The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-27
An Interesting Book.

Professor William Winston Fontaine is
preparing volume. to be entitled "The
West and Spotswood Families Of Great
Britain and America" which will be of
great value and interest. The book will
not only give the lives OF Governor John
West and Governor Alexander Spots
wood. tracing their descent from some OF
the most distinguished families OF England,
and giving their descendants, many OF
whom have been equally distinguished in
America, but will also give the genealogies
OF the families which have intermarricd with
their descendants.
Among the genealogies given will be
those OF Aylett, Anderson, Alexander,
Armistead, itkinson, BraXton, Burrows,
Brooke, Berkeley, Burwell. Bassett, Breck-
enridge. Buckner, Bullitt, Brokenbrough,
Bigger, Boiling, Bruce. Baylor, Beverley,
Bland, Blair. Boyd, Bouldin, Brown, Byrd,
Carter. Campbell, Catlett, Cabell. CARING
ton, Chamberayne, Christian, Coles, Cary,
Clark, Claiborne, Cockrill, Churchill, Gus
It's, Cullen, cambridge, Dabney, Dangeriield,
Digges, Dudley, Dickinson, Elliott, Ellis.
Fairfax. Fontainc, Fitzhugh. Floyd, Fer
guson, Fauntleroy, Forbes, Fleming, Fry,
Garth, Goode, Gaines, Garland, Gardiner,
Girhau, Grinnan. Glassell, Garnet, Greg
ory, Gwathney, Grymes, Gilmer, Grlswold,
Hawes, Henry, Hunter, Harrison, Henley,
Innes, Johnston, Jones, Junkin, Keller,
Kennon, Kinloch. Lee, Leigh, Lansing,
Lewis, Lindsay, Leyburn, Ludwell, Macon,
Madison. Maury, Moore, Munford, Mason,
Marshall, Meade. Meriwether, Meredith,
Minor. Monroe, Mosby, Moseley, Morton,
Mcdonald. McKenncy, McClelland, Mel
son. Ncwsum. Nicholas, Parks, Payne,
Perkins, Peyton, Preston. Page, Parker,
Pegram, Pickett, Pope. Pollard, Robert
son, Robinson, Rutherford, Randolph,
Rose, Roane. Ruflin, Shelton, Southall.
Slaughter, Syme Temple, Thruston, Tay-
lor. Tabb, Taliaierro, Thornton, Todd.
Tucker, Tyler, Vcnable. Valentine, Van
Benthuysen, Waller, Walker, Watson,
Washington, Watkins, Winston. Wickham.
Wartield, Wyatt, and Wood.
In circular the author invites the aid OF
the several members OF these families in
his undertaking. He says:
81 would like to obtain the date OF birth,
marriage, and death of every descendant
OF Governors West and Spotswood; but
this is impossible, for many OF these de-
scendants can no longer trace their line OF
descent, and in the course OF few years,
IL there Is no permanent record made,
many lines that are now clear will be ire
trievably lost. DO we not owe 1t to our de-
scendants to transmit this knowledge to
them? /, therefore, most earnestly ask
that YOU aid me in this undertaking by
forwarding promptly to my address
data taken from your family Bibles and
other records"
And he adds:
"With the rich and varied material which
7 have gathered, / think book something
more than mere dry, genealogical skele-
ton can be written, and that the perusal OF
II by your children VIII tend to make them
Ionder OF English, Scotch, French, and
Spanish history, because for many centu-
r,es the story OF Western Europe is little
more than a record OF the deeds OF their
ancestors"
Professor Fontaine is himself connected
with the distinguished families OF which
he writes, and Is otherwise admirably fitted
for this task.
The book, royal svo. in size, will be
printed on fine heavy paper, and hand
somely bound in cloth. The size OF the
edition to be regulated by the number OF
subscribers. Address
WILLIAM WINSTON F0NTAINE.
Holyoke Academy.
Louisville, Ky, u. 5. A.