The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-05
Briscoe Family Of Virginia and
West Virginia.

West Virginia.
The Genealogical Column has been 20.
jcited to Rive como Of the prominent
families who settled quite early n the
Valley s 9, y y,rrss,a s "a hsrrstore begin
n tui,h M tsa no s not noted and ancient one
OF Rrlscoe, whose lineage can be traced
direct from the incoming cf William. the
Sonni,eror, into Englandy to the present
r tine.
Burke's Landed Gentry speaks Of the
Brlscoe family that emigratcd to ireland.
2"Brisco, OF Tinvare. Ireland. seat, TN
vane House, Carrick. on-sur. Co Upper
arvn The founder OF the family came to
ENGLAND with william, the Conqueror,
bringing with him body OF 900 Free
I,anses from Brisgan In Suabia, frog
which princinalIty the family derives its
name. The founder OF the family set
tied at Brlsco, near Carlise, where ne
received large landed estates. The sur
name was originally Dc Brlskskengh. be-
ed Briskwood near New Bggen. Cumber-
land county England, Burk's Peerage
gives 1sold Briaco, who obtained the
i1lanors Of crofton, Wnboro and Dun
row, with Margaret. his wife, daughter
and heir OF Sir John Crofton. OF Crofton,
knight. who was succeeded by his son.
christopher Brlsco. OF Crofton. This Chris
topner t3rlsco Ropt !ouilSIi' 'o10'S.t' ~
Briscothorn, on Eale. He was taken
prisoner at the burning OF Wigton; and
on that and similar occasions was forced
10 mortgage q considerable part OF his
estate. The twelfth direct descendant
from this Christopher Brisco was the Rev.
DR.. John Briscoe OF Crofton Hall Cum
berIand county, rector of Orton and yica
Of Aspatrie; be married Catharine daug
ter OF John Hylton, Esq.,8of Hylton CAS-
lie. and had John, his successor; Rich
ard, an army officer. killed In Germany;
Horton, colonel in East Indian service;
William Musgroye. an officer in army;
James, In holy orders and rector OF or,
ton; Dorothy, married Jacob Moreland
John Brisco. OF Crofton Hall. son OF
above. was created Baronet 17s2. He
married Caroline Alicia, daughter OF
b Gilbert Fain Fleming: they had four
children The present head OF the house
Is Sir Musgrove Briscoe, which is ju-
Nor branch OF the original Brtcos.
Dr. John Briseoe. Of Brikskeugh near
New Biggen, Cumberland county, Is given
as having emigrated to st. Mary's. Mary
(. land. 1852. Thls IL probably q grandson
of the Rev. John. He married Elizabeth
ii, BoIs: Their son. Dr. j John griscce %,
OF st. Mary's. Nd. married Elizabeth az
Courcy. Observation-Disclosures OF Colonel
Henry de courcy, OF Eastern Shore, Nd.
They had three sons. Dr. John. George
and Samuel; the latter married In 81.
Mary's. but Or. John and George came
to the Valley OF Virginia about l7a and
settled In Frederick, afterwards Berke-
Morgan and Jacob Hite built the first
Episcopal Church In this section OF State.
on Mill Creek. Berkeley county. ITO
Between the years l760-70 81, George's
Chapel was built In Eorben parish, near
Piedmont" the ancestral home OF inc
Briscoes, and was supposed to have
been built BY the colonial government.
Or. John Brlscoe and George first located
on tracts OF land bought from the Hites,;
later. In 1850 DR.. John bought the estate
of Piedmont of James Nourse, IN
Frederick county, being one thousand
acres. The wing OF the present mansion
was the residence OF Robert Warrington,
first Governor OF the State Of Ohio: ne
built 1t about 1885. James Nourse bought
the estate from General washington.
The present mansion. except the wing.
was built in 1852 by DR.. John Brlscoe. who
had then become owner OF the estate.
His son. DIR. John, succeeded him: ne
married Eleanor Magruder: they were the
grandparents Of the present owner. Cap
tain William Darke Briscoe. The old
homestead is also known as Authors
Hall. George Briscoe, son of DR.. John.
I'd, and Elizabeth de Courcy, married
Frances Mcmillan; they had. list, James
I'd. Cuthbert; ID. George; 4th. Elizabeth;
9Th, Samuel; 9Th. Philip; 18th. Harrison.
who married Henry B. daughter OF Par
menas and Annie Briscoe: 9Th, Edward.
DR.. John Briscoe. Sd, brother OF George,
and son OF Or, John. Cd. OF st. Marys,
married Elizabeth Mcmillan, OF Prince
william county. Va. granddaughter Of
Thomas Harrison, OF Chappawamsie
Creek. va. and sister OF Frances Nc
MILAN. The issue OF this marriage was
seven children:
First-Israel Briscoe.
Second-Parmenas; married Anne Brts-
coe, daughter Gerard Briscoe and grand
daughter Robert Brlscoe and Ann Wood
OF ST. Mary's county, Nd.
Third-Dr. John Briscoe. 4th, Of ''Pledy
mon" Jefferson county. Va; married
Eleanor Magruder, daughter Of Alexander
Magruder, OF Prince George, Nd.
Fourth-Elizabeth. married Baker. then
Ryley.
Fifth-sally. married SLAUGHTER. and
moved 10 Kentucky. Issue--sliz 2,
married Broxdall Kitty. married Slaueh.
ter, and Frances. married cochrane' OF
Kentucky.
slxth-Frances, married Davis.
seventh-Hezekiah.
DR.. John Briscoe. atf, inherited Pied
mont;'' he married Eleanor Magruaer'
only child of Alexander Magruder. VINO
was lineal descendant OF alexander Ma.
gruder. the emigrant to MARYLAND ano
the daughter Of Thomas Lamar, the emu
grant. They had eight children, as tol'
lows:
Flrst-Alexander Magruder Brlscoe
grandfather OF late Colonel ALEXANDER
Magruder Briscoa. of Baltimore, Mo
second-Elizabeth Briacoe. marrled lsec-
ond wife) Colonel James Hlte, OF JetteF'
son county. Va. -. ..,aa
Sarah de Monta!ges Rutherford. OF Jensr'
son county. Va, daughter OF Ihos Rutn'
erford and Mary parke. daughter OF Gen,
era William Darka and Jane RUSH, o.
Philadelphia, descendant OF Fu is!
family who came oRer In same snip ~stn
William Penn, 1889,
Fourth-kIaJor Thos. Briscoe, Of war o.
1872 married Juliet Wood Hlte, daIsntes
of Colonel James Hlte and Juliet HaKeF'
Fifth-c Courtney, married r. y, Hits.
Sixth. Frances. married Henry shsp'
herd, of shepherdstown. OF wig Grove
Farm" now residence OF her desceha'
ants.
observation-disclosures married Jane slaysA
eer, of Alexandria