The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28

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York, England where the father OF
Richard Amblcr. the emigrant. was
sheriff Of the county In 1871. They first
| settled in Yorktown. Va. The tombs OF
the family bear the arms We give, quar-
tered with those Of Jacquilinc. Richard
| Amber having married Elizabeth JAG
outline, OF an old Huguenot family. The
arms hero presented are taken from
Burk's General Armory OF England in
1884, and form one of tho most pleasing
designs when put in colors, OF any of
the colonial families. They arc described
| as: Arms. sable. on q fess, or between
three pheons; argent. lion; PEASANT
guardnnt. gules; crest. two dexter hands
| conjoincd sustaining royal crown"
| Bishop Meade gives Wakefield, In Eng
land. as the Evolutionary location of the
| Amblors there; but Leeds and Wakefield
ara both in Yorkshire, and quito near
| together. Tho fact that there was a
Leeds Manor in Fauquier county, Va,
SO named by some of the Amblers for
their seat In England. would prove 1t to
be the correct place. John Amber. of
Yorkshire England. 17a1. was father OF
the eInigrant. Richard Amber. BY his
| marriage with Miss Jacquiline were nine
| children. His sister. Mary Amber mar
| ried the Rev. George Shaw. of England.
and was the grandmother of Charles
| Shaw Lefevrc. Speaker OF the House of
Commons. and of whose descendants are
tho Lefevre family of Virginia. or the
| nino children of Richard Amber. only
three sons left posterity-Eidward John
| and Jacguiline; all the others having
died early. John and Edward were edu-
Gated in England at Leeds Academy.
John, born December %, 1876. became a
great lawyer. and returning to Virginia,
located Mt Jamestown. where he repre-
scented the township for many years in
tho Colonial Assembly. He went to tho
Barbadors for his health, but died there
May 81, 1866. Jacquiline Amber. the
seventh child of Richard and Elizabeth
Amber, was born ut Little York. Au-
gust .. 1742. He married Rebacca,
daughter of Lewis Burwell. OF Glouces-
ter county. He became most prominent
In the colony. being councillor of State
during the Revolution. and at the time
of his death Treasurer of State. So up
right and high was he esteemed. that
| no was called the Aristotle of Virginia"
During the time OF holding the treas
uryship, the treasury was robbed by
ono OF It's clerks Of 5000 pounds. which
Mr.. Amber himself discovered and re-
/ ported to the Legislature. and at once
paid into the treasury the 5000 pounds
out OF his own pocket. His charity to
Flo gavo the poor Scotch divine, John
Buchanan, a home for life, and sus-
| tanned the carly church most literally
/ From him are descended many of tho
| family of this day. OF Edward Amber
his brother. who was educated In Eng
| land with his brother, John, and traw-
eled over Europe. he married at about
the age OF twenty-five. Mary Cary,
daughter of the celebrated Wilson Cary.
Esq. OF Elizabeth City county, Va.
| descendant OF another eminent English
family. This Miss Mary Cary. family his
| tory says. was first addressed by young
/ George Washington before he had risen
to fame; but old Mr.. Cary repealed him
! saying when asked his consent: IF that
is your business here, sir, ] wish you to
leave the house. for my daughter has
been accustomed to ride In her own
COACH" 1t is said this reply caused the
1 future independence OF the United States,
for II Washington had married In to so
much wealth as Miss Cary had he would
| never have risen to the fame no did.
The story is also told that when Wash
ington passed through williamsburg at
| the close OF the war. no waved a So
| Lutte to Mrs. Amber. at which she
| tainted: but II IS asserted that she never
| regretted her choice. Her sweet face,
however, was said to have been very
much like that OF Mrs. GUSTS. and for
which reason Washington married her.
Edward Amber. after his fathers
death. was collector OF the port Of York
county. After inheriting his brother
Johns property at Jamestown he moved
there, and represented 1t in the House
i OF Burgesses for many years. He died
and was buried there In 1857. at the age
Of thirty-five, his widow surviving him
fourteen years. she dying at her home,
Tho Cottage" in Hanover county,
where she was buried. but her remains
were moved to jamestown and placed
beside those OF her husband. or the
Jacquiline family, who came as refugees
from France and settled with the Fon-
taines. Maurys. Anblers and other noted
Huguenots in lower Virginia, much of
interest can be said; and 1t is our In
tention to take these up. as forming a
4 prelude somewhat to our forthcoming
i tri-centennial article on Jamestown.
bringing In as 1t will all the first fami-
lies who settled at that most historic
city.
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