The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07

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chevron between three buttlc-axcs Arr;
I'd and Sd Or, Jesse between three
\ eagles displayed Sa.
| '-i.:t--An eagle displayed Sa.
4 Motto-N1os lcEem regit
There were several Moscleys who
came to Virginia at different periods,
but this article has to do with the
| william Moseley of Lowe NorfolM
| distinguished family Of Eastern vir-3
| GINA.
The English ancestry OF William
Moseley Cor Mosley) is given In the
"Aosley Memoirs" copy OF which
was presented to Mr.. RIA. Stewart, or
| Richmond, by Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart
| the English Representative OF til,
! younger branch of the family. From
| this book it appears that the family
4 is Of very ancient origin. The namo
4 appears In Domesday Book under tho
form Moleslei and when the record
! was taken this tief was held OF the
! king by William. son Of Ausculf, UNI
4 der whom one Roger of 11ssinE ton was
/ the subproprietor. In the reign or
i John the estate had fallen into tho
hands Of one Icrnald, Saxon. This
;rnald dc Moseley had two sons, tho
1 elder of whom died without male is-S
1 sue. The second son of Ernald, named
Oswald or Osbert, left several chill
| dren, who migrated into the counties
OF York and Lancaster. In the 18th,
Edward w, Robert Moselcy was pos
sessed of a burbage in Manchester,
near tho bridge From this same an
cestor descended Jenkyn Moseiey, who
in 1865 lived at Hough Ed, near Man
/ chester. Jenkyn married an hciress. and
j in her right he bore, in addition to
4 the arms of his own family. Cor. a
l Jesse sable between three caSlets dis
4 played sable quartcring ever since
A borne by his Descendants.
Jenkyn was succeeded by his son
James, and his grandson Edward. The
latter married Margaret, daughter Of
1 Alexander Elcock. of Hillgate.
4 This Edward died in 1878, and loft
issue three sons. Oswald, the eldest.
married, first, the eldest daughter OF
Rev. Rich Gerard, D. d., and, secondly,
Cicely daughter OF Rich. Tipping, Gent.
William Moscley, the cmigrant TO Vir-
ginia, was one of the younger sons Of
1 Oswald. as Is set forth in a note in
the Memoirs"
Il Nicholas, the second son OF Edward
I Moselcy was Lord Mayor OF London
and was knighted for his services
4 From him descended Sir Edward Nose
4 ley. one OF whose two daughters mar
ricd Henry Gray, Earl OF Stanford,
and the other. Sir Henry Hobart. an
Il cestor Of the 1arls Of Buckingham
shire Anthony, the third son of Ed
, ward Mosclcy, dropped the &c" from
his name and became Anthony Mosley.
lie is the ancestor of the present
baronet, Sir Oswald Mosiey, OF Rolle-
ston Hall, Burton on-'rrent
William Moseley. son of Oswald
NIoseley, removed to Rotterdam, Hol-
land, where he engaged IN trade. He
attestcd by the portraits OF ancestors
in armor brought to Virginia by the
emigrant and long preserved in the
family In 1919, William, with his
, wife, Susanna. and his two sons. Will
! liam and Arthur, and ten servants, re-
, moved to Virginia, and patented lands
in lower Norfolk county Cater Prln-
cess Anne). Here he built pllcstor,"
named after the English home Of the
N1oseleys. Besides the pictures men
toned above, he had brought with
{ him from Rotterdam portraits of him
9 self. his wife and two sons Gall at pres
/ ent in the possession Of Mrs. Philip
5 Bruce), and other property OF value, in
: GLIDING a diamond hntband, jewcled
! rings, etc, These Jewels are men-
toned in the correspondence of Mrs
Moscley and Lady Berkeley.
? William Mosclcy held TIE Office OF
+ justice OF lower Norfolk county from,
i March 1G. 1GA3, until his death liz
+ 1856.
i Arthur, the younger son OF VIII
q liam Mosclcy, was burgess from Lowe,
! Norfolk county in $685. HI. died In
l. 1903, leaving eleven children,--Jo seph
: BENJAMIN. William, Arthur, Edward
y George, Amos, Luke Anthony, Susan
q and Mary. Edward, the second son oil
Arthur, had two sons, Edward and
O FULLY.
= rho former had three sons-Edward
/ Jr., Palmer and ,Tnly--the last mentioned
: Of whom was a lieutenant in the Revo
: luton, and was the father of Mathew
u Moseley, who moved to North Carolina
= and was the father of William p. Nose
ley. first Governor Of Florida. Tully
/. second son Of Edward, son OF Arthur, hat
- n son Hillary, who had Blanny, 'rull!
. (who married Amy Thorowgood) Chris
tophcr Hilary. Frances, John and Molly
= Arthur Moseley, the fourth son Of Ar
l. thur, son Of tile emigrant, had n son
IS ! IIancock-and daughter, who married
q the Rev, John Braidfoot, and was tn
= great grandmother OF Colonel W.
d Stewart, the present grand commander o
II Confederate Veterans n
IS William Moseley, the elder son o
y William, the emlgrant, died about 1871
l. leaving n widow, Mary, daughter Of Cap
10 tain John Gookin, and four children
Is William, John, Elizabeth and Edward
:, Ills will shows that, among other things
= lie was possessed Of books in French
/. Dutch, Latin and English. ten portraits
- - Il signet ring ana other Jewels.
= Edward, the son of William Moselc
= and Mary Gookin, was IL colonel justic
70 and high sheriff Of Princess Anne,
y Knight OF the Golden IIorseshoe" mn
- member Of the court that tried Grnc
Sherwood for witchcraft lie marie
st Mrs. Bartho, Taylor daughter of colon'
~ Strnger) by whom he had Hillary an
r Captain John, HILLARY, the elder son, ha
~ u son, Colonel Edward Hack Moselc.
IN w,ip married Mary l'asfctt, daughter 6
A. the Hon. William Bassett, of ethan
d Issue: Edward Hack, married Marth
s. Wcstwood; Alexander, married Mary Ike
.e sick; Bassett, married i'ehccca Newtor
q Hillary; Mary. married Anthony Walk
I. (whose first wife was lane Randolph
= aunt Of John Randolph Of Roanoke), an
= Frances, married Theodore Mumfor
- Colonel Moseley married a second tin
~ Nt,,ii ND InI Ice, Gan "a