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The natural effect of the latter will ever be procuring a favourable and patient hearing, and all those advantages that a prepossession in favour of the speaker produces.
You see, my son, that I take the privilege of a mother in advising you, and be assured, you have no friend so solicitous for your welfare, temporal and eternal, as your ever-affectionate mother.
ANN NICHOLAS.
The author of the above letter was the daughter of Colonel Wilson Cary, of Hampton, a descendant of one of the first families who settled in the lower part of Virginia. Tradition says that Mrs. Nicholas, after the death of her husband, R. C. Nicholas, at his seat in Hanover, was visited by some British officers, and received them with great dignity. Her daughter-in-law, wife of her son George, and sister of Gov. Samuel Smith, of Baltimore, being recognized by one of the officers as an old acquaintance in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, secured polite treatment for the family ; but the officers, on discovering that there were some jewels and other valuables in the house, seized upon them and carried them off.
The ancestry of Wilson Cary Nicholas embraces several of the most worthily represented families of the Old Dominion. The founder of the distinguished Nicholas family of Virginia was Dr. George Nicholas1, of Lancaster Co., England, a surgeon in
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the British Navy, who settled in the Colony about the beginning of the eighteenth century. Married (about 1722) Elizabeth, widow of Major Nathaniel Burwell and daughter of "King Carter" (Robert), of Corotoman. They had issue :
I. Robert Carter Nicholas2, b. 1723. Married Anne, daughter of Col. Wilson Cary, of "Ceelys."
II. John Nicholas2, of Seven Islands (great-grandfather of Mrs. Willie Harrison Nicholas, who married Philip Barbour Ambler). He married Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Joshua Fry, of Williamsburg. He was Clerk of Albemarle 1749-1815, burgess 1756, '57, '58, and of the Convention of 1774-75, of Buckingham Co.
III. George Nicholas2, probably father of Col. John Nicholas, long clerk of Dinwiddie.
SECOND GENERATION.
II. Robert Carter Nicholas2 (George1), statesman, jurist, and patriot, familiarly known as Treasurer Nicholas, in colonial annals, from having long and honorably filled that important office. Married (1752) Anne, daughter of Colonel Wilson and Sarah Cary, third in descent from Colonel Miles Cary, the emi- grant ancestor of the family in Virginia who was born in Bristol, England, 1620; d. June 10, 1667, in Virginia, and was fifth in descent from William Cary, Mayor of Bristol in 1546. (Cary Family.) They had issue :
I. John Nicholas3. Married Anne Lawson, member of Con- gress 1793-1801; removed to Geneva, New York, where he has numerous descendants.
II. George Nicholas3. Married daughter of the Hon. John Smith of Baltimore, Md., and was the father of Judge Samuel Smith Nicholas4, who published a masterly plea for the habeas corpus when it was suspended by President Lincoln during the Civil War.
III. Wilson Cary Nicholas3, b. Jan. 31, 1761, Williamsburg, Va .; d. Oct. 10, 1820. Marricd (1783) Margaret, daughter of John Smith, of Baltimore, Md.
IV. Lewis Nicholas8.
V. Philip Norborne Nicholas3. Married, first, Mary Spear, of Baltimore, Md .; second, Maria Carter, daughter of Thomas Taylor and Mary Anne Byrd, daughter of William Armistead.
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II. John Nicholas2 (George1), of Seven Islands. Married Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Joshua Fry, of Williamsburg. He was clerk of Albemarle 1749-1815; burgess 1756, '57, '58, and of the Conventions of 1774, '75, of Buckingham Co. They had issue :
I. Colonel John Nicholas3, member of the Buckingham Co., Va., Committee of Safety, 1775; burgess 1774; mem- ber of the Convention 1775. Married Louisa Carter. II. Elizabeth Nicholas3, d. unmarried.
III. George Nicholas3. Married Nannie Seott.
IV. Robert Carter Nicholas3. Married Martha, widow of Daniel Seott.
THIRD GENERATION.
John Nicholas2, son of the Treasurer, Robert Carter Nicholas.
