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Norman Riehard Fitzhugh and family, wife and three ehildren, with seven servants, left Alexandria, Va., for St. Augustine, Florida, November 14, 1834. N. R. Fitzhugh, wife and children, returned to Alexandria June 21, 1835.
This Norman R. Fitzhugh, my (Rev. N. F. Marshall's) grand- father, left one hundred and six aeres of land on Julington Creek, off St. John's River, thirteen miles above or south of Jaekson- ville, Fla. It was sold by his son, Norman Richard, in 1904, and proceeds divided among heirs. About forty-two dollars came to me (Norman F. Marshall) during a protracted fever in that year. He left valuable coal lands in East Tennessee, which were un- fortunately allowed to get away from the family to pay taxes or to keep records. Papers were destroyed in Corse's fire at Piceo- latah, Florida, it is thought. Issue :
1. Mary Vowell Fitzhugh6, b. Aug. 13, 1824.
II. Ann Henderson Fitzhugh6, b. July 17, 1826.
III. Margaretta Fitzhugh6, b. June 16, 1828; d. July 1, 1890. Married twice.
IV. Richard H. Fitzhugh", b. Jan. 30, 1831.
V. Normand Riehard Fitzhugh", b. Dee. 8, 1831. Married to Mary Foote Lynde, June 26, 1859, at Camp Floyd, Utah, by Rev. Wm. Vaux, Chaplain U. S. Army. Both living in Florida, 1905.
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VI. Thomas Vowell Fitzhugh®, b. Oct. 19, 1833; d. 1862. Sent as child to relative John Vowell, Cannonsburg, W. Pennsylvania. Not liking it, he ran away to sea; in the service ten years. By the influence of friends in Richmond, Va., his release from the navy was se- cured. He was stationed near Bruges in France, having been serving in the Mediterranean Sea.
VII. Lucretia Fitzhugh®, b. Jan. 10, 1836; d. early part 1862. Married (Feb. 8, 1854, Wednesday morning, a quarter to 8 o'clock, in St. Paul's Church, Alexandria, Va.) John Marshall, of Markham, Fauquier Co., Va., he was b. Jan. 17, 1830; d. Nov. 27, 1902. Issue-Ambler Genealogy, Chapters VI and VII, Volume I.
V. Ann Brice Fitzhugh5 (Daniel4, William8, John2, William1), b. Spring Hill, May 21, 1801, 1 o'clock p. m. Married ( February 5, 1823) Rev. W. H. Wilmer. Issue :
I. Sarah Janet Wilmer®, b. 1824; d. 1837.
II. Elizabeth Weston Wilmer®, b. 1826; d., I think, after Civil War. Not married.
In 1898, December 2nd, the late Rt. Rev. Richard Hooker Wilmer, Bishop of Alabama, wrote me:
My stepmother-I do not like to put that word "step" in connection with the dearest and saintliest mother that man was ever blessed with- was Ann Brice Fitzhugh, the sister of your grandfather, Norman R. Fitz- hugh.
After your grandfather's death, if I recollect aright, the care of your mother and her sister Margaretta devolved very much upon my mother, etc. My father died while president of William and Mary College, and was buried in the chancel of the church in Williamsburg, Va., he being rector as well as president.
My mother, your great aunt, survived him many years; raised all her children and stepchildren to mature years, and happening to be in Wil- liamsburg at the time of her death was buried as close to the wall of the church as could be-in order that she might be as near her husband after death as was possible.
If I have ever done anything in life that is worth doing, it is due to that blessed mother.
SIXTH GENERATION.
VI. Margarctta Fitzhugh® (Normand5, Daniel4, William8, John2, William1), b. June 16, 1828; d. July 1, 1890. Married
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twice-first, Percival Corse; second, William D. Corse, b. March 10, 1826; d. July 27, 1896, in Florida.
