Hans Justus " Jost / Joist / Joost " Hedyt / Hite
1685-1760
Born: Bonfeld, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Died: Kernstown, Frederick, Virginia, United States
1685-1760
Born: Bonfeld, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Died: Kernstown, Frederick, Virginia, United States
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:windowtext;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p {margin-right:0in; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> <p><strong>Jost Hite </strong>(Hans Joist Heydt), his wife <strong>Anna Maria Merckle</strong>, and their infant daughter Mary left their home in Bonfeld, Germany in 1709/10. Others from their village, including Jost’s father and his family, also emigrated to America from Rotterdam at about the same time. Records show the families settling near one another in the colony of New York. <br> Settling first in the New York Colony, he moved to a large tract of land above Philadelphia where Germantown was later laid out. Originally a linen weaver, Hite was engaged in farming, weaving, and milling in Bucks County, and he built a mill and sold farms from his property on the Schullkill River. Some of his transactions were with William Penn. In 1731, hearing of newly explored Indian lands available in the Virginia Colony, he secured a grant for 100,000 acres in order to organize a settlement of 100 colonial families and fortify this trackless territory lying west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. His character is revealed by his refusal to bow to rent demands of the powerful Lord Fairfax for these lands legally claimed by Hite. Although this matter lingered in the courts for over 50 years, settlement eventually came in Hite’s favor some 30 years after his death. <br> Hite made numerous surveys of the land and settled the immigrant families, including his own, in favorable locations. With his wife and younger sons, he and his oldest son John first settled on the Opecquon Creek six miles south of the present Winchester. Separate homes were built in the 2,000 beautiful and productive acres of this Spring Dale settlement, but the land, forge, mill, and stone fort were held in common. He reserved for himself 900 acres of fertile and beautiful land where he built his home, Long Meadows. Within it was “Travelers’ Hall” which welcomed adventurers, explorers, and even friendly Indians. The mansion and land was recorded in the name of his third son, Isaac, while he was still a minor. It was there that Anna Maria died. Three years later he married again, to a widow, Maria Magdalena Neuchanger. <br> His grandchildren were numerous and their lives remarkable: at least twelve fought in the Revolution, several were pioneers in Kentucky and Tennessee, one married a President’s sister and lived in a home designed by Thomas Jefferson, and one, tragically, was massacred by Indians. <br> In his last years, Hite lived a simple life with no interest in possessions, moving frequently. He died in 1761, probably at the home on the Opecquon where he had lived in during the early days in the valley. He was buried at Bunker Hill Church (the first Episcopal Church west of the Blue Ridge Mountains), which he attended. A hundred years later, during the Civil War, the stone churchyard walls and the grave markers were taken by Union soldiers to be used as chimneys at General Sheridan’s nearby camp. Jost Hite’s grave cannot now be located. </p>
<!-- SN:TREESUI08 --> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><tbody><tr><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">October 31, 1731, Hite took as partner a young Quaker, named Robert McKoy, and obtained an order of council for one hundred thousand acres of land on the west side of the mountain on condition he would settle one hundred families on it in two years. Afterwards the time for making these settlements was extended to Christmas, 1735. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">In the spring of 1731, Yost Hite with sixteen families left York, Pa., and crossed the Potomac River at what was called Parkhorse Ford, afterwards Mechlenburg, now Shepherdstown, and entered the fertile and beautiful, but unexplored Valley of the Shenandoah River. He made his first settlement at New Mechlenburg, just one hundred and twenty-five years after the first settlement on James River, in 1607. "To Hans Yost Hite, therefore, belongs the honor of having planted the first standard of civilization in the mountainous region of Virginia." </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Yost Hite proceeded down the Valley to a place called by the natives and traders, "Red Bud," on the Opequon Creek; there he located his eldest son, John Hite, who built the first colonial stone house in the Valley, just where the turnpike now crosses the creek, and called it "Springdale." These settlements were on the west side of the Shenandoah River, hence were in no county, as Spottsylvania extended only to the river. The county of Orange was made August, 1734, and "extended to the utmost limits of Virginia," to-wit: "from sea to sea." Hite surveyed the land, marked out farms, and the old records of Orange County show many deeds from him. In June, 1734, an order of council stated, "Yost Hite" had complied with the terms of the grant, and had settled his land with more than the requisite number of families," and directed patents to be issued to him and his assignees, upon the surveys then returned to the secretary's office. This same year, Lord Fairfax, without making any investigation of Hite's claim, entered a general caveat against all orders of councils, deeds, patents, entries, etc., issuing from the crown office, for lands lying in his proprietary and gave Hite preëmptory notice to purchase or vacate. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">The first of January, 1736, Hite and McKoy had fifty-four families on their one hundred thousand acres of land. Some surveys were made, which were returned to the secretary's office, in due time, but the caveat was served before the patents on the surveys were issued. Lord Fairfax arrived in 1736, and a survey of the Northern Neck was made, by which it appeared part of the contested lands did lie within the boundary of his priprietary. This condition of affairs gave rise to certain petitions made to the governor and council, who confirmed the Fairfax surveys on express condition he establish all the grants made by the crown, and, December 31, 1738, an order was issued to that effect. Lord Fairfax gave his word the deeds should be made to the grantees under the crown, particular mention being made of Hite and his associates, who had threatened to remove to some other part of the country. This promise was to be redeemed, as soon as Lord Fairfax could open his office, thereupon Hite withdrew twenty-seven surveys and fees from the secretary's office, and lodged them with the proprietor for patents, and the claimants remained on the lands. Lord Fairfax opened his land office, and then refused to give the promised patents to Hite and his associates, and even conveyed part of the land to others. Hite and parties now filed a bill against Fairfax and those claiming under him, setting forth all the facts and prayed his Lordship be decreed to make the deeds to the plaintiffs for the surveyed lands, etc., etc. On October 13, 1769, the court decreed that Hite and McKoy were entitled to the lands surveyed before Christmas, 1735, for which patents had been issued before August 11, 1745, and that Fairfax must issue deeds for said lands, and appoint a committee to examine and state a memorial for all such surveys claimed by the plaintiffs, and that his lordship deliver the said commissioners all the original surveys lodged in his office, by Robert Green, Gent., deceased. </span></p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Thomas Marshall and other commissioners reported twenty-seven surveys, containing forty-seven thousand two hundred and seventy-eight acres, showing the Van Meter claim more than satisfied. In 1771 there was a final decree, which gave Hite forty thousand of the Van Meter claim and to Hite and McKoy fifty-four thousand acres of the one hundred thousand acres in the order of October 21, 1731. Lord Fairfax appealed to the King in council, but never prosecuted the case. Hite and others appealed from parts of the decree, which confirmed grants made by Fairfax since the commencement of the case. This went to the Court of Appeals of Virginia. Fairfax died in 1781. Gabriel Jones was one of his executors. Randolph argued the case in Appellate Court for Hite et als., Baker for Appellees, John Taylor for Hite et als., Marshall for tenants. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">The Appellate court gave Hite all he asked, with rents of the land from January, 1749-50, and costs. Fairfax was a "Royal pet," and it was almost as daring in Hite to enter suit against him, as it was to go into the wilderness of the Shenandoah Valley to settle, for the influence of Lord Fairfax, with the King and the Colonial government, was quite equal to that of any other man in this country at that time. The suit was delayed fifty years, both contestants were dead, foreign influence was lessened and courts were learning to act independently and according to the merits of the case. (Reference 4 Col. Va. Reports, 42, 83.) </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Of Yost Hite's private life there is but little known. He was honest and taciturn, and his public career marks him as a leader among men, possessing good judgment, fine executive ability, and indomitable will. Obstacles only aroused his ardor, and he feared no man; he also must have had large means at his command. His wife, Anna Maria du Bois, was of Huguenot extraction. Among the descendants of her son, Isaac, there is a tradition that at the time of her marriage, neither she nor her bridegroom understood more than a few words of their respective languages. 'Tis said, "Cupid laughs at bars," but in this instance he laughed at words, for there was no difficulty about the courtship; all went smoothly until the question of a marriage settlement by Yost on his bride arose, then papa du Bois was determined there should be no mistake. They were married in Germany and emigrated in 1710, bringing one little daughter with them. While living at Kingston, New York, the baptism of two others were recorded. Yost Hite made his will in 1757 and died in Frederick Co., Va., in 1760. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Family Record. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Yost Hite died 1760, Anna Maria du Bois died 1736. They were married in Germany. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">I. Mary Hite, b. in Germany. Married George Bowman. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Image Not Shown</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt"><br> Hite Coat-of-Arms </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">The Hite Family in America. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">In 1710, Hans Josh Heydt, or Yost Hite, as his name is spelled in English documents dated at the time of his emigration, a native of Alsace, Germany, came from Strasburg to New York, with his wife, Anna Marie, née du Bois, and their little girl, Mary. He came in his own ships, Brigantine Swift and Schooner Friendship, bringing with him sixteen (some say more) Dutch and German families, as tenants for lands he expected to settle. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Hite remained in Kingston, New York, until 1715, when he came south to Germantown, Penn. In 1717, we find him on the Schuylkill River, where he bought lands, and in 1720 built a mill at the mouth of Perkiomen Creek, and a dwelling house, which is at present the country home of Gov. Samuel Pennypacker, of Pennsylvania, and became a thrifty, enterprising farmer and manufacturer. The mills are now called Pennypacker's Mills. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">At this time the Indians, maddened by the encroachments of the whites, took revenge by making raids upon the colonists in both Pennsylvania and Maryland, ruthlessly murdering settlers and destroying property. In 1728, a petition signed by Yost Hite and many others, for protection against the Indians was presented to Gov. Gordon of Pennsylvania, who ignored the petition and the atrocities became more frequent and more cruel. Hite became disgusted by the culpable indifference of the government and inaugurated a scheme to re-emigrate to the wilds of the then unknown Shnandoah Valley, Virginia, and in January, 1730, sold his holdings on the Schuylkill and with his family and followers once more turned his footsteps southward. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">In 1730, John Van Meter went to Williamsburg and obtained a contract from Gov. Sir William Gooch, for forty thousand acres of land in the Shenandoah Valley, and in 1731 sold this contract to Yost Hite, which sale was afterwards confirmed by Gov. Gooch, and the tract was known as "Hite's Grant." </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">12. John Hite, b. 1819; d. 1820. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">13. James Hite, b. 1820; d. 1820. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">14. John Briscoe Hite, b. 1825; d. 1838. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">15. Charles James Hite, b. Dec. 22, 1822. Married Rebecca Bowman. During the Civil War Charles J. Hite disappeared and could not be traced. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Col. James Hite's second wife died August 13, 1825, and he married a third wife, Lydia Peterson, May 12, 1831. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">16. Peter Yost Hite, b. July 8, 1832; d. 1884. Married (Nov. 13, 1855) Susan R. Richardson. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">I. Susan Waters. Married (May 18, 1847) Dr. Joshua Gregg Gibson, and was his first wife. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. William Gibson. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Frances Hite Gibson. Married Alexander Pendleton, of Wytheville, Va. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">II. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Elizabeth</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Hite</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">, second daughter of Yost </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Hite</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">, married Paul </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Froman</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">, a Quaker, who belonged to the well known </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Froman</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt"> family of New Jersey. For some years they remained in the Shenandoah Valley, but finally removed to </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Kentucky</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">, where they died, leaving a large family. <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><tbody><tr><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><tbody><tr><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">II. Elizabeth Hite, baptized in Kingston, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1711. Married Paul Froman, of New Jersey. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">III. Magdelene Hite, baptized in Kingston, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1713. Married Jacob Chinmann. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">IV. John Hite, d. 1792. Married Zara Eltinge, daughter of Cornelius Eltinge and Rebecca, née Van Meter. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">V. Jacob Hite. Married Catherine O'Bannon, in Ireland. She died and he married second, Frances (Madison) Beale, widow of Col. Tavener Beale and daughter of Col. Ambrose Madison and Frances, née Taylor, of Orange Co., Va. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">VI. Isaac Hite, b. 1723; d. 1795. Married (1745) Eleanor Eltinge, daughter of Cornelius Eltinge and Rebecca Van Meter. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">VII. Abraham Hite, b. May 10, 1729; d. Jan. 17, 1790. Married (Dec. 3, 1751) Rebecca Van Meter, daughter of Isaac Van Meter and Annetjie, née Wyncoop, of Hampshire Co., Va. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">VIII. Joseph Hite, b. 1729. Married Elizabeth -. Issue four children, Joseph Hite, Jr., b. 1761, John Hite, William Hite, and Ann Hite. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">I. Mary Hite, the eldest child of Yost Hite, born in Germany, d. in Virginia. Married (in Pennsylvania, about 1731) George Bowman and accompanied her father when he entered the Shenandoah Valley. They were given a homestead not far from her father, in what is now Shenandoah County, on Cedar Creek. Here, some years later, they built a substantial brick house, which is still standing. Their eldest child was the first white child born in the Valley. Several of their sons were soldiers of rank and importance, one was with Gen'l S. R. Clarke in the Illinois campaign, and another was Colonel in the 8th Va. German Regiment in the Revolution. Some of his other sons became prominent in civil life in Virginia and Kentucky, where most of them removed. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. John George Bowman, b. April 27, 1732; d. young. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. John Jacob Bowman, b. Dec. 2, 1733. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Emma Maria Bowman, b. Nov. 9, 1735. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. Elizabeth Bowman, b. March 18, 1737. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">5. Johannes Bowman, b. Dec. 19, 1738. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">6. Sarah Bowman, b. Feb. 9, 1741. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">7. Regina Bowman, b. Jan. 13, 1743. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">8. Rebecca Bowman, b. March 23, 1745. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">9. George Bowman, b. March 24, 1747. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">10. Abraham Bowman, b. Oct. 16, 1749. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">11. Joseph Bowman, b. March 8, 1752. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">12. Catherine Bowman, b. Nov. 17, 1754. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><tbody><tr><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><tbody><tr><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">13. Isaac Bowman, b. April 24, 1757. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">II. Elizabeth Hite, second daughter of Yost Hite, married Paul Froman, a Quaker, who belonged to the well known Froman family of New Jersey. For some years they remained in the Shenandoah Valley, but finally removed to Kentucky, where they died, leaving a large family. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">III. Magdelene Hite, third daughter of Yost Hite, like her two older sisters, married before she came to Virginia. Her husband, Jacob Chrismann, was a German and came to America from Swabia. They also settled near Yost Hite and their home became known as Chrismann Spring, where they died, leaving a large family of children. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">IV. John Hite, eldest son of Yost Hite and Anna Maria du Bois, was born about 1715. He was a man of unusual cultivation for his times, wrote a good hand and became very successful as a business man, possessing much of his father's energy and executive ability. He was given lands on Opequon Creek, at a place called by the traders and natives, "Red Bud." In 1753, he built the colonial stone dwelling still in good repair, at the point where the Valley turnpike now crosses the creek, and called it "Springdale." The date, with the builder's initials, "J. H.," is cut on a dressed stone in the front of the house. In 1787, he built the first brick house in the Valley; it stands at the northern side of Newtown, now Stephen's City, and is still in good repair. Two years later he built the first merchant mill in the Valley. (Reference, Kercheval's "History of the Shenandoah Valley.") Col. John Hite was vestryman in Christ Episcopal Church in Winchester, Va., in 1752. Captain in charge of a precinct and member of a "Council of War," 1744; Colonel in the French and Indian war, 1756, and Justice of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1756. He evidently took a warm interest in the affairs of church and state, and soon became prominent in all public movements. Schmidt, in his "History of the German Element in Maryland and Virginia," speaks of him as "Col. John Hite, son of Yost Hite, distinguished for his bravery in the Indians Wars," p. 82. Col. John Hite married Zara or Sara Eltinge, daughter of Cornelius Eltinge and Rebecca (Van Meter) Eltinge, in Maryland. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. Anna Maria Hite, b. Dec. 25, 1738. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Rebecca Hite, b. 1740. Married Maj. Charles Smith. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Margaret Hite, b. -; d. 1770. Married Isaac Brown. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. Elizabeth Hite, b. -; d. 1812. Married, first, Maj. Hughes; second, Rev. Elijah Phelps. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">5. John Hite, b. June 28, 1751; d. June 21, 1808. Married, first, Susanna Smith; second, Cornelia Reagan. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Rebecca Hite, daughter of Col. John Hite, of "Springdale," married Capt. Charles Smith, first owner of the site of "Berryville" (then "Battletown"), Clarke Co., Va., and ensign under Col. George Washington, in Braddock's war, losing a hand at "Great Meadows." Their daughter, Sara Smith, married Lieut. Philip Eastin, who served as an officer in the Revolutionary War in the 4th and 8th Va. Regiment, Continental line. Their daughter: </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Mahala Eastin married Maj. Elisha English, a prominent citizen of Indiana; a member of the Legislature for twenty years and U. S. Marshal in 1860. Their only child, William Heyden English, was distinguished as statesman, historian and financier, Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives, member of Congress, and, in 1880, was candidate on the National Democratic ticket with Hancock, for Vice-President of the United States. Judge William H. English married Emma E. Jackson, of Virginia. Their son, Hon William Eastin English, ex-member of the Legislature, ex-member of Congress, served in the Spanish-American War, with credit, on Gen'l Wheeler's staff, in the Santiago campaign. Capt. English never drew any pay, and after the close of the war a cheque for the amount due him was sent by the government; he returned the cheque saying, "I served my country, for my country's sake, not for money." The amount was turned into the United States treasury and became part of its miscellaneous receipts. This is said to be the only instance of the kind on record, excepting that of Gen'l Washington, who never received pay for his services. Capt. English married Helen Orr. They have one child, Rosalind Orr English, aged two years and a half, August, 1905. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Margaret Hite, daughter of Col. John Hite, of "Springdale," married Isaac Brown, b. March 4, 1746, in Frederick County, Va., son of Daniel Brown and Susanna, née Oldham. Daniel Brown was a minister of the Society of Friends. He came to Frederick Co., Va., from Chester Co., Pa., in 1774. His great-grandfather, William Clayton, had been President of the Council and acting Governor of the Colony. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">It was at the house of Isaac Brown that the Friends exiled by Gen'l Washington, from Philadelphia, during the Revolution, were entertained. Their life in Virginia has been described in a very interesting way in a Journal called, "Friends Exiled in Virginia." The exact date of Margaret Hite's marriage is not known, but as Isaac Brown was disowned in 1770 by the Friends' meeting for marrying out of the Society, it is probable the marriage took place that year or in 1769, as Friends were very prompt in those days in punishing violations of the "Discipline." Margaret died at the birth of her only child, John Brown, b. 1771; d. 1840. He was an extensive landholder, and at one time, a man of large means, but towards the end of his life he met heavy losses. He married Elizabeth Richardson, daughter of Richard and Mary (Pierpont) Richardson, of Maryland. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Elizabeth Richardson's ancestors are among the earliest Puritan and Quaker settlers of Maryland. They came with the Chews, Coles, Thomases, Ewens, Sparrows, Hutchens and Pierponts. Some of her immediate ancestors were prominent men in the early history of the Colony. Among them was William Richardson, a leading citizen of Anne Arundel Co., for many years a member of the General Assembly. He came to Maryland with Maj. Richard Ewen, before 1650. He was Major in the forces of the Colony; Speaker of the Assembly several times; member of the Council, and one of the "High Commissioners," to govern Maryland under Protector Cromwell. Maj. Ewen was one of the first to take up land on the Patapsco River. On November 19, 20, 21, and 22, 1655, Lord Baltimore, Surveyor General, laid out tracts of land on the Patapsco River for several persons, including Maj. Ewen and Thomas Sparrow, also an ancestor of Elizabeth Richardson. The land taken up by Thomas Sparrow has since been known as "Sparrow's Point." John Chew and his son, Samuel Chew, were also members of the General Assembly and among the most prominent men in the Colony. Both left large estates for their day. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Lieut. Thomas came to Maryland in 1650. Originally he was a Puritan, but he afterwards (as did a number of other Puritans) became a Friend. Lieut. Chew was also one of the High Commissioners under Protector Cromwell. Lieut. Thomas was at the battle of Severn, on the side of the Puritans, and was member of the Court Martial, held after the battle, that condemned Governor Stone and others to death. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Dr. Thomas Wynn, the friend and companion of the good William Penn, came with him to Pennsylvania in the Welcome, and was Speaker in the first three assemblies held in Pennsylvania. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">John and Elizabeth (Richardson) Brown, had six children, viz.: ((1))Mary, ((2))Sarah and ((3))Margaret, who never married; ((4))Rebecca, married, but left no children; ((5))Elizabeth and ((6))Richard. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">((5))Elizabeth Brown married George Sharp. He was the son of Samuel and Martha Sharp, who came to Frederick Co., Va., from Chester Co., Pa. George Sharp's ancestor, John Sharp, came to Pennsylvania in 1711. He brought a certificate which he presented to the Kenneth University meeting in Chester Co., "from ye Kingdom of Ireland." It is said he came originally from Yorkshire, England. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Alpheus P. Sharp, son of George and Elizabeth (Brown) Sharp, was the founder of the firm of Sharp & Dohme, of Baltimore. He was born August 5, 1824, and married (January, 1851) Anna Mathews, daughter of Joshua and Mary Mathews, of Baltimore. Their son, George Mathews Sharp, also of Baltimore City, graduated from Yale Law Class in 1885 and received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Yale University in 1889. From 1889 to 1899 he was a lecturer in the Yale Law School, and in 1891 and '92, in the Law School of the University of Georgetown. In 1897 he was elected one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Baltimore City. Judge Sharp was one of the original members of the "American Bar Association," and has been for a number of years Chairman of the "Committee on Education and Admissions to the Bar." </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Richard Brown, son of John and Elizabeth (Richardson) Brown, married Elizabeth Murphy and had six children, viz.: ((1))Elizabeth, ((2))Alice, ((3))Rebecca, ((4))Richard, ((5))John and ((6))Charles. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><tbody><tr><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><tbody><tr><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Note.-While the Philadelphia Friends were exiled in Virginia in 1777, they planted an orchard on the farm of Isaac Brown, who entertained them so hospitably. This orchard is still bearing (1905). </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">5. John Hite, Jr., only son of Col. John Hite, of "Springdale," was b. June 28, 1751; 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 1788. In 1773 he and his sister, then the widow Hughes, became converts 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. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">John Hite married, first, Susanna Smith; secondly, Cornelia Reagan and died in Rockingham County in 1805. His son, Jacob,b. 1778 in Frederick Co., Va., established himself first in Rockingham 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, respectively, Col. William Buffington, Bishop Thomas A. Morris of the Methodist Church, Dr. Benj. Brown of King William Co., and Jacob Hite. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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 Historical Magazine, and by his intelligent researches, has added much valuable information regarding the first settlements and settlers of both Virginia and West Virginia. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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 Shenandoah 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 Convention 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.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. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Bible Record. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. Isaac Hite, b. March 24, 1753; d. Feb. 22, 1794. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Abraham Hite, Jr., b. Oct. 25, 1755; d. July 12, 1832. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Joseph Hite, b. Oct. 5, 1757; d. Feb. 15, 1831. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. George Henry Hite, b. March 18, 1761; d. Aug. 28, 1764. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><tbody><tr><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><tbody><tr><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">VIII. Joseph Hite, Sr., son of Yost Hite and Anna Maria, née du Bois, b. 1731; d. 1757. Married Elizabeth -. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. Joseph Hite, Jr., b. 1753. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. John Hite, b. 1754. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. William Hite, b. 1756; d. 1828. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. Ann Hite, b. 1757. Married Thomas Cartmel. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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 1731. 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. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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. He often told of his grandfather's emigration 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 him. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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 advocated 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 Carolina." The estates spoken of by Kercheval were given to his children 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. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">An Englishman by the name of Pearis had preceded him and obtained a grant from the colonial government for ten thousand 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 became 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 discharged; 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 Kercheval, "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. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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 contented without making further efforts to find his sister, and years after everyone had despaired of hearing of her again, he continued his researches, and finally was rewarded. He traced her to Pensacola, 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. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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 condescended 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. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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 dishonest, thriftless and brutal than the full blooded Indian. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">The children of Jacob Hite and his first wife, Catherine O'Bannon, of Dublin, Ireland, were: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. John Hite, d. 1777. Married Sarah -. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Thomas Hite, b. Sept. 13, 1750; d. 1776. Married (Nov. 10, 1772) Frances Madison Beale, b. Oct. 1, 1749, daughter of his stepmother, Mrs. Frances Beale, née Madison, by her first marriage. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Jacob O'Bannon Hite, killed by Indians, 1778. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. Mary Hite. Married, first, the Rev. Nathaniel Manning; second, the Rev. Mr. Busby. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">5. Elizabeth Hite. Married Tavener Beale, Jr., son of her stepmother, Mrs. Frances Beale, née Madison, by her first marriage: </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><tbody><tr><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><tbody><tr><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Jacob Hite married a second time, Mrs. Fanny (Madison) Beale, widow of Tavener Beale, Sr., and daughter of Col. Ambrose Madison and Frances, née Taylor, of Montpelier, Orange County, Va. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Issue by second marriage: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">6. George Hite, at college in 1778. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">7. Eleanor Hite, carried to Pensacola, 1778. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">8. Susan Hite, killed by Indians, 1778. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">a. Mary Hite. Married (May 25, 1797) Edward Gault. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">b. Sarah Hite. Married (Jan. 14, 1794) Alexander Pelt Buchanan. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">I. Catherine Hite Lee. Married Samuel Purviann Walker, a successful merchant of Baltimore. Later they lived in Washington, D. C. Issue, thirteen children: </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">((1))William McCreery Walker, ((2))Samuel Perviann Walker, ((3))Sarah Catherine Walker, ((4))Frances Caroline Walker, ((5))Juliana Gales Walker, ((6))Jane Josephine Walker, ((7))John Hite Walker, ((8))Rosa Lee Walker, ((9))Theodoric Lee Walker, ((10))Isabella Walker, ((11))Letitia McC. Walker, ((12))Emily Montoya Walker, ((13))Elizabeth Walker. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">((1))William McCreery Walker was Lieut. in U. S. Navy and was with the Wilkes exploring expedition in the Antarctic. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. Theodoric 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. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">III. Matilda Lee married John Royal Holcombe. Issue, five children: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Thomas Allen Holcombe, b. 1858. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Joseph Gales Holcombe, b. 1861. Married Lillie Brown, of Amherst Courthouse, Va. They have one son, Walton Holcombe. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. Ernest Prosser Holcombe, b. 1664. Married Susan Combes. They have a daughter, Gladys Holcombe. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">5. Elizabeth Prosser Holcombe, b. 1666. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">V. Catherine Hite Lee. Married Dr. George May, a leading physician in Washington, D. C. They had two daughters, Sophia, d. unmarried, 1894, and Juliana Gales May, unmarried, living in Washington. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Thomas Hite, b. September 13, 1750; d. August, 1776, son of Jacob Hite, Sr., and Catherine O'Bannon, represented Berkeley 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, sometimes 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 distinguish 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. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Frances Madison Hite, b. Oct. 4, 1776; d. July 27, 1851. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">James Hite, b. Oct. 6, 1776, some months after his father's death in the spring of 1776. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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. 1719, and Mildred, née 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, 1798. The young couple settled on an 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). </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">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: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. Frances Conway Hite, b. Dec. 21, 1798; d. 1857 or '58. Married (Dec. 22, 1825) Dr. William Waters. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Juliet Wood Hite, b. Feb. 1, 1802; d. June 23, 1878. Married (May 27, 1819) Maj. Thomas Briscoe.</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Thomas Hite, b. Dec. 14, 1803; d. 1882, unmarried. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. Alcinda Baker Hite, twin, b. Feb. 8, 1805; d. July 28, 1842. Married John Baker, of Winchester, Va. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">5. Amelia Baker Hite, twin, b. Feb. 8, 1805; d. Aug. 24, 1822. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">6. Mary Ann Hite, b. April 7, 1806; d. 1877. Married Jacob H. Grove. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">7. Arabella Wood Hite, b. March 9, 1808; d. unmarried. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">8. Caroline M. Hite, b. June 24, 1809; d. 1880. Married Daniel Buckey. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Col. James Hite married, second (January 21, 1815), Elizabeth Harrison Briscoe, daughter of John and Ellen Briscoe. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">9. Eleanor Briscoe Hite, b. Dec. 13, 1813; d. May 9, 1903. Married Isaac Sydnor Bowman, of "Mt. Pleasant." </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">10. James Hite, b. 1815; d. 1816. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">11. Elizabeth Susan Hite, b. 1817; d. 1843. Married (Feb. 18, 1840) Dr. William H. D. Hall. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Juliet Wood Hite, b. 1802, daughter of Col. James Hite and Juliet Wood, née Baker. Married (May 27, 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: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">I. Eleanor Magruder Briscoe, b. July 30, 1820. Married, first, Tilghman Waters; second, Dr. Washington Waters. No children. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Juliet Baker Briscoe, b. March 26, 1822. Married Norman Miller, of Martinsburg. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Elizabeth Caroline Briscoe, b. Oct. 8, 1824. Married Dr. William H. D. Hall, was his second wife. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. Anne Arabella Briscoe, b. May 24, 1827. Married (Dec. 9, 1856) E. M. Asquith, of Charles Town. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">5. James Hite Briscoe, b. March 5, 1829. Married Caroline Miller. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">6. John Lamar Briscoe, b. Jan. 6, 1831; d. Aug. 4, 1862; and was Captain in C. S. Army. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">7. Dr. Thomas Wood Briscoe, b. Sept. 4, 1833; d. July 24, 1861; was surgeon in C. S. Army. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">8. Amelia Frances Briscoe, b. Jan. 30, 1845. Married (Aug. 5, 1864) William Bowen Gallaher. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Juliet Baker Briscoe, b. 1822, second daughter of Major Thomas Briscoe, married (April 22, 1847) Norman Miller, Sr. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">I. Norman Miller, Jr., who left three daughters: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. Rosa Miller. Married (Feb. 7, 1900) Henry S. Yates. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Eleanor Miller, b. Aug. 14, 1881. Married (Nov. 29, 1902) Alexander Hern. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Juliet Briscoe Miller, b. May 10, 1879. Married (Sept. 14, 1904) Arthur Harry Williams. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">8. Caroline Margaret Hite, b. 1809, daughter of Col. James Hite and his first wife, Juliet Wood, née Baker. Married Daniel Buckey, of Baltimore. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. Thomas Buckey. Married Louisa Packett, of Charlestown, W. Va., a great-granddaughter of Capt. Packett, U. S. Navy. Issue, one son: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">a. Mervyn Buckey, Captain in the U. S. Navy. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Maria Buckey. Married Rev. James Thomas. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Juliet Buckey. Married Mr. Holdaman. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">9. Eleanor Briscoe Hite, b. 1813, daughter of Col. James Hite and Elizabeth Harrison Briscoe, his second wife. Married Isaac Sydnor Bowman, son of Lieut Isaac Bowman of Gen'l George Rogers Clark's exploring expedition, and grandson of George Bowman and Mary, née Hite, daughter of Hans Yost Hite and Anna Maria, née du Bois. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">I. Mary Elizabeth Bowman, b. Dec. 13, 1839. Married (Dec. 12, 1871) John Smith Davison, son of J. S. B. Davison and Mary Eltinge, née Hite, of Warren Co., Va. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. John Smith Davison, Jr., b. Dec. 12, 1872. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Frances Arabella Davison, twin, b. Nov. 5, 1877. Married (May, 1902) Henry Hall Olmstead, of Maryland. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Mary Jaquelin Davison, twin, b. Nov. 5, 1877. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. Maury William Davison, b. April 21, 1880. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">5. Raleigh Bellfield Davison, b. Oct. 12, 1887. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">II. Frances Ann Bowman. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">III. Isaac Sydnor Bowman, Jr. Married Susan Caroline Hall, daughter of Dr. Wm. H. D. Hall and his second wife, Elizabeth Caroline, née Briscoe. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">11. Susan Elizabeth Hite, b. 1817, daughter of Col. James Hite and his second wife, Elizabeth Harrison, née Briscoe. Married Dr. W. H. D. Hall, February 18, 1840. Issue one son: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">I. John Hite Hall, b. Jan. 18, 1841; d. Nov. 17, 1900. Married Louisa Tapscott Tabb, 1878. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. Elizabeth Hite Hall, b. Nov. 18, 1879. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Louisa Hall, b. Jan., 1882. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. John Hite Hall, b. March, 1884. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. Virginia Hall, b. Sept., 1886. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">5. William Baker Hall, b. May, 1889. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">6. Catherine C. Hall, b. Oct., 1890. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">16. Peter Yost Hite, b. 1832, youngest son of Col. James Hite and his third wife, Lydia Peters. Married Susan R. Richardson, daughter of Marcus Richardson, Esq., and Elizabeth, née Chrisman, of Warren Co., Va. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">I. James Briscoe Hite, b. 1857. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">II. Samuel Richardson Hite, b. 1858. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">III. Harriet L. Hite, b. 1860. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">IV. Marcus C. Hite, b. 1863. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">V. Rolfe Millar Hite, b. 1865. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">VI. Lizzie J. Hite, b. 1867. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">VII. Ann Virginia Hite, b. 1869. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">VIII. John Yost Hite, b. 1873. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">IX. Susan Hall Hite, b. 1886. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Jacob O'Bannon Hite, son of Jacob Hite, Sr., and his first wife, Catherine O'Bannon, went with his father and stepmother to South Carolina and shared their tragic fate in 1778. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. Mary Hite, daughter of Jacob Hite, Sr., and his first wife, Catherine O'Bannon, married, first, the Rev. Nathaniel Manning; second, Dr. Busby. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">5. Elizabeth Hite, daughter of Jacob Hite, Sr., and his first wife, Catherine O'Bannon, married Tavener Beale, Jr., son of her stepmother, by her first marriage. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">I. John Beale. Married, first, Margaret Skillern; second, Rhoda Trigg. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">II. Charles Beale. Married, first, Eliza Skillern; second, Anna Kyle. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">III. Thomas Beale. Married Celeste Grandpierre, of New Orleans. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">IV. James Madison Hite Beale. Married (Oct. 2, 1808) Mary Steenbergen. James M. H. Beale was a member of Congress, 1833-1837. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">V. Catherine Beale. Married (April 21, 1789) Captain John Jordan. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">VI. Elizabeth Beale. Married William Steenbergen, of Mt. Airy, Shenandoah Co., Va. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">VII. Mary Beale. Married, first, Maj. Peter Higgins; second, Dr. Jacob Williamson, of New Market, Shenandoah Co., Va. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">VI. Elizabeth Beale, daughter of Tavener Beale, Jr., and Elizabeth, née Hite, married William Steenbergen, of Mount Airy, Shenandoah Co., Va., and among other children had: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. John Beale Steenbergen. Married Mary Beirne, daughter of Col. Beirne of W. Va.; member of Congress for several terms. They had four handsome daughters: Mrs. Mercer, of Virginia; Mrs. Padelford, of Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Louis Blackford, of Georgetown, D. C., and Mrs. William H. Blackford, of Baltimore. Md. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Mary Catherine Steenbergen. Married Rev. Dr. Samuel D. Schmucker, President of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pa. Among other children they had: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. Samuel S. Schmucker, Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals. The Pennsylvania College and St. Johns College at Annapolis have both conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Catherine W. Schmucker. Married the Hon. William A. Duncan, member of Congress from Pennsylvania for several terms. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Alice Steenbergen Schmucker. Married J. C. Neely, a leading member of the Pennsylvania bar. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. Caroline Schmucker. Married Rev. Dr. Benj, Sadtler. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">a. Prof. Samuel Sadtler, of Philadelphia. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">b. Dr. Charles Sadtler, of Baltimore, Md. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">c. Katherine Sadtler, Missionary to China. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">d. Rev. John Sadtler, rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter in Baltimore. Married Miss Hill, of Baltimore, Md. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">e. Edward Sadtler, Civil Engineer. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">f. Clara Sadtler. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Jacob Hite, Sr., married, second, Frances, née Madison, widow of Col. Tavener Beale, Sr. Issue, three children (as above). </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">6. George Hite. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">7. Eleanor Hite, saved by a squaw at the massacre, 1778. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">8. Susan Hite, killed by the Indians, 1778. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">6. George Hite entered William and Mary College at Williamsburg, Va., when his father, Jacob Hite, Sr., removed to South Carolina, 1776. He accompanied his half-brother, Tavener Beale, Jr., in the first almost fruitless investigation of his family's massacre and its cause, and all hope of finding the missing sister had been abandoned by all but him. For years he watched eagerly for some clue to her fate and his devoted persistency was happily rewarded. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">In the latter part of the Revolution George Hite was in the service of the patriots, supposedly as captain, as he was always referred to as Capt. Hite. When Jefferson Co. was formed from Berkeley Co., he was elected the first county clerk and, at his death, was succeeded by his son, Maj. Robert Hite. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Capt. George Hite, son of Jacob Hite, Sr., married Deborah Rutherford, of Jefferson Co. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. Margaret Hite, entered the Convent at Georgetown, as sister Theonella and died there at an advanced age. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Robert G. Hite, was First Lieutenant, 12th Regiment of U. S. Infantry, in 1812. The next year he was made Major. In 1816 he resigned, and shortly after he succeeded his father as second clerk of Jefferson Co., W. Va. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">I. Maj. Robert G. Hite married Courtenay Ann Briscoe, sister of Maj. Thomas Briscoe, who married Juliet Wood Hite, daughter of Col. James Hite. No children. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">II. Frances Hite married James L. Ranson, of Jefferson Co., W. Va. He was High Sheriff of the county for many years. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. Georgiana Ranson, was educated at the Convent at Georgetown. Married her cousin Frank Washington; removed to California and died, leaving two sons. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Ambrose Hite Ranson, removed to Baltimore. Married, first, Miss France; second, Miss Glenn and has several children by both wives. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Sarah Elizabeth Bibb Ranson, b. Aug. 21, 1829. Married (Jan. 29, 1851) Lieut. Col. Lawson Botts, Va. Reg., 2d Division. He was frequently mentioned for gallantry in the official reports of his commanding officers, and was killed at the second battle of Manassas, Aug. 28, 1862. (Reference, Rebellion Records, Vol. 12, p. 661.) He was the son of Thomas Botts, lawyer, Fredericksburg, Va., and Ann Carter Willis, daughter of Col. Byrd Willis and Mary Willis, née Lewis. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">a. Thomas Hutchinson Botts, b. Sept. 5, 1854. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">b. Robert Hite Botts, b. Aug. 6, 1861. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">III. Susan Hite married John R. Flagg. She was his first wife. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. George Flagg. Married, first, Ella Brown. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">a. Oscar Flagg. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">b. James Ranson Flagg. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Sally Flagg. Married John Hammond and removed to Huntsville, Ala. They had four children: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">a. Etta Hammond. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">b. Otho Hammond. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">c. Herbert Hammond. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">d. Bertha Hammond. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">IV. Mary Hite married, first, a Mr. Merritt, of Baltimore, Md., who died leaving her without children and in narrow means. She was highly cultured, especially in music, so she returned to Charlestown and opened a select boarding school for young ladies, which was patronized by the élite of Virginia and Maryland. Among those entrusted to her care was Mrs. Harriett Lane Johnson, niece of President Buchanan, who was said to be one of the most accomplished hostesses who ever presided at the White House. Mrs. Merritt married, second, her brother-in-law, John R. Flagg. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">V. Sarah Hite married Richard Marmaduke Barnes Beckwith, son of an Englishman, Sir Jennings Beckwith, who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va. In 1765, Sir Jennings Beckwith gave up his title of Sir by signing the "Northern Neck Declaration," thereby declaring himself to be on the side of the democratic patriots, who ignored all titles and class distinctions. Nevertheless, he was always addressed by his friends as "Sir Jennings," as long as he lived. He inherited from his uncle-in-law, Maj. Laurence Butler; "The Retreat," a beautiful plantation on the Shenandoah River, which fell to Richard Marmaduke B. Beckwith, and here, he and Sarah, née Hite, daughter of George Hite and Deborah, née Rutherford, made their home. Richard Beckwith belonged to the U. S. Army, what rank, not known, and in 1818 was ordered to join his father in the trans-Mississippi; en route he died at St. Louis, Mo., leaving a young widow, with two sons: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">I. Laurence Butler Beckwith. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">II. George Hite Jennings Beckwith. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">I. Laurence Butler Beckwith, son of Richard M. B. Beckwith and Sarah, née Hite, made his home in Orangeburg, Columbia Co., S. C., where he met and married Harriett Hunt. He died there in 1868. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">a. Laurence Ranson Beckwith. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">b. Elizabeth Beckwith. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">c. Sarah Beckwith. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">d. Mary Hampton Beckwith. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">e. Annie Lloyd Beckwith. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">f. Harriett Hunt Beckwith. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">a. Laurence Ranson Beckwith, only son of Laurence Butler Beckwith and Harriett, née Hunt, was captain in the "Hampton Legion," C. S. Army, in the Civil War. Issue, several daughters and two sons, viz.: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. Laurence Henry Beckwith. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. John G. Beckwith. All live in Columbia Co., S. C. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">II. George Hite Jennings Beckwith, son of Richard Marmaduke Barnes Beckwith and Sarah, née Hite, married Annie Lloyd Scolley, daughter of Dr. Samuel Scolley and Harriett Lowndes, of Maryland. Dr. Scolley was originally from Boston, Mass., and graduated at Harvard University. He came South when quite a young man and settled at Smithfield, Jefferson Co., W. Va. George Hite Jennings Beckwith and Annie, née Lloyd, his wife, had seven children: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. Samuel Scolley Beckwith, d. 1873. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Frank Beckwith. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Harriett Beckwith, d. 1848. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. Eloise Lowndes Beckwith, d. 1878. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">5. Sally Madison Beckwith. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">6. Laurence Butler Beckwith, d. 1894. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">7. Mary Elizabeth Beckwith. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">5. Sally Madison Beckwith, daughter of George Hite Jennings Beckwith and Annie, née Scolley, married T. Garnett Baylor, who graduated as Civil Engineer at the Virginia Military Institute, at Lexington. They live in Charles Town, W. Va., and have two children: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">a. Robert Matson Baylor. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">b. Annie Lloyd Baylor. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">7. Mary Elizabeth Beckwith married Thomas Lee Shirley, educated at Bethel Military Academy. They resided for some years at their country home, "Cedar Cottage," near Charles Town, but now they make their home in the town. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Frank Beckwith, second son of George Hite Jennings Beckwith and Annie, née Scolley, married Annie Lacy McDonald, daughter of Maj. Angus McDonald, a lawyer of Berryville, who took his degree at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Frank Beckwith was educated at the "College of Our Lady of Angels," in Niagara Co., New York. He practiced law in Charles Town some years, served in the State Legislature in 1881-1882 and again in 1887. That same year he was appointed, by Gov. Wilson, Judge of the 13th Judicial Circuit, to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Charles James Faulkner, who was elected to the U. S. Senate. Judge Frank Beckwith and Annie Lacy, née McDonald, have four children: </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. Angus McDonald Beckwith. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Eloise Lloyd Beckwith. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Francis Jennings Beckwith. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. Elizabeth Morton Beckwith. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Isaac Hite, third son of Yost Hite and Anna Maria, née du Bois, b. 1723; d. 1792, called Colonel, whether by courtesy or right is not known. Married (in 1745) Eleanor (Helita in Dutch) Eltinge, b. 1724; d. 1793, daughter of Cornelius Eltinge and Rebecca, née Van Meter. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">In 1740, Isaac journeyed fourteen miles south of Springdale, where his eldest brother John had settled and selected for his home a spot on the north branch of the Shenandoah River, called by the Indians, Shenando. Here he built his home at the head of a stretch of beautiful meadow land, which bordered the river for three miles. From this meadow he called his home "Long Meadows," which name it still retains (1905). The house was a large wooden structure, the rooms in the main building opening around a large square hall, with a fireplace of enormous proportions, rivaling the famous kitchen fireplaces of colonial times. This hall was called the "Traveler's Hall," and was open to all who came. Round its hospitable hearth many an explorer, many a benighted adventurer and many a friendly redskin, gathered from time to time. All found a hearty welcome and were given a bountiful supper, in return for which they gave the latest news in their possession. Generally a bed was neither expected nor wished; wrapped in a blanket with feet to the fire, even in the coldest weather, the hardy pioneer, even he of gentle birth, slept as soundly as the red Indian. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">The window panes at "Long Meadows" were all small, some of them diamond shaped. On a pane in the parlor, Mr. James Buchanan, who married Col. Hite's eldest daughter, cut his ladylove's name (Anne Hite) and the date of their engagement, with the diamond in their engagement ring. When Mrs. J. S. B. Davison, née Mary Eltinge Hite, heard the old house was being torn down, she immediately sent a request to Col. Bowman for this pane, but she was too late, it had been shattered. In this house the five beautiful daughters of Isaac and Eleanor were married. Mrs. Buchanan, after her husband died and her mind became unbalanced, returned to it and made it her home in spite of her brother's entreaties that she would live with him at Belle Grove. She always said that she was expecting Mr. Buchanan and he would be disappointed if he came and she was not there to receive him. She went, however, on a visit to Belle Grove, when not very well, a few months before her death, and remained until the end came, August 9, 1816. She left no children and her husband, who resided in New York City at the time of his death, died insolvent. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">The family burying ground was in the meadow not far from the yard fence. Here, Mrs. Buchanan, Isaac and Eleanor were buried, and most of their descendants (with a few others), up to the Civil War. During the four years the war lasted, the Federal troops camped upon it every campaign; at the close of the war, excepting three brown granite slabs that covered Isaac, Eleanor and Mrs. Buchanan, no trace of grave or grave stone could be found. These slabs, with a smaller one, which covered Maj. Hite's little son, James Madison Hite, Jr., have been put in place and the graveyard enclosed some few years since, by Mr. J. Smith Davison. In 1844 "Long Meadows" was sold to Col. George Bowman, a descendant of Yost Hite's daughter Rebecca, but the graveyard was reserved and belongs to Maj. Isaac Hite's heirs. In 1845, Col. Bowman pulled down the old house (just one hundred and five years after it was built), and put up the brick building still standing on its site. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Of Isaac Hite, Sr., of "Long Meadows," there are but few traditions. Morris, in his "History of the Lower Shenandoah Valley," says, "August 6, 1776, the court convened under the new régime of the glorious Commonwealth of Virginia and the following were the proceedings. Present, John Hite, Isaac Hite, Charles Wynn Thruston, John McDonald, John Smith, and Edmond Taylor. An ordinance of the Honourable the Convention of the Commonwealth of Virginia, directing that different members named in the former commission of the Peace should continue to act in the said office, upon their taking the oath, prescribed in the said ordinance. Whereupon, Isaac Hite and Charles Wynn Thruston administered the oath to John Hite, who took and subscribed the same, and then the said John Hite administered the said oath to all the aforesaid members, who took and subscribed the same as Justices of the Peace of the said Commonwealth." Church records tell us he was vestryman in Christ Episcopal Church at Winchester and was interested in building a church further down the Valley. Family tradition says he was a good shot, a lover of home, and the pretty Eleanor Eltinge, his wife, giving heed to all her counsel, whether from choice or because he dared not do otherwise, deponent saith not, but it is most probable he was a willing slave. He taught Eleanor to use a rifle and she became a match for him in marksmanship. She was also a notable housekeeper, and a fond and careful wife and mother, reproving one of her daughters because "she stepped too high in the minuet" on her wedding day. Tradition also says she possessed rare beauty, with hazel eyes, while her husband was a blonde, six feet tall, and well proportioned. Maj. Isaac Hite, her son, often spoke of the beauty of his mother and sisters. He said Sarah (Mrs. Gen'l Clark) was least pretty; her mouth, being like his own much too large, somewhat spoiled her face, which otherwise was like her sister's. Maj. Hite was of medium height, but, when with his long-limbed uncles and father, he appeared small; he thought his mother to blame for his size, but not for his mouth. The descendants of their daughter Eleanor, who married Mr. John Williams, claim the beautiful hazel eyes in some branches of their family were inherited from Eleanor of "Long Meadows." </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">It was necessary for every one, men, women and boys, to know how to handle fire arms. Murders by parties of Indians, hostile to the whites, were common, and, even so late as the early part of 1800, raids were made by packs of wolves, bears and other wild animals, in search of food, especially in severe winters, which continued to make it dangerous to venture out alone and unarmed at night. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Family record of Isaac Hite, Sr., called of "Long Meadows," and Eleanor, née Eltinge, taken from the note book of his son, Maj. Isaac Hite, Jr., of Belle Grove, is as follows: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Isaac Hite, Sr., b. May 12, 1723. Married Eleanor Eltinge, April 12, 1745. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Eleanor Eltinge was born April 29, 1724, and she died Nov. 10, 1792. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Isaac Hite, Sr., d. Sept. 18, 1795. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">((1))Ann Hite was born Jan. 18, 1746, and married James Buchanan of Falmouth, Va. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">((2))Mary Hite was born Aug. 25, 1748, and married Dr. John McDonald and died Jan. 2, 1798. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">((3))Eleanor Hite was born Oct. 27, 1750. Married John Williams, and died Oct. 24, 1781. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">((4))Rebecca Hite was born Jan. 19, 1754. Married Gen'l William Aylette Boothe. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">((5))Isaac Hite, Jr., was born Feb. 7, 1758. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">((6))Sarah Hite was born Oct. 19, 1760. Married Gen'l Jonathan Clark. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Ann Buchanan died Aug. 9, 1816. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Isaac Hite, Jr., of Belle Grove, son of Isaac Hite, Sr., of "Long Meadows," b. 1758; d. 1836, entered William and Mary College at eighteen. He was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society 1776. This was the first Greek Letter Fraternity in the United States. He was Secretary of the Society in 1777. (Reference, College Quarterly, 4th, pp. 245-246.) He enlisted as a private in the Revolution, when, not known; but his commission as Ensign 8th Va. Regiment was dated 1782; the same year he was Lieutenant and served to the end of the war. (Reference, Heitman's Register.) He acted as aide to Gen'l Muhlenberg at the siege of Yorktown and lost a finger. In his private note book in his own handwriting are noted the events of each day of the siege, the number of officers, men and arms surrendered by the British and the "Articles of Capitulation." </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">The following is an exact copy of these entries, excepting the "Articles of Capitulation": </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">"1781, September 28. The allied armies moved down on Williamsburg in two columns on Yorktown. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">"September 29. The ensuing night ye enemy evacuated their outworks. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">"October 1. Began to throw up our first parallel. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">"October 9. In ye afternoon our Batteries were opened. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">"Sunday 14. An Hour after Dark, two Redoubts of ye Enemy were stormed and carried by ye French and American Light Infantry. Just before Daylight ye Enemy rallied and spiked up seven of our cannon, but were finally repulsed. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">"October 17. Early in ye morning our Batteries on ye second Parallel were opened. 12 o'clock a Flag of Truce was sent out by ye British with a petition to capitulate. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">"October 18. Employed in digesting and bringing into proper Form ye 'Articles of Capitulation.' </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">October 19. Ye 'Articles of Capitulation,' signed. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">"P. M. Ye British marched out of Yorktown and ground their arms. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">"Return of The York Garrison. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2 Colonels. 800 in Gloucester. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">8 Lt. Cols. - </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">11 Majors. 5514 </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">52 Captains. 1200 seamen. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">89 Lieuts. - </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">36 Ensigns. 6714 </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2 Chaplains. 140 Iron Ordnance. </span></p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">12 Adjts. 75 Brass Ordnance. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2 Q-Masters. 2000 Stand of arms. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">10 Surgeons. 295 Serg'ts. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">22 Mates. 121 Drum. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">90 Serg'ts. 3273 R. & File. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">44 Drum. - </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1744 Rank & F. 3936 Total Effectives. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1878 Total sick and wounded. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3936 </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4714 </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">After the close of the Revolution, Isaac Hite, Jr., was commissioned Major in the militia of Frederick Co., Va. Hence his title. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">In 1783 Maj. Hite married at Montpelier, Orange Co., Va., Nelly Conway Madison, daughter of James Madison, Sr., and Nelly, née Conway. The Rev. Walker Maury performed the ceremony. When the bridal party set out for their new home, Mrs. Maury made her adieus holding the hand of her little two year old daughter, Ann Maury. Both the Major and his bride kissed the baby girl and Mrs. Maury remarked, "Major you may have her for a second wife." Twenty years later the Major and little Ann were married. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Major Hite carried his wife directly to his home in Frederick County, which was about four miles from "Long Meadows." They travelled in a yellow chariot, with horses hitched tandem and mounted postilions. The house occupied by the bridal pair was called the "Old Hall," a two-story wooden building, a part of which was still standing in 1885, and in the family still retains its name. This house was said to antedate the first house built at "Long Meadows," by Isaac Hite, Sr., in 1740. Some said it was put up by Yost Hite when he first came to the Valley, but no good authority can be remembered regarding it. In the "Old Hall," Isaac and Nelly superintended the building of their new home, which stood close by. They named it Belle Grove, from a grove of magnificent oaks in its rear. It was built in 1792 to '94, of limestone, quarried on the place, with white freestone facings. It was one hundred and twenty feet in length, viz., the main building seventy-five feet, the south wing fifty-one feet, breadth forty feet. Originally there was a small north wing with a portico, but about 1840 it was taken down. There were four porticoes with pillars originally. The furniture was solid mahogany, imported from England at the time the house was built. That in the dining room and parlor was inlaid with satin wood. Two of the sofas and a case for knives and forks are still in the possession of a great-grandson of Maj. Hite and his second wife, now living in Baltimore. In the parlor hung a number of life-sized portraits, done in oil by Charles Peale, about 1795 or '96. They represented Maj. Hite and his first wife Nelly, née Madison, with her son standing by her; Mr. and Mrs. James Madison, Sr. (Mrs. Hite's parents), of Montpelier; Fanny Madison, her sister, who married Dr. Rose; all full length; and a full sized bust portrait of Thomas Jefferson. James Madison Hite, Sr., inherited these portraits and gave them all to his son James Madison Hite, Jr., excepting that of Mrs. Rose, which was presented to Mrs. Rose's children. During the Civil War, Mr. Hite deposited these portraits in Baltimore for safe keeping. When the war closed all were intact, excepting that of Mr. Jefferson; lost or stolen, it has never been traced. Maj. Hite's portrait is now owned by his great-grandson, Dr. J. Whitridge Williams, of Baltimore. Col. and Mrs. Madison, Mrs. Hite and her son are still owned by Mr. Drayton Meade Hite, of Baltimore, who being a bachelor, has deposited them in the Maryland Historical Rooms, in Baltimore. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Originally Belle Grove stood in fifteen acres of highly improved grounds and for many years was noted for the charming hospitality dispensed to the élite of the land: Mr. Jefferson; Mr. James Maury, U. S. Consul to Liverpool; Matthew F. Maury, of the Observatory; James Madison, President of the United States; Gen'l Dabney H. Maury; Bishops Ives, Hobart and Meade; Judges Holmes, Tucker, Baldwin and Briscoe; Gen'l John Smith, of "Hackwood Park"; the artist, Charles Peale; and many others, leading people of that day, too numerous to mention, who were numbered among the friends and relatives of the family. The earliest remembrances of the writer of this sketch, of this establishment, date back to about 1836. Ten years later it was notably on the decline, the grounds were curtailed, the number of servants, horses, carriages, etc., lessened. Maj. Hite was dead, all his children married, and his widow found the care of so large an establishment more than she could conveniently manage. She died 1851, and the heirs being minors the place was rented and some years later passed out of the family. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Belle Grove at this date (1905), although a ruin, still possesses much that renders it worthy of note, as an old Virginia homestead. It is shorn of its primitive beauty, but its whole appearance suggests a past history. It has a place in the Civil War, being the headquarters of the Federal army, every campaign. Gen'l Sheridan's headquarters were there (October 19, 1864), the time of his notable ride from Winchester to Cedar Creek; also on the 5th, 6th and 7th of October when he carried out the ever-memorable order of Gen'l Grant, to "so completely destroy all the provisions in the Valley, that if a crow fly over it, she must carry her rations." These three days were called for many years (perhaps still) "the days of the burning." Six of Maj. Hite's grandsons gave their lives for the "lost cause," Cornelius Hite Davison, J. Fontaine Hite, Jr., Irvine Hite, William Meade Hite, George Smith Hite, Hugh Scott Hite. A great-grandson lost his arm at Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864, afterwards Judge William S. Davison, of Jefferson City, Mo. Maj. Hite was a very large land holder. The home place, Belle Grove, was nine miles in diameter. At an early date he established mills and factories, employing head men, who were skilled artisans, brought from the old country. He imported a variety of seeds and, being a lover of flowers, a number of bulbs and tuberous roots, from Germany. His orchards and vineyards <br> <strong>Image Not Shown</strong><br> Nellie Conway Hite, née Madison of Montpelier, Va. were large and he always kept a Dutch or German vinedresser. He paid great attention to the cultivation of hemp, and the raising of fine sheep. All the clothing worn by the colored servants and most of the house linen were manufactured in his own factories, by his servants, a number of whom understood carding, spinning, weaving and dyeing, as well as bleaching, and constantly, in the store rooms, could be seen hundreds of yards of woolen and linen stuffs, the fruit of their skill and industry. Mrs. Hite gave to all her daughters and daughters-in-law, a large supply of household linen when they were married, which was highly valued. There were also shoe, blacksmith and wagon shops, a rope walk, and brewery, to supply the home demand. The first fat cattle sent from the Valley to the Baltimore and Philadelphia markets went from Belle Grove. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Maj. Hite was advanced in all his ideas and possessed the most improved machinery of his day in his mills and factories. He was very attentive to the smallest details of business, one of his maxims was "owe no man anything," and when he died his store accounts, which were always settled at New Year, covered his indebtedness. He was temperate in his habits, disliking tobacco, and on account of his health, declining even wine, the later years of his life, although his table and sideboard were liberally supplied with both foreign and domestic liquors according to the custom of the day, and they were always offered before and at dinner. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Maj. Hite was a very benevolent man, helping all who came to him in need and, some said, many who were not. A generation back, perhaps, the people in his neighborhood still called him in loving terms "our Major." He was a blonde, medium height, with remarkably small, well-shaped hands and feet, scrupulous in dress, courteous in manner, generous and trusting to a fault, until a man failed him; then he never forgot it; nothing could restore his lost confidence. He was always a student, watching, with keenest interet, every scientific discovery, also the politics, not only of America but of England and Europe. This interest never abated, although he was an invalid several years. He was a personal friend and ardent admirer of Thomas Jefferson, and his disciple in politics. His family and connection by marriage were all Protestant Episcopalians and he was a liberal supporter of this church. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Maj. Hite had thirteen children, three by his first wife and ten by his last. All lived to be married excepting the eldest, who died at four years of age. All his sons graduated at William and Mary College in Williamsburg or the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. He wished them to study some profession, but only two of them availed themselves of the privilege; Dr. Walker Maury Hite graduated in medicine in Philadelphia, and Cornelius studied law. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Maj. Isaac Hite, Jr., married Nelly Conway Madison, daughter of Col. Ambrose Madison and Frances Taylor. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Madison Family. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">In a state document in London, there is a list of colonists who came to America in 1623, only seventeen years after the first landing of colonists at Jamestown in 1607. Among them was the name of Capt. Isaac Madyson, whose gallantry in the war with the "salvages," in 1622, Capt. John Smith so highly commended in his "History of Virginia," published in London, 1629, and reprinted in Richmond in 1819. In 1653 we find the record of a patent taken out by John Madison for lands lying between York and North rivers. This John Madison is thought to have been the son of Capt. Isaac Madison. He was the father of John Madison, Jr., and grandfather of Ambrose Madison, of Montpelier, who married (in 1721) Frances Taylor, daughter of James Taylor, of Orange Co., Va. From this marriage sprang most of the Madisons who settled on the east side of the Blue Ridge. John Madison, Jr., was also ancestor to the very interesting western branch, which gave to Virginia her first Protestant Episcopal Bishop, viz., the Rt. Rev. James Madison, b. 1749; d. 1812. He took his degree at William and Mary College at Williamsburg in 1768, was the successful competitor for the Botetourt medal in 1772. He studied law under George Wythe, Chancellor of Virginia, and was licensed to practice, but soon after began to study theology and was ordained in England. He returned to America and in 1778 he was chosen first Bishop of Virginia, returned to England and was consecrated at Lambeth on September 19, 1780. During his first visit to London he attended the lectures on natural science of the celebrated Corvello and on his return to America he was made professor of mathematics and philosophy at William and Mary College. In 1777 he was elected President of the College, though only twenty-eight years old. From the time of his consecration as Bishop he did double duty, combining the duties of President of the College with those of his Bishopric. So enthusiastic and untiring was he in the pursuits of his calling, that he is said to have lectured from four to six hours, every day of the week, up to his last illness. His reputation is that of a refined and accomplished gentleman and an enlightened and liberal philanthropist. Bishop Madison married, first, Sarah Tate, and had two children, James Catesby Madison and Susan Madison, who married R. G. Scott, of Richmond, Va. There were no children by a second marriage. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">George Madison was also a distinguished representative of the western branch of the Madisons. His parents, John and Agatha Madison, emigrated to Kentucky when he was an infant. At seventeen he enlisted as a soldier in defence of the "Western Frontier," was in several battles and, in St. Clair's defeat in 1791, was wounded. In the War of 1812 he was an officer. For twenty years he was auditor of public accounts and in 1816 he was elected Governor of Kentucky, for a term of eight years, but he died a few weeks after his election. George Madison married Jane Smith of Kentucky and left an only daughter, called Myra Madison, who married Andrew Alexander, of Woodford, Ky. Their only daughter Apporrine married Frank Blair, member of Congress from St. Louis, Mo. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">There are others of this branch of the family well worthy of note, but time and space compels a return to the Virginia branch. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Ambrose Madison, of Gloucester Co., Va., was the son of John Madison, Jr., and Isabel Todd. He married (August 27, 1721) Frances Taylor, daughter of James Taylor, of Orange Co., Va. They had three children: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. James Madison, Sr., b. at Montpelier, March 27, 1722. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Elizabeth Madison, b. June 4, 1725. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Frances Madison, b. March 6, 1726. Married, first, Col. Tavener Beale, son of Thomas Beale and Elizabeth, née Tavener. He died leaving five children: ((1))Tavener, who married Elizabeth Hite, ((2))Charles, ((3))Frances (Mrs. Thomas Hite), ((4))Elizabeth (Mrs. George Harrison), and ((5))Anne (Mrs. Cuthbert Harrison). </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Mrs. Frances (Madison) Beale married, second, Jacob Hite, a widower with three children: Thomas, who married Frances Beale, Elizabeth (Mrs. Tavener Beale), and one other. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hite had four children, George, Elizabeth, Eleanor and Susan. A full account of this family will be given in the Hite history. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Col. James Madison, Sr., of Montpelier was vestryman of St. Thomas' Parish, Orange Co., also Lieut. Gov. of the same county and member of the Committee of Safety from 1774 to 1777. His home was the beautiful estate of Montpelier, celebrated for the picturesque grandeur of its mountain scenery, and the charming hospitality of its owners. This estate was inherited by his eldest son, James Madison, Jr., fourth President of the United States. It contained two thousand five hundred acres of land. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Bible Record. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">"James Madison, Sr., and Eleanor Rose Conway were married Sept. 11, 1749." </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. "James Madison, Jr., son of James Madison, Sr., and Nelly, his wife, was born March 5, 1751." </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. "Francis Madison, son of the same, was born June 18, 1753." </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. "Ambrose Madison, son of the same, was born Jan. 27, 1755." (He was Captain in the Virginia line in the Revolution and married a daughter of Hancock Lee. They had one daughter, Mrs. Nelly Willis, of Orange Co.) </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. "Catlett Madison was born Feb. 10, 1758; died March 18, 1758." </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">5. "Nelly Conway Madison, b. Feb. 14, 1760." (Married Maj. Isaac Hite, of Belle Grove, Jan. 2, 1783. Their descendants are given in the Hite Family.) </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">6. "William Madison, b. May 5, 1762." (He lived at "Woodbury Forest," Madison Co. He distinguished himself in the Revolution and was made Brig. Gen. He married Frances Throgmorton, Dec. 20, 1783.) </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">7. "Sarah Madison, b. Aug. 17, 1764." (She married Col. William Hartwell Macon.) </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">8. "Elizabeth Madison, born Feb. 6, 1768." </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">9. "Rheubin Madison, born Sept. 19, 1771; died June, 1775." </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">10. "Frances Madison, b. Oct. 4, 1775." (She married Dr. Robert Rose; moved to Tennessee and had ten children: ((1))Ambrose, ((2))Hugh, ((3))Jane, ((4))Dr. Erasmus, ((5))Henry, ((6))Samuel, ((7))Nelly, ((8))Frances, ((9))Mary, ((10))Robert.) </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Col. James Madison, Jr., eldest son of James Madison, Sr., and Nelly, née Conway, was born at Port Conway, King William Co., at the home of his grandfather Francis Conway on March 5, 1751. In 1769 he entered Princeton College and graduated, 1772. He made his home at Montpelier and in 1776 he was elected a <br> <strong>Image Not Shown</strong><br> James Madison member of the "Virginia Revolutionary Committee." In 1778 he was made member of the "Executive Committee," in 1800 was Secretary of State, and in 1808 was elected President of the United States and served two terms, the second closing in 1816. The greatest event of Madison's administration was the successful War of 1812, sometimes called "Madison's war," with England. Mr. Rives says in his "Life of Madison," "Of the statesmen of America few possessed as important an agency in the greatest scenes of our national story, as James Madison, and none took a greater part in the formation of our constitutional government, which has crowned the labors of our Revolutionary fathers." He did nothing rashly, always counted the cost before he made the venture, consequently he was prepared for every emergency, and succeeded in almost every important undertaking of his life. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Possibly, like Gen'l Washington, Mr. Madison was the victim of many a fair maiden's charms, for Cupid "is no respector of persons"; but family tradition credits him, in early life, with but one entanglement. Even after he became an acknowledged leader among men he was reserved and retiring in manner, but in early life he was modest almost to shyness in society, especially when with ladies, yet this diffidence did not insure his heart against woman's charms. While at Princeton his heart was captured by a pretty Philadelphian, who accepted his offer of heart and hand. He had his miniature painted for her on ivory, by the celebrated artist Peale, and set in an oval gold locket, according to the fashion of the time. Alas, the lady proved fickle and returned the locket. It was an unpleasant reminder of his disappointment, so he sent it to his sister Nelly (Mrs. Isaac Hite, of Belle Grove), who gave it to her only daughter, Nelly Hite, afterwards Mrs. Dr. Cornelius Baldwin, who gave it to her second daughter, Mary Briscoe Baldwin, afterwards missionary to Greece and Palestine. Miss Baldwin had the locket changed to a brooch and gave it to her sister Ann (Mrs. Isaac Hite Hay), to be kept for Alice, daughter of Mrs. Hay's only child, the Hon. Baldwin Hay, United States Consul General of Syria. The then little Alice Hay is now Mrs. John Leeds, of Morristown, New Jersey. The miniature is in good condition and the intellectual and spirituelle face makes us wonder why the owner failed in his wooing. Twelve years later Mr. Madison met his fate. He was introduced by the celebrated Aaron Burr (said to be a discarded suitor of the lady) to the charming widow, Mrs. Dorothea (Payne) Todd, afterwards known to history as the fascinating Mrs. Dolly Madison. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">September, 1794, they were married at "Harewood," Jefferson County, W, Va., the country residence of Mr. Samuel Washington (brother of Gen'l George Washington), whose son had married Anna Payne, the fifteen-year-old sister of the bride. Mrs. Madison was born in North Carolina on May 20, 1772, and was daughter of John Payne and Mary, née Coles, a first cousin of Patrick Henry and a granddaughter of John Payne, Quaker, and Ann, née Flemming, who in her turn was granddaughter of Sir Thomas Flemming (1616), second son of the Earl of Wigton. Miss Keys, of Baltimore writes of her, "The name of Dolly Madison bears with it a subtle charm. Of all the noble women who have graced the White House with their presence in the nineteenth century, none has left behind her a more charming and attractive memory than Dolly Madison." It is said of President Madison, "that his biography and writings are an integral part of our national literature;" <br> <strong>Image Not Shown</strong><br> Mrs. Dorothea Todd Madison, née Payne it might be said with equal truth of the delightful Dolly, that her letters, and the traditions of her give us an insight into the social life of the best society of that day, that we could ill afford to lose. She came of Quaker stock and was reared amidst the severe and formal environments that sect think right to impose on all that belong to them, be they old or young. In dress Dolly was an artist, yet it is not difficult to imagine how demure and 'fetching' she looked in the quaintly becoming dress of a young Quakeress. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">In more than one way Mrs. Madison was a most superior character. She was the brilliant leader of the bonton of Washington for many years, and all yielded her the palm for brilliancy in conversation, and an indescribable grace and sweetness, which won all hearts and kept them, long after youth and beauty had fled. History also records her courage, wisdom and self-forgetfulness. When the British marched on Washington City, in the War of 1812, Mr. Madison's duties called him to the front. The enemy were ruthlessly burning and devastating everything in their pathway; she bravely lingered till they were almost at her hearthstone and brought away with her valuable public documents, among them the original of the "Declaration of Independence," the portrait of Gen'l Washington by Gilbert, the beautiful silk damask curtains belonging to the White House and many other valuables. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">The same courage and self-forgetfulness were displayed in 1844, only five years before her death. She was on the ill-fated steamer Princeton, when the great cannon, Peacemaker, exploded. When the crash came Mrs. Madison, with a number of other ladies, was below in the saloon; she retained her presence of mind perfectly, went at once on deck and busied herself helping and comforting all around, until her friends compelled her to go home. These and other incidents similar are recorded of her, but few remember how faultlessly she filled the duties of each family relationship in life, even that of daughter-in-law. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">While she was the widow Todd, Aaron Burr was one of her many suitors, and it is said, after her marriage to Mr. Madison, they met, and he attempted to renew their acquaintance on the former footing, but she silenced him so effectually, he never after offered more than a formal greeting. Mr. Madison was a small man and she often spoke of him as the "great, little Madison." She had one child by her first husband, Payne Todd. He was a very handsome man, but dissipated and utterly devoid of principle; he was the great grief of her life. Mr. Madison died at Montpelier in 1836, when she sold the old home to Mr. Moncure, and went to live in Washington City. There she attended "Old St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church," having been confirmed by Bishop Whittingham of Maryland. She was at all times much interested in charitable work (although then it was not fashionable), and was president of the first board of managers of the first orphanage in Washington. A very beautiful life-sized portrait of her is still shown there. Mrs. Madison received from the government thirty thousand dollars for the Madison MS. comprising a record of "Debates in Congress in 1782 to 1787," and twenty-five thousand dollars for his remaining letters and papers, including letters from Jefferson and Hamilton. Congress complimented her by giving her the franking privilege, and voting her a seat in the Senate and House, something never before accorded a lady. She died July 12, 1849. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">When Mrs. Madison was married to her first husband, Mr. Todd, Anthony Morris, of Philadelphia, was one of the groomsmen, and he attended her funeral from St. John's Church. He was given a seat in a pew, where sat his bridesmaid, then Mrs. Bland Lee. The meeting was altogether accidental. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Col. James Madison, Sr., had six sons and four daughters. Much might be written that is interesting of each, but we have not the space to give them all in this record. His eldest daughter: </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Nelly Conway Madison, born at Montpelier, Feb. 14, 1760, married (January 2, 1783) Maj. Isaac Hite, Jr., of Belle Grove. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">I. "James Madison Hite, was born on Thursday, April 10, precisely at 12 o'clock, 1788. He died Dec. 8, 1791, aged 3 years and 8 months." </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">II. "Nelly Conway Hite, was born Tuesday p. m., half after seven, on the first day of Dec., 1789." </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">III. "Their second son, James Madison Hite, was born Jan. 29, 1793, at 2 o'clock p. m." </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">II. Nelly Conway Hite, daughter of Maj. Isaac Hite, of Belle Grove, married Dr. Cornelius Baldwin, of Winchester, Va. They had six children: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. Eleanor Conway Baldwin. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Mary Briscoe Baldwin. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Isaac Hite Baldwin. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. Ann Maury Baldwin. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">5. James Madison Baldwin. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">6. Robert Stuart Baldwin. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. Eleanor Conway Baldwin married Edward Jaquelin Davison of Winchester, Va. Their descendants will be given in the Davison branch. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Mary Briscoe Baldwin, daughter of Dr. Cornelius Baldwin and Nelly Conway, née Hite, was born May 20, 1811, at Belle Grove. She was a child remarkable for her intelligence, thoughtful and fond of study beyond her years. On almost every subject which presented itself, she formed her own opinions, which she advanced invariably with a reason and great originality. Mattered not how much she admired, she was never known to imitate. Soon after her confirmation she became desirous of entering domestic missions, but thinking she was not fully prepared for teaching, she accepted a position in Miss Sheffy's select boarding school in Staunton. While she was teaching there, Dr. and Mrs. Hill, Protestant Episcopal missionaries at Athens, Greece, applied to the Board of Foreign Missions for an assistant. The position was offered Miss Baldwin, she accepted, and in the spring of 1835 took passage in a sailing vessel, accompanied by Miss Frederika Mulligan, for Greece. They reached their destination at midsummer, after a long and uneventful voyage. Save Palestine, "the cradle of Christianity," there is no land in either continent possessed of so many stirring memories and associations as classic Greece. Mary Baldwin felt their power and, under the shadow of Mars Hill, addressed herself to the task of uplifting the people, with the characteristic wisdom and energy which crowned all her undertakings with success. She soon became invaluable to the mission and was known throughout the city of Athens as the "Good Lady Mary." She labored here most happily and successfully, until about 1867, when her nephew, the Hon. J. Baldwin Hay, was appointed Vice Consul from the United States to Jaffa, the only seaport of Palestine. He soon became interested in the intelligent Arab boys that thronged its streets. He purchased a lot outside the city wall, adjoining that of the German Colony, and built a house containing six rooms besides the school room. This building he imported from America and, employing native teachers educated in Beirüt Protestant Syrian College, established a ragged school. This school he superintended himself until he was appointed Consul General of Syria, which necessitated his removal to Beirüt. His mission, which had prospered well, was now without proper supervision and Miss Baldwin thought her services more needed there, than in Athens, so she applied to the Board of Missions for a transfer to Joppa. It was given and in 1869 entered on her new field of service, where she worked with unremitting zeal for eight years, dying 1877, after having spent forty-two years in active work in foreign missions among the Athenians, Cretans and Arabs. In all those years she visited her home in America but twice, first in 1846, and again in 1872. She was buried in the Greek Church Cemetery at Joppa in a spot overlooking a large part of the scene of her labors in the Holy Land. A beautiful shaft of white Italian marble, erected by her brother, Dr. J. Hite Baldwin, Sr., in the United States Navy, marks the spot. Miss Baldwin's life has been written by Mrs. Emma R. Pittman. It is entitled, "Mission Life in Greece and Palestine." </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Isaac Hite Baldwin, son of Dr. Cornelius Baldwin and Nelly Conway, née Hite, b. 1813, took his degree in medicine at the Penn. Medical College in Philadelphia, and was appointed surgeon in the U. S. Army. He served throughout the Florida war and for a while was stationed at Tampa, but he tired of a soldier's life in time of peace, so resigned and made his home in Frederick County, Va., where he died, leaving a widow, but no children. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. Ann Maury Baldwin, daughter of Dr. Cornelius Baldwin and Nelly Conway, née Hite, was born 1817. After the death of her parents she lived at Belle Grove with her step-grandmother, Mrs. Isaac Hite, née Maury. In 1844 she married Mrs. Hite's nephew, Isaac Hite Hay, a lawyer in Vicksburg, son of Mr. John Hay, of Berryville, Clark Co., Va., and his wife, Mary Grymes, née Maury. (John Hay, of Berryville, was grandson of the Hon. John Hay, of Kilsyth, Scotland.) Ann and Isaac Hite Hay had one child, John Baldwin Hay, b. 1845. Not long after his birth his father died and Mrs. Hay made her home in Jefferson City, Mo., with her sister, Mrs. Edward J. Davison. Three years later both Mr. and Mrs. Davison died, leaving three children. Mrs. Hay brought these children to Virginia. The two eldest were taken in charge by other aunts, but the youngest, Edmonia Louise Davison, she adopted. In 1853 Mrs. Hay joined her sister, Miss Baldwin, in Greece, Europe, taking with her the little Edmonia and her son, Baldwin Hay, whom she wished to educate abroad. In 1856 Edmonia died and was buried at Athens, in the Greek cemetery. When John Baldwin Hay finished his collegiate course, he secured an appointment as Vice Consul at Joppa, Palestine. A few years later he was appointed Consul General of Syria. Mr. Hay established a ragged school for boys while at Joppa. His aunt took charge of it in 1869. Later, after her death, it was developed into the "Mary Baldwin Memorial Mission." </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">While living at Beirüt, Mr. Hay married Miss Cornelia Badger, of Philadelphia, Pa., who died 1879, leaving three sons and two daughters, who, after her death, were brought to America and given to the care of their maternal grandmother, then Mrs. Arthur Morehead, of Philadelphia, Pa. About this time Mr. Hay received a severe sunstroke, which ended his career of usefulness. The youngest daughter died soon after her arrival in America. The eldest, Alice, is now Mrs. John Leeds, of Morristown, New Jersey. The three sons were educated in Philadelphia; two are living there still. Errol married in New York City and makes his home there. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">6. Robert Stuart Baldwin, son of Dr. Cornelius Baldwin and Eleanor Conway, née Hite, graduated in Medicine at the University of Virginia and married (1847) Letitia Jane Speck, niece of Mr. James Haggarty, U. S. Consul at Liverpool, England. He made his home in Southwestern Virginia where his descendants still reside. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">III. James Madison Hite, son of Maj. Isaac Hite, of Belle Grove and Nelly Conway, née Madison, b. January 29, 1793, at 2 o'clock p. m.; graduated at William and Mary College in 1814, and married (January 12, 1815) Caroline Matilda Irvine, of Lynchburg, Va. In order to secure for his bride of sixteen summers greater social advantages than the neighborhood of Belle Grove afforded, Maj. Hite purchased for the youthful pair a plantation in Clarke Co., then a part of Frederick Co., and called it Guilford. He paid for it sixty thousand dollars in cash. James Madison Hite, Sr., died Jan. 11, 1860, leaving four children, namely: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. Caroline Matilda Hite, Jr. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Isaac Irvine Hite. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. James Madison Hite, Jr. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. Ann Eliza Hite. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. Caroline Matilda Hite, Jr., daughter of James Madison Hite, Sr., married at sixteen Maj. Alexander Baker, of Clarke Co. Only two out of their eight children survive them: Alexander Baker and Lillian Baker. Neither has married, and they make their home near Millwood, Clarke Co., Va. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Isaac Irvine Hite, son of James Madison Hite, Sr., born 1820. Married, first, Susan Burwell Meade, daughter of Col. Richard Kidder Meade, of "Lucky Hit," Clarke Co., in 1838. He was eighteen and she seventeen. She died leaving six children. In less than two years he married a second wife, Mrs. Ann Maria Cutler, daughter of Dr. Arthur Hopkins, of Lovingston, West Virginia. There were no children by this last marriage. Only three of his six children attained maturity. William Meade Hite enlisted in the Confederate service at sixteen and was killed in his first engagement a few weeks later. Isaac Irvine Hite, Jr., also died in the Confederate service before he was twenty. Two daughters, Susan Randolph Hite and Mary Meade Hite, married two brothers, Messrs. Baker, and removed to Florida, where their descendants live. Mr. and Mrs. Hite both died in Florida. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. James Madison Hite, Jr., son of James Madison Hite, Sr., was born at Guilford, Clarke Co. Married Harriet Green Meade, daughter of Col. Richard Kidder Meade, of "Lucky Hit," and Rebecca, née Green, on December, 1849. Both died in Baltimore, Md., leaving but one child, Drayton Meade Hite, a successful business man also living in Baltimore. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. Ann Eliza Hite, daughter of James Madison Hite, Sr., was born at Guilford, 1831. Married (June 12, 1848, when seventeen) Thomas Julian Skinker, Sr., of Stafford Co., Va. Issue eight children, only four of whom lived to be married, viz.: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">I. Thomas Julian Skinker, Jr. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">II. Hampson Skinker. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">III. Cornelius Hite Skinker. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">IV. Hugh Garland Skinker. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">I. Thomas Julian Skinker, Jr., son of Thomas Julian Skinker, Sr., and Ann Eliza, née Hite, b. 1849. Married (1872) Nannie Brown Rose, daughter of Fontaine Rose and Betty, née Maury, of Stafford Co., Va. They moved to St. Louis Co., Mo., where Mrs. Skinker died, leaving a large family, who have settled in the west. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">II. Hampson Skinker, son of Thomas Julian Skinker, Sr., and Ann Eliza, née Hite. Married, first, Maria Carr, daughter of Judge Carr, of Roanoke, Va. She died, leaving no children, and he married, second, Annie Mai Kennerley, daughter of Capt. Joseph Kennerley and Josepha Beale, of "Greenway Court," Clarke Co., Va. Mr. Skinker died, leaving two children, Mary Clothilde Skinker and Dorothy Ann Skinker. "Greenway Court" was the home of Thomas, Lord Fairfax, and was left by him to his nephew, Mr. Martin, who, dying a bachelor, it passed out of the family. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">III. Cornelius Hite Skinker, son of Thomas Julian Skinker and Ann Eliza, née Hite, is a successful lawyer in Bolivar, Polk Co., Mo. He married (1888) Minnie Lee Gravey. Issue, three children: Howard Skinker, Cornelius Hite Skinker, Jr., and Lois Evelyn Skinker. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">IV. Hugh Garland Skinker, son of Thomas Julian Skinker, Sr., and Ann Eliza, née Hite. Married Annie Lee Rucker, of Loudoun Co., Va. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. Hugh Garland Skinker, Jr. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. Julian Hampson Skinker. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. Susan Hite Skinker. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Nelly Conway, née Madison, first wife of Maj. Isaac Hite, of Belle Grove, died December 24, 1802. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Maj. Isaac Hite, of Belle Grove, was married a second time to Anne Tunstall Maury, December 1, 1803. She was born September 14, 1782, and was daughter of Rev. Walker Maury, son of Rev. James Maury and Mary, née Walker, of Albemarle Co., Va. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Fontaine-Maury Family. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Bible record of Maj. Isaac Hite, of Belle Grove, who married a second time, Ann Tunstall Maury, on the first day of December, 1803. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">1. "Ann Maury Hite, was born June 17, 1805, half after six o'clock a. m." (Married Philip Williams, attorney-at-law.) </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">2. "Isaac Fontaine Hite, was born May 7, 1807, half after twelve o'clock p. m." (Married Maria Louise Davison.) </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">3. "Mary Eltinge Hite, was born Oct. 26, half after eight p. m., 1808." (Married J. Smith B. Davison, attorney-at-law, Winchester.) </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">4. "Rebecca Grymes Hite, was born May 12, half after nine o'clock a. m., 1810." (Married Rev. John Loder.) </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">5. "Walker Maury Hite, was born May 12, 1811, at ten o'clock a. m." (Married Mary Eleanor Williams, of Culpeper Co., Va.) </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">6. "Sarah Macon Clark Hite, was born Nov. 7, 1812, half after seven a. m." (Married Mark Bird, attorney.) </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">7. "Penelope Elizabeth Lee Hite, was born Aug. 14, 1814, half after three a. m." (Married Raleigh Brook Green, attorney-at-law, of Culpeper Co., Va.) </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">8. "Hugh Holmes Hite, was born Aug. 10, 1816, half after eleven o'clock a. m." (Married Ann Randolph Meade, of "Lucky Hit," Clark Co., Va.) </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">9. "Cornelius Baldwin Hite, was born Feb. 25, 1818, at half past seven a. m." (Married Elizabeth Augusta Smith, of Winchester.) </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">10. "Matilda Madison Hite, was born June 9, 1819, at eleven o'clock a. m." (Married Dr. Alexander Davison, of Jefferson City, Mo.) </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Maj. Isaac Hite, of Belle Grove, died November 24, 1836. His wife, Anne Tunstall (Maury) Hite, died January 6, 1851. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Third Generation. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">III. John Williams((3)) (William((2)), John((1))), son of William Williams and Lucy Clayton, his wife; was a Revolutionary soldier, enlisting in August, 1777, and serving till February, 1781. He was in the State service, and attained the rank of Major, March 3, 1783; he received a land warrant for 4,000 acres of land 1770; married Eleanor Hite, the third daughter of Isaac Hite, of "Long Meadows," Frederick Co., Va., and his wife, Eleanor Eltinge. She was b. October 21, 1750; d. October 24, 1785, leaving issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">12. I. Isaac Hite Williams((4)). Married Lucy Coleman Slaughter. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">13. II. John C. Williams((4)). Married Mary Tutt. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">14. III. Eleanor Eltinge Williams((4)). Married, 1795, Captain Nimrod Long. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Fourth Generation, </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">IV. Isaac Hite Williams((4)) (John((3)), William((2)), John((1))), son of John Williams and Eleanor Hite, his wife; he attended William and Mary College, and later settled in Fredericksburg, Va., where he practiced his profession of law. He became a brilliant lawyer, with a legal knowledge and command of facts and authorities so unusual that he gained the sobriquet of "the Big Book." Married Lucy Coleman Slaughter, daughter of Capt. Philip Slaughter, and his wife, Margaret Strother. Had issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">32. I. Ophelia Ann Williams((5)). Married Rev. George A. Smith, Feb. 4, 1825. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">33. II. Margaret French Williams((5)). Married (1823) John Mercer Patton. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">34. III. Mary Eleanor Williams((5)), b. March 31, 1816. Married Dr. Walker Maury Hite. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">35. IV. Isaac Hite Williams((5)), d. unmarried. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">36. V. Eliza Williams((5)), d. in infancy. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">37. VI. Lucy Ann Williams((5)), b. 1818, single. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">38. VII. John James Williams((5)), b. 1820. Married Frances Thornton Thompson. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">IV. John C. Williams((4)) (John((3)), William((2)), John((1))), son of John Williams and Eleanor Hite, his wife; was known familiarly as "Capt. Jack." Married Mary Tutt, daughter of Benjamin Tutt and Elizabeth Pendleton. (Pendleton Family, Chapter X.) Issue:</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><tbody><tr><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><tbody><tr><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">39. I. Mary Stevens Williams((5)). Married Rev. Henry Porter, and had a large family. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">40. II. John W. Williams((5)), b. March 27, 1844. Married Mary Frances Mason, b. Dec. 12, 1839. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">IV. Eleanor Eltinge Williams((4)) (John((3)), William((2)), John((1))), daughter of John Williams and Eleanor Hite. Married Captain Nimrod Long, son of Reuben Long, of Culpeper Co., Va., and his wife, Mary (possibly Evans). He served in the Revolution with credit and was famed as a wrestler. Some records give a son, John, and a daughter, Ellen, besides following issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">41. I. Reuben Long((5)). Married Elizabeth Rush Miller, 1825. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">42. II. Mary Evans Long((5)), b. Jan. 31, 1796. Married Charles Urquhart Lovell, Sept. 22, 1814. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">I. John T. Lovell((6)), Judge of Warren Co., Va. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">43. III. Lucy Green Long((5)), b. Feb. 7, 1802; d. May 19, 1864. Married (Feb. 10, 1825) Col. Robert Turner: she was his second wife; first being Elizabeth Williams, his cousin. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">Issue by second wife: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">44. I. Judge R. H. Turner((6)), of the Winchester Circuit. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">II. S. S. Turner((6)), member of Congress. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">V. Mary Eleanor Williams((5)) (Isaac Hite((4)), John((6)), William((2)), John((1))), daughter of Isaac Hite Williams and Lucy Coleman Slaughter, his wife. Married Dr. Walker Maury Hite, son of Maj. Isaac Hite, of "Belle Grove," and his second wife, Ann Tunstall Maury. A graduate of the University of Virginia and of the Pennsylvania College of Medicine at Philadelphia. In 1885 he moved to Albemarle Co., Va., purchasing "Kinlock," once the home of his ancestors, the Walkers, where he lived until his death. He is buried in the churchyard of Grace Church, in former times called Walker's Church, the first pastor of which was Rev. James Maury, his great-grandfather. Issue: </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">160. I. Isaac Williams Hite((6)), b. Oct. 28, 1837. Married (June 4, 1891) Camilla Thornton. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">161. II. Fontaine Maury Hite((6)), b. July 31, 1839; d. Jan. 21, 1861, unmarried. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">162. III. George Smith Hite((6)), b. Aug. 19, 1847; d. July 7, 1862. He enlisted at the outbreak of the Civil War, in Company H, 19th Regiment Pickett's Brigade, was wounded near Richmond, June 27, 1862; d. a few days later in Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, unmarried. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">163. IV. Mary Walker Hite((6)), b. Dec. 17, 1844. Married Frederick S. Longfield, Dec. 11, 1891. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">164. V. Walker Hite((6)), b. June 14, 1848. Married (Dec., 1873) Bettie Floyd Coleman. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">165. VI. Eliza Williams Hite((6)), b. Jan. 21, 1853. Married (Nov. 21, 1877) George S. French. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">166. VII. John James Williams Hite((6)), b. Sept. 4, 1857; unmarried. </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0.75pt; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0cm; border: #000000; background-color: transparent"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">V. John James Williams((5)) (Isaac Hite((4)), John((3)), William((2)), John((1))), son of Isaac Hite Williams and Lucy Coleman Slaughter, his wife; b. 1820; he removed to San Francisco, Cal., where he became an eminent lawyer. He is characterized as "graceful and débonaire." His wife, Frances Thornton Thompson, was a daughter of Francis Thompson and Caroline H. Thornton and granddaughter of Hon. Philip Rootes Thompson, of "The Grange." 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<p>Anna Maria and Jost Hite understood only a few words of their respective languages at the time of their marriage, which took place in Germany.</p><p>Jost first settled at Kingston, then moved to Germantown, Pennsylvania and in 1720 built a house and mill, later know as Pennypacker's Mill, on the Schuylkill River. Native Americans, furious at the Europeans who were settling their land, were making frequent attacks on the colonists, and the government did little to stop them. Jost Hite became frustrated at the government's inaction and decided to emigrate yet again, this time to the wild lands of the Shensndoah Valley.</p><p>In 1730 Jost Hite bought a contract for 40,000 acres of land in the Shenandoah Valley, which bcame known as "Hite's Grant." On October 31,1731, he and his partner, a Quaker by the name of Robert McKoy, obtained and order of council for 100,000 acres of land in the valley, on the condition that he would settle it with 100 families within two years. This deadline was later extended to Christmas 1735. In 1730, he sold his Pennsylvania holdings and he and his followers set out. He surveyed land, marked out farms, and in June 1734, an order of council stated that he had fulfilled the terms of the grant, and that the land was his. He and his companions were the first Europeans to settle there.</p><p>However, his claim soon became more complicated when Lord Fairfax, who was close to the British king, entered a general caveat against all orders of council, deeds, and so forth, and told Hite to "purchase or vacate." A legal battle ensued that outlived both parties. As was common in those times, any claim Native Americans had to the land was ignored. In the end, Jost Hite prevailed.</p><p>The appellate court gave Hite all he asked, with rents of the land from January 1749-50, and costs. Fairfax was a "royal pet," and it was almost daring in Hite to enter suit against him, as it was to go into the wilderness of the Shenandoah Valley to settle, for the influence of Lord Fairfax, with the King and the Colonial government, was quite equal to thst of any other man in this country at that time. The suit was delayed fifty yeares, both contestants were dead, foreign influence was lessened and courts were learning to act independently and according to the merits of the case.</p>
<!-- SN:TREESUI03 --> In "The German Element of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia," by John Walter Wayland, published in 1907 by the author, there are numerous references to the Hite family (Heckford > Hopkins > Grove > Hite). The patriarch, and the one who established the wealth of the family, was Jost Hite. The following paragraphs are excerpted from Wayland's book.<br><br>In 1731 the Van Meters sold portions of their tracts to Jost Hite, who, in 1732, settled in the Valley with his three sons-in-law, George Bowman, Jacob Chrisman, Paul Froman, and others. On June 12, 1734, patents were ordered to be issued to the "Several Masters of Families" residing on these lands, as well as on part of another tract granted conditionally to Hite.<br><br>For many years Jost Hite enjoyed the distinction of being generally regarded as the first permanent settler in the Shenandoah Valley. He certainly was one of the most influential citizens of his day, west of the Blue Ridge; and he was doubtless the leader in permanent settlement in the section now embraced in Frederick County.<br><br>Hite usually, perhaps always, signed his name in German, but did not always spell it the same way. Hite, Heid, Heyd, Heydt, Ilyte, are some of the various forms written by himself and others. Jost is equivalent to Just, Justus, Justin, etc., and appears in different forms: Joast, Joist, Yost, etc. [Editor's Note: this is reflected when reviewing historical documents. Seeking Hite's imprint on Virginian society at that time causes much confusion for his descendants.]<br><br>Jost Hite was a man of influence and prominence in the public affairs of his day, both civil and military; and many of his descendants have been of almost equal prominence. On April 23, 1734, the Virginia Colonial Council, upon the petition of the inhabitants west of the Blue Ridge for the establishment of some form of civil system, appointed John Hite, with Morgan Morgan, John Smith, Benjamin Bourden, and George Hobson, a magistrate, with authority to settle differences and punish offenders against the public welfare.<br><br>In 1748 Jacob Hite, Jost Hite's second son, was appointed sheriff for Frederick County, by Governor Gooch; he gave bond in the sum of £1000, with John Hite (his elder brother) [Editor's note: John Hite is in the direct Heckford-Hopkins line], Isaac Hite (his next younger brother), Thomas Swearingen, and Samuel Earle as sureties. Abraham Hite, Jost's fourth son, was a leading man of affairs in Hampshire County, and represented it in the House of Burgesses; he was a captain in the Revolutionary War, and served as paymaster of the 8th Virginia (German) Regiment.<br><br>Jost Kite's greatest public service was doubtless performed in aiding, directing, and stimulating the rapid settlement and development of the country. The county deed books of Orange, Frederick, and Augusta contain almost innumerable<br>records of land sales by Jost Hite. Very early in his career in the Valley, Jost Hite came into conflict with Thomas Lord Fairfax. The latter claimed the land within Kite's early grants, and the case was in the law courts for fifty years. The case was finally decided favorably to Hite in 1786, four years after Fairfax's death, and twenty-six years after the death of Hite.<br><br>Jost Kite has been called "the old German Baron"; and his family is represented as entitled to a place in the roll<br>of Virginia heraldry. He is believed to have been of the Lutheran or German Reformed Church.<br>In the early 1700s Jost Hite, an immigrant from Germany, was granted more than 100,000 acres (yes, 100 thousand) in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. A few years later he gave almost 1,000 acres to his son Isaac. Fearing attacks from Indians, Jost and his son Isaac built their home (called Long Meadown) above a fresh water spring in 1738. Instead of attacking, Indians and other travelers were welcomed into their home's large central room. Soon the nickname of "Travelers Hall" was being used. Travelers Hall burned to the ground in 1840 and was replaced in 1845 by a brick home that is now on the National Register of Historical Places.<br><br>The cemetery may have been first used in 1739 when Jost Hite's first wife passed away. There is no stone indicating such. It is also rumored she is buried with her husband in the Old Opequeon Cemetery in Kernstown, Virginia. The oldest headstone is dated 1791 and marks the grave of Isaac Hite Jr's first born, 3 year old James Madison Hite. James Madison was followed by Isaac Hite Sr's wife in 1792 and Isaac Hite Senior himself in 1795.<br><br>Originally, the cemetery was bordered by a stone wall, but that was dismantled to use as the foundation of a large barn in the 1920s. Today, the cemetery is surrounded by a link fence. No longer an active cemetery, it is the final resting place of 17 members of the Hite family as well as 9 unknowns, possibly slaves.<br>Jost Hite (Hans Justus Heyd, 1685-1761) of Frederick County, Virginia<br>Jost Hite (baptized Hans Justus Heyd in Bonfeld in the Kraichgau region of Germany) is the most famous early American Hite ancestor. He was born in 1685, the son of Johannes Heyd, a butcher of Bonfeld, and his wife Anna Magdalena. He married Anna Maria Merckle in Bonfeld in 1704. They had two daughters who died in infancy in Bonfeld and then had a third daughter before departing for England in 1709. In 1710, they sailed to New York with numerous other Germans who had gone to England the year before. Eventually they moved to Pennsylvania and then finally to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in 1732, where Jost became a prominent landowner. Anna Maria died in 1738 in Frederick County and Jost died there in 1761. These were their children: Maria Elisabetha (Mary) Hite (1708-after 1768) married George Bowman Elizabeth Hite (1711-1783) married John Paul Froman Magdalena Hite (1713-1771) married Jacob Chrisman John Hite (ca. 1715-1792) married Sarah Eltinge Jacob Hite (1719-1776) married 1st Catherine O'Bannon and 2nd to Frances (Madison) Beale Isaac Hite (1723-1795) married Eleanor Eltinge Abraham Hite (1729-1790) married Rebecca Van Meter Joseph Hite (died 1757) married Elizabeth (Van Meter or McKay) <br>Jost Hite<br>A native of Alsace, Germany, Hans Jost Heydt (also spelled Yost or Joist Hite) sailed from Strasburg to New York in 1710. He sailed in his own ships, The Brigantine Swift and Schooner Friendship and that he was a German nobleman with the title "Baron". With Hite sailed his wife, Anna Marie (du Bois) and his daughter Mary. Sixteen families also sailed with him to settle his lands in the New World.<br><br>Hite and the German settlers remained in Kingston, New York until 1715. By 1717, records indicate that he had settled on the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania. Hite enjoyed a prosperous life in Pennsylvania, establishing a mill in 1720 that came to be known as Pennypacker's Mills. After increasingly menacing Indian activity in Pennsylvania, Hite and other community leaders petitioned Governor Gordon for protection against the Indians. After his petition was ignored by the Governor, Hite sold his Pennsylvania holdings in 1730 and traveled to the unsettled Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.<br>In 1731, Hite bought forty thousand acres of land from John Van Meter that came to be known as "Hite's Grant". In October of that year, Hite teamed up with Robert McKoy (McCoy/McKay) and obtained another one hundred thousand acres from Virginia Governor Gooch. In the spring of 1731, Hite settled the area of what is now Shepherdstown, West Virginia, naming it New Mechlenburg. Hite's eldest son, John, traveled further south down the Potomac river and settled on the Opequon Creed, calling his holdings Springdale. By the June of 1734, the council of Virginia declared that Jost Hite had settled his required number of families and was assigned the patents for his land, leading some to declare that he was the first white settler in the Shenandoah Valley (this has later been disproved as it has been documented that Adam Miller settled in the Valley as early as 1726 or 1727.)<br><br>In 1736, legal troubles began. Lord Fairfax arrived from England that same year to settle on his lands granted to him on Virginia's Northern Neck. Some of this land was within the boundary of Hite's land which has not been patented. Fairfax gave his word that the lands would be given to Hite but later reneged on his promise. This led to petitions and a legal battle that lasted for fifty years and was not resolved until both complainants had died. In the end, the decision was in Hite's favor.
