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tion. Many an aged heart remembered and returned to its first love. The meeting in that tobacco-house was the beginning of the resuscitation of the church on Pedlar. Your uncle was the foremost and the most liberal in the effort at resuscitation. He gave largely-as he did to the end of life-both of bis substance and of his time to the accomplish- ment of the object. He succeeded, but not without overcoming strong opposition. He applied, for a contribution toward building a church, to a good Christian man in the neighbourhood, who had been a soldier of the Revolution, to whom the old veteran replied, the fire of '76 flashing in his eye and speaking in the tones of his voice, "No ! I drew my sword once to put that church down; and, if necessary, I will draw it again to keep it down." No one doubted either the old soldier's honesty or piety. And . his reply only revealed the feelings in the minds of many in regard to the Episcopal Church. Their prejudices were as honestly as they were warmly entertained, and nothing but the unbounded confidence they had in the patriotism as well as piety of your uncle softened them. That confidence did soften them, first to tolerate, then to admire, and then to sustain, the Church whose cause he advocated. I am persuaded that the resuscitation of the church on Pedlar was owing altogether to the personal influence of your uncle; and what he was so instrumental in resusci- tating he afterwards sustained with a liberality that was bounded only by his means, and a devotion that ended only with his life. His daughter Emily, who became a member of the Church while I was rector of the parish, was as like to her father in her devotion to the Church as a child could be like to a parent. Both she and her most excellent husband, David H. Tapscott, manifested the same fervid and hallowed spirit of devotion in their piety, as well as lively and liberal interest in the advancement of the Church. It grieves me to think that the Church on earth has lost three such faithful soldiers and servants. And I should be doing violence to my feelings if I did not speak of Mrs Ellis, though a decided Pres- byterian, in the same way. If I had been her own son she could hardly have treated me with more kindness. And she had been, I learned, equally kind to all the pastors of her husband. Indeed, I cannot think of any member of the family but with feelings of affectionate regard. I regret that my narrative is so limited and meagre: I hope, however, that it may not be altogether useless to you in accomplishing what you desire for Bishop Meade's Letters.
Truly and sincerely yours,
THOMAS H. ELLIS, EsQ. DAVID CALDWELL.
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No. XIII.
THE BAYLOR FAMILY.
[THE following account has been furnished me by a member of the same.]
JOHN BAYLOR the elder, and first of the name who came to the New World, was born at Tiverton, in England, where, from old Sellers, we learn that he was related to the Freres, Courtenays, Tuckers, Hedjers, Nortons, and others. His son John was born in 1650, and, emigrating to Virginia, was followed by his father, a very old man. He settled in Gloucester county, and was married to Lucy Tod O'Brien, of New Kent, in 1698. Large grants of land had been made to father and son in various parts of the Colony, and the latter, being of an enterprising character, embarked extensively in mercantile schemes, by which a large fortune for that day was amassed,-the inventory of his personal effects amounting to £6500. The books kept at his various counting-houses in Gloucester, King and Queen, and New Kent, from 1692 to 1722, are preserved, and not only attest his method and exactness, but afford an interesting comparison. The relative value of some articles of merchandise then and now is worthy of note. We find nails at four shillings sixpence per pound, cotton at one shilling sixpence per yard; and a Madagascar boy, "from on board ship Tiverton," in one place, is charged to Thomas Randolph at £6, and another at £10. Mention is made of between six and ten ships, belonging, to him, at different times, engaged in trading with the Old World. To John Baylor the second and Lucy his wife were born two children,-John, on the 12th of May, 1705, and another whose fortunes we have no means of following. The Essex family of the same name originate here. John, the third of the name, married Lucy Walker at Yorktown, the 2d of January, 1744, several sons and daughters being the issue of this marriage. A sister of Lucy Walker married, at the same time and place, John Norton, of London, of whom we shall have occasion to speak hereafter. John the third (Colonel Baylor) was with Washing- ton