most  widely  known  of  the  name.  He  acquired 
his  prominence  as  a  printer  solely  by  his  genius,  and  energetic 
industry. 

A  more  detailed  account  of  these  people,  and  others  of 
the  name,  may  be  found  in  tiie  Dictionary  of  National  Biogra- 
phy (English),  Leslie  Stephens,  1885,  'm  the  Virginia  State 
library. 


30  Baskeryille  Genealogy. 

Another  branch  of  the  family,  an  offshoot  of  the  Here- 
ford famiiy,  is  found  in  the  Baskerviiies  cf  Crowsley  Park, 
Oxfordshire,  of  which  the  representative  in   1882  was 

John  Baskerville,  Esqr..  of  Crowley  Park,  Oxfordshire, 
J.  P.,  and  D.  L. ;  Lt.  Coin.  Oxfordshire  Hussars,  formerly 
Major  of  14th  Hussars ;  born  Nov.  9th,  1839,  m.  Caroline, 
daughter  of  Win.  Chas.  Henry,  Esqr.,  of  Haffield,  Co.  Here- 
ford, and  has  issue : 

Geoffrey,  b.  23rd  Augt,  1870. 
Humphrey,  b.    1879. 
Clara  Juliet. 
Maud  Lucy. 

This  is  a  branch  of  the  ancient  family  of  Baskerville,  as 
follows  : 

Philip  Baskerville,  who  settled  in  Wilts  (son  of  Sir 
Walter  Baskerville  of  Erdisley,  K.  B.,  by  Elizabeth  his  sec- 
ond wife,  daughter  of  Henry  ap  Milo  ap  Henry)  had  by  Ag- 
nes, his  wife,  daughter  of  John  Harnlyn  of  that  county, 

John  Baskerville,  who  settled  Malmesbury,  married  and 
had  two  sons,  Francis  and  John,  the  latter 

John  Baskerville.  of  Malmesbury,  Wilts,  buried  there 
Nov.  3rd,  1681.  And  so  on  through  a  iong  line  to  the  present 
representative  first  stated. 

A  full  account  of  the  Oxfordshire  family  will  be  found 
in  Burke's  Commoners  of  Great  Britain,  Vol.  VII,  p.  xviii, 
in  Va.  State  Library. 

The  writer  en  route  to  England,  crossing  the  Atlantic  in 
the  Atlantic  Transport  Co.  steamer  "Minehaha"  in  July  1900, 
met  on  board  Capt.  Lund  of  the  English  army,  retired,  and 
his  wife,  Mrs.  Lund.  When  I  met  her,  she  was  attracted  by 
my  name,  and  told  me  that  her  earliest  and  lifelong  friends 
were  Misses  Baskerville  of  Oxfordshire,  whose  family  was 
one  of  the  best  in  the  country,  and  who  were  very  attractive 
people.  It  seemed  to  be  a  bond  of  union  between  us,  and  she 
was  very  gracious,  and  cordial.     We  found  her  a  very  at- 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  31 

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tractive  lady.     Her   friends  were  evidently  of  this   CrowJey 

Park  family. 

Thus  we  see  that  there  are  at  present  at  least  three  dis- 
tinct branches  of  the  Baskervilles  in  England,  all  of  good 
standing  among  the  gentry,  viz. : 

1.  The  Hereford  family,  of  which  the  representative  in  1881 

was 

Walter  Thomas  Mynor  Baskerville,  Esqr.,  of  Clyrow 
Castle,  Radnorshire,  born  Jany.  7th,  1839; 

2.  The  Oxford  family  of  which  the  representative  in  1881  was 

John  Baskerville,  Esqr.,  of  Crovvley  Park,  Oxfordshire, 
J.  P.  &  D.  L. ;  Lt.  Coin,  of  Oxfordshire  Hussars,  former 
Major  of  14th  Hussars;  born  Nov.  9th,  1839,  m-  Caro- 
line, daughter  of  Wm.  Chas.  Henry,  Esqr.,  of  Haffield, 
Co.  Hereford ; 

3.  The  Cheshire  family,  if  they  may  be  called   Baskervilles, 

of  which  the  representative  in  1881  was 
John  Baskervyle-Glegg,  b.  Nov.  10,  1876. 

The  lists,  which  we  have,  are  only  those  of  the  heads  of 
families,  the  oldest  sons  inheriting  by  right  of  primogeniture. 
The  families  have  been  quite  large,  and  it  may  well  be  under- 
stood that  in  the  lapse  of  so  many  centuries  the  descendants 
have  multiplied  into  a  vast  host.  Of  course  many  of  these 
have  become  empoverished,  particularly  under  the  English 
method  of  inheritance,  and  many  have,  perhaps,  become  ob- 
scure and  sought  maintenance  and  occupation  in  the  lower 
ranks  of  life.  This  is  the  case  with  every  family.  But  the 
name  is  wide-spread  and  well  known  in  England,  and  holds 
an  honorable  and  good  position,  with  nothing  to  be  ashamed 
of.  The  writer  has  acquired  a  habit  of  spelling  the  name  to 
people  here  in  America,  but  in  England  he  found  this  unnec- 
essary, as  he  was  often  told  "You  need  not  spell  it — we  are 
very  familiar  with  the  name."  But  they  all  spelt  it  with  a>"e" 
at  the  end  of  it.  He  did  not  know  of  the  Cheshire  branch 
then,  and  did  not  investigate  the  name  in  that  country.         k 


SOME  ENGLISH  GRAND- 
MOTHERS 


Now  we  take  up  the  English  grandmothers,  the  ladies 
who  married  into  the  Baskervyle  family  of  Cheshire,  before 
John1*  Baskervyle  emigrated  to  Virginia  about  1662. 

We  do  not  know  the  names  of  some  of  them,  and  some 
of  them  are  from  other  counties  than  Cheshire,  to  histories  of 
which  the  writer  has  not  hitherto  had  access,  our  chief  source 
of  information  being  Ormerod's  History  of  Cheshire.  But 
some  of  them  we  can   trace. 

THE  BOSTOKE  FAMILY 

Agnes,  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Nicholas  Bostoke,  of 
Modburlegh,  2nd  son  of  Sir  Adam  de  Bostoke,  Lord  of 
Bostoke,  married  Raxdle7  Baskervyle,  she  being  alive  in 
1423.  She  was  a  daughter  of  a  very  distinguished  family. 
The  Bostokes  are  said  to  have  decended  (and  the  full  lineage 
is  given)  in  the  direct  male  line  from  Osmlr,  the  Saxon 
proprietor  of  Bostock  or  Botestoch,  Cheshire,  also  lord  of 
Shipbrook  and  of  several  other  townships,  in  the  time  of 
Edward  the  Confessor  (1041-1066),  whose  father  is  also 
given.  Of  the  descendants  of  Osmer  in  the  fifth  generation 
Sir  Warren  Bostock  ( 1 155 )  married  Hawise,  daughter  of 
Hugh  de  Kaveltoc.  Earl  of  Chester,  who  ditd  1180,  and 
through  this  family  the  lineage  may  be  traced  to  the  ancestor 
of  the  Dukes  of  Normandy,,  and  to  Alfred  the  Great. 

The  Bostoek  lineage  is  given  in  full  in  Ormerod's 
Cheshire,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  253. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  33 

Nicholas  Bostock,  father  of  Agnes  Bostock,  who 
married  Randle7  Baskervyle,  was  ninth  in  direct  male  de- 
scent from  Sir  Warren  Bostoke,  who  married  Hawies, 
Countess  of  Lincoln  (in  her  own  right),  and  during  this 
time  they  maintained  a  conspicious  standing  among  the  gentry 
of  Cheshire. 

For  detailed  Bostoke  lineage  see  Appendix  B. 

The  male  line  of  the  Bostoke  family  expired  with  Wil- 
liam Bostoke,  of  Bostoke,  who  died  without  issue  in  1490. 

THE  MAINWARING  FAMILY 

Agnes  Main  waring,  of  Peover,  married  'William9 
Baskervyle,  of  Old  Withington.  He  died  in  1509,  and  she 
survived  him. 

The  Mainwarings,  of  Peover,  or  Over  Pever,  or  Over 
Peover,  have  always  maintained  a  good  position  among  the 
gentry  of  Cheshire.  Rannulfus,  apparently  the  first  trace- 
able ancestor  of  the  family  in  the  male  line,  in  the  time  of 
William  the  Conqueror,  owned  this  township  of  Peover  or 
Pevre  and  numerous  other  estates  in  Cheshire  and  Norfolk, 
evidently  granted  to  him  by  William  in  consideration  of  his 
eminent  personal  services,  the  record  being  found  in  the 
Domesday  Book.  At  first  they  were  "lords  of  Warminchmn," 
where  the  family  seat  was,  but  Sir  William  Meinwarin, 
Kt.,  of  the  seventh  generation,  second  son  of  Sir  Roger 
Mesnilwarin  (so  spelled),  lord  of  Warminchea.  sometime 
about  1250  received  from  his  father  the  gift  of  Over  Peover, 
and  established  the  family,  to  which  belonged  Agnes  Main- 
waring,  who  married  William9  Baskervyle,  of  Old  With- 
ington, sometime  before  1509,  when  he  died.  He  and  his 
heirs  have  continued  to  reside  there  to  the  time  of  our  latest 
information  in  1881.  It  continued  vested  in  the  male  line 
until  1797,  when  Sir  Henry  Mainwaring.  of  Over  Peover, 
bart.,  born  1729,  died  unmarried,  and  devised  the  estate  to 
Thomas  Wetenhal,  his  half  brother,  the  son  of  his  mother  by 
a   second   marriage.     Thomas    Wetenhal   assumed   the   name 


34  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

and  arms  of  Mainwaring,  and  his  great  grandson  was  created 
a  baronet  in  1804.  The  history  of  this  family  is  treated  in 
■detail  in  Ormerod's  Cheshire,  Vol.   Ill,  p.  225,  and  Vol.   I, 

P.  477- 

For  detailed  Mainwaring  lineage,  see  Appendix  C. 

THE  WYNINGTON  FAMILY 

Emma  Wynington,  daughter  of  John  Wynington, 
gent.,  of  Ermitage,  married  another  William11  Baskervyle, 
of  Old  IVifhington,  who  was  living  in  1517  and  1578. 

The  Winningtons,  of  Winnington,  were  another  very 
ancient  family  of  the  gentry  of  Cheshire,  whose  full  lineage 
will  be  found  in  Ormerod's  Cheshire,  Vol.  II,  205,  and  Vol. 
Ill,  130.  They  are  descended  from  William  de  Wyning- 
ton, who  seems  to  have  acquired  that  estate  in  1272.  Roger 
de  Wynington,  second  son  of  Robert,  the  third  lord  of 
Wynington.  acquired  in  13 19  a  part  of  an  estate  in  North- 
wich,  and  became  Wynington,  of  Northwich.  Hugh  de 
Wyninton,  fourth  generation  from  this  Roger,  about  1403, 
married  Cicely,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Thomas  Haslyn- 
ton,  of  Herm-xtage3  or  Ermitage,  and  removed  to  the  last 
place,  and  then  the  family  were  the  Wynintons,  or  Win- 
ningtons, of  Hermitage.  About  a  hundred  years  later  Emma 
Wyninton  married  William11  Baskervyle,  as  stated.  This 
line  of  Winnington  terminated  with  this  generation,  her  two 
brothers  having  died   without  issue. 

For  detailed  Winnington  lineage  see  Appendix  D. 

THE  KINSEY  FAMILY 

Margery,  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Thomas  Kinsey,  of 
Blackden,  esqr..  married  Thomas12  Baskervyle,  of  Old 
Withington,  who  died  1588,  and  she  died  1590. 

The  Kinseys,  of  Blackden,  had  been  in  possession  of  the 
family  seat  for  at  least  a  hundred  years,  and  it  was  inherited 
by   this    Margery,   wife   of   Thomas12    Baskervyle.    They 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  35 

were  of  the  gentry  of  the  county,  but  we  have  not  much  in- 
formation in  regard  to  them.  See  Ormerod's  Cheshire,  Vol. 
Ill,  138  and  718.     These  places  are  all  in  Cheshire. 

Dorothy,  daughter  of  Ralph  Adberly,  of  Blackchough, 
Co..  Stafford,  gent.,  who  died  1602,  and  Magdaline,  daughter 
of  George  Hope,  of  Queens  Hope,  Co.  Flint,  esqr.,  who  died 
1669,  were  the  last  two  English  grandmothers,  but  as  the 
writer  has  no  access  to  family  histories  of  these  two  coun- 
ties, they  have  not  been  traced.  Possibly  this  may  be  done 
later. 

The  family  tables  in  the  appendices  seem  to  be  not  much 
more  than  strings  of  names,  but  they  are  ancestors,  and  be- 
sides they  show  that  the  family  connections  from  the  earliest 
times  were  with  the  substantial,  land  owning  gentry  of  Eng- 
land. 

With  regard  to  the  various  spelling  of  these  names  of 
people  and  places,  please  observe  that  we  have  been  passing 
rapidly  over  centuries,  and  that  it  is  not  unnatural  that  the 
spelling  should  vary  at  these  long  intervals.  The  spelling  of 
our  reference  books  has  been  retained. 


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Table  A. 

John1  Baskkrvyle=Mary  Barber. 
1637-1679.  d.  1694. 


Emigrant  from  Cheshire,  England, 
about  1662.  Clefk  of  York  Co., 
Va. 


d.  of  Col.  Wm.  Barber,  of  York  Co., 
1602-1669'  M.  H.  B.  1663,  and  his  wife, 
Mary,  widow  of  John  Dennett. 


Elizabeth2  Bas-  Mary2   Busker-       Magdalene-  Rebecca2   Bas- 

kervyle,                   vyle,                Baskervyle,  keivyle, 

b.  before    1668,  b.  before    1668,  b.    after     1668,  b.  after  1668. 

d.  before  1693.  m.  Jno.  Batten,  m.  Jos.  White. 


Geo.2  Baskervylk--Fliz.  Norvell,  Sarah2  Kasker- 

b.  about  1676,        I  d.    of    Hugh  vyle. 

Deeds  I7i4and  17.  |  Norvell,      of  b.  after  1674. 
I  ]as.  City  Co. 


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1 
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George3   Bas- 

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John3     Basker- 

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irah3  Basker 

Batten. 

Battel 

White. 

KERVYLE, 

vyle, 

vyle, 

Kervvie, 

vyle, 

d.  r777,m  Mar- 

York 1738, 

will  in  York 

will   Cumber- 

in 

Hugh's  will 

tha  Minge,  d. 

Cumberland 

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0.  s.  p. 

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Magdalene1  U.is- 

kerville, 
m.  Dr  Win.  I). 

Trabue. 

I 
Frances'  I  rahue, 
Dr.  Thos.  S. 
Rabiou. 


John'     Basker- 

ville, 
will   Cumber- 
land, 1788, 
o.  s.  p. 


Richard'     Bas- 
kerville, 
m.   Martha 
Gude   in    1770; 
5  'deeds  in 
Cumberland, 
'773-5- 


George1    Has- 

kerville, 
m.  1,  —  Scott; 
2,  —  Cox;  3, 
Priscilla  Ches- 
hire; will  Cum- 
berland, 1S04. 
See  Table  1). 


Wm.(  Barber 

Baskerville, 

o.  s  p. 


Daughter,5 
m.  Scott. 


Daughter,5 
m.  Pringle. 


Daughter,* 
m.  Owen. 


Thomas5  Jno.5  Barber 

Baskerville,         Baskerville, 
d.  unm.  d.  unm. 


I 
Lewis"  Rabiou. 


Anthony5  Rabiou.  Chatlotte8  Rabiou. 

4.    Mecki.enuurg   Branch. 


Samuel1    Bas- 
kerville, 
d.  1830, 
m.   Staiira 
Booker  1792; 
lieutenant  Rev. 
War;  Soc.  Cin- 
cinnati;   went 
to  Ohio. 

J 

I 
Polly5 
Baskerville. 


Caroline8  Rabiou. 


Mary4  Basker- 
ville, 
m.  Bass. 


James5 
Baskerville. 


|ohn4  Baskervill, 
m.  Mary  Burton; 
no  lecord;  said  to 
have  gone  to 
Florida. 


I 

Anne1  Baskervill, 

d.  before  1768; 

in.  Wm.  Lucas, 

u.  s.  p. 


Martha1  Minge 
Baskervill,    in. 

Fred'k  Lucas; 
family  moved 
West. 


Maiy1  Baskervill, 
tn.  Farrar ;  family 
in  Mecklenburg. 


William1  Basic  i-:r- 
vili.,  *  *?<■<  1814; 
m.  Makv  Eaton, 
d.  1842. 

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ni.  Eliz.  Tabb,  died 
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Table  B. 

1786 
William4  Baskervill=Marv  Eaton. 
I7*^-iSi^.  d.  1842. 


Charles5  Basker- 

Y1LL,    I7S8-I834, 

in.   1,   E1.1/.  Anne 
Coleman,  1813,  d. 
1  8  2  1  ;    2  ,    Lucy    verly 
Guild  e,    1S23,    d. 

1868.         I 


I 
William5  Rust  Bas- 

kervill,  b.  1789, 
m.    Sally      Dortch 
1S24,  lived  at  Wa- 


D.  Busker- 

1 
Elizabeth"  BasUer- 

1 
Mary5  Eaton   Bas- 

1 
Anne5  Baskervill 

1793,  m.  1, 

vill,  1790, 

kervill, 

b.  1800, 

eth  Willis; 

m.    Col.    Ro.    Hill 

m.  Patrick  Ham- 

m. Thomas 

-  Wiliains. 

Jones,  Shf.  Warren 

ilton. 

Turner. 

11  IV-teis- 
urg. 

Co.,  N.  C. 

See  Table  E. 

See  Table  F. 

See  Table  G. 

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Table  C. 


George1  Hunt  Baskervill=Eiizabeth  Tabb, 
b.  1765,  d.  1811.  d.  1S36. 


I    I    I 
Daughter,  o 
George, 
William  E. 

■I 
John"  Tabb 
Baskervill, 
1844-1S62. 


— n -J-. — 

Mary*  Anne«=SamueL  Douglas, 
Baskervill,  went'West. 

1793-1872.  See  Table  K 


Rev.  George6=Sallie  Lewis 
Booth  Read. 

Baskervill, 
b.  FS47, 


lohn5  Tabb=Eliz.  Ma'one, 
Baskervill.    I    went  West. 

/  9  0 1- 1  S  7  I J 


Prof.  \Villiam=i,  Florence 


Basl 


Adams,  of 
Lynchburg,  Va. 

2,  Janie  Mc- 
Tye!re,d  Bishop 

McTyeire,  Mont- 
gomery, Ala. 


Martha5  Minge= Dicke^-/ 

Baskervill.  son. 

See  Table  L. 

Margarefssl.  L.  McKee, 

Memphis,  Tenn. 


Baskervill. 


John' Tabb    lames' Read  Chas.'  Read    Wm.' Hunt     Geo.' Booth     Mary' T. 


Baskerv 
h.  1870. 


Baskervill, 
1S70-1873. 


nskervill.       Bask 

h.  1872  {Chi- 
cago, III.), 

m.  Catharine 
P.  On 


ill. 


j(   Rich- 
mond,  Va. 


b.  1874;  lum- 
ber. Stanton, 

Tenn. 

m.  Kate  A. 

Taylor, 

Stanton, 

Tenn. 


rvill, 
b.  1876. 

Engineer, 
Macon,. Miss, 
m.  Mamie 
Hurt,  of 
Birming- 
ham, Ala. 


Baskervll 
b.  1879. 
in.  Rev.  W. 
M.  Green, 
Del  Rio, 
Texas. 


Jno.'  Pepper  Battle' 
Baskervill,      Malovie 
1882-1883.        Baskervill, 
1884-1900. 


Margaret' 
Baskervill, 

b  1886. 
Mason, 
Tenn. 


Latham8  Baskervill, 
daughter  b.  1906. 


Katherine' 

Baskervill, 
b.  1995. 


Margaret" 
Green, 
b.  1907. 


Sarah' 
Green, 
b.  191 1. 


2nd  m 


John'  Adams 

Baskervill, 

Nashville, 

Tenn. 

ni.  Charlotte 

Welch. 


I 
Amelia' 
Baskervill, 
m.  Prof.  W.  E. 
Martin.  Woni- 
College,  Mont- 
gomery, Ala. 


Elizabeth' 
Baskervill, 

m.  Warren 
Wall.    Farm- 
ville,  Va., 
February,  1912. 


Wm.'  Malone 

Baskervill, 
on  Atlanta 
daily  paper. 


I 
James"  Martin. 


Bessie'  McKee,  Wm.'  Lytle 
m.  Lawrence       McKee. 
Craig. 

All  in  Memohis 


Lawrence8  Craig,  b.  1910. 


Jno.'  Baske 
McKee. 


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VIRGINIA  BASKERVILLS. 

PULASKI  BKrtNCii. 

Table  D. 

George*  Baskerville  — t, Scott. 

of  Cumberland  Co.   I  2, Cox. 

Will  in        "     joo.f.  I  3,  Piiseilia  Cheshire. 


John8  Has 
ville. 


George 
Basker- 


Sanniel5 
Baskerville, 
d.  1794- 
Inventory. 


Geoige5 
Baskerviii 


Kii:abetl.= 

8?.skervil!e, 

in.  1,  Talliaferro, 


Richatd5 Eas- 
kerviileljr.) 


Henry5  Bas- 
kerville, 
d.  infant. 


Fias- 


1'olly 

Basket 

ville. 


Belr-y         Judith         Minor 
Basker-      Basker-      Baske 

ville.  ville.  ville. 


William5   Barber 
kerville, 
b.  Cumberland  1790, 
d.  +i«^t*k4  iSS^iu^  , 
m.  Mary  Ferguson. 


1 

:'\ 

Ij.imu.-I 
Scott 
Basker- 
ville. 

•   1 

1 

1 

William 
Hatcher 
Basker- 
ville. 

1 
George 
Basker- 
ville 

1 
John 
Basker- 
ville. 

1 
William 
Basker- 
ville. 

1 
Eliza 
Basker- 
ville. 

iU^Lc 


Jno.  Barber 
Basker- 
ville, 

d.  1906, 


George 

W. 

Basker- 


Martha  K. 
Baskerville, 


Mary, 
Basker- 
ville, 


Judith, 

Basker- 
ville, 


Spencer 
Basker- 
ville, 


1  nomas 
Basker- 
ville, 


William 
Basket  - 


Dudley, 
i 


Wysor. 


Mary 
Baskerville. 


Ida  Baskerville, 
m.  P.  McCaull. 


Ernest 
McCall. 


Dniry 
Basker 

ville. 


I 
Blanche 
Baskerville, 

m. Moore, 

went  to 
California. 


I      ' 
Walter  Scott 
Baskerville, 

m.  Stover, 

went  to 
Minnesota. 


Lucy 

Baskerville, 

m. Lyons, 

went  to 
California. 


Kate 

Basker- 


Jam'es  A. 
Basker- 
ville, 


Caldwell.        Snodrass. 


JohnJBasker- 

ville'bf 
Roanoke,  Va., 
m. Leach. 


James  Roy 
Baskerville, 

m. Carlton, 

went  to  Wash- 
ington State. 


John  B. 
McCall. 


Arthur 
McCall. 


Matikla 
McCall. 


Patrick 
McCall. 


John  B. 
Moore. 


William  Mary  M. 

E.  Moore.       Moore. 


Blanche 
Moore. 


Bernard 
Moore. 


Mary 
Baske 


William 
Basker- 


l.la 

Baske 

ville. 


Rosalie      Ida 
Lyons.        Lyons 


Charles 
Lyons. 


Margin 

rile 

Lyons. 


Mary 
Lyons 


I  I  I 

Fred-  James  [ohn 

erick  Roy  Lyons. 

Lyons.  Lyons. 


lior-U* 


George  John  Barber 
Spencer  Baskerville, 
Baskerville.      111. Lloyd. 


Henry 
Baskerville, 


Cynthia  Martha 

Baskerville,      Baskerville, 
o.  s.  p.  o.  s.  p. 


Alonzo 
Wright. 


Mary  Jennie 

Wright.  Wright. 


Kate 
Wright. 


Mary  Baskerville, 
m. Kent. 


Liiia  Baskerville, 
m.  Kent. 


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Tahle  F—  Continued. 

12/14/1S12. 
Marv  Eaton  Baskervill^Patrick*  Hamilton, 

I  b.  1789,  d.  1S50— from  Scotland. 


Wm.a  Baskervill 
Hamilton, 


111.  Mary  Turner 
1836. 


I  I  I 

Mary"  Eiiphemia  Charles'1  Eaton  Koben"  Alston 

Hamilton,  Hamilton,  Hamilton, 

b.  1S1.S,  d.  1890,  b.  1816,  b.  1818,  d.  , 

m.  Geo.  Tarry  m.  1,  Jane  Coie-  m.  1,  Sarah  Ale: 

1832.  man;  2,  Mrs.  ander;  2,  Mrs. 

I  Sally  A.  Watkins.  Martha  Morton. 


I  I 

James6  Hamilton,    Isabella6 
b.  1820,  Alston 

m.  Maria  Abert.      Hamilton, 
b.  1S23, 
d-  1S54, 
m.  H.  E.  C. 
Baskervill. 


Alexander6 

Hamilton, 

m.  Anna  Young, 

lived  in 

Mississippi. 


Charles' 

Hamil- 
ton. 


Robert' 
Patrick 
Hamil- 
ton, m. 
Lelia 
Watki  n.S' 


Hamil- 
ton. 


I 
Sarah' 
Hamil 
ton,  m. 
U'm.  C 
Morion. 


I'atiick' 
Hamil- 
ton. 


Alexander': 
Hamilton, 


'     Janev'         Ma 
Hamil-       Ha 
ton.  m.       ion 
S.  Som- 
erville,  ol 
Lynchburg,  Va. 


Robert' 
Hamil- 
ton. 


Louise' 
Hamil- 
ton. 


William' 
Hamil- 
ton. 


-  Venable, 
Donnan, 

McGill. 


Betiy". 


Alex 

ander 


ftebeltS   Sa)l>    Alexander 

Hamil-     Hamilton, 

ton.  m.  Chas.  Lassilei . 


Morton 


Bessie" 
Morton. 


Mary' 
Eaton 
Hamil- 
ton, 
I).  1863, 
m.  Dr. 
P.  Ambler 

Caskie. 

I  ~~i 

Wm.»  G.  -  Emniett" 
Morton.      Morton. 


Patrick' 
Hamilton, m. 
Henrietia 
Garreit. 

I 
;n*,       Sarah8. 


I  ! 

Alston'  " 
Hamil-  "Ha 
ton. 


ime 


I 
Lucy' 
Hamil- 
ton,'m. 
Henry 
Long. 


Anna' 
Hamil- 
ton, 
m. 

Hold*. 


VVm.' 
Basker- 
vill 

Hamil- 
ton. 


P.  Hamil- 
ton' Bas- 
kervill. 
b.  1848, 
m.  E.  M. 

SK  ELTON. 
I 


■  _i 

I 

Isabella' 
A.  H. 
Dasker- 
ville, 
b-  l8s», 
d.  186-, 


Mary', 
Eaton 
Basker- 
vill, 

h.  iS-,2, 
d.  1855. 


Henry' 
E.  C. 
Basker- 

vill, 

b.  1854, 
d.  1855. 


John*  Skelton 
Baskervill, 
b.  1876,  d.  1S79. 


Hamilton*  Meade 

Baskervill, 

b.  18S2. 


I        I 


Mary'  George' 

Hamilton  Patrirk 
Tarry,         Tarry, 


b.  183R, 
d.  18.18, 
m.  Flem- 
ing |eff- 
ries. 


Edward11 
Rawlins 
Tarry, 
b.  1871. 
m. . 


1841, 


b. 

d. 

m.  Mary 
G.  Raw- 
lins 1870. 


George* 
Tarry, 
b.  1873- 


Patrick' 
Hamil- 
ton, m. 
Sally 
Payne. 


Henri- 
etta' M. 
Hamilton, 
b.  1843, 


Tarry. 


Eiiphemia* 

Alston 
Hamilton, 

b.  1S45, 

111.  Dr. 

Drake. 


H.  E.' 

Coleman 
Hamilton, 
d.  num. 


Charles' 
Hamilton, 
d.  young. 


Charles* 
Hamilton 

Tarry. 


Albin" 
kawlins 
Tarry, 
I).  1875. 


Lucy3  Davis 
Tarry. 


F.nphemia*  Samuel8 
Tarry.  Tarry. 


Edward' 

Tarry 

Hamilton, 

m.  

Powell, 
left  3  sons. 

f 


Rebecca' 
Hamilton, 
m    O.  C. 
Farrar. 


Edward* 
Farrar. 


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Hamilton" 

Mary"  Eato 

n       Ethel"  N. 

William" 

Elizabeth" 

Tarry, 

Baskervill 

Tarry, 

Tarrv, 

Baskervill 

A.  Tarrv, 

b.  1S7S, 

Tany. 

1).  1S83. 

b.  1876. 

Tarrv, 

•>.  i»93- 

111.  

d.  1S86. 

b.  18S9. 

I 

U'm.  Patrick' 
Hamilton, 
b.  1836, 
m.  Lucy  Tarr 
I 


Mar>*V. 
Hamilton 
d.  1S96. 


Edward*  Tarry 
Hamilton. 


Rebecca' 

Hamilton, 

111.  Herbeit  Lee, 

three  sons. 


Win."  Palrick 
Hamilton. 


I 
I  ucy"  Tarry 
Hamilton, 
m.  W.  A.  Bryson. 


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VIRGINIA  BASKERVILLES 


The  Virginia  Baskervilles  all  are  descended  from  John1 
Baskervyle,  who  emigrated  about  A.  D.  1662  from  Old 
Withington,  Cheshire,  England.  It  is  true  that  we  find  a 
record  of  a  Robert  Baskerville.  who  came  from  London  to 
Virginia  in  1635  (Hotten.  p.  137),  but  we  see  nothing  more 
about  him,  and  his  name  does  not  appear  in  the  later  lists, 
so  that  it  seems  certain  that  he  either  returned  to  England, 
or  died  soon  without  a  family,  as  happened  to  most  of  the 
immigrants  at  that  time.  Besides  we  can  definitely  trace 
back  the  lineage  of  all  of  the  name  in  this  country  to  this 
John1  Baskervyle,  of  York  Co.,  Va.,  the  immigrant  of  1662. 
For  more  than  a  hundred  years  they  all  remained  in  Virginia, 
but  after  the  Revolutionary  War  they  began  to  scatter,  and 
are  now  living  in  many  other  States,  among  them  North 
Carolina,  South  Carolina,  Georgia,  Alabama.  Mississippi, 
Texas.  Minnesota,  California,  and  New  York.  But  they  all 
are  traceable  back  to  John1  Baskervyle. 

For  more  than  fifty  years,  apparently  until  the  third 
generation,  they  remained  in  York  Co.,  and  then  began  to 
drift  westward  through  Charles  City  Co.  to  Cumberland  Co. 
And  after  1747  there  are  no  more  Baskervyle  records  in  York 
Co. 

Of  the  two  'sons  of  the  third  generation,  who  had  de- 
scendants, one  settled  in  Cumberland  Co.,  and  after  remain- 
ing there  about  two  years  sold  out  and  moved  to  Mecklen- 
burg Co.,  and  established  the  Mecklenburg  branch.  The 
other  son,  who  had  descendants,  settled  in  Cumberland  Co., 
where  he  and  his  descendants  remained  for  several  genera- 
tions.   One  of  the  sixth  generation  moved  from  Cumberland 


40  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Co.  to  Pulaski  Co.,  and  established  a  family  there,  which 
has  become  quite  numerous,  and  a  good  deal  scattered.  The 
others  in  Cumberland  have  all  disappeared  and  there  is  none 
of  the  name  in  the  county  to-day. 

There  were  other  sons  of  the  third  generation,  who  did 
not  leave  descendants.  Some  of  them  died  in  York  Co.,  and 
some  in  Cumberland  Co.  This  will  be  shown  as  our  history 
progresses. 

The  name  continued  to  be  spelt  Baskervyle,  the  Cheshire 
spelling,  in  York  Co.,  as  the  records  show;  but  in  the  Cum- 
berland records  we  find  it  Baskerville,  and  in  Mecklenburg, 
Baskervill.  The  Pulaski  branch  seem  to  have  retained  the 
final  e.  Descendants  of  the  Mecklenburg  branch,  wherever 
scattered,  seem  to  retain  the  shorter  spelling,  except  that 
many  of  the  ladies,  and  some  of  the  men  of  the  youngest 
generation,  have  added  the  e.  The  "general  public"  insist 
upon  the  final  e,  no  matter  what  is  said  to  them. 

For  the  sake  of  greater  simplicity,  we  begin  to  number 
the  generations  again  from  the  Immigrant,  whom  we  call 
John1  Baskervyle. 

FIRST  GENERATION 

John1  Baskervyle,  the  Immigrant,  was  born  at  Old 
/y^^—  /  4T>  £*>  Withington,  Cheshire,  Eng- 
^yWi^  J&a**^^ytpp  land  in  1637,  and  baptized 
^ — S      Signature  of  1669.  "       in   Goosetrey  Chapel,  Octo- 

ber 21,  of  that  year.  His  father  was  Johx13  Baskervyle, 
Esqr.,  of  Old  Withington,  born  1599,  and  died  1662,  and  his 
mother  was  Magdalin  (Hope)  Baskervyle.  See  English 
descent. 

Our  knowledge  of  the  first  three  generations  in  Virginia, 
viz.,  John1  Baskervyle,  George2  Baskervyle,  and  George3 
Baskervyle,  and  their  families,  comes  entirely  from  the 
records  of  York,  Charies  City,  Cumberland,  and  Mecklen- 
burg counties,  and  as  far  as  the  writer  knows,  nothing  was 
known  of  the  first  two  and  little  of  the  thircCuntil  by  labor- 
ious and  careful  research  they  were  disinterred,  as  it  were, 


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from  these  records.  Hence  our  mere  outline  of  their  his- 
tory is  bare  and  dry. 

John1  Baskervyle  came  to  Virginia  probably  about  or 
soon  after  the  time  of  his  father's  death,  in  1662,  as  on 
February  24th,  1664,  he  was  clerk  of  the  court  of  York  Co., 
Va.,  when  Wm.  Hay  made  oath  before  him  (see  records). 
He  remained  clerk  until  his  death,  about  April  1st,  1679. 
On  February  24th,  1679,  the  records  of  the  court  were  signed 
by  him.  Those  of  the  next  session  of  the  court  held  April 
24th,  1679,  were  signed  by  Richard  Awborne,  who  had,  on 
that  date,  been  appointed  clerk  of  the  court,  and  "ordered  to 
take  possession  of  the  records,  etc.  from  Mrs.  Baskervyle, 
Relict  of  Mr.  John  Baskervyle,  deceased,  late  clerk  of  the 
court."  And  in  the  records  of  this  court  is  included  a  docu- 
ment, signed  by  John1  Baskervyle,  clerk,  and  bearing  date 
March  19th,  1679.  Thus  his  death  occurred  between  March 
19th  and  April  24th,  1679,  probably  about  the  first  of  April. 

Our  knowledge  of  the  records  of  York  Co.  has  been 
obtained  from  notes  received  from  the  present  clerk  of  that 
county  and  from  a  careful  examination  of  the  copy  in  the 
Virginia  State  Library.  And  upon  this  our  sketch  is  based. 
We  have  on  files  copies  of  many  deeds,  wills,  court  orders, 
and  other  records,  which  will  be  found  very  interesting. 

In  the  frontispiece  is  shown  a  facsimile  reproduction  of  a 
part  of  a  page  of  the  York  Co.  records  bearing  date  October, 
1671,  in  the  handwriting  of  John1  Baskervyle,  the  clerk, 
and  attested  by  his  signature. 

The  references  to  John1  Baskervyle,  as  he  was  county 
clerk,  are  very  numerous,  and  show  that  he  was  held  in  high 
esteem.  The  mere  fact  that  he  was  clerk  of  the  court  so 
soon  after  his  arrival  as  an  immigrant,  when  he  was  only 
about  twenty-five  years  old,  shows  his  peculiar  fitness  and 
value,  as  to  education,  intelligence  and  character.  And  the 
records  show  that  he  was  appointed  administrator  or  executor 
for  many  estates,  and  had  several  general  powers  of  attor- 
ney given  him  by  several  persons,   some  of  them  evidently 


42  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

capitalists  in  London,  and  others  neighbors,  who  esteemed 
him  very  highly.  In  some  of  these  he  is  spoken  of  in  terms 
of  high  respect  and  affection.  For  instance  John  Myhill 
calls  him  his  "loving  friend,"  and  Richard  James  his  "good 
friend." 

The  following  order  of  the  York  Co.  court  in  1672  is 
interesting,  as  showing  the  value  of  small  articles  at  that 
time,  which  now  would  not  be  worthy  of  notice.  It  is  quaint 
and  peculiar,  and  characteristic  of  the  times.  "In  the  differ- 
ence between  John  Baskervyle,  Exr.  of  Mr.  Jeffrey  More, 
deed.,  pie.,  (plaintiff),  and  Air.  John  Risly  and  Susanna,  his 
wife,  defts.  in  chancery,  it  is  ordered  on  their  answer,  that 
they  deliver  unto  the  said  Baskervyle,  Exr.,  as  aforesaid, 
one  old  Lantherne.  one  old  Sheete,  one  old  hatt,  one  pre  shoes, 
one  old  blanket,  one  old  knife  and  sheath,  five  pocket  hand- 
kerchiefs, one  old  iron  pott,  and  one  old  hoe,  as  also  pay 
costs." 

With  all  these  various  trusts  and  all  this  business  in  his 
hands,  he  seems  at  his  death  to  have  left  his  estate  somewhat 
involved,  as  some  of  the  claims  against  it  were  not  for  a 
long  time,  if  ever,  satisfied.  And  yet  his  son,  George2,  in 
17 14,  sold  a  landed  estate,  which  he  had  inherited  from  his 
father,  indicating  that  the  estate  was  not  insolvent.  The 
deed  given  for  this  land  recites:  "the  same  conveyed  to  his 
(George2)  father,  John1  Baskervyle,  by  John  Horsington, 
by  whom  it  was  patented  in  1662."  The  older  records  are 
somewhat  mutilated  and  imperfect,  but  neither  the  clerk  of 
the  court  in  the  original  records,  nor  the  writer  in  the  copy 
in  the  State  Library,  have  been  able  to  find  a  record  of  the 
deed  from  John  Horsington  to  John1  Baskerville  of  this 
land.  The  grant  on  the  Virginia  State  land  books  describe  it 
as  "350  A.  of  land,  part  thereof  in  the  parish  of  Marston, 
from  a  marked  corner  white  oak  on  the  North  side  of  the 
main  swamp  of  St.  Andrew's  Creek,  by  the  land  of  Thomas 
Pankerman — the  residue  on  the  main  branch  of  St.  Andrew's 
Creek."  This  is  doubtless  the  estate  on  which  John1 
Baskervyle  and  his  family  lived. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  43 

Before  1660  (year  of  the  Restoration  in  England)  York 
Co.  court  was  held  at  the  different  large  plantations,  but  we 
find  a  statement  that  about  this  time  it  began  to  be  held  on 
the  West  side  of  Wormley's  Creek,  at  a  place  called  York, 
about  a  mile  below  the  present  Yorktown.  Afterwards,  about 
1676,  court  was  held  at  "Halfway  House,"  on  the  road  be- 
tween Yorktown  and  Williamsburg  (Middle  Plantation). 
And  yet  we  find  in  the  York  Co.  records  the  following  order 
of  the  Court  on  April  24th,  1677,  John  Baskervyle  being 
clerk  ^of  the  court:  "There  being  no  house  to  keepe  court  in, 
the  magistrates  are  permitted  to  keepe  court  in  the  house 
lately  belonging  to  Thomas  Hansford,  whose  estate  for  his 
rebellion  and  treason  is  forfeited  to  his  sacred  Matie.  Dated 
March  21st,  1677." — (Records  1675-1684,  Va.  State  Library). 

The  court  was  not  removed  to  Yorktown  until  1698,  and 
that  place  was  not  settled  until  1691,  twelve  years  after  the 
death  of  John1  Baskervyle.  And  so  it  was  at  old  "York" 
and  "Halfway  House"  that  his  service  as  county  clerk  was 
chiefly  rendered.     See  Appendix  A. 

In  the  inventory  of  his  estate  was  included  English  books 
valued  at  three  pounds  sterling  (equal  to  $75  now),  and  Latin 
books  valued  at  one  pound  sterling  (equal  to  about  $25  now), 
which  Mr.  Bruce,  in  his  Institutional  History  of  Virginia 
(Vol.  I,  p.  436),  says  would  indicate  a  collection  of  books  of 
some  importance. 

He  died,  as  stated,  about  April,  1679,  and  there  was  evi- 
dently some  confusion  about  his  affairs,  and  no  will  recorded. 
On  October  10,  1679,  his  widow  was  summoned  to  court  to 
show  cause  why  she  should  not  settle  certain  claims  against 
his  estate,  and  she  pleaded  that  she  had  not  administered  on 
her  late  husband's  estate.  John  Page  seems  to  have  been  ap- 
pointed administrator  on  December  Sth,  1679,  and  a  sale  of 
his  effects  ordered  on  January  1st,  1680.  But  probably  Page 
did  not  qualify,  as  on  February  24th,  1680,  William  Sher- 
wood, one  of  the  creditors,  was  appointed  administrator,  and 
took  charge  of  the  estate.  "The  goods"  of  the  estate  were 
sold  "by  outcry,'"  and  on  December  24th,  1680,  the  adminis- 


44  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

trator  filed  an  inventory  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale.  There 
seems  to  have  been  some  litigation  about  the  estate,  and 
some  judgments  entered  for  and  against  it,  until  on  August 
24th,  1683,  "a  quietus  was  granted  to  Mr.  Wm.  Sherwood, 
Admr.  of  the  estate  of  Mr.  John1  Baskeryyle,  deceased,  hav- 
ing made  it  appear  he  hath  paid  beyond  the  assets."  This 
Wm.  Sherwood  was  a  prominent  citizen  and  lawyer  of 
Jamestown,  whose  name  appears  frequently  in  the  history  of 
the  period.  He  was  at  one  time  Attorney  General  of  the 
colony.     (See  Tyler's  Cradle  of  the  Republic,  p.  82  and  als). 

From  the  English  records  (Ormerod  and  als.)  we  know 
that  John1  Baskeryyle  was  born  in  1637  at  Old  Withington, 
Cheshire,  England,  the  fifth  son  of  John13  Baskeryyle,  of 
Old  VVithington,  and  his  wife,  Magdaline  (Hope)  Basker- 
yyle. His  next  brother,  the  sixth  son.  Henry  Baskervyle, 
went  up  to  London  to  live,  and  his  will,  executed  February 
26,  1676,  and  probated  May  19th,  1676,  is  on  record  in 
Somerset  House,  London,  (Ya.  Hist.  Mag.,  Vol.  XV,  p.  58). 
An  abstract  of  this  will  be^gruen  on  p.  26.  Comparing  the 
names  of  the  legatees  with  the  names  of  his  brothers  and 
sisters  on  p.  24,  we  see  that  the  identificion  is  definite  and 
positive.  And  he  speaks  of  his  brother,  John1  Baskervyle 
in  Virginia,  to  whom  he  gave  £10,  which  is  equal  to  about 
$250  now. 

John1  Baskervyle  married  Mary  Barber,  daughter  of 
Lt.  Coln.  William  Barber  (or  Barbar),  who  was  one  of 
the  most  prominent  men  of  York  Co.,  and  of  this  section. 
He  was  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  1652,  and  his  name  coming 
first  in  the  court  records  shows  him  to  have  been  the  pre- 
siding justice.  He  was  also  colonel  of  militia,  member  of  the 
House  of  Burgesses,  and  held  other  offices.  See  Barber 
Family. 

When  Col.  Barber's  will  was  made,  on  May  1st,  1668, 
(probated  July  26,  1669),  John1  and  Mary  Barber  Bas- 
kervyle had  two  children,  Elizabeth  and  Mary,  who  were 
mentioned  in  the  will,  and  hence  the  marriage  must  have 
occurred  several  years  before  that  date. 


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When  the  will  of  Mrs.  Mary  Barber,  wife  of  Coln. 
Wm.  Barber,  was  made  on  April  25th,  1674,  (probated  June 
3rd,  1676),  her  grand  children  Elizabeth,  Mary,  Magdalene, 
and  Rebecca  Baskervyle  were  mentioned. 

And  when  the  will  of  Mrs.  Mary  (Barber)  Baskervyle, 
wife  of  John1  Baskervyle,  was  made  on  July  12,  1693  (pro- 
bated June  25,  1694)  Elizabeth2  was  not  mentioned,  showing 
she  had  died.  But  there  were  mentioned  the  other  three, 
Mary2,  Magdalene2,  and  Rebecca2,  mentioned  in  the  other  two 
wills,  and  also  two  others,  George2  and  Sarah2,  who  had  evi- 
dently been  born  after  April  25th,  1674. 

Mary2  had  been  married  to  John  Batten,  and  Magdalene2 
to  Joseph  White,  and  the  grand  children,  Mary3  Batten  and 
Mary3  White,  had  been  born.  George2  was  the  only  son,  and 
was  born  sometime  between  April  25th,  1674,  and  1679,  as 
his  father  died  about  1st  April,  1679,  and  Sarah2  seems  to 
have  been  the  youngest.  In  regard  to  the  Battens,  although 
we  shall  see  later  that  William  Batten  in  1697  was  appren- 
ticed to  a  carpenter,  yet  they  seem  to  have  been  in  comfort- 
able circumstances,  as  Ashael  or  Asrael  Batten,  father  of  John 
Batten,  had  600  A.  of  land  on  the  North  side  of  Queen's 
Creek,  nearly  opposite  the  Capital  Landing.  On  Apr.  3,  165 1, 
he  patented  1,000  A.  of  land  in  York.  See  Land  Books.  "He 
married  four  times,  1st  the  mother  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Paulin, 
who  was  70  years  old  in  1712,  2nd  Constant,  by  whom  he  had 
Sarah  and  Constant,  3rd  Ursula,  by  whom  he  had  John,  and 
4th  Anne,"  &c,  &c.  (W.  &  M.  Q.  IV,  p.  2). 

Thus  John1  and  Mary  (Barber)  Baskervyle  had  six 
children : 

Elizabeth2,  born  before  1668,  died  before  July  12,  1693 ; 

Mary2,  born  before  1668,  married  John  Batten;    -->-•  - 

Magdalene2,  born  after  1668,  married  Joseph  White; 

Rebecca2,  born  after  1668; 

George2,  born  after  Apl.  25,  1674;  our  ancestor; 

Sarah2,  born  after  Apl.  25,  1674. 

We  have  copies  of  these  wills  on  file. 


46  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

SECOND  GENERATION 

George2  Baskervyle,  between  John1  Baskervyle  and 
George3  Baskervyle,  was  something  like  Isaac  between 
Abraham  and  Jacob,  that  is,  that  we  know  a  good  deal  about 
his  father  and  his  son,  but  very  little  about  him.  He  was 
born,  as  stated,  between  1674  and  1679,  and  is  first  mentioned 
in  his  mother's  will  dated  July  12th,  1693,  in  which  among 
other  things  she  bequeathed  him  '"her  largest  iron  pot,"  doubt- 
less a  very  valuable  thing  at  that  time.  Next  on  May  24th, 
1697,  an  indenture  was  recorded  in  York  Co.,  binding  "Wil- 
liam Batten  for  seven  years  as  apprentice  to  Israel  Swallow, 
carpenter,  with  the  consent  of  his  uncle  George2  Basker- 
vyle." He  is  not  called  guardian,  but  was  doubtless  of  age 
at  that  date. 

Again  he  was  present  as  witness  at  a  court  held  June 
24th,  1699,  when  he  received  forty  pounds  of  tobacco  for  one 
day.  And  again  on  Sept.  24th,  1701,  when  he  received  eighty 
pounds  of  tobacco  for  two  days. 

Then  we  find  mention  of  him  in  a  series  of  deeds  from 
1714  to  1717.  Of  these:  First  we  find  on  the  York  Co.  records 
dated  November  30th,  1714,  a  deed  from  George-  Baskervyle, 
of  Bruton  parish,  York  Co.,  to  Ralph  Graves,  for  350  A.  of 
land  with  houses,  &c,  thereon  in  the  said  parish  "being  ye 
land  formerly  of  John1  Baskervyle,  formerly  of  ye  county  of 
York,  deceased,  father  of  ye  said  George2,  and  by  him  was 
purchased  of  and  from  John  Horsington,  to  whom  ye  land 
was  granted  by  patent  bearing  date  ye  18th  day  of  March, 
1662."  The  consideration  was  "ye  sum  of  two  hundred 
pounds  sterling  money  of  Great  Britain"  and  "a  plantation 
and  part  of  a  tract  of  land  called  'Boar  Quarter'  together 
with  eight  hundred  and  twenty-five  acres  of  land  thereunto 
belonging."  The  clerk  of  York  Co.  writes  that  after  a  care- 
ful search  he  can  not  find  a  record  of  the  deed  from  John 
Horsington  to  John1  Baskervyle,  nor  can  the  writer  find  it 
in  the  Virginia  State  Library.  The  deed  from  George8  Bas- 
kervyle to  Ralph  Graves  is  a  very  quaint  and  interesting 


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document  and  will  be  found  in  Appendix  E.  The  deed  from 
Ralph  Graves  to  George2  Baskervyle  for  "Boar  Quarter"  is 
on  record. 

Then  there  are  on  record  three  deeds  from  George* 
Baskervyle  conveying  the  land  of  "Boar  Quarter." 

The  1st  dated  April  23rd,  1716,  to  Wm.  Wise  for  100  A; 

The  2nd  dated  April  24th,  1716,  to  Wm.  Wise  for  200  A; 

The  3rd  dated  June  15,  1717, to  Thos.  Roberts  for  425  A. 

This  seems  to  leave  100  A.  of  the  "Boar  Quarter"  tract, 
but  we  can  find  no  other  deeds  from  George2  Baskervyle. 

Again  on  Augt.  19th,  1717,  Philip  Lightfoot  was  plaintiff 
in  a  suit  against  George2  Baskervyle,  which  was  dismissed, 
the  plaintiff  not  prosecuting. 

Again  in  the  deed  of  1714  to  Ralph  Graves,  Elizabeth 
Baskervyle,  wife  of  George2  Baskerville,  waived  her 
dower  right  to  the  property,  showing  that  he  was  married, 
and  that  his  wife's  name  was  Elizabeth. 

This  is  all  the  record  we  have  of  George2  Baskervyle. 
It  establishes  him  as  a  link  in  our  chain,  gives  his  locality, 
and  some  dates.  He  was  the  only  son  of  his  father,  and  the 
only  man  of  the  name  in  all  the  colonies  at  that  time.  Hence 
the  next  generation  of  Baskervyles,  which  was  larger,  were 
his  descendants.  This  history  continues  to  be  derived  en- 
tirely from  the  county  records,  and  in  order  to  substantiate  its 
accuracy  the  Baskervyle  records  will  be  given  and  the  family 
history  built  up  from  them. 

THIRD  GENERATION 

During  this  period  the  family  exodus  from  York  Co.  oc- 
curred, and  the  record  will  be  given  chronologically  and  by 
counties.  And  first  from  York  Co.  we  rind  that  in  173S  an 
action  in  detinue  against  Jno.  Pegram  from  John3  Baskervyle 
was  dismissed.  Next  in  1747  we  find  on  record  the  will  of 
Hugh3  Baskervyle,  in  which  he  bequeaths  his  property  to  his 
sister 

Sarah8  Baskervyle,  and  in  case  of  her  death  without  is- 
sue to 


48  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

George4  Baskervyle,  son  of 

John3  Baskervyle. 

And  there  are  no  more  Baskervyle  records  in  York  Co. 

Next  in  Charles  City,  where  only  a  few  mutilated  rem- 
nants of  the  records  of  this  period  are  preserved,  we  find  that 
George*  Baskervylle  was  a  member  of  a  grand  jury  in  May, 
1742.  Also  that  No  well3  (or  Norvell)  Baskervyle  had  a  suit 
brought  against  him  in  Augt.,  1742. 

Also  in  Southampton  Co.  that  on  motion  of  John  Bask- 
erville,  a  witness  for  Francis  Nowell  (or  Norvell)  in  a  suit, 
it  was  ordered  that  said  Nowell  pay  590  lbs.  of  tobacco  to 
John  Baskerville  for  two  days  attendance,  and  travelling 
ninety  miles  and  returning  (doubtless  from  Goochland  Co.) 

Next  in  Goochland  Co.,  formed  from  Henrico  in  1727, 
(Cumberland  was  formed  from  Goochland  in  1748),  we  find 
a  deed  from  George3  Baskervyle  and  Tabitha  Minge  (sister 
of  his  wife,  formerly  Martha  Minge)  given  on  November 
18th,  1741,  to  "Wm.  Allen,  and  Mary,  his  wife,  relict  of  Rob- 
ert Minge-'  (brother  of  Martha  Minge  Baskerville,  son  of 
Valentine  Minge.  See  Minge  Family).  This  George3 
Baskervyle,  who  seems  at  that  time  to  have  resided  in 
Charles  City,  where  he  had  married  Martha  Minge,  later 
bought  land  in  Cumberland  Co.,  and  still  later  moved  to  Meck- 
lenburg Co.,  and  was  the  ancestor  of  the  ?\lecklenburg  Bas- 
kervills.  About  this  time  they  seem  to  begin  to  spell  the  name 
Baskerville,  and  we  shall  adopt  that  spelling. 

Again  in  Goochland  we  find,  Sept.  16,  1742,  a  deed  from 
Wm.  Allen  and  wife  to  "John3  Baskerville,  of  York  Co.,"  to 
a  tract  of  800  A.  of  land  (doubtless  in  the  territory  later 
formed  into  Cumberland  Co.),  of  which  we  have  a  copy. 

Next  in  the  records  of  Cumberland  Co.  (formed  from 
Goochland  in  1748)  we  find  the  will  of  Norvell3  Baskerville, 
made  Jany.  9th,  1750,  and  probated  at  the  Febry.  court,  1750, 
in  which  he  gave  all  of  his  estate  to  his  brother  George3 
Baskerville,  and  appointed  him  executor.  He  evidently  had 
no  familv  and  no  direct  heirs. 


&^> 


D£  ^A?K£  RV/LLe 

SKETCH  OF  THE  BASKERVILLE  SHIELD  IN  THE  OLD  INN  AT  DIVES 
DRAWN  BY  M.  LE  REMOIS,  PROPRIETOR  OF  THE  INN. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  49 

He  was  security  on.  marriage  bond  of  Thos.  Lorton  and 
Elizabeth  Moss  (widow)  on  June  3rd,  1745,  in  Amelia  Co., 
Va.     See  Wm.  &  M.  Quarterly,  Vol.  XIX,  No.  3. 

Next  in  Cumberland  a  deed  from  Wm.  Randolph  to 
George3  Baskerville  on  Nov.  23rd,  1750,  to  960  A.  of  land, 
the  grantor  being  "Wm.  Randolph,  Gent.,  of  the  parish  of 
Henrico,  county  of  Henrico/' 

Next  on  April  17th,  1752,  deed  from  George3  Basker- 
ville, including  waiver  of  dower  from  Martha,  his  wife,  to 
John  Howlett,  conveying  a  portion  of  the  last  tract. 

Next  on  October  2nd,  1753,  a  deed  from  "George3 
Baskerville,  of  Cumberland  parish,  Lunenburg  Co.," 
(whither  he  had  moved,  as  will  appear  later),  to  Collyar 
Barksdale,  conveying  more  of  this  tract. 

Among  the  witnesses  to  the  last  two  deeds  (we  have  ab- 
stracts) are  found  the  names  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  of  Henrico 
Co.,  the  grandfather  of  President  Thomas  Jefferson,  Hutchins 
Burton,  who  later  married  Tabitha  Minge,  and  Nowell  (or 
Nor  veil)  Burton. 

Next,  and  last  just  here,  in  Cumberland  Co.  the  will  of 
John4  Baskerville,  dated  Jany.  16th,  1768,  and  proved  Sept. 
27th,  1788,  in  which  he  gives  his  estate  to  his  brothers  and 
sisters,  evidently  leaving  no  family,  and  no  direct  heirs.  He 
mentions  Samuel4,  George4,  Richard4,  William4  Barber,  Mary* 
Bass,  and  Magdalene4  Trabue  (the  last  two  having  married, 
and  the  last  names  being  their  husband's  sirnames). 

We  have  a  mass  of  other  records  from  Cumberland  Co., 
which  will  only  confuse  here,  and  will  be  found  on  file. 

Next  in  Lunenburg  Co.,  Cumberland  parish  (this  Lunen- 
burg Co.  [Cumberland  P.]  was  cut  off  from  Brunswick  Co.  in 
1746,  and  in  1764  Mecklenburg  Co.  was  formed  from  Lunen- 
burg, and  St.  Andrew's  parish  formed  out  of  Cumberland 
parish),  we  find  a  deed  dated  July  7,  1752,  from  William 
Willie  (a  famous  preacher  who  moved  to  Surry  Co.,  and  was 
well  known)  to  George3  Baskerville  to  a  tract  of  land  on 
Roanoke  River  and  Miles  Creek,  where  he  settled.  He  named 
the  place  "Waverly"  and  this  was  the  family  seat  at  first  in 


50  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Mecklenburg  Co.  The  writer  has  copies  or  abstracts  of  most 
of  these  deeds  and  wills. 

