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•whose birth is not put down. In the Eev. 's Bible we find the following entries: "James Maury, son of Mathew Maury and Mary Ann, his wife, was born April 8, 1717. (0. S. April 19/ 1717.) "Mary Maury, daughter -of James Walker and Ann, his wife, was born Noveniber 22, 1721. "My dear Mollie and I were married November 11, 1743." These two extracts settle the vexed question of Mrs. James Maury's parentage. Her husband's uncle, Rev. Peter Fontaine, says: "Col. Walker, chief person in the Ohio scheme, is her uncle, and the family record in her Bible, written by her husband, says her father was James Walker." The inference is that Col. Walker had a brother James who was Mrs. Maury's father, although his Is birth is not recorded in the Walker Bible. Family record of Eev. James Maury and Mary, nee Walker, copied by J. S. B. Davison from his Bible: "James Maury, son of Mathew Maury and Mary Ann, his wife, was born April 8, 1717. (0. S. April 19, 1717.) Died June 9, 1760. "Mary Maury, daughter of James Walker and Ann, his wife, •was born Nov. 22, 1724 and departed this life March 20, 1798. . "Leonard James Walker, son of James Walker and Anne, his I wife, was born 1720 in November; died May, 1733. - "My dear Molly and I were married November 11, 1743. 1. "Mathew Maury, son of James Maury and Mary, his wife, was born Sept. 10, 1744. Departed this life May 6, 1801. 2. "James Maury, son of James Maury and his wife, Marv, was born Feb. 3, 1746. Departed this life Feb. 23, 1! 1840. ili 3. "Leonard Maury, son of James Maury and Mary, his wife, was born June 3, 1747. Departed this life 1747. 4. "Anne Maury, daughter of James Maury and Marv? his wife, was born Nov. 16, 1748. Departed this life Jan. 8, 1822. Married Dan. Clayborn, King William Co. • • 5. "Walker Maury, son of James Maury and Mary, his wife, was born July 21, 1752; died Oct. 11, 1788. 6. "Catherine Maury, daughter of James Maury and Mary, his wife, was born July 15, 1751; died July 26, 1786. FAMILIES 301

7. "Elizabeth Maury, daughter of James Maury and Mary, his wife, was bom April 1, 1756. 8. "Abram Maury, son of James Maury and Mary, his wife, was born April 28, 175S. 9. "Fontaine Maury, son of James Maury and Mary, his wife, was born Feb. 3, 1761; died Feb. 1824. 10. "Benjamin Maury, son of James Maury and Mary, his wife, was born Jan. 17, 1763; died Feb. 11. ", son of James Maury and Mary, his wife. was born May 19, 1766; died Jan. 31, 1843. 12. "Matilda Hite Maury, daughter of James Maury and Mary, his wife, was born Oct. 28, 1769; died Nov. 7, 1821. Among the descendants of these thirteen children of the Rev. James Maury and Mary, nee Walker, there is a large number whose lives are worthy of note, but our limited space forbids us to make special mention of any excepting and Gen'l Dabney Herndon Maury. Matthew Maury was the son of Richard Maury (son of Rev. Matthew Maury, second rector of "Old Walker Parish"), - who married (1790) Diana Minor, daughter of Maj. John Minor, of "Topping Castle," in Caroline Co., Ya. When Matthew was about five years old his father moved to and settled near Franklin. His daughter says in his biography, his parents were good and kind, but the day of obedient parents had not then dawned, so early in life young Matthew learn- ed unquestioning obedience. At twelve he had a fall from a tree and was so much injured that his father thought him unfitted for the life of a farmer, so gave him better educational advantages than he would otherwise have received. Matthew determined to enter the navy, but there was some opposition and many obstacles. In 1737 he met with a second accident which at first was thought would incapacitate him for active naval service, but he was finally accepted by the naval authorities. His first book "On Navigation," soon became the text-book of the Navy and won most complimentary notices from the highest nautical authorities in . "Scraps from a Lupky Bag," a scries of papers on naval reform, next attracted attention, and when his identity became known he at once became an authority on naval questions and soon after he was put in charge of .the SOME PROMINENT

