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( III) Joseph, son of Richard and Edith Dodge, was born in 1651, died August 10, 1716. He was a farmer at Beverly. He married, Feb- ruary 21, 1671-72, Sarah Eaton, of Reading, Massachusetts, born about 1650, died December 12, 1714. Children : 1. Abigail, born in 1672, died December 13, 1681. 2. Joseph, of whom further. 3. Noah, baptized November 25, 1677. 4. Prudence, baptized March 28, 1680; married, February 5, 1700-01, Samuel Lovett. 5. Abigail, born September 12, 1681 ; married, November 6, 1701, Abraham Perkins. 6. Jonah, born Au- gust 29, 1683 : married, March 27, 1707, Sarah Friend. 7. Sarah, born August II, 1685. died in 1763 ; married, in 1708, John Friend. 8. Elisha, born January 8. 1687-88: married, in 1709, Mary Kimball. 9. Charity, born March 7. 1689-90 ; married, December 22, 1711, John Kimball. 10. Nathaniel, born April 17, 1694; married Anna
(IV) Dr. Joseph (2) Dodge, son of Joseph (1) and Sarah (Eaton) Dodge, was born at North Beverly, about 1676, died about February 9. 1756. He was a physician. He married (first) November 28, 1695, Re- becca Balch, born about 1675, died September 24, 1704: (second), pub- lished July 9. 1705, Priscilla Eaton, born in 1675, died February 9, 1715- 16: (probably third) published April 29, 1716, Ruth Woodbury ; (prob- ably fourth) March II, 1712-22, Elizabeth Clark, who died in 1759. Children, six by first, six by second, wife: I. Rebecca, born September 7. 1696; married, in December, 1719, William Burns. 2. Noah, born February 17, 1697-98: married, November 15, 1717, Margaret Crockett. 3. Joseph, born January 9, 1698-99, died young. 4. Joseph, born April 2,
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1700 ; married, February 21, 1742-43, Mary Irvine. 5. Sarah, born July 21, 1703. 6. Elizabeth, born September 19, 1704. 7. Priscilla, born June 13, 1706, died November 23, 1706. 8. Nathan, born September 3, 1707; married, published February 16, 1729-30, Mary ( Patch) -. 9. Elijah, born April 28, 1709. died February 3. 1777; married (first ) November 23. 1728. Elizabeth Moulton, ( second) January 28, 1730-31, Dorcas Brown. 10. Mehitable, born November 4, 1710. 11. Daniel, of whom further. 12. Nathaniel, horn February 3. 1715-16; married, October 23, 1745, Elizabeth Tappen.
(V) Daniel, son of Dr. Joseph (2) and Priscilla (Eaton) Dodge. was born at Beverly, June 3. 1712, died at Dudley. Massachusetts, about May, 1787. In each of these places he was a tailor. He married, Feb- ruary 8. 1733. Elizabeth Brown, of Reading, Massachusetts. Children : I. Daniel, of whom further. 2. William, born October 29, 1737, died October 16, 1820; married, June 8, 1758, Elizabeth Thoits. 3. Noah, born July 15, 1739. died before 1776; married Mary Wiley. 4. Paul, born July 5, 1741, died about October, 1773: married Elizabeth Hart. 5. Mark, born April 6. 1743; married Susannah -. 6. Andrew, born April 20, 1745, died probably about 1828: married, May 8. 1777, Jane Carriel. 7. John, born March 15. 1747. died young. 8. Elizabeth, born March 6, 1748-49 : married. April 5. 1770, Ira Green. 9. John, born April 15, 1751 ; married Lois -. 10. Mollie, born June 15, 1754; married. April 22, 1777, Jacob Willson. II. Ebenezer, born January 20, 1756, died May 11, 1828; married Eunice Hill. 12. Nathan, born October 20, 1758.
(VI) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (1) and Elizabeth (Brown) Dodge, was born, probably in 1734 or 1735, died before 1776. He married Re- becca Chamberlain. Child, Daniel, of whom further.