In  addition  to  these  records  we  know  from  family  tradi- 
tion that  George3  Baskerville,  who  first  settled  in  the  terri- 
tory of  Mecklenburg,  then  Lunenburg,  married  Martha 
Minge,  of  Charles  City  Co. 

Now  with  these  data  we  will  construct  our  history  and 
table. 

As  stated,  it  is  evident  that  George2  Baskervyle  (the 
second  generation,  that  is  the  meaning  of  the  figure  2  to  the 
right  of  "George,"  John1  Baskervyle,  the  Immigrant,  being  the 
first  generation)  being  after  his  father's  death  the  only  man  of 
that  name  in  Virginia,  the  later  Baskervyles  were  his  children 
or  descendants.  Of  these  we  know  George3,  mentioned  in  a 
deed  in  Goochland  in  1741,  in  Charles  City  in  1742,  in  Cum- 
berland in  1750  to  1753,  and  in  Lunenburg  (or  Mecklenburg) 
in  1752,  died  in  1777; 

John3,  in  York  Co.  record  1738,  bought  land  in  Gooch- 
land in  1742  (later  Cumberland),  in  1748  made  vestryman  of 
Southam  P.,  Cumberland,  in  place  of  \Ym.  Randolph,  removed, 
still  in  vestry  in   1755  ; 

Hugh3,  his  will  in  York  Co.  in  1747,  died  without  chil- 
dren; 

Xorvell3,  resident  in  Charles  City  Co.  in  1742,  and  his 
will  in  Cumberland  Co.  in  1750,  died  without  children; 

Sarah3,  mentioned  in  Hugh's  will,  possibly  lived  with  him 
in  York  Co.; 

John*,  son  of  John3,  will  in  Cumberland,  dated  Jan  v.  16th, 
1768,  proved  Sept.  22nd,  1788,  died  without  family,  and  names 
his  brothers  and  sisters,  and  others  to  be  mentioned  later. 

Now  Hugh's3  will  names  "George,  son  of  John  Basker- 
vyle," and  the  latter  (John)  must  have  been  John3,  mentioned 
in  the  York  Co.  record  of  the  action  of  detinue  in  1738,  and 
not  John4,  whose  will  was  recorded  in  Cumberland  Co.  in 
1788,  he  having  evidently  died  without  a  family.  Hence  we 
see  that  the  children  of  George2  Baskervyle,  and  Elizabeth, 
his  wife    (whom  we  shall  later  find  to  be  the  daughter  of 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  51 

Hugh  Norvell.  of  James  City  Co.).  were  George3.  John3, 
Hugh3,  Norvell3,  and  Sarah3.  There  may  have  been  others, 
but  we  do  not  know  of  them. 

Of  these  Hugh3  and  Norvell3  died  without  family  and 
Sarah3  is  lost  sight  of. 

George3  and  John3  both  had  families;  George3  was  the 
progenitor  of  the  Mecklenburg  branch,  and  its  branches,  and 

John3  the  progenitor  of  the  Cumberland  branch,  and 
the  Pulaski  branch,  coming  from  it. 

Coming  back  to  George-  Baskervyle,  Dr.  Lyon  G.  Tyler, 
Presdt.  of  William  and  Mary  College,  at  Williamsburg,  Va., 
who  is  a  genealogist  of  much  experience,  and  probably  knows 
more  about  the  old  families  of  York  and  James  City  counties 
than  any  one  else,  is  quite  confident  that  George2  Baskervyle 
married  Elizabeth  Norvell,  daughter  of  Hugh  Norvell, 
of  James  City  Co..  a  prominent  citizen,  a  member  of  the  ves- 
try of  Bruton  parish,  and  holding  other  public  offices'.  The 
names  of  two  of  the  sons,  Hugh,  and  Norvell,  certainly  seem 
to  verify  this  impression.  Her  brother,  Wm.  Norvell.  was 
also  a  member  of  the  vestry,  a  member  of  the  House  of  Bur- 
gesses, and  held  other  offices.     See  Norvell  Family. 

Sometime  between  the  series  of  deeds  from  George2  in 
1714  to  1717,  and  the  series  of  wills,  deeds,  &c.  centreing 
about  1750,  chiefly  in  Cumberland  Co.,  the  family  evidently 
moved  from  York  Co.,  some  of  them  spending  some  years  in 
Charles  City  Co.,  where  George3  married  Martha  Minge 
before  1741,  probably  daughter  of  Valentine  Minge.  See 
Minge  Family. 

George2  probably  also  moved  from  York  Co.,  as  there  is 
no  record  of  his  will,  or  inventory  of  his  estate,  or  anything  of 
the  kind  in  the  York  records.  He  probably  moved  to  Charles 
City  Co.  with  his  sons,  but  the  almost  entire  absence  of  rec- 
ords there  cuts  us  off  from  investigation.  He  disappeared 
from  the  records  in  1717,  probably  died  in  Charles  City  Co. 
Hugh3  died  in  York  Co.  in  1747  without  a  family,  the 
only  one  who  remained  there  except  possibly  Sarah3,  of  whom 
we  know  nothing.     And  Norvell3,  resident  in  Charles  City  in 


52  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

1742,  died  in  Cumberland  in  1750  without  a  family.  As 
stated,  this  narrows  us  down  to  George3  and  John3,  from 
whom  the  two  branches  of  the  family  were  descended,  t.  e., 
the  Mecklenburg  branch,  and  the  Cumberland  branch,  with  its 
offspring,  the  Pulaski  family,  as  will  appear  later. 

THIRD  GENERATION— MECKLENBURG  BRANCH 

First  we  will  take  up  the  Mecklenburg  branch,  from 
which  we  are  descended. 

George3  Baskerville,  was  apparently  born  in  York  Co., 
and  appears  first  in  the  deed  of  1741  in  Goochland  Co.  in 
conjunction  with  Tabitha  Minge,  his  sister-in-law,  in  which 
they  convey  to  Wra.  Allen  and  his  wife,  Mary,  relict  of 
Robert  Minge  (brother  of  Martha  Minge  Baskervyle,  and 
Tabitha  Minge),  their  right  and  title  to  seven  negroes,  "in 
consideration  that  Win.  Allen  and  his  wife,  Mary,  have  re- 
linquished to  the  said  George3  Baskervyle  and  Tabitha 
Minge  all  right  of  dower  of  the  said  Mary  in  and  to  three 
hundred  and  seventy-five  acres  of  land  in  Charles  City  Co., 
whereof  the  said  Robert  (Minge)  died  seized." 

Then  in  1742  he  appears  in  the  records  of  Charles  City 
Co,,  as  stated,  where  he  was  then  residing. 

Then  in  1750  he  bought  a  tract  of  land  in  Cumberland 
Co.,  and  doubtless  settled  there. 

Then  in  1752  he  sold  a  part  of  this  tract  and  moved  to 
Lunenburg,  later  Mecklenburg  Co.,  where  he  bought  a  tract 
of  land,  upon  which  he  settled,  and  which  he  called  "Wav- 
erly"  in  the  deed  to  which  he  is  called  "George3  Basker- 
ville of  Cumberland  Co." 

Then  in  1753  he  sold  the  remainder  of  the  Cumberland 
Co.  estate,  he  being  called  in  the  deed  "of  Cumberland  parish, 
Lunenburg  Co." 

He  thus  seems  to  have  sojourned  in  Cumberland  only 
a  year  and  a  part,  having  bought  there  Nov.  23rd,  1750,  and 
having  bought  in  Lunenburg  July  7th,  1752.  He  left  in 
Cumberland  his  brother  John3  and  his  family,  who  had  set- 
tled there  in  1742.     This  family  was  quite  prolific,  and  at  one 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  53 

time  there  were  a  good  many  of  the  name  there,  bnt  there  is 
no  trace  of  them  now  except  in  the  records. 

There  seems  to  be  an  impression  that  the  first  Mecklen- 
burg ancestor  came  from  Cabin  Point,  Surry  Co.,  where  he 
had  settled  after  coming-  from  England.  George3  Basker- 
ville may  during  his  residence  in  Charles  City  Co.  have  for  a 
short  time  moved  to  Cabin  Point,  but  there  is  no  trace  of 
the  name  in  the  records  of  Surry  Co..  and  he  certainly  came 
from  Cumberland  to  Mecklenburg.  Moreover,  he  was  never 
in  England. 

I  was  familiar  with  the  old  family  seat,  Waverly, 
in  Mecklenburg  Co.,  during  my  early  childhood,  when  my 
father's  uncle.  Mr.  Wm.  Rust  Baskervill,  lived  there.  I  lived 
for  three  or  four  years  after  my  mother's  death  in  1854  with 
my  mother's  sister,  Mrs.  George  Tarry  of  ''Laurel  Hill," 
Mecklenburg  Co.,  near  Roanoke  River,  and  a  few  miles 
across  it  from  Waverly,  where  I  used  to  visit.  It  was  an 
attractive  and  commodious  wooden  house  with  well  kept 
grounds.  And  my  great  uncle  and  his  family  were  very  hos- 
pitable and  kind.  The  plantation  was  large,  but  I  do  not 
know  the  number  of  acres. 

After  Mr.  Wm.  R.  Baskervill's  death,  the  Waverly  es- 
tate was  sold  to  an  outsider,  but  it  has  been  repurchased 
by  his  oldest  grandson,  Mark  Alexander  Baskervill,  who  now 
owns  it  and  resides  there. 

George3  Baskerville  lived  at  Waverly  from  1752  to  his 
death  there  in  1777,  and  was  also  buried  there.  He  acquired 
the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  neighbors,  lived  an  upright  life, 
and  made  for  himself  an  honorable  and  good  position.  In 
l775>  a*  the  beginning  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  committees 
of  safety  were  appointed  for  various  counties,  and  on  May 
Stiif  l77S,  George2  Baskerville,  and  William  Lucas,  the  hus- 
band of  his  daughter  Anne,  were  appointed  on  the  committee 
of  safety  for  Mecklenburg  Co. 

The  writer  has  not  searched  the  records  of  Mecklenburg 
Co.,  and  does  not  know  a  great  deal  of  his  ancestors  there, 
only  isolated  facts  here  and  there. 


54  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

About  this  time  the  Mecklenburg  Baskervilles  dropped 
the  final  e  in  the  name.  In  the  deed  of  1752  of  Waverly  to 
George3  Easkerville  the  name  is  spelled  with  the  e,  and  in  his 
will   executed   in    1768,   recorded    1777.    it    is   without   the    e. 

FOURTH  GENERATION 

George3  Baskeville's  will  was  dated  November  17,  1768, 
and  proved  November  10th,  1777.  John  Burton,  one  of  the 
witnesses  being  probably  the  son  of  his  wife's  sister,  Tabitha 
Minge,  who  had  married  Hutchins  Burton.  His  wife  had 
evidently  died  before  1768,  as  he  made  no  reference  to  her. 

He  named  six  children,  viz: 

John4,  married  his  cousin  Mary  Burton ; 

Anne4,  married  Wm.  Lucas ; 

Martha4  Minge  married  Frederick  Lucas ; 

Mary4,  married Farrar  ; 

William4,  married  Mary  Eaton,  our  ancestors ; 

George4  Hunt,  m.  Eliz.  Tabb. 

John4  Baskerville,  the  oldest,  married  his  cousin,  Mary 
Burton.  He  was  of  age,  when  his  father's  will  was  made  in 
17G8,  the  other  two  sons  being  minors  then,  and  he  was  ap- 
pointed sole  executor,  and  guardian  of  his  two  brothers.  In 
a  book,  "Heads  of  Families,  census  1782  to  1785,"  in  the  Va. 
Historical  Society  library,  p.  35,  in' the  Mecklenburg  Co.,  Va. 
census,  probably  for  1785,  we  find  "John4  Baskerville  (in  his 
family),  8  whites.  17  blacks;  William4  Baskerville,  i  white, 
6  blacks.'' 

This  seems  to  show  that  at  that  time  John4  had  quite  a 
large  family,  and  that  William4  was  still  unmarried. 
George4  Hunt  was  not  mentioned.  He  was  probably  a  minor 
and  included  in  the  family  of  John4.  This  would  probably 
indicate  that  John4  at  that  time  had  five  children. 

A  deed  was  executed  Jan'y  10th,  1787.  and  proved  for 
record  on  July  9th,  1787,  by  the  three  brothers,  John4,  Wil- 
liam4, and  George4,  evidently  partitioning  the  land  inherited 
from  their   father.     His   will   directed   that   all   of   his   lands 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  55 

should  be  sold  ''next  October''  (doubtless  after  his  death)  at 
twelve  months  time,  and  the  proceeds  equally  divided  between 
his  sons,  and  the  lands  were  offered  at  public  sale  as  directed. 
John4  and  William4  each  seem  to  have  bought  certain  tracts, 
and  other  tracts  were  not  sold.  George4,  being  still  a  minor. 
Now  this  deed  seems  to  have  equalized  the  matter  by  con- 
veying certain  tracts  to  George4,  he  probably  having  then  be- 
come of  age  (1787).  The  land  conveyed  to  him  was  on 
Miles  Creek,  but  the  writer  can  not  find  out  if  it  was  "Wav- 
erly."  This  is  all  we  know  of  John4  Baskerville  and  his 
family,  except  that  they  are  said  to  have  moved  to  Tampa, 
Florida. 

Another  statement  is  that  he  died  about  1791  leaving  only 
one   son,   who    did    not   long    survive    him.     We    cannot   tell 
which  is  correct,  not  having  succeeded  in  tracing  them. 

Anne4  Baskerville  married  Wm.  Lucas,  who  was  0:1  the 
Mecklenburg  Committee  of  Safety  in  1775.  She  is  mentioned 
in  her  father's  will,  and  her  husband  was  appointed  guardian 
of  her  younger  sisters.  Martha,  and  Mary,  who  were  doubt- 
less still  minors.  She  seems  not  to  have  had  any  children. 
Wm.  Lucas'  will  was  recorded  in  Mecklenburg  Sept.  14.  1778. 
the  year  after  the  death  of  George3  Baskerville.  in  which 
lie  names  his  wife  Anne:  brother  in  law  William  Basker- 
vill/ sister  Hannah  Suilivant :  cousin  Wm.  Lucas;  god  son. 
Henrv  Delany,  Jr.  Witnesses.  Henry  Delany  and  John  Bas- 
kerviil.  Executors.  Henry  Delany.  Wm.  Lucas.  Jr..  and 
vVm.  Baskervill.     The  Lucas  family  were  prominent  people. 

Martha4  Minge  and  Mary4  Baskervill  were  the  third 
and  fourth  children.  They  were  mentioned  in  their  father's 
will,  and  to  each  was  bequeathed  one  hundred  pounds  sterl- 
ing, three  negroes,  and  certain  other  residuary  interests. 

A  recent  correspondence  with  Mr.  Jno.  H.  Lucas,  of 
Memphis,  Term.,  has  shown  that  Martha4  Minge  Baskervill 
married  Frederick  Lucas,  and  that  Mr.  Jno.  H.  Lucas  is  their 
great  grandson.  She  died  in  Mecklenburg  Co.,  and  the  oldest 
daughter  married Penn  and  remained  in  Mecklenburg. 


56  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Fredk.  Lucas,  with  his  other  children,  Geo.6  Baskervill  L., 
Martha,  Mary  Hunt,  Tabitha,  and  Nancy,  moved  to  Georgia. 

Geo.6  B.  Lucas  married  Grace  Newton  of  Ga.     Their  son 

Frederick7  Lucas  was  father  of 

John*  H.  Lucas,  who  wrote  the  letter.  He  says  that 
his  great  grandfather,  Fredk.  Lucas,  was  one  of  six  brothers, 
all  of  whom  were  soldiers  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  that 
"Geo.6  Baskerville  Lucas  was  with  Andrew  Jackson  at  [the 
battle  of]  New  Orleans." 

Judge  Charles  Alexander,  now  living  at  an  advanced  age 
in  Boydton,  in  a  letter  to  me,  which  will  be  mentioned  later, 
states  that  there  ''are  now"  (1909)  living  in  Boydton  Mrs. 
Edward  Baptist  and  her  children,  who  are  descendants  of  a 
sister  of  William4  Baskervill,  who  was  Mrs.  Farrar.  This 
Mrs.  Farrar  was   Mary4   Baskervill. 

William4  Baskervill,  the  next  child,  was  our  ancestor 
and  will  be  taken  up  later. 

George4  Hunt  Baskervill  was  the  youngest,  and  had  re- 
cently become  of  age  in  1787,  as  he  was  born  in  1765.  One 
of  the  witnesses  to  this  deed  of  1787  was  Robert  Baskervill, 
but  I  can  not  make  out  who  he  was.  It  would  seem  that 
John*,  William4,  and  George4  lived  together  at  Waverly. 
John-4  did  not  move  from  Mecklenburg  until  after  1787,  pos- 
sibly not  at  all,  and  William4  lived  there  at  least  several 
years  after  his  appointment  as  clerk  -of  the  court  in  1784,  as 
Judge  Alexander  in  his  letter,  previously  spoken  of,  states  that 
"he  had  an  office  (clerk's  office)  on  the  West  side  of  Miles 
Creek  on  the  hill  not  far  from  Roanoke  River  (this  must  have 
been  on  the  Waverly  tract),  but  on  account  of  ague  and 
fever  moved  it  to  Lombardy  Grove  (the  old  place),  where  he 
built  a  dwelling  and  a  store." 

George1  Hunt  Baskervill  was  born  Nov.  18th,  1765,  and 
died  Dec.  15,  181 1.  He  married  Dec.  17,  1791,  Elizabeth 
Tabb,  daughter  of  John"'  Tabb,  clerk  of  Mecklenburg  Co.  up 
to  the  time  of  his  death  in  1775,  and  a  descendant  in  the  fifth 
generation  of  Humphrey1  Tabb,  who  came  from  England  and 
settled  in   Elizabeth   City   Co.   before    1637,  and  was   the  an- 


Opposite  p.  56. 

After  the  death  of  George4  Hunt  Baskervill  in  181 1 
his  family  continued  to  live  in  Mecklenburg-  Co.,  and  later 
with  his  nephew,  Charles5  Baskervill,  doubtless  after  his  mar- 
riage in  1813.  As  stated,  his  daughter,  Mary5  Anne,  was 
married,  and  after  1816  moved  away.  Later  John  Tabb 
Baskervill,  who  seems  to  have  been  the  youngest,  went  to 
live  with  George5  D.  Baskervill,  who  had  become  his  guardian. 

George4  Hunt  Baskervill  was  buried  in  the  family  ceme- 
tery at  Lombardy  Grove,  and  his  tombstone  remains  there. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  57 

cestor  of  the  Virginia  Tabbs.  For  1  sketch  of  the  Tabb  fam- 
ily see  Win.  and  Mary  Ouar.,  XIII,  122.  She  died  in  Dan- 
ville, Va.,  on  Dec.  15th,  1836. 

Elizabeth  Tabb's  brother,  Edwin  L.  Tabb,  was  also  clerk 
of  Mecklenburg-  Co.  from  1814  to  1831. 

George*  Hunt  Baskervill,  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  Tabb, 
had  at  least  six  children:  ^i^Mit.1^. 

A  daughter,   who   died  young;  cL^a^ll, 

George5   never  married ; 

William5  Eaton  never  married  ;  tAudjbM-e**^ 

Marv5  Anne?  m.  November  4,  1814,  SarnL  Douglas. 

John5  Tabb,  b.  AfMal  ],  t^j,  d.  Jaunhij'  12,  iO*?,  m. 
Margaret  Malone, 

Martha5,  m.  Dickefson.  / 

George4  Hunt  Baskervill,  and  his  wife  lived  and^clied 
in  Mecklenburg  Co.,  Va.  The  middle  name,  Hunt,  evidently 
came  from  the  Minge  family,  as  there  was  a  George  Hunt 
Minge. 

Beginning  with  February,  1910,  the  writer  has  had  a 
pleasant  correspondence  with  Mrs.  Chas.  D.  Martin,  of  Jack- 
sonville, Ala.,  who  is  a  great  granddaughter  of  George*  Hunt 
Baskervill,  and  from  whom  he  has  received  an  account  of 
this  branch  of  the  family.  She  is  descended  from  the  third 
child,  Mary5  Anne  Baskervill,  wjio  married  SamueLTJouglas. 

Mary5  Anne  BaskervilL.  married  Samuel^  Douglas,  son 
of  Captain  James  Douglas,  who  came  from  Scotland  some 
years  before  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  who  died  in  1782 
from  injuries  received  in  falling  from  the  rigging  of  his  own 
ship  (he  being  captain  and  owner)   at  Hampton  Roads,  Va. 

Samuel  Douglas  and  Mary  Anne5  Baskervill  Douglas, 
his  wife,  moved  from  Mecklenburg  Co.  after  1816,  as  his 
son  George  was  born  that  year  in  Mecklenburg.  They  went 
first  to  Danville,  Va..  and  lived  there  some  time.  Mrs.  Geo. 
Hunt  Baskervill  died  in  Danville  on  Dec.  15,  1836.  Thence 
they  moved  to  Rome,  Ga.,  where  they  lived  until  their  daugh- 
ter, Martha  Minge  Douglas,  was  married  to  Dr.  George  Hoke, 


58  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

of  Jacksonville,  Ala.,  when  they  moved  again,  this  time  to 
Jacksonville,  and  lived  there  with  Dr.  Hoke  and  their  daugh- 
ter. My  correspondent,  Mrs.  Martin,  is  the  daughter  of  Dr. 
Hoke  and  Martha  Minge  Douglas  Hoke,  his  wife,  her  maiden 
name  being  Georgia  Hoke.  She  writes  me  that  her  father, 
Dr.  Hoke,  who  died  on  May  19th.  1863,  "was  considered  the 
most  intelligent  man  ever  in  this  town  (Jacksonville).  Peo- 
ple here  called  him  an  oracle,  but  so  modest  in  manner,  that 
only  his  most  intimate  friends  knew  him  to  appreciate  him.'' 
"He  had  amassed  quite  a  little  fortune/'  which  was  much  im- 
paired by  the  Confederate  War.  Ex-Gov.  Hoke  Smith,  of 
Georgia,  is  related  to  him. 

Her  mother's  brother,  Dr.  George  Baskervill  Douglas, 
who  died  in  1899,  was  a  noted  surgeon  in  the  Confederate 
Army. 

This  sketch,  from  The  Confederate  Veteran,  of  Dr.  George 
Baskervill  Douglas,  grandson  of  George  Hunt  Baskervill, 
has  been  kindly  given  me  by  Mrs.  Chas.  D.  Martin,  neice  of 
Dr.  Douglas : 

"Dr.  G.  B.  Douglas,  Surgeon,  C.  S.  A. 

The  scholar,  gentleman,  and  patriot.  Dr.  George  Basker- 
ville  Douglas,  died  September  7,  1899,  at  the  advanced  age  of 
eighty-three.  He  was  born  in  Mecklenburg  County,  Va.,  of 
goou  Virginia  stock.  His  grandfather,  Capt.  James  Douglas, 
came  from  Scotland  to  America  some  years  before  the  revolu- 
tionary war,  and  died  about  1782s  from  injuries  received  in 
falling  from  the  rigging  of  his  own  ship  (he  being  owner 
and  captain),  at  Hampton  Roads,  Va. 

Dr.  Douglas  was  educated  in  Virginia,  at  Patrick  Henry 
Academy,  in  Xorth  Carolina,  and  then  in  medicine  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania,  in  Philadelphia.  He  first  began  the 
practice  of  medicine  in  Salisbury,  X.  C,  where  he  met  and 
married  Mary  Ellis,  a  sister  of  the  Confederate  "war  gov- 
ernor" of  >*orth  Carolina. 

One  son,  George  Craighead  Douglas,  was  the  fruit  of 
this  union.     The   latter   served   valiantlv   in   the   Confederate 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  59 

war  as  sergeant  in  Kirk's  Rangers.  S.  C.  V.,  though  a  mere 
boy.  He  was  captured  late  in  the  war  and  confined  for 
months  in  a  damp  ceil  at  Fortress  Monroe,  Va.  He  was 
never  well  afterwards.  He  married,  however,  and  left  one 
son,  Lieut.  R.  Spencer  Douglas,  who  has  already  done  brave 
service  at  Manila  in  the  United  States  Navy.  Thus  Dr. 
Douglas  is  the  progenitor  of  two  heroes — son  and  grandson. 
The  venerable  Doctor  lived  to  welcome  his  sailor  grandson 
home  from  Manila  after  the  perils  of  shot,  sea,  and  hot  climate, 
for  which  he  was  pathetically  grateful. 

Dr.  Douglas,  having  lost  his  wife,  moved  to  Georgia,  and 
married  the  young  Mrs.  Rosa  Lawton  Livingston,  who  was 
reared  at  Lawtonville,  S.  C.  Four  daughters  were  born  to 
Dr.  Douglas  by  this  second  wife:  Mrs.  T.  Maryon,  of  At- 
lanta. Ga. ;  Mrs.  W.  Moultrie  Gourdin,  Charleston,  S.  C. ; 
Mrs.  T.  W.  ^Icyrison.  YVaycross,  Ga. ;  and  Mrs.  James  Hamil- 
ton Lewis,  of  Seattle,  Washington .U^rt^r-^t  &lcj-4.0-4-i>f  r~£L- 

When  Georgia  seceded  Dr.  Douglas  responded  promptly 
to  the  call  of  his  adopted  State,  and  was  commissioned  assis- 
tant surgeon  of  the  First  Georgia  Regulars  March  20,  1861, 
and  first  served  at  Savannah  and  Fort  Pulaski.  When  this 
regiment  was  transferred  to  the  Confederate  States  service. 
Dr.  Douglas  was  commissioned  surgeon  on  April  27,  1861, 
and  reassigned  to  duty  with  that  command. 

On  July  (7.  1S61,  his  regiment  was  ordered  to  Virginia 
to  re-enforce  Gens.  Beauregard  and  Johnston.  He  was  on 
duty  at  Camp  Toombs,  on  Bull  Run,  until  September,  1861.  as 
brigade  surgeon  of  the  Sixth  Brigade.  Georgia  Regulars  ;  Gen. 
Robert  Toombs  commanding.  Dr.  Douglas  remained  with 
this  brigade  until  April,  1862,  when  he  was  sent  home  on  fur- 
lough. Before  this  expired  he  hastened  back  to  Virginia  and 
reported  for  duty  at  Richmond,  and  the  surgeon  general  sent 
him  to  Danville  to  organize  hospitals.  Dr.  J.  L.  Cabell  being 
to  charge.  Large  numbers  of  wounded  soldiers  from  the 
battle  of  Seven  Pines  were  sent  there.  He  afterwards  or- 
ganized hospitals  at  Petersburg  and  at  City  Point.  He  was 
afterwards  at  Charleston,  Macon,  Augusta,  and  Columbus,  Ga. 


6d  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Rapid  and  heavy  work  was  necessary  at  Columbus,  but 
Dr.  Douglas  was  equal  to  the  demands.  There  were  about 
one  thousand  sick  and  wounded  soldiers  there  from  Upper 
Georgia,  Vicksburg,  and  other  points. 

Dr.  Douglas  continued  in  charge  of  these  hospitals  until 
the  close  of  the  war.  The  Federal  forces  under  Gen.  Wilson 
occupied  Columbus  on  Easter  Sunday,  April  16.  1865.  He 
escaoed  from  the  town  the  night  of  its  fall,  intending  to 
meet  the  medical  director  at  Macon,  but  was  captured  at 
Seven  Bridges  on  the  Flint  River.  The  next  day  he  was 
paroled. 

After  the  war  he  settled  in  Atlanta,  Ga.,  but  a  destructive 
fire  consumed  his  office  with  his  fine  library  and  much  other 
valuable  property  in  the  building.  This  broke  him  up.  and 
he  moved  to  Screven  County,  where  he  practiced  medicine 
until  too  feeble. 

Dr.  Douglas  was  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him.  His 
many  years  of  reading  and  study,  with  excellent  conversational 
gifts,  made  it  a  treat  to  hear  him.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Confederate  Veterans'  Association  at  Savannah,  Ga." 

When  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  met  in  Rich- 
mond in  November.  191 1,  one  of  the  delegates  from  Charles- 
ton. S.  C,  was  Mrs.  W.  Moultrie  Gourdin,  formerly  Miss 
Anne  Baskervill  Douglas,  second  daughter  of  Dr.  Geo.  Bask- 
ervill  Douglas,  the  prominent  Confederate  surgeon.  We  saw 
her  several  times  during  her  visit,  and  found  her  very  attrac- 
tive and  pleasant. 

FOURTH  GENERATION— TENNESSEE  BRANCH 

Dr.  John  Tabb5  Baskervill  ( 1801-1874)  married  Mar- 
garet Malone  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  and  moved  to  that  city. 
From  them  descended  the  Tennessee  branch.  His  name  and 
address  having  been  given  by  Mrs.  Martin  of  Jacksonville, 
Ala.,  the  writer  has  had  a  correspondence  with  Prof.  Charles 
Read7  Baskervill,  formerly  of  the  University  of  Texas,  now 
of  the  University  of   Chicago,   descended   from  John   Tabb1 


Opposite  p.  60. 

John5  Tabb  Baskervill  was  the  ward  of  his  cousin, 
George5  D.  Baskervill,  and  lived  with  him.  He  graduated 
in  medicine  in  a  Philadelphia  medical  college,  and  practiced 
medicine  until  he  was  thirty-seven  years  old,  in  1838.  About 
this  time  he  became  very  much  interested  in  religion,  and  was 
so  impressed  with  it  at  a  Methodist  meeting,  that  he  gave  up 
his  profession  of  medicine,  became  a  Methodist  minister, 
and  devoted  the  remainder  of  his  life  earnestly  to  that  calling. 
Later  he  married  and  moved  to  Tennessee,  as  stated,  and  in 
1849  ne  bought  an  estate  near  Mason.  Tenn.,  where  his  son, 
Rev.  George  B.  Baskervill,  now  resides. 


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Baskervill  (see  table),  who  has  kindly  furnished  me  with  the 
table  of  this  branch,  and  I  have  had  two  pleasant,  friendly 
letters  from  him. 

The  third  son  of  John  Tabb5  Baskervill,  Professor  Wil- 
liam MaloneG  Baskervill,  formerly  professor  of  Randolph- 
Macon  College,  Ashland,  Va.,  and  later  professor  of  Vander- 
bilt  University,  had  a  wide  reputation  as  an  educator,  and 
wrote  several  books,  which  attracted  attention.  While  living 
in  Ashland  he  visited  at  the  writer's  father's  house.  In  1887  f? 
he  married  Florence,  daughter  of  Jesse  Adams^sqr.,  of  Am- 
herst Co.,  Va.,  andVthed  in  Germany  m~  1899,  "where  also  his 
oldest  son  was  born.  Me— j^afe^a^v^etketfet-  mmtstcr.-  He 
married  secondly  Janie  McTyeire^and  left  three  children  of 
this  marriage.     See  table.  Ji~ts  cU-<-J^  -u-^  ^asuLtnMe^ c^  (  T^ ^ '. 

The  second  son  of  John  Tabb5  Baskervill  is  Rev.  George 
Booth8  Baskervill,  also  a  Methodist  minister,  who  is  now 
(1911)  living  in  Mason,  Tenn.  He  has  a  numerous  family, 
and  is  the  father  of  Prof.  Chas.  Read  Baskervill  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Chicago. 

Martha5  Minge  Baskervill  married  Mr.  Dickerson.  They 
had  four  children,  and  they  and  their  descendants,  as  far  as 
we  know  them,  are  given  in  the  following  table.  Of  these 
Mrs.  S.  H.  Hawes  is  a  resident  of  the  handsome  suburb  of 
Richmond,  called  Ginter   Park. 

We  have  noticed  all  of  the  fourth  generation  (of  the 
Mecklenburg  family),  and  their  descendants  except  our  own 
ancestor  William4  Baskervill,  born  in  1763,  died  Nov.  15th, 
1814,  who  was  the  great  grandfather  of  the  writer.  He  was 
only  fourteen  years  old  when  his  father  died  in  '1777,  his 
brother  John4  being  the  oldest,  and  there  being  three  daugh- 
ters between  them.  John4  was  of  age  in  1768,  when  his 
father's  will  was  made,  as  he  was  appointed  executor  and 
guardian  of  his  two  brothers,  William4  and  George*  Hunt. 
And  George4  Hunt  became  of  age  a  short  time  before  1787, 
when  a  sale  of  land  was  made  for  distribution.  This  would 
place  John's4  birth  before  1747,  before  his  father  settled  in 


62  Easkkrville  Genealogy. 

Cumberland,  and  George4  Hunt's  birth  (the  youngest)  was  in 

1765. 

As  previously  stated,  in  the  first  census  of  the  United 
States,  published  in  1785,  taken  1782  to  1785,  we  ■  find  in 
Mecklenburg  Co..  Ya.,  John4  Baskerville,  with  eight  whites 
and  seventeen  blacks  in  his  family,  and  William4  Basker- 
ville with  one  white  and  six  blacks. 

George4  Hunt  Baskerville  was  not  of  age,  and  was 
doubtless  counted  in  his  brother  John's  family,  which  would 
indicate  that  at  that  time  John*  had  five  children,  he  hav- 
ing married  his  cousin.  Mary  Burton.  William4  was  of  age 
but  not  married,  and  so  had  no  family,  except  himself.  John4 
and  his  family  moved,  we  are  told,  to  Florida,  and  it  must 
have  been  after  1787.  And  then  they  are  lost,  as  we  hear 
nothing  more  of  them. 

They  all  lived  together  at  "Waverly,"  and  William* 
staid  there  until  some  time  after  he  was  appointed  clerk  of 
the  county  in  1784,  as  he  is  said  to  have  had  an  office  (as 
clerk)  near  the  Waverly  residence,  until  he  moved  from  that 
place.  In  1786  William4  Baskervill  married  Mary  Eaton, 
called  "Polly"  Eaton,  daughter  of  Charles  Rust  Eaton 
(died  1822),  and  Elizabeth  (Jeffries)  Eaton,  his  wife, 
and  grand  daughter  of  William  (died  1759)  and  Mary 
(Rives)  Eaton,  of  Granville  Co.,  X.  C.  She  was  a  iady  of 
unusual  intelligence  and  strength  and  character,  and  for  many 
years  after  her  husband's  death  managed  her  own  estate.  She 
survived  him  for  twenty-eight  years.  Her  father,  Coin.  Wm. 
Eaton,  was  a  wealthy  man  and  her  inheritance  was  doubt- 
less large.     See  Eaton  Family. 

William4  Baskervill  was  for  many  years  clerk  of 
Mecklenburg  Co..  from  1784  until  his  death,  in  1814,  when 
he  was  succeeded  by  Edward  L.  Tabb.  Mr.  Hutcheson,  the 
present  clerk  of  the  county  savs :  "He  was  an  officer  in  the 
Revolutionary  War  (in  the  State  militia),  going  out  as 
second  lieutenant  in  the  Mecklenburg  Co.  company,  although 
at  that  time  being  very  young,  Judge  Samuel  Hopkins  being 
captain,  and  Xoel  Burton,  doubtless  a  relative,  first  lieutenant. 


Baskekville  Genealogy.  63 

Eecause  Noel  Burton  died,  and  some  one  else,  and  not  he, 
was  appointed  first  lieutenant,  he  resigned,  and  thencefor- 
ward was  employed  in  the  commissary  department  until  the 
close  of  the  war.  Upon  his  return  to  Mecklenburg  in  1784* 
he  was  appointed  deputy  clerk  by  John  Brown  (a  Scotch- 
man by  birth,  and  father  of  James  Brown,  Jr.,  so  long  the 
popular  and  efficient  Second  Auditor  of  Virginia),  who  was 
clerk  of  the  county.  Soon  after  this  Mr.  John  Brown  was 
appointed  clerk  of  the  General  Court  of  Virginia,  which  re- 
quired his  residence  in  Richmond.  He  offered  his  resigna- 
tion to  the  'Justices  °f  ^e  Court  of  Mecklenburg'  in  these 
words:  'I  am  willing  to  resign  the  clerkship  of  Mecklenburg 
Co.,  provided  Mr.  William4  Baskervill,  with  whose  qualifi- 
cations and  attention  to  business  you  are  acquainted,  could 
be  appointed  to  the  office,  upon  which  condition  only  you 
are  to  consider  this  letter  as  being  my  absolute  resignation.' 
He  was  appointed  clerk.'*  .  Thus  he  was  clerk  for  about 
thirty  years,  and  enjoyed  to  an  unusual  degree  the  respect 
and  esteem  of  those  around  him.  He  was  evidently  a  man 
of  unusual  strength  of  character,  energy,  and  enterprise.  Al- 
though he  was  county  clerk  with  its  exacting  duties,  and  in 
addition  had  the  care  and  management  of  his  plantations 
(for  he  seems  to  have  had  several),  his  restless  energy  was 
not  satisfied,  and  he  became  a  merchant,  and  a  very  success- 
ful one.  Mr.  Hutcheson  continues:  ''In  1790  Mr.  William4 
Baskervill  associated  himself  in  a  merchantile  business  with 
Mr.  Alexander  Boyd  (a  Scotch  gentleman  of  large  capital 
and  the  founder  of  the  family  of  his  name  in  this  country) 
at  the  court  house  (now  Boydton),  and  with  Mr.  Joseph 
Speed,  doing  a  large  mercantile  business  at  Old  Store  (now 
Lombardy  Grove)." 

The  statement  of  Mr.  Hutcheson  that  William*  Basker- 
vill, the  writer's  great  grandfather,  was  a  lieutenant  in  the 
Revolutionary  War  is  confirmed  by  the  Journal  of  the  House 
of  Delegates  of  Virginia  of  Monday,  March  12,  1778,  (copy 
in  Va.  Hist.  Soc.  library),  in  which  it  is  stated  that  he  had 
been  on  the  26th  day  of  November,  1776,  appointed  a  lieu- 


64  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

tenant  in  the  Continental  service,  and  was  afterwards  ''turned 
over  into  that  (service)  of  this  Commonwealth,  and  immedi- 
ately entered  upon  the  duties  of  his  office." 

The  writer  has  recently  (1909)  received  from  Judge 
Charles  Alexander,  of  Boydton,  Mecklenburg  Co.,  Va.,  a 
very  interesting  letter  of  information  and  recollections  of  the 
olden  time,  previously  referred  to.  He  is  seventy-four  years 
old,  and  has  always  been  a  friend  of  the  family  and  well  in- 
formed about  its  history.  He  states  that  Mr.  William4 
Baskervill,  so  long  clerk  of  the  county,  "had  a  clerk's  office 
on  the  West  side  of  Miles  Creek  on  the  hill,  and  not  far 
from  Roanoke  River  (this  must  have  been  on  the  Waverly 
tract),  but  on  account  of  ague  and  fever  moved  it  to  Lom- 
bardy  Grove  (the  old  place),  where  he  built  a  dwelling  and 
a  store.  There  was  also  a  tannery  and  a  blacksmith  shop. 
It  was  the  gayest  and  most  aristocratic  place  in  the  county, 
as  it  was  in  the  neighborhood  of  other  persons  of  wealth,  edu- 
cation and  refinement. 

I  can  just  recollect  Mrs.  William4  Baskervill,  who 
was  your  great  grandmother,  and  can  distinctly  recollect 
when  she  died,  when  I  was  six  years  of  age." 

Mr.  William4  Baskervill  prospered  in  his  business, 
and  accumulated  a  large  estate  for  Virginia  in  those  days, 
as  his  will,  of  which  I  have  a  copy,  shows.  He  lived  with 
his  family  at  old  Lombardy  Grove,  "Old  Store"  above  re- 
ferred to,  and  must  have  moved  there  about  1790,  when  we 
went  into  business  with  Mr.  Speed,  as  stated,  or  later.  He 
died  there  in  18 14,  aged  5$^  and  we  may  wonder  if  his  life  was 
not  cut  short  by  the  excessive  cares  of  his  varied  business, 
as  most  men  of  the  family  have  lived  longer  than  that. 

Mrs.  Mary  Eaton  Baskervill,  his  wife,  survived  him 
twenty-eight  years,  until  1842,  and  with  her  unusual  capacity 
for  business  was  much  engaged  with  the  management  of 
her  estate.  I  remember  when  a  child,  hearing  accounts  of 
her  energy  and  how  she  used  to  ride  about  in  her  "coach  and 
four"  looking  after  her  overseers  and  giving  her  directions. 

When  the  writer's  grandfather,  Charles5  Baskervill, 
was  married  in  1813,  a  settlement  was  built  for  him  about 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  65 

a  mile  from  old  Lombardy  Grove,  where  he  and  his  family 
lived  thereafter.  He  died  in  1834,  and  was  survived  eight 
years  by  his  mother.     He  will  be  mentioned  later. 

Judge   Alexander   in   his    letter,   previously    referred   to. 
also   states   that   there   was   a   John    Baskervill,   who    was    a 
dentist,  "a  trade  picked  up  in  those  days,"  and  that  he  was  v  &r*v-  v 
a  first  cousin  of  the  writer's  grandfather,  Charles  Basker-  ux^J^^ 
vill.    This  must  have  been  John  Tabb  Baskervill,  born  1802,  u^ ^a  ^ 
who  married  Miss  Malone  and  moved  to  Memphis,  Tenn.       ,  /,        / 

He  also  states  ''there  are  (in  Boydton)  descendants  of  a    /• 
sister  of  Mr.   \Vm.   Baskervill,   (the   writer's   great  grand-    a^rtr^ 
father),  a  Mrs.  Farrar.  She  was  the  grandmother  of  Mrs.  Ed-  ' 

ward  Baptist  of  this  place  (Boydton),  who  has  a  number  of 
children.  Mrs.  Baptist  was  a  Rolfe.  She  is  descended  from  1  . 
George3  Baskervill."  This  Mrs.  Farrar  was  M^ry4  Basker- 
vill, daughter  of  George3  Baskervill,  of  whom  Wm.  Lucas, 
brother-in-law,  was  guardian,  as  Martha4  Minge  Baskervill 
married  Frederick  Lucas. 

The  will  of  Mr.  William4  Baskervill,  of  which  we  have 
a  copy,  is  a  very  interesting  document.  It  shows  the  posses- 
sion of  a  larger  estate,  and  a  rather  complicated  disposition  of 
it — also  a  tender  care  and  careful  provision  for  his  wife. 
Three  of  his  children,  Elizabeth,5  Mary5  Eaton,  and 
Charles5  were  already  married  (1814).  The  distribution  of 
:he  feather  beds  among  the  legatees  was  most  carefully  made, 
showing  they  were  as  highly  valued  then,  as  they  are  ab- 
horred now. 

A  very  striking  provision  in  the  will  is  that  in  case  his 
wife  should  marry  again  and  have  children,  they  also  should 
be  provided  for  out  of  his  estate,  a  most  remarkable  and  un- 
usual feature,  which  shows  he  was  a  big  hearted  man.  One 
of  the  witnesses  to  the  will  was  William5  E.  Baskervill,  who 
was  a  son  of  his  brother,  George*   Hunt  Baskervill. 

FIFTH  GENERATION 

William4  and  Mary  (Eaton)  Baskervill  had  three 
sons  and  three  daughters,  viz. : 


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i.  Charles,5  our  grandfather,  born  17SS,  died  1834,  aged  46; 

2.  William  Rust,5   b.    17S9,   m.    Sally   Dortch    1824,  lived  at 

Waverly ; 

3.  George  D.,**-b.    1793,  m.   1st.  Elizabeth  Willis   1815;  2nd. 

Williams,  lived  in  Petersburg'; 


4.  Elizabeth,5  b.  1790,  m.  Coin.  Ro.  Hill  Jones; 

5.  Mary  Eaton,5  m.  Patrick  Hamilton,  our  grand  parents ; 

6.  Anne,5  b.  1800,  m.  Thos.  Turner. 

William4  and  Mary  Eaton  Baskervill  were  both 
buried  in  the  old  cemetery  at  old  Lombardy  Grove,  as  were 
Charles5  Baskervill  and  his  wife  (the  writer's  paternal 
grandparents),  also  many  other  members  of  the  family. 

As  we  come  nearer  to  our  own  time,  and  the  family 
rapidly  becomes  more  numerous,  it  becomes  much  more  diffi- 
cult to  retain  the  unity  and  continuity  of  this  sketch.  In 
order  to  accomplish  this,  as  far  as  possible,  we  will  first  take 
up  and  dispose  of  the  collateral  lines,  and  afterward  the 
direct  lines,  from  which  we  are  descended. 

William5  Rust  Baskervill,  although  the  second  child, 
was  the  last  of  them  married.  He  was  born  in  1789,  and  in 
February,  1824.  when  he  was  thirty-five  years  old,  he  mar- 
ried Sally  Dortch,  whose  mother  was  Martha  Eaton,  sister 
of  Mary  Eaton,  who  married  William4  Baskervill, 
Martha  Eaton  having  married  Mr.  Dortch.  See  Eaton  Table. 
And  thus  they  were  first  cousins.  He  evidently  inherited 
Waverly  from  his  father,  and  he  always  lived  there  with  his 
family,  his  older  brother,  Charles,  who  married  in  1813,  hav- 
ing settled  at  (new)  Lombardy  Grove.  When  the  writer 
was  a  small  child,  probably  about  1858,  he  used  to  visit 
his  great  uncle,  Wm.  R.  Baskervill,  at  Waverly,  and  he  has 
the  most  pleasant  recollections  of  it.  At  that  time  both  of  his 
children,  Dr.  Robert  D.  Baskervill,  and  Cousin  "Jennie,'' 
were  grown,  and  the  former  had  married  Miss  Betty  Alex- 
ander (1857),  was  settled  in  his  own  home,  a  few  miles 
from  Waverly.  and  was  then  a  practising  physician.  At  that 
time  Waverly  was  a  beautiful  place.  The  house  was  wooden, 
as  were  almost  all  of  the  residences  in  the  county.     But  it 


Opposite  p.  66. 

The  inscription  on  the  tombstone  of  William4  Basker- 
vill,  my  great  grandfather,  in  the  old  family  graveyard  at 
Lombardy  Grove,  still  standing,  is: 

"This  monument,  which  covers  the  remains  of  William 
Baskervill,  late  of  Lombardy  Grove,  is  erected  by  his  three 
sons,  Charles,  George,  and  William,  as  a  feeble  testimonial 
of  their  affection  for  him  when  living,  and  veneration  for 
his  memory. 

Born  May  the  12th,  1756, 

Died  November  the  6th,  1814, 

Age  58  years,  5  months,  24  days." 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  67 

was  handsomely  built,  with  the  yard  neatly  enclosed,  taste- 
fully laid  off  with  broad  walks,  and  adorned  with  noble  trees 
and  pretty  grass  and  flowers.  The  walks  were  covered  with 
the  whitest  gravel,  and  the  whole  was  kept  in  beautiful  order 
by  a  competent  gardener.  They  had  a  large  garden,  a  large 
portion  of  which  was  devoted  to  flowers,  and  contained  a 
green  house.  Aunt  Sally  was  particularly  successful  with 
her  flowers,  and  the  beautiful  beds  of  China  astors  made  a 
great  impression  upon  me.  They  were  in  comfortable  cir- 
cumstances financially,  and  the  expenditures  were  liberal.  It 
was  a  most  attractive  place  to  visit.  This  place  is  noticed 
at  some  length,  because  it  was  the  old  ancestral  home. 
Uncle  Wm.  R.  Baskervill  lived  to  be  an  old  man.  His  wife 
died,  and  he  lived   with  his  daughter,   Virginia,   who  never 

married.     He  died  in  ,  and  the  old  place  passed  into 

the  hands  of  strangers.  Later  his  oldest  grandson,  M. 
Alexander  Baskervill,  bought  the  estate  and  is  now  residing 
there. 

Dr.  Robert6  D.  Baskervill  built  up  an  unusually  success- 
ful practice,  and  acquired  a  considerable  reputation  beyond 
his  own  locality.  It  is  said  of  him,  "He  had  more  than  a 
local  reputaton  as  a  physician  and  surgeon.  His  contribu- 
tions to  the  medical  journals  of  his  day  were  widely  read  by 
the  medical  profession,  some  of  them  having  been  translated 
and  republished  in  medical  journals  of  foreign  countries. 
He  was  one  of  the  most  influential  men  in  Mecklenburg  Co. 
Baskerville  (station  on  the  Southern  R.  R.)  was  named  in 
honor  of  him." 

The  children  of  Dr.  Robt.0  D.  and  Betty  Alexander 
Baskervill  are  as  follows : 

1.  Mark7   Alexander,    owns    and   lives    at   the    old    ancestral 

seat,  "Waverly." 

2.  SaiiieT  T.,  m.   Clemt.   T.   Xeblett,  of   Lunenburg; 

3.  Nannie7  C,  unm.,  lives  with  Wm.  R.  at  the  old  home ; 

4.  Mary7  (Meta)  E.,  m.  J.  Tabb  Nebiett,  of  Lunenburg; 

5.  Robt.7  D.,  lives  in  Norfolk,  Va. ; 


68  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

0.  William7    R.,    m.    Sallie    Boyd    Burwell    March    I,    1911; 

lives  at  his  father's  old  place ; 

7.  Bettie7   P.,  m.   Fredk.  H.  Hobbs,  of  Greenville   Co.,   now 

live  in  Norfolk.  Va. ; 

8.  George7,  practicing  medicine  in  Winona,  Miss.   (1911). 

The  next  child  of  this  fifth  generation  was  Elizabeth5 
Baskervill,  born  1790,  and  the  first  to  be  married.  On 
April  9th,  1807,  she  married  Coin.  Robert  Hill  Jones,  Sheriff 
of  Warren  Co.,  N.  C.     They  had  at  least  three  children,  viz. : 

1.  Edward6  Pugh  Jones,  who  lived  in  New  York  City  and 

was  the  father  of  Mrs.  Frances7  Jones  Ricks,  of 
Saluda,  N.  C,  who  spends  her  winters  in  Washing- 
ton City,  and  with  whom  the  writer  has  had  some 
correspondence ; 

2.  Robert6  Jones,  who  was  Sheriff  of  Warren  Co.,  N.  C. ; 

3.  Martha8  Jones,  who  married  Sam'l.   Goode. 

These  appear  in  Table  B,  and  the  writer  may  learn  more 
of  them. 

Next  we  come,  in  the  fifth  generation,  to  George3  D. 
Baskervill,  born  1793.  The  middle  name  is  probably -Dortch/' 
after  Mr.  Dortch,  who  married  his  mother's  sister,  Martha 
Eaton.  Judge  Alexander  states  that  he  lived  most  of  his 
early  life  at  Bloomberg,  Warren  Co.,  N.  C,  and  later 
moved  to  Petersburg,  Va.,  where  he  was  living  during  the 
writer's  early  childhood.  On  November  21st,  1815,  he  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Willis,  and  they  had  a  large  family  of  children, 
whose  names  will  appear  in  Table  B.  Late  in  life, 
after  the  death  of  his  first  wife,  he  married  Miss  Wil- 
liams. There  was  one  daughter  to  this  marriage,  Octavia, 
who  died  unmarried.  His  son,  George"  D.  Baskervill,  lived 
in  Prince  George  Co.,  Va.,  until  his  death  a  few  years  ago. 
He  had  several  children  who  are  still  living  in  Prince  George 
and  Dinwiddie  counties.  The  writer  has  met  only  one  of 
them,  Miss  Emily  Baskervill,  of  whom  he  has  pleasant 
recollectons.     She  has  since  married. 


I 


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CHARLES1  BASKERVILL, 

OF  LOMItARDY  GKOVE. 

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Baskerville  Genealogy.  69 

Anne5  Baskerville,  the  youngest  of  the  family,  born  1800, 
married  Thos.  Turner,  of  Williamsborough,  Granville  Co..  N. 
C,  and  had  a  large  family,  whose  names  appear  in  Table 
G.  Of  these,  Mary  Veal  Turner,  probably  the  oldest, 
married  Wm.  B.  Hamilton,  the  oldest  brother  of  the  writer's 
mother,  as  will  appear  in  the  sketch  of  the  Hamilton  family. 

This  leaves  of  the  fifth  generation  only  Charles5  Bas- 
kervill,  the  writer's  grandfather,  and  Mary5  Eaton-  Basker- 
vilLj  who  married  Patrick  Hamilton  on  December  24th, 
.1813,  also  the  writer's  grand  parents.  We  will  take  up  first 
the  former. 

Charles5  Baskervill  was  born  1788,  and  died  1834. 
He  was  married  twice.  First  on  September  29th,  1813,  he 
married  Elizabeth  Anne  Coleman  (d.  1821),  the  writer's 
grandmother,  daughter  of  Coln.  Henry  Embra  Coleman, 
of  Halifax  Co.,  Va.  See  Coleman  family.  He  settled  at 
Lombardy  Grove,  about  a  mile  from  his  father's  residence, 
where  the  family  resided  until  the  death  of  his  second  wife 
in  1868,  when  a  grand  daughter,  Mrs.  Lucy  Watkins  Betts, 
came  into  possession,  who  still  lives  there. 

The  writer  regrets  that  he  knows  very  little  about  these 
grand  parents.  Their  lives  were  doubtless  smooth  and 
eventless,  and  there  was  probably  not  much  to  record.  His 
father  died  in  1814,  the  yea*  after  the  marriage,  and  his 
mother  lived  twenty-eight  years  longer,  surviving  him 
(Charles)  six  years.  The  residences  being  so  near  there  was 
doubtless  much  intercourse.  His  father's  estate  was  large 
and  the  sons  inherited  large  plantations,  and  negroes  and 
other  personal  property  necessary  to  carry  them  on.  In  addi- 
tion the  capital  in  the  mercantile  business  was  estimated  at 
fifty  thousand  dollars.  Charles  was  of  age,  and  the  two  other 
sons  under  age.  The  father's  will  requested  that  they  would 
join  in  co-partnership  to  continue  the  business,  both  at  Old 
Store  (Lombardy  Grove),  and  Christiansville,  Charles  being 
already  in  the  business,  and  the  sons-in-law,  Robt.  PL  Jones 
and  Patrick  Hamilton,  being  their  advisers.  In  the  will 
the   capital   in   the   business    is    stated    to   be   "ten   thousand 


70  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

pounds,"  showing  that  the  English  denominations  of  money 
were  still  in  use.  It  does  not  appear  how  long  this  business 
arrangement  was  kept  up,  but  in  Charles5  Baskervill's 
will,  executed  October  23rd.  1827,  and  proved  April  20, 
1835,  there  is  no  mention  of  the  mercantile  business,  although 
the  writer  thinks  it  was  kept  up  until  after  his  death.  It  is 
said  to  have  been  kept  up  until  1850.  The  wills  of  both 
William*1  and  Charles5  Baskervill  are  on  file. 

SIXTH  GENERATION 

Charles5  Baskervill's  first  wife  died,  and  he  married 
2nd  in  1823,  Lucy  Goode,  of  Mecklenburg  Co.,  d.  1868. 
There  were  four  children  by  the  first  marriage,  and  five  by. 
the  second,  viz : 

1.  William3  Baskervill,  b.   1816.  d.  abt.   1895  I 

2.  Henry6  Embra  Coleman  Baskervill,  b.   1817,  d.   1900, 

the  writer's  father; 

3.  Mary3  Ann  Elizabeth   Baskervill,  b.    1819,   d.   1873; 

4.  Charles6  Baskervill.  b.  1821,  d.  1890; 

1.  Sam'l.6  Goode  Baskervill,  b.  and  d.  in  1824; 

2.  Lucy6  Goode  Baskervill,  b.   1827,  d.   1836; 

3.  George6    Thomas    Baskervill,   b.    1829,    d.    1863 — killed   at 

Gettysburg ; 

4.  John6  Eaton  Baskervill,  b.   1832,  d.   1833; 

5.  Sarah6  Alice  Baskervill,  b.   1834,  d.   1852. 

All  of  this  sixth  generation  are  now  dead,  and  the 
present  family  consists  of  their  children  and  grandchildren. 
This  record  will  give  a  few  statements  about  this  genera- 
tion, and  then  as  far  as  available  the  names  of  the  children 
and  grandchildren. 

The  first  is  the  writer's  oldest  uncle,  Coin.  William5 
Baskervill,  of  Buena  Vista,  Mecklenburg  Co..  Va.  He  doubt- 
less settled  there  (four  or  five  miles  from  Lombardy  Grove), 
when  he  was  married  in  1839  to  Miss  Susan  Jiggetts.  He 
lived  there  until  some  years  after  the  Confederate  war,  and 


Opposite  p.  70. 

Additional  information  in  regard  to  my  grandfather, 
Charles3  Baskervill,  is  interesting. 

His  two  younger  brothers,  George  and  William,  were 
educated  at  William  and  Mary  College,  but  he,  being  the 
eldest  son,  was  sent  by  his  father  to  the  University  of  Edin- 
burgh. His  own  sons,  following  the  example  of  their  ma- 
ternal grandfather,  Col.  Henry  Embra  Coleman,  attended 
Hampden  Sidney  College,  which  had  practically  been  founded 
by  the  Venables,  who  were  connected  by  marrjage  with  the 
Embrys  and  Colemans. 

Charles3  Baskervill  attended  the  University  of  Edin- 
burgh four  years,  spending  his  vacations  in  London  and  on 
the  Continent.  He  doubtless  graduated,  but  we  have  no 
definite  record  of  it.  He  was  a  fine  classical  scholar,  spoke 
French,  and  had  fine  literary  taste.  Judging  from  his  por- 
trait, he  must  have  been  attractive  in  appearance. 

