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NOTES.

By Dr. R. A. Brock.

Note 1. Curls Church.—Though the orthography Curls
appears to have quite generally obtained at the period of the
text, and is, we are led to conclude, the only usage at the
present time, it is obviously incorrect; the derivation being
undoubtedly from the Virginia family name of Curle, to
members of which, grants of land, extending over a period of
one hundred years, may be found recorded in the books of
the State Land Registry Office. A prominent representative
of the family was the patriot Wilson Roscow Curle, of the
Revolutionary era.

The church was situated on the north side of James river,
distant some eight or nine mile below the city of Richmond.
Bishop Meade terms it "the Four Mile Creek, or Curls
Church," and erroneously, [as is patent from the text,] gives
the time of its erection as 1748. He bases his conclusion
upon the following extract from a letter bearing date that
year, from Richard Randolph of Curls, to his son Richard:
"Pray assist Wilkinson all you can in getting the church
finished, and get the shells that will be wanted carted before
the roads get bad. The joiner can inform you what shells I
have at the Falls; if more are wanted you must get them."[82]

The Randolphs frequently undertook building. It is said
that William Randolph, of Turkey Island, the first of the
name in the Colony of Virginia, laid the foundations of the
wealth and importance of his family, from the profits acquired
in "building barns."[83] One account states that he
landed in the Colony of Virginia with a "broad-axe upon his
shoulder."[84] Col. Richard Randolph contracted, in 1739, to
build the church at Richmond, agreeing to complete it by the
10th of June, 1741. It is not likely that it was so late as
1748 in being finished. At a meeting of the parish vestry,
held October the 2d, 1742, a meeting of the Vestry was
agreed upon, to be held at Curls Church in November following,
to treat with undertakers for building a Chapel at Deep
Run, and an appropriation was made towards the same of
10,000 lbs. of tobacco. This was, in all probability, the
Church mentioned in the letter above quoted from. In May,
1826, Dr. John Adams presented to the Vestry of St. John's
Church, Richmond, the baptismal font which had been used
at Curls Church.[85] It is of white marble, and is in perfect
preservation. Curls Church was demolished within the past
twenty years.

Note 2. Col. Richard Randolph of Curls, the son of Wm.
Randoph of Turkey Island, was the grandfather of that meteoric,
though most erratic genius, John Randolph of Roanoke.
He married Jane, the daughter of John Bolling of
Cobbs, who was the great-grandson of Pocahontas, his mother
being Jane, the daughter of Thomas Rolph, or Rolfe, hence

the royal aboriginal descent so much vaunted by these families.
Richard Randolph was a member of the House of
Burgesses from Henrico, in 1740, and succeeded his brother
William as Treasurer of the Colony. He died in England,
December 17th, 1748, in the 58th year of his age. His
widow died March 4th, 1766, aged 62 years.

Mss. Mem. Book of John Randolph of Roanoke.

Note 3. Thomas Jefferson.—The ancestors of the Jefferson
family in Virginia are said to have emigrated from near
Mount Snowden, in Wales. They were among the first settlers
of the Colony. The name, Jefferson, appears as the
representative from Fleur de Hundred, in the Colonial Assembly,
which, by order of Governor Yeardly, was convened
in the choir of the Church at Jamestown, on the 30th of July,
1619. This was the first legislative body of Europeans, [so
far as our historical records exhibit,] that ever assembled in
the New World. The first Jefferson of whom any definite
accounts are preserved, was Thomas Jefferson, who resided at
Osborne's, on James River, in the now county of Chesterfield,
which was formed from Henrico in 1748. He occupied
a respectable social station, and was possessed of a competency.
His children were three in number—sons: Thomas,
of the text, [who died in year 1731, his brother Peter
being his executor,] Field and Peter, the father of President
Jefferson, who was born February, 1708, and married, in
1738, Jane, the daughter of Isham Randolph, of Dungeress,
in Goochland county. Peter Jefferson, though he enjoyed
but few advantages of early education, was a man of vigorous
intellect. Having adopted the profession of a surveyor,
by continuous application he had made himself so proficient

in his calling, that he was chosen, in connection with Joshua
Fry, Professor of Mathematics in William and Mary College,
to continue the boundary line between Virginia and North
Carolina, and afterwards assisted Mr. Fry in preparing a
map of the Colony of Virginia. Peter Jefferson was one of
the first settlers, [about the year 1737,] of that portion of
the county of Goochland which now forms that of Albemarle
—the latter being formed in 1744. Goochland itself was
carved from Henrico, in 1727. Peter Jefferson was a man
of extraordinary physical strength; he could "head up," that
is raise from their sides to an upright position, at once, two
hogsheads of tobacco weighing near a thousand pounds each.
He died in 1757, leaving a widow, [who survived until
1776,] with six daughters and two sons, of whom Thomas,
then fourteen years of age, was the elder.

Randall's Jefferson, vol. 1, pp. 5, 6. Campbtll's Va., p. 604,
and the text.

Note 4. Parish Levies.—By enactment, the sheriffs of
the county, or an appointment of one of their number by respective
parish vestries, was required to collect the public
and parish levies, giving bond and security for the faithful
performance of his duties. The assessments were made for
loose tobacco, and for every hundred pounds paid in hogshead,
an allowance of eight per cent. was made for the hogshead
or "cask." The collector was empowered to distrain
for failure or delay in payment. Each parish was required
to support its own paupers, and the inhabitants of one parish
were forbidden, under a penalty, to entertain, hire or employ
any tithable person from another parish, unless he or she
could produce a receipt from the collector of the parish from

whence removing, for the taxes for the preceding year. All
vagrants were adjudged "rogues and vagabonds," and were
bound out for one year, if a hirer could be found. But if of
such evil repute that no one would receive them, the County
Court was empowered to order them "thirty-nine lashes on
the bare back, well laid on, at the whipping-post, and then
discharged." They were liable, however, to re-arrest and
repeated punishment. Vagrants and paupers were authorized
to be returned to the parishes of which they had last
been resident. The Church Wardens were empowered to
bind out, to the age of maturity, the children of such persons
as were deemed incapable of supporting or bringing
them up in "honest courses."

Hening's Statutes, vol. III, p. 264; vol. VI, pp. 29, 32.