(VII) Daniel (3), son of Daniel (2) and Rebecca (Chamberlain) Dodge, was born, probably, at Ward. now Auburn, Massachusetts, in 1760, died before November 6, 1827. He was a revolutionary soldier. At the time of Arnold's treason he was on detached duty, caring for the horses of Arnold and his staff. He enlisted June 26, 1778. He married, published January 26, 1785, Elizabeth, daughter of - and Elizabeth L. (Stone-Stone) Parsons. Children: 1. A daughter, died in infancy. 2. Daniel, of whom further. 3. Betsey, born November 27, 1790: married Barnard. 4. Polly, died at the age of two years and four months. 5. Polly, born June 16, 1798; married Burnham Barber. 6. Relief, born August 26, 1800; married - Barton. 7. Prudence, born in October, 1804: married Rev. Mr. Stockwell.
(VIII) Daniel (4), son of Daniel (3) and Elizabeth (Parsons) Dodge, was born at Ward, September 8, 1787, died at Trumbull, Ashta- bula county, Ohio, May 27, 1878. He was a farmer and miller. In civil life he acted as justice of the peace, in religious life as a Baptist deacon. He married (first) in November, 1817, Meleson, daughter of Nathaniel and Meleson (Marsh) Hayward, ( second) Sibil Sophronia Humphrey. Children : 1. Lucinda J., born January 8, 1820, died December 11, 1848; married, in 1840. Daniel W. Kelsey. 2. Asahel Hayward, of whom further. 3. Mary E., born February 5, 1826, died August 24, 1863 : mar- ried, in 1844. Horatio G. Rich. 4. Rev. Daniel Prescott, born November 27, 1827, died May 30, 1851 : married Adaline Rogers. 5. LeVant, born May 9, 1838; married (first) June 15, 1862. Lucinda M. Green, (second) Mary H. Lamson. The last two sons were professors at Berea College.
(IX) Asahel Hayward, son of Daniel (4) Dodge, was born at Au- burn, Massachusetts, June 4. 1823, died at Trumbull, Ohio. November 21, 1898. He was a farmer at Trumbull. He was a deacon in the Dis- ciples' church. He married (first) July 9. 1845. Fidelia C. Rogers, born 30
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at Fort Covington, New York, August 13, 1818, died at Ashtabula, March 31, 1849. She was a descendant of Rev. John Rogers, who was burned at the stake at Smithfield, England, in 1554, as a Protestant. Her great-grandfather, John Rogers, son of Jeremiah, and grandson of the John who was burned, came from England in 1708, and was the first set- tled minister at Boxford. Massachusetts. Mr. Dodge married (second) in 1853, Mary Stearns. Child, Howard Payson, of whom further.
(X) Howard Payson, son of Asahel Hayward and Fidelia C. (Rog- ers) Dodge, was born at Trumbull, January 31, 1847. He was raised on the farm. He graduated from the Grand River Institute, and was prin- cipal of an academy at Jamestown, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer at Madison, Ohio. In 1883 he removed to Manassas, Virginia, with his family, and there he still lives. Since 1897 he has been postmaster, hav- ing been appointed by Presidents Mckinley (twice), Roosevelt and Taft. He is a Republican, and a member of the Presbyterian church. He mar- ried (first) at Austinburg, Ohio, August 10, 1870, Susan Augusta, born at Chazy, New York, November II, 1849, died at Unionville, Ohio, No- vember 19, 1880, daughter of Rev. E. Smith and Sarah ( Minor ) Barnes, Her father was born at Gouverneur, New York, in 1810, her mother near Boston, in 1809. Mr. Dodge married (second) in 1883, Lizzie (Barnes) Meredith. Children, all except the last-named by first wife: I. Esther Fidelia, born June 19, 1871. 2. Joseph Howard, born June 17, 1874. 3. Harris Barnes, of whom further. 4. Sarah Katrina, born June 29, 1877. 5. William Maxwell, born September 4, 1878, died August 29, 1879. 6. Garfield Arthur, born September 9, 1879, died July 18, 1911. 7. Robert Percival, born December 22, 1886, died June 11, 1906.
(XI) Harris Barnes, son of Howard Payson and Susan Augusta (Barnes) Dodge, was born at Unionville, Lake county, Ohio, November 27, 1875. He attended the common schools at Manassas, Virginia, also the Manassas Institute, of which he is a graduate. He studied four years at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, and graduated in 1900 from the National University Law School, Washing- ton, D. C., receiving in June of that year the degree of Bachelor of Law and, in the following June that of Master of Laws. He then removed from the farm at Manassas to Parkersburg, West Virginia, where he has practiced law from that time. He is a member of Manassas Lodge, No. 182, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Virginia. From July, 1898, to March, 1900, he was deputy collector of internal revenue for the sixth Virginia district, with headquarters at Alexandria. At the latter time he was transferred to the treasury department at Washington, but he resigned in the fall of 1901 to give his attention to the practice of law. He is a Republican, and a member of the Presbyterian church.
