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I I U'JlU'kl » UMAU^UBt , , - , - it*.„ . t, , o i7Qf,7 ' ruuor, ielverton, and two daughters; o,Peter, born Februarv 2, Ion, . ^ Jobn ^Ionro nmrried Mary BurtCn, daugh-February 19. 1781; 5, John, born October , ter of i{obert Bolling, of Centre Hill.19, 1739; 6, Mary, born January 15, 1741; Petersburg, and had: 1, William C., Cou7, William, born Dece mber 26, 1742; 8, | federate States Army, of Petersburg ; kill-n,, , . , i c? - o, - oq o led in front of Petersburg. June9, 1804,Theoderick, bom September 28 1744; : jn wll,;ch *ue PetersburgEdward, born December 16, 1.46; mem- aulitiu. so highly distinguished themselvesber of House of Delegates from Prince ' toy checking the advance of the Fed raiGeorge; 10, Sarah, born September 19, ! army; married Caroline Lewis and• i i~lt;*o lt;i»AUrt k‘ft a large lamilv; 2, Mary Burton1.50; 1lt;CS, Obloael Kobert|married §erman ’G.ll, „f Bus-Goode, of Whitby. Chesterneul; h, LeX; y married William T.Susan, born February 20, 1752; 13, Lucy, ! McOaudiish ; 4, Doctor Robert 15., sur-born Seotember 32. 1750. X j geon piled States Navy ; 5, ReverendT n t• t , i John Monro, married Louisa, (laughter olIssue of Richard nurt Mr*, ,l.oHmgj General wi'njam H urodpix. 6, EmilyBland: 1, Richard, ot . rineeGeorge, oorn (j, ? married Commodore il. H. Cocke,Julv 23, 1762; died March 26, 1808 ; mar- ‘ United States Army, of Prince George ; 7,ried Susan, daughter of Colonel Peter i Eureita B., married Charles Stickuey, of_ . I A I«linen n • S Antrim!a - Q HpIph nmmfiflPoytbress, of Branchestcr, Prince George;2.'Anne Poythress, born May. 27, 1765; married first, John Morrison; second, Peter Woodlief []; 3, Jobr. Bolling, born December 6, 1767; died July 30, 1777 ; 4, Elizabeth Blair, born March 29, 1779.Issue of Richard and Susan (Poythress)Bland: 1, Richard, married first, ,and had Anne, married Edward Turner;married second - Ledbetter, and hadJohn B., formerly of Richmond, now of Baltimore, and others ; 2, John Bolling,married first Eppe9; second RachelReed. third, Cargill; 3, Theoderick,married Mary Harrison ; 4, Sally, married Thomas Bolt; 5. Mary married Elgin Russell.Issue ot John Bolling Bland (by first marriage) with Eppes: 1, John, Confederate States Army, killed in battle; manied first, Bettie, daughter of Richard Mar Is, and had no issue; married second, Ruffin, and had no issue; marriedthird, Watkins, and had John Bolling and Charles Watkins, of Petersburg; 2, ^William, married Sally, daughter of Theoderick Biand ; 3, Captain Robert E. of Prince George; House of Delegates,1878-9; married Rives (by secondmarriage with Rachel Rachel Reed); 4, Magdalen, married James I. Proctor (bythird marriage Cargill); 5, Mary,married first, - Bryant; second-Johnson.Issue of Theoderick and Mary (Harri-jion) Bland . 1, Sally, married first, Wil-■' lia» r^VCuna^ 2,Anna married Charles Gee; 3, Susanamarried Temple; 4, Mary marriedGeorge Aimistead ; 5, Theoderick.Issue of Cdonel Theoderick and Francos(Bolling) Bland, of Cawsons: 1, Elizabeth married Colonel John Banister, [YJ of Battersea ; 2, Theoderick, born March 21, 1751 ; medical doctor of Edinburgh; Sts. te Senate, 1776; Captain first troop of Virginia cavalry; served actively and gallantly through the Revolution ; member of Congress, 1780 3; then in Virginia Senate; again in Congress, 1789 90; died in New York during the session, June l, 1780; buried in old Trinity churchyard; married first, 1772, Susan Fitzhugh; second, Mary Dangerfield; 3, Mary married Ruffin; 4, Anna, married General Thomas Eiton, of Roanoke river, North Carolina; 5, Jane married Herbert Harris, of North Carolina; 6, Frances manied first, John Randolph, of Mattoax; second, Judge St. George Tucker; she was born September 24, 1752, aud died January 18, 1788 [»»]. 'Theoderick and Susan (Fitzhugh) Bland had Theoderick, of Maryland; born 1777; died at Annapolis, Maryland, November 16, 1846; member of the House of Delegates from Baltimore county ; county judge; United States, district judge; twenty-two years Chancellor of Maryland, and author •of Chancery reports.NOTES.[j] Cawsons, the birth-place of John Randolph, of Roanoke, is on the Appomattox not far from City Point. The original house was burnt many years ago.[£] The first of the family of Woodlief in Virginia was Captain John Woodlief, who came here in 1620, and had a grant of 550 acres at Weyanoke, probably on the south side of the river. He afterwards owned land near the present City Point. Captain Woodlief was burgess for Charles City county, 1652. A descendant, Colonel Devereux J. Woodlief, born near PetersAlabama; 8, Augusta; 9, Helen, married Doctor Robert L. Madison. Other representatives of the name, possibly connections, were found in Virginia from an early date. A deed from Wiiliam Banister is recorded in York county, 1637. John Banister, of Gloucester, mentioned in York records as alive *1660. Elizabeth Banister pateuted land in Gloucester in 1679, and in the pa tent is reference to her son John, and to her deceased husband, John Banister. Joseph Banister was sheriff of Elizabeth city about 1730.