The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-29
BERKELEY FAMILY.
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| land and the mainand), Virginia. til 1870
| and who was n member OF the HOUSE OF
| Burgesses In 1925. and the report which
was carried to England by John Harvey
in February or March. 1926. stated that
| Lieutenant Edward Berkeley was living
on Hog Island lin james Rlver). From
| this period t1625) there IL no mention Of
tho family In records now extnnt until
| twenty-six years later, 1851, when there
was n grant to Henry Berkeley. ESD, OF
| 2,400 acres on the north side of Chckn-
| hominy River, In whit was thcn James
| City county, but afterwards doubtless IN
Now Kent Captain Berkclcy's land on
| Chickahoininy Is afterwards mentioned
| in 1866. Then next of the name was cap
| tain William Berkeley, who. as appears
| from Henning, was II member OF the Vir-
| rinIn Long Parliament, the House OF Bur-
| gcsses. 1860 to 1875. In the records OF
Middlesex, in 1873 is mention OF Thomas
Berkeley, In 1864 we find mn Edmund
Berkeley in Gloucester, county, Va, who
was married to Mary Mann In that years
daughter Of John and Mary Mann, Of
Timber Neck, Gloucester county. Va. She
died without Issue, and In 1902 this Ed
mni Berkeley married Lucy Burwcll. a
daughter OF Major Lewis BuA0el. Of Car
ter's Creek, Gloucester county. Va, who
was, by his first wife, Abigail Smith, niece
ana heiress of President Nathaniel b.
con, and between l712 and Ills moved to
his scat at Bow Fins" Middlcsex coun-
ty, Va.
From this union OF Edmund Berkeley
and Lucy Burwell descended all OF the
Berkeleys now living In Virginia, and no
other branch OF the family.is known in
tho United States. II. a. Brock. in his
notes to Spotswood's Letters, Virginia
Historical Society," volume 2, at page So,
says: Edmund Berkeley, Of Barn Ems, !
Middesex county, n descendant probably
of Henry Berkeley, who patented 400
acres Of land on the north side of The
Chickahomlny River. in James City coun-
ty, April s. 1851 virginia Land Registry,
l. page 277)." But It Is most likely that
he was a son OF Lieutenant lidmund Berk-
eley (who wns the son of Maurice Berke-
ley, who was tho son Of the John Berke :
ley Of Rcverstone Castlc), because, first
1t will be noted that he named his cld-
est son Edmund and he named his eldest
soa Edmund, and the grandson OF this
first Edmund Berkeley, OF Barn Elms,"
who was named Edmund, and who mar
rled Judith Randolph, had issue by her
one son, whom he named Edmund and
Judith Randolph died and he ,rni,icd
again, this time a Mary Burwcll. and
his first child was son, whom he named
Edmund. and he died young. and thus
ended the .lnbroken line Of the Edmunds
Q Henry Berkeley was u son Of the John
Berkeley, OF Beverstono Castle, and the
uncle of Lieutenant Edmund Berkeley,
and Henry was yer. old to be the father
OF the first Edmund Berkeley. OF Barn
Elms.' who was probably not born be-
fore 1850, which would make him sixty
eight years OF age at his death, in Ills,
and forty-four years of age at the time
OF his first marriage with Mary Mann. The
proba bility is that he was not more than
thirty-four at the time OF his first mar
rIage, which would place his birth at
1869, and there Is no evidence OF Henry
Berkeley ever being married. The first
Edmund Berkeley. OF Barn Elms,'' was
undoubtedly member OF the Bever-
stone branch of the Berkeley family.
For no other Berkeley ever settled In
Virginia before the time OF his birth,
save John and his sons aforesaid, Nor
bone Berkeley, Baron de Bottetouit, who
was Royal Governor of Virginia. short
while before the Revolutionary War, and
who had no descendants.
sir.William Berkeley and Lord Norbone
Berkeley were both of English family
of Berkeleys. but not Of the Beverstone
brunch OF the family, so far as Is knewn.
limo OF this branch, whose head was John
Berkeley aforesaid, Sir William Berkeley
left no male descendants Edmund Berk-
eley, of Barn Elms." used the Berkeley
coat OF arms and the crest Ia uniforms
head) which was peculiar to the Bevcr-
stone branch of the Berkeleys. His mar
rage with Lucy Burwel. the Burwella
being 1t that time amongst the most In
fluential and prominent people In Vir-
ginia, his appointment on the Council by
the Crown In 1713, and the letters OF Gov
ernor Alexander SpotsWood. relative to
same. the fact that he was appointed
county lieutenant Of Middlcsex. and the
fact OF his high social position, and that
Of his sou, as shown by his sons mar
riage to Mary Nelson. of Yorktown, sis
ter OF General Nelson, and the high 'po'
sitlon he held, all bear testimony Of his
lineage. It will also be noted that he
was wealthy and well to do In Virginia,
and that he used tho Beverstone crest
and Berkeley coat of arms, while Henry
William, who was member. OF the Vir'
ginia Long Parliament, 1850 to 1915, and
probably John and Thomas sons OF Jonr
Berkeley, and uncles or great uncles OF
the said Edmund Berkeley, still lived, nnt
while Sir William Berkoley-was Governor
OF VlfBlHla' AH's WYNN seeiu ~ put NY
You'd all question the fact that hc wat
| n member OF the Bevcrstone branch o.
| the Berkeley family, grandson or great
! grandson OF the said John Berkeley, ant
/, that the only members OF the Bever
| stone branch of tho Berkeley family
| now live In Virginia Il. Q. that belont
| "a the main line OF the Beverstone branch
OF the Berkeley familIcs).
As 10 the English members Of tho Berk
elcv family, there still hold the earldon
~ nerkelcy, the Barony Of Berkeley, AM
tbs Barony OF Ttzhardings, md at time
have held the earldom OF Falmouth. "A
there have been from the earliest h'sto or;
of this family in England, there are stll,
| many knights. and officers IN the brl'ls'
| must be rescued. !. ),