HROUGH HE YEARS Your Family & Mine by Virginia Golden Walgreen Copywright 196'2 Virginia Golden Walgreen Authority and Credits Virginia Valley Records-John Wayland Chalkley's Records T,orrence's Virginia Wills Short History of Page County, Virginia History of Rockingham County-Wayland American Dictionary of Genealogy American Dictionary of Biography Genealogical Quarterly Funk and Wagnall's Encyclopedia American Almanac-1960 County Court Records Virginia Archives Pennsylvania Archives General Services Administration · Stover Genealogy-Bertha E. Hughey Revolutionary War Records-Brumbaugh Virginians in the Revolutionary War-Gwathmay Burke's Peerage-102 Edition Virginia Quaker Records Caroline County-T. J. Cambell Nebraska Historical Library and Lincoln City Library Family Records Orange County Families-Broching Jacob Flora Family of Virginia-]. Cephas Flora Information was obtained from many cousins and other relatives. General Armory: Register of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor-Crozier Armory & Lineages of North America-H. G. Todd General & Heraldic History-]. B. Burke Manuel of Heraldry-F. J. Grant Abbreviations b-born m-married d-died aet-at the time ca-came pr.-prior cr.-created dau.-daughter or daughters O-owned A-acres desc.-descended bap.-baptized twsp.-township wf.-wife :-another generation iii Chapter Name Page I EUROPEAN ROOTS _____________________________________ _ II EARLY AMERICA-------··-­ ------------------- -------------------------- 5 III FLORA --------- --------- -------------------------- --- 15 IV STOVER --------------·--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 V DE BOHUN (BOONE) -------------------------- -------------------------- ---- 58 VI ANDREWS - 72 VII LEE __ -- 92 VIII SAUL-------------­ __ 102 IX ROBERTS _ ------------------------------------------109 X SCHUYLER ------------------- _________________________________ II I XI MONTGOMERY --------------------------------------------------------114 XII TAZEWELL ------------------------------------ ---~-------------------117 XIII STARKEY ---------------------------------------------------------------------119 XIV COLE-EDWARDS____ --- ______ 121 xv CARY --- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------128 XVI LINCOLN --•------------------------------------------------- ______ 130 XVII JACKSON .132 XVIII JEFFERSON ------- _____________________ ------------------------------------- ____ 134 XIX TAYLOR -------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- ____136 XX QUINCY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- _______ l 38 iu INTO THE HERE AND NOW Out of the East, through the misty past Came man, with many of his kind; Bringing lust and greed and love and trust To blaze the way, a home to find. He excelled, and You are what you are. This book is dedicated with love and affection to the memory of little EDITH LENORE TROUT vi FOREWORD T.us BOOK is composed of three parts actually; history, as background for these families; biography as found, and genealogy of various lines as revealed. by a long search and much assistance. The fundamental reason for most, if not all of these_ immigrants making the rather awsome journey from Europe to a new, wild country, was religious rather than economic or political. There were exceptions. But once here, property rights became important and precious. The irrepressible conflict conceived by the very nature of the ordeal of every man wanting and needing ground in a virgin land for his home, made the establishment of detailed records most necessary. These men were a dedicated lot who would not be subservient. They had self-respect and dignity to run the gamut of becoming a self-governing people. A man ob­ served in unscrupulous behavior of any kind was in immediate disfavor and branded as an undesirable citizen of the colony. Slowly and painfully a new nation was brought into being by these men of deep convictions and devout beliefs. By their deeds they autographed their names across this vast land as if they were embroidered on a silken coverlet spread across a great bed. The achievement of each man added to the glory of the accomplishment. Little by little the pattern was formed-a new land adorned by the physical, moral and spiritual struggles. Modest homes were built and maintained; marriages con­ summated, children born-and the country grew. Religion and culture were maintained at a high and acceptable level. Educa­ tional facilities were established immediately. Psychologically, the citizenry became strong. We remind the reader at the beginning of this manu­ script of the early peoples of Western Europe, how they lived and developed and formed their governments; of the explorers, many in number, who