Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-04
FITZHUGH FAMILY.
MISSING LINKS CONNECTING IT WITH
ANCIENT LAND GRANTS.
Immen.e Heritage from the First Settler
ofthe Name-Unique Wi'i-Ihe De-
scendants Down to the Lces.
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ofthe Name-Unique Wi'i-Ihe De-
scendants Down to the Lces.
fcorresponde.,ce Of the Richmond Dispatcn.l
CowoRS, KING GroRoE COUNTY, Va, June
3.-Antiduarians are still in search OF au-
thentic data connecting the distinguished
F,tzhueh family with certain OF the largest
IMMIGRANTS in the early settlement OF Nir-
cinia. The DIspATCH being the most llbe-
rally read paper in Virginia 1t may there
fore be Of special interest TO the public
,ust now TO supply tho missing links "
through this medium. Among the most
notable ancient cu{0s in Tldewatcr Nlr.
Gina are seven very large oil-portraitS OF
the Original Fitzhugh family: which adorh
tho Darl0r- walls Of Colonel Henry =. RITZ
hugh and Frank G. Fitzhugh, Esq. OF this
comfy. the most interesting OF them
being that of Henry tt2hugh. painted IN
1921 and that OF William Fiizhugh. panied
in 1898. The others were painted IN l,'i
bv Hcsselus. and all are IN sptchdid
state of preservation and furnish sight
Yicb and rare on which rehc-hunters do
light 10 feast their eyes and which would
have furnished valuable journalistic ma
tcrlal SINCE the war but for characteristic
aversion 10 newspaper notoretY on the
mari of those to whom the priceless relics
belong.
CoMBrSATIoN NAMr.
Tho ancestors Of those whose memory *
perpetuatcd by theso portraits were hlgh
oficeholdcrs and Of great renown IN Ing
land IN the thirteenth and fourteenth cen
turics. ana William Ftzhush, lawyer.
whose portrait l. mentioned above was lhe
fryf Of that name - come u TINS couh-
try. His father was Henry. a no'ei
lawyer Of London. fltHAugh -
combinations name derived from the IltZ
family and the Hugh family Of ENGLAND.
Before the two were united into Fltzhugh,
sometimes the Hugh preceded the f!tH
thus: UughiitZ. and sometimes go r@Sd,
until tho combination became necessary
in order 20 Prominently settle inc tltle 10
certain en- 0rmous real estates IN the time
~ Tdward l. The William FItzhugh here
snokcn Of As the first who came 10 America
WAS born in 1880 GHd not 20 1920 a. was
stated IN tho early part of this century,
and be died IN 1901.
HIS YOUNG BRIDE.
lie settled IN Westmoreand county, Va.
mat ~ Cup.pfr). about 1870. and ma -riei
II Miss Tucker. Of that county, IL 1913. be-
fore She was ii years old. HIS five sons
were: William. Henry, Thomas, George.
and John. who inherited from thelr
father at his death j10J acres OF land
and Eesex The pTOverbIal old hOmesteais.
Eagles Nest" and Bedford IN King
George. and Bellair' and BOscobel.' IN
Stafford. were originally u part OF That
5i.eJf acres. Several Of these are among
the most prominent homestead7 IN ! lde-
winter Virginia TO tins day. from these
SONS of William EltZhugh )born IN l63J)
descended all the families Of fltZhuGh III
virginia, Maryland, and Western New
York.
HFMaRKAGIP DOCUMENT.
TIE Viii Of this William Fitzhugh has
been pronounced the most remarkable
document # the kind ever recorded IN
Nugain. and has perhaps attracted more
attention and cnused wider comment than
ever G'd any viii IN this state. As a
uUque composition. fraught with plOus
Ihrascol0ey. a copy Of 1t was filed with
large MANUSCRIPT volume f hls letters in
% Tho library Of Cambridge, Mass,
someihng bike hundred years ago,
and In tedious research for certain
Gata & Was subsequently, brought here
aud dcpo-licd IN the rooms of the Hlsiori-
cal Society Of Virginia. Mh"u the famous
EDp.r. Beverly. tine first of the name. was
upr-.~utci and imprisoned fo- indie
upuu.ucD." William tltXhuEh was his
counsel H. WAS tho author OF the first
work ou \rrlIlA laws cy"r published in
tncluuI. r. is supposed that tins was
written whi.o Do was At.Orucy-Gcncral for
tA,, Commonwealth.
rTNowNrD LAwyrE.
