The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-08
QUERIES ADDICTED
Temple.

Editor. Genealogical Column:
VIII YOU please tell me II the arms and
Fencafogy OF the Temple family have
Bee Il given n this column II so can &
procure d copy OF the paper from the
office OF The Times Dispn tch :?
I'd DEsCENDANT.
# No, not yet. The Temples. Of Afussa-d
ichusctts are in direct descent from Sir 4
Thomas Temple, OF Bucks county Eng.
1Gl1,Sand if$ the Virginia family can con-
meet With these. they are entitled & to i
/ elaborate arms and distinguished pedi-5
gree. n Many Of the family settled quite
erlrly; III Virginia, and wi Will endeayor TO 4
give a list of them. 5aE 5
Herndon. 5
Editor Genealogical Column:
II Slr,-Can you tell me anything OF the
+ history Of the Herndoni family Of Vlr-i
ginin-the family to which LIE ieutenanti$ Y
William Lewis Hcrndon, Who w cnt down
with his ship In 1857 belonged ~ VIII
be very much obliged IL you can give
me- some information about this family.
Bf1, Yours. MRS. j I. y. r.
sSs55 IN 81 81 Monroe. n. G. IA
we have had this request llsfore. full
trading of the 5IIerndons would take sus
back further than we can 70 Sat pres ,1 y
Tee family has always been locate -
sSpotsylYanIa county from an early perl l..l
They have arms. rgent, q heron vo'ent.l !
three %ascallops sable The descent q
lieutenant William Lewis IIerndon "A Is l
believed to be- as follows:
He was son OF William Herndon, son
81 Joseph Herndon. sonof Edyard Herh.
Sdon5 AIT lived in spotsylvania county
from ,70o To 1900 1t rs said that the.three
brothers Joseph, George and ;, .Wl1l. y. !
Herndon, moved to North Carolina. SET .s'o
Etling in Cleveland. county aD2nt l l9i,,
i've. The donsllntermarried Win tneB
I,ewises, Minors and several other proTnl'5 Z
{ncnt families OF Alhemarle and Louisa.
Chesterfield County Families:
Editor Richmond Times Dispatch;
Dear sir--Will YOU please publish a., wna'
YOU know concerning any o. the, .olloWI
ina families of Chesterheld county =, 49,, 7 =
TIA Frankl 1 families. There was q Ber- E
nnrd franklin, who Went to Norm car
olIna and afterwards became Governor S
~ INA s,atc, He had q brother, VINO Was
s,,nt,osed 10 have settled IN chcstefrlleId
County Any Information YOU can give
will be appfecia TED H.,
IT. would take us ROte WIS ~ I''H''N ~ y
nliI the above families. ehesterneid, WAS
70, lad. from ii part Of Henrioo lylng on
IA south 81 the James In l7iS, 80 many :,
80 IL the he above families were IN Henrlco
County , we find In St, Johns Parish're-
cords Henrico, thei names OF James.
Thomas Gg,,,s, and Mary Franklin living thets
rom s17s2 ID It'll, Robert Ealanl was
ing 1881 No mention y " made ,y q t 'hs
S,homns Bot, vestryman, 1920, In
Biandford Parish Prince George coutty.
and John Bolts IN the Chesterfield coun-
Nv church 1890; Benjamin Bolts, about
same time. In 81. Georges, spotsylyania
county. There were also coghills plenty
ii that county. and Wells or Welles fam
NV, but little family descent is given Of
them, Tic Hon. John Minor Bolts the
statesman was descended from the Bolts
81 Chesterfield, Of the Bot or Bolts, we \
and in Bristol Parish records Thomas
Bot, son OF Thomas Bot, yestryman,
was baptized December II. 1871 !; William
Wells, son Of William, baptized December
E28, 1921 William, son Of William and
Sarah Bolts, 1851. so far this IL sp
that can pc gathered. ~