During  some  of  his  visits  to  London  his  portrait  was 
painted  there,  tradition  says  by  a  pupil  of  Sir  Joshua  Rey- 
nolds. This  portrait  is  now  the  property  of  Mrs.  H.  Tucker 
Graham,  Hampden  Sidney,  Va.,  formerly  Miss  Lilian  Gordon 
Baskervill,  a  granddaughter,  who  has  kindly  furnished  the 
information  in  this   slip. 

After  completing  his  course  he  came  home  from  Edin- 
burgh during  the  War  of  1812,  and  it  is  said  that  the  arrival 
of  the  portrait  before  him  alarmed  his  mother  very  much,  as 
'lie  feared  that  he  had  either  been  captured  or  was  dead. 

He  is  said  to  have  met  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Coleman. 
while  she  was  visiting  her  cousin,  Mary  Anne  (Da vies)  Whit- 
tle, wife  of  Fortescue  Whittle,  parents  of  Bishop  Whittle, 
who  lived  near  Whittle's  Mill,  Mecklenburg  Co.,  Va.  Mrs. 
Graham  once  visited  at  this  quaint  old  home,  "the  oldest 
che  ever  saw,"  then  owned  and  occupied  by  Dr.  Conway 
Davies  Whittle  and  his  wife.  Gilberta  Sinclair,  who  were  very 
kind  to  her. 

Elizabeth  Anne  Coleman  w^s  barely  fifteen  years  old 
when  she  was  married,  following  a  custom   so  prevalent  at 


that  period,  and  was  twenty-four  when  she  died,  in  1821,  soon 
after  the  birth  of  her  youngest  son,  Charles. 

At  her  marriage  in  18 13  her  father's  present  to  her  in- 
cluded a  "colonial"  silver  service,  now  belonging  to  mem- 
bers of  the  family,  and  also  a  beautiful  necklace,  brooch,  and 
ear-rings  of  pearls  and  diamonds,  all  of  which  are  said  to 
have  been  lost,  except  the  brooch,  which  now  belongs  to  a 
granddaughter. 

Grandfather,  Charles5  Baskervill,  died  suddenly  on  March 
22nd,  1834.  He  had  his  two  younger  brothers,  William  and 
George,  to  dinner  with  him,  and  at  the  table  was  stricken 
with  apoplexy.  This  was  soon  after  the  birth  of  his  youngest 
child,  Sarah  Alice  Baskervill.  At  that  time  his  two  older  sons, 
William  and  Henry,  were  students  at  Hampden  Sidney  Col- 
lege, the  former  in  his  senior  year.  After  his  death  the  fol- 
lowing obituary  was  published  in  several  newspapers : 

"Departed  this  life  suddenly,  on  the  21st  ult.,  at  Lombardy 
Grove,  Mecklenburg  County,  Charles  Baskervill,  Esq.,  in  the 
46th  year  of  his  age.  leaving  a  wife  and  seven  children,  with  a 
numerous  circle  of  friends  and  acquaintances,  to  mourn  their 
untimely  and  unexpected  bereavement. 

"In  the  death  of  this  most  estimable  man.  his  wife  has 
been  deprived  of  a  mild  and  affectionate  husband ;  his  seven 
children  of  a  most  indulgent  and  fond  father ;  his  aged  mother 
of  a  dutiful  son ;  his  brothers  and  sisters  of  a  liberal,  gener- 
ous and  affectionate  brother ;  and  the  society,  in  which  he 
had  so  long  and  honourably  lived,  of  one  of  its  brightest  orna- 
ments— an  unaffected,  unpretending  gentleman,  a  useful,  up- 
right citizen  and  an  honest  man.  For  all  the  virtues,  which 
adorn  the  character  of  the  true  Virginia  gentleman  Charles 
Baskervill  stood  pre-eminently  high,  and  we  are  reminded  by 
this  truly  distressing  dispensation  of  an  all-wise  and  all-pow- 
erful Providence,  that  it  too  often  falls  to  the  lot  of  many 
to  be  snatched  from  the  stage  of  action  in  the  full  tide  of 
their  usefulness,  while  many  who  are  mere  drones  in  the  hive 
cf  society  are  permitted  to  drag  out  a  wretched  and  useless 
existence,  cumberers  of  the  ground.  He  died  in  the  full  en- 
jovment  of  every  temporal  good,  and  we  hope  with  a  prospect 


of  being  succeeded  by  children,  who  will  be  ambitious  of  emu- 
lating his  many  virtues.*' 

George4  Hunt  Baskervill  died  in  1811,  and  William"1 
Baskervill,  my  great  grandfather,  in  1814.  Grandfather. 
Charles3  Baskervill,  was  married  in  1813.  After  the  death 
of  George4  Hunt  Baskervill,  his  nephew,  Charles5  Baskervill, 
took  charge  of  his  uncle's  widow  and  children,  and  they  lived 
with  him.  This  was  doubtless  after  his  own  father's  death 
in  1814.  Grandfather's  brother.  George5  D.  Baskervill,  be- 
came the  guardian  of  John5  Tabb  Baskervill,  who  went  to 
live  with  him.  This  was  probably  later.  The  family  con- 
tinued to  live  with  Charles5  Baskervill,  and  some  of  the  de- 
scendants have  expressed  their  appreciation  of  his  kindness 
to  them. 

In  1814  Mary5  Anne  Baskervill,  daughter  of  George4 
Hunt  Baskervill.  married  Samuel  A.  Douglas,  as  stated  else- 
where, and  sometime  after  the  birth  of  their  son,  George 
Baskervill  Douglas,  in  1816,  they  moved  to  Danville,  Va., 
carrying  Mrs.  George  Hunt  Baskervill  with  them.  She  died 
there  in  1836,  showing  they  remained  there  up  to  that  time. 

Apparently  the  other  members  of  the  family  remained  in 
Mecklenburg,  and  continued  to  live  with  Charles5  Baskervill. 
Certainly  his  cousin,  Martha  Minge  Baskervill,  had  her  home 
there  for  a  Ions:  time. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  71 

raised  a  large  family,  whose  names  will  appear  in  Table 
B.  He  served  for  many  years  in  the  House  of  Dele- 
gates (of  Virginia),  and  was  a  fluent  speaker,  and  a  very  de- 
termined advocate.  It  is  said  that  on  one  occasion,  wishing 
to  prevent  what  he  thought  an  obnoxious  measure  from  being 
enacted  by  the  majority,  he  got  the  floor  of  the  house  and 
spoke  for  six  days  until  the  day  of  final  adjournment,  and 
being  fluent  he  was  never  at  loss  for  a  word  throughout  his 
lengthy  speech.  The  writer,  during  his  childhood,  knew  him 
well,  as  he  staid  with  us  when  in  Richmond,  and  he  was  an 
amiable,  kindhearted,  and  accomplished  gentleman.  The  title 
"Colonel"  was  doubtless  merely  one  of  respect,  so  often  used 
in  Virginia.  Some  years  after  the  Confederate  War  he 
bought  a  plantation  nearer  Clarksville,  Va.,  where  he  spent  the 
latter  years  of  his  life. 

Late  in  life,  some  years  after  the  death  of  his  first  wife, 
he  married  Mrs.  Alice  Sturdivant,  who  survived  him,  dying 
in  1909. 

Probably  the  most  tragic  and  pathetic  episode  in  the 
history  of  the  Baskervill  family  was  the  death,  in  April,  1909, 
of  Howard  C.  Baskervill,  a  young  Presbyterian  Missionary 
to  Persia,  at  Tabriz,  Persia,  where  during  the  popular  up- 
rising, leading  a  sortie  out  of  Tabriz,  then  besieged,  in  an 
attempt  to  get  food  for  the  strrving  women  and  children,  he 
was  killed.  He  was  the  oldest  son  of  Rev.  H.  C.  Baskervill, 
of  Minnesota,  and  grandson  of  Coin.  Wm.6  Baskervill,  just 
mentioned. 

The  following  clippings  from  the  newspapers  give  all  the 
information  we  have  of  the  tragedy. 

Tabriz,  Persia,  April  20,   1909. 

A  young  A.merican,  H.  C.  Baskerville,  until  recently  a 
teacher  in  the  Presbyterian  school  here,  was  killed  this  morn- 
ing outside  Tabriz  while  leading  a  sortie  of  Nationalists  from 
the  city.  The  object  of  the  expedition  was  to  open  a  way  for 
the  bringing  in  of  provisions,  of  which  the  city  stands  greatly 
in  need.     It  was  not  successful. 


72  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

St.  Paul.  Minn...  April  20. 

Howard  C.  Baskerville  was  twenty-four  years  old.  ac- 
cording to  his  mother,  who  with  the  young  man's  father. 
Rev.  H.  C.  Baskerville,  resides  at  Royalton,  Minn.,  where 
the  latter  is  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 


Confirmed  by   Consul  Doty. 

Washington,  D.  C,  April  20. 

A  dispatch  to  the  State  Department  from  Consul  Doty, 
at  Tabriz,  confirms  the  killing-  of  Baskerville. 

The  activity  of  Baskerville  in  assisting  the  Persian  revo- 
lutionists against  the  government  became  known  early  this 
month.  Possible  complications  were  avoided  by  the  prompt 
disavowal  by  the  Presbyterian  mission  at  Tabriz  of  all  of 
Baskerville's  acts. 

The  mission  gave  orders  also  that  he  either  refrain  from 
interfering  in   Persian  politics  or  resign  his  position. 


Tabriz,   Persia,   April   22. 

The  funeral  of  H.  C.  Baskerville,  the  former  teacher  in 
the  American  Mission  School,  who  was  one  of  the  leaders 
of  the  revolutionaries  and  was  killed  last  Monday  while  lead- 
ing a  sortie  against  the  Shah's  troops,  was  held  yesterday 
with  military  honors.     The  entire  consular  body  was  present. 


H.  C.  Baskerville  was  a  graduate  of  Princeton  Uni- 
versity, class  of  1907.  and  left  this  country  early  that  fall  for 
Persia  under  a  two  year's  contract  to  teach  in  the  boy's 
school,  which  is  run  in  conjunction  with  the  Presbyterian 
mission  at  Tabriz.  His  contract  expired  this  June  and  he 
was  expected  back  to  enter  Princeton  Theological  Seminary 
in  the  fall.  He  had  already  engaged  his  room  at  Princeton. 
He'  has  a  brother,  who  at  present  is  a  student  in  the  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary. 

There  are  two  brothers  at  Macalester  College,  St.  Paul. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  73 

Princeton,  April  29. 

Charles  S.  Baskerville.  a  senior  in  the  Princeton  Semi- 
nary, made  public  to-night  a  cablegram  from  the  Persian 
revolutionary  leaders  to  his  father,  offering  condolence  for 
the  death  of  Howard  C.  Baskerville,  who  was  killed  while 
leading  a  sortie  from  Tabriz.     It  read  as  follows: 

Persia  much  regrets  the  honorable  loss  of  your 
dear  son  in  the  cause  of  liberty,  and  we  give  our 
parole  that  future  Persia  will  always  preserve  his 
name  in  her  history,  like  that  of  Lafayette  in 
America,  and  will  respect  his  venerable  tomb. 

Satar  Khan  and  Jomani  Ayaleti. 

The  message  was  forwarded  to  Baskerville's  father,  now 
in  Minnesota. 


London,  April  22. 

The  Chronicle  prints  a  despatch  from  Tabriz,  describing 
the  death  of  H.  C.  Baskerville,  the  young  American  teacher 
who  sacrificed  his  position  as  master  of  the  mission  school 
on  March  31,  to  help  in  the  defence  of  the  starving  town. 

The  correspondent,  explaining  that  profound  demoraliza- 
tion succeeded  the  former  courage  and  confidence  of  the  de- 
fenders, says  that  Baskerville  himself  arranged  five  times  to 
attack  the  besiegers  with  a  prospect  of  success,  but  each 
time  the  courage  of  the  ultimate  authorities  failed  and  the 
organization  broke  down. 

Then,  when  the  chances  of  success  were  gone,  the 
authorities,  in  dire  despair,  appealed  to  Baskerville  to  lead  the 
attack  of  which  they  had  previously  disapproved.  Basker- 
ville pointed  out  the  hopelessness  of  the  effort .  as  the  de- 
moralization of  the  citizen  troops  was  complete.  Finally, 
however,  he  consented,  although  he  knew  he  would  lead  a 
forlorn  hope. 

After  waiting  at  the  rendezvous  for  five  hours  for  his 
men  to  assemble  Baskerville  led  150  to  the  onset,  but  by 
the  time  they  got  within  range  of  the  besiegers'  rifles  their 


74  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

numbers  had  dwindled  to  nine.  Nevertheless,  Baskerville  gal- 
lantly began  an  attack  with  his  handful.  He  was  shot  through 
the  heart  at  the  head  of  his  followers,  dying  almost  imme- 
diately. 


Mary  Ann  Elizabeth6  Baskervill,  b.  1819,  d.  1873,  the 
only  daughter  by  the  first  marriage,  on  May  12th,  1837,  mar- 
ried Richard  Venable  Watkins,  of  Charlotte,  and  later  of 
Halifax  Co.,  Va.  They  settled  in  Halifax  Co.,  at  their  home, 
Mayo,  near  the  North  Carolina  line,  where  the  family  lived 
until  after  his  death.  During  the  writer's  childhood  he  had 
the  good  fortune  to  live  in  this  family  for  many  years,  where 
he  received  every  kindness.  It  was  truly  a  most  attractive 
and  refined  Christian  family.  The  names  of  the  children 
will  be  found  in  Table  H. 

Charles8  Baskerville^,  b.  1821,  d.  1890,  was  the  youngest 
of  the  children  of  the  first  marriage.  He  married  very  early, 
on  November  17,  1841,  Miss  Margaret  Haynes  Frear,  whose 
mother,  Betty  Eaton  Frear.  was  daughter  of  John  R.  Eaton, 
brother  of  Mary  Eatox,  wife  of  Wm.4  Baskervill,  his  grand- 
father. He  moved  to  Mississippi,  and  continued  to  live 
there,  and  they  raised  a  large  family  of  children,  some  of 
whose  names  will  appear  in  Table  B.  He  was  a  major  of 
cavalry  in  the  Confederate  army,  and  a  gallant  soldier. 

His  only  son,  Charles7  Baskervill,  became  a  physician, 
volunteered  to  go  to  Memphis  during  the  yellow  fever  epi- 
demic of  1879,  and  died  there  of  the  fever. 

The  son  of  Dr.  Charles7  Baskervill  is  Professor  Charles8 
Baskervill  (fourth  generation  of  this  name)  now  of  New 
York  City,  who  has  made  a  very  high  position  for  himself 
in  the  scientific  world.  The  following  is  a  sketch  of  him 
taken  from  the  National  Encyclopedia  of  American  Biog- 
raphy, Vol.  XIII,  p.  300..  in  the  Va.  State  Library.  It  is 
accompanied  by  a  portrait  of  him. 

"Charles8  Baskerville,  chemist  and  educator,  was  bom 
in  Noxubee   Co.,   Miss.,  June  8,    1870,   son   of   Charles   and 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  75 

Augusta  Louisa  (Johnston)  Baskerville.  After  completing 
his  preliminary  education  he  entered  the  University  of  Mis- 
sissippi, where  he  studied  during  the  year  1SS6-87,  and  then, 
having  changed  his  attendance  to  the  University  of  Virginia, 
was  graduated  there  in  1890.  He  pursued  post  graduate 
studies  at  Vanderbilt  University  in  1890-91,  and  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Berlin  in  1893.  In  1891  he  became  a  member  of 
the  chemical  department  of  the  University  of  North  Caro- 
lina, serving  as  instructor  1891-94;  assistant  professor  1894- 
1900;  and  professor  and  director  of  the  physical  laboratory 
1900-04.  In  1904  he  accepted  the  chair  of  Chemistry  at  the 
College  of  the  City  of  New  York,  where  he  still  remains. 

Professor  Baskerville  is  a  fellow  of  the  American  Asso- 
ciation for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  and  was  chairman 
of  its  section  of  chemistry  1902-03 ;  is  a  member  of  the 
council  of  the  American  Chemical  Society :  a  member  of  the 
German  Chemical  Society ;  a  fellow  of  the  London  Chemical 
Society;  and  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Chemical  Industry, 
and  of  the  Washington  (D.  C),  North  Carolina,  and  New 
York  Academies  of  Science.  He  is  the  author  of  ''School 
Chemistry,  1898,"  and  of  nearly  a  hundred  papers  and  articles 
on  chemical  topics. 

As  an  experimenter  he  deserves  high  rank  among 
American  scientists,  particularly  on  account  of  his  brilliant 
discoveries  in  connection  with  radio-active  substances.  After 
ten  years  of  investigation  he  finally  established  the  fact  that 
thorium,  hitherto  supposed  to  be  an  element,  is  really  a 
combination  of  two  substances,  called  by  him  carolinium, 
after  the  State  of  North  Carolina,  and  berzelium,  after  Ber- 
zehus,  a  Swedish  chemist,  who  discovered  thorium  nearly  a 
century  ago.  These  new  elements  were  first  found  by  Prof. 
Baskerville  in  the  monazite  sand  of   North   Carolina. 

By  virtue  of  this  achievement  he  has  the  unique  distinc- 
tion of  being  the  first  American  chemist  to  discover  a  new 
element. 


76  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

He  was  married  April  24th.  1895,  to  Alary  Boylan, 
daughter  of  George  H.  Snow,  of  Raleigh.  N.  C.  They  have 
one  son  and  one  daughter.'' 

He  is  the  author  of  several  other  books  on  chemistry 
besides  those  mentioned  above. 

Of  the  children  of  the  second  marriage  of  Charles5 
Baskervill,  the  first  two  and  fourth  died  in  childhood. 

George8  Thomas  Baskervill,  the  third,  b.  1829,  d.  1863, 
married  Lucy  Goode  in  1849,  and  settled  in  Granville  Co., 
N.  C.  He  was  a  most  admirable  man,  and  an  intelligent, 
cultivated  gentleman.  He  had  talent  for  mechanical  work, 
and  in  his  spare  moments,  with  the  help  of  a  rough  carpenter, 
he  beautified  his  home  with  ornamental  green  houses,  etc. 
He  also  developed  a  talent  for  portrait  painting,  and  with 
scraps  left  by  a  professional  he  painted  a  good  portrait  of 
his  wife. 

When  the  Confederate  War  came  he  raised  a  company 
and  joined  the  Confederate  army  as  captain  of  this  company, 
and  made  a  most  gallant  soldier.  He  was  killed  at  the  bat-< 
tie  of  Gettysburg  gallantly  leading  his  company  in  Genera1 
Picket's  famous  charge. 

He  had  three  children,  whose  names  are  recorded  in 
Table  B. 

Sarah  Alice*  Baskervill,  the  youngest,  who  survived  in- 
fancy, died  in  Richmond,  while  attending  school,  in  her  18th 
year,  at  the  home  of  the  writer's  father.  At  the  time  of  her 
death  she  was  engaged  to  be  married  to  Coin.  John  M. 
Patton,  of  Richmond. 

Henry  Embra  Coleman8  Baskervill,  the  second  son. 
was  the  writer's  father.  He  was  born  Oct.  14,  181 7,  and 
died  January  4th,  1900.  He  graduated  at  Hampden-Sidney 
College,  where  the  sons  of  the  family  were  educated.  This 
was  a  Presbyterian  institution,  and  the  Baskervills  have  been 
always  from  the  beginning  to  the  present  day  Episcopalians. 
But  this  college  was  near  and  well  conducted,  and  therefore 
they  went  there. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  77 

After  graduation,  his  father  having  died  while  he  was 
at  college,  he  moved  to  Petersburg,  where  he  engaged  in 
the  dry  goods  business.  After  several  years,  probably  about 
1845,  ^ie  moved  to  Richmond  and  entered  the  wholesale 
grocery  business  with  Mr.  Lewis  Webb,  and  Air.  John  L. 
Bacon,  under  the  firm  name  of  Webb,  Bacon  &  Co., 
and  they  were  located  on  Main  street  near  Fifteenth. 
On  February  10th,  1846,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Isa- 
bella Alston  Hamilton,  daughter  of  Mr.  Patrick 
Hamilton,  of  Burnside,  Granville  Co.,  N.  C,  the  writer's 
mother.  See  Hamilton  family.  For  two  years  they  boarded 
with  Misses  Rebecca  and  Martha  Murray,  who  were  related 
to  him.  I  do  not  know  where  the  boarding  house  was, 
but  I  have  now,  in  my  library,  a  small  round  mahogany 
table,  which  was  bought  for  my  mother's  room  at  this  house. 
In  1848  they  rented  and  occupied  a  good  house  on  Franklin 
street,  South  side,  third  door  East  from  Seventh  street,  re- 
cently pulled  down  to  make  room  for  the  new  temporary, 
postofficc  (1910).  where  the  writer  was  born  and  spent  his 
early  childhood.  Later,  probably  in  1852,  they  moved  to  a 
much  larger  house  on  the  same  square,  now  number  711  E. 
Franklin,  and  a  part  of  the  Young  Women's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation building,  where  my  mother  died  in  1854,  July  8th. 
My  father  continued  to  rent  the  house  from  Mr.  Stewart 
and  to  reside  there  until  his  second  marriage  in  1866,  when 
he  bought  the  house  number  207  E.  Franklin  and  occupied 
it. 

After  my  mother's  death  the  four  children,  myself, 
Isabella,  Mary,  and  Henry,  in  order  of  birth,  were  kindly 
taken  by  our  aunt,  Mrs.  George  (Mary  Eaton  Hamilton) 
Tarry,  of  Mecklenburg  Co.,  my  mother's  older  sister,  and 
kindly,  lovingly,  and  tenderly  taken  care  of.  In  the  Spring 
°*  *®55  *ne  two  younger  children  died  of  scarlet  fever,  Mary 
Eaton  Baskervill  on  March  3rd.  and  Henry  E.  C.  Basker- 
viJl,  Jr.,  on  March  6th,  and  they  were  buried  by  their  mother 
in  Hollywood  cemetery. 


7s  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

About  1S57  I  was  sent  by  my  father  to  my  paternal  aunt 
Mrs.  Richard  V.  (Alary  Anne  Elizabeth  Baskervill)  Watkins 
of  Mt.  Mayo,  Halifax  Co.,  Va.,  to  go  to  school  with  her 
boys,  and  I  remained  there  until  about  January  1st  1S65 
when  I  was  sent  to  the  Virginia  Military  Institute,  then 
quartered  in  the  old  alms  house  at  Richmond,  being  just  six- 
teen years  old.  After  the  war,  by  preference,  I  went  to  the 
University  of  Virginia,  where  I  remained  five  years  and  took 

£rl~       «  /  fe*%«n*iSo|  my  father  entered  the  Confederate  armvis. 

■UXU^urr.,  an  aid  to  Brig_  Genend  ^^      j  remember  ^  ^    ^ 

ing  had  only  one  hand,  having  lost  the  other  in  Mexico.     As 
a  child  I  was  much  interested  in  his  being  able  to  put  on  a 
kid  glove   with   his   teeth,   and  to  mount  his   horse  without 
assistance.     After  the  war  he  engaged  in  the  service  of  the 
Khedive   of   Egypt,    and    other    foreign    service.      Later    my 
.    »    father  was  on  Genl.  "Stonewall"  Jackson's  staff  with  the  rank 
^^v  ftUoi  Major,  and  had  charge  of  the  commissary  department  of 
.^innnr^    the   corps,   having  been   selected    on  account   of   his   known 
business  ability.     He  served  for  several  years  and  then  had 
a  spell  of  typhoid  fever,  at  Gordonsville  I  think,  which  en- 
tirely undermined  his  health,  and  he  was  compelled  to  retire 
from  the  service. 

During  his   absence   from  home  his   residence  was   sub- 
.rented  to  Hon.  Alexr.  H.  SteSfes,  V.  P.  of  the  Confederate 
States,  with  furniture   of  all  kinds,   including  silver,   books, 
etc.,  and  also  the  servants,  my  father  reserving  the  privilege 
of  a  room  whenever  he  should  desire  it.  He  and  Air.  Ste^s, 
who  was  a  very  lovable  mar^became  very  close  friends   and 
after  the  war  when  Mr.  Sterns  was  in  Richmond,  he  'staid 
at  my  father's  house.     During  this  period,  from  time  to  time 
when  my  father  was  at  home,  I  would  come  to  pay  him  a 
visjt^and  occupy  his  room  with  him.     I  learned  to  know  Mr 
Stevens  very  well  and  to  be  much  attached  to  him,  as  he  was 
pleasant  and   kind   to  me.     When   he  went   back  to   Craw- 
fordsville  a  few  months  before  the  close  of  the  war,  the  fric- 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  79 

tion  with  President  Davis  making  this  best,  he  carried  with 
him  Henry  and  Antony,  the  two  sons  of  my  father's  cook, 
Nancy,  then  about  grown,  as  he  had  become  attached  to 
them,  with  my  father's  cordial  approval.  And  when  he  was 
carried  to  prison,  they  went  with  him  as  far  as  Hampton 
Roads,  and  are  frequently  spoken  of  in  his  "Prison  Diary/' 
recently  edited  and  published  by  Mrs.  Avary. 

After  the  war  my  father  sub-rented  his  house  to  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Petticolas,  and  he  and  Dr.  O.  A.  Crenshaw  had 
rooms  and  boarded  with  them.  I  continued  from  time  to 
time  to  visit  him  there,  being  a  student  at  the  U.  of  Va.,  and 
spending  at  least  the  summer  of  1865  in  Halifax  Co. 

In  1866  he  married  Miss  Eugenia  Buffington,  daughter 
of  Coin.  P.  C.  Buffington,  who  lived  where  the  city  of  Hunt- 
ington, W.  Va.,  is  now  located.  She  was  a  very  lovely  and 
attractive  lady,  and  the  writer  was  very  much  attached  to 
her.  After  some  years  of  ill  health  she  died  on  March  20, 
1871. 

In  1876  he  married  Mrs.  Margaret  A.  Humphries,  for- 
merly Miss  Stribling,  a  most  estimable  and  accomplished 
lady,   who  died  on  January  21,    1884. 

In  1866  he  moved  to  207  E.  Franklin  street,  having  pur- 
chased the  house,  where  he  and  his  family  lived  until  his 
death  on  January  14,   1000,  in  the  83rd  year  of  his  age 

He  was  a  successful  man  of  business,  and  of  scrupulous 
integrity  and  honor,  having  always  the  highest  esteem  and 
respect  of  people  around  him. 

For  many  years  he  was  a  vestryman  of  St.  Paul's  church, 
and  very  much  interested  in  it. 

The  writer  has  felt  at  liberty  to  record  here  personal 
incidents  and  recollections,  because  this  sketch  is  made  chiefly 
for  his.  own  family,  and  other  people  will  be  allowed  the 
privilege  of  passing  over  it,  if  they  prefer.  Other  personal 
references  will  be  added  in  manuscript  after  the  sketch  is 
printed. 

I  will  only  add  that  my  brother,  Henry  Eugene  Basker- 
ville.. a  prominent  architect  of  Richmond,  who  married  Miss 


8c  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Ethel  Marsh,  of  Eastern,  Pa.,  is  now  residing  with  his  family 
including  his  little  son,  Henry  Coleman  Baskerville,  at  n 
E.  Franklin  street,  in  this  city. 

Next  going  back  to  p.  69,  we  take  up  Mary  Eaton5 
Baskervill,  who  in  1812  married  Patrick  Hamilton,  of 
Burnside,  Granville  Co.,  N.  C.  These  were  the  writer's 
maternal  grandparents. 

The  number  of  Hamiltons  is  as  of  the  stars  in  the  heavens 
or  the  sand  upon  tne  sea  shore,  and  it  does  not  necessarily 
involve  any  relationship,  or  one  near  enough  to  notice.  This 
makes  the  tracing  of  our  lineage  more  difficult. 

Patrick5  Hamilton  was  born  at  Burnside,  Lanarkshire, 
Scotland,  on  May  31st,  1789,  and  died  at  Burnside,  Granville 
Co.,  N.  C,  on  June  28th,  1S50.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
famous  Scotch  family  of  Hamilton,  which  for  so  many  cen- 
turies was  very  conspicuous  in  that  country.  The  history  of 
the  family  is  elaborately  described  in  The  History  of  the 
House  of  Hamilton,  by  John  Anderson,  the  genealogist,  to 
which  reference  is  made.  It  is  traced  back  to  Bernard,  a 
near  kinsman  of  Rollo,  the  first  Duke  of  Normandy,  and. 
ancestor  of  William  the  Conqueror.  One  of  the  family  was 
made  Earl  of  Warwick,  by  William  the  Conqueror,  in  1076, 
ten  years  after  the  battle  of  Hastings.  The  direct  ancestor, 
Robert,  Earl  of  Mellent,  was  one  of  the  prominent  advisers 
and  leaders  in  the  battle  of  Hastings,  and  was  the  recipient 
of  many  lordships  and  manors  at  the  hands  of  King  William. 
He  became  Earl  of  Leicester,  and  from  him  descended  a 
long  line  of  Earls  of  Leicester,  from  whom  the  Hamilton? 
came,  all  of  which  will  be  found  in  Anderson's  book,  a  par- 
tial copy  of  which  the  writer  has  in  his  Hamilton  Book. 
From  this  Leicester  family  were  descended  the  Scotch  family 
of  Hamilton,  and  their  history  is  found  in  that  of  Scotland. 
It  will  not  be  attempted  here.  It  is  sufficient  to  state  that 
our  family  is  a  part  of  this  great  family. 

The  following  is  taken  from  Lower's  Dictionary  of 
Family  Names  in  the  Va.  State  Library:  "Hamilton  is  a 
corruption    of    Hambledon,    a    manor    in    Buckinghamshire. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  8i 

William  de  Hambledon.  a  younger  son  of  Robert  de  Beau- 
mont, third  Earl  of  Leicester,  is  said  to  have  gone  about  the 
year  12 15  into  Scotland,  where  he  was  well  received  by 
Alexander  II.  From  him  sprang  all  the  nobles  and  other 
Scottish  lines  of  Hamilton.'' 

"The  Hamiltons  are  a  migratory  race,  and  are  to  be 
found  in  almost  every  region  of  the  world.  In  the  kingdom 
of  Sweden  alone  there  are  three  noble  houses  of  this  name 
descended  from  officers  who  served  Gustavus  Adolphus  in 
the  thirty  years  war."  (Grant's  Memoirs  of  Sir  John  Hep- 
burn, p.  33.) 

Our  immediate  branch  were  of  East  Quarter,  Burnside, 
Parkhead,  and  other  manors  in  Lanarkshire.  We  can  not 
definitely  carry  it  farther  back  than  the  following: 

James1  Hamilton,  of  East  Quarter,  is  on  record  as  of 
1655.     His  son  was 

John2  Hamilton,  of  East  Quarter,  record  1709.  His 
son  was 

John3  Hamilton,  younger,  of  East  Quarter,  who  mar- 
ried Janet  Arbuckle  about  January  20.  1752.  Their  son 
was 

William*  Hamilton,  of  record  1766,  of  East  Quarter, 
Burnside,  and  Parkhead.  married  Euphemia  Allston.  of 
Muirburn,  near  Parkhead,'  1780.  These  last  had  seven  sons 
and  three  daughters,  whose  names  are  recorded  in  the  Table 
F.  Ail  seven  of  the  sons  emigrated  to  America,  of  whom 
Patrick,5  our  ancestor,  the  youngest,  came  over  about  1807, 
and  settled  in  Williamsborough,  Granville  Co.,  X.  C..  as  did 
several  of  his  brothers.  He  brought  sufficient  inherited  capi- 
tal with  him  to  establish  himself  in  mercantile  business,  in 
which  he  was  successful.  He  bought  and  settled  at  his  place, 
called  "Burnside,"  near  Williamsborough,  where  he  lived  with 
his  wife  Mary5  Eaton  (Baskervill)  Hamilton,  and  raised 
a  large  family.  He  was  a  man  of  high  type,  of  high  intel- 
lectual and  moral  character,  and  gained  the  respect  and  es- 
teem of  his  neighbours  and  acquaintances.  He  acquired  a 
particular  reputation  for  justice  and  fairness  in  his  dealings 


82  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

with  others,  and  many  disputes  and  differences  of  his  poorer 
neighbours  were  referred  to  "Squire  Hamilton"  for  final  arbi- 
trament. 

Patrick5  Hamilton  died  in  1850  without  a  will.  His 
sons,  Wm.  B.,  and  Ch.  E.  Hamilton,  were  his  administrators. 

As  stated,  in  181 2  he  married  Mary  Eaton  Basker- 
vill, and  they  had  seven  children : 

William0  Baskervill  Hamilton,  born  at  Lombardy  Grove,  m. 

Mary   V.   Turner  May    11,    1836,   d.   at   Enterprise, 

Miss. ; 
Alary6  Euphemia  Hamilton,  b.  January  4,  1815,  m.  Geo.  Tarry 

May  3,  1832,  d.  July  29,  1890; 
Charles'5  Eaton  Hamilton,  b.   January  22,   181 6,  m.    1,  Jane 

Coleman;  2,  Mrs.  Sally  Watkins; 
Robert6  Alston  Hamilton,  b.  July  17,  1818,  m.  I,  Sarah  Alex- 
ander; 2,  Mrs.  Martha  Morton; 
James6  Hamilton,  b.  June  19,  1820,  m.  Maria  Abert; 
Isabella6  Alston  Hamilton,  b.  June  22,   1823,  d.  July  3, 

1854,  m.   H.   E.  C.   Baskervill,   1846,  the  writer's 

parents ; 
Alexander6  Hamilton,  b.  November  2,  1824,  m.  Anna  Young, 

of  Waverly,  Miss. 

Of  these  the  writer's  uncle,  William6  B.  Hamilton,  mar- 
ried Mary  Veal  Turner,  of  Williamsborough,  whose  mother 
was  Anne5  Baskervill,  sister  of  my  grandfather,  Chas.5  Bask- 
ervill. See  table  F.  He  first  went  into  business  in  Richmond, 
Va.,  and  lived  in  a  good  wooden  house  at  Grace  and  Seventh 
streets,  where  later  Dr.  Francis  Deane  lived,  and  where 
now  the  Seventh  Street  Christian  Church  is  situated.  Later 
he  moved  to  Mobile,  Ala.,  and  conducted  a  cotton  business 
for  many  years.  They  had  three  children,  whose  names  will 
appear  in  the  table. 

Mary6  Euphemia  Hamilton,  b.  January  4,  181 5,  d.  No- 
vember 29,  1890,  on  May  3,  1832,  married  Mr.  George  Tarry, 
who  lived  at  his  residence,  Mt.  Laurel,  Mecklenburg  Co.,  Va. 
When  the  writer's  mother  died  in  1854,  he  and  his  two  little 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  83 

sisters  and  baby  brother  were  carried  there  to  live  as  already 
stated.  We  found  another  family  of  orphans  there,  the  chil- 
dren of  Aunt  Mary's  younger  brother  Charles,  who  were  both 
motherless  and  fatherless,  while  we  had  a  good  kind  father  left 
to  us.  The  same  loving-  care  was  given  to  ail  of  us,  and  no 
chiidren  ever  had  a  better  home.  No  kinder  or  better  people 
ever  lived  than  our  uncle  and  aunt,  and  they  could  not  have 
been  better  to  us.  if  we  had  been  their  own  children.  I  might 
say  much  more,  but  this  is  not  the  place  to  indulge  my  feelings 
in  regard  to  it. 

They  had  two  children: 

Mary7  Hamilton  Tarry,  b.  August  27,  1838,  d.  October  8, 
1858.  She  was  married  to  Fleming  Jeffries  March  10,  1857, 
and  died  without  children ; 

George7  Patrick  Tarry,  b.  April  12,  1811,  d.    .     He 

married  Mary  G.  Rawlins  June  8,  1870,  and  inherited  and  lived 
at  the  family  seat  at  Mt.  Laurel.  He  died  from  injuries  re- 
ceived in  an  accident  in  a  buggy.  They  had  a  large  family, 
whose  names  are  recorded  in  Table  F. 

Of  Charles6  Eaton  Hamilton,  b.  January  22,  1816,  we 
know  little,  not  much  more  than  the  names  of  his  family.  He 
married  first  Jane  Coleman,  sister  of  the  writer's  grandmother, 
Mrs.  Charles3  Baskervill,  and  second  Mrs.  Sally  Watkins, 
formerly  Sally  Tarry,  neice  of  the  writer's  uncle,  George 
Tarry.     The  names  of  the  family  are  recorded  in  Table  F. 

Robert6  Alston  Hamilton,  b.  July  17,  1818,  was  for  many 
years  a  merchant  in  Petersburg,  where  many  of  his  descend- 
ants are  now  living.  He  married  first  Sarah  Alexander,  of 
Mecklenburg  Co.,  and  second  Mrs.  Martha  Morton,  for- 
merly Martha  Venable.  Her  father  was  conspicuous,  and  a 
member  of  Congress,  and  her  mother  was  a  grand  daughter 
of  Isabella  Alston,  of  Scotland,  sister  of  Euphemia  Alston, 
mother  of  Patrick*  Hamilton.  The  names  of  the  family  are 
recorded  in  Table  F. 

James0  Hamilton,  b.  June  19,  1820,  moved  to  Mississippi 
and  ipent  his  life  there.  He  married  Maria  Abert,  and  had  a 
large  family,  whose  names  are  recorded  in  the  table. 


84  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Isabella6  Alston  Hamilton,  b.  June  22,  1823,  d.  July 
3,  1854,  was  the  writer's  mother.  She  married  H.  E.  C.  Bas- 
keryill,  and  died  quite  young. 

Alexander6  Hamilton,  b.   November  2,   1S24,  d. , 

moved  to  Mississippi,  married  Anna  Young,  of  Waverly, 
Miss.,  and  had  a  family,  whose  names  are  in  Table  F. 

CUMBERLAND  AND  PULASKI  BRANCH 

And  now  having  given  a  brief  account  of  what  we  have 
found  out  about  our  own  branch  of  the  family,  descended 
from  George3  Baskervill,  who  established  it  in  Mecklenburg, 
and  its  several  offshoots,  we  go  back  again  to  the  third  gen- 
eration, and  take  up  John3  Baskerville,  the  only  brother  of 
George3  Baskervill,  who  had  descendants. 

Our  knowledge  of  him  is  solely  from  the  records,  and 
of  his  descendants  partly  from  the  records,  and  partly  from 
a  table  of  descent  kindly  sent  us  by  Mr.  John7  Barbour  Bas- 
kerviile,  of  Roanoke,  Ya.,  one  of  the  descendants. 

Jchn3  Baskerville  (he  and  his  descendants  retain  the  final 
e)  is  first  on  record  in  York  Co.  in  1738.  Next  in  1742 
he  bought  a  tract  of  land  and  settled  in  what  was  then 
Goochland  Co.,  and  after  1748  Cumberland  Co.,  Cumberland 
having  been  formed  from  Goochland  in  that  year.  The  deed 
is  on  record,  and  we  have  a  copy.  We  find  records  of  his 
being  a  vestryman  of  the  Episcopal  Church  in  1748  and  1755. 
He  seems  to  have  had  seven  children,  the  names  of  whom  and 
their  descendants,  as  far  as  we  know  them,  appear  in  Table  D. 
Of  these  Magdalene*  and  Richard4  had  descendants,  who  con- 
tinued to  live  in  Cumberland  Co.,  but  we  have  no  knowledge 
of  them  beyond  their  grandchildren,  as  shown  in  Table  D. 
Another  son,  Samuel4  Baskerville,  was  a  lieutenant  in  the 
Revolutionary  army.  The  following  summary  is  taken  from 
Heitman's  "Historical  Register  of  the  Continental  Army,'' 
p.  453:  "Samuel  Baskerville  (Ya.),  ensign  10th  Ya.,  3rd  Dec, 
1776;  2nd  Lieut.  2nd  JanY.,  1777;  1st  Lieut.  5th  April,  1778. 
Regiment  designated  6th  Ya.  Sept.  14th,  1778.  Taken  pris- 
oner at  Charlottesville  12th  May,  1780;  exchanged  July,  1781, 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  85 

retired  1st  Jan'y,   1783,  was  paid  to   15th   Nov.,   1783;  died 
29th  Augt,  1830." 

We  find  in  another  record  that  he  died  in  Madison  Co., 
Va.  In  another  record  he  is  spoken  of  in  a  deed  as  of  Pow- 
hatan Co.,  Va.,  and  in  October,  1792,  he  married  Statira 
Booker,  of  the  county.  (W.  &  M.  Q,  15,  258.)  He  was  an 
original  member  of  the  Society  of  Cincinnati.  He  is  said  on 
Mr.  Jno.7  B.  Baskerville's  table  to  have  had  two  children. 
Polly  and  James,  and  to  have  gone  to  Ohio.  T-he -last  may 
be-an-xrriDx^as  we  find  from  Saffel's  Records  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary War,  that  he  died  in  Madison  Co.,  \^on  Au°t  20th 
1830.  O-iu,  ' 

This  leaves  of  the  children  of  John3  Baskerville,  George4 
Baskerville,  the  ancestor  of  the  Pulaski  branch,  and  the  only 
one,  whose  descendants  we  have  succeeded  in  tracing  to  the 
present  time.     See  Table  D. 

Of  his  sons,  Wihmm5  Barbour  Baskerville.  b.   in  Cum- 
berland in  1790,  m^tfoVulaski  C^^m^6^^^ 
He  had  a  large  family,  and  his  descendants  are  settled  in  Pu- 
laski ond  the  adjoining  counties.     We  do  not  know  what  has 
become  of  the  other  descendants. 

The  family  has  entirely  disappeared  from  Cumberland 
Co.,  I  am  informed  by  rhe  clerk,  as  it  has  from  York  and 
Charles  City  counties,  and  the  name  occurs  there  now  only  in 
the  records.  The  writer  has  numerous  copies  and  extracts, 
and  from  these  and  the  table  sent  me,  as  stated,  our  Table  D  is 
constructed.  The  table  sent  me  is  particularly  interesting, 
because,  it  was  made  up  by  Mr.  John  Barbour"  Baskerville, 
father  of  Mr.  John7  Barbour  Baskerville,  from  his  personal 
knowledge  and  recollections  at  a  very  advanced  age.  He  died 
in  1906  at  the  age  of  ninety-three,  and  his  father  died  in 
1883.  also  at  the  age  of  ninety-three.  This  presents  an  un- 
usual case  of  longevity  in  father  and  son,  the  latter  being 
seventy  years  old  when  his  father  died. 

As  far  as  the  writer  knows,  there  has  never  been  any 
acquaintance  or  intercourse  between  the  Pulaski  branch  and 
cur  own,  except  a  few  letters  between  the  writer's  wife,  and 


it* 


86  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Mr.  Jno.7  B.  Baskerville's  family,  when  they  kindly  sent  us 
the  table  of  descent.  This  has  been  only  the  accidental  re- 
sult of  moving  apart.  Our  knowledge  of  this  branch  is  con- 
fined to  the  statements  in  Table  D. 


Opposite  p.  86. 

Later  the  following  interesting  information  has  been  re- 
ceived from  Mr.  John7  Barber  Baskerville,  of  Roanoke: 

William5  Barber  Baskerville  about  1826  moved  from 
Cumberland  Co.  to  Montgomery  Co.,  later  Pulaski  Co.,  Va., 
which  was  formed  in  1839  from  Montgomery  and  Wythe 
Counties,  and  settled  at  Lovely  Mount,  now  Radford.  He 
ieft  Cumberland  with  his  son.  John6  Barber  Baskerville,  then 
about  thirteen  years  old,  and  several  servants,  to  look  for  a 
place  to  settle.  They  spent  the  winter  near  New  Dublin,  and 
in  the  next  spring  he  purchased  land  east  of  New  River. 
During  the  summer  he  brought  his  wife  and  a  number  of 
servants  to  the  southwest  to  Lovely  Mount. 

Later,  about  1839,  or  early  in  the  40's,  he  moved  to  Mis- 
souri, where  he  lived  in  the  Counties  of  Cass,  Cooper,  and 
Henry.  During  the  Civil  War  he  equipped  a  company  for 
the  Confederate  Army.  His  son,  William6  Baskerville,  now 
residing  at  Montrose,  Mo.,  (1913),  was  one  of  the  pioneers 
in  California.  He  made  several  trips  over  the  Santa  Fe 
trail,  on  one  of  which  he  was  attacked  by  Indians,  near  where 
is  now  Yuma,  Arizona,  and  was  tomahawked  and  desperately 
wounded.  The  scar,  in  which  a  finger  can  be  laid,  is  still 
visible. 

Another  son.  James5  A.  Baskerville,  had  a  pronounced 
fondness  for  the  frontier,  livingr  also  his  entire  life  on  the 
edge  of  civilization.  At  a  very  early  age  he  left  Missouri  ior 
the  far  West,  and  was  heard  from  at  intervals  in  Utah,  Idaho. 
Montana,  California  and  Washington.  He  was  a  hunter  and 
trapper,  and  in  his  old  age  drifted  into  the  valley  of  the  Methow 
River  (Okanogen  Co.)  in  Washington,  and  took  up  land 
120  miles  from  a  railroad.  He  made  a  good  selection,  but 
he  did  not  live  to  see  that  country  as  it  is  today,  said  to  be 
the  finest  fruit  and  particularly  apple  section  in  the  country. 

Major  John5  Barber  Baskerville,  son  of  Richard4  and 
Martha  (Goode)  Baskerville.  located  in  Carroll  and  Gray- 
5on  Counties.  Va.,  and  for  many  years  conducted  a  store 
near  Hillsville.  He  owned  a  good  deal  of  property  in  that  sec- 


Mr  D.„ _     ,-._ 


tion,  including  that  on  which  Grayson  Suiphur  Springs  was 
located,  and  which  is  now  owned  by  the  Appalachian  Power 
Co..  and  is  the  site  of  one  of  its  power  plants.  He  died  un- 
married. 

John6  Barber  Baskerville,  father  of  my  informant,  re- 
mained in  Pulaski  Co.,  Va.,  when  his  father  went  West.  He 
began  the  practice  of  law  in  1838.  and  retired  in  1893,  having 
practiced  for  fifty-five  years.  During  this  time  he  remained 
in  Pulaski  Co.,  but  had  more  than  a  local  reputation  as  a 
lawyer.  During  and  immediately  after  the  Civil  War  he 
was  clerk  of  the  courts  of  Pulaski,  and  in  this  capacity  signed 
the  county  money.  After  his  retirement  from  practice,  when 
more  than  eighty  years  old,  he  was  Mayor  of  Pulaski,  not- 
withstanding his  great  age,  and  his  mental  faculties  remained 
unimpaired  until  about  the  time  of  his  death  in  1906,  when 
he  was  93  years  old.  A  young  lady,  who  knew  this  old  gen- 
tleman and  his  wife  well,  told  us  before  his  death  that  '"he 
was  a  grand  old  man,"  and  his  wife  "the  dearest,  sweetest  old 
iady,"  and  gave  us  their  address. 

Mrs.  John7  B.  Baskerville,  formerly  Miss  Leach,  is  a  de- 
scendant of  Col.  Gerard  Fowke,  mentioned  on  p.  92  of  this 
book. 

With  regard  to  the  spelling  "Barber"  or  "Barbour"  in 
this  family,  Mr.  John7  B.  Baskerville  writes  me  that  it  may 
be  spelled  either  way,  as  both  are  used  by  members  of  the 
family,  but  "Barber"  seems  to  predominate.  In  the  state- 
ments sent  me  by  him  and  his  wife,  both  were  used.  Of 
course  this  is  a  retention  of  the  name  of  Col.  Wm.  Barber. 
of  York  Co.,  which  has  not  occurred  in  our  branch  of  the 
family. 


ALLIED  FAMILIES 


GRANDMOTHERS  BOOK 


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BASKERVILLE  TABLE— RESTROSPECTIVE— ALL  ANCESTORS. 

N.  E. — Read  from  bottom  up. 


rristam  Boiling, 

if  Bradford,  York, 

England. 

I 

Edward  Bolling=Magdalme  Greene, 

of  Bradford.     ]  of  Horsford,  York. 


Eustace  Rolfe=Joanna  Jener. 
Norfolk,  Engl'd,  I 
m.  May  27,  1560. 


John  Rolfe= 
Norfolk,  Engl'd, 
b.  1,562,  in.  15S2. 


^Dorothea  Mason. 


Powhatan,  . 
b.  about  1547, 
d.  before  1622. 


Robert  Bolling=Anne  Clarke, 
of  London,       j  of  London, 
living  .633. 


[olm  Eaton,  John  Boiling— Mary  - 

immigrant  1635,  of  London.    | 
inventory  16.15. 

I?  


John  Rolfe=Pocahontas, 
from  England,  |  b.  about  1596, 
b.  15S5,  d.  1622,  d.  1617. 

came  to  Va. 
1612. 


Capt.  Francis 
Poythress,  came 
over  1633,  M.  H. 
B.  1644-49. 


Th 


>mas  Rolfe=Jane  Poy- 
b.  1615.       I  thress. 


Col.  Win.  -  M>s.  Mar 
ber.  R.1602,  I  Dennett, 
d.  1669  d.  1676. 


lames  Minge, 
Clk.  Gnl.  Ass. 

16736. 


Robt.  Har 
rison,  York 
Co.  1645- 


Vulliam 
Eaton, 
York  Co. 
167S-94. 


Robt.  BolIing=Jane 

Immigrant      I  Kolfe, 
)66o,  b.  1646,      m.  1675, 
d.  1709,         I  d.  1676. 
M.  H.  IS.  "1704.  I 


Wm.Wor-=Elizabeth 

sham,  d.      I ,  m. 

about  1670.       2d,   Fr. 

I  Eppes.she 
I  died  167S. 


John    liaskervyle  -  Marv  Hugh  Nor 

immigrant    1662,  1     Harrier,    veil,   of   [as 

b.  !<v,7,    d.  i6?9,  1    rl.  Ifc9i    City  CO 

m.  about  1664.      ! 

See  English 

fable,  p.  8.  I     r 


1694-1 7 1 8. 


James=Amadea      John  Eaton, 
Minge,  I  Harrison,      records 

W.M.B.  ',  uum.H&.  Vw«kCo« 

1680-S4.      b.  belore        1689-92. 
_  I  1647-  I  » 


Richard=Eliz.  Wor- 
Kennon,      I  sham,  b. 
land  grant    |  about  1656. 
1O70.  m.  abt.  J 

1676,  d.  1696.  I 

I  I 

Mrs.  Eliz.         Col.  Henry; -Martha  John=Mary 

Jeffreys,         Embry,  Sr.,     I    .      Boiling,    i  Kennon, 

of  M.  C,       Unlit,  ifioo.     I  b.  1676,      h.  abt. 

d.  will  1742.  d.  1763,  d.  1757.       1&77. 


M.  H.  B. 

1736-40. 


M.  H.  B. 

1716-18. 


I  I 

George^Ehz.  Nor 
Basker-  I  veil,  living 
vyle,    of    1714. 


Valentine 
Minge,  Ch, 
City  Co., 
1716,  will 
1719. 


Col.  Wni. 

Eaton,  b, 

.1690,  d. 

1759.  M. 
H.  B,  1146 
and  later. 


-Mary 


Capt.  Os-      Col.  Henry=Pris 


borne  |e(T 
revs,  N 
thumbe: 
land  Co 
C,  grov 
in  1742. 


Embry,  Jr 

b.  abt.  1720, 

M.  H.  B 

1748-9. 


Rev.  Alex 

Gordon,         Murray, 
Blount,    fr.  Scotland  fr.  Scot- 
beforei763  -land,   d. 


George  Haskervill— Martha  .Minge, 
Mecklenburg  I  records  1741-52 

1752,  d.  1777,  ni.       ]  cl.  before  176ft. 
before  1741. 


Ch; 


Rust  Eaton, 
b.  abt.  1743.  d. 
1822,  M.  Col.  Ass. 
1776,  I.t.  Col. 
Rev.  War. 


Eliz.  John  Coleman= 

Jeffreys.       M   Leg.  1781.  | 


Mary 
Embry. 


James=Aune 

Boiling, 

b. 

1718. 


1/72,  '■ 
Vestry 
Br.  P. 
174*' 


s  Gordon=Margt. 

came  from  Scot-  j  Murray, 
land  with  his  |  b.  1748. 
lather. 


I  17S6.  I 

William  Baskervill^Maru  Eaton, 
b.  17*3,  d.  1814.     I       d.    1S42. 


Henry  Embra  Coleman=Aune  Gordon. 


Charles  B-iskerviII=Elizabetli  Coleman, 
b.  1788,  d.  1834.     I  d.  1821. 

1S46. 
H.  E.  C.  Baskervili=I.  A.  Hamilton,  se 

b.  1817.  d.  1900.     I      b.  1823,  d.  1S54. 


P.  II.  Baskervill 
b.  1848. 


E.  M.  Skelton,  see  Skeltc 


table 


Hamilton  M.  liaskerville, 
b.  1882. 


INTRODUCTION 


Next  we  will  take  up  some  of  the  allied  families,  whose 
daughters  married  into  the  Baskerville  family,  and  thus  find 
where  some  of  our  grandmothers  came  from. 

Is  is  remarkable  how  rapidly  grandparents  multiply,  as 
we  look  backward,  as  they  double  in  number  each  generation. 
We  find  that  in  the  tenth  generation  back,  if  there  were  no 
inter-marrying,  there  would  be  1,024,  and  in  the  twentieth 
generation  1,048,576.  The  writer  is  of  the  twenty-first  genera- 
tion from  the  original  Baskervyle  settler  at  Old  Withington. 

We  do  not  propose  to  follow  all  of  these  up,  only  a  few 
of  the  writer's  Virginia  grandparents. 

It  is  very  interesting  to  observe  how  wide-spreading  the 
connections  are.  In  Virginia  it  is  true  that  almost  all  of  the 
old  educated  families  have  intermarried  more  or  less,  and 
thus  a  relationship,  near  or  remote,  is  established  between 
them.  All  of  the  older  families  must  have  come  from  the 
tidewater  section,  because  only  that  was  settled  then.  As  the 
interior  was  opened  up,  these  families  moved  farther  inland, 
and  also  immigrants  were  added  to  them. 


ALLIED  FAMILIES 


THE  BARBER-DENNETT  FAMILY 

John1  Baskesvyle,  the  Immigrant,  the  first  of  the  Bask- 
ervills  in  Virginia,  about  1664  married  Mary  Barber,  daugh- 
ter of  Lt,  Coln.  William  Barber,  of  York  Co.,  Va. 

Coln.  Barber  was  born  in  1602,  died  in  1669.  There 
were  a  number  of  immigrants  during  the  earlier  period  of 
colonization  of  this  name,  and  several  instances  of  the  name 
"William"  among  them.  Our  only  record  of  immigrants  to 
Virginia  before  1700  is  that  of  Hotten.  for  the  year  1635,  m 
which  we  find  two  persons  named  Wm.  Barber,  one  said  to 
be  seventeen  years  old  and  the  other  twenty-two.  These  ages 
do  not  conform  to  his  birth,  but  there  may  be  some  errors  in 
the  figures.  In  1634  William  Barber  is  on  record  as  a  land 
owner  in  Elizabeth  City  County.  Again  he  appears  in  1638 
as  a  land  owner  in  York  Co.,  where  in  a  deed  a  tract  of  land 
is  said  to  border  on  his  land.  This  seems  to  be  the  first 
record  of  him  in  York  Co.  After  this  his  name  appears  quite 
frequently.  We  do  not  know  with  certainty  where  he  came 
from,  but  a  study  of  Earwaker's  "East  Cheshire"  shows  us 
that  the  name  Barber  occurs  frequently  there,  and  that  they 
were  evidently  people  of  good  standing. 

In  a  list  of  Cheshire  knights  in  1579  occur  the  names 
Ralph  and  John  Barber,  the  latter  of  Crokesloff.  In  a  list  of 
land  holders  of  Cheshire  in  1648  occur  James  Barber  and 
John  Barber.  And  so  through  a  long  list  of  references  of  a 
later  date,  and  in  this  list  the  name  "William"  occurs  fre- 
quently. 

In  1562  John  and  Elizabeth  Barber  bought  land  of  Hum- 
phrey Newton,  of  Fuishaw. 


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In  1548  Sir  Thos.  Barber,  a  priest  in  orders,  was  present 
at  the  Bishop's  visitation  at  Prestburv. 

Gravestones  in  Prestbury  churchyard  show  that 

George  Barber,  of  Prestbury,  was  buried  on  February 
5,  1637,  and 

Thomas  Barber,  of  Prestbury,  was  buried  on  December 
27,  1659; 

George  Barber,  B.  A.,  incumbent  of  Disney,  July  9,  1765; 

James  Barber  was  mayor  of  Macclesfield  in  1653-4; 

Henry  Barber  was  mayor,   1672-3; 

John  Barber  was  mayor,  1711-12,  and  also  1728-20, 

In  view  of  the  marriage  of  John1  Baskervyle,  so  soon 
after  his  arrival  in  Virginia,  to  Mary  Barber,  it  seems  a  fair 
inference  that  they  had  known  of  each  other  before,  and  that 
this  Coin.  Wm.  Barber  came  from  Cheshire.  There  were 
other  families  named  Barber  in  the  State,  as  the  one  in  Rich- 
mond Co.,  which  seem  not  to  have  been  the  same,  although 
they  may  have  been  related. 

Capt.  William  Barber,  of  Richmond  County,  died  1721, 
will  recorded  then,  seems  to  be  of  an  entirely  different  family 
from  our  Lt.  Coln.  Wm.  Barber,  of  York  County,  b.  1602,  d. 
1669. 

