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Richard Brown, son of John and Elizabeth ( Richardson ) Brown, married Elizabeth Murphy and had six children, viz .: 1Elizabeth, Alice, 3Rebecca, +Richard, "John and "Charles.
NOTE .- While the Philadelphia Friends were exiled in Virginia in 1721, they planted an orehard on the farm of Isaac Brown, who entertained them so hospitably. This orchard is still bearing (1905).
5. John Hite, Jr., only son of Col. John Hite, of "Spring- dale," was b. June 28, 1151; d. June 12, 1808. Married, first, Susanna Smith: second, Cornelia Reagan. For some years he lived near his father and was interested in the mill built in 1988. In 1773 he and his sister, then the widow Hughes, became con- verts to Methodism and built the first Methodist meeting-house in the Valley, with their own means. The Methodists then, as now, were abolitionists, so John Hite, Jr., in conformity to the rules of the church, set his servants free and settled them near his own home. In a short time they became idle and improvident and many of them vagrants, so he was compelled to take them back to his plantation and assume control of them. Some time later he removed to Massanutten Spring. in Rockingham County, where he bought land and built a mill and a store. He was the father of a large family, all of whom removed further west. most of them settling on the Ohio River.
John Hite married, first, Susanna Smith; secondly. Cornelia Reagan and died in Rockingham County in 1805. His son. Jacob.
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b. 1278 in Frederick Co., Va., established himself first in Rock- ingham as a merchant, then removed to North Carolina. Here he met and married Miss Sally Scales, daughter of Maj. Nathaniel Scales, who, in 1805, removed from North Carolina and established himself on the Ohio River. He purchased a farm from Frederick Bushring, which is at present the site of the City of Huntington. Maj. Nathaniel Scales had four daughters, who married, respective- ly. Col. William Buffington. Bishop Thomas A. Morris of the Methodist Church, Dr. Benj. Brown of King William Co., and Jacob Hite.
Mr. and Mrs. Hite made their home near Guyandotte on the Ohio River in Cabell County. While in North Carolina their eldest daughter was born. In 1801 she married John Laidley, son of Thomas Laidley (or Laidlaw as the name is spelled and called in Scotland), who came to Philadelphia in 1774, and took part in the Revolution on the side of the colonists. After the war closed he settled on the Monongahela River at Morganstown and was a delegate to the Virginia Convention of 1779. His son. John. read law under his brother, James Laidley in Parkersburg. In the War of 1812 he joined a battery at Norfolk, and when the war closed made his home in Cabell County, where he practiced law until his death, 1863. His home in Huntington is still owned by his daughter Helen. John Laidley married Mary Scales Hite, in 1801, and had a large family of children. His only living son is William Sydney Laidley, who lives in Charleston, Kanawha Co. He was licensed to practice law in 1866 and for many years has been prominent in his profession. He was a member of the House of Delegates from Kanawha Co. in 1872 and '73, and has at all times taken deepest interest in the public affairs of his city. county and state. He is editor of the West Virginia Histori- cal Magazine, and by his intelligent researches, has added much valuable information regarding the first settlements and settlers of both Virginia and West Virginia.
It is a little singular that the site of Huntington has been owned by three mutual ancestors of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. S. Laidley: first, Maj. Nathaniel Scales, second, by Mr. Frederick Bushring, third, Mr. John Laidley, whose daughter owns the old home in the city still. This Mr. Frederick Bushring, when a young man, came from Germany to Baltimore in search of the fickle goddess Fortune.
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At Mr. Frederick Konig's he met Frances Eleanor Dannenburg. a niece of their host, just returned from the Moravian school for girls. at Bethlehem, Pa. They were married and made their home in Guyandotte. In 1834, Mr. Bushring purchased a farm from Maj. Nathaniel Scales, now the site of Huntington. Anna Maria Bushring, the eldest daughter of Mr. Bushring, married James Madison Laidley. Their second daughter married Judge James H. Brown. These are the parents of William Sydney Laidley and Virginia Brown, who were married in Charleston, Kanawha Co., W. Va., Sept. 23. 1869. Issue :
