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Charles Campbell (History of Va., p. 521) says: "Appended to it is an epitome of the state and condition of Virginia. The marginal illustration is profuse and, like the map, well executed."
Soon after the settlement of Colonel John Henry in Virginia, Patrick, his brother, followed him, and after some interval be- came, by his brother's interest ( April, 1733), rector of St. George's Parish, in the new County of Spottsylvania. He was afterwards rector of St. Paul's Parish, in Hanover County.
Colonel John Henry married Mrs. Sarah (Winston) Syme, and had issue:
I. Jane Henry2. Married Colonel Samuel Meredith, lieu- tenant of the volunteer company from Hanover County, which under the command of Patrick Henry marched to Williamsburg, May, 1775, and seized the powder in the magazine there.
II. William Henry2, d. sine prole.
III. Sarah Henry2. Married Thomas Thomas, of Bristol, England.
IV. Susanna Henry2. Married Gen. Thomas Madison, who was the son of John, and brother of Bishop James Madison, president William and Mary College. Their
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deseendants number many of the family names of Bowyer and Lewis, of Botetourt County.
V. Mary Henry2. Married - - Bowyer.
VI. Anne Henry2. Married George William Christian, son of Robert Christian, from Londonderry, Ireland, who settled in Augusta Co., Va., 1740; d. 1784, aged 90 years. Gen. William Christian was killed by the Indians near Louisville, Ky., in 1784. Issue :
I. One daughter3. Married Governor John Pope. (From this marriage are deseended the Warfields, Bullets, and Diekinsons, of that State.)
VII. Elizabeth Henry2. Married, first, Gen. William Camp- bell (b. 1745, in Augusta Co., Va.), the hero of King's Mountain, who was killed Sept. 1781; married, seeond, Gen. William Burrell, who was b. 1758; d. July 3, 1825, Fayette Co., Ky.
VIII. Luey Henry2. Married Valentine Wood, of Gooehland Co., Va.
IX. Patrick Henry2, the orator, b. May 29, 1736; d. June 6, 1799. Married, first (1754), Sarah Shelton; seeond (Oet. 9, 1777), Dorothea Dandridge, the granddaughter of Governor Alexander Spottswood, who upon his death married, second, Judge Edmunds Winston, of the Court of Appeals of Virginia; d. 1831 at his resi- denee, "The Meadows," Buekingham Co., Va.
Isaae Winston emigrated from Wales and settled in Hanover Co., Va., about 1702.
Sarah, daughter of Isaae and Mary (Dabney) Winston. Married, first, Col. John Syme, son of Col. John Syme, a travelled gentleman of rank and fortune, and Mildred, daughter of Nieholas Meriwether, seeond in deseent from Nieholas of Wales, settled in Virginia about 1650, and had issue :
I. John Syme2, member House of Burgesses, and of the Convention of 1775; Colonial seat, "Roeky Mills." Married, first, daughter of Meriwether, and had issue :
I. Sarah Syme3, b. Nov. 5, 1769; d. May 15, 1814. Married (Dee. 1781) Colonel Samuel Jordon Cabell, of the Revolution, b. Dee. 15, 1756; d. Aug. 4, 1818.
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II. Mildred Syme3, d. single.
III. John Syme3, d. 1793.
IV. Nicholas M. Syme3, lived and died at New Castle, Han- over Co., Va. Married, first, Miss Johnson; second, Miss Johnson, and had issue :
I. William H. Syme4, edited a newspaper in Lunenburg Co., Va.
II. John Syme+. Married Frances Cole Diggs, of Albemarle Co., Va.
III. Margaret Syme4, b. Feb. 27, 1825, in Richmond, Va. Married William P. Hogue, Oct. 1847; living now in Charleston, W. Va.
I will give a letter of Mr. John Syme Hogue, son of William and Margaret Hogue:
Charleston, Kanawha Co., W. Va. Nov. 14, 1903.