Note 5. Joseph Mayo emigrated from the Island of Barbadoes,
to Virginia, about the year 1727.[86] He was a merchant,
and from the text, appears to have also followed surveying.
His residence was Powhatan, the location of which
is well authenticated as a residence of the aboriginal potentate
of this name.[87] It is about a half mile below Richmond,
and lies "to the south of the road which runs parallel
with the river, and on a verge of the second bank, or
upper level of alluvium, some forty feet above the lower.
The ground falls abruptly on the front or river side, and
more gradually on the other quarters. On the east, the
deep channel of a brook separates it from the most commanding
point of the upland." Immediately on the selection of

Jamestown for the seat of the Colony, "Newport, Smith and
twentie others were sent to discover the head of the river.
By divers small habitations they passed, in six days they arrived
at a town called Powhatan, consisting of some twelve
houses, pleasantly seated on a hill; before it three fertile
isles; about it many of their corne-fields; the place is very
pleasant, and strong by nature—of this place the prince is
called Powhatan, and the people Powhatans—to this place
the river is navigable; but higher, within a myle, by reason
of the Rockes and Isles, there is not passage for a small
Boat; this they call the Falles."[88] "A granite boulder, about
a ton in weight, is pointed out as `Powhatan's Tombstone,' "
but there is no evidence justifying the designation. It
bears many traces of rude carving. A row of symmetrical
holes, an inch or more deep, runs along the top. On the
sloping side, are graven marks of the shape of a child's and
an adult's foot, a horse-shoe, and others less distinguishable.
These are obviously of far greater age than other cuttings on
the same surface, which are dated 1741, and which give in
two or three places, the initial M., of the family in possession:
Mayo."[89] In a narrative of "Capt. Newport's discoveries,
Virginia," May 21st, 1607, Powhatan is thus described:
"We came to the second inlet described in the ryver; over
against on Popham syde, in the habitatyon of the greate
Kyng Pawatah [one of the early modes of spelling Powhatan,]
which I call Pawatah's Tower. It is scituat upon a
highe hill by the water syde; a playne between it and the
water, twelve score over, whereon he sowes his wheate, beane,
peaze, tobacco, pompions, gowrds, hempe, flaxe, &c.; and
were any art used to the naturall state of this place it would
be a goodly habitatyon."[90] The brother of Joseph Mayo,
Major William Mayo, is supposed to have settled in the
Colony about the same time. He accompanied, as one of
the surveyors, in the years 1728-9, the commission which ran
the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina, so
racily chronicled in the Westover Mss. He also, in 1737,
laid off for Col. William Byrd, [the second of the name,]
the town of Richmond. The brothers were the ancestors of
the present very respectable family of Mayo in Virginia.
Col. Wm. Mayo, Jr., of Pawhatan, served in the State line
during the revolution, and was a member of the House of
Delegates in 1780.

The late Hon. Joseph Mayo, for a long series of years
Mayor of Richmond, a worthy representative of this family,
compiled, we have been informed, a genealogy which connected
with the Mayos of England. It is to be hoped that
it will be made public; the editor craves the privilege of
copying.

Note 6. Processioning.—By Statute, every fourth year,
between the last day of September and the last day of March
following, the bounds of every person's land were required
to be processioned, or "gone round," and the land-marks renewed.
Such marks being made by chopping the trees. The
parishes were divided into precincts, and free-holders, at
least two to every precinct, appointed to perform such duty.

They were required to make a return, in writing, to the
parish vestry of the result of their action. It was "Provided
always, That the processioning and settling the bounds
of any lands belonging to any person being within the age of
one and twenty years, feme covert, non compos mentis, imprisoned
or out of the Colony, shall not be conclusive to such
person until after the expiration of six years from and after
the said severall capacitys shall be removed and determined."

Hening's Statutes, vol. III, pp. 327-8.

Note 7. Field Jefferson, the brother of Thomas and
Peter Jefferson, who died young and unmarried.

Note 8. William Randolph was the second of the name,
of Turkey Island, where he is buried. He married Eliza
Beverley, of Gloucester county. Had issue: Beverly, of
Turkey Island; Peter, of Chatsworth, and William, of Wilton.
The following is the inscription upon his monument:

Here lieth the Honorable
William Randolph, Esquire, Eldest Son
of Colo. William Randolph, of this place,
and of Mary, his wife,
who was of the antient and eminent family
of the Ishams, of Northamptonshire.
Having been introduced early into Business,
and passed thro' many of the inferior offices of Government,
with great reputation & eminent capacity,
He was at last,
By his Majesty's happy choice,
and the universal approbation of his country,
advanced to the Council.
His experience in Men & Business,
The native gravity & dignity
of his Person & Behaviour,
his attachments to the Interests of his Country,

knowledge of the laws in general,
and of the laws and Constitution
of this Colony in particular,
his Integrity above all calumny or suspicion,
the acuteness of his parts,
and the extensiveness of his genius,
Together with that solidity of Sense and judgment
which were predominant in all he said or did,
Rendered him not only equal,
but an ornament to the high office he bore,
and made him universally lament'd
as a most able & impartial Judge,
and an upright magistrate
in all other respects.
Neither was he less conspicuous
for a certain majestic plainness
of Sense and Honour, which carried him
through all parts of private life
with equal dignity and reputation,
and deservedly obtained him the character
of a just and good man
in all the several duties & relations of Life.

   

Natus, Mortuus,	Nov., 1681.
Natus, Mortuus,	Oct. 19, 1742.

The following in relation to the origin of the designation,
Turkey Island, we hope may not be thought uninteresting.
It is extracted from a quaint tract: "A relatyon of the
discovery of our river (James) from James Forke into
the Maine; made by Capt. Christopher Newport, and
sincerely written and observed by a gentleman of the
Colony." (State paper office America and the West Indies.)
The author of which has recently been determined,
upon proofs adduced by Prof. William Green, LL. D.,
Richmond, Va., to have been Capt. Gabriel Archer. On

Thursday, May 21st, 1607, (Campbell, Hist. of Va., gives
the date as June 4th,) Capt. Christopher Newport "having
fitted our shallop with provision"—"tooke five gentlemen,
four maryners, and fourteen saylors; (the names are all
given, Smith mentions only himself, Newport and twentie
others,) with whom he proceeded, with a perfect resolutyon
not to returne; but either to find the head of this ryver, the
laake mentyoned by others heretofore, the sea againe, the
mountynes Apalatsi, (Appalachian, modern,) or some issue."
Having narrated a voyage of thirteen miles, the account proceeds
as follows: "May 22, Friday. Omitting no tyme, we
passed up some sixteen myle further." [By recent measurement,
the distance from City Point, near which is Turkey
Island, to Newport News, (properly and originally Newport
Nuce,) has been ascertained to be thirty miles, and to Jamestown,
forty miles,] where wee found an ilet, on which were
many turkeys, and greate store of young byrdes like black
birdes; whereof we took dyvers, which we brake our fast
with all," "the ryver skants of his breadth two mile before
we come to the ilet mentyoned, (which I call Turkey Ile.")

