Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-11
EASTERN SHORE ISOLATED
OUTLYING FRINGE OF VA.
Had Much to Do With Early
Start of Western
Hemisphere.
If nIp NOR ACTUALLY NURSE 1T
'ins =" Great Compelling Social nnd
Commercial Ties la Common with
hrst Of stntr. Declares Writer I'm
tccomnc News,


An interesting light is thrown on
the Colonial history Of Accomac
County, and particularly as il con
Germs Sir Richard Kitson and his
descendants in the following iIlu-
minatvc article. signed modcstIy,
with the one initial. H.. in the Ac
c"mac News. OnanCock. of the Issue
of June .. last:
Tho article. In fun. follows:
Sir Richard liitson came to Accn
mac County about 1915 and settled
on |hrEatha Creek, at the ''Sundcr-
.'h" iiaii estate. which he probably
mireH. ST Richard was son of Sir
Ihona. kitson. Of Sunderland Hall"
family home in Yorkshire County.
Eng cam" unattached. officially.
iNrd a retired life as an eaey-goinC
country gentleman. Aside from his
plantation affairs. he engaged in no
trading or business in Wright, on1
taking no active part IN local Co
loniai civic affairs. Soon after com
ing. he married Miss Mary Hampton
'aS''rm"th. va. lwho knows any
thing about wh"r" pastcrno,h vo
is !"cat"d2): they left one child. son.
John who married Miss Simpson.
dying comparatively young man.
There were tire" Ki,sun girls from
mat marriage; one married Bag
wei, one an Evans. other Grimm
Noted Local Lawyer.
ih"ihas Evans noted local law
ger, member Fifth. Sixth. Seventh
and Eighth Federal Congresses. dj
rec'Iy descended from that Evans
marriae" Judg" Evans lived the
greater part OF his life on "Sundcr-
4 4 g1H.
ards gray" j. now 70 b. seen al
though blurred. ON that par, Of tho
Ola estate owned and occupied bv
John I. Savage Esq
John ki,spn'S wife is believed :,
have icon an aunt or sister of col
oncl S"uthcy Simpson. colonel Simp-
son had longer Legislative t.uur.
man has aHy man on the Eastern
shore OF Virginia; many vcars ,
iiWrg"ss from Accumac county prior
10 The Revolution. member virginia
state Convention OF lT75-TG colonel
simpson was a colleague for many
Years OF General Washington. Patrick
Henry Thomas Jefferson. ,;..rl.,
Mason and other Observation-Disclosures,
iiHrS"sscs. Tradition says General
washington was at homes Of Rrvo-
.I''nn"ry "iiIcers on the Eastern
shore az Nirgiuia-Coloncls Siiuu-
son Tu!ly Wise. Poulsom. Corhin.
farkcr. General Crupp.r-p.rhaps
others, after the war. before ne DO
came President However faint tn,
tradition there may hc cx-aut owl
u"nc" u u. for several sessions a
member Of the Assembly up to tn.
time oi his death Virginia State Son.
"i"r after tho Revolution. lie dI.d
around l7e5 At the time of M.
d"a'h ne was perhaps the vcal,hicr,
man In Accomac County his rosi-
d"ucc was located on the Moore.
Farm, now owned by Robert /. PARIS.
ESQ. near head OF rar!gcrS crock
IA" indian name FOR which was Mat
NponN Colonel simpsons residence
was on its Simpsons Creek" prong
one OF his Successors In the lower
mouse was Major John Wharton. an
other active and entcrprislnr Cit
zen Of Accomac County's gone DAYS
Major Wharton's name is associated
win IN" old Wharton House" in
upper part ~ the county. as it's
builder IN" distinguished and un-
usually gifted lawyer. George Whar-
ton PEPPER, 90 Philadelphia. now IN
tn" United states senate from Penn
sylvauin, is Of that same Wharton
strain Thor seems 10 b.. 40 male
white wharton" living IN .Accomac
County.
settled In Jersey.
some Ncars aEo. the writer made
INJURY about son of Aforementioned
judge Evans. who as young man
settled near N"w Brunswick = I
marrying MISS Noor". buYin.; a
near where present city |
al N"w BrnusrIck as located. calling !
u Sunderland HAN" for tn. Nitsnn
ancestral places i England lud Wiz
sina Inquiry was referred to one
'' h'' H'>'' ants. .ady daughter