EDITOR OF THE TIMES-DISPATCH :- In your issue of October 25th last, you published an article on the Winston family of Virginia. This, I think, is slightly erroneous. I beg to offer these corrections:
Sarah Winston married 1st John Syme (not John Lyne), the emigrant, who came to the Colony about 1721. After his marriage there came to him, with letters of introduction, Colonel John Henry, a man of culture, belonging to an old Scottish family, a magistrate and loyal subject, who took pleasure in drinking the King's health at the head of his regiment. He was of course well received.
John Syme1 and Sarah Winston, his wife, had issue: John Syme".
John Syme1 d. 1723. His widow, Sarah, married afterwards Col. John Henry, and by him had issue: Among others, Patrick Henry, who thus became the half brother of John Syme2. This John Syme' took a prominent part in the Revolutionary proceedings.
I. John Symes, d. 1793.
II. Nicholas M. Syme8. His son, John Symet, married Frances Cole Diggs. Their daughter, Margaret Syme, married William P. Hogue, my father, and hence I happen to know something about Sarah Winston.
Very respectfully, JOIN SYME HOQUE.
Colonel John Syme2 married, second, Sarah, daughter of Adam Hoops, of Philadelphia, and had issue :
V. Jane Isabella Syme3. Married John Thompson, a wine merchant of Richmond, Va., no issue; second, John T. Swann.
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VI. Anna Maria Syme3. Married Jonah Riddick, of Nanse- mond Co., issue: Willis and Lemuel, both d. young. . VII. Elizabeth Syme3. Married George Fleming. He came to Virginia with his unele, Mr. Simeon Vashon, when he was twelve years old (from Ireland) ; was educated by his unele, and in Norfolk Co., Va. He became a wine merchant in Richmond, Va. After his marriage he lived at Healing Springs, Louisa Co., Va. Had twelve children, only three of whom survived-the father of George W. Fleming and two maiden sisters. Another son, John S. Fleming, of Goochland Co., Va., d. a few years since, leaving a widow and three sons. One of the youngest, Dr. George Fleming, married Mrs. Mary Orrell Coleman, widow of Thomas Burbage Coleman, of Concord, in Caroline Co., Va.
ANCESTORS AND RELATIVES OF DR. GEORGE FLEMING.
BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
Isabel Fleming.
Thomas Fleming, d. 21 yrs. old.
Adam Hoops Fleming, d. 23 yrs. old.
Ellen Catherine Fleming, d. 54 yrs. old. Married Mr. Lind- say.
George Fred Augustus Fleming, d. --. Ann Maria Fleming.
Martha Hoops Fleming, d. 28 yrs. old.
Jane Thompson Fleming, d. 24 yrs. old.
Eliza Hoops Fleming, d. 36 yrs. old.
Sallie Fleming, d. 8 mos. old.
John Syme Fleming, d. 66 yrs. old.
Wm. Nausau Fleming, d. 40 yrs. old.
FATHER AND MOTHER.
George Fleming, d. 70 yrs. old.
Elizabeth Hoops Syme Fleming, d. 39 yrs. old.
GRANDFATIIER AND GRANDMOTHER.
Col. John Syme. Sarah Hoops. They lived at Rocky Mills, Hanover Co., Va.
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GREAT-GRANDFATHER.
Adam Hoops.
(More about Syme Family later.)
FAMILY CHART.
Mary Orrell. Married Joseph Brock. Issue :
Susanna Brock. Married Rev. Archibald Dick. . Issue:
Elizabeth Dick. Married Capt. Vivian Minor. Issue :
Matilda Minor. Married Robert Coleman. Issue :
Mary Orrell Coleman.
Thomas Vivian Coleman.
Mary Orrell Coleman. Married Thomas Burbage Coleman, of Concord, Caroline Co., Va. Issue :
I. Lewis Minor Coleman. Married Mary Ambler Marshall. Issue :
Matilda Minor Coleman.
Lewis Minor Coleman.
Claudia Burwell Coleman.
II. Matilda Elizabeth Coleman. Married Edward W. Morris. Issue :
Mary Watts Morris. Married James Nelson. Issue :
I. Rosa Nelson. Married T. K. Mason.
II. Richard Nelson.
III. Robert Nelson.
Matilda Minor Morris.