Archeologia Americana—Trans. Am. Ant. Soc., Vol. IV.
pp. 41-2.

Note 9. John Bolling, of Cobbs, the son of Robert Bolling,
(son of John and Mary Bolling, of Bolling Hall, who
lived in the parish of All-halloway, or Allhallows, Barkin
Parish, Town street, London, the first of the name who settled
in Va.," born Dec. 26th, 1646, arrived in Va. Oct. 2d,
1660,) and Jane Rolfe, the grand-daughter of Pocahontas,
was born Jan. 27th, 1676, and died April 10th, 1729. He

devoted himself to commence and amassed a large fortune.[91]
His daughter Jane, married the first Richard Randolph of
Curles.

Mr. John Bolling, Surveyor, is mentioned in 1704.[92]

Note 10. The Rev. James Keith.—The Rev. Mr. Keith
removed to Maryland in 1735[93] —doubtless him of the text.
The name is a prominent one now, not only in that State, but
also in Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Note 11. The Rev. David Mossom was born in London,
Mch. 25th, 1690, and died Jan. 4th, 1767. He was the
Rector of St. Peter's Church, New Kent Co., Va., for a
period of forty years preceding his death. A beautiful marble
tablet in the wall, on the right hand side of the pulpit,
did record his virtues. "He officiated at the nuptials of General
Washington, at the White House, a few miles from St.
Peter's Church."[94] This venerable place of worship was the
victim of the vandalism of the Federal troops during the late
war, its associations with the memory of the Father of his
Country finding no responsive chord in the breasts of those
zealous patriots, to stay their vengeful hands. "The Church
itself was broken and battered, and rendered wholly unfit for
use. The old massive stone font, in which the children of
two centuries had been baptized, was broken and scattered in
fragments over the floor. The chancel was torn down, the
pulpit and desk broken and defaced, and not a sash was left
in the windows."[95] The monument to Mr. Mosson was also

destroyed—nought but fragments remaining. The parishoners
lately appealed to the public for contributions to aid
them to so far repair the old church, that divine service might
be resumed within its hallowed halls.

Note 12. Darby Enroughty.—The locality, Darbytown,
situate a few miles below Richmond, owes its designation to
its having been at one time almost exclusively peopled by
those bearing the name Darby or Enroughty. It being a remarkable
fact that the two names, in common parlance among
them, are regarded as synonymous and interchangeable. The
first, Darby, obtaining prevalence because of its brevity and
easier pronunciation. (It is claimed, and with apparent reason,
that the name was originally Derby, which among the
lower English classes is even now pronounced, as by those
simple people.) Those of them, however, who are able to
write their names, (in doing so,) generally use that of Enroughty—which
name indeed a majority of them affix to
legal instruments.

We venture the highly probable conjecture that the individual
above was the progentor of this humble, honest and
simple family. His neighbors and succeeding generations,
with a wayward ruthlessness which is constantly repeating
itself in matters of popular designation, adopting the cognomen
which least taxed their linguistic skill.

Note 13. Isaac Winston.—The Winstons of Virginia are
said to be descended from the ancient and honorable family
of that name in England. Four of the name emigrated from
Yorkshire, England, some time previous to the year 1710.
Three brothers—Isaac, of the text, William Essex and James,
and a cousin, Pleasant Winston. They were of the Society of

Friends, and left England to enjoy freedom of religious
opinion.

1. Isaac,1 resided first in Henrico and afterwards in Hanover
County, Va. He married Sarah —.

They had issue:

2. I. Anthony.2

3. II. William.2

4. III. Mary2 m. John Coles.

5. IV. Sarah2 m. first, Col. John Syme, second, Col. John
Henry.

2. Anthony,2 (Isaac,1) b. Sept. 29th, 1723; m. Feb. 27th,
1747, Alice, (b. May 21st, 1730,) daughter of James and
Alice Taylor, of Caroline Co., Va.

They had issuse:

I. Sarah, b. Feb. 9th, 1748, died unmarried.

6. II. Anthony, b. Nov. 25th, 1750, m. Mch. 11th, 1776,
Kezia Jones.

7. III. Alice, b. Mch. 20th, 1753, m. her cousin, Judge
Edmund Winston, d. Feb., 1784.

IV. Martha, b. June 3d, 1759, m. Charles Woodson, of
Buckingham Co.

6. Anthony3 (Anthony,2 Isaac,1) removed to Buckingham
County, near the "New Store," in 1771; m. Mch. 11th,
1776, Kesia, (b. Feb. 1760,) daughter of John and Elizabeth
(Walker) Jones, from Wales. Anthony Winston was a
Member both of the House of Burgesses and the patriot
Virginia Convention of 1775, from the County of Buckingham.
He was also a Captain in the Army of the Revolution,
and a gallant officer. He was the purchaser of Peter
Francisco, famous for his feats of valor and strength, whom
he released from slavery to allow to enlist in the patriotic
army. He was sheriff of Buckingham County for a long
series of years. He removed to Davidson Co., Tenn., in the
autumn of 1801.

Anthony and Kezia had issue:

I. Anthony, b. Dec. 5th, 1782.

II. John Jones, b. May 31st, 1785.

III. Edmund, b. May, 2d, 1787, died in childhood.

8. IV. William, b. Mch. 24th, 1789, d. 1859.

9. V. AliceTaylor, b. Dec. 21st, 1790, m. John, son of
John Pettus, of Fluvania Co., Va. His sister, Mrs. Shelton
Burgess, was living May, 1871, in her 80th year, with
her son John, near Bremo Bluff, Fluvanna Co.

