The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-30

Church. Many are the men, women and
children who have read ii MS tbev
lonnt against It's heavy. dcnant s,dcs
hardly able to realize that this Min
istcr James Clack ever lived tho com
mon life as we live to-day. Tho (lack.
and Thorntons left Gloucester nbout
the same time.
sterling Cd Thornton died In I.otts.
worth Iarisli and made his viii Il,
rtop' re iett one son. John ca. Arc
.ne lnoriitons stu living in Ware
Neck uesccnded from this Sterling f5l
thornton or his brother. Francis (5,?
~ is still q pleasure for us to recall
Mt. ranci Thornton. of Ware Neck
anu his children, several Of whom live
III gloucester still, ana we should like
~ give them Il clean bill of descent from
inc grantee of I10i.. The later Thorn
tons long gave up these acres in
i'eitsworth Parish Etnd lived in tho
wuve-wnshed portion % Gloucester.
known as Ware Neck. MIR. Francis
Jhornton OF our acquaintance married.
IL Miss CluvcrluS. as did his nciEhhor.
William Vaughan. There was also "a
Mr, william Thornton who lived in
Gulnca. and had Il large family. AMI
n son named MeanN.
Sterling Thornton in his will speaks
OF HIS brother. Jolin Seawell. which
action of his shows how very eager
Tor relationship were folk OF Ills dny.
Jane Roswell first married his
brother (baptismal mime unknown).
VINO died. and she married., SECONDLY.
Johh Scawell. whom Sterling Thornton
calls brother. and leaves John Sea-
weils children n part Of his estate
should his own son. John Co. die. Ills
other lcSntees sc his son should flc)
arc tho children Of his brother.
traheis CD: VIZ: james COZ, Elizabeth
co, Ann Co. Francis (S). Was this
James the father of tho late Francis
Thornton, of Gloucester? lie also
Thornton
Whose son was Meany? and wns lie
inc grandfather of Meany Thornton.
now living In Guinea we should an
preciatn n assistance in this matter.
There nrn small facts constantly
creeping out OF old records which show
tho care of Virsinians for thor faith
inl slaves. Sterling Isl Thornton in
his VIII says: Item. desIt. TINT nv
executor, hereafter named do build n
comfortable house, twelve by sixteen
iect. Tot my negro woman,GCate. and
her ohilurcn TO 1.-Two In, and that It be
paced IN tho neach orchard, back OF
The little house in tho garden. and
mat the said Cate he annuallv FUR
n'sncd out OF my estate with two hum
ured weight of good pork, salt and
meal, as we'll as clothes. ana IL i. nv
VIII that The said Cate may never he
compelled TO work unless she chooses.
nnd that she may be round firowood
Item: desire that the old woman.
Leah, shall have to her own use and
disposal, onc-half tho money she may
earn as n midwife."
Cate Probably was the family nurse
e. ~ - GnnIFL 81 md Tl--l, ~ 49, = IL |. H
many a year at the solemn ceremony
or birth. and had guided the children
or the neighborhood through the first
crucial months of their existence.
Jane Boswell, who first married tho
brother Of Sterling Thornton, IN re.
corded TO iave had Oppressive blacle
eyes" She was the sister Of Mrs.
Elizaneth Wormeley, afterwards Mrs.
BraHton; of DR.. Thomas Macnin Bos-
we'll n Mrs. Elizabeth Roy.
Any information OF this interesting
Thornton family. Of Gloucester, we
will very gladly publish.
or this Same parent stock nre the
Thorntons OF Fall Hill, near Fred
erickshurG; the T%horntons of NORTH
cumberland House" inherited from the
I'resleyS by intcrmarriage; Professor
OF Virginia, and many other notable
people.
167T.-Ttobcrt, Thomas, Joseph and
John Coleman. all living in Abingdon
Parish, married. rearing ia milles-sons
OF Robert Coleman, Sr. who patented
6a3 acres on Rappahannock IG62-66.
]. Robert. will probated Essex coun-
y, 1913; wife, Ann. CHI den Thomas.
Robert, Edmund, AM and Grizell.
:. Thomas, Of Abingdon Parish, 1871:
wife. Rebecca. Children: John. Grizell.
ltcbecca, Sarah, Thomas. Mary, John
AMI Robert.
8. Joseph, OF Abingdon Parish, 1877;
wife Agnes; sons, John and AdleSton.s
!. John, Of Abingdon Parish, 1877;
married ~, Margaret, and (2) Ann;
sons. lanes und Richard. DESCENDANTS
OF all Of there in the old Abingdon
Parish register. Grizeil. a fayorite
name. is among them.
lGTh.-Thomas ScwelI, $50 acres Join
ing Robert Coleman and Daniel Lang
ham,. Thomas Sewcil Cor Seawcll) had
patented 400 acres ON Pocosiii River,
York county, 1885. Thomas and Mary
Soawell issue: Thomas, horn 1880;
John, born 1858. .lohn and Elizabeth
Senwcll issue: Sarah, born 1T46.
Joseph scawelrs slave. Peter, born
1860.
176S.-hobcrt Bryan and sarah, his,
wife, lived in Abingdon Parish; Son,
Robert. born 1883; Koshen, horn 1900.
lT02.-Robert Bryan, son. or Robert
Bryan, lato deceased. of C;io:cestor, a.
acres on tho branches OF tho Severn
River. and in tho corner OF tho land
of valentine Lane md Benjamin Lane.
He had also "lot 1917 In t;loucestown.
in Miles Cary's survey. and plat OF the
town, April ~, 1907.
tT02.-John Stubs. cschcat lands OF
Christopher Webster. IL acres.
1703.-John Stubbs, 90 acres Joining
Colonel Augustine Warner. William
Boulin and Mr.. Wall, headlight, John
Maylor. He was son Of John n and
Susannah Stubs, living i'll Abingdon
Parish 1878 and ~onrlicr.
l719.-John Lewis, Joining Jacob
Hurst. Warmers nnd Darrell's land.
l7AS.-William Camp, 30 acres. of
which eleven are OH two islands.
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