, 1875-04-04
THE ANCESTORS OF THE r. r. V's.
qr 7& Chicago Tribune !:


| books On American pedlg1ees suggest unpleasant
| questions to the old families Of the Old Domin-
| ion. They are proud of their blood. but It a.
| aat.aSs the.o -a1,,a,a, th.t ,.~,.o -s.,a..,a,,
OF their ancestors settled In virginia peffosce'
on account Of undue focdness for other peoples
| blood in England. For series Of years the
.sAlotber of Presidents was supplied with
| xotha,a sna qat1ara j., +1a .to,a -; ;n.1.
transported from Britain Sir Josiah Child, who
is accepted by the Saturday Reuieo "a an author
ity. wrote in 1898: "yirginia and Barbadoes
wsra f-ot ,,o,n,a{7 With q ao,t ~ coaraa
people, @ vicious and destitute Of means Ut bome."
Another author, whose writings are, however,
disfeured by an evident bias against the South.
asserts that Ednburr rid herself of the persons
~horn Gsr1v1a n1wavs rafara tn in can;tois az
i.mestown' Ha aaya .ca;n {! Early in ism
tha frat laroa ;nataImant of vap.honf3s and 3ea.
t;tst 80 ,a-so,a a,-;rad :, v;rT;1,e and vaa~iv
ti,ar t1o nnrnhsrs ;ncressadH contamnorary En-
.1a1, -,aa. aIn-aaaaG +1a u;en ~ Iovs
VOL Would move kns J.es @ enes a nor more to store that
With the Moll cutpurses Of cur bad time.
The met nrobabfr wrote- however. Of ali
Anoerica. Il Is certain that transportation of
criminala from EugIaud to Virginis aud other
Rarnl,,tion. IN to that time. comp.ratiyaly few
nooroen had been irnported. snd The demsnd for
1aior VA "a ereat that tbo nlantars along tho
Jn7ncs River wero elad to Get any sort Of help.
Wheu King James informed the Virgiuian Com
nany N.st lie Viahed Divers diseolute persons
transported" tho Company replied "that It
would ba yery acceptablo to the colonists To re-
ceive them as ser7auts" The planters COM
plained gomet1moe. peyertheless. Franklin took
one protest against the practice to England. It
men on suspicion, without taking
the troubIa to try them. Jamas I. sent
man "ssuspected Of deer 1-stealinq to Virginia.
II this punishment Of this particular ofeuse had
been in vogue earlier. We might have received
and kent shakspearol Then the F. F. VS.
might claim that in their veins the blood Of
Anne Hnthawav and Pocahontas ran together
Perhaps They would have preferred, however, to
omit Mrs. Shakespeare and hang William, so3ita-
~ u1d wifeless from branch Of the family tree.
4 third author makss ead hole IN the reputa-
zion Of Mr. John Pocahontas Rolfe. He shows
that he came to Vireinio in 1910 with white
Wife. bY whom he had child after his arrival:
In l614 he married the Indian Princess, be-
~ Thirst y and thoneht the union would
h. .sfor the rood and honor of
tia Plantation Pocahontae died in England in
1617 and in 1929 Rolfe died there, leaving
white wife and chi1dren. besides the daughter OF
Pncahontss. The dates make il possible that be
bsd Thraa w;vaa in anccossioT ;. Int it ia nroba-
h1a that ha had two whita, and conner-colored.
at the aaToa time. Tha colon;sts had habit Of
Contracting srch bieamoug marriages, Sir
Thomas Dale who is described as the religious
and rai;ant f4ovarnor" at Y,reinia. pronosed To-
n a;e+er ~ pocahnntas when he had Wife in I
ENGLAND Ha seens however. to haye got tha |
rnnsca as;n-ir tt,st ba tho Poyhattancae oouiyo-
ia,t of The rnitten.
The early laws Of Virginia make it probable I
that the rnagiatrates hsd hard lot to deal With
Il was tiu1e Of legal severity. but tho Vrginiap
co3e of 1619 goes begond ANYTHING else of that !
tinn. The unfortunnto colonist who neglected |