VI. Joel Walker, b. Dec. 6th, 1792.

VII. Isaac, b. Jan. 22d, 1795.

VIII. Mary Walker, b. Nov. 6th, 1796, m. Jesse Jones

IX. Betsy, b. Sept. 15th, 1798, d. an infant.

X. Edmund, (second of the name,) b. June 15th, 1801,
d. since the late war.

XI. Thomas, b. May 3d, 1804, settled in Davidson Co.,
Tenn.

In 1811 or '12, all of the children of Anthony and Kezia
Winston, excepting the two youngest (who remained with
their parents in Tennessee,) removed to that locality of Mississippi
Territory, which now constitutes Madison County,
Alabama.

"In 1813, when the war with the Creek nation commenced,
a family council was held in Madison County, to
determine which one of the seven brothers, and brothers-inlaw
should be selected to remain and protect all the families,"
whilst the other six "went to the war." "Wm. Winston
was selected on account of his firmness and prudence to protect
the young families." The wives as well as their husbands
were in the Council. "John Jones Winston was a

Captain, and his eldest brother, Anthony, a Lieutenant in his
company—the other five served in the ranks." General
Jackson "was the personal friend of all these young men,"
and bore cheerful testimony to the gallantry of each.

10. John Anthony Winston,5 son of (William4 Anthony,3 Anthony,2 Isaac,1) d. Dec. 22d, 1871. He represented
Sumpter Co., Ala., for many years in the General Assembly
as Representative or Senator. He was Colonel of the —
Ala. Regt., Volunteer Infantry, during the Mexican war; for
two terms Governor of Alabama; President of the State
Senate; Colonel Eighth Alabama Infantry, during the late
war, participating in the battles fought on Virginia soil. He
was elected United States Senator in 1866, but was not allowed
to take his seat. He is described as having possessed
an "unbending will" and a vigorous intellect. His style of
speech was "bold and incisive." He was never called an
orator, but as a debater, he had few, if any, equals in the
State. His personal courage was undoubted. He was as he
represented his family as being: "very tolerant in matters of
religious faith."

11. John Jones Pettus,5 son of (John and Alice Taylor,4
Pettus, Anthony Winston,3 Anthony,2 Isaac,1) was educated
for the bar, but preferred planting. He was for many years
before the late war a Member of the Mississippi Legislature
in both of its branches. He was twice Governor of that
State.

Edmund Winston Pettus, brother of the preceding, was
Solicitor for the State of Alabama for eight years; Judge of
the Circuit Court of the State; Major and Lieutenant Colonel
20th Regiment Alabama Infantry, and Brigadier-General
Confederate States Army during the late war. He was a
gallant and efficient officer, and received the encomiums of his
superior officers. He is now a distinguished practitioner of
law in Selma, Ala.

12. William Winston,2 son of (Isaac,1) was called Langaloo
William. "He was a great hunter; had a quarter in Bedford
or Albemarle County; spent half the year there hunting
deer. He was fond of the Indians, and dressed like
them, and was a favorite with them. An amour with the
daughter of an Indian Chief, who was engaged to another
Chief, involved him in difficulties with the savages. They
besieged him in a log fort for a week. He defended himself
with the aid of three negroes with rifles. Tom, one of the
negroes, stood guard every night; at length the favorite
squaw went out and made peace between the belligerents.
Langaloo William was a great Indian fighter."[96] He was
endowed with those impassioned powers of natural and all-prevailing
oratory, which rendered his nephew, Patrick Henry,
the patriot, immortal. Wirt, in his life of the latter,
quotes the following anecdote from a correspondent—Wm.
Pope: "I have often heard my father, who was intimately acquainted
with this William Winston, say, that he was the
greatest orator he ever heard—Patrick Henry excepted. That
during the last French and Indian war, and soon after Braddock's
defeat, when the militia were marched to the frontiers
of Virginia against the Indians, this William Winston was a
Lieutenant of a company. That the men who were indifferently
clothed, without tents, and exposed to the rigor and
inclemency of the weather, discovered great aversion to the
service, and were anxious and were clamorous to return to
their families; when William Winston mounting a stump
(the common rostrum of the field orator of Virginia,) and
addressed them with keenness of invective, and declaimed
with such force of eloquence on liberty and patriotism, that
when he concluded, the general cry was `Let us march on;
lead us against the enemy!' and they were now willing, nay
anxious, to encounter all those difficulties and dangers which
but a few minutes before had almost produced mutiny."

William Winston2 had issue:

I. Elizabeth, a beauty, m. Peter Fontaine.

II. Frances, m. Dr. Walker.

III. Edmund, State Judge, m. first, his cousin, (Alice,3
daughter of Anthony,2 Isaac,1) died in 1813, in the fifth
score year of his age; second, Dolly, (Dandridge) the widow
of Patrick Henry.

Issue by the first marriage:

I. George m. Dolly, daughter of Patrick Henry.

Issue, five sons who removed to the State of Missouri, and
two daughters, one of whom Elvira, m. Dr. Charles Dandridge.
"She was a poetical genius, and corresponded with
Maria Edgeworth."

II. Edmund m.

III. m. Dr. George Cabell, of Campbell Co.

IV. Alice m. Frederick A. Cabell.

13. Winston,4 daughter of (Judge Edmund3
and Alice, William,2 Anthony,2 Isaac,1) m. Dr. George Cabell,
of Campbell Co.

Had issue:

I. Marian F. m. Landon R. Cabell.

II. Edmund Winston.

III. George K. m. Eliza V. —.

IV. John B. m. Martha B. —.

V. William L. m. Eliza —.

VI. Paulina J. Cabell m. Alexander S. Henry.

VII. Alice Winston m. Walter C. Carrington.

Alice,4 daughter of Judge Edmund3 and Alice3 Winston,
m. Frederick A. Cabell. Issue:

I. m. Dr. John Horsley.

II. m. John W. Mosby, uncle of Col. John S. Mosby,
Partisan during the late war.

III. Frederick M. m. Coleman.

IV. Edmund Winston m. Lucy Galt.

V. Clifford, M. D., m. Anthony.

VI. Lewis Warrington m. Perkins.

5. Sarah Winston2 (Isaac1) m. first, Colonel John Syme,
Member H. of Burgesses, and of the Virginia Convention of

1775. Col. in the Rev. Issue: Sarah3 m. Samuel Jordan
Cabell, Lieutenant-Colonel Revolution M. O. C. 1795. 1803.
Sarah Syme2 m. second, Col. John Henry, H. of Burgesses,
prepared a map of Virginia. Issue:

I. Colonel William, Member of Virginia Assembly, from
Fluvanna Co.

II. Patrick (the orator) m. Dolly Dandridge.

III. Lucy m. Valentine Wood.

IV. Jane m. Colonel Samuel Meredith, of Hanover Co.

14. Geddes,2 son of (William Essex Winston,1) died June
9th, 1784, and is buried in St. John's Church yard, Richmond.
His wife also lies there.