He married, at Blennerhassett, Wood county, West Virginia, Decem- ber 28, 1904. Jessie Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Jane (Anderson) Draine, who was born at Wadesville, Wood county, Janu- ary 31, 1884. Her father was a member of the Rockbridge Rifles, Com- pany H. Twenty-seventh Virginia Infantry, in the Confederate army, from 1861 to 1865, serving under Captain Samuel Letcher, brother of Governor Letcher. In 1866 he and his wife came from Rockbridge county, Virginia, to Wood county, West Virginia. Children of Harris Barnes and Jessie Elizabeth (Draine) Dodge: I. Robert Howard, born July 22, 1906. 2. Elizabeth Virginia, born July 22, 1908. 3. Saralı, Frances, born May 14, 19II.
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There has been some doubt expressed by antiquarians LUTTRELL as to when the Luttrell family first came to England. We find one by the name of Robert Luttrell, and an- other Osbert Luttrell, mentioned as living in Normandy previous to the Conquest of England, and as being extensive landowners, and to this day families of the name are found in different parts of France. The name is not mentioned in the Doomsday Book, although it is mentioned in the Roll of Battle Abbey, vol. II (Abbey lists in the British Museum), although doubt is now being cast upon the authenticity of the records. The unquestioned respect in which the Rolls have been held by anti- quarians is due to the fact that for many families they are the only proof for a claim to an existence at that early period.
Like many names of very old families there have been found many variations, appearing as Loutrel, Loutrell, Lotrell, Lotrel, Lutterell and Luttrell. For the sake of convenience the one form of Luttrell will be adhered to in the present account of the family. If they did not come to England with the Conqueror, they came at some time during his reign, probably near the beginning. The great prominence of the family when the records first make mention of them, shows conclusively that they had already played an important part in affairs. It is recorded that Sir John Luttrell, Knight, held in capite the manor of Hooten-Paynel in Yorkshire, in the reigns of Henry the First and of Stephen, by service of 47/2 Knights Fees, as did his posterity in the male line, until the reign of Henry the Fifth. This Sir John had a daughter who married John Scott, Lord of Calverlay, and Steward of the Household to Maud the Empress. Sir Andrew Luttrell, Knight, in the time of Henry the Second founded the Abbey of Croxton-Kyriel, in Leicestershire, and in this abbey were deposited the ashes of King John who died in the vicinity.
In the reign of King Richard the First the estates of Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, Knight, in the counties of Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and York were confiscated, he being one of the barons who sided with John, Earl of Montaigue, but the lands were restored after the death of King Richard. This Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, Knight, attended King John into Ireland, and for a time had the authority to issue writs in the king's name. He was also stationed in Ireland in 1204, and in 1215, when he possessed large administrative powers. In 1215 King John appointed him to be his sole agent in the negotiations concerning the dower of Queen Berengaria, commissioning him at the same time to join with the Arch- bishops of Bordeaux and Dublin in denouncing to the Pope the rebellious barons who had recently extorted the Great Charter of English liberties. In one of these documents he is styled "Nobilis vir." His mission was so far successful that Pope Innocent the Third annulled the Charter, sus- pended the Archbishop of Canterbury and excommunicated the barons, but it is uncertain whether it was Sir Geoffrey Luttrell who conveyed the papal bull from Rome to England. He is supposed to have died in 1216 or in 1217. As a reward for his services he was granted lands in York- shire, Northamptonshire, and at Croxton, in Leicestershire. In consid- eration of twenty ounces of gold he was still further rewarded with a large estate, known as Luttrellstown to the present day, and situated on : the banks of the Liffey, about eight miles out from Dublin.
As the American line is descended from this Irish branch of the family it will be necessary merely to follow the later history of these Luttrells. But before leaving the English branch we should mention something further of their later chronicles. It is not certain whether the head of the Irish branch was a son or a brother of this Sir Geoffrey, but it is reasonable that he bore either the one or the other relation, for the reason that the lands of Luttrellstown, secured by royal grant by Sir
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Geoffrey, were from this time owned by Sir Robert Luttrell, head of the Irish branch, who lived at Lucan, near Dublin, and that they remained in the family until the early part of the nineteenth century.