at Winchester. He represented the county of Caroline in the House of Burgesses from about 1740 to 1760. A list of the votes at one election is extant, and reveals his extensive popularity, as he received every vote in the county save one. Colonel Baylor moved to New Market- then King and Queen-in 1726, and occupied a grant of land which was made by Robert Tronsdale in, behalf of the King the year before. This paper is also preserved. The year following Caroline was formed, and New Market remains in possession of the family, from which it has never been alienated. Extravagance and folly, unfortunately, leave few such instances of successive proprietorship, in the State, for so long a time. The Episcopal church at the Bowling Green was built by Colonel Baylor, and other gentlemen, between 1640 and 1660, where the family continued
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to worship until the death of the Rev. Mr. Waugh, after which time the church had no minister and the building, like many others in Virginia, was destroyed and the materials devoted to secular purposes. Colonel Baylor held several commissions, one of which, constituting him Lieutenant of the county of Orange, signed by Robert Dinwiddie at Williamsburg in 1752, is in the possession of the family. He too, like his father, was a man of great energy. New Market was in his time celebrated for a large and generous hospitality. John, the eldest son of Colonel Baylor, fourth of the name herein mentioned, was born at New Market on the 4th of September, 1750; was sent at twelve years of age to Putney Grammar- School, from which he was removed to Cambridge, and was a classmate and associate of Mr. Wilberforce. While in Europe, the Letters of Junius appeared, and, for some reason, he felt so deep an interest, either in the subject, style, or authorship, as to transcribe them as they were published,- the manuscript being now in a perfect state of preservation. The per- formance of a task so laborious as that involved in the copying of these famous letters from the Public Advertiser as they appeared, the num- bers of which could have been as well preserved, presents a puzzle which has exercised the minds of his descendants to this day. This John Bay- lor the fourth was married, while in England, to Fanny, his cousin, only daughter of John and Courtenay Norton, of Gould Square, London, and returned to Virginia. They were followed by the brothers of Mrs. Baylor, John Hatley, George, and Daniel Norton, who married in Virginia, leaving issue. Several of their descendants have devoted their lives to the ministry. The Rev. John H. Norton, of Fauquier, is one of them. George, the second son of Colonel Baylor and Fanny Walker, was born at New Market the 12th of January, 1752. He was aid to General Washington at the battle of Trenton, and enjoyed the honour of presenting the colours then taken to the Congress at Philadelphia, and would doubtless have filled a large space in the stirring history of the times, had not a bayonet- wound through the chest, in a night-skirmish a short time after, disabled him so as to unfit him for the service. He died of pulmonary disease, from this injury, in Barbadoes in 1784. The regiment of horse which bore his name sprung into existence from his patriotic exertions and from the pecuniary aid of his elder brother, which was freely given.
Colonel George Baylor married, at Mansfield, Lucy Page, daughter of Mann Page, Esq., by whom he had one son,-John W. Baylor. Mrs. Bay- lor, widow of Colonel George Baylor, was married a second time, to Colonel N. Burwell, of Millwood, Frederick county, Virginia. Walker, fourth son of Colonel Baylor, was a captain in the Revolutionary army. He was also disabled, by a spent ball, which crushed his instep, at Germantown or Brandywine, which made him a cripple for life. He married Miss Bled- soe, and left several sons and daughters, one of whom-Judge R. E. B. Baylor-is now alive and is a prominent citizen of Texas. Robert, fourth son of Colonel Baylor, married Miss Gwinn, of Gwinn's Island. Lucy, VOL. II .- 30
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third daughter of Colonel Baylor, was married to Colonel John Armistead, 17th of March, 1764. The sons by this marriage were all endued with martial spirit. Lewis was killed in battle in Canada; George defended Baltimore when attacked by the British in the war of 1812; and two other brothers occupied distinguished rank in the army of their country. John and Fanny Norton resided at New Market, and were the parents of two sons and five daughters, who intermarried with the Claytons, Up- shaws, Foxes, Roys, &c. John Walker Baylor also left children. The Brents and Horners belong to this branch.
