The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24

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1 am unable to recall his namo
IL you can get any information
along this line, 1t will certainly bs
most highly appreciated.
Thanking you for any service in
this matter, / remain.
Very truly yours,
WILLIAM l.. CR1TTENDEN.
Stiglcr, Okla.
we viii publish any answer to this
query.
A Branch OF the brown Family Whs
Emiernted From England in 1900.
stephen Brown and wife (nes
Harper), with two daughters, sarah
and Ann, and one son. Edward l., left
Liverpool England. In the summer
or 1899, on board a. sailing ship
bound for Richmond, va. They ar
! rived therein December of the same
/ year. 1t happened to be the dav
of the mock funeral OF General George
| Washington. and made vivid and
lasting impression on the youthful
| Edward J. Brown, then in his tenth
year Warwick, below Richmond was
| tho first spot in America that young
Edward set mis- foot upon. and ne al
ways revered 1t. Sarah Brown was q
! teacher of considerable reputation in
Richmond from 1911 to 1873, time OF
her death. Ann married Joseph F.
Elliott, and moved first to Louisville,
Kentucky, then to Evansville, 1ndi-
| ana. Stephen Brown and wife ara
| buried In old st. Johns Churchyard.
| Richmond.
! On November ., 1911. Edward I.
| married Elizabeth Godfrey; ceremony
| by Rev. Richard Lattimer. In the war
| OF 1872. was stationed in Manchester,
| and the writer (his son) often heard
him refer to the terror endured Wills
on guard duty during severe thun-
| derstorm. The rain pelted so severely
| that refuge was taken under cais-
son loaded with ammunition, and he
feared that lightning would strike II.
Tho following named children were
the result of this marriage: Sarah
(narricd to Squire William b. Rock).
Edward tdied single). thomas Logan
Douglas COMMANDED n volunteer COM
pany from Louisville, Ky. in the Next
can War; died of yellow foyer In PEN
nington, Miss, on his way home. af-
ter close OF war;, Elizabeth Clara
| (marrled Henry Benson, ESQ, Samuel
p. CDR Samuel p. Brown was a surgeon
in Confederate service. and practiced
| In Cuinberland), and Lucy Ann omar
| ried Mr. s. s. Pettit).
| Several years after the death of his
first wife. Edward 1. Brown married
Miss Martha. S. Rucker. daughter OF
Captain Isaac Fucker, of Amherst
county, September II, 1893. The fol-
4 lowing children were born Edward
T.. william Henry. Philip Francis.
Mary Frances and Benjamin Rucker.
Philip +. and Benjamin Ruclter are ttA
only surviving children.
Z 1--WE would reiterate an assertion
which we have made several times. Wa
| cannot answer queries through this
=, mall.
RI wo arc sorry to inform Mrs. G. T.
Maclin that we have not the informa-
) ton she desires A good genealogfst
might md out something for you'll
/. Dear Mr. Editor:
, For moro than twenty years I havs
, been deeply Interested In genealosy,
> Virginia genealogies particularly, and
lin tho course OF these years I nave
! road much on the subject. But have
! never had tho pleasure of reading mora
. interesting articles than those that
have for tho last few years como to
me in the columns OF The Times-Dis-
5 patch. They are a real pleasure and.
better still, are real gsnealogies. You
have earned tho lasting esteem of all
1 who are interested in their Virginia
i ancestry.
!. Among the many old families from
Q whom I descend. are tho Hamtltons.
. This family had representatives in
q Virginia at very early date. and at
= frequent intervals new members OF
: the family from the old country came
to swell the number Tho result Ia
!, that we find numerous Hamilton fami-
: lies in Virginia that seemingly. have
no connection with one another, though
, | in all probability nearly related In
, many instances, an instance that l
. may cite being the Hamiltons of Au-
gusta county, and the Hamltons or
Amelia county, who later removed to
Georgia. There is no known oonnec-
ton between these families so far as
know, though from. certain data ac-
CURED by me, can feel sure of near
/ connection. 1t Is In the hope Of prov
! ing conclusively tho connection that I
| bespeak your time and patience and a
| place In your column.
| Ny at-great- grandfather, John
| Hamilton, was residing in the county
| of Amelia in l775. for In tnat year his
daughter. Sarah was born. His wife.
| Tabitha, was tho daughter of James
| Thweatt OF Dinwiddie, who had mar
ried Sarah Sturdivant. This John
| Hamilton had brother William, who
Is said to have died unmarried and
sister. Susan, who married MaorS-
OF the ancestry of these Hamiltons,
little is known with certainty. The
name Of their father is lost, but his
!, wlfe's name was Anne Everard, ana
!, his mother was Susan Hull.
!, John Hamilton came to Georgia
about 1890. and seated his family in
Hancock county, where they became
VERY prominent. one Sson, Everard, be-
coming Secretary of State OF Georgia:
! and all the others officers in the
Georgia militia In the War OF 1871.
! John Hamilton had taken part In the
q Revolutionary War while In Virginia,
for White. In his Historical Collec-
lions Of Georgia" mentions the fact.
though he does not give the service.
Now this Hamilton family were very
proud people and lived ain much style.
They also used a coat of arms, and just
here | think we ind the connection
| with the Augusta county flamlltons,
The arms of tho Amelia Hamlltons
! were the same as those given by
i Burke for the Hamiltons of Gilkers-
4 cleugh in the county OF Lanark.
Scotland. and were; Gules. three ctn-
,,,Ith hi