This Sir Geoffrey Luttrell married Frethesant, a daughter of and co-heiress with William Pagnel, a scion of a great family in Normandy, and through this marriage was also heir to certain lands of Maurice de Gaunt, and his descendants, in direct line from William the Conqueror's brother, Robert. (If Sir Robert, mentioned above, was a son of Sir Geoffrey this same connection would apply as well to the Irish branch). The first of the Gaunts who came to England was a nephew of King William, and son of Baldwin, Count of Flanders, by a daughter of Rob- ert, King of France. The emperor of Constantinople and Jerusalem towards the end of the twelfth century was of the same paternal lineage. A daughter of the Earl of Lincoln conveyed in marriage the barony of Irnham to Simon St. Liz, Earl of Huntington, who dying without issue, Robert de Berkeley succeeded thereto, and assumed the name of Gaunt from his mother. Maurice, the son and heir of Robert, leaving no chil- dren, the estates devolved on the eldest son of Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, whose name was Andrew, and this portion of it known as the Manor of East Quantockshead in Somerset has remained in the family name to this day, a rare instance of land ownership in England. In this connec- tion might be mentioned the fact that Dunster Castle in Somerset has. belonged to but two families since the Conquest, the Mohuns and the Lut- trells, and the present owner, Captain Alexander Luttrell, is a direct descendant of both families. The estate at this early period was consid- ered as worth $1,250.00, but without any additions it is valued to-day at about $5,000,000.00.
The Luttrells of East Quantockshead and Dunster Castle, and their collateral branches, quartered the arms of the ancient English Barons,. Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham, Duke of Norfolk, Lords Hussie, Wake D'Ein Court and Tateshall. The following is the direct line, mentioning only the oldest son or heir.
(II) Sir Andrew Luttrell, son of Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, mentioned above, and of his wife, Frethesant Pagnel, married a daughter of Philip- la Mare, a rich and powerful baron, and they had a son, Alexander.
( III) Alexander, son of Sir Andrew Luttrell, during the reign of Henry the Third was among the first to assume the cross of the Cru- saders, in company with the king's eldest son and many others of the. chief nobility. He died about the year 1273, and left a son, Andrew.
(IV) Andrew (2), son of Alexander Luttrell, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Warin de Raleigh, and had a son, John.
(V) Sir John Luttrell, son of Andrew (2) Luttrell, was knighted in- March, 1337, when Edward the Third conferred the title of Duke of Cornwall upon his own eldest son, Edward. This Sir John married Joan, daughter of Lord Mohun, and there was another Sir John Luttrell at this period who was Chancellor of Oxford University. The former Sir John Luttrell had a son, Andrew.
(VI) Sir Andrew (3) Luttrell, son of Sir John Luttrell, married Elizabeth, relict of Sir John de Vere, son of the Earl of Oxford. Her father, Hugh, Earl of Devon, one of the companions in arms of Edward the Third, and one of the original Knights of the Garter, was the head of the noble house of Courtenay Her mother Margaret was daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, Constable of Eng- land, "the flower of knighthood, and the most Christian knight of the knights of the world," by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of King Edward the Third. Her eldest brother, like her father was one of the original Knights of the Garter, a second became Archbishop of Canterbury, a
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third Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and a fourth Governor of Calais. It was through this Lady Luttrell that Dunster Castle came into the pos- session of the Luttrell family by a purchase from the widow of Lord Mohun. She was also for a time in the retinue of her cousins, Edward the Black Prince, and his wife, who had been known as the Fair Maid of Kent. This Sir Andrew (3) Luttrell had by his wife Elizabeth a son, Sir Hugh.
(VII) Sir Hugh Luttrell, son of Sir Andrew (3) Luttrell and his wife Elizabeth, became Grand Seneschal of Normandy. His wife was Catherine, daughter of Sir John Beaumont, and they had a son, John.
(VIII) John, son of Sir Hugh Luttrell and his wife, Catherine ( Beau- mont) Luttrell, married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Tuchet, of Audley, owner of Nether Stowey Castle, and they had one son, James.
