The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-24
TWO STATES JOIN
IN GOOK|N'S HONOR
Tablet to Colonial Hero Is I'm
yelled at Jamestown
Island.
W.G.STANARD MAKES ADDRESS
Interesting Event Takes Place on
Annual Pilgrimage of
A. P. v. A.

Annual Pilgrimage of
A. P. V. A.
Another tablet WAS unveiled upon
the walls OF tho historic church on
Jamestown Island yesterday afternoon.
and the ceremonies were attended by
900 cxcursionists from Richmond. head
cd BY tho officials Of tho Association
FOR tho Preservation OF Virginia An
uquities. while automobiles and other
vehicles brought hundreds Of men, wo-
men and children from that section Of
the state to pay a tribute of respect to
General Daniel Gookin. soldier and
statesman.
The tablet. presented BY the Maasa
chuBettB Society Of Colonial Danes
was unveiled by Misses Evelyn bridges
Walkc. daughter of Mrs S.lden Wake
or Richmond. and Susanna Ycardley
Garrett. of Williamsburg. Tho little
girls had never met before, and sur
prise WAS sprung when comparison
OF tho family trees revealed that tho
girls were related.
Az the veil was drawn, those in tho
littlo church read the inscription:
In Stomory OF
MAJoR-GENERAL DANIEL GooK1N
"A u. l6l9l5s7.
a Planter of Virginia and Later O
pillar of the Colony OF Massa-
chusetts Bay
a Soldier. a Statesman, and Above All
Constant Friend and Guardian
OF tho Native Indians
OF New England.
This tablet is placed hero by the
Massachusetts Society OF tho Colonial
Danes of America.
WILLIAM &. s1ANARD
MAKES Address AT UNWILLING
William -. Stanard. secretary of the
Virginia Historical Society. paid tribute
to the memory OF Mr.. Gookin. and tho
Rev. Roger Tyler, OF 81. Marks Church.
Richmond. closed the exercises in the
church with prayer. As those VINO
heard the brief addrcss or tribute ulaic
their way out OF the historic bu!ld. s.
hundreds who were unable To gain .sc-
cess to witness the exercises entered
and viewed the tablet, which T., OF
Massachusetts stone. dcl.caiely carved
but b=taTltiat enough TO stand
throughout generations.
The day was Ideal ono. and the
excursionists from Richmond. number
ing fully 500. made thc round trip on
the steamship pocahontas. arriving; at
Richmond last night At $3.50 o'clock
No accidcnts rnorred tho ,rip.
In his address. Mr. Stanard said In
part:
AS Colonies and States. Massachu-
sctts and Virginia have had many DIFF
feicnces, but they also have many
happy memories in common. These
associations go back. indeed. prior to
the time when either existed. for tho
first Virginia Company. chartered in
1906. provided for TWO colonies In
what was then called Virginia. one
in the southern and the other In the
northern part Wo may even claim
massachusetts as part of Virginia, for
tho famoua Mayhower compact be-
gins: We who are about TO aet,le
in tho north parts OF Virginia.
About the timo that our own Nir-
ginia was rejoicing In It's first real
experience of popular Eberties--that
legislative Assembly of 1919, for which
we were chiefly Indebted to Sir Edwin
Sandys-Robert Cushman. who had been
sent TO London the representative
OF the Pilgrim Fathers was reporting
that II permission 10 cuiSrntc to
America was given, 1t. also. would be
largely duo to the efforts of this same
Sir Edwin Sandys. TO this noble gem
tleman Virginia and Massachusetts arc
alike Indebted. and l hope that somo
day both States viii unite In placing
a tablet TO HIS memory here.
GOOkIN A DESCENDANT
OF OLD kEN1iSH FAMILY
Daniel Gookin. whose memory We
honor to-day, In accepting a tablet. the
gift Of the Massachusetts Society Of
Colonial Danes. was descendant Of
an old Kentish family. This famous
county ola 30 fuuCn LOT New
that Senator Honr wrote special
paper on the subject. And 81 should
certainly be the dearest OF Eng
lish counties to Virginia In 1907 Mr..
Bryce, standng on the platform there
and looking around over the sparkling
river. the green ields and marshes and
the curving lines OF tho distant bluffs,
said that this. the first permanent home
Of Englishmen In America. reminded
him strongly OF EbbsHeet. in Kent
where tho first Englishmcn landed In
England. Not far away In the same
county. the towers which nre all that
remain OF Recuiver Church, mark the
spot whence came Robert Hunt. who
first brought the gospel TO Virginia
From Kent came numerous Others who
greatly influenced our destiny In the
settlement period, or who came 10 Fir-
ginia.
lie, mo beg you, when any OF you
are again In England. not to confinc
your Kentish trip to Canterbury alone.
but to seek out those places which
should bo dear to Virginiana.
Daniel Gookin. tho elder. OF Ripple
Court near Canterbury, who was evil
IDENTIFY man or great enterprise and
activity, removed first to County Cork.
Ireland He secured In 1920. n large
grant OF land in Virginia, and In the
next year came In his own ship. with
nifty men. to his plantation. Mary's
Mount just above Newport News. In
tho great massacre of lG22. he stoutly
defended his post and refused to retire
to Jamestown. IIe only remained in
Virginia n few years, but retained his
estates. which were managed by agents.
CAREERS OF TWO HROTIIERS
WE'RE SINGULARLY ALyIkE
"IIo left two sons. Daniel, who is
commemorateh by the tablet, and John.
These sons settled in Virginia.
"The careers here Of the two broth
crs were singularly alike. Each wa.
COMMUNICATIVE of his county, and
each member of the House OF Bur-
gesses.
II will first treat briefly of Captain
John Gookin. He was commnnder-in-
chief of Lower Norfolk County. 16i2-
d3, and in 1859 a Burgess for Upper
Norfolk, tho county in which his
brother lived. Captain John Gookin
married notable lady. Ammo Offley.
widow OF Adam Thoroughgood She