The following biographical sketeh of "One Eyed" John Nieholas, son of the treasurer, Robert Carter Nicholas, and Anne Cary, his wife, appears in "American Orations," edited by the late Prof. Alexander Johnston of the College of New Jersey (Princeton), viz. :
John Nieholas was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1763, was elected Representative from Virginia in the Third Congress as a Demoerat; was reelected to the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Congresses, serving from December 2, 1793, to March 3, 1801; removed to Geneva, N. Y., and devoted himself to agri- eultural pursuits. Was a member of the State Senate of New York, 1806-1809; was presiding judge of the Oneida County Court; superintended the cducation of a large family, and after a long illness dicd at Geneva, N. Y., December 31, 1819. (The Politieal Register and Congressional Directory, compiled by Ben. Perley Poore.)
Randall, in his "Life of Jefferson," says: "No Virginia family contributed more to Mr. Jefferson's personal suecess than the powerful family of the Nicholases-powerful in talents, powerful in probity, powerful in their numbers and union."
John Nicholas married Anne Lawson, daughter of Gavin Law- son, of Stafford County, Virginia. Robert Selden Rose married another daughter, Jane Lawson. Messrs. Lawson, Nicholas, Rose and a kinsman, Colonel Fitzhugh, with their families and slaves, removed from Virginia in 1803 to what was then called the "Gene-
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sec Country" in Western New York, where they had large landed estates in the vicinity of what is now Geneva, Ontario County, N. Y., and where many of their descendants still reside.
John and Anne Lawson Nicholas had issuc :
I. Gavin Lawson Nicholas4.
II. Anne Cary Nicholas4. Married Abraham Dox.
III. Susan Rose Nicholas4. Married Rev. Orin Clarkc. Issue : I. Susan L. Clarkc5. Married George N. Dox.
IV. George Wilson Nicholas4.
V. Jane Lawson Nicholas4.
VI. Robert Carter Nicholas4. Married Mary Sclden Rose. .
VII. Elizabeth Randolph Nicholas4.
VIII. Sarah Norton Nicholas4.
IX. Margaret Caroline Nicholas+. Married Dr. F. B. Lconard, of Lansingburgh, N. Y.
X. Mary Blair Nicholas4.
XI. John Nicholas4. Married Virginia Gallagher.
III. George Nicholas3 (Robert2, George1), son of Robert Carter Nicholas and Ann Cary, his wife. Married Mary, daughter of the Hon. John Smith of Baltimore, Md. He was Governor of Kentucky. He was opposed to the Federalist party with Thomas Jefferson.
George Nicholas3 and Mary Smith had issue :
I. Col. R. C. Nicholas4, U. S. A.
II. Maj. Cary Nicholas4.
III. Smith Nicholas4.
IV. Nelson Nicholas4.
V. Capt. George Nicholas4, U. S. N.
VI. Judge Samuel Smith Nicholas4. Married, first, Matilda Prather ; second, Mary Smith.
VII. Maria Nicholas4. Married Col. Owings, of Kentucky.
VIII. Ann Nicholas4. Married Lewis Saunders.
IX. Georgina Nicholas4. Married Joseph H. Hawkins.
X. Margaret Nicholas4. Married, first, Gen'l J. C. Bartlett, U. S. A .; second, Gov. Thomas Fletcher.
XI. Elizabeth Randolph Nicholas4. Married James Gabriel Trotter, of Lexington, Ky.
XII. Henrietta Nicholas4. Married Richard Hawcs. XIII. Clara Nicholas4, unmarried.
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III. Lewis Nicholas3 (Robert2, George1), son of Robert Carter Nicholas2 and Ann Cary, his wife, of Albemarle. Married Miss Harris. Issue :
I. John Nicholas4.
II. Wilson Nicholas4.
III. Cary Ann Nicholas4. Married Rev. Wingfield.
III. Wilson Cary Nicholas3 (Robert2, George1), son of Robert Carter Nicholas2 and Ann Cary. Married Margaret Peggy Smith, sister of General Samuel Smith of Baltimore, Md. Issue:
I. Robert Carter Nicholas+, U. S. S. La. Married Susan Vincent, of New Orleans, La. (Carter Tree says Miss Butler.)
II. John S. Nicholas4, b. 1800; d. 1864. Married, first, Miss Hollins; second, Esther Stevenson.
III. Margaret Nicholas4, unmarried.
IV. Mary Buchanan Nicholas4. Married John Patterson, son. of William Patterson, merchant of Baltimore, whose daughter married Jerome Bonaparte.