In  Wm.  &  M.  O.,  Vol.  17,  p.  176  and  ff.,  are  recorded 
several  wills,  in  which  this  Richmond  County  family  is  men- 
tioned, sec  pp.  176,  181,  and  182,  where  many  names  are 
mentioned.  They  seem  very  much  the  same  as  in  the  York 
family.  So  "William,"  "Mary,"  "Thomas,"  "Elizabeth,"  &c. 
It  seems  very  probable  they  were  related. 

Lt.  Coln.  Wm.  Barber  was  a  conspicuous  citizen  of 
York  County,  and  his  prominence  extended  to  State  affairs. 
There  were  several  land  grants  to  him,  as  in  1652,  and  at 
other  times,  given  chiefly  for  the  transportation  of  persons 
brought,  or  induced  to  come,  into  the  colony,  40  to  45  acres 
being  awarded  for  each  person.  The  grant  of  1656  for  538 
A.  seems  to  include  other  patents  issued  in  1642  and  165 1. 
He  was  evidently  a  large  land  proprietor.  The  records  show 
him  a  man  of  affairs,  and  a  constant  participator  in  public 


•92  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

affairs.  He  was  made  Lt.  Colonel,  commanding  the  militia 
of  this  and  probably  the  adjoining  counties.  In  1652  he  was 
made  Justice  of  the  Peace,  and  continued  so  for  many  years, 
during  most  of  the  time  being  the  presiding  justice. 

In  1663  he  became  a  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses, 
this  being  what  was  called  the  ''Long  Assembly,"  because  it 
lasted  from.  1663  to  1675.  Gov.  Sir  Wm.  Berkeley  was  so  well 
pleased  with  the  assembly  that  he  did  not  dissolve  it.  Coin. 
Barber  continued  a  member  of  the  assembly  untii  his  death 
in  1669. 

In  1660  the  Governor,  Sir  Wm.  Berkeley,  Coin.  Wm.  Bar- 
ber, Coin.  Gerard  Fowke,  Coin.  Kendall,  Thos.  Warren,  Raw- 
leigh  Traverse,  and  Thos.  Lucas,  were  superintendents  for  the 
erection  of  the  State  house  in  Jamestown  (Brock's  Virginia, 
Vol.  I,  p.  113).  In  December,  1662,  and  September  10th, 
1663,  he  being  a  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses,  was 
chairman  of  a  committee  from  that  body  to  treat  with  the 
Governor  about  a  State  house.  Other  similar  instances 
might  be  recorded,  but  these  are  sufficient  to  show  his  promi- 
nence and  usefulness  in  the  State  and  his  community.  In 
those  days,  when  education  and  culture  were  not  so  common, 
the  enlightened,  educated  gentlemen  were  chosen  to  fill  the 
offices,  and  politics  is  supposed  to  have  been  on  a  different 
plane  from  the  present  day. 

The.  following  is  an  extract  from  the  York  County 
Record?  in  the  Virginia  State  Library,  Book  "Records  1657- 
1662": 

"Coln.  William  Barber,  on  10th  April,  1662,  having 
been  appointed  sheriff,  petitions  the  Governor  (Sir  Wm. 
Berkeley)  that  on  account  of  his  age  he  be  excused,  and  that 
Col.  Henry  Gooch  be  appointed.  The  Governor  orders  that 
the  request  is  most  unwillingly  granted,  and  that  Lt.  Col. 
Gocch  is  appointed." 

He  married  Mrs.  Mary  Dennett,  widow  of  John  Den- 
nett, who  had  died  in  1646.  John  Dennett  patented  250  A. 
land  in  James  City  County  on  AugL  14,  1635-  As  there  seem 
to  be  no  references  to  him  in  the  York  County  records,  he 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  93. 

doubtless  lived  in  James  City  County.  She  had  three  Dennett 
children,  half  brother  and  sisters,  of  course,  of  Mary  Barber,. 
the  wife  of  John1  Baskervyle,  and  thus  related  to  us.  Their 
names  will  be  found  on  the  table  after  p,  9$,  and  their  history 
is  interesting  as  showing  the  standing  of  the  family. 

The  oldest,  a  son,  Thomas  Dennett,  married  Anne  Booth, 
daughter  of  the  clerk  of  York  County,  who  preceded  John1 
Baskervyle.  Thomas  Dennett  died  in  1673,  and  Anne 
(Booth)  Dennett,  the  widow,  married  secondly  William  Clop- 
ton,  and  became  the  ancestress  of  the  Clopton  family  of  Vir- 
ginia, formerly  quie  prominent.  Margaret  Dennett,  the 
youngest,  married  John  Juxon,  a  close  relative  of  the  famous 
Archbishop  Juxon,  of  Canterbury,  who  attended,  as  spiritual 
adviser,  Charles  I,  when  he  was  executed.  These  Juxons 
were  people  of  means,  but  the  sons  of  this  marriage  all  re- 
turned to  England. 

There  may  be  found  in  the  Va.  Hist.  Magazine,  Vol.  XV, 
p.  319,  an  interesting  abstract  of  the  will  of  Elizabeth  Milnorr 
born  Elizabeth  Juxon,  of  the  Strand,  Co.  Middlesex,  Eng- 
land, widow,  as  of  March  20,  17 19,  in  which  she  leaves  large 
legacies  to  her  Virginia  Juxon  and  Timson  cousins. 

One  of  Margaret  (Dennett)  Juxon's  daughters,  Mary 
Juxon,  married  Samuel  Timson,  who  had  come  from  England 
in  1677.  These  Timsons  were  entitled  to  their  coat-of-arms 
in  the  books  of  heraldry.  It  is  said  that  some  of  their  tombs 
are  still  preserved  in  York  County  with  the  coat-of-arms  cut 
upon  them.  Also  Thomas3  Barber,  nephew  of  Mrs.  Mary 
(Barber)  Baskervyle,  married  Mary  Timson.  A  good  deal 
about  the  Juxons  and  the  Timsons  may  be  gleaned  from  the 
Wm.  &  Mary  Quarterly  in  the  Va.  His.  Soc.    library. 

Lt.  Coln.  Wm.  Barber  and  Mary,  his  wife,  had  two 
children. 

Thomas  Barber,  b.  1653,  d.  1718,  maintained  (as  did  the 
grandson,  Wm.  Barber),  his  father's  position  in  the  com- 
munity. Both  he  and  his  son,  William,  were  Justices  of  the 
Peace,  members  of  the  Houses  of  Burgesses,  and  held  other 
public  offices.  We  cannot  undertake  to  follow  them  here. 
A  brief  summary  will  be  found  in  the  table. 


94  Baskekville  Genealogy. 

Mary  Barber,  who  married  John1  Baskervyle  about 
1664,   died   in    1694,    surviving   her   husband   eighteen   years. 

The  son,  Thomas-  Barber  "Capt.  Thomas  Barber,  of 
Hampton  parish,  York  Co.,"  in  the  records,  was  born  1653, 
Justice  of  the  Peace  1678,  member  of  the  House  of  Bur- 
gesses in  1680-1703,  and  died  1718.  He  married  first  Eliza- 
beth Petters. 

His  son,  William3  Barber,  born  about  1675,  v*'as  church 
warden  of  Hampton  parish  in  1703,  Justice  of  the  Peace  in 
1705,  Burgess  in  1710. 

Lt.  Coln.  Wm.  Barber  died  in  1669,  and  his  wife  in 
1676,  and  we  have  copies  of  the  wills  of  both.  Also  that  of 
Mrs.  Mary  (Barber)  Baskervyle,  who  died  in  1693.  They 
are  very  quaint  in  expression  and  interesting,  and  the  first 
two  long  and  intricate.  All  of  the  children,  and  grandchil- 
dren, and  others  are  mentioned,  thus  giving  much  personal 
information.  The  spelling  is  remarkable,  and  they  indicate 
that  the  famih  was  in  very  comfortable  financial  circum- 
stances. 

At  the  time  of  Col.  Barber's  death  (1669)  as  stated,  he 
had  only  two  children,  Mrs.  Mary  Barber  Baskervyle, 
wife  of  John1  Baskervyle,  Clerk  of  York  Co.,  and  Thomas 
Barber,  the  latter  being  under  nineteen  years  of  age.  Col. 
Barber,  in  his  will,  appointed  his  wife  executrix,  and  his 
son  to  become  joint  executor,  "when  he  shall  have  become 
nineteen  years  old."  He  bequeathed  one  hundred  pounds 
(equal  to  about  $2,500  of  our  present  currency)  to  his 
daughter,  Mary  Baskervyle  ;  one  negro,  three  cows,  six 
ewes  and  one  ram  to  his  granddaughter.  Elizabeth  Basker- 
vyle ;  one  horse,  three  cows,  six  ewes,  and  one  ram  to  his 
granddaughter,  Mary  Baskervyle;  one  cow  and  one  horse 
to  Mary  Dennett,  daughter  of  his  stepson,  Thomas  Dennett ; 
and  one  horse  to  Elizabeth  Miles  (or  Mills),  daughter  of 
his  stepdaughter  Sarah  (Dennett)  Miles;  all  of  his  lands  to 
his  son,  Thomas  Barber ;  all  of  the  remainder  of  his  estate, 
"moveables  and  unmoveables."  to  his  wife  and  son.  She 
(wile)  was  to  "have  the  tuition"  of  the  son,  until  he  be  of 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  95 

age  (evidently  nineteen).  If  she  marries  again,  (she  did 
not),  the  son  was  to  be  sole  executor,  and  she  to  receive 
only  the  legal  dowry.  A  queer  provision  is,  "It  is  my  will 
that  there  be  no  funeral  at  all  for  me,  but  as  to  my  interring 
I  leave  it  to  the  discretion  of  my  executrix." 

The  will  of  Mrs.  Mary  Barber,  wife  of  Col.  Wm. 
Barber,  and  formerly  wife  of  John  Dennett,  dated  April  25, 
1674,  and  probated  June  3.,  1676,  is  chiefly  remarkable  for  the 
number  of  legatees,  there  being  twenty.  She  mentions  her 
daughter,  Mary  Baskeryyle,  and  her  children,  Mary,  Eliza- 
beth, Magdalin,  and  Rebecca  Baskervyle.  George2  and 
Sarah  were  born  after  1674.  Also  her  daughter,  Sarah 
(Dennett)  Collins,  formerly  Sarah  Mills,  her  husband, 
Matthew  Collins,  and  her  children,  Elizabeth,  Mary,  John, 
and  Sarah  Mills,  and  Martha,  Mary,  and  Sarah  Collins. 

Also  her  granddaughters  Anne  and  Sarah  Dennett, 
daughters  of  her  son,  Thomas  Dennett. 

Also  her  granddaughters  Mary  and  Elizabeth  Juxon, 
daughters  of  her  daughter  Margaret  (Dennett)  Juxon. 

Also  her  son  Thomas  Barber,  and  her  son-in-law,  John1 
Baskervyle,  her  executors. 

Mrs.  Mary  (Barber)  Baskervyle's  will,  dated  July 
12,  1693,  and  proven  June  25,  1694,  seems  to  show  that  her 
estate  was  small.  Her  legacies,  chiefly  of  small  personal 
property,  were  to  her  children,  and  the  remainder  was  to 
be  divided  among  George2,  Rebecca,  and  Sarah,  all  young 
and  unmarried.  A  striking  item  is  a  bequest  of  "the  biggest 
iron  pot  that  I  have  to  my  sonne  George2."  At  this  early 
period  iron  cooking  utensils  had  to  be  brought  from  England, 
and  were  valuable.  She  mentions  her  daughter,  Mary  Battin 
(or  Batten),  and  her  granddaughter,  Mary  Battin,  Jr.,  also 
her  daughter  Magdalin  White,  and  her  granddaughter,  Mary 
White ;  also  her  daughters  Rebecca  and  Sarah  Baskervyle, 
and  her  son,  George2  Baskervyle  ;  also  her  brother,  Thomas 
Barber,  her  "coz."  Samuel  Timson,  and  her  son-in-law, 
Joseph  White,  as  executors. 


96  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

THE  NORVELL  FAMILY 

George2  Baskervyle,  son  of  John1  Baskervyle,  mar- 
ried, most  probably,  Elizabeth  Xorvell,  daughter  of  Hugh 
Norvell,  of  James  City  Co.  In  a  deed  from  George-  Basker- 
vyle in  1714,  conveying  land  in  York  Co.,  his  wife  "Eliza- 
beth''' relinquished  her  dower  right.  The  names  of  two  of 
her  sons  were  "'Hugh"  and  '"Xorvell."  From  these  circum- 
stances and  his  general  knowledge  of  the  families  of  James 
City  Co.,  Dr.  Lyon  G.  Tyler  thinks  she  was  a  daughter  of 
Hugh  Xorvell,  as  stated.  He  is  better  informed  as  to  the 
families  of  this  section  than  any  other  living  man,  and  I 
do  not  doubt  the  accuracy  of  his  judgment.  Unfortunately 
all  the  records  of  James  City  Co.  prior  to  1865  have  been 
destroyed. 

The  Xorvells  were  evidently  prominent  in  James  City 
Co.  From  Goodwin's  Bruton  Parish  we  find  that  "Capt. 
Hugh  Xorvell"  was  in  the  vestry  in  1694,  and  as  late  as 
1710,  and  that  he  was  present  at  frequent  meetings.  Also 
that  he  died  in  1716.  George  and  William  Xorvell  were 
also  at  different  times  in  the  vestry.  William  Xorvell  was 
a  member  of  the  Virginia  Convention  of  1776.  (Meade's 
Churches,  Vol.  I,  p.  63)  — (Bruton  Church).  He  was  a 
grandson  of  Hugh  Xorvell,  who  was  a  vestryman  of  Bruton 
Church  in  1710.  (Wm.  and  M.  O.,  Ill,  175).  George  Xor- 
vell was  doubtless  the  brother  of  Wm.  Xorvell. 

We  find  the  following  in  the  York  Co.  records:  George 
Norvell,  Sept.  24th,  1685.  judgment  vs.  Wm.  Clopton  for 
£4.4.  [He  died  in  1686 — Bruton  Church,  135.  This  is 
doubtless  the  same  Wm.  Clopton  who  married  Ann  Booth 
Dennett,  widow  of  Thomas  Dennett,  the  last  having  died  in 
1673,  and  who  was  the  half  brother  of  Mary  Barber  Bas- 
kervyle, wife  of  John1  Baskervyle.] 

Hugh  Xorvyle,   1700,  suit  vs.  Watts,  dismissed. 

Hugh  Xorvile,  1698,  brought  suit  against  Lewis  BurwelL 

Capt.  Hugh  Xorvile,  Dec.  14.  1699,  brought  suit  as. 
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Iames'  Minge, 

clerk  of  House  of  Burgesses  1673-76, 

friend  .if  Nathaniel  Bacon, 

lived  iu  Martin  Brandon  Parish, 

Charles  City  county. 


|amks2  Mi,nge=Amai> 
M.  II.  B.  16S0.S4, 
ilcs  City  Co.  1693. 


James1'  Ming 
ed  Surry  1712, 
N.  C.  before  1 


Valeniine1  Minge, 
record  1716,  will  1719. 


Robert  Harrison, 

York  county,  land  grant  1662, 

died  166.S,  will  proved  1668, 

emigrated  from  London  1635,  then  32  years  old, 

judgment  York  county  1645. 


1 

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1 
Robert 

James 

1 
Frances 

Elizabeth 

Harrison, 

Harrison, 

Harrison, 

Harrison, 

Harrison. 

living  1692 

living  1692. 

lu'ing  1692. 

m.  Th. 
Shands, 
iiving  1692 

John'  Minge, 

m.   Ehz.  — — .deed    1741 

will  1746. 

I 

John1  Minge, 

J.  P.  Chas.  City  Co., 

111.  Rfibe.ct  a  'one3. 


David'"  Minge 
will  1781, 
m.  Christina 
Shields. 


George'  Minge, 
deed  1741. 


Daughter,5  m. 

Freeman  Walker,  of 

Chas.  City  Co. 

I 


Robert*  Minge, 

m,  Mary  —- ,  she  m. 

2d,  VV'iil.  Allen  before 

1741.     See  deed  in 

Goochland  Co. 


Martha'  Minge.. 

ffi.  Geo/  BAsKtRVIfcLk 

before  174 1; 

I 
Wm.'  Baskervill. 

I 


VVyatt8  Walker, 
of  Chas.  City  Co., 
b.  1762.  d.  1832. 


Geo."  Walker.         Kobt."  Walker.       Valentine6     Freeman" 
Walker.         Walker. 


of  Richmond  Co.,  Ga.;  deed  Chas.  City  18 
W.  &  M.  Q.,  16,  139. 


John7  Minge.  m. 
Sarah  Harrison, 
sister  of  President 
Harrison. 


Geo.'  Hunt  Minge, 

m.  Fr.  Dandridge, 

will  1808. 


Rebecca7  Jones  Minge 
ni.  John  Dandridge. 


Anne7  Shields  Minge, 
never  married. 


Tabitha'  Minge, 
m.  Htitchins  Burtoi 


Mary  Burton, 
m.  John'  Baskervill. 


Chas  5  Baskervill. 

I 
H.«  E.  C.  Baskervill. 

I 
P.7  II.  Baskervill. 

I 
H.6  M.  Baskerville, 


Judith'  Bray  Minge, 
m.  Edmund  Christian. 


Dr.  John* 
Minge 
friend  of 
President 
Tyler. 


Anna  M. 
Ladd  1S27. 


George8 
Minge, 
m.  Mary 


Eliza"  Anne8 

Minge,  Ming?, 

m.  Hugh  m.  David 

Nelson,  of  Dunlop, 

Peters-  of  Peters- 


burg, Va. 


bur 


m,  Ele 

Adam- 


Mary8 


David" 
Mine-. 


George 


Note.  —  In  1775  David  and  George  Minge  were  < 
W.  &  M.  Q.,  Vol.  5,  p.  200. 


.  the  Committee  of  Safety  for  Charles  City  county,  probably  1776  and  77. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  97 

THE  MINGE  AND  HARRISON  FAMILIES 

George3  Baskervyle  married,  before  1741,  Martha 
Minge,  of  Charles  City  Co.,  probably  daughter  of  Valen- 
tine3 Minge.  The  Minges  were  another  prominent  old 
family  of  this  section.  Most  of  the  old  Charles  City  records 
have  been  destroyed.  A  few  of  the  old  books  remain,  but 
Charles  City  Court  House  being  very  inaccessible,  the  writer 
has  been  unable  to  make  an  examination.  All  the  information, 
which  we  ha-e,  is  derived  from  the  William  and  Mary  Quar- 
terly, edited  by  Dr.  L.  G.  Tyler,  President  of  William  and 
Mary*  College.     See  Vol.  V,  p.  195. 

James1  Minge  was  clerk  of  the  General  Assembly  of 
Virginia  in  1673  and  1676,  and  was  a  friend  of  Nathaniel 
Bacon,  Jr.  He  resided  in  Martin  Brandon  Parish,  Charles 
City  Co.,  (afterwards  Prince  George  Co.)  In  1693  James2 
Minge,  probably  son  of  the  first  named,  was  clerk  of  James 
City  Co.  In  1693  a  deed  was  recorded  in  York  Co.,  naming 
the  following  children  of  Robebt  Harrison,  gent.,  of  York 
Co.,  viz.:  "Nicholas,  Robert,  James,  Amadea  (Harrison). 
wife  of  James2  Minge,  of  Charles  City  Co.,  gent.,  and 
Frances,  wife  of  Thomas  Shands." 

In  1635  Robert  Harrison,  aged  32.  emigrated  from 
London  to  Virginia  in  the  ship  "Abraham,"  Jno.  Barker, 
master.     (Hotten).     This  places  his  birth  in  1603. 

On  December  29th,  1662,  he  confessed  judgment  in 
York  Co.,  a  bill  of  exchange  having  been  returned  protested. 

On  December  6th,  1662,  a  land  grant  of  389  acres  to 
Robert  Harrison  is  recorded  in  York  Co. 

The  first  mention  of  Robert  Harrison  in  the  York  Co. 
records  seems  to  be  on  December  20,  1645,  when  we  find  a 
judgment  in  his  favor  against  a  tenant  for  a  crop.  His  will  is 
on  record,  dated  February  24th,  1667,  an^  proved  April  10th, 
1668.  I  have  a  copy.  His  death  doubtless  occurred  shortly 
before  the  last  date.  In  the  will  he  speaks  of  his  dead  wife, 
and  names  his  children  as  above,  but  the  two  daughters  were 


98  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

not  yet  married.  His  daughter  Amadea  or  Aniedea,  was 
evidently  the  oldest  and  the  favorite,  the  others  being-  ap- 
parently under  age.  She  was  called  "Amedea  Harrison/' 
and  hence  was  unmarried.  She  was  made  executrix  of  the 
will,  and  was  requested  to  remain  in  the  residence,  have  the 
use  of  the  plantation,  and  the  personal  property  on  it,  and  by 
inference  to  take  care  of  the  other  children,  until  Robert 
(doubtless  the  youngest)  should  come  to  the  age  of  twenty- 
one.  There  were  many  small  legacies  to  her,  showing  his 
affection  and  consideration  for  her.  We  have  a  copy  of  the 
will  on  file,  and  as  that  of  an  ancestor  it  is  interesting. 

There  are  several  deeds  on  record  in  York  Co.,  in  No- 
vember, 1692,  in  which  the  heirs  of  Robert  Harrison,  Sr., 
Nicholas,  Robert,  James,  Amadea,  and  Frances,  all  alive  then, 
convey  certain  land,  one  of  them  from  James2  Minge  and 
Amadea  (Harrison)  Minge,  his  wife,  and  Thomas  Shanes 
(or  Shands)  and  Frances  (Harrison)  Shanes,  his  wife,  show- 
ing these  marriages   had  occurred  before  that. 

In  1712  deeds  were  recorded  in  Surry  Co.  from  James3 
Minge,  "eldest  son  of  James  Minge,  dec'd."  This  James 
Minge  must  have  been  the  third  in  descent.  He  probably 
moved  to  Xorth  Carolina,  as  in  1722  James  Minge,  of  Xorth 
Carolina,  appointed  Capt.  Edward  Wyatt,  of  Prince  George 
Co.,  Va.,  his  attorney  in  fact. 

Valentine3  Minge  is  mentioned  in  1716  as  a  son  of 
James2  Minge,  dec'd.  A  deed  recorded  in  Surry  Co.,  and 
dated  March  18,  1741,  from  John4  and  George4  Minge  to 
Benjamin  Harrison  is  for  land  given  to  them  by  their  father, 
Valentine3  Minge,  who  made  his  will  March  18th,  1719. 

John4  Alinge  lived  at  Wyanoke,  in  Charles  City  Co..  and 
his  widow,  Elizabeth,  qualified  on  his  estate  in  1746.  (Charles 
City  Record).  He  left  among  other  children  John5  Minge, 
Jr.,  who  was  one  of  the  justices  of  Charles  City  Co.  as  early 
as  1737.  He  married  Rebecca  (Jones?),  administrator  of 
Thos.  Collier,  dec'd,  and  had  David1'  Minge.  eldest  son.  (See 
1st  Call's  Reports.  Harrison  vs.  Harrison).  David"  Minge 
married  Christina  Shields,  daughter  of  James  Shields,  of  York 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  99 

Co.  He  was  a  man  of  large  estate.  His  will,  dated  May 
16,  1779.  was  proved  November  7th,  1781,  and  names  issue: 
(1)  John7,  eldest  son,  under  age;  (2)  George7  Hunt  Minge, 
to  whom  was  given  the  plantation  called  "The  Row,"  all 
lands  in  Xorth  Carolina  and  stocks  of  every  kind  thereon 
with  fifty  negro  slaves;  (3)  Rebecca7  Jones,  who  married 
John  Dandridge;  (4)  Ann7  Shields,  who  never  married  (will 
proved  in  Charles  City  Co.  in  1800)  ;  (5)  Judith7  Bray,  named 
in  codicil  as  born  since  the  making  of  his  will  (she  married 
Edmund  Christian,  of  Charles  City  Co.)  To  his  wife,  Chris- 
tina, he  left  for  life,  and  afterwards  to  son  John7,  all  his 
lands  in  Weyanoke,  including  Kittiwan,  Harveys,  Miles,  Col- 
liers, and  other  lands  adjoining,  with  twenty  negro  slaves, 
and  his  chariot  and  four  horses,  and  drivers  Billy  and  Charles. 
She  married  secondly  Collier  Harrison,  eldest  son  of  Robert 
Harrison,  (uncle  of  YVm.  Henry  Harrison,  President  of  the 
United  States),  by  whom  she  had  Elizabeth  Collier  Harrison. 
John7  Minge,  son  of  David0,  married  Sarah  Harrison, 
sister  of  the  President,  and  had  issue: 

1.  Dr.  Johns  Minge  (a  warm  friend  of  President  Tyler), 
who  married  Mary  Adams ; 

2.  Benjamin8    Minge,   married  Jane  Atkinson; 

3.  Collier*  Harrison  Minge,  married,  in  1827,  Anna  Maria 
Ladd,  of  Charles  City  Co. ; 

4.  George3  Minge,  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Benj.  C.  Harrison; 

5.  Eliza8  Minge,  m.  Hugh  Xelson,  of  Petersburg,  Va. ; 

6.  Annas  Minge,  m.  David  Dunlop,  of  Petersburg,  Va. ; 

7.  David8  Minge,  m.  Eleanor  Adams. 

George7  Wm.  Hunt  Minge  lived  in  Charles  City  Co., 
and  made  his  will  in  1808.  He  married  Frances  Dandridge, 
and  names  his  sister  (probably  sister-in-law)  Mary  Wilson, 
wife  of  John  Wilson,  and  his  children,  Mary,  David,  and 
George.     See  Minge  Table. 


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John'  Eaton, 


:..  .  H  IN    FAMILY. 

London  to  Barbadoes,  1635;  inventory  York  county,  1645. 


Edward  and  Abigail  S.  Jones, 

people  of  wealth  in  James  City  county, 

Va.;  lie  was  vestryman  of  Hruton 


Coin.  Gideon  H.  Macon=PrisciIla  Jones, 
prominent   in    James   City   county,  I 
Vn.,  in  1680;  vestryman  of   Brutoii 
Parish   and  of  St.' Peters   Church, 
New  Kent  Co.,Va.;  of  large  means.  1 


William2  Eaton, 
records  York  county  1674-1694. 


John*  Eaton, 
records  York  county  16S6-1714. 


1st  of  York  county,  moved  1st  to 
Prince  George  county,  and  then  to 
Granville  county,  N.'C,  b.  about 
1690,  d,  1759,  M.  H.  15.,  Colonel,  and 
other  offices;  married  about  1717. 


I? 
William1  F.aton=Mary  Rives.     Samuel'  Eaton, 


Prince  George   ^ 
1719. 


'I  I 

Harrison  Macon,    John  Macon, 
married,  no 
record. 


I 
Martha  Macon,  d.  1716,  m.  Orlando 
Jones,  of  Williamsburg,  second  son 
of  Rev.  Rowland  [ones,  of  Bruton 

Church,  Williamsburg,  Va. 


I 
.Nathaniel  Macon,  b.  1757,  d.  1837,. 
m.  Hannah   Piummer  17S:,  was  a 
conspicuous  M.  C,  candidate  for 
Vice  President  of  U.  S. 


I  !  I 

Geo.  Washington      Priscilla  J.  five  others. 

Macon.  Macon. 


Elizabeth 
Macon, 
ra.  Win. 
Martin. 


Scnora—  Willi  am5 
Macon     Eaton,  Br. 
I  Gen'l  ill 
Rev.  War. 


I 
Jane-' 
Eaton   m, 
r,  Anthony 
Haynes; 
2,  Col. 
Nathl. 
Edwards. 


Anne5 
Eaton,  m. 
Andrew 
Haynes. 


daughter,  in.  — ^— ^  Dandridge. 
I 
Mary  Dandridge, 
m.  1,  John  Custir,, 

2,  Pres'i  Geo.  Washington. 


Mary5 
Eaton,  m. 
Robert 
Jones. 


Sarah5 
Eaton,  m. 
Charles 
Johnston. 


Thomas5 
Eaton,  b. 
abt.  1742, 
m.  Anna 
Boiling, 
Br.  Gen,  in 


,<■: 


\V,l! 


I  I 

Elizabeth5     Chas.'Rust 
Eaton,  m.     Eaton,  b. 
Daniel  abt.  1743,  d. 

Welden,         1S22,  m. 
Clk.  ofCrt.    Eliz. 

Jeffreys. 
1 


Martha' 

Eaton, 

b.  about 

1740. 


Nathl.  M.  Martin, 
of  Richmond,  Va., 
b.  about  iSos.  m. 
Su«n  Gilinour. 

■■■4s,"-. 


1 

13  or  14  others. 


Wm..*  Eaton. 
Rosa  Gilmori 


Buckner6  Eatc 


Laura 
Martin, 
111.  Peter 
Mitchell. 


Walter  K. 
Martin,  m. 
i, Heath, 


Macon 
Martin,  in. 
Ragland. 


Hamilton 
Martin,  m. 

Ragland. 


Susan7  Eaton, 
m.  Sam  Peter 
Arrington. 


Laura7  Eaton, 
m.  Wm. 
Alston. 


Bettie7  Eaton, 
m.  John 
Turnbull. 


Irene0 
Turnbull. 


Robt.  Good  oe- 'Susannah  Martin-'=L.  H.  Bullock. 
I  I 


Coi.  lohn  Somerviile=Mary  Goodloe. 


Rich'd  Bullock. 


Marv'  EaTON, 

ni.  William1 

liASKLKVILL.    1 786. 


Elizabeth"         Anne«  Eaton,  d.  Letitia"  Eaton,  John"  R.  Eatun=Susan 

Eaton,  m.         before  1S1S,  in.  in,  Wm.  Smith.  'Somen 

Doitch.     Mark  Alexander,  I 

3d  wife.  I 


Lucy  llullock, 
m.  —  Bullock. 
I 
Son. 

R.  A.  Bullock, 
Williamsboro,  N.  C. 


Ciias.'  Has 
kekvill,  ii 

1,  Eliz.  A. 
Coleman; 

2,  Lucy  j 
Goude.  1 


Wm.7  Rust    Geo.' D.  Elizabeth'  Maky'Eaton  Anne' Bas-  Sally7 

Baskervill,    Baskervill,  Baskervill,  Baskekvii.l,   kervill,  Dortch.  m 

m.  Sallv        111.  1, ■  m.  Ro.  H.  in.  Patrick     in.  Thos.  Wm .•'•  R. 

Dortch.'         Willis;  2,  Jones.  Hamilton.      Turner.  Baskervill. 

Wil-  I 

liams. 


I  I 

Mary'  Alex-    Anr 
ander,  m.        and 
Win.  A. 
Gregory. 


Dr.Rodgi 

Giegory. 


! 

Alex-  Mary7 
Smith, 

m. 

Nutall. 


Samuel' 
Smith,  ni. 
Hester 
Hargrove. 


H.M  E.  C  Basicekvill— I  "A.  Hamilton. 


1 

Wm.' 
Eaton. 

1 
Ino.'  S. 
Eaton, 
lived  near 
Henderson. 

1 
Chas.7 
Eaton 
Cathe 
Kan. n 
lived 

R. 

ille 
ear 

Ro.'V. 
Eaton, 
moved 

West. 

Geo.' 
Eaton 

1 
Thos.7 
Eaton. 

1 
lames' 
Eaton, 
m.  Mary 
Davis. 

M 
E; 

i. 

> 

1    ? 

ton. 
Jno 
ylor 

H. 

1     „  . 
Susan- 
Sonierville 
Eaton, 
ni.  John 
Walton. 

' 

E 

1 
Saralr 
Eaton, 
111.  Ch. 
Coleman. 

El 
m. 
Fr 

... 
R 

111. 
Co 

H. 
em 

Willia 

nsl 

oro. 

1 
Tim8 

Walton,  of 

Henry"  Eaton 
Coleman,  in. 

•SI 
11 

il 
.  C 

.a 

ar, 

Baskerville  Genealogy.  ioi 


THE  EATON  FAMILY 

Mary  Eaton,  called  Polly  Eaton,  who  died  in  1842, 
daughter  of  Charles  Rust  Eaton,  of  Granville  Co.,  N.  C, 
married  William4  Baskeryill,  of  Waverly,  Mecklenburg  Co., 
Va.,  in  1786. 

The  Eaton  search  has  been  a  long  one.  and  a  great  many 
records  have  been  found,  which  give  much  information.  But 
chiefly  on  account  of  a  remarkable  absence  of  wills  and  records 
of  estates  in  the  earlier  period  we  can  not  obtain  lists  of 
families,  or  establish  relationships  during  that  period  in  some 
cases  as  positively  as  we  would  like. 

It  seems  very  probable  that  the  Eatons  who  settled  early 
in  Connecticut  and  in  Virginia  were  scions  of  the  same  family 
in  Cheshire,  England. 

From  Ormerod's  History  of  Cheshire  (in  our  library), 
Vol.  II,  p.  611,  we  find  that  Rev.  Richd.  Eaton  (or  Eiton), 
Vicar  of  Great  Budworth,  Cheshire,  England,  died  and  was 
buried  January  7th,  1600.  He  left  several  children,  of  whom 
Theophilus,  a  son.  was  a  London  merchant  trading  in  Den- 
mark and  the  East  country.  In  1630  he  left  England  for 
America  and  afterwards  was  the  renowned  governor  of  New 
Haven  in  New  England.  He  died  in  Dublin  before  1678,  at 
which  time  his  son  John  and  his  executors  sold  "The  Pole," 
(the  ancestral  home  in  Cheshire,  England),  to  Mr.  George 
Eaton,  direct  ancestor  of  the  present  possessor  [1881]. 
Samuel,  another  son,  was  a  nonconformist  minister.  Another 
son,  Richard  Eaton,  B.  D.,  Prebendary  of  Lichfield  in  1607, 
had  a  son  Nathaniel,  born  1609,  who  was  the  first  master  of 
New  Cambridge  [Harvard  College]  in  New  England,  and 
afterwards  died  on  the  king's  bench. 

Anne  Baskervyle,  daughter  of  Thomas  Baskervyle,  of 
Old  Withington,  Cheshire,  (latter  born  1566,  died  1625), 
mentioned  in  her  brother's  will,  married  John  Eaton,  of  Bla.dc- 
den,  1623.    See  p.  9.  :   :*:  :* 


io2  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Theophilus  and  Nathaniel  Eaton  were  both  in  Virginia 
for  some  time  before  their  return  to  England,  and  it  is 
supposed  that  the  Virginia  Eatons  were  closely  related  to 
them,  and  also  came  from  the  Cheshire  family.  There  were 
many  emigrants  from  Cheshire  to  Virginia  during  the  early 
period. 

Starting  with  the  earliest  record  in  Virginia,  Thomas 
Eaton,  having  evidently  come  over  from  England  earlier,  on 
June  nth.  1631,  received  an  order  of  Council  authorizing 
him  to  receive  cattle,  &c.  In  1634  he  patented  250  A.  of  land 
in  Elizabeth  City  Co.,  and  again  in  1638  in  the  same  county 
1050  A.  in  two  grants.  In  1646  the  York  Co.  records  show 
an  order  of  court  for  the  payment  by  Richd.  Wyat  of  a  hhd. 
of  tobacco  to  "Thomas  Eaton  of  London,  cururgeon"  (indi- 
cating he  had  returned  to  England). 

On  September  19th,  1650,  he  made  a  deed  of  gift  to  ''The 
Eaton  Free  School"  in  Elizabeth  City  Co..  which  he  thereby 
established,"  of  500  A.  of  land,  with  all  houses,  &p,  two 
negroes,  twelve  cows,  two  bulls,  20  hogs,  young  and  old,  one 
bed-stead,  a  table,  a  cheese  press.  12  milk  trays,  an  iron  kettle, 
pot  rack  and  pot  hooks,  milk  pails,  water  tubs,  and  powder- 
ing tubs."  This  school  became  famous.  The  Syms  free- 
school  had  been  established  in  1635.  Thomas  Eaton  is  said 
to  have  gone  back  to  England  and  there  is  no  evidence  of  his 
having  left  any  family  in  Virginia.  He  is  said  to  have  been 
a  relative  of  Nathaniel  Eaton  of  Harvard. 

Our  record  of  the  names  of  emigrants  from  England 
seems  to  be  limited  to  Hotten's  lists  of  1635.  ^n  April.  1635, 
Abigail  Eaton,  aged  35,  with  her  daughter  Mary,  aged  4,  and 
son  John,  aged  1,  came  in  the  ship  Elizabeth  from  London 
to  New  England. 

Also  in  1035  George  Eaton,  aged  27,  emigrated  from 
London  to  St.  Christophers  (Hotten)  In  1651  George  Eaton 
(doubtless  the  same)  patented  two  tracts  of  land  in  Virginia, 
"North  of  Rappahannock  River,"  aggregating  564  A.  And 
in   1652  a  patent  wras  granted  to  another  for  land  adjoining 


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his.  Then  in  the  Lancaster  Co.  records  we  find,  as  of  1653, 
an  inventory  of  the  estate  of  George  Eaton,  deceased.  (W.  & 
M.  Quar.,  II,  267).  Then  in  1637  land  was  granted  to  another 
on  account  of  the  head  right  of  Peter  Eaton.  ( Va.  H.  Mag., 
VII,  298).  Then  in  1653  William  Eaton  patented  200  A.  of 
land  in  Northumberland  Co.,  but  he  seems  to  have  lived  and 
died  there,  a  different  Wm.  Eaton.  There  seem  to  have  been 
many  Eatons  in  Tidewater  Virginia  other  than  our  immediate 
ancestors,  and  after  our  \Ym.  Eaton  went  to  North  Carolina 
another  Wm.  Eaton  was  prominent  in  the  vestries  of  Bruton 
and  Bristol  parishes,  doubtless  a  close  relative. 

Also  in  1635  John1  Eaton,  aged  20,  came  ever  in  another 
ship  to  Barbadoes.  He  probably  continued  on  to  Virginia,  as 
in  1645  we  find  in  the  York  Co.  records  the  inventory  of  John 
Eaton,  deceased.  Then  for  almost  30  years  we  find  no  men- 
tion of  the  name  in  York  Co.,  until  in  1674  we  find  a  record 
of  a  sale  of  land  by  William  Eaton.  Then  during  the  next 
20  years  there  are  four  other  records  of  this  William  Eaton, 
viz.:  in  1678  a  judgment  in  his  favor;  in  1689  a  nonsuit  and 
damages;  in  1691  a  judgment  against  Mrs.  Ann  Jones;  and  in 
1694,  he  being  deceased,  a  judgment  against  his  executors. 
Next  in  the  same  county  we  find  twenty  records  of  John3 
Eaton,  first  two  judgments  in  his  favor  in  16S6:  then  a  deed 
conveying  land  to  him.  "cordwainer."  in  1690,  "of  Hampton 
P.";  then  two  claims  allowed  for  fees  in  1691  ;  then  two  suits, 
in  which  he  was  interested  in  1692  :  then  he  and  his  wife.  Mary, 
assigned  two  deeds  to  others,  and  a  deed  was  made  to  him, 
"cordwainer,"  for  "Essex  Lodge"  containing  1621  A.,  in  1693; 
from  1694  to  1700  he  wab  concerned  in  seven  small  actions  in 
court;  in  1695  he  was  appointed  constable  of  Hampton  Parish; 
in  1696  he  and  his  wife,  Mary,  deeded  land  :  and  in  17 14  from 
the  State  land  books  we  find  there  was  granted  to  him  a  patent 
for  429  A.  land  in  Prince  George  Co.  Later  we  will  see  that 
a  part  of  this  tract  was  sold  in  17 19  by  his  son,  Samuel  Eaton, 
indicating  that  John  Eaton  had  died  before  that  time. 

This  mere  outline  gives  us  very  meagre  information  of 
William  and  John  Eaton.     Several  transfers  of  land  indicate 


104  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

that  they  were  in  comfortable  circumstances,  and  John's  wife, 
Mary,  is  mentioned  in  1693  and  1696. 

Next  we  find  in  Prince  George  Co.  two  records  of 
Samuel4  Eaton,  first  a  deed  from  him  as  of  August  4,  1719, 
conveying  to  John  Green  250  A.,  "which  is  the  remainder  of 
a  patent  granted  to  John3  Eaton,  father  of  Samuel  Eaton, 
being  dated  December  23,  1714,  containing  429  A.,"  which 
identifies  him  as  the  son  of  John3  Eaton,  mentioned  above. 
Then  again  as  of  August  nth,  1719,  Samuel4  Eaton  deeded 
100  A.  to  John  Scoggins. 

Next  in  order  comes  William4  Eaton,  whom  sun- 
dry deeds  and  grants  will  indentify  as  later  Coln. 
William4  Eaton,  of  Granville  Co.,  N.  C,  about  whom 
we  will  have  a  good  deal  to  say.  In  17 17  we  find  on  the 
Prince  George  Co.  records  a  deed  from  Jas.  Thweat  and  wife 
for  200  A.  land  to  "William4  Eaton,  of  York  Co.,"  in  1725 
on  the  State  land  book  a  grant  to  him  of  303  A.  in  Prince 
George  Co.,  and  on  the  Prince  George  records  in  1724  a  sur- 
vey of  this  tract ;  again  in  1732  on  the  land  books  a  grant  to 
him  of  204  A.  in  Prince  George  Co.,  and  in  1742  a  deed  from 
"William4  Eaton,  of  North  Carolina,"  on  the  records  of 
Amelia  Co.,  Va.,  which  was  formed  from  Prince  George  Co. 
in  1734,  conveying  to  "x\nthony  Haynes,  of  Prince  George 
Co.,  husband  of  his  daughter  Jane,"  204  A.  of  land,  patented 
by  William'  Eaton  in  1732.  We  will  find  that  this  indentifi- 
cation  of  Col:;.  William4  Eaton,  of  Granville  Co.,  N.  C, 
is  complete,  as  shown  by  his  will  probated  in  the  office  of  the 
Secretary  of  State  of  North  Carolina,  in  1759. 

An  examination  of  this  record  shows  that  it  is  extremely 
probable  that  John1  Eaton,  emigrant  in  1635,  was  the  father 
of 

William*  Eaton,  whose  record  in  York  Co.  extends 
from  1674  to  1694,  who  was  the  father  of 

John3  Eaton,  of  the  record  from  1686  to  1714,  and  that 
he  was  the  father  of 

Samuel*  Eaton,  with  a  record  in  Prince  George  Co.  in 
17 19;  and  of 


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William4  Eaton,  whose  record  begins  in  1717,  and  who 
became  Coln.  William4  Eaton,  of  Granville  Co.,  N.  C. 
Assuming  that  his  daughter  Jane  (apparently  the  second  child 
according  to  his  will),  already  married  to  Andrew  Haynes  in 
1742,  was  at  that  time  not  less  than  20  years  old,  and  that 
her  father  was  about  30  at  the  time  of  her  birth,  we  place 
his  birth  at  about  1690,  which  must  be  approximately  correct. 

It  may  be  well,  looking  back  for  a  moment,  to  state  that 
there  were  Eatons  during  the  earlier  and  middle  colonial 
period  also  in  James  City  Co.,  but  all  of  the  records  of  that 
county  and  of  Williamsburg  prior  to  1865  having  been  hope- 
lessly destroyed  we  can  not  trace  them.  Most  of  the  earlier 
Prince  George  Co.  records  also  have  been  destroyed,  only  a 
few  having  been  preserved.  John  Eaton  was  Burgess  from 
James  City  Co.  1736  to  1739,  and  died  in  1740. 

Now  we  will  resume  the  history  of  Coln.  William* 
Eaton,  later  of  Granville  Co.,  N.  C,  whom  we  have  shown 
to  have  come  from  York  Co.,  through  Prince  George  Co. 

Granville  Co.  was  formed  from  Edgecombe  Co.  in  1746, 
the  latter  having  been  formed,  it  is  said,  from  "Craven  Pre- 
cinct" in  1733.  Again  in  1764  Bute  Co.  was  formed  from 
Granville.  In  1779  Bute  was  obliterated  and  the  territory 
formed  into  the  counties  of  Warren  and  Franklin.  Thus  the 
records  of  this  territory  are  very  much  scattered  and  inaccess- 
ible. We  have  seen  that  William4  Eaton  went  to  North 
Carolina  before  1742.  A  patient  search  to  find  the  records 
of  the  territory  of  Granville  before  1746  has  been  absolutely 
unsuccessful,  and  we  shall  have  to  be  satisfied  with  the  records 
of  Granville. 

Coln.  William4  Eaton's  estate  in  North  Carolina,  upon 
which  he  settled,  and  where  he  lived,  was  first  in  Edgecombe 
Co.  until  1746,  and  after  that  in  Granville  Co.  After  his  death 
the  territory  became  Bute  Co.  in  1764,  and  Warren  Co.  in 
1779. 

In  1746,  when  Granville  Co.,  N.  C,  was  formed  by 
legislature  enactment  from  Edgecombe,  William4  Eaton, 
then  about   56  years  old,  was  a  prominent  citizen.     He  and 


106  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Edward  Jones,  were  the  first  representatives  of  the  county  in 
the  Colonial  legislature  or  House  of  Burgesses  in  1746,  and 
he  continued  to  represent  the  county  for  several  terms.  He 
was  the  first  Public  Register  of  the  county,  and  held  the 
office  until  December  19th,  1758,  shortly  before  his  death, 
when  he  doubtless  resigned  on  account  of  age,  or  ill  health. 

The  first  court  of  this  county  was  by  an  act  of  legislature 
authorized  to  be  held  at  the  house  of  William4  Eaton  in 
1746.  and  there  appointed  a  place  for  building  a  courthouse. 
(Colonial  Records  of  North  Carolina,  Vol.  23,  p.  249). 

He  was  vestryman  of  St.  John's  Parish,  then  Granville 
Co.,  now  Warren  and  Franklin  and  part  01  Vance  Cos.,  and 
the  first  vestry  meeting  was  held  at  his  house.  (Ibid).  He 
was  appointed  one  of  four  commissioners  to  run  the  dividing 
lines. 

His  residence  and  estate  were  in  what  is  now  Warren  Co., 
at  that  time  Granville  Co.  He  married  Mary  Rives,  but  we 
do  not  know  of  her  family. 

I  have  procured  a  copy  of  the  will  of  Coln.  William4 
Eaton,  dated  February  19th,  1759,  and  recorded  in  the  office 
of  the  Secretary  of  State.  Raleigh,  X.  C,  as  of  March  20, 
l759,  °n  which  day  the  will  was  proven  "at  a  court  held  for 
Granville  Co.*'  And  I  desire  here  to  acknowledge  the  kind 
courtesy  of  Air.  J.  Bryan  Grimes,  Secretary  of  State  for 
North  Carolina,  who  has  taken  much  trouble  to  get  informa- 
tion for  me,  even  beyond  my  requests.  This  contrasts  strongly 
with  the  treatment  I  have  received  from  some  of  the  county 
clerks. 

In  this  will  he  names:  1,  his  son  William5;  2,  daughter 
Jane5  Edwards,  wife  of  Coin.  Nathaniel  Edwards ;  3,  daughter 
Anne0  Haynes.  relict  of  Andrew  Haynes  ;  4.  daughter  Mary5 
Jones,  wife  of  Robert  Jones ;  5,  daughter  Sarah"'  Johnston, 
wife  of  Charles  Johnston  ;  her  former  husband.  John  Thornton  ; 
son-in-law  D?niel  Welden  ;  6,  son  Thomas5  Eaten;  7,  daughter 
Bettie5  Welden ;  8,  son  Charles5  Rust  Eatox;  grandson 
Eaton  Haynes :  wife  Mary :  9,  daughter  Martha5 ;  and  Daniel 
Welden.     All  these  names  will  appear  in  the  table. 


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There  are  also  a  great  many  deeds  to  and  from  William 
Eaton  in  the  records  of  Granville  Co.    Alro  the  bond,  when 
on  January   22nd,    1786,   William4    Ba'skervill   obtained  a 
license  to  marry  Mary0  Eaton. 

Charles5  Rust  Eaton,  mentioned  above,  son  of  Wil- 
liam4 Eaton,  was  father  of  Mary6  Eaton,  who  married 
William4  Baskervill.  His  will  dated  February  23rd,  1818, 
and  probated  in  November,  1822.  is  on  record  in  Granville 
Co.,  and  shows  that  he  died  in  the  latter  year. 

Coln.  William4  Eaton's  will  (on  file)  is  interesting. 
Besides  showing  the  names  of  his  family,  as  stated  above,  it 
gives  some  special  information  in  regard  to  his  children. 
William3  was  the  oldest  of  nine,  the  six  daughters  probably 
coming  next,  and  then  Thomas5  and  Charles3  Rust,  the  last 
being  apparently  the  youngest,  and  both  Thomas3  and 
Charles3  being  under  eighteen  years  of  age.  Of  the  daugh- 
ters, Jane5,  then  wife  of  Coin.  Nathaniel  Edwards,  formerly 
wife  of  Anthony  Haynes,  dec'd.  was  married  a  second  time. 

Anne5  was  then  the  widow  of  Andrew  Haynes. 

Mary5  was  the  wife  of  Robert  Jones,  Jr.,  doubtless  the  son 
of  his  old  friend,  Edward  Jones.  His  wife  and  this  Robert 
Jones,  Jr.,  were  appointed  executors.   ( 

Sarah5  was  the  wife  of  Charles  Johnston,  having  formerly 
been  the  wife  of  John  Thornton,  dec'd.  She  is  mentioned 
twice  as  Sarah  Johnston,  and  once  as  Sarah  Thornton,  the  last 
being  doubtless   through   inadvertence. 

Elizabeth5  was  the  wife  of  Daniel  Welden.  Her  portion 
was  left  to  trustees  for  her  benefit,  and  beyond  the  con- 
trol of  her  husband,  which  was  not  the  case  with  the  other 
daughters.     Daniel  Wrelden  was  clerk  of  the  court. 

Martha5  was  not  yet  twenty-one  and  unmarried. 

To  William5  was  given  all  of  his  "land,  tenements,  and 
hereditaments  in  the  counties  of  Dinwiddie  and  Brunswick, 
Va.,  except"  a  certain  tract  and  property  in  Petersburg. 

His  landed  estate,  as  mentioned  in  the  will,  included  the 
following: 


10S  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

His  lands,  tenements,  and  hereditaments  in  the  counties 
of  Dinwiddie  and  Brunswick,  \'a„  and  a  lot  and  house  in  the 
Town  of  Petersburg; 

His  land  and  plantation  in  Granville  Co.,  N.  C.,  whereon 
he  lived; 

His  plantation  and  land  in  Granville  Co.,  called  "Bowsers," 
and  two  tracts  of  land  adjoining  this; 

A  tract  of  land  in  Northampton  Co.,  N.  C,  called  Cum- 
broes ; 

His  lands,  tenements,  and  hereditaments  in  Halifax 
County,  N.  C,  and  his  lots  in  the  town  of  Halifax; 

The  tract  of  land,  whereon  Granville  courthouse  was 
built,  and  other  tracts  and  surveys  of  land  on  Tabb's  Creek 
and  its  branches ; 

His  tract  of  land  in  Granville  Co.   called  "Gould's'' ; 

His  tract  of  land  on  Little  Fishing  Creek  called 
"Young's"; 

His  tract  on  Anderson  Swamp ; 

One  tract  on  Smith's  Creek  called  "Hughes',"  and  an- 
other also  on  Smith's  Creek  called  "Rayborn's." 

This  seems  to  have  been  a  large  possession  of  land,  and 
it  was  doubtless  ail  stocked  with  negroes,  animals,  imple- 
ments, and  other  personal  property  needed  for  cultivation. 
It  indicates  that  he  died  possessed  of  a  large  fortune. 

After  a  careful  and  patient  historical  research  I  have 
gleaned  the  following  Eaton  references,  which  I  record  here, 
as  interesting  at  least  to  some  ieaders,  although  they  may  in- 
volve some  repetition.  In  preparing  this  sketch  I  have  found 
it  impossible  to  avoid  more  or  less  repetition  and  am  more 
content  with  this  condition,  because  it  is  written  more  for 
information  than  for  amusement. 

From  Ashe's  History  of  North  Carolina  in  the  Virginia 
Historical  Sociery  library,  Vol.  I,  p.  525,  I  find: 

Charles  Eaton  was  a  member  of  the  Colonial  Congress 
[of  N.  C]    (from  Granville  County),  which  on  April   12th, 


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1776,  declared  for  independence.  Also  the  Va.  Hist.  Mag.  V, 
73,  states  that  Charles  Eaton  was  a  delegate  to  the  House  of 
Deputies  at  Halifax,  N.  C,  April  4th,  1776.  And  also  Thomas 
Eaton,  and  William  Eaton,  (the  first  from  Granville  County, 
the  second  from  Bute  County  and  the  third  from  Northamp- 
ton County). 

From  the  North  Carolina  Colonial  and  State  Records,  in 
the  Virginia  State  Library,  I  have  gleaned  the  following  in- 
formation : 

Vol.  IV,  p.  900.  William  Eaton  (elder)  was  on  March 
1 8th,  1748,  appointed  by  Gov.  Gab.  Johnston  on  a  committee 
on  public  claims. 

P.  977.  Also  on  April  6th,  1749,  he  was  appointed  by  the 
House  of  Burgesses,  he  being  a  member,  on  a  committee  to 
examine  laws,  &c. 

P.  1276  and  Vol.  V,  p.  56.  Again  in  175 1  and  1753  he 
was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses. 

Vol.  VIII,  p.  72.  Charles  Rust  Eaton  was  plaintiff  in 
a  cause  to  Hillsboro  (Orange  County)  Superior  Court  on 
September  24th,  1770. 

Vol.  X,  p.  205.  William  Eaton  (younger)  was  appointed 
Lt.  Colonel  of  Minute  Men  from  Northampton  County  (N. 
C).  This  and  other  references  show  he  must  have  settled  in 
this  county. 

P.  207.  Charles  Rust  Eaton  was  appointed  Lt.  Colonel 
of  Minute  Men  from  Granville  County. 

P.  215.  William  Eaton  was  appointed  on  the  Provincial 
Council  from  the  Halifax  District. 

The  last  three  appointments  were  made  by  the  Provincial 
Congress  of  North  Carolina  convened  at  Hillsboro,  on  August 
20th,  1775. 

P.  525.  William  Eaton  from  Northampton  County  was 
on  a  committee  to  buy  arms  on  April  19th,  1776. 

P.  530.  Thomas  Eaton  was  appointed  Colonel  from  Bute 
County. 


no  Baskekville  Genealogy. 

Vol.  X,  p.  531.  On  April  22nd,  1776,  Charles  Rust 
Eaton  was  appointed  Lt.  Colonel  from  Granville  County,  and 
William  Eaton,  Colonel  from  Northampton  County. 

P.  584.  Thomas  Eaton  was  appointed  Colonel  of  Militia 
from  Bute  County.  (Hawkins  resigned).  These  appoint- 
ments were  all  made  by  the  Assembly. 

Vol.  XIII,  p.  885.  Here  we  find  a  Senate  bill  of  Novem- 
ber 4th,  1779,  appointing  Coin.  Thomas  Eaton  Brigadier  Gen- 
eral, which  was  later  concurred  in  by  the  House. 

P.  809.  Charles  Rust  Eaton  in  1779  was  appointed  by 
the  Assembly  on  a  large  committee,  as  trustees  to  receive 
money  for  lands,  &c. 

Vol.  XIV,  p.  x.  Coin.  William  Eaton  was  by  the  Assem- 
bly appointed  Brigadier  General. 

P.  271.  Here  Genl.  John  Ashe  in  a  report  to  Genl.  Ben- 
jamin Lincoln  of  a  light,  states  that  Coin.  William  Eaten  was 
said  to  have  been  drowned,  which  proved  not  to  be  true. 

Vol.  XVII,  p.  952.  William  Eaton  was  a  member  of  the 
Assembly  in  July,  1781. 

Vol.  XX,  p.  198.  Thomas  Eaton  was  made  Brigadier 
General   (doubtless  of  regulars). 

Vol.  XXI,  p.  1074.  Charles  Rust  Eaton,  Sheriff  of 
Granville  Co.,  paid  a  balance  due  by  him. 

Vol.  XXII,  pp.  307  and  313.  Militia  in  1754  and  1755; 
William  Eaton  (elder)  was  Colonel  of  Granville  County. 
His  regiment  consisted  of  eight  companies,  734  men  besides 
officers.  Capt.  Osborne  Jeffries  was  Captain  of  one  of  the 
companies.  The  muster  roll  of  the  regiment  is  given  on 
P-  370. 

P.  815.  William  Eaton  (elder)  was  Sheriff  of  Gran- 
ville County  in  1752  and  1753. 

P.  993.  Charles  Rust  Eaton  was  by  act  of  Assembly 
on  December  23rd,  1776,  appointed  Esquire  (or  Magistrate) 
for  Granville  County,  and  William  Eaton  the  same  for  North- 
ampton County  in  1779. 


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Vol.  XXIV,  p.  297.  Charles  Rust  Eaton  was  again 
one  of  the  trustees  appointed  by  the  Assembly  to  receive 
money,  &c,  for  lands  granted  (patented). 

P.  528.  Thomas  Eaton,  title  was  made  good  to  him  by 
act  of  Assembly  in  a  deed  from  David  Minge,  of  Virginia, 
and  his  sister.  Alary  (Minge)  Wall  (children  of  David  Minge, 
of  Virginia),  in  1783. 

The  middle  name  of  our  ancestor,  wherever  it  occurs,  is 
spelt  "Rust,"  the  last  letter  being  L  not  h  or  k,  as  it  has 
elsewhere  been  spelt. 