She was very cultivated. I remember the fine services con- ducted by her at Hillside on Sundays during my boyhood, in upper Fauquier Co., Va. She was the chief agent in building an Episcopal Church, since burned, at Piccolatah, Florida. Issue :
I. Fitz John Corse7, b. Jan. 12, 1853, Alexandria, Va .; d. Dec. 30, 1874.
II. Mary West Corse7, b. July 26, 1854, in Alexandria; d. in Fauquier Co., Va., Feb. 9, 1881. Married Robert Turner, son of Mr. Edward Turner, of "The Plains," Va. Subsequently Robert Turner married Pocahontas Meredith. He was afterwards killed by his cousin and brother-in-law, Licutenant Turner. Mary West Corse Turner was a charming and beautiful young lady. Her daughter is in Fauquier Co., Va., and has been train- ing as a nurse in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. Mary West Corse and Robert Turner had issue :
I. Margarctta Fitzhugh Turner8.
II. Edward Shirley Turner8, lives in Ohio.
III. Wilmer D. Corse7, Jr., b. Jan. 27, 1856, in Alexandria, Va .; d. Sept. 14, 1862.
IV. Margaretta Fitzhugh Corse7, b. Dec. 21, 1857; d. May, 1890, in Piccolatah, Fla.
V. Montgomery Corse7, b. Jan. 23, 1860. Married (Dec. 17, 1885) Anne Peacock, an English lady, in St. Augustine, Florida. Issuc :
I. Herbert Montgomery Corses, educated at the University of the South, at Sewanee, and Georgia School of Technology, at Atlanta. Mr. Corse is a prominent social and business man in Jacksonville, Florida.
VI. Norman Fitzhugh Corse7, b. June 1, 1862, in Charlottes- ville, Va .; d. Dec. 6, 1862.
VII. Douglas Corse7, b. Nov. 12, 1864; d. Jan. 8, 1886, at Piccolatah, Florida. Hc was drowned with Herbert Peacock, in St. John's River, while attempting to fix the government lights. Water was very high, but no one heeded their calls, thinking them entirely safe, being such good swimmers.
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VIII. John Burr Corse7, b. March 30, 1866, in Alexandria, Va .; d. July, 1866.
IX. Edith Greenville Corse7, b. Dec. 11, 1872, at Hillside farm in Fauquier Co., Va. Makes her home with her brother in Jacksonville, Florida. Has lately returned from a trip to Europe, with a cousin, Miss Virginia Corse, daughter of the late Montgomery Corse, of Alexandria, Va.
VI. Norman Richard Fitzhugh® (Normand5, Daniel4, William3, John2, William1), b. December 8, 1831. Married (June 26, 1859, at Camp Floyd) to Mary Foote Lynde, by Rev. William Vaux, Chaplain U. S. Army. Both living in Florida, 1905. Issue :
I. Clara Virginia Fitzhugh7, b. April 18, 1860, at Fort Laramie, N. T. Died en route to the States in camp, on Little Vermillion Creek, Aug. 6, 1860. The dead babe was carried in its mother's arms till nature eould no longer endure it, when the body was placed in a trunk, and so the journey continued to West Point, whenee the corpse was expressed to Alexandria, Va.
II. Norman Richard Fitzhugh7, b. Sept. 11, 1861, at "Forest Hall," Spottsylvania Co., Va.
III. Helen Louise Fitzhugh7, b. Aug. 13, 1866, at the "Refuge," Albemarle Co., Va .; d. Oet. 8, 1872, at "Hill Farm," Minnesota.
IV. Julia Grant Fitzhugh7, b. at "Hill Farm," Minn., Oct. 30, 1868; d. June 24, 1873, Washington, D. C.
V. Isaac Lynde Fitzhugh7, b. Feb. 20, 1871, at "Hill Farm," Minn. Married (July 1, 1901) Mary Jane Paeetti- Address, Piceolatah, Florida.
VI. Mary Margaret Fitzhugh7, b. Feb. 17, 1874, Washington, D. C. Resided on fruit claim at Neptune, Dade Co., Florida ; unmarried. She has returned lately to Pic- colatah, Florida.
SEVENTH GENERATION.
VII. Norman Riehard Fitzhugh7 (Norman®, Norman5, Daniel4, William3, John2, William1), b. September 11, 1861, at "Forest Hall," Spottsylvania. Married Bertha A. Linton, at Washington, D. C. Issue :
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1. Norman Richard Fitzhugh8.