(IX) Sir James Luttrell, son of John Luttrell and his wife, Mar- garet (Tuchet ) Luttrell, married his cousin, Elizabeth Courtenay, and on account of his taking sides with the House of Lancaster, forfeited all his lands by order of Edward the Fourth, along with the Earls Shrewsbury and Pembroke, his lands being given to Sir William Herbert, and after- wards to the King's son, and so remained until the success of the Lancas- trian party on the field of Bosworth in August, 1485.
(X) Sir Hugh (2) Luttrell, son of Sir James Luttrell, who was mortally wounded at the battle of St. Albans, went before King Henry the Seventh and presented a petition setting forth that his father had been attainted for the true faith and allegiance which he owed unto the right famous Prince of most blessed memory, then his sovereign Lord, Henry the Sixth, the late king of England, and praying that the Act of At- tainder be repealed, and this petition was granted. He was also created a Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry the Seventh, in 1487. When Catherine of Arragon came to Eng- land to marry the then Prince of Wales, Sir Hugh Luttrell was one of the seven knights who were selected to accompany her. He married Margaret Hill, and had a son, Andrew.
(XI) Andrew (4), son of Sir Hugh (2) and Margaret (Hill) Lut- trell, married a daughter of Sir Thomas Wyndham, and they had a son, Thomas, also a daughter, Margaret, who married an ancestor of the pres- ent Earl of Mount Edgecomb, to whom was given the family carpet, a magnificent example of heraldic embroidery, which now hangs at Cothele, the home of the present earl, There is also in existence in England the Luttrell Psalter, which shows the manners and customs of the period of about 1340. A number of illustrations from this Psalter are given in "Green's Short History of the English People."
(XII) Thomas, son of Andrew (4) Luttrell, married a cousin. Mar- garet Hadley, and had a son, George.
(XIII) George, son of Thomas and Margaret ( Hadley ) Luttrell. mar- ried Joan Stewkley, daughter of his guardian, although his marriage had been arranged by his mother with a niece of Sir James Fitzjames, of the ancient family of that name in Wales. He had a son, Thomas.
(XIV) Thomas (2), son of George and Joan ( Stewkley ) Luttrell, married Jane, daughter of Sir Francis Popham. He espoused the parlia- mentary cause in the reign of Charles the First. His son and heir, George, by royal order was commanded by King Charles the First to have as his guest at Dunster Castle the Prince of Wales, afterwards Charles the Second. Dying without issue, he was succeeded by his brother Francis.
(XV) Francis, son of Thomas (2) Luttrell, married Lucy Symonds, granddaughter of John Pym, the great parliamentary leader, and had a son, Alexander.
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(XVI) Alexander (2), son of Francis and Lucy (Symonds) Luttrell, married Dorothy Yard, and had a son, Alexander.
(XVII) Alexander (3), son of Alexander (2) and Dorothy (Yard) Luttrell, married Margaret, daughter, of Sir John Trevelyan, of Net- tlecombe, and had only a daughter, Margaret.
(XVIII) Margaret, daughter of Alexander (3) and Margaret (Trev- elyan) Luttrell, married her cousin, Henry Fownes, who took the name of Luttrell, and they had a son, John Fownes.
(XIX) John Fownes, son of Henry Fownes and Margaret Luttrell, married Mary Drew, and had a son John, who was succeeded by his brother Henry.
(XX) Henry, son of John Fownes and Mary (Drew) Luttrell, was succeeded by his nephew, George (2), son of a younger brother, Francis.
(XXI) George (2), son of Francis Luttrell and nephew of Henry Luttrell, married Anne Elizabeth Periam, daughter of Sir Alexander Hood. George (2) Luttrell entertained in 1879 the Prince of Wales, afterwards Edward the Seventh. He died in 1910, and was succeeded by the present owner of Dunster Castle and of the Manor of East Quan- tockshead, Captain Alexander Luttrell. He married Alice Edwina, daughter of Colonel Munro Ferguson, of Raith and Novar, in Scotland, and sister of Colonel Ferguson who was one of the Rough Riders under Colonel Roosevelt.
The Robert Luttrell who has been mentioned above as having set- tled on the bands of the Liffey, near Dublin, at Luttrellstown, was in 1226 treasurer of St. Patrick's Cathedral, and in 1236 was Lord Chan- cellor of Ireland. There is mention of a Michael Luttrell, who owned the same estate at the close of the century, and later in 1349 of a Simon Luttrell, who died in the possession of the property.
