The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-25
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thetic paper might be written on the
Ashes of Virginia Country Homes"
Fire seems to be in wait for the best
or them, and then to devour history
and tradition with a thousand greedy
tongues: but ashes and bricks at least
assure us that there Is a tale that
might he told.
"Eushy Park" with all of it's fas-
chatting treasures. was burned In t7s0.
Why William CD Churchill did not
rebuild these cannc1 he told. hut in-
stead he built on the Pianytstank. ops
posite WINDSOR the home of the
ClaNtons, which stood across the river
In Gloucester.
Virginians were fond OF sugseative
English names, and Mr., Churchill
called this new place Wilton" after
Wilton Hose, in England. the SPLEEN
did home OF the Earls of Pembroke.
in King George is recorded the mar
rIage of this William Churchill, "son
and heir apparent of Armistead
Churchill. with Betty eldest daughter
OF Charles Carter, OF 'Cleve.'" .Clepe'.
was In this river neighhorhood, This.
was in 1851. "Bushy Park was burned
nine years afterwards, and In 17sa
Wilton" was built The house Is
in the form of letter T. splendid
pan for the Underwater climate. 1t
consisted OF two stories. with four
rooms to each story. William cay
Churchill and Betty. his wife, had
Hannah (s). who married BENJAMIN
Harrison: Betty t3l who married Rev.
James Maury Fontaine, and Priscilla
(sl. BY his second wife. Elizabeth
t2). he had Thomas (3l f. Sarah {3l,
Lucy 63o. who married John Derby and
had Elizabeth c. Derby.
Thomas n GhurchiIl RON and heir
Of William (sh did not go far for
his wire--un lane and through the
"his gate" and into another big gate
and down-another lane to Barn Elms'
next door neighbor to Wilton" anu
also on the PanSetank, At Barn
Elms" lived Edmund Berkeley, ESD
and Edmund had daughter, Ellsa,
who won Mr. churchlll's heart, and
they We're married. Only one child.
Elizabeth Edmonia. blessed this union,
She marrlad her cousin, Thomas Nell
son Berkeley, OF sAirwell," In Hanover
county. She is the ancestress of the
Hanover BarkeleSs and hollands, Sec
ondly, she married Rev, John Cooke,
and had Charles. Elizabeth. Anne,
James churchill and John MePhsrscn,
Armistead ta9 Churchill. son Of Col,
onel Armisiead OF "Rushy Parls, mar
ried Elizabeth BLACKWELL, and moved
to Kentucky, He had Elizabeth (4),
who married John downing: John a.,
Henry (41, Judge (4), Armistead (4),
Lucy Gordon (4l. Eliza Ann CD Alex
ander ca, Pope ca, Ann Cd, Judith
"a, Mary 60, Samuel "a.
These furnished the West With
Churchilfs, while the name seems 10
grow lass and less In old Virginia,
samuel 10 sArmlstead tso), mar.
ried abby Oldham, daughter Of
l to, al NJ, 40, n
"a Kentucky regiment at General st,
ClaIr's defeat, His children were;
Armistead LudwefT. samuel Rallitt,
William Henry. Thomas j, Mary, who
married Charles w phnrston; Abby,
| who married Meriwether Clark emily,
who married Hampton Lane; julia
prescott, who married Luke Black
| burn, and Belle, who married A. Nc.
creery, These branches of the
! Churchill tree were alf-tead In 1881
I$but Thomas u, Mrs, Lane and Mrs.
BLACKBURN. He married Anne S. SEWER.
daughter of Ambrose Fl, SEWER and
| a great-niece of tho Revolutionary
\ hero, I C overnor. j Ohm SEWER,
4 Mary cay Churchill, daughter OF
| Arm,s tead Cso (Nilllam Ql3, married
John Armistead. of Hessei Lucy ca
married John Gordon, OF urbanna;
Priscilla ts) married, npst, Richard
4 Spann. and second, Williamson Ball.
Judith e., married, first, Churchill
Jones. and second John Blackhnrn;
netty islsmarried Major William
/ Jones.
Thomas (N II. Churchill Seems to
4 have been the last OF his NAME IN
4 Nliddlesex. and to Whom Wilton went
after his death we cannot}say,, perhaps
4 his only daughter and heiress, Eliza-
beth Edmonia Berkeley. sold IT, Ma,