The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-31
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{ DAUGHTERS OF THE 81
I AMERICAN REVOLUTION

of the earliest settlers Oh tne soNs.
Some time before the Confederate W.
they moved to Alabama near on ~.
Springs. They had three sons. Charles
Henry and Nicholas, and several daugn-
ters. Mrs. James e. Gachet is still living
81 the advanced age of So In the fun pos
session of her faculties and stfll retains
much of the charm and grace ana beauty
- hsr youth r. G. w.
ss3. GAcHET-Another branch OF TINS
family came to America In colonial oays
and settled in Massachusetts tSee N, =.
Hist Gen. Reg. l., BAD The name has
been corrupted in some places to Gatchett.
(see Futhey's Chester County. Pa, S6l.'
also savage's Genealogical Dictionary, ll.'
234)
sss. LAwRENCE-The will OF Rev.
John Lawrence, which 8. p. G., desires.
il to be found in the Va. Mag Hist. ana
Biog., Vol. H., page 176.
REV. John Lawrence was clergyman
of English birth, who was associated with
the early history of Presbyterians In
America"
His will Is written In old English, al
most unintelligible in spelling and express
son. 1t Is dated September 26, 1854, ana
was proved n the county court Oh Lower
Norfolk. October Is. 1854. The facts OF
the will are as follows:
John Lawrence, Master Of Arts, being
very sick at the house Of Nicholas Hug
gins in Little Creek, Lower Norfoik
County. Va, declares this to be ms ias.
will. etc. He secondly declares that ne
was the eldest lawful son of John ana
Dorothy Lawrence and that he was born
and baptized at Wormleybury House IN
the Parish of Wormeley in Hertfordshire.
He is possessed of six tenements situated
In the Parish of st. Giles In the Fields.
in Church Lane which he had formerly
resolved to give to Cary Lawrence. tine
eldest son of Andrew Lawrence. his protn-
er's son, but he had cause to alter MS
resolution. So he came to Virginia to
visit sister who was living there, "ex-
pecting to find comfort by her, but not
finding that Entertaynm't which / did
expect | did not tarry long with her.
He consequently went to Maryland and
lived there three years and preached the
Gospel to we comfort of Many thousands,
but could not be endured by the Roman
Catholicks" Afterwards he was per-
suaded to go to Carolina and embarked
in boat on the Potomac River with his
Chest and Cloathes." He had pass
age of two weeks down the Potomac to
Point Comfort, as the boat was hardly
able to swim. The discomfort and expos
ure made him very i'll and although he
and his effects were carried on board ship.
he found himself unable to go to Caro-
lima. A kind, good woman. by name
Mrs. Mary Benson, widow had COM
passion upon him, 'Tbeing of tender
heart" and she took him from the ship
to her cabin with it's one room and ITS
one bed and nursed him faithfully both
day and night for Ave months ito the
Admiration of all We people who heard
30 thraa
and fifteen years he knows that he has
not much longer to live and he wishes
to recompense this tender and Compass
sionate hearted gentlewoman as possibly
am able to do" So he leaves her all
his "Jeweiry Rings. Gould. Silver" etc.,
and seven years rent of the said six
tenements at thirty-six pounds sterling
per year. Nothing further is said of his
kindred; they probably would inherit his
estate at the end of the seven years.
1884. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS from the
History of Albemarle."
John B. Magruder came to Albemarle
from Maryland In the early years of the
century. With him from the same State
came George Jones, the father of Robert
s., Jesse and Thomas. They were
friends, both good men and local preach
ers of the Methodist Church. They set
tied in the eastern part of the county on
the borders of Fluvanna. Mr.. Masruder
died in 1872. He and his wife Sarah had
nine children, Sarah, the wife of John
Undertake, Mildred. the wife of Gideon
A. Strange, Elizabeth, the first wife of
DR.. Basil jones' James, Horatio Benja-
min H., William, Hilary and John b.
Magruder, Jr."
John B. Magruder, Sr., was the grand
father OF Gen. John Bankhead Magruder
of the Confederacy)
THE family were largely engaged In
the improvements of the Rivanna Navi-
cation Company. Besides founding the
Union Mills in Fluvanna, John B. Ma
gruder Jr.. and John Undertake in 1929
bought the Shadwell Mills from the JET
ferson estate and in addition to the grist
mills already existing established cotton
and cooler factories which continued in
operation until swept away by the dis
asters of the war In 1888 they purchased
from family named Schoolfield of Mont
gomery County, Pa. large body of tim
Der land in the Buck Island section, which
had lain in its virgin state from time i'm
memorial.
James Magruder after the war pur-
chased Frascat. the home of Judge
Philip Barbour, near Gordonsville, where
he resided until his death.
Benjamin II. Magruder was admitted
a member of the Albemarle bar in 1929.
and lived for some years in Scottsville.
He subsequently bought Glenmore, oppos-
lite Milton, which he maze his home until
his death in 1885. Both before and since
the war he represented the county in the
Legislature. He was twice married, first
to a daughter of James Minor of Sun
ming Hill, Louisa County, and secondly
to Evelina, daughter OF Opie Norris.
Mildred Magruder and her husband.
Gideon A. Strange, were the parents of
Sarah, the wife of William Stockton,
brother of John N. C.. Stockton. who
emigrated to Florida, John B. Strange,
Colonel of the 18th Virginia in the late
war and Mary, the wife of John w.
Chewing.
Mary Magruder, the sister of John
b. Magruder, Sr., was the wife of Thorn
as d. Boyd. At the beginning of the
century he conducted a public house at
the junction of the Three Notched and
River Roads, the locality still known as
"Boyd's Tavern" He had six children
John II. Boyd, who went to Richmond;
Charity, the wife of James Thrift, OF
Montgomery County, Md; James M.
Boyd; Elizabeth. the wife of Thomas
A. Woodson; Mary, the wife of BARLEY
Herndon of Shenandoah County, and
Thomas j. Boyd. The last was admitted
to the AlhemaFle bar in 1929 and removed
to Wytheville where he recently died at
an advanced age.
'Allan B. Magruder a nephew of John
b.. Jr.. and brother of Gen. John Bank
head Magruder, became a member of the
Albemarle bar in 1888 He resided in
Charlottesville in the house at the rear