The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-30

Ihroughout this long period tint
Speaker of the House OF Burgesses wal
robert Wynnc, who in hts will, in 1878
nequeathed farm In the Parish oS
Whitestab'e. Kent. and houses, ets
IN Canterbury.
Kcnt's most important oontrth,t,o,
To Virginia was the first Christian
minister in the English Colonies ana
the rather of the Anglican ana Protest
anu Episcopal Church In America, Rev
hobert Hunt He had been Vicar ri
Reculver, i5a4.i609. and was liyinp. no,
FAR away when ne Joined the arst az.
pedlt.on to Virginia In 1907. Amidst
me dangers. wranglings and contests
OF the frst unhappy years. this eodiy F.
man. by hts example and precept wen
golden opinions OF all men, and died
-, jamestown In his sacred service
ne body or mis- English church IA
buried beneath the waters of the North
sea. but the two tall towers ara nra.
served by the English government as
landmarks for sailors To Americars
they are landmarks also
IN an old graveyard near HAMPTON.
va" Is the tomb of Peter Heyrnan.
grandson of Sir Peter Heyman, OF
summerhcia. In Kent" as his epItaph
states, VINO was killed in action with
pirates In Hampton Roads on AnriI
20. 100 He was deputy postmaster.
4 general for Virginia, and collector ~
customs a famous pirate appeared IN
CHEESE eko Bay in 1900 and a small
EngiisN Van of war on tho station
promptly attacked and captured hin,
SVNe'nof Nlehoison. Mr.. Heyman and
other men were present as volunteers
ana Heyman was killed on the quarter
| deck Summerfeld, believe In In
the Parish of Selling.
From Godmersham came two rnipra
tionstions OF the Broadnax family, long
seated there. Major John Broadnay
| (son of Thomas Broadnax, OF codn,ar-
sham) came to Virginia and died here
In 1851 leaving children. Later william
BroacnaH. who Is stated In nm oiS
famly Bible to have been born in 1879
ana TO nave been son OF Robert Broad
max. goldsmith, OF London, a native
| OF Godmersham. came to the Colony
| many descendants. -
John Checsman came to Virginia IN
1871 with his brother, Edward, but
| after residing many years returned To
england, where he died in 1853. Tn
MS VIII he bequeathed farm at
Braban' probably Brabourne, Kent. The
history of Blackheath Hundred shows
shaa me cheeseman's o. Chismans, were
| numerous race in Kent from an earlv
cate, some of them men of consider
abie property and position 1t is rather
curious instance of heredity that
| some OF the family took part in lack
Gaoes insurrection; that Edmund
Cheesman. a nephew OF John, was ono
| OF the leaders of Bacon's fvirein,ar
rebellion. while other members OF th.
family were officers In the armies or
| the American Revolution and the Cor
| federate States
From Chartham in the early DAVIS
OF virginia came Henry FIeot ana
soveIal brothers. sons of William
fleet and his wife, Deborah. daughter
| or Charles Scott, of the ancient ana
distinguished family of the name at
scotts Hall. Kent. Henry Fleet PLAYED
prominent part in the developmert
OF the Colony. and a descendant In
the male line was one of the first ma.
tive Virginians to win Rhodes
| scholarship
TWO other Virglnians, also Rhodea
scholars, have Kentish descent. George
tucker or Milton. near Gravesend, had
sons and grandsons, who emigrated 70
virginia, Bermuda and Bnrbadoes. II,
ADDITION to numerous and distinguish.
eu descendants in the islands tina
fuckers spread from Bermuda widely
through tho world. In North America
England India and Japan members
OF the FAMILY have upheld the credit OF
the name. Mrs. Tucker, son of tho
present Bishop Co-adjutor OF Southern
virginia, and Tucker Brooke son OF
PROFESSOR Brooke, of the University of
! West virginia. both descend from st.
George Tucker, of Bermuda, who came
| TO virginia. have been Rhodes scholars.
| The latter. who was OF MagdaIen Col
| lege, had the honor to edit a collection
OF plays attributed to Shakespeare,
published by the University of oxford.
staplehurst furnished at least one
| emigrant to Virginia. as Thomas BAY.
I TOP. merchant, of that place, came In
1879. and has many descendants
| The letter-book OF John Clayton, At
torney General Of Virginia 17l4-17s7
| (brother of Lieutenant General Jasuer
Clayton. who was killed at Dettingen)
contains frequent mention OF farm
| he owned at Hawkhurst. Kent It was
| his custom annually to send present
| OF good Virginia tobacco to his stew-
| ard or agent there.
prominent citizen of virginia dur.
| Ing the latter half of the seventeenth,
| century was st. Leger Good, a colonel
OF militia, member of the House or
burgesses. etc. In his will, in 17o7, he
oequeathed lands at Wateringbury,
| Lehman and elsewhere in Kent. Hs
was son OF william Codd, ESQ. of
| Pelicans. and his wife, Mary, daughtsr
| OF Sir Warham st. Leger, of Ulcomba.
| Most of the families here named
| have disappeared from Kent, but cns
which sent member to virginia early
| in the seventeenth century still has its
nome In the old county. Henry FiimeP.
brother of Sig Robert F'ilmer, OF East
sutton. the famous defender OF pre-
! rogative, came to Virginia before 1887.
was. like many others who have hsen
mentioned. member OF the Colonial
! Legislature. and left daughters, who
have many descendants. Tho Virginia
Historical Society has an old document
! signed by Henry Filmer which still
| hears perfectly preserved Impression
! of his amorial seal. His mother was
sister OF Sir. Samuel Argall, another
Kentish Governor OF Virginia
Another early Kentish settler WA
John Clarke. son OF Sir John Clarke. OF
Wrotham. who lived at the Middle
! Plantation now Williamsburg, and