Jolm, son of Eev. James Fontaine and Elizabeth. Bourciquot, purchased a commission in the English army, but not liking the service he resigned. He spent some years in America, and accom- panied Gov. Spottswood in his exploring expedition to the Eu- phrates Eiver in 1716, when the Governor took possession of the

JEAN DE LA FONTAINE. country for King George I, of England, and instituted the order of the "Knights of the Golden Horseshoe." John Fontaine was one of his knights. He kept a journal of his stay in America, which is now accepted as reliable history. John Fontaine returned to England and married. Francis Fontaine, son of Rev. James Fontaine and Elizabeth Bourciquot, took his degree of M. A. in Dublin, Ireland, and 389 then studied for orders in the Church of England. The Arch- bishop of Dublin gave him a most complimentary letter to the Bishop of London, from whom he received both Deacon's and Priest's orders. The Bishop of London gave him a letter to the Governor of Virginia, and soon after his marriage he sailed for the Colony and took charge of St. Margaret's Parish in King William Co., Va. While in Cork, Ireland, Mary Anne Fontaine, daughter of Rev. James Fontaine and Elizabeth Bourciquot, met, and, in 1697, married Matthew Maury, a Huguenot exile from Castle Mauron, Gaseony. He was the son of Abram Maury and Marie Feauquereau, also . Mathew Maury and his wife came to Virginia in 1719. She lived but a short time ahd died at Westover Rectory, while on a visit to her brother, Peter Fon- taine. James Maury, eldest son of Mathew Maury and Mary Ann, n6e Fontaine, was ordained in London in 1724 by the Bishop and became first rector of Walker Parish in Albemarle Co., Va. He was also chaplain under Col. in his un- fortunate campaign against Fort Duquesne, now Pittsburg. The Rev. James Maury married (November 11, 1743) Mary Walker, daughter of James Walker, and niece of Dr. , of Castle Hill. Walker Church, now Grace Church, in Walker Parish, was his first and only charge, holding it thirty- five years. He was. much beloved, and his monument, which marks the site of the pulpit of old Walker Church, is still standing. The following inscription is on it, "Sacred to the memory of the Rev. James Maury, first pastor of Walker Parish, born April 8, 1717; died June 9, 1760. This monument was erected by Elizabeth Walker, as a tribute to his piety, learning and worth." Dr. Channing Page and some other genealogists have said the Rev. James Walker, first rector of Old Walker Church, married (in 1773) Elizabeth or Susanna Walker. They are mistaken. In a "Tale of a Huguenot," by Mrs. Ann Maury, she quotes a letter from the Rev. Peter, uncle of Rev. James Maury, in which he says, "he married a niece of Dr. Thomas Walker." This Dr. "Thomas Walker was further identified, as of Castle Hill, in the letter which speaks of him as prominent in "the great Ohio scheme," in which the Rev. James Maury Avas also interested. This Dr. Thomas Walker in the family Bible is accorded but one brother, called John, but he must have had another called James, 3t)S SOME PROMINENT VIRGINIA FAMILIES William Grymes Maury, was born March 29, 1784, Mar- ried Xanny Woolfolk, July, 1808. Penelope Johnston Maury, b. June 3, 1785. Married CHAPTER XIV Robert Peale Polk, attorney-at-law. Matthew F. Maury. b. Sept. .15. K8G. Catherine Ann Maury, was born May 20. 1788. Died in infancy. SLAUGHTER FAMILY. Mrs. Maury died in 1830, at Belle Grove, and was buried at "Long Meadow?