JOHN ROY BAYLOR, of New Market, Caroline county.
No. XIV.
THE PEYTON FAMILY.
[THE following limited account of this family has been sent me by a friend. In the civil and ecclesiastical lists the name may be found at an early day.]
JOHN PEYTON, Esq., of Stafford county, Virginia, who died in 1760, was twice married. By his first wife his children were Yelverton, Henry, and Ann Waye. By the second wife they were John Rowzee, and Valen- tine.
1. Yelverton had four sons and four daughters. One of the daughters- Elizabeth-married her cousin, John Peyton Harrison; and Catherine married Captain William Bronaugh, of Stafford, who moved to Kanawha and is the father of a numerous family, the most of whom now live in Missouri.
Of the sons of Yelverton, Henry was a pious Methodist preacher, and married a Miss Brent, of Fauquier; and another of his sons-Colonel Samuel Peyton-was the father of Yelverton, William, and Henry, all of whom were talented and pious ministers of the Methodist Church, and died young, leaving each one child.
2. Henry, the second son of John Peyton, married a Miss Fowke, and resided near the Plains, in Fauquier county. He was a pious member of the Episcopal Church. One of his sons-Dr. Chandler Peyton-married Eliza B. Scott, the eldest daughter of the Rev. John Scott; and another son-Yelverton-married Margaret, the youngest daughter of the Rev. Mr. Scott. She, after his death, married Mr. Charles Lee, and then Mr. Glassell.
3. Ann Waye, the daughter of John Peyton, married Mr. Thomas Harrison, of Stafford. She had a son named John Peyton Harrison, who
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married his cousin, Elizabeth Peyton, and has left many descendants; and another son-Thomas-who was an Episcopal minister and the father of Philip Harrison, Esq., late of Richmond.
4. John Rowzee, the third son of John Peyton, was the father of John Howard Peyton, of Staunton, of General Bernard Peyton, of Richmond, and of Mr. Rowzee Peyton, who has moved to the State of New York.
5. Doctor Valentine Peyton, the fourth son of John Peyton, resided at the family seat, Tusculum, in Stafford, and was the father of Mrs. John Conway, of Stafford Court-House, and Mrs. Chichester, who resides near the Falls Church, in Fairfax county, and of many others.
No. XV.
MINISTERS AND VESTRYMEN' OF ST. STEPHEN'S AND WICOMICO PARISHES, NORTHUMBERLAND.
[To the diligence of the Rev. Edmund Withers, minister of Lancaster county, I am indebted for the following lists, taken from an old vestry- book recently discovered by him.]
MINISTERS OF ST. STEPHEN'S (CALLED UPPER AND LOWER) PARISH,
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY.
March 20, 1712,
Rev. John Span, to 1722.
October 23, 1723,
John Bell, for eight sermons at 450 pounds tobacco a-piece.
1723,
Lawrence De Butts, to 1726.
1724,
Mr. Lecharcey, for two sermons, 600 pounds tobacco.
1726,
" John Blacknall.
1727,
William Wye, to
1731.
1731,
Francis Peart, to
1742.
1742,
Henry Christall, to
1743.
1743,
Moses Robertson,
to
David Morthland,
to 1754.
1754,
Thomas Smith,
to
1758.
1758,
James Crague,
to
1758,
66 Adam Minzies,
to
1767.
1767,
Benjamin Sebastian,
to 1777.
1779,
" Thomas Davis,
to
1786.
1792,
Thomas Andrews
to
1794.
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VESTRYMEN OF ST. STEPHEN'S PARISH, (UPPER AND LOWER,) NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY.
1712. Col. Peter Hack,
Capt. Christopher Neale,
Capt. John Cralle,
1758. Parrish Garner,
Mr. John Clughton,
Mr. Richard Hull,
Capt. Richard Hews,
Capt. Francis Kenner, Mr. Edward Coles.
