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a copy of his commission, from the original in Mr. Fry's possession :-
"TO JOSHUA FRYE.
"His Majesty, by his royal instructions, commanded me to send a proper number of forces to erect and maintain a fort at the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers ; and having a good opinion of your loyalty, conduct and ability, I do hereby institute, appoint and commission you to be Colonel and Commander- in-chief of the forces now raising, to be called the Virginia Regiment, with which and the cannon, arms and ammunition, necessary provisions and stores, you are with all possible dispatch to proceed to said fork of Monongahela, and there act according to your instructions."
Col. Joshua Fry married Mrs. Hill, the daughter of Paul Micon, a French Huguenot physican. He was the father of the Rev. Henry Fry, who lived in the fork of Crooked Run and the Robinson River, and occasionally preached in the Episcopal church near Orange C. H. when they had no minister, always prefacing his sermons with the old church service, says Col. Frank Taylor, a vestryman of that church. He was one of those good and guileless men whom all Christians respected and loved. His son Reuben m. Ann dau. of Col. James Slaughter, and their ch. were Judge Joseph Fry, of Wheeling, Henry, Senator of Kanawha, and Philip S., late clerk of Orange and father of Philip, present clerk, William, Thomas and Luther. Thomas W., son of Rev. H. Fry, m. 1st Mrs. Slaughter, whose maiden name was Bourn, and 2d Ann dau. of Col. Abram Maury of Madison. He with three ch. moved to Kentucky (1816). Joshua m. Miss Walker, and Mrs. Willis dau. of William Twyman. Hugh and Joshua Fry, of Richmond, were his sons. Henry m. Mildred M
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dau. of Rev. Mat Manry. Frank Fry, Sr., of Char- lottesville, is their son. John m. Miss Heywood, of Culpeper, and lived at the Warm Springs. Mrs. Dr. Archer Strother was his dau. Wesley m. 1st Miss Walker, and 2d a French lady, Miss Leflet, and had thirteen children. Thornton m. a dau. of Hon. Philip R. Thompson, and their ch. were Gen. Burkitt Fry, C. S. A., Dr. Frank and Mrs. Jno. L. Bacon, of Richmond. Margaret dau. of Rev. Henry m. Philip Lightfoot and moved to Kentucky. Martha m. Goodrich Lightfoot and had ten ch., of whom Edward Lightfoot, of Madison, is the only survivor. Maria m. Hugh Walker and went to Kentucky, and had many children.
Col. Joshua Fry, the head of this family in Vir- ginia, patented 1000 acres of land on the Robinson River in 1726, and 400 acres "in the fork of the Robinson " in 1739. Charles Meriwether Fry, of the Bank of New York, who m. Miss Leigh, is the son of Belville, who was the son of Joshua, who was the son of Rev. Henry Fry.
THE GARNETT FAMILY.
The chief seat of this family in Virginia was the county of Essex, where many of this name occupied a high social position and filled many places of public trust. The Hon. James M. Garnett was a member of Congress from 1805 to 1809. The Hon. Robert S. Garnett was in Congress from 1817 to 1827. The Hon. Muscoe Garnett was also a member of Congress and of the State Convention of 1850. Dr. A. Y. P. Garnett, who married the daughter of Governor Wise, has been for many years a leading medical
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man of Washington City. There was a General Garnett of the Confederate army who fell in battle, whose sister married Professor Williamson of the Virginia Military Institute; and there is now a Professor Garnett in the college at Annapolis, Md.
I have been disappointed in receiving the informa- tion which would have enabled me to show the connecting links between these several members of the family in Virginia. The first of the name in Culpeper was Anthony Garnett, who came from Essex, and from the names James, Muscoe and Reuben, which are common to both families, they probably sprang from the same stock. Anthony Garnett was a vestryman, churchwarden and lay reader of St. Mark's Parish from 1758. He lived at the Horse Shoe, where Joseph Wilmer, Jr., now resides, and when there was no minister of the parish, was in the habit of burying the dead with the church service. He married Mrs. Bowler (Miss Jones), and his children were Robin, who moved to Kentucky and died in his ninety-eighth year. His daughter married Stokely Towles of Madison, and their daughter married James L. Waggener of Rus- selville, Ky., father of Professor Waggener, of Bethel College, Ky. James, son of Anthony, was minister of Crooked Run Church. He married Miss Rowe, and was the father of Edmund, who was the father of the late Rev. James Garnett, whose sons, Joel, Absalom and Franklin, and daughter Tabitha, still survive. James, Sr., was the father of the present James, whose children are Muscoe and others. John, son of Anthony, moved to Kentucky. Thomas mar- ried Miss Hawkins. Reuben, son of Anthony, mar- ried Miss Twyman, and was the father of the vener-
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able Miss Tabitha Garnett, who, like her namesake in the Bible, is kind to the poor. Lucy married a Tinsley, Sally married a Stepp, and Betsy married William Willis of Culpeper, the father of the late Isaac Willis, who has many descendants, among whom is the Rev. John C. Willis of Indian Town, Orange County ..