V. Sarah Nicholas4.
VI. Jane Nicholas4. Married Thomas Jefferson Randolph. (Randolph Family, Chapter V.)
VII. Sidney Nicholas4, married Dabney Carr.
VIII. Cary Ann Nicholas4, married John Spier Smith.
III. Elizabeth Nicholas8 (Robert2, George1), daughter of Robert Carter Nicholas and Ann Cary. Married Edmund Ran- dolph, Governor of Virginia. Issue :
I. Peyton Randolph4. Married Maria Ward.
II. Susan Randolph4. Married Bennett Taylor.
III. Edmonia Randolph4. Married John L. Preston.
IV. Lucy Randolph4. Married Judge Peter V. Daniel. (Ran- dolph Family, Chapter V.)
III. Sarah Nicholas3 (Robert2, George1), daughter of Robert Carter Nicholas and Ann Cary, his wife. Married John H. Nor- ton. Issue :
I. Courtenay Norton4. Married, first, Warner Lewis; mar- ried, second, Landon Carter.
II. Anne Norton4. Married Gen. Armistead.
III. Rev. J. H. Norton4, of New York. Married Miss Gray. Issue :
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I. Rev. J. Norton5, of Kentucky. Married Mary Sutton. Issue :
Juliette Norton6.
WILSON CARY NICHOLAS Governor of Virginia 1814 to 1816
II. Rev. George II. Norton", of Alexandria, Va. Married Nannie Marshall. Issue :
I. Claudia Norton7. Married Rev. John K. Mason. Issue :
I. Hatley Mason8.
II. Lucy Mason8.
III. Minnie Mason8.
IV. Mary Mason8.
III. Robert Carter Norton", of Ohio.
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Wilson Cary Nicholas was born Jan. 31, 1761, in Williamsburg, Va., and was edueated at William and Mary College, which in- stitution he left at the age of eightcen years, to enter the army. His ability as a soldier met with deserved recognition, and he was the commander of Washington's life-guard until it was disbanded in 1783, when he settled in Albemarle County, on his estate ealled "Warren." In the same year he married Margaret, daughter of John Smith, of Baltimore, Maryland.
The publie serviees of Mr. Nicholas began in 1784, as the repre- sentative of Albemarle Co., in the House of Delegates to Virginia. At the elose of the session of 1785 he returned to private life, from which retirement he was called to represent the county in the House of Delegates, from 1789 to 1790, and from 1794 to 1799, when he was elected to the United States Senate. In this latter body he took a distinguished position as a Republican leader, and at this highly important time zealously supported all the measures projeeted by his party for the good of the country. Seeing most of his wishes in this respect accomplished, he resigned his seat in the Senate, 1804, and turned his attention to his own neglected private affairs. In 1806 he declined a special mission to France, but in 1807 he was elected to Congress, and again in 1809 was rcëleeted to the same position.
During this exciting and momentous period he took the patriotie stand of determined opposition, and if need be, aroused resistanee to the poliey of France and Great Britain. In December, 1814, Mr. Nicholas was elected Governor of Virginia, and although the State at that time was passing through the great ordeal of a foreign war, under peculiarly trying circumstanees, he did not hesitate to accept the position with its unusual. weight of care and anxiety.
The announcement of peace being made in the following year, Nicholas showed himself devoted to the honor and welfare of his native State, eombining with his zeal a knowledge of her eapaeities and her needs.
In the spring of 1819, retiring permanently from public life, hc returned to his country seat, "Warren," but his health had been seriously impaired by the fatigue and anxiety ineident to many positions of responsibility, and his useful life was drawing near its close.