/' the Hite burying ground. The coat-of-arnis of the Slaughter family is found on a seal to Bible record of Maj. Isaac Ilitc, of Belle Grove, who married a a bond of William Slaughter, as Sheriff in 1685, examined by the •second time, Ann Tunstall Maury, on the first day of December, editor in Essex County Clerk's office, answering in Burke's 1S03. Issue: ''Landed Gentry," to Slaughter of Counties Gloucester and Wor- 1. '"Ann Maury TTite. was born June 17. 1S05, half after six cester. Anns—A saltire azure. o'clock a. m." (Married Philip "Williams, attorney-at- In the early deeds and records of Virginia wefind th e name of law.) Slaughter, as far back as 1635, when John Slaughter took out •?. Isaac Fontaine Hite. was horn May 7, 1807, half after a patent for land. May 30, 1635. Again we (ind an old will of twelve o'clock p. m." (Married Maria Louise Davison.) Francis Slaughter, taken from certified records now in the State 3. "Mary El tinge Hite, was horn Oct. 2(5, half after eight Library of Virginia. In this quaint old will he speaks of mother- p. m.. 1808." Married J. Smith P». Davison, attorney- in-law, Margaret Upton, to whom ho leaves ten shillings to buy a a t-la w, W i ncheste r.) pair of gloves (presumably mourning gloves) ; to brother-in-law, 4. "Rebecca Grymes Hite, was horn May 12, half after nine Col. Moses Fauntleroy, "my hook entitled, 'Hooker's Ecclesiastical o'clock a. m., 1X10." (Married Eev. John Loder.) Policy"'; wife, Elizabeth, is executrix, and also "friend and loving 5. ""Walker Maury llite. was horn May 12, 1811. at ten biother, Humphrey Booth," to whom he leaves his rapier and o'clock a. in." (Married Mary Eleanor Williams, of mare. And in return Margaret. Upton, March 8, 1655, relict of Culpoper Co., Ya.) Lieut. Col. John Upton, loaves to Francis Slaughter eight hundred 6. "Sarah Macon Clark Hite. was born Xov. 7. 1812. half and fifty acres of land. after seven a. in.'' ( Married Mark Bird, attorney.) Rev. Dr. Philip Slaughter in his "St. Mark's Parish," a book 7. "Penelope Elizabeth Lee Hite. was horn Aug. 14, 1S14, of inestimable value to all seekers of genealogical matter, for half after three a. in." (Married Ealeigh Brook Green, which we all owe to him a debt of thanks, says, "We limit our attorney-at-law, of Culpeper Co.. Ya.) r-otice of the Slaughter family to two brothers, Robert and Francis, 8. "Hugh Holmes Hiie, was born Aug. 10, 1816. half after who were transplanted into St. Mark's Parish early in the eleven o'clock a. m." (Married Ann Eandolph Meade, eighteenth century, as it is not worth while to trace back to the of "Lucky Hit" Clark Co., Ya.) stock from whence they sprang in England." 9. "Cornelius Baldwin Hiie. was born Feb. 25, 1818. at half Robert2 and Francis2 Slaughter were the sons of Robert1 past seven a. m." (Married Elizabeth Augusta Smith, Slaughter and his wife, Frances Anne Jones. They were the first of Winchester.) church wardens of St. Mark's Parish, chosen by the first vestry 10. "Matilda Madison Hite. was horn June 9. 1619, at eleven in 1731. Sr. Mark's Parish, according to Rev. Philip Slaughter, o'clock a. m." (Married Dr. Alexander Davison, of antedated the county by eighteen years. The register of St. Mark's Jefferson City. Mo.) Parish i< the oldest manuscript in Culpeper Co., VH. The parish Maj. Tsaae Hite, of Belle Grove, died November M, 1836. His wife. Aunt1 Tunstal! (Maury) Hite. died Januarv 6. 1851. My.I//. l't;0.\ilXI.\T YWUlMA FAMILIES

Mana-sas. When Gen'I Earl \'jin' Dorn was assigned the com- a very large salary, lie promptly but courteously declined it. mand of tin' I rans-M ississippi Department lie became hi? chief saying he could not conscientiously accept it. of stall'. A I'ler the battle of Klkshorn Tavern, on ihe recommenda- Maj. Gen'I Dabncy Hcrndon Maury. C. S. A., b. ISvJ-J: d. 1!