The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-25
obtained a patent for the lands at York.
and Harvey broken down with intrmities
and debts. soon died.

and Harvey broken down with infrmities
and debts. soon died.
BEMARKABLE coIHCIDEsCEs.
have been thus particular about this
| affair. for the deposition OF Harvey IL
the first instance OF organized resistance
| against Government within the present
| limits of the United States. The coin
cidences. too. are extraordinary, captain
present site of Yorktown and one OF
| the speakers at the house OF William
Warren. was the. common ancestor of
| General George Washington and of Cen
eral Thomas Nelson. who. on the same
spot. respectively commanding the forces
o. the. United States and the forces OF
Virginia, contaminated the last revolt
against the authority of Great Britain.
old York may have been and probably
was the very house In which the Ameri-
can and English officers met to arrange
the details OF the surrender OF Lord Corn
wallace in Isl. This last dwelling Is
still standing. and bears the name 1t
b." at the surrender-the Moore house"
It's owner at that time was. Augustine
descendant of the Major Lawrence
Smith who laid out Yorktown, to whom
the land at old York had passed from
the Rev. Peter Temple, minister Of York
Parish; The title of Peter Temple was
derived by his marriage with the widow
Of Lieutenant-Colonei Thomas Ludlow,
sole devisee OF his uncle. Colonel George
And this last gentleman was near
kinsman of Edmund Ludlow. Lieutenant
general to Oliver Cromwell, and is said by
him in his Memoirs to have been the
der of Virginia in 1862 to the Parlia-
mentary Commissioners. the redoubtable
William Claiborne. and Richard Ben
nett. whose wife; Mary. Ann Ute. was.
Ute. who had the hardlhood TO arrest
Governor Harvey as a traitor TO the
Colony. II may be added that Washing
ton had his headquarters during the
siege at the place where Il is probable
Sir John Harvey retired after his arrest
the home OF Captain William Rrocas
called in the patents. Essex Lodge" and
now known as Washington's Lodge
WARRINGTON AS HFRFpITARY CHAMPION.
In 1857 CAPTAIN Nicholas Marian died
leaving three daughters. Elizabeth. who
married George Read. Esq. Secretary OF
state and Councillor of Virginia; Sarah
who married Captain William Fuller. who
as Puritan Governor Of Maryland. in 1854
defeated the party OF Lord Baltimore in
pitch battle near Annapolis, and Mary.
who married Colonel John Scasbrooke.
ancestor. Of General John scasbrooke
Wills, of the American Revolution. The
land at Yorktown, near old York, fen
10 the share Of George Reade and his
wife. This George Reade, great-grand-
father of George Washington, from whom
the General doubtless derived his Christ
ian name. was the son of Henry Reade
Esq. of an ancient family. in Southamp-
ton county, England, and Of Ann his
wife. daughter Of Sir Thomas Windebank
Clerk of the stgnet to Queen Elizabeth
and King James the ]. and grand-daught-
er Of Sir Edward Dymock hereditary
Champion Of England. 09) The interest
ing suggestion here occurs that by failure
of descent not IncommCn in the history OF
families George Washington, himself as
a descendant of the Dymocks, might have
OBLIGATED at the Coronation OF George III
CALAMITY mounted as hereditary Champ
ION and performing the customary cere-
monial Of hurting down the glove Of de-
fance 10 any who might dispute the title
of his Majesty. TO all the vast dominions
Of an important part Of which he soon
after despoiled him.
CAVALIERS VISIT YORK.
During Reade's life old York, or Tenn
ule Farm, as IT, is now called, remained
IN the possession Of the Ludlow family;
and at the Ludlow's and the Wormeiey's
on the other side of Wormeley's creek we
are told that the Royal party consisting
of Colonel Henry Norwood, Sir Henry
Thicheley, Colonel Mainwlring HammOr
and Sir Thomas Lunsford, cavaliers Of
Charles J., We're entertained In 1913 on
their way 10 visit Governor Berkeley at
Green Spring t2O.
THE LUDLows AND TEMPLE FARM.
For many years the seat of the county
was at the Ludlow place where Cap
tain Robert Baldrey provided a court
house at the rental of 1900 pounds of
tobacco a year: and there too can be
seen the remains of a bri * wall around
old York church. and tomb stone with
in the enclosure TO the memory of Major
William Gooch. member of the Virginia
Council, who died in 1855. In 1859, Leuten-
ant Colonel Thomas Ludlow received
rent of a hundred pounds of tobacco for
he church; (2D and in 1861 the Council
ordered t22) that the contractor for York
parish should Ego on and build the
church," which perhaps indicates that
the old church had fallen into ruins, and
Ludlow had temporarily provided place
Of worship. or that perhaps he owned the
land on which the church stood. As
shown from deed on record at York
town, the field in which the ruins lie was
called Church Field" as late as 1863;
and the 'itinerant" In 1916 speaks OF
the pFodigiouS number of old brick
chimneys' still remaining below York
town, relies, perhaps, of the old settle
ment of Sir John Harvey. These details
are given, as there are some who insist on
the authority Of the author of the
knights of the HCrse Shoe" that the
bricks Of Christian church indicate the
existence Of J Crrecan Temple. giving a
name TO the place-old parson Temple
who once occupied the place, being not
half so romantic an origin.
FORT BUILT.
In 1861 the fort at Old Point was deem
ed insufficient to protect the country
dered (23D to be established on the river.
one called Fort James was built al the
expense of Gloucester, York and New
Kent counties, on Tindalls Point oppo-
site to Reade's house. of brick burnt t2b
at Captain Robert Baidrys. in York
county. The fort was made ten feet
high and ten feet thick, and capable or
holding eight great guns. The expense
Of these forts ard others afterwards 10
Gated at the heads of the rivers contri-
buted to the discontents that led 10 the
second rebellion against Royal Tower
nor known as Bacon's Rebelhon deorSe
Reade died in 1914 two years before the
disturbances reached crisis, out ms
residence was held by garrison OF the
rebels during the war under the com
mand of Major Thomas Hansford. who
was surprised by Major Robert
Beverley, carried tn Accomac TO Sir VII
liam Berkeley and is celebrated as the
first Virginan born ever hanged.
YORKTOWN LAIJ OUT IN 1871.
The facilities afforded by the numer-
Gus creeks and rivers In lower Virginia
had hitherto prevented the growth OF all
towns, but in 1886 an act was passed TO
condemn fifty acres at various places
IN the different counties 10 when all
exports of tobacco and import of mer-
chandise should be brought. the town
for York county was decreed to be on
Mr.. Reades land where store house
for goods had long existed. (2j). After a
long suspension of the act IL was re-
enacted (26) again IN 1871, ana tneH lHe
building of the present Yorktown was
begun In earnest. Benjamin Reade, son
of Colonel George Reade, conveyed the
necessary fifty acres and Colonel Law
renee Smith, surveyor. laid out the town
in half acre lots 70. Lots were. pur-
chased by Governor FrGbcs Nicholson
and other leading citizens. In 1925 Mich
olson gave his lots for the establishments
of a free school. and in 1896 contributed
sc sterling to the building Of a court
house. and POI 10 The building of brick