Richard Morris, d. 1868.
Thomas Burbage Morris.
Sallie F. Morris.
Bettie Morris.
Letitia Rives Morris.
Milly Rose Morris.
Louise Coleman Morris.
Susan Dabney Morris.
III. Robert Thomas Coleman.
These charts were handed to me by Dr. George William Flem- ing, of Chantilly, Hanover Co., Va.
Mundert Doodes. Married Mary Changed name to Doodes Minor1, had issue :
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I. Mary Minor2. Married Peter Montague.
II. Doodes Minor2. Married Elizabeth Coke. Issue :
I. Minor Minor3. Married Elizabeth Norman.
II. William Minor3.
III. Garret Minor3. Married Lavinia Vivian.
IV. John Minor3, d. Sept. 6, 1685.
V. Peter Minor3, d. - , 1697.
Garret Minor3 married Lavinia Vivian. Issue :
I. John Minor+. Married Sarah Carr.
II. Dina Minor4. Married George Goodloe.
John Minor+ married Sarah Carr and had issue:
I. Maj. John Minor5. Married Elizabeth Cosby.
II. William Minor5.
III. Thomas Minor". Married Mary Dabney.
IV. Nancy Minor5. Married T. Herndon.
V. Garret Minor5. Married Mary O. Terrell.
VI. James Minor5. Married Mary Carr.
VII. Diana Minor5.
VIII. Dabney Minor". Married, first, Anne Anderson ; second,
B. Cosby.
IX. Vivian Minor5. Married E. Dick.
X. Elizabeth Minor5. Married Col. Lewis.
XI. Peter Minor". Married Miss Jones.
Dabney Minors married, second, B. Cosby, by whom he had issue :
I. Joseph Minor".
II. Alfred Minor®.
III. Molly Minor". Married T. McLauglin, had issue :
I. George McLauglin™. Married Miss Dicke.
II. Thomas B. McLauglin'. Married Miss Hackett.
III. John McLauglin7. Married Miss Johnson. .
IV. Harriet McLauglin7. Married Dr. T. B. Anderson.
V. Barbara McLauglin7. Married
Vivian Minor® married E. Dick, and had issue :
I. Susan B. Minor". Married Wm. Wyatt.
II. Archibald Minor". Married Miss Rawlings.
III. Alfred Minor®, d. a bachelor.
IV. Matilda Minor". Married Robert Coleman.
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V. Lewis Minor®, d. yellow fever, Mobilc.
VI. Joseph Minor®, d. a bachelor.
Archibald Minore married Rawlings, and had issue :
I. Elizabeth Minor7. Married Hill.
II. Lewis Minor7. Married
III. Harriet Minor7. Married Duval.
Archibald Minor® married Miss Rawlings, and had issue :
I. Mary Orrell Coleman7. Married, first, Thomas B. Cole- man; second, Dr. George Fleming.
II. Thomas Vivian Coleman7.
Mary Orrell Coleman7 married Thomas B. Coleman, by whom she had issue :
