The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-15
Dobbs-CurtiS.

terested reader Of The CT" Tmss gI bi sp tel,
it fruitful source of Information. II
have recently been engaged in some re-
searches concerning my own and sew
with which 1 herewith submit few
queries
/. In your issue of December 90, 1903.
nnp nps,y reply 70 query submitted
cember Il, 1903, IN which il is stated
mat an Interesting, article in Tho
gave an account of Joseph Dobbs, tho
imm!Eranl. aud ancestor of the family
W Nirf MA; e tt,. ~ ann direct
greatly disappointed in not being ablo
70 locate said article In the first place,
patch on October 20, 1903. that being ~
t7ispatch was not issued on Monday, \
search through the whole series OF
papers for October, 1908. was Without
success. THIS article must have APP
peared in some number OF The Tines
been any reference to 1t. Have YOU any
means by which YOU can locate the ar
lcie iu question, and so inform me?
Mary G. Dobbs of Halifax Comfy
Va. married Edmund Ennis, or caro-,
line County. Va. They were my grand
parents The, said Mary g. Dobhs was
county. whose widow became the third
wife or the celebrated Baptist divine,
pr. j. u. Jeter.,
60 There has been considerable con
Thomas Cary 90, Thomas 50. Thomas
CD, Of Magpio swamp Miles t1) (tho
emlGranD. The confusion no doubt re-
suits from, the similarity OF The names
curtis and Custis. According to tha
article on the Cary family, which APP
reared in tho Richmond Critic. this
In abstracts of Wills published in Wiz
gina County Records" Vol Ill. tho
n name App, 2ppears a! rs Edmnnd Gusts, IN
october Ii, 1905, In referring to the
VIII Of the said Thomas Cary. the mama
nppGars in one place as Edmund Curtis.
while IN another place IL is given as
Edmund Gusts. II will be noted that
none of the above references gave the
hrSt name Of the daughters OF Thomas
cary %, who married Edmund Curtis
In my opinion there is little doube
1hat me name of his on-in-law was
Il grandson and great granddaughter,
of Edmund Curtis. OF York (or War
Wickl COUNT, Va. who knows that 10
Va one OF his daughters was named
Anne Cary Curtis.
What seems to me to he the clearest
statement on this point certainly the
most specific, appeared in The Times
Dispatch or April II. l904 in an articiss
furnished by a resident OF Mauches-
ar In this article It Is stated that
County. made his VIII IA 1890, in which
ne mentions his two sons. william and
Niles, and his daughter Annie, who
married Edmund Curtis.
Would il he possible Tor YOU to pue
me tn touch with this resident of Mau-
chester?
(The viii OF the said Edmund Cur 5
It's. dated when hogan this
sentence, thought that had the
dates in my pocket, bat md that / bayfs 8
not I viii furnish you with the names
of his children later. though, should
YOU so DESIRE ~
Can YOU give rio any ;ntormatinna4
concerning tho ancestors OF the said
Edmund Curtis? y have been unable 10 +.
connect him with The emiCrant Thopas
Curtis. who was ths ancestor OF RieA
Curtis.
! trust that YOU VIII nardon fha
Voluminousncss of these queries, IN
return for any couctcsies that faeesS
may receive ut your hands, ! siiati Bsss
pleased, IL YOU so drsiru. 10 Supply for
your Genealogical Coluntn some ainai,,
ines which gathered from spnc OF A.. q 3
musty ana much nutilateit rarords Sf "
Caroline County, Va, While SSfss 9aff N
viait 10 my cid homo IN sf3ow Ling Y.
Green last su,Dner O. a; n, 3 w
tInqutrloa c,,n oiils BE afiSws rkts IS II sl
the cokmns Of thI5 tispaStment<i rs