The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-29
Len Family

Lea family gencalogy: original lar
a ,Lei came from England about i74o
i75o. moved IN 70 eastern virginia Later.
i t!an' James and John-came over. Chi.
Annie about '' i7s4 v Mho W Wa1rrie &c
James. Jr, John. Luke. Major, Nancy
Luke Lea. Of Tennessee; former H Gs0r
eral Homer Lea. of Los Angeles. Cal.
Nancy Lea married. 1854 Paul IIara,.
SON. or Caswell County N c.
Isabella married Captain John Herr.
don Graves. of Casweii County, N. G.
Luke Lea married, 1859 Eliza heth,
Wilson and moved to Grainger Count,,
Tenn. and is the ancestor Of many ~
me heas In Southern .States.
our correspondent thinks the family.
came from John de Lea, of Lea Haii
GGheshLire. England, about iioo9ons
setting; first, i'll Wilmington. Del. lateI.
IN phiin 4delphia- My grandfather claimed
w WEE i rnnt; Leas (Henry c. Leal
able TO trace it, - ASeiA
20 M mother Gorrespondent gives a req
Pears 10 be the same John Lea. Lea
HAD. but he carries record back to Sir
KoDert Lea, Knight of Bruston and
l5O4-5;, Sheris. 3uches, 1871; GantIe.
man OK I,riyy Chamber to Henry Viii.
coyp, eo;eIca' %, or course. is to make my
settlement OF James. William and John
in in I iand N.Y. virginia. about 174o: find
Lea. Book 3. years 1862 to 1856. para
81, 900 acres in Charles CITY Co,nfy
va. This is too early. according to nv
also Is find a William Lea Book 25,
same 10 name an aS 30 acres Page a55 Again,
acres, page PA. King and Queen Sou ioa
~, va, December 6. l7l4. then maybe
-, tcs ,o or James. or he may have been
o emr eph o., Wiliiam Lea Records show
England. Tradition is, there we're sew
erai prothers who came over to Viz
| spelling from Lea TO Leigh and Lee.
There Is a Virginia family (as. Of
course ecu, y%n know smelling il Leigh in
EaStern Virginia now.
should appreciate any information
!yS, might give me towards making
TINS English connection.
T. 81 also have a family brancn
record that shows Luke Lea cominr
S Scot frpm E ;Is and II l7as (oorn il
the Luke Lea who married Elizabeth
Wilson in Casweil County, n. G., in
l554 These Eeas may ali have come
Einia can't tell whether Luke, Sr..
was q son or brother OF James, Sr.
thanking YOU L am; Yours.
1921 Grove Avenue, Richmond. Va.
Note.,-My grandfather's brother
daughter or Elizabeth Randolph and
David Meade, OF Virginia
Queries and Answers.
reader wishes to know the
parents of the Texas pioneer, william
y. Wallace, known as Big Foot" Wall
lace, and the names of his brothers and
sisters and their wives and husbands
We will be glad to insert this inforSa
nation.
\ few Sundays ago We published N
short article on tho Dabbs family.
Dahbs unfortunately was spelled Dobb5
instead of Dabbs.
WinEhcId.
For Wingneld. sec Woods History
OF Albemarle County
George Mason, son OF Lemuel Masorx
married Phillis, daughter OF Peter Hobs
son, and had Frances. who married
John Fhripp, aud had John, Mathew
and Ann Phripp. Ann Phripp married
stephen Wright. of Norfolk, and had
Frances Wright. Frances Wright mar.
red Richard Rlow. of Portsmouth, and
had Colonel George BLOW, Of Susscx
County, Va. who married Eliza Waller,
OF williamsburg, and had Mary Blow.
who married Bushrod Washington
Hunter. These are +. u. V. No. -. g
Who were the parents OF Catherine
Garter OF ESSEX County. who married
Thomas Wood? y -
Mrs, l.. j. w. regrets to inform III. -
NJ. that she cannot anawep her QuarS n