The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-19

! We hope that all Of our readers no
ticcd the letter OF tho founder Of the
~. L. VS." printed ii, this colum last
sunday. First, beg to assure every
I body that meant no discourtcsy by
| our announcement that tho ~. T. VS."
woro founded by a wisconsin wom-
an We are fond of the word won
am aud If ii man or woman does not
} come from Virginia. he or sho might
az well come from Wisconsin as any
where else Indeed. az far as an opin-
ion can DO made at this distance, we
have high regard for wisconsin.
Then We are accused OF treating the
IF l.. VS." lightly. Heaven How
could such mistake be made We
I have never treated anything so seri-
ousiy We have never worked so hard
! over anything; and If the word of this
I editor IS not sufficient. please ask the
Virginia Historical Society and tho
1 state Library Uneasy Is tho head
that lneddlcs with Geneaiogy. for 1t
shall DO wounded In tho house Of It's
| friends-ic 1t does not say what they
expect it to say"
Wo arc very sorry to have even for
moment offended anybody. and we
should be delighted to print In this
/ column q list of AL the members OF
tho -. T. VS." and tho especial limo
! from which they come. II would DO
u tiro contribution to senIa'oEy,
BOOKINGS. Of. T.. V. H.. 1919
! William BOOKINGS camo to Virginia
in 1919 In the Bona Nova. and In lb2a'
age twenty-six. was n servant mt ELIZA
both city In Sergeant Barrys Muster,
william Rookings's wife was Jane, ana
ne had a son William t2). Jane. wife
Of william. scandalizcd tho wife or
George Hurchcr by calling her witch.
hui Jane said shc was sorry In open
court and the matter was patcneo
M. Jane is supposed TO he relative
az Henry Randolph. because she ana
Henry Randolph purchased negro
,vo,nnn Jointly William CD was
sympathtzcr Of Nathan!al Bacon ana.
| i'm consequences aljudErd 10 uchth ~ Il
! court martial held 81 Green spring ,nH
cam OF January, iI16-7: hut he dicd
lin ortsou boforo execution. lie HNcd
AT i'lying Point. In Surry county, anu
his children were William CD f-l"t
! beth go and Jane 90. Wilham ~ ~
! supposed to have married I" sister "i
| Cnpta!n Nicholas Wyatt. another OF
Bacou's followers
William tD BOOKINGS was tho cEiet
commander in Surry during Bacon
/ H"pclliou. and wc should iikc very
/ much TO nave a more extended gene
/ lo-,- of This interesting family. When
20 boran this series OF papers We an
/ rouuccd that We would treat any ram
| lv that We could run through three
! generations, this. and this only, can we
do for the Bookings
| Observation-Disclosures.
| The attention given my Taylor ar
| ticle recently published in your paper
! impressed me with the value OF your
| paper as - medium for the exchange OF
| .-cncalo-ical data. received In re-
! ,urn for my contributions more In
formation than | gave. Letters re-
! rardiuc. my article came to me from
/ ninc different states, and all OF thesa
! added to NV Knowledge OF tho subject.
F, some OF these put me on tho track o.
/ data that may lead TO a solution Oh
ne problem hut | fear I shall havo
/ to make another trip to Virginia be
| fore | can prove my point. am not
( got convinced that Mrs. Anne SAND
/ ridge WAS daughter OF John Taylor
/ .,nd Catherine peudlcton. his wife. Tho
/ fcuvcs gave for the birth wcro
merely estimated, assuming that she
vas the mother OF all of william
Sandrid.,cs children. And this est!-
mate given Tor tho birth Of James
| Suudrid;c Was made with tho heller
! that he was the oldest child of William.
It now seems that Ann was the second
! vito of William Sandridgc, ana that
James not MS Oldest son. MIS-
| Ann SnudridSe married Joseph Martin.
CONT cman, In 1853, aud il appears that
she raised another family after that.
Mrs. -. l.. Driscull Of Charlottesville.
! Va. Il descendant OF Ammo Sandridgc,
HAS recently found recorded In Abe
marie county q copy OF the viii Of Cap
tain JOSEPH Martin, of Louisa. proved IN
l7Cl. This document names his WIG.
Anne. aud eleven children.
some of thcso that seemed 10 have
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children Of his wife. Anne, were John.
George. Martha and Anne. Craylor
nnmesD Mrs priscoii noted that in
the accounts OF the settlement OF the
estate of Captain Martin. ;he names
Tor Anthony ,iholson and james Taylor
were mentioned. Judge Allen Sand
ridge. of Glasgow. hy.. a descendant
.of William SaudridGc. Ir, sent me in
Formations that Indicates that William
Saudridgc, Jr. was born about 1920.
lie Is trying to locate an old family
Bible. said TO be cXtant that will give
the exact dates FOR this branch OF the
family Ills Information, and that de
rived from other sources. leads me TO
believe that William was much older
than the boys oC the family And il
is certain that Mary 'pholsom. sister
to this William SaudridGc. .Ir.. had
daughter. Sarah mentioned IA her
fathers will I'm 17iG These two, WI
liam and Mary must not have been
childrcu Of Anne, If size reared another
family after 1854. Ny reason for as
Stunning lanes, the oldest son. was that
in two documents recorded in Spotsyl-
Nauia, his name leads tho list OF chit
drcu. iiut the viii Of William Sand
ridge, ia. provides nrst for his SON
William. leaving him the plantation.
VIII state, however, that some or the
facts nave recently learned tend TO
make me doubt tie conclusion l orig
!uallS derived in reference to the
pnremtaso OF Mrs. Anne Sandridge. II
does seem that sl!o was I'm some way
member of the Taylor family in
question. hope some day 10 learn
the truth of the matter.
Very truly yours.
W y, DICKERSON
Morgantowu, ". Va.
SuyUEc-Iittirton.
ny WILLIAM ELNiORE DICk!NSON. !
have just received n letter from
Wilmington. y. g, which refers mo TO