I. Lewis Minor Coleman8. Married Mary Ambler Marshall.
II. Robert T. Coleman®. Married Milly Rose Irving.
III. Matilda E. Coleman8. Married E. Morris.
Lewis Minor Coleman8, b. at Chantilly, Hanover Co., Va., Feb- ruary 3, 1827; d. at Edgehill, Caroline Co., Va., March 21, 1863. Married (August 2, 1855) Mary Ambler Marshall, b. at Leeds, April 29, 1830 (still living in Kentucky). Mr. Coleman received from his venerated mother his early moral sentiments and religious impressions. He was first sent to a private school at Beaver Dam, and subsequently he attended the academy of his uncle, Frederick Coleman, at Concord, Caroline Co., Va. In 1844, when Lewis was seventeen, he entered the University of Virginia, and at nineteen graduated with the degree of A. M. On the 12th of November, 1846, he united with the Baptist Church at Rich- mond, Va. Having determined to devote his life to teaching, he became, by the invitation of his uncle, an assistant in Con- cord Academy. His wonderful proficiency as a disciplinarian, and his success as an educator, encouraged him to open a school of his own. When Concord Academy was closed about 1854, he founded Hanover Academy, at Taylorsville, Va., and by firmness and perseverance, as well as on account of his scholarship, the school flourished, and his reputation was established. In 1859 he was elected Professor of Latin in the University of Virginia, and Hanover Academy passed to his assistant, Professor Jones. In the University, his scholarship and classical crudition added to the reputation of the institution. But in the midst of his useful
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labors the Civil War aroused the nation to arms. His duty to his native State he regarded as imperative. His allegiance was due to Virginia, and not to the Union. An artillery company was in August, 1861, mustered into service of the Confederaey, with Capt. Coleman as its chief officer. With diligence he prepared himself to fill his new position, and drilled his men for service. His men were called morning and evening for religious services, under the leadership of their faithful commander. The effect was, that his men were heroes such as were led by Cromwell and Haveloek. Capt. Coleman's company was placed in Gen. Pendleton's divi- sion, and at Yorktown, the peninsula, the battles around Richmond and on many other bloody fields in Virginia and Maryland, did valuable serviee for the South. At the reorganization of the army in 1862, Capt. Coleman* was promoted to the rank of Major; and shortly afterward was elceted Lieutenant Colonel of the First Virginia Artillery. He was with his regiment at Richmond, but had to retire to reeruit his health. A short time before the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., he resumed his place. On that bloody field he was wounded in the leg, but not disabled. Yet the wound, which seemed but slight, proved mortal, and after ninety days of intense physical suffering he found the peace of death at "Edge- hill," Caroline Co., Va. Thus died a moral hero and martyr to conscientious duty-a scholar, soldier, patriot and Christian.
Col. Coleman and his wife, Mary Ambler Marshall, had issue :
I. Maud Minor Colemanº, d. young.
II. Lewis Marshall Coleman9.
III. Claudia Burwell Coleman9. These are living in Chatta- nooga, Tenn., at present, 1905.
I. Lewis Marshall Coleman. Married Julia W. Boyd, and had issue :
I. Lewis Marshall Coleman.
II. Maud Coleman, d. 18 yrs. old.
III. Claudia Burwell Coleman, b. in Hanover Co., Va., Dee. 24, 1858. She is living with her mother in Chattanooga, Tenn.
#NOTE .- Miss Pecquet du Bellet spent two months of the summer of 1904 at Dr. George William Fleming's, half brother of Col. Coleman. During her stay at Chantilly she read the Life or History of Col. Lewis Coleman, written by some of his friends of the University. A nobler Christian man never lived.
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Robert T. Coleman8 married Milly Rosc Irving, and had issue :
I. Burbage Colemanº.
II. Josephine Coleman9. Married James Walker. Issue :
I. Robert Coleman Walker10.
Matilda E. Coleman8 married E. W. Morris. Issue already been given.
Matilda M. Coleman Morrisº married M. Woods. Issue :
I. Ed Morris Woods10.
II. Sallie Woods10.
III. Maud Coleman Woods10.
IV. Mary Watts Woods10.
V. Lettie Page Woods10.
Lettie R. Morrisº married Rev. Frank Page. Issue :
I. John Page10.
II. Matilda Page10.
III. Elizabeth Page10.
Rose T. Morris' married Dr. T. Whitehead.
NOTE .- Ancestors of Mrs. Matilda Coleman: Great-grandmother Mary Orrell, d. aged 97 years. Married Joseph Brock, and lived in Spottsyl- vania. Grandmother Susannah Brock d. aged 97. She was born 1755 A. D. Married Rev. Archibald Dick, English minister from Scotland, b. 1725; d. 1812. Issue: Archibald Dick, d. 90th year, in Caroline Co., Va. Mary Dick, married Mr. Hart. Elizabeth Dick, b. Jan. 12, 1760. Married Captain Vivian Minor, of Caroline Co., Va., b. Nov. 4, 1750. Mrs. Minor d. 1847. They lived at Springfield. Matilda Minor, married Robert Coleman.
