The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-22

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married Frances Hernar. ana I34Qo
Beverley. married Mary BuYw9
yeAn. sseonA sen Of Francis NYle11m
married. his flrst cousin. Miss srsR11ns
ana left Harriet. mayr1sd AYse etnooH
and second Kemp. Frances mars4ee
Charles WAN tD. Susan married ~
Thornton. Mary married Wa5nA
Washington. and left Warner. Jehn
married Miss Baylor. rrsnes> msr-
sidney, Francis and Beverly Psrr1a
who married Miss Fairfax. Ann mar
ried Dolphin Drew. and left Dolpha4
william. Washington, whiting. An
mano
Francis marrieA the widow -
Thacker washington. and daughter -
Sir John Peyton. left NO issue.
Beverley died unmarried. - 90
Elizabeth.
Frances married Charles LownAse.
and had Beverley Bladen and Francis
Perrin.
The second Thomas whitins. -
Elmington. had also son. Robert who
had two sons. who went TO New York
where their descendants still live.
. Beverley whiting. son OF Thomas
Whiting and Miss Beverley. was Bur.
CESS OF Gloucester County 17&4-l5.
There was Colonel Harry Wits.
ing, who was vestryman OF Ware Par
ish in 1874 He was also member 81
the Council, 1891; Treasurer OF VIZ.
ginia, 1892. Henry and Harry are
family names all along the line
great many Gloucester families
went up to Clarke County In the lat
ter part Of the eighteenth ana the
early nineteen century-notaoly tne
Writings. Burwells and Papes. Ihe
trouble about the Wh1tfngs 10 the
connection between the earliest ane
the latest members Of this family.
They break on unfortunately Just u
the middle. FOR instance
whiting. whose SON was hee He was
undoubtedly Of the ElmingtR What.
inxs. He married Eliza. daughter o9
John Robinson. Of Niddlesex- He hao
A daughter. Mary. who married In iIst
Archibald Blair. There was Peter
whiting. who married . daughter -
President Lewis Burwslf. He TOOK VI
land As late a. 17s3. He most prooe-
hlv had n son, Peter p. Whiting. wne
died in Berryvilie. Clarke county
1877. He 10 styled Peter p. Wnlunes
OF Elmington. Pete was Peter wa
in~ the last Of his name. who owneQ
Elmington.
r. reading over the whiting notes
a feeling Of impoteney dspresses ons.
II Is such a pity that family OF sucs
distinction should have no sans1ecsoIy
renealoKy. II was . very large IAN
Nv and the individuals bob up Win
i a sad irrelevance to one 4nosnef'
The list of the standing OF family
i. the intermarriags Of it, memDef.
The Writings made spisnAao m
monial all,anceA Hannah. daughter OK
n
ing. ......
married Anne, daughter OF CoioneA
Niles Cary. of ceelyA
william whiting married susan
daughter Of Robert Nelson. o. Maive1s
Hill.
The Massachusetts writings have
ever been people Of high position.
General John C. Fremont tho pain
finder. Is descended from the EAmine-
ton Writings. His father came from
Beverley whiting.
a. veil A. can be ascertained. the
following Is a. correct . summary -
can be made Of this family: Jamea.
the grantee, might have been Its COM
mon ancestor. but Of this We are not
sure. II looks Hike IL James took up
| land on the Ware and immediately
| around tho corner. % to speak On
] the north was the next Whiting set
| tlement.
| Tho next articulate whiting IL DR..
Henry. He married Apph!a, widow OF
Richard Bushrod, of York. He. AZ We
have noticed. was justice in 1880. major
OF horse In the militia. counsellor 1851.
treasurer 1851. He could easily have
been the son Of James. who took Nd
land in leAl
The wife Of Major John Washington.
born 1884. was daughter Of Colonel
Henry Whiting. 1t 10 not probabls
that there were two prominent Henry
Writings In Gloucester at that time,
and 1t looks rs IL Catherine Washing
ton. was the daughter OF the eoune
eelor. etc.
Beverley whiting. member House Of
Burgesses. etc. and Thomas Whiting
must have been descendants OF Henry
Whiting. who married Anna, daughter
Of Peter Beverly.
Thomas Whiting was the grand
father Of John C. Fremont
As at the beginning. We still say 1t
the end Of this article that the incom.
pleteness Of the Whiting record - .
genealogical calamity.
The very best thing ever written By
Thomas Dixon, whose lurtd novels are
=
octave. called rs Life Worth Living?'
The book is f:ne description OF Elm.
ington. the home Of the Whitneys- In
log cabin on the Burlington lawns.
Thomas Dixon did . great deal OF lit.
erary work, and in this exquisite little
volume he draws vivid pen pictures Of
the beautiful estate. The photographs
in the boek OF views on the plan are
exquisite. Readers of-this small vol
ume quickly concluded that life was
thrice worth living In such . paradise
and Mr.. Dixon sold Elmington to ht0
very great advantage II is one Of
the show places in Virginia, and Kept
up in magnificent style.
C0rrection.
Mary Chiswen Lewis married Sir
John Peyton: their daughter. Rebs-ce
Courtney, married Edward Caring
ton Marshall, and LEFT several chill
dren