1770. Mr. Rodham Kenner, John Williams, Joseph Ball,
Edward Nelmes.
1772. James Ball.
1778. Matthew Neale,
William Eskridge.
1779. Joseph Williams, Henry Boggess, Elisha Harcum, John Rogers,
Abram Beacham,
James Claughton,
Pemberton Claughton, John Anderson.
1781. Walter Jones, John Cottrell, William Nelmes,
Mr. Matthew Kenner, Capt. John Hack.
Peter Cox, Thomas Hudnall,
Lindsey Opie,
Daniel Muse,
Hudson Muse,
Joseph Hudnall.
1794. Catesby Jones.
MINISTERS FOR WICOMICO PARISH, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY.
May 15, 1770, Rev. John Leland, to 1791.
1791, John Bryan, to 1794, (expelled.)
1794, David Ball, to 1799.
1799, " Duncan MacNaughton, to
1798, John Seward, 50 pounds for services during this year.
1714. Mr. Griffin Fantleroy, Capt. Richard Span, Mr. John Opie, Mr. David Straughan.
1716. Col. Peter Presley.
1720. Capt. Edward Sanders, Mr. Thomas Hughlett, Mr. Thomas Cralle.
1721. Capt. Richard Kenner.
1724. Mr. John Sharpleigh, Mr. Samuel Bonom, Mr. John Lewis, Capt. Samuel Blackwell.
1728. Mr. Robert Clark,
Capt. John Waughop.
1731. Mr. John Foushee, Mr. Thomas Gill,
1738. Mr. Travers Colston, Mr. Spencer Ball
1742. Capt. Cuthbert Span, Mr. Ellis Gill, Capt. William Taite.
1749. Col. Presley Thornton.
1752. Mr. Newton Keane.
1754. Wynder Kenner.
Samuel Blackwell, Jr., Capt. Spencer Mottram Ball.
1763. Mr. Kenner Cralle, Mr. Thomas Jones.
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VESTRYMEN OF WICOMICO PARISH, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY.
1770. John Eustace,
1784. Mr. Thos. Hurst,
Col. Thos. Gaskins,
Capt. John H. Fallin,
Capt. David Ball, Sr.,
Mr. Mosley Nutt,
Capt. John Heath,
Onesiphorus Harvey,
Capt. David Ball, Jr.,
Hopkins Harding,
Capt. Thos. Gaskins,
David Ball,
Mr. Geo. Dameron,
Richard Hudnall,
Mr. Wm. Taylor.
James Sutton,
1772. Mr. Chas. Coppedge, Col. Chas. Lee.
Chas. Lattimore,
Capt. Geo. Ball.
1775. Mr. John Lawson, 1794. Thos. Hurst, Jr.,
1777. Mr. Kendall Lee. Capt. Wm. Nutt,
David Palmer.
Mr. Thos. Edwards,
Wm. Blackerby,
Capt. Wm. Davenport.
Cyrus Harding,
1784. Mr. Wm. Lee,
Henry Cundiff,
Capt. Geo. Ingram,
Thos. W. Hughlett,
Mr. Isaac Baysie, Thos. Harvey.
No. XVI.
EXTRACTS FROM RALPHE HAMOR.
EDITION PRINTED AT LONDON BY JOHN BEALE, FOR WILLIAM WESLEY; DWELL- ING AT THE SIGNE OF THE SWANNE, IN PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, 1615.
[MR. HAMOR was a man of high standing in the Colony. His residence was at Bermuda Hundred, a few miles only from Henricopolis, where Sir Thomas Dale and the Rev. Alexander Whittaker lived. He appears to have been intimate with them both and to have partaken of their pious spirit. It is one evidence of the estimation in which he was held, that the severest punishment ever inflicted in the Colony was on a man who uttered slanderous words against Mr. Hamor. Mr. Hamor's work, from which we take the following extracts, was obtained by Mr. Conway Robinson, of Richmond, on a late visit to England, and presented to the Historical Society of Virginia. It is the most reliable and authentic work on the early history of Virginia.
