Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-10-05


ship William Byrnes, for Liverpool, on.
the 24thinstant. After getting opposite
the Hook, be contrived to be transfer
red to the ship President bound to
Charleston, South Carolina, where he
formerly resided
FAMILIES OF ADAMS AND JEFFERSON
Appended TO the excellent Eulogy of
Hon. Jos EPH +. SPRAGuE, OF Salem,
we find the following note.
Mr.. Jefferson was married Jan. ],
MA. to daughter Of Nr. Wayles, an
eminent lawyer in Virginia. Mrs. JEFF
ferson died in the autumn of lTse, lea
wing two daughters. One of these
daughters married John w. Eppes,
distinguished member OF Congress from
Virginia. Mrs. Eppes died, leaving two
children, one Of whom alone survived
in isi7-who, we believe has died since.
Mr.. Jelferson's other daughter married
Thomas Man Randolph, late Governor
of Virginia. Gov. Randolph possessed
an estate near Monticello, but his family
generally formed part of that at Month
cello. Mrs. Randolph ''has had eleven
children. two or three of whom have
died. She has two daughters married;
she lost married daughter last winter,
Mrs. Baukheatl Her son, Thomas
Jefferson Randolph. the executor of his
grandfather. is abou, 81 or 90 years old:
he has. think, but one brother" Mr.
L. L.. Il
sons ip-law, Nicholas p. Trist, and 10.
seph Coolidge of Boston.
Mr.. Jefferson gave bis Library to the
University OF Virginia, and bis valuable
manuscript. and papers to his grandson
and executor, Thomas Jefferson Ran
dolph.
The University Of Virginia has re.
quested permission to erect monument
over Mr.. Jefferson's remains.
None of our Presidents have had
sons, except John Adams and his son
John @. Adams. Neither Washington
nor Madison had any children.-Jetier-
son and Monroe only daughters.
John Adams married in 1864 to Abb
gail, the second daughter of the late
Rev. William Smith, the respectable
clergyman of Weymouth. She died
Oct. 81, 1918.
The eldest child was daughter now
deceased. She was married in England !,
in 1885, to Col. William Stevens Smith,
who bad served in the army assistant
Inspector general and aid to Washington,
but was then Secretary OF Legislation.
Three of their children survive, two
sons, and one daughter, the wife Of
John P. Dewitt, of FishkilI, N. Y.
Their second child John @. Adams,
married in London in 1897, to Louisa
Katharine, daughter of Joshua johnson,
Esq. of Maryland, then Consul at Lon
don. They have three sons, George
Washington, now representative from
Boston in our Legislature, and two
younger sons. The second son, John
adams; private secretary to the Pre-
sident, was born July 4
The third child was Charles Adams,
now deceased. He married the sister
of Col. Smith, now living, and left two
daughters The one the wife of Alexand-
or B. johnson, Esq. of Utica. N. Y who
has several children; the other, the Wild
ow of Charles t. Clark. Esq. who has
daughter, and who resided with her
grandfather.
Their youngest child was tho Hon.
Thomas Boylston Adams, late Judge Of
the Common Pleas, and member of the
Executive Council, who married the
daughter of Joseph Harrod, Esq. Of
Havarhill, and has six children, all min
ors, two daughters and four sons. They
lived in the family with the late Presi-
dent after the death of Mrs. Adams.
Mr.. Adams bequeathed to his son
John @. his mansion house and valuable
papers He gave TO the town of GUM
eva valuable lot Of land, estimated at
10000 dollars, TO erect granite house
for the church of which he was a mem
Der for sixty years. He also bequeathed
another lot of land to the town for an
Academy, and his Library of more than
1000 volumes for the use of that Acade-
my.