[//i] Her tomb is at Mattoax, Chester field county, with the following inscription :L U.S.Franeeseae Tucker Blandae Conjugio Sti. Georgie Tucker, de.-iderio sic modus ?Ol.itXVIII Januarii.M1XJCLXXX V111,Act. XXXVI.CORRECTION^111 the note on the Poytbress family, in e last issue, the words, “Francis Poythress (second of the ua ue),” should read “Francis Poythress (third of ttie name.”thNotes and Queries.To the Editor of The Critic:Francis Porterfield, sou of John and (Kincannon) Porterfield, and grandson of Francis Porterfield, was born at Abingdon, September 28, 1785. He emigrated to Tennessee, where his descendants have since lived. He had one brother only, James Porterfield. The ancestor of the family emigrated from Renfraushire, Scotland. Information is desired of the connecting links, and also those with General Robert Porterfield and OrulaoAkPorterfield, of the American Revolution. The latter was killed at the battle of Camden, South Carolina, August 1G, 1780. Colonel George A. Porterfield, late of the| IVent.y-flfUi Virginia Infantry, (Jonfedcrate States *.rmy, now of Charlestown, West Virginia, is of the family.Miss N. Porterfield,121 east Thirtieth street,New York city.• ■■■ - iTo the Editor of The Critic:John Bacon, by tradition a descendant of Nathaniel Bacon, unjustly stigmatized in Virginia as “the rebel,” had a grant ol 1,600 acres of land in Henrico county, October 13, 1727. From him arc descended many worthy people of the patronymics, Bacon, Crenshaw, Rice, and others equally esteemed. 1 desire the names of the children of Nathaniel, “the rebel,” and Elizabeth (Duke) Bacou, or any information regarding their descendants. s. a. P.No. 38 east Thirty-third street,New York city.To the Editor of The Critic:The aucestor of the Fishback ^family, of Virginia, settled there in the seventeerdi century. I would like, to have definii formation regarding him, and corres .uence with his descendants. . »* *» «•Miss A. Tracy,1827 1 street N. W.,Washington. [John Fishback was a justice of Russellcounty, 1790.]'To the Editor of The Critic :Roger Atkinson, of “Mansfield,” Din widdie county, emigrated from county Cumberland, England, to Virginia, about 1750; was one of the vestrymen of Bristol parish in 1762; married Anne, daughterof John Pleasants, of Henrico county, burg, distinguished hanselt iu the wars be-! second in descent from John Pleasants, ofcam. Texas and the United States, and ■•Carles,” Henrico county, who emigratedMexico during which he was several times wounded, and was killed a few years later in a duel in California.thither from Norwich, Eaglaud, in 1665. Desired—information of the English an-[Lj The first of this particular family in cestry of Roger Atkinson and of JohnVirginia was John Banister, the natural- Pleasants, the emigrant. R. A.ist. He was an English clergyman, and —afcer spending some time iu the West i WE SEND YOU A SAMPLE COPY. Indies, came to Virginia, where he had a ; If you receive a copy of The Critic patent of land in Bristol parish in 1690. 1 , . i -,He devoted himself to botany, wrotea!aml “ol. “.subscnber you will under-natural history of the colony, and contri- ‘ that it is sent as a sample, and wehated a catalogue of Virginia plants to the request that you give it a careful examiua-second volume of Ray’s “History of tion, believing that after you have done soPlants.” Among his other productions „ ’were: “Observations on the Natural Pro- ' ^ pleased with the paper andductions of Jamaica,'’ “Insects of Vir- wil! wunl 10 receive it regularly, and we •ginia,” (1*00); “Curiosities in Virginia,” . hope not only to receive your own sub-bt°n’ :bUt ,hSt y0U ,ilg0t80merecords, 1689, is recorded a deed to John eighbors to J'‘,u y°u m » club.Banister, clerk (clergyman.) He died in H you would distribute sample copies 1692 from injuries received by a fall from among yot.r neighbors, please order as rocks on the Roanoke river, and in the I many you think you can use to advantage, Henrico records of May of that year is and we forward them to you free, mention of “the death per misadventure of Mr. John Banister. Left a son, John, described in a deed recorded in llenrico,1697, as ‘John Banister, son and heir of John Banister, late of Charles City, deceased.’” His lands were on the Appomattox. near the present Petersburg. Col-I.iidies* I.iiiilt;*li Khoiii ami 14*0 4 rf.-n.iiiSaloon.Mr. C. Evensen has opened next door to the Dispatch ollice (up stairs) a suite of rooms tor the convenience of ladies wishing ice-cream or luncheon. Mrs. Evensen will have charge of the apartments.
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