The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-08

winch his grandson inherited and used
! "hcn he came into his own:
Philip "a. Of "IIockicy." was also
NestrSman Of SRA alton. Major lie mar
ricd Sarah. daughter of James E,vton
OF Springfield. in Gloucester county.
..or extended i'aytop gcncaIogy 500
! es-Di"pa,ch May !. S. Is. - aud -.
/ I"!") Ills children were William ()
james ('p, Rev Philip (ap. George t5)
nichnrd CD Thomas (3>. John 81.
sarah Co. Mary t5) ana Polly (5l
several Of these children moved back
20 Gloucester william t5) married.
nrst. Mary. and. second ITarrio,
ihrockmor'on, mud lived NJ "Church,l,.'
~ gloucester. BY his first marrlaec
nc had Warner (6) Throckmorton. who
married Fanny hciress of C;coruc
Wrtho Booth. the master Of Dcilovi,lo.
lierc ne spout his married life Hero
General William "a Booth TaIiafcrro
was porn. and from Bcllcville he went
to make homo for himself a, Dun
nam Massle," In Gloucester. where hi,
daughter Leah and his son George still
reside Seconly Warner 90 T. Tniia-
ZORRO married Leah Seldom. aud
MS children by this marriage were also
porn and raised at Believillc. and ar
rewards made home In the neighhor-
nood' The Oldest child Of that union.
nr. Philip ~. Taliafrrro. lived at Burgh
IL
titul ana romantic spot hollowcd stu
! by memories OF The good ana typical
| country doctor. Al his death lie left
ms nome to his sister Susan-Mrs. H.
IL. Wclifore--who mikes It her sum
mer home still
inomas seldom Toliaferro. tho third
son, made his homo In Gloucester. on
tne ware His home has been known
Tor many Gay as The Cottage"
1tnf
vent over to Ma thews. and lived nj tho
ola Peyton place, Islcham, and Edwin.
.nc youngest SON. lived and died in
uioucester. The estate of Churchill
was IN former times known as Nor
'eeais Mount. tho home OF the Cookies.
ana II received its name from the emi-
grant. Mordccai Cooke 1t descended
70 the Throc!Smortons and then to the
taiia ferros. and is now the homo Of
James ts) Lyons, tho eldest SON ot
Seheral william (T) 3. Taliafcrro Dy
second marriage with Harriet Throck-
morton, DR.. William Taliuferro had
alexander Gait co., who married Agnes
rarwood Marshall, and lived for u long
time at Cowslip Green. In Gloucester.
Later he removed 10 Annandalc. in
Cnipeper, and DR.. William (6). OF
S IN chill at his death bequeathcd
William Is. Taliaferro. who left II TO
his son. the present owner.
James Baytop Taliaferro f5> set
tled Mt the Roaring Springs-an inland
estate in Gloucester OF much natural
beauty and Boosting of the largest
drawing room in tho county. He had
many children. who are recorded in
our issue of May Is. 1910 His son.
inomas (6) Booth Tnliaferro. lived
J LOT many years near tile courthouse
az the present Ware Church rectory.
and later at Hickory Fork.
Rev. Philip Taliaferro f5) first n
baptist and then Campbellite preach
en- married twice. and had many chill
dren. He lived at the "Warehousc." in
gloucester. Richard (5} Taliaferro
lived at his fathers home. "IIocllcv.'
IN King and Queen. and had an only
. son !ohn co.. who bought "Toddsbury'
on North River. in Gloucester, and
there reared large family Ills sons
fichard 90 and IIansrord. as, have
homes now In Gloucester Richard a.,
pousht Cowslip Green. the beautiful
home OF Alexander Gait Tnlinfcrrn
(Which had had several successive
masters, notably Mr. Tazcwell Thomp-
SOM and changed the name from
Cowslip Green to .HockIcy." AS such
II is now one OF tho most commodious
and hospitable homes OF the old co,n-
ty.
John 90 Taliaferro had land in
Gloucester, too. but he seems to have
had no children AT present Robert
Taliaferro. the first settler. In 1851 has
hve heads OF families. who nre des-
cended from him and who bear his
name and maintain estatns In tho
county to which he came $50 years ago
He also has many descendants by Other
names, notably Mrs. Harry Saunders
tnce MINI Tnliaferro. youngest daugh-
ter or General William b. Taliaferro)
who ms lovely home on North River
butlt upon the Booth land grant which
includes Belicvillc. Durham Aiassic and
several other estates owned by the
children of General William ID. Italia
ZERO. Any Of Roberts descendants
may look to John tho ranger" BUR
CESS, etc, and to Lawrence smith
Councillor. for Colonial privileges, he
sides other maternal ancestors
It Is said that Thomas Jefferson, to
please Chancellor Wytne. whose wife
was Tallaferro. visited the home OF
the Talinferros in Italy, and copied
their coat of arms-"Erminc cher-
ron, gnles. Crest. tho trunk of an oak
tree shooting forth young branches
proper. Motto: Niresco."
This Is somewhat OF fairy tale.
however, for Robert Taliufcrro. the
cmigrant, has never been connected
win any ancestor in the Old World
RMS remains for his descendants, who
constantly run backward and forward,
Ia do. The eye Of the early settler
was set for financial success. lilo came
for that, and there were few who did
not move about. II one locality failed
another was tried. Robert Talinferro's
land in Gloucester was not of very
great area, and when he found lie could
get G.0oo good acres in Essex, over he
went. On this vast portion OF land
several OF his sons built, but his
grandsons returned to the county OF
his first venture and their defendants
are likely to remain.
lronmppEcr.
y curious and compelling surname,
but of short duration in the county of
Gloucester William Ironmonger, Fran
els 1ronmongcr and Eliza Ironmongcr
came over with Mrs. Ammo Bernard and
seventeen OF hers in 165o opd d, 1c.o