Gathering  up  the  information  from  our  record,  we  find 
that  Coln.  William4  Eaton  married  Mary  Rives  before  he 
went  to  North  Carolina,  probably  about  1715  to  1718.  We 
have  not  succeeded  in  tracing  her  antecedence  or  family.  In 
1717  he,  then  of  York  Co..  bought  200  A.  of  land  in  Prince 
George  Co.  from  Jas.  Thweat,  and  apparently  moved  there, 
probably  about  the  time  of  his  marriage,  as  in  1724  and  1725 
there  are  other  records  of  him  there,  as  previously  stated. 
The  deed  in  1742  to  "Anthony  Haynes.  of  Prince  George 
Co.,  husband  of  his  daughter  Jane,"  for  204  A.  of  land  in 
Amelia  Co.,  mentioned  on  p.  104,  in  which  he  was  called 
"William4  Eaton,  of  Xorth  Carolina,"  shows  that  before  that 
time  he  had  moved  to  Xorth  Carolina,  and  that  his  daughter 
Jane,  from  his  will  apparently  his  third  child,  had  already 
been  married.  We  assume  her  age  at  that  time  (1742)  as  20, 
and  his  as  about  52,  which  would  place  his  birth  at  about 
1690,  and  his  will  shows  that  his  death  occurred  in  1759. 
Continuing  to  summarize  from  the  scattered  information  al- 
ready recorded,  his  will  shows  that  his  children  were  as 
follows,  viz. : 

William5  Eaton, 

Jane5  Eaton,  m.  1st.  Anthony  Haynes,  2nd.  Col.  Nathl. 
Edwards, 

Anne5  Eaton,  m.  Andrew  Haynes,  m.  before  1742,  widow 

in  1759, 

Mary5  Eaton,  m.  Robert  Jones, 


112  3ASKERVILLE    GENEALOGY. 

Sarah5  Eaton,  m.  ist.  John  Thornton,  2nd.  Chas.  Johnston, 
Elizabeth5  Eaton,  m.  Daniel  Welden, 
Martha5  Eaton,  not  21  yrs.  old  in  1759,  born  about  1739, 
Thomas5  Eaton,  not  iS  yrs.  old  in  1759,  born  about  1741, 
Charles5  Rust  Eaton,  not  18  yrs.  old  in  1759,  born  about 

1743. 

Coln.  Wm.4  Eaton  (Sr.)  and  Edward  Jones  were  the 
first  representatives  of  the  county  in  the  colonial  legislature,  or 
House  of  Burgesses,  in  1746.  and  he  continued  to  hold  that  of- 
fice for  several  terms.  He  was  the  first  Public  Register,  begin- 
ning 1746  and  continuing  so  until  shortly  before  his  death. 
The  first  court  of  the  county  was  held  at  his  residence  by  spe- 
cial act  of  the  legislature,  and  there  a  place  was  appointed  for 
building  a  court  house.  He  was  a  vestryman  of  St.  John's  P., 
and  the  first  meeting  was  held  at  his  house.  He  was  appointed 
one  of  the  commissioners  to  run  the  county  lines.  On  March 
18,  1748,  Gov.  Johnston  appointed  him  a  commissioner  on  pub- 
lic claims.  Also  on  April  6,  1749,  he  was  appointed  by  the 
House  of  Burgesses,  of  which  he  was  a  member,  on  a  commit- 
tee to  examine  laws,  &c.  He  was  colonel  of  the  militia  of 
Granville  Co.  in  1754-55,  his  regiment  consisting  of  eight 
companies,  including  734  men,  besides  officers.  Osborne  Jef- 
freys was  one  of  the  captains,  doubtless  the  father  of  Eliza- 
beth Jeffreys,  who  married  Charles5  Rust  Eaton.  In 
1752  and  1753  he  was  sheriff  of  Granville  County.  All  this 
information  was  obtained  from  the  North  Carolina  Colonial 
and  State  Records  in  the  Virginia  State  Library. 

William5  Eaton  (Jr.,  the  son),  on  Sept.  9th,  1775,  was 
appointed  by  the  legislature  Lt.  Colonel  of  Minute  Men  of 
Northampton  Co.,  (N.  C),  where  he  had  settled  early.  On 
August  20,  T775,  or  a  little  later,  he  was  appointed  on  the 
Provincial  Council  from  the  Halifax  district.  He  was  on  a 
committee  to  buy  arms  April  19.  1776.  On  October  18.,  1779, 
he  was  appointed  Brigadier  General  by  act  of  Assembly.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Assembly,  or  House  of  Burgesses,  in 
July,  178 1. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  113 

Thomas3  Eaton  was  appointed  by  act  of  Assembly  Colonel 
from  Bute  Co.  in  1776.  On  November  4th,  1779,  he  was  ap- 
pointed Brigadier  General. 

Charles5  Rust  Eaton  was  appointed  Lt.  Colonel  of 
Minute  Men  from  Granville  Co.  in  1776,  April  22.  On  April 
12th,  1776,  he  was  a  member  of  the  colonial  congress  of  N.  C, 
which  declared  for  independence.  In  1779  he  was  appointed 
by  the  legislature  on  a  large  committee  to  receive  money  for 

lands,  &c.     He  was  Sheriff  of  Granville  Co.  in  .     This 

Charles5  Rust  Eaton,  b.  about  1743,  died  1822,  married 
Elizabeth  Jeffreys,  probably  daughter  of  Captain  Osborne 
Jeffries,  mentioned  before,  who  was  son  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Jeffreys,  formerly  Mrs.  Hilliard,  who  died  in  1742,  her  will 
having  been  probated  at  the  February  court  of  Northampton 
County  of  that  year.  Capt.  Osborne  Jeffreys  was  one  of  her 
executors.  (See  Abstracts  of  North  Carolina  Wills,  Grimes, 
Virginia  State  Library). 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Jeffreys  in  her  will  mentions  her  sons  John 
Hilliard,  Robert  Hilliard,  William  Hilliard,  and  Osborne  Jef- 
freys, and  her  daughter  Elizabeth,  wife  of  John  Bfoddie ;  her 
grandsons,  William,  James,  Isaac,  and  Elias  Hilliard  (sons  of 
Wm.  Hilliard),  and  Jeremiah,  Jacob,  and  John  Hilliard. 

Osborne  Jeffreys  was  executor  of  Geo.  Anderson,  will 
recorded  in  Granville.  N.  C,  May  7,  1758;  also  of  Robt.  Hil- 
liard, will  recorded  in  Edgecomb  Co.,  N.  C,  May,  175 1. 

These  (Charles5  Rust  and  Elizabeth  Jeffreys  Eaton) 
were  our  ancestors,/vaccording  to  a  table  furnished  me  by 
relatives,  they  had  seven  children,  as  follows: 

Martha6  Eaton,  m.  Dortch,  their  daughter  Sally,  married 
Wm.  R.  Baskervill ; 

Anne6  Eaton,  m.  Mark  Alexander,  3rd  wife; 

Letitia6  Eaton,  m.  William  Smith; 

Elizabeth'3  Eaton    (Betsy),  m.  Henry  Williams: 

Anne6  Eaton  (Nancy),  m.  Col.  Baily  Peyton,  of  Tenn.; 

John  R.9  Eaten,  m.  Susan  Somerville ; 

Mary6  Eaton  (Polly),  m.  Wm.4  Baskervill,  January 
22nd,  1786. 


ii4  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

This  however  does  not  agree  with  the  names  mentioned  in 
his  (Charles  Rust  Eatox's)  will,  executed  February  23rd, 
1818,  and  proven  March,  1822.  I  have  procured  a  copy  of  this 
and  find  that  he  mentions  his  son.  John  R.  Eaton ;  daughter, 
Mary  Baskervill;  children  of  deceased  daughter,  Nancy 
Alexander ;  daughter,  Lettie  Smith ;  and  daughter,  Betty 
Dortch. 

His  wife,  not  mentioned,  must  have  previously  died.  Mrs. 
Dcrtch  is  called  Betty,  not  Martha,  as  in  the  table ;  and  "Eliza- 
beth, married  to  Henry  Williams,  and  Nancy  married  to  Baily 
Peyton,"  are  not  mentioned.  There  are  evidently  some  errors 
in  the  table  furnished  me,  as  stated.  In  constructing  my  own 
table  at  the  end  of  this  sketch  I  have  followed  the  names  in 
the  will. 

There  are  two  branches  of  the  Eaton  connection,  added  to 
our  table,  which  seem  to  be  interesting,  first  that  of  Wm.5 
Eaton,  who  married  Senora  Macon,  daughter  of  Nathl.  Macon, 
of  Granville  Co.,  N.  C,  who  was  conspicuous  both  in  State  and 
Federal  affairs,  a  member  of  Congress,  and  candidate  for  the 
Vice-Presidency  of  the  United  States.  His  sister,  Martha 
Macon,  aunt  of  Senora  Macon,  named  Orlando  Jones,  of  Wil- 
liamsburg, Va.,  and  their  daughter, .  married  John  Dan- 

dridge,  whose  daughter,  Martha  Dandridge,  married  first,  John 
Custis,  and  secondly,  President  George  Washington. 

Orlando  Jones  was  son  of  Rev.  Rowland  Jones,  first  rector 
of  Bruton  Church,  Williamsburg,  and  there  is  a  tablet  in  his 
(Orlando  Jones')  memory  in  the  aisle  of  Bruton  Church.  See 
Goodwin's  "Bruton  Church,"  p.  88. 

*  Also  the  late  Nathl.  M.  Martin,  of  this  city,  some  of 
whose  family  still  remain  here,  was  the  son  of  Wm.  Martin, 
and  Elizabeth  Macon,  his  wife,  the  latter  being  a  daughter  of 
Hon.  Nathl.  Macon,  and  sister  of  Senora  Macon,  who  married 
William5  Eaton. 

This  connection  may  be  followed  farther  in  a  newspaper 
clipping,  which  I  have  on  file,  and  also  in  "Bruton  Church," 
and  other  books  of  the  early  colonial  period. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  115 

The  second  branch  referred  to  is  that  of  John6  R.  Eaton, 
only  son  of  Charles5  Rust  Eaton,  who  married  Susan 
Somerville.  Two  of  his  daughters  married  Colemans,  brothers 
of  Elizabeth  Axxe  Coleman,  wife  of  Charles5  Basker- 
vill,  the  writer's  grandfather,  and  his  granddaughter,  Eliza- 
beth Frear,  married  Charles6  Baskervill,  the  writer's  uncle, 
grandfather  of  Professor  Charless  Baskervill,  the  distinguished 
professor  of  chemistry. 


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THE  EMBRY  AND  COLEMAN  FAMILIES 

Charles5  Baskeryill,  my  grandfather,  married  Eliza- 
beth Anne  Coleman,  daughter  of  Coin.  Henry  Embry  (or 
Em  bra)  and  Anne  (Gordon)  Coleman. 

Coln.  Henry  Embry  Coleman  was  the  son  of  John 
Coleman,  and  his  wife  Mary,  daughter  of  Henry  Embry,  Jr., 
of  Brunswick  Co.,  and  later  of  Lunenburg  Co.,  Va. 

Charles5  Baskervill  was  born  in  1786  and  died  in  1834; 

Elizabeth  Anne  Coleman,  died  in  1821 ; 

Henry  Embry  Coleman  was  born  about  1750; 

John  Coleman  was  born  about  1720,  died  after  1781 ; 

Henry  Embry,  Jr.,  was  born  about  1720,  died  in  1756. 

My  investigation  of  the  Embrys  and  Colemans  has  been 
only  partially  successful,  and  I  have  only  very  meagre  reports 
from  Brunswick,  where  the  records  are  in  good  condition,  but 
the  clerk  too  busy  to  make  a  search  for  me. 

Prince  George  County  was  formed  from  Charles  City 
County  in  1702,  and  Brunswick  from  Prince  George  in  1720, 
(although  Howe,  and  Bishop  Meade  say  it  was  formed  from 
Surry  and  Isle  of  Wight),  but  the  records  at  Brunswick  C.  H. 
(Lawrenceville)  do  not  begin  until  1732. 

From  the  Journal  of  the  House  of  Burgesses,  1727-40, 
(Va.  Hist.  Soc),  p.  viii,  we  find:  "The  formation  of  Bruns- 
wick was  provided  for  by  law  in  1720  (Hening,  IV,  77-79), 
but  it  does  not  appear  to  have  been  a  fully  formed  county  till 
1732.  It's  court  records  date  back  to  that  year,  and  in  that 
year  it  was  represented,  probably  not  earlier,  in  the  House  ol 
Burgesses.  The  names  of  the  representatives  do  not  certainly 
appear.     Mr.  Henry  Fox  was  probably  one  of  them." 

Lunenburg  was  formed  from  Brunswick  in  1746,  and 
Halifax  from  Lunenburg  in  1752. 

Henry  Embrie,  20  years  old,  was  an  immigrant  on  board 
the  "America"  from  London,  June  23rd,  1635.  These  immi- 
grants are  said  to  "have  been  examined  by  the  Minister  of  the 


nS  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

towne  of  Gravesend  of  their  conformitie  to  the  orders  and  dis- 
cipline of  the  Church  of  England,  and  took  the  oath  of  Alle- 
giance."    Hotten's  List,  p.  95,  Va.  Hist.  Soc. 

He  may  or  may  not  have  been  grandfather  of  the  next  of 
the  name,  whom  I  find,  viz.,  Coln.  Henry  Emery,  Sr.,  of 
Prince  George  Co.,  Va.  Only  a  few  of  the  old  Prince  George 
records  are  left.  The  clerk  of  Prince  George  County  writes 
me  there  are  only  four  mentions  of  Henry  Embry^,  viz. : 

Oct.  28,  1715,  mem.  of  survey  of  239  A.,  p.  752; 

Oct.,  1719,  mem.  of  survey  of  400  A.,  p.  755 ; 

Oct.  17,  1723,  mem.  of  survey  of  162  A.,  p.  J63 ; 

Oct.  18,  1723,  mem.  of  survey  of  129  A.,  p.  763. 

We  find  from  the  Virginia  land  books  that  about  this  time, 
and  later,  Henry  Embry  patented  a  great  many  grants  of 
land,  viz. : 

1720-22,  in  Prince  George  Co..  two  grants,  639  A.  ; 

1726-51,  in  Brunswick  Co.,  eight  grants,  2,305  A.; 

1748,  in  Lunenburg  Co.,  one  grant,  237  A. 

There  were  also  patented  by  William  Embry,  1751-55,  in 
Lunenburg  Co.,  two  grants,  519  A.;  and  by  Henry  Embry, 
Jr.,  1755,  in  Lunenburg  Co.,  one  grant,  400  A. 

Also  from  the  Prince  George  Co.  records  we  find  that  "At 
court  held  December  13,  1715,  Henry'  Emery-  and  others  were 
paid  rewards  for  wolves'  heads." — Va.  Hist.  Mag.,  January, 
1912,  p.  87. 

This  Coin.  Henry  Embry,  Sr.,  was  evidently  the  grand- 
father of  the  wife  of  John  Coleman.  It  is  so  stated  in  his 
will.  He  died  in  1763,  his  will  having  been  recorded  on  Sep- 
tember 26,  1763,  in  Brunswick  Co.  From  all  the  circum- 
stances we  know  of  his  life  we  may  assume  that  he  was  born 
about  1690.  When  the  records  of  Brunswick  County  begun 
in  1732,  he  was  evidently  one  of  the  most  prominent  citizens 
of  that  county.  In  that  year  he  was  a  vestryman  of  St.  An- 
drew's parish,  and  Justice  of  the  Peace.  He  also  held  the 
offices  of  Sheriff,  Colonel  of  Militia,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
House  of  Burgesses  from  Brunswick  Co.,  in  1736-40. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  119 

Henry  Emery,  Jr..  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Bur- 
gesses from  Lunenburg-  in  1748-49,  and  William  Embry  held 
the  same  office  in  1754-5S.     The  last  two  were  his  sons. 

The  will  of  Coln.  Henry'  Embry',  Sr..  indicates  that  he 
had  four  children,  viz. : 

Henry'  Embryo,  Jr.,  b.  about  1720,  d.  1756,  m.  Priscilla 
(probably  Blount),  our  ancestor; 

William  Embry,  d.  (will)  1760,  m.  Elizabeth ; 

Mary  Embry,  m.  Merritt;  daughter    (name  not 

known),  m. Elliott. 

The  will  shows  that  his  wife,  Martha  ,  survived 

him,  but  both  of  his  sons,  and  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Elliott,  died 
before  the  will  was  made  on  July  14,  1762,  leaving  of  his 
children  only  his  daughter.  Mrs.  Mary  Embry  Merritt,  to  sur- 
vive him.     See  abstract  of  his  will  on  file. 

His  granddaughter,  Mary  Embry,  daughter  of  Henry 
Embry,  Jr.,  was  married  to  John  Coleman  after  the  deaths 
of  her  father  (1756),  and  her  grandfather  (1763),  and  before 
1 77 1.  The  records  show  that  in  1771  they  had  been  married 
and  were  living  in  Brunswick  County  on  land  inherited  from 
her  grandfather.  In  1781  John  Coleman  was  member  of  the 
Legislature  from  Halifax  County,  showing  they  had  moved 
there.  And  on  September  15,  1784,  they  sold  to  Richard  El- 
liot, possibly  her  sister's  husband,  for  £1,500,  current  money, 
778  acres  of  land  in  Brunswick  County  inherited  from  her 
grandfather, 

Henry'  Embry,  Jr.,  and  his  wife,  Priscilla,  had  at  least 
two  children,  viz. : 

Mary  Embry,  who  married  John  Coleman,  as  stated, 
and 

Sarah  Embry,  m.  ist,  Issac  Read,  issue,  Priscilla  Read; 
2nd.  Thos.  Scott,  issue  Wm.  Coleman  Scott. 

It  is  probable  that  Priscilla,  wife  of  Henry  Embry,  Jr., 
was  formerly  Priscilla  Blount,  Blount  being  a  prominent  fam- 
ily in  Brunswick,  and  Priscilla  a  favorite  name  in  the  family. 
For  Biount  family  see  Ya.  Hist.  Mag.  Vol.  V,  p.  202. 


120  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

There  were  other  families  of  this  name  in  other  parts 
of  Virginia,  apparently  not  closely  connected  with  our  line, 
and  with  some  variation  in  the  spelling.  Thus  there  was 
a  land  grant  to  Ralph  Embry  in  1662  of  183  acres  on 
branches  of  Poropotank  Swamp,  in  Gloucester  Co. ;  another  of 
400  acres  to  John  Embre  on  February  10,  1448,  in  Orange  Co. ; 
another  of  482  acres  to  Robert  Embry  in  1761,  and  one  of  10 
acres  to  Thomas  and  Robert  Embry  in  1792,  in  Fauquier 
County.  This  Fauquier  family,,  apparently,  not  related  to  us, 
has  now  a  prominent  representative  in  Judge  W.  S.  Embrey, 
of  Fredericksburg,  with  whom  the  writer  has  had  a  pleasant 
correspondence. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  121 


THE  COLEMAN  FAMILY 

Charles5  Baskervill  married  Elizabeth  Anns  Cole-  - 
man.  This  name  has  had  from  the  earliest  times  many  repre- 
sentatives in  Virginia,  and  there  seem  to  be  several  families 
with  apparently  no  connection.  This  makes  our  seach  for  in- 
formation more  difficult,  and  we  have  not  succeeded  in  tracing 
our  connection  with  the  family  very  far  back.  But  we  find  a 
good  deal  about  the  Colemans  earlier,  and  give  some  records, 
which  may  affect  us. 

We  find  in  Hotten's  lists  two  Coleman  immigrants  in 
1635,  viz.: 

William  Coleman,  aged  16,  in  the  ship  "Assurance,"  and 

John  Coleman,  aged  40,  in  the  ship  "Expedition." 

Also  the  following  records : 

Henry  Coleman,  1632-42,  Elizabeth  City  Co.,  4  land 
grants ; 

William  Coleman,  1635,  Elizabeth  City  Co.,  one  land 
grant ; 

John  Coleman,  1642,  Charles  City  Co.,  one  land  grant; 

John  Coleman,  1645,  York  Co.  records,  judgment; 

Johi.  Coleman,  1714-16,  Prince  George  Co.,  two  deeds; 

John  Coleman,  and  Mary,  his  wife,  1725,  Prince  George 
Co.,  deed ; 

John  Coleman,  1724,  Prince  George  County,  land  grant; 

Francis  Coleman,  1716-24,  Prince  George  Co.,  3  land 
grants ; 

William  Coleman,  1725,  Prince  George  County,  deed; 

William  Coleman,  1717-37,  Prince  George  County,  6 
grants. 

From  Hening's  Statutes,  I,  223,  we  find  that  on  October 
7th,  1634,  Henry  Coleman  was  excommunicated  for  thirty  days 
"for  using  scornful  speeches,  and  for  putting  his  hat  on  in 
church,  when  according  to  the  order  of  the  court  he  was  to 
acknowledge  and  ask  forgiveness  for  his  offence." 


122  BASKERVILLE    GENEALOGY. 

We  find  many  other  Coleman  records,  but  they  do  not 
seem  to  apply  to  our  family. 

With  this  meagre  information  it  seems  very  probable  that 
John  Coleman,  of  Prince  George  County,  who  was  married  to 

Mary ,  between  1714  and  1725,  was  the  father  of  John 

Coleman,  probably  born  about  1720,  who  married  Mary 
Embry,  daughter  of  Henry  Emery,  Jr.,  as  stated,  some  time 
between  1763,  the  date  of  the  death  of  her  grandfather,  Henry 
Embry,  Sr.,  and  1771,  when  the  records  of  Brunswick  County 
show  that  she  and  her  husband,  John  Coleman,  were  living 
on  her  inherited  estate  in  that  county. 

John  Coleman  was  member  of  the  Vestry,  Antrim's  P., 
Halifax  Co.,  after  1752. — Meade's  Churches. 

In  1781  John  Coleman  was  a  member  of  the  House  of 
Delegates  from  Halifax  Co.,  showing  they  had  moved  to  that 
county.  And  in  1784  John  Coleman  and  Mary  Embry,  his 
wife,  sold  to  Richd.  Elliott  the  estate  in  Brunswick  Co.,  which 
she  had  inherited  from  her  grandfather. 

In  the  first  census  of  the  United  States,  taken  at  intervals 
from  T783  to  1790,  in  Halifax  Co.,  we  find  John  Coleman, 
four  whites    (in  his  family),  and  fifty-eight  blacks    (slaves). 

Their  son  was  Coln.  Henry  Embry  Coleman,  a  promi- 
nent cith  en  of  Halifax  County,  whose  name  does  not  appear  in 
this  census,  he  probably  being  included  in  his  father's  family, 
From  the  Ya.  Hist.  Mag.  IV,  397,  we  find  from  an  official 
letter:  "I  find  that  in  ye  year  1780  part  of  ye  (public)  grain 
in  Halifax  was  sold  by  Coin.  Coleman,"  doubtless  Coin.  H.  E. 
Coleman. 

Coln.  Henry  Embry  Coleman  married  Anne  Gordon, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Margaret  (Murray)  Gordon  (See 
Gordon  family),  and  had  a  large  family  of  children  as  given  in 
the  following  table — who  were  of  the  highest  standing  in  their 
community.  They  were  the  writer's  great  aunts  and  great 
uncles,  of  whom  he  knew  something  during  his  childhood,  and 
has  pleasant  recollections.  But  in  this  little  sketch  we  can 
only  give  the  following  very  imperfect  table. 


Opposite  p.   122. 

The  following  interesting  information  is  kindly  given  by 
Mrs.  Lilian  Baskervill  Graham,  daughter  of  Col.  Wm.' 
Baskerviil : 

"Our  great-grandfather,  Henry  Embra  Coleman,  at- 
tended Hampden  Sidney  College  [and  doubtless  graduated 
there].  He  was  an  officer  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  also  a 
juror  in  the  trial  of  Aaron  Burr   [in  1807.] 

"My  father  [Col.  Wm.  Baskervill],  when  a  boy,  lived 
at  Voodlawn,  in  Halifax  Co.,  with  his  grandparents,  and  went 
to  school  with  his  uncles,  two  of  whom  were  near  his  age. 
He  has  told  me  of  the  stern,  erect  bearing  of  his  grand- 
mother [formerly  Anne  Gordon],  whom  he  was  in  awe  of. 
and  of  her  pride  of  ancestry.  Also  that  she  said  that  the 
commander  of  the  Scots    Grays  at  Waterloo  was  her  cousin. 

"My  old  mammy,  Evelina  [whom  the  writer  remembers 
very  well],  was  the  little  maid  of  our  great-grandmother. 
Mary  Eaton  [Mrs.  William4  Baskervill],  who  at  her  death 
left  her  to  mv  father." 


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THE  GORDON  FAMILY 

Coln.  Henry  Em  bra  Coleman,  of  Halifax  County,  mar- 
ried Anne  (Nancy)  Gordon,  daughter  of  Thomas  Gordon 
and  Margaret  (Murray)  Gordon. 

My  information  in  regard  to  the  earlier  members  of  this 
family  is  taken  from  a  letter  and  statement  kindly  sent  me  by 
Mr.  Armstead  C.  Gordon,  of  Staunton,  Ya.,  placed  on  file. 

Rev.  Alexander  Gordon,  of  Galloway,  Scotland,,  the  first 
of  this  family  in  America,  emigrated  to  Virginia  before  1763, 
and  was  Rector  of  Antrim  Parish,  Halifax  Co..  Ya.,  from 
which  after  1774  he  moved  about  the  time  of  the  Revolutionary 
War  to  Blanford,  near  Petersburg,  Ya.  He  seems  to  have  re- 
tired from  the  ministry  about  this  time  (Meade's  Old 
Churches,  Vol.  II,  p.  10).  He  was  probably  a  relative  of 
Samuel  Gordon,  of  Blandford.  a  merchant  there  for  many 
years,  an  important  man  of  the  place,  and  a  vestryman  of 
Bristol  Parish,  whose  tombstone  in  old  Blandford  churchyard 
shows  him  to  have  been  of  ''Craig,  in  the  Stewartry  of  Kirk- 
cudbright, Xorth  Britain/'  (8  Hen.  Stats.,  p.  610; 
Slaughter's  Bristol  Parish,  pp.  82-201  ;  Wm.  &  Mary  Quar- 
terly, Yol.  VI,  p.  25  ;  Bristol  Parish  Register,  in  library  of 
Va.  Hist.   Soc.) 

In  his  letter  of  March  18,  1908,  to  me,  Mr.  Armstead  C. 
Gordon  states :  The  Rev.  Alex.  Gordon,  father  of  Thomas 
Gordon,  your  progenitor,  was  one  of  the  Border  Gordons  of 
Scotland,  and  the  indications  are  that  he  was  of  the  family  of 
Eariston  in  Galloway,  that  produced  the  noble  Sir  William 
Gordon,  of  Eariston,  who  was  executed  for  participation  in 
"The  Fifteen"  (the  Jacobite  insurrection  of  17 15  ending  at  the 
battle  of  Preston.— P.  H.  B.) 

There  is  in  the  writer's  library  a  story  called  "The  Men 
of  the  Moss-Hags,"  being  a  history  of  adventures  taken  from 
the  papers  of  William  Gordon,  of  Earlstoun,  in  Galloway," 
by  S.  R.  Crockett,  in  which  the  Gordons  of  Eariston  figure,  and 
which  is  illustrative  of  the  period  and  country.  It  is  worth 
reading. 


124  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Resuming  Mr.  Gordon's  letter,  "Some  years  ago  I  had 
a  correspondence  with  the  then  Sir  William  Gordon,  of  Earls* 
toun,  now  dead,  who  was  at  that  time  very  old  and  had  been 
one  of  the  'Six  Hundred  at  Balcalava."  But  he  was  unable  to 
give  me  what  I  sought  concerning  the  Earlstoun  family,  many 
of  the  family  papers  having  been  burned  in  a  fire  at  Earlstoun. 

"Rev.  Alexander  Gordon  married  in  Scotland,  but  the 
name  of  his  wife  is  unknown.  They  had  at  least  one  son, 
Thomas  Gordon,  of  Blandford,  who  was  born  in  Galloway, 
and  came  to  Virginia  as  a  youth  with  his  father.  One  of  his 
descendants  by  his  second  marriage,  a  granddaughter,  owned  at 
one  time  a  Bible  that  belonged  to  him,  containing  the  inscrip- 
tion, 'Thomas  Gordon,  Galloway."  This  Bible  with  other 
family  relics  was  lost  during  the  War  between  the  States. 
Among  these  relics  was  a  silver  snuff  box;  once  the  prop- 
erty of  Thomas  Gordon,  on  which  was  engraved  a  dexter  hand 
arising  out  of  a  wreath,  and  grasping  a  drawn  sword,  with  the 
motto  'Dread  God.'  This  is  the  crest  of  the  Gordons  of  Earls- 
ton."     The  arms  are : 

Arms:  Azure  on  besant  (coin)  between  three  boar's  heads 
erased  or. 

Crest:  A  dexter  hand  issuing  out  of  a  wreath  grasping  a 
sword  drawn. 

Motto :  Dread  God. 

Thomas  Gordon  married  first  Margaret  ("Peggy") 
Murray,  born  1748,  (see  Murray  Family)  and  by  this  mar- 
riage had  a  daughter,  Anne  ("Nancy")  Gordon,  who  mar- 
ried, as  stated.  Coln.  Henry  Embra  Coleman. 

Thomas  Gordon's  second  wife  was  Elizabeth  Baird,  and 
their  issue  was  Dr.  Thomas  Christian  Gordon,  of  Essex  Co., 
Va.,  who  was  the  father  of  the  late  Coin.  W.  W.  Gordon,  and 
of  Mr.  James  R.  Gordon,  of  Richmond,  Ya. 

There  were  several  Alexander  Gordons,  who  came  to 
Virginia  about  the  same  time,  and  our  Rev.  Alexander  Gor- 
don is  not  to  be  confounded  with  the  others.  As  previously 
stated,  Margaret  Murray  married  Thomas  Gordon,  son  of 
Rev.  Alexander  Gordon.     Also  Mary  Murray,  younger  sis- 


Baskervillf  Genealogy.  i  25 

ter  of  Margaret,  b.  22nd  February,  1754.  d.  1823.  married 
first  Alexander  Gordon,  a  merchant  of  Petersburg,  Ya.,  and 
a  native  of  Rirkudbright,  Scotland.  She  afterwards  married 
secondly  Coin.  Win.  Davies,  and  from  this  marriage  was  de- 
scended Bishop  Whittle.     (Slaughter's  Bristol  Parish,  p.  201). 

Again  Alexander  Gordon,  a  native  of  Scotland,  married 
Susanna,  daughter  of  Rev.  Mingo  and  Lucy  Mary  (Marye) 
Marshall,  the  latter  born  on  the  Atlantic  Ocean  on  October 
10th,  1729,  being  daughter  of  Rev.  James  Marye  and  Letitia 
Staige,  his  wife.  He  was  a  native  of  Rouen,  Xormandv, 
France,  and  was  at  first  a  Romish  priest  there,  but  became 
Protestant,  fled  to  England  in  1729,  and  took  Church  of  Eng- 
land orders  (see  Ya.  Hist.  Coll.,  Vol.  V.,  p.  186,  Va.  Hist. 
Soc.  library). 

The  following  sketch  of  the  Gordons  in  Scotland,  taken 
from  a  newspaper  clipping,  may  interest  members  of  the 
family : 

The  earliest  of  the  name  was  Richard  of  Gordon,  Lord  of 
the  Barony  of  Gordon,  in  Merse,  prior  to  n  50.  Other  Gor- 
dons figure  in  history  besides  Bertram  de  Gordon,  whose  arrow 
at  Chalons,  in  1199,  wounded  Richard  of  England. 

Adam  Gordon,  who  married  his  cousin  Alicia  ,  was 

sent  by  Alexander  III,  with  Louis  of  France,  to  Palestine, 
where  he  was  killed.  His  grandson.  Sir  Adam,  is  the  an- 
cestor from  whom  all  the  Gordons  of  Scotland  are  descended. 
He  was  killed  at  Halidon  Hill.  His  son,  Sir  Alexander,  was 
the  first  named  of  Huntly. 

Sir  Adam  Gordon,  tenth  in  descent  of  Gordon  and  Huntly, 
had  a  daughter  who  married  a  sen  of  Seton  of  that  ilk,  and 
their  son,  Alexander,  assumed  the  name  of  Gordon,  and  later 
became  Earl  of  Huntly. 

The  third  earl,  Alexander,  fell  at  Flodden.  George,  the 
fourth  earl,  was  killed  at  Carrichie  in  1562,  when  attempting 
to  get  the  Queen  out  of  the  hands  of  the  Earl  of  Moray. 
George,  the  sixth  Earl  of  Huntly,  was  created  a  Marquis  in 
x599-  George,  the  second  marquis,  was  Captain  of  the  Scot- 
tish Guard  of  Louis  XIII;  lost  his  head  at  Edinburgh  in  1649 


126  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

for  his  loyalty  to  the  cause  of  Charles  I.  George,  the  fourth 
marquis,  was  created  Duke  and  a  great  stirring  event  in  Scot- 
tish history  was  his  defence  of  the  Castle  of  Edinburgh  for 
James  VII.  With  George,  the  fifth  duke,  the  title  became  ex- 
tinct, but  the  Marquisate  of  Huntly  went  to  the  Earl  of 
Aboyne,  descended  from  George,  son  of  George,  the  second 
Marquis  of  Huntly.  The  Earls  of  Aberdeen,  created  1682,  are 
descended  from  Patrick  Gordon  of  Methlic,  who  fell  at  the 
battle  of  Arbroath,  1445.  Two  regiments,  named  the  Gordon 
Highlanders,  were  raised  from  this  clan.  The  first,  Eighty- 
first,  formed  1777,  the  second  1792.  The  Seventy-fifth  were 
the  heroes  of  Dargais. 

The  Gordon  coat-of-arms,  is  a  shield  divided  in  four  parts 
with  (1),  three  wild  boar's  heads,  (2)  three  lion's  heads,  (3) 
crescents  and  (4)  stars.  The  whole  is  supported  by  two  lions. 
The  word  "Bydand"  (which  is  Anglo-Saxon,  and  means  abid- 
ing, to  abide  or  endure)  is  across  the  top  of  the  whole  coat, 
while  the  motto,  "Animo  non  Astutia"  (translated — "By  wis- 
dom not  by  craft")  is  underneath. 

This  coat-of-arms  is  the  original  which  came  from  the 
Earl  of  Huntly,  and  to  which  all  the  Gordons  are  entitled,  but 
the  Aberdeen  branch  uses  only  the  shield,  without  the  two 
lions  on  the  sides,  and  has  the  word  "Bydand"  underneath. 
The  Aberdeen  branch  is  the  one  that  scattered. 


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THE  MURRAY  FAMILY 

Thomas  Gordon,  of  Bristol  Parish,  married  Margaret 
("Peggy")  Murray,  b.  1748,  daughter  of  James  Murray, 
and  Anne  Bollixg,  his  wife. 

"James  Murray  was  a  native  of  Scotland,  and  of  the 
lineage  of  William  Murray,  Lord  Mansfield.  Lord  Chief  Jus- 
tice of  England,  the  celebrated  English  jurist.  He  (James 
Murray)  perpetuated  the  name  of  the  ancestral  seat  in  Scot- 
land in  that  of  his  home,  'Athol/  near  Petersburg,  Ya." 
(Slaughter's    Bristol    Parish,   p.    199). 

He  was  of  the  ancient  family  and  clan  of  Murray,  of 
which  the  Dukes  of  Athol  were  the  chiefs.  The  following  is 
from  Lower's  Dictionary  of  Family  Names,  in  the  Ya.  State 
Library : 

"Murray,  the  founder  of  the  clan  of  Sutherland,  settled 
in  the  twelfth  century  in  the  province  of  Murref,  Moray,  or 
Moravia  (Scotland),  comprehending  the  modern  counties  of 
Murray  or  Elgin,  and  parts  of  Inverness  and  Banff,  whence 
the  family  for  several  generations  assumed  the  name  of  Mur- 
ref, or  De  Moravia,  w  hich  they  retained,  even  after  their  occu- 
pation of  Sudrland,  or  Sutherland,  and  their  elevation  to  that 
earldom  (Rtiymer's  Federa),  in  March  20.  1367.  They  sub- 
sequently assumed  the  name  of  Sutherland.  The  people  did 
the  same,  and  the  names  of  Murray  and  Sutherland  still  dis- 
tinguish the  bulk  of  the  population  near  Dunrobin,  although 
to  a  stranger  this  would  scarcely  appear  obvious  through  their 
soubriquets  Bain  (white),  Gow   (Smith),  Roy  (red),  &c." 

In  the  year  1600  James  VI  of  Scotland  (afterwards  also 
James  I  of  England),  as  a  reward  for  his  life  having  been 
saved  by  Sir  David  Murray  from  an  attempt  upon  it  by  the 
Earl  of  Gowrie  and  his  brother,  presented  to  him  Scone  Abbey, 
or  Scone  Palace,  on  the  Tay,  near  Perth.  It  was  erected  into 
a  temporal  lordship  in  his  favor,  and  he  (Sir  David  Murray) 
was   afterwards   created   Yiscount   oi   Stormont.     The  great 


128  Baskekville  Genealogy. 

chief  justice,  the  Earl  of  Mansfield,  a  younger  son  of  the 
fifth  Viscount  Stormont,  was  born  at  Scone,  and  the  Scottish 
peerage  is  now  merged  into  the  British  earldom.  The  Vis- 
counts of  Stormont  had  a  residence  near  the  abbey,  and  hence 
known  as  the  Palace  of  Scone.  The  present  palace  was 
erected  on  the  same  site  in  the  beginning  of  this  century. 
Scone  (pronounced  Scoon),  is  said  to  have  been  the  po- 
litical capital  of  the  Pictish  monarchy,  probably  a  hundred 
years  or  more  before  King  Kenneth  Macalpine  (844-860), 
who  united  the  Picts  and  Scots.  The  abbey  was  founded  in 
1 1 15  by  Alexander  I,  succeeding  the  ancient  monastery,  which 
was  built  probably  in  the  beginning  of  the  10th  century. 

This  Scone  Abbey  is  a  very  famous  place.  In  the  olden 
time  it  was  the  residence  of  the  Kings  of  Scotland,  who  were 
crowned  there  on  the  "Stone  of  Destiny,"  which  is  sup- 
posed to  be  the  stone  pillow,  on  which  Jacob  slept  at 
Leihel.  Numbers  of  legends  are  extant  as  to  how  the  stone 
found  its  way  from  Bethel  to  Scotland.  For  a  time  it  rested 
on  the  top  of  the  sacred  Hill  of  Tara,  and  en  it  the  Kings  of 
Ireland  were  crowned.  But  from  Erin  it  was  mysteriously 
conveyed  to  Scotland  more  than  a  thousand  years  ago,  and  by 
King  Kenneth  II  placed  on  the  ground  at  Scone.  King  Ed- 
ward i  of  England  invaded  Scotland  in  1296,  carried  off  the 
stone,  and  placed  it  in  Westminster  Abbey,  where  it  has  been 
ever  since,  and  has  been  seen  and  touched  by  thousands  of 
American  tourists,  and  where  every  English  sovereign  since 
the  days  of  Edward  II    to  Edward  VII    has  been  crowned. 

Scone  Palace  has  twice  been  destroyed — on  the  first  ac- 
casion  by  Edward  I,  and  on  the  second  by  John  Knox.  There 
are  portions  of  it,  however,  that  are  more  than  a  thousand 
years  old,  and  it  is  full  of  historic  relics,  including  a  piece  of 
embroidery  by  Mary,  Queen  of  Scots,  while  she  was  a  pris- 
oner at  Loch  Leven.  As  stated,  it  has  been  in  possession  of 
the  Murray s  since  1600. 

While  the  exact  relationship  of  our  ancestor,  James  Mur- 
ray, of  Bristol  Parish,  to  William  Murray,  Earl  of  Mansfield, 
can  not  be  positively  established,  yet  it  seems  certain  that  they 


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were  of  the  same  lineage.  The  knowledge  of  this  has  been 
handed  down  in  the  family,  and  there  can  be  no  reasonable 
doubt  of  it.  They  were  close,  contemporaries,  the  former 
seeming  to  be  a  little  older,  and  there  could  have  been  little 
difference  in  their  ages.  According  to  Chamber's  Encyclo- 
pedia, William  Murray,  Earl  of  Mansfield,  Lord  Chief  Justice 
of  the  King's  Bench,  England,  was  fourth  son  of  Andrew,  Vis- 
count Stormont,  born  at  Perth,  Scotland,  March  2nd,  1704, 
graduated  at  Oxford  in  1730.  became  chief  justice  in  1756, 
was  made  Earl  of  Mansfield  in  1776,  retired  from  the  bench  in 
1788  and  died  in  1793.  According  to  the  Encyclopedia  Brit- 
tanica  he  was  born  March  2nd,  1705,  (latter  doubtless  the 
new  style),  fourth  son.  and  eleventh  child,  at  Scone,  Perth- 
shire, of  David,  5th  Viscount  Stormont,  "a  nobleman  whose 
family  possessions  had  shrunken  within  so  narrow  limits,  that 
he  had  to  bring  up  his  numerous  family  with  exceeding  strict 
economy."     Lord  Mansfield  left  no  family. 

In  "Old  Edinburgh,"  by  F.  M.  Watkeys,  Vol.  II,  p.  187, 
in  a  chapter  "Belles  and  Beaux,"  we  find  the  following: 

"In  the  middle  of  the  eighteenth  century  the  beauty  and 
fashion  of  Edinburgh  resorted  to  the  Assembly  Rooms  in  Old 
Assembly  Close  presided  over  by  the  famed  and  autocratic 
Miss  Nickie  Murray. 

'Then  the  Assembly  Close  received  the  fair, 
Order  and  elegance  presided  there, 
Each  gay  Right  Honourable  had  her  place, 
To  walk  a  minuet  with  becoming  grace; 
No  racing  to  the  dance  with  rival  hurry, 
Such  was  thy  sway,  O  famed  Miss  Nicky  Murray.' 

Miss  Nickie  Murray,  who  ruled  with  aristocratic  se- 
verity over  these  Assemblies,  was  a  sister  of  the  Earl  of  Mans- 
field. She  lived  in  Bailie  Fyfe's  Close,  and  there  finished 
young  lady  cousins  from  the  country,  who  wished  to  enter 
society.  On  hearing  a  young  lady's  name  pronounced  for  the 
first  time  she  would  say,  'Miss ,  of  what?'  If  no  terri- 
torial addition  could  be  made,  she  manifestly  cooled.  Seated 
on  a  raised  throne  in  despotic  dignity  she  with  a  wave  of  her 


13°  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

fan  silenced  the  musicians,  when  ic  became  time  for  the  festivi- 
ties to  cease. " 

Interesting  historical  references  to  the  Murray  family  are 
quite  numerous,  and  there  are  prominent  representatives  now 
in  Scotland  and  England,  so  that  this  sketch  might  be  pro- 
longed farther.  But  what  has  been  recorded  is  doubtless  suffi- 
cient to  show  the  position  of  the  family.  It  is  to  be  regretted 
that  we  can  not  definitely  trace  back  our  Murray  lineage. 

The  first  record .  that: we  have  of  our  ancestor,  James 
Murray,  is  that  he'was  m  the  vestry  of  Bristol  Parish.  Va.,  in 
1740.  He  continued  in  this  vestry  until  his  death  in  177^  v^f" 
and  was  a  warden,  certainly  most  of  the  time.  The  vestry 
book  of  Bristol  Parish  shows  when  his  death  occurred,  and 
the  appointment  of  his  successor.  There  were  many  other  Mur- 
rays  in  Virginia  prior  to  this,  and  the  Virginia  land  books 
show  the  following  grants  to  them,  viz. : 

In  1671,  to  David  [Murray,  113  A.  in  Lower  Norfolk; 

In  1690,  to  James  Murray,  50  A.  in  Nansemond  Co. ; 

In  171 2,  to  James  Murray,  540  A.  in  Prince  George  Co. ; 

In  1755,  to  James  Murray,  414  A.  in  Lunenburg  Co. ; 

In  1756,  to  James  Murray,  181  A.  in  Prince  George  Co.; 

In  1760,  to  Richard  Murray,  800  A.  in  Cumberland  Co.; 

In  1762,  to  James  Murray,  95  A.  in  Caroline  Co.; 

In  1762,  to  James  Murray,  2.183  A.  in  Halifax  Co.; 

In  1765,  to  James  Murray,  11,  8,  12  A.  (3  grants)  in 
Lunenburg  Co. ; 

In  1765,  to  James  Murray,  20  A.  in  Prince  George  Co. 

The  first  three  must  have  been  made  to  other  people,  but 
the  others  to  James  Murray  in  Prince  George,  Lunenburg,  and 
Halifax  Co.,  may  have  been  to  our  ancestor,  as  the  Gordons, 
and  Colemans.  lived  in  Halifax  County.  But  the  Prince 
George  records  being  lost  this  matter  can  not  be  traced. 

Governor  YVyndham  Robinson  in  his  "Pocahontas"  says: 

"The  habits  of  the  family  in  Virginia  were  not  such  as  to 

build  up  their  fortunes  anew.     Eminently  free  from  all  vices, 

they  sympathized  with  all  who  suffered,  and  were  unbounded 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  131 

in  their  liberality  and  lavish  hospitality.  William2  Murray, 
son  of  James1  Murray,  was  from  a  distinguished  stateliness, 
yet  engaging  simplicity  of  carriage  lovingly  called  'The  Old 
Duke.'  In  his  family  I  was  at  a  second  home,  and  surely  if 
there  ever  was  one,  over  which  the  spirits  of  benevolence, 
hospitality,  loving  kindness,  and  unselfishness,  poured  un- 
stinted their  sweet  influences,  it  was  this." 

Tables  of  descent  from  James1  Murray  are  very  fully 
given  in  Robertson's  Pocahontas,  and  Slaughter's  Bristol  Par- 
ish, both  in  our  library.  For  convenience  are  appended  some 
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Tristan)  Boiling. 

will  1S02, 

m.  i,  Beatrix 

Calverley; 

2,  Elyne . 

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Rosamond 
Boiling,  m.  Sir 
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pest, inherited 
liollinu  Hull. 


Tristam  Boiling,  in  service  of  King  John  ( 1199-1216),  received  the  Boiling  property. 
William  de  Boiling,  Lord  of  Manor  (Boiling),  1296-1316. 
Johannes  de  Boiling,  Commissioner  of  Array,  York  county,  1318. 
Robert  Rolling,  m.  Elizabeth  Thornton,  1349. 
Johannes  Boiling,  of  Boiling,  taxed  1379. 

Robert  Boiling,  in  battle  of  Towton,  March  29,  1461,  m.  Isabel (ten  children). 

i 

I 


lines  Boiling.      William  Boiling.     Umfrey  Boiling.      Raynbron  Boiling.     Troillus  Boiling.      Amicia  Boiling 


7.1  m. 

I 
Edward  Boiling, 
inherited  Chellow 

o.   about    1470 


Several  generations. 

1 

Edward  Boiling, 
died  Chellow  1680. 

_  I 

I 
fc.dw.ird  Boiling, 
b.  1653,  d.  1740, 
sealed  at  Ilkley, 
"Boiling  Farm." 
I 


William  Boiling, 
of  Chellow,  last  of 
line,  died  1730. 


John  Boiling, 
died  at  Chellow, 
leaving  issue. 


Mary  Boiling, 

m.  Rev.  Thos.  Lister, 

V.  of  Ilkley,  d.  1745. 


John  Boiling.        Nathaniel  Boiling, 
died  before  their  I  father. 


Daughter. 


John  Boiling,     Edward  Boiling, 
d.  1729,  d.  unm. 

o.  s.  p. 


William  Boiling,      Elizabeth  Lister, 
d.  i7Si,  m.  Ellis  Cunliffe. 

heir  of  Chellow 
and  Ilkley  estates, 
m.  Phcebe  Lister. 

John  Bolling=Mary  Cunliffe 
b.  1746,  d.  1.S2S. 
He  was  last  of 
English  Boilings. 


Phcebe  Lister, 
n.  Wm.  Boiling. 


Opposite  p.  133. 

Bolling  Chronology. 

About  A.  D.  1200,  Boiling  Manor  was  granted  by  King; 
John  to  Tristam  Boiling. 

In  1502  it  was  inherited  by  Rosamond  Boiling,  wife  of 
Sir  Richard  Tempest,  and  passed  to  the  Tempest  family. 

In  i64g  it  was  sold  to  the  Lindley  Woods,  and  passed 
from  the  family. 

In  166c  Robert  Bolling  emigrated  to  Virginia. 

In  1730  the  last  of  the  Chellow  (England)  Boilings  died. 

In  1825  the  last  of  the  Ilkley  (England)  Boilings,  appar- 
ently the  last  in  England,  died. 

There  were  Boilings  in  London,  of  whom  we  know  noth- 
ing. In  the  Bradford  Parish  Church  marriage  registers  un- 
der date  of  November  22.  1722,  is  the  following  entry:  "John 
Boiling,  pari-h  of  St.  Bartolphs  [London],  and  Ann  Oakes, 
cf   Boiling   [Bradford],  spinster."' 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  133 


THE  BOLLING  FAMILY 

James  Murray  (died  1772)  married  Anne  Bolling 
(born  1718),  daughter  of  John  Bolling  (b.  1676,  d.  1729), 
and  Mary  Kennon  Bolling  (born  before  1678). 

Governor  Wyndham  Robertson  in  his  "Pocahontas"  states  : 
"Anne  Bolling  lived  to  a  great  age  and  was  of  ihe  large 
statue,  high  courage,  and  awe  inspiring  bearing  of  her  great 
Indian  progenitor,  Powhatan." 

From  "Histories  of  Bolton  and  Bowling  (Townships  of 
Bradford),"  [Yorkshire,  England],  printed  in  Bradford  in 
1891,  in  the  Virginia  State  Library,  we  get  the  following  his- 
tory of  the  Boilings  in  England: 

Bolling  is  the  more  ancient  form  and  is  retained  by  the 
family,  while  the  name  of  the  township  has  become  Bowling, 
and  is  still  so. 

The  township  of  Bowling  contains  1561  acres,  and  is  now 
a  part  of  the  borough  of  Bradford.  Formerly  it  consisted 
of  a  manorial  estate,  of  which  the  Boiling  family  were  owners, 
upon  which  there  was  a  large  mansion,  Bolling  Hall,  for  cen- 
turies occupied  by  the   Boiling  family. 

Bolling  Hall,  so  long  the  residence  of  the  Boilings,  the 
Tempests,  and  the  Lindley  Woods,  is  in  its  associations  and 
style  of  architecture  the  most  interesting  relic  of  a  past  age 
left  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  Bradford.  The  hall  is  a 
large  majestic  building,  with  a  centre  and  two  deep  wings  to 
the  North,  and  has  been  built  at  different  periods.  The  South 
front,  opening  to  the  garden,  is  terminated  by  two  square 
towers  of  considerable  but  uncertain  antiquity.  The  rest 
may  be  assigned  to  the  Tempests  in  the  reign  of  Elizabeth. 
Within  the  towers  are  two  deeply  embayed  windows,  and  be- 
tween them  the  hail,  which  has  one  vast  window  of  many 
square  headed  lights.  It  is  about  thirty  feet  long,  and  has 
2.  plain  plaster  ceiling,  which  probably  conceals  a  fine  oaken 
roof.     This  is  the  old  hall.     The  present  building  is  the  same. 


134  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

somewhat  altered.  In  the  book  is  a  picture  of  the  hall  as  it 
was  about  1750,  or  a  little  later,  which  is  interesting.  "The 
chief  feature  of  interest  is  the  central  hall,  in  which  there  is 
a  mantelpiece  of  carved  oak,  reaching  to  the  ceiling-.  It  is 
supported  by  two  fluted  columns,  which  support  a  canopy, 
ornamented  with  oak  and  vine  leaves,  and  contains  two  por- 
traits painted  on  panels,  said  to  be  those  of  Lady  Rosamond, 
the  last  of  the  Boiling's  of  Boiling  Hall,  and  her  husband,  Sir 
Richard  Tempest.  These  portraits  are  said  to  have  been 
painted  from  the  originals  in  early  life,  and  if  so,  they  are 
in  a  remarkable  state  of  preservation."  In  the  book  is  a  pic- 
ture of  the  mantelpiece.  It  (the  mantel)  seems  to  have  been 
erected  during  the  reign  of  James  I,  but  the  portraits  may 
have  been  earlier,  and  taken  from  a  former  work,  as  Sir 
Richard  Tempest  died  in  1537.  The  walls  of  the  old  part  of 
the  building  are  of  great  thickness.  A  private  chapel  was 
once  attached  to  it. 

It  is  said  that  Boiling  Hall  wras  once  protected  by  a  moat, 
and  surrounded  by  an  extensive  park,  which  from  the  history 
of  the  neighborhood  seems  very  probable.  There  is  evidence 
that  a  deer  park  formed  part  of  the  Boiling  estate  in  very 
early  times. 

It  is  said  to  have  had  the  traditional  ghost,  and  during 
the  second  siege  of  Bradford  in  the  civil  wars,  Boiling  Hall 
was  occupied  by  the  Earl  of  New  Castle,  the  royalist  general, 
as  his  headquarters. 

By  the  will  of  Tristam  Boiling,  proved  August  2,  1502, 
the  manor  of  Boiling  passed  to  his  daughter  Rosamond,  and 
her  husband,  Sir  R.ichard  Tempest,  while  his  son  inherited  the 
estate  of  Chellow.  The  Tempests  held  Boiling  Hall  for  some 
generations,  and  then  it  passed  to  the  Lindley  Woods,  doubt- 
less also  descendants,  although  this  is  not  clearly  stated.  After 
this  family  vacated  it,  the  house  was  sub-divided  into  sections 
and  tenanted  by  various  people.  The  last  occupant,  Air.  J. 
M.  Tankard,  worthily  revived  the  prestige  of  the  hall.  He 
added  many  articles  of  antique  furniture,  armour,  pictures,  &c, 
with  which  the  hall  was  well  stocked.     "At  his  death,  in  1887, 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  135 

the  whole  were  disposed  of"  (doubtless  sold).  Boiling  Hall, 
in  1891,  belonged  to  Mr.  John  Paley,  of  Ampton  Hall,  Bury 
St.  Edmunds,  his  father,  the  late  Rev.  G.  B.  Paley,  having  been 
the  eldest  son  of  Mr.  J.  G.  Paley,  who  purchased  the  estate 
in  1834.  The  hall  was  then  (1891)  the  residence  of  Mr. 
Arthur  D.  Ellis,  manager  of  the  Bowling  Iron  Works. 

The  Boilings,  of  course,  had  a  coat-of-arms,  or  "family 
shield."  There  were  Boiling  coats-of-arms  in  the  stained 
glass  windows  of  Boiling  Hall  at  one  time,  but  they  were  re- 
moved about  1825  by  Thos.  Mason,  Esqr.,  when  he  sold  the 
hall,  and  placed  in  his  new  home  of  Copt  Hewick  Hall,  where 
they  remained  in  1891,  though  somewhat  broken.  The  follow- 
ing is  a  description  and  sketch  of  the  Boiling  shield: 

"Sable  on  an  escutcheon  argent  three  emmets  with  an 
orle  of  seven  martlets  of  the  second."  Of  these  words  "sable" 
means  black;  "escutcheon"  means  shield;  "argent"  means 
silver  or  white ;  "emmets"  means  ants ;  "orle"  means  outside 
band;  "martlets"  means   martins  or  swallows   (birds). 

Now  we  will  take  up  the  Boiling  family.  The  Boilings 
were  not  only  the  most  important  family  of  the  township, 
but  were  also  of  considerable  repute  in  this  part  of  Yorkshire 
generally.  The  proofs  of  this  are  numerous.  From  evidences 
collected  by  Mr.  Empsall  and  presented  to  the  Bradford 
Antiquarian  Society,  illustrating  the  entire  history  of  this; 
family,  we  learn  that  toward  the  close  of  the  twelfth  century 
one  Tristam  Boiling  was  in  the  service  of  King  John,  and 
was  largely  concerned  in  his  interests,  and  as  a  reward  he 
received  the  property  in  Boiling.  To  this  circumstance  is 
ascribed  the  rise  of  the  family. 

In  Kirby's  Inquest  (1296)  William  de  Boiling  is  described 
as  holding  three  "carucates"  (each  80  acres)  of  land  in  Boiling, 
and  shortly  after  as  lord  of  the  manor,  which  his  descendants 
held  for  several  centuries. 

In  a  copy  of  parliamentary  writs  we  find  "William  de 
Boiling  certified  to  a  writ  tested  at  Clepstone,  5th  March,  13 16, 
as  lord  of  the  township  of  Bowling,  in  the  county  of  York." 


136  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

"Johannes  cie  Boiling,  of  Boiling,  one  of  the  Commis- 
sioners of  Array,  in  the  wapentake  (a  county  division)  of 
Morley,  in  the  county  of  York.  Commission  tested  at  York, 
25th  September,  1318." 

By  the  marriage  of  Robert  Boiling  to  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Roger  Thornton  in  1349  the  Boiling  estate  was  increased 
by  the  addition  of  the  manors  of  Thornton,  Allerton,  and 
Denholme. 

In  the  reign  of  Richard  II,  in  1379,  in  order  to  raise 
money,  a  tax  was  laid  upon  such  as  were  able  to  pay  it. 
From  this  Poll  or  Head  Tax  we  find  a  list  of  twenty  persons 
in  Boiling  subject  to  taxation,  giving  their  names.  Of  these 
"Johannes  de  Bollyng,  Esquier,  and  uxor  (wife)"  were  taxed 
6s.  8d.,  and  the  other  nineteen,  their  names  being  given,  4d. 
each,  so  that  his  taxes  were  more  than  those  of  the  other 
nineteen,  and  he  was  styled  "esquire." 