II. Julia Fitzhugh8.
The continuity of the Marmion branch in the male line seems now to depend on this Norman Richard Fitzhugh, unless Isaae Lynde Fitzhugh has sons after 1904. Norman R. Fitzhugh mar- ried B. Linton. He is a well-known St. John's River captain, and owns property at Pieeolatah, Florida.
His father, Maj. N. R. Fitzhugh, was appointed to a Phila- delphia apotheeary as a youth. Went West for his health. In 1854 he was, with one other man, captured by the Ogallah tribe of Indians. Their lives were saved by his adoption as a son by old "Hairy Leggins," their ehief, to replace his son, killed in battle the year before. To his influence during the following year was due the successful event of a peace made with this "bad, bad tribe." He was then recognized white chief till he left Fort Laramie. On Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's staff when he, with twenty- two hundred men, made the famous eircuit around McClellan on the Chickahominy. Finding the river unfordable, Richard Lee reported, "Lost, lost." Maj. Fitzhugh suggested and aided in constructing a bridge, by which they crossed the river. President Davis ealled him "Lieutenant," and handed him a commission as first lieutenant, saying, "For distinguished service at battle of Gaines Mill." This was: "Simply standing with others between Lee and consulting officers and the fire of the enemy."
Being ordered by Gen. Robert E. Lce to build a bridge across Stony Creek and Swamp to facilitate provisioning Petersburg in the latter part of 1864, he was promised support to the extent of one-third of the army. After constructing one and one-fourth miles of bridge, work was interrupted by Gen. Gregg and six thousand men. He and one hundred and eighty-seven men filled the wagons with one hundred and eighty-five dead Yankees. Maj. Fitzhugh was captured, eseaped, and was eaptured again, and carried to the mouth of Delaware River. He was here when, for the "first and only time, Gen. Lee issued an order to his army complimenting the services of a quartermaster by name and reeom- mending him for promotion as colonel." War closed before the commission as colonel was issued, and so the Colonel is still Maj. Fitzhugh.
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Maj. Norman R. Fitzhugh's life would furnish materials for a brilliant romance. All over the arid West, on the Mississippi; holding sway over Indians, because they knew he would never deceive them; leaving New Mexico with $25,000.00 in gold, he went East to throw in his lot with his state. "I felt it was my state and my state needed all her sons." And yet, "Never place mc, nor write me down, as a secessionist. And, consistently, I could not volunteer, and never volunteered. I en- listed promptly when called by the Governor of my state. I re- quired Mayo to leave the word 'volunteer' out of the oath, and told him if it were not so left out I would not go, and he might do to me what he would." "Thomas (Fitzhugh) was a secessionist. He volunteered before the war began."
Maj. Fitzhugh's wife, Mary Foote Lynde, is a relation of Gen. Grant through the Dents. Her father, Maj. Lynde, was indiffer- ently trcated by the United States government, being suspected of Southern sympathies out in New Mexico and Arizona. Losing a competency by an orange grove of seventeen acres being frozen to the ground in a night in 1895, the honest, honored and "hustling" old Major was at seventy-two years making a living in 1904, keeping the government lights in St. John's River ncar Piccolatah. His sons Norman and Lynde have learned from him mainly their knowledge of machinery. I saw Lynde running his own tug, which he had planned and constructed. His grandson, Norman Richard, was in his turn managing a gasoline launch for the benefit of tourists in Florida.
IV. William Fitzhugh4 (Henry8, Henry2, William1), of Pros- pect Hill, b. April 23, 1754; d. 1817, son of Henry Fitzhugh and Sarah Battaile, his wife. Married, first, Elizabeth Dedman, of Gloucester Co., Va .; d. -; second, Sarah, daughter of Hon. Edward Digges, one of the King's Council of Little York; d. leaving a large family.
Issue by first marriage :
I. William Dedman Fitzhugh5.
Issue by second marriage :
II. Anne Harrison Fitzhugh5. Married Thomas Griffin Thornton, of Ormsby, Caroline Co., Va.
III. Elizabeth Colc Fitzhugh5. Married Samuel
IV. Sarah Battaile Fitzhugh5, b. March 20, 1785. Married (1807) Elias Edmund.
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V. Edward Fitzhugh5. Married Maria, daughter of Dr. Henry T. Thornton, of Caroline Co., Va., and was the father of Edward H. Fitzhugh, Judge of the Chaneery Court of the City of Richmond. Married his first cousin, Maria Gordon.