Mary Orrell Coleman married, second, Dr. George Fleming, of Chantilly, IIanover Co., Va. She was widow of Thomas Bur- bage Coleman, of Coneord, Caroline Co., Va.
Dr. George Fleming and his wife had issue:
I. Mary Eliza Fleming8. Married Samuel Schooler, of Edge Hill Academy, Va. After the death of her hus- band, Mrs. Schooler lived in Fredericksburg, Va. I met her in 1902, 1903. She was one of the most inter- esting and literary ladies that I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. She was a well known and highly connected Christian lady, of Fredericksburg, Va .; d. Dee. 23, 1903, after an illness of several weeks, aged 70.
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She was a prominent member of the Baptist Church, and is survived by two children, G. F. Schooler and Miss Willie F. Sehoolcr. Issue :
I. George Fleming Seliooler".
II. Mary Orrell Schoolcr". Married (Dee. 13, 1883) John Ambler; she died 1885, leaving one daughter, six months old.
I. Mary Orrell Ambler10.
III. Dr. Malcolm Nausau Sehooler ?.
IV. Willie F. Sehooler", of Fredericksburg. She is principal of a very prosperous sehool.
V. Roberta Schoolcr?, d.
II. Sallie T. Fleming8. Married Col. William LeRoy Broun (a very prominent educator since the eivil war). Issue :
I. William LeRoy Brounº. Married Lemclia Simon.
II. Maud Brounº. Married Betts.
III. Mary Brounº. Married Ordway.
IV. Bessie Brounº.
V. George Brounº.
VI. Kate Brounº.
III. Malcolm Nausau Flemings, M. D. Married, first, Anna Dean. Issue :
I. Mamic Fleming".
II. Frank Fleming".
Dr. Fleming marricd, second, Mamie Meigs. Issue :
III. Mary Flemingº.
IV. Henry M. Fleming".
V. Stewart Fleming".
VI. Malcolm Fleming".
IV. George Fleming8, d.
V. Dr. George William Fleming8. Married (April 24, 1883) Ann Gordon Ambler; lived at Chantilly, Hanover Co., Va .; removed spring of 1905, to Cheraw, South Caro- lina. (See Volume I, Ambler Genealogy.)
VI. Vivian Minor Fleming8. Married Emily White, of Athens, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming reside in Freder- ieksburg, Va. They are eharming people, and have one daughter.
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I. Annie Fleming9. Married (March 28, 1905, New York City, Hotel Victoria) Mr. Smith, b. at Hamilton, Ontaria, Canada. He is a newspaper man, and whereas their home has been in Washington, D. C., they have recently (Aug. 1905) removed to New York, where they will in future reside.
VII. William Thomas Fleming8.
The following is copied from William and Mary College Quarterly, Vol. VI, No. II, October, 1897, p. 127:
MINOR .- Quite a number of useful and enterprising Dutehmen eame to Virginia about 1650, and founded families. Among them was a merchant who signs his name indifferently Doodes Minor, Minor Doodes, and Mindert Doodes. As Minor Minor Doodes, of Nansemond, he received a deed in 1655, from James Gates. Later, as hailing from Laneaster County in 1665, he and his wife, Mary, united in a deed to Peter Montague. His will, dated and proved in 1677, mentions his wife Mary, and son Doodes Minor's children. His wife Mary's will, dated 1678, and proved about 1686, names daughter, Marie Montague, and her daughter, Marie, sons Doudes Mindert and Peter Montague, who are to have an equal division of the residue of his estate. The will of Doodes Minor (Mindert) was dated November 13, 1694, and names wife Elizabeth and four sons: Minor Minor, William Minor, Garrett Minor, and Peter Minor. Minor Minor was to have his seal gold ring, and his granddaughter, Elizabeth Miekleburronghi, a silver ring. The Middlesex register shows that of these Garrett Minor was b. April 13, 1669, and d. Feb. 2, 1720. The inventory of Minor Minor was recorded in 1716-17 (Middleereek County records). The Louisa County books show that Garrett Minor and Mary Terrill were married in 1769. It is believed that the highly distinguished John B. Minor was deseended from this family.