They had issue:

I. Rebecca m. Dr. Wm. Radford.

II. Mary m. Rev. John D. Blair.

III. Samuel Jordan d. unmarried.

IV. Margaret m. Dr. John Adams.

V. Julia m. Dr. John Shore.

VI. Sarah m. Thomas Rutherfoord, of Richmond; enterprising
and wealthy merchant and miller, who owned lots in
every quarter of the city, which he had purchased during
the period of real estate fever which prevailed directly after
the war of 1812.

I. Colonel John, Lieutenant-Governor and Acting Governor
of Virginia, 1841, d. 1870; m. Emily Ann Coles, who
died August 26th, 1871. Issue: John Coles—House of
Delegates, from Goochland County, for several years; Emily
Ann m. January 24th, 1853, Patrick Henry, son of Philip
Aylett—of King William County, a grand-son of Patrick
Henry—who lost his life by the calamity of the falling of the
floor in the Richmond Capitol, April 27th, 1870.

II. William.

III. Samuel Jordan.

IV. Alexander.

V. Thomas m. first, Josephine Sims; second, Sarah,
daughter of Spotswood Wingfield.

VI. Gustavus.

VII. Jane m. Hodijah Meade.

VIII. Sarah m. Wm. B. Randolph, of Chatsworth.

IX. Martha m. Garland Tinsley, of Hanover Co.

15. Dr. John and Margaret (Winston) Adams,3 (Geddes,2
William Essex1) had issue:

I. Mary m. Dr. John Minge.

II. Eliza m. John Heron.

III. Margaret m. first, Charles Pickett, second, Colonel
George Mayo Carrington, of Richmond.

IV. Martha m. Burwell Moseley, of Norfolk.

V. Louisa m. Dr. Richard A. Carrington.

VI. Elvira m. David Minge.

VII. Richard m. Carter Harrison.

VIII. John m. —.

4. Mary2 (Isaac1) m. Major John Coles, a native of Ireland.
He was an early settler of Richmond, where he was
engaged in merchandizing. A small frame building recently
demolished, (1871) situated on Twenty-second, between
Broad and Marshall streets, was pointed out as having been
his residence. Many of the timbers, though more than a
century old, were in a perfect state of preservation. Major
John Coles was buried beneath the old Church at Richmond,
the floors of which being removed in 1857, to replace the
joists which were in a decayed condition, a metallic plate,
bearing his name, was found. It was, however, so much
corroded that it fell to pieces.

John and Mary Coles had issue: Four sons and five
daughters, of whom—

I. Walter m. Lightfoot, of Sandy Point. Issue: Mildred
m. Judge Paul Carrington, the younger.

II. John settled in Albemarle, m. Rebecca, daughter of
Henry Tucker. Issue:

I. Mary m. Carter, of Redlands.

II. Rebecca m. John Singleton, of S. C.

III. m. Hon. Andrew Stevenson.

IV. Elizabeth.

V. Walter.

VI. Edward. First Governor of Illinois, m. first, Lightfoot.
Issue: Isaac Coles.

VII. Emily Ann m. Col. John Rutherfoord.

VIII. Tucker.

IX. John.

X. Colonel Isaac m. Catharine Thompson, of New York,
a sister of whom married Elbridge Gerry in 1790.

Colonel Isaac and Catharine (Thompson) Coles had issue:

I. Walter.

II. Thompson.

III. John.

IV. Robert.

V. Jacob.

VI. Catharine m. Baldwin, son of Philip Payne.

VII. Mary m. James M. Whittle.

The late George Winston, of Richmond, is supposed to
have been a descendant of Pleasant Winston, one of the
original emigrants—the connecting links cannot, however, be
stated by his family.

His children were:

I. James.

II. Pleasants, now residing in Missouri. (He makes claim
to a portion of the Chimborazo property of Richmond,
which was the site of a Confederate Hospital during the late
war.)

III. Virginia J. m. W. F. Butler; d. Nov. 22d, 1872, in
her 57th year.

The descendants of James Winston1 in Hanover, Caroline,
Louisa, and Goochland Counties, have long filled offices of
local trust, clerks, sheriffs, &c. Mr. Wm. Winston was Lieutenant
and Adjutant of Lee's Legion of Cavalry during the
Revolution.

The names of John and Benjamin Winston are among the

list of officers pensioned by the State of Virginia for service
during the Revolution.

"Joseph Winston, born in Virginia, 1746; d. near Germantown,
N. C., 1814. He joined a company of rangers in
1760; was twice wounded in an Indian fight on the Greenbrier;
was pensioned by the Legislature for his gallantry;
removed to Stokes Sounty, N. C., 1766; was its representative
1775-6, and was appointed a Major; was in several
fights victorious, and for his bravery at King's Mountain,
where he commanded the right wing, had a sword voted him
by the Legislature. Commissioner to Cherokee Indians,
with whom a treaty was made in 1777; first Senator from
Stokes County, in 1791; and Member of Legislature repeatedly
until 1812; M. C. 1793-5 and 1803-7. His son,
General Joseph, d. in Platte County, Mo., Mch. 24th, 1810,
aged 52. He filled an important position in Stokes County,
N. C.; served in the war 1812; was for many years in the
State Legislature, and was a Major-General of Militia.—
Drake's Dic. Am. Biog.

We take this occasion to express our indebtedness for valuable
information embodied in the preceding note, which was
rendered us with a prompt heartiness, by the late Hon. John
Anthony Winston, of Mobile, and General Edmund Winston
Pettus, of Selma, Ala.; whose action is the more highly appreciated,
because they were the sole representatives of the
Winston Family, from whom we received any manner of assistance—the
remainder of our many applications having
been entirely neglected, or met with unpardonable rudeness.

Our office may have been an unimportant one; it has surely
been as thankless as it has been gratuitous.

Note 14. The Reverend Wm. Stith was the son of William
Stith and Mary, the daughter of William Randolph, of
Turkey Island.

