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

took q residence there. though 1t seens
TO have been only for n time. waiter
Aston, who lies buried at Westover, was a
cousin of Lord Aston, an English peer
while Thomas Booth, the first OF a name
destined to become we'll known in the social
history OF the colony. was a cousin Of the
Earl Of Warrington. william Claiborne
who at different times fllod the positions
Of Secretary OF State. Commissioner OF
Parliament and Deputy Governor. n
Htoutly resisted the pertisans OF Lord
Baltimore when they sought to dispossess
him OF Kent Island. was descended from
the Cleburns Of Westmoreland In England.
His brother married a daughter Of Sir
Richard Lowther Of Lowther. in the
county Just named, a member Of a family
represented to-day in the English peerage
by the Earls OF Lonsdale and long recog-
nized as one Of the most powerful families
in the North. Adam Thoroughbred. the
owner of q large estate in the colony and
for many years a conspicuous figure in its
public affairs, was a brother OF Sir John
Thoroughbred OF Remington, who was
attached TO the court. II seems that
until very recently Thoroughgood's house
was standing on Lynnhaven Bay. as solid
hhu hppAiOhbig al db BOOo iOpoAA ~
it was first built. From some points OF
view II wa the most interesting as it was
perhaps the oldest Colonial residence in
Virginia at the time Of its demolition. Sam
uel Matthews, who like Thoroughbred
made a large fortune by planting and trad
ing, and who during the Puritan suprem-
aoy became Governor Of Virginia, had
married a daughter Of Sir Thomas Hinton,
the s~on-in-law OF Sir Sebastian Harvey.
A leading member Of Gov. Harvey's
council was Henry Finch. who was a brother
Of the Lord Keeper Of that name. Capt.
John West, referred TO by Harvey as the
uncle OF the late Lord LAwar.' was also q
member Of that body. John Harvey him
self had performed such notable services
on the sea that he had been rewarded by
elevation to knighthood. Henry Wood
house, ancestor Of the Woodhouse family OF
Virginia. who arrived In the colony about
1887, was descended from Sir William Wood
house OF Waxham. Norfolk. Sir William
had married the widow Of Sir Henry Parker,
she having been the daughter Of Sir Philip
Calthorpe. Woodhouse's son had married
a daughter Of Sir Nicholas Bacon (the
famous Lord Keeper In Elizabeth's reign.
and the sister Of the celebrated chancellor
and philosopher Francis Bacon. Major
Richard Moryson, who was for some years
in charge Of the fort situated at Point Com
fort, was a son Of Sir Richard Moryson,
by his wife. a daughter OF Sir Henry Har-
rington. His brother. Col. Francis Mory-
son, long one Of the most prominent and
useful citizens Of the colony. had left Eng
land after the defeat Of the royal cause.
1t is worth recalling that q sister OF these
two brothers q married the accomplished
Lord Falkland, whose part in the early
stage of the civil war is alphabetically
depicted in C%larendon's History.
Our author recalls that among the prin-
cipal families in Underwater, Va, previous
to 1850 were the Calthorpes, Christopher
Calthorpe, tn first OF his NINE to settle in
the colony. was the grandson OF Sir James
and the uncle Of Sir Christopher Calthorpe
OF Stirston, in England. A cousin. Reynolds
Calthor e. had married the only daughter
Of Viscount Lo gueville Through his
daughter, who was the other Of ohm
Bacon Of Herset, in Norfolk. Christopher
Calthorpe OF Virginia was related to the
Bacon family; one Of the most powerful
and distinguished in the mother country
at that epoch. whether considered from a
political or from a social point OF view.
George Reade. the earliest OF that name to
emigrate TO the colony. was a grandson
of 81 Thomas Windebanke Of Harnes Hill,
in Berkshire. This Sir Thomas had married
a daughter Of Sir Edward Dymoke, heredi-
tary champion OF England. Mr.. Bruce points
out that Reade is invested with some
interest as having been an ancestor OF
Washington. His brother was for eoLle
wears the private secretary OF his kinsman.
Sir Francis Windebanke, who as Secretary
Of State under Charles ]. made himself
by his subserviency to that monarch so
hateful to the popular party that when the
Long Parliament met he was compelled
In order to escape arrest to fly to the Con-
tinent. Richard Kemp, who filled the office
of Secretary TO the Colony about 1887, Ia
believed on good evidence brought out by
recent investigation to have been a brother
Of Sir Robert Kemp OF Gissing, who resided
in Suffolk county, England. Col. William
Bernard, one Of the foremost citizens OF
Nansimond, Va, in 1910. was q brother OF
Sir Robert Bernard Of Brompton Hall, in
Huntingdonshire. Richard Bennett. a
planter Of large fortune and at one time
during the Puritan supremacy a Governor
of the colony, was a member OF the family
upon which Lord Arlington was to confer
40 much social distinction and political
power in England. In 1885. in a letter
describing q mutiny which ended in the
expulsion Of Gov. Harvey, Secretary Kemp
refers incidentally to Robert Lytcott as the
ason OF Sir John Lytcott. now bound out
for England" Among the richest and
most influential citizens Of Accomac was
Col. Nathaniel Littleton, whom recent
investigation shows to have been a brother
of Sir Edward Littleton, Lord Chief Justice
of England, and a son Of Sir Edward Little
ton OF Henley, in Shropshire. He was
thus sprung directly from Sir Thomas
Littleton, the famous e%xpoundcr OF the
English common law.
vi.
We come now to a most interesting fact. to
which properly the author assigns a para
graph. About le4l-t2 Col. Richard Lee
emigrated to Virginia, and there founded
a family which has produced q larger num-
Der OF celebrated men, whether in states
manship or in war, than any other family
which England has furnished TO America.