The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-23
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is interested I Will be glad to send
Information pertaining to that branch,
If "E. X" will tell me who their
Observation-Disclosures was, and who she
married. then 1 feel confident I can
give the lines back to the first Joseph,
Robert or Samuel.
My Observation-Disclosures was
Ann Blackwell, a daughter OF Joseph
Blackwell. of Fauquler county, Va,
and his wife, Lucy Steptoe. The said
Colonel Martin Pickett, Of Fauquier
county, Va. so you see I leave the
name many generations back. yet am
Interested In and know many OF the
name In the present generation.
STELLA PICKETT HARDY.
Batesvllle. Ark, August 26, 1910.
a the descendant Of Captain John
Battaile. who so kindly contributed
the data Of the Battaiie family to
The Times-Dispatch OF Sunday Sep
TENDER II. give me the connection OF
Hay Battaile, of Hayfield, Caroline
county. my Observation-Disclosures
Hay Battaile married Mary Willis,
daughter Of observation-disclosures Lewis
Wills. and his wife, Mary Champe,
and had issue. two sons and two
tale. married Miss Battaile, daughter
of Samuel Battaile, OF Prospect HILL"
The other son, Captain John Willis
Battaile, married. in 1907, Molly DAM
gerf1eld. daughter Of John Daingerfeld,
of Alexandria, Va, and moved to Ken
lucky. Maria Battaile, Hays eldest
daughter. married Muscoe Garrett, OF
Essex county. with numerous Issue;
and his other daughter, Ann, married
Richard Hoomes, Of Bowling Green,
with issue. Richard and Hay B~attaile
Homes.
I have always understood that Hay
9Battaile was a member of the Legis-
lature and a Justice of the peace. I
may. however, be mistaken. Any In
formation along this line will be ap.
preciated EMILY GARRETT.
Baltimore, Md.
Editor Genealogical Column:
Again let me say keep the record
straight" Being interested III the
Lawrence Smith and Taliaferro fam
lilies. I have closely examined the
court records of Essex county. John
Battaile (1) married. in 1857. Cath
crime. daughter of Robert T%aliaferro
and Sarah Grymes. It was not Law
renee Battaile. Again. the second wife
the first died without issue-was
Elizabeth, daughter Of Major Law
renee Smith and his wife Mary. She
was not the daughter Of Colonel Law
renee Smith. The will of Major Law
renee Smith was executed August 8,
100. The will of John Battaile was
executed January "a, 17os. Each OF
these two men was the first OF his
tribe in this country, and the progen-
/ ttor of numerous descendants. SO.
Williamsburg. Va, Sept. Is, 1910.
The ecclesiastical family OF the
county of Middlesex was that of
Yates. The power of the vestries in
the days of the Colony was tremend-
Gus and the position of the good par
son enviable and unique.
He was the spiritual father Of the
community clothed with dignity and
love. Much has been written in criti-
cism OF the colonial clergy, and Bishop
Meade recorded all adverse opinion.
Mr.. R. S. Thomas has lately investi-l
gated the subject. and came to the con-
c~lusion th]t the colonial clergy, with
few exceptions. were loyal and ex-
emplary. He thinks Bishop Meade $50.
straight that he bent backwards. and
that he had no use for any man less
straight than himself"
The appearance of the old Virginia
parson was typical and peculiar. His
walk and conversation were distinc-
tive. He was constantly at the houses
of his flock, and whenever he came
the large family Bible was placed be-
fore him, and he read and had prayers
no matter what the day or the hour.
The household was baptized with his
fervor and Ills faith. and took up life
more cheerfIlly for his coming.Wh
a mather died h felt her sons safer
If she committed them to her pastors
care. The pastor was. the last word
for any spiritual doubt. To him each
of his flock went when in perplexity,
and his advice was final. The Il
Observation-Disclosures" attitude SO
common now would have been con-
sidered a breach of that duty to your
neighbor," including largely your
pastor" so clearly set forth in the
Book OF Common Prayer.
Therefore the Yates" as the eccles-
|iastical family of Middlesex had much
reverence and consideration. The Rev.
Bartholomew I'D Yates was the rector
| Of Christ Church for thirty-one years.
His service began IN 1903 and ended by
! death in 1884. His brother, the Rev,
Robert, was rector OF this wealthy
parish In 1899. but his health failed
and he returned to England. The Rev.
Bartholomew Yates was the tenth and
youngest child OF William Yates. Of
"shackley," In the ParishIso Dorrlng-
ton. England. He was born in the year
OF 1876, when Virginia was IN the
throes OF the great Berkeley-Bacon
drama. The Rev. Bartholomew had
! in Middlesex county q "glebe' and a