1. Mary Louise Laidley, b. July 28, 1870. Married (1898) Henry Bradford Clarkson.
2. Virginia Amacetta Laidley, b. Dec. 1, 1872. Married Mr. H. W. Goodwin. He died 1903.
3. Theodore Bushring Laidley, b. Jan. 24, 1884; d. May 20, 1900.
4. Lucy Brown Laidley, b. Oct. 1, 1878. Married Joseph Lane Stern, 1904. Issue, one daughter.
5. Madelin Dannenburg Laidley, b. June 2, 1883.
6. William Sydney Laidley, b. Oet. 20, 1886.
7. Janet Scales Hite Laidley, b. Oct. 5. 1890.
8. Douglas Scales Hite Laidley, b. -; d. in infancy.
IV. Abraham Hite, fourth son of Hans Yost Hite and Anna Maria, née du Bois, was b. May 10, 1729 in Pennsylvania on the Perkiomen Creek. He was only two years old when brought to Virginia. Nothing more of him is known until he settled on the South Branch (called by the Indians, Gerando) of the Shenan- doah river, in Hampshire County, and December 3, 1751, married Rebecca Van Meter, a daughter of Isaac and Annetjie (Wynkoop) Van Meter. He owned much land, was an active farmer, but like his older brothers, looked well to the civil concerns of his country. He represented Hampshire County in the House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1774. He was also in the State Conven- tion of 1776. With James Wood he became surety for Maj. Charles Simmes, November, 1776. for fourteen thousand eight hundred English pounds, bounty money, to raise a battalion. He and his son, Lieut. George Hite, were members of the Cincinnati. May 20, 1904, there was unveiled at Williamsburg, Va., a granite boulder in memory of events which happened in the old capital.
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On the rear of the monument is the list of the members of the House of Burgesses, who at Raleigh Tavern, May 18, 1769, May 27, 1774, and August, 1774, entered into an association against the importation or purchase of British manufactures. Among the names are found, Philip Ludwell Grymes, Wilson Miles Cary, Peyton Randolph, John Walker, Thomas Walker, Abram Hite, Sr., John Hite, Jr., and David Meade. At a court held at Annapolis, Md., for Berkeley Co., April 21, 1778, the "Gentlemen Justices present were, William Patterson, James Monroe, Thomas Hite." At this same court Thomas Hite and others applied for permission "to inoculate their families for smallpox in their own houses." Some years later Capt. Abraham Hite, Sr., removed to Kentucky and died there. His wife outlived him nineteen years.
BIBLE RECORD.
Abraham Hite, b. May 10, 1729; d. Jan. 17, 1790. Married (Dec. 2, 1751) Rebecca Van Meter, daughter of Isaac and Annetjie (Wynkoop) Van Meter. Issue :
1. Isaac Hite. b. March 24, 1753: d. Feb. 22. 1794.
2. Abraham Hite, Jr., b. Oct. 25. 1755; d. July 12, 1832.
3. Joseph Hite, b. Oct. 5, 1757: d. Feb. 15, 1831.
4. George Henry Hite, b. March 18, 1761; d. Aug. 28, 1764.
VIII. Joseph Hite, Sr., son of Yost Hite and Anna Maria, née du Bois, b. 1731; d. 1757. Married Elizabeth --. Issue :
1. Joseph Hite, Jr .. b. 1753.
2. John Hite, b. 1754.
3. William Hite, b. 1756: d. 1828.
4. Ann Hite, b. 1757. Married Thomas Cartmel.
II. Jacob Hite, b. 171 -: d. 1778, second son of Yost Hite and Anna Maria, née du Bois, came to the Shenandoah Valley with his father in 1:31. He was an impulsive, energetic man. much interested in county and church affairs. He was justice of the peace and a member of the first Church of England Vestry (1764) which was formed in the Valley. His father found him an active and intelligent coadjutor in securing settlers for the lands he had taken up, on condition it could be settled in such a length of time. He sent Jacob Hite in the Brigantine Swift to Ireland (some say more than once), for the purpose of inducing thrifty families to emigrate.
