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THE GEORGE FAMILY
The history of the George family in Virginia dates back almost
to the beginning of the seventeenth century, when Henry George
came over from England in the good ship Assurance. Lieutenant-Colonel
John George, a son of Henry George the immigrant, was
granted a large tract of land on Bagley's Creek in Isle of Wight
county prior to 1640 and respresented Isle of Wight in the House
of Burgesses in 1653. A grandson of Colonel George—also
named John, m. Ursula Dudley, a daughter of John Dudley, of
Middlesex and Ursula Beverly. Ursula Beverley was the daughter
of Robert Beverly and Ursula Byrd, daughter of Colonel William
Byrd, of Westover.
John Dudley George, son of John George and Ursula Dudley,
died at Williamsburg about 1790, leaving one son, Lewis George,
who was born in 1779. Lewis George, m. Agnes Wilson and to
this union were born three sons and two daughters.
Captain Henry Hortensius George, son of Lewis George and
Agnes Wilson, was born at "Fairford," near Penola, Va., in 1824,
Samuel and Ann Woolfolk. To this union were born five sons
and four daughters. Capt. George, when quite a young man,
built "Thornberry" near Penola, making the bricks for the
house on the premises, and sawing the timbers by the old "pit
and whipsaw" method, using one man in the pit below the log,
and one man on the scaffold above the pit. "Thornberry" at the
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Thornberry
prominent railroad contractor. Lewis Dudley George lives at
"Rose Hill" near Penola, and is engaged in the lumber business,
being President of the Rose Hill Lumber Company. Ellen
Maude George, the eldest sister, m. James Horace Blackley, to
whom were born ten children. Mr. and Mrs. Blackley live at
Thornsburg. Catherine Wilson George, a younger sister, m.
Clarence E. Wright, son of James C. Wright and grandson of
Dr. Wesley Wright, of Palestine, Caroline county. Archibald
Samuel George died unmarried and is buried at "Fairford."
A very brief genealogical table of the George family follows:
(1) Robert George, Sr., d. 1734, Middlesex county, Va.:
Children: John, Richard, Suzanna, Catherine and two other
daughters.
(2) John George, Sr., b. 1704, d. 1784. Children: (first wife,
Mary Jordan) Reuben, John, James, Ann, Elizabeth, Sarah,
Mary and two other daughters. (Second wife, Ursula Dudley)
John Dudley, Catherine, Patsy.
Ursula Dudley was the daughter of John Dudley, of Middlesex
county, Va., and Ursula Beverly, who was the daughter of Robert
Beverly, Jr., and Ursula Byrd, who was the daughter of Col.
William Byrd, of Westover.
Robert Beverly, Jr., was the son of Robert Beverly, of Beverly,
England, and Catherine Hone, of Jamestown, Va.
(3) John Dudley George d. in 1781 at Williamsburg, Va.;
m. Miss Lucy Dickinson, daughter of David Dickinson. Children:
Lewis George.
(4) Lewis George, b. 1779, d. 1847; m. Agnes Wilson,
daughter of Zachariah Wilson and Catherine Pickett, daughter
of John Pickett and Agnes Woolfolk, daughter of Robert Woolfolk
and Ann George, who was a daughter of John George, Sr., mentioned
above. Children: Henry Hortensius George, Lewis Melville
George, Oscar, Louisa and Virginia.
(5) Henry H. George, Sr., b. at Fairford, Caroline county,
Va., in 1824, d. at Thornberry, Caroline county, Va., June 26,
1902; m. Ellen Woolfolk Samuel, b. October 22, 1823, d. April
20, 1905 at Thornberry, she was a daughter of Archibald Samuel
and Ann Woolfolk, daughter of Paul Woolfolk and Sarah Terry.
Archibald Samuel was the son of Phillip Samuel, Sr., and
Elizabeth Pickett, the daughter of John Pickett and Agnes
Woolfolk. Children: Henry, Philip Samuel, Jr., Paul, T., Arthur
S., Elizabeth, Ellen and Ann.
Children of Henry H. George, Sr.: Ellen Maude, Archibald
Samuel, Henry H. George, Jr., Lewis Dudley and Catharine
Wilson. (Annie, Oscar, Ashby and Irene, four children that
died under ten years of age.)
(6) Henry Hortensius George, Jr., b. April 15, 1858, m.
Lillian Wright, daughter of Capt. Luther Wright and Susan Withers
Coleman. Married on the 9th day of February, 1887. Children:
Henry H. George, 3d, b. April 12, 1888, at Moss-Side, Va.; Luther
Wright George, b. August 28, 1891 at Moss-Side, Henrico county,
Hollywood, Va.; Suzanne Withers Wright, b. June 24, 1895, in
Richmond, d. August 28, 1898, buried in Hollywood Cemetery,
Richmond, Va.; Helen Lillian George, b. in Richmond, November
28, 1901, Thanksgiving Day; Lewis Dudley George, 2d, b. in
Richmond, February 14, 1905, Valentine Day; Anne Beverly
George, b. in Richmond, Va., September 5, 1910, Labor Day.
Archibald Samuel George, b. June 25, 1856, d. August 1,
1913, at Thornberry, Va., and was buried at "Fairford," Caroline
county, Va.
Lewis Dudley George, 1st, b. December 8, 1859, m. December
9, 1886 Carrie Lee Carson, daughter of Cyrus Carson and Lydia
A. Swann, daughter of S. Amery Swann, and sister of Col. Samuel
A. Swann. Lydia Swann's mother was Caroline Lowery whose
whose mother was Nancy Tompkins.
Ellen Maud George was born at Thornberry, November, 1854
and was m. to James Horace Blackley, December 1, 1875. Children:
Irene and Inez (twins), b. January 5, 1877; Henry George,
b. January 25, 1879; James Horace, b. May, 1882, and Lillian
Hortense, b. June 28, 1887. (Five other children died in infancy.)
Catherine Wilson George, b. at Thornberry, April 12, 1865, m.
May 20, 1891, to Clarence E. Wright, son of James C. Wright,
who was a son of Dr. Wesley Wright, of Palestine, Caroline
county, Va., Catherine Wilson Wright, d. August 1, 1911, at
Ashland, Va., and was buried there by the side of her son, James
Calvin Wright. Children of Catherine Wilson Wright: Ellen, b.
March 31, 1892; James Calvin, b. March 28, 1893, d. January
6, 1906, in Ashland, buried there; Agnes, b. June, 1895; Lillian,
b. June, 189—.
Agnes Wright, m. J. Manning Potts, December 23, 1920;
Lillian George Wright, m. to Arthur Price Morton, November
26, 1921.
(7) Henry H. George, 3d, m. Louise Richardson, daughter of
Judge David C. Richardson, of Richmond, Va. He (Henry H.
George, 3d) was a Captain of Engineers in the 105th Regiment,
30th Division, U. S. Reserves, and served in the World War.
He went across to England and France, and fought against the
Germans, his regiment being brigaded with the British, fighting in
France and Belgium. He received his commission in 1917, went
to Europe in 1918 and returned to the United States in 1919,
when he was honorably discharged.
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