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Capt. Jaha Fairfax, b. Det. 10, 1763. L Dec. 2, 181.
William Robertana
Lewater, FUchart, Wahar, Jeks.
Elizabeth Fairfax = John Bell
William Robertaon ef Brirtel Parich, b. 1750.
Imay Elizabeth, das. of Wm. Bolling ot Carim, VL & descendant ef Pocahontas.
Barnà Carter.
Sophie Soott.
Leegyiranis, Prisen We. Co., Vi. L. Dec 27, 1774, ₺ Det. 6, 1847
William Robertson, b. 1781.
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Hoa. Thomas Belling Robertaca = Marthe Lindasy Fairfax, b. May 19 1828. ef Petersburg, Fe.
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Hunliten Bogen Fairfax af New York
= Erwer Cecilia Vas Reuselacr Jeks Walter Fairfax of New York
of New Terk.
of U. 6. Army.
Lindany Fairfax = Grace Bradford =Feb. 16, 188% of New York
Mary B. Robertson | Dr. Thomas L. Robertson = Ciariail Boyn of Virginia.
Thumbs Rodung Robertson b. April 10, 1605
Jan. Walter Robertson = Carrie Wyrilla of Colega
Mercer L. Robertson = Edna Sim pior
of Washington, D. C.
af Dallas, Texas
Beary F Robertson of Alexandria, Ve.
Powhatan W Robertson = Margaret G. L. Chapman a Washington, D. C.
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Lowim F Boberteen,
b. Match, 1999.
. Jums 4, 2990.
b. Dec. 10, 1891.
Martha F Robertaet, b. Jun: $1, 1993.
৳ 1888.
Emily Ayres.
Mary Boling Robertson, Sept. 21, 1898.
(Chart at Margeret laabella Lindsay, in "Lindsays of America." Copied Jime, 1004, ot Turgtala Birtamical Society, Wiehisund, Vi, by Lagine Pregoe! de Ballet]
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Jola WAlur FurtLI L. Jaas 30, 1625.
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af khai, Leudous On, Va., b. March 22, 1826; d. July 12, 1672.
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iss Anse Eing = Willinte Fairfax = End Letitia Adaran, Levaer
Oct, 1717.
Elisabeth, dan af Hes. Thomas Lindsay Fairfax Ce , Va., b. March 18. 1792; died November 8, 1847 MITy Jane, dan of HAmilice Roger
Sarah Fairfaz.
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V. Susanna Lindsay2, b. Feb. 23, 1789; d. Married Mr. Moore.
VI. Elizabeth Lindsay2, b. March 15, 1792. Married (Aug. 5, 1824) Henry Fairfax.
VII. Josiah Lindsay2, b. Nov. 17, 1794; d. Feb. 22, 1813, aged nineteen, single.
VIII. Margaret Lindsay2, b. Nov. 26, 1797. Married Mr. Swink. IX. Thomas Walter Lindsay2, b. July 22, 1800; d. Aug. 18, 1802.
SECOND GENERATION.
II. Samuel Lindsay2 (Thomas1), b. November 20, 1781. Married M. Dougal, of Virginia, by whom he left issue:
I. Martha Lindsay8. Married Dr. W. P. Gunnell.
II. Mary Eliza Lindsay3.
II. David Lindsay2 (Thomas1), b. May 25, 1784. Married Luey Parker of Clarke Co., Va., a relative of the noted Judge Parker, of Winehester, Va. He emigrated many years ago to Ken- tucky, beeame in time a well-to-do farmer of Mason County and died at a good old age, leaving issue :
I. Richard Alexander Lindsay3.
II. William T. Lindsay3, d. 1879, in Kentucky, leaving issue :
I. H. P. Lindsay4. Is proprietor of the Commercial Hotel, Xenia, Ohio.
II. Richard Lindsay4. Married and lives on a farm in Mays- ville, Ky.
III. Luey Lindsay4. Married a farmer of same place.
III. Lizzie Lindsay3. Married, first, Rev. Craig, of New York, and had issue:
I. Lindsay Craig4.
II. Fairfax Craig4.
She married, second, a wealthy gentleman of Paducah, Ky., at which place she died many years ago.
