The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-02

| IdSI u'sp6tCll IL VIC
| family. and am sending you u copy OF
| n record / have, and hope YOU may
soon be able TO publish the whole ac-
+, count.
| "Gordon Hcraidry-The Gordon coat
of arms is given by request in the ac-
campaigning illustration. The earlics;
Of the name was Richard of Gordon,
Lord OF the Barony OF Gordon, IN
! Mcrsc prior TO 1870. other Gordons
| figure In history besides Bertram de
Gordon, whose arrow at Chalons. in
| 1893, wounded Richard of England.
| Adam Gordon, who married his cous-
| in Alicia w. was sent by Alexander
I H.. with Louis OF France. to Palestine.
| where he was killed. His grandson.
Sir Adam. is the ancestor from whom
| all the Gordons of Scotland are de-
seconded. He waH killed nj Hnldon
/ Hill. His son, Sir Alexander, was the
hrat named of Huntly,
| Sir Adam Gordon, tenth III descent
/ of Gordon and Huntly. had daughter
who married son of Seton of that
! ilk, and their SON, Alexander. assumed
| the name Of Gordon, and later became
Earl of uuntly
| The third Earl, Alexander, fell at
| Fiodden. George, the fourth earl, was
killed at carrichie in 1862, when at
| tempting 10 get the Queen out Of the
hands OF the Earl Of Moray. George.
+! the sixth Earl Of Huntly, was created
| u Marquis In 1892, George, the second
| Marquis. was Captain of the Scottish
Guard of Louis XIII lost his head at
! Edinburgh in 1912 for his loyalty to
| the cause of Charles l. George, the
4 fourth marquis. was created Duke and
/ a great and stirring event in Scottish
4 history. was his defence OF The Castle
Of Edinburgh for James VII With
George. the fifth duke, the tale became
/ extinct, hat the Aiarqulsste of Huntlv
went to the Earl OF Aboype. descended
| from George son OF George the second
| MARQUIS of Huntly. The Earls OF
| Aberdun. created 1852, are descended
| from Patrick Gordon OF Methlic, who
lien at the battle of Arbroath. 1is5-
! Two regiments, named the Ger6on High
/ landers, were raised from this clan.
The first. Eighty first. formed 1fII. the
second 1892. The Seveniy-hfth were
the heroes Of Dargais) wanted. the
names of children and their descend
/ ants OF Ada, daughter OF Lord Byron,)
Tile Gordon coat of arms, which YOU
may probably have, is shield divided
I'm four parts with Q). three wild
boar S nGduS, VI IiINS iiS'I A'eoNSs w
cresccnts and ca stars. The whole is
supported by two lions. The word
"Bydand' (Which is Anglo-Saxon, and
means abiding. to abide or cndure> is
across the top Ct the whole coat. while
the motto amino non Astutia' ttraiS-
Ilated--"By wisdom not by crafto is
underneath
This coat of arms is the origina!
which came from the Earl of Huntly,
and to which all the Gordons are en-
titled. but the Aberdeen branch uses
only the shield without the two mons
on the sides and has the word by
dand" underneath. The Aberdeen
branch is the one that scattered
Hoping this may help you ana that
you win be able to trace the en'ire
'0'o0' A "A SUBSCRIBER"
Editor Of Genealogical Column, Times
dispatch:
Dear Editor.-L.ast March .Anna pet
rus Eastman" answering my INQUIRY,
stated that Anne Pettus who married
Joseph Eggleston, was born 1870 to 20,
ana was the daughter OF Dabney Pet
tus and Anne Overton. Can she tell us
the relationship of Dabney Pettus 10
Colonel Thomas Pettus, Of James City.
ono of Governor Berkeley's concUors,
who died after 1860? Also 1t seems
that the birth Of Anne Pettus must
have been earlier. Her son, Joseph
EEgleston 90. married Judith Sesar
in 1853. and his mother must have been
borne before 1870. Will Anna Pettus
E:astham,'' or some Que else, tell us
moro about the early history OF the
pettus family, and obilge
ANNE NEVILLE?
Richmond, Va, December 4, 1909.
9Ss Simpson Street. Bronx, n. Y.
<To Editor Genealogical Department
Times Dispatch, Richmond, Va:
Dear SIr--Picase do not become tired
OF my persistent queries. Maybe some
one will have pity and answer
Richard Minor, who lived on Malta
PONY River, King William county, mar
ried. first. a Miss Campbell; then n Miss
Philpot; then a Miss Clegs (the mother
OF Miss Clegg was born Ann Waller.
granddaughter OF Colonel John Waller.
of Spotsylyaniu county,. I want TO
know the name of the father Of Rich
ard Minor. He was grandson Of John
Minor of Spotsylyunia, county.
Second Cues. Who was father OF Car
ter Wood, of Essex county2 Died 1908.
Arc there any descendants of John,
Youstice or Robert Howard, in Vir-
ginia, Middlesex county? Their father
WAS Youtice IIoward~-tRuth Davis,
his wife). YoustIce Howard, Sr., died
las. This family claim descent from
Francis Howard. who was Governor
or Virginia 16SS-'3o.
Is 1t known whom the son of FAC
icheus Wilson, of North Carolina, mar
riede The first zaccheus, born 1875, came
to North Carolina 1750--one of the
AfecllIenhurs signers--married Mrs,
Ross (nee Conger1. went to Tennessee
1899. Nearly all his family moved with
Kim ana settled near Nashville. There
were Haccheuss 1st, I'd and 80.
Very respectfully,
MRS. II. w. NAYLOR.
In an article on the Makers OF Fred
ericlssburg," lately published In The
Times Dispatch, 1t Is said that Ed
'mund Waller I3) married Mary (?) and