The issue of William and Mary Stith, was:

I. William, b. 1789; m. Judith, daughter of Thomas Randolph,
of Tuckahoe; d. 1755. Issue: Mary, died unmarried.

II. John, of Charles City County, Va.

III. Mary m. Commissary William Dawson, of William
and Mary College, Va.

Issue:

A son who m. Johnson, of North Carolina, whose
son, William Johnson Dawson, was a Member of Congress
1793-5, from N. C.[97]

"On the death of her husband, Mrs. Stith, at the instance
of her brother, Sir John Randolph, removed to Williamsburg,
and placed her son (William) in the grammar-school
attached to the College of William and Mary, where he pursued
his academic studies, and graduated. His theological
studies were completed in England, where he was ordained a
Minister of the Episcopal Church. On his return to
Virginia, in the year 1731, he was elected Master of the
Grammar-school in the College, and Chaplain to the House
of Burgesses."[98] On the 16th of July, 1736, he was installed
as Rector of Henrico Parish. At the Glebe House,
of which at Varina, he wrote his history of Virginia. In
August, 1752, he was elected President of William and Mary
College, to which he removed, and over which he presided
until his death in 1755.

Note 15. Peter Randolph, of Chatsworth, was the second
son of the second William Randolph, of Turkey Island. He
married Lucy, daughter of Robert Bolling, of Bollingbrook.

He was Clerk of the House of Burgesses, and Attorney-General
of Virginia. Later, a Judge of the State Court.
His portrait is at "Shirley," on James River.

Note 16. Beverley Randolph, of Turkey Island, was the
first son of Wm. Randolph. He married Miss Lightfoot, of
Sandy Point, and had no issue.

Note 17. Major John Coles.—Vide Note 13.

Note 18. Richard Randolph, Jr., Member of the House
of Burgesses, 1769; son of the first Richard, of Curles, married
Ann, daughter of David Meade, of Nansemond County.
They had issue:

I. Richard married Maria Beverly, of Blandford.

II. David Meade, b. 1769, d. September 22d, 1830; Col.
of cavalry in the Revolution; m. Mary Randolph, of Tuckahoe.
He was appointed Marshal of Virginia by Washington,
which office he held until the Presidency of Mr. Jefferson
when, being a Federal in politics, he was displaced. The
Colonel and his lady were a jovial couple, and dispensed a
generous and hearty hospitality. Their residence at Richmond
was the commodious one now known as Allan's, (the
present owner being the widow of the late John Allan, Esq.,
commonly termed "Jock," the patron of Edgar Allan Poe,)
situated at the corner of Fifth and Main streets—the
grounds of which extended to Sixth street. A frequent
guest, Mr. Edmund W. Rootes, a prominent merchant of
that day, of skillful rhyming capacity, of a highly facetious
order, dubbed the Randolph mansion Moldavia, thus ingeniously
uniting the christian names of host and hostess.[99]
"A letter from Hickory Cornhill, Esq., to his friends in the
Country," humorously and graphically depicting in rhyme,
the follies and vices of fashionable society of the beginning
of the present century, when card playing, to which both
sexes were addicted, was a feature of every social gathering,
and the costumes were as ludicrous as they were indecent,
is attributed to Mr. Rootes; claim, however, has also been

laid for it, for both the accomplished William Wirt, and the
learned St. George Tucker, the elder. We cannot decide
the question upon the intrinsic or internal character of the
composition, and we are much too youthful to be able to more
than transmit further the several traditions.

It was republished in the Southern Literary Messenger,
May, 1838. It appears also in Mr. Mordicae's entertaining
little book, "Richmond in By-Gone Days," Second Edition.
He ascribes the lines to George Tucker.

III. Brett m. Lucy Beverley, of Blandford.

IV. Ryland m. Elizabeth Frayser.

V. Susanna m. Benjamin Harrison, Jr., of Berkeley.

VI. Jane m. Archibald Bolling, of Buckingham Co.

VII. Anne m. Brett Randolph.

VIII. Mary m. Col. Wm. Bolling, of Licking Hole, Member
of House of Delegates, of Virginia.

IX. Eliza m. David Meade.

X. Sarah m. William Newburne.

Note 19. William Randolph, of Wilton, m. Anne, sister
of Governor Benj. Harrison, and daughter of Benjamin
Harrison, of Berkeley, and Anne, (Carter) his wife. In
1745-6 he was elected to the House of Burgesses for Goochland,
vice William Randolph, of Fighting Creek, deceased.

They had issue:

I. William d. young.

II. Peter, Clerk of the House of Burgesses, in 1749. He
m. first, Mary, grand-daughter of Governor Alexander
Spotswood; second, Mary Page, of North River—died without
issue.

III. Harrison.

IV. Benjamin.

V. Peyton m. Lucy, daughter of Gov. Benj. Harrison.

VI. Anne m. Benj. Harrison, of Brandon.

VII. Elizabeth m. Philip Grymes, of Brandon, Rappahannock
County. No issue.

VIII. Lucy m. Lewis Burwell, of King's Mill. No issue.

Note 20. Samuel Du Val was a Member of the House
of Burgesses in 1773; of the Virginia Convention of 1775,
and an officer of the Revolution.

Note 21. Rev. Miles Selden was the son of Joseph, first
settler of the name in Virginia. He was Chaplain of the
Virginia Convention of 1775. A son, Miles Selden, Jr.,
represented the County of Henrico, in the Virginia Assembly
for several years.

Note 22. Thomas Adams was one of the Delegates
from Virginia to the Convention held in Philadelphia in
1778, and a signer of the articles of Confederation between
the States. He was a member of the Virginia Senate of
1786, from Augusta County. He was a brother of Colonel
Richard Adams, the elder.

Note 23. Ryland Randolph, son of Richard Randolph,
of Curles. He inherited an ample fortune, which, remarks
his sarcastic Kinsman, "of Roanoke," "he squandered to the
last shilling."

Note 24. Turner Southall was a member, successively,
of both branches of the Virginia Assembly for a series of
years during the Revolutionary war, and afterwards. He
was a zealous patriot and a highly useful citizen, being frequently
elected to local offices of trust and importance.

