The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-30

century were more conspicuous in the
social end political life Of the colony than
even the Lees. The first OF the former
family to settle in Virginia was Christopher
Wormeley. who previously had filled the
Office OF Governor OF Tortuga. He was
accompanied by his brother Ralph. They
were sons Of Christopher Wormeley OF
Adwickle Street in Yorkshire, and through
him were directly descended from BIT
John de Wormele Of Hadheld, situated in
the same county. Ralph inherited the
large colonial estate Of his brother, ana
ut Roseville, overlooking one OF the noolest
reaches OF the broad Rappahannock' estab-
Nshed what was perhaps the statelieet
home In Virginia during the seventeenth
century, a homo adorned with all that
the literature Of the mother country and
all that the mechanical arts OF the colony
OF that day could furnish, and celebrated
far and wide for its hospitality and gooo
cheer. The next fact noted in this eG-
hibit OF the sources from which the great
planters OF Virginia we're drawn is that
Robert Throckmorton. the first OF ms
family to arrive in Virginia, was the grand
son Of Gabriel Throckmorton, lord OF the
manor OF Ellington in Huntingdonshire'
who traced his pedigree 10 Sir Robert
Throckmorton Of Coughton, Warwick. In
1850 Edward Digges emigrated to the colony
where he became distinguished not My
for the agricultural improvements he
sought to introduce but also for his promi-
nence in political affairs Digges, as we have
said, was a son Of Sir Dudley Digges, Master
Of the Rolls In England, then as now one
OF the foremost offices in the administration
Of English Justice. Sir Dudley was also
at one time Ambassador to Russia. The
mother OF Edward Digges was a daughter
Of Sir Thomas Kemp Of Chilham, Kent.
VII.
Nathaniel Bacon the elder emigrated
to Virginia about the time that the Puritan
supremacy was at its height in England
Nor was he the only member of his family
connection to cave his native lane in con-
sequenoe Of the SUCCESS Of the rebellion.
Through his mother he was nearly related
to Sir Thomas Woodward. Assay Master
Of the Royal Mint. who had recently settled
In Virginia. Through his first wife he is
supposed to have been a brother-in-law
Of Capt. William Bassett, q former officer
In the royal army. and it is certain hat
through his second wife he ecam closely
related TO Sir Philip Honeywood. another
Cavalier officer who had found the Old
Dominion a more agreeable place Of resi-
denoe than the mother country under the
rule Of Cromwell. An aunt Of Bacon's.
the widow OF Sir Thomas Lyddall, had
married Col. George Lyddall, who under
the influence Of the same feeling had left
England to make a home in New Kent
county, Virginia. Bacon himself was a
grandson OF Sir James Bacon and thus a
great-great-nephew Of the celebrated Chan
cellor. He seems to have beer e singularly
shrewd, wise. polite and self-possessed man.
In the great commotion raised by his cousin.
the n Bacon, he never for a ome
seems to have allowed family sentiment
to sway him, but pursued a course which
not only deserved the confidence Gov.
Berkeley placed in him but also relieved
his name from the shadow OF suspicion
which might conceivably have attached
TO il, Henry Chichely. who arrived in
Virginia only a few years before Bacon.
had served in the royal army and was
such a resolute adherent Of the royal cause
that the Puritan Council OF State, before
granting him a license to emigrate. required
him TO furnish security that he would do
uOtuluk PEciuuftldi w uflC lblilB oONSIh-
ment. Chichely was the son Of Sir Henry
and brother OF Sir Thomas Chichely Of
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire. Sir Thomas was
a member OF the Privy Council, Master of
the Ordnance and a man who possessed
great influence after the Restoration.
Among the titled cavaliers who had emf
grated to the colony about the same time
were Sir Thomas Lunsford. Sir Dudley
Wyatt and Sir Gray Skipwith. Thomas
Wexford, who also removed thither, was
the second son Of Sir Thomas Welsford,
who had lost both estate and life in sup
porting the side Of the king.
This is an astonishing record. which
from a social point OF view cannot be
matched by all the other English colonies
put together. Let us pass now from the
emigrants who were scions OF titled
families to those who were representatives
OF the untitled landed gentry, then as now
regarded as socially the equals Of the bearers
OF titles. The first members of the Wash
ington family 10 make homes in Virginia
we're the two sons Of the Rev. Lawrence
Washington, who was the brother of two
knights and connected by bonds OF close
friendship with the Spencers OF Althorp.
The aunt Of the two emigrants. the wife
OF Sir William Washington, was a half-sister
OF that famous and brilliant nobleman
George Villiers, first Duke OF Buckingham,
The Rev. Lawrence Warrington had been
elected from his pulpit in 1912 as a @malig-
nant l~oyalist, " and his fidelity 10 Charles /.
had exposed him to many hardships and
privations. His sons shared his feelings.
and following the example set by many
OF higher social rank removed TO Virginia
in the hope OF there restoring the fortunes
OF their family. One OF the most prominent
citizens of the colony in the seventeenth
century was George Ludlow, a cousin OF
Major-Gen. Edmund Ludlow. who was
30 distinguished on the Puritan side in the
civil wal and whose memoirs throw so much
light upon the epoch. A brother OF Gen.
Ludlow was the ancestor OF the earls Of
that name. a title which became extinct
in 1912 but has lately been revived. Henry
Isham. whose daughter married the first
Randolph who emigrated TO Virginia,
belonged to a family which long had been
seated In Northamptonshire and which
has retained a high social position down
to the present day; IL is now represented