VI. Cole Fitzhugh5. Married Catherine Prisley, daughter of Charles Thornton, of Caroline Co., Va.
VII. Dudley Fitzhugh5. Married Luey B., daughter of Thomas Digges, of Fauquier Co., Va .; d. 1860.
VIII. Thomas Ludwell Fitzhugh5. Married, first, Miss Powell, of Loudoun Co., Va .; second, Miss Milligan, of Washington, D. C.
IX. Maria Fitzhugh5. Married Thomas Catlett.
. X. Battaile Fitzhugh5, d. unmarried.
V. Elizabeth Dades" (Susanna Fitzhugh4 (married Towns- hend), Henry3, Henry2, William1). Married Benjamin T. Fendall, of Charles Co., Md., who, after his marriage, moved to Alexandria, Va., where he resided until his death, in 1849. Had issue:
I. Susan Fitzhugh Fendall", eldest child. Married William T. Marbury, of Prince George Co., Md. Issue:
I. Fendall Marbury7, of Roland Park, the father of William Marbury, of Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Benjamin T. Fendall had three other sisters, not mentioned above, Frances Dades, Mary Townshend Dades, d. unmarried, and Sarah Battaile Dades, married her cousin Henry ( ?) Fitzhugh.
The following extraet appeared in the Baltimore Sun:
Messrs. EDITORS :- Allow me to correct some mistakes I noticed in the Fitzhugh genealogy, as published in last Sunday's issue, so far as the Dades of Albion are concerned :
1. Townshend Dades did not use an "e" at the end of his first name, but spelled it as the writer spells it; this is immaterial.
2. Elizabeth Dade did not marry Capt. Fendall Marbury, of Alexandria, Va., but married Benjamin T. Fendall, of Charles County, Md., who, after his marriage, moved to Alexandria, Va., where he resided until his death in 1849. His eldest child, Susan Fitzhugh Fendall, married William L. Marbury, of Prince George County, Md. They had one son, Fendall Marbury, the father of William L. Marbury, of Baltimore. .
Townshend Dade had three other daughters not mentioned in your record, viz .: Frances, Mary Townshend, and Sarah Battaile. Frances
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and Mary Townshend died unmarried. Sarah Battaile married her cousin, Henry ( ?) Fitzhugh.
B. T. FENDALL.
III. Thomas Fitzhugh3 (Henry2, William1), of Boscobel, son of Henry Fitzhugh2 and Susannah Cooke, his . wife. Married, first (October 18, 1746), Catharine Booth, who d. February, 1748; second, Sarah, daughter of Rev. Dr. Stuart, of King George Co., Va. Issue :
I. Susannah Fitzhugh4, b. 1757; d. at Belmont near Fal- mouth, Stafford Co., Va., 1823. Married (1763) William Knox, of Windsor Lodge, Culpeper Co., Va., the progenitor of that family in Virginia. .
II. Thomas Fitzhugh+, of Boscobel, son of Thomas Fitzhugh. Married Ann, daughter of Col. John Rose, of Amherst Co., Va.
Their son William Henry Fitzhugh5 left a daughter, Ann Eliza Fitzhugh®. Married Joseph Burwell Ficklen, of Fredericksburg, Va. Mrs. Ficklen is still living in Fredericksburg, Va. She is ninety-one years of age (1906) and possessed of all her faculties.
Her daughter, Mrs. James Parke Corbin7, lives with her. Ann Eliza Ficklen7 married Capt. Daniel Murray Lee, brother of the late Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. John R. Ficklen7 married
Prof. Ficklen has been at Tulane University, New Orleans, La., for many years. He has written a "History of Louisiana," and recently, "Stories on Louisiana History." Both books are very interesting and arc used in public schools of Louisiana.
Mr. and Mrs. Ficklen have issue:
I. Bessic Fitzhugh Ficklen8.
II. Edward Porter Alexander Ficklen8.
All living in New Orleans, La. (See Mason, Chapter XVII; Jaquelin-Smith, Volume III, Chapters VI and VII.)