<p style="font-family: times; font-size: medium" align="left">From: http://lewis187.home.mchsi.com/Weaver/Hite-1.htm</p><p style="font-family: times; font-size: medium" align="left">Hans Justus Heydt was born 12/5/1685 in Bonfeld, the Duchy of Wurttemburg (Germany). Hans Justus grew up in a middleclass family; as his father was a butcher and city councilman. On 11/11/1704 in Bonfeld, the Duchy of Wurttemburg, Hans Justus married <strong>Anna Maria Merkle</strong> b. 1/16/1686 Bonfeld, the Duchy of Wurttemburg (Germany). Note, Anna Maria may have been his cousin; as his mother is reported to have been Anna Magdelena Merckle.</p><p style="font-family: times; font-size: medium" align="left">Severe climate and the devastation by the French Army in the Rhineland during the War of Spanish Succession (1704-1705) forced tens of thousands of ethnic German Protestants to flee. These Palatinates survived a journey down the Rhine River to Rotterdam and a voyage across the English Channel to a temporary haven south of London. [Palatinate Immigration]</p><p style="font-family: times; font-size: medium" align="left">On 7/15/1709, Hans Justus migrated with his wife and stepmother, Maria, to England. We know that they were destitute; as they sailed among the fifth party sent by the the Board of Trade from Rotterdam to England. On this list we find Maria Hayd listed as "Head of Household" along with Hans Justus. Did Hans Justus' father and some of the other children die en route from Worms to Rotterdam? On 6/16/1710 Hans Justus and Maria immigrated to New York aboard the <em>Hartwell.</em></p><p style="font-family: times; font-size: medium" align="left">Hans Justus and family landed in the vicinity of the West Camp in Kingston, Ulster Co NY. Ostensibly, these new immigrants were to be provisioned by the British Crown, repaying in goods and foodstuffs produced in the future. Notably, settlers of the Mohawk Valley were expected to produce tar for the British Navy. However, inadequate acreage of pine trees from which the tar is produced and, perhaps, an unwillingness by the Palatinates to work in the Pine Tar Industry caused this plan to go bust.</p><p style="font-family: times; font-size: medium" align="left">History notes that many Palatinates became dissatisfied with conditions in the New York Colony. Being ethnic Germans, many New York Palatinates migrated to the German speaking communities in Pennsylvania. In 1714 Hans Justus is reported to have purchased 150 acres on Skippack Creek in Philadelphia County where daughter Elizabeth was married. </p><p style="font-family: times; font-size: medium" align="left">Perhaps because of cheaper land, many of these families packed up and moved to Perkiomen Creek, the next valley to the west along the Schuylkill River. On 15 Nov 1718, Jost Hite purchased 600 acres a few miles up Perkiomen Creek for the price of 125 pounds. Here, Jost built a grist mill just outside of present day Schwenksville, Montgomery Co PA.</p><p style="font-family: times; font-size: medium" align="left">In 1728 inhabitants from the immediate vicinity of "Colebrookdale" petitioned the government of the Pennsylvania Colony for relief from Indian attacks. In the petition, the locales of Falkners Swamp [New Hanover] and Coshapopin [Goshenhoppen/Salford] are mentioned. Falkners Swamp, located at the headwaters of Swamp Creek, and Goshenhoppen are only a few miles from Jost Hite's mill. In the petition, dated 5/10/1728, we find Jost's name Americanized as <em>Yost Hyt.</em></p><p style="font-family: times; font-size: medium" align="left">Whether because of dissatisfaction with the Colonial government of Pennsylvania or the urge to pioneer, Jost Hite and family migrated south from Philadelphia Co PA across Maryland to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Having liquidated his properties in Pennsylvania, Jost used his wealth to purchase large tracts of land in Virginia. On 8/5/1731 Jost purchased 40,000 acres from John Van Meter, the noted Indian trader, with a requirement from the Colony of Virginia to settle one family per 1,000 acres within two years. And on 10/31/1731, Jost and Robert McKay acquired an additional grant of 100,00 acres with the same requirements.</p><p style="font-family: times; font-size: medium" align="left">In the fall of 1731, Jost Hite and fifteen other families migrated en mass to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The trip was slow and arduous; as they literally cut the road over which they drove their wagons. Arriving at Opequon Creek in what would become Frederick Co VA, they chose individual tracts on which they settled.</p><p style="font-family: times; font-size: medium" align="left">These Palatines were not the first Europeans to venture into the Shenandoah Valley. Explorers, Indian traders, and missionaries reported venturing into the valley as early as 1632. However, Jost Hite and his group are credited in US History books as the first white settlers west of the Blue Ridge; establishing the first permanent settlement at what would become Winchester, Frederick Co VA.</p><p style="font-family: times; font-size: medium" align="left">In 1737 Jost and Anna Maria settled at Long Meadow, Frederick Co VA where Anna Maria died in 1739. Jost remarried on 11/10/1741 to <strong>Maria Magdalena Herr</strong>b. c. 1708, widow of Christian Neuschwanger and granddaughter of Bishop Hans Herr.</p><p style="font-family: times; font-size: medium" align="left">While living at Long Meadow, Jost continued to sell off parcels of his great land holdings from which he earned prestigious sums of money. Later, Jost is reported to have purchased two ships, the brigantine <em>Swift</em> and the schooner <em>Friendship</em>, in which he transported trade goods to Britain. Another myth is that son Jacob met his wife, Catherine O'Bannon, aboard the Swift on a return voyage from Ireland. This is also untrue.</p><p style="font-family: times; font-size: medium" align="left">Jost died 5/7/1760 at Long Meadows vic. Middletown, Frederick (now Warren) Co VA. He and Anna Maria are believed to be buried at the ruins of the original Lutheran Church in Winchester, Virginia.</p>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: medium; color: #330033"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-weight: normal">From: http://leecase.tripod.com/hite.htm</span></span><p style="text-align: center"> <font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica" color="#CC0000"><span style="font-size: xx-large">Hans Joist Hite - Anna Maria Merkle</span></font> </p><p style="text-align: ">Hans Justus Heydt, known later in America as Jost Hite, was born 6 December 1685, the second of the family of eight children of Johann and Magdalena. He was eleven years of age when his stepmother came to live with them.</p><p>Jost became a linen weaver, and on 11 November 1704, married Anna Maria Merkle. She was the daughter of a prominent family of the Bonfeld-Wimpfen area. Two children of this marriage, Anna Maria and Maria Barbara, died shortly after birth. The third child, Mary, not listed in the Bonfeld church records, with a birthday of 1708 or 1709, may have been born after the family left for America.</p><p>Records of 1709 indicate that the families of Johannes Heydt and his son Jost (Hans Justus), emigrated. It appears that only four family members reached America: Jost, his wife Anna Maria, their baby daughter Mary and Jost's stepmother, Maria. Probably typhoid, severe at the time, accounted for the rest. Entire families were known to be wiped out.</p><p>Jost and Anna Maria lived in New York State three or four years, as indicated by the baptism of their next two children at Kingston; Elizabeth and <strong>Magdalena</strong>. The family then moved to Pennsylvania, near Germantown, now part of the city of Philadelphia, where they bought 150 acres on the Skippack River in 1714. Four years later, on 15 Nov 1718, they purchased 600 acres a few miles up the Perkiomen, for the price of 125 pounds. Here Jost built a grist mill just outside of present day Swenksville. Family tradition says he also bought slaves, which seems likely in view of the size of his property. It must also have been here, while near the Pastorious Colony at Germantown, a Quaker settlement, that Elizabeth met and married Paul Froman, a member of The Society of Friends.</p><p>The rest of Jost and Anna Maria's eleven children were: John, Jacob, Isaac, an infant, Abraham and Joseph.</p><p>It would seem that by now the Hite family, in possession of considerable property and comfortably situated in a new two-story house with stone walls two feet thick, would be content with their success in the new world. And perhaps they were, even though an Indian attack, repulsed by the local German farmers, occurred close by. But unknown to them, the actions of a traveling Indian trader from the New York area were shaping their future, and drawing the name of Jost Hite into the history of the development of a rich wilderness area 140 miles to the southwest, in the "Northern Neck" of Virginia.</p><p>For a number of years, John VanMeter had traveled among the Indian tribes supplying them with a variety of materials in exchange for furs. He was widely known and readily accepted by a number of tribes, living with them and moving among them with apparent ease. During the late 1720's, it is said that he attached himself to a war party of Delawares and accompanied them on an expedition to the south, up the valley of the Shenandoah River, to attack the Catawbas. He was so well impressed with the lower valley area that upon returning he and his brother Isaac obtained a grant from the Colonial Government at Williamsburg for 40,000 acres, 17 June 1730, with the condition that they settle one family per thousand acres on the land within two years.</p><p>Word of this venture immediately aroused the interest of Jost Hite and he sought out the VanMeters, acquiring the rights to their grant on August 5, 1731. Not satisfied, he and Robert McKay pursued what appeared to be golden opportunity and on October 31 signed papers at Williamsburg for an additional grant of 100,000 acres, subject to the same conditions of settlement within a two-year period. Then, together with Robert Green and William Duff, they set up land company operations. Just what part McKay played in this enterprise is not entirely clear. Accounts of the settlement of the lower Shenandoah Valley invariably list Hite as the leader of this first permanent settlement west of the Blue Ridge.</p><p>Prior to this transaction Jost had disposed of his Pennsylvania property. Jacob Merkle (the name later became Markley), Anna Maria's brother, had arrived from Germany, and the Hites saw fit to release 100 acres of land to him for the legalizing token of five shillings, July 16, 1728. Although it is not indicated here, it seems to have been the custom to lease saleable land to prospective buyers for one year at a very nominal fee such as five shillings, after which actual sale was made. Hite's remaining 500 acres, with the grist mill, were sold to John Pauling for 540 pounds on January 9, 1730. Deeds exist for the various Hite transactions. What prompted these final transactions is not known, but Jost was left in possession of ready money at the opportune time to make the VanMeter purchase.</p><p>It is of some interest to note that John Pauling sold the former Hite property to Peter Pennypacker in 1747, and that it has remained in that family. The mill was operated as Pennypacker Mill for many years, finally being extensively damaged by fire in 1898. It was rebuilt the next year as the Red Fox Inn. In 1980 it burned. The original Hite house served as General Washington's headquarters during September and October, 1777, after the Battle of Germantown. It was remodeled, with additions, and is known as the Pennypacker Mansion.</p><p>The trip from Pennsylvania to Virginia in 1731 was slow. A passable road over the rough terrain had to be cleared for the wagon train as they went. The Potomac River was crossed a few miles above the mouth of the Shenandoah at Packhorse Ford (later called Mecklenberg, and finally Shepherdstown). They arrived at their destination on Opequon Creek in the fall of 1731.</p><p>Prior to the coming of Hite, the valley had been seen by very few white men. A Jesuit priest, a wandering German physician and a British colonel had reported their respective journeys there as 1632, 1669 and 1673. Then came an interesting and only partially believed report from Louis Michel, a Swiss in 1705. He wrote of finding evidence of an ancient Indian tribe at today's site of Winchester, who used huge sacrificial stone altars 60 feet across, and whose warriors stood seen feet tall by actual measurement of their remains. This latter point was to be confirmed by George Washington in excavating for Fort Loudoun in 1755. The valley was penetrated again in 1716, in pinpoint fashion, by Gov. Spottswood with his "Golden Horseshoe" group. He named the river "Euphrates," and claimed all of the land westward "to the River of the Spaniards," the Mississippi, as British territory, an as "Virginia" in particular.</p><p>From the Potomac the Shenandoah Valley, the "Valley of Virginia" as it came to be known, stretched nearly 200 miles south, forming about half of the length of a natural passageway to the great Smokey Mountains in the southwest. It served as more of a thoroughfare than as a place of residence for the Indians. The Shawnees had a small cluster of villages around the springs at present day Winchester, from which a well-beaten path led up the length of the valley. It was close beside this trail, five miles south of the Shawnee Springs, that Hite chose to settle. The Valley Turnpike follows much of the old Indian Trail, called by many the "Great Indian Highway." Sections of stone walls thought to be of the house and tavern built by Jost Hite still stand some 30 yards east of the Turnpike, beside the house built by his son, Colonel John Hite.</p><p>"Tavern" in that time meant "inn" - a place where travelers could stop overnight with some assured protection. No doubt liquor was kept in supply, but it was considered a social amenity, even by many of the clergy. Tavern keepers of the time were accorded civic courtesy and their children were sought out by educational institutions. They were widely acquainted, an essential link in the news media chain, and usually were more affluent than most. As such they merited respect and were held in high regard. The tavern served as a warm up place for everyone between long morning and afternoon church services in unheated churches. A carefully kept ledger recorded the pints and quarts consumed by saint and sinner alike; hence the origin of "Mind your P's and Q's."</p><p>Site locations for the several families, surveying, corner staking and cabin building all had to be done at once. The Hite sons-in-law were permitted to make their own selection of 750 acres each. From the Hite location the Chrismans settled two miles south, the Bowmans about seven, and the Fromans some five miles southwest. Robert McKay, Jr. chose a site at the forks of the river where he set up a saw mill. His father settled about five miles up the south fork of the river. By agreement, a line running from the Shawnee springs to the forks of the river divided the land. McKay was to settle the land east of the line, while Hites' land lay to the west. Hite, as might be expected, set up a grist mill on Opequon Creek a short distance from his house.</p><p>The Indians were peaceful at first, but trouble began almost at once with officials at Willimasburg. The Colonial Government, knowing nothing of the territory started making grants to others involving the Hite-McKay land. Jost made at least one trip to Willimasburg in the summer of 1732 to take care of the matter.</p><p>But greater trouble, soon to be upon them, stemmed from the fact that King Charles II of England in the middle 1600's had rewarded a prominent Scottish family with a grant of the "Northern Neck" of Virginia. Thomas, sixth Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron in Scotland, arrived at Williamsburg in May 1735 to investigate his inheritance, only to find that the Colonial Government had issued settlement grants on his property to Hite and McKay. Finding that settlers had moved onto the land in sufficient numbers to satisfy the conditional grants, and an extension of one year to December of 1735 had been allowed on the larger one, he paid two visits to the home of Jost Hite on the Opequon in 1736 and 1737. These produced no favorable results for him, so he settled himself on a 10,000 acre tract about five miles east of Hite, and proceeded to have his land surveyed. George Washington, aged 16, was one of the surveyors, and a favorite of Lord Fairfax. As such, it was inevitable that he come into contact with the Hite families. His diary records one occasion when he spent the night at the home of Captain John Hite.</p><p>There had been no western boundary established for the Fairfax land, and Virginia was considered to extend as far as the Mississippi River. King George II rectified this by a decision on April 16, 1738, establishing a straight line 76 miles long from the head of the Rapidan River to the head of the north fork of the Potomac as the western boundary. This was surveyed in 1746 and became known as the "Fairfax Line". Hite and his associates filed suit in 1749, starting litigation which extended until 1786, and became a classic textbook study in law schools. It was settled in favor of Hite some years after both he and Lord Fairfax were dead.</p><p>From the beginning the difficulty of travel made the size of Spottsylvania County much too large for convenience. In 1734, Jost and his fellow settlers petitioned for formation of a new county, to be called Orange. The county was formed, with Jost as one of the magistrates. In the same meeting, James Wood (from Winchester, England) was made surveyor, and he soon set about laying out a town site at the Shawnee Springs. So Frederick Town, later to be called Winchester, was founded. It became the county seat when Frederick County was formed in 1738.</p><p>When son John Hite and Sara Eltinge were married in 1737, Jost and Anna Maria turned the house and tavern over to them and moved to a site about a mile east of the Bowmans on land that had been set aside for Isaac, a location later known as "Long Meadows." This is the title chosen by Minnie Hite Moody for her historical novel concerning the family, published in 1941.</p><p>Anna Maria died in 1739 and in the fall of 1741, Jost married Maria Magdalena, widow of Christian Nuschwanger. As was often the case, a remarriage of by both parties involved use of a specific agreement drawn up to list not only the material possessions brought into the marriage by each, but their distribution back to the heirs of the two original families after death. When she died is not known. Jost died in 1761 at the age of 75. Family tradition holds that he and Anna Maria (Merkle) were buried at the Opequon church. Grave stones were convenient building blocks during the Revolution as well as the Civil War, both of which raged up and down the valley, so no marker remains.</p><div><br></div></span>
<font size="3"><p>Johann Host Heydt was baptized in Bonfield, just west of Bad Wimpfen, Germany. His father was a butcher, Johannes Heydt. source: "The Palatine Families of New York, 1710" Vol. I pp.353-55. 1985 by Henry Z. Jones.</p><p>Twelve of his grandsons fought in the Revolutionary War.</p><p>Source: A.D. Smith's, "Smith Family History", Pub: Positive Gain Enterprises.</p><p>According to "EMIGRANTS, REFUGEES, AND PRISONERS", by RICH DAVIS, Jost Hite's second wife married Nov 1741 was Anna Magdalena STEFFAN, dau of Gabriel STEFFAN". Others believe she was Maria Magdalena HERR.</p><p>Born 5 Dec 1685 in Bonfield, Kraichgau, at the northern tip of Baden, d. 1761 Virginia</p><p>note: Bonfeld, Germany is now part of the city Bad Rappenau, at the eastern edge of the Kraichgau. Many of the records about Hans Jost Hite were from Kraichgau.</p><p>1745: Naturalization in Williamsburg, Virginia. It is stated that he was a native of Worms</p><p> </p><p>His sons, John, Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, and Joseph (deceased), were listed in his Last Will written in 1758</p><p>In the spring of 1731, Jost Hite secured a grant of land and organized a group of families to settle in the Shenandoah valley near present-day Winchester, Virginia. He is thus credited in U.S. history books as the first white to settle west of the Blue Ridge mountains. It is known that part of that land was deeded to Isaac VanMeter by the Virginia governor in 1730; so I am assuming that VanMeter preceeded Hite by two or more years as the first white, although VanMeter never lived there. Later on Hite purchased the VanMeter land grants after Lord Fairfax challenged his ownership. The Fairfaxes had been given by the King of England a large portion of land whose boundaries were not well defined. Origins of Jost Hite and his wife were identified in ["German Origins of Jost Hite, Virginia Pioneer", by Henry Z. Jones, Jr., Ralph Connor, and Klaus West, Edingburg, Va 1979]. From the Chrisman.org</p><p> </p><p>Belle Grove, home of Jost Hite's son, Isaac and Isaac's wife, Nelly. Nelly was sister of President James Madison.During the Civil War, Belle Grove was at the center of the decisive Battle of Cedar Creek. Today, the plantation includes the main house and gardens, original outbuildings, a classic barn, an overseer's house, the slave cemetery, a heritage apple orchard, fields and meadows, and scenic mountain views. From "National Trust for Historic Preservation".</p><p> </p><p>He was a linen weaver when he married Anna Maria Merkle.</p><p>It is said that he and his family sailed to America on his own ships, The Brigantine Swift and Schooner Friendship. Other accounts show that Jost Heydt came with his stepmother, Maria on the ship, "Hartwell" to New York after fleeing their homeland as German Protestants, first to England in 1709. Later, he owned the Brigatine Swift and Schooner Friendship.</p><p>He is found on the 1710 and 1712 Palatinate Subsistence List in NY. In 1714 he then purchased land in Pennsylvania on Skippack Creek in Philadelphia County where daughter Elizabeth was married. In 1718 Jost Hite purchased 600 acres near Perkiomen Creek, PA where he built a grist mill. His name appears on a petition in 1728 asking the Colony of Pennsylvania to help fend of Indian attacks. By 1731, he and fifteen other families moved to Shenandoah VA. He and his second wife are probably buried at the original Lutheran Church in Winchester, Virginia.</p><p>Hans Jost Hite</p><p>moved and acquired a place in Perkiomen, Chester, PA. In the late 1800s, PA Governor Pennypacker purchased and added upon Hite's dwelling. Its within a short driving distance of Valley Forge. One may tour the home. The kitchen and dining room part of the existing house was Jost Hite's.</p><p> </p><p>Land Grant from William Gooch, Lieutenant Governour and Commander in Chief of Virginia Colony -</p><p>3 October 1734 Jost Hite, 228 acres. Thomas Shepherd, 222 acres. Jost Hite, 2,668 acres. Jost Hite, 668 acres.</p><p>Jost Hite, 2,931 acres. Jost Hite, 700 acres. Jost Hite, 2,168 acres. Jost Hite, 3,393 acres. Jost Hite, 5,018 acres.</p><p>"1732 - German immigrant Joist Hite brings 16 families to Frederick County and settles along Opequon Creek."</p><p>source: The Winchester Star newspaper, Millenium Legacy, Jan 1 2000.</p><p>"Our Church Planted by Early Settlers"</p><p>The exact date of the organization of the Lutheran Church in Strasburg is not known. However, there was a church building in the village as early as 1747, which was apparently used by both the Lutheran and Reformed congregations. The area was sparsely settled at that early date and neither denomination could support a resident minister. Joist Hite had brought the first settler, consisting of 16 families, into the lower Shenandoah Valley just fifteen years earlier in 1732, so it is safe to say that our church came with the first settlers. Rev. John Casper Stoever, Jr., of this area, baptized sixteen grandchildren of Joist Hite during his nine annual journeys (1734-42) into the then Valley wilderness. At present there are a number of substantial homes in this area which were built by the sons, sons-in-law and grandsons of Joist Hite: Springdale north of Stephens City, Long Meadows and Belle Grove just east and north of Strasburg. Three of Jost Hite’s daughters and sons-in-law also lived nearby: the Fromans at Marlboro, the Crismans at Valcluse, and the famous Bowman family at Harmony Hall on Cedar Creek just east of Strasburg. So it is not surprising that here were sixteen Hite grandchildren to be baptized by the Rev. Mr. Stoever." From : "HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH STRASBURG, VIRGINIA".</p><p>Dispute over the land which Jost Hite settled: Jost Hite vs.Thomas Lord Fairfax in court litigation which began in 1749 and did not end until after the Revolutionary War. It was settled in favor of Hite in 1786, twenty-six years after the death of Hite, and four years after Fairfax's death.</p></font>
