Evening star., 1926-03-07

Il that grammar VultureS may
rend him for using il. He ad-
n11tS that there ought tn he not more
than one first" and 70 Indicate that
there Wee many first families goes
agains- his taste for accuracy. II he
should pick out one family as the first.
more than l07 other first families would
write to the editor and ask tn I the
Rambler he fired. In faith. he 9can-
not tell YOU the name of the first fam
lily of the District. A @Hod many
families We're here when the District
was created. ard if YOU will promise
not to call me down nd charge me
with disloyalty 20 E,n~l sh, | will class
all of them as first families Of the
District.
Many of these families-I think
all--were related in 1871 or became
related when their sciors came to the
marriage age. Families that NAV have
been rated as second or secondteenth
families Of the District. Maryland and
Virginia had good-lookinc. intelligent
and we'll behaved children who fell
in love with children of the first fam
lilies. and their children, on becoming
tainted with ancestral pride claimed
membership in the first families
The Ramhler'S problem is hard and
dangerous He is so ignorant that he
cannot pick out tho first family If he
gets a second family in;ermarrind wit h
first family. members Of the first
family will come down to the corner
Of Pennsylvania avenue and Eleventh
street to see about il. and if he SAYS
that any family was one of the second
rate families of the District. the ladies'
of that family will call up The route
agent and say to him: Never let
The Sunday Star fall upon my door
step more"
The Rambler finds it uncomfortable
to draw a line between first and sec
ond families He has known members
of first family who owned 500 acres
Of land and a dozen slaves who We're
unsociab'e and rot we'll taught in the
classics, and he has known members
of second family who lived on a
small lot and did not have a maid
who We're quite agreeable.
There was my old friend jim He
never had an ancestor who was high
sheriff or hangman Of the county
Jim did not know blamed thing
about ancestors but did know good
deal about interesting things. Then
there was my old friend Algernon
BoZhedge. 4th. He had pltflty of an
ceStral portraits hut no gnod pictures
We were strong friends. but Algy
had such fine m9nners and poor
brains that YOU knew at once he was
an ariStocrat
x x x
7 HAVE it in mind to give all the
Il first families of the District a
show in these stories. You remem-
ber-if YOU have read the Rambles,
and of course yol have read those in
which your name vas mentioned
that the Rambler has written much
of first families hut the list of first
families is longer than the member
Of any first family viii admit. Most
of the old families in this part of the
country are related. To give you an
idea-really | don't mean that-but
to prove to YOU that the old families
are related I am going to show you
a deed which | found in the recorder
of deeds office. The deed itself is in
terestng and it is also an interesting
fact that one should find a deed in the
recorder of deeds office That office
needs a new building. Billy Donnelly,
Charlie Fits. George Newton VIII
Fisher and I have this in charge. and
the District Commissioners and their
advisory council are LENDING us their
help may say. giving us thoir help.
The deed is dated January 28. 1854.
others, heirs of Motley Young. original
proprietor, to George w Young"
Taking it for era antod that have your
permission to read part of the deed to
YOU, here il is.
by and between Ellen NJ Brooke,
Edward FenWick and Mary G. his
wife, Benjamin /. FenWick and Mary
f.. Fenwick his wife, Nicholas D.
Young, Parke G. lIowie and Johanna
his wife. Alexander X. Young, Peter
Casanave. Wilford Young and Eliza
beth his wife. Robert Y. Brent and
Harriet his wife. John F. rley and
Anna Maria his wife. Raniamin
Young. Clement Young. and Marian
his wife Eloise Smith. r. arhara S.
Young. Ignatius +. Young and Nora
c. Young his wife, Nicolas r. Young,
Clementina s. Young and Mary c.
Young, heirs at-laW and legal repre-
sentatives of Motley Young, original
proprietor of the squares and lots
hereinafter enumerated in the CITY of
Washington. all of the first part. and
George w. Young of the said city of
the second part:
Having been advised and believing
that by virtue OF the decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States.
No. I3, December Term. 1919, and of
the subsequent decision of the Circuit
Court OF tho District aforesaid
they. the parties 0f the first part as
heirs-at-laW and legal representatives
of Motley Young. are equitahlv en-
titled to and possessed of the right
and estate to the following described
real estate Illegally sold for taxes due
to the corporation Of the said CITY
of Washington and being willing and
deSirouS to convey to the said party
of the second part, George w. Young
etc"
They conveyed to George w. Young,
known to the citizens of old Wash
ington as George Washington Young
of Gisborough, the following squares:
Nos. 325, 326. 327. 32S. $50, $50, 3S3,
3S9, 800, 391. 412, Ala, 43S, 466, 467,
All. 472, 1876, 497. sol, 5O4, sos, sos.
$40. $40, Sal. 542, 543. 544. 54S and
about $50 lots in squares of 500, 700,
500. 900 and 1000 series
One thought of the Rambler is that
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