"Passing  over  (part  of)  a  century  we  come  upon  an 
interesting  episode  in  the  past  history  of  Boiling,  namely,  the 
attainder  for  high  treason  of  one  Robert  Boiling,  and  the  con- 
fiscation of  his  estates.  In  the  Wars  of  the  Roses  many  of 
the  landowners  of  this  neighborhood  were  implicated,  and  none 
more  deeply  than  Robert  Boiling,  of  Boiling  Hall.  Like  many 
others  in  Yorkshire  he  espoused  the  cause  of  the  Lancastrians 
under  the  banner  of  Lord  Clifford,  of  Skipton  Castle,  and  was 
at  the  battle  of  Towton  on  Palm  Sunday,  March  29th,  14.61. 
In  that  sanguinary  encounter  36.000  men  were  slain,  and  the 
Lancastrians  were  utterly  defeated.  The  result  was  very 
disastrous  to  the  Boilings.  For  the  part  taken  in  it  by  Robert 
Boiling  he  was  convicted  of  high  treason,  attainted  by  order 
of  Parliament,  and  deprived  of  his  estates,  the  manor  of 
Boiling  being  made-  over  to  a  partisan  of  the  King  named 
Thomas  Radclyfe.  Robert  addressed  a  petition  to  King  Ed- 
ward IV  in  1475.  suing  for  elemenev  on  the  crround  that  his 
action  had  boon  'oonly  by  cumpulsion.'  Pardon  was  granted 
to  him.  but  he  and  his  family  were  reduced  to  great  straits, 
until  finally  his  estates  were  recovered,  after  which  he  added 
much  to  them." 


Opposite  p.  137. 

The  Boiling  Chapel  in  the  Bradford  Parish  Church  is 
situated  on  the  South  aisle,  adjoining  the  chancel,  and  until 
recently  was  separated  from  the  body  of  the  church  by  an 
iron  railing.  The  chapel  is  supposed  to  be  contemporary  with 
the  church,  as  it  is  referred  to  in  the  Boiling  wills. 

In  addition  to  the  Boiling  and  Tempest  burials  there  are 
in  the  chapel  the  remains  of  several  members  of  the  Lindley 
Wood  family,  the  Masons,  and  the  Paleys.  By  arrange- 
ment in  1879  w^tn  Rev-  G.  B.  Paley,  then  owner  of  the 
freehold,  the  chapel  was  converted  into  a  clergy  vestry,  and 
this  is  still  permitted,  the  owners  of  Boiling  Hall  still  re- 
taining the  freehold.     Hist,  of  Bowling,  1891. 


Baskerville  Genealogy. 


137 


Robert  Boiling  made  his  will  at  Boliing  Hall  in  October. 
1485,  desiring-  to  be  buried  before  the  altar  of  Bradford 
Church,  to  which  he  left  benefactions.  He  mentioned  his  wife, 
Isabel,  for  whom  he  provided ;  his  daughter.  Amicia,  and  his 
younger  sons.  "Jamys,  William,  Umfrey,  Raynbron,  and 
Troillus"  ;  and  later  his  oldest  son  "Trystam  Boiling,  son  and 
heir,"  who  inherited  the  landed  property,  including  the  manors 
of  Boiling  and  Thornton,  and  lands  in  Little  Boiling,  Brad- 
ford, Clayton,  Allerton,  Wiisden,  Hainworth,  Horton,  and 
Denholme. 

Tristam  Boiling,  the  eldest  son,  married  Beatrix,  daughter 
of  Sir  Wm.  Calverley,  of  Calverley.  He  was  a  man  of  great 
courage,  and  was  a  loyal  adherent  to  the  Lancastrian  party. 
He  fought  by  the  side  of  his  father  at  Tcwton,  but  being 
young,  escaped  farther  consequences  than  the  disastrous  de- 
feat of  his  party.  He  died  at  Chellow,  near  Manningham, 
leaving  an  heiress,  ( daughter )  Rosamond,  who  became  the 
wife  of  Sir  Richard  Tempest,  of  Bratewell.  His  will,  exe- 
cuted April  7  th,  recorded  August  2,  1502,  is  given  in  the 
History  of  Bowling.  He  left  the  bulk  of  his  estate  to  his 
daughter  Rosamond,  including  the  manor  of  Boiling,  although 
he  had  a  son.  Edward,  who  succeeded  him  in  the  Chellow 
estates,  which,  comprised  the  manor  of  Chellow,  and  a  siib> 
stantial  residence.  The  Boilings  continued  at  Chellow  for  a 
very  long  period,  Chellow  being  a  hamlet  of  the  township  of 
Heatcn,  and  a  ,-eparate  manor  at  the  time  of  the  Domesday 
Survey.  Edward  Boiling,  just  mentioned,  was  succeeded  there 
by  his  son  Tristam. 

The  last  of  this  branch  of  the  Boilings  in  the  male  line 
was  William  Boiling,  to  whose  memory  a  monument  was 
erected  in  the  Bradford  Parish  Church.  He  was  living  at 
Chellow  in  1698,  and  died  in  1730.  His  son,  John  Boiling 
died  in  1729,  before  his  father.  He  left  a  widow,  but  no 
children. 

A  branch  of  the  Boilings  migrated  to  Ilkley,  and  resided 
"there  before  1690,  but  the  last  of  the  male  line  died  in  1740. 


x38  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Finally  one  John  Boiling,  descended  from  the  Ilkley 
family,  died  in  1825,  the  last  of  the  line  in  England,  and  only 
the  Virginia  representatives  were  left  to  sustain  the  family 
name. 

A  short  sketch,  "Memoirs  of  the  Boiling  Family,"  was 
written  by  Robert  Boiling,  born  1738,  a  great  grandson  of 
Col.  Robert  Boiling  and  his  wife,  Jane  Rolfe,"  of  Chellowe, 
Buckingham  Co.,  Va.  His  father,  Major  John  Boiling,  was  for 
thirty  years  in  the  House  of  Burgesses.  Robert  Boiling, 
author  of  the  sketch,  was  educated  at  Wakefield,  Yorkshire, 
England,  by  the  celebrated  Dr.  Clarke,  and  was  learned  in 
many  languages.  He  named  his  estate  in  Buckingham  Co., 
Va.,  "Chellow,"  after  one  of  the  family  seats  in  England,  which 
would  seem  to  indicate  that  the  Virginia  branch  came  from 
the  "Chellow"  branch  in  England.  The  sketch  was  written 
in  French,  and  was  not  printed  until  after  the  death  of  the 
author.  In  1803  it  was  translated  and  printed  and  later  an 
appendix  of  interesting  notes  was  added.  The  sketch  is  now 
rare  and  quite  valuable.  The  writer  has  a  copy  with  the 
appendix  of  notes.  The  following  extract,  though  somewhat 
a  repetition  of  the  extract  from  the  History  of  Bowling,  is 
from  a  different  point  of  view,  and  is  interesting: 

"The  Boiling  Family  is  very  ancient.  Robert  Bolling, 
Esqr.,  in  the  reign  of  Edward  IV  (1461-1483)  possessed  the 
elegant  house  of  Boiling  Hall,  near  Bradford,  in  Yorkshire, 
England,  where  many  generations  of  his  ancestors  lived  in 
the  enjoyment  of  private  life.  After  his  death  he  was  buried 
in  the  family  vault  in  the  Church  of  Bradford,  recommending 
his  soul  to  the  most  Holy  Trinity,  to  the  Holy  Virgin,  and  to 
all  the  Saints.  It  is  probable  that  his  family  had  been  bene- 
factors of  that  church,  and  even  had  built  it,  since  its  coat- 
of-arms  alone  was  engraved  upon  it.  This  Robert  Bolling 
died  in  1485,  and  was  succeeded  by  many  others,  of.  the  names 
of  Tristam,  Nathaniel,  &c,  until  at  last  Boiling  Hall  passed 
in  succession  to  the  family  of  the  Tempests. 

"Boiling  Hall  is  situated  at  the  distance  of  one  mile  from 
Bradford,  and  nine  from  Halifax,  in  the  midst  of  fine  scenery 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  139 

at  the  head  of  an  extensive  fertile  valley,  bounded  by  lux- 
uriant hills,  waving  over  each  other,  and  overtopped  to  the 
North  by  the  barren  heights  of  Rumble's  Moor.  At  the  foot 
of  these  glides  the  river  Aire,  which  has  its  origin  in  the  small 
lake  of  Malham-watcr  in  Craven.  The  house,  a  large 
majestic  building,  with  a  centre  and  two  deep  wings  to  the 
North,  has  been  built  at  very  different  periods.  The  South 
front,  opening  to  extensive  gardens,  is  terminated  by  two 
square  towers  of  considerable  but  uncertain  antiquity.  The 
West  tower,  decidedly  the  most  ancient,  the  walls  of  which 
are  five  feet  thick,  was,  it  is  conjectured,  originally  the  en- 
trance to  an  inner  court,  no  traces  of  which  now  remain.  The 
rest  of  the  building  may  be  safely  assigned  to  the  age  of  Eliza- 
beth, or  probably  to  that  of  her  immediate  successor,  as  in  one 
of  the  lodging  rooms  in  this  part  of  the  house  is  the  date 
'1615'  over  the  fireplace.  It  was  doubtless  erected  by  one 
of  the  Tempest  family,  who  held  the  estate  at  least  a  century 
and  a  half." 

The  following  is  from  "Junes  Mews  of  the  Seats,  Man- 
sions, Castles,  &c,"  London,  1829.  "Boiling,  as  it  was 
originally  spelt,  was  the  manor  and  residence  of  a  family  bear- 
ing the  same  name,  from  the  origin  of  local  surnames,  to  the 
reign  of  Henry  VII  (1485-1509),  when  Rosamond,  daughter 
and  heiress  of  Tristam  Boiling,  married  Sir  Richard  Tempest, 
of  Bracewell,  Knight,  and  thereby  took  into  that  family  not 
only  Bowling,  but  [also] the  manors  of  Thornton  and  Den- 
holme,  with  lands  in  Clayton  and  Oxenhope.  In  this  line  it 
continued  till  the  civil  wars  of  the  17th  century,  when  Richard 
Tempest,  a  weak  imprudent  man,  ruined  partly  by  his  own 
extravagancies,  and  partly  by  his  attachment  to  the  Royal 
cause,  sold  the  estate  10  Henry  Savile.  Esqr.,  of  Thornhill 
Green,  near  Wakefield,  the  immediate  ancestor  of  the  present 
family.  In  1668  Mr.  Savile  disposed  of  it  to  Francis  Lindley, 
Esqr.,  of  Gray's  Inn,  in  whose  name  it  continued  till  1760. 
when  on  failure  of  issue  it  descended  to  Thomas  Pigot,  Esqr., 
of  Manchester,  the  heir  at  law,  and  was  by  him  settled  on 


I4°  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Charles  Wood,  Esqr.,  a  captain  in  the  Roval  Navy,  who  re- 
ceived a  mortal  wound  September  3rd,  1782^  m  an  engagement 
between  Sir  Edward  Hughes  and  a  French  squadron  in  'the 
East  Indies.  On  his  death  the  manor  of  Bowling  passed  to 
his  son,  Sir  Francis  Lindley  Wood,  Bart.,  who  sold  it  in 
1815  to  John  Sturges,  John  Green  Paley,  and  Thos.  Mason, 
Esqrs.  And  on  division  of  the  property  in  1821  that  part  of 
the  estate,  on  which  the  hall  is  situated,  along  with  the  manor 
and  a  chapel  or  chantry  in  Bradford  church,  attached  to  the 
mansion,  fell  to  the  share  of  Mr.  Mason." 

From  the  Harleian  MSS.,  Visitation  of  London,  Vol.  II, 
p.. 84,  we  get  the  following  table: 

"Tristam1  Bollyng  of  Bradford  in  Com.  Yorke= 
I 


Edward2  Bollyng  of  Bradford=Magdaline,  da.  of  Gabriel  Greene  in 
in  Com  Yorke.  Horsford,  Com.  Yorke. 


I 
Robert3  Bollyng  of  London,  sadler=Anne,  da.  of  Thos.  Clarke 
and  silk  throwster  now  living  1633.      I      of  London. 


I  I  j  j 

John1  Bollyng.     Edward4  Bollyng.     Thomas4  Bollyng.     Annt4  Bollyng. 

(Signed)     Robt.  Boiling." 

There  is  on  file  in  Somerset  House,  London,  190  Harvey 
(book  of  record),  the  will  of  Robert  Bollixg  of  parish  All 
Hallows,  Barking,  London,   (citizen  and  throwster) — proved 

November  13,  ,  by  his  relict  Anne  (the  name  in  the  body 

of  the  will  being  Bowling).  The  conditions,  circumstances, 
and  names  mentioned  in  the  will  identify  it  as  that  of  Robert3 
Bolling  above,  who  signed  the  table,  and  also  identifies  John4 
Boiling  above  with  John4  Bollixg  of  All  Hallows,  Barking 
parish.  Tower  St.,  London,  the  father  of  Robert5  Bolling. 
born  1646,  who  emigrated  to  Virginia  in  1660,  as  described 
father  on.  This  enables  us  to  extend  our  Bolling  table  three 
generations  farther  back,  but  with  very  litle  additional  in- 
formation, except  merely  that  ofthe  names. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  141 

We  have  not  succeeded  in  connecting-  this  table  with  the 
family  history  from,  the  History  of  Bowling-.  It  looks  as  if 
Tristam  in  the  table  was  descended  from  Edward,  who  in- 
herited Chellow,  but  we  have  no  proof  of  it. 

Robert3  Rolling,  son  of  John4  and  Mary  Bollixg  (of 
the  Boilings  formerly  of  Boiling  Hall),  who  lived  in  the  parish 
of  All  Halioway  or  All  Hallows,  Barking  parish.  Tower  street, 
London,  the  first  of  the  name  who  settled  in  Virginia,  was 
born  in  that  large  city  on  December  26th,  1646.  He  arrived 
in  Virginia,  when  only  fourteen  years  of  age,  on  October  2nd, 
1660.  In  the  year  1675  he  married  Jane  Rolfe.  daughter  of 
Thomas  Rolfe,  a  grand  daughter  of  the  Princess  Pocahon- 
tas (wife  of  John  Rolfe)  whose  father  was  Powhatan, 
that  Emperor  of  the  Indians,  who  gave  so  much  trouble  to 
the  English  ar  their  first  establishment  in  this  country.  He 
had  by  her  only  one  sen,  John0  Bolling,  born  January  27th, 
1676.  After  the  death  of  his  wife,  which  happened  in  a  short 
time,  Robert5  Bolling  married  secondly  Anne  Stith,  daughter 
of  John  Stith,  of  Brunswick  Co.,  by  whom  he  had  many  chil- 
dren, whose  posterity  is  still  very  numerous. 

This  Robert5  Bolling  lived  at  Kip  pax,  in  the  county  of 
Prince  George,  and  dying  on  July  17th.  1709,  aged  62  years, 
was  buried  th^re.  The  epitaph  on  his  tombstone  reads  as  fol- 
lows:  "Here  lyeth  interred,  in  hope  of  a  joyful  resurrection, 
the  body  of  Robert  Bolling,  the  son  of  John  and  Mary 
Bolling,  of  All  Hallows,  Barking  Parish,  Tower  Street,  Lon- 
don. He  was  born  the  26th  of  December,  in  the  year  1646, 
and  came  to  Virginia  October  the  2nd,  1660,  and  departed 
this  life  the  17th  day  of  July,  1709,  aged  sixty-two  years,  six 
months,  and  twenty-one  dayes." 

'He  was  sheriff  of  Charles  City  Co.  in  1699  (W.  and  M. 
Q.,  "Vol.  V.  p.  276).  and  a  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses 
from  Prince  George  Co.  ifi-1704.     (Colonial  Va.  Register). 

He  probably  built  his  home,  Kippax.  or  Farmingdale.  or 
Farmingdeil.  as  it  was  often  called,  the  last  in  the  "Bland 
Papers,"   which  was  situated  in   Prince   George   Co.   on  the 


142  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

South  side  of  the  Appomattox  River  not  far  from  Petersburg. 
John6  Bolling,  the  only  child  of  Jane  Rolfe  Bolling,  after 
he  was  grown,  established  himself  at  Cobbs,  on  the  North 
side  of  the  Appomattox,  in  Chesterfield  Co..  but  Robert5 
Bolling  and  his  descendants  by  Anne  Stith  Boiling,  his  second 
wife,  continued  to  live  at  Kippax  until  Frances  Bolling, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Drury  Bolling,  of  Kippax,  married  in 
l739>  Theodorick  Bland,  Sr..,  of  Cawson's,  when  Kippax  passed 
to  the  Bland  family.  Col.  Theodorick  Bland,  Jr.,  of  Revo- 
lutionary War  fame,  inherited  Kippax  during  his  father's  life- 
time, and  occupied  it,  and  his  family  seems  to  have  resided 
there  during  the  war.  The  place  is  mentioned  several  times 
in  the  Bland  Papers,  where  it  is  called  "Farmingdell."  The 
name  Kippax  is  evidently  from  Kippax  Park,  Yorkshire,  Eng- 
land, the  seat  of  the  Bland  family  (Plantagenet  Roll,  p.  369). 

Our  interest  in  the  place  is  only  for  a  short  time,  as  our 
ancestor,  John6  Bolling,  established  himself  at  "Cobb's" 
probably  about  1700. 

Dr.  Slaughter  in  "Bristol  Parish"  says:  Kippax  is  now 
(1879)  a  desolation.  The  tombstones  are  mutilated,  carried 
off,  or  destroyed.  To  preserve  the  remains  from  farther  dese- 
cration Mr.  Robt.  B.  Bolling,  of  Centre  Hill  in  February, 
1855,  removed  them  to  his  vault  in  Blandford  Cemetery. 

Cobb's  was  the  seat  of  John'5  Bolling,  who  was  born  on 
January  27,  1676,  died  in  1729,  and  married  Mary  Kennon. 
It  was  situated  on  the  North  side  of  the  Appomattox,  in 
Chesterfield  Co.,  nine  miles  below  Petersburg,  and  continued 
in  the  possession  of  this  branch  of  the  Boiling  family  for  many 
generations.  Dr.  Slaughter  says:  "The  site  is  beautiful,  com- 
manding long  reaches  up  and  down  the  river,  with  the  steeples 
and  other  prominent  features  of  Petersburg  shining  in  the 
distance.  Not  a  trace  of  the  old  mansion  or  of  the  old  tombs 
is  to  be  seen  upon  the  ground,  nor  is  there  a  trace  of  its  his- 
tory in  the  minds  of  the  people.  The  tourist,  who  seeks'  it, 
will  probably  be  told  by  some  faithful  descendant  of  Ham  that 
he  'never  hearn  of  Mr.  Co"bbs.' '.' 


Haskerville  Genealogy.  143 

But  our  interest  in  Cobb's  also  is  only  for  a  short  time, 
as  our  ancestress,  Anne  Bolling,  daughter  of  John0 
Bolling,  married  James  Murray,  and  left  "Cobb's"  to  live  at 
"Athol,"  the  Murray  seat. 

John0  Bolling  devoted  himself  to  commerce,  and  be- 
came wealthy.  Most  of  the  large  estates  accumulated  by  the 
early,  as  \\  ell  as  by  the  late  colonists,  were  from  the  profits 
of  mercantile  transactions,  and  mechanical  trades,  practised 
in  addition  to  farming,  which  supplied  funds  for  investment 
in  lands.  It  was  not  so  common  for  the  tobacco  planter,  who 
depended  solely  on  his  tobacco  crop,  to  become  very  rich. 
That  crop  was  so  uncertain  in  its  returns  that  it  frequently 
failed  to  pay  the  expenses  of  the  current  year.  But  "merchan- 
dising" was  more  profitable,  and  many  of  the  planters  trained 
their  slaves  as  carpenters,  bricklayers,  blacksmiths,  etc..  and 
contracted  to  build  dwelling  houses,  churches,  barns,  etc.  The 
old  wooden  structure,  St.  John's  Church,  on  Church  Hill. 
Richmond,  was  built  by  one  of  the  Randolphs,  whose  slaves 
did  all  the  work,  brick  and  wood,  in  its  construction. 

John6  Bolling  had  a  gay,  lively,  and  penetrating  spirit. 
He  lived  at  Cobb's,  where  he  received  all  the  profits  of  an 
immense  trade  with  his  countrymen,  and  of  one  £t&  greater  df-tCc.- 
with  the  Indians,  and  enjoyed  at  the  same  time  all  the  pleas- 
ures of  society,  for  which  never  was  there  a  person  better 
formed.  The  following  notice  of  him  and  his  residence  will 
be  found  in  Coin.  Wm.  Byrd's  interesting  account  of  the  His- 
tory of  the  Dividing  Line  between  Virginia  and  North  Caro- 
lina. He  says :  'At  the  end  of  thirty  good  miles  we  arrived 
in  the  evening  at  Coln.  Bolling's,  where  first  from  a  primi- 
•  tive  course  of  life  we  began  to  relapse  into  luxury.  This 
gentleman  lives  within  hearing  of  the  falls  of  the  Appamatuck 
River,  which  are  very  noisy,  whenever  a  flood  happens  to  roll 
a  greater  stream  than  ordinary  over  the  rocks."  Byrd  Papers, 
Vol.  I,  p.  (93. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  from  Prince 
George  Co.  in  1710.  1714,  and  1718.     (Va.  Col.  Register). 


144  Baskervillz  Genealogy. 

He  married  Mary  Kennon,  daughter  of  Richard  Kennon 
of  "Conjuror's  Neck,"  by  whom  he  had  one  son  and  five 
daughters,  as  follows : 

John7  Boiling,  b.  January  20,  1700.  m.  1,  Eliz.  Lewis — no 
children ;  2,  Eliz.  Blair — many  children. 

Jane7  Boiling,  b.  1703,  m.  Richd.  Randolph,  of  Curies; 
Mary7  Boiling,  b.  171 1,  m.  Jno.  Fleming; 
Elizabeth7  Boiling,  b.  1709,  m.  Dr.  Wm.  Gay; 
Martha7  Boiling,  b.  1713,  m.  Thos.  Eldridge; 
Anne7  Bolling,  b.  1718,  m.  James  Murray. 

They  have  all  been  blessed  with  that  fruitfulness  formerly 
so  desirable,  which  renders  a  family  numerous,  but  poor. 

He  died  at  Cobb's  and  was  buried  there  in  1729.  The 
following  abstract  of  his  will  dated  April  29th,  1727,  and 
proved  August,  1729,  is  taken  from  the  Henrico  Co.  records 
(Stanard's  Abstracts,  p.  222) : 

To  wife  Mary  the  plantation  (600  A.)  he  lived  on  called 
Cobb's,  and  the  negroes  belonging  to  it  for  life ;  also  house- 
hold stuff  in  general,  stock  of  horses,  cattle,  &c. ;  ro  "Mr. 
John  Fleming,  who  lately  married  my  daughter  Mary."  1207  A. 
over  against  Liking  (Liking  was  afterwards  Bolling  Hall), 
four  negroes,  a  negro  girl,  and  money  (he  mentions  having 
promised  a  portion  of  £430  to  Mary).  To  daughter  Elizabeth 
Bolling  1200  A.  adjoining  land  given  to  Fleming,  and  £200. 
Lands  at  Flat  Creek  and  slaves  to  be  divided  between  daugh- 
ters Martha  and  Anne  Bolling.  To  grandson,  Richard  Ran- 
dolph, £100.    All  rest  of  estate  to  son,  John  Bolling. 

Here  our  particular  interest  in  the  Bolling  family  ceases, 
and  is  transferred  with  Anne  Bolling,  our  ancestor,  to  the 
MURRAYS. 

The  Boiling  family  continued  to  be  prolific,  and  inter- 
married with  the  best  families  in  the  State,  such  as  the  Ran- 
dolphs, Blands,  etc.,  and  the  present  representatives  of  many 
names  are  very  numerous. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  145 

A  continuation  of  the  Boiling  genealogy  may  be  found 
in  Memoirs  of  the  "Boiling  Family,"  "Bristol  Parish/'  and 
"Pocahontas."  ^  f^ 

We  append  two  tables, .one  English  from  History  of 
Bowling,  and  the  other  Virginian  beginning  with  the  Harleian 
MSS.  statement.  We  can  not  connect  them,  but  it  seems 
most  probable  that  Tristam1  Boiling  of  the  second  table  was 
a  descendant  from  Edward  Boiling,  of  Chellow,  born  about 
1470,  particularly  as  Robert  Boiling,  of  Virginia,  author  of 
Boiling  Memoirs,  born  in  173S,  named  his  estate  in  Gooch- 
land Co.  "Chellow." 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  /v^'147 


THE  KENNON  FAMILY 

Mary  Kennon,  b.  about  1676,  d.  ,  who  married 

John2  Bolling  in  1698  or  1699,  was  a  daughter  of  Richard 
Kennon,  the  Immigrant,  who  founded  the  family  of  Kennons 
in  Virginia.  He  was  joint  patentee  with  Francis  Eppes,  Joseph 
Royall,  and  George  Archer  of  2,827  A.  of  land  in  Henrico  Co. 
on  April  1st,  1670.  This  seems  to  be  the  first  record  of  him, 
but  he  is  supposed  to  have  come  from  England  to  Virginia 
some  years  before  this.  This  must  have  been  Lt.  Coin.  Fran- 
cis2 Eppes,  b.  about  1628,  d.  1678,  mentioned  later.  Later  he 
married  Mrs.  Worsham,  the  widowed  mother  of  Richard  Ken- 
non's  wife.  The  name  Kennon  is  said  to  have  been  pronounced 
Cannon,  and  sometimes  to     ave  been  spelt  that  way. 

Richard  Kennon  is  mentioned  very  frequently  in  what 
is  left  of  the  records  of  Henrico  Co.,  which  do  not  extend 
back  of  1677,  those  before  that  time  having  been  destroyed  or 
lost.  He  was,  for  many  years,  one  of  the  Justices,  having 
been  appointed  at  least  as  early  as  1678,  and  was  present  at 
many  sessions  of  the  court.  He  seems  to  have  bought  and 
sold  a  great  deal  of  land,  and  the  records  of  these  transactions 
are  numerous.  In  the  very  front  of  the  oldest  book,  which 
has  been  preserved,  with  only  one  deed  before  it,  is  the  record 
of  a  deed  from  Edward  Robinson,  and  his  wife,  Anne,  "of 
Bristoll  pish  (parish)  in  Henrico  Co.,"  now  Che. terfield  Co., 
to  Richard  Kennon  for  "the  land  called  'The  Neck/'  con- 
taining acres,"  (the  record  is  somewhat  mutilated,  and 
the  numbers  of  acres  is  illegible)  situated  in  the  parish  afore- 
said, and  "bounded  by  land  formerly  sold  Mr.  Kennon,  Appa- 
marock  River,  Mr.  John  Worsham,  Nicholas  Disson,  and 
Swift  Creek."  This  was  "Conjuror's  Neck,"  about  five 
miles  below  Petersburg,  where  he  made  his  home,  and 
which  remained  in  the  family  for  many  generations. 

Another  plantation  disposed  of  in  his  will,  given  to  his 
son  William,  was  Roxdale,  also  in  Henrico  Co.,  which  was 
deeded  to  him  on  April  1st,  1679,  by  Robert  Bowman.     He 


J48  Baskerville  Gexea 


LOGY. 


also  disposed  of  his  mill  at  Pucketts  and  the  mill  tract,  also  a 
half  acre  at  Bermuda  Hundred  with  houses  on  it. 

In  16S0  he  was  a  merchant,  resident  at  Bermuda  Hun- 
dred, where  he  is  said  to  have  had  a  large  warehouse.  In 
16S5  he  was  factor  and  attorney  for  Mr.  \Ym.  Paggen,  a  mer- 
chant of  London,  who  had  extensive  trade  in  Virginia.  To 
provide  supplies  for  his  store-house  at  Bermuda  Mr.  Kennon 
visited  England  frequently.  In  a  grant  of  land  to  Mrs.  Fran- 
cis Eppes,  the  mother  of  his  wife,  in  16S0  she  was  allowed  to 
count  his  coming  into  the  colony  eight  times,  for  which  a 
grant  of  400  A.  of  land  was  made.  It  was  the  policy  of  Vir- 
ginia at  that  time  to  encourage  immigration  by  allowing  50 
acres  every  time  a  person  came  into  Virginia,  and  it  would 
seem  from  this  grant  that  Mr.  Kennon  crossed  the  ocean  as 
many  as  eight  times  prior  to  1680. 

He  was  Justice  for  Henrico  County  as  early  as  1678,  and 
probably  remained  so  during  hij  life. 

In  1686  he  and  Capt.  Wm.  Randolph  were  members  of 
the  House  of  Burgesses  for  the  county. 

In  1691  he  made  a  deed  of  gift  to  his  children  naming 
Mary,  Elizabeth.  Martha.  William,  and  Sarah.  Judith  and 
Richard  were  not  mentioned,  and  were  evidently  born  after 
that  time. 

He  died  in  1696,  and  his  will  dated  August  6th,  1694,  was 
probated  August  20,  1696. 

I  have  a  copy  of  the  will,  in  which  he  mentions  his  son 
William,  to  whom  he  gave  Roxdale  and  some  other  real  es- 
tate; his  wife,  Elizabeth,  to  whom  he  gave  Conjuror's  Neck; 
and  his  daughter,  Judith,  to  whom  he  gave  certain  personal 
property.  The  other  children  are  not  mentioned,  including 
Richard,  the  youngest,  who  was  probably  born  after  1694. 
Another  son,  Richard,  born  1684,  had  died  in  1688,  and  his 
tombstone  was  formerly  at  Conjuror's  Neck. 

As  stated  Richard  Kennon  married,  probably  about 
1676,  Elizabeth  Worsham,  daughter  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  Worsham,  a  sketch  of  whose  family  will  be  found 
on  another  page.     Their  children  were 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  149  -/$< 

Richard,  b.  1684,  d.  1688,  tombstone  at  Conjuror's  Neck; 

William,  (Coin.),  of  Conjuror's  Neck,  vestryman  of  Dale 
parish,  Justice  1710,  Burgess.; 

Mary,  married  John:!  Bollixg; 

Elizabeth,  married  Jos.  Royall ; 

Martha,  married  Robert  Munford ; 

Sarah ; 

Judith,  married  Thos.  Eldridge,  of  Surry; 

Richard,  married  Agnes  Boiling,  sister  of  John  Boiling 
above. 

Both  of  the  sons  were  vestrymen  of  Bristol  parish,  and 
doubtless  this  was  trtie  also  of  Richard  Kennon,  but  we  have 
no  record  of  the  vestry  until  1720. 

Tables  of  descent  of  the  Kennon  family  may  be  found  in 
"Bristol  Parish,"  and  in  the  William  &  Mary  Quarterly,  Vol. 
XIV,  p.  132. 

Our  interest  in  it  passes  with  Mary2  Kennon  to  the 
Bolling  family,  which  will  be  found  on  another  page. 

Between  the  first  land  grant  in  1670,  spoken  of,  and 
1761  more  than  50,000  acres  of  land  are  said  to  have  been 
granted  to  the  family. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  151 


THE  WORSHAM  FAMILY 

Elizabeth2  Worsham,  daughter  of  William1  and 
Elizabeth  Worsham,  of  Henrico  County,  married  Richard 
Kennon. 

Our  knowledge  of  our  Worsham  ancestors  is  very 
meagre.  The  Henrico  County  records,  which  remain,  begin  in 
1677,  all  before  that  time  having  been  lost  or  destroyed.  And 
as  William  Worsham,  our  emigrant  ancestor,  died  not 
earlier  than  1670,  and  not  later  than  1673.  we  are  cut  off  from 
that  source  of  information  in  regard  to  him,  except  where 
there  may  be  indirect  references  to  him  in  the  later  records, 
as  in  his  wife's  will  recorded  in  167S,  or  in  records  referring 
to  his  children.  Besides  this  we  have  the  record  of  land 
grants  in  the  Virginia  Land  Office,  and  nothing  more.  After 
1677  the  Henrico  records  relating  to  the  Wor shams  are  very 
numerous,  but  as  our  interest  in  the  family  to  a  great  extent 
ceases  after  the  marriage  of  Elizabeth  Worsham  to  Rich- 
ard Kexxon,  we  shall  follow  them  to  a  very  limited  extent. 

The  oldest  record  of  Wm.1  Worsham  seems  to  be  in 
1652,  February  15th,  when  Wm.1  Worsham  and  George  Wor- 
sham patented  400  A.  of  land  in  Henrico  County.  George 
was  probably  the  brother. 

Wm.1  Worsham  married  Elizabeth  ,  (but  we  do 

not  know  her  family  name\  probably  about  1655  to  1658.  as 
the  latter  in  her  will  dated  July  2S:'1-.  [678,  (Eliz.  Eppes), 
mentioned  her  daughter,  Elizabeth2  Kexxon,  already  mar- 
ried, and  her  grandchild,  Mary3  Kexnon.  Also  her  son, 
John  Worsham,  must  have  been  under  age,  as  she  appointed 
her  stepson,  Francis  Eppes,  and  her  son-in-law,  Richard1 
Kennon,  executors.  Wm.1  Worsham  had  died  about  1670 
to  1673,  and  his  widow  bad  married  Coin.  Francis2  Eppes  in 
or  before  1674.  Hence  we  assume  that  Wm.  Worsham  died 
1670  to  1673.  Coin.  Francis-  Eppes  also  died  before  his  wife, 
in  1678.  He  is  said  to  have  died  from  a  wound,  probably  re- 
ceived from  the  Indians.     (Va.  Hist.  Mag.,  Vol.  III.  p.  393). 


152  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

The  Eppes  family  were  not  ancestors,  but  Coin.  Francis2 
Eppes,  having-  married  our  ancestress,  their  children  were  half 
brothers  and  sisters  to  Elizabeth  Worsham,  who  married 
Richd.  Kennon,  and  besides  some  reference  to  them,  as  show- 
ing- the  connections  and  standing  of  the  families,  is  interesting. 

The  Eppes  were  among  the  most  prominent  people  of 
Henrico  County  in  the  earliest  period.  Capt.  (later  Coin.) 
Francis  Eppes,  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  in 
1625,  and  again  in  1632.  He  was  patentee  of  a  great  deal  of 
land.  The  land  books  show  that  he  came  from  England,  and 
brought  with  him  his  sons,  John,  Francis,  and  Thomas,  born 
in  England.  His  second  son,  Francis2  Eppes,  married  Mrs. 
Worsham,  this  being  his  second  marriage  also.  Both  held 
prominent  county  offices.  Lt.  Coin.  Littlebury3  Eppes,  one  of 
the  sons  of  Mrs.  Eppes,  formerly  Mrs.  Worsham,  was  Colonel 
of  Militia,  Justice  in  1699,  and  member  of  the  House  of  Bur- 
gesses in  1710,  1714,  &c,  and  died  in  1746.  He  was  brother 
of  Elizabeth  Worsham,  wife  of  Richd.  Kennox.  Inter- 
esting accounts  of  this  Eppes  family  may  be  found  in  the  Ya. 
Hist.  Magazine,  and  the  William  &  Mary  Quarterly.  The 
statements  given  show  that  the  whole  family  connection  was 
of  the  best  social  standing  and  respectability. 

George  Worsham  seems  to  have  lived  much  longer  than 
his  brother  William.  A  deed  is  on  record  (Henrico)  as  of 
March  4th,  1717,  in  which  George  Worsham  conveyed  to  his 
son  William  Worsham,  122  A.  of  land,  being  a  part  of  a  tract 
of  3Q9  A.  conveyed  to  the  said  Geo.  Worsham  by  patent  bear- 
ing date  April  29th,  1668.  This  indicates  that  this  is  the  same 
man  who  jointly  with  Wm.  Worsham  patented  land  in  1652. 

There  was  also  a  deed  of  March  7,  1717,  from  Geo.  Wor- 
sham to  Richd.1  Kennox,  both  of  Henrico  County,  which 
shows  that  the  former  was  living  at  that  time. 

The  records  show  the  appraisement  of  the  estate  of 
Charles  Worsham  on  July  7th,  171 2.  He  must  have  been 
son  of  Wm.1  Worsham,  Sr.,  mentioned  in  his  mother's  will. 

John  Worsham,  son  of  Wm.1  Worsham,  Sr.,  became 
sheriff  of  Henrico  on  June  1st,  1696,  when  he  gave  bond,  and 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  153 

again  on  June  7th,  17 14.  There  are  several  deeds  to  land  to 
and  from  John  Worsham  about  this  rime.  And  in  three  deeds 
Geo.  Worsham  is  called  "Sr.,"  as  if  there  was  a  "Jr."  The 
deed  to  William  Worsham.  son  of  Geo.  Worsham,  has  been 
mentioned.  And  these  two  of  the  second  generation,  John 
Worsham  and  Wm.  Worsham,  were  in  the  vestry  of  Henrico 
parish  from  1730,  certainly  to  Oct.  12th,  1733,  when  they  were 
both  present.  Ac  a  vestry  held  November  2nd,  1731,  Capt. 
John  Worsham  was  appointed  church  warden.  Hist,  of  Hen- 
rico Parish,  pare  2,  p.  9. 

On  September  27th,  1731,  at  a  vestry  there  were  present 
in  addition  to  John  Worsham,  Joseph  and  Wm.  Worsham, 
gents. 

In  1733  Dale  Parish,  now  in  Chesterfield  County,  was  cut 
off  from  Bristol  Parish,  and  this  accounts  for  these  two  drop- 
ping out  of  the  vestry  of  the  latter. 

There  are  many  other  Worsham  records  in  the  books  of 
Henrico  County,  bat  they  chiefly  of  much  later  dates,  and  do 
not  particularly  interest  us,  as  our  ancestress,  Elizabeth 
Worsham,  was  most  probabiy  born  before  1660. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  in  the  settlement  of  her  es- 
tate in  the  Henrico  County  records  in  the  list  of  her  funeral 
expenses  we  find  charged  the  following  articles,  ten  pounds  of 
butter,  two  gallons  of  brandy,  half  a  pound  of  pepper,  half  a 
pound  of  ginger,  five  gallons  of  wine,  eight  pounds  of  sugar, 
one  steer,  and  three  large  wethers  (sheep). 


ROLFE  FAMILY  TABLE. 


Eustace1  Rolfe=Joanna  Jener, 


of  Norfolk,  England, 
b.  1539.  cl-  rS93- 


m.  May  27th,  1560. 


Robert1  Rolfe. 
See  second  table. 


foiiN2  Rolfe— Dorothea  Mason. 
b.  1562,  d.  1594,  bis 
tomb   with   inscrip- 
tion at  Heacbem. 


ice"  Rolfe, 
S5,  d.  1.593. 


1ohn:;  Roi.fe=  2.  Pocaiion 
b.  15S5.  emigrated  [  3.  Jane  Pier 
to  Virginia  1612. 


Edward'1  Rolfe, 
b.  1591.  . 


Dorothea3  Rolfe, 
in.  Ro.   Redmayn; 
he  died  in  1625. 


Bermuda'1  Rolfe 


THOMAS4    ROLFE=jANE   POVTHRESS. 

b.  16]£       1 


Elizabeth"  Rolfe. 


Jane5  Roi.fe=Robert  Roiling, 
d.  1076.  I  b.  1646,  d   1709. 


John"  Bulling-— Mary  Khnnon, 
h.  1676,  d.  1729.  I  b.  before  1678, 


AnNi-.7  Bolling=Jam*S  Murray, 
b.  17 18.  d.  I7ya>«^. 

Margaret8  (Peggy)  Murray-Thomas  Gordon. 
b.  1748.  I 


\f 


Anns?- i Nancy ^  Gordon=Hknry  Kmhha  Coleman. 

1 

Eli/.  '"Anne  Coleman— Charles  Baskkrvill. 

Henry11  E.  C.  Baskervjli~1   A.  Hamilton. 


v>ll— E.  fvi.  Skelton. 
I 
Hamilton"  51.  Baskbrvili.e. 


ROLFE  FAMILY  TABLE-Continued. 


Elizabeth1 


Robert1  Rolfe,  b.  about  1539, 

m.  Margaret  Crowe. 

I 

Edmund-  Rolfe, 

m.  Katheiiue  Kothwell. 

I 

Henry3  Rolfe, 

in.  Frances  Pigott. 

I 

Francis*  Rolle, 

m.  Margaret  Horsnell. 

Edmund5  Rolfe, 
m.  Eliz.  Scott  1676,  was  of  large 
estate  and  mayor  of  llie  town. 
I 

I  I  I 

Susan"  Catherine"  Mary" 

V.o'.'ai.  Rolfe.  Rolfe. 


'Daughter.7 

Great-grandmother8  of 

aiu>   with  husband  to  N.  Y  in 


Eustace'  Rolfe. 
See  first  table. 


I 
Franci 

Kolle. 


Sarah" 

Relfe 


Anne" 

Rolfe. 


in.  Goodsell  Thrasher, 
went  to  Prince  Edward  Island. 
I 
Houoria10  Thrasher, 
111.  John  Morrison, 
40  years  dj.ly.  col., 
secty.,  &c. 
I 
*Vvin.n  I!.  Morrison, 
of  Detroit,  Mich.  (1911), 
who  furnished  this  table. 


Two  other  daughters. 


Mem.— The  present  (igr r)  family 
at  Heachem,  Norfolk  county,  Eng- 
land, seems  to  be  descended  from  this 
branch. 

See  Va.  Hist.  Mag.,  XIX,  201. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  155 


THE  ROLFE  FAMILY 

Jane5  Rolfe,  daughter  of  Thomas4  Rolfe,  and  Jane 
Poythress   (see  p.   164),  and  granddaughter  of 

John3  Rolfe,  and  Pocahontas,  the  Indian  "Princess," 
married  Robert  Bclling  (see  p.   141). 

John3  Rolfe,  her  grandfather,  in  161 3  married  Poca- 
hontas, daughter  of  Powhatan,  the  Indian  ''Emperor''  in 
Virginia,  and  thereby  furnished  to  history  probably  the  must 
romantic  episode  of  the  early  days  of  this  country. 

The  name  is  variously  spelled  Rolf,  Rolfe,  Rolph,  Rolphe, 
Wrolfe,  Wrothe.  &c,  &c.  It  is  said  to  be  Scandinavian,  and 
in  Normandy  became  Rollo.  It  first  occurred  in  the  name  of 
Rolf  Krake,  King  of  Denmark,  about  600  A.  D.  It  was 
brought  to  England  by  Rolfe  or  Rollo,  who  accompanied  one 
of  the  first  Vykings,  who  overran  England.  John  Rolfe  prob- 
ably sprung  from  some  Danish  family. 

This  family  is  first  mentioned  in  the  Domesday  Book 
(eleventh  century).  There  is  a  record  of  our  branch  of  them, 
who  as  far  back  as  1560  owned  Heacham  in  Norfolk,  where 
they  still  live. 

Heacham  is  on,  or  near  "the  Wash,"  in  Norfolk,  on  the 
Hunstanton  and  West  Norfolk  Rwy.,  a  short  distance  from 
Sandnugham,  where  for  many  years  was  one  of  the  resi- 
dences of  the  late  King  Edward  VII,  when  he  was  Prince 
of  Wales.  The  family  seat  of  the  Rolfes,  for  many  genera- 
itons  at  Heacham,  was  Heacham  Hall  in  Heacham  Park,  in 
1904  the  residence  of  Mr.  C.  E.  Strachan.  The  house  is  said 
to  be  "a  substantially  build  red  brick  house,  showing  few 
external  marks  of  the  antiquity,  which  can  safely  be  assigned 
to  some  parts  of  it,  not  visible  from  the  road."  Several  pic- 
tures of  the  Hall,  and  of  Heacham  may  be  found  in  "The 
Kingland's  Homeland,"  by  W.  A.  Dutt,  London,  1904.  from 
which  the  above  description  is  taken.  It  also  states,  after 
referring  to  the  portrait  of  Pocahontas  in  the  possession  of 
the  Elvins,  descended  through  the  female  line  from  the  Rolfes 


156  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

of  Tuttington  in  Xorfolk.  "Of  the  Rolfes  themselves  there 
are  several  portraits  in  Heacham  Hall,  which  now  belongs  to 
Mr.  Holcombe  Ingleby,  a  descendant  of  the  Rolfes  on  the  fe- 
male side."  Reference  is  made  also  to  "Sandringham,"  by 
Mrs.  Herbert  Jones,  for  interesting  mention  of  the  Rolfes. 

In  regard  to  Heacham  Mr.  Dutt  says : 

''Heacham,  without  being  a  dangerous  rival  to  any  village 
along  this  part  of  the  Xorfolk  coast,  is  a  pleasant  little  place 
for  visitors  without  inclination  towards  the  somewhac  boister- 
ous pleasuring,  which  prevails  at  many  of  the  more  popular 
watering  places.  It  has  a  flat  beach,  where  there  is  safe  bath- 
ing; also  a  primitive  little  harbor,  where  some  small  long-shore 
boats  and  coasting  craft  occasionally  provide  a  few  subjects 
for  artists.  "  Near  the  station  quite  a  new  village  has  re- 
cently come  into  existence  to  meet  the  demand  of  summer 
visitors.  Travellers  to  Sandringham,  however,  are  not  likely 
to  linger  long  here,  and  after  seeing  the  church  should  turn 
to  the  left  against  Wheatsheaf  Inn  and  hasten  on  to  Snettis- 
ham.  After  noticing  a  rather  curious  old  red  brick  bridge, 
spanning  a  little  stream  to  the  left  of  the  road,  where  it  forks 
just  out  of  the  village,  there  will  be  nothing  to  delay  them 
before  the  next  village  is. approached." 

"Heacham  Church  is  a  structure  in  the  decorated  and 
perpendicular  styles,  standing  in  the  outskirts  of  the  village, 
just  beyond  the  bounds  of  the  park.  Formerly  it  was  a  cruci- 
form building,  and  must  have  been  a  verv  fine  one;  but  it 
has  been  robbed  of  its  transepts,  and  the  rcof  of  the  nave  has 
been  considerably  lowered.  A  good  piece  of  old  screen  work 
remains,  dividing  the  nave  and  the  chancel ;  the  windows  re- 
tain some  old  stained  glass,  and  there  is  an  old  plain  font. 
The  church  contains  several  memorials  to  the  Rolfes,  includ- 
ing a  brass  to  a  John  Rolfe,  who  died  in  1594,  [this  was  John2 
Rolfe  of  our  Rolfe  table,  and  the  father  of  John3  Rolfe,  the 
emigrant,  and  both  of  them  were  our  ancestors],  and  a  modern 
one  to  the  Rev.  S.  E.  Neville  Rolfe,  who,  we  are  told,  'being 
dead,  yet  preacheth.'  At  the  West  end  there  is  a  good  old 
brass  to  a  knight,  and  in  the  North  aisle  the  tomb  of  Robert 


Opposite  p.  156. 

From  Va.  Hist.  Magazine,  Vol.  XXL,  p.  105.  The  in- 
scription on  the  brass  tablet  in  Heacham  Church  to  John2 
Rolfe  is  : 

"John  Rolfe,  gentleman  of  Hitcham,  died  on  the  twenty- 
ninth  day  of  November,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1594,  in  the 
thirty-second  year  of  his  age.  While  he  lived,  he  was  of  much 
service  to  his  fellows ;  he  wished  to  enrich  all  his  neighbours 
and  kinsfolk  by  assisting  the  poor  with  his  wealth;  nothing 
could  be  kinder  than  he  was ;  he  bore  the  insults  of  many  men 
quietly  without  offense ;  by  exporting  and  importing  such 
things  as  England  abounded  in  or  needed,  he  was  of  the 
greatest  service,  inasmuch  as  he  spent  both  pains  and  labour 
upon  it.  Thus  he  seemed  to  die  as  the  force  of  fire  is 
quenched  by  excess  of  water.  For  his  strength  was  unim- 
paired, nor  had  he  completed  many  years  when  he  died. 
His  death  brought  grief  to  many,  but  he  had  done  nobly  upon 
the  consciousness  of  a  well  spent  life,  and  the  record  of  many 
benefits  not  allowed  to  die  utterly." 

John2  Rolfe  had,  no  doubt,  been  a  successful  merchant 
at  Lvnn. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  157 

Redmayne,  who  died  in  1625."  This  Robert  Redmayne  on 
March  oth,  1594,  married  Dorothea  Rolfe,  sister  of  John3 
Rolfe,  the  emigrant,  as  will  be  seen  in  the  Rolfe  table. 

The  first  entry  on  the  record  of  the  Rolfes  of  Heacham 
is  the  marriage  of  Eustace  Rolfe,  and  Joana  (Jener),  the 
grandparents  of  John  Rolfe.  The  registry,  as  given  by  Mrs. 
Brathwayte  is  as  follows: 

1560,  married  Eustacius  Rolfe,  and  Joanna  Jener, 
27th  May; 

1562,  baptized  John,  filius  Eustacii  Rolfe,  17th  October; 

1582,  married  Johannes  Rolfe,  and  Dorothea  Mason, 
24th  September; 

1585.  baptized  Eustacius  and  John,  filii  Johannes  Rolfe, 
6th  May; 

1585,  buried  Eustacius.  filius  Johannes  Rolfe,  2nd  June; 

1591,  baptized  Edwardus,  filius  Johannis  Rolfe,  22nd 
February ; 

1593,  buried  Eustacius  Rolfe,  June, 

1594,  buried  Johannes  Rolfe,  1st  December; 

1594,  married  Robertas  Redmayn  and  Dorothea  Rolfe, 
Qth  March  ; 

1625,  died  Robertus  Redmayn. 

From  this  we  learn  that  John3  was  one  of  twins  born 
May  6th,  1585,  and  son  of  John2  Rolfe  atd  Dorothea 
Mason,  (his  wife). 

These  English  Rolfes  were  people  of  good  standing  and 
education. 

See  Robertson's  Pocahontas. 

JOHN8  Rolfe  presents  a  very  interesting  figure  in  the 
early  history  of  Virginia.  He  was  one  of  a  number  of  edu- 
cated, cultivated  gentlemen,  who  were  among  the  first  colon- 
ists. He  left  England  in  1609  in  'The  Sea  Adventure,''  Capt. 
Newport,  V.  Adml.  of  Va.,  which  should  have  arrived  in  Vir- 
ginia in  August,  1609.  The  ship  was  wrecked  on  the  Ber- 
mudas on  x\ugust  7,  but  all  on  board  were  saved.  Sir  Thomas 
Gates,  and  a  number  of  other  prominent  people  were  among 
the  passengers.     John  Rolfe  and  his  wife  were  on  board,  also 


158  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Rev.  Richard  Buck,  later  ihe  prominent  chaplain  in  the  colony. 
An  infant  daughter  was  born  to  the  Rolfes  after  the  landing, 
and  was  baptized  on  February  21st,  1910,  by  Rev.  Richard 
Buck.  The  child  soon  died,  and  also  the  mother.  Later  the 
colonists  proceeded  to  Virginia,  arriving  there  May  23rd,  1610. 

Howe  tells  us  that  John3  Rolfe  first  appears  in  the  col- 
ony apparently  as  a  highly  respectable  young  gentleman  of 
Jamestown,  Va.,  in  1613,  who  struck  by  the  beauty  of  the 
young  princess  Pocahontas,  and  fascinated  by  her  manners, 
so  far  superior  to  the  rest  of  her  race,  wooed  and  iwon  her 
affections,  and  obtained  a  promise  of  her  hand.  This  was 
when,  after  having  been  treacherously  captured,  she  was  in 
honorable  captivity  as  a  hostage  in  Jamestown.  And  this 
turn  of  affairs  so  pleased  Powhatan,  her  father,  that  he 
ceased  the  preparations  for  war,  which  he  had  begun,  and 
sent  an  uncle  and  two  brothers  of  Pocahontas  to  express  his 
approval,  and  witness  the  nuptial  ceremonies  at  Jamestown, 
which  were  solemnized  with  great  pomp  according  to  the  rites 
of  the  English  Church,  by  Rev.  Alexander  Whitaker,  after 
she  had  embraced  Christianity  and  been  baptized. 

This  is  Howe's  account.  Other  historians  state  that  the 
marriage  was  performed  by  Rev.  Richard  Buck,  who  came 
into  the  colony  with  John  Rolfe.  It  is  not  a  matter  of  great 
importance. 

John3  Rolfe  was  very  earnest  in  his  desire  to  marry 
Pocahontas.  In  Bishop  Meade's  Churches,  Vol.  I,  p.  126, 
we  find  a  long  and  most  affecting  letter  from  him  to  Sir 
Thomas  Dale,  the  Governor,  declaring  his  wish  and  deter- 
mination to  marry  her,  assigning  his  reasons,  describing  his 
feelings,  and  asking  the  Governor's  approbation.  He  seems 
to  have  been  much  concerned  and  troubled  in  mind  on  the 
subject,  and  calls  God  to  witness  to  the  purity  of  his  motives, 
and  how  deeply  his  conscience  had  been  engaged  in  the  de- 
cision, and  that  not  until  much  suffering  had  been  endured 
was  the  decision  made.  Not  only  did  Sir  Thomas  Dale  ap- 
prove and  encourage  the  alliance,  but  after  writing  home 
most  favorably  of  it,  he  carried  them  with  him  to  England, 


Basksrville  Genealogy.  159 

where  they  were  most  honorably  received.  Their  son, 
Thomas  Rolfe,  was  born  before  they  went  to  England. 

About  1st  May,  161 6,  they  sailed  for  England  in  the 
"George,"  Capt.  Argall,  in  company  with  Sir  Thomas  Dale, 
Capt.  John  Martin  and  others.  Their  reception  and  stay  in 
England  will  be  referred  to  in  the  sketch  of  Pocahontas. 

"Nothing  but  good  resulted  from  the  union,  and  much 
more  than  is  seen  or  acknowledged  may  have  resulted.  Burke, 
the  historian  of  Virginia,  after  giving  the  names  of  some  of 
their  descendants,  adds,  'so  that  this  remnant  of  the  imperial 
family  of  Virginia,  which  long  ran  in  a  single  person,  is  now 
branched  out  into  a  very  numerous  progeny.  The  virtues  of 
mildness  and  humanity,  so  eminently  distinguished  in  Poca- 
hontas, remain  in  the  nature  of  an  inheritance  to  her  poster- 
ity.' "  Meade  Churches,  Vol.  I,  p.  82,  to  which  reference  is 
made. 

In  the  Boiling  Memoirs  (in  our  library)  I  find  the  fol- 
lowing : 

"John  Rolfe  has,  like  all  men  who  have  married  famous 
women,  become  better  known  as  the  husband  of  Pocahontas 
than  for  any  merit  of  his  own.  He  was  a  prominent,  useful, 
and  enterprising  gentleman,  the  first  white  man  who  engaged 
in  the  cultivation  of  tobacco,  a  well  informed  writer  on  sub- 
jects connected  with  the  colony  of  Virginia,  and  one  whose 
character  and  services  would  have  reflected  credit  upon  any 
age  and  country." 

He  is  described  by  Sir  Thomas  Dale  as  "an  English 
gentleman  of  good  understanding,"  and  by  Rev.  Alexander 
Whitaker,  as  "an  honest  and  discreet  English  gentleman." 

The  following  extract  from  Stith's  History  of  Virginia  is 
interesting,  although  it  somewhat  anticipates  our  history: 

"Previous  to  his  proposed  return  with  his  wife  from 
England  to  Virginia  in  1617  he  was  made  "Secretary  and 
Recorder  General  of  Virginia,"  which  place  was  now  first  in- 
stituted. Capt.  Argall  was  in  charge  of  this  expedition.  The 
Treasurer  and  Council  took  care  for  the  proper  accommoda- 
tion of  Pocahontas  and  her  husband  on  board  the  "Admiral" 


160  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

ship.  But  it  pleased  God  at  Gravesend  to  take  Pocahontas 
to  His  mercy  in  about  the  two  and  twentieth  year  of  her  age. 
Her  unexpected  death  caused  not  more  sorrow  and  concern 
in  the  spectators,  than  her  religious  end  gave  them  joy  and 
surprise.  For  she  died  agreeable  to  her  life,  a  most  sincere 
and  pious  christian." 

After  arriving  at  Jamestown  John  Rolfe  wrote  a  long 
letter  to  Sir  Edward  Sandys,  the  Treasurer  of  the  Virginia 
Company,  dated  June  8th,  1617,  in  which  he  referred  very 
feelingly  to  the  death  of  Pocahontas.  This  letter,  with  a 
very  interesting  introduction  may  be  found  in  the  Va.  His- 
tory Magazine,  Vol.  X,  p.  134. 

"Her  little  son,  Thomas  Rolfe,  was  left  at  Plymouth  with 
Sir  Lewis  Speukley,  Admiral  of  the  county  of  Devonshire, 
who  desired  the  care  and  education  of  him.  (But  this 
gentleman  got  into  trouble  and  had  to  give  him  up.)  How- 
ever, he  was  carried  up  to  London  and  was  educated  by  his 
uncle,  Mr.  Henry  Rolfe,  of  Narford.  Norfolk  County,  and 
afterwards  he  became  a  person  of  fortune  and  distinction  in 
this  country  (Virginia.)  He  left  behind  him  an  only 
daughter,  who  was  married  to  Coln.  Robert5  Bolling.  (of 
'Kippax/  on  the  Appomattox  River),  by  whom  he  left  an 
only  son,  the  late  Major  John6  Bolling,  who  was  father  to 
Coin.  John7  Boiling,  and  several  daughters,  married  to  Col. 
Richd.  Randolph,  Col.  John  Fleming,  Dr.  Wm.  Gay,  Mr.  Thos. 
Eldridge,  and  Mr.  James  Murray  (our  ancestor.)  So  that 
this  remnant  of  the  Imperial  Family  of  Virginia,  which  long 
ran  in  a  single  person,  is  now  increased  and  branched  out  into 
a  very  numerous  progeny." 

