The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-01
COLONIAL DANES
OF ROYAL DESCENT
An Interesting Book in Which the
Names Of Many Well Known
Virginia People Appear.

A book of interest to many people In
Richmond and Virginia is Some Colonial
Danes of Royal Descent by Charles
Henry Browning, recently published IN
Philadelphia. In its three hundred and
more handsomely printed pages are to be
found the lines of descent, along when
many Colonial Danes of Virginia ano
many Virginians who are not Colonlal
Danes trace back their lineage through
an unbroken line of ancestors 10 one OF
more of the crowned heads of Europe.
Mr.. Browning's Americans of Royal
Descent a volume of similar size anu
covering in part the same ground was
we'll received two or three years ago
Both volumes are to be Iound d. lhe
Virginia Historical Society.
MANY families we'll known in Richmond
and Virginia are mentioned in these Two
volumes. With eminent appropriateness.
the first pedigree given IN some Coio-
NAL Danes of Royal Descent, traces Tue
ancestry of Mildred Warner the pater-
nal grandmother of George Washinstoi,'
back to Louis VIII. OF France tnroush
the percys and Nevilles of England, than
,,,bo,,, no ia miles were more notable IN
the England of four hundred years ago.
Apart from kings without number, TINS
line of descent sets forth that then flowed
in the yiens of the Father of his Country
the blood Of many Earls or Nortnulipei-
land. when that title was name
which men trembled Not the least Oh
these worthy ancestors of our George
Washington of Virginia was Sir Henry
Percy better known a s HotSpur
~ neculiar interest is the carefully
studied line of descent of Mrs Simon b.
Ruckner. of Kentucky. who was MISS
claiborne. of Richmond. One line OF hef
ancestry is traced back through an un-
broken line to Charlemagne. Inc SAINT
line of descent belongs equally as well &c
other Richmond ladies, among them MIS-.
w. r. Robins. Mrs P. H. Mayo ana MIS-.
Thos. N Carter. Mrs. s 3. Buchnei
can also Law claim to descent from Henry
TIT If England and Louis VIII of France.
Miss Margaret v. Smith, Of Alexandra,
is descended through one line OF ances-
tors from Edward I. of England ana
through another from Louis VIII. OF
France.
The Dulaneys of Virginia can trace
their lineage back to Hugh Capet, KING
of France in 5S7 A. D.
Martha Parke Curtis the stepdausn.er
of George Washington, was descended
from Edward l., Of ENGLAND ana MS iiise
wife, Eleanor Of CASTLE.
The Princess Tronubetskoy, the Rlves
family. and Mrs. John S. Wise, OF Ne"
york. claim a. line Of ancestry through
William Byrd of Westover. back 10
Hugh Caoet, King of France.
Mrs. James II. Dooley is decended from
Edward Ill, Of England, and his WIG
Philippa. of Hainault.
Mrs. Thomas r. Price. Of New York
and many Of the Montagues and Trip.
let's Of Virginia trace their lineage back
"a Robert Bruce of Scotland through Ma
nier. the inventor Of logarithms
Mr. William Writ Henry, of Richmond,
and his ancestor Patrick Henry, were
descended from Robert Bruce of Scot
land. and Henry III, Of England. s.
Mrs. w. S. Dashiell, of Richmond,
through the Carriers and Pages Is oe-t
scended from Henry III, of England,
and nv another line from Edward T.. of
England.
The Ayletts of King William county
are descended from Robert Bruce through
Governor Spotswood, of Golden Horse
shoe fame
Mrs. John D. Hool, of Warrenton and
| many of the Herberts and FalrfaXes
| claim descent from Edward III, OF Eng
land.
of Richmond is J, especially interesting
Through the Carriers she is descended
from Henry Ill. and through Governor
Spotswood from Robert Bruce.
Mrs. Thomas L. Alfriend can claim a
double line OF ancestry to Alfred the
Great, one through Robert Bruce ard
Governor Spotswood, and the other
through William tn Conqueror.
AIRS. d. II. Rucker. of Richmond, is
descended from Henry III. Of England,
/ and his wife, Eleanor, Of Provence.
Miss Anne F'itzhugh Rose Walker. Of
1 Richmond, is descended from Alfred the
Great and also from Charlemagne.
Mrs. II. "A. Claiborne Is descended from
i Alfred the Great.
Mrs. Roger A. Pryor, Of New ork. trace
her ancestry through Nathaniel Bacon,
#of Virginia to Robert the Picus Of France.
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