The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-28

The Participants In the Ninuet at tho
Chambcrlin.


HAMPTON, VA. Feb. 2T.-Special.--
The mindet, which was danced last week
in the ballroom Of the Hotel Chambers
lin, Old Point, FOR the benefit OF tina
White ward Of the local hospital. was IN
one respect a most unusual. possibly an
unique, performance and as such deserves
special record. OF the forty characters
taking part. twenty-three were represent'
ed by one or more of their own descend.
ants. and We give tho following details.
believing that they Will command gene.
raj interest.
Tho two young ladies who led the enter'
ing procession and were the first to bi
presented TO General and Lady Washing,
ton, were Miss Alice Lee. daughter %
Sir Henry Lee, of Woodstock. and Mist
Ellen Lee daughter Of Richard Lee, q
Yorktown. who went in 1851. TO Breda ~
Flanders. to pledge the loyalty OF the
coiOnies -'os III. then In exile.
However charming these two littls
maidons may, IN their day have been, theJ
can hardly have eXcelled their represen-
tauycs and lineal descendants. Miss Mary
ana Miss Bessie Bodeker, who, with theis
mother. Mrs. Harry Booker. and Lady
Washington. stood for the Lee family IN
Virginia.
Mrs Thomas Whiting. whose husband
was General Washington's sponsor and
held him i'm his arms al baptism. and
, whose daughter Annie Beverley, Is said
TO have been the most beautiful womas
OF her time in Virginia, might well have
been envied for the good fortune which
gave her such a group OF representative,
as Mrs. Hunter Booker. Miss Anne Chis'
man. Miss Lila Chlsman and Miss Wat.
kins. while Miss Kitty McEwen az kath'
crime Beverley. the mother OF Thomat
Whiting. might have been taken without
stretch OF Imagination, FOR a delightful,
/ fresh miniature OF her eat-grcat-great'
/ grandmother.
/ Side by side with Virginia stood Mas.
/ sachusetts in tho persons OF Miss Laura
, Tlleston and Miss Wocott the first "a
Madam Bradford. whose husband, VII,
/ liam Bradford crossed the Atlantic In tho
/ Alayilower and in i62l was elected tina
/ first Governor or the Plymouth Colony.
/ and the second as Madam Derby. wife Of
king Derby Of Salem. at that time tho
! richest man in 1he colonies and stdunch
| friend and supporter Of the Colonial gov'
eminent into whose treasury no gave 4
| large share Of his wealth.
MARYLAND. held her own bravely In Mrs.
/ George Booker and Miss Louise Booker.
descendants Of Madam Louise Wlnder.
/ wife OF Governor Winder the former.
( however. representing another ancestor
Lady Yoardly, OF Virginia. while Rhode
Island sent Mrs Or. Boutelle as the wife
Of william Henry Dyer 1850 and Connec-
ticut followed with Mistresses Hopeh,il1
Morgan, OF New London. uo's). represent
ed by her great-grcat- granddaughter.
Miss Elizabeth Morgan.
Again. from Virginia came Mrs. Com
! moiore Barron OF Norfolk. in tho per-
son OF her direct descendant, Miss Laura
Hone. and Mrs. George Mason, wife Of
the author OF the Declaration OF Rights.
in her great-grandnicce, Mrs. Nelson
Groome. while from tho shore OF Hamp-
ton Greek came the daughter OF Sir Miles
Carey. Lady Mary. who In her descendant
Miss Mary Shields, a lovely and accom-
plished young lady who showed piquant
grace which may well have belonged Ia
| the damsel who IL credited with the mis-
take OF refusing General Washington IN
the DAYS Of his surveyorship. II goes
without saying that for such an occasion
! the quota OF men Is always difficult 10 MI
and In view OF the inevitable limitations.
the managers felt themselves fortunate
in being able to introduce 50 satisfactory
a list as the following: Tho Frehorr Won
Schllling. friend and contemporary OF
| Won Steubcn, who accompanied the iatter
10 this country and VINO was represented
by his descendants. Mr.. Marshall Won
schnling and his brother Mr. Franz Won
Schilling. Captain John Ferguson, wh"
went In 1871 10 the relief OF Fort William
| Henry and later was minute maa az
Lexington. represented by his great-great-
.randsons Richa.l and Kalani Armstrong
] and two Revolutionary officers. Major
! Price and Colonel Daniel wilson. who
( appeared IN the persons OF their descend
/ ants. Mr.. W. Strother Smith and Or. Hob-
I son.
/ In addition to the above somewhat re-
markable showing. II may also be said
that IL more time could have been given
TO the selection and preparation OF tho
/ performers. the Hampton minuet might
/ have been made still more distinctly MS
! torical At the same time the memters
/ OF the Association for the Preservation
| OF Virginia Antiquities for whose benehs
4, was originally given recognize that X
/ has done good service In attracting at
| tention to the value OF their work ana
to tho Importance OF preserving family
| ana local yecordA