The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-17
QUERIES AND LETTERS.

Dear sir,-1 read with interest your.
paper. i enclose few questions which.
1 uld be grateful to have answered.
LIST. Did either one OF the brothers or
uncles OF Chief Justice Marshall marry
a Miss Roselle?
%. Did a Miss Williams, Of Williams
burg. marry a Lawrence !, &
Bedford CITY, Va.
We hope some reader will answer the
above. as we have no records touching.
upon either subject. i5;t N rs
Chevalier.
Editor Genealogical Column.
Dear slr.-Please give what nformn-t
ton you have or cnn got, of the Chevnler
family. Inquiry is making OF the Che
came from France: and who say that
I'd branch of the family settled in Vir-
ginia one hundred years ago.
IS DR.. Chevalier prot. Chevalier), OF
Richmond. and the Rev. Nicholas Che
Waller, a Presbyterian minister, who lived
in southampton, Va. afterwards moving
to AIolly s(nngs. Wits. and dying
there. His wife was q 4diss Stuart. sister
of General j.. E. B. Stuart, OF Confed-
crate fame. from Patrick county, Va
where they were born and raised. Mr..
Chevalier left several children, but It is
not known whether his wife Is now
living. suppose the Stuart relatives OF
the family could give Information con-
corning the Chevalier. Stuart marriage
and descent
Did DR.. Chevaller. OF Richmond. leave
sdescendants7 II 30. 1t would be possible
to put the parties inquiring in commun-
Eication with some Of the family
ENQUIRER.
All .wo know OF this most ntassstIng
Huguenot family is, that. Jean LIE Che
vale (since pronounced Chevulier), land
ed in New Y ork 1859. direct from Nor
mandy France. They have arms de-
scrbed as follows: 81
s3S5, .'De Stables. an cheoron dor, accom-
payne en- chef do 9deux eperons. le mo-.
glettes ecantonniss etSere pointe dun eper
en- pal, lie tout de menu.
We are unable to find when or which
one OF the family first settled in Vir-
ginia. but there was living In Richmond
about 1910, a Mr.. Peter j. Chevalie, who
died soon after, leaving his widow. Mrs
Elizabeth Chevalie. with several chil-5
Edren, one OF whm, Mary Galago Cheva-5
lie. attended Mrs. "A. M. Nend's school,,
on Marshalla and Sixth Streets. In s1s4s. We
think she afterwards married Mr..
Hundy or Handy, and 1t Is possible some
OF their descendants are! yet to be found
New York branch. &
4 All the Chevaliers OF Richmond we're
connected with t..e old Monumental
Church. while under the pastorate or
Bishop Moore. OF the Rev. Nicholas
fChevalier we find little trace
Moore.
Though already much has been written
OF the Moore family. yet. in answer to
!, subscriber will say: The 1lame Is
Z so widely; spread that 1t is almost irnpos-
q ible to obtain a correct account OF the
several families of the NAME The name
Z is found in England. Scotland and ire
land and yet there appears little kin
between them: All Virginians know tho
prominent name OF "3loore OF Chelsea
Va" and OF the descendants OF Bishop
Moore. The FANNY mentioned in The
Times-Dispatch OF May 18th must be dir
ferent from any OF the above. There were
Moores IN Nelson county. Va long be-
5.Moore's Shop. on the old Stage Coach
Road. One John Moore was a black.
smith. and kept that shop many years
before the Civil War He had two sons
Robert and Peter Moore, and perhans
other 1 children. It is not certain. how
ever. that this Moore family is the one
u Wnom information is desired
tli. Hancock.
Editor Genealogical Column:
Dear Sir,-I see In Sundays paper that
the Hancocks OF Virginia did not have y
"Coat-of- Arms. !" This, I am sure. Is
mistake, as am descended from branch
OF Hancocks that did claim Arms
WIN. Hancock 8 Mary Thomas, Of 1923
VIM. Hancock y Anne?
Simeon Hancock e susanna?