The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-20
. FOWkE FAMILY.
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| uenrcd in the Sunday Issues Of your valu- &
! able pnper, tracing certain genealogical
| lines or the Winston family. AS thcro
I nrc large number Of families IN virginia
| and other states, descended from tho
I original Wnstons II may be OF Interest
| to many OF your readers, to have more
compr ehcnsIye genealogical account OF
| this distinguished family have IN my
| possess on some data Of this kind, care Il
| fuly collected from tradition and family
records, that regard IN the main reilA''
| bic Tho first Isaac Winston. OF Whom
thero Ia any Information. was born III
| Yorkshire, England, IN tho year lCO. q j
son or grandson moved into Wales WHERE
he reared a large family Three Of bis
sons-WIlliam. Isaac and James -eni-S 3,
grated 10 America and settled IN Hanover
| county, near Richmond, Va isaac MAJ,
! RED Marry Dubney, OF Hanover anu had
] sis children, viz: Mary Ann. Isaac Lucy
Anthony, William and Sarah Mary Ann
] married John Coles, and the Bruces anu
! Carr gtons are among her descenauht Vs.
Isaac married Mariana Fontaine' daush.
I ter OF Rev. Peter Fontalne, rector OF (
! Wcsloycr Parish and grearIgrandson OF
j
| In 1863. y Lucy married first William i3ab-S
\ nav. md afterwards William Cole. and tho &
4 descendants OF this second marriage mar
| rcd into the Washington. Madison ana.
i Iootd fe miles. Anthony married Allca%
! Taylor, OF Caroline county. Wililam,5 mo ~
orator. married Elizabeth Dabney. Sarah.
i married first John Lyme and had one
J child. John Lyme, Jr, who was mem
j her or the House OF Burgcsses, and a man
Y or distinction. Her second marriage was
TO John Henry, a Scotch gentleman,
J, nephew OF Dr. William Robertson tno
/ historian, and cousin OF Lora .plousma
1 am. BY her second marriage. there were
eight children, VIZ: Elizabeth, annie
Mary, Lucy, Patrick. William. Susanna
&, md Jane Annie married General Johli
christian. who was Killed by the Indians
in Kentucky. They had one daugh'er'#
who married Governor Pore, or zen
4 ttucky, q and from her are descended Inc y
| 1yarficlds, Bullets and Dickinsons, Oh
kentucky. Susanna married Thomas
| Madison. and from her are descended tlle
i1,oYyers and Lewises, OF Botetourt couh-
RTE. Mary married Luke Bower. Lucy
married Valentine Wood, OF Goocnluna
county, and from her were descended t1le
3 SoI,ihalls ana Valentines. with q long l'ne
81 distinguished men, and among theH +
General Joseph L. Johnson. Patrick mar
r,cd first Sarah Shelton. and afterwards
<, Dorotha cambridge. Elizabeth marrlea
4. first General William Campbell, the nero
i ~ lfinps Mountain. She Afterwards mar
rial General Russell. BY her first mar
d r,ore she had one child-Sarnh-who mar
a rieI Francis Preston, from Whom de-
srsndedl william c. Preston. orator and
4 United States senator from South caro-
X lima; Eliza, who married GeneTal Cai
rington, Of Halifax county; susan, VINO
Who married Rev. Dr. Breckenridge, OF
I;entucky; Sarah, who married Cover
NOV Floyd: Charles c. Preston; Maria, VINO
married John II. Preston General JONI
u Preston; Colonel Thomas Pres ton, anu
|, Margaret. who married General ,Waue
!, Hampton. Eof South Carolina. Wlllal1l,
tha second son Of Sarah Winston, and
Iohn Henry married. but without Gnu
dTen, Jane the youngest daughter, mar
4. Red Colonel Samuel Meredith, or i1ah-
u over. who with Patrick Henry, ms prottt.
= erin law, commanded the troops .na.
y Williamsburg, BY this marriage there
we're three children. VIZ: Samuel, sarah
md lane, Samuel married Elzabeth, the
i daughter OF General John I3reckrldge, OF
i Kentucky: Sarah married William Arms
u istcad, and Jane married Hon loaYld -
/ children, VIZ; Jane Meredith. who mar
Z, lied Dr., John P. Cobbs; Annie Shepherd,
Il who married Dr. Gustayus a. Rosei "a y
q ". who married Captain William NJ. Wni-
y Ter: Samuel Meredith, who married hil!-
4 dred Jordan Powell daughter OF ~,
james Powell OF Amherst; Mary HlcS,
Who married Colonel Edward a, Capeil;
s William, who married Frances EuDnnks
Patrick Henry who married Miss rloyai
Eliza, who married George IS. Capells
Louisa, who married Chancellor Landon
&. Garland, and Caroline and Marine,
10th of whom died single, Sarah WIN,
ston who married John Henry, moved
from Hanover after the death OF neT
husband, In company with Colonel MeFe-
9th. who had married her daughter
J Jane, and settled at Winston near new
Glasgow, Amherst county. IN 1850, here
slle lived and died and was buried N the
j, Winston burying ground, Colonel Mere.
i dith requested to be buried at me 1907
Of her grave because Of his great respect
I and love for her. and IT was SO done
Mrs, Colonel Meredith his youngest
. daughter, was q woman Of remarkanle
!. talent. REV Dr.. Archibald Alexander
! the distinguished founder Of prlnceton
!, Theological Seminary, In his "Rem,nt-
: scenes of Patrick Henry" says; rat
!, rick Henry had several sisters, win one
Of whom. the wife Of Colonel Meredith
Of Amherst, was acquainted' MIS-
Meredith was not only y woman or un-
feIgned piety, but was as eloquent as
her mother. nor have ever met lazy
her equal, In powers Of conYersat ton"
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