THE GLASSELL FAMILY.
The Glassell (originally Glassele) family went from Poictiers, France, with Mary Queen of Scots on her return to her native country. John Glassell of Run- kan, Scotland, m. Mary Coalter, a warm Covenanter, and their son Robert m. Mary Kelton, and their son Andrew Glassell was born at Galway, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, near Torthorwald, "Castle of the Dou- glass," Oct. 8th, 1738, and emigrated to Madison County, Virginia, in 1756. He imported mechanics from Scotland, and built a large brick residence on his fine estate on the upper Robinson River, known as Torthorwald. He m. (1776) Elizabeth dau. of Erasmus Taylor of Orange County, and died July 4th, 1827, aged 89. Their children were -
1. Millie Glassell m. Reuben Smith. Issue 1. Jane m. in 1822 Hon. Jeremiah Morton (M. C.); issue one son, died in infancy, and one daughter, Mildred. m. J. J. Halsey, issue 1. Fannie M .; 2. Anna Augusta (Mrs. Alexander) ; 3. J. Morton m. Miss Stearns; 4, R. Ogden m. Miss Walker, and 5. Joseph J. Halsey. 2. George A. Smith (now of Bell County, Texas), m. Julia dau. of James Somerville of Culpeper Co .; issue 1. Eudora G. (Mrs. Lees); 2. Jane M. (Mrs. Ware); 3. Mary S. (Mrs. Coffee); 4. Margaret (Mrs.
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Russell), and several sons unmarried. 3. Dr. William R. Smith (late of Galveston), m. first Mrs. Middleton, no issue; m. second Mary Mayrant, issue John M. m. Miss Terry, and Mildred (Mrs. Crosby of New York City).
2. John Glassell m. first Louisa Brown. Issue 1. Dr. Andrew m. Miss Downing; 2. Fanny (Mrs. Ware); 3. Mary (Mrs. Conway); 4. Louisa (Mrs. Eno. of Pennsylvania). John Glassell m. second Mrs. Lee, née Margaret Scott; issue Mildred S. (Mrs. Covell) and John m. Miss Thom. John Glassell m. third Mary Ashton, by whom no issue.
3. Mary Kelton Glassell m. Michael Wallace. Issue 1. Ellen (Mrs. Somerville); 2. Gustavus; 3. H. Nelson; 4. Elizabeth (Mrs. Wallace) ; 5. Louisa (Mrs. Goodwin); 6. James, and 7. Marianna (Mrs. Conway).
4. Helen Buchan Glassell m. Daniel Grinnan. Issue 1. Robert A. m. Robertine Temple; 2. Cornelia (died 1864); 3. Andrew G. m. George S. Bryan ; 4. Dani- ella M.
. 5. Jane M. Glassell m. Benjamin Cave. (See Cave genealogy.)
6. Major James M. Glassell, U. S. Army, m. Eudora Swartout.
7. Andrew Glassell m. Susan Thornton. Issue 1. Andrew m. Miss Toland ; 2. Capt. William S. Glassell; 3. Susan S. m. first Colonel George S. Patton (see Williams genealogy) ; m. second George H. Smith of California.
8. William E. Glassell m first Margaret Somerville. Issue one child living, Margaret (Mrs. Weeks of Louisiana). M. second Harriet Scott.
John Glassell, brother of Andrew, came to Fred- ericksburg long before the Revolution. He was a
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merchant of large transactions, having branch estab- lishments in Culpeper and Fauquier, and became very rich. He returned to Scotland before the Revo- lution. He married Helen Buchan, of the family of the Earl of Buchan. One of her sisters married an Erskine, and another Dalhousie; and Lord Erskine and the Earl of Dalhousie were her nephews. John Glassell's only daughter, Johanna, married Lord Campbell, who became Duke of Argyle, and the present Duke of Argyle is her son.
