The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-21

OF Clanwiliiam; died 1907. His brother
is I6) Arthur Vescy (Meadel. tltCh earl
OF Clanwilliam; born 1873. tho present
Earl and a sitting member OF tho
British House OF Lords
To tho Editor Of Tho Times Dispatch.
Sir--can you. or any of your read.
ers' give me amy Information pertain
Ing TO Joseph Goodwin and his family.
OF Nanscmond County. He was i,,stico
Of the peace in that county In 1910.
Can you offer any suggestions how I
may trace the family. Thanking you
Tor any information. I am,
Yours very truly,
MRS. c.
November Il. 1913.
Memphis. Tenn october IS, 1918.
10 the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
without having tho :aintcst desire
to join the distinguished society of tho
r. v" descendants. rise to in
quirc why, OH why. you have omitted
Ensign William Spens Cor SPENCE.
Gent. who came TO Virginia with
me First supply" in zoos. in the ship
nhoeniX. as mentioned by Captain
smith Ralph Iamor and John Rolfe.
.ihmor calls him the first farmer in
virginia AN honest, valiant and an
industrious man. and hath continued
from 1907 to this present" $50.
iotlcn records as living In James
island In Virginia, Tom Spence, Ux
Spence lnfans Spence. sara Spence"
| Spence was burgess for James City in
: Ioi", ana Tor Mulberry Island in 1923
and as 'EnsiGn William Spence. Cent"
! Is mentioned as on the first Virginia
jury list August >, 1920, In tho "tryalr'
| OF two men for killing n calf and
eating it, for which one of the men was
sentenced 10 death. Autres temps,
iutrcS moeurS, alas,
Now, ] know YOU viii bring up that
amongst the Last at James Cittie" In
~" we're William Spence and Mrs.
spence but Alexander Brown In his
have meant death, but captivity
amongst the Indians. In any event.
that does not account for "Infans
Spens.' Also. the Virginia Historical
Magazine april, 1911. p. 1920 mentions
that William Spenc. OF James City.
twelve acres In James City, "a mar
row ridge across Goose HILL In 1924,
which was a year after the Indian
Massacre.
! In 1893 one Of the Viewers of To-
bacco from Lownes Greek to Dogs
Island" was William Spence GIonning,
and Virginia Historical magazine, Vol.
! ., p. 300, ana William Spence ac-
I qutred land on Nomini, in Wcstmorc-
land. in 1858 and 1863.
/ Patrick Spens or Spence. OF West
moreland tborn 1888. will appraised
I March &c, 16S9), was foreman of the
! jury which, August 20. 1917. assessed
the value OF losses of Major Allcrton
during Bacons Rebelllon.-William and
Mary Quarterly. Vol ., p. 4S).
] | don't know whether Patrick was
or WAS not son Of William. but his
, land was also at Nomini. and he was
certainly one OF my remote grand
fathers, 80 ! want to put him amongst
/ the +. +. V. descendants where my
inner consciousness assures ME ho
belongs, though his daughter. Ellinor,
married Andrew Monroe, and you sniff
at the Monroe claims to being OF the
inner circle of Colonial gentlemcn.
/ Notwithstanding. l notice that the Will
! liam and Mary Quarterly remarks. in
Vol. 4. p. ga, that the Inference that
the Monroes We're low In the social
scale Is incorrect their ancestors
were justices and officers of militia,
had respectable estates and owned
many slaves" They were also MEM
bcrs OF church vcstry. who according
to Bishop Meade, were the ruling men
of the parishes-the men of property
and education" (All this par parcn
/ thcse)
BE that as II may. that Andrew Mon
roe and Ellinor Spence Cor Spens) had
a daughter, Ellinor Monroe, who mar
ricd my rcat-great- REORGANIZATION, DR..
James Bankhead August IS, 1898, as
recorded in family Bible.
Now please give Ensign William a
place in your record. and oblige
y SPENCE COR SPENS) DESCEND
! ANT.
! lThis is "a pretty story but no au-
3 thcntic account has ever been made OF
the descendants OF Ensign William
Spens. He may or may not have had
any
/ 1914
TO the Editor OF the Genealogical
Column:
The articles on the Taylors. appear
| iI.g in the Richmond The Times-Dis-
patch, are of great interest to me. and
am so eager for you to publish other
! Taylor records including that OF the
George Taylor who was Il justice from
| Eichmohd County. Va, and mem
Der OF the Assembly In 1909; his Will
| was dated 1905. Ho married Susan
nah --. and they were tho parents
! OF Martha Taylor who married Ed
| mond Gaines who died in 1TtI--
/ grandparents OF Daniel Gaines. who
married Mrs. Mony CO Doyle So far.
| | have found no relation between
James Taylor. who married Martha.
/ Thompson. Please do what you can TO
/ help me.
| The George Taylor, son OF James
/ Taylor and Martha Thompson, mar
| ricd, first. Rachel Gibson; second,
Mrs Sarah Taliafcrro Conway. This
| is III answer to a query appearing III
! Your columns. Am inclosing a letter
to y c. Kedd. whose query appeared
in the issue of october IS, asking that
/ you will Kindly address IL and mail it
10 him. Thanking YOU in advance for
/ your kindness.
Sincerely
MRS. q. II. PETTIGREW.
| $40 West Fifth Avenue, Pine Bluf,
| Ark
October IS, 1918.
To the Editor OF the Genealogical
Column:
In your issue Of January $. 1905.
I you gave a short genealogical record