The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-03

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!. But for him the family in America
would - al a& sea.
Tncharner Kirkland de Granenried.
/ my son. has christopher's Old Bible and
q hong letter written by the baron
from castle Wort in the ysA< he died.
OF the old Swiss bArona. We get infor-
nation from q German manuscript
copied from the Archives of Bern.
which 10 greatly condensed now. but
quite reliable.
\ / feel sure that Regina lived In Vir-
ginia (she did) and not In North Caro-
/ lima, and Trezevant lived and died In
Alabama. lie MAS younger than his
| brother John and sister Nary. Tie
| family lived long at Pleasant Ridge,
0rssns County. Alabama. A few years
back ! had letter from Mrs Regina.
| wife Of General stephen d. Lee. Of
| Mississippi. who 10 . descendant Of
Allan Dc Graffsnrisd. Of Chester. l. e..
inclosing an extract from . letter
J written by Trezevant to his cousin.
Mrs EssgtnA BlswetI Granduasthsr Of
Mrs. Lss. aated April .. 1919.
4 ~1neb0oo@ - Boes On W seSs
senA you. csnssn Regina. q senaAiogy
| Of the De 0rsffsnrisd family. isksn
from Barren d Granenrieds Letter 70
kb son, Christopher. In America. writ
| ten In l13s."
! we have the original letter. also .
copy o. IL. Cor II 10 falling 70 pieces
with AGe.
MIA Less mother, Regina Blswstt.
married Harrison. Of Mississippi.
Allen de Gransnrisd Pxtteson Tiny
great uncle) and Tressvant de Graf
fenrlsd. were Hrst cousins. children OF
= brother and sister Of TschArners
third marriage.
Christopher VI. or Christopher. Jr-.
did not record hts own bireh In our
Bible (which data Is taken from Ger
man manuscript, and ne Was the ."ss
i Of the family In the United States VIII
vas OF foreign birth. Many beiieved
| ana stil have II. that he was lost ~
! sea returning to his native land. cat
his son. Tscharner. records hsS de&tI
at sun rising" giving the exact DATE.
/! Only Mary Bakers marriage 70
Tsoharner and the birth of her seven
children are on record on our oia
! Eible. The dates of Tseharner's two
| last marriages are from the archives
/ II Bern. where a connected history
VI the family was kept for hundreds
OF years. embracing all the naArrtsSe]
names, births and deaths. even 70 s'i-
lateral branches.
| TscharneF's LAST marriage. to Lucre-
tia Robertson. nee Towns. was In i5Ss.
4 Issue. three daughters: Lucfstia.
Ma Benjamin Finney. Catherine jen-
ner. Mrs. Williams Calhoun: aud Nam
cy Nesdham. Mrs. Patrick calhoun.
the husbands Of the last two being
brothers Of John c. Calhoun. Of south
Carolina A very few descendants OF
the hrst named are in Tennessee; OF
the last there are good many IN
Texas. and some of Mrs WILLIAM Cal
| houn's are living In Alabama am
Georgia, one OF them. John TeMpie
, Graves. living in Georgia. OUT former
home.
| Extracts from the baron's letters to
his son. Christopher:
| "Worb We 18th April. i73s.
Dear Son.--I send this that strang.
ers may see that you are descended
from AN honorable and distinguished
| family tho the patents and recon-
lamentations signed by Queen Anne ~
London 70 all the gentlemen Govern
! ors of the English Colonies In America
! show that I have not been q yagab0Dd
or Of middling extraction, which }e
! attested by my own Sovereign.
married, after my travels, at twenty
| two, Lady Regina Tscharner. daughter
of the noble Beat Lewis Tscharper.
Member of the Sovereign Council Of
I. our Commonwealth. His Lady's name
. and also that Of her mother was Mar
/ eueritke Gpdee. also Of an aaeient pa
, trician family, her. father being Great
! Treasurer. Her younger brother, Fran
els Lewis has already his second wife.
The first was Of the famous family
] Daxenhofen. who brought him . son,
! the second Of the De GraHenried fam
/! ily. daughter Of the Lord OF Correage.
Who has brought him tyo Yoa have
married IN English gentIeuoman by
..Whom you have . son, apA as fortune
!, has not favored you a. il did your
ancestors in titles ara wealth, I adj
monish you to bring Up your son In
the fear Of God and put him in the
way Of earning an honorable ,iveii-
hood. May il please the Almighty to
, preserve you and your spouse many
years in perfect peace and in more
prosperity than formerly. May He
bless the soil 81 your new plantation
thar you may be able 10 bring up your
son to whom may God give HIS holy
blessing, that he may live as veil to
your comfort as 70 my own, who am
| hts grandfather and your aRecuonate
father.
CHRISTOPHER
DE GRsFFENRIED."
what belongs to my patents and
papers about Carolina titles and hon.
Or. with medal Of knight and land
srave Of CarolIaa, write you In a
, former tetter. ~ hearty saIutations
10 your sp0t1 and son
worn. ye ,stn Aof!i. LIs:s.
Baron d. Grafcnried ~ss~ made by
Queen Anne a landgraye Of Carolina
, in lIio. He followed with his SWISS
in June; settled New Berne.. On tie
Mouse and Trent Rivers. had untold
difficulties In proviS.ns for the eoIcn-
. lists sp6 encounters with the Indians.
In I'LL. in tie autumn. ne and Sur
yeysf-Geueral lawson. with two negro
servants. went up the Neuse TO explore.
ara were captured by the Tuscarora IN
dams. lawson and h:s servant were
rvt 60 death. as the tribe had a erudrc