Being advised to try the benefits of a journey on horseback, he set out and reaehcd "Tufton." the residence of his son-in-law,
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Thomas Jefferson Randolph. Here his strength failed, and he cx- pircd suddenly, October 10, 1820. Popular and successful, his life was crowned with many honors, and he has left the memory of valuable services rendered, both to his State and to his country.
III. Philip Norborne Nicholas3 (Robert2, George1), son of Robert Carter Nicholas2 and Ann Cary. He was many years Attorney-General of Virginia, President of the Farmers Bank in Richmond, Va .; member of the Virginia Convention 1829-30; Judge of the General Court of Virginia. IIc was associated with William Wirt and George Hay in an able defence of James Thompson Callender, who was tried in Richmond, Va., May 1800, before Judge Samuel Chase of the United States Supreme Court, for publishing a pamphlet entitled, "The Prospect Before Us," in which the character of President John Adams was infamously libelled. The prosecuting attorney was Thomas Nelson, son of Gen'l Thomas Nelson, Jr., of the Revolution.
The zeal of Judge Chase in directing the prosecution subjected him to the charge of having transcended his powers, and occasioned his famous trial for impeachment before the United States Senatc.
Judge Philip Norborne Nicholas3 married, first, Mary Spear, of Baltimore; married, second, Maria Carter, daughter Thomas Taylor and Mary Ann Byrd, daughter of William Armistead, of Clarke Co., Va., and granddaughter of the third Colonial William Byrd of Westover, James River.
Judge Nicholas3 marricd, February 19, 1798, Mary Spcar, of Baltimore, Md., daughter of Col. John Spear, who was the son of William Spcar.
William Spear's daughter, Dorothy, married William Patterson, and was the mother of Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte and otliers. Another daughter married Gencral Samuel Smith.
Judge Nicholas3 and Mary Spear, his first wife, had issue :
I. John Spear Nicholas4. Married Mary Gilmore.
II. Wilson N. Nicholas4. Married Jane Hollins.
III. Robert Carter Nicholas4. Married Elizabeth Bush Am- bler, daughter of Col. John Ambler of Jamestown, Va. (Issuc Volume I, Chapters V, VI, and VII.) Issue by second wife :
IV. Jane Nicholas4.
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V. Philip Cary Nicholas*, a well-known member of the bar in Richmond, Va., and a long efficient librarian of the State Library of Virginia.
VI. Elizabeth Byrd Nicholas4, b. December 16, 1830; d. July 30,1901.
VII. Sidney Nicholas4. Married Selma Hudgins.
I, Louise Pecquet du Bellet, visited Shockoe Cemetery, June 8, 1904, and saw the following inscription on tombstone :
Phillip Norborne Nicholas Died August 18, 1849 74 years of age
In early manhood, he was appointed Attorney-General of Vir- ginia, and from that time until his death occupied a position of high trust and responsibility. As a judge, though firm and de- cided, he was always bland and courteous. His principles were those of a patriot and republican. In all the social relations his uniform kindness gained him many devoted friends, who will long lament his loss.
To the left was the tomb of his second wife :
Maria Carter Nicholas Daughter of Thomas Taylor Byrd Died June 27, 1877 Aged 82.
FOURTH GENERATION.
IV. Judge Samuel Smith Nicholas4 (George3, Robert2, George1), son of George Nicholas, Governor of Kentucky, and Mary Smith, his wife. Married, first, Matilda Prather; second, Mary Smith. He published a masterly plea for the habeas corpus when it was suspended by President Lincoln during the Civil War. Issue :
I. Mary Jane Nicholas5. Married Graves.
II. Matilda Nicholas5. Married, first, B. Spratt; married, second, Hon. P. Barrett, of Mo.
III. Margaret Nicholas6, married, first, Thomas; married, second,
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IV. Julia Nicholas5. Married Maj. James Johnson, C. S. A. Issue :
