THE MINORS OF "TOPPING CASTLE"
Doodes Minor, m. Elizabeth Cocke, issue: Garret Minor, b.
1679, d. February 20, 1720, m. Diana Vivian (October 17, 1706).
She d. April 16, 1718.
Issue: John Minor, b. June 22, 1707, d. August 2, 1755, m.
Sarah Carr (November 14, 1732); she was the dau. of Major
Thomas Carr, of Caroline county, and Mary Dabney.
Issue: (1) Major John Minor, of "Topping Castle" Caroline
county, Va., b. November 18, 1735, d. March 21, 1800, m. Elizabeth
Cosby (dau. of David Cosby and Mary Garland Overton).
(2) William Minor (nothing known of him); (3) Thomas Minor,
b. August 5, 1740, d. February 16, 1816, m. Mary Dabney,
March 10, 1763; (4) Mary Ann Minor, b. March 7, 1742, d. 1818,
m. Joseph Herndon, August 15, 1765. They were the ancestors
of Mrs. Mathew Maury, of Fredericksburg, Va., and Mrs. Carter
Blasingame, of Ashland, Va.; (5) Col. Garret Minor, b. March
14, 1744, d. June 25, 1799; m. Mary Overton Terrell, dau. of
Richmond Terrell and Nancy Overton, ancestors of Mrs. C. P.
Cardwell nee Bessie Lee, of Hanover county, and Mrs. Laurie
Smith, nee Mary H. Tyler, of Gwathmey, Va.
Issue: (1) Samuel Overton, m. Lydia L. Lewis; (2) Patsy
Minor, b. 1770, m. 1st, Robert Quarles, 2d Mr. Hall; (3) Garrett
Minor, Jr., b. December 25, 1776, d. June 30, 1832, m. Eliza
McWilliams, 1802, d. August 20, 1832; (4) Sally Minor, b. 1780,
d. 1849, m. David Watson, of Green Spring, Louisa county, 1801;
(5) Mary B. Minor, b. 1781, m. Garland Anderson; (6) Peter
Minor, b. 1730, m. Lucy Gilmer, 1806; (7) Rebecca Minor, b.
1772, m. John Quarles; (8) Dr. James Minor, b. 1785, m. Polly
Watson, 1813; (9) Elizabeth L. Minor, b. 1773, m. Col. Stapleton
Crutchfield, of Caroline county, Va.; (10) Nancy Minor, b.
1771, m. Thomas Meriwether, 1791; (11) Louisa Minor, b. 1787,
m. Hutchinson.
(6) James Minor, b. February 18, 1745, d. June 7, 1791, m.
Mary Carr, June 20, 1773. She was b. September 14, 1756, d.
July 7, 1797; (7) Diana Minor, b. February 28, 1747, d. March
28, 1748; (8) Dabney Minor, b. June 11, 1749, d. November 7,
1799, m. Ann Anderson, October 12, 1773, she was b. January
30, 1751, d. March 27, 1831; (9) Capt. Vivian Minor, b. November
4, 1740, d. October 15, 1798, m. 1st, Barbara Overton
Cosby, June 15, 1773, she was b. February 11, 1752, d. September
21, 1778; m. 2d, Elizabeth Dick, March 31, 1780; (10) Elizabeth
Minor, b. August 3, 1752, d. 1786, m. Col. James Lewis, of "Laurel
Hill."; (11) Peter Minor, b. August 16, 1754, d. 1773, m. Miss
Jones.
Major John Minor, of "Topping Castle," Caroline county,
Va., m. Elizabeth Cosby, sister of his brother Vivian's wife. First
of the Cosby girls, m. Richard Tompkins and one m. Harry
Collis, they are the ancestors of Judge William J. Leake, of
Ashland and the Keans of Goochland and Louisa counties, also
of Mrs. Margaret Berry, of Washington.
Major John Minor of "Topping Castle" had issue: (1) Thomas
Carr Minor, m. Ann Redd, of "Cedar Vale," Caroline county,
Va., she the dau. of Samuel Redd and Lucy Rogers, m. in 1779;
(2) William Minor, of "Topping Castle," m. Mildred Gregory
Lewis, dau. of Capt. John Lewis and Lucy Thornton; (3) Gen.
John Minor, lived at "Hazel Hill," Fredericksburg, Va., m. 1st,
Mary Berkley; m. 2d, Lucy Landon Carter, December 12, 1793.
They were the ancestors of Lucius Minor, of "Edgewood,"
and Mrs. Blackford; (4) Lancelot Minor, m. his cousin, Mary
Overton Tompkins in 1792. They were the ancestors of Prof.
John B. Minor, of the University of Virginia; (5) Diana
Minor, m. Richard Maury, the father of Commodore Mathew
Fontaine Maury; (6) Sarah Minor, m. Harwood Goodwin,
in 1798, of "Oakley," Caroline county, Va.; (7) Charles
Minor, took his degree of M. D. at Edinburg, Scotland, d. in
1806; (8) Elizabeth Minor, m. Humphrey Hill in 1820. He lived
at "Mount Airy," Caroline county, Va.; (9) Barbara Cosby Minor,
d. in 1849, m. William Kemp Gatewood (March 19, 1807), of
Middlesex county.
Capt. Vivian Minor, of "Springfield," Caroline county, Va.,
son of John Minor and Sarah Carr, m. 1st, Barbara Overton Cosby.
Issue: (a) Mary Overton Minor, m. John McLaughlin, son
of John McLaughlin and Sarah Mackie, of Scotland; (b) Ann
Minor; (c) George Minor.
Capt. Vivian Minor, m. 2d, Elizabeth Dick.
Issue: (a) Joseph Minor, (b) Lewis Minor, (c) Alfred Minor,
(d) Archibald Minor, b. May 12, 1781, m. Ann W. Rawlins;
(e) Susan B. Minor, m. Wm. Wyatt, of Caroline county, Va.,
November 11, 1813; (f) Matilda Minor, m. Robert Coleman, of
Caroline county, Va. They were the ancestors of Col. Lewis
Minor Coleman, who m. Miss Mary Ambler Marshall, of Fauquier
county, Va., and Mrs. Edward Watts Morris, of Claremont,
Hanover county, Va., also of Miss Willie Schooler, dau. of Prof.
Samuel Schooler, who m. the Rev. Frank Page, of "Oakland,"
Hanover county, Va.
Mary Overton Minor, dau. of Capt. Vivian Minor and Barbara
Overton Cosby, m. John McLaughlin, son of John McLaughlin.
Issue: (a) Harriet McLaughlin, m. Dr. Thomas Bates Anderson;
(b) Barbara McLaughlin, d. July 23, 1820; (c) John Vivian,
d. in 1844, m. Miss Johnston, of Tennessee. No issue; (d)
Thomas McLaughlin, d. 1838; (e) Cornelia M. McLaughlin, b.
December 2, 1810, d. April 12, 1889, m. Samuel Redd, the son of
Samuel and Elizabeth Taylor, of "Cedar Vale," Caroline county,
Va. Their issue is given in the "Cedar Vale" Redds.
George McLaughlin, son of John McLaughlin and Mary O.
Minor, m. Mildred Duke, dau. of Burnley.
Issue: James, m. his cousin, Miss Duke.
His issue: Ridgeway McLaughlin, of Huntington, W. Va.,
and Mrs. Harrison, of Ohio; Mary Overton McLaughlin, m.
her cousin, Mr. Smith, of Kentucky, and lived in Texas.
