Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-28

.. uo~orr, descendants q long iino y,
l;n.s and English nobility: Also. &c
scandants OF kings through the pv a; v
the PAGES of Union Hill" OF opr rnbs
Ill.," q Clay Bank" OF "a i ~ Turkey
ham Grove OF Eiden; The Forks Of
HILL" OF Wildwood" Of Tue ~
Fron, King Robert us sons 'n9
nue. Of Albany and King Robert III i;n az
os.J.nd WAC descended in severai lueS
S Ssnn, Thomas NJ. Randolph, whose
,,;,. was n daughter of President Jened
s !" Their ten children are rePresysn'ts
IN virglnia by numerous desce !. Was,.
The Williams Carter family pSm a., of
, nc On the james," and the burwe,,S 90 =,
:. or pn,nore. traced their Ancestry W
phrs If Gruifydh. Prince OF South w f.;sb
,rho died in 1856, through the gieas n ard
s.,;,,as Titzgeralds, Earls OF hldaro' "n1
.aa p,,tlers. Earl of Ormonde', n.
'n9 10 r Pendleton, of Richmond ~
r,onn;s w. Pendleton, of Warsaw puu
lev Drers Pendleton, OF Shepnc,ust.ond
and the Pendletons of Wythe coah nn,s sn Of
Caroline county are lineal aes'oH
king william the Conqueror; o.>LIa
william Short, of Williamsburg; " neIu
.ha eat commission signed by PRESIDENT
M W. and was the first citizen ap-
"asta 30 Office under the Federal Constl-
, potn His wife and the mother OF ms
o oH,IJr Mrs. Edmunds. Mrs. Ridgeiy,
.nd Mrs. Ch. wilkins, was a descendant Oh
Rnherf the Pious, King of France. :,
Colonel Nathaniel West cambridge ana
his wife. Dorothy Spotswood. were oCtn
dascendsnts OF the Norman and Planta-
Genet kings of England. Mrs. cambridge
derived her blood royal through her father,
Naio, General Alexander Spotswood, men,
toned above, and Colonel cambridge traced
his line TO kings through his torefatherss
tbe Vests. Lords de la War;. Colonel and
Mrs. cambridge had ten children, and they
are represented by cambridge families al
over Virginia The wives of United States
Senators Kennedy and Hunter were also OF
this ROYAL line, as was also Philip L. Dan,
bridge. of The Bower" whose second
wife was a daughter of President Taylor.
and so was Governor Patrick Henry 5
second wife.
King Robert II. of Scotland was the roy
al ancestor of the Craik family. two proml-
nent members of which were DR.. Cralk,
Washingtons intimate friend and physi-
clan, and his son, George Craik. Wsshlng-
toms private secretary, and the latter
son, the late Rev. DR.. Craik. OF Louisville.
XIV. DIR. James Craik, surgeon-general OF
the Continental army was descended from
the Craik family of Dumfrleshire, Scot
land. which was descended from the Stu
art kings through the Napiers and camp
bells. of Glenarchy, and King Roberts
son. the Duke of Albany.
The Mcdonald family OF Blacksourg,
Montgomery county, are also descended
from King Robert III. of Scotland, but
through his daughter. Margaret, whose
husband was mcdonnell. lord of the Isles,
this Virginia family descended from Prln-
cess Narparet's son, Eoin-oge mcdonnell,
the hero OF SCOTS Lord of the Isles"
The Opie family of Northumberland
county and OF Baltimore have their ances-
try traced also 10 King Robert Ii. OF Scot
land. through his daughter Cathlne,
whose husband was David, Earl OF Craw-
ford.
The Nicholson family of Alexandria are
lineally descended from Lughaidh Macon,
the 18th king of all Ireland. through the
Mac Nicols. chieftains of clan Mac Nicol,
in the Isle Of Skye.
Mrs. Charles Fisher, of Richmond, traces
her royal descent from King Edwards l.,
IL, and III. OF England. through tue Pey-
tons. of Monteagle, Albemarle county, az
does also William p Eskridge, OF Staun-
ton.
OF ROBERT BRUCE.
William Griffin Waller. of Richmond,
whose first wife was sister of Mrs. Je1er-
son Davis, IS descendant OF Robert
Bruce. King of Scotland. HIS grand
mother, Mrs. William Waller, OF Williams
burg, was granddaughter OF Judge Cyrus
Griffin. of Williamsburg, member and
president of the last Continental Congress,
whose wife was a daughter OF John stuart,
sixth Earl of Waquler, whose descent from
the hero Of Bannockburn Is traced through
the Earls OF Southern and OF Crawford.
OF this ROYAL descent are also the MERGERS,
of Williamsburg and Baltimore, and the
Walker family, OF Sussex county.
PATRICK HENRY.
James H.. King of Scotland. was the
ROYAL ancestor of the patriot Governor,
Patrick Henry. whose second wife. Martha
cambridge, is mentioned before as of royal
descent. so Governor Henrv's grandson,
William Writ Henry. OF Richmond, has the
blood of the royal Stuarts in his veins, as
have all the other descendants OF the great
Colonel William p. Munford, of Rich
mond; General Thomas L. Munford, Mrs.
Corbin Warwick. of Richmond Mrs. Will
liam Rutherford. of Richmond; the
Bradfotes. Tompkins and Wright families,
OF Lynchburg, are all descendants OF Will
liam the Conquerer through their ances-
tor. Colonel William Beverley. OF Bland
field"
Tie Digges family. of Fauquier county,
are descendants of that Sir Dudley Digges,
OF Chilham Castle, Kent. who was men,
Der Of the London Company for colonlzlng
Virginia. HIS mother was descended IN a
direct line from King Edward III
son, Prince John of Gaunt. Hence the
ROYAL descent of the Virginia branch OF
DIgges OF Chilham.
While / have not exhausted the list Of
Virginia families whose ancestry IS traced
in " Americans OF Royal Descent" To the
Legitimate issue OF kings | have,
think. given enough to show that the
pride OF Virginlaus IN their ancestry IS not
without foundation, and that Americans
of ROYAL Descent" Is valuable addition
to the genealogical lore of Virginia fami-
lies.