Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-28
FROM ROYAL BLOOD.
The Descent Of Mr.. Neil McCoull,
Of Richmond, Va.
HIS AUTHENTICATED PEDIGREE
Numerous Other Well-Known Viz
ginianS Traced Back to Royalty.
ILLISTRIOuS PEDIGREE or R. /. LEE.
Inherited the Blood OF Score OF Great
Commanders. and Directly Descended
from Edward 7. of England.

Especial Correspondence Richmond Dispatch.l
PHILADELPHIA, February 25. -" The
ROYAL Descent Of Mr.. Neil McCoull. of
Richmond. Va" is the announcement
that almost startled me when opened
portly volume the other night at friends
house in this city, just TO see what so big
o book, called Americans of Royal De-
scent" could be about. and there before
me on the whItest of pages. in the blacklist
of inks, stood out the above title to long
legend that followed. telling sure enough
of Mr.. Neil McCoull's roval descent.
The work in which / discovered Mr..
McCoulrs royal ancestry ~ one which
came recently from the press OF Porter n
Coates. Philadelphia. 1t is a fnely-got-
ten up book, as is becoming TO the sub.
ject in which it deals. Americans OF
ROYAL Descent. q Collection of Genealo-
pies of American Families Whose LIneages
are Traced 10 the Legitimate Issue OF
Kings" is the title IN full. which fully ex-
plains the scope of the work, which has
been gotten up by Mr.. Charles n. Brown-
ing. Of Ardmore. Pa, a member oil tne
American Historical Association, who very
aptly has taken Horace's line-Atdcis Edue
Regibus-as his motto.
The book abounds in old Virginia sur
names. almost household words in the Old
Dominion, and the kings from whom the
F.F. VS. are descended were OF England,
France, and Scotland. But CLEANED from
It's 1872 pages only the following royal de-
scents which are particularly interesting
to your readers and as Mr.. McCoull's was
the first TO attract my attention | Will be-
gin with him. This is the way his pedl-
gree appears in this book, and Is tar
avornt.la of xphQf "a rpuQl dpCppnt
The ROYAL DESCENT or Mr.. NEIL MCC0ULL, OF
RICHMOND. VA.
Robert H., King of scotland-Lady Elizabeth
Mure. -
Robert, Duke Of Acknowledgment Countess
OF Menteith.
Lady Marjory stewart--sir Duncan. Lord
Hon. Archibald Campbell, Of Lochow-Lady
Elizabeth SOmervile.
SIR Colin Campbell. Earl Of Argyl-Lady Isabel
lady Helen Campbell-Hugh Montgomery,
Earl OF Eglington.
SIR Neil Nootgomery-LadyM Margaret Mure.
Lady Elizabeth Montgomery-Sif Patrick
Lady Isabel Humo-Robert Logan, Laird Of
RestalriR.
Hume. q,
Chief-Justice James Logan, of "stentoD,"
Philsdelphia-Sara Read.
Councillor William Logan. OF "Stenton," Phia-
delphia-Hannah Emen, OF Philadelphia.
Charles Logan, Of Powhatan county, Va
Mary Peasants Of Virginia.
Juliana LOgan-Neil McCoull, OF Richmond
Va.
Charles Logan McCoull of Richmond, Va
Frances ThrockmOrton.
Neil McCoull, of Richmond, ya.-Kari ?. Gam
BILE
In the genealogical narrative of Mr.. Nc
Coull's ancestry it Is stated that his great
grandfather. Charles Logan. of - Belle
Mead" on the James, in Powhatan county,
Va. was a grandson of James Logan, who
came with William Penn as his secretary
and subsequently became president OF the
Provincial Council and chief justice OF
PENNSYLVANIA. He was descended from
that Logan, Laird Of Restalrig, who 1t was
discovered aliew wears after his death was
q party TO the celebrated Gowrie cOnspi-
racy, and to punish him his dead body was
disiDterred. taken into court at Edenburg,
and the sentence Hung, drawn. and
chartered" was carried out on his body
according to law and customs of the day.
Besides being a descendant of King
Robert H., as explained in the chart. Mr..
McCoull is also descendant of Louis
VII, King of France, and Robert Bruce.