N0twitbstlu conflicting opinions in
IT,, eighteenth century. 10 can here be
positively and auth1ritatvely stated that
the William iItIhuru Iu question was the
"rcuoVuri LAWYER who represented Lord
Cu,pcuer Iu various real estate transac-
UOr- with taIs country. md That no
purchased thousands and thousands of
acres 90 lana from Lord Cdlpeper
when Pee lCu.prp.r hold grant
fi'n kns Charles for the whole
of N.rpinu. 4 iottcr written hy William
FItlhu,h ID his afflicted mother IN 1904
ha, been preserved with sacred care from
generation 10 generation as most r.
Iu.rkahio PRODUCTION, Astounding IN deeply
plous declarations If faith IN God, teen
ing with touching eNhortauOus and beau
tlful with pleas for higher Christianity
and pUrer morals among the men OF that
DAY.
HAD nrcovE COMMON.
4 writer IN D, Bor'S Hsritn IN 1860 sup
poses that tho combination name. EltZ-
Hugh thon spelled with capital IA, had
became common a- early a. eight centu-
rcs ago. Two of the name were slGucrs
Of the Magma Charta. and one Is found on
the roll of the Battle Abbey. one family IF
fitZhugAs lcd pa the Crusades. and slict
actively with tue lanca>tcrs in the War
of the Roses The last significant men,
tiou Of the name IN connection with DIS
tingulshcd affairs IN general history X
made BY Hume, when titzhush Is cla~sed
a. "a leader of rebellion against Edward
the Fourth, after Warwick Tenth.
1IrIBARY- MILITARY.
The old Fitzhushs We're both literary
ESQ, Of Port Royal, Va. was the distin-
Culshed author OF "SocI0lOgy for the
south" Canulbals All, -" and u number of
other works Oi merit IN ante bellum DAYS.
In 1856 the New York Times spoke OF him
thus: "A genuine NirSinlln, "a gentleman.
conservative. talented refned-one Of
tho Old-schoOl heroes OF the South
whose presence and counsel IL tins age
of turmoil should be- regarded ~
public hcucfactiOu. Mr.. Htzhugh pro-
badly moro than any other writer in the
South has gwen 70 the world correct ideas
Of our institutions and our resources" At
that time 1s56l George lltZhugh, residing
IN that ancient village on the Rappahan-
mock. wrote a series OF genealogical articles
for he Ro,c's Rtrlnr. III which he gave TO
the world some of the most interesting
facts IN tho history of the ancient nojieSSe
OF the Old Dominion.
GENEALOGICAL.
The eldest son Of VII liam Fitzhngh. the
first settler. who married Miss Sarah Tuck.
OF, OF ht0lUpItINuu, III lDc Iltn year or
her age, was named William, and he mar
rIed Miss Mary Lee. BY tins marriage
there was one son, Henry, who married a
Miss Carter. lie also had only one son,
William HtzhuSh, who married a Miss
Randolph Thus William left one son,
William II. FItZbuch. of Fairfax. who mar
RED a Miss Goldsborough. of Marvla
who died childless. Mrs. GUSTS. Of Airing
ton. was a sister Of this last-namcd VII
liam II. FtzhuEh, and her only daughter
married General Robert +. Lee. Thus IL
IL PLAN how II Is that our Ex-Governor Lee
and the late Congressman Lee. of the
Eighth District, We're both named FitZ-
hugh Lee, and also why the Lees and Fitz-
hughs are blood kin. The line seems too
direct and obvious to admit Of diversity
OF opinion among modern genealogists.
ZINE PORTRAITS.
Tho portraits hereinbefore mentioned
as beng now IN possession OF the FltZ-
hughs OF tins county are perhaps as fine
work OF ancient art as can be anywhere
found at the present day. They are hte-
SIZE. and SO perfectly preserved that every
expression OF face and feature stands out
rs clearly as If the artistic brush had re-
colored them IN recent Years. The