The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-09

with comparative ease by this name back
into many generations Of respectable peo-
rIe One Of Henry Wits most trusted
knights-one of the five he sent out to
destroy the monasteries was Sir Thomas
Price, He was called "a creature OF
the court by Goldsmith. one OF the
ships captains under Sir Walter Raj
eigh was Captain Thomas Price, who.
after his return to England from Amer
lea entertained his friends by drinking
a dish Of tobacco tea in their presence.
There were five prominent men of the
Revolution named Thomas Price" So
this prodigality Of heroes made one of
the most difficult parts of my research
to identify the right one.
One was a poor wounded soldier in Isle
Of Wight, Va; one was a freebooter there;
one was captain of His Majesty's ship
"Viper;;" one was Rev. Thomas Price,
whom I found preaching and reading
prayers to the Convention OF Virginia,
and two were my Maryland Grandfathers.
Lieutenant Thomas Price, and his faith
I, er. Col. Thomas Price.
My entire interest in the subject has
grown out of my inherited love for old
relics, as they were kept in that walled
city of the Romans, Chester, where they
still keep things that Caesar saw. be-
cause I accidentally came into possession
of a relic once owned by the first Thom-
as Price In America.
1t was lost over a hundred years under
the house occupied and built by my great
grandfather, and it has the family mark
upon it by which all his possessions were
marked. A cousin, knowing my fad, gave
it to me, and when [ had translated the
hall-marks. and subjected to a micro
scope the spangled crown of the tigers
head, I knew it was made and stamped
in old Chester in 1872!
DR.. Hugh NJ. Grant, of Lancaster, KY,
whose grandmother was named Lucy
Jennings Price, has written to me about
the Kentucky members of this old fam
lily, as he has heard it. The first William
Eastern counties of Virginia. His son,
William, became the father OF nine chill
dren. All of these lived except three
girls. Five sons grew to old age, none
| dying under eighty years.
| Among them was Commodore Cicero
| Price. who died in Troy, New York, and
| whose only daughter was the famous
| beauty, Lady William Beresford, nee
Duchess of Marlborough, nee Mrs. Ham
mersley, nee Lillian Price.
Commodore Price had four brothers
DR.. Jennings Price, of Lancaster, Ky;
Mr.. Napoleon B. Price. also Of Lancaster:
Asllburn Price, of Lexington, KY, and
Johnson Price, of California
| The ancestor Of this family, William
Price, was. as have discovered, a broth
! err of the Rev.Thomas Price, of Virginia.
| Of Col. Prices brothers I have learned
! these facts: He had one brother, James,
| who was an eminent merchant in Mon
| treal. James Prices mercantile partner
was James Haywood. Their house gave
to the Continental Army q great deal OF
| cash. Several people wrote to Congress
that his help was all that saved the
army while storming Quebec and in
Montreal. During the cold winter of 17775
| the blankets and clothes and food were
chiefly obtained from the English mer-
/ chants Of Montreal. James Price gave
2o,0ao pounds sterling to the army, most
/ somery. All these papers were
lost and James Price had little to show
| perhaps nothing but the letters of Woos-
/ ter and Arnold to show for his money.
/ There was a, dispute about it, and people
| said Arnold got the most of it. Con-
gress, however, voted to Fay the Debt.
Now, Lieutenant Thomas Price was
| twice married-first wife Elizabeth Tay
lor, second wife Margaret Beard. One
Of his daughters bv second wife he calls
"My- beloved Daughter NIedorah.'' when
he wills her a Slave She was the
/ grandmother OF a certain gentleman
| whom I have never seen but who has
rather dnubtfuIly inquired of me il he
is a "son Of the Revolution"
I don't know how much Of. a Son he
IS; but that Is his pedigree, and il he
is just as good as his pedigree and just
/ as American he is all right, whether he
joins any club to commemorate his grand
father and great-grandfathe or not.
Ono Of my mothers aphorisms was
| this: 'It is all very we'll to worship
your ancestry. like the Chinese: but it's
very much Better to mako for yourself
'clarium ct venerable nomen.
EVA s GRANT.