II. Thomas Fitzhugh2 (William1), third son of Col. William Fitzhugh1 and Sarah Tucker, his wife; was clerk of the County of Stafford 1715. He inherited under his father's will four
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thousand three hundred and thirty-four acres of land. Married Ann, widow of William Darrell and daughter of Col. George Mason, of Stafford Co., Va. (second of the name and grand- father of the celebrated George Mason, of Gunston). Thomas Fitzhugh d. 1715.
II. George Fitzhugh2 (William1), son of William Fitzhugh1 and Sarah Tucker, his wife. Inherited under his father's will five thousand nine hundred and seventy-five acres of land. He was a member of the House of Burgesses. Married Mary Mason, daughter of Col. George Mason, of Stafford Co., Va. Issue:
I. George Fitzhugh3, d. unmarried.
II. William Fitzhugh3.
III. William Fitzhugh3 (George2, William1), "War Billy," son of George Fitzhugh2 and Mary Mason, his wife. Marricd, first (March 28, 1744) Martha Lcc, daughter of Richard Lee, of London, and widow of George Turberville, of Hickory Hill, West- moreland Co., Va. She dicd November, 1751, and Colonel Fitz- hugh married, sccond (January 7, 1752), Ann, daughter of Pere- grine Frisby, of Cecil Co., Md., and widow of John Rousby, of Rousby Hall, Calvert Co., Md. Ann Rousby Fitzhugh d. 1793. After his second marriage, Col. Fitzhugh moved to Maryland, and was made a member of the council there. During the Revo- lution his house, Rousby Hall, was burned by the British and he was held a prisoner.
In 1754, Licutenant Governor Sharpc of Maryland was ap- pointed by the Crown commander of the forces against the French ; and Campbell, the historian, states that Col. William Fitzhugh, of Virginia, who was to command in the absence of Sharpe, en- dcavored to persuade Washington to continue in the service. Col. Fitzhugh resigned his commission at the beginning of the Ameri- can Revolution, as he wished to take sides with the colony. William Fitzhugh was a member of the House of Burgesses for Stafford County in 1748-1751, and County Lieutenant in 1752.
Issue by first marriage :
I. George Lee Mason Fitzhugh4.
Issuc by second marriage :
II. Peregrine Fitzhugh4.
III. William Fitzhugh4.
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IV. John Fitzhugh+, b. July 18, 1768. Married Miss Parran. Issue :
I. Son Fitzhugh5.
II. Son Fitzhugh5.
III. Daughter Fitzhugh5. Married Dr. S. H. Chew, of Mary- land.
IV. George Lee Mason Fitzhugh4 (William3, George2, William1), son of Col. William Fitzhugh and Mrs. Martha Lee Turberville, his wife. Married Mary Grafton Dulany, of Mary- land. Issue :
I. George Fitzhugh5. Married Harriet Richardson. Issue : George Dulany Fitzhugh®. Married Elizabeth Yellott Worthington, of Baltimore, and they had issue:
I. Lee Mason Fitzhugh7. Married Anna Harrison Thorn- ton, daughter of Dr. Jno. H. F. Thornton and grand- daughter of Wm. Henry Harrison, President of United States. Issue :