King of Scotland, through his ancestor,
Sir Robert Logan. of Fortcastle, father OF
the laird who married Lady Isabella
Hume, as stated In the chart.
Mrs. Charles Wallace, Of Richmond, (nee
Maria Schlater), cousin of Mr.. McCoull,
is also of royal descent in the same lines,
as is also his sister Mollie, wife of Edward
X. Martain. of Richmond, and Mr.. Charles
McCoull, of Chesterfield county, Va.
OF THE sTUABTs.
Richard Henry Hubbell, Of Concord
Depot, Campbell county. Va, is described
as also a descendant Of King Robert ii. of
Scotland, but in another line he derives
his royal descent through his mother (nee
Mary Ann Flower. granddaughter OF
Judge Henry Hale Graham, of Delaware
county, Pa, who who was descended from
the Grahams. Earls of Strathern and Men,
teith, ono of whom, Mr.. Patrick Graham,
of Eleiston, married Lady Eupheme
Stuart. daughter of Prince David. the
eldest legitimate son of King Robert III.
Mr.. Hubbell has nine children. all of whom
are of course through their father de-
scendants of the Stuart Kings OF Scot
land.
FROM BoLLo THE DANE
The gallant naval officer, French For.
rest. of -" Charlemont," who was CON-
modore in the United States navy, and
flag officer in the Virginia navy and AS.
slstant-Secretary of the Confederate States
navy. is. according to his pedigree i'll
Americans of Royal Descent, q lineal de,
scendant Of Rollo, the Dane, founder OF
the royal house of Normandy, and ances.
tor of William the Conqueror. Commo-
dore Forrest also traces his lineage 10
HUGH Capet, King of France. An elabo-
rate chart in the book shows that both
the Rev. Douglas French Forrest. OF Gin
cinnatl, Ga son of Commodore Forrest. }
and his wife, Sallie Winston, a daughter
of William rutherford, Of Richmond
are both descended from kings-the Rev.
MIR. Forrest tracing to the Emperor Char
lemagne. and Mrs. Forrest TO King Alfred
the Great. Commodore Forrest derives
his royal lineage through his mother, who
was a daughter of Colonel Benjamin
Taskor Duiany, an aid to General Wash.
ington, and Colonel Dulany. in turn, was
of royal descent through his grandmother,
Anne Bladen (whose husband was Benja.
min Tasker, President of the Council and
Deputy Governor of the Province of Ma
ryland), a daughter of William Bladen
Commissary General of Maryland. whose
wife, Letitia LOTUS. was descendant OF
Right Rev. Adam Lotus, Archbishop o.
Dublin, and several times chief Governor
of Ireland. From General William BLADDER
the narrative pedigree carries Commodor'
Forests line through tho ennobled fami
lies of Sheffield, De We're, and DE Glare
Ears of Mulgrave, Oxford. and Glare
One of the Commodore's ancestors was 81
Edmund Sheffield. X. g., the celebrated
naval hero who took prominent part IL
the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Tn
Dulaneys, the Williamses, the De Buttes, tn
Balls. the Hunters, the Writings, the Car
tiers. of "Glen Welby," and the FORESTS
of Fairfax county. Va, are some of tn
Virginia families. relatives of Commodor
Forrest, whose ancestry is also traced I,
kings in this pedigree. Among the indi
yiduals named in this pedigree as descend
ants Of William the Conqueror are Colone
Richard II. Dulaney, of Welbourn
Hail.; Colonel Mattcom ID. Ball this wife
nee Sallie Wright, is also of royal descen
through the Grifiins. of Williamsburg
Commodore Bladen Dulaney, Colonel vii
liam w. Dulaney, United States Marin
Corps; Dulaney Forrest, United State
navy; Major Dulaney Forrest. Jr.. Fanny
wife OF Attorney-Generai Il. Taylor Scott
and Sophie, wife of Colonel Welby d
Butts.
FROM WILLIAM THE coSoUERER.
Mrs. A. Judson Crane. of Richmond. be
longs 10 the distinguished Adams fanil
OF Massachusetts,. aud through them he
ancestry is traced to King William l., o
England, better known as the Conqueror
Mrs. Crane had but two children, Mrs
Daniel q. Woods and Charles L. Crane
both residing in Baltimore. She was
daughter Of Susan Boylstop Adams, who's