The Washington herald., 1914-10-11
A. CORNER IN. ANCESTORS.
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try in ieae, The name Lee Is also some
times spelled Lea.
To N. B., who asks for Information
about the McNutt family:
The only reference have been able to
discover 70 the McNutt family Il In The
McGavock Family" by the Rev.. Robert
Gray. The book was published by w. Z.
Jones. OF Richmond. Va, In 1soa See
pages q, 56-5& Alexander Gallatin Nc
Mutt. governor Of Mississippi was born
in Rockbridge County. Va, in 1o01. but
have been unable to fnd the name Of his
parents
To H. J. G., who asks for help in get
ting complete records Of the Gleason fam
lily IN America.
It would be impossible to publish any
thing like a complete record OF the
Gleason family In this column. as there
Is a great deal OF available material on
the subject. For a complete list see
''MunseIl's Index TO American Geneal-
gies," lso0-os.
To Mrs. T. B. l., who asks for in
formation about the Mccarthy or Nc
carty family-"one OF this family" says
this correspondent, married Lima or
Sarah Ball. a sister Of George Wash
| ington's mother"
The member Of the Mccarthy family
who married into the Ball family was
Dennis Mccarthy, who married Sarah
| Ball. Sarah Ball was not, however, 4
sister of Washlngton's mother. To ex-
plain the connection Of the Mccarthy,
| Ball, and Washington family, II Is neees-
sary to recall that the founder of the
Virginia Balls was Col. william Ball.
who come to this country in 1851 He
married Hannah Atherald. and had three
children, William, Joseph. and Hannah.
william, Of the second generation of
Balls, married Margaret Raleigh. and
had eight sons, one OF whom, william,
had six children, the third Of whom was
Sarah Ball. born rome time between
100 and 17O5. who married, nrst, Dennis
Mccarthy. as above mentioned, and,
second. Abram Barnes.
The second son Of Col William Ball,
the first settler, and his wife, Hannah
| Atherald Joseph, as above mentioned.
married, first, a Miss Rogers, by whom
he had one son, Joseph, and, second, q
Widow Johnson. by whom he had five
daughters. They were Hannah, who
married Raleigh Travers: Anne, whn
married Col. Edwin Conway; Esther,
who married Raleigh Chin; Elizabeth,
who married Rev. Carnegie, and Mary,
who married washington's father
The McCarthys are a very distinguished
family in the Southern States and In Ire
are a few more exalted or ancient Celtic
families. They occupied the position 81
Kings Of Desmond Of Cork In the twelfth
century Cormac More had a son. Daniel
who was known as Mccarthy More. and
his descendant was created Earl Of Clan.
lcare by Queen Elizabeth in 1855. He died
without legitimate male issue so the
family fortune was passed to the Herbert
family and the title, Earl Of Claneare
became extinct The founder Of the fam
Ily in Virginia was one Dennis Mac
carty, or Maccartie, or Macartagh, a:
Ibis name was variously spelled. Tradi'
ton had IL that he was exiled from the
British Isles by the treaty Of Limerick
tradition also had II that he was thu
Earl OF CIancarty in disguise. but this II
probably without foundation. More like
liy he was the head Of q younger illus
trious family Of Mccarthy. However, h
bore the coat-of-arms and crest OF tn
house of. Mccarthy. They are as follows
Argent. a stag trippant gules attired ant
unRuIed or. Crest a dexter arm coupeS
above the elbow. erect cloaked with mai
argent and hand holding up new newI az q,
proper Motto: Foru ct hedi nihil all
icle.
To A. L. G-G. who asks for informa
ton about the Hathorne family. Tn
Hathorne family in this country trace
descent to William Hathorne and Sarah
his wife. OF Benheld, Berkshire. Eng
: land. His son, william, was borne II
1907. and in 1880 he came with his wife
Anne, from England with Winthrop Il
the 'sArabella-" He settled at Dorches
: ter, Mass. William had eight children
: one Of whom was Mai. William ant
, one Capt John, both OF whom serve
vaIiantly in the Indian wars Capt
William Hathorne, a son Of Maj. Will
: lam Hathorne. served even more Illus
= triously in the wars with the Indians
! The descendants OF these early patriot
are not numerous but they are found Il
! various parts of the country.
4 To c. S. B. who asks for Information
r about the Sargent family. There seer
4 to have been two distinct Sergeant fam
! lilies in New England at an early &C
3 lonial date One, and probably tn
larger of these. was founded by the la
5 preacher, William Sargent. He trace
D., his descent from Hugh Sargent. Q
s Courteenhall, Northampton. England
l. His son, Robert. was mayor Of his hom
4 city in 1876. Roberts son was William
- who was born in 1902 He came to thi
4 country in 1888 as a lay preacher and
s missionary to the Indians. He settle
r at Marshfield. Mass. His son. John, sci
tied at Maiden, Mass, and from hiI
n many of the name in this country trac
( descent
e Another first settler Of the name wa
y William, who was born in England
/, 1902 and came to America. settling !
|, Ipswich. He. was the son Of Richar
a Sargent, an officer in the English royt
= navy.
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