The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-01
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churol,.yard Of sald city. SO muchffor
the threads. .E K, ,$
William Egglcston Of Amelia county.
whose viii was executed In 1880, married,
Judith Cary. daughter OF william Cary
and Judith Jones. HoE left tho following
sons Eand dnughtcrsl ~ William Cary,
I(2) Edward f(s) Matthew Jncklln, az
Richurd, 90 Judith, t6) Anne, ~ Joseph
! This Nillnm Eggleston had brother,
Richard 1sggcston, aJr.,& Of Po1w ,t1ll y
county Si @ III
Joseph 1tggeston OF Amelia county,
|gnlao u brother OF William, above, whose
| will WIS executed In 1901, married III
! 1763 Judith Segnr.s Of lancaster county
ana loft the following son nnd dnusht l,l,fl
| rs hfntor Joseph. OF tho Revolution, VINO
| married lis first cousin judith, daughtot
! Of hls tJnclo William; sho livnd to q good
Gid ngo, dying In 1858, nged ninety.slx'
| (e) Jnno Scgnr, who married Stephen
Cooke and hnd Judith Eggleston Cooke;
| (3) Ann, who married Daniel EnrdnWayi
| rs Mary, who married General Everard
Meade and had Seth Hodija; 90 Ellz-
nbcth. who married John Archer. Joseph
SI1ggleston, the elder married secondly
| Elizabeth Cary, but left no children.
>>IIchard Eggleston, whose will was cx-
ecutcd In 1893, OF James City county
| married Elizabeth ----- and LETT issue
I tiny nye$ children Il tho names not given.
nd ward tho son OF William who was
horn In 1852 and died In 1908, married q
Miss Booker md had two sons, AGWard
| w, and Joseph Cary both OF whom were
oai,cated Mt William and Mary. Joseph
Cary died In Indiana and left three sons.
iii nnthors-Edward Joseph William, p.
| r, q g a OF Richmond and George Cary
OF tho New York World. u.
Nov I hope theac facts will tncite or
excito somebody to give us moro light
not traditions. In the family.
| I,1 Yours. .. V.
J editor Genealogical Column:
I : air,-1 wish 10 correct Il mistake made
II 4 statement I sent you In regard 20
! III, Irgglcstons OF Amelia county. Major
loo Tgglcston had two children, son
| nnd daughter I wrote you tho dausn',
lar married Chastine Cooke and had q
daughter Josephine. Tho son, Francis.
inherited the old homestead, "EBgle s sion
married. and had "a daughter ana son.
Tho daughter, who was q grnnodausnler
81 Major 700 Eggleston, married nor
,,anT B Ni,liam Old, who afterwards lost
| ihis eyesight. II always hoard that tho
Jrrrlcstons cnrno from Ireland, where
1 they lived at an old place there called
.Eerlcston Castlc.''TA They moved TO 9Yir-
,ir1n n nj several married into tho Cary
| family. from which tho Eg glcstons OF
| Hanover and Amelia nre descended
''Aunt Meade. J" my mothers grealnunt,
! wa 8 a Eggleston, and an aunt 70 MARIA
/ yynrde, and where they both have stayed
! together for weeks at n time. and where
IAN randolph used TO visit Maria Warde.i
| She afterwards married IFytoni Ran
| dolph his cousin. ~ y,
Respectfully, 7. ~ -
Crenshaw.s
! Editor Genealogical Column: "a x 4. .Fs h StF
/, "a sr,-Will you publish the Crcnsha%
i family of Hanover. county, ~ a.? ! nave
a full history ms far back as my great
. Observation-Disclosures, Charles crenshaw,
who married Sarah Bacon. August 49,
\ 1865, and died February 10. 1906. ! have
4 II (but not proven to my satisfaction
i,that said Charles Crenshaw was tho son
i OF David Crcnshaw, who had two other
4 sons, Nicholas and William Crenshnw
NY grandfather, Nathaniel Chapman
Crenshaw, son Of John Crenshnw who
was a son OF Charles Crenahnw, lived
! In Hanoyer county, on tho north side Of
i the southnnna River. at Ground Squirrel
bridge, and on the west side Of the noun
tain road on tho Charles Crcnshaw land
but how c.. G.. obtained the land l do
not know.
The Yankees opened my grandfnthor's
desk during the Civil War and destroyed
many OF his private papers, and the
re cords OF Hanover county wcre burned.
/ so ! do not know where to get the de-
sired information.
! I want to know about spotswood Dab
I.ney Crenshaw (whe built tho spotswood
/ IlotcD My grandfather. N. c.. c., and
4 he always called each other cousin" and
/ were very much attached TO each other,
1 bit | do not remember the relationship.
| am under the Impression that the Cren-
skaws nre from Leeds, England
Some time ago you said you could not
find that Roger Thompson lived In Hans
4 over county. ] send you the following
h taken from an old paper:
/ civilian Crenshw Roger Thompson,
\ Thomas Whtelord and James White
i have sold thersl lots Of land, which David
q Crenshaw died seized, and which descend
\ cd In consequence OF his death to tho
Z surviving legatees OF Nathaniel Crenshuw
to John Crenshaw, which lots they made
Il John Crenshaw q deed. for but their
! wives have not made their rights; they
obllge themselves, their heirs, etc., that
4 their wives, shall mako n good and sat-
4 isfactory title to said lots, to said Cren-
shaw by March Hanover court, They
/. obllGate themselves, their heirs, ETC., 70
I. comply with the above In the sum OF
$1,000, rs wItpess their hands and seats
4 this gath day OF January 1905.
4 "John Loyal, Roger Ihompsoh'
4 ''Jolin Crenshaw, James Whlte,
"Chnrles Crcnshaw, Il
~ Ills
George X Uranium,
Il mark
ED. n. Crcnshaw."
q (The other names cut off9 i&
!. John Crenshaw had n brother, Ma
thanlol Crenshaw, who was killed BY MS
slaves for his money,
Clark---LeWis,
Editor Genealogical Column;
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