The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-18

WIDOW Shelton, who was daughter or
John Wayles. aid sister of Mrs
Thomas Jefferson: Mary CD. who mar
ried William Randolph, or Chatswortli;
Sarah (5). who married Robert Ken
non: Elizabeth Isl, who married VIII
ried Tucker Coles; Selling (6), married
Edmund Ruftin. From these large
families OF the two Sir William skip
! withs como Host scattered all over
this country.
Sir Peyton t5> married. first Anne.
and second Jane Miller. sisters. and
Carter: Sir Grey 76). who married
Harriet Townshend; Peyton t61. mar
ried Cornelia Green: Helen C6), mar
ried Tucker Coles; Lima (6). married
John Coles. and had John. Peyton and
| Tucker. the owners OF the magnihcenI
| plantations and mansions in Abe
| marie. which have been so notea for
their elegance and hospitality. "Estote-
. vile" named for the baron from whom
the skipwiths descend. has Just passed
from the family.
Sir Grey (51 Skipwtth. son OF Sir
Peyton (5), who died in 1905. inherited
large amount OF money from dis
tant relative in England, which en-
abled him to return to England and
live in way BETTING his station He
seems to have rebought Prestwoulu.
H.f
t1rst sons must have died early, for
the title and estates went to his third
son. Sir Grey (7), who died h, 1859.
Sir William Skipwith, third of his
name In Virginia. who married
Elizabeth Smith. evidently left Middle-
sex. for he Is buried at Greencror, on
the Appomattox River. Sir Peyton, his
son. who succeeded to. the baronetcy,
probably built "Prestwould,' in Neck
Il lar, ~ ,h,cH Ia, -,
/ family. His youngest son, Humber
stone. brother of the two Mrs Coles.
| lived also at "Prestwould,. his older
| brother. Sir Grey 6, having returned
| to England. Thunderstorm (6j mar
\ rted. first. Sarah, daughter of John
| Nivison, and had Helen. who married
Rt. Rev. j. P. B. Wilmer, and had
skipwith (s). Joseph ts). of the Horse
| shoe, in Culpeper county: Helen (S).
!. who married Edward enable. of Pc
| tersburg; William Isl, lawyer. and
| Sarah (S). who married S. NJ. Camel.
| of Pennsylvania. Secondly, Humber
4 stone (6) Sktpwith married Leila Rob
| ertson skipwith. and had Fulwar Gl,
who Inherited "Prestwould"; Grey CO,
Leila 90. who married j. B. Lee. OF
Baltimore. and selma (7). w4.o married
| Tucker T.. Coles.
] Robert (3) Skipwfth, who married
| Miss Nicholas, had a son. Georgia
| Nicholas, who married Mary Murray,
| of Amelia county, and had Robert 90.
George N. (4l. Cornelia (4), Thomas b,
| CD.
Henry cas- skipwith married Mtsa
| wayles, and had Henry ca. who mar
ried twice. Martha, who married Ed
mund Harrison. OF Amelia, and Mary,
who married Thomas Randolph.
Henry (4) married. first. Ann Rob-
ertson. and had Henry (5). Eliza t5),
who married Basil Gordon. OF Balti
more. and Thomas (5>. BY his second
wife he seems to have left no chill
dren
Jane (a) skipwith married Edmund
Ruftin. and had Edmund (4), OF Prince
George, and Hanover. who married
Susan Travis: Jane ca Skipwith. who
married DR.. William j. Dupey; Juliana
| ca, who married Carter Copeland. or
Williamsburg. and is the ancestress of
Rev. Robert Copeland. of Baltihore:
and Eliza ca. who married II. Ii.
| Cooke She is the ancestress of the
Henleys. OF williamsburg. Edmund
(4) Ruffn, who married Susan Travis,
had Edmund (5), Agnes (o). who mar
ried T. S. Beckwith. and is the mother
OF Mrs. John r. Cary, of Richmond;
! Bishop Beckwith, and Misses Margaret
| and Kate Beckwith: Julian q. (5), who
| married Charlotte Meade; Mildred (5).
Il
(5), who married a Miss Harrison. or
Prince George.
Only three generations of Skip
| withs tarried In old A1iddlesex, upon
| the Rappahannock. and for many.
many years the name has not been put
| on court or parish register, but as
| long as the Imposing signatures OF Sir
I Grey and Sir William remain upon
| the vestry books the searcher therein
| xa-jrY y i'm, sod until n
! No matter who else served on the
| vestry the names OF the baronets
| stood first. The minister. servant of
1 God and his earthly representative,
I signed his name, of course, first; but
then In due earthly and social order
! came the Sir somebody, whoever ne
| might be. The early Skipwiths We're
/ not rich. and did not have the politi-
/ cal power of the Wormeleys, Gornins,
| Beverleys. Berkeleys. Grymes, Church,
/ hills, Smiths, or Robinsons--these took
/ high hand in the politics OF the
State, and saw that their relations mad
| the smaller county offices. The Sktp-
/ withs held no office higher than sheriff.
1 and this was secured evidently from
merit and respect. for their social
/ station and without the aid OF any re-
4 markable financial power That they
i lived In no very grand mansions is
4 probable from the fact that not even
1 its name has survived.
The great church" of AliddleseX
! persisted long ago, and the present
1 Chrst's Church possesses nothing of
! unusual beauty or dignity except the
tombs or :,ase seventeenth and eiSh.
teenth century worthless Which stand
1 In its yard.
Fisher Allen, born --, married
| Catherine --; died April 1S, 1895.
/ HIS daughter, Susanna Allen, married
/. Joel Henry. December ~, 1896. They
\ had four sons-Fountain Fisher
Fauntleroy. Bushrod and Beverley.
/ Joel Henry was born July IS, 1fIsi5
he was the son of George Henry and
4 Lydia his wife. She died July
! s. 1895. supposed age.s10s years
] Can any one supply the missing data
or give any descendants OF the famr
illcs or any more complete lines OF
| ancestry?
/ In the old records at hand are the
4 names Carton Allen, died Decsn1 oer