The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17

believe Id no theirs. Is d mystery to be
sc1ved ydt y AN III my eighty, first.ycar;;
was born lii 1925 and always heard nlli
nv lIfc 81 lilo wealth of our English
COUSINS Where hAvns the Virginia claim.
ants been ull this tiitc; heir ight hid;
Under. buslicl9 Ny father Samuel
Thompso,,,3 who died AZ niceslllc, Va.
November is. 1881, ofttt spoke Of the.
fortune IN England. ,rhc truth is that
my ancestor. william Jennings. enl-'
grated to America, OF. was cent here 70
fjghl$thc 1ndA t,s. II IL said ne was men
TONED III Ills fntiirr.s Will gaa he yn,nger
Or flftl, son, We'll: His father wilcd him
fifteen thousand pounds: clarea, the.
Oldest, Administered Oh hls fathers es-
tate, said the Jaws Of England gave VIII
Itam,s part 10 him, though, William was
inttlc British Fervice, came to America;
brought Ills regiment With him, his line
golden epaulettGs on. Will mn glldeu
sword. The crown OF England granted
him. Il Is said & u la &c BODY OF lana Tor
his services In the var lie ca'no 10
America ~ way or India West ird'es)i
lilo married Mary Fulton. Of Hanover
. county. Va, and lived and died at "Jet,-
t,lngs Ordinary, Va. He inadc deeds
of eift to his children OF his lands. and
althougi, Tho prltnogei,ltnre laws wero
In force. lie did not wish, his children
forlonc to have more than another ono
deed 10 my grandmother Ann. is now
on record IN Virginia. for !, whom j, WIS !.
named. MY. father often told Of his bring
Ing an iron chest With lin. a nd ]. as ~
child. would question about It. and was
told the ships were 70 long on tile ocean
the clothes would get damp. However
any great.grandfathcr kept his stilt that
fc brought With him. hanging UP IN his
room and II was "a slio " Tor llia gra no
children 10 look upon. II g told his people
TO bury him In his reg mentais, but me-
having grown so Jcornulent In his old age
they could not put them on him. but.
according to request. tlie$. were laid on
his breast. There arc two places III
but@d0ubting That he Was ever buried
hut doubling that he was even buried
there. the sexto,, Of North lAlsac Church.
ono place, was asked to open heEfonln {;
hit nothing was found In Il. 81 an theI
place they we're asked 70 see. They found
tina nothing was ever buriedN there. y and
found only the virgil, soil. + n ow, why vas
that done. bit to elude investigation?j
We are also told here Is a forged will
at the Sonmersett HOUSE. Why was that
done in publishing anything but to set
money? Some hope on wha t Judah E.
Refijamin said, that there was no len
nings estate there. fl Well, we know that
ST. Ia In the hands OF the Crown. apd for,
the honor OF England dc settle the case,
All for the branch spoken OF In The
Times Dispatch. some extracts are pub
lislicd on that Jennings branch ] never
heard OF before. Now the Edward Jen-
snings branch. which runs parable Wit h
our Humphrey Jennings branch, there
were three Humphrey Jennings " d escen-
iarts or John Jennings. born April ., 151s !;
died February o. 1861. After the graves
were examined in England and nothing
found IN them Queen Victoria OF Eng
Hand requested that the graves In Amer
lea be opened. 10 see III anything could
be found. Well, the buttons on the coat
that was laid on his breast We're found.
and the word was thrown out With the
dirt. General 5Leaventhorpe, who was
standing by with other witnesses. ffcred
one hundred thousand dollars for one-
fourth interest OF the great-grandchild OF
William Jennings whose grave was ex-
humed. S. III m u ss5
= j want these facts Il published for The
world 10 know. A3to the Amherst and
Albcmarlc Jennings, VI recollcctS a t a Jcn.
nings meeting In 1.ynchburg, q law t-
yor, i Yancey; WHO had some wills and
papers. When Questioned, he did not
scem Ito know scarcely " anything but |
told flmSwe had our ancestry very well. ~
have the will OF Humphrey Jennings; q
list OF tho property left by WI lam III e
|5intestatc; " j ohm Jennings q joint deed of
GIFT proves him and William brothers and
sons { Of Humphrey. Williams mother
and brother Humphrey will get q portion
after Charles Jennings had n ken what
This father willed him, thinking lio might