II. Susanna Lindsay2 (Thomas1), b. February 23, 1789; d. -
Married Mr. Moore, of Colonial History. Issuc :
I. Robert Moore3.
II. Thomas Moore3.
III. Francis Moore3, was much endeared to his relations for . his lovely and genial disposition; d. 1852, young.
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II. Elizabeth Lindsay2 (Thomas1), b. Mareh 15, 1792. Mar- ried (August 5, 1824) Henry Fairfax, at Mount Pleasant, by a Baptist minister, named Johnston. Henry Fairfax, Esq., of Prospeet Hill, near Dumfries, Prince William Co., Va., and Freestone, of the same county, a gentleman of wealth and good family, a descendant, like Lord Fairfax of Virginia, of Henry Fairfax, fourth Baron of Fairfax of Cameron; d. 1685, who was the oldest son of the Hon. Rev. Henry Fairfax of Bolton-Perey, Yorkshire, England. (These are taken from "Lindsays of Ameriea," by Margaret Isabella Lindsay, published by Munsell's Sons, Albany, New York, 1889. They were copied June 14, 1904, Virginia Historieal Society, Richmond, Va.) Issue :
I. John Walter Fairfax3, b. June 30, 1828.
II. Martha Lindsay Fairfax3. Married Thomas Bolling Robertson.
Il. Margaret Lindsay2 (Thomas1), b. November 17, 1797; d. Married Wm. Swink, of Fairfax Co., Va. She was a gentle and much esteemed lady by all who knew her. She had issue :
I. Daughter Swink3. Married Rev. Mr. Landstreet, of Vir- ginia, a retired Methodist minister.
II. Daughter Swink3. Married Mr. Hunter, of Fairfax Co., Va.
III. Daughter Swink3. Married Henry Alvoid, the distin- guished and able Principal of the Maryland Agricul- tural College, near Washington, D. C., a northern gentleman and a descendant of the fine old Alvoid and Willis families of Massachusetts.
THIRD GENERATION.
III. Martha Lindsay3 (Samuel2, Thomas1). Married a physi- eian of Alexandria named W. P. Gunnell, and later removed with him and her family to Austin, Texas, where he left her a widow. Her children are grown and are:
I. Jenny Lindsay Gunnell4.
II. Ada Byron Gunnell4.
III. Marion Campbell Gunnell4.
IV. Dr. Mooter Gunnell4.
V. Laura Richard Gunnell4.
This family resides in Marlin, Texas.
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III. Mary Eliza Lindsay3 (Samuel2, Thomas1), spends her winters between Baltimore and Washington and her summers in Virginia.
III. Richard Alexander Lindsay3 (David?, Thomas1), the eldest son of David Lindsay, is a wealthy farmer of Mason Co., Ky., and possesses one of the largest and best eultivated farms in the locality. Maysville is the town he lives in. He has four sons and two daughters. He married Jane E. Parker, as first wife, and had issue :
I. Josiah Lindsay4. Married Mary Ellen Botts, and has four ehildren.
By second wife, Malinda Aliee Ball, he had issue :
II. William Parker Lindsay+.
III. David Lindsay4.
IV. Richard Madison Lindsay+.
V. Luey Dudley Lindsay4.
VI. Eliza Lee Lindsay4, b. 1880 or '82.
III. Thomas Moore3 (Susanna2, Thomas1), lawyer, Fairfax Court House; belonged to the firm, Thomas Moore & Son. Married Miss Morris, of New York, great-granddaughter of Lewis Morris, one of the signers of the Deelaration of Independence. Issue :
I. Robert Walton Moore+, lawyer, member of Virginia Leg- islature; was a graduate of University of Virginia.
II. Susanna Lindsay Moore+. Married Mr. Donohue, of Fair- fax Co., Va .; d., leaving two ehildren.
III. Jane Morris Moore4.
IV. Bessie Rutherford Moore+.
V. Helen Stuyvesant Moore+.
VI. Edith May Moore4.
VII. Luey Kean Moore4, deceased.
VIII. Margaret Lindsay Moore+.
III. John Walter Fairfax3 (Elizabeth?, Thomas1), b. at Pros- pect Hill, Prinee William Co., Va., June 30, 1828. He inherited a fine estate from his parents; was a gallant offieer of the Confed- erate serviee, rising to the rank of eolonel. Ilis elegant homes, "Freestone," in Prinee William Co., Va., and formerly "Belle Grove," Loudoun Co., Va., afforded entertainments during the hunting season to President Grant and his friends. Married Mary
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Jane Rogers, of Loudoun Co., Va., September 27, 1844, by whom he had issue :
I. Henry Fairfax4, eivil engineer, of considerable means; residence "Oakhill" (formerly the seat of President James Monroe ), Loudoun Co., Va.
