The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-05
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teri chcVro1 ana sinister d cross, with.
crest OF an elgle's head Will wings ex-
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upon tho world. 81 Tho motto md coloring
are wanting, and IRE desired.
rho first Of tho family TO etnigtute TO
Virginia Is not known. The presumption
3ia that they landed first In Maryland. and
In Virginin Is John Heath. u Napresen-
stntive IN Congress- from 1878 70 1927. Ho
left several sons and daughters, among
whom was tho lato Hon. James 70. Heath, Il
who III 1S45-48 wns Auditor OF Public
Accounts, and In 1850 COMMITS Aonsr OF
Pensions, which, Office no held until 1858.
1. Ho lived In Richmond and was one OF
Its most influential and vnlued citisens3
He and his wife were competed with old
Monumental Church. He wa q. L ono OF the
subscribers for It's building after the
burning Of the thcntre III 1S11. One OF
his daughters. Ellen Maria Heath. mar
rted virginius Dt,bney. tho brilliant an-
thor, OF Gloucester county, and their son,5
Richard Ifoath n Inbney, has boon pro-
lessor Of history Ut \ the Y University " OF
Virginia since 1895. 81 a$$ 5l 5g15&
# Mr.. Heath was a fine wrltar, . quaint
jliumoriat. una q most coutty Virginia
gentleman o u tho 5"old school. = The 1
writer has II his possession, ono Of his
ing canawi., Henry Howe, the celebrnt-
ed historian, WINS so charmed with him
that he presented him q copy OF his
'saIIlstory OF New Jersey, then t1s44) Just
completed, writing In It his profound
respects and autograph signature .Ino
book Is valued by tho writer. for, witt
$Howe's "I1lstory OF Virginia ana other
State histories It Is now considered by
all genealogists rs Invaluable forls they
cannot now be purchased u S
81 It Is to Ybe rcgr ettod that the lineage
OF the Virginia branch OF Heath cannot
be more distinctly defined. It Is to tho
Maryland DESCENDANTS. who nre now moro
numerous, IN TO whom we must look Tor
further statistics, g
458 James p. Heath (born In Delaware IN
B1777) settled In Maryland and wes K eg Is
ter in Chnncery5 Mt Annapolis Mt the be-
ginning of the War OF 1872. Ho served
t tio entire wnrs as a,d-io-camp
~ General %Winder, after which no rep-5
resented n Maryland district In the Con-
5presa 81 1899 rs .S II died at George own,
Is. CT, In 1854 From him most Of the
MARYLAND branch descend. Iiis son, Y p
ton 8. Heath, was most eminent 10 W
yer. and for many years was United
states Judge for the District Of Maryland.
Clayton.
5 between the years 1865 and 1850, thrce
young English gentlemen en,iKratted 70
Virginia: II KS WI S#y$ !f
First. James Taylor, from New Kent,
\ ENGLAND 1867 settled on Rappahannock
River; second. Philip Pend on. OF Nor
wtch. England, in what LIS now Caroline
\ county and third. a Mr. q ytori .55B
Thesa gentlemen were neighbors, and
thcir children intermarried G
First, Catherine Pendletoni married ma
John Taylor, about 5i7ob l
Second. Henry Pendleton married Mary
Taylor, 170l.
rs Third Elizabeth Pendleton married
Fourth, James Pendlcton. married
Susan Clayton, 1722.
s# PhiliD, a son OF Samuel Clayton. settled
In Culpcper county. and married Ann.
daughter OF Robert Coleman. md his
daughter, Elizabeth. married Nathaniel
Pendleton. This Philip was q relative Of
John Clayton, tho botanist, and It was
from his place that he obtained the
sprouts OF the catalpa tree. after which
his home In Culpeper has been known
for nearly LIS years.
VI John Clayton was brought to this coun-
try. q child. about 1853. ,5
Samuel Clayton was then about seven
o: eight years old. The nttorney-gencral
was in office under Spottswood, ITO. and
accompanied him, as did Henry Pendcton,
on his trip to the Valley Of Virginia In
1Sl4.3 n ais
348 Can you or any of your readers tell how
these Clnytons were related?
I am or the opinion that Samuel was
4 a sol, OF ths Encouragement and brother
OF tho botarist.
Yours truly,
Moore.
Editor 81 The Times Dispatch,
etr,-l would like to say through