The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-01

Gerite sans Peur,
This was ono OF tho worry ancient
Gbaronies created iii England BY writ OF
summons, which pass, being herltablo
BY heirs and female, at An different
periods into different families, some times
remaining for centuries dormant.
The lordshlp OF Ercsby was crented
n bnrony under William the Conqueror.
Sir William WIlloughby, kt., was grcnt-
grandson OF Ralph do Wlloughby, lord
OF the Minor of NVilloughby initle coln-,
ty OF Lincoln, which Sir William do W.T.
lrughby, In tho 5Ith or Henry III, wlls
signed with the cross. together. with
many other persons Of the first
rank, who accompanied that monarchs
son, Prince Edward, into the Holy Land !;
he died 1905. The succession then de-
scended TO Robert, 4th Baron, who mar
red, LIST, Alice. eldest daughter OF Sir
William Sklpwlth, time of Edward III.
by this marriage he had LIST, William; I'd,
Robert, and Sd, Thomas. This last was a
celebrated warrior and knight. Tho Hon.
John NVilloughby married Ann, eoheiress
OF Sir Edmund Cheny. and among several
children was one Thomas Willoughby.
who was tho first OF tho familyto en-
|iRrate to Virginia in 1858, settling first
mt Elizabeth City.3He was a captain in
d the English army. It is said that there
were two other brothers who#came over
aboutsEthc same tine; one settled In
massachusetts, 162S, who was deputy
Governor of that colony, and one p,
Rhode Island, each OF whom have the
Same arms. From Captain Thomas VIE
sloughby we derive the family In Vlr-.
ginia. History says that the celebrated
John Smith,, rescued by Pocahontns, wa
horn at Willoughby the county seat Of
a Lord Willoughby, III Lincolnshire, Eng
land, and young Smith, at the age OF
Z fifteen, ran away from his master aud
served under Lord Wllloughbt in the
Netherlands and other countless
Who the vito OF Captain Thomas VIII
lcughby was, Is not mentioned. but his
children and grandchildren can be traced
from Elizabeth City to Spotsylvania, Cul-
pepper and Surrounding counties.
This Captain Thomas Niloughby is
men toned BY Howe in his history Of Vir-
ginia, as one OF a committee to select a
site for the first fort at Cid Point COM
fort, which seems to- have been built
about the tlino Captain iWllIoughby ar
rived; the oppslto point to Point COM
fort was called Willoughby Point,
and It Is presumed this wns owned by
Captain Thomas Willoughby. One Of the
earliest names we find is that OF Joseph
Wlloughby, who lived In Spotsylvania
county from 1862, the year no first bought
lands thett, to 1890 Ills wlfe's name was
@Eliznbcth they had number Of chill
&drcn; his son, Henry Willoughby, enlist
a ed in the United States army at the ad-
~ IN
year ITO. ~ He entered the service UNI
4. er General Green In the Second Virginia
Regiment remaining over five years. and
being In the battles of Gulford Court
house Cowpens and Eutaw springs be-
Ing discharged in 17S4 ut Salisbury. An
Eother SON. William, moved to Culpepcr In
1850. His daughter. Sally married James
Cash, of Spotsylvania, in 1893. The WI
.slcughbys ntermnrrled with the Newtons,
Cunninghams and other Influential
families or Virginia. Among the de-
scendants may BIO mentioned the Hon,
(. Willoughby Newton. one Of the most
gifted lawyers iii the State who repre-
sented Virginia in the United States Con-
gross flom 1912 to 1915.
The arms for Wiloughby rs taken
from Burke's British Peerage are con-
spicuous for It's bright coors, being de-
scrlbed as ION n field or (sodD, pretty
azure. Crossed or tntcrlaced bars OF
blue.)
Crest-A saracen's Tor Arab head
couped ut tho shoulder and nftronted Gull
faced, ppr, (natural COLOR.
Mo,to--BerIte sans peur (truth without
fcnr)
These arms were bestowed upon the
family for their chivalrous bearing during
the crusudes. which have been marked
BIZ their descendants during every con-
flict in which they have been engaged.
=. @. NJ.
Eggleston.
Williamsburg. VA, Sept 20, 1905,
Mr.. Genealogical Editor:
am much Interested In the Eggleston
family, and In connection with what YOU
have already had about this family
would like You to publish Tho following
| threads ana tho contents Of three Eggle-
ston Wills copies OF which areo In my
| possession.
horn in 1911 and came to Virginia Y
1cs5,S He patented lands In James CITY
county In 1853 and 1862, Now from tine
| 'time until tile last quarter OF the eight
ocnth, century there is almost den cart !
| OF facts ~
|
dated MAJ, no had married Henjhm'n's
mother. -, ,,,,, ord
aoIlv srglcs ton, was born August 49,
l7cb' (Bruton Parish Registerl
Hannah l5ggeston, Of lanes ian 1 CITY f 9onis
ty married January I'm Hus nsa lnh,s
from ron pittsylvanlll county, virginia dn-
zette.) Mrs. Frances Esslcsstton died n |, no
Williamsburg Va, IN 1925 aged lo'
| Virginia Gazette.) 49, Y 7ef
Mary Flggleston married about - y
john catlett. Of King William. Z. eoun ",
Elizabeth Esgleston married apou = - an =.
city county a copy OF whose VIII IS =
l my possession. m a a.,
Peggy lgglcston married about ".
(, same date Alex, Green, and mad thre''
daughters Fanny und Peggy. u.
In 1902 Mrs. Msrsaret 4. Custer "f I.'
me that her grandmother, Ellannet !, a .ls,
aleston. Swas born 1774 and married George
Talbot; that she was the daughter 9
4 r,irhard Egyleston. who was the brother
Inv, v,1x1y,p,,