71 . L6529| L652x 1913 THE LI IGHAM IVERSirS) PROVO, UIAH Do Mbt v V3 C7>.<'TX^C«. 'jO-I *JC<Xy0^, . GENEALOGY OF THE VIRGINIA FAMILY OF LOMAX "A£ LASSESCE" By one of the teoenth generation in the direct line With references to the Lunsford. Wormeley. Micou. Roy. Corbin. Eltonhead, Tayloe, Plater, Addison. Taskcr. Burford. Wilkinson. Griffin. Cwynn. Lindsay. Payne, Presley, Thornton. Savage. Wellford. Randolph. Isham, Yates, and other prominent families of Virginia and Maryland. CHICAGO RAND McNALLY & CO. 1913 9-29 . a 311 oorvmicBT itu C«. •t H»i«», McNaixt * Chicago / INTRODUCTION the «veD- who in the early part of TM. record ha. to do with familiea. ^eLTnedU En,,., , ^ZZKEZZSS the same tribulations .nd ...in suffer on. ^ „ ehange. ml ^J^« gr«» out ol"^^"J^M Umt.dSt.tes-whieh .lso d_ o. We. prop.,.,-, and attendant loss .no And ...in consequent effaeemenl"^J^TlftSot cut. holder to toiler, the inevitable exodus. the „,hers.ise h.ve been had not tho to this genealogy. records pertinent ^ ^ a^qr THE LIBRARY BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Tvor^rrk UTAH PREFACE XcnerJ Joseph Lomax. Virginia Urn** The author', indebtednc to and W. H. member, of the Loma* famdy. Lindsay Lunsford Umax, other Ubranan of the Sally Nelson Robin, Ass.stant Tayloe a. well a. to