His religious character, and that of the age, is seen in the following introductory passage.]
Sure, young though in years and knowledge, I may be said to be, yet let me remember, to thee perhaps much knowing Reader, what the wisest
1796. Henry L. Gaskins,
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man that ever writ or spake (excepting him that was both God and man) hath said, that such who bring others unto righteousnesse, shal themselves shine as the stars in the firmament. And doubtlesse I doe beleive even amongst the rest of my Articles, when these poore Heathens shall be brought to entertaine the honour of the name, and glory of the Gospell of our blessed Saviour, when they shall testifie of the true and ever-living God, and Jesus Christ to be their salvation, their knowledge so inlarged and sanctified, that without him they confesse their eternal death : I do believe I say (and how can it be otherwise ?) that they shal breake out and cry with the rapture of so inexplicable mercie : Blessed be the King and Prince of England, and blessed be the English Nation, and blessed forever be the most high God, possessor of Heaven and earth, that sent these English as Angels to bring such glad tidings amongst us. These will be doubtlesse the empaticke effects and exultation of this so Christian worke, and may these nothing move! Alas let Sanballat, and Tobiah, Papests and Plaiers, Ammonites and Horonites, the scumme and dregges of the people, let them mocke at this holy Businesse, they that be filthie, let them be filthie still, and let such swine wallow in the mire, but let not the rod of the wicked fall upon the lot of the righteous nor let them shrinke back, and call in their helpes from this so glorious enterprise, which the Prophet Isaiah cals, the declaring of God to the left hand, but let them that know the worke, rejoice and be glad in the happie successe of it, proclaiming that it is the everlasting God that raigneth in England, and unto the ends of the world.
[The following is the true and full account of the capture of Pocahontas by Captain Argall.]
It chaunced Powhatans delight and darling, his daughter Pocahuntas, (whose fame hath even bin spred in England by the title of Nonparella of Virginia,) in her princely progresse, if I may so terme it, tooke some pleasure (in the absence of Captaine Argall) to be among her friends at Pataomecke (as it seemeth by the relation I had) imploied thither, as shopkeepers to a Fare, to exchange some of her fathers commodities for theirs, where residing some three months or longer, it fortuned upon occasion either of promise or profit, Captaine Argall to arrive there, whom Pocahuntas, desirous to renew her familiaritie with the English, and de- lighting to see them, as unknowne, fearefull perhaps to be surprised, would gladly visit, as she did, of whom no sooner had Captaine Argall intelligence, but he delt with an old friend, and adopted brother of his, Japazeus, how and by what means he might procure her captive, assuring him, that now or never, was the time to pleasure him, if he intended indeede that love which he had made profession of, that in ransome of hir he might redeeme some of our English men and armes, now in the possession of her Father, promising to use her withall faire, and gentle entreaty : Japazeus well assured that his brother, as he promised would use her curteously promised his best
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indevours and secresie to accomplish his desire, and thus wrought it, making his wife an instrument (which sex have ever bin most powerfull in beguiling inticements) to effect his plot which hee had thus laid, he agreed that himselfe, his wife, and Pocahuntas, would accompanie his brother to the water side, whether come, his wife should faine a great and longing desire to goe aboorde, and see the shippe, which being there three or four times, before she had never seen, and should be earnest with her husband to permit her : he seemed angry with her, making as he pre- tended so unnecessary a request, especially being without the company of women, which deniall she taking unkindly, must faine to weepe (as who knows not that women can command teares) whereupon her husband seem- ing to pity those counterfeit teares, gave her leave to goe aboord, so that it would please Pocahuntas to accompany her : now was the greatest labour to win her, guilty perhaps of her fathers wrongs, though not knowne as she supposed, to goe with her, yet by her earnest perswasions, she assented : so forthwith aboorde they went, the best cheere that could be made was seasonably provided, to supper they went, merry on all hands, especially Japazeus and his wife, who to express their joy, would ere