>00. tion of I!en"1 Van Dorm Maury was promoted to Brigadier General. married Anna Hose Mason. At the battle of Tupelo he commanded a division and served as Matthew Maury, son of dames Maury and Mary, nee Walker, rear guard, repelling pursuit. Later, he commanded the centre, at v.as ordained in London to both lVacon's and Priest's orders in the the battle of Corinth, against Uosecrans. and gallantlv assaulted, Church of Kngland. On his return to America, at ihe death of the enemy and drove them from their entrenchments. chasing them his father, the Rev. James "Maury, he became second rector of through the town. Afterward when the southern army retreated Old Walker Church (now Grace), which position lie filled until lie defended the rear, lighting spiritedly at Hatcher's P.ridge. In his death. 1801. November. ISfi? he was promoted Major General and assigned to Walker Maurv. sixth son of Rev. dames Maury, graduated at tin1 command of tlie right wing in the defence of Vick-buru". where William and Mary College, and was the successful competitor for hi again distinguished himself. In April. 18fi3, he was ordered the Botetourt medal, lie studied for orders in the Church of Fng- t-. Knoxville, Tenti. Tie was there only a month when lie was iand and was ordained both Deacon and Priest in London. lie ordered to the command of the Gulf District, where he served ti- returned to Virginia and war- made professor at William and Mary the end of the war. In August, lS(i-l. in spite of an obstinate College in Williamsburg. After some years he became headmaster struggle, the defences of Mobile Bay were taken. In 1SG.5, .Maurv, of a preparatory school attached to the college. In KS<> lie took with a garrison of nine thousand men. defended the citv of Mobile, charge of Old St. Paul's Church, at Norfolk. Va. In against the assaults of Oanby with forty-five thousand men. His yellow fever scourged Norfolk. Mr. Maury sent his wife and losses were heavy and finally he was compelled to return to Meri- children to Orange County, but he remained to minister to the dian. In May. his forces were included in the general capitulation sick and dying. He became one of the fever's latest victims, of Gen"! Richard Taylor. dying October 11. 1TSS. After the death of her husband Mrs. After the close of the war. Gen'I Maury made his home in Rich- Maury remained in Orange Co. and opened a seh ct school for mond. He made many valuable contributions to the history of girls, which she conducted successfully for sev« ral years. IL r the Civil War and in lS(ii) organized the "Southern Historical sons, however, soon went into bu-ines- and her tw.. rM-st daughters Society. In ISIS he was leader in the movement for the organiza- married, leaving only Penelope, the youngest, with her: so she tion of the volunteer troops of the nation and until 18!)0 served yielded to the entreaties of her daughter. Mrs. I-aac Hite. and as a member of the executive committee of the National Guard both came to live at Belle Grove, in Frederick Co.. Va. Here Association of the "Tinted States. In 1S8G he was appointed Fniteil Penelope soon met and married Robert lVale Polk, a lawyer in Siales Minister to Colombia, a position he held until dune. 1SSH. Washington. The Rev. Walker Maury married at William-bur.:. Afterwards he engaged in literary pursuits, being the author of March T. KT<>. Mary, daughter of Ludwell Gryme- and Maty a history of Virginia and several books of fiction. ITe died at the (Sjith) "Dawson. Issue: residence of his son at Peoria. 111., but was buried in Frederick — Mary L. Maurv. was born June L K'T. Married .'•>bn burg. Va. Gen"! Maury was a man of strongest principles. Nothing Hay. Feb. •„»:;. 1;'.»;. could swerve him one hair's breadth from what he considered the dailies W. S. Maurv, h. March I. 1;;«.». path of duly and right. As an instance, in 18!)"), at a time-when Leonard Hill Maury, b. Dec. L Fsn. Married Virginia lie was entirely without means, lit1 was oll'ered the position of one Campbell, dan. '.G. 1S0:1. of the managers of the Louisiana Lottery, made vacant by the Ann Tunstall Maurv. h. Sept. II. Married AI; i .i. death of the incumbent. The position was for life and brought I-aac Hite. of IVlle Grove. Dec. •">.