The Washington times., 1915-10-16


writer in the Boston Evening Tran
script. who continues:
1t Is far cry from Pocahontas and
John Rolfe to Mrs. Edit- Gait and
Woodrow Wilson; from the first SO
ciety wedding" In America to that
which is about to occur Yet II II had
not been for the former match. the lat
Ter could never have been made. There
might indeed have been Woodrow
wilson. but there would have been no
Edith Boiling Gait. For the latter 10
direct descendant of the famous In
diah princess. through one OF the most
important branches of the distinguish
ed family.
Married In 1914.
Pocahontas and John Rolfe were mar
ried on April 8. 1914. For a time they
lived on their plantation OF Varina.
near Jamestown. and then. In the fall
OF that year. went to Roles ancestral
home. Heacham Hall. In Norfolk. Eng
land. There the following year their
only child. Thomas Rolfe. was born.
lie married Jane Poythrcss. whom he
look To i've at Narina. To them. also.
on'v one child was born. IA daughter. to
whom they gave the mothers name OF
Jane. This only grandchild Of Poca-
nontas became In time the wife Of Capt.
Robert Boiling. of London. England.
whose family name descended directly
to the Presidents fiancee.
once more. for the third successive
time. an only child WAS born In a
generation OF this line. This was
John Boiling. who became a colonel
OF virginia troops and member of
the house of burgesscs. and who mar
of red hs M4Ty d| Ke"nSn SSTsess %S % ns
maI riage the fecundity Of the line be-
gan. For John and Mary Boiling
mad one son and five daughters. all
or whom became the parents Of fami.
iied Col. Richard Randolph. who was
burgess and also treasurer OF the
colony, and from them sprang the IA
nous John Randolph. OF Roanoke, and
the many other eminent men who have
borne. that family name. Another.
Mary Boiling. married Col. John Flem-
ing. who was also n burgess and treas
urer, and from that match sprang the
tlemings. who have figured prominent
~ In Nirginian ana indeed in American
history. third, Elizabeth. married
William Gay: fourth. Martha. mar
ried Thomas Eldridge. and the fiith.
all founded families of distinc ction
among the 'F. +. VS."
Mingles Blood of Jeffersons.
The one brother OF these five women
was John Boiling. End. who married
| Mary Blair She was nece OF Dr.
Blair. the founder of William and Mary
College. and she bore several children.
three OF whom made noteworthy mar
| riages. Ono OF them. Mary Boiling.
| married Richard Bland. jr.. member
! of the Continental Congress. and son
Of the famous Revolutionary leader of
the same name. Another. Sarah. mar
uncle OF that l.. II. Tazcweil. who be-
came governor and United States Sena-
; tor. The third, John Boiling. 3rd. mar
1ied Martha Jefferson. "A sister OF
sons fiancee mingles the blood OF the
Jeffersons with that OF Powhatan.
IL Is interesting to observe that while
after the third generation from Poca-
hontas a number OF children were born
To each marriage, the name of Boiling
continued for several generations more
! to DC inherited by only a single son In
; each. We have already traced the line
TO the Nth generation after Pocahortas.
3 In the sixth came Archibald Boiling: in
I the se!enth. Robert Boiling; in the
eighth. William Holcomb Polling. and
In the ninth. Edith Boiling. who is
about to become Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
OF the collateral descendants there
have been many worthy Of note. In the
| NTH generation were the three famous
| II, mings brothers-Thomas. John, and
William-of whom the first was cap.
tain In the Revolutionary army and was
| killeu at fTlnCtlOI, tHt was u
major and was killed at White Plains
and the shird was member OF the
Continental Congress and was presid.
ing justice OF the Court Of Appeals OF
Virginia. In the same generation were
/ Mary Randolph. who married Archi.
bald Cary. Speaker Of the House OF
Burgesses; Jane Randolph. who mar
ried Col. Anthony Wake: and Eliza.
beth Randolph. who married Richard
X. Meade. an aide-de-camp to Wash
ington and an ancestor OF George Cor.
don Meade. the hero of Gettysburg.
Most Picturesque Member.
! John Randolph. OF Roanoke. was per
haps the most DISTINGUISHED and GER
tainly the most picturesque member OF
the sixth generation Of Pocahontas' de-
scendants Daniel Meade Randolph
was United States marshal for Virginia
| Susannah Randolph married Charles
Douglass, heir presumptive to the Ear
OF Horton. Elizabeth Boiling married
William Robertson; a member of the
married Carter Page. son Of Governor
John Page Elizabeth Tazewell mar.
ried Or. Samuel Griffin. member OF
Congress. VIII am Gay married Lucy
benjamin Harrison: a signer OF the
Declaration of Independence. Mar,
Anne Davies married Fortescue Whittls
and Anne Murray married DR.. Thomas
! Robinson, both Fellow eNlleS OF lnOfnas
Adds Emmet. from Ireland.
! In the seventh generation were the
three noted Robertson brothers-Thom'
as. Joan. and Wyndham-of whom the
first was attorney general. governor
and United States Judge in louisiana
! the second was attorney general and
member Of the council In Virginia: and
the third was governor of Virginia
william Randolph was an officer or
the Chesapeake In the battle with the
1 Leonard. and was on the Wasp wher
that famous vessel so mysteriousy dis
appearcd. Thomas Mann Randolph was
governor OF Virginia: Edward Ran
dolph was n captain. and Robert Ran
dolph was n surgeon In the United
States navy; Victor Randolph was q
captain. In the United States and aisc
the Confederate navies: Anne Randolph
married Gouvcrneur Morris; William &
Whittle was commander In the United
| states navy and a commodore In the
| Confederate navy; stephen Decatur
whittie was secretary at the Virginia
state convention of ls+9-lSiO; Francis
| Men. Whtttle was noted bishop nj
the Protestant Episcopal Church
Sophonisha Cabcll married son oi
Senator Gravson: Edward p, Cabol
! married nioCo Of President Monroe
| Tlivahe,h Cahel' married n h-other ri
Bishop Cobbs, OF the Protestant Episco
! pal church. and Joseph &. MeGg'nsor
was Judge In Texas. Not to come into
the later generations. which are not un'
worthy Of their predecessors. these
names indca'he the wide interweavine
| pf dpscen1n ots Of pOCnh hon y