be treading upo Capt. Argalls foot, as who should say tis don, she is your own. ' Supper ended, Pocahuntas was lodged in the Gunner's roome, but Japazeus and his wife desired to have some conference with their brother, which was onely to acquaint him by what strategem, they had betraid his prisoner, as I have already related : after which discourse to sleepe they went, Poca- huntas nothing mistrusting this policy, who nevertheles being most pos- sessed with feare, and desire of returne, was first up, and hastened Japazeus to be gon. Capt. Argall having secretly well rewarded him, with a small copper kettle, and some other les valuable toies so highly by him esteemed, that doubtlesse he would have betraid his owne father for them, permitted both him and his wife to returne, but told him, that for divers considerations, as for that his father had then eight of our English men, many swords, peices and other tooles, which he had at severall times by trecherous murdering our men, taken from them, which though of no use to him, he would not redeliver, he would reserve Pocahuntas, whereat she began to be exceeding pensive and discontented, yet ignorant of the dealing of Japazeus, who in outward appearance was no les discontented, that he should be the meanes of hir captivity, much adoe there was to per- swade her to be patient, which with extraordinary curteous usage, by little and little was wrought in her, and so to Jamestowne she was brought, a messenger to her father forthwith despatched to advertise him that his only daughter was in the hands and possession of the English : ther to be kept til such time as he would ransom her with our men, swords, peices and other tools treacherously taken from us : the news was unwelcome, and troublesom unto him, partly for the love he bare to his daughter, and partly for the love he bare to our men his prisoners, of whom though with us they were unapt for any imployment, he made great use : and those
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swords, and peices of ours, (which though of no use to him) it delighted him to view and look upon.
[The following is from the account of Sir Thomas Dale's visit to Powhatan at his residence, when he took Pocahontas with him and in- formed the king of the attachment between her and Mr. Rolfe, not long before their marriage. Mr. Hamor was of the party, and then presented Mr. Rolfe's letter to Thomas Dale, which we have published.]
Long before this time a gentleman of approved behaviour and honest cariage, Maister John Rolfe, had bin in love with Pocahuntas and she with him, which thing at the instant that we were in parlee with them, myselfe made known to Sir Thomas Dale by a letter from him, whereby he intreated his advise and furtherance in his love, if so it seemed fit to him for the good of the Plantation, and Pocahuntas herselfe, acquainted her brethren therewith : which resolution Sir Thomas Dale well approv- ing, was the onely cause, hee was so milde amongst them, who otherwise would not have departed their river without other conditions.
The bruite of this pretended marriage came soon to Powhatans know- ledge, a thing acceptable to him, as appeared by his sudden consent ' thereunto, who some ten daies after sent an old uncle of hirs, named Opachisco, to give her as his deputy in the church, and two of his sonnes to see the marriage solemnized, which was accordingly done about the fift of Aprill, and ever since we have had friendly commerce and trade, not onely with Powhatan himselfe but also with his subjects round about us; so as I now see no reason why the collonie should not thrive apace.
The Attempt of Sir Thomas Dale to get another Daughter of Powhatan, as a Surer Pledge of Peace.
It pleased Sir Thomas Dale (myselfe being much desirous before my retourne for England,) to visit Powhatan & his court, (because I would be able to speak somwhat thereof by mine own knowledge) to imploy my- selfe, and an English boy for my Interpreter one Thomas Salvage (who had lived three years with Powhatan, and speakes the language naturally, one whom Powhatan much affecteth) upon a message unto him, which was to deale with him, if by any meanes I might procure a daughter of his, who (Pocahuntas being already in our possession) is generally reported to be his delight, and darling, (and surely he esteemeth her as his owne soule) for surer pledge of peace.
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Letter of Mr. Whittaker to his cousin, the Minister of Black-Friars'
Bridge, London, declaring the pious character of Sir Thomas Dale, and confirming the fact of the baptism of Pocahontas before her marriage. Taken from Mr. Hamor's book.
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