The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-23

incHon l'HrtSh:
The hrst Coleman entry III tho OLD
Npingdon register is Thomas. Tie
married Rcbccca (?l. and had Ann
born July .. 1850; tiusscl. April 3o'
1851 This is as close as VIC oyci.
knew children TO be. Rcbccca. 1850.
sarah. 1851: May. 16SS ;lohn. 1859
and Robert, 1901.
! Joseph Solcman married Agnes. ana
mad John In 1858 and a hdiston In 1899
,onn Coleman aud Margaret. Ills wife.
! mad James In 1893. and James married
Elizabeth. and had John in TEE.
Thomas Coleman (probabIy an mn
! recorded son of Thomas abovc) mar
/, ricd Elizabeth. and had Thomas. 17a.,
"a daughter IN 1926. Mary In 1879. Sus-
| anna In I36 and John In 1899.
John son of the lirst Thomas, mar
REG Grace. and had Richard In I723;
.oseph. 20; John, 1927. and James I'm
h aS nn.s Joseph. born In lI25, must
nave married early, for we find n 10
seph, who married Rcbecca. and ma 4
lane in I'LL. Elizabeth in 11i4, Thomas
III l7i6. Rebecca in 1746, Mary in 1850.
Diana In l752.
lslchard. his brother married Joanna
and had George. born in 17i2, Thomas
III lib, and Daphne in 1I46.
Josiah 'Rrland was married to Sarah
! Coleman in l7ii and had Thomas IN
i.1T49 =
/ John Hall married Rcbccca Cole
man in 1745 @
James Coleman. born In 1892. mar.
RED Sarah, and had Mary in 1855. John
| In 1857, Richard in 1861.
Joseph Coleman married Grace. and
had Sarah in 1859.
! lntertwined with the marriages
oir'ns ana deaths In these old registers
arc casual remarks. For Instance:
Violent snowstornr October. I7io."
short. but expressive
ITorsythc. t
The only Forsythc entry which we
fnt Is the marriage OF Sophia I,orsvtro
10 Mr.. William Rand IN I7ll. Sophia
may have been the GRANDDAUGHTER OF
'nc grantee OF 1897. and child OF James
VINO set up the horse block We can't
| tell. 49, F..
IN 1928 John Ross took up thirty
iivc acres OF land. We can iind none
| OF ms Immediate kith ana kin. Jamcs
| iioss probably Il descendant was =
merchant in Grbanna in 1900. ana OF
| in ,. years prominent and useful
1A''neh. Was also n John Ross living
~ me upper part Of the county. Tho
| itosses OF Gloucester. of lato yeera
nave been of Immediate Scotch cxtrart
ana IN no way related to iohn. TIC
| grantee. Are the Culpeper Rosses 10
scended from those of Gloucester? who
was the father OF William Ross nr
Culpeper county?
william Buckner Ross lived nj Bcl
IRE. In Culpeper county lie marrirn
iIihhoeth Thorn. daughter of Colonel
sonn nom or Berry Hiil,r In tho
some county. They had I'VE chi..ren.
W.: Dr. George Ross, OF Richmond
sooner John Dcliart Ross, of I.eXInr,
Ton: Lieutenant William Alnxnndc,.
loss WHO was killed in battle. ana
Judge Erskinc Mayo Ross Iinited
states circuit Judge in California ana
Mary c, Ross, who married. nra,
e.I1,ner' ana second. Colonel a. S. Hu.
ford. of Richmond.
Elizabeth Thom, wife az ,,,,,,
buckncr Ross, was dauehtcr ~ 70,
oncl JON Thorn and AbIEatl 10 H.
Hihyo, WHO was third daughter of ~
ohei William Mayo, OF Powhatan snat
Iiehrico county, and EIizabotb pov'
threSs, his wife. W
me stubbs descendants OF John.
grantee OF 1902. have been 40 rr,I, 80.
forth in John Stubbs and his dnsca ~
dahts BY Or. William Carter Stmhbs
oil valley Front" Gloucester county
ahd New Orleans. la, that wc tbInl.
NJ NOT TO give IL detailed account of
.,,eih mere. An account Of them NAV
| ALSO PC found In this paper or Febru.
ID
Portions.
Robert Portcns took un n grant in
iiDi. and nnmed his estate New Rot
lle," after his homo In Scotland Now
Bottle" is Just above the steamboat
landing Clay Bank. and its manic was
changed long ago TO Concord Robert
iortehS, the grantee. was the son Of
EDWARD Portcns. whose will was PROV
ed In England in ZOO lie leaves ali,
| Oh ms Virginia estate to Ills son I,o-
bert. Edward Portens was living in
fetsworth Parish. Gloucester county.
In 1851, ut Violet Bank, on the Porono
tank Greek. His house, a square brick
building of two stories and an attic.
ana Tour rooms TO n lloor is still
standing. II is pancled aud beautffull,.
adorned with carving. Ills tomb is n I
violet Bank. and tho inscription ia:
Here lies tho Body OF Edward Por-
tens, OF Pctsworth Parish, Gloucester
County. Merchant Departed this life
the So. In the - OF his age.
leaving ole son, Robert, 10
Succeed him.
Robert Portions lived AT Concord un-
I'll about 1880. when lr wont back 10
England, and settled first in the city
Of York and afterwards at l,ipnn Enw
land. He made his fortune In Virginia
probably. and went hack In his faith
cr'S land 10 spend 1t. Just opposI O
New Bottle" on tho other side or
York River lives Governor Edmund
Jennings. ut 'I,ipon Hail." named after
his birthplace, I,ipon. Yorkshire. no
bort f'ortens crossed tho York. and at
"Hipon ITa'i' woocd and we'd tsccond
ly) Elizabeth Jennings. Perhaps he
settled in England near her people.
First lie had married Mildred. daugh-
ter OF John Smith. Of Purton, On The
south aisle Of tho choir IN l;pon Ca
thodral is memorial tablet thus in
Ecribed:
Near this place
Arc deposited the remains
OF Robert Portens. Esq,
a Native of Virginia. & member OF
Ills Majcsty'S Council.
or Upper House OF Legislature In that
Province.
From thence he removed to England
And resided first at York & afterwards
al this town,
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