GENEALOGY OF THE GREEN FAMILY.
Robert Green, the first of the family who came to this country (son of William, an Englishman, an officer in the body-guard of William, Prince of Orange), arrived here about the year 1712, and settled with his uncle, William Duff, a Quaker, in King George County. He was born in the year 1695. When a young man he married Eleanor Dunn, of Scotland, and settled in Culpeper, in St. Mark's Parish, near what is now Brandy, a station on the Washington City and Virginia Midland Rail- road. He had seven sons: William, Robert, Duff, John, Nicholas, James and Moses.
1. William m. Miss Coleman of Caroline, died in Culpeper County and left eight children.
2. Robert m. Patty Ball of Northumberland, died in Culpeper and left five children.
3. Duff m. first Miss Thomas, m. second Miss Willis, left five children. Gen. Duff Green of Wash- ington City was his grandson.
4. John (Col. John Green of the Revolution) m. Susanna Blackwell; issue, 1. William m. Lucy
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Williams, issue, one child to live, John W. Green, Judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia. Judge Green m. first Mary Browne; issue, 1. William Green (the eminent lawyer) m. Columbia, daughter of Samuel Slaughter of Culpeper; issue, John, killed in battle in 1863, and Bettie (Mrs. Hayes of Fredericks- burg). 2. Raleigh B. Green died unmarried. 3. Dr. Daniel S. Green, formerly of the U. S. Navy, m. Virginia, daughter of Samuel Slaughter of Cul- peper; issue, Dr. Wm. Green, Professor in Balti- more Medical College, Mollie (Mrs. Morton of Balti- more), and Samuel Green, a lawyer at Charlestown, West Virginia. Judge Green m. second Miss Cooke (a granddaughter of George Mason, author of the Virginia Bill of Rights) ; issue, 1. John C. Green (for twenty years Commonwealth's Attorney for Cul- peper) m. Luey, daughter of Dr. George Morton of Culpeper ; 2. Thomas C. Green (Judge of the Court of Appeals of West Virginia) m. Miss McDonald ; 3. George M. Green m. Miss Ashby of Fauquier; 4. James W. Green (a lawyer at Culpeper) m. Miss McDonald ; 5. Lucy W. Green died unmarried.
2. John, second son of Col. John Green, was killed in a duel, at 18 years of age, at Valley Forge.
3. Robert, third son of Col. John Green, m. Miss Edmunds, had two children - a son and a daughter; son left no children ; daughter m. Robert Payne, lived in Nicholas County, Kentucky, had children.
4. Duff, fourth son of Col. John Green, died young.
5. George, fifth son, died an infant.
6. Moses, sixth son of Col. John Green, m. Fanny Richards ; issue, 1. John died at 22 years of age; 2. Julia m. Bernard Peyton ; issue, Green Peyton m. a daughter of Dr. Charles Carter of Charlottesville,
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and Thomas Jefferson Peyton m. a daughter of Bishop Johns; 3. Thomas Green (now of Washing- ton City) m. first Miss Lyons, m. second Miss Ritchie, m. third Miss Lomax. His children are Mary (Mrs. Stone of Washington City) and Thomas Ritchie Green ; 4. William Green m. Miss Saunders, has children ; 5. A. Magill Green m. Miss Farish, had children.
7. Thomas, seventh son of Col. John Green, m. first Miss Miller; issue, Edward H. m. first Miss Short, m. second Miss Ward. Thomas Green m. second Lucy Peyton of Stafford County, Va., and moved to Christian County, Kentucky; issue :
1. Ann Augusta Green m. Edward Randolph ; issue, Bathurst E. Randolph m. Lizzie Glass, and Dr. Thomas G. Randolph m. Anne Edgar.
2. Lucy Williams Green m. first Daniel. Henry ; issue, 1. Lucy Ann m. John Nelson, 2. Mary Green m. George Champlin (a lawyer at Hopkinsville, Ky.) 3. Dr. Green Henry m. Kate Mansfield. Lucy Williams Henry m. second James C. Moore; issue, 1. Lucy .W. m. Charles Dade, 2. Mattie P., 3. James C., 4. Gustavus H.
