The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-12

tcl} aud John CD. Of Sorll and that his
land worked aroundrrto James %. 1t
mad only three generations to go. Poo
pic held land with firm grip then. as
long as 1t was possible,
Ia 1861 William Newman took up
900 acres on Roropotank Creek. VIII
4 liam Ncwmnn's land was tie sta or q
Nery dramatic incident. ono OF the
very lurid episodes Of Virginia history.
Oppression cf the lowiy. or fancied
oppression, Is the causc Of mos, pop
uiar discomfort, and IN 1868 .thc perse-
chtlon Of tho dissenters the restrictions
imposed upon commerce by the naNiga.
uopyaat. the low price OF tobacco and
I The nigh price Of imported goods. 50
| infemcd Tho discontents OF tho poor
/ paople a5 to give rise to . plot which
| wen -nisi resulted IN tragic effects
] as chance saved remnant OF the col
! ony II f62e, so BIrkenhead saved 1t II,
! leb" Ihe plot was attributed to Ger
! ram Eromweilian soldiers sent out 20
! y lrsinia as servants Birkenhead lived
at PurtonP with John Smith, and tho
f conspirators met ut the Poplar Spring
on Mr. Newnlans land Birtenhead
: told his master OF the wicked man. and
I ne quickly sent tile tidinga to sir VII
t nam berkeley, At Green Spring, who
immediately ordsred the militia 10 Pop
lat Spring TO anticipate The outbreak
Iho uprising was diverted. and septen-
z her 10, which was marked for blood
/ shed. vas instead set apart for day
;! Of Thanksgiving.
dods hand was seen directly In
eyer, act then. and as March "a was
SCI apart for the giving OF thanks In
I tbzl SO September 3 was observed in
| 1863 In the old Council and General
| Court records we find indictment
against John Gunter. William Bell and
+ others for treason laid the 10th Of SEN
te;nher. In the Is OF Charles 2nd. at
( heWman's land, in Gieucester. Attempt
I servants to get a year OF their time
ailn OF refusal TO go out OF the country.
| aa appears by Tho depositlons.''
-Four Of these conspirators were
| nuns. 1t was resolved that Birkan.
mead have his freedom ana 5000
/ pohnos OF tobacco given him In Glostor
county, and that his master BIO Satisfied
IN the said county for his time and
! also that he 18th of September be
| ANNA " kept holy being the day those
4 execution" Hening IL, 2o4.
y PAPER on the Plots in Virginia,
! would be Interesting. There are the
/ nlassncres OF 1922, 1915 and Birkeu
! heads. in 1863, and various plots Of a.
4 negroes, all along the eighteenth AM;
nineteenth centuries-periodic ebulli
/ 'iStIs III embodied discomfort VII
" IMAM Newman came over in 1929
aesn ehir'y-nve, and settled at BASIS
i snolee, in Isle OF Wight, and if our
/ william Newman Is the same. he ,yould
| at the time OF the Btrkenhead blot
nave been seventy-siS years old. In
I Gloucester county many years ago
! ,nere was Newman Cooper, who lived
+ Gloucester Point and knew every
I 1919 uhaer the sun. more or less. Per
/ Naps ne came from this William New.
\ man We can't TELL. but we arc SIRE
me could II lie were alive.
There were Newmans. as We bava
SAID, IN Isle Of Wight countyiIin ,hs
latter part Of the seventeenth century
lhonlas Tabourf died inH16p2 and LEFT
( property to his grandson, iThomns
Nurnan. son of John human. and h,s
usushter, Ruth. III tine cndicil to This
VIII he mentions grandchildren Thnn,. ;.
human and Isabella Newman rhs
difference Of spelling counted for ,oth-
| ing. These old scribes freunentIy
spelled n surname in three diffcranf
| ways on line OF manuscript. Rut
! from none OF these can we mako !
! Newman genealosy. 'f 4 :
i,lnnerner's Creek (on York RIVER ~.
i l6t2--Jamcs Besouth 100 ncrcs 49,,
head, and in 1862 his lants io ii,ai
Hlchard Hines on Bricry swamp Ia
married. l6tS. Catherine. widow ~
ROBERT 4 ckson. HIS son l,mas
6eso OUT ma rried Catherine, died 1888
WIDOW OF John Hubbard. Of York com.
". tWll! 166S, page 1870 Witnesses.
'Nalhan,ei and Edward Bacon. He
was ancestor OF the Hubards of York
and Gloucester counties. Thomas ~
south. l65a % acres on a lriery
i swamp. 'I
l642--WtllIam smoot on Timbernec,.
Sreeh. Joining Menifse's land.
iooi-fhomas Graves, SO acres be
Snnd bend OF Timherneck. and also
Iao acres on q swamp betwixt Severn
tfiVer and the Indian path, and In 1871
another 5h acres near Timbernect
creek abingdon Parish Register re-
CORDS: Thomas and Mary Graves IS.
sue John, born 1917; Mary, 1864. ler
and norothy Graves. issue: Eliza
peth. born 1886; Jeffrey, born 1888.
$nhd Sarah. born 1853 William and
naly sraves,i issue: John 1856; Will.
lam. 1858; John, 1881 and Ben jamin.
i'op: Jeffrey and Elizabeth Graves.
1 issnc; Thomas, born 1905. and Eliza.
! heth, 1905 John and Rebecca Graves
issue: Rebccca, 1904: John, 1906. Ro
pert andyAary Graves, issue: Thomas.
porn l7la; Robert, born 1717 and
=. =, mes. born 1873. Thomas and Lncy
lain. born l73S; Thomas, born 1741
i1745." - /"
There was q grant to John Graves,
!SS Z, by Governor Harvey. COO acres,
] In Elizabeth CITY county, due BY des
cent from his father, Thomas Graves.
end next to Captain Adam Thorough
Sood Captain Thomas Graves. Bur
cess t6to-i6S2; William Graves lands
near SINNERS Crock 1854 -4ynrj,
counts Land Grants Ralph Graves
died 1857, wife Rachel Croshaw. died
1869. daughter of Major Joseph Gro
shaw. Married, second, Richard Barnes;
descendants numerous (See William
and Mary Quarterly, No. 97oa Ma To-,
Joseph Croshay owned Poplar Neck
on York River which his daughter
Unity and her husband, Colonel John
West, sold in 1857 10 Secretary Ed
mund jennings WHO med it Zip.
pom Hall and here his daughter mar
ried Robert Porteus. his second wife.
and lived opposite. across York River.
at New Bottle (now Ciaybank
tt;nt n I, hat l,Ft