aka Justus, Joost, Heidt IMMIGRANT, ABT 1710 SHENANDOAH VALLEY PIONEER ONE OF THE FIRST MAGISTRATES IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY Jost immigrated in 1710 on the ship "Fifth Party." He settled on Cedar Creek in the Shenandoah Valley, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. "Hans Joist Heydt (Hite), known later in America as Jost Hite, as born December 6, 1685, the second child Johann and Magdalena. A church in a village in the Necker Valley, not far from the Necker river and about 20 miles southeast of Heidelburg, records the birth to Johannes and Magadalene Heyd of a son Hans Justus, on December 5, 1685... Jost was a linen weaver by trade. On November 11, 1704, he married Anna Maria Merckle. She was the daughter of a prominent family of the Bonfeld-Wimpfen area. Two children of this marriage, Anna Maria and Maria Barbara, died shortly after birth. The third child, Mary, not listed in the Bonfeld church records, with a birthday of 1708 or 1709, may have been born after the family left for America. Records indicate that the families of Johannes Heydt and his son Jost (Hans Justus), emigrated in 1709. He lived in Strasbourg, Alsace, and migrated from France to Holland because of Religious persecution and the hardships of the Spanish Succession 1702-04. It appears that only four family members reached America: Jost, his wife Anna Maria, their baby daughter Mary and Jost’ stepmother, Maria. Probably typhoid, severe at the time, accounted for the rest. Entire families were known to be wiped out." --Pat Dameron "Hans Justus was sometimes called the 'the Old German Baron' or 'Baron Hite' or the 'Captain' because of his sea-going days." --Pat Dameron "Jost Hite led a group of 16 families to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and settled in Opequon. There were no settlements except along the seaboard. This little colony comprised the first white men to settle west of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia." --David Michael Johnson "His will (written 1758-04-25) lists sons John, Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, and Joseph (deceased), but not his daughters. Joseph's heirs, who were to receive his part, were listed as John, William, and Ann. His property was appraised in 1761. A pre-nuptial agreement between Jost Hite and Mary Magdalena Neuschwanger (Nisswanger) was signed in 1741." --Henry Jones, "German Origins of Jost Hite, Virginia Pioneer" "a native of Strasburg, in Alsace, emigrated to Pennsylvania, and in 1732 came with his three sons-in-law, George Bowman, Jacob Chrisman, Paul Froman, and others to the valley of Virginia. In 1734 he was appointed one of the first magistrates to administer justice in the valley. He greatly aided in stimulating the rapid settlement of that part of Virginia. Joist Hite, who, with his three sons-in-law and their families, settled on Cedar creek, in the Shenandoah Valley, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Together they owned forty thousand acres of land, which they obtained by purchase from Isaac and John Vanmeter, who had patented this tract in 1730." --Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography "Hans came to America in 1710 on the ship "Fifth Party". A weaver by trade." --Lorraine Dowdle Database "A pre-nuptial agreement between Jost Hite and Mary Magdalena Neuschwanger (Nisswanger) was signed in 1741." --Lorraine Dowdle Database "Anna Maria died in 1739 and in the fall of 1741, Jost married Maria Magdalena, widow of Christian Nuschwanger." --Pat Dameron "The father was a butcher and Civic Councilor in Bonfeld. Hans Justus was called the "the Old German Baron" or "Baron Hite". He lived in Strasbourg, Alsace, and migrated from France to Holland because of Religious presecution and the hardships of the Spanish Succession 1702-04. He settled in the vicinity of Hudson, New York. His name orriginally Hans Joist Heydt, evolving into Jost: He was a weaver who came to America in 1730 by way of England on the 'Fifth Party' ship. Lived by the Hudson River, New York till he moved to the land on the Skippack River in Penn. He built a Grist Mill, sold this to a Pennypacker in 1730, because in 1728 an attack by eleven indians on a near by community. He moved to the Shenandoah Valley in 1831 with a grant of 40,000 acres from Isaac Van Meter. Jost moved with his entire Clan there." --Richard Powels The original Hite house served as General Washington's headquarters after the Battle of Germantown. WARNING: Some show him b. in Strasbourg, Alsace, Germany. Some show he d. in Winchester, Frederick Co., VA. Sources: 1) Chuck Griffin Database, 31 May 2005 http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PEDdb=harlancgriffinid=I081913 2) Chuck Griffin's source: "The American Compendium of Genealogy" compiled for these notes by Kathrine Reynolds McGraw of Alabama in 1984. 3) "German Origins of Jost Hite, Virginia Pioneer" by Henry Jones, Ralph Connor, and Klaus Wost 1979 (says he immigrated on the "Fifth Party") 4) Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I-IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons 5) Lorraine Dowdle Database, 17 Jun 2005 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GETdb=famtree10id=I16424 6) Richard Powels, Rt. 2 Box 3425, Monticello, Kentucky 42633, rdpowels@skn.net (courtesy of Lorraine Dowdle) 7) David Michael Johnson Database, 13 Jul 2005 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GETdb=dmjohnsonid=I15508 8) Pat Dameron Database, 22 Jan 2005 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GETdb=pdameron2id=I1671 9) Fred Lager Database, 25 Jun 2005 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GETdb=flagerid=I22350 10) Germans, Mitchell Farish Website (with photo of George Bowman's house, lots of historical information about the Bowmans and Hites) http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mgf2j/germans.html
<font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><p align="left">HISTORICAL <font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">BACKGROW</font></font></p></font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><p align="left">Jost Hite was born i n Kraichgau, Germany (now the area of Neckerland, southeast of</p><p align="left">Heidelberg), on December 5, 1685. The second child of Johannes (Hans) Iied(t), he was</p><p align="left">christened Hans Justus Heydt. The register of Bonfeld Church in Kraichgau reveals t h a t</p>on November 10, 1704, "Johan Justus Heyd, linenweaver and son of Johannis Heyd </font></font><font face="Arial" size="4"><font face="Arial" size="4">- </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">butcher</font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"> <p align="left">and civic councilor here, married to Anna Maria, daughter of Abraham Mercklin- c i t i z e n</p><p align="left">here."l i n the wars before the Peace of Utrecht, French armies repeatedly devastated German</p><p align="left">Palatine towns and l e f t many of t h e i r citizens homeless. Under English sponsorship hundreds</p><p align="left">of these German families were encouraged t o s e t t l e i n the Hudson Valley for employment</p><p align="left">in the manufacture of t a r and naval stores. Among those who joined in the great migration</p></font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">w e r e </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Jost Hite and h i s recent bride. The Bonfeld pastor's </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">list </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">of "emigrants from t h i s</font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"> <p align="left">village" includes i n 1709-1710 "Johannes Heyd samt d. Seinen (with his family)" and."Justus</p>Heyd, his son, cum suis (with his family) </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">."2 </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">The Rotterdam embarkation </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">lists </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">include</font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"> <p align="left">"Joost Heyd" i n the f i f t h party of Palatines on <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">a </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ship under the command of Captain W i l l i a mNewton which arrived i n New York in 1 7 1 0 . ~ The Palatine subsistence </font></font></p></font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">lists </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">of New York in</font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"> <p align="left">1710-12 include the name of Johann Jost Hayd. The church records of the Kingston Dutch</p>Reformed Church in Ulster County, </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">New </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">York, </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">list </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">the baptisms of two of his children,</font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"> <p align="left">Elizabeth in 1711 and Madalena i n 1713.</p><p align="left">Dissatisfied with conditions in New York, the Hites with many of the new s e t t l e r s moved</p><p align="left">south into Pennsylvania. In May 1714 H i t e purchased 150 acres on the Shippack River near</p><p align="left">Germantown. H i s f i r s t son, John, the builder o f t h e present house a t Springdale, was born</p>t h a t same year. In 1718 Jost </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">H i t e </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">purchased s i x hundred acres on the Perkimion River where</font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"> <p align="left">he established a g r i s t <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">m i l l . </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">He sold t h i s land i n 1730 for 640 pounds before departing forVirginia. The deed i d e n t i f i e d him as </font></font></p></font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">a </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">weaver and described the sale of a "certain Messuage,</font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">G r i s t </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">M i l l , </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">and Plantation or Tract of Land.. .near Perkioming.. </font></font><font face="Arial" size="5"><font face="Arial" size="5">. </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">"4 It </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">was </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">on August 5, 1731,</font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"> <p align="left">t h a t he acquired the conditional grant of 40,000 acres i n the Shenandoah and thus was launche</p>on his l a s t and g r e a t e s t adventure. The condition required the grantees </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">to </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">s e t t l e within a</font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"> <p align="left">two-year period one family for every thousand acres granted. In October 1731, Hite and h i s</p><p>(See Continuation Sheet <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">#1)</font></font></p></font></font>
Hans Justus Heydt - The Baron of the Shenandoah<li></li><li><div><div><!-- PHOTO --><!-- STORY --><div><p>Hans Justus Heydt, later Americanized to Jost Hite, earned the nickname, the Baron of the Shenandoah. Immigrating to America as a refugee from the Palatinate of the Rhine, Jost earned everything he had through his wits and the sweat of his brow. Speculating on lands west of the Blue Ridge, Jost came to be the single largest private landholder in the Colony of Virginia. Note, Lord Fairfax was the largest individual landholder; however, his holdings were actually the property of groups of investors.<br>In truth, Jost did not rule but acted as an extension of the local Colonial Government, holding court and settling disputes on his vast holdings. In English speaking localities, Jost would have been referred to as Squire. But living in a predominantly German speaking area of Virginia, Jost received the moniker Baron.<br>Hans Justus Heydt was born 12/5/1685 in Bonfeld, the Duchy of Wurttemburg (Germany). Hans Justus grew up in a middleclass family; as his father was a butcher and city councilman. On 11/11/1704 in Bonfeld, the Duchy of Wurttemburg, Hans Justus married Anna Maria Merckle b. 1/16/1686 Bonfeld, the Duchy of Wurttemburg (Germany). Note, Anna Maria may have been his cousin; as his mother is reported to have been Anna Magdelena Merckle.<br>Severe climate and the devastation by the French Army in the Rhineland during the War of Spanish Succession (1704-1705) forced tens of thousands of other ethnic German Protestants to flee. These Palatinates survived a journey down the Rhine River to Rotterdam and a voyage across the English Channel to a temporary haven south of London. [Palatinate Immigration <../History/Palatinate.htm>]<br>On 7/15/1709, Hans Justus migrated with his wife and stepmother, Maria, to England. We know that they were destitute; as they sailed among the fifth party sent by the the Board of Trade from Rotterdam to England. On this list we find Maria Hayd listed as "Head of Household" along with Hans Justus. Did Hans Justus' father and some of the other children die en route from Worms to Rotterdam? On 6/16/1710 Hans Justus and Maria immigrated to New York aboard the Hartwell.<br>Hans Justus and family landed in the vicinity of the West Camp in Kingston, Ulster Co NY. Ostensibly, these new immigrants were to be provisioned by the British Crown, repaying in goods and foodstuffs produced in the future. Notably, settlers of the Mohawk Valley were expected to produce tar for the British Navy. However, inadequate acreage of pine trees from which the tar is produced and, perhaps, an unwillingness by the Palatinates to work in the Pine Tar Industry caused this plan to go bust.<br>History notes that many Palatinates became dissatisfied with conditions in the New York Colony. Being ethnic Germans, many New York Palatinates migrated to the German speaking communities in Pennsylvania. In 1714 Hans Justus is reported to have purchased 150 acres on Skippack Creek in Philadelphia County where daughter Elizabeth was married. <br>Perhaps because of cheaper land, many of these families packed up and moved to Perkiomen Creek, the next valley to the west along the Schuylkill River. On 15 Nov 1718, Jost Hite purchased 600 acres a few miles up Perkiomen Creek for the price of 125 pounds. Here, Jost built a grist mill just outside of present day Schwenksville, Montgomery Co PA.<br>In 1728 inhabitants from the immediate vicinity of "Colebrookdale" petitioned the government of the Pennsylvania Colony for relief from Indian attacks. In the petition, the locales of Falkners Swamp [New Hanover] and Coshapopin [Goshenhoppen/Salford] are mentioned. Falkners Swamp, located at the headwaters of Swamp Creek, and Goshenhoppen are only a few miles from Jost Hite's mill. In the petition, dated 5/10/1728, we find Jost's name Americanized as Yost Hyt.<br>Whether because of dissatisfaction with the Colonial government of Pennsylvania or the urge to pioneer, Jost Hite and family migrated south from Philadelphia Co PA across Maryland to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Having liquidated his properties in Pennsylvania, Jost used his wealth to purchase large tracts of land in Virginia. On 8/5/1731 Jost purchased 40,000 acres from John Van Meter , the noted Indian trader with a requirement from the Colony of Virginia to settle one family per 1,000 acres within two years. And on 10/31/1731, Jost and Robert McKay acquired an additional grant of 100,00 acres with the same requirements.<br>In the fall of 1731, Jost Hite and fifteen other families migrated en mass to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The trip was slow and arduous; as they literally cut the road over which they drove their wagons. Arriving at Opequon Creek in what would become Frederick Co VA, they chose individual tracts on which they settled.<br>These Palatines were not the first Europeans to venture into the Shenandoah Valley; explorers, Indian traders, and missionaries reported venturing into the valley as early as 1632. However, Jost Hite and his group are credited in US History books as the first white settlers west of the Blue Ridge; establishing the first permanent settlement at what would become Winchester, Frederick Co VA.<br>In 1737 Jost and Anna Maria settled at Long Meadow, Frederick Co VA where Anna Maria died in 1739.</p><p> </p></div></div></div></li>
In the early 1700s Jost Hite, an immigrant from Germany, was granted more than 100,000 acres (yes, 100 thousand) in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. A few years later he gave almost 1,000 acres to his son Isaac. Fearing attacks from Indians, Jost and his son Isaac built their home (called Long Meadown) above a fresh water spring in 1738. Instead of attacking, Indians and other travelers were welcomed into their home's large central room. Soon the nickname of "Travelers Hall" was being used. Travelers Hall burned to the ground in 1840 and was replaced in 1845 by a brick home that is now on the National Register of Historical Places. <br><br>The cemetery may have been first used in 1739 when Jost Hite's first wife passed away. There is no stone indicating such. It is also rumored she is buried with her husband in the Old Opequeon Cemetery in Kernstown, Virginia. The oldest headstone is dated 1791 and marks the grave of Isaac Hite Jr's first born, 3 year old James Madison Hite. James Madison was followed by Isaac Hite Sr's wife in 1792 and Isaac Hite Senior himself in 1795. <br><br>Originally, the cemetery was bordered by a stone wall, but that was dismantled to use as the foundation of a large barn in the 1920s. Today, the cemetery is surrounded by a link fence. No longer an active cemetery, it is the final resting place of 17 members of the Hite family as well as 9 unknowns, possibly slaves.
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">In "Immigrant Ancestors" by Frederick <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">Adams</span> <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">Virkus</span> (A List of 2,500 Immigrants to <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">America</span> before 1750). Hite (<span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">Hans</span> <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">Jost</span> <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">Heydt</span>), Joist (d 1760-1761) sailed from Germany in his own ship, the "<span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">Swift</span>." bringing with him 16 families, to <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">Kingston</span>, N.Y., 1710, thence to Germantown, Pa., 1716: was the first white settle in Shenandoah Valley, Va., 1731; obtained grants for 140,000 acres and settle over 100 families there; justice first court of <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">Orange</span> Co.: m 1st Anna Marie, dau. of Louis <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">Du Bois</span>, a <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">Huguenot</span>. My great, great grandfather was John W. Hite born June 13, 1819, I cannot make the link between him and <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">Jost</span> because I do not know who his parents were. He married <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">Prudence</span> M. Roberts June 13, 1838 and they had 15 chilren and somewhere around 1850 they moved to <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">Henry County</span>, <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">Iowa</span>.</span></p>