The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-26
Hite Family.

Hite Family.
Among the many early settlers In tho
beautiful Valley Of Virginia there was
none around which clustered so much IN
tercst. and to whom the great prosperity
OF that section was 80 much indebted
than that Of the IJite family
IN ITO, Hans Jost Heydt (Baron Jost
Z IIite), n native OF Aloen In Germany,
came from sirasbnrg to New York with
his wife. Annn Maria DuBcis 9ilSSfa l3e.
married In Germany. and their children.
He came In lis own ships the iBrisan-.
tine Swift" and the schooner FRIEND
ship" He was~a man Of great wealth,
8 bringing with him his gold In huge
sacks, and also brought over sixteen fam
II lies of Gcrmansnnd Dutch :lE tensthts&fsSr
lands he expected to buy up and settle.
lie remained In Kingston. n. G.. until
1916. when he moved South to German
town, Pa. which he founded In 17l7 we
- find him on the Schuyllsill Stttver bcrt ne
bought land and built mill on Perkfs-
rneer Creek. At this time the Indians
were ruthlessly numbering the settlers,
and DESTROYING their properly. and as tho,
3 petitions signed by Jost 5Hite and many
others which had been sent to Governor
Gordon, OF Pennsylvania. being ignored
and the atrocities becoming niueta more
frequent, Ilite became disg,sted, and In.
aus,irated q scheme to -erngsate to tho
wilds of the then unknown Valley Of toe
Shenandoah Of Virginia; 50 III january.
1880. lie sold his holdings on the Sch,iyl-
+. 10 Kill tC;overno,a Samuel Pennypnakcr nSni..s
the same) he bought land 10 the,amountof
% 1900 acres from John Van Meter, which
was afterwards known as the "Htte
Grant This was confirmed by Governor
Gooch, of Virginia.
On October42l. aTgi, Kite tqnlt rs a part
Il young Quaker, Robert McKoy and
obtained an order of council for loo, 0oO
acres OF land on west side Of the noun
8tains. The made his first ttlenleni at
New Muhlenburg, Just one hundred and
twenty-five years after the first settle
ment at Jamestown 6V7 10 Hans Jest
Hte. therefore. belongs the honor Of hay
ing planted the first STANDARD Of clyilt-
ration In the mountainous regions OF
Virginia" (Sce Herman schmtchts9
Jost Hite proceeded aoFii stis. if;tIis2g 70
place called by the natives, Red Bud"
on the OpeqIpn Cree6, here las eisgeAt
son, john located and in 1904 h'tilt the
e old colonial stone house, SELL standing,
called "Spfingdale." Hitd surveyed the
land and marked out many FARMS the old
county records of Grunge showing many
deeds from him. Tile first of January,
1886, Hte and Mickey had settled 81
farms on their 100000 acres
lin 177l there was final decree tlof
the celebrated Hitc and FairfaN Law suit.
.
100000, and Hlte 10000 acres. Tho ap-
relate court gave liIte al3 he pia1tGe d.
with reuts OF lands from January. 1T49-
80 and costs.
Fairfax was a Royal Pet. and 1t was
almost as daring on the part Of Elite TO.
enter this suit against him as 1t was 10
go into the WILLINGNESS OF the Shenandoah
81, Valley "Jost IJite was honest aud
taciturn, but his public career marks
him as leader possessed Of good 5udg-
lnent fine executive ability and, indonita-
bio will; obstacles on iys aroused his aruor:
he feared no man; he had large means at
his command.
His wife. Anna Maria Dubois. was OF
Huguenot extraction She died lI3s.
Their children were: First Mary fiite.
married George Bowman Second. Eliza-
beth. married Paul Fireman. Third. Mar
garet, married Jacob Craftsman Fourth.
Col. John Hite. born ITO. married sara
Ettinge; his father gave him land on tho
Opequon, and he settled at Red bnd.
He possessed most of his fathers enc Wy
and business capacity In l7dS he puHts
the celebrated stone house near the Turn UNI
pike, and called 1t "Sprinsdale.D IN 10 q
he built the first brick house. and tWo
years later the first mill west OF Blue
Ridge (See Kersheyers History Of val
ley,) =,
Col. TIite was vestryman In CHRIST
Episcopal Church In winchester, W. y,
We
Wars, p. Cog. we find among me ~ ,naea
of ancestors, Col, John Fite, l7lo-lf-l9,
Frederick county, Va. In 1744 was cap.
tain in charge OF precinct, major any ~,
member of council of war, lioo, cooi', r. ~
French and Indian War. The lion. WIZ
II. English, son OF w ~. HAgtist', NJ. W.
ran for Vice-President on Hancocks
ticket, of indianapolis. IndS w. ~ Lady
OF West virginia Historical society
Charleston, w, Va, and Judge sharpe,
OF Baltimore, are amongst ms hoted
= descendants.
Jost, married Eleanor Lttinge. Iheii son.
Major Isaac IIite, Of "Belle Grove was
educated at William and MARY Coilese,
He was n member of "I'hi Beta happa
Society. Of 1776. This was the ilrst Greeh
letter fraternity IN America. ~ "as
Secretary of Navy lMl. y ,o eli.la.eo ns
private in Revolution, In l7s2 was en-
sign in Eighth Virginia; rose 10 lieutenant
and served. to end of war; was alae 70
General MIilcnbefg at the siese o. ,s oph-
town, In his private memorandum pook
are noted events OF each day. M.
Jacob llite, son OF JosL hli3ilsu tns.
Catherine O'I3annon. of Dublin, ireland;
secondly, Mrs Frances Madison Beale,
Abraham Hite, son Of lost marfleu
Rcbecca Van Water; Joseph liite, son OF
Jost, married Elizabeth ~, and mao iopp
Fl children,
The issue of Major Isaac ltlte o. l,ons
Meadows, who was born May ~ i.as'
and married Eleanor lsttnge, flrst
Annie Hite married James Buchanan, OF
Iralmouth, Va. Second Mary liite. mar
ried Dir. John Mcdonald. Third. Eleanor
IIite, married John Williams. Fourth,
Rebecca Hite, married General VIM, ASn
lette Boothe Fifth. Isaac Hite, Jro mar
Iied Nelly Conway Madison Sixth Sa'
rah Iite, melried General Jonathan
Clarke. brother of General J, Rogers
Clarke.
issue of Major isaac ifite. Of Belle
Grove son OF above. who married
Nelly Conway Madison, daughter Of
Colonel james Madison, and Eleanor Con-
way; she was sister of President Madt-9
on,s
/. James Madison Hite married Caro-
line Matilda Irvine
2. Me-, Conway Hite married Cor