The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-24
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! was nearer the throne than tho children
! OF Henry VIII would be. and although
| he held the highest position next TO The
4 king; he was still more unwise In maxi
| Ing an enemy of Cardinal WoolscS. whom,
| as the son OF "a butcher, hc considered
| not eligible to the high Office he held, and
| alas, In his own assurance OF his own
| rlrht to the throne after Henry, he un-
| fortunately, when holding tho bowl FOR
| the king to dip his fingers into 1.-THE holy
water9) being followed by Woolsey, was
hold enough to empty the contents or
that bowl into tho shoes Of the Cardinal
thereupon making NVoolsey MS dansei.ou s
enemy and through whom the king was
made aware Of Edwards boasted right TO
the throne, and so e'cr long he was be-
headed by the king. Henry VIII, and the
office Of Duke OF Buckingham, abolished
Tor further interesting tracing OF the
Dukes of buckingham. see Humes
I School Hist Of ffngland, with It's
tables in back OF the hook.8I !,
Pardon this DEPRESSION from the Stroth-
|. or family, but I thought this might prove
of Interest to all the descendants OF VIII
liam Strother, Jr., and wife Margaret
Thornton, and TINT some descendant with
access to the larger Libraries, than the
writer might mid her In her search 1oi
authentic verihcntion of these facts, or
proof of its error }. 81. ~, I
"a. William and Margaret CThornton)
strother we're the parents OF William
X Strother the III. who married MARGARET
Wat ts. also Francis, who married susan y
fnnh Dahney and were the parents o.
isusan1lah and Elizabeth Strother, VINO
married respectively. Thomas ana James
Gaines. The grandson Of the .fol1nc
married the grandson or the last ll, a
brother and sister, and were my mothee
Anthony strother, born 17lo; married
&I.oi,,t Inland S.orkc was also a son OF
william and Margaret Crhorntonl stroth-
ar also benjamin, who married MARY,
sister Of George Mason and WIDOW q, 9.
George Fitzhugh. There were poss'pls
s7ind 7726. md the will book from l72O TO
8 IA 1, + king George county having been
arrtcd off ,by Federal soldiers during the
%S,ivl war, Leaves us without proof,
Jeremiah. who wed Eleanor Go ana q
;d,nd a741 was another son of VIM. ,Stro th-
81. ST., and wife. Dorothy =? MS llaffleo
IN his will, and 80 could only have come
over with his father ! an e en- -
and he may have been born In Eng
land His father William strother, IS
said to have been body guard to the
king: which one of the kings was y \! 8
.I5think we learn he was early III Ans Anne
ica as 1878 Cannot some one verify TINS
4 radit ton. MS we'll MS the following one;
lv,z. g. A grandmother Of now living de-
scendants, often affirmed that she'
through the strothers, descended & from
the kings Of Scotland, # presumably inc the
Stuarts Surely some interested mem Del.
Of the family could hunt up the maid &
an name Of Dorothy. wife of William.
strother 4 OF Northumberland ENGLAND,
and their pnrentagc. trust with this
clue to work upon, there WILDE many
willing workers to aid me. IN this her
culean task OF verifying the true In
cage of our worthy progenitors. a# IA
The other sons OF VIM. Strother, Sr,,
James dod without issue. in 17l6. Rob-
ert married Elizabeth Berry and died
1895; Benjamin married Mary WoffendallE
and died 1862, and Joseph married Mar
garet Berry and died 1865 H 8s . 5i
~ have compiled over two thousand
descendants of this VIM. strother ST..
Can mot hope they have all been cor
rectly $ given me; why not some de- (,
scendant OF each OF these five brothers
send their tracing to this column, for
publication? and thus enable the com
pller to correct horg records. The
Times Dispatch through II is able Ge-
theological editor, Is doing a great
work. May they long continue
thus nobly to inspire In the hearts
OF this generation desire to
honor their parents by tracing their.
to the worthy progenltors, who
aided in establishing our Independence,
and many of whose representatives have
filled with highest honor the sacred trusts
imposed upon them in the noblest walks
OF life. ri NJ 8S,5t FL
From the foregoing tracing much of
what appeared in your Issue Is not quite
correct, as Francis, who was the son
OF Jeremiah, married Elizabeth Forsalser,
only daughter OF Richard Forsaker. of
Stafford. Ho had no brother Anthony
rs that name was from Capt. Anthony
savage. hence handed down in the 9th
cr branch Francis and Susannah Dab
ney) Strother had a son. Francis, Jr.,
who married Ann. daughter Of Samuel
Fargeson, and also son. Anthony.
who married Frances Eastman. An
thony. born 17l0, also had sons, Francis
and Anthony. and with SO many OF
same name't is not at all snrpris-
ing their proper position was so difficult
TO get correct. aa
I have the strothcr coat OF arms"
painted for me by General David Hunter
Stroller porte crayon) taken by him
from the inside lid of watch. handed
down TO him from the emigrant 1t is
needless to say how value II. The moth
CT of the Gaines brothers, who mar
rIed the Strother sisters, was Isabella
daughter OF Henry and Mary (rayloD
Pendleton, and as General d, II. stIoth-
er was also Of Pcndlcton blood we were
doubly related.
Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Ammo
(stuarU strother, married Robert Hughes,
We know nothing of their descendants.
but as you have asked for Hughes data,
this and a few other items may throw
some light and help somebody, Sallie
Strother, sister Of Joseph above, mar
Ticd Vim. Hughes; their children We're
Thomas. married Miss Smith, lived In
Rappahannock county,; james, died I'M
married; Elizabeth married ~ Gaines
and moved to Kentucky; John married.
Miss Bro%n; Nancy married 1906; Wm..
Freeman; Miliey. died unmarried.
Four brothors, William, Leandcr. Or
lander ard Archelous Hughes, cmlgrated
TO Virginia, The last namod married
IN lT65, Mary, daughter OF Samue, and
Nancy Redd) Dalton, and they had
eleven children. viz: Leander, died un-
married.; Archcous, married Miss Mar
tin; William, married "a Susanna Moore