Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-30
SOUTHERN LoyALIsTs.
Notable Families That Adhered 10
the Cause of King George
For the Dispatch)

the Cause of King George.
For the Dispatch)
Colonel Joseph Reed Of Pennsylvania,
wrote Washington, in March, ING; 1.-THE
Virginians are so alarmed at the IDEA
OF independence that they have sent
Mr. Carter Braxton to Philadelphia on
purpose to turn the vote OF that Colony
~ any question On that subject should
come before Congress" Washington re-
piled to him. March Is. ING: From their
form OF government and steady attach
ment heretofore TO royalty. Nirginians
will come reluctantly TO the idea OF inde-
pendence."
Indeed Maryland. and the states south
OF her had done well in Colonial con-
dltion. Virginia had been the fayorite
Colony with the English, and her people
were the best received IN England.
She had been admitted az an "lnde-
pendent Dominion by Cromwell TO enjoy
a semi-independent position and Der Roy
alist belief and by Charles H., the Nir-
sinia arms had been quartered at ms
coronation with those Of England, Sect
land, and Ireland.
The Colonial families up to the time OF
1776 had been most prosperous, and their
estates were fiourishing. Charleston, be-
fore ITO, was lle must auh1HNrN "a a
the Colonia! cities.
Pollard. in the History OF the Loaf
Cause" draws attention 10 the shrinkage
OF southern values since lI76: since the
adoption Of the republican form OF gov
eminent
John AgneW was rector OF church at
Suffolk, Va. The Republicans Of Nanse-
mond county, IN 17I5. 80 prosecuted him
for his loyalty to the Crown that he left
and became chaplain Of the Queen S
Royal Rangers. His son. HAS Agnew.
was captain In the same corps. 1t is
from this family that was descended the
celebrated Or. Agnew, OF Philadelphia.
The Alexanders OF Virginia, North Caro-
Ina. ald Maryland are OF the same
stock, being descended In two collateral
lines from the Earls of Stirling and the
Earls OF Caledon.
Charles Alexander. Of Norfolk. was pub
llshed by the Republicans In no as mimi
cal 10 their doctrine.
The property Of William Alexander, Of
Craven, n. c., was contscated because
he was a RoyalisD In 111s. and Robert
Alexander. OF Maryland. was obliged to
20 TO England in 17S2 where he was
a loyalist addresser to the King I'm l1sS.
The Rev. Or. Jonathan Boucher OF
Hueuenot ancestry, living at Hanover
Courthouse Va, was firm Royalist in
llIS He was regarded. even in England,
as one OF the best preachers OF his time.
The son OF Mrs. Washington, by her
first marriage was his pupil. A family
Of tho Canadian nobility, one OF the Same
name. Boucher Seignor de Boucheryille,
On the St Lawrence.
Austin Brockenbrough. head OF that
celebrated family OF King William coun-
~, was published in lT5 by the Republi-
cans as tnimical on account OF loyalty TO
the Crown.
The present Democratic candidate for
President OF the United States is descend
ed from the same family that produced
Samuel Bryan, whose estate in North
Carolina in l719 was confscated because
Of his Royalist views.
The noble Fairfaxes were all on the
side OF the Crown. Lord Bryan Fairfax,
Lord Thomas Fairfax. whose grand
father was also Lord Culpeper, and whose
estate was the largest and most valua-
HE fin America, were the representatives
Of a family whose history extends
bevoud the time OF the Norman conquest
Their loyalty and devotion to principle In
l71s. OF all their other great achieve
ments. are the brightest and most hon.
orable IN history.
DR.. Matthew Forsyth. OF the Roya.
navy who lived at one time al Chester,
" H.. was loyal 10 the cause. but his
only son Robert Forsyth. OF Fredericks-
burg. Va. born IN England whls his
father was there in l7J4 was a major IN
Lees Light Horse. ON the Colonial side.
Two OF the ilustrious family or
Gl.ymes. whose ancestry dated TO
Graemus or the time OF Fingal, King Of
the SCOTS, were ROyalisIs in ln6-Msjo?
Grymes. OF Smcoes Royallst Corps. and
John Randolph GTymes, who was forced
into temporary exile. 1t Is stated that a
Girl OF this family was much thought OF
by Washington before his marriage.
John Hamilton. OF Norfolk, was the
colonel commanding regiment O.
Ioyalists that hs raised in North Caro-
lima. lie was much esteemed. even by
his antagonists. He Is called. In the
"Idfe of Judge Iredell," "the very crest
Of the Tory movement IN the South" In
Stradman's Life of the Marquis OF
CORVALLIS" II Is declared that no one
dld more for the British cause In North
America than Colonel Hamilton" After
1883 he was appointed British Consul al
Norfolk. one OF his daughters, Mary.
married Captain John Pray. sometimes
called Admiral OF Georges .; and Sallie
Admiral Pray's daughter, married the
Chevalier Thomas Forsyth, son OF En-
sixn William Forsyth.
Some OF the Harrisons OF Virginia claim
descent from General Thomas Harrison
OF the time Of Cromwell They have oc-
cupied always a leading position in Viz
ginia. but most OF them had greater
connection with the Republicans than
with the Royallsts-
BENJAMIN Harrison. slgner OF the Decla-
ration OF Independence and brother Of