The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-29
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BY Sally NELSON ROBINS.

ia SNLI'1 NELSON ROBINS.
Fly referring 10 our issue Of Decent
her II. 1910. we find the sequence or
the land grants. William Hall took up
land in Gloucester in 1895. and
straightway disappears from the face
Of the earth. Mould that VIC could
make him the son OF that valiant
Thomas Hall, clerk OF the county Of
New Kent in 1876. He was a friend
and supporter or Nathaniel Bacon. and
Sir William Berkeley for these scn,t-
incnts had him executed. IN those
days scribcs We're scarce everybody
did not write, and Sir William avcrrcd
that Thomas Hall was worth to Ma
thancl Bacon forty armed men be-
cause Of his facility with his pen.
Even through the mists OF two CEN
turics and more VIC can fancy Thomas,
the writer, aiding and abctting the
rebel cause by a goose quill nighticr
! than the sword.
! John Hall, probably descendant
! of Thomas, lived in New Kent in l723,
and had son. samuel. Ills wifc's
name WAS sarah. There was also II
Jesse IIall in New Kent in 1904 who
married Mildris. and had a son, John.
There are also Halls in Gloucester
at this DAY, but they cannot lie con
nected With tho atcrtcc.
Ralph Wormclcy patented land In
Gloucester in 1908, but it was merely
an inrcstment--tho carly Wormclcys
were content with their magnificent
mode Of living at ''Rosegill." in Mid
dlescN. Robert Carter. the natcntcc
of 1902. can In no way be connected
with tho Lancaster family. He stands
solitary and alone, with no father or
son that we can cNhulne. John Carter.
OF Corotoman, had u son, Robert but
| he Is too late. and while he had land
enough in the state to give him the
n inn ~,
none in Gloucester
! Callauno is pretty Irish sounding
coEnomcn. but It never took root nor
bore seed in this State. Nor can we
find anything Of t e Eoystons.
When wo come to Nicholas Lewis.
patentec, 1913 we. arc on familiar
The s' Lew,zrs n MAN, Ma !. ,arro elan. and
the ma mo seems TO multiply and not
| die out like the Warmers, Roads. Roots
and many another very old family
| The first Lewis in Gloucester was
John ~. and he married Isabella,
daughter OF tho Augustine Warner
who took up land on Pianketank ana
! later the tract on which stands WAR
ner Hail. in Robins's Neck. One child
blessed this union. Councillor John (o>.
who married his first cousin. Elizabeth,
daughter Of the second Augustine
Warner and on E!l2abcths tombstone
VIC read that she was the loving
| mother OF fourteen children.
We can only find three sons--John.
Charles and Robcrt-and i've daugh-
sion in life but Isabella, who married
Or. Thomas Clayton and had one child.
Juliana. Isabella ca Warner Lewis
inherited Warner HALL" and ii passed
! to her third son. Robert rs WHY we
cannot say. Robert (4) married lane
Meriwether. daughter of the distin-
guished and always happily patcrnnl
| Crawford. Nicholas (5), OF the ira
| land grant was the second son or
| Robert and Jane Meriwother. but he
docs not seem to have made Gloucester,
his home. He made a splendid match
when he married Mary. daughter OF Or.
Thomas Walker, OF Castle Him.. ANY
woman born and reared at Castle
HIN who did not possess slipcrlativc
qualities shows base ingratitutle to
ner surroundings. Castle Hill" is a
jqueen Of architectural beauty, rirt
with the everlasting rim OF heavenly
blue which encircles the vast estate
From Or. Thomas Walkers time to
our own il has been The seat Of letters
and OF hospitality. Some one has said
mat one could not help writing if one
! lived al castle Hill" and surely its
seductive loneliness must react upon
I! the soul.
Doth the enhancing calm OF castle
| Esill'' come from its protecting nouns
tains. its memorial cedars, which sem
tincl the winding lanes? The wide
plain Of grass on which the house
gives gathers the fonr winds aud
! distils their freshness to expand the
heart and kindle tho ina gination.
Mary Walker was the first child OF
Castle HILL" She FIRST picked the
buttercups on that historic lawn and
breathed the tonic air as It swept
across tho Blue Ridge. Her father. DR..
| Thomas Walker, was the founder OF
Castle Hill" although his mothers
family had already lived on the snot.
iIc was born in King and Quccli
county. January %, Ills, left King
and Queen for Albemarlc. and built tho
splendid mansion. which is a witness
Of his perfect taste. He married, In
17i1. Mildred Thornton, and his Oldest
child married Nicholas 90 Lewis, nf
the Gloucester grant" What did
Mary look like: Have her soft eyes
and bright air been repeated md re
peated by later daughters OF Castle
HIM. Or was she proud and thin and
stern. as hcr nickname, Captain MoIl,,,
suggests?
our fancy will take us aticld. hut ne
step hack To earth, face facts, and ind
| that Nicholas Lewis and Captain Moll
had Thomas walker (6l Lewis, mar
ried Elizabeth aleriwcthcr; Nicholas
(6> Mcriwethar Lewis. married Mil
drcd Hornsby Elizabeth (6) I.cwis.
married William Douglas or William
Meriwcthcr (uncertain): Margaret xG)
Lewis, married Charles Lewis Thousa s:
Mary. (6) Lewis. married Isaac Miller.
az Kentucky None OF these children
seemed to care for tho Gloucester land
grant They went further and turthcr
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