Note 25. Richard Adams.—This was Col. Richard Adams,
the elder, (son of Ebenezer, of York County,) born in 1723;
died August 2d, 1800; married April 10th, 1755, Elizabeth
Griffin, (sister of Judge Cyrus Griffin, of Virginia, President

of the old Congress of 1788,) born 1738, died Dec. 23d,
1800. Colonel Adams was a member of the House of
Burgesses 1773; of the Convention of 1775, and of the
Virginia Assembly frequently afterwards. He was an enterprising
and public spirited citizen, inaugurating many
and fostering most of the schemes of local improvement of
his day. His means were ample and his landed possessions
within the limits, and in the immediate vicinity of Richmond
probably more extensive than any other, then resident. His
residence on Richmond or Church Hill is still standing, being
the large wooden building at the corner of 22d and Grace
streets, so long occupied by the late Loftin N. Ellett, Esq.,
and now used as a convent by the Roman Catholic Church.
When first occupied by Colonel Adams it was within the
outer limits of a thick grove of forest trees, a representative
of which, a primeval oak, of monarchial dimensions, is still
standing a few hundred yards distant, near the corner of
24th and Grace streets. Both the mansion of Col. Adams
and the venerable St. John's Church were used as barracks
by the British soldiery, under the traitor Arnold, during his
occupancy of Richmond in 1781. The efforts of Col. Adams
to induce the tide of improvement in the growing little town
and embryo city of Richmond in the direction of his landed
possessions on Richmond Hill, were constant and strenuous.
A venerable descendant, a grand-daughter—Mrs. Eliza
Griffin Carrington, now in her 83d year, relates an
authentic tradition of her childhood: That quite a warm
friendship at one time existed between her ancestor and
Thomas Jefferson, who was a frequent guest of Col. Adams.
During a visit of the former, not long preceding the Resolution
of the Assembly of Virginia, to remove the seat of
government from Williamsburg to Richmond, Jefferson,
who was cognizant then of the measure, pledged himself to
Col. Adams, in case of its success, to secure the location of
the public buildings on Richmond Hill. Colonel Adams, in
view of the prospective ultimate advantages in the enhancement
in value of his surrounding property, promising a donation
of the requisite sites, for which were proposed commanding
points. The Act for the removal of the seat of government
was passed June 4th, 1779,[100] though the definite location
of the building was not indicated until the May term of 1780,
when it was directed to be made upon Shockoe Hill. The
following were the directors therein nominated to carry into
effect the provisions of the Act, viz.: "His Excellency,
Thomas Jefferson, esquire, Archibald Cary, Robert Carter
Nicholas, Richard Adams, Edmund Randolph, Turner
Southall, Robert Goode, James Buchanan, and Samuel Du
Vall."[101] Mr. Jefferson incurred the life long enmity of Col.
Adams because of the disappointment of the latter. Colonel
Adams, at a period little later, erected, in Shockoe Creek
Valley, upon the site now occupied by the depot buildings of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, a substantial and spacious
market house for the convenience of the residents of Richmond
Hill. Three sons of Colonel Adams were also prominent
and useful citizens: Colonel Richard, Jr., (born Nov.
28th, 1760, died January 9th, 1817;) Samuel Griffin, (born
May 5th, 1776, died July 15th, 1821;) (both of whom
served in the Virginia Assembly,) and Dr. John, (born July
14th, 1773, died June 23d, 1825,) who was, for some time,
Mayor of Richmond; a daughter, Annie, (born Oct. 27th,
1762, died Oct. 27th, 1820,) married Col. Mayo Carrington,
of Cumberland County. Colonel Adams and many of his
descendants lie buried in the family cemetery, provided by
himself, situated at the corner of 23d and Marshall streets.
It occupies one-fourth of a square, and is substantially enclosed
with a high brick wall. There is within our knowledge,
only one other private burying-ground for the dead
within the city limits, which is that of the Pickett family,
immediately adjoining this, the enclosure of which has fallen
to decay, and all of its tombstones have been shattered or
defaced by the sacriligeous hands of wanton urchins, who,
until police surveilliance was instituted, threatened to reduce
the hallowed grounds of the time eloquent St. John's, to the
same lamentable condition—many of its monuments presenting
painful evidences of their earnest assiduity in the heartless
work of mutilation and obliteration.

We are not aware that there have been any interments in
the Pickett grounds for a number of years past.

Colonel Richard Adams, Jr., inherited the paternal residence;
his brother Samuel erected the large mansion which
formerly stood at the corner of 22d and Broad streets, and
which was latterly known as Bellevue Hospital. It was destroyed
by fire some years since. One of the Public School
Houses now occupies its site, and Dr. John built and occupied
that which is now known as the Van Lew residence,
situated at the corner of 24th and Grace streets.

The descendants of Col. Richard Adams, the elder, are

still represented by family names, the most prominent and of
the first social position in the State,

Note 26. John Ragland was the son of John and Anne
(Beaufort) Ragland, who emigrated from Wales to the Colony
of Virginia about the year 1723, and settled in Hanover
Co. Grants of land to the extent of 16,000 acres are recorded
in the Land Registry Office of Virginia, in the name
of John Ragland.1

His issue was:

I. John (of the text,) married Ann Dudley, and settled in
Goochland County.

II. William2 married and had issue.

III. Samuel2 married and settled in Louisa County. Had
issue.

IV. James2 married Catharine Davis. Had issue.

V. Evan2 settled in Antrim Parish, Halifax Co.; married.
Had issue.

VI. Pettus.2

VII. Martha2 married Thomas Tinsley.

VIII. Francis2 married Jeremiah Pate.

Pettus Ragland2 (John1) married Elizabeth Davis, of
Hanover County. Daughter of John Davis of Wales.

Had issue:

I. Jean,3 born April 12th, 1755, married Wm. Chick.

II. John,3 born July 29th, 1756.

III. William,3 born September 17th, 1757.

IV. Sarah,3 born February 5th, 1759, married William
Rice.

V. Elizabeth,3 born March 24th, 1760, married B. Wright.

VI. Pettus,3 born July 8th, 1761. Moved to Halifax
County.

VII. Samuel,3 born April 12th, 1764. Died young.

VIII. Martha,3 born Sept. 17th, 1765.

IX. Evan,3 born Sept. 5th, 1767, married —— Yearmans,
of Louisa County. Removed to Tennessee.

X. Anne Beaufort,3 born Oct. 7th, 1768.

XI. Nancy,3 born July 13th, 1770, married Dr. Thomas
Starke.

XII. Catharine,3 born 1778, married John Bowe.

XIII. Fendall,3 born 1780, died 1833, married
Sarah, (died 1833) daughter of Edward and Amelia Nelson,
who were cousins and descendants in the third generation of
Edward, born 1690, (son of James Nelson, of Essex County,
England,) who emigrated to Virginia in the year 1718, and
married in 1719, Mary, the daughter of Edward and Jane
Garland, of New Kent County, Va.

