The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-24

Land Grants in Giouccster on Timber
Neck Creek.
w men sailing from West Point to
Gloucester Point the traveller is struck
by the unusual beauty of tho water of
the York. 1t is as blue as the heavens
~ Junc-no tawney brown like the
James, but a shimmerinG azure. On
each side bold creeks make up into
me land, and one OF the most pic
turesque OF these creeks ia Timber
Neck. taking it's name from the old
plantation. On one side OF this creek
from 1s43 to 1859 lived James Bcsouth.
William smoot Thomas Graves and
Ihomas Roswell Opposite was the big
estate of John hann.
James Besouth possesses n queer
patronym, which Is lost In the mist OF
ages. He had a son, James, who mar
ried widow. and seems to have loft
no issue. In 1852 Thomas, brother or
son OF James. took up land on a
oriery swamp" Rather a dismal nm
houncement! The swamp no doubt
gave him the ague. which prevented his
going Mt those terrible brlers with that
vim and confidence which their obstl-
nate vitality required. There are no
lbesouths now to tell their tale.
William Smoot llltcwise passed on,
possibly not unhonored. but certaInly
unsung There are Shoots In Alex
the grantee, but tho material for the
genealogical tourney is unavailable.
Thomas Boswell In 1852 tool, UP 1,1G0
acres on Timber Neck. These acres
must have deliberately run back TO the
York River Road. They certainly did
not run parallel with Timber Neck
Creek. He most probably was the
grandfather of Joseph Boswell. who
married and had son. Benjamin, who
was baptized IN 113e. Joseph himself
was born in 100, and was tho son of
John and Phoebe Boswell, who, besides
Joseph, had also Robert and John, and
rs there WINS also contemporaneous
Thomas Boswell, 1T appears that ho
also was tho son of Joseph and Jane,
his wife. This Thomas Boswell mar
ried, IL is supposed. a Miss Mitchum
of Middlcsex. The pronunciation OF
these Virginia names is peculiar. RAN
dolph is the real test of an nristocrat
The true Virginia manner of it's pro-
nuncintion Is Randuff, the accent on
the Ran. Newer folk and strangers are
quite partlcuiar-they say Randolph
putting the accent carefully on the
second and last syllable. The rash Of
fender who would pronounce Burwell
any other way but Burrcli. and that
much blurred would by the elect be
considered awfully bad form. Then
trne blue" must say 'Kyartcr" Any
thing else indicates "outside the pale"
and suspicious descendant Of the
king"
Lyon G. Tyler thinks tho wifo OF
Thomas Boswell was Machcn. but as
there were n plenty of AIitchuma In
MiddleseS, why not one OF them? We
find in the AliddleseX Register In If1O
Thomas Afachen, who married Mary
Chelton and had n son, Thomas, I'm
liza, and Henry in 1717. Thomas, the
elder. died in 1880. There was also
IA James Alachcn in MiddlescX. who
married Cassandra( ?), and had son.
James. born In TAG. Then there was Il
Catherine Machcn. who married Robert
Ware In 1913. Eut there are also
Aitchums IN AIiddlescX, tile name 'dcn-
tical with the present Christian name
OF the Scawclls.
John and Mical 3titchum, his wife,
lived In NIiddIescx in 1919. and had
son, Joseph (o), born that year. Mcal
(2). their daughter. was born tni6Sa;
James (2), born IN 1855, and Pcad (2).
another son, was born In 1862.
Mical (a) married John ,Mitchun, and
had SONS Daniel (3) and John (3). both
baptized in lTJa. Henry t.) no doubt
was also the son OF John and Mical.
He married Mary. aTl had daughter,
Dorothy t3D, in 1905.
James (2) married Mnry, and had
daughter Anne GA in l7a,. and daugh-
ter, Elizabeth t8) i'll l7a5. John
Mitchum and Mary l3reme were mar
ricd in, ITO.
Judith, daughter Thomas and Mary
SIitchun, born in t7l2. And as there
are as many Mitchums as Maohems In
Middlcsex, why could not the Mitchum
so often repeated In the Boswell aud
Seawell family have come from them?
And why ia II not probable that tho
tt,iya of In fnr Mas
Mitchum2
Major Thomas ~ Boswell had GER
tainIy two chlldren--NIitchum (2) and
.Jane (2), and although not positive. 1t
As most probable that Molly (2), the
wife of Churchill Ar,nletend. was his
daughter. too. DR.. Mltchum te) Bos-
we'll died in 1894 He left Thomas (3),
Elizabeth ~, Martha 60.
Jane (e) Boswell married John Sea.