The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-16

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lna '"rH'. s.a" ann or.ru.t.tu. :tuu tts
aid irou HE G0vcruVi nit nos, am
q" prove this" NJ, .roui ..rcat-
ndm"lhcr waS born .iizabtth fiow.
'.'' Aarr'cd James polltt and went
Z" sussex County. nel She was born,
'0ut LAB 10y all uy search can
only Hnd one Elizabeth to suit this
Gaze. Md she was daughter OF Eusti,,
toward. who died in MlddlescN county.
va, 90 Ills son John teldesp mar.
'ei A'"Iy Preston and Went TO Ken
NNNhF Ills son EuStiCc served i'm the
,Liny from l15S-S0. ana received land
mere nc won't after this do not
know" only surmisc The son Robert
went 20 the Shenandoah Valley, was
lieutenant In Revolution. and was
'Iken prisoner at Long Island and
PiAeed ON prison ship where he died
fiitS son Went to sussex County, Del.
aud was there 1870.
i.ustce Howard. who died 17+5. mar.
rled Euth Davis in MiddIcsex County
Wy iamtly intermarried with the pa
WIS family. which makes my claim seen,
stronger $500
In New York records it is claimed
mat Francis Howard. Governor. before
ne received his title. commanded a
iriSate and frequently visited Mr.. Law
renee family on Long Island. and
that he married Lawrence ToyypIv,s
sister Dorothea Townley have found
deeds IN Virginia records where Law
rene" Townley left land to his grand
ChiihFeh' so hc may have lived I'm
Nirsinia and his sister Dorothy may
haNc "led soon after marriage and lef,
chiidrcn III his care The New Yor,,
descendants claim that Francis How
ara and Dorothy were married in chris,
church. New York. but tho record.
were destroyed by fire
Ihere was an EuStice Crimes I'm Mid
uteseN county 1850 Francis Howard
IINcd IN Aliddlesex County with the
W ormleys. Some books saw that
Francis Howard had three sons other
books say two.
FRANCIS Howard married Philadel
Ph'a i'eiham 1913, and she died 1886. In
recent Virginia Historical Magazine
volume II. page 32i. is this July $50.
Ieso' London Gazette, London, Juno so:
Inns day came into the river the shin
6arnaby. from Virginia. having or,
pp;'I" the BODY OF the Right Honor
"pic' the Lazy Howard of Eftinghaui.
WHO d'cd IN Virginia, and OF her ell
dcst daughter. Mrs. Margaret Howard
VINO Hlcd IN her passage hitler. both
Whtch are to be inferred at Lyngtleld
IN Surry, among the ancestors of thar
nobie family. This ship left Nv Lord
toward very we'll recovered of his I.ta
StcNheSS now. marrying in 1913. Fran
cis Howard could scarcely have q son
on enough TO marry by Philadclpbi,
ieiuatn' ana this would Indicate a pre-
'lous marriage; and rs the husband
~ MA Saret Is not mentioned, he must
nave deceased. What do YOU thinkP
In South Carolina records 7 hnd mis-,
~ commissioner was appointed In
| i.lo 10 try the captured pirates in
/ charleston :. C.. one of the nssis
tant Judges was Captain Thomas How
ard commander OF His Majest.o's Shin.
The Shorcham. This might have been
tho Governors son.
tease pardon prolixity. II YOU can
throw any light on this question |
would be thankful
Respectfully,
MRS. II. w. NAYLoR
Editor Genealogical Column:
sill was much Interested in thu
! fo"ell notes of October IL also
i note your offer to print any Other. data
! OF thnt family. II each Powell viii
contribute what ne or she has, we un
doubtedly could help each other. Per
mn mo to give what little know
AopihE others Will do the same Mi
zen DAYS ago / read this: "Of all tho
knights whose fame is told in sorxc and
story. none were more valorous than
tho little cavalcade OF pioneers headed
by Co!ohcls Patton and Buchannou
under the direction or DR.. Thol.as
walker who in l749 explored South
| west Virginia and Kentucky and named
rivers and mountains. giving. as his
| tory tells us. the first pure English
names bestowed on this section OF the
country TO these brave men belong
the distinction or being tho FIRST white
men who ever set foot In Kentucky''
| In summers History OF Southwest
/ Virginia" ind n portion of tile diary
/ or Or. Thomas Walker. He says:
u left my home at 10 o'clock on tho
9th day of March, 1749. in company
/ with Colby Chew Ambrose Powell
William Tomlinson and a few others
each on horseback. We spent tho frst
night at Colonel Joshua Fry's house.
ia Alhemarle County" etc our dogs
reused a buck elk. which killed Mr.
/ foweiIs dog Tumbler and Just here
We came 10 stream which we named
| Tunblers Creek for the dog
| "on our trip we killed hfty-thres
! tSS) bears. eight tS) elks. twenty 900
deer forty 'i0) geese. thirteen lS)s
buHaloes and one hundred and dfty'
/ '''"' 'urhcNS, besides much Snali
game. We returned TO my house al
noon on tho 18th Of March"
| Th"y evidently had some sport on
| mus trip, along with their rough work
/ Ihc mountain range between Viz
gina and Kentucky they named Powell
MouHtaln, for Ambrose Powell The
same book, page so, says:
I'm l77p an exploring party. called
The twenty Virginia Hunters" found
! on tho banks OF Il river a large oak
tree on which were cut A. r. which
they knew were for Ambrose Powell
ana they named the stream and beau
t!Iui valley Powell River and Powell
Valley. Ambrose Powell was born SEN
temheT S. l7I3; died September 8, 17Ss;
married March 10 1852 to Mary Bled
soe' daughter Of Captain William Blcd-
soc or orange County. Va. and had
Two sons aud two daughters His
Laihcr was William Powell. his grand
rather benjamin Powell, OF one OF the
tower counties OF Virginia, not very
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