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A descendant of one of these Irish emigrants, named John Carson, was in Maj. Isaac Hite's employment for many years and after the Major's death, lived with Mr. J. S. B. Davidson, a son- in-law of Maj. Hite. Ile often told of his grandfather's emigra- tion with Jacob Hite and seemed to think his own dignity much enhanced by the fact. John Carson never married and died about 1850. A more honest, industrious and faithful employee never lived. Mr. Davidson was a lawyer, and represented his county in the Legislature a number of years, consequently was much from home. When absent everything was entrusted to John's care. He supervised overseer as well as servants. Mr. Davidson placed implicit confidence in him and he never failed hin.
Jacob Hite owned an interest in the Swift and speaks of it in his will which was probated in Berkeley County. In one of his expeditions to Ireland he met and married, in Dublin, Catherine O'Bannon, who died leaving him with five children. He married a second time, Fanny Madison, widow of Col. Tavener Beale, and daughter of Ambrose Madison and Frances Taylor, of Montpelier.
Jacob Hite built for himself a home at Lee Town in Jefferson County. W. Va., and soon became a successful farmer and business man. Family tradition agrees for the most part with history as to the later occurrences of his life. In his "History of the Valley." Kercheval says, "An animated contest now took place between Gen'l Adam Stephen and Jacob Hite, Esq., in relation to the fixing of the seat of justice in this county. Hite contended for the location thereof on his own land, at what is called Leetown, Stephen advo- cated Martinsburg. Stephen prevailed, and Hite was so disgusted and dissatisfied, he got rid of his handsome estates in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, and removed to the frontier of South Caro- lina." The estates spoken of by Kercheval were given to his chil- dren by his first wife, Catherine O'Bannon. The deeds to his son. Thomas, who married Fanny Madison Beale, and to his daughter, Elizabeth, who married Tavener Beale, Jr., are still on record. His only son by his last wife, George, he entered at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, and Jacob O'Bannon, his youngest son by his first wife, with the two little girls, Eleanor and Susan, accompanied him and his wife to their new home in Carolina.
An Englishman by the name of Pearis had preceded him and obtained a grant from the colonial government for ten thousand
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acres of land, which included the present site of Greenville, S. C. Mr. Hite bought part of this land and built a dwelling house, etc., and established a trading station, about 1774 or '75, and dealt largely with the Cherokee and Seminole Indians. He soon be- came very popular and for two or three years all went well; then mischief was made between him and the red men. Some say this was done by an unsatisfactory clerk, whom Mr. Hite had dis- charged ; others think Pearis, who was an English Tory, incited the Indians against him, because he espoused the cause of the colonists. Be that as it may, the result was the brutal massacre of Mr. Hite, his wife and children, excepting the next to the youngest child and those in Virginia. Again I quote from Ker- cheval. "The evening before the massacre an Indian squaw, who was much attached to Mrs. Hite, warned her of the impending danger, and she immediately communicated the intelligence to her husband, but he would not believe it. The next morning, when too late for an escape, a party of Indians came armed and painted in their war dress, etc., etc." The house was burned and all murdered excepting the little Eleanor, who was saved by a squaw, supposed to be the one who had warned Mrs. Hite. The band of Indians were said to belong to the Seminole Indians, and they left at once for Pensacola, Florida, taking with them the little girl and some of the colored servants.
Kercheval says two little girls were carried. away, but it is a mistake. Aunt Hanna, a colored woman who witnessed the massacre, said one; and the daughter of the gentleman, whom Mr. Kercheval gives as his authority, said one, and added, her name was Eleanor. Tradition also says, the charred bones of all the family were found in the ruins of the house, excepting those of the little Eleanor.
George Hite, the son at college, and Tavener Beale, Jr., the son of Mrs. Hite by her first marriage, went at once to the scene of the tragedy, but failed to identify the perpetrators of the murders or to find any clue to the fate of Eleanor: so they returned to Virginia, bringing with them some colored servants who still lingered about their home. George, however, could not rest con- tented without making further efforts to find his sister, and years after everyone had despaired of hearing of her again, he continued
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his researches, and finally was rewarded. He traced her to Pensa- cola, where she had been carried by the squaw and sold to the wife of an English officer, who, having no children of her own. adopted her. When her brother found her, he wished her to return with him to Virginia; but she and her adopted parents were so much attached to each other they refused to be separated; so she remained with them, until her death, which occurred some years later, of consumption, some said in Pensacola, others in England. Report said she possessed in a large degree the traditional blonde beauty of the Hites.
