The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
First Families of Virginia..

ciety founded By Wisconsin wonan)
only admits the descendants OF those
who came TO Virginia before 1920. In
way. this society Is a heavy blow to
tradition. When one thinks OF r. p
VS. one hears the names Randolph.
DiEgcs. Byrd. Ambler. LudweIi. Lee.
Burwcll, Page. Boiling. Nelson. Corbn
ana many others who burgconed tn the
late and middle seventeenth century.
who lowered spicndidly in the cigh
tcenth century, kept on blooming i'm
inc nineteenth century, and. though
shaken by terrific storms. even to-day
put forth some green shoots Alas.
Mr.. Byrd and MIR Diggcs! YOUR de
scendants can't crawl into this latest
edition or the +. +. V. When we be-
gan this investigation OF Il hackneyeti
subject. we really feared that this
late T. +. V. could not muster n cor
porals guard, but we have found good
~ numbers who can join ii they
choose.
In our paper of last Sunday. we
confidently announced that the de-
! scendants Of Mr.. John Roite and the
Lady Pocahontas were +. +. VS.. No
We ourselves and also the greatest
| virginia geaealogists had come to that
| conclusion. We were pretty sure but
as we remarked in our last letter. we
are doing this thing carefully. scien-
tihcallE, and NC are obliged TO reveal
things OF which we had not dreamed.
II is inst like election returns First
news: John Jones leads by 10000
votes: next news: billy Smith has
reduced John Joncss votes by 5000"
but before one knows it. the latest
and most unassailablc returns place
BILLY Smith away In the lead and he
is proclaimed representative from the
Fifth District. and John Jones was to
! come down: or 1t is like n spelling
| class-Sarah Jane in ahead to-day. but
! tomorrow Mary Ann knows how TO
spell Sihyl and Sarah Jane don't. and
| Mary Ann steps head. trying in vain
! to conceal the satisfaction which
/ breaks over her radiant little face
/ 1t is just so with our +. +. VS. Last
Sunday we knew Savage" was first
and Rolfc was second. to-day Mr.. John
! Proctor cuts up. and Mr.. John Rolre
| has got to get off the perch on which
| he has so sercncly sat for 800 years.
( lie has been regarded with much sat
! isfaction by his descendants and Others
| as the second family, but the time
| has come for him to come down ana
| Mr.. John Proctor to step up above
| him. Who ever heard OF John Proctor
!
but this nor r. T. V. does not bother
about Burgesses, councillors. Gov
errors or such, it only concerns itself
with those descended from n man Cor
woman. | suppose who settled here
| before 1920. Mr.. John Proctor came
| in 1907, not in the class with Thomas
| Savage, but almost. Mr.. John Proctor
| came over in the Sea Venture in 1901.
/ and his wife, Alice. came in the
| George in 1921. Mr.. Proctor received
grants in Henrico County, but after
the massacre. ne lived IN Surry Coun-
| ". near jamestown. II IS thought
that he was in England ut the time
! OF the massacre OF 1872. for IL is re-
corded that Mistress Proctor, proper,
/ civil, modest gcntlcwoman held out
against the Indians tin pcrtorce the
/ English officers forced her and all
[ them with her to 90 with them or
! they would fire her house themselves. n s
the salvages did when they were gone, m
| whose despight they had kept ii and
what they had, month or three
| weeks after the massacre, which was
! to their hearts grief beyond com
! parison TO lose all they had in that
manner. only to secure others plea
! SurcS."
I The Proctors, OF Surry. are descend
/ ed from John. of COZ. and his brave
| wife. In l624 Thomas Proctor. citizen
and habcrda shcr of London. mentions
! in his Will his brother, John Proctor.
Not much can we ind OF the Proctors.
| but all who are descended from John
/ may be called the second OF the Il. +.
VS.. lie goes up next
George Proctor. OF Surry. probably
Il grandson OF John, was one OF Ma
! thanicl Bncon's followers and Joshua
Proctor and John Proctor We're mem
! bers OF the Surry militia in 1857. In
4 he h,
! William Byrd was presented by Mrs
Maria Byrd and proved bY the oaths
of William Proctor and William Stith.
| The County Of Surry made known
their grievance in the seventeenth
century, and George Proctor and Tho
mas Busby signed them. Imbcded in
the records OF Surry County is the rec
/ ord of these Proctors. They never did
| anything very colossal, but they were
J excellent citizens---magis trates, She
RIMS. members OF the militia-and their
descendants might come into the So
cety of Colonial Danes under the
head OF Historic Founders"
All Senealogics. worth anything
owe their existence to the sclf-sacr-
flee OF some member of Il family With
I out money and without price he gives
with much energy and endurance into
original records. picks out all those of
his name, CLASHES them and often
makes OF them a valuable genealog
ical work Would that we could go
down to Surry and do this for the
Proctors. But. as we can't. we shall
have to wait and hope that some
Proctor may do it for Any day
that such a transcribed record OF
family No. is sent us we will take
much pleasure in publishing il.
CONTINUED Next SundayD
Our faithful correspondents. even
though they are not in the hrst chap
ter OF the r. +. V. must not be Gisrc-
garded. and we publish the following
interesting notes. even though they
treat OF those who are not in the class
with the Savages and proctors:
Brooke, TalInferro, pollard. Jones.
Robert Cd Brooke born 1858 jus
tice ESSEX County 1859. married Cath
crime. daughter OF Humphrey ana Mar
saret tunderwood) Booth Ter sister.
Elizabeth Underwood (widow OF Fran
els Slaughter), married John Cauett,
| died 1870. the immigrant. Issue
Robert 60 Brooke knight OF the
4 Ion