I. Mary Johnson6.
II. James C. Johnson6.
III. Matilda Johnson6.
V. George Nicholas5. Married, first, Emma Hawes; second, Mary A. Pope.
Issue by first wife :
I. Emma J. Nicholas". Married John Churchill. Issue :
I. John Churchill7.
Issue by second wife :
II. Werden Nieholas®. Married Lula Cherry. Issue :
I. Margaretta Nicholas7.
III. George Nicholas". Married Evelyn Thompson.
IV. Sarah Nicholas6.
V. Lawrenee Nieholas6.
VI. Prather Nicholas6.
VII. Cary Nicholas®.
VIII. Matilda Nieholas®.
IX. Mary Nicholas®.
VI. Col. John Nieholas5, U. S. N., 1803.
VII. Catherine Rudolph Nieholas5. Married Rudolph Fink. Issue :
I. Albert Fink6.
II. Mary N. Fink".
III. Margaretta Fink6.
IV. Henry Fink6.
V. Cargetta Fink®.
IV. Maria Nicholas4 (George3, Robert2, George1), daughter of Governor George Nicholas, of Kentucky, and Mary Smith, his wife. Married Col. Owings, of Kentucky. Issue :
I. B. Owings5.
II. Robert Owings5.
III. John Owings5.
IV. Mary Owings6.
V. Margaret Owings5.
VI. Ann Owings5. Married Hon. Mason, Member of Con- gress.
IV. Elizabeth R. Nicholas+ (George3, Robert2, George1), daughter of Governor George Nicholas of Kentucky and Mary
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Smith, his wife. Married James Gabriel Trotter, of Lexington, Ky. Issue :
I. George R. Trotter5. Married Amanda Gallaway.
II. Cary Ann Trotter5. Married Edward Hawes.
III. Margaret Trotter5. Married John Fowler Leary.
IV. Henrietta Nicholas+ (George3, Robert2, George1), daughter of Governor George Nicholas, of Kentucky, and Mary Smith, his wife. Married Richard Hawes. Issue :
I. Gen'l Marion Hawes5, C. S. A. Married Maria South- gate.
II. Cary Hawes5, d. at Chickamauga.
III. George N. Hawes5.
IV. Samuel Hawes5.
V. Henrietta Hawes5. Married Rev. -- Davis.
IV. Clara Nicholas4, daughter of Governor George Nicholas of Kentucky.
III. Lewis Nicholas3 (Robert?, George1), son of. Robert Carter Nicholas2 and Ann Cary. Married Miss Harris. Issue :
I. John Nicholas4.
II. Wilson Nicholas4.
III. Cary Ann Nicholas4. Married Rev. - Wingfield.
IV. Anne Cary Nicholas+ (John3, Robert2, George1), daughter of John Nicholas, of New York, and Anne Rose Lawson, his wife. Married Abraham Dox. Issue :
I. Peter M. Dox5, d. ---. Married, first, Matilda Pope ; married, second, Margaret Simpson ..
II. John N. Dox5, deceased.
III. George N. Dox5, d. -. Married, first, Susan L. Clarke. Issue :
I. Alice N. Dox6.
II. Susan Dox". Married, second, Mrs. Delaney, d. --. Issue :
I. George Dox6, d.
IV. Susan L. Dox5. Married Peter G. Dox.
V. Mary B. Dox5. Married Rev. F. Wardwell.
VI. Dudley W. Dox5. Married Martha Hazard.
VII. A daughter Dox.
VIII. Anne N. Dox5. Lives in Geneva, New York.
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IV. Robert Carter Nicholas4 (John3, Robert2, George1), son of John Nicholas of New York and Anne Rose Lawson, his wife. Married Mary Selden Rose, his cousin, daughter of Robert S. and Janc Lawson Rosc. Issue :
I. John Cary Nicholas", d. -. Marricd Kate Rench.
II. Hon. George Wilson Nicholas5, of Geneva, N. Y. Marricd Olivia M. Gallagher. No issue.
III. Robert Rose Nicholas5, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Married Mary Sutton.
IV. Jane R. Nicholas5, b. 1836, d. 1903. Married (1856),
Zachariah S. Claggett, b. 1821, d. 1890, Hagerstown, Md.