3. Mary Peyton Green m. first Thomas Edmunds ; issue, John T. Edmunds m. Mollie Campbell. Mary Peyton Edmunds m. second Col. William S. Moore, of Alabama ; issue, 1. James H., 2. Lucy Peyton m. Ecksteine Norton, of New York city, 3. Lizzie McA. m. John D. Tyler, 4. William S., 5. Fannie Peyton, 6. Caroline Green.
4. John R. Green m. Elizabeth Nelson, issue 1. William m. Miss Armstead, 2. Wallace m. Miss Som- erville, 3. Edward m. Miss Hartman, 4. Lucius m. in, California, 5. John R. m. Miss Phelps, 6. Rosalie m.
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Hunter Wood (a lawyer at Hopkinsville, Ky., and district attorney) 7. Lizzie m. Nicholas Edmunds, 8. Anna m. William T. Townes, 9. Robert, 10, Nelson.
5. Thomas Green m. first Caroline Venable, issue Lucy P. m. Randolph Dade, 2. Bettie m. Bankhead Dade, 3. George m. Lizzie Dade, 4. John R. Thomas Green m. second Mary T. Moore, issue 5. Thomas, 6. James.
8. Elizabeth, daughter of Col. John Green m. John Hove, of Fauquier County, no issue.
Nicholas, the fifth son of Robert Green, m. Miss . Price, had a number of children who moved to Ken- tucky.
James, the sixth son of Robert Green, m. E. Jones, issue 1. Gabriel m. Miss Grant, moved to Kentucky on Green River, 2. James m. Miss Jones, issue Jones, James, Strother, Charles, Duff and others (Mrs. Howard Shackelford, now of Charlottesville, is a daughter of Jones, and Col. John Shackelford Green, a gallant officer in the late war, is a son of James), 3. Duff died a bachelor, 4. Jones m. Miss Neville, 5. Robert m. Miss Edmunds, 6. John m. Miss Catlett, of Fauquier, moved to Henderson Co., Ky., 7. Dolly m. Nimrod Turner, 8. Elizabeth m. W. Pea- cock, died in England, 9. Lucy m. a Glasscock, moved to Missouri, 10. Polly m, a Catlett, 11. Austin m. Miss Ball, moved to Kentucky.
Moses, the seventh son of Robert Green, m. Miss Blackwell (sister of Susanna), issue two daughters, 1. Sally died without issue, 2. Eleanor m. Gen. James Williams, issue 1. William m. Miss Stubblefield, 2. James died single, 3. Sally m. George Strother, member of Congress from the Culpeper district (see Strother and Williams genealogies).
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There has been a continuous succession of vestry- men in this family, from Robert of 1731, who was a member of the House of Burgesses, to Major J. W. Green, now a leading member of the Culpeper bar.
THE LIGHTFOOTS.
The Lightfoots were among the early colonists in Virginia. They seem to have settled originally in Gloucester and James City, when the latter embraced what is now Charles City County. Colonel Philip Lightfoot was a vestryman of Petsworth Parish as early as 1683. By his last will he devised his lands to his eldest son Francis, remainder to his son Philip. Francis devised his lands to his daughter Elizabeth, who married Peter Randolph of Henrico; remainder to his brother Philip Lightfoot. The entail was docked by the House of Burgesses in 1740, and by agreement between the parties these lands were vested in Philip Lightfoot.
The present writer remembers to have seen at Sandy Point in Charles City, when it was owned and occupied by Col. Robert B. Bolling, divers portraits of the old Lightfoots. There were three William Lightfoots in succession at Sandy Point, and their tombs are still there. The first died in 1727, the second in 1809, and the third in 1810. We have in our possession now a copy of Bayles' folio dictionary, in ten volumes, with the name and coat-of-arms of William Lightfoot Tedington on each volume. Ted- ington was one of the four farms which composed the splendid estate of Sandy Point, between the James and Chickahominy Rivers. Three of these farms were inherited by Miss Minge (Mrs. Robert B. Bolling), and the fourth was added by Mr. Bolling.
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There is a family of Lightfoots at Port Royal, Caroline, represented by the late Philip Lightfoot and his sons, Lewis Lightfoot and his brother John.
In 1726 we find the name of Major Goodrich Lightfoot as a member of the vestry of St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania, when that parish and county embraced what was afterwards the parish of St. Mark's and county of Culpeper. He was one of the lay readers at the Germanna Church, and he and Robert Slaughter were appointed to count all the tobacco plants from the mouth of the Rapidan to the month of Mountain Run, and up Mountain Run and across to the mouth of the Robinson River, in obedi- ence to an Act of the Assembly limiting the number of plants to be cultivated by each planter.