II. Hamilton R. Fairfax4, residenee New York City. Mar- ried (June 1, 1887) Eleanor Ceeilia, daughter of Mrs. William P. Van Rensselaer, of Manursing Island, New York; a lady of fine old Knickerbocker stock and an heiress. Issue, one daughter, b. 1888.
III. John W. Fairfax+, residence New York City.
IV. Elizabeth Lindsay Fairfax4. Married Lieut. Charles Ayres, of the U. S. army ; son of the late General R. Ayres, of the army. Issue, two children.
V. Lindsay Fairfax4, resides in New York City. The three last sons are united in business in New York; name of firm, "Fairfax Brothers."
UII. Martha Lindsay Fairfax3, daughter of Henry and Eliza- beth Lindsay Fairfax, like her brother, John Walter Fairfax, in- herited a fortune from her parents. She figured as quite an heiress and belle in the palmy society days of Alexandria, and was sur- rounded by many of the brightest beaux of Virginia of her timc. Her hand and heart were won at last by a clever and handsome young lawyer, Thomas Bolling Robertson, Esq., a descendant of good old Scotch stock and of the famous Indian princess, Poca- hontas.
1. Pocahontas. Married John Rolfe.
2. Thomas Rolfe. Married Miss Poythress.
3. Jane Rolfe. Married Col. Robert Bolling. (The Marshall Family, p. 31, by Paxton.)
Mr. Robertson d. March 1887, aged 70 years, at his residence, "Galemont," Broad Run, Fauquier Co., Va., where his widow, daughter and two sons reside most of the time.
Mrs. Robertson has one of the warmest and kindest hearts which ever beat within human breast. One of her greatest virtues, accord- ing to the great Napoleon, is her raising seven handsome and well educated sons. Her youngest son, Murray, d. a few months before his father. Issue :
I. Mary Bernard Robertson4.
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II. Dr. Thomas Lindsay Robertson+, b. June 27, 1852, Pe- tersburg, Va. Married in Fincastle Va. (Nov. 1, 1887), Clarinda Bowyer; b. Fincastle, Va., April 10, 1865. Issue :
I. Henry Bolling Robertson5, b. Sept. 21, 1888, at "Galc- mont," Fauquier Co., Va .; d. at Elliston, Va., Mareh 4, 1894.
II. Mereer Leyburn Robertson5, b. in Fineastle, Jan. 20, 1895; living.
III. Bolling Robertson4, resides at Delaplane, Fauquier Co., Va.
IV. Jno. Walter Robertson4. Married Carrie Wyville, of Washington, D. C .; business, Chicago, Ill.
V. Mereer L. Robertson4, b. April 22, 1850. Married (March 13, 1889) Edna Geils Simpson, of Dallas, Texas ; b. May 21, 1870, daughter of James B. and Harriett J. Simpson. Mr. M. L. Robertson, lawyer and notary publie; P. O. address, North Texas Building, Dallas, Texas. Issue :
I. Edna Geils Robertson5, b. June 6, 1890.
II. Harriett Simpson5, b. Dec. 18, 1891.
III. Martha Fairfax Robertson5, b. June 21, 1893.
VI. Henry Fairfax Robertson+, P. O., Alexandria, Va.
VII. Powhatan W. Robertson4, b. May 9, 1865. Married (Fcb. 8, 1888) Margaret Stone Lee Chapman ; b. May 4, 1864. No issue. Address, Powhatan Wyndham Robertson, 2232 Q St. N. W., Washington, D. C.
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CHAPTER VII
THE CARTER FAMILY.