THE COLEMAN FAMILY OF HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
John Coleman, with a brother, came to America from the British Isles, some time in 1700. John Coleman1 married Miss Bandolfe. He came to Halifax Co., Va .; his brother went to Pennsylvania.
John Coleman1 left several daughters and one son, Col. Henry Embry Coleman2, of Woodlawn, Halifax Co., Va. He was a member of the Virginia Senate; he married Anne Gordon, and had issue :
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I. Elizabeth Ann Coleman2, d. Aug. 29, 1821. Married (Sept. 29, 1813) Charles Baskerville; d. March 22, 1834. Mr. Baskerville married, second, Lucy Goode ; d. Dec. 11, 1868.
II. Mary Margaret Coleman2. Married Richard Logan, mem- ber of the Virginia Senate.
III. John Coleman2. Married, first, Elizabeth Clark; second, Mary Love. ITis only daughter married Mark Alex- ander, whose only child, Bettie, married Gen. Herbert, of Baltimore, Md.
IV. Thomas Gordon Coleman2, b. March 23, 1802; d. Aug. 4, 1862. Married (May 6, 1828) Ann Sims Clark, b. Jan. 27, 1807; d. Jan. 1899.
V. Henrietta Maria Coleman2. Married Rev. John Clark, father of Rev. William M. Clark, of St. James Church, Richmond, Va., and editor of the Southern Church- man. A daughter, Mrs. Betty Garrett, resides at Clover, Va.
VI. Henry Embry Coleman2. Married Miss Hamilton; no issue. Married, second, Miss Turner; had three daughters and one son. Mrs. Philip Brine lives in Richmond. Mrs. Charles Bethel lives in News Ferry, Va.
VII. Dr. Ethelbert Algernon Coleman2, b. 1812. Married, first, Elizabeth Sims; one daughter, Mrs. John Clark, of Barristen Lodge, Seottsburg P. O., Va. Dr. Coleman married, second, Martha Ragsdale.
VIII. Sarah Coleman2. Married David Chalmers; son, Joseph W. Chalmers, Houston, Va.
IX. Charles Coleman2. Married, first, Sarah Eaton; issue : Col. Henry Eaton Coleman3. Charles Coleman2 mar- ried, second, Aliee Sydnor; issue : Mrs. John Tabb3, Gloucester, Va., Mrs. Charles A. Snowdon, Baltimore, Md.
X. Jane Coleman2. Married Charles E. Hamilton.
SECOND GENERATION.
Elizabeth Ann Coleman2 (John1), d. Aug. 29, 1821. Married (September 29, 1813) Charles Baskerville; d. March 22, 1834.
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Mr. Baskerville married, second, Lucy Goode; d. December 11, 1868.
Issue by first marriage :
I. William Baskerville3, b. April 10, 1816; d. 1895.
II. Henry E. Coleman Baskerville3, b. 1817; d. 1900.
III. Mary Anne Elizabeth Baskerville3, b. July 14, 1819; d. July 6, 1873.
IV. Charles Baskerville3, b. Feb. 14, 1821; d. June 23, 1890. Issue by second marriage :
V. Samuel Goode Baskerville3, b. April 18, 1824; d. Dec. 31, 1824.
VI. Lucy Goode Baskerville3, b. Feb. 3, 1827; d. Aug, 6, 1836.
VII. George Thomas Baskerville3, b. Oct. 16, 1829; d. July 2, 1863, at the battle of Gettysburg.
VIII. John Eaton Baskerville3, b. Feb. 16, 1832; d. Nov. 1, 1833.
IX. Sarah Alice Baskerville3, b. March 13, 1834; d. June 19, 1852.
Thomas Gordon Coleman2 (John1), b. March 23, 1802; d. August 4, 1862, at five a. m. ; son Henry Embry and Anne Gordon Coleman. Married (May 6, 1828) Ann Sims Clark, b. January 29, 1807. He was 60 years, 4 months and twelve days old, when he died. Issue :
I. Dr. John Clark Colemana, b. at Clarksville, March 9, 1829; d. Sunday, June 12, 1898, 70 years of age. Married (Jan. 30, 1861) Ann Lightfoot Edmunds.
