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ways asked to have prayers whether
at noon or evantide. morning or night
The Bible WINS handed him, and hc
read and prayed, and was then re-
called by cake and cherry bounce-the
| CLINT OF the red beverage through tho
slender Shelly glasses had peculiar
beauty. The Shelly ladies could not
stand innovations. and ono day, when,
! the choir of old Abingdon sung tho
responses In the ante-cUmmunion SER
wee, they rose from their kneeS, and
after service reproved the choir, which
did not dare to repeat the offense. In
course OF time they passed on to thei
reward, but they could never be for
gotten.
Mrs. Griffith, the last owner or
Shelly, left It TO her nephew, Richard
Mann Page. and his widow and chill
dren sim live there. The original
house burned, and another house is
on the site. The box bushes OF
shelly arc remarkable, and only
epualled by those OF Tuckuhoe and
Castle Hin. One group OF them make
| together With branches overlapping
for the roof.
In 1912 John Jones. Sr., took up
land on the York, whether above or
below Shelly ana Roosevelt we can
not say. He married Martha Iron
monger. who came over With her
cousin. Mrs, Anna Bernard. John
Jones had n son. John. and here the
story cndeth. These Joncs's were In
no way connected with the later
| families of Jones in Gloucester.
Mrs. Anne Corduroy BERNARD was
born 10 1912. and died In 1870 She
married in England and came over
with her husband in 1862. Her hus-
band died and she became rich. and
lives IN history as woman who did
things even In the seventeenth CEN
fury. She had one daughter, Anne,
who married John Smith. OF Purton.
These Smiths, OF Purton. were ances-
tors OF Smiths of Shooters Hill.
Each family holds It's head very
high Mrs Anne Bernard lived at
Purton, and It went to her daughter,
Mrs. Smith. John Smith lived first at
Warwick county, and removed to
Gloucester probably when he married.
Anne Bernard. His servant Berken-
head exposed the conspiracy OF the
servants to kill their masters in tho
neishborhood of Purton, and for his
fidelity gained his freedom and 5000 K
pounds of tobacco besides. and 1t was
ordered that tho 18th OF September
tthc day appointed by the slaves for
the inRurrection) "bc annually kept
holy 1t was a great way OF these
old people to have Thanksgiving for
dclivcrances OF any Kind. And the
first annual thanksgiving in this
country was given In Virginia after
the Massacre of 1922. As years went
on-the Thansgiving day yielded to
Christmas day In the South as
festival---whle in New England 1t
was the day OF the year.
John Smith, OF Purton. was Lieu
nt-Colonel in 1874. and In that
year lie was agent for Mr.. Richard
Tyler, OF London. who had lands IN
Gloucester. YirSinian lands then
were evidently used for Enslishmen
for speculative purposes. Shame to
say II never has been proved that he
was the father of John (cj Smith. OF
Purton. who died in 1898, but II would
seem SO The children of John Smith (2) B
OF Pnrton. were John (s) vino mar
ricd Mary Warner In 1850: Meldrcd (3) y
born the Goth Of February 1872, "it
being Monday. and quarter before
nine in tho morning." Mary (3) born
goth OF April, 1854. about ] o'clock in
the morning. 1t being Tuesday. John;
ta) born 18th jelly, 1885, about t:I5
In the morning. 1t being Saturday,
Augustine Smith born 10th juno
1853. about IL o'clock ut night, It be-
Ing on n Thursday. Elizabeth .(3pta
Smith, was bornr25th OF May. 1890, &it9
being Sunday, abpu, s O'clock in the
evening. Phillip t3> born the LIST OF
June 1926, ats2I5 In the 'norntnA
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