The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-11

| orls and books from rcllg lous houses. that
had been written and their material coll
locted by Abbots and Prlors. y .is
| I'm ST. Johns Church, BrccoILs below
tho communion rail, Is the tomb OF Ed :
ward Gaines. OF Newton, September o,
1854. s5s Ut
i'm ChristtS Church, across lie river
from Brccon, q stone bears the nnnla Of
Edward Gaines, OF Treguer. Near tic pull
pit, william the son Of Meredith Gaines,
1905. Sc M z; Sys57
Peyton Gwin was tile residence Of Sir
David Gam. Aberbran Is referred to as
"a seat OF tho JUNIOR branch Sof the
house Of \ bcrcnmlais.
Jones, iii history Of Brcckn ockshirc.
says 'erfc Influence Sof the family OF
dnmcs with the house Of lancaster was
lsextrcmely powerful 81 -$
sIn another place, speaking of Sir
David, he says; ~ 3ssl$5s e
| sSt.I have seen the descendants OF this
hero OF Aglncourl In possession Of every
acre OK ground in the countysof Brccon.!
BrcconS county contains 7l9 square miles.
William Herbert. earl OF Pembroke,
| and Philip, Earl Of Montgomery, were
5tlla descendants sof G lads, he id tighter
ID Sir David Cam, Il They were the friends
and l,dtrolis OF lam s Shakespeare, ind
| 1T was at the 3forner's house, wi ton that
King James Tor tho first time witnessed
d performance Of ono o e Shakespeare
plays. Further proof Il Of the friendship
which existed bet tween shakespeare and
THE Herberf4 IS found In the fact that
1Iemingc and Cohdcll did icated to them
the first folio edition OF Ills I;.ays
| sy It Should be men toned here that va
srious members ofE tho Galnes family.
butflln Wales and England. were knight
cd by fferent soycre gna and MS a rule,
each one adopted his own con / a arms
and crest; consequently Il there Is n some
confusion on this subject In The works
| s0li 1Ieraldry. Jyo, therefore, have given
The crest described by Dunn as hat Of the
Gaines family. l + may be noted. too, that
| I'M every period Of our country S history,
tslhe5 Gaines family has furnished its quota
OF men for It's servi &c; vi Ma jor Henry
sGaineN, member OF the House or Burgess
cs. 1767, am on lcer In he Cont incntal
Line, also Captain VIM Fleming Gaines.
entered Continental artillery, October 90.
ls1777 served II 81 J anuary !, 4 SO. Captain
Richard lines, u lieutenant 1hos. Gaines.
lin Lawson's Infantry n brigade; Colonel
JOS, Morton s egiment General Green's
trrnly, gs3 u II gs
d Braddock's defeat II two Gaines were
fkilled, 3a5 In he war Of ] ST. and subsequent
Indian wars. a General Edmund Pendleton
Gaines rendered distinguishes service. be-
sides others snf leas no tie, Two Iorcsid dents
tsaf8theI United s ties. J ames Ma ison and
Zachary Taylor have n ma ernal N Gaines
fsblood /, having sinternlarred VII 4 all IS the
lSbest families 81 Nilgi D la. we filed every
1 sposhtonS OF honor d nd clumen II To-
/ day there are two members Y Of United
/ States Congress, IA Judge OF the Supreme
Court Of Texas, two prof essors OF col d
leges. etc..5al honorable ind useful po-
1ssitions. so Z
,rhcf above, interesting skctcliSi Is from the
non of Nj jor n ichard III Gaines. Of Mos
ssingford. Va, ono Of n irg inla's most tall
ented and honored citizens. who fully ex-
empliiics the CHI vary Of his forsfa thcrs.
3 p. c. ~
- - 81 III
lSEditor Times dis pa tch q S
& sir.--Your Genealogical Column Is he
most attractive feature Of your incon-
parable paper. Sss5s il
Please let us have a history of the
Daniels in Virginia. am especial y IN 4
$terested in the Prlncc Edward and Cum
bertrand branch q he family; butt
{ know nothing Of them before the latter
half or the Eigllt eentll century. VIII en- my
great era |. :, tller. John Daniel, married
Mrs. Sails lnnningaam. would be
glad 2 la know OF his ancestors, and his
brothers and 81 sters. II 4 ire were an y.68s
..,r S. C.'i'.B3,7is
we arc q ryIng to get lip a full record
OF Daniel, but have not secured all the
branches IL our correspondent Will send
what she has, or. some fead Ter 6 We " q
sketcl, we will gladly publish n y !,