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turn sgsiu- Hia estate wss In tbe r:sh
veods aud. in his young days, he vas
nApseer TOR President Washington 60 90, -
east, have been tpfcrwed
NAAttt--G,js Ceak--Ths widow Of
this geotlenas. thiak, afterwards married
Me late VIM Brown and she perhaps lived
more than . whole generafian At The Valley
BAnk
XxXfy-- Gs,,ala Ker,-F.,her or
lianpbrey Ksyes, and father.in l.u of Fran
eis Gardbcr. Samuel Sirider. Thomas Il.
Williams, and Fapeis Moorr, jr -ai,o faith.
er of Robert, John and Thomas W Keyes.
fhe Rev Thomas Keyes vac brother
also Hanphrey ksyes, Of Grseubric- h;.
sisters ~ere Mrs}W White. removed 10 Ohio
--Nrs, Piles, 10 keniscky,-M Mrs Han
pAteys, wife OF David Hanphreys; Mrs
North, vie Of Capt George North, mo
LxXXt of this table y aud Mrs 0sBau.
soo, wife 81 Capt Jne o Bannons The
fsiher " sllthsfo kSysses usntioasd atoy.
vas nausa HsnpLrey. He had been sea
captain, OF England. prcvioas TO bis sm.
igtsuou Lither; ard had bcea many Years. q
Pfisoaer 20 the Algerines lie reared in this
SeishboEhooi, besides the above named, two
other ehIdtea by q previous uifs, who were
born ia " Engisnd. THIS old gentleman
vas proprietor OF Ksyes' Ferry IL i555 -
IL was taeu hAlf mile below tbo point st
Prcsent knowo By that nams--- and was IN.
nodiaisly opposite Shsler,s Spring, (nov
keyss' suiteh,l At thu ssme time, (i535)
uhsD Braddock at least, q part Of his
force crossed The Shsuandeah there-hfs
oSn fsther, who vas the gran 6fsshes of Ger.
sham (No kHNiN l--who himself named
Gershsm, -snd who was great grandfather 20
the present Hamphrey Of lS57--residod on
the Place 80 loug known a. Rsbs Y. Jacks
where Capt. Manning. u s. NJ lately
died From this Gersbsu Ksyes, In IzS5,
supplies we're bouzh, foE BradSoek's army
A; tais period, Huuphrsy, nj tbs Sheaan-
doah Ferry, bad Dot married. bis secopd wife
tho person who afterwards became tho
mother Of he large family above paned. -
She was only ten years old thea, and lived
With hor parents, at little dale, near a Rno
orchard, at the foot Of The bill where Riou
Hall nov stauds. the mansion OF the Hon.
Wm. Lucas. The fsther Of that little girl
Che future vito of said Humphreyl vas
named Sarah Hall. Her father (nasasd
William thiuk) had three sous, tho
FIRST bpilders Of Halltovp, tTbomas, Joshua
aud Wiliiam,J ubo erected the three prinei-
pal hoasss, sioeg that stream vhsse ths turn-
pike saa railroad noe iassrseet and run side
by side. These facts have been learnsd'
partly fron the sbSys named Sarah Hall,
Afterwards Sarah Reyss, Sho EsA tsa seaEs
cid In l75S and partly ffom her daughter,
Elisa North, nov livisg. and isshsr stsh
ysAs--see hsisg IN sssd health, aosiys and
Of sound mind. kP 0
xAXy ~ Bs.jaais BeEkv.-T This gsa-
nemsn was tbe grand father Of Mrs u. N.
Gallsher aud has slfsady been SPOKEN ef,
under No. XVII, As the prosristos Of very
prosperous settlement, embracing . store,
shops, mills aud other svidesees Of Q lively
trads Nc doabs Beisyis MI vas . place
far more frequehted in those old times, than
Charlestoun was SIR 3 Ridenour has
shown me venerable Ledger, 10 bold aud
graeefal hand, Of Besjamia Bselers psS-
santile traaSastioAs as ,his old centre Of
trade. Some Of the sRtgiss dale back -
far ss i567.
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SJaheas ThoaPsoS lHdSoa - Ns,biBg kboun
eoneerniog these na@ts
ITe : aSstisosd
LUKE.