At the organization of St. Mark's Parish, at Ger- manna in 1731, he was chosen a member of the first vestry by the freeholders and housekeepers of St. Mark's, his home being within the limits of the new parish. He served as vestryman and church warden till his death in 1738, and was succeeded by Captain Goodrich Lightfoot in 1741, who served till his removal from the parish in 1771. William Light- foot was also a vestryman from 1752 to 1758, when be moved out of its bounds to the parish of Brom- field, which had been cut off from St. Mark's in 1752. William, we think, was the father of Goodrich, who married the daughter of the Rev. Henry Fry, who lived in the fork of Crooked Run and the Robinson River. Goodrich Lightfoot lived opposite to the present home of George Clark, Esq., on the Robinson River. He was the brother of the late Major Philip Lightfoot of the Culpeper bar, and of Walker Light- foot (clerk), and he was the father of Frank Light-
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foot, clerk of Culpeper, who married Miss Fielder (father of Col. Charles E. Lightfoot), and of Edward of Madison, who married Miss Conner, and is the father of Virginia; and John, who married Miss Turner, the granddaughter of Major John Roberts of the Revolution, whose wife was the daughter of the old vestryman Captain Robert Pollard.
From the names of Philip, John, and William, which were common to these several branches of the Lightfoots, the presumption is that they sprang from the same stock.
THE MADISON FAMILY.
From the record of James Madison, Sr., the father of the President, and from the record of. James Madison, Jr., the President.
The first of the name in Virginia, John Madison, patented land in Gloucester County in 1653. His son John was the father of Ambrose, who married Frances, daughter of James Taylor, Aug. 29th, 1721. Their son, James Madison, Sr., was married to Nelly, daughter of Francis Conway of Caroline, Sept. 13th, 1749. James Madison, Jr., (the Presi- dent) was born at Port Conway at 12 o'clock (mid- night) 6th March, 1751, was baptized by Rev. Wm. Davis, March 31st, and had for godfathers John Moore and Jonathan Gibson, and for godmothers Mrs. Rebecca Moore and Misses Judith and Elizabeth Catlett. Frances, daughter of James, Sr., born June 18th, 1753, baptized by the Rev. Mungo Marshall, July 31st; godfathers, Richard Beale and Erasmus Taylor ; godmothers, Miss Milly Taylor and Mrs. Frances Beale. Ambrose, son of James, Sr., born Jan. 27th,
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1756, baptized by Rev. Mr. Marshall, March 2d ; godfathers, James Coleman and George Taylor ; godmothers, Mrs. Jane Taylor and Alice Chew. Catlett, son of James, Sr., born Feb. 10th, 1758, bap- tized by Rev. James Maury, Feb. 22d ; godfathers, Col. Wm. Taliaferro and Richard Beale ; god mothers, Mrs. E. Beale and Miss Milly Chew. Nelly, daughter of James, Sr., (Mrs. Hite) born Feb. 14th, 1760, baptized March 6th by Rev. Wm. Giberne ; godfathers, Larkin Chew and William Moore; god- mothers, Miss E. Catlett and Miss C. Bowie. William Madison born May 1st, 1762, baptized May 23d by Rev. James Marye, Jr .; godfathers, William Moore and James Taylor; godmothers, Miss Mary Willis and Miss Milly Chew. Sarah (Mrs. Thomas Macon), born Aug. 17th, 1764, baptized Sept. 15th, by Rev. James Marye; godfathers, Captain R. J. Barbour and Andrew Shepherd ; godmothers, Mrs. Sarah Taylor and Miss Mary Conway. Elizabeth Madison born Feb. 19th, 1768, baptized Feb. 22d by Rev. Thos. Martin ; godfathers, Major T. Burnley and Ambrose Powell; godmothers, Miss Alice and Miss Nelly Chew. Reuben Madison born Sept. 19th, 1771, baptized Nov. 10th by Rev. Mr. Barnett; god- fathers, Francis Barbour and James Chew; god- mothers, Alice and Nelly Chew. Frances Taylor Madison (Mrs. Dr. Robert Rose) born Oct. 9th, 1774, baptized Oct. 30th by Rev. Mr. Wingate ; godfathers, Thomas Bell and Richard Taylor; godmothers, Miss Frances Taylor and Miss Elizabeth Taylor. Here the old family record closes. It is a model record, which others would do well to imitate. In it we have the succession of the ministers of the parish, Wingate being the last of the colonial clergy.
