The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-04

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English walnut tree. At 'Newpost" ona
and the remains of a white and q
negro graveyard. Sic transit, etc.
Answer to Quarry.
A correspondent inquiries in tns
| Issue OF the I4th instant concerning
the families of Newman and Colemar<
AS he tails to say what county his
ancestor, Jonathan Newman, was from.
the following may or may not BIO to
the point: Jonathan Newman. born
In one OF the lower Virginia countess,
settled in Augusta county. married
Mary --, ami died shortly before
February 20. 1T4S. His son. Walter.
Newman Cine writer being concerned
only with this son. made no record Of
any others), was soldier In Dun-
more's War, and large planter in
Shenandoah county. where he died In
1910. judge II. u. Newman, OF Wood.
stock, Walls his great-great-grandso
Jonathan SeWman was son OF Samuel
Newman. who was born about 1858,
and patented 500 acres in Henrico
county. and this Samuel was son OF
John Newman, the emigrant, who pat
ented 1000 acres in what are now
Lancaster and Richmond counties. He
married (prohably) daughter OF Paul
Woodbridge.
AS Tor the Coleman family, OF AM
herst county, referred ITO by your
correspondent, 1t Is probably descend-
ed from one OF the four sons of Hawea
Coleman tborn January /, 1850, who
removed to Amherst from SpotsyI-
vania, and at the age of eighty-two
wrote record of the Spotsylvania
branch OF the family. He was a son
| Of John Coleman (born 1923; died
| 1859. OF Spotsy1vania, and his wife.
| Nice Halves John Coleman was q
son Of Robert Coleman, OF King and
Queen county who patented land IN
| Spotsylvania In 1913. and whose wife.
Mary. acknowledged her dover in
1881. II this Robert Coleman can pe
| Identified with Robert Coleman, Jr.,"
son OF Robert Coleman whose Will
| was recorded In Essex county in 1713,
| naming sons Thomas, Robert, Edward.
| and daughters Ann. Elizabeth and
Grlzelle. then descendants OF Halves
| Coleman may trace their descent back
| to Henry Coleman. emigrant ana
| patentee OF 1000 acres in Elizabeth
City county In 1899.
Can you, Mr.. Editor. or any Of your
| readers, make this Identification? And
mentioned Ann Coleman daughter OF
Robert and Ann Coleman. of Essex.
married Major Philip Clayton. OF
"Catalpa." Culpeper county? Or was
Major Philip Clayton's wife the Ann
Coleman who was born In 1850.
daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Cole
man, OF Abingdon Parish. Gloucestsri
county? DR.. Slaughter. In his hdstorSi
Al st. Marks Parish. says that Major
| Philip Clayton married Ann Colemans
sister OF Robert Coleman. OF Cul-
peper," who married Sarah Ann Saun-
ders and died in 1898. Is there any
other authority for that statement;
| And who We're the parents of this
| Robert Coleman? Unless there were
| two Robert Colemans in Culpeperi
about 1860 it seems almost certain
| that he was a son of Robert Coleman.f
| Of Spotsylvania. and Elizabeth (Lind-
| say?), and grandson OF Robert Cole-
| man. OF King and Queen. Il is hoped
! that this problem can be solved IN
| these columns. Il
COLEMAN DESCENDANT.
Editor Genealogical Column:
| Two brothers. William and John
| Young. came from Lancashire. Eng
| land (year not known. and settled
1 In Virginia. William married. first,
Miss Dangertield. Their children We're
| Mlllicent. Patsy. Betsy. Catherine.
Fannie and Rachel. William Young !
married. second, Miss Smith. and their
children were William, who never
! married: Henry and Smith Young.
|! John Young married ---. and had!
I but one child-John. who married his
| own cousin, Rachel, sixth daughter
| of his uncle. William Young.
| MR. n 70 IN huv
moved from Virginia to North Caro-t
] lima, and later some OF them went
/ TO Tennessee, and from there to Ar.
kansas. Intermarrying families ara
| Jones. Kimbrough. Harper and CLANCY.
or CLANCY. of North Carolina. Will
some one kindly give through your
columns more compete data OF tho
| timigrants, William and John Young.
| and Of their marriages. 1t will be
appreciated. =. S. N.
Editor Genealogical Column:
While writing of the Rappahannock
| country cannot some information be
! given of tho family OF James Bank
head, of "Bankhead's Point" near
Port Royal and of that of Thomax
| Roy. for whom the town was named!
1 James Bankhead was 4 son of Dr.
| James Bank head and Ellinor Nom
| roe (aunt Of the Prssident), of West
moreland. He was lieutenant of min
| ute men of Carolina county elected
1 September IL lT75). and his picture.
4 by Saint Meanio. is in the Corcoran
Art Gallery. His wife was Christian
4 Miller, granddaughter OF Thomas Roy,
whose rightful name is sa,u to have
been McGregor,
j 3Christion Miller and James Bankhead
| We're tho parents ofGenoral James
Banlihead. u. S, A, tWarSof 1872. Semi
1 mole War, and Mexican War;. and
4 grandparents of General John BANK
i head Magruder General. Smith Pyne
Bankhead, G. S a. tand Mexican Warl:
Captain John PSns ankhead..,U, 8. NJ.
and General Henry Gary HassS head u. ]
4 s.. A.
More particular information is want
ed about Or. James Bahkhaad and
Ellinor Monroe who were married ins
! Westmoreland August 20. 1873. and
about Thomas Roy and the Roy family
in general the name OF his home, and
where situated near Port Royal,