The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19

lows was formerly purchased by ono :
-- Booth. of the Queen Of the Pamun-
KEYS. and after whose death the said
land was granted 10 his son. Robert
Booth by an order Of Assem- bly bear I
ing date April %. 1879. and by the SAID
Robert Booth assigned TO Mark Wdrk- 7
man, and by the said Warkman as
signed to Captain Francis Page
IL appears from Henings Statutes,
Vol y d 27e. that Captain Francis
Page. in some way conveyed 90 Eliza
beth Bray, wife Of David Bray or
possibly 90 Colonel David BRAY VINO
conveyed to his wife. Elizabeth an
interest IN this property. AT any raw
in l73O PamDatike had passed from
Captain Francis Page 20 Mann Page,
subject TO the life estate OF EtiNen'tn
Bray. wife OF Colonel David Bray lh
whose possession II was at that tlme.
At the death OF Mann Page. ne py
will, left Pampatike to carter rug
and if me- died without male issue. 70
his brothers and sister in turn. he ul'u
without issue. ar did Elizabeth bray
before l7A and Pampatike was theh
vested in Mann Page. JI., son OF Mann
Page. and brother Of Carter faec-
The act here cited IN Henlng statues
authorizes young Mann Page 10 sell
PampatIke along with other properly
to pay his fathers debts. In i'f4
Mann Page. Jr.. owned Pampatlke-
Pampatike was therefore. according 10
these proofs originally an lhuidh
settlement. The Queen OF the Pamuh-
KEYS conveyed 10 TO Booth who ieft
il TO his son. Robert Booth. VINO con-
veyed 1t 70 Francis Page
Now Francis Page died 1892 leaving
one daughter. Elizabeth. who married
her cousin. John Page. about lfOl- ana
died in 1902. She was not chldless, a.
Mr. Charming Page announces on
- tfa D1.ns
an infant daughter VINO married
David Bray. (See her tombstone no
Rruton Church, with arms OF bray
and Page) Francis Page then lelt
Pampatike TO his daughter Elizabeth
for life. as she did not take d fee simple
under the laws of primogenitufe a. ne,
deah to her daughter. Mrs paNiu
Bray for life only. and for the same
reason which applied so her mother.
and at her death il passed 10 the Oldest
son of Francis Pages brother. Maine"
page. who was Mann Page. ST. Mann
Page. ST., left IL TO his son. carter
Page. and Carter Page. dying without
issue. left Pampatike 10 Mann Page
Jr. who. by consent of the House OF
Burgesses. sold it TO pay his father
debts, and 1t was then bought by Charles
Carter. of shirley. who bequeathed
il to his son Robert, of Pampatlke
and Shirley Carter Page died un-
married and left Pampatike 10 the
oldest son of his brother Nann-Mann
Page. Jr-and he sold it to pay his
fathers debts.
The first Mann Page built the old
Castle of Roosevelt. and the Page for
tune became crippled by this archi-
tectural extravaganza and the second
Mann inherited those debts and went
furthe in-untIl mis- son sold Pampatlke
to help to pay them. =
nf r-f
cousin to the second Mann Page of
Roosevelt Mann Page. the first. mar
ried Judith the third child of the
King whose eldest brother. John. was
the first Carter of Shirley. and the faith {
or of Charles Chralee Carter, of ShiT-
lev. became owner of Pampatike. and
IL may be that he had made loans TO
the Pages and took Pampatike in pay {
rnent This was day of security upon !
land.
Charles Carter bought adjacent to I
Pampatike 'Wesieys' and the college (
lot and left to HObert 2,29o acres Oh
land.
Robert bought Goodwin's Island with !
the proceeds of the sale of Hickory Hill j
lie left Pampatike to his son. Thomas
Nelson Carter. who died intestate. ana
then Pampatike passed to Thomas II !
Carter. c. Shirley Carter William Page /
Garter and Mary Carter Buckner
He left TO Robert Carter money. The
land was partitioned-Wiilidm =. Car
ter and Mary Carter Buckner taking
their share together. and Thomas HI
and c. Shirley took the eastern por-
ton of Pampatike together Thomas
H bought c. ShirIey's share At his
death this portion OF Pampatike de /
scended to his CHI ildren. Thomas | I
Carter. Spencer l.. Carter. Juliet Carter /
Lee and Anne Carter Duianey-
Pampatike was always owned by I
people Of distinction. not excepting
the Queen of the Pamunkeys. whose i
elaborate crown, presented to nm by I
Charles the Second may be seen at the 7
Virginia Historical Society to-day She /
was in a way connected with the Car /
tiers. for her gallant husband. Toto I
potomoi fought with Edward Hill /
near Bloody Run, in Richmond and 1
the Indians routed them The English /
King gave the widow of TOtOpOtomOoi /
a crown for his assistance crown Z
with only the significance of gratitude .
Edward Hill then owned Shirley and /
was the ancestor of John Carriers wife, I
Elizabeth Hill. and. Of course, OF Rob /
ert the master of Pampatike- Rob 4
ert Garter OF Pam patike. married Mary
Nelson. of yorktown. Thomas Nelson .
Carter his son, married first Juliet I
Muse Gaines, and secondly Miss /
Page Thomas II. Carter. of Pampa- !
tike. married Miss Susan II. Roy. of I
Green Plains. Mathews County. Va /.
Her father was william Roy, of J
Green Plains: her mother, Miss Anne /
Seldom. of Fredericksburg. Her grand !
mother was Lucy Jones. who married 1
George Wythe Booth. son of George I
Booth ard Mary Wythe Mason, son of
Nordecai Booth and Joyce Arnistead. I
son of Thomas Booth and Mary Cooke. /
daughter of old Mordccai Cooke. of
Gloucester
Joyce Armistead was daughter OF
William Armistead and Anna Lee 7
Anna Lee was daughter of Hancock /
Lee and Mary. daughter OF William I
Kendall. Hancock Lee was son Of 1
Richard Lee. the American ancestor I
of the family which produced Robert I
r.. Lee. William Armistead was son OF /
John Armistcad. Of Hesse the cogn-
cilor
Through her anccstress. Lucy Jones }
Susan n Roy Carter was descended I
from the Todds. Of Toddsbury. Thomas .
Todd OF TOddsbury. married Ann 4
Gorsuch whose father. Rev. John 4
Go-Eugb WAS rector OF WalknOlru j