New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-05

Anthony Wake. Elizabeth Randolph mar
ried Richard X Meade an aide dc camp TO
Washington. In this same generation there
were three noted brothers, Thomas, John,
and William Fleming OF whom the first
was a Captain and was killed in the battle
of Princeton, the second was a Major and
was killed at White Plains, and the third
was a member of the Continental Congress
and Presiding Justice OF the Virginia Court
Of Appeals
The sixth generation was numerous, un-
der many names. Elizabeth Boiling married
William Robertson a member OF the COun-
Gil Of State. Elizabeth Tazcwell married
Dr. Samuel Griffin, member OF Congress.
Daniel Meade Randolph was United States
Marshal for Virginia. Susannah Randolph
married Charles Douglass, heir presump-
tive TO the Earl Of Morton. John Ran
dolph of Roanoke was for years one OF
the most eminent statesmen OF the ma
ton. and has left a uniquely brilliant II
eccentric record in American annals. Mary
Cary married Garter Page, son OF Gov
ernor John Page William Gay married
Lucy Harrison Coupland granddaughter OF
Benjamin Harrison, slgncr OF the Declara-
ton of Independence. Mary Anne Davies
married FOrtcScuc Whittlc, a fellow exile
Of Thomas Adds Emmett, and Anne Muir
raw married DR.. Thomas Robinson, another
comrade Of Emmet's and distinguished
scientist.
The seventh generation contained three
brothers, Thomas, John, and Wyndham
Robertson, of whom the FIRST was Attorney
General. Governor, and United States Judge
in Louisiana the second was Attorney
General and Counselor of Virginia, and the
third was Governor Of Virginia.
Sophonisba Cabell married Robert II:
Gravson. son Of Senator GraySOn. Edward
Blair Cabcll married a niece Of President
Monroe. Elizabeth Robertson Cabell mar
RED DR.. lanes Cobbs, brother OF Bishop
Cobbs OF the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Joseph c. Megginson was a Judge in Texas.
William Randolph was an officer on the
Chesapeake in the ARRAY with the Leopard,
and was on the Wasp when that famous
vessel mysteriously disappeared. Edward
Randolph was a Captain in the United
States navy. and Robert Randolph was a
surgeon in the same service. Victor NOreau
Randolph was a Captain in the United
States navy and also in the Confederate
navy. Thomas Mann Randolph was Gov
ernor Of Virginia. Anne Cary Randolph
married the famous GOuVerneur Morris Of
New York. William Conway Whlttle was a
Commander in the United States navy and
a Commodore in the Confederate navy.
Stephen Decatur Whittlc was Secretary Of
the Virginia State Convention OF lS49-5O,
and Francis Men Whittle was a distin-
guishcd Bishop Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church.
There are many other worthy names in
these generations, and Of course there are
may more in the succeeding generations
since the seventh, Pages, Randolphs, Whit
ties. Morriscs, Robcrtsons, Flemings, and
who not else Indeed, there are few more
distinguished genealogics in America than
that which had It's promise and potency in
the Role wedding, in the little
ccdar-incd church at jamestown, three
hundred years ago, and a celebration Of the
tercentenary by the hncal descendants Of
the daughter Of Powhatan would muster a
company mighty in numbers and still more
goodly in character.