The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-22
SALLY NELSON ROBINS, EDITOR.


Robert Rcado took Nh land in Glou-
ccstcr in 1855 lila rathor. Colonel
George Rcadc, is called "of Gloucestcr
county" md evidently had taken IN
land there previously this gentle
| man WAS not only of noble hut OF royal
BIRTH indeed. OF such indsputabe hish
estate that Il bonk concerning him has
tho compelling litlc. ~ Royal Line
age.
George Rcadc rad not only property
| in Gloucester but in James city ana
York. lie was burgess and councillor
until his death, colonel or militia and
a colonial land king
Ills fathcr-in-law. Nicholas Marian.
had preceded him to Virginia. by seven
teen years and possosacd tho priceless
boon of u lovely daughter who at
trActed the attention OF tho young
swell from England. who was actually
staying at the Governors hounc. liar
! ve! was the Governor of Virginia
! Nicholas Mnrtian was at the tor OF
| Virginia politically and socially. Ills
home. where Yorktown now Is COM
rnnudcd the splendid sweep OF water
| which the shores of Gloucester and York
| cndcayor TO compress. but Which boldly
I wrcnchcs itself from their inenectual
{! grasp and goes laughing, bounding.
| broader and broader To the sea
! Three Marian girls, Elizabeth. Mary
/ and Sarah. held court at this historic
( spot ann no doubt had many lovers
for the eye OF mortal man has been and
J ever will be fixed on young women OF
| fortune and Mr.. Martian's daughters
! were 10 reap the benefit or their
! fathers forethouEht and thrift. Eliza
! beth murricd George Roadc Did the
| wind and wave prophecy Of the glory
| that would be hers? Did She hear a still
| small voice assuring her that tho hero
| OF tho new world her own great great
! grandson, would be the central nguro
\ Of tho greatest drama enacted on Viz.
| sinia soil.
Elizabeth Martain married George
Rcade, and had twelve children.
! Some are accounted for, some not
! Mildred Rcade married Augustine
| Warner. and went to Warner Hall, in
| Gloucester and her daughter. Mildred
! Warner, married Lawrence Wash
inston, and was the grandmother OF
George Washington. whose father,
Augustine. married secondly. Mary
! Ball
Rnbcrt Readc. tho natentee OF 1855,
/ was the younger child of Colonel
! George Rcadc. lie married Mary Lilly.
daughter OF John Lilly. who had mar
tied Dorothy daughter OF Aeringer
Wade. whose wife was heiress OF Ed
| ward Mnlson, of York county,, and had
Margaret, wife of Thomas Nelson. or
Yorktown, and Snmuel, who had
daughter Frances, who married An
thony Robinson. high sheriff OF YORK
| county.
Mildred Warmers descendants are
still In Gloucester county, bearing the
name Of TnlIaferro, Curtis. Nicholson.
Vandgrift. Withers. Saunders. Jones.
| Pagc Seiden, Williams, Dimmock ana
Tabb; but Robert, the patcntcc, has no
| descendants upon the soil which he
selected. DR.. Peyton Nelson. OF York.
| town, went back TO the county OF his
forcfathcr and lived and died there.
but mono of Ills descendants remain In
| the old county.
Thomas teade, the Younger brother
of Robert, patented land In Gloucester
, III INA. He married Lucy, daughter Of
Or. Edward Gwyn and Lucy Bernard, his
wife. and some OF his children lived In
Gloucester. Thomas Rcndc. his eldest
son, Is buried near Gloucester Court
house. Lucy, his daughter married
John Dixon. and Is also buried near
Gloucester Courthouse. Mildred his
daughter, married Major Philip Rootes,
and lived at Roosevelt, in King ana
Queen and her second son was Thomas
Rcade Rootcs, who married Martha
Jacquolinc Smith, daughter nj John
Smith, of Shooters Hill, in MiddlescX
Those favored folk who trace back
to Shooters iii are fcurfuIly proud
of 1t. The spice OF It's elegance and
charm seasons many bare lie with 4
vivid. ii remote. ownership.
Thomas Rcadc and Martha Jacuuc-
line Rootcs had Il son, Thomas Reade
Rootcs, who owned the magnificent
estate in Gloucester known as White
Marsh. He first married Serena RynE
Ba.tailc. and had Edmund Jacpuciinn
Smith Foote's. Secondly, he married
Mrs. Prosscr, whose beautiful daughter
Matilda. married John Tabb. and bc>
came the mistress of the lordly estate
OF White Marsh.
John Tabb had two sons--John
prosscr and l'hilip--and this estate
was owned successfully by each of
. them. 1t passed from the family, and
is now owned by Mr.. Burlic, IL mil
lonairc from New York city. White
Marsh is Il lordiy plantation. stretch
Ing for miles along the ridge, falling
back from the Ware ana Severn
Rivers. From the main road running
from Hickory Fort 10 Gloucester
Courthouse ono turns into its wooded
roadway. On either side OF n straight
lane tower noble forest trces, and
these break Into strctcn OF lawn.
whcro The rarest trees and shrubs
guard n fine old mansion, Tho lava
behind tho house falls into noble ter
races, and beyond arc tie fiats which
give tho name 10 the place At cor.
tain seasons these fats nrc covered
with life Everlasting, winch make
of them great white marsh.
Edmund Lacquelinc Smith Rootcs
married Emily, daughter OF Thomay
Robins, and had Thomas 1eade and
Sarah Anne.
Sarah Anne married Emanuel lonc,
| Thurston. aud had ono child, Robert
| Hcadc Tliurston This young mau Is
the ono individual in tho old county
| OF Gloucester who preserves tho name
| OF Robert, tho patnnteo OF 1855. Men,
| indeed, are like Insects. whirrins here
| aud there restless for fortune or
| taste. tarryng bu; moment, then
off for trcshcr field and pasture new.
1 Tho Readcs anchored In York and
| Gloucester. rested q few brict Scn-
erations weighed anchor and away
| further and further and further from