The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-22

sold to his sons. lie was called {
colonel John Catiett and his wife waA
Mary -----, as recorded 1880. John 4
Catlett, Jr., must have married sec
ond time, as In 1893 his wife Is called &
Alice ----. John Catlett Is recorded
rs one of the svestry in Culpeper, and
u John Catlett is recorded by Hcnning 4
as having been killed by the Indians
at Fort Port Royal who is supposed
to have been the same. Thomas Cat
lett, his brother, was also OF Spotsyl-
vania, from 1727 to 1888, his name be-
ing FREQUENTLY found as II witness to
deeds In the County Court. but the
name OF John WAS most frequent, as
handed down from the emigrant
Upton.
Az to the Upton family, John Upton
was the first in the colony, and We
find him living in "4Archer's Hope" III
l162T. and with several others. was
bound for his good behavior and to (
appear at we Quarter Court after
l.Christmas. held at James City,
| eArcher's Hope WAS the, district pc
| tween Archers Hope Creek ana SSack
River In the Indian massacre Of lsss
| Ave persons were killed at Archer
| Hope" The Uptons seem TO pc more
numerous In the New Eng q. ana, . a1d
some OF whom came to Virginia anu
settled In Fairfax county, where tns
Hon. Charles Horace UPTON repressentedi
the State in the Congress- OF lssO, aHn
then became United States consul 70
4 Geneva These Uptons were OF the
same English family OF Cheshire. Ems
land. of which was the, noted alVlns;
james Upton, who was porn aesu ,r an
| merit. 1t is regretted we CANNOT gHs
more OF the Virginia family at TINS
1 time.
/ Cover.
Answer is made In The Times Dis
patch Of September sth to an INQUIRY
concerning the family OF ), G ,ps. stan
lev Cover. OF stanley Hall. near Whits
Haven. England, settled In old Kappa 4,
hammock county tnow Richm ol,. ~ ~.
1917. and called his home .s san,ny
| who married Sarah. daughter Of WI,
I liam Pierce, and had sons, Pierce anu
father father pieree's viii (17o2). stanley
I Richmond county. The elder Stanley
Cover had a daughter. h rs,.be T Tha
Richmond county records show TRACES
Of other Gowers--John. pafton, Su-ii
| saunn who married Henry WlilldHis,
December 90. 1928; Anne, etc m a,
Editor Genealogical Column:
sr-Can YOU tell me anly my, thsn q y sns
ltho Genealogical Column. Would like
Ito know il We are not of French de-
scent. hEAD.1Ln.
Revere came from Sainte Foy. France,
Ito the Island of Guernsey, and emf
grated from there TO Boston. Mass.
The celebrated Paul Revere. who was
born 1875, and entered so heartily with
1.-THE patriots in the War OF the Revotu-
tion. had several gratndhy,9ns 9 Rnbin os
Revere born In 1897. and died In Mary
LAND, near Sharksburg, 1862. He en-
tered the Union Army. and was cap
ltured at Balls Bluff and held as pris;
Ioner In Richmond. Va, until 1867. ana
was then killed IN battle at An.ietam.
Ills brother, Paul Joseph Revere, was
wounded at Balls Bluff, and kept a
lprisoner In Libby Prison until ex-
Ichanged In 1868. He rose to brfgadier-
general. and was wounded at Gettys-
4 burg.
i We do not find any of the Revere
family as settling in Virginia, though
H some may have come i,lto the State
from Massachusetts, nee the Civil War
tAll of the Reyeres In this country are
Iof his grandson. DIR. Edward II. r. Re-
were arc possibly still in Maryland.
.lennings-O'Hnrn.
4 In answer to a correspondent. who
desires the Jennings family genealogy,
I will say a lengthy sketch of them was
be- 5e produced here, The spotsyivanta
Jennings were William Jennings. who
4 appears as witness to&a deed l729:
and Thomas Jennings. who was In the
4 county from 1854 to 1854. He bought
vania in FIST and 1852. and sold the
II same in 17S4. His wife'S mama was