II. Henry Embry Coleman3, b. July 4, 1830; d .. Married (May 11, 1852) Ella Mackay Alexander.
III. Priscilla Sims Coleman3, b. Nov. 23, 1831; d. Tuesday, Dec. 9, 1851.
IV. Thomas Gordon Coleman3, Jr., b. June 29, 1832; killed in battle, Aug. 30, 1862. Married (Nov. 25, 1856) Isabella Rives.
V. Martha Elizabeth Coleman3, b. Nov. 11, 1834, 10 o'clock in the morning; d. April 10, 1880, at the residence of Marshall Ambler Moncure, Richmond, Va. Married (June 20, 1855) William Marshall Ambler, youngest
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son of Col. John Ambler and his wife, Catherine, née Bush. (Volume I, Ambler Genealogy.)
Dr. Ethelbert Algernon Coleman2 (John1), b. 1812. Married, first, Elizabeth Sims. Issue :
I. Mrs. John Clark, Seottsburg, Va.
Dr. Ethelbert Coleman married, seeond, Martha Ragsdale. Issue, one daughter and seven sons:
Mrs. Thomas Edmonds3, Danville, Va.
Nathaniel R. Coleman3, of Paees P. O., Va. Married (1875) Annie Nelson Page. (Cary Genealogy.)
R. S. Coleman3, Paees P. O., Va.
J. A. Colemanª, Winston P. O., Va.
A. M. Coleman3, Winston P. O., Va.
H. E. Coleman3, News Ferry, Va.
J. M. Coleman3, of South Boston P. O., Va. Married (July 19, 1882) Evelyn Byrd Page. (Cary Geneal- ogy, Chapter V.)
T. G. Coleman3, Bedford City, Va.
Jane Coleman2 (John1). Married Charles E. Hamilton. Issue :
I. Patriek Hamilton, d.
II. Henrietta Hamilton. Married Samuel Tarry, of Woods- worth, Granville Co., N. C.
III. Euphemia Hamilton. Married Dr. John Drake, of Clarks- ville, Va.
IV. Henry E. Coleman Hamilton, d.
Messrs. John M. Coleman and P. H. Baskerville have furnished most of the above information. My readers will doubtless thank them for their kindness as much as I do.
HENRY FAMILY.
Judge James Henry, the progenitor of the Henry family, of Aeeomae County, or in Aberdeen, Seotland, is supposed to have been the grandson of Alexander Henry, of Seotland, who married Jane Robertson (see above), whose genealogy ean be traced to James I, of Scotland. James Henry was b. 1731. He studied law at the University of Edinburgh, and afterwards in Philadel- phia, and settled in Aeeomae Co., Va. Married Sarah Searborough,
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daughter of John and Tabitha Scarburgh, granddaughter of Capt. Charles and Edith Scarburgh, great-granddaughter of Col. Charles and Elizabeth Scarburgh and great-great-granddaughter of Col. Edmund and Mary Scarburgh, the said Col. Edmund being the son of Capt. Edmund and Hannah Scarborough, who were settled on the Eastern Shore as early as 1624. Col. Edmund Scarborough d. 1671, and his only daughters were Tabitha and Matilda, the
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former at that time married to her second husband, Devereux Browne, and the latter, Matilda West, the mother of several children.
John Scarburgh (or Scarborough) d. 1744. James Henry and Sarah Scarborough were married between 1752 and 1757, and before their removal to Northumberland County resided on a plantation located in Custis Neck, then known as the Great Neck
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of Matompkin. This plantation was allotted to Sarah Henry, in the partition between her and her sisters, Bradhurst, the wife of William Drummond, and Elizabeth, the wife of John Coleburn, daughters and heirs of John Searborough, deceased. Judge Henry and wife sold the plantation above named in 1790 to Maj. John Savage, of Northampton County, and since then it has changed owners several times.
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