Purus
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CARTER COAT-OF-ARMS
So far as known the first of this prominent and influential family to emigrate to Virginia was John Carter, who was born in England and settled first in Upper Norfolk, now Nansemond Co., Va., which he represented as Burgess in 1649; later he settled in Lancaster, from which county he was a Burgess in 1654, and com- manded the forces sent against the Rappahannock Indians. Both himself and his eldest son, John, appcar on the vestry-book as members of the vestry in the year 1666, the father having been acting in that capacity before-how long not known. The father, who died in 1669, had previously built by contract the first church, standing on the spot where Christ Church now is, and the vestry
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received it at the hands of his son, John, in six months after his father's death. The first John Carter had three wives :*
First, Janc, the daughter of Morgan Glynn, by whom he had George and Elcanor.
Second, Anne, the daughter of Cleave Carter, probably of Eng- land.
Third, Sarah, the daughter of Gabriel Ludlowe, by whom he had Sarah.
All of these died before him, and he was buried with them near the chancel in the church which he built, and the tombstone fromn which we take the above covers them all, being still in the same position in the present church.
The following inscriptions could be found in 1894.
I.
This inscription is to the north of the chancel in the east end of the church :
Here lyeth ye body of John Carter, Esq., who died ye 10th of June, Anno Domini 1669; and also Jane, ye daughter of Mr. Morgan Glyn, and George her son, and Eleonor Carter, and Ann, ye daughter of Mr. Cleave Carter, and Sarah, ye daughter of Mr. Gabriel Ludlowe, and Sarah, her daughter, which were all his wives successively, and died before him.
"Blessed are ye dead which die in ye Lord; even soe, saith ye Spirit, for they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them."
II.
This inscription is in the center of the church at the interscc- tion of the aisles :
Here lyeth the body of Mr. David Miles, who died December 29, 1674; and in ye 40th year of his age.
(Mine to-day, yours to-morrow.)
III.
This tombstone is at the east end of the church :
H. S. E.
Vir. Honorabilis Robertus Carter, Armiger, qui, genus honestum dolibus eximiis et moribus antiquis illustravit, Collegium Gulielmi et Mariæ tem- poribus difficellimis propugnavit, Gubernator.
*NOTE .- Mr. W. G. Stanard thinks John Carter was married five times; that the "Eleonor Carter" mentioned on tombstone was his second wife, not a daughter, and the last wife was Elizabeth Shirley, whom he married October 24, 1668. She was not buried with her husband, but was mentioned in his will with her son Charles. ( Keith, Ancestry of Benjamin Harrison.)
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Senatus Rogator et. Quaestor sub serenissimis Principibus Gulielno, Anna, Georgio Primo et Seeundo.
A publicis coneilliis eoneillii per sexennium proeses; plus anno Colonial Præfectus, eum, regiam dignitatnm et plublican libertatem æquali jure asseruit.
Opibus amplissimis bene partis instructus, ædem hane sacram, in Deum pietatis grande monumentum propriis sumptibus, extruit. Loeupletavit.
To omnes quos humaniter excepit nee prodigus nec pareus hospes. Lib- eralitatem insignem testanteur debita munifieo remissa.
Promo Juditham, Johannis Armistead, Armegeri filiam, deinde Betty, e quebus prolem numerosam suscepit, in qua, erudienda pecunia vim max- iman insumpsit.
Tandem, honorum et dierum satur, cum ommia vitae munera egregiae præstitesset obet. Pri. Mon. Aug. An. Dom., 1732, Aet. 69.
Miseri solamen, videix, præsiduum, orbi patrem; ademptum lugent.
IV.
East of the church :
Here lyeth buried the body of Judith Carter, the wife of Robert Carter, Esq., and eldest daughter of the Hon. John Armistead, Esq., and Judith, his wife. She departed this life February 23rd, Anno 1699, in the - year of her age, and in the eleventh year of her marriage, having borne to her husband five children, four daughters and a son, two whercof, Sarah and Judith Carter, died before, and are buried near her. Piously she lived and comfortably died, in the joyful assurance of a happy eternitie, leaving to her friends the sweet perfume of a good reputation.
V.
