Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-28

In 1862. the pedigree stood. John Ores.
ham. OF Sussex. ar. son OF Sir John,
of Surry. Kent; Elizabeth. daughter
and heir of Edward Dornne. Of County
MiddleseN. Ar. Thomas Gresham. Com.
Midd.' ar: deceased July. Is *
James, 1920; Judith. daughter of Sir
william Garrard. Com. Bucks. Kent:
James Graham. Of Com Surry. Ar
Justice OF yc peace, 1862: Anne do Su
Robt Nome Of Com. surrey. Kent.
D I.i,r Def; Anne. act, II. 1862: Fine
me above is faithful cnyv from
the College OF Arms. London. made
June ]. 1870. by George Harrison
Windsor Herald.
, "rst ut same wc find in Virg lnia
- ne" o! ihomas Gresham. OF St Mar.
TN parish. Hanover County. who y,,s
partner in patent Of / ,525 acres of
,"hd taken up IN 17l4; In I740 we find
mn diSposinp Of his part 5a5 acres
par iEihG in Carolina and mari I'm
,.po'sSivania. In l7i2 we find Mary
prcsham. Of SDotsylvania. supposed to
me WHO" OF the said Thomas, gave
~ mtr loving children" MARY Johns
'Ii,atl ana Rachel Gresham. bv deco
~ GIN. g9ods and chattels All Of m.
"i'hhams in this country have beer,
prominent men: perhaps one OF tb.
most noted, tholgh born In Indian,
descended from the Virginia fam
"%' after =. Gresham, who WAS
." dpie Judge, served in the I-uion
army az colonel and ma jor-pcrcr,I .,,I
. was made Postmaster General unLcr
President Arthur
more eN ended list or the Gresham
''Heciihahts is desired.
h"Shr" Family of Virgintn.
'' henderson Horton. Franklin.
Tcnn)
writer of this article is gather
ing data for family history AMI rra,,i.,
W. Siah 10 communicate with ncrson,
toned: Hch-
less. Hughes. whose wife was a
"em"t' settled on grant Of land
from charles. H., of England. IN Ijnw
na'an County, Virginia. Ills r,,nt u..,,
y" ii"Shes Creek above Richmond. and
~ known as the Hughes Creek pIan,a
- ms vas entailcd. according to
-"s nsh law, and continued in the
,"''iiE Tor -FOUR generations (sec Vir-
sihIa magazine OF History and Biorr,
phE. volume :. page 2OS)
Jesse hughes came to Virgins, ,bou,
30: y Few years later came three
brothers from Wales, who settled in
~" h;i'Ah and Goochland Counties.
n.S, nrrie'te d. Iittman.. in her book
mu,led Americans of Gentle Birth and
ihelf Ancestors" says: About l7Oo
mere appeared in Virginia three
brothers, Orlando Lcander and vii
nam hughes, from Wales, Orlando and
i.caHucr mad land grants in Powhatnn
'o"h'E, virginia, near Richmond frcm
"hen'c thcE moved westward. Lean
"cr hughes married and was the father
! OF colonel Archeiaus Hughes, who
married Mary Dalton, OF the old Vir-
s'hia family ThcE also moved on
land in Coco land. an adjoining county
. @ hot i',l.
+ hughes of the revolution Was born.
The writer. through original county
records Of Virginia. furnished her by
q. Stanard of Richmond, has been able
I" trace this family line through the
colonial period to Colonel Arrh,l;,us
Hughes. Of the revolution. and his son.
captain John Hughes. who moved I'm
mn from Patrick County. Virginia. To
Williamson County, Tennessee She
has too, the names Of all the brothers
anu sisters OF Captain John Hughes
- h-lS6cl.
The Jesse Hughes branch through
many intcrmarriagcs have become the
Same family II they were not originally
identical
The Hughes intermarrlcd with the
walton family. OF which George Wal
} Ton. one OF the signers OF the Declare
ton OF Independence, was "A reprcseu-
taiive. The celebrated Madame Octayia
: walton l.eNert, of Mobile. was IA grand
daughter OF George Walton. Her So
cial 'triumphs extended to two CONT
nents. Madame LcNcrt wrote q most
interesting hook of travels We note
IA" fact that Meadow Garden" the
home OF George Walton at Augusta
Ga. Is now the property OF the Daugh-
;ers OF the American Revolution
Sall!e Nelson Robins. editor of the
genealogical column OF The Times
Dispatch, published at Richmond April
-. 1910. gives some record OF the
Hughes family of Goochland County.
Virginia. AS follows:
First Hughes's will in Goochland is
that OF Sarah. widow. VIII proved
IN that county, May 10. 1899, mentions
children Robert. Stephen. Ashford.
Sarah Atkinson. Elizabeth Lilies. Mary
Hughes and Isaac Hughes"
Robert Hughes's will dated July "a
1850. mentions his wife. Martha. daugh-
| ter. Sarah, married Tucker Woodson:
perance. wife of George Watkins:
Martha Walton. sons, Abram and
Robert.
stephen Hushess will made in 174o.
mentions his wife. Elijah beth, a daush-
! ter. Eii@afcth, who married :;andL curm
Woodsoni Judith Con. sons Jchn and
Joseph.
William Hughes married Miss
| Howles. lad son John and daughter
Ann. vic married Mr.. Perkins. ct.
George Rannell Hughes; married: Miss
Georgia Gardner, AMI had Mrs. How
ard. or Lynch burg. Va. and .Irs Ban
ter Wilson, of Richmond
MIR. William G. Stanard furnished the
writer with old county records OF
icwhattan and Goochland Counties as
follows:
VIII of Orlando hughes. dated July
." 1,6S. Lcgatees wife, Elizabeth,
sons. Anthony and Josiah. son in law,
John Nancy, and son. Leander. eXecu-
tor. tNote-This last Leande- was the
father OF Colonel Archelaus liushes)