The colored servants whom Capt. George Hite and Tavener Beale, Jr., brought back when they returned from their first fruitless investigation, were to them painful reminders of the terrible past ; so other members of the family took them. Maj. Isaac Hite bought a woman and her baby boy, who was half Indian. Aunt Hannah lived till 1826. Her boy grew up a very eccentric character and figured on the plantation as "Indian Harry." He could never be civilized, but kept to himself; was always taciturn and refused to do anything except help in the kitchen, where his mother was assistant cook. From the time the boy was twelve or thirteen years old he would disappear the first warm weather in spring and be seen no more till snow came. Then he would suddenly and silently appear in the kitchen and take up his position in the corner of the large fireplace, on a seat the other servants dared not take when he was about. He con- descended sometimes, to bring wood and water, peel potatoes, or pick fowls. When about forty years old, he disappeared in the spring and returned no more. He was very passionate and some of the servants were not a little afraid of him. Some said, "He was conjured himself and might conjure others." His master thought him irresponsible, but harmless, so permitted him to come and go and do as he pleased.
In 1836 Dr. J. Hite Baldwin, surgeon in the U. S. Army, was stationed at Pensacola, Florida. He found a number of the descendants of the colored servants who were carried to Florida from North Carolina at the time of the Hite tragedy and were then still called "Hite's negroes." They had a large admixture of Indian blood, and were considered a "bad lot," being more dis- honest, thriftless and brutal than the full blooded Indian.
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The children of Jacob Hite and his first wife, Catherine O'Ban- non, of Dublin, Ireland, were :
1. John Hite, d. 1777. Married Sarah
2. Thomas Hite, b. Sept. 13, 1750; d. 1776. Married (Nov. 10, 17:2) Frances Madison Beale, b. Oct. 1, 1749, daughter of his stepmother, Mrs. Frances Beale, née Madison, by her first marriage.
3. Jacob O'Bannon Hite, killed by Indians, 1778.
4. Mary Hite. Married, first, the Rev. Nathaniel Manning : second, the Rev. Mr. Busby.
5. Elizabeth Hite. Married Tavener Beale, Jr., son of her stepmother, Mrs. Frances Beale, née Madison, by her first marriage :
Jacob Hite married a second time, Mrs. Fanny ( Madison) Beale. widow of Tavener Beale, Sr., and daughter of Col. Ambrose Madi- son and Frances, née Taylor, of Montpelier, Orange County, Va.
Issue by second marriage :
6. George Hite, at college in 1778.
7. Eleanor Hite, carried to Pensacola, 1778.
8. Susan Hite, killed by Indians, 1778.
1. John Hite, eldest child of Jacob Hite, Sr., and Catherine O'Bannon. his first wife; lived in Winchester, Va. Married Sarah -: d. 1777. Issue, three daughters, all remarkable for their beauty, intelligence and accomplishments. They were:
a. Mary Hite. Married (May 25. 179?) Edward Gault.
b. Sarah Hite. Married (Jan. 14, 1794) Alexander Pelt Buchanan.
c. Catherine Hite. Married (April 20, 1793) Theodoric Lee. He was born 1766: d. 1849 and was the son of Henry Lee, a great-grandson of Col. Richard Lee, the emigrant. Issue, five children :
I. Catherine Hite Lee. Married Samuel Purviann Walker, a successful merchant of Baltimore. Later they lived in Washington, D. C. Issue, thirteen children :
1William McCreery Walker, 2Samnel Perviann Walker, "Sarah Catherine Walker. +Frances Caroline Walker, "Juliana Gales Walker, "Jane Josephine Walker, John Hite Walker, 8Rosa Lee Walker, Theodoric Lee Walker, 10 Isabella Walker, 11Letitia McC. Walker, 12Emily Montoya Walker, 13Elizabeth Walker.
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1William McCreery Walker was Lieut. in U. S. Navy and was with the Wilkes exploring expedition in the Antarctic.
II. John Hite Lee, b. 1797; d. 1832, at Norfolk, Va., where he was stationed on naval duty. He married (1825) Elizabeth Prosser, daughter of William Prosser, of "White Marsh," Gloucester County. Va. Issue, two children :
1. Theodorie Lee, Jr., b. 1826; d. 1867, at Media, Pa. He was Lieut. in U. S. Navy until 1857, when he resigned and married a daughter of John Grigg, a publisher in Philadelphia, Pa. They had one child, John Grigg Lee, b. in Paris in 1867; d. in New York, 1891.