touched Western shores. Then comes mention of certain families who came to the newly discovered land and settled here with their families and who lent their time, talents, abilities and names to their new homeland. This record began in my search for an ancestor who fought or aided in the Revolutionary War. I soon learned that some of them were Quakers and the search became quite extend­ ed. However, while looking for a specific kind of record, many other records were found which seemed so interesting that they have been included. And it is my hope that my relatives and friends will appreciate these added details. The lines of descent given here are of my own family and related lines by a common locale or common experience or inter­ marriage. Many names are omitted from the families for ob­ vious reasons; first, that I found no record of them; second, a question of time was involved; and third, I had found two Revolutionary ancestors. My search had been rewarded! The publication of this manuscript will give to posterity a story of their ancestors and some details of their lives which may not have previously been known. Many of the families have been prominent in the settlement and growth of America. Their names, imposing in Colonial times, are well known today. Their attainments glow in the history of the United States of America. The author, of modest means and talents, is, as may be imagined, highly gratified, if, surprised, to find some of the great in the background of her family. British records as well as American were used for the early details. Many hundreds of hours have been given to this work. Here it isl -,Jtjj, Chapter I EUROPEAN ROOTS ROMAN EMPEROR CLAUDIUS subdued the Britons in 43 A. D. and the occupation of 300 years began. Because most of the people whose names appear in this report came from the British Isles, Normany and Switzerland, these notes concerning the early inhabitants are given. Caledonia, or Scotland, to the north of the Forth and Clyde was frequently invaded but never subdued by the Romans. The inhabitants were the Celtic-speaking Picts, who were also found in the southwestern area. In the southeast the population was composed of Britons. At the end of the fifth century the Scots, a Celtic tribe from the north of Ireland, became settlers and by the 8th century the Saxons and Scandinavians had gained con­ siderable power. But the Scots gained in rule, despite the new element and in 843, Kenneth Macalpin became king of the Scots and Picts, with his kingdom known as Alban, covering the area north of the Forth and Clyde. The name Scotland came into existance during the 10th century. The successors of Kenneth extended their power south­ ward. Under Macbeth, who married the English Priricess Mar­ garet, the English language gained ground. His reign of eighteen years was one of peace and prosperity. The Saxons were a Germanic people who first appear after the beginning of the Christian Era. The earliest mention of the Saxons is by Ptolemy in the second century A. D. at which time they appear to have dwelt in what is now Schleswig. In the Jkd and 4th centuries, they pressed southward into the region of the Weser, where they encountered the Chauci and Angrivarii, who were subdued and absorbed. In the 2nd half of the 4th century, we find them breaking into the Roman dominions. By the close of the 6th century all northwest Germany as far east as the Elbe had come to be the land of the Saxons. They invaded Britain perhaps as early as the 3rd century; in the 5th century they occupied the coasts of Normandy. In the 5th and 6th centuries a part of the Saxons passed over into Britain where the Jutes had already established them­ selves and where they were joined by the Angles. At the be­ ginning of the 7th century the Anglo-Saxon conquest of Britain was in a great measure completed. 1 Gallia or Gaul was the Roman name for France. Caesar completed its conquest in 50 B. C. At this time it was occupied by three branches of the Celtic race-the Aquitani, the Celtae, and the Belgae, and was one of the most important portions of the Empire. With the decline of the Roman power in the 5th century it fell under the power of the Visigoths, Bergundians and Franks. In 486 A.D. Clovis put an end to the Roman dominion. Native legends say Ireland was first inhabited by various tribes of which the most important were Nemedians, Formorians, Firbolgs and Tuathe De Danann who eventually were subdued by Milesians or Scots. Although Ireland is mentioned under various names by Greek and Roman writers centuries before Christ, there is little authentic information about its inhabitants before the· 4th century after Christ when, as Scoti, they harried the Roman province of Britain.