The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-29
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tnc eldest son OF 1Sa bella Warner the
hcircss OF the old place, and her nus
| band. John Lewis. Inherited "Warncr
Hall" lie Was horn in 1922, married
!, Frances Fielding, and had Warner (3).
! Fielding 3d. Charles (2). and John
! CD Warner (2), tho eldest SON in
| heritcd Warner HAIL. and married
the widow OF Sir William Gooch, who.
| before her first marriage. was Eleanor.
daughter of James Bowlcs Of Mary
! land. lie had Warner (p, who first
married Mary Chswell, and second
Mary Fleming. Fielding t4D married
Agnes daughter Of William IIarwo God.
| AMI settled ut "Weyanoke. on tho
James" which is still owned and oc-
! cupicd by his dcsce ndants, the Dou-
that's OF that place James (4J married
Miss Thornton. Addison (4) married
Susan Fleming. Thomas (4) married
Nancy HARDWOOD, and Rcbccca as mar.
cd pr. Robert mnis.
lanes 90 Lewis. son OF Warner
| CD Lewis and Eleanor Bowles. mar
ricd widow, Tahb and had Eleanor
| top and Sally %. He lived on the
Severn River not far from warner
| HALL" at place called the "Brcw
House. quaint old mansion lately
burned down. His only surviving
! daughter anu hcrcss, Sally (5>. mar
ricd DIR. Samuel Griffin. of Williams
Stuart, OF Traquair Castle, in Scot
land. married Cyrus Griffin. President
Continental Congress.
Addison ca Lewis, brother OF above.
married Susan Fleming, and had one
i child. Susan 90. who married William
Byrd son of william Byrd (3). OF
| Westover.' They lived at White
HALL also near Warner lIall,'' but
| on Ware River. William Byrd had 1,
son S. Powell, who married a Miss
| corbin, and his son. Richard Byrd
| EST, still lives ut white Hail.
Warner ti) Lewis, the elder son OF
| Warner 90 and Mary Fleming. in
hcrited Warner Hail. lie had War
ncr CD, who married Courtenay Nor
ton; John (5), who married Ann c.
Griffin; Eleanor 90, who married John
lToS. and is the anccstrcss Of Tie
! Gloucester Foxes and the divers, OF
charlottesville; Caroline (5), who mar
| ried Charles Barrett: Julia CO.., who
/, married Thomas Throckmorton. Of
| Williamsburg. and John (5). who mar
ricd his cousin Eleanor Lewis.
Warner (ol Lewis inherited 'Warncr
Hail" He had Mary Lcnis (6), who
married John Pcyton, and Elizabeth
It6), who married pr. Matthew Brooke.
| The latter was the last Lewis WHO
| owned Warner Hall" She had four
children Elizabeth (T). who marrici,
II. NJ. Marshall, OF F'auQuicr: Courtcnay
| CD Warner Brooke. who married Rob
| crt Colgate Scldcn. and lived across
| the road and quite near warner
Han at beautiful place. Sherwood
which is now owned by her daughter,
izaDcth {S), Mrs. Charles II. Dim
mock. Mary CO T.. Brooke was the
second wife Of Or. S, Powell Byrd, ana
lived white Hall. and John {T1 T..
! Brooke married Maria Louisa Ashby.
/ The descendants of these I.ewses Of
| Warner Hall" who live in Gloucester.
are the Byrds. OF white Hail.; tho
| Sesdens. Judge Fielding Lewis Taylor,
/ who lives at "RosewelI," and William
/ Taylor. esq. who owns Belle Farm.
another ancient and interesting Lewis
and FIELDING home. John Lewis {G),
/ the second son of Warner Lewis and
Frances Fielding, lived at what is now
! known as Eagle Point" the beautiful
| nome OF the late Joseph Bryan ESQ.
! Many stories are told or his very no.
! cullar wife. who was known'as Aunt
Nancy. and who died childleSs Durin ..
MS tenancy the fine plantation on the
Severn was known as .Vue- de l'oa,,.,,; !,
| sHmphonious title which was mangIed
by the negroes into "Bugelow." On
the point We're tall trees whore the
eagles made their nests. and the name
| was changed to the more intelligent
but less musical Eagle Point,
A word OF Warner Hall, nut IN our
minds by the land grant to Nicholas
Lewis:
The first Warner Hail" HOUSE was
| large. with wings stretching to Kitchen
and laundry on either side. IT vas set
; In a magnificent lawn, falling to the
Severn at the back and to the main
road which taps tho highway running
| from Gloucester Point and cuts
Robins's Neck half In two
The house. Of course burnt down
and another immense house was built
with series OF tremendous rooms. IN
one especially there was a bcdstenl
on which seven men could comfortable
lie. Folk didn't object to sloepInr
seven In bed when that niece Of
furniture was made. Opon windows ana
Single beds are products of n latcr
day. and indeed what use of open
windows when the cracks IN wall and
floor let In harrclfuls OF elemental
nir? THIS house was completely
changed and Very much beauttied by
| X, !. ChcyneS late owner. Tic con
nccted it With the remains OF The very
old mansion in n most artistic man
nei anu made an interior fnil or con-.
fort and charm The living room din
ing room and hall arc bpronial In their
size and furnishings, and tho view
down tho Avenue OF ma snificcnt trces
| from an upper sitting room gives ono
| the impression Of the protective aee
| OF an English country residence.
Warner Hall" Is cpmpellins--i,
| eloquent even In It's modernitt or n
remote and romantic past Washing
| tons grandmothcr was born here. ana
| It is most likely that lie visited hc,l
! home lie was coSstnnuy in Winiams-
burg and Yorktown With his nsends
and relations. and What more ma turaI
| that he should haze CONC Ia the home
| of an immediate ancestor 20 Tull OF
| oseEanrc and ease,
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