After  the  death  and  burial  of  his  wife,  Pocahontas,  or 
Rebecca,  at  Gravesend,  England,  John3  Rolfe  returned  to 
Virginia.  During  his  stay  in  England  he  had  been  appointed 
"Secretary  and  Recorder"  for  the  colony,  and  he  retained  this 
office  until  his  death  in  1622.  During  this  time  he  was  also  a 
member  of  "The  Council,"  being  an  advisory  body  to  the  gov- 
ernor, and  also  the  upper  house  of  the  General  Assembly, 
when  it  was  in  session,  the  elected  House  of  Burgesses  being 


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the  lower  house.  Thus  he  was  a  member  of  the  first  General 
Assembly  in  1619,  and  continued  so  until  his  death.  In  1621, 
when  Sir  Francis  Wyatt.  succeeded  Sir  George  Yeardley  as 
governor,  John3  Rolfe  was  continued  as  Secretary  and  Re- 
corder, and  member  of  the  Council.  It  is  said  that  John3 
Rolfe  was  the  only  member  of  the  Council  of  1619,  whose  de- 
scendants can  be  traced  to  the  present  time. 

After  his  marriage  to  Pocahontas  and  before  his  trip 
to  England,  John3  Rolfe  resided  with  his  family  at  Yarina, 
on  James  River,  a  little  more  than  a  mile  below  Dutch  Gap., 
the  old  Henricopolis,.  and  just  above  Curl's  Neck,  being  about 
twelve  miles  below  Richmond,  where  he  owned  a  large  planta- 
tion, and  where  his  son,  Thomas'  Rolfe.  afterwards  resided. 
John3  Rolfe  patented  several  tracts  of  land,  and  this  was 
probably  one  of  them.  Yarina  was  at  one  time  the  county 
seat  of  Henrico,  and  here  was  also  the  glebe  of  Henrico  Par- 
ish, where  resided  Rev.  James  Blair,  founder  of  William  and 
Mary  College,  and  Rev.  William  Stith,  another  of  its  presi- 
dents, who  wrcte  the  History  of  Yirginia.  Not  more  than 
forty  years  ago  the  sites  of  the  glebe,  courthouse,  jail,  and 
tavern  were  pointed  out.  Under  the  name  of  Aiken's  Land- 
ing Yarina  was  well  known  during  the  war  of  1861-65,  as  a 
place  of  exchange  of  prisoners  (Tyler.)  The  place  is  still 
retained  as  a  large  estate  by  the  present  owner,  and  there  is  a 
large  mansion,  which  was  built  a  good  many  years  ago,  but 
does  not  date  back  to  the  time  of  the  Rolfes. 

The  writer  has  not  attempted  to  follow  the  intricacies  of 
his  places  of  residence,  but  after  his  return  from  England  in 
1617,  John3  Rolfe  is  found  residing  on  his  estate  at  or  near 
Mulberry  Island  on  James  River,  in  the  present  Warwick 
County,  about  ten  miles  below  Jamestown,  where  he  had  pat- 
ented 1.700  acres  of  land.  This  adjoined  the  estate  of  Capt. 
Wm.  Pierce,  whose  daughter,  Jane,  he  married,  she  being  his 
third  wife.  Capt.  Pierce  was  one  of  the  leading  men  of  the 
colony,  and  was  at  one  time  captain  of  the  fort  at  Jamestown. 
His  name  was  also  spelt  Pyers,  and  Poyers.  A  daughter, 
Elizabeth  Rolfe.  was  born  to  this  marriage,  and  was  four 
years  old  in  1625,  January  25,  when  she  was  living  with  her 


162  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

mother,  then  the  wife  of  Capt.  Roger  Smith,  at  James  City, 
the  father  having  died  in  1622.  Later  John3  Rolfe  and  his 
family  were  residing  at  Bermuda  Hundred,  where  he  is  sup- 
posed to  have  been  killed  in  the  Indian  massacre  of  1622. 
Thomas*  Rolfe,  the  son  of  Pocahontas,  was  then  in  Eng- 
land. There  are  347  names  in  the  printed  list  of  those  killed 
at  that  time.  Six  of  the  Council  were  killed,  of  whom  the 
names  of  only  four  were  given,  not  including  John  Rolfe' s, 
but  the  two  not  mentioned  are  supposed  to  have  been  those 
of  John  Rolfe,  and  Michael  Lapworth.  The  settlers  at  Ber- 
muda Hundred,  where  Rolfe  was  living,  were  nearly  all 
killed.     He  is  said  certainly  to  have  died  in  1622. 

The  following  record,  just  found,  settles  definitely  the 
question  of  the  death  of  John  Rolfe  in  1622.  In  the  Records 
of  the  Virginia  Company,  Vol.  II,  p.  105,  we  find  that  "At 
a  court  holden  for  Virginia  on  Monday,  7th  Oct.,  1622," 
in  London,  Mr.  Henry  Rolfe  desired  that  the  estate  of  his 
brother,  John3  Rolfe,  deceased,  in  Virginia,  be  enquired  into, 
and  converted  to  the  best  use  for  the  maintenance  of  his 
(John  Rolfe's)  wife  and  children,  and  that  he  (Henry 
Rolfe)  be  indemnified  for  his  expense  in  "having  brought  up 
the  child  his  said  brother  had  by  Powhatan's  daughter,  which 
child  is  yet  living  and  in  his  custodie."  And  such  an  order 
was  made.  Thus  we  see  that  John3  Rolfe  had  died  in  Vir- 
ginia, and  the  news  of  his  death  has  reached  England  before 
7th  October,  1622.  The  Indian  massacre  occurred  March 
22nd,  1622. 

From  Water's  Gleanings,  Vol.  I,  p.  29,  Va.  Hist.  Soc, 
we  get  the  following  abstract  of  the  will  of  John3  Rolfe: 

"John3  Rolfe,  of  James  City  Co.,  in  Virginia,  Esquire, 
dated  10th  March,  1621,  proved  21st  May,  1630,  by  William 
Pyers  (Pierce). 

Father-in-law,  Lieut.  Wm.  Pyers,  gentleman,  to  have 
charge  of  the  two  small  children  of  very  tender  age. 

A  parcel  of  land  in  the  county  of  Tappahannock  between 
the  two  creeks  over  against  James  City  in  the  continent  or 
country  of  Virginia  to  son  Thomas4  Rolfe  and  his  heirs. 


Opposite  p.  162. 

John3  Rolfe.  the  emigrant,  undoubtedly  had  a  brother 
named  Henry,  who  remained  m  England,  and  took  care  of 
Xhoraas3  Rolfe.  The  records  of  the  Virginia  Company  attest 
this  (p.  162).  And  Mrs.  Herbert  Jones,  in  Sandringham.  p. 
292,  says:  "The  Virginian  colonist  [John  Rolfe],  had  a 
brother  Henry,  called  in  the  Rolfe  family  genealogy  'of  Xar- 
iord,'  a  spot  in  Norfolk,  where,  as  attested  by  its  registers, 
one  of  the  family  had  settled.  *  *  *  The  descendants  of 
Henry  Rolfe  are  easily  traced.7' 

His  name  does  not  appear  in  the  family  registry,  as 
given  by  Mrs.  Brathvvayte.  from  which  the  first  part  of  our 
Rolfe  table  was  made  (see  p.   157),  and  which  we  followed. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  163 

Land  near  Mulberry  Island  in  Virginia  to  Jane  my  wife 
during  her  natural  life,  then  to  daughter  Elizabeth. 

To  my  servant,  Robert  Davies,  twenty  pounds. 

The  witnesses  were  Temperance  Yeardly,  Richard  Buck, 
Robert  Davys,  and  John  Milwarde." 

"The  witness,  Richard  Buck,  was  doubtless  the  minister 
of  that  name  at  Jamestown,  who  died  sometime  previous  to 
1624,  leaving  a  widow  and  four  children,  Mara,  Gershon, 
Benoni,  and  Peleg."     (R.  A.  Brock.) 

The  impression  seems  to  prevail  with  many  educated 
people  that  John8  Rolfe  was  a  plain,  obscure  colonist  of  no 
particular  importance,  which  has  been  shown  to  be  absolutely 
erroneous.  He  was  one  of  the  most  important  men  in  the 
colony,  and  took  the  position  to  which  his  birth  and  educa- 
tion entitled  him.  As  Secretary  of  the  Colony  he  was  the 
writer  of  most  of  the  official  reports,  and  particular  attention 
is  called  to  "John3  Rolfe's  Relation  of  the  State  of  Virginia, 
17th  century,"  which  may  be  found  in  the  Southern  Literary 
Messenger  for  1839,  Vol.  V,  p.  401,  in  the  Va.  Hist.  Soc. 
library. 

Much  of  this  correspondence  may  be  found  in  Brown's 
Genesis  of  the  American  Republic  in  the  Va.  Hist.  Soc.  li- 
brary. 

Several  of  his  letters  are  also  extant,  and  although  they 
are  expressed  in  the  rather  turgid,  and  long  drawn  out  style 
of  the  period,  yet  they  show  him  to  be  a  gentleman  of  educa- 
tion and  refinement,  and  indicate  a  high  christian  character. 

"John1  Rolfe,  John  Smith,  Ralph  Hamor,  Wm.  Strach- 
ey,  and  George  Sandys,  were  the  writers  (of  history)  among 
the  Virginia  colonists  of  this  period"  (Tyler.) 

His  son,  Thomas4  Rolfe,  lived  until  manhood  in  Eng- 
land, and  in  1640  came  to  Virginia.  There  is  little  doubt  that 
he  settled  there  on  his  patrimonial  estate  at  Varina,  which  has 
already  been  described.  He  also  owned  a  plantation  of  150 
acres  on  Gray's  Creek,  at  first  called  after  him  Rolfe's  Creek, 
which  is  said  to  have  been  "the  gift  of  the  Indian  Kinge." 
In  1654  he  sold  this  property  to  Wm.  Corker.     (Tyler.) 


164  Baskervtlle  Genealogy. 

In  Hening's  Statutes.  Vol.  I,  p.  $27,  the  following  enact- 
ment is  mentioned:  "And  be  it  further  enacted  and  granted 
that  Left.  Thomas4  Rolfe  shall  have  and  enjoy  for  himself 
and  his  heirs  forever,  ftort  James,  als  Chickahominy  fort,  with 
foure  hundred  acres  of  land  adjoining  the  same,  with  all  edi- 
fices and  houses  belonging  to  the  same  forte,  and  all  boats  and 
ammunition  at  present  belonging  to  the  same  ffort;  provided 
that  the  said  Left.  Rolfe  doe  keepe  and  maintaine  sixe  men 
upon  the  place  during  the  terme  and  time  of  three  yeares,  for 
which  time,  he,  the  said  Left.  Rolfe,  for  himself  and  the  said 
sixe  men    are  exempt  from  publique  taxes." 

This  shows  that  he  was  a  man  possessing  substantial 
means,  brave,  loyal,  and  possessing  the  public  confidence. 

Another  incident  recorded  of  him  is  the  granting  to  him 
by  the  Governor,  on  his  petition,  permission  to  visit  his  In- 
dian kinsfolk,  showing  that  the  manhood,  generosity,  hu- 
manity, and  superiority  to  vulgar  prejudice  or  censure,  which 
so  pre-eminently  distinguished  his  father,  were  not  dishonored 
or  wanting  in  the  son. 

In  this  permit  were  mentioned  the  names  "of  his  aunt, 
Cleopatra,  and  his  kinsman  (uncle)  Opechancanough." 

Between  1646  and  1663  he  patented  a  number  of  tracts 
of  land,  and  seems  to  have  become  a  man  of  wealth. 

He  married  Jane  Poythress,  daughter  of  Francis  Poy- 
thress.  A  family  of  this  name  had  already  settled  in  Vir- 
ginia in  the  immediate  neighbourhood  of  Rolfe's  residence  at 
Varina,  a  few  miles  below  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  river. 
And  Francis  Poythress  appears  as  a  member  of  the  House 
of  Burgesses  in  1644  for  Charles  City  County,  then  including 
both  sides  of  the  river  at  those  points. 

"Francis  Poythress  came  to  Virginia  about  1633.  He 
patented  400  A.  of  land  in  Charles  City  County  on  Bay  lye 
Creek  (W.)  July  13th,  1637.  He  was  Burgess  for  Charles 
City  County  in  1645-47,  :nd   for  Northumberland  County  in 

1649.     He  married  ,  and  had,  besides,  according  to 

tradition  a  daughter  who  married  Thomas  Rolfe ;  a  son,  Major 
Francis  Poythress,  Justice  for  Charles  City  County,  who  mar- 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  165 

ried  Rebecca  ,  and  had  issue''  (then  follows  a  long 

table  of  descendants).     Ya.  Hist.   Mag.   VII,  71. 

In  "Virginia  Carolorum,"  p.  195,  (Ya.  Hist.  Soc),  we 
find  the  following  list  of  land  grants  to  Thomas  Rolfe : 

1653,  Augt.  8th,  525  A.,  N.  side  of  Chickahominy  River, 
called  Fort  James ; 

1656,  April  25th,  325  A.,  in  James  City  County; 

1658,  Sept.  26,  50  A.,  an  angle  in  Chicahominy  River; 

1663,  Sept.  25,  750  A.,  W.  side  of  Paspetank  River. 

Thomas  and  Jane  Poythress  Rolfe,  as  far  as  we  know, 
had  only  one  child,  Jane  Rolfe,  who  married  Col.  Robert5 
Bolling,  the  immigrant. 

The  Rolfe  table  appended  is  recorded  here  just  as  we 
found  it.  It  does  not  include  the  name  of  Henry  Rolfe,  of 
Narford,  Norfolk  County,  the  brother  of  John3  Rolfe,  who 
reared  Thomas4  Rolfe,  and  we  have  not  added  it. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  167 


POCAHONTAS  AND  POWHATAN 

The  marriage  of  John  Rolfe,  the  Immigrant,  and  Poca- 
hontas, daughter  of  Powhatan,  the  Over-Chief  of  the  In- 
dians in  Virginia,  or  the  "Emperor  of  the  Indians,"'  as  he  is 
often  called,  belongs  rather  to  general  history.  Reference  has 
already  been  made  to  the  histories  of  Virginia  by  Stith.  Burke, 
Campbell,  Beverley,  and  others,  also  to  Howe's  Virginia, 
Meade's  Old  Churches,  and  Robertson's  Pocahontas,  par- 
ticularly the  last. 

Powhatan  seems  to  have  been  over-chief  of  most,  or  all, 
of  the  Indians  in  what  is  now  called  the  tide-water  section  of 
Virginia,  when  the  English  arrived  in  1607.  A  part  of  his 
dominions  had  been  inherited,  but  a  large  part  of  them  had 
been  conquered  by  him.  Stith  says  (p.  53)  :  "Powhatan 
himself  was  a  tall,  well  proportioned  man  of  sour  aspect,  and 
of  a  very  strong  and  hardy  condition  of  body.  His  proper 
name  was  'Wahunsonacock,'  and  he  had  that  of  Powhatan 
from  the  town  so  called  near  the  falls  of  James  River,  which 
was  the  seat  and  metropolis  of  his  hereditary  dominions.  And 
he  seems  to  have  removed  to  Werowocomico  (on  York  River, 
first  called  Pamunkey),  for  convenience  after  he  extended  his 
conquests  far  Xorth.  (Then  follows  a  description  of  his  here- 
ditary countries.)  These  dominions  descended  not  to  his  sons  or 
children,  but  first  to  his  brothers,  whereof  he  had  three, 
Opitchipan.  Opechancanough,  and  Catataugh  ;  and  then  to  his 
sisters  according  to  their  seniority ;  and  after  them  to  the  heirs, 
male  and  female,  of  the  eldest  sister;  and  so  the  rest,  but 
never  to  the  heirs  of  the  males. 

He  lived  in  great  barbaric  state,  and  magnificence.  He 
usually  had  about  his  person  forty  or  fifty  of  the  tallest  men 
his  country  afforded,  and  this  guard  was  after  this  time  :n- 
creased  to  two  hundred  on  account  of  the  English. 

When  Smith  was  presented  to  him,  he  was  about  sixty 
years  of  age,  something  hoary,  and  of  a  savage  majesty  and 
grandeur.      ( Then  follows  the  ston  of  Pocahontas,   'the  king's 


168  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

darling  daughter,'  saving  Smith's  life.)  When  Pocahontas 
was  treacherously  captured  by  the  English  and  carried  to 
Jamestown,  Powhatan  begun  to  prepare  for  war.  But  when 
he  heard  of  her  proposed  marriage  to  Rolfe,  he  was  propi- 
tiated and  pleased,  and  sent  representatives  to  express  his  ap- 
proval (being  too  wise  and  prudent  to  trust  himself  with  the 
English.)  And  ever  after  he  was  friendly  to  the  English. 
The  massacre  of  the  English  in  1622  occurred  after  his  death, 
and  his  brother  and  successor,  Opechancanough,  was  respon- 
sible for  that. 

He  died  in  April,  1618,  being  upward  of  seventy  years 
of  age." 

The  Encyclopedia  Brittanica  states :  "The  country  the 
English  had  settled  in  was  sparsely  populated  by  many  small 
tribes  of  Indians,  who  owned  as  their  paramount  chief  Pow- 
hatan, -who  then  lived  at  Werowocomico,  a  village  on  the 
Pamunkey  River  (now  York  River)  about  twelve  miles  by 
land  from  Jamestown.  He  was  succeeded  in  1618  by 
Opechancanough,  his  brother,  who  carried  out  the  great  mas- 
sacre of  the  English  in  1622." 

An  interesting  article  relative  to  Werocomico  will  be 
found  in  the  William  and  Mary  Quarterly,  Vol.  X,  p.  1  (Va. 
Hist.  Soc.) 

Also  a  very  interesting  article,  "The  Use  and  Abuse  of 
Forests  by  the  Virginia  Indians,"  by  Hugh  Maxwell,  United 
States  Forest  Service,  giving  much  very  interesting  informa- 
tion about  the  Indians  of  that  period,  will  be  found  in  the 
William  and  Mary  Quarterly,  Vol.  XIX,  p.  73  (in  our  li- 
brary). 

Pocahontas  was  a  mere  child  when  we  first  see  her. 
Capt.  John  Smith  had  been  captured  by  the  Indians  in  Dec, 
1607,  and  when  they  were  about  to  beat  his  brains  out  with  a 
club,  she  interposed  and  saved  him.  There  is  no  reason  to 
doubt  the  truth  of  this  story.  She  was  then  about  twelve 
years  old,  and  from  that  time  until  Smith  went  to  England  in 
October,  1609,  she  was  frequently  seen  at  Jamestown,  "where 
her  amiable  and  attractive  disposition  seems  to  have  made  her 
very   popular.     After    Smith's   departure    she    is    said   not    to 


Baskekville  Genealogy.  169 

have  returned  to  Jamestown  until  she  was  treacherously  cap- 
tured and  carried  there  in  1613.  After  that  she  remained 
there  up  tti  the  time  of  her  marriage  with  Rolfe,  about  April 
1st,  1614. 

Stith's  account  is  as  follows : 

"Long  before  this  Mr.  John  Rolfe,  a  worthy  young  gen- 
tleman and  of  good  behaviour,  had  been  in  love  with  Poca- 
hontas, and  she  with  him.  And  at  this  time  he  made  the 
thing  known  to  Sir  Thomas  Dale,  the  Governor,  through  Mr. 
Ralph  Kamer,  and  -wrote  him  a  letter  entreating  his  advice. 
And  she  likewise  acquainted  her  brother  with  it  (and  he, 
Powhatan,  their  father.)  Sir  Thos.  Dale  highly  approved  of 
it,  and  the  report  of  this  marriage  coming  to  the  knowledge  of 
Powhatan,  it  was  found  a  thing  acceptable  to  him  by  his  sud- 
den consent.  For  within  ten  days  he  sent  Opachisco,  an  old 
uncle,  and  two  of  his  sons  to  see  the  manner  of  the  marriage, 
and  to  do  in  their  behalf  what  they  were  required  for  the  con- 
firmation of  it,  as  his  deputies.  It  was  therefore  solemnized 
in  the  beginning  of  April,  1614." 

Sir  Thomas  Dale,  the  Governor,  in  a  letter  to  the  Bishop 
of  London,  dated  June  18,  1614,  -wrote  of  Pocahontas: 
"Powhatan's  daughter  I  caused  to  be  carefully  instructed  in 
the  christian  religion,  who,  after  she  had  made  good  pro- 
gress therein,  renounced  publicly  her  country's  idolatry,  openly 
confessed  her  christian  faith,  was,  as  she  desired,  baptized, 
and  is  since  married  to  an  English  gentleman  of  good  under- 
standing, (as  by  his  letter  unto  me,  containing  the  reasons  of 
his  marriage  of  her.  you  may  perceive),  another  knot  to  bind 
this  peace  the  stronger.  Her  father  and  friends  gave  appro- 
bation to  it,  and  her  uncle  gave  her  to  him  in  the  church. 
She  lives  civilly  and  lovingly  with  him,  and  I  trust  will  in- 
crease in  goodness,  as  the  knowledge  of  God  increaseth  in  her. 
She  will  go  to  England  with  me ;  and  were  it  but  the  gaining 
of  this  one  soul,  I  will  think  my  time,  toil,  and  present  stay 
well  spent." 

In  regard  to  her  reception  and  behaviour  in  London, 
"Purchas's  Pilgrims"  tells  us :  "She  did  not  only  accustom  her- 


170  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

self  to  civiltie,  but  still  carried  herself  as  the  daughter  of  a 
king,  and  was  accordingly  respected,  not  only  by  the  company 
(London  Company),  which  allowed  provision  for  herself  and 
son ;  but  of  divers  particular  persons  of  honor  in  their  hope- 
ful zeal  by  her  to  advance  Christianity.  I  was  present  when 
my  honourable  and  reverend  patron,  the  Lord-Bishop  of  Lon- 
don, Dr.  King,  entertained  her  with  festival  and  state  and 
pomp,  beyond  wh«*a  I  have  seen  in  his  great  hospitalitie  af- 
forded to  other  ladies.  At  her  return  towards  Virginia  she 
came  to  Gravesend,  to  her  end  and  grave }  having  given  great 
demonstration  of  her  christian  sincerity,  as  the  first  fruits  of 
Virginia  conversions,  leaving  here  a  godly  memory,  and  the 
hopes  of  her  resurrection,  her  soul  aspiring  to  see  and  enjoy 
presently  in  heaven,  what  here  she  had  joyed  to  hear  and  be- 
lieve of  her  beloved  Saviour."  Meade's  Churches,  Vol.  I, 
p.  79  and  f. 

Sir  Thomas  Dale,  when  he  went  back  to  England  in  161 6, 
carried  John  Rolfe  and  Pocahontas,  his  wife,  with  him, 
as  previously  stated,  and  they  landed  in  Plymouth  in  June 
of  that  year.  Before  she  reached  London,  Capt.  John  Smith 
petitioned  Queen  Anne,  in  her  behalf,  and  it  is  in  this  petition 
of  June,  1616,  that  the  account  of  his  deliverance  by  the 
Indian  girl  first  appears. 

After  a  pleasant  sojourn  of  about  seven  months,  being 
well  received  by  both  the  court  and  the  people,  Pocahontas 
with  her  husband,  embarked  for  Virginia  in  the  "George," 
Capt.  S.  Argall  (her  old  captor),  but  she  died  at  Gravesend 
about  February.  1617.      ( 'End.  Br.,  XXII,   175). 

She  was  buried  in  the  chancel  of  the  church  at  Graves- 
end. The  church  has  been  burned,  but  the  registers  of  births, 
marriages,  and  funerals  were  saved.  And  in  one  of  these 
registers  may  be  seen  at  this  day  the  brief  record  of  the  In- 
dian girl's  early  fate.     It  is  as  follows : 

"1616  [1617],  March  21.  Rebecca  Woolfe,  wyffe  of 
Thomas  ( ?)  Woolfe,  gent.,  A  Virginia  lady  borne,  was 
buried  in  this  Chancell."  (This  is  from  a  newspaper  clip- 
ping.    The  inscription  is  doubtless  defaced  and  hard  to  read. 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  171 

"Thomas"  is  an  error,  and  "1616"  is  the  old  style  of  reckon- 
ing, the  new  year  beginning  then  on  March  25.) 

Below  is  given  the  version  of  this  inscription,  or  entry, 
from  the  Boiling  Memoirs: 

"1616 
March  21.     Reeecca   Wrothe,   wyffe   of    Thomas 
Wrothe,  Gent.     A  Virginia  Lady  borne  was 
buried  in  the  Chancell." 

She  was  born  about  1595,  married  1614,  and  died  in 
Gravesend.  England,  in  1617.  and  was  buried  there. 

She  was  converted  to  the  Christian  faith  under  the  minis- 
tration of  Rev.  Alex.  Whitaker,  and  was  baptized. 

Before  her  marriage.  Bishop  Meade  says  of  her  (Old 
Churches,  I,  Si):  Pocahontas  was  acknowledged  by  all  to 
be  cast  in  one  of  the  first  of  nature's  moulds,  both  as  to  per- 
son and  character.  (This  is  high  praise  from  a  high  source.) 
Her  Indian  name  was  Mattoax,  but  when  she  was  baptized, 
she  was  named  Rebecca.       (Read  his  account.  I,  pp.  77  to 

82)  f  .  . 

This  historical  episode  ct  a  marriage  of  a  princess  of  an 

inferior  alien  race  with  an  English  gentleman,  and  the  long 
line  of  descent,  comprising  so  large  a  number  of  the  first  fam- 
ilies in  the  land,  is  remarkable  and  unique.  A  perusal  of  Rob- 
ertson's Pocahontas  will  well  repay  the  trouble.  It  gives  a 
sketch  of  her,  and  of  many  of  her  descendants.  They  were 
all  ladies  and  gentlemen,  and  several  quite  conspicuous  names 
are  found  among  them,  as  those  of  John  Randolph  of  Roa- 
noke, Bishop  Francis  M.  Whittle,  and  others. 

Bishop  Meade  says:  "We  read  of  two  of  his  (Powha- 
tan's) sons,  and  another  of  his  daughters,  who  also  rose  su- 
perior to  the  rest  of  their  race.  Of  one  of  the  sons,  Xau- 
taquas,  Capt.  Smith  says,  that  be  was  "the  most  manliest, 
comeliest,  boldest  spirit  I  ever  saw  in  a  savage."  and  of  his 
sister,  Pocahontas,  that  she  had  a  "compassionate  pitiful 
heart."  "The  other  daughter  Sir  Thos.  Dale  endeavored  with- 
out success  to  obtain  with  a  view  to  another  alliance  with 
some  English  gentleman.'' 


172  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Howe  says  of  her :  "With  Dale,  Mr.  Rolfe  and  his  inter- 
esting bride,  Pocahontas,  sailed  [for  England].  By  a  com- 
munication from  Smith  her  amiable  and  valuable  conduct  was 
made  known  at  court,  and  every  attention  was  shown  her.  both 
by  the  queen  and  many  of  the  nobility.  This  excellent  prin- 
cess, whose  deportment  was  so  far  superior  to  that  which  the 
condition  of  her  race  would  authorize  one  to  expect,  that  it 
won  for  her  universal  admiration  and  esteem,  was  des- 
tined never  more  to  behold  her  father,  or  her  native  land.  She 
died  at  Gravesend,  where  she  was  preparing  to  embark  with 
her  husband  and  child  for  Virginia.  Peace  to  her  gentle 
spirit !  Her  memory  will  not  perish  while  the  Common- 
wealth of  Virginia  endures,  or  noble  and  generous  actions  are 
valued  by  her  sons." 

Governor  Robertson  says  of  her  in  his  "Pocahontas," 
p.  4:  "The  incidents  of  her  life  reveal  a  character  of  rare 
beauty  and  worth.  There  is  nothing  of  myth  or  legend,  of 
the  miraculous  or  incredible  about  them,  save  to  disbelievers 
in  the  high  virtues  of  human  nature.  Except  such  of  them  as 
could  be  known  to  Smith  only,  they  rest  on  various  and  unim- 
pugned  authorities.  On  the  faith  of  them  the  Queen  [Anne] 
and  Court  of  England,  its  highest  and  its  best  people,  and  in 
as  especial  manner,  the  Bishop  of  London,  bestowed  on  her 
marked  and  distinguished  attentions,  inconceivable  to  have 
been  extended  to  her,  except  as  the  meed  of  extraordinary 
virtues,  and  that  in  the  presence  and  midst  of  many,  who, 
had  the  testimonies  to  them  been  capable  of  being  disproved, 
could  have  readily  furnished  the  means,  as  some  of  them  were 
known  not  to  be  wanting  in  the  will,  to  disprove  them.  And 
on  the  like  faith  in  them  History,  and  Poetry,  and  Art  have 
vied  with  one  another  in  their  several  ways  in  investing  her 
name  from  that  day  to  the  present  with  a  halo  of  surpassing 
brightness." 

It  is  a  very  remarkable  fact  that  all  the  standard  his- 
torians of  Virginia  speak  of  her  in  this  strain,  and  all  bear  wit- 
ness to  her  very  remarkable  qualities  and  attainments.  Among 
these  we  may  mention  Smith,   Stith,  Howe,  Burke,   Meade, 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  173 

Brown,  Campbell,  and  Tyler,  and  there  are  others  whose 
name  do  not  occur  to  us  at  present. 

For  a  Pocahontas  table  of  descent,  not  practicable  here, 
see  Robertson's    'Pocahontas." 

In  connection  with  this  subject  the  writer  will  state  that 
three  books  of  Dr.  Lyon  G.  Tyler's,  "The  Cradle  of  fhe  Re- 
public," "Williamsburg,"  and  "Early  English  Colonies  in 
America,"  and  Mr.  Bruce's  "Social  Life  in  Virginia  in  17th 
Century,"  are  very  interesting  and  instructive,  and  well  worth 
reading. 

There  is  only  one  authentic  picture  of  Pocahontas.  The 
following  note  in  regard  to  this  subject  is  taken  chiefly  from 
two  sources,  viz.,  "Sandringham,"  by  Mrs.  Herbert  Jones, 
London,  1883,  and  "Pocahontas,"  by  Governor  Wyndham 
Robertson,  Richmond,  Ya.,  1887. 

When  Pocahontas  was  in  London  in  161 6,  her  portrait 
was  painted,  and  the  picture  was  still  in  1887  the  property 
of  Mr.  Eiwyn,  one  of  the  Rolfe  family,  now  and  from  time 
immemorial,  residents  of  Norfolk  County,  England.  The 
painter  is  not  known.  This  picture  has  become  known  to  us 
by  the  engraving  made  from  it  by  Simon  de  Passe,  which 
first  appeared  with  other  portraits  in  a  volume  by  the  brothers 
de  Passe,  1616-23.  This  engraving  has  doubtless  formed  the 
basis  for  the  numerous  and  varying  pictures  of  Pocahontas, 
which  we  see  in  books  and  on  postal  cards,  but  apparently 
most  of  them  have  been  altered,  until  they  are  very  different 
from  the  original. 

Governor  Robinson,  in  his  preface  to  "Pocahontas,"  states 
that  the  portrait  of  Pocahontas  given  by  him  "is  from  a 
photograph  taken  recently  in  England  from  the  original  por- 
trait of  Pocahontas  (London,  1616),  yielded  to  my  request  by 
its  present  possessor,  Mr.  Elywn.  The  work  was  exe- 
cuted by  one  of  England's  best  photographers,  and  under  the 
personal  supervision  of  Mrs.  Herbert  Jones,  author  of  "Sand- 
ringham," containing  a  most  graphic  description  of 
the  original  picture."  The  picture  in  "Pocahontas"  seems  to 
be  a  photograph  pasted  in.  and  not  an  engraving,  and  under 
these  circumstances  it  seems  to  be  an  absolutely  reliable  copy 


174  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

of  the  original.  The  other  pictures  being  doubtless  frem  De 
Passe's  engraving,  and  this  from  the  original  painting,  this 
fact  may  account  for  the  differences.  Governor  Robertson 
adds  that  his  picture  is  "the  only  accurate,  as  well  as  authen- 
tic reproduction  of  that  painting  ever  published  in  the  United 
States."  The  photograph  does  not  show  the  tall  hat,  which 
appears  in  the  engravings,  and  also  in  a  portrait  in  the  Va. 
State  library,  copied  by  Mr.  William  L.  Sheppard,  who  died 
in  March,  1912,  "from  the  original." 

It  must  be  that  in  the  darkening  and  obscuration  of  the 
original  by  time  the  top  of  the  hat  has  been  lost  to  sight  in 
the  dark  back  ground.  The  photograph  seems  to  show  a  small 
cap  on  the  head.  Possibly  the  photographer,  in  order  to  im- 
prove his  plate,  "worked  up"  the  little  cap  instead  of  the  hat, 
which  was  undoubtedly  a  feature  of  the  old  painting.  In 
Mr.  Sheppard's  painted  copy  the  hat  is  shown,  but  no  plume  as 
in  the  engravings.  Of  course  he  shows  the  colouring,  which 
is  not  in  the  engraving  or  photograph. 

The  engravings  were  drawn  "free  hand,"  and  are,  of 
course,  less  accurate  than  the  photograph.  They  vary  very 
largely,  particularly  in  the  features  of  the  face,  the  shape 
of  the  hand,  and  the  fan  of  ostrich  feathers. 

The  following  is  Mrs.  Herbert  Jones'  description  of  the 
original  painting: 

"The  dimensions  of  the  picture  are  two  feet  six  inches 
and  a  half  by  two  feet  one  inch.  A  painted  oval  encloses  the 
portrait.  The  painting  of  the  face,  and  of  the  details  of  the 
dress,  is  clear  and  finished,  and  shows  great  delicacy  and 
beauty  of  execution.  The  whole  effect  of  colouring  is  rich, 
mellow,  and  deep-toned,  with  the  indescribable  quality  shed 
over  it,  which  time  alone  can  give.  The  portrait  is  slightly 
smaller  than  life,  the  face  stamped  unmistakably  with  the  In- 
dian type,  and  denoting  intelligence  and  thoughtfulness,  with 
much  dignity  both  in  expression,  and  in  the  carriage  of  the 
head.  She  looks  at  once  royal  in  birth  and  in  nature.  The 
features  are  handsome  and  well  formed,  the  lips  bright  red, 
the  skin  dark  and  smooth,  and  vellum-like  with  a  suspicion 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  175 

of  copper  tint.  The  eyes  are  remarkable :  prolonged  at  the 
corners,  more  meditative  than  brilliant,  like  still  pools  rather 
than  flashing-  .water.  Their  colour  is  rich,  decided,  unde- 
niably brown,  with  very  blue  tints  on  the  white  eyeballs.  The 
eye-brows  are  straight  and  black,  the  short  hair  by  the  ear 
throws  out  a  glistening  of  pearl  earring.  The  deep  lace  ruff, 
rising  behind,  defines  sharply  the  shape  cf  the  face,  which 
shows  high  cheek  bones,  and  the  outline  narrowing  abruptly 
below  them,  so  characteristic  of  her  race.  The  hat  she  wears 
on  her  head,  and  which  in  the  print  has  a  grotesque  appear- 
ance, sinks  unnoticed  into  scarcely  less  dark  back-ground, 
while  the  richly  chased  broad  golden  band  round  it  gives  the 
effect  of  a  coronet,  and  is  in  happy  combination  with  the 
colouring  of  the  face.  She  wears  a  mantle  of  red  brocaded 
velvet,  much  ornamented  with  gold  buttons.  A  small,  taper 
hand  holds  a  fan  of  three  white  ostrich  feathers.  Around  the 
portrait  are  the  words,  'Matoaka  Rebecca  filia  potentiss.  Frinc. 
Powhatani  Imp.  Yirginiae.'  On  a  space  beneath,  'Matoaka 
als  Rebecka,  daughter  to  the  mighty  prince  Powhatani,  Em- 
perour  Attanoughkomuck  als  Virginia,  converted  and  bap- 
tized in  the  Christian  faith,  and  wife  to  the  worshll.  Mr. 
Thomas  Rolff.'  Close  under  the  figure,  within  the  oval,  is 
written,   'Aetatis  suae,  21  Ao.  1616.' " 

It  seems  rather  remarkable  that  in  this  inscription  the 
name  of  John3  Rolfe  appears  "Thomas"  Rolfe,  as  it  does  in 
the  old  register  of  Gravesend  Church,  in  the  record  of  Poca- 
hontas' burial. 

One  of  the  members  of  the  Rolfe  family  possesses  the 
earrings  of  Pocahontas.  Each  is  formed  of  a  double  shell,  the 
rare  white  mussel  shell,  which  is  found  on  the  eastern  coast  of 
Behring's  Strait. 

Double  shell  earrings  were  universally  worn  among  the 
American  Indians,  but  the  white  variety  was  reserved  exclu- 
sively for  the  adornment  of  priests  and  princes.  The  princely 
shells  of  Pocahontas  are  set  in  silver  rims,  inlaid  with  small 
steel  points,  a  mounting  which  suggests  that  they  are  set,  or 
reset,  by  English  workmanship. 


176  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Another  interesting  relic  has  descended  in  the  El  win 
family,  and  has  come  down  to  each  generation  as  having  be- 
longed to  Pocahontas.  It  is  a  vase  of  pale  brown  earthen- 
ware, covered  with  uncoloured  ornamentation,  which  is 
moulded  in  the  clay  itself.  The  vase  is  finished  at  the  top 
with  a  silver  rim.  Those  who  are  familiar  with  Jacobaean 
work  would  see  at  a  glance  the  era  to  which  it  belongs,  and 
would  recognize  the  fact,  that  it  is  an  original  and  not  a  copy. 
This  piece  of  ornamental  ware  has  always  been  an  object  of 
great  interest  to  its  owners,  and  has  never  been  known  by 
any  other  name  than. "Pocahontas'  vase." 


APPENDIX 


APPENDIX  A 


EARLY  CONDITIONS  IN  VIRGINIA 

It  is  interesting  to  observe  the  state  of  affairs  in  Virginia 
in  the  early  period,  during  the  lives  of  our  first  ancestors  in 
this  country. 

The  following  little  sketch  has  been  taken  chiefly  from 
the  William  and  Mary  College  Quarterly  Magazine,  "The 
Cradle  of  the  Republic,"  and  "Williamsburg,"  all  by  Dr. 
Lyon  G.  Tyler.  Much  of  it  consists  of  direct  extracts,  and 
some  of  statements  based  on  information  derived  from  these 
books. 

In  1607  Jamestown  was  occupied  and  settled  by  the  Eng- 
lish colonists,  but  the  occupation  of  the  country  was  slow,  and 
was  attended  with  great  difficulties  and  suffering.  The  place 
of  settlement  had  been  badly  selected,  and  the  mortalitv  among 
the  settlers  was  very  great,  so  that  in  1610,  when  the  colony 
was  actually  abandoned,  although  about  750  persons  had,  at 
different  times,  settled  at  Jamestown,  only  sixty,  less  than 
one-twelfth,  were  left.  These  abandoned  Jamestown,  intend- 
ing to  go  to  New  Foundland,  but  near  the  mouth  of  James 
River  they  met  Lord  Delaware  with  a  fleet  bringing  immi- 
grants and  supplies,  and  they  turned  back. 

For  twenty  years  after  the  landing  at  Jamestown  the 
English  settlements  in  Virginia  were  confined  to  the  valley  of 
the  James  and  to  the  Accomac  peninsula.  Nevertheless  the 
need  of  a  colony  on  York  River,  then  known  as  Pamunkey 
River,  to  curb  the  Indian  tribes  there,  had  long  been  recog- 
nized. As  far  back  as  161 1  a  fortified  settlement  there  had 
been  recommended  by  the  Governor  (Dale)  at  Chiskiak,  about 
twenty  miles  from  Point  Comfort.     But  this  was  not  done, 


180  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

and  in  1622  occurred  the  great  massacre  by  the  Indians. 
After  this  for  some  time  the  people  were  disposed  to  stay 
close  together  for  protection,  although  in  1623  Governor 
Wyatt  considered  "running  a  pale  between  James  River  and 
York  River  trom  Martin's  Hundred  to  Chiskiack." 

On  October  8th.  1630.  the  Council  of  Virginia  deter- 
mined to  plant  a  settlement  in  the  Indian  district  called  Chis- 
kiack (corrupted  into  Cheese  Cake)  on  the  south  side  of  York 
River.  And  this  was  the  beginning  of  York  County,  where 
our  ancestors  John1  Baskervyle,  the  Immigrant,  and  Coin. 
Wm.  Barber,  the  father  of  his  wife,  lived. 

The  leaders  of  the  settlers  were  two  councillors,  Capt. 
John  Utie,  and  Capt.  John  West,  the  latter,  brother  of  Lord 
Delaware,  who  were  allowed  six  hundred  acres  of  land  apiece 
on  York  River,  on  opposite  sides  of  King  Creek.  Capt.  Utie 
settled  at  "Utimaria"  on  the.  west  side,  and  Capt.  West  on  the 
east  side  at  a  plantation  afterwards  called  "Bellfield."  Other 
settlers  ranged  themselves  on  the  river  on  either  side  of  Utie 
and  West,  and  soon  there  were  two  parishes,  Chiskiack  and 
York.  Two  years  later,  in  1632,  palisades  were  run  by  Gov- 
ernor Sir  John  Harvey  across  the  peninsula  from  Archer's 
Hope  Creek  to  Queen's  Creek,  six  miles  long,  and  Williams- 
burg, lirst  called  [Middle  Plantation,  was  built  within  the 
centre  of  the  line  of  palisades  (see  map  in  Tyler's  Cradle  of 
the  Republic). 

In  1633  was  born  at  BellfielcL  John  West,  Jr.,  founder  of 
West  Point,  the  first  child  born  on  York  River. 

In  1634  the  colony  was  divided  into  eight  counties  or 
shires,  and  the  English  shire  government  was  established. 
Charles  River  County  |  one  of  them,  afterwards  York  County) 
was  created,  taking  in  the  plantation  of  York.  Court  was  held 
for  many  years  at  the  different  large  plantations,  but  about 
1660  it  began  to  be  held  regularly  on  the  west  side  of  Wrorme- 
ley's  Creek  at  a  place  called  York,  established  as  stated  by  Sir 
John  Harvey,  (about  half  a  mile  below  the  present  York- 
town,  established  later).  This  was  only  a  few  years  before 
the  advent  of  John1  "Baskervyle,  the  Immigrant,  as  he  came 


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over  about  1662.  But  before  1664  he  had  been  appointed 
Clerk  of  York  County. 

Coin.  Wm.  Barber  had  been  in  the  colony  since  about 
1634. 

Afterwards,  about  1676,  court  was  held  at  "Half-way 
House,"  on  the  road  between  Yorktown  and  Middle  Planta- 
tion. The  following  extract  from  the  York  County  records 
of  April  24th,  1677,  when  John1  Baskervyle  was  clerk,  is  in- 
teresting: "There  being  no  house  to  keepe  court  in  the  mag- 
istrates are  permitted  to  keepe  court  in  the  house  lately  be- 
longing to  Thos.  Hansford,  whose  estate  for  his  rebellion 
and  treason  is  forfeited  to  his  sacred  Majestic  Dated  at 
Green  Spring,  March  21st,  1677." 

In  1691  fifty  acres  of  the  estate  of  Benjamin  Reade  on 
York  River  was  bought  for  a  town  called  Yorktown.  And  in 
1698  the  court  removed  to  that  place,  which  was  about  half  a 
mile  above   (old)  York. 

Yorktown  continued  to  develop^  until  the  incident  oc- 
curred, which  at  once  proved  its  glory  and  destruction.  It 
became  the  scene  of  the  surrender  of  Lord  Cornwallis  in  1781, 
but  by  the  war  it  was  reduced  to  a  mass  of  ruins,  and  has 
never  since  regained  the  trade,  which  it  once  had.  It  was  at 
one  time  a  corporation,  and  had  a  council  and  the  town  seal 
is  still  preserved. 

At  one  time  Yorktown  was  quite  a  thriving  and  prosper- 
ous place,  and  in  the  London  Magazine  of  1746,  it  is  de- 
scribed as  a  place  of  "no  inconsiderable  figure,"  "with  a  great 
air  of  opulence,"  and  many  taverns.  The  handsome  equipages 
of  the  residents  are  referred  to.  But  now  its  glory  has  de- 
parted, and  a  sleepy  dilapidation  has  taken  possession. 

This  small  county  of  York  was  thus  intimately  associ- 
ated with  the  early  colonial  strength  and  life.  Very  near  the 
seat  of  government  at  Jamestown,  and  afterwards  sharing 
with  James  City  County  the  new  business  home  of  Governor 
and  Burgesses,  it  numbered  among  its  planters  those  who  in- 
fluenced the  destinies  of  all  the  other  counties. 

Church  life  began  at  once,  and  there  were  three  parishes 
within  its  bounds.  Charles  P.,  on  Poquoson  River;  Kischiack 


i$2  Basxerville  Genealogy. 

P.,  seitled  in  1630  and  made  into  a  parish  in  1642;  and  York 
P.,  settled  in  1632.  And  when  the  name  of  the  county  was 
changed  from  Charles  City  to  York,  that  of  Kiskyache  P.  was 
changed  to  Hampton  P.  The  first  rector  of  York  and  Hamp- 
ton parishes  was  Rev.  Antony  Panton  in  1639-40,  and  in  1642 
a  church  was  built  in  York,  on  the  "Temple  Farm."  the  ruins 
of  which  may  still  be  seen  (near  Yorktown).  When  the  pres- 
ent church  in  Yorktown  was  built  in  1098,-  the  old  York 
church  is  said  to  have  been  abandoned.  All  this  shows  that  at 
this  early  period,  when  our  ancestors  lived  in  York  County, 
there  was  an  active  religious  life  in  the  community. 

The  social  life  of  the  community  may  be  described  as 
rural  and  doubtless  simple,  but  the  tone  and  character  seems 
to  have  been  fairly  good.  The  laws  relating  to  morals,  as  was 
characteristic  of  the  English  laws  of  that  period,  were  strin- 
gent and  particular,  and  violations  were  openly  prosecuted  and 
punished.  The  old  court  proceedings  would  seem  to  indicate 
a  rather  bad  condition  in  this  respect.  But  this  was  doubtless 
to  a  great  extent  due  to  the  tendency  to  publicity  and  personal 
punishment  for  such  things. 

The  Virginia  people  were  peculiar  in  their  intense  rural- 
ism.  The  eighteenth  century  was  an  age  of  commercial  am- 
bition. And  yet  Virginia  relinquished  her  commerce  to  for- 
eign factors,  used  tobacco  as  currency,  and  paid  her  taxes  in 
it,  and  she  alone  of  all  the  colonies  and  of  all  civilized  states, 
resisting  the  universal  tendencv  of  the  age,  had  no  debts,  no 
banks,  no  bills  of  credit,  and  no  paper  money.  Her  lethargic 
condition  was  doubtless  then,  as  iater,  due  in  a  great  measure 
to  the  prevalence  of  negro  slavery,  for  which  Virginia  was  not 
to  blame.  England  thrust  it  upon  her,  and  New  England 
brought  and  sold  slaves  to  Virginia,  doubtless  as  long  as  pos- 
sible. Conditions  were  in  many  respects  primitive,  and  it  is 
not  so  remarkable  that  in  1696  Mrs.  Mary  Baskervyle  be- 
queathed to  her  only  son,  George,  her  ''largest  iron  pott." 
At  that  time  iron  pots,  like  most  other  things  of  manufacture, 
had  to  be  brought   from   England,   and   were  quite   valuable. 

Thus  we  see  that  when  Coin.  Wm.  Barber  came  over, 
probably  soon  after  1630.  things  were  in  a  very  primitive  con- 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  1S3 

dition.  At  that  time  the  English  colonies  were  limited  to  a 
comparatively  small  portion  of  the  continent.  Holland  pos- 
sessed New  York  under  the  name  of  "New  Netherlands" 
(1610-1674).  Sweden  held  Delaware  under  the  name  of 
"New  Sweden"  (1638- 1655).  And  France  held  or  claimed 
all  of  Canada,  the  Mississippi  valley,  and  the  Atlantic  coast 
south  of  Carolina.  x\nd  France  and  Spain  held  or  claimed  all 
of  the  Gulf  coast.  So  that  the  English  possessions  were  quite 
limited.  Even  Illinois  is  said  to  have  been  settled  by  the 
French  in  1081.  These  conditions  contrast  very  strongly  with 
those  of  the  nineteenth  century. 

The  study  of  the  individual  histories  of  the  various  Eng- 
lish colonies  is  very  interesting,  and  the  differences  between 
them  very  striking.     And  many  of  them  are  still  retained. 

New  England  was  settled  by  Puritans,  who  came  over  on 
account  of  persecutions  and  of  dissatisfaction  with  the  Eng- 
lish government.  They  established  a  quasi  independent  gov- 
ernment of  their  own,  made  their  own  laws,  and  elected  their 
own  governors.  Virginia  was  chiefly  settled  by  loyal  church- 
men and  church  women  of  the  established  church,  who  were 
loyal  to  the  home  government.  They  chiefly  had  their  laws 
prescribed,  and  their  governors  appointed  in  London.  Using 
the  terms  of  the  period  the  former  were  "round  heads"  and  the 
latter  "cavaliers."  While  the  former  were  more  active  and 
energetic,  they  were  strongly  inclined  to  radicalism,  and 
•while  the  latter  were  more  conservative,  they  were  inclined  to 
old  fogyism. 

After  the  English  revolution  of  1648  many  cavaliers  came 
to  Virginia  to  avoid  Cromwell  and  his  Puritans,  and  thus 
strengthened  the  tendencies  there. 

These  are  some  of  the  conditions  in  York  County,  Va., 
when  William  Barber,  somewhere  between  1630  and  1635, 
and  John1  Baskervyle,  about  1662,  soon  after  the  Restoration 
in  England,  came  over. 

There  seem  to  have  been  no  towns  in  Virginia  except 
Jamestown  in  these  early  days,  and  so  when  Bacon  burned 
Jamestown  in  1676,  there  is  said  to  have  been  "no  other  town 


184  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

in  Virginia."  There  were  other  places,  but  they  were  doubt- 
less mere  hamlets. 

Coin.  Wm.  Barber  and  John1  Baskervyle  never  saw  York- 
town,  because  the  former  died  in  1669,  and  the  latter  in  1679, 
and  Yorktown  was  established  later.  As  stated,  prior  to  1660 
court  was  held  at  the  different  large  plantations,  and  after  that 
time  at  old  York,  until  1676,  when  it  began  to  be  held  at  the 
"Half-way  House,"  until  1698,  when  it  was  moved  to  York- 
town. 

This  subject  is  an  exceedingly  interesting  one,  and  the 
study  of  it  may  be  continued  in  "The  Cradle  of  the  Repub- 
lic," and  "Williamsburg,"  both  by  Dr.  Lyon  G.  Tyler,  in  "The 
Social  History  of  Virginia,"  by  Mr.  Bruce,  and  in  many 
other  interesting  books  relating  to  this  period,  most  of  which 
may  be  found  in  the  library  of  the  Virginia  Historical  So- 
ciety. Particular  attention  is  called  to  an  article  in  the  Wil- 
liam and  Mary  Quarterly,  Vol.  XIX,  p.  73,  "The  Use  and 
Abuse  of  Forests  by  the  Virginia  Indians,"  by  Hugh  Maxwell, 
United  .States  Forest  Service. 


APPENDIX  B 


BOSTOKE  LINEAGE 

Randle7  Baskervyle  married  Agnes,  d.  and  co-heir  of 
Nicholas  Bostoke,  of  Modburlegh,  2nd  son  of  Sir  Adam  De 
Bostoke,  Lord  of  Bostock. 

The  Bostoke  family  was  very  ancient,  and  distinguished. 
They  date  back  to  before  the  time  of  the  Conquest,  1066,  and 
through  Hawise,  sister  and  co-heir  to  Randle,  or  Ranulph, 
third  Earl  of  Chester,  and  Countess  of  Lincoln  in  her  own 
right,  widow  of  Robert  de  Quinci,  Earl  of  Lincoln,  who  mar- 
ried secondly,  Sir  Warren  Bostoke  (or  Bostock),  they  were 
descended  from  the  same  old  Scandinavian  line,  which  pro- 
duced William  the  Conqueror.  We  have  two  lineage  tables  of 
the  Bostokes,  one  taken  from  Harleian  MSS.,  Visitation  of 
Cheshire  1580,  Va.  State  Library,  and  the  other  from  Orme- 
rod's  Cheshire,  III,  253.  There  is  some  variation  in  the 
names,  and  the  first  extends  farther  back,  but  otherwise  they 
agree.     Combining  the  two  we  get  our  table,  as  follows : 

Harleian  MSS.:  Ormerod's  Cheshire: 

Sir  Osmer1  (Oliver)  de  Hugh  Fitz  Richard 

Bostock,  Anno  1066,  Bostock, 

Hugh2  Bostock,  Osmer  Bostock, 

Richard'  Bostock,  Richard  Bostock, 

Roger*  Bostock,  Roger  Bostock, 

Sir  Gilbert5  Bostock,  Gilbert  Bostock, 

Ranulph6  de  Bostock.  William  Bostock, 

who  married,  Margaret,  daughter  and  heir  to  Warren  De 
Vernon,  Baron  of  Shipbrohe,  and  had  issue; 

Sir  Warren7  Bostock,  (1155).  who  married  Hawise, 
sister  and  co-heir  to  Ranulph,  3rd  Earl  of  Chester  and  Lin- 


1 86  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

coin,  and  widow  of  Robert  De  Quinci,  daughter  of  Hugh 
Kavelioc,  Earl  of  Chester,  and  had  issue ; 

Sir  Ralph,8   alias   Sir  Henry,    (Gilbert   in   Ormerod), 

De  Bostock,  who  married  Eleanor,  d.  and  h.  to Poole, 

of  Cheshire,  and  had  issue; 

Sir  William0  De  Bostock,  who  married  Elizabeth, 
d.  of  Hugh  (James  in  Ormerod)  Lord  Audley,  and  had 
issue; 

Sir  Edward10  (Philip  in  Ormerod)  Bostock,  who  had 
issue ; 

Sir  Adam11  Bostock,  "he  was  knighted  by  King-  Edwd. 
I,  at  the  Conquest  ot  Scotland,"  who  married  Jone,  d.  of  Sir 
Wm.  Brereton,  of  Brereton,  and  had  issue ; 

Sir  William12  Bostock,  "he  :was  knighted  at  the  Con- 
quest of  France  by  Kg.  Edwd.  III."  who  married  d.  and  h.  of 
Sir  Richd.  Winnington,  and  had  issue; 

Sir  Adam13  Bostock,  "knighted  at  the  Battle  of  Xazaret 
in  Spain,  by  the  Black  Prince,"  who  married  Margery,  d.  and 
h.  to  Jno.  Whitnall,  alias  Kingley,  and  had  issue; 

Sir  Adam14  Bostock.  "knighted  by  Kg.  Ric.  II,  and 
after  at  his  own  house  Kg.  Hen.  4  gave  him  the  antelope  to 
his  crest,"  who  married  Jenet,  d.  of  Sir  Henry  Bradshaw, 
and  had  issue ; 

Sir  Ralph15  Bostock,  "knighted  at  the  Battle  of  Agin- 
court  (1415)  by  Kg.  lien.  5."  who  married  Isabel,  d.  and  heir 
to  William  Lawton,  and  had  issue ; 

Sir  Adam1"  Bostock,  killed  at  the  Battle  of  Blore  Heath, 
anno  1459,  time  Hen.  6,  who  married  Elizabeth,  d.  and  h.  to 
Hugh  Venables,  Baron  of  Kinderton,  and  had  issue; 

Nicholas17  Bostock,  of  Modburlegh,  3rd  son,  who  mar- 
ried Kathertne,  d.  and  c.  h.  to  Sir  William  Modburlegh, 
Knt.,  and  had  issue ; 

Agnes18  Bostock.  who  married  Randle7  Baskervyle,  of 
Old  Withington,   records    1445   and    14S3. 

Hawise,  or  HawisAj  or  Hawies  De  Quinci,  previously 
mentioned,  who  married  (2nd)  Sir  Warren  Bostock,  was  of 
a  very  distinguished  lineage,  which  is  curious  and  interesting, 
and  illustrates  the  work  of  the  genealogists  of  these  historical 


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characters.  She  married  first  Robert,  son  of  Sayer  De 
Quincy,  Earl  of  Winchester ;  was,  by  gift  of  her  brother,  Coun- 
tess of  Lincoln,  and  had  also  the  castle  and  manor  of  Boling- 
broke.  She  married  secondly,  as  stated,  Sir  Warren  De 
Bostoke,  Knt.,     Her  father  was : 

Randle  III,  6th  Norman  Earl  of  Chester,  &c.,  a  crusader, 
knighted  1188.     His  father  was: 

Hugh  II,  $th  Earl  of  Chester,  &c,  called  K'evelioc,  died 
1 180.     His  father  was; 

Randle  II,  4th  Earl  of  Chester,  &c,  died  1153-55.  His 
father  was; 

Randle  I,  yd  Earl  of  Chester,  called  De  Bricasard,  and 
le  Meschines,  who  died  1128.  He  married  Lucy,  or  Lucia, 
widow  of  Roger  De  Romera,  she  being  the  granddaughter  of 
Algar,  Saxon  Earl  of  Mercea,  died  1059,  and  buried  at  Cov- 
entry, who  was  the  great  grandson  of  Alfred,  The  Great. 

