The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-30

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IN the Conway Genealogy, published III
the Times Dispatch of September 25th,
mention Is made Of Martha Eltonhead,
wife Of "Edwyn Counawny,"i the first
e,nigrant Of the Conway family TO Vir-
ginia. 1t Is also said that Edwin Con-
way probably married second time a
sister or sister-ln-lnw of John Carter,
of Corotoma1l," as John Carter (afore-
said) calls the daughter of Edwin Con-
way my niece EtOnliead" In All old
decd. The first wfn of John Carter. Of
Coro toman, was Etllnor Eltonhead who
died without issue. (See the old Carter
records.)
There Is a Typographical error in the
account given OF Miss Elliott daughter
to Governor Spotswood's half-brother
General Elliott. It is printed "she was
now married" 1t should be she was not
married. If possible, please give the
date Of the marriage of Dorothca (young-
est daughter OF Governor SpotsWood) to
Nathaniel cambridge. Also the names
Of Dorothea's children and whom they
married. and dates OF their respective
marriages
Some ono asks IL there is any rela-
tionsi,lp between the Winston family
and the families Of Garth and Durrett.
The old Winston records Tin the writer's
possession) do not tell Of any such re-
slationshp. It Is well known that in
Virginia names are often adopted into
different families where there Is no tie
Of blood, but through friendship only.
The writer knows several such Instances.
In the writer's personal knowledge, and
from documents about century old, a
family used the Winston name for sew
eral generations as a christian narne.
There was never any blood rela tiOnship,
but the name was first used out of re-
spect and regard for the Winstons. The
writer knows very little Of the Garth and
Durrett families, but that little makes 1t
probable, though not certain, that the
Winston name was adopted by those
families for friendship only.
was father of Sarah, Duchess Of MARI
borough and that he sold his coat-of-
arms to his son-ln-law, tho Duke OF
Marlborough. Are not these statements
founded on a conjecture? Is there his
torical warrant for them? Some time
ago there appeared a lettsr IA the Times
Dispatch from an octogenarian lady "a
Mrs. Farmer). This letter contained q
copy of old records of the Jennings fam
lily. which proved that all bearing tho
surname Of Jennings were not blood re-
lations.
Can coat-of-arms be sold from one
man to another?
In Mathews Commentaries is given a
list Of titles Of dignity In Great Britain,
and Of what entities a family to coat
arn,or But the possibility Of one mans
selling his coat-of-arms to another Is
not in the list, Indeed, for centuries,
visitation was made at regular In
tcrvals in Great Britain. by the proper
authorities, to confirm those who had n
right to coat armor In the possession
thereof and to take 1t from those who
mad illegally assumed It. The writer
has old records in which these 'vistu-
tons" are mentioned.
In the Scott Genealogy (sec Times
Dispatch, October 1Gth) 1t Is said to be
If Colonel John Scott, of New
Kent county, who died in 1929, was |
to the Rev. Alexander and James
Scott, who brought their family coat-of-
arms to Virginia, when they cmigrated
from Scotland Even ii there be no rec
ord, If Colonel John Scott of New Kent
county and DR.. James NJ Scott, of
spotsylvnna county, publicly and habit
ually used the Scott coat armor In Colo
NAL times, would not that be good and
ample proof that they were legally en-
titled to It? Especially II their names
were used In legal documents with the
title of Esquire added.
OF course the title of Esquire only sig
nifled anything before tho American
Revolution. IT. there was no record or
use OF arms, In Colonial days. all that
can be authenticity known Is that these
were members OF famous
Scotch clan.
Readers OF Sir Walter scotts Life and
Letters may remember that he was de-