Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-04
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY d. 1917

suits Apparently all OF this name aud
descent in America have descended
from t"" persons. possibly not con-
mc"ted ono James Elani<iuship. whose
mother Was Anne. settled in ,hc south
east corner "f massachusetts,, near
Rochester. about 1901 and his do.
Sc"ndantS arc now very numerous in
that state. although :, few seem over
Ia have wandered Gar an.ld They
wer" mainly ycvmcu. as farmers Were.
'h"n called, and sailors. aud furnished
IN" captains ami Scan"n tina, helped
:" MAKE tn" ship. of New Bedford :ird
Mar'ha's Vineyard famous in the whal-
'ms industry ot thu carly part Of the
last century.
Tho second branch nf this name
settled in Virginia jus, south Of Rich
m"nd. III what is nnN t'hcSicrtic Ill
county. sometime in III" latter part "r
tn" S"rcm,ecnth century but tn" first
record N"t found il III" viii of Ralph.
IN ~. whose wife. Martha. later m.r-
ri"h Edward STANLEY Ealph appears
I" HAY" died Young AND loft thrc" ..h'I
'rcn. John. Ralph aud James hut h
ais" had a relative, RiChard. who Iidcd
IN tn" settling "f his estate. hut "C
whom nothing NOR" i hoard. :,s al tn"
Virginia peopl" az this name seem to
have boon descendants "f Ralph aud
Martha. II Is possible that Es,ph aud
Richard arc sous IT tn" first iuiuiEra NJ.
MS tho former had n considerably" plan
ta'ion. and WAS we'll equipped Tor his
work. indicating som" It'll" .iiuir rrsi-
den, in tho COLONY. I-nfor'unatCly. tho
older records "f Charles city aud IIcu-
rro Counties wcro larEclr destroyed
III til" Revolutionary aud civil Wars.
aud these included tho present area &c
Chesterfield County. 50 that th" "Na"t
date 81 the arrival Of tic frs, iiumu-
= no. H..
fu'
or .h~ s~rond generation in Virginia.
at planters in tho original S"tIloniout.
James married Mar. ami had 'hildr~u.
Drury Auu. loci aui Fore. dying ~
i;tS 1"hn and \nn LOFT larger
family: William. Joseph. Isham. I'id
son tcurN. NorNsil. Matthew. >m,
who married Turner. Elizabeth 'Nh"
-rarri"d Morriscttt. and possibly IliS';a.
rho third son "f the founder. E?ir',.
vas ais" uamod Ralph. iie married
i;ltzahcth. and had children. i:rhr'inr.
.i"toph. William, Francis. l'yo'e ri''li.
Matthew John. Sarah tvhu married
Cobb and Jeremiah.
THIS third generation began 80 seat
tor into tho newer lands orcn'i'g ~
Tho South aud West all ftrm"rs and
tvaicsm"n. and this ia"h az attach .
'ucu, to the pla'r Of thor birth and
,uo eluiCra;iou Of "a largo ;,ar' nf Zach
ucw generation to newer l"uds. S""rrs
20 no an" ~ trn cha ract "r'stirS - TINS
uiouccr tarl;ly. True. man: az thu"
moro wcil-to-'io remained iu tn" "id
Numss. an,! nus marked tho l',a""
of each successive mara ION. hut all
;rac" Of most Of tho older f"mHlc
branches have becr lost through tho
change Of name As a rule, part az
c.rh "f tho earlier Genera ti"nS novel
one state woSt Or south.
Elisha and Isham ,Sru= ~ .fohND
"uiSra'ed to Rutherford County, y. g.
about 17it. and :"cln 20 have resided
thor, during the Revolution. hu; latcr
tSo6-lp. with 4 part OF th"ir famills
they moved across the mountains into
ja'en' whore they have left leg"
aud distinguished descent. which have
.pr"ad into Kentucky. Illinois Mis-
souri, and Texas. and passed thence to
nearly all parts Of tho Nest ani
South. hut relatively few in any oNN
localit.. Another Of this third Sru-
Grafton moved into the western parts
Of Nircunia. and thence into West Viz
EiuiI. where the name - Nct fairly
common. Another ,iShcG into ohio.
ana still anothcr located IN York
County. = <, some time before the
uinc;"cnth century. and sent oit shootS
into Georgia and Texas. 1t hcnCc FOL
lows chat nearly all tn" people o. this
name scattered throughout tho Wcs.
and South trace back their ancestry TO
Virginia. rather than to the Massa-
rhusetts branch which was ~: nearly
as prolific and which took 20 the
Ocean instead OF 10 the Wild and
Wo"llN Nest
However. il must bc remembered tina,
not all of this name arr. descendants