The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-14

Descendants Of These Noted Nir-
ginia Families Have Celebra-
ton at Exposition.
CROSS TO MISS DU BELIEF
She Is Presented With Hand
some ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Followed by Reception.

JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. August
13.-The descendants of the famous
Jaquelin-C Cary families held their re-
union In the Auditorium to-day and
the gathering was largely attended by
representatives from all parts of the
United States
AS usual with events Of this kind,
where the members or the families are
widely separated or have never before
met, the opening hours Of the program
were devoted to forming acquaintance
ships.
Dr.. Daniel II. Morgan, surgeon. United
SavS gh gre and Gf he
or the exercises. DR.. Morgan opened
the reunion by delivering a short his
torical review Of jamestown and the
band of l05 settlers who made the
settlement
= Dr. Edward Fl. Cary, Of Dallas,
Texas. descendant of Miles Cary and
Ann Taylor, followed DR.. Morgan, and
in n few remarks presented Miss Louise
Pequet Du Belief, a descendant OF tho
Ambler-Cary branch. with a beautiful
gold cross and chain, In token or the
her untring efforts in making this re-
union success.
Ashes on EnrtHs shores.
Following DIR. Cary Professor John
Nicholas Amber, of Winston, N. G.,
achievements OF the Anglo-Saxon race,
Of the little band at Jamestown Island
300 years ago. and how their ashes
have been y, washed sl on the shores OF
At the close of Professor Anbler's
remarks, Mrs. Mildred Lewis Ruther-
ford of Athens Ga yepresen n
e OF me 6 a. be
ford also made a plea for greater
work In the instructing of children ~
the early history of Virginia and oil
Following Mrs Rutherford's remarks
there was short business session
held, during which bylaws We're
adopted FOR permanent organization
to be known as the Jaquel in Cary
family. The organization was started
with about 800 members.
The days exercises We're wound up
with reception at No. 2sS Butte
Street. Norfolk. where most pleasant
evening was spent.
Tomorrow the entire deiegat ion WI WI
home OF Edward Jaquelln.
Connection with JnmcstOwn.
1t is peculiarly fitting that this fam
| ily should gather at the jamestown
| Exposition, where the first settlement
in America is commemorated In SC
many ways, Although Richard an n
| iittle more than 100 years after tho
| founding and settlement of James
| town yet within the next 100 years
/ that site and almost II not all James
| town Island had become the anctstEa
| home Of all who bear the name ane
carry Amber blood n Virgi,nia; !,
! l1l6, was the son OF John Amber, o.
York England, and Elizabeth Bicker
| dixie, his wife. In 1929, about a dozeI
| years after his arrival in Virginia, n
| married Elijah seth Jaquelin, tho daugh
ter Of Edward Jaquelin and Martin
| Cary, his second wife, of James city
1t is Elizabeth Jnaueln, the great
gtanddaughter of the emigrant, Mile
Cary who thus became the mother an
/ ctstor Of all WHO carry Amber bloo'
in Virginia, and through her Car,
blood She mites In bonds Of kinsh,l
almost every family IN Virginia WIZ
may have either attained wealth o
achieved distinction. Sdward .Jaanelii
died In 1890. reputah to have been on
land about 100 years later Colonel Joni
| Amber died, leaving an estate which
yielded upon settlement S133,2Vs ~,
4 Edward Amber married NARY NhFy
land his brother, Jaquclin Amber. we'd
ded Rebecca Burwell uniting wealth
10 wealth, and business ability an,
most honorable distinction 10 q IKE
wise large and influential family con
nection, at which time the Amhle
mansion on jamestown lslana pachin
1.-THE central point about which wealll
zenith days of It's grandeur. and o
i Which now remain but the fragment
J OF crumbling walls OF the Amber man
sion, and Of the old church OF SUI