East of the church and mutilated :
To the memory of Betty Carter, second wife of Robert Carter, Esq., youngest daughter of Thomas Landon, Esq., and Mary, his wife, of Gred- nal, in the County of Hereford, the ancient seat of the family and place of her nativity. She bore to her husband ten children, five sons and five daughters, three of whom-Sarah, Betty, and Ludlowe-died before her and are buried near her. She was a person of great and exemplary picty and charity in every relation wherein she stood; whether considered as a Christian, a wife, a mother, a mistress, a neighbor or a friend, her conduct was equalled by few, exeelled by none. She ehanged this life for a better on the 3rd July, 1710, in the 36th year of her age, and the 19th of her marriage. May her descendants make their mother's virtues and graees the pattern of their lives and aetions.
VI.
East of the church :
Under this stone are the remains of Mary Carter, the affectionate wife of Charles Carter, of Corotoman, who died on the 30th of January, 1770, after a painful illness of three months, during which she discovered a truly Christian fortitude; aged 34 years.
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Mr. Carter moved to Shirley on James River, in 1776, and mar- ried Ann Butler Moore, his second wife.
The following translation of Mr. Robert Carter's epitaph may be a help to some of my readers :
Here lies buried Robert Carter, Esq., an honourable man, who by noble endowments and pure morals gave lustre to his gentle birth.
Rector of William and Mary, he sustained that institution in its most trying times. He was Speaker of the House of Burgesses, and Treasurer under the most serene Princes, William, Anne, George I and II.
Elected by the House its Speaker six years, and Governor of the Colony for more than a year, he upheld equally the regal dignity and the public freedom.
Possessed of ample wealth, blamelessly acquired, he built and endowed at his own expense this sacred edifice-a signal monument of his piety toward God. Ile furnished it handsomely and richly.
Entertaining his friends kindly, he was neither a prodigal nor a parsi- monious host.
His first wife was Judith, daughter of John Armistead, Esq .; his second wife, Betty, a descendant of the noble family Landons. By these wives he had many children, on whose education he expended large sums of money.
At length, full of honors and of years, when he had well performed all the duties of an exemplary life, he departed from this world on the 14th of August, in the 69th year of his age.
The unhappy lament their lost comforter, the widows their lost pro- tector, and the orphans their lost father.
The following item taken from the Baltimore Sun, will be of interest in this connection :
SKETCH OF OLD CHRIST CHURCH.
Old Christ Church was built in 1732, in Lancaster County, Virginia, by Robert, yclept "King" Carter.
Bishop Meade, in his "Old Ministers, Churches, and Families of Vir- ginia," writes: "The present church was built on the site of an older one, which was completed in the year 1670 under the direction of Mr. John Carter, the first of that name and the great ancestor of many bearing that name in Virginia.
"The church being too small for the increasing population, a larger one was meditated and some change of its location talked of, when Mr. Robert Carter (since known by the name of King Carter) offered to build one at his own expense, saying that in consequence of his large possessions, increasing family and number of tenants, he had intended for some time to build a larger one for the parish. The offer was cheerfully accepted, and the present house was completed about the time of Mr. Carter's death -- that is, about the year 1732-and exhibits to this day one of the most
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striking monuments of the fidelity of ancient architecture to be seen in our land. Very few, if any, repairs have been put on it; the original roof and shingles now cover the house, and have preserved in a state of perfec- tion the beautiful arched ceilings, except in two places, which have within a few years been a little discolored by the rain, which found its way through the gutters where the shingles have decayed. The walls of the house are three feet thick, perfect and sound. The windows are large and strong, having probably two-thirds of the original glass in them. The pews arc of the old fashion, high-backed, and very firm. A very large one, near the altar, and opposite the pulpit, together with the whole north cross of the building, was especially reserved by Mr. Carter for use of his family and dependents in all time to come.
"It deserves to be mentioned that in addition to the high backs which always concealed the family and prevented any of them from gazing around when sitting or knecling, a railing of brass rods, with damask curtains, was put around the top of the pews, except the part opposite the pulpit, in order, it is supposed, to prevent the indulgence of curiosity when stand- ing. These remained until a few years since, and parts of them may probably yet be found in the possession of neighbors or relatives. In further evidence of the fidelity with which the house was built, I would mention that the pavement of the aisles, which is of large freestone, is yet solid and smooth as though it were the work of yesterday. The old walnut communion table also stands firm and unimpaired, and not a round from the railing of the chancel is gone or even loosened. The old marble font, the largest and most beautiful I ever saw, is still there, and, what will scarce be credited, the old cedar dial post, with the name of John Carter (1702), and which was only removed a few years since from its station without the door, where it was planted in the ground, is still to be scen in its place of security under the pulpit."
