The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-23
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III In I1su-
VIC Youngest child of Robert portons
| no nctshborhnod Of New Bottlo. IN.
4 thlS lar pn time was excellent. going
"o"h nc river ono passed .Roscyvet
me estate OF tho Pages; .Cartcr's
SreGk. the Burwcll homo. Timber
Ncck. The homo OF tic Ntanns nud
Gatlctts, Sarah's Creek where tho
| fcrrins lived, ana across tho riynr
J dweit tho Jennings. Nathan Bacon. tho
iolggcs. ia iards. Reads Smiths Cal
tnorpcs, etc Thcsc families were OF
! tho first consequence In Tho coIony
having good libraries, most OF than
proved descent from respectable Eng
| lish gentlemen. and all Of them dis
playing coats-of-arms of undoubted au-
thcntlcity."
When General Thomas Nelson was
] sent 10 England for HIS education hc
was put in tho care of Bclby rortens.
and In later years General Nelson re-
commended his friend, Mr.. Samuel
Shield, to Bishop Portions for orders
soon after Bishop Portens was clevat-
cd 10 his high ecclesiastical rank. he
sent volume OF sermons to his old
pupil. Mr.. Nelson. New Bottle dur
| ing the occupancy of tho Portens fam
\ lily was tho seat Of elegance and ease
From tho Portcns family 1t must have
passed TO the Buckncrs. for Charity
Buckner was the heress OF Concord"
She married Colonel William Jones
NTH In descent from aplain Roger
Jones. elnigrant. She died chldlcss
and left Concord" or Now Bottle
to her husband, who subsequently mar
rier Mrs. Eliza Cook. Il widow with five
children. Colonel Jones. called Uncle
! Billy by his relatives, was n man of
decided character and dignity. His
> attire was faultlcss his habits ;tbso-
lutcly correct. unless we consider the
taking of snuff reprehcnsible. Gentle
men had TO use those magnificent
f,,,I ,i,,,
tiful. and what use OF snuff box un-
less one takes snuff
I lie adopted Lucy Catcsby Jones, the
child OF Ills brother. She married Mr..
/ Thomas Smythe, of England, and his
] childrcn-Afrs. Graham. Mrs. Robert
| Mnnford. MIR. Arthur Snlythe and Mrs.
Robert Joncs-Sfor many years lived In
Richmond. After tho rogimc OF the
ZONES. Concord was bought by DIR.
/ William Henry Shield. of Gloucester.
Again 1t had u most unusual master.
In his young manhood hc was so hand
some and so cultured that lie was Il
! byword for all that was attractive.
lie married. first II Miss Corbin and
then a Miss Howard. and each mis-
tress made Concord All attractive and
hospitable homo. It still stands. full
OF years and memories, on the banks
OF the York
\ I.nud Grants.
|
] by Sir William Berkeley for 600 ncres
now in Abingdon parish. (OrlElnal
papers In Historical Society. Richmond.
Vn) He lived IN Elizabeth city
county. 1916, when he, Richard Dudley.
Captain Colthorpc. Richard Wells and
others were fined IN York county court
for not rendering thoir accounts as
.l,"Gnardians,' They had probably mar
/ rcd widows. Thomas Ceclcy was Bur
CESS for Warwick River. 1922, hence
"Cecieys" In Warwick county. Charles
ceelcy mnrried. 1867, Elizabeth Saun-
dcrs In Elizabeth City county. Captain
j Ccclcy Saunders, OF the Revolutionary
navy. married Ann Blackburn. of Cilou-
ccster county, and his son, Major John
Saunders, OF Norfolk. was ancestor of
the Taylor. Greon and NIcIntosh fami-
lies. OF Norfolk Ono Cooley Saunders
and wife. Diana. We're living in Abing-
don parish. Gloucester in l7i7. tAbing-
don Register,
i 165t-Thomas Breemer COO acres.
east upon Mr. Robinss land. He was
| In the Assembly for Gloucester that
/ year with WnSneld Webb. and men
toned iii 1647 In York county records
In 1854 Thomas Brecmcr. OF James
City county. IN indcnture with Jerome
liam for plantation on Queens CrecI,
\ ately In the occupation OF Captain
James Archer. John Rrccmor also
mentioned 1851. york Rccords)
1G55-Gcorge Moseley. 100 acres on
the Severn Joining land OF rdeutenant-
Colonel Walker William Nroselcy. for
mcrly of Rotterdam, was ancestor OF
the distinguished sloscley family In
1 Virginia. He ami his Wife. Susan. lived
In lower Norfolk county. 1850, where
he was prominent merchant
/ 16GS-Major Lawrence Smith. So7
acres, nj head OF the Severn. next to
Colonel Augustine Warner. tho north
. lAynrl Ot, l,nEt
severn Hail. and tho famous Major
Lawrence Smith OF Bncons Rebellion
fame Contcmporaneous with him
were Captain John Smith, Of "Purton';
Francis and Nicholas Smith, or Pets.
worth parish. ancestors Of Governor
George William Smith--threc separate
j familics-and later Rev. Guy Smith.
with many children. among them Il
| Lawrence Smith ~
| Ro0tca--Cnbb. A
| In note to tho Brooke gcncnloCy
on page 2il, Virginia Historical Maya
zinc, APRIL. 1911. an extract is given
from General y--'Rccollections or
n FirEinian." This recital Of facts,
however, is very Inaccurate. "ITcdcral
fIill' never Was Tho homo Of tho Cobbs
] II was Tho home of Thomas Reed
Rootes. promina-Sg member Of tho
fredericksburg ban lnd In dat homo
his daughter WAS married 10 Mr.
Elder Howell Cobb. then Il member Ut
Congress from Georgia. Mrs, Cobh ac.
conpanicd hcr husband to his home,
and there were horn their two very
distinguished sons.
Tho eldor was the Younger Howell
! Cobb, who WAS for many years prom
incnt member Of Congress Speaker OF
\ tho House of Representatives, in 1919,
| Governor Of Georgia, and Secretary OF
the Treasury during Mr.. Dnchanan's
administration.
Ills younger brother WAS named
after his maternal grandfather Ito
i was a general III the Confederate
army. and killed. as stated, In tho
battle Of fredericksburg by IL cannon
shot fred from the hillside Of he old
home In which his parents had bccn
n,arrIcd