The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19
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QUERIES AND LETTERS.
y. Garnett 5s55

Editor Genealogical III Column :5 N NJ
Will you please glyo through your
columns all the Sinformatlon possible con-
corning the Garrett family Of Virginia?
Il am particularly anxious to get some
Information about the branch that set
tied In Culpeper county. "a e as we'll as S
other branches. and would also like o
full description Of coat-of-nrmE. 3
Respectfully,
80 far we find no rms for Garnet,
but such branches Of the family us We p
have will DO given very soon. i
Ireland.
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Kindly give mo any information YOU /
may be able TO obtain relating to tho Y
Ireland family, especially the address OF I
any at present living In Virginia.
we request somo Of the family. in yir.S5
GINA TO send their address to 100 North Z
Third Street, Richmond, Va. III ;s
Watson.
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n slv. 1T seems almost certain there was
a grant OF land In Virginia during colo
Mai times made to q member OF ~ tho
watson family. Will you kindly give@mS /
the name OF the Watson to whom theY
grant waE given; or, In case you cannot \
do 10, give some conformation concerning
the Watson family generally?
a Yours truly, sSi
~ p. RI, T
II AZ IT z 43 # VI FL Chase City,.
# This IL something rather hard q to 90
In the absence Of more definite ga to 70
20 upon. 4 The first OF the name wa
Abraham Watson Tor Watson, as then
spelt), who settled In Gloucester county
and he doubtless received the first grant
S(see Henn,ng, Vol. l.. 373) He also
mentions John, Joseph, Josiah, Mat the new
Robert and Thomas watson. Many OF
tho family were In the Revolutionary
War at different times. John ~ Watson
tprobably son Of Abrahan) was l! w !, g! Ct.
Sm.ys have also received a era
Some OF the most prominent men IN +
Virginia have been OF this family
Stanley.
It Is stated in The Time D!spa tchs GUY
stl) that three brothers named Stanley
emigrated from England to- Virginia IN j
g172s. Also, the records OF the Virginia 4
Land Ofi1ce prove that there We're stan
Toys In Hanover county, Va, ~ carry
as 517l4. This respectable family belonged
to the excellent Society OF Irlends, l!'ere
is said TO be q tradition that me stan-
Toys OF Hanover and other Ylfglnla coHll-
land, II ia consequ supposed that they
may be members OF the Nnglish / armo iIr b
bearing STANLEY family In the same coll'-
~ OF 1 England, II was quite possible 10
i've iI Il in Any part Of ENGLAND and to take
and transmit to descendants the surname
Of any landed proprietor near or Win
whom ono lived, without bearing OF
claiming any relationship to said landed
apropriotor, The worthy Stanley family
S ~ Hanover and other Virginia counties
haa never claimed any connection with
1 t IN Notwithstanding rvb English stanleys.
N Nal has any one claimed such con,
fgT Bs9fS sa hsSsusSa
families we'll known to be entitled to !
n rms. Members Of some Of these armi,
rarous families kept up some intercourse
With With their english relatives in colonial
DAYS, They would have been likely to
know IL any, OF their neighhors During
Tia Tie colonial period really belonged to
Sa an bearing families, Members of ths
Stanley family are among the most re-
ispacted and energetic citizens Of Hanover NJ
and other Virginia count les. We
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