Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-26
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Genealogical Notes
Queries and Answers
Addrcss nlI rOmmunica lions to
Genealogical Editor, The Tiinea-
Dispatch.

To all those readers whose interest
! IN this ,prosaic column seems ever to
weaken, we tender "A Christmas greet
| ing, and the hope that they all may
have q merry Christmas and a happy
New Year.
We wish we had the authenticated
Ecncalosy OF Santa Claus to give them,
nut as VIC have not, can only say
that st. Nicholas was al early bishop
of Myra, in f,ycia. Asia Minor. He has
ever been popular saint in tho Roman
and Greek Churches. His feast day
fell on December s. and il was the
custom TO celebrate il deliberately in
tho English public schools the solcm-
mites lasting till December -. II has
been for ages the custom in European
counties to keep st. Nicholas Eve by
placing gifts in the shoes and stock
ings of children. This old custom has
for centuries been transferred to
! Christmas Eve, and the transferred
saint is known as Santa Claus, from
tho Dutch SAINT Nicolaus.
To the Christian world however. II
/ IS the wonderful gift of the Babe OF
Bethlehem that sanctities it's Christmas
offerings.
1t may he interesting TO those who
, care for gencalogy to sec now good
RencaloEieS are written. and by the
permission OF Dr.. William Campbell
l"scy. of Philadelphia. we arc going
20 rum in this column his careful in
vestiGations on the Posey family.
II any OF oar readers can throw FUR
Their light on the roscy family We will
10 glad to publish it.-Ed.
The history Of the Pennsylvania
! l'oscy family. as ! know il, was laid
! in East Vincent Township OF Chester
Z 40 PRO ,,i. ,,,N,
is the very center. In this graveyard
| my great grandfather lies buried, a
stone in good order marking his grave
, William l'osey was born in 1859 and
dicd IN 1921. 1T the age OF siXty-two.
Along side of this stone there is one
| or his wife. susanna. who was born
| ia li3S and died liz 1910. at the age
or ciEhty-two. There is a grave
! adjoining these, about the same age
and marked y. p" presumably John
Poscy. Who John posey was, however.
/ have no accurate knowledge. Not
! Ear from these TWO stones is the tomb
- their son. William Poscy. who was
! horh in 1870 and died in 1913. and OF
sarah Posey, his wife. who was born
\ ia 1893 and died i'll 1860. This Sarah
Fosey was Root, and my father,
David Root Posey. was one of the chill
drcn OF William and sarah Posey.-
( w. c. r.
F.! II inclose report OF search in Charles
f, County. Md. which may be a solution
of the ancestry OF William Posey. but
: lacks positive continuation. | just re-
ceived it in time t" copy ii for You
, this morning. and really have not fully
d!Gcstcd il my self yet.
! 1T shows n William posey, son Of
THOMAS. of Charles County, Md. who
Z Is practically di$inhcritcd by his father
in Will dated $500. This Thomas was
"A son Of John. who died in 1854 by
/? second wife. Elizabeth ana this John,
by Il former wife. Susanna had :, son,
humphrey. VINO is mentioned in his
VIII. who was born in 1859. Thomas
therefore. a halt-brothcr might have
been considerably youugcr-must have
been to live to 1900. The latter date
g not far astray for the father OF
William If lac was one Of the Younger
children. and he is the last mcntioncd
OF ten children. His being cut on with
j smiling and no more may have been
because Of mis- marriage 10 a German
'ETi, as susanna Keller certainly was
Thosc early Maryland planters were
81 Cavalier stock. proud as Luc!fcr
ana Williams marriage out OF their
caste may have been very displeasinE
ne records seem To be in very bad
shape. We could get record OF deeds
~ Annapolis. but If this is our Will
liam. and he Inherited nothing do
me know what YOU think of it."--I;ly
Little OF no record has been found
'"t William Foscy III Chester County
prior 10 his purchase OF the -! acres
or land OF his fathcr-n law in 1888
! ms name appears on the tax list OF
toN"nirN township in Us? as civilian
fosec. lie WAS born, without doubt
tia Nirs inia in the year 1853 or 1853, us
ms tombstone IN the graveyard at
lrownbach's Church gives HIS age at
( MS death, I'm March. 1921, as sixty-two
Years. and that Of his Wife Susannah
kcliar. as ctghty-iwo at hcr death. i'm
. 1870
He retained only thirty three and ono :
. nan acres O: tho l23 acres AT his death
III lN2l. though we find but one deed
Oh record by which he conveyed any part
thereof an! this was hut fourteen and
, three-auarter acres. which he and his
wire, Susannah. by deed dated May 8
1873, Deed Book l. No. ., r. 1879. con.
Ncyed to Henry Grubb
81 lie seems TO have been a man %.