III. Matilda Lee married John Royal Holcombe. Issue, five children :
1. John Hite Lee Holcombe, b. Sept. 28, 1855. Lieut. in the U. S. Navy. Married (1881) Ida Milton Taylor. They have one child, John Lee Holcombe, b. 1882.
2. Thomas Allen Holcombe, b. 1858.
3. Joseph Gales Holcombe, b. 1861. Married Lillie Brown, of Amherst Courthouse, Va. They have one son, Walton Holcombe.
4. Ernest Prosser Holcombe, b. 1664. Married Susan Combes. They have a daughter, Gladys Holcombe.
5. Elizabeth Prosser Holcombe, b. 1666.
IV. Juliana Maria Lee. Married (1813) Joseph Gales, of Washington, D. C. She was rarely gifted in mind and person and was for many years a leader in the most elegant society in Washington. Her husband, Mr. Gales, was the talented editor of the National Intelligencer, for many years, also Mayor of the city. It is said he was personally acquainted with every President from Madison to James Buchanan. A beautiful monument, erected by fellow journalists from all over the United States, marks his grave in the Congressional Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Gales had no issue, but adopted Juliana Gales Walker.
V. Catherine Hite Lee. Married Dr. George May, a leading physician in Washington, D. C. They had two daugh- ters, Sophia, d. unmarried, 1894, and Juliana Gales May, unmarried, living in Washington.
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2. Thomas Hite, b. September 13, 1750: d. August, 1176, son of Jacob Hite, Sr., and Catherine O'Bannon, represented Berke- ley Co. in the House of Burgesses and was the youngest member. In June, 1775, Col. Hughson raised a company of volunteers in Berkeley Co., and Thomas Hite was elected Lieutenant. His company reached Bergen Point opposite New York City before November 12, 13, and 14, and was in the severe fighting done at King's Bridge on those days. He was wounded and promoted to the rank of Major. He was said to be one of the handsomest men of his day, also cultured, elegant, dignified and haughty, some- times overbearing; still he was popular, as was proved by his appointment as Lieutenant in a volunteer company, and his election to the House of Burgesses at four and twenty. One of his peculiarities was his strict adherence to the forms of etiquette in polite society under all circumstances. When returning from the General Assembly in 1776 he was taken ill, and died a few days later at his residence "New Hopewell," Jefferson Co., Va., not far from Leetown. Maj. Thomas Hite, b. Sept. 13, 1750, married (November 10, 1772, his stepmother's daughter by a former marriage) Frances Madison Beale. He built his home on part of his father's plantation, which was called "Hopewell." To dis- tinguish the two he called his house "New Hopewell." This property was deeded to Maj. Thomas Hite at the time his father removed to Greenville, S. C.
Mrs. Thomas Hite was a woman of heroic mould, and continued to live at "New Hopewell," through the terrors of the Revolution, with only her two small children and faithful colored servants. Her last days were spent with her daughter, Mrs. Frances Madison (Hite) Willis, at Medley Springs. Maj. and Mrs. Thomas Hite had two children :
Frances Madison Hite, b. Oct. 4, 1726; d. July 27, 1851.
James Hite, b. Oct. 6, 1976, some months after his father's death in the spring of 1776.
Frances Madison Hite, daughter of Maj. Thomas Hite and Frances Madison, née Beale, married Carver Willis, b. 1774, son of Francis Willis, b. 1745, son of John Willis, b. 1219, and Mildred, nee Smith, of "Shooter's Hill." The family record states Carver Willis and Fanny Madison Hite were joined in the holy estate of matrimony December 11, 1298. The young couple settled on an
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estate on Opequon Creek in Jefferson Co., W. Va., and called it "Medley Springs." Only five of their ten children attained maturity. Issue (Willis Family, Chapter IX, Volume II).