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James Madison, Jr., was chairman of the Committee of Public Safety and an active vestryman.
The living representatives of James Madison, Sr., so far as is known by the writer, are :
1. The oldest child (Nelly) of Ambrose, cldest son of James Madison, Sr., married Dr. Willis, and their living descendants are Col. John Willis of Orange and his children.
2. Of General William Madison, 2d brother of James Madison, Jr., (President) the living descend- ants are Wm. Madison and children of Texas, Dr. James Madison of Orange, and the children of Col. John Willis through their mother; the wife and children of Wm. P. Dabney of Powhatan; the children of Robert Marye; the wife and children of Dorscy Taliaferro of Texas; the children of Major John H. Lee by his second wife Fanny, daughter of Lewis Willis and Eliza Madison ; Dr. Robert Madi- son (the son of Robert) and his children, Virginia Military Institute; the children of Daniel F. Slaughter by his first wife, Letitia Madison; and the children of Dr. Thomas T. Slaughter by his first wife.
Of Frank, third brother of the President, the representatives are the children of Alexander and Thompson Shepherd.
The eldest sister of the President, Nelly (Mrs. Hite), left a son and daughter. Her son, Madison Hite, left two sons and a daughter (Mrs. Baker), all believed to be living. Her daughter Nelly married Dr. Baldwin. Miss Baldwin, the untiring Missionary - in Greece, and now at Joppa, is the illustrious off- spring of this marriage.
The second sister of the President, Sarah, 'married
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Thomas Macon. Of a number of children of this marriage, two only left issue. 1. Conway Macon left a son and three daughters. The son, who was killed at Manassas, left an only son, Edgar, now living. Conway Macon's daughters married Wash- ington, Cave and Smith; the first and last of whom are living and have several children. 2. James Madison Macon's daughters, Mrs. Hite and Mrs. Knox. There was also a Thomas Macon, Jr., and that mother in Israel, the late Mrs. Reuben Conway, was a daughter of Thomas Macon, Sr., and Sarah Madison.
The youngest sister of the President, Fanny, mar- ried Dr. Robert Rose and they emigrated to Ten- nessee about 1822 or '23, with children, Ambrose, Hugh, James, Robert, Erasmus, Henry, Sam, Nelly, Frances and Mary. Of these, Dr. Erasmus Rose, if living, is a resident of Memphis.
James Madison, Sr., the zealous old vestryman, had a habit of making short sketches of sermons he heard. Col. John Willis had some of them. His great son, the President, left among his papers com- ments on the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. Among these are the following : - " Christ's Divinity appears in St. John, ch. xx. v. 28." On the words of Christ to St. Paul, " Arise and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou shalt do," his comment is, "It is not the talking, but the walking and working person, that is the true Christian." It was he that furnished a list of theological authors for the Library of the University of Virginia. There are doubtless other descendants of James Madison, Sr., but the author of this notice is unable to trace the line of their connection with him.
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THE PENDLETON FAMILY.
The Pendleton family of Virginia deduce descent from Henry Pendleton of Norwich, England, whose two sons, Nathaniel (Minister of the Established Church of England, died without issne) and Philip1 emigrated to the colony in 1674, and settled in that portion of New Kent County which now forms Caroline County.
Philip1 b. 1650, visited England in 1680, returning m., 168 2, Isabella Hurt, d. 1721; issne :
i. Elizabeth2 m. Samuel Clayton of Caroline County ; issue, Philip& of " Catalpa." (See Clayton genealogy.)
ii. Rachel2 m. John Vass.
iii. Catherine2 m. John Taylor; issue, "John8 Taylor of Caroline," U. S. S., &c.
iv. Henry 2 b. 1683, m. 1701, Mary dau. of James Taylor, b. 1688. He d. May, 1721, his wife surviving him m. 2d Ed. Watkins and d. 1770.
v. Isabella 2 m. Richard Thomas, from whom were descended Gov. James and Judge Philip Pendleton Barbour of Orange County.
vi. John2 b. 1691, removed to Amherst Co., m. Tinsley of Madison Co .; he d. 1775. Descendants in Amherst, Hanover and other counties.
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