IV. Margaret Caroline Nicholas4 (John3, Robert2, George1), daughter of John Nicholas, of New York, and Anne Rose Lawson, his wife, d. -. Married Dr. R. B. Lconard, of Lansingburgh, New York. Issue :
I. Mary Leonard5.
II. Betty Leonard5.
III. Anne T. Leonard5.
IV. Cornelia Leonard5.
V. John Leonard5.
IV. John Nicholas4 (John3, Robert2, George1), son of John Nicholas, of New York, and Anne Rosc Lawson, his wife. Marricd Virginia Gallagher. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas d. -. Issue :
I. Mary Murray Nicholas5, of Gencva, N. Y.
II. Philip Norborne Nicholas5, of Geneva, N. Y. Married Emily E. Jackson.
III. Charles G. Nicholas5, d. -. Married Sarah Fitch.
IV. Wilson C. Nicholas5, deceased.
V. Anne Nicholas5.
VI. Robert C. Nicholas5, of Warner, Texas.
VII. Virginia Nicholas5, deceased.
IV. Jane R. Nicholas4 (John3, Robert2, George1), daughter of John Nicholas, of New York, and Annc Rose Lawson, his wife, b. 1836; d. 1903. Married (1856) Zachariah S. Claggett, b. 1821; d. 1890, of Hagerstown, Md. Issue:
I. Robert Carter N. Claggett5, now of Cresco, Iowa. Married Ella Hall, and d. leaving no issue.
II. Eliza Claggett5, deceased.
III. Mary Claggett®, deceased.
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IV. Gavin Lawson N. Claggett5, now in Mexico.
V. George Claggett", deceased.
VI. Samuel Claggett5, now of Roanoke City, Va. Married Mrs. Nannic L. Budwell. Issue :
I. Nannie Claggette.
VII. Susan Claggett5, deceased.
VIII. John Cary N. Claggett5, now in Mexico.
IX. Dudley Claggett5, deceased.
X. Jennie N. Claggett5, d. 1904; unmarried.
XI. Zachariah S. Claggett5, now of Atlanta, Ga.
XII. Frederick Dorsey Claggett5. Married Mabel Gill; they reside in Cincinnati.
XIII. Walter M. Claggett5.
IV. Robert Carter Nicholas4 (Wilson Cary3, Robert2, George1), son of Governor Wilson Cary Nicholas and Margaret Peggy Smith, his wife. Married Susan Vincent, of New Orleans, La. Issue :
I. Caroline Nicholas5.
II. Margaret Nicholas".
III. Mary Nicholas5.
IV. Wilson Cary Nicholas5.
IV. John Smith Nicholas+ (Wilson Cary3, Robert2, George1), son of Wilson Cary Nicholas and Margaret Smith, his wife. Mar- ried (1830) Esther Goodwin Stevenson, of Baltimore. John S. Nicholas, b. 1800, was Commodore at his death in 1863 or '64. He always went by the sobriquet of "Old Captain." He was a fine officer and greatly beloved by all and was said to be the hand- somest man in the Navy.
Commodore John Smith Nicholas was stationed at the navy yard, where three of his children were born. In Cooper's "Afloat and Ashore" there is an account of a fire in New York, where noble service was done by a company of naval officers which was commanded by Capt. John Smith Nicholas, to whom was given the credit of having used dynamite to put a stop to further damage, the first time it was used in this country. He was a man of commanding presence and was said to be the handsomest and most popular man in the navy. He was always able to manage his men without having to resort to irons or crude methods. At one time, although for many years in the navy, he could not
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swim, and falling overboard, he looked up and found the water black with sailors, all anxious to rescue their dear old commander. He was retired the first six months of the war, so I do not know that he was especially distinguished.
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JOHN SMITH NICHOLAS, JR. Son of John Smith Nicholas and Esther Stevenson, his wife
John Smith Nicholas and Esther Goodwin Stevenson, his wife, had issue :
I. Wilson C. Nicholas5. Married Augusta Moale, of Balti- more. He was of Atamasca, Md.
II. John S. Nicholas5. Married Mary Stuart Lawlor.
III. George Stevenson Nicholas5. Married Elizabeth Purdy.
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IV. Henry Ingersoll Nicholas5. Married Alice Hollins.
