The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17

BY speclal request. the Jarratt family
OF Virginia are here presented. with the
coat-of-arms and crest, as granted
Richard Jarratt, OF Sumcrsctshire, Eng
land, 1862 He was named for his an
cestor Sir Richard Devereux. eldest son
of Walter yiscount Hereford, OF Here
fordslire, England.
"Arms--Argent. Hon PEASANT between
two launches purpura.
"Crest-A lion PEASANT, collared gules,
ducally crowned; under his forefoot n
fleur-de-ls.
"Motto-'Fortiter in re- with firmness
In acting)"
The Jarratts were knighted and crest
ed no less than nine different times for
| their bravery and valor, and were among
| the early emigrants to Virginia Hen
Ming, Bishop Meade and other early
writer's have made honorable mention Of
them They were also prominent during
the colonial and revolutionary pAriods.
! The Rev. Devereux Jarratt was named
| for Robert Devereux. Earle of Essex, In
whose army his grandfather served With
| valor. and was knighted by the king,
| who bestowed on him the above coat-of-
arms and crest during the War of the
Roses"
The Rev Devereux Jarratt was born in
4 new Aenl county, Sd., JiltiuH1y ",
4 1929 His widow was a daughter OF
| Bernard Claiborne, of Dinwiddie or
| Brunswick. Robert Jarratt had Deye-
4 reux Jarratt. Cd, and Mary Jarratt. who
married William Clopton, and had seven
| children, the eldest being born July b,
1872 and the youngest January IL, 1875.
The sons We're:
/ Waiter born March "a, 172o-'21.
Robert, born June A. 1925.
4 DevereuX, born August 30, 1927.
On January 6. 1928. the Rev. Deve-
{; reux Jarratt, who had been ordained in
London, England. OF Christmas Day OF
the preceding year. became minister OF
the parish OF Bristol. 1t was the custom,
OF the higher classes OF the colontsts tc
send their children to England to finish
their education and receive orders. He
was minister Of this parish from 176a
to the time Of his death, the 29th Janu
airy. 1901, in the sixty-ninth year Of his
, age and the thirty-elghth OF his min.
istry.
In the State library Is the life o.
) 1.-THE Rev. Dcvereux Jarratt," Which 1.
, full of interest and information; MIDGET
and VII, London, England; Collin
I. Peerage. Vol. Ill" George Hastings tn
only son and heir. was of the Council 4
Henry VIII, whom he attended IN 1914
] at the taking OF Lauraine and Tourney
= and was by that monarch crested Earl
y OF Huntingdon. On December s, 1928
! his lordship married Anne, daughter O
= Henry Stafford, second Duke OF Bucking
ham, who married the widow of 81
: Walter Herbert Knight, second son Q
William First. Earle Of Pembroke. VIII
! was beheaded on July 81, 1869. by tn
= Lancastrians. BY her he had five sons
q Francis (his heir) Sir Thomas, Sir ED
q ward. Henry, William--and three daugf
ters-Lady Dorothy, married Sir Richar
!. Devereux; Lady Mary. married
L Thomas: Catherine. married Lord Berke
d ley. The above mentioned Sir Richar
i Devercux was tho eldest son OF Waite
l. Vlscount Hereford. Robert Jarrat
married Sarah Bradley daughter Of il
II seph Bradley. Their children were {
- follows: First. Robert Jarratt secon
y Joseph Jarratt; third, Devereux Jarrat
L. fourth. Mary Jarratt who married W.
10 liam Gillian. Issue: Devereux. who ma
Q, ried Edith Ellis, born In Henrico count
to l743; Sarah Gillian, married Micaja
I'd Williamson; Elizabeth Gillian, marie
y, George Raulstone, direct descendant
+ Lord Elgan and his wife, Lady Margar
Creightan
" The descendants of that couple Int
no married with John Taylors famil
a Lucy Taylor, his daughter, marr
IT, Charles Carter Lee, eldest brother
IS General Robert r. Lec Her sister VI
~ ginia married Stephen Decatur Whit
", brother of Right Rev. Francis M. Whit
~ Bishop OF Virginia. The mother Of the
~ Taylors was Catherine Randolph
The Jarratts first settled in York cou
ty, from which New Kent was formt
a November 20. 1864, and from this histo
branch all the Jarratts In Virginia a
descended; and they may well be pro
OF their lineage for authenticated fat
We prove that, step by step. link by lii
ST. they are descended In a clear n
ed, unbroken line to those who built up
a foundations Of our country, and