The issue of Fendall3 and Sarah (Nelson) Ragland was
eight sons and four daughters—of whom Elizabeth Mildred,4
born Feb. 20th, 1814, married May 19th, 1836. Robert King,
(son of John Philip and Elizabeth [King] Brock,) born
December 15th, 1801, died May 27th, 1850. The editor,
who is of their issue, and who has much material towards a
genealogical account of the Ragland, Davis, Nelson and
Garland families, would most thankfully enter into correspondence
with any representative of either family who may
be kindly disposed to further his object. To all such, he
most heartily tenders any desired information he may have
in possession.

Note 27. John Randolph married Francis, daughter of
Richard Bland.

Issue:

I. Richard married Judith Randolph.

II. Theodrick Bland died young.

III. John, (of Roanoke) M. C. and Minister to Russia.

IV. Jane Randolph.

Note 28. Nathaniel Wilkinson, Member of the House of
Delegates of Virginia, 1778-95. A prominent and most useful
citizen.

Note 29. Thomas Watkins.—The Watkins family of
Virginia is supposed to be of Welsh descent. The name of
James Watkins appears among the early emigrants of 1608.
He may have been the ancestor of the family in Virginia.
The first of the name of whom anything definite is known,
was Thomas Watkins, of Swift Creek, Cumberland County,
whose will bears date 1760. He had eight children. His
eldest son, Thomas, of Chickahominy, (of the text) is thus
spoken of by the late Benjamin Watkins Leigh, his great
nephew: "Of Thomas Watkins, of Chickahominy, I have
heard very full accounts from my mother, (his father was the
Rev. William Leigh, of Chesterfield County,) and from my
uncle Thomas, both of whom knew him well. He was a man
of the highest respectability, in every point of view, and in
particular, a man of indefatigable industry." He reared a
large family of children, four sons and seven daughters, from
whom have proceeded many descendants of various family
names, in Virginia and the Southern States.

His brother, Benjamin Watkins, married Miss Cary, of
Warwick. He was the first clerk of Chesterfield County,
which office he held until his death. He was a man of
capacity and a sterling patriot. He was a member of the
Convention of 1776, and took an active part in the affairs of
the Revolution. One of his daughters married the Rev. Wm.

Leigh, the father of the chaste and elegant orator and able
statesman, Benjamin Watkins Leigh, and the pure minded
and learned Judge William Leigh, who so long and spotlessly
wore the ermine. Another daughter, Francis, married Wm.
Finnie, of Amelia County, from whom are descended the
numerous families of Finnie, Royall, Worsham, Sydnor and
others, in Virginia and North Carolina.

His son, Thomas Watkins, married Rebecca, the daughter
of the Rev. Miles Selden; and one of their daughters was
the first wife of Benjamin Watkins Leigh; another of Dr.
Thomas Barksdale, of Halifax County.

Note 30. William Randolph.—This is presumed to be
William Randolph, of Bristol, son of Isham, of Durgeness.

Note 31. Boar Swamp Church.—This church, so designated
from the swamp near which it was built and which still
retains its original name, was situated about twelve miles east
of Richmond, upon the continuation of what is known as the
Nine Mile Road. We have been informed that the original
church was destroyed by fire, and another built upon its site
by the Baptist denomination. The following extract determines
the latter event:

"About 1773, he—Rev. Elijah Baker, began to stretch
his lines, and to travel more extensively. Coming down into
the lower end of Henrico, he, in conjunction with one or two
others, planted Boar Swamp Church."[102]

The church has been frequently repaired, and its appearance,
doubtless, somewhat altered. It has for a number of
years past been known as Antioch Church.

Note 32. Peter Winston.—We are led to conclude this
Peter Winston to have been the son of James, one of the
three brothers, emigrants to Virginia.—Vide Note 13.

The issue of Peter Winston was:

I. Isaac2 m. Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Wm. Burton.

II. William2 m. Martha Mosby, removed to Ky.

III. Peter2 m. Louisa Mosby.

IV. John2 m. Susan, daughter of Capt. John Austin, of
Hanover County. Of the same family was Moses Austin,
the founder of Texas, who was a merchant in Richmond in
1789. He was also engaged in the manufacture of shot, by
the old method of towers, for some years. He was the contractor
for covering the State Capitol with a leaden roof.

V. Susan3 m. Anderson Grubbs.

Isaac Winston2 (Peter.1)

Issue:

I. Emily3 m. Dr. Reuben Meredith.

II. Elizabeth3 m. Colonel Charles Parke Goodall, member
of House Delegates, 1816; son of Major Parke Goodall,
House of Delegates, Rev. Officer, Lieutenant of the company
of volunteers of 1775, organized and commanded by Patrick
Henry. Major Goodall was the proprietor of the Indian
Queen Tavern, of Richmond, in "olden time." A son of
Charles Parke, Charles Parke, (M. D.,) Member of House
Delegates, 1864.

III. Mary3 m. Wm. Wingfield.

IV. Amanda3 m. James Williamson.

V. Thomas3 m. —— Johnson.

William Winston,2 (Peter.1)

Issue:

I. A daughter3 m. Dr. —— Jones.

II. A daughter3 m. —— Sheppard.

Peter Winston,2 (Peter.1)

Issue:

Ann Crawley3 m. John Jones.

John P. Winston,2 (Peter.1)

Issue:

I. Mary Ann3 m. July 31st, 1817, Peter De Moville, of
Charles City County; Member of House of Del. 1816-18.

Issue—Felix4 removed to Tennessee.

II. Peter3 m. —— Wood.

Issue:

Charles H., (A. M.,) Principal Baptist Female Institute,
Richmond.

Susan Winston2 (Peter1) m. Anderson Grubbs.

Issue:

Peter Winston Grubbs.

Note 33. Mrs. Mary Randolph, the wife of William,
the first of the name who settled in Virginia. The date of
her death was unknown to that indefatigable genealogist,
her brilliant descendant, John Randolph, of Roanoke, and it
has been obliterated by the ravages of time from her monument
at Turkey Island.