I. Thornton Fitzhugh8, resides in Los Angeles, Cal. Mar- ried , and has three children.
II. Anna Thornton Fitzhugh8, Los Angeles, Cal.
III. Lee Mason Fitzhugh8, Jr., resides in San Louis Obispo, Cal. Grandchild of Lee Mason Fitzhugh, Sr.
George Dulany Fitzhugh9, resides in La Jolia, Cal. John Fitzhugh ( ), of Bell Air, Stafford, b. June 30, 1727, was baptized by Rev. David Stuart. Married (October 30, 1746, by Rev. Archibald Chambers) Alice Thornton, daughter of Mr. Rowland Thornton, of Crows. He d. May 29, 1809. Alice Thornton Fitzhugh, b. August 21, 1729; d. March 9, 1790, leaving issue :
I. Henry Fitzhugh, b. Feb. 9, 1748; d. Jan. 15, 1815. Married (Oct. 23, 1777) Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Drury Stith, of Brunswick Co., and widow of Henry Fitzhugh, of Fitzhughsburg, to whom she had been married Oct. 28, 1770, and had issue of one son :
I. Henry Fitzhugh, b. July, 1773; was baptized by Rev. William Stuart, and had for godfather his grand- father, Col. Henry Fitzhugh. His father, Henry Fitz-
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hugh, was b. May, 1750, d. June, 1777; and his mother was married again to Henry Fitzhugh, of Bell Air, Oct. 23, 1777. Elizabeth Stith Fitzhugh was b. 1754; d. May, 1786, leaving, by her second marriage, issue :
I. John Bolling Stith Fitzhugh, b. Oet. 23, 1778.
II. Lucinda Fitzhugh, b. 1782.
III. Caroline Matilda Fitzhugh, b. June 4, 1784, at Bell Air. IV. Alice Thornton Fitzhugh, b. Aug. 15, 1785.
John Bolling Stith Fitzhugh, of Bell Air, son of Henry, b. 1778; d. 1825, at Bell Air, Stafford Co., Va. Married (at Im- ford, December 29, 1807, his cousin) Fanny Tabb Fitzhugh, daughter of George and Humphrey Frances Tabb Fitzhugh. Issue :
I. Mary Peyton Bolling Fitzhugh, b. Sept. 14, 1808, at Bell Air.
II. Eliza Stith Fitzhugh, b. Jan. 6, 1810.
III. Caroline Matilda Fitzhugh, b. 1811.
IV. Harriet Washington Fitzhugh, b. Mareh, 1814, at Bell Air.
V. Ann Franees Fitzhugh, b. 1815, Bell Air.
VI. George Henry Bolling Fitzhugh, b. Feb. 17, 1818.
VI. Henry Fitzhugh® (Henry5, Henry4, Henry8, Henry2, William1), of Bedford, b. February 14, 1773. Married (May 3, 1791) Elizabeth, daughter of Catlett Conway, of Hawfield, Orange Co., Va. Issue :
I. Elizabeth Catlett Fitzhugh7, b. 1793; d. 1821. Married (1817) Col. John G. Stuart, of King George Co.
II. Henry Stith Fitzhugh7, b. 1796.
III. Louise Conway Fitzhugh7, b. 1798. Married (1827) Abram Barnes Hooe, of Barnesfield, King George Co. IV. Catlett Conway Fitzhugh7, b. 1800; d. 1827.
V. Franeis Conway Fitzhugh7, b. 1801.
VI. Drury Stith Fitzhugh7, b. 1803.
VII. Susannah Conway Fitzhugh7, b. 1805.
VIII. Susannah Fitzhugh7, b. 1806.
IX. James Madison Fitzhugh7.
X. Sarah Battaile Fitzhugh7, b. 1811. Married (1830) James Barbour Newman, of Orange Co., Va.
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XI. Drury Bolling Fitzhugh7.
XII. Ann Wray Fitzhugh7, b. 1816. Married (1834) Albert · G. Dade.
VII. Dr. Francis Conway Fitzhugh7, of Bedford, King George Co., Va., b. 1801; d. 1858. Married (December 5, 1843) Rosa Spence, who d. 1849 and had issue:
I. William Carter Fitzhugh8, b. 1845; d. 1861.
II. Francis Conway Fitzhugh8, b. Oct. 6, 1847. Married (Dec. 22, 1869) Lola Angles Ashton, of King George Co., Va., and has children.
George Warren Fitzhugh, of William D. Fitzhugh. Married, first, Abby Mays, daughter of Col. John Thom, of Berry Hill, Culpeper Co., Va., and his wife, Abby de Hart, daughter of Col. John Mays; second (November 15, 1871) Elizabeth Frances Gray, granddaughter of Elias Edmonds and Sallie Battaile Fitzhugh, his wife.
