The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04
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IL would be especially interesting to |
trace this ancestral line further back, |
establish the relationship existing be- |
tween the branches Of the family here |.
IN traced. and those who settled in the !
nearby counties ana whose descen- |!
dauts that H., the descendants of all I
OF whom, scattered so widely. ana |
carried the nam. 20 such numerous
and distant parts OF this country.
While an opportunity to con,inu. and
extend these Investigations is desired
ana awaited with interest nevcrthc-
less. 1t must be Tor the present indie
ltnitely postponed. and the data al
ready collected in regard To the pos
tcrity Of Russell aud Needles Iiin
proscnitors OF the Fill family Of Cut
pepper and Madison counties, must now
be tahul"tcd and produced
Dear Ed!tor,-ln Your Genealogical
Column. Sunday, January ~ reads
thus: Gloucester Thorntons left the
York ana settled somewhere on Ware
River. in Guinea. That the Guinea
branch has preserved the name of
MeuX, and this family is one OF the
very oldest and best namc in The coun-
~ am very much Interested in the
Meux family. and would appreciate IL
the correspondent would share with
me any genealogical or historical
knowledge OF the Mcux name in her
possession / would like earliest an
cestor of whom you have record, thc
maiden name of wife, names of chill
dren. with dates OF birth. marriages,
deaths, and taking caro- to complete
ono generation before describing the
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life story OF the more prominent mem
bers. | desire especially to obtain
data regarding tho descendants of
Elizabeth McuX, OF 1onrIco county,
who married Nathaniel Bacon, OF New
Kent county. J have In my possession
an old paper that reads thus: Know
all men, that Nathaniel Bacon, of the
| county OF New Kent. and VIM. Wad-
dill, OF the city of Richmond. are held
hrmly bond unto Patrick Henry. ESQ,
Governor of the Common wealth Of
virginia. in the sum OF 30 pounds cur
rent money, to which pavement will
and truly 10 be made, etc, dated
April l. 1856. The above bond obliga-
ton is SUCH that whenever there is a
marriage intended to be aolemnized
between tho above bond. Nathaniel
Bacon nnd Elizabeth Meux, OF IIenrico
county, Virginia.
tSigned) NATHANIEL BACON,
". WADDILL.
Seal.
Another old paper reads thus:
AS my cousin, Elizabeth Mcuy is
going to be married to Nathanicn
; Bacon, and 1t seems to be necessary
! that you should know that she is above
tho age of twentyone years. I do GER
tify that she is. as she has lived in my
brothers and my family ever since
tho death OF her parents. after which
my father was appointed guardian,
who, being dead. l have since acted as
such myself, and do give my consent
| TO the above intended marriage.
MARTIN HAWKINS.
C. WATKINS.
w. W4ADDILL.
Witnesses.
This Martin Hawkins was Uncle OF
James Russell Hawkins. who was born
in Virginia. January 80, 1906. married
Sarah Adelinc Bowles, March 10, 1926:
moved to Kentucky 1870. DIR. Haw-
kins represented the senatorial district
composed of Boone, (iullatin and Car
roll counties In Kentucky. At tho
conclusion OF his term he wRs elected
Secretary of the Legislature, which
! position he held for Il quarter OF a
century There were at that limo
scarcely statesman OF prominence in
Kentucky with whom lie was not init
, matcly acquainted, bound to many by
irrefraSable ties of friendship. He
was a man OF wide culture genial and
| brilliant. He died III Frankfort, Ky.
In his ninety-second year OF nge, and
retained In n wonderful degree his in
tellectual and physical faculties until a
few days OF his death.
The MeuX family of Virginia begins
with John Meux. of New Kent county;
his wife was Elizabeth. They had
Jonn (2), Ann (2) and Richard (2).
John CD married. first. Francis, and.
second Elizabeth hghtfoot. BY his
, last marriage he had Ann (3) and
Thomas CO..
Elizabeth Lightfoot was daughter of
Major Sherwood Lightfoot, son of
John Lightfoot.
There was Thomas f. Meux in
Amelia county, in 1880.
EDITOR.
Dear Editor am deeply interest
ed IN genealogy. Virginia genealosies
particularly. I have read much on the
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