Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-20

She was q woman Of some estate ana OF
epviabie social rank. Her husband was
a country gentleman OF property. ana
a lawyer at the time Of their marriage.
the city OF London They were earnest
Puritans in faith and In practice. and
10 this fact may be attributed their
subsequent emigration to New ENG
land. When they we're married. IN
April. 1918. he was 81 years old ana she
was q years old. John winthrop emil
grated in June, 1s2s, and on the 2Oth OF
October. 1G29. he was appointed Governor
to succeed Matthew Craddock- he lei.
his wife In England. but she joined
him in his new-made American nome III
November. 1861. and IL does not appear
that either of them ever returned 10
England. She died in June. 1911, leav-
ing her husband surviving. she was
the mother OF eight children, four or
whom left descendants. among whoni
have been many conspicuous men anu
womerf>jn America, and In Great britain,
among others. the late Lord Lyons Brit
ish Minister to the United States
and the present Dukes OF New Caste
and Norfolk. The late Hon. Robert {.
Winthrop. than whom no man OF our
day has been more universally ana just
ly honored and esteemed. was descend
ant Of John Winthrop. through one OF
his other wives
The story of Mrs. Wnthrop's life, both
in England and America, is told In this
volume. with n loving appreciation. ana
making all allowances for the color dc
rose of n partial biographer. 1t Is one
which Justly deserves to be preserved
and perpetuated in affectionate memory.
We honor our New England brethren Tor
the jealous care with which they have
vaI he. IL o,1 O.
tory OF their colonial forbears; and we
share with them their filial venera-
ton for the high public and private vir-
tues OF the men and women who found
ed their great Commonwalths. We only
wish that our Virginia predecessors had
been as careful as their northern con-
temporaries In boarding the manuscript
records Of our early history; and we
earnestly sympathiZe with the pious
Office which has been assumed by our
historical and antiquarian societies OF
gathering up now for dissemination and
preservation the fragments that remain.
WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE
QUARTERLY October. Historical
Magazine. Editor, Lyon C. Tyler. NJ. A..
J. u. D.. president OF William and Mary
College. Williamsburg, Va. Richmond.
Va: Whittet & Shepperson. General
Printers
Table Of contents: Washington and His
Neighbors contInued). giving interesting
documents from the records OF Westmore-
land and Northumberland counties con-
csrning Brodhurst. Bernard. Pope, Hard
wick. Gerard. Lee. etc. by the editor.
The Thornton Family. by w. G. Stanard.
Libraries In Colonial Virginia.; selections
from the records Of Princess Anne coun-
ty, by Edward w. James. The Smith OF
Virginia, l.; Family OF John Smith. OF
Purton. The Smiths OF Virginia, H.: Fam
Ivy OF John Augustine Smith. Original
Letters-Colonel John Taylor to Edmund
Pendleton; /. A. Coles TO Henry st.
George Tucker; Major John Pryor to
Major Thomas Massie; Cornelius Calvert
to Anthony Wake. Isle OF Wight Coun-
ty-Papers relating TO John Marshall and
others, the case OF John Jennings, the
British Regiment. Burning OF New Kent
Courthouse ard Prison, extract from ST.
Peters Parish Register. The Thruston
Family, OF Virginia Continued. Marriage
Bonds In Middlesex County Clerks Office.
Old Tcmbstones in Charles City-Light-
foot, Gibson. and Hunt. Descendants OF
Henry Randolph with notes of Foliot,
Anderson. Ellison, Soane. etc. Throck-
HlOIlOH t1lliy. JOuElitlS VI lle AlFtllVSS
OF the President and Masters of William
and Mary College Continued. Historical
and Genealogical Notes-Coin OF the Com
monwealth OF England. Surveyors In Bad
Company, Tobacco Taxes, Scotch Tom
Nelson. Bland Family, First Children.
Hubbard Pedigree, Query Regarding Ran
dolph- Purcell, Andrews Family. Ennalls
Family. Rev. James Sclater. Book Re-
views-The Southern States OF the Ameri-
can Union. by Dr. ]. L. ". Curry; John
Smith. OF Virginia, by Or. John Fiske;
Mrs. Lees School History. etc.
REPORT OF THE SEVENTH ANNUAL
MEETING OF THE VIRGINIA STATE
BAR ASSOCIATION, held at White
Sulphur Springs. w. Va. August 9Th.
9TH, and Stii. 1895. Richmond: The VIII
liams Printing Company. Printers. 1885.
This is a book OF 29s pages. containing
much matter of interest to the profession,
and good portraits Of Judge Roger A.
Pryor. +. II. Mcclure. Esq, and Captain
Charles NJ. Blackford. Our copy Is from
Jackson Guy, Esq. secretary.
BEETZEN MANOR. A ROMANCE.
BY w. Hemburg. Author of "A Maid
ems Choice" "Gertrude's Marriage"
1.-TWO Daughters of One Race etc.
Translated by Elise Lathrop. The
trade supplied by the international News
Company. New York: 33l pages; price
80 cents.