The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-13

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ea,ts,. xsarty-seustA virxiaaa -
tyv. hftloA naaf vUessoouro -
NsrrisA Miss 1ajAnA: W1lhaO ~
rustus married. Flora = HAEUee Il
ana had NASy tn -
10y anA wlliAm co.. Robert ~ Z
man married Leila w. Bufss4 - -
Lucy co, Ar1astsad. NaxeAeee 49,
BuforA and Fanny CO. ColsmAa.
(s): Ann Married John Ayrins
ton Of Gloucester. and had ehildFenr
Amslia Emuoalins married Thomas ~
Stubhleneld. Of Gloucester. and -
children.
Thomas Coleman (7) Robins moved
from Point Lookout 70 the old o1ehA
OF Abingdon parish. anA aisd thAro
in comparatively recent years TINS
old haatsrsd "0lsbs" 10 the most Az
oisnt locking house In The county. Ia
architecture - most t0eeoesdnGs 49,
the tntsrior very spasooo esd attree-s
I've. although the low hip roof wouio
suggest contracted Apartment.
One bright Sunday the e1ator OF thA
column and a friend wandered uu g
the old "Glsbs." bat vhAn vs reaches
the place we found the house barred
ana no human being In sight. and our
spirits fell. The Antiquarian spirfe
denes barriers. hewsvef. ana BY atne
Of much ingenuity eur eyes SOS
parallel 70 . broken Stat on . souefeA
and We saw enough TO make - wish -
see more.
The furniture might always hsyes
been there. and tho ohtmnsy place en0
panelinR which our eye caught was
good. It's psimness and seniority Wsne.
back to the time when the rsverena
gentlsmen who dwelt within the oie
"Glebss" ruled their parishes VITA
rod Of iron There was one very Nv
ly thing about the plaoa risky eoiS
which did all he could to make eur
horse break loose.
hoAert Coleman (s) Aooins mafrss9
Frances Ann Thurst0n, Of MdlfWOode
Gleuoestsr County. and spent his mai.
risA life at that me old place. the
house Il OF spacious arehStseture ana
n still standing. It was the home or
one of the most elegant Old virgins
eentlemen Mann Thurston. Esq. ans
there Tor many years lived Mann
Thurpton. the second. and Catherine
Thurstsn. who married Franklin Her
wood soon after the war and the WSo
aing vaa An occasion" a war chile
was there with eyes unususd 20 fesS
tivitisa. And chs wedding feast always
linxers Asliciously In her memory lm-
porteA fruit was out Of the questions
and the cheerful red sf tie "Father
Abraham" apples vAieh 01lsA the rnts
baskets is very plain to day. Theirs
are readers I know who remembSk
those old fruit baskets that looked lke
china lattice on feet. At that weddin9
everybody pr0mAnAdsd In the Sreae
hall. and this made an Impression. tocs
upon the child-maFchin4 meant sole
diers-and net me ladies and gentle
men In big hall
Emily CO.. Robins married Thomas
Reade Rootes. and had tive ehiidren
Sarah Anne 90 and Thomas (SS
child Of Robert Coleman Robins mar
rted Mann Thurston. the second -
wildwood. and had one chihd-RdAps@
Reade, who. In the present ownek -
the place.
wiiHam 20 Rssins. son q Willia1
(S). and brother o. Thomas 60. 0k
Point Lockout. married Dorothy Bee-
we'll and established 'Lsvef Green
He VS. q member Of Abingdon
Church. His chfldren were William
(7). E1izaheth CD married Johns
stevens; Anne (1) married Wtiuam
Waslington; susanna (7) married
Prank Stubs: RebsccA Cd maSrsso
James n. Stubbs-
william az Robins. Of Level 0Feen.N
Gloucester. wa born 157o. and die4
lsAG His elaborate obituary V IN .ns
Richmond Enquirer Of Dscemher q.
1915. He married hrst . Miss Whit
ney. She died ohildless Secondly he
married Juliana Pryor. daughter Of
CAPTAIN Christopher Pryor. ana Mlso
Clayton. who presumably vas dAu1h-
ter OF Captain Jasper Clayton. ana
granddaughter OF Sir John Ciaytons
the botanist Thirdly he married Miss
Fleming: no issue. BY his second MARI
rage his children were William I'd.
married Elizabeth Cary; Augustine (tl.
Warner, Emelfne 60 married aenr1
Davies, whose SON. Laudon Davies. Wa
the last Of the family to own Level
Green; Julia (s) married DR.. Bernard
Todd; John (s) married Miss Thorneons
and had Richard co.. Martha (sl. john
w. 10y, Julia (sl, Pryor, Catherine tSle
Clayton married DR.. Joseph Hoomes
Robins; elizabeth 60 married Christie
pher whiting. and Maria 60 marrte0
James r. Stubbs
Augustine (s) Warner Robins, e
Level Green died June. 1875 h
was a member Of the House OF Dale
gates from Gloucester. He marrSed
first Maria Todd who WAS the nother
Of Colonel wIlliam CO. Todd RobfnA
ana secondly, Elisabeth fo14 who Wss
the mother Of Mary 60 Robins. via
married Dr. Thomas LAtsue: Auguseino !
(S Warner RobiHa. Bernard 60 Todd,
Bartlett (s) Todd, Archibald CO. HAf- .
wood, Joseph co.. Taylor 90 an4
Maria CO.., who married solomon Kemp
Prosperity always (in remote times |
and az the present day. sways pubne /
opinion, and before the searchlight - +
modern Investigation made plain Al
the secrets Of genealogy, the Level 1
Green" Robins (who were very 49,
leut) we're considered the Oldest braneo /
Of the family. Christopher 60. IT,
SON Of John go. was the head Of tbo !
family. He had no son. and hto i
brother. william. was the head; he aiea :
childless. and the honor fell TO ThOOoo /
CT. the "chirurgeon." He had only Ooo
SON, John (4). and John had only -
BON, William go. 30 far. % good.
william (sl had three sons: John ISIS
member Cincinnati; Thomas (O A.
William (O. John (O died chiidlsebI