V. Augusta Campbell Nicholas5. Married (1868) Edward de Russy, of New Brunswick, New Jersey.
VI. Cary Annie Nicholas5, d. in New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1901.
VII. Robert Carter Nicholas5, d. in childhood.
VIII. Elsie Nieholas5, d. young. Married Henry Potter.
IV. Sidney Nieholas4 (Wilson Cary3, Robert2, George1), son of Governor Wilson Cary Nicholas and Margaret Smith, his wife. Married Dabney Carr. Issue :
I. Wilson Cary Nicholas5. Married Sue Henderson.
II. Cary Ann Nicholas5. Married Maj. Thomas C. Peyton. Issue :
I. Sidney Peyton6. Married Rt. Rev. William Loyd Gravatt, Bishop Coadjutor, West Virginia (Volume I, Chapters VI and VII).
II. Bernard Peyton®. Married Louisa Ramsay. Issue :
I. Ashton Peyton7.
II. Bernard Peyton7.
III. Thomas Peyton7.
III. Randolph Peyton6.
III. Samuel Southgate Nieholas5.
IV. Margaret Nicholas6.
V. Dabney Nicholas®. Married Anna Dean. Issue :
I. Dabney Nicholas6.
II. Anna Nicholas6.
III. William Nicholas".
IV. Wallaee Nicholas6.
VI. Randolph Nicholas5.
IV. Cary Ann Nicholas4 (Wilson Carys, Robert2, George1), daughter of Gov. Wilson Cary Nieholas and Margaret Smith, his wife. Married John Spear Smith. Issue :
I. Mary Smith5. Married Judge Nicholas, of Ky. Issue given above.
II. Margaret Smith5. Married Robert Carter, of Blenheim, Redlands, Va. Issue :
I. Polly Coles Carter".
II. Sarah Nieholas Carter6.
III. Margaret Carter®.
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ELIZABETH BYRD NICHOLAS President of The National Colonial Dames of America
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IV. Robert Carter6, Episcopal minister (1906).
III. John L. Smith5. Married Jane Kitty.
IV. Robert Smith5.
V. Maria Smith5. Married John L. Williams. Issue :
I. John Williams". Married Lela Leaclı.
II. Cary Anne Williams®. Married B. L. Bermis. Issue :
I. Charlotte Bermis".
II. Frances Bermis7.
III. Samuel BermisT.
IV. John W. Bermis7.
III. Lancaster Williams6.
IV. Charlotte R. Williams6.
V. Edmund R. Williams6.
VI. Langbourn M. WilliamsG.
VII. Eunice G. Williams®.
VIII. William B. Williams6.
IX. Maria W. Williams®.
II. Rev. George H. Norton5. Married Nannie Marshall. Issue :
I. Claudia Norton®. Married Rev. John K. Mason. Issue :
I. Hatley Mason7.
II. Lucy Mason7.
III. Nannie Mason7.
IV. Mary Mason7.
. III. Robert Carter Norton5, of Ohio.
IV. Wilson H. Nicholas4 (Philip N.3, Robert2, George1), son of Judge Philip Norborne Nicholas3 and Mary Spear, first wife. Married Jane Hollins. Issue :
I. Philip Nicholas5.
II. Robert H. Nicholas5.
III. Mary Nicholas5. Married William K. Forman.
IV. Jane H. Nicholas5. Married L. F. Lewis.
IV. Elizabeth Byrd Nicholas4 (Philip N.8, Robert2, George1), daughter of Judge Philip Norborne Nicholas and Maria Byrd, his second wife. She was an accomplished lady, foremost in the art and literary circles of Richmond, Va., and was a leading origina- tor of the Colonial court ball mentioned in the sketch of Lord Botetourt, as having been held in Richmond, February 22, 1876, the pecuniary proceeds of which were patriotically devoted to the furnishing of the Virginia room in the Mount Vernon mansion.
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