Issue by first marriage :
I. William de Hart Fitzhugh, b. 1850.
II. Thomas Cameron Fitzhugh, b. 1851.
III. Elizabeth Bland Fitzhugh.
IV. Dr. John Alexander Fitzhugh, of Amesbury, Mass.
V. Anna Bland Fitzhugh.
VI. Eugene Mays Fitzhugh.
Issue by second marriage :
VII. Henry Fitzhugh. Married Warren Gulie, b. July 20, 1893.
VII. William Henry Fitzhugh7 (William H.º ·
.
), b. December 2, 1819; d. October 30, 1882. Married, first (1846), Betty Ambler, eldest daughter of Carter H. Harrison and Janetta R. Harrison; second (1859), Mary Ann, youngest daughter of Carter H. and Janetta R. Harrison, of Goochland Co., Va. Issue Volume I, Chapters VI and VII.
VI. Henry Fitzhugh® (son of George Fitzhugh4, of Bunker Hill), of "Sherwood Forest," Culpeper Co., Va., b. -; d. November 23, 1883. Married Jane Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Downman, of "Moratico," Lancaster Co., Va. Issue :
.
I. Joseph Downman Fitzhugh7, b. June 16, 1838; d. Dec. 28, 1838.
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II. Henry Battaile Fitzhugh7, b. Sept. 13, 1839. Married, first, Mary Fielding Lewis; second, Miss Martin.
III. George Downman Fitzhugh7, b. June 17, 1841. Married Miss Livingston.
IV. Ella Wilmot Fitzhugh7, b. Feb. 14, 1843. Married C. P. Custis.
V. Channing Moore Fitzhugh7, b. May 18, 1844. Married Altowa Johnston.
VI. Jane Elizabeth Fitzhugh7, b. April 4, 1846.
VII. Roberta Yates Fitzhugh7, b. March 10, 1848. Married (Nov. 29, 1877) Horace L. Ball, of Laneaster Co., Va. VIII. Joseph Downman Fitzhugh7, b. Nov. 26, 1849.
IX. Lola Harrison Fitzhugh7, b. Oet. 6, 1852. Married Lombard Mitehell.
X. Luey Stewart Fitzhugh7, b. May 10, 1854.
XI. Virginia Meade Fitzhugh7, b. Dec. 1, 1856. L. S. Daniel.
XII. Frances Ravenseroft Fitzhugh™, b. March 14, 1859.
V. Battaile Fitzhugh5 (Henry4, Henry8, William2), of Santee, Caroline Co., Va. Married Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Lawrenee Taliaferro, of Rose Mill, Orange Co., Va., and had issue :
I. John B. Patsy Fitzhugh". Married Samuel Gordon, of Kenmore, near Fredericksburg, Va.
V. Richard Fitzhugh5 (Henry4, Henry3, William2). Married Ann Meade.
From the marriage of Susannah Fitzhugh, daughter of Thomas, of Boscobel, to William Knox, of Windsor Lodge, and the mar- riage of their two daughters to Basil and Samuel Gordon, are descended several prominent families now living in Baltimore, namely :
Gordon Armistead, George Armistead, Dr. William Dabney, Mrs. Alexander Gordon, Mrs. Clarenee Whiting, Mrs. William Blackford, Mrs. Emily B. Poultney, Eugene Blackford, Douglas H. Thomas, J. Thomas Marshall, Miss Natalie Contee Thomas, J. Hanson Thomas, Douglas H. Thomas, Jr., Douglas H. Gordon, Mrs. J. J. Lovell, Douglas Lovell, Starrow Lovell, Mrs. Triplett Haxall, Misses Ann and Mary Gordon Thom, Mrs. John Carroll, Mrs. Nannie Thomas Duvall, and Miss MeLean.
Married
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CHAPTER XVII
THE MASON FAMILY.
PRO REPUBLICA SEMPER
THE MASON ARMS
Arms-Argent. A point, three battlements, charged, each with a fleur de lis, and on the middle battlement a dove with wings displaced, proper.
Crest-A talbot, passant, regardant, holding in its mouth the horn of a stab.
Virginia is renowned for her many great men, but few of her families number so many of these as the Mason family.
The colonist was Captain George Mason (1626-1686), born in Staffordshire, England, in 1626 (Va. Hist. Mag.). He belonged to the family of Masons of Warwickshire, domiciled at "Mason
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