The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21
QUERIES AND LETTERS.
Dances.

i
Editor OF The Times Dispatch
sir.-Kindly inform me through your
columns of any connection YOU NAV
have concerning the Dances of yirginin
WHO ihtermarfied with the Turner's and
Masona. and were among the early
settlers Of Charles City county. va. ana
ut Surgeons Point and Stoney Creek,
Va. Among the Dances names vera.
John. Frank, William and Charles.
GreanVille, Charles City county, Is said
to have been the ancestral early home
of the family, to the Texas branch OF
which belong. and desire TO secure
what Information I can in regard 10
this branch in particular.
The name was formerly s,,elt Dan
cey 8D'Ancy. Any Information pub
llshed through your Genealogical de-
partment VIII be thankfully received.
/. D. d.
Seguin, Texas
This name is found in early records
as Dancey. Dancie, Dancy and Dansie.
but none with the apostrophe, as Dan
cey; yet we may presume they are al
OF the same family. Thomas Dancie,
an given by Hening, was probably the
first one, and from him descended
ThomaD Dancie Of Fredericksburg
lspotsylvania county. who died there
January 20. 1865 leaving his widow,
Ann, who afterwards moved to New
Port. Spotsylvnnia county, and died
there December 1851. She was a Miss
| cambridge. They seem to have had no
children. This Thomas Dancie, by his
! VIII, had lands in North Carolina, which
he left to his nephew Alexander SPOTS
wood Dancic. We find also Francis
| II, Dancy, of Charles City county, Va,
who was executor to the will of Iiardy-
| min lrby, IN 179S. where the family
FIRST settled. Evidently, the family
moved from the State quite early, as
little can now be found Of them.
/ IOWnley.
TO "W. IS. W." Sinks Grove, ". Va,
I've make the following reply:
Hening. in his Statutes at Large"
Vol. WILL page $50, makes mention Of
Lawrence Townley, with his daughter
1 Alice and wife Sarah, as then living in
i tho colony. AS to their English an
cestry, we can find nothing though
from the fact that his daughter mar
ried Into such distinguished family
las Grymes, leads to the conclusion that
a|they We're OF very noble English birth.
Lawrence Townley's wife, Sarah, wa,
4 the daughter Of Augustine Warner, one
i OF the most prominent of the early CO.
|lonial families, md of which much
could be said 3ut for want of space.
III He had large LANDED possessions in
5IGloucester county, and was speaker of
4 tile House of Burgesses. The Hon.
Augustine Warner died previous to
l1es4. Ono Of his daughters hurried a
son OF the first John Washington who
came over, hence the Warmers ana
4 Washingtons were closely Connected
A John Warner, one Of hin sons. was llv-
Ing In spotaylynnla from 1729 to 1T7o
and one was the Rev, Mr.. Warner, OF
A Gloucester The Warner arms are
a given as a Shield, vert. bearing a
cross engrailed, or"
i 2. As to tho Walkers OF Albemarlc,
they came from staffordshire, Eng
land. about 1850. Thomas Walker, OF
Gloucester county Va. was the first
{ to settle, and was n membersof the
& Colonial Assembly, 1862 Thomas Wal
kcr, OF King and Queen, grandson OF
above; DR., Thomas Walker, of Gas
d Tile Hill Albernarle. second son OF
j, above. tsee our article on tho family
J, given April. 10. 19o4,).