This  Randle  I,  was  son  of 

Matilda,  or  Margaret    De  Abrincis,  and  her  husband 

Randolph  De  Bricasard,  (of  Normandy).  She  was 
daughter  of 

Richard  De  Abrincis,,  Viscount  of  Avrauches,  and 
Emma  De  Contervtlle,  his  wife,  who  was  half  sister  to 
William  the  Conqueror.     He  was  son  of 

Turstine  le  Goz,  Viscount  of  Hiemois  (in  Normandy), 
and  Governor  of  Falaise,  a  crusader  with  Robert,  Duke  of 
Normandy,  before  1035.     He  was  son  of 

Ansfrid   Goz,    Viscount   of  Hiemois,   who    was    son   of 

Ansfrid,  The  Dane,   1st  Viscount  of  Hiemois,  son  of 

Rolf  Turstain,  who  was  grandson  of 

Rognwaldar,  Earl  of  Maere  and  the  Or  cades  (in  Scan- 
dinavia), who  was  also  father  of  Rollo,  1st  Duke  of  Nor- 
mandy. This  Rognwalder  was  living  about  850  in  Scandi- 
navia. 

Such  descents  might  be  traced  almost  indefinitely,  and 
these  are  given  only  as  curiosities.  The  detailed  lineages  may 
be  found  in  Ormerod's  Cheshire  and  Americans  of  Royal  De- 
scent, p.  253,  the  latter  in  the  Virginia  State  Library. 


APPENDIX  C 


MAINWARING  LINEAGE 

Agnes  Mainwaring,  of  Peover  or  Over  Peover,  mar- 
ried William8  Baskervyle,  of  Old  Withington. 

Ranulfus  Mesnilwarin,  lord  of  various  towns  in 
Cheshire  and  Norfolk  at  Domesday  survey,  (completed 
1086),  had  issue; 

Roger  Mesnilwaren,  record  11 19,  had  issue; 

William  Mesnilwaren,  had  issue; 

Rogep  Le  Mesnilwaren,  (1154-1189),  had  issue; 

Sir  Ralph  De  Mesnilwaren,  Knight,  justice  of  Ches- 
ter (1175-1199),  married  Amicia,  daughter  of  Hugh  Keve- 
lioc,  Earl  of  Chester,  had  issue ; 

Sir  Roger  Mesnilwarin,  of  Warmincham,,  knight,  had 
issue   others,  and 

Sir  William  Meinwarin,  Knight,  second  son,  lord  of 
Over  Peover  by  gift  of  his  father,   (1216-1272),  had  issue; 

William  Manwaring,,  of  Over  Peover,  lived  1286,  had 
issue ; 

Roger  Manwaring,  of  Over  Peover,  married  Christian 
De  Birtles,  and  had  issue; 

William  Manwaring,  of  Over  Peover,  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Henry  Davenport,  and  had  issue; 

William  Manwaring,  of  Over  Peover,  died  1364,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Leycester,  and  had 
issue ; 

Randle  Manwaring,  of  Over  Peover,  Esqr.,  married 
Margery,  widow  of  Richard  Buckley,  of  Chedill,  in 
Cheshire,  and  daughter  of  Hugh  Venables,  baron  of  Kin- 
derion,  and  had  issue ; 


19°  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

John  Manwaring,  of  Over  Pcovcr,  Esqr.,  died  1495, 
married  Maud,  daughter  of  Robert  Legh,  of  Adlington,  esqr. 

Agnes  Mainwaring.  of  Over  Peover,  who  married  Wil- 
liam9 Baskervyle,  who  died  in  1509,  was  of  this  family,  but 
must  have  been  a  daughter  of  a  younger  son,  as  her  name  does 
not  appear  in  the  table. 


APPENDIX  D 


WINN1NGT0N  LINEAGE  ' 

Emma  Wynington,  daughter  of  John  Wynington, 
Gent.,  of  Ermitage,  (or  Hermitage),  married 

William11  Baskerville,  of  Old  Withington,  who  was 
living  in  15 17  and  1578. 

In  the  time  of  Edward  the  Confessor  (1041-1066),  Win- 
nington  was  divided  into  moieties  (halves)  of  equal  extent 
and  value.  One  of  these  at  the  Domesday  survey  was  held 
by  Ranulphus,  the  supposed  ancestor  of  the  Mainwarings, 
and  the  other  by  Osbern  Fitz  Tezzon,  ancestor'  of  the  Boy- 
dells.  William  Le  Boidele,  fourth  in  descent  from  the  last, 
conferred  by  charier  (deed)  his  share  of  Winnington  manor 
on  Lidulph  De  Twemlowe,  son  of  Wulfric  De  Croxton, 
who  was  lord  of  Croxton  and  Lache.  From  him  descended  the 
Winningtons.  He  inherited  from  his  father,  Twemlowe, 
Croxton,  Cranach,  and  Goosetrey.  He  was  sheriff  of  Chesh- 
ire in  the  time  of  Richard  I,  and  John  (1189-1216).  The 
other  moiety  of  Winnington  had  been  granted  to  William  De 
Wynington  before  1272  by  the  owner.  Robert  De  Wyn- 
ington  2nd  son  of  Lidulph  De  Twemlowe,  who  inherited 
one  part  of  Wynington  from  his  father,  married  Margaret, 
sole  daughter  and  heiress  of  William  De  Wynington,  mem- 
tioned  above,  and  thus  the  whole  of  Wynington,  or  Winning- 
ton,  came  into  the  family.  The  following  is  the  table  of  de- 
scent : 

William  De  Wynington,  had  issue; 

Rorert  De  Wynington,  who  had  issue ; 

Wulfric,  lord  of  Croxton  and  Lachc,  had  issue; 


192  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Margery,  sole  dau.  and  heir,  m.  Liulph  De  Twemlowe, 
lord  of  Twemlowe,  Croxton,  Goosetrey,  Cranach,  and  half  of 
Winnington  in  1199,  who  had  issue; 

Robert  De  Wynington,  of  Wynington,  married  Pe- 
tronilla, ,  a  widow,  and  had  issue ; 

Roger  De  Wynington,  of  N orthwich,  second  son,  living 
1331,  had  issue; 

Laurence  De  Wynyngton,  married  Maud  Frodes- 
ham,  and  had  issue; 

John  De  Wynyngton,  of  N orthwich,  living  1403,  had 
issue ; 

Hugh  De  Wynynton,  married  Cecily,  daughter  and 
heiress  of  Thomas  Haslynton,  of  Hermitage,  and  had  issue; 

Piers  Wynyngton  married  Christian,  daughter  and  co- 
heiress of  William  De  Plumley,  of  Plumley,  and  had  issue; 

Laurence  Wynyngton,  married  Maud,  daughter  of 
William  Sterynton,  Esq.,  of  Dothill,  and  had  issue ; 

John  Wynyngton,  records  1497  and  1504,  married 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Jenkyn  Mayn waring,  of  Kerneyn- 
cham,  esqr.,  and  had  issue; 

Hugh  Wynyngton,  married  Margaret  Snelson,  and 
had  issue; 

Emma  Wynyngton,  wife  of  William11  Baskervyle. 


APPENDIX  E 


FIRST  BASKERVYLE  DEED 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  first  Baskerville  deed  on 
record  in  Virginia,  which  for  this  reason,  and  on  account  of 
its  unusual  and  quaint  expression  is  included  in  this  book. 
It  seems  to  describe  the  first  Virginia  estate  owned  by  the 
family.  Its  date  being  November  30th,  1714,  it  is  interesting 
to  note  that  Queen  Anne  died  August  1st,  1714,  and  on  the 
same  day  George  1st  was  proclaimed  king.  The  spelling  and 
use  of  capital  letters  of  the  copy  on  the  York  County  records 
is  retained . 

This  Indenture  made  ye  thirtieth  day  of  November  in 
ye  first  year  of  ye  raign  of  our  gracious  soveraign  Lord  King 
George  of  Great  Brittain,  France  and  Ireland,  Defender  of  ye 
faith  &c,  and  in  ye  year  of  our  Lord  Christ  one  Thousand 
seven  hundred  and  fourteen,  Between  Geo.  Baskervyle  of  ye 
Parish  of  Bruton  in  ye  county  of  York,  Yeoman,  of  ye  one 
part,  and  Ralph  Graves  of  ye  aforesaid  Parish  of  Bruton  in  ye 
county  of  York,  Yeoman,  of  the  other  part.  Whereas  ye  said 
Geo.  by  Indenture  bearing  date  ye  Twenty  ninth  day  of  this 
instant  month  November  for  ye  consideration  herein  ex- 
pressed did  Demise,  bargain  and  sell  unto  ye  said  Ralph 
Graves  all  his  Three  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land  w'th  ye 
Plantation,  and  appurtenances  thereunto  belonging,  scituate, 
lying  and  being  in  ye  Parish  of  Bruton  and  County  of  York 
aforesaid,  being  ye  land  formerly  of  Jno.  Baskervyle  formerly 
of  ye  County  of  York,  deed.,  father  of  ye  said  Geo.  and  by  him 
was  purchased  of  and  from  Jno.  Horsington.  to  whom  ye  said 
Land  was  granted  by   Patent  bearing  date  ye   18th   day  of 


194  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

March,  1662,  (relation  being  thereunto  had  may  more  fully 
appear),  bounded  as  by  said  recited  Indenture  is  fully  and 
particularly  expressed  and  sett  forth,  with  all  and  singular  his 
Dwelling  Plantation  and  three  other  plantations  on  ye  said 
Land  now  being  with  all  houses,  Outhouses,  Orchards,  Gar- 
dens, backsides,  meadows.  Wood,  Underwood,  Way,  Emolu- 
ments, heriditaments,  and  appurtenances,  and  also  ye  Rever- 
sion and  Reversions,  Remainder  and  Remainders  thereof. 

To  have  and  to  hold  ye  said  Three  hundred  and  fifty  acres 
of  Land  with  ye  Plantations,  Tenements,  hereditaments  and 
appurtenances  unto  ye  said  Ralph  Graves,  his  Executors,  ad- 
ministrators and  assigns  from  ye  day  next  before  said  recited 
Indenture  is  dated  unto  ye  End  and  term  of  one  whole  year 
from  thence  next  Ensuing,  to  ye  intent  that  by  virtue  thereof 
and  of  ye  statute  for  transferring  uses  into  possessions  ye 
said  Ralph  Graves  might  be  in  actual  possession  of  all  ye  said 
Lands,  Tennements  and  premises  and  be  thereby  enabled  to 
take  and  accept  of  a  Grant  and  Release  of  ye  Reversion  and 
inheritance  thereof  to  him  his  heirs  and  assigns  for  Ever  and 
to  his  and  there  proper  use  and  behoof  for  ever.  Now  this 
Indenture  Witnesseth,  that  ye  said  Geo.  Baskervyle  as  well 
for  and  in  consideration  of  ye  sum  of  Two  hundred  pounds 
sterling  money  of  Great  Brittain  to  him  in  hand  paid  and  se- 
cured to  be  paid  by  ye  said  Ralph  to  severall  persons  by  ye 
direction  and  appointment  of  ye  said  George  and  for  his 
proper  Debts,  as  also  for  and  in  consideration  of  a  plantation 
and  part  of  a  Tract  of  Land  called  Boar  Quarter,  together 
with  Eight  hundred  and  twenty-five  acres  of  Land  there- 
unto belonging,  which  ye  said  Ralph  Graves  hath  granted 
and  conveyed  to  ye  said  George  by  deed  of  sale  indented  by 
Lease  and  Release  bearing  even  date  with  these  Presents, 
Executed  by  ye  said  Ralph  to  ye  said  George  (as  by  ve  said 
deeds  will  more  fully  appear),  ye  said  money  and  land  being 
well  and  sufficiently  secured  and  paid  to  ye  said  George  be- 
fore this  time,  ye  receipt  whereof  ye  said  George  doth  hereby 
acknowledge  himself  therewith  fully  satisfied  and  paid  and  of 
Every  payment  and  part  thereof  doth  hereby  clearly  acquitt, 


Baskekville  Genealogy.  195 

Exonerate  and  discharge  ye  said  Ralph  his  Executors,  admin- 
istrators, hath  Given,  granted,  bargained,  sold,  remised,  Re- 
leased, Conveyed  and  Confirmed,  and  doth  by  these  presents 
fully  clearly,  and  absolutely  give,  grant,  bargain,  sell,  alien, 
Enfeoffe,  Transfer,  remise,  release,  and  confirm  unto  ye  said 
Ralph  Graves  in  his  actual  possession  now  being  by  virtue  of 
ye  said  recited  Indenture  of  bargain  and  sale  made  to  him  of 
a  year  and  of  ye  said  statute,  and  to  his  heirs  and  assigns  ye 
aforesaid  Lands,  Tenements,  hereditaments,  Premises,  and 
appurtenances,  and  all  ye  Estate,  right,  title,  interest,  property, 
claim  and  demand  whatsoever  of  him  ye  said  George  Basker- 
vyle,  his  heirs  &c.  of,  in,  and  to  ye  Premises  and  Every  part 
thereof,  and  ye  Reversion  and  Reversions,  Remainder  and 
Remainders  thereof  and  of  Every  part  thereof.  To  have  and 
to  hold  ye  said  Three  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  Land  with 
ye  Tenements,  hereditaments  and  appurtenances  and  Premises 
unto  ye  said  Ralph  Graves  his  heirs  and  assigns  and  to  his  and 
their  proper  use  and  behoof  for  ever,  with  all  and  singular  ye 
Profits,  Issues,  Rents  and  privileges  thereunto  belonging, 
with  ail  plantations,  houses,  orchards,  Gardens,  buildings,  and 
Erections  of  whatever  kind,  use  or  fossion  (?)  so  ever,  with 
all  woods,  underwoods,  Timber,  trees,  water  springs  and 
fountains,  with  all  its  Royaltys  of  hunting,  hawking,  fishing, 
and  fowling,  with  all  liability,  privileges,  profits,  comodities, 
benefits  and  advantages  whatsoever  thereunto  belonging  or 
any  wise  appertaining  according  to  ye  bounds,  which  are  men- 
tioned and  expressed  in  ye  fore  recited  sale  or  Lease  for  one 
year.  And  ye  said  George  for  himself  his  heirs  &c.  doth  fur- 
ther covenant,  grant  and  agree  to  and  with  ye  said  Ralph,  his 
heirs,  Extors.  and  assigns  in  manner  and  form  following 
(viz.),  that  ye  said  George  at  and  before  ye  ensealing  and  de- 
livery of  these  Presents  had  and  was  lawfully  seized  of  an  ab- 
solute Estate  of  inheritance  in  fee  simple  of,  in,  and  to  ye  said 
granted  Lands  and  Premises  and  Every  part  thereof  and  had 
good  right  full  power  and  lawful  authority  to  sell  and  con- 
vey ye  same  premises  to  ye  said  Ralph  his  heirs  and  assigns 
for  ever  according  to  ye  true  intent  and  meaning  of  these 


196  Baskerville  Genealogy. 

Presents,  and  that  after  ye  Executing  of  this  Presents  ye  said 
Ralph  Graves,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  shall  and  may  for  ever 
peaceably  and  Quietly  have,  hold,  use,  occupy,  possess  and 
enjoy  ye  said  Land  and  Premises  in  fee  simple.  And  that  he 
ye  said  George  his  heirs  and  assigns  shall  and  will  by  virtue 
of  these  Presents  for  ever  warrant  and  defend  ye  Right  and 
Title  of  ye  said  Land  and  Premises  to  ye  said  Ralph  Graves 
his  heirs  and  assigns  forever  from  all  titles,  Claims,  and  in- 
cumbrances whatsoever.  And  ye  said  George  doth  promise 
and  grant  for  himself  and  his  heirs  &c.  that  he  and  they  shall 
and  will  from  time  to  time  and  at  all  times  for  and  during 
ye  term  of  Ten  years  next  after  this  date  at  ye  request  of  ye 
said  Ralph  his  heirs  or  assigns  and  at  his  or  their  costs  and 
charges  in  ye  Law  make,  seal,  Execute,  and  legally  acknow- 
ledge any  other  Deed  or  Conveyance  whatsoever  for  ye  legal 
and  more  certain,  and  firm  conveying  of  all  ye  said  granted 
Premises  to  ye  said  Ralph  his  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever. 

In  witness  whereof  ye  said  Geo.  Baskervyle  ye  party  of 
these  Presents  hath  sett  to  his  hand  and  affixed  his  seal  ye 
day  and  year  first  above  written. 

i% '>■-*,  Geo.  Baskervyle         (Seal). 

Signed,  sealed,  and  delivered 

his 
in  ye  presence  of  Thos.  T.  C.  Creps, 

mark 
Hen.  Holdcraft,  Phil.  Jackson, 

his 

Edward     x     Nelson. 

mark 

At  a  court  held  for  York  County  20th  Dec,  1714,  Geo. 
Baskervyle  in  open  Court  presented  and  acknowledged  ye 
within  Deed  of  Release  of  Lands,  lying  in  this  County  to 
Ralph  Graves.  Also  appear  Elizabeth  ye  wife  of  ye  said  Geo. 
who  being  first  privily  examined  voluntarily  relinquished  her 
right  of  Dower  in  ye  said  Lands  to  ye  said  Ralph,  which  deed 


Baskerville  Genealogy.  197 

and  Relinquishment  on  ye  motion  of  ye  said  Ralph  are  ad- 
mitted to  record. 

Teste:  Phil.  Lightfoot,  Clerk,  &c. 

Deeds,  Bonds,  &c,  Vol.  3,  pages  40  and  41, 
York  County  Records,  Virginia. 

A  Copy— Teste :  T.  T.  Hudgins,  Clerk,  &c. 


APPENDIX  F 


ANCESTORS  WHO  WERE  MEMBERS  OF  THE 
COLONIAL  ASSEMBLIES 

John  Rolfe,  Council,   A.  D.  1617-1622,  Va. 
Francis  Poythress,  Ho.  of  Burgesses,  1644,  Va. 
William  Barber,  Ho.  of  Burgesses,  1662-1669,  Va. 
James  Minge,  Ho.  of  Burgesses  1680-1684,  Va. 
Richard  Kennon,  Ho.  of  Burgesses^  1685-1686,  Va. 
Robert  Bolling,  Ho.  of  Burgesses,  Aja^,  Va. 
John  Bolling,  Ho.  of  Burgesses,  1710-1718,  Va. 
Henry  Embry,  Sr.,  Ho.  of  Burgesses,  1736-1753,  Va. 
Henry  Embry,  Jr.,  Ho.  of  Burgesses,  1746-1753,  Va. 
William  Eaton,  Ho.  of  Burgesses,  1746,  several  terms, 
N.  C. 

Charles  Rust  Eaton,  Ho.  of  Burgesses,  1776,  N.  C. 
John  Coleman,  Virginia  Legislature,  1781, 


APPENDIX  G 


OLD  WITHINGTON 

A  long  delayed  communication  from  an  attorney  in 
England  has  just  this  morning  been  received,  August  12, 
191 2.  giving  information  as  to  the  present  conditions  at  Old 
Withington,  the  Baskervyle  family  seat  in  Cheshire  since 
A.  D.  1266.  This  book  has  been  printed,  and  I  can  get  it 
in  only  as  an  appendix. 

The  estate  is  still  owned  by  the  family,  the  present 
owner  being  Mr.  John  Baskervyle  Glegg,  who  was  born  on 
November  10th,  1876.  He  married  Miss  Ashton,  of  Ker- 
mincham  Lodge,  Cheshire,  about  1900,  and  has  one  son 
about  ten  years  old,  and  two  daughters  aged  respectively 
about  six  and  four.  He  does  not  now  reside  at  Old  With- 
ington Hall,  but  at  Willaston,  near  Nautwich,  Cheshire. 
The  Hall  is  leased  for  a  term  of  years  to  Mr.  Earnest  Frank, 
of  the  firm  of  G.  Gottschalk  &  Co.,  merchants  of  Man- 
chester. 

The  attorney  states:  "That  portion  of  Old  Withington 
Hall  which  was  rebuilt  in  1819  is  still  standing  and  in  an 
excellent  state  of  preservation,  being  what  is  termed  in  this 
country  of  the  Georgian  style  of  architecture.  A  portion 
of  the  older  structure,  built  prior  to  1819,  is  still  in  exist- 
ence at  the  rear  of  the  Hall,  and  is  occupied  partly  by  the 
servants  and  partly  by  the  stables,  coach-houses  and  other 
outbuildings. 

The  Hall  is  beautifully  situated,  and  the  grounds  im- 
mediately surrounding  it  are  tastefully  laid  out  and  well 
kept.     The  park  is  finely  wooded,  and  well  preserved  for 


202  BASKERVILLE    GENEALOGY. 

game,  and  the  whole  of  the  estate  is  in  a  highly  cultivated 
and  first  class  condition." 

He  also  enclosed  "a  survey  map  showing  the  whole  of 
Withington  Park,  and  a  part  of  Astle  Park  and  the  sur- 
rounding country,"  which  I  have  on  file. 


INDEX 


INDEX 


Note. — In  the  English  table  beginning  on  page  8  only  ancestors  are 
indexed. 

The  letters  A  to  K  refer  to  the  tables  after  page  38. 


Abert,   Maria, 
Adams,  Eleanor, 

Florence, 

'Jesse, 

Mary, 


F,  82 

96,  99 

C,  61 

61 

99,   100 


Adderly,    Dorothy,  2,   9,   35 

Ralph,  9,  35 

Agnes,  g.   d.  of  Rees  ap  Griffith, 

1,    18. 

Alexander,   Anne,  100. 

Betty,  B,    66. 

Judge    Charles,  50. 

Mark,  ico,     no,    113. 

Mary,  1 00. 

Sarah,  F.  82. 

Alfred    the  Great,  187. 

Allen,    William,  48,    52,    96. 

Allied    Families,  87. 

Allison,    Isabella,  F. 

Alston,    Euphemia,  F,    81. 

William,  100. 

Ambler,   Dr.,  F. 

Ancestors  in  Colonial  Assemblies, 

199- 

Arbuckle,   Janet,  F 

Archer,    George,  147,    150 

Anne,  90 

Arrington,    S.    P.,  100 

Atkinson,  Jane,  96,  99 

Awborne,    Richard,  Clerk,         41 

Bacon,    John   L.,  77 

Baptist,    Mrs.    Edward,  56 

Baird,   Elizabeth,  123 

Barber-Dennett     Family,  90 

Berber,    Anna,  90 

Elizabeth,  qo. 

George,  91 

Henry,  91 

James,  90,  91 


Barber,  John,  90. 

Mary,         2,  A,  44,  88,  90,  95. 
Ralph,  90. 

Thomas,  90,  91,  93. 

Sir   Thomas,  91. 

Lt.    Col.    William,   A,    44,   88, 

00,   183,   199. 

William3,  90,   93. 

Barksdale,  William   R.,  H. 

Baskervill,   Amelia,  C 

Anne,    A,    B,    G,    54,    66,    69, 

82,   100. 
B.    M.,  C. 

Bettie,  B. 

Bettie  P.,  B,  68. 

Charles,     2,   B,  C,  60,  64,  65, 

66,    69,    70,    74,   82,    S8,    90, 

100,   115,   117,   121,   123,  1^2, 

155.  166. 
Prof.    Charles   R.,  60. 

D.   E.  J.,  B. 

Lelia,  B. 

Elizabeth,      B,    C,    E,    65,   66, 

68,   100. 
Elizabeth  A.,  B. 

Emily,  68. 

George3,       46,  65,  84,  88,  96. 
George4,  C. 

George3,  C,  57- 

Dr.  George7,  B,  68. 

Rev.  George  B.,  C,  6r. 

George  D.,     B,   1,  6,  68,    100. 
George  Hunt,  A,  54,  65. 

Rev.    G.   Sumner,  B. 

George   Th.,  B,   70,   76. 

Rev.    H.    C.  B,   71. 

H.   Coleman,  B. 

H.  E.  C,  B,  F,  3,  70,  76, 
77,  82,  88,  90,  100,  122,  123, 
155- 


206 


Index. 


Baskervill,   Henry  E.,           B,  79. 

Howard   C,  71-74- 

I.  A.  H.,  B,  F,  77- 

James  R.,  B,  C. 

John4,  A,  54,  100. 

John   A.,  C. 

John  E.,  B,  70. 

John  G.,  B. 

John   P.,  C. 

John  T.(  C,  57,  60,  65. 

John    W,  B. 

Katherine,  C. 

Latham,  C. 

Lilian    G.,  B. 

Lucy,  B. 

Lucy  A.,  B. 

Lucy  G,  B,  70. 

M.    Alexander,  67. 

Margaret,  C. 
Martha  M.,   A,  C,  L,  54,  57, 

61. 

Mary,  54,  65. 

Mary  A.,  B,   C,   K,   57. 

M.   A.   E.,  B,   H,  70,   74- 
Mary  E.,  B,  F,  64,  65,  66,  67. 

69,   77,  80,  81,   100. 

Mary  T.,  C. 

Mattie,  B. 

Meta,  B. 

Nannie   C,  B,    67. 

Octavia,  B,  68. 
P.   H.,   3,   B,   F,  88,   90,    100, 

123,   155. 

Dr.  Robert  D.,  B,  66. 

Robert7  D.,  B,  67. 

Roberta,  B. 

S.    Alice,  B,    70,    76. 

Sallie    T.(  67. 

Sallie  T.  B.,  B. 

Samuel  G,  B,  70. 

Thomas    G,  B. 

Virginia,  B. 

William,  1445,  21. 

William,    1570,  21. 

William,    1703-1814,  2. 
William*,    A,    54,    62,   65,    88, 

QO.    IOO,    101,  103,    Il6. 

William",  B.  70,   71. 

William  A..  B. 

William'    E.,  C,    57'    65. 

William   H.,  /           C. 

William   M.,  Ol,  C,  St 

William   R.,  B,   53,   66,   68. 
100,   113. 

Baskerville,  Betsy,  D. 


Baskerville,    Blanche,  D, 

Cynthia,  D 

Elizabeth,  D, 

Baskervilles,  English  Branches: 
31. 

Baskerville,    George3,  49-54 

Drury,  D 

George4,              A,  D,   49,    85 

George5,  D 

George6,  D 

George    S.,  D 

George  W.,  D 
H.   M.,   3,   B,   F,  88,  90,   100, 

155. 

Henry,  D. 

Baskervilles  of  Hereford,  17. 

Baskerville,  Ida,  A,  85. 

James,  A,  85. 

James   A.,  D'. 

James  R.r  D. 

John3,  50,    84. 

John4,                    A,  49,   50,  54- 

John5,  D. 

John    Barber,  A. 

John6  B.,  D,  86. 

John7    B.,  D,    84. 

John7,  D. 

John,   of   Crowlev  Park,     30. 

Judith,  D. 

Kate,  D. 

Lucv,  D. 

Lula',  D. 

Magdalene,  A,  84. 

Martels  de,   1066,  1,    13. 

Martha   K.,  D. 

Mary6,  D. 

Minor,  D. 
Baskervilles,  first  at  Erdisley,  28. 

Baskerville,    Henry,  D. 

Martha,  D. 

Marv4,  A. 

Mary7,  D. 

Mary8,  D. 

Baskervilles,    Oxford,  30. 

Baskerville,    Parish    of,  13. 

Philip,  -?o. 

Pollv5,  A,  85. 

Pollv6,  D. 

Radulphus   de,  1109,         1.   17- 

Sir  Ralnh  de,   1154,         1,   18. 

Richard5,  D. 

Sir    Richard,    1295,  t8. 

Richard4,  A,   49,  84. 

Robertus  de,  1,  17- 

Sir  Robert,  I,  17. 


Index. 


207 


Baskerville,  Sir   Roger   de 

1, 

18. 

Baskervyle,    Sarah3, 

A,   47- 

Samuel4,                     A, 

49, 

84. 

Thomas    de,    1366, 

2,    8. 

Samuel5, 

D. 

Thomas,    1587, 

9- 

Samuel6   S, 

D. 

Thomas,   1595, 

9- 

Sarah3, 

50. 

Thomas,    1625, 

2,   101. 

Sir    Simon,    M.    D., 

29. 

William,    1420, 

2. 

Spencer, 

D. 

William,    1446, 

8. 

Thomas6. 

D. 

William,    1464, 

2,   8. 

Thomas5, 

A. 

William,   14S3, 

8. 

Gen.    Sir   Thomas, 

29. 

William,    1579, 

9,   191. 

Baskervilles,   Virginia, 

39 

Bass,  Alary, 

A,  49. 

Baskerville,    Walter    S., 

D. 

Batten,  John, 

A,   45- 

Waiter   T.   M.,    1839, 

18. 

Battle    Abbey    Roll, 

14. 

Walter  de,   1216, 

1, 

18. 

Beaumont,     Robert 

de, 

Earl    of 

Walter  de,  1189, 

1, 

18. 

Leicester, 

81. 

William4    Barber, 

A. 

Berkeley,    Gov.    William 

92. 

William5   B., 

D, 

85. 

Betts,  Elisha, 

H. 

William6, 

D. 

Blair,    Betty, 

L. 

William4    B., 

49. 

Elizabeth, 

133-   144- 

William6    H., 

D. 

John, 

L. 

William,    1482, 

2. 

Mary, 

L. 

William,    1483, 

2. 

Bland,    Theodorick, 

142. 

Baskervile,    George,    1517, 

2. 

Blanton,  Julia  T., 

B. 

Thomas,   1588, 

2 

21. 

Idonia, 

2,  8. 

William,   1579, 

2. 

John  de, 

8. 

Baskervyle,  Anne, 

101. 

Blount,    Priscilla, 

116. 

Baskervyles,  Cheshire, 

8, 

19- 

Boiling,   Agnes, 

133.    147- 

Baskervyle,   Elizabeth,    A, 

45, 

47, 

Anna, 

IOO, 

94'  95- 

Anne,   88,    127, 

133' 

143,  144, 

George,    1540, 

9- 

155- 

George,   1675, 

2 

Coat   of    Arms, 

135- 

George2,       A,   40,  45, 

47' 

50, 

Drury, 

133- 

88,  90,  95,   193,  196. 

Edward,         88, 

133 

137-140. 

George3,        2,  A,   40, 

88, 

90, 

Elizabeth, 

144. 

97,  100. 

Family, 

133- 

George4, 

48. 

Jane, 

I33>    144. 

Henry,    1676, 

10. 

Johannes   de, 

132,    136. 

Henry,  his  will, 

26. 

John.     88.    128, 

133, 

137,   143, 

Hugh,                          A, 

47, 

50 

144,    I47>    155 

,    199 

Glegg,  John,   1784, 

12, 

22. 

Martha, 

133'    144- 

John3, 

A. 

Mary, 

133, 

141,     144- 

JohnV  Immigrant,     2, 

10, 

13, 

Rebecca, 

127- 

22,  26,  A,  39-45,  88, 

90, 

96, 

Robert,          88, 

133- 

136,     138. 

183.  193- 

145,  147,   155, 

199. 

Sir  John   de,   of    1266 

1 

,  8, 

Stith, 

133- 

13,  19. 

Table. 

132. 

John   de,   1298, 

2 

,   8. 

Tristam,        88, 

133, 

134.    140, 

John   de,    1315, 

2 

,    8. 

147- 

Magdelene2, 

a" 

45- 

Thomas, 

*33- 

Magdaline,    1669, 

26. 

Township    and 

Hall 

133- 

Mary,                  A,  45, 

94, 

95- 

Will. 'am, 

137. 

Norvell,                       A, 

48, 

;o. 

Willinm    de, 

132,    135- 

Randle,    1477,             2, 

8, 

185. 

Booker,    Statira, 

A. 

Rebecca,                      A 

45 

95- 

Booth,    Anne, 

00. 

Sarah2,                      A, 

45, 

95- 

Bostoke,   Agnes, 

2,  8 

,  32,  185. 

20b 


Index. 


Bostoke,  Family, 

32- 

Coleman,  Henrietta 

M., 

116. 

George, 

6. 

Henry, 

121. 

Lineage, 

185. 

H.  E.,      69,  88, 

IOO, 

116,  117, 

Boush,    Susannah, 

90. 

123,    126,    132, 

155. 

Bradford,    Cecil}-    de, 

2, 

Jane, 

F 

82,   116. 

©retire,   Elizabeth, 

113- 

John,              8a 

116, 

117,  199 

John, 

"3- 

Mary, 

H. 

Brooks,    Mrs. 

B. 

Mary  M., 

116. 

Brown,   Jesse. 

127. 

Sarah, 

116. 

Brvan,  Thomas  P., 

F. 

Thomas  G., 

1 10. 

Bryson,    W.    A. 

F. 

William, 

121. 

Brown,  John, 

63. 

Collier,   Thomas, 

98. 

Buchanan,   Neil. 

127. 

Collins,   Mary, 

90,  98. 

Buffington,    Eugenia, 

B 

79- 

Matthew, 

90,  95- 

P.   C, 

79- 

Sarah, 

95- 

Bullock,  L.  H., 

100. 

Mary, 

90. 

Lucy, 

100. 

Conjuror's  Neck, 

144, 

147,   150. 

Richard, 

100. 

Constable,   , 

L. 

R.    A., 

IOO. 

Cornelia, 

L 

Burnside, 

8i, 

Cox,    , 

D 

Burrall,  , 

L. 

Craig,  Lawrence, 

C. 

Burton,    Hutchings, 

96. 

Cross,  , 

127. 

Marv    A., 

54 

96. 

Custis,  John, 

100,  114. 

Bunvell,*Sallie  B., 

68. 

Cumberland    Branch 

8,  84 

Buscheville,   Robert   de, 

1152 

18. 

Cuthbert,    Charles, 

B 

Calverley,    Beatrix, 

137. 

Dandridge,   Francis, 

96,   99. 

Sir  William, 

137. 

John, 

99, 

100,  114 

Carrington,  Tazewell, 

H 

Mary, 

IOO 

Cary,  juditn, 

90. 

Daniel,  Pauline, 

116 

Henrv, 

H. 

Davies,  Mary  A., 

127 

Th.  R., 

H. 

William, 

127 

Chalmers,   David, 

116. 

Davis,   Mary. 

IOO 

Claiborne,    L., 

90. 

Dennett,  Anne, 

90,   95 

Oarke,  Anne, 

116, 

140. 

Anne  B., 

93 

Clark,  Elizabeth, 

116. 

John, 

90,  92 

John, 

116. 

Mrs.   Mary, 

88.  92 

Chelford    Chapel, 

24- 

Mary, 

90,  88,  94 

Chellow, 

137- 

Margaret, 

90,   93 

Cleopatra, 

164. 

Sarah, 

90,  95 

Cheshire,    Priscilla, 

A 

.   D. 

Thomas. 

90,   93-04 

Chester,    county    of, 

19. 

Dicker^on,  , 

c, 

L.  57,  61 

Clopton,   William, 

90 

93, 

John, 

92 

Coat  of  Arms, 

14- 

Cornelia, 

L 

Coat  of  Arms,   and  Crest, 

27. 

George, 

L 

Cobbs, 

142. 

Mary, 

L 

Cocke,  Anne, 

133- 

William, 

L. 

Coles,   Mary, 

127, 

132. 

William, 

L 

Coleman,   Charles,      ioo, 

116, 

n?. 

Dives, 

14 

Elizabeth    A.,      2,    B 

.    60 

88, 

Donan,  , 

F 

100,  116,  117,  121, 

126, 

132, 

Dortch,  , 

100,  113. 

155. 

Sally,                 B, 

66, 

IOO,    113. 

E.  Algernon, 

116. 

Douglas,  Anne  B, 

K. 

Family, 

121. 

Ellen  M., 

K. 

Francis, 

121. 

George   A., 

K. 

Dr.  George, 

K. 

Dr.  George  B., 

K,  85. 

Index 


209 


Douglas.  George    C, 
Hattie, 
Capt.  James, 
James    H., 
Martha  M., 
Mary  B., 
R.  Spencer, 
Richard   S., 
Rose  L., 
Samuel, 

Drew,  , 

Dudley,    

Duke,  Lswrence, 

Dunlop,   David, 


C, 


K,   SS. 
K. 

58. 

K. 
K,   58. 

K. 
K.  59- 

K. 

K. 

D. 

D. 

E. 

96.  99. 


Earls  of  Chester, 
Eaton,    Abigail, 
Anne, 
Bettie, 
Buckner, 
Catharine, 
Charles  R., 

115.   199- 
Elizabeth, 
Elizabeth  J.,' 
Family, 
George, 
James, 
Jane 


187. 

102. 

100,    io5,    113. 

100,    106. 

100. 

100. 

62,  88,  100,  106, 


100,  11-?. 
62. 
101  and  f 

100,  101,  102. 
100. 
100,    104   and    f. 

John,      88,  100,  101,  103,  104. 

John  R.,  74,  100,  113. 

John  S.,  100. 

Laura,  100. 

Letitia,  100,  113. 

Mary,     2,  A,  54,  62,  88,  100, 

101,  102. 

Martha,  65,    68,   100.    to6.  113. 

Nathl.,  ioo,  101.  1 

Robert  V.,  100.  ' 

Peter,  103. 

Rev.  Richard,  101. 

Samuel)  100,  104.  I 

Sarah,  100,    106,  122.   | 

Susan,  100. 

Susan   S.,  100.  I 

Theophilus,  iot.  | 

Thomas,       100,  102,  106,  115.  j 

William,  62,  88,   100,  103, 

ro4,    to6,    iog. 
Edward?,  Coin.  Nathl 

El  am,  , 


Elliott.  Martha, 

Robert, 
Ellis,  Mary, 
Embry,  Elizabeth, 

Ermine, 

Family, 

Henry,  Sr.,      88,  116, 

Henry,  Jr.,     88,  116, 
Embrie,   Henry, 
Embrv,   Martha, 

Mary,  88, 

Priscilla,  88, 

Sarah, 

William, 
English    Grandmothers, 
Eppes,    Francis,         147, 

Littlebury, 
Epitaphs  of  Baskervyles, 
Erdisley, 
Evans,  , 

Fairfax,  Emily, 

Farmingdale, 

Farrar, 

Mrs., 

Edward, 

Lizzie, 

O.    C, 

Thomas, 
Ferguson, , 

Mary, 
Fifth   Generation, 
First   Baskervyle   Deed, 

Finch,   , 

First   Generation, 
Fitts,   , 

Blair, 

Moylan, 
Fleming,  John, 
Fourth   Generation, 
Fontaine,  Rev.  J.   M., 

Judith  B., 
Frear,   Bettie  E, 

Elizabeth, 

Margaret, 

Margaret  H., 

Robert, 


116 

K 

K,  58 

116 

116 

117 

118,  199 

117,  199 

117 

1 19-122 

116,   119 

116,   179 

116 

ir6,  119 

32 

150,   151 

151 

23-25 

1,  17 

G 

127 

141 

A,  54 

65 

F 

F 

F. 

F 

B 

D 

65 

193 

B 

JO 

L 

L 

L 

133.  144 

r.o 

QO 

74 

IOO,    IT1! 

B 

74 
100 


Eldndge,  Tho: 

Elliott," , 

Douglas, 

Elizabeth, 

Joseph, 


100,  106. 
127. 

II'.     T  '7. 

116,  K. 
K. 
K. 
K. 


Gay,    William,  133,    144 

Garrett,   Henrietta,  F 

Gilmore,  Rosa,  100 

Gilmour,  Susan,  100 
Glegg,     John     Baskervyle,     1876, 

22,  201. 

Goode.  Lucv,  B,  76.   100 

Samuel,  E,  68 


2IO 


Index. 


Goodloe.  Mary, 

100. 

Hamilton,   Patrick, 

B, 

F,.  66, 

Robert, 

100. 

69,    77,  80,  81, 

82,    I  OCT. 

Goosetrey   Chapel, 

22. 

Rebecca 

F. 

Gordon,  Sir  Adam, 

125. 

Robert, 

F. 

Alexander, 

88, 

123,    125, 

Robert   A., 

F, 

82,  83. 

126,  127. 

Robert  P., 

F. 

Anne,      88,  116, 

117, 

123,  127, 

Roberta, 

F. 

132,  155. 

Salle  A, 

F. 

Bertram  de, 

125. 

Sarah, 

F. 

Coat  of  Arms, 

126. 

William4, 

F,  81. 

Family, 

123. 

Wiliam   B., 

F,  G, 

69,  82. 

George, 

125. 

William  P., 

F. 

James  R., 

123. 

William  W., 

F. 

Margaret, 

T27. 

Hargrove,  Hester, 

100. 

Richard   of, 

125. 

Harrison,  Amadea, 

88,96 

,  97,  98. 

Thomas,  88,  122, 

123, 

127,   l66. 

Collier, 

99-110. 

Thomas  C, 

*23- 

Edmund, 

127. 

W.  W., 

123. 

Elizabeth  C, 

96,  99. 

Gourdin,  Mrs.  W.  Moult 

rie,       K, 

Frances. 

96. 

59'  .60. 

James, 

96,   97- 

Graffenreidt,   Tscharner 

de,      116. 

Mary, 

96,  99. 

Graham,  Alice   S., 

B. 

Nicholas, 

96,  97. 

Rev.  H.  T., 

B. 

Robert, 

88 

96,  97- 

Grant,  , 

F. 

Sarah, 

96,   99. 

Graves,  Ralph, 

193- 

Hawes.  S.  H, 

L. 

Green.  Grief. 

127. 

Hawkins,  Anne  N., 

G. 

Margaret, 

C. 

Haynes,  Andrew, 

100. 

Sarah, 

C. 

Anthony,           100,   104 

and   f. 

Rev.  W.  L., 

c. 

Eaton, 

106. 

Greene,   Gabriel, 

133. 

Heacham, 

155- 

Gregorv.  Rodges, 

100. 

Henderson,  Leonard, 

G. 

William  A., 

100. 

Henshawe,  Agnes, 

21. 

Gude,  Martha, 

A. 

Henshaw,  Elizabeth, 
Henshawe,  John, 

2. 
21. 

Hall,  , 

B. 

Hill.   William, 

122. 

Hambledon,  Williarr 

de. 

81. 

Hilhard,  Elias, 

113. 

Hamilton,  Alexander,     F,  82,  84. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth, 

113. 

Alston, 

F. 

Isaac, 

H3- 

Anna, 

F. 

Jacob, 

113- 

Bettie, 

F. 

James, 

ii3- 

Charles  E., 

F,  116. 

Jeremiah, 

113. 

Edward  T., 

F. 

John, 

113- 

Euphemia, 

F. 

Hinton.  Mary, 

B. 

George, 

F. 

Robert, 

113- 

Helen, 

F. 

William, 

113. 

Henrietta  M., 

F. 

Hobbs,  F.  H., 

B.  68. 

I.   A.,       B,   F, 

3,  7 

7,  82,  84. 

Hoke.  Dr.  George, 

K.   s8. 

88,  100,  155. 

Georgia, 

K. 

James, 

F,  8t. 

Man-  E., 

K. 

Jean, 

F 

Sarah  L., 

K; 

John, 

F,  81. 

George. 

10,  35- 

Louise, 

F. 

Holder? ft.  Eliz., 

qo. 

Lucy, 

F. 

Hope.  Georsre, 

10,  35- 

Lucy  T., 

F. 

Magdaline, 

2 

,  10,  35. 

Mary, 

F,  82. 

Horsford.  Magdaline. 

T40. 

Mary  E., 

F. 

Hugh,  Lupus,  Earl  of  Chester,  29. 

Index. 


21  I 


Humphries,  Mrs.  Margaret,  B,  79. 

Lassiter,  Charles, 

F. 

Hurt,  Mamie, 

C. 

Leach,  , 

D. 

Lee,    Herbert, 

F. 

Jeffreys,    Elizabeth, 

88,  90,  ioo, 

Lewis,   Elizabeth, 

144. 

"3- 

James  H, 

K,  59- 

Osborne, 

113- 

John  W., 

B. 

Jeffries,   Fleming, 

F. 

Ligon,  Richard, 

154- 

Jener,  Joanna, 

88,  155-  166. 

Livingston,  Mrs.  Rosa  L 

..       K,  59- 

Jiggitts,  Susan, 

B,  70. 

Lockett,   John  K., 

B. 

Johnson,  , 

L. 

Logan,  Richard, 

116. 

Johnston,  A.  J., 

B. 

Lombardy  Grove, 

64,  65. 

Charles, 

106. 

Long,  Henry, 

F. 

Jones,    Abigail    S., 

100. 

Love,  Mary, 

116. 

Albert, 

B. 

Lucas,   George  B., 

56. 

Anne   M., 

90. 

Frederick, 

A,  54,  55- 

Edward, 

100.   106. 

John   H., 

55- 

Edward  P., 

E,  68. 

Martha, 

56. 

Frances, 

E. 

Mary  H., 

56. 

Lane, 

90. 

Nancy, 

56. 

Lucy, 

B. 

Tibitha, 

56. 

Martha, 

E,   68. 

William, 

A,  53,  54- 

Orlando, 

100,   114. 

Lyons,  , 

D. 

Priscilla, 

100. 

Charles, 

D. 

Rebecca, 

96,   08. 

Frederick, 

D. 

Robert,      E,  68, 

100.  106,  107. 

Ida, 

D. 

Robert  H.,    B,  E,  66,  68,  100. 

James  R., 

D. 

Rev.  Rowland, 

100,  114. 

John, 

D. 

Juxon,  Archbishop, 

93- 

^Marguerite, 

D. 

John, 

90,  93- 

Mary, 

D. 

Mary, 

90,   93- 

Rosalie, 

D. 

William, 

90. 

Elizabeth, 

90. 

Macon,   Elizabeth, 

TOO. 

George  W., 

TOO. 

Kennedy,  , 

B. 

Gideon  H., 

TOO. 

Kennon  Family, 

147. 

T-rarrison, 

TOO. 

Elizabeth, 

I47»    148. 

John, 

TOO. 

Judith, 

147,   148. 

Martha, 

IOO,     IT  4. 

Martha, 

147,  148. 

Nathl., 

IOO,    TT4. 

Marv,      88,  133, 

144.  147,  155. 

Priscilla  J., 

IOO. 

Richard,  88,  133, 

144,  146.  147. 

Senora, 

TOO,    114- 

151,  154,  199. 

Maglenn,  Sadie, 

B. 

Sarah, 

147,  148. 

Mainwaring,  Agnes,  2, 

9,  33'  189. 

William, 

147,  taS. 

Family, 

33. 

Kent,  , 

D. 

Lineage, 

189. 

Kinsev  Family, 

34- 

Malcom,   Bessie    C, 

B. 

Margery, 

2,  9,  21,  34- 

Elizabeth, 

C. 

John, 

9- 

Margaret, 

60. 

Thomas, 

9,  21. 

Marsh,  Ethel, 

70. 

William, 

9- 

Martin.  C.  D., 

K,  ?8. 

Kirkman,  Fr., 

90. 

Hamilton, 

100. 

Kippax, 

141. 

James, 

C. 

Knotsford,  James, 

9- 

Laura, 

IOO. 

Jane, 

9- 

Macon, 

IOO. 

Knox,  William, 

127. 

N.  M., 

100,  114. 

Susannah, 

IOO. 

Ladd,  Anna  M., 

96,  99. 

,      William,       , 

100,   114. 

William,       ,  100,   IT4. 


212 


Index. 


Martin.  W.   E., 

W.   K., 
Mason,  Dorothea, 
Maryon,  T., 
McCaull,    P., 

McGill,  , 

McKee,  Bessie, 

John  B., 

I.   L., 

William  L., 
McTyeire,   Janie, 
Mecklenburg    Baskervills, 

Branch, 
Merritt,    Henry, 

Mary, 
Minge,  Anna, 

Anne, 

Benjamin, 

Collier,   H., 

David, 

Eliza, 

George, 

George  Hunt, 

James1,  S 

James2,  88,  96, 

James3, 

James4, 

James5, 

John, 

Judith  B., 

Martha, 
96,  97- 

Mary, 

Rebecca  J., 

Robert, 

Tabitha, 

Valentine, 


c 

100 
88,  15s.  157 

K,  59 
D 
E 
C 

c 
c 

c 

C,  61 

48 

A,  52 

116 

116 

96,  99 

96,  99 

96,    99 

96,   99 

96,  98 

96,   90 

96,    98 

96,  99 

88,  96,  97 

88,  96,  97,  199 

96,  98 

96 

96 

96,  98,   05 

96,   00 

2,  A,  48,  50.  88 


96 
96,  90 
96 
48,  52,  06 
Si,  88,  96.  97.  98 
Minge     and     Harrison    Families, 

97- 

Miles,  Elizabeth,  90,  94,  Q5 

John,  90,  95 

Mary,  95 

Sarah,  90,  94,  95 

Mills,  Adam,  oo 

Milnor.    Elizabeth    Juxon,  93 

Mitchell,  Peter,  100 

Moore,  , 

Bernard, 

Blanche, 

John  B., 

Mary  M., 

William  E.,  n 

Morrison,  ,  I7 

Mrs.  T.  W.,  50 

William   B.,  166 

T.  W.,  K 


Morton,  Bessie,  F. 

Emmett,  F. 

Martha,  F,  82. 

William  G.,  F. 

Munford,  Robert,  147. 

Murray,  Anne,  127. 

Cornelia,  127. 

Sir  David,  127. 

David,  130. 

Elizabeth,  127. 

Family,  127. 

James,  88,  127,  132,  133,  134, 
155. 

John,  127. 

Margaret,  88,  122,  123,  126, 
127,    155. 

Miss  Nickie,  129. 

Misses   Rebecca   and    Martha, 

77- 

Richard,  130. 

Sukey,  127. 

Table,  127. 
William,   Earl    of    Mansfield, 

128. 

William,  127. 

Mt.   Laurel,  82. 

Nautaquas,  171. 

Neblett,  C.  C,  B. 

Clem.  T.,  67. 

J.   T.,  B,  67. 

Nelson,  Hugh,  96,  99. 
Norvell,  Elizabeth,  A,  2,  50,  88,  96. 

Family  96. 

George,  96. 

Huefh,  A,  51,  96. 

William,  96. 

Nutall,  ,  100. 

Old  Withington,  1. 

Hall,  20. 

Present  condition,  201. 

Ooechancanough,  164,   168. 

Overby,  ,  H. 


Patton,  John  M., 
Payne.  S^llv, 
Petters,  Eliz. 
Peyton,  Baily, 
Pierce.   Tane, 

William, 
Plummer,  Hannah. 
Pocahontas.  88 

Portrait   of, 
"The  Pole," 
Porter,  Anne, 


76. 

F. 

90. 
113. 
155,  161. 
161. 
100. 
141,  155-167. 
174. 
lot. 
122. 


Index. 


213 


Powell,  F. 

Powhatan,            88,  141,  155,  167. 

Poythress,  Francis,  164,  109. 

Jane,  88,  155-164. 

Pulaski  Branch,  84. 


Quarles,  Catharine   P., 


A. 
A. 
A. 
A. 
A. 
116. 
133.  144- 
F,  83. 


Rabiou,  Anthony, 

Caroline, 

Charlotte, 

Lewis, 

Dr.  Thomas  S., 
Ragsdale,   Martha, 
Randolph,    Richard, 
Rawlins,  Mary  G., 
Rebecca,  see  Pocahontas. 
Redmayn,   Robert,  157-167. 

Read,  Sallie  Lewis,  C. 

Reed,  Isaac,  116. 

Priscilla.  116. 

Rees  ap  Griffith,  Prince  of  South 

Wales,  1. 

Reid,  Emma,  15. 

Reynolds.    ,  F. 

Henry,  H. 

Ricks,   ,  E. 

Frances,  J.,  68. 

Ridley,  Mary,  F. 

Rives,  Mary.    62,  88,  100,  106,  116. 


Robinson,  Thomas, 

127. 

Rolfe,  Bermuda, 

155- 

Dorothea, 

155- 

Edward, 

155- 

Elizabeth,                       155, 

161. 

Eustacius,              88,  151, 

155- 

Family, 

155. 

Jane,               88,  133,  141, 

155- 

John,          88,    141,    155, 

I57» 

163,  167,  109. 

Robert, 

155. 

Thomas,               88,    155, 

t6-?. 

Rollo.  Duke  of  Normandy, 

187. 

Roval,  Joseph, 

147. 

Ruffin,  Th.  B., 

T27. 

Sampson,  Alice  M.,  B. 

Scone,  128. 

Scott.  ; ,  D. 

Elizabeth   A.,  116. 

John  A.,  n6. 

Thomas,  116. 

William    C.  116. 

Second  Generation,  46. 

S hands,  Thoma--  96.  97. 

Sherwood,   William,  43. 


F, 


Shields,   Christina, 
Sims,    Elizabeth, 
Sinclair,  Elizabeth, 

Gilberta, 
Skelton,  E.  M.,        B.  F. 

Rebecca, 
Skipwith,  Cornelia, 

George, 
Smith,  Lester, 

Mary, 

Roger, 

Samuel, 

William, 
Somerville,  Susan, 

John, 

Speed,  , 

Spencer, , 

Stanard,   William   G., 
Stephens,  Hon.  A.  H., 
Stith,  Anne, 

Stover,  , 

Sturdivant,    Mrs.  Alice, 

William, 
Sydnor,    Alice, 


Tabb.  Edwin  L., 
Elizabeth, 
Humphrey, 

Talliaferro,  , 

Tarry,  Albin, 
Charles  H., 
Edward  R., 
Ethel  N., 
Elizabeth  A., 
Euphemia, 
George, 
George  P., 
Hamilton   B., 
Lucy, 
Lucy  D., 
Marv  E., 
Mary  H.. 
Nannie  G.. 
Samuel, 

Taylor,  John   H., 
Kate  A., 
Nannie. 

Tempest,  Richard, 

Tennessee  Branch. 

Third   Generation, 

Thornton.  John, 
Elizabeth, 

_      Roger, 

Tim<on.    ^amuel, 

Trabne.   Frances, 
Magdalene, 


98,    100. 

116. 

88,  132. 

127. 

,  88,  155. 

127. 

127. 

127. 

K. 

100. 

162. 

100. 

100,  113. 

100,  113. 

no. 

64. 

K. 

Preface. 

78. 

133. 

D. 
B,  71. 

K. 
116. 

57- 

A,  C,  54- 

56. 

D. 

F. 

F. 

F. 

F. 

F. 

F. 

F,  82. 

F,  81. 

F. 

F. 

F. 

F. 

F,  8^. 

F. 

F. 

100. 

C 

127. 

134. 

60. 

47,   52r 

106. 

132,  136. 

136. 

00,  93,  95 

A. 

49- 


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Index. 


Trabue,   Dr.  William  B., 

A. 

Watkins,  Thos,  A., 

H. 

Turnbull,  Bettie, 

1  100. 

William, 

H. 

Charles, 

100. 

Virginia, 

H. 

Irene, 

100. 

Waverly. 

49,  63,  66. 

John, 

100. 

Webb,  Lewis, 

77- 

Willie, 

100. 

Welch,  Charlotte, 

C. 

Turner,  Dinky, 

G. 

Welden,  Daniel, 

100,  106. 

Emma, 

G. 

White,  Joseph, 

A,  45,  95- 

George, 

G. 

Mar  j', 

A. 

James, 

G. 

Whittle    Conway    D., 

127. 

Marv, 

G. 

Fortescue, 

127. 

Mary  V., 

G, 

69,  82. 

Bp.  Francis   M.f 

127. 

Sallie, 

G. 

James  M., 

127. 

Thomas.       B, 

G,  66, 

60,  100 

John  S., 

127. 

Tyler,  Dr.  L.   G., 

Preface,  96. 

Lewis  N., 

127. 

Powhatan  B., 

127. 

Varina, 

161. 

William   C, 

127. 

Venable,  , 

F. 

S.  Decatur, 

127. 

Virginia,    Early   Conditions,      179. 

William    the   Conquerei 

14- 

Williams,  , 

B,  66,  68. 

Walker,  Freeman, 

96. 

Henrv, 

113. 

George, 

96. 

Willis,  Elizabeth. 

B,  66,  68. 

Robert, 

96. 

Willie,  Rev.  William, 

49. 

Valentine, 

96. 

Wilson,  , 

K. 

Wvatt, 

96. 

Winnington,  Emma, 

9,  34,  191- 

Wall,  Warren, 

C. 

Family, 

34- 

Walton,  John, 

100. 

John, 

9- 

Timothy, 

100. 

Lineage, 

IQI. 

Ward.  Martha, 

127. 

Womack,  . 

H. 

Warlick,  D.  W., 

K. 

Worsham,  Charles. 

151. 

Fannie  F., 

K. 

Elizabeth,     88,   147 

,   148.   151. 

George  H., 

K. 

George, 

151. 

Jessie  D., 

K. 

John, 

151- 

Washington,  Prest 

.  Geo., 

too,  114- 

Joseph, 

151. 

Watkins,   Charles 

B., 

H. 

Marv, 

151. 

Elizabeth   C, 

H. 

William,       88.    148 

.    150,   151. 

Ellen, 

H. 

Wrisrht,  Alonzo, 

D. 

Henrietta, 

H. 

Kate, 

D. 

Henry  J., 

H. 

Jennie, 

D. 

Isabella, 

H. 

Mary, 

D. 

John    S.. 

H. 

Wyatt,   Capt.  Edward, 

98. 

Julia, 

H. 

Wysor.  , 

D. 

Lelia, 

E. 

Yates.  Edward, 

127. 

Lucy, 

H. 

Susan, 

127. 

Mary  C, 

H. 

R.  V., 

B,  H 

,  74,  78. 

Young.  Anna, 

F,  82. 

Mrs.  Sallie  A. 

F,  82. 

Sallie, 

B. 

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