James Hite, b. October 6, 1776, son of Maj. Thomas Hite, who died some months previous to his birth, and Frances Madison, née Beale, rose to the rank of Colonel in the War of 1812. He was wealthy in lands, and owned over a hundred colored servants. He was also rich in wives and children, for he married three times, and had sixteen children. Col. James Hite, b. 1776, married, first, Juliet Wood Baker (b. May 1, 1777; d. August 1, 1811), on February 22, 1798. She was the daughter of John Baker, of Berkeley and his wife, Judith Wood, who was granddaughter of Sir Henry and Lady Judith Howard, of "Howard Hall," England. By this marriage Col. Hite had nine children :
1. Frances Conway Hite; b. Dec. 21, 1798; d. 1857 or '58. Married (Dec. 22, 1825) Dr. William Waters.
2. Juliet Wood Hite, b. Feb. 1, 1802; d. June 23, 1878. Mar- ried (May 27, 1819) Maj. Thomas Briscoe.
3. Thomas Hite, b. Dec. 14, 1803; d. 1882, unmarried.
4. Aleinda Baker Hite, twin, b. Feb. 8, 1805; d. July 28, 1842. Married John Baker, of Winchester, Va.
5. Amelia Baker Hite, twin, b. Feb. 8, 1805 ; d. Aug. 24, 1822. 6. Mary Ann Hite, b. April 2, 1806; d. 1877. Married Jacob H. Grove.
7. Arabella Wood Hite, b. March 9, 1808; d. unmarried.
8. Caroline M. Hite, b. June 24, 1809; d. 1880. Married Daniel Buckey.
Col. James Hite married, second (January 21, 1815), Elizabeth Harrison Briscoe, daughter of John and Ellen Briscoe. Issue :
9. Eleanor Briscoe Hite, b. Dec. 13, 1813; d. May 9, 1903. Married Isaac Sydnor Bowman, of "Mt. Pleasant."
10. James Hite, b. 1815; d. 1816.
11. Elizabeth Susan Hite, b. 1817; d. 1843. Married (Feb. 18, 1840) Dr. William H. D. Hall.
12. John Hite, b. 1819; d. 1820.
13. James Hite, b. 1820; d. 1820.
14. John Briscoe Hite, b. 1825; d. 1838.
15. Charles James Hite, b. Dec. 22, 1822. Married Rebecca Bowman. During the Civil War Charles J. Hite dis- appeared and could not be traced.
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Col. James Hite's second wife died August 13, 1825, and he mar- ried a third wife, Lydia Peterson, May 12, 1831. Issue :
16. Peter Yost Hite, b. July 3, 1832 : d. 1884. Married (Nov. 13, 1855) Susan R. Richardson.
1. Frances Conway Hite, b. 1898, daughter of Col. James Hite and Juliet Wood, née Baker, married Dr. William Waters, of Frederick, Md., and was his first wife. Issue, two children :
I. Susan Waters. Married (May 18, 1847) Dr. Joshua Gregg Gibson, and was his first wife. Issue :
1. William Gibson.
2. Frances Hite Gibson. Married Alexander Pendleton, of Wytheville, Va. Issue :
a. Alexander Walker Pendleton.
b. Lucy Gibson Pendleton.
c. Sue Gibson Pendleton.
d. Kate Pendleton.
e. William Pendleton.
f. Ellen Pendleton.
3. James Hite Gibson. Married Anna Hale, and resides in Texas.
4. Agnes Gibson.
5. Nannie Gibson. Married James P. Kimmel.
6. Frances Conway Gibson, d. unmarried.
II. Ann Pottinger Waters. Married Dr. Harry Dorsey. Issue :
1. Harry Woodward Dorsey, d. unmarried.
2. Nanny Dorsey, d. unmarried.
3. Sarah Dorsey. Married Trelawney Griffith. Issue :
a. Dorsey James Griffith.
b. Howard Trelawney Griffith.
2. Juliet Wood Hite, b. 1802, daughter of Col. James Hite and Juliet Wood, nee Baker. Married ( May 2?, 1819) Maj. Thomas Briscoe, b. Feb. 20, 1791; d. May 14, 1867. He was the third son of Dr. John Briscoe and Eleanor Magruder and was born at "Piedmont," the colonial residence of his father and grandfather. He served as Lieutenant in the War of 1812 and was afterward made Major in the Virginia militia. Hence his title. Issue :
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