(I) The next owner whose name we have is Robert Luttrell, who married a daughter of Sir Elias de Ashbourne, of Devon, England, and by this marriage added materially to his already large estate.
(II) Christopher, son of Robert Luttrell, married Catherine, daugh- ter of Thomas Rochfort, ancestor of the Earl of Belvedere. They had one son, Richard.
( III) Richard, son of Christopher and Catherine (Rochfort) Lut- trell, married a daughter of Patrick Fitz-Leons, Esq., and they had a son, Sir Thomas.
(IV) Sir Thomas Luttrell, son of Richard Luttrell, was in the reign of Henry the Eighth the Chief Justice of Ireland. He married Anne, daughter of Baron Aylmer, ancestor of Lord Aylmer, and they had a son, Richard.
(V) Richard (2), son of Sir Thomas Luttrell, married Mary, daugh- ter of Lord Dufany, and they had a son, Thomas.
(VI) Thomas (2), son of Richard (2) Luttrell, had the audacity to make a comparison with the Earl of Thomond, the Chief of the O'Briens, in the Lord Deputy's presence. He married Eleanor Preston, daughter of Christopher, fourth Lord Viscount Gormanston, by Catherine, daugh- ter of William Fitz William and had a son, Simon.
(VII) Simon, son of Thomas (2) and Eleanor (Preston) Luttrell, was made a gentleman of the Bedchamber to Charles the Second. He married Janice, daughter of the fifth Viscount Gormanston, a cousin, and had sons : Simon, Henry, Robert. The last named was the founder of the American family.
(VIII) Simon (2) and Henry, sons of Simon (I) Luttrell, were both prominent in the war between James the Second and the Prince of Orange, Simon at that time being the governor of the city of Dublin. At the close of the war Simon chose to go to France with other Irish
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soldiers, and afterwards commanded an Irish regiment in foreign service. Seeing before the close of the war that William's forces would be vic- torious, Henry left the cause of King James and took with him a large command of Irish soldiers, and was at the close of the war fighting un- der the flag of William, and to this day some historians place the respon- sibility for the defeat of James to the defection of Henry Luttrell at this time. He has, however, been cleared of all blame in the matter by the more careful English historians. Henry's descendants became very prominent and Henry occupied at different times important positions in Ireland and was held in high esteem by King William. He married Elizabeth Jones, and had sons: Robert. (considered by some genealogists as the founder of the American family, but the evidences point rather to Robert (2) Luttrell, the uncle of this Robert (3) Luttrell, being the American pro- genitor) ; Simon, who was made by George the Third first Baron Irnham, second Viscount Carhampton, and later still Earl of Carhampton.
(IX) Simon (3), son of Henry and Elizabeth (Jones) Luttrell, married Maria, daughter and heir to Sir Nicholas Lawes, governor of Jamaica, and had issue : Henry Lawes, his heir : Temple Simon ; John, who married a daughter of Lord Waltham, taking his name and title; James, commander of the ship "Mediator," which did no little damage to the American cause in their war for independence ; and a daughter. Lady Anne, who became the wife of William, Duke of Cumberland, brother of George the Third and of whom Junius wrote, "Let parlia- ment see to it that a Luttrell never wears the crown of England." All of these left no issue and the title became extinct about 1829, while just previous to this time the large estate of Luttrellstown ( 1821 ) passed into the hands of Luke White, of Dublin, ancestor to the present owner Lord Annaly. Henry Lawes Luttrell, second Earl of Carhampton, represented Middlesex just previous to the period of the American revolution, and was the agent of the government acting under Lord North during these stirring times. The overthrow of Wilkes, who was a vigorous champion of the well-known "Letters of Junius," and the giving of his seat to Luttrell, caused such an outcry from the English populace that Luttrell was a number of times threatened with his life. Lord North stubbornly held his position against the English people who wanted to give the American colonists their demands, and made Luttrell the tool in bring- ing to completion those nefarious schemes which culminated in the decla- ration on the part of the colonists of their independence, and the throw- ing off of the rule of the mother country. It is quite within the range of possibility that the war might have been averted had Wilkes repre- sented the people at this vital time.
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