About 1845 it became necessary to repair the roof. "In taking off the old one for the purpose of renewing it, one secret of the durability of the plastering was discovered. Besides having mortar of the most tenacious kind and of the purest white, and laths much thicker and stronger than those now in use and the old English wrought nails-our modern factorics not then being known-the mortar was not only pressed with a strong hand through the openings of the laths, but clinched on the other side by a trowel in the hand of one above, so as to be fast keyed and kept from falling. In all respects this house appears to have been built in a most durable manner, but without the mere trinkets of architecture."
Many years have passed since Bishop Meade wrote the foregoing impres- sions of this grand old building. The foundation and walls are to all appearances as firm now as when first constructed. The bricks and mortar are in such state of preservation that their condition makes the hastily and cheaply crected buildings of to-day suffer greatly by comparison.
The old church recently has been undergoing repairs, and in a short time the vestry hopes to have the sacred edifice restored to its original state of soundness and beauty. The wounds and scars which met the eye of the
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visitor at every turn within and without the church were made by the hand of irreverent sightseers and relic hunters, whose vandalism extended even to the grave of "King" Carter, which was opened for the purpose of securing jewelry reputed to have been buried with him. Many of these marks have been removed within the church, but there still remains much to be done in the way of restoring the woodwork, such as repairing the railing to the chancel and to gallery and pulpit upstairs.
This landmark of Colonial days is in the form of a Greek cross, with walls 3 feet thick. The ceiling, forming a groined arch, is 30 fect from the floor. There are 12 high arched windows and 3 deep ones in the gables. The flooring, still in perfect condition, is of great slabs of freestone. The center slab, at the intersection of the aisles, covers the remains of a work- man who fell from the scaffolding during the erection of the structure and, being instantly killed, was buried where he fell.
Three of the transepts are entered through high double doors, which are wonderfully preserved after the lapse of nearly two centuries. The fourth transept contains the walnut chancel, opposite which is a small gallery over one of the doors. There are 25 paneled pews over five feet in height. Two of the pews, with benches around the four sides, seat comfortably 24 persons; the others, 12. One of the double pews was reserved exclusively for the Carter family and the other for the Ball family, or Ditchley, which came next in prominence in Christ Church parish. It may be said in pass- ing that descendants of both of these families are now and have always been vestrymen of the church, according to the early and recent vestry books.
The walnut pulpit projecting from the corner formed by the north and west transepts, close to the ceiling and opposite the chancel, looking like a huge bird box, but withal of graceful and ornate design, is reached by a spiral stair. The reading desk is below the pulpit, on a level with the pews. Over the chancel, in the east transept, filling the space between two high arched windows, were two tablets set in a walnut framc. On one were inscribed the Commandments, on the other the Creed and the Lord's Prayer. These tablets have long since disappeared, but the vestry hopes to replace them in the near future.
The old walnut Chippendale communion table, with one foot missing and every joint loosened by time and abuse, has just been restored through the interest and generosity of Dr. J. Houston Eccleston, rector of Em- manuel Church, Baltimore. The old table now stands in its former strength and beauty ready to serve its original holy purpose for another century or two. It can now be seen at Potthast Bros., on North Howard Street.
The beautiful Italian marble font placed in the church at its completion was a few years ago desccrated by vandals, who knocked it over and broke it apparently beyond repair. That, too, was sent to Baltimore to be restored, and can now be seen at Gaddess Bros., North Liberty Street.
In a corner of the east transept near the chancel lie buried John Carter, the father of Robert, the "King," and his three wives and several children. This spot is marked by a large slate slab, covered with inscriptions. Vis-
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itors are wont to stand upon this slab the better to decipher the crudely cut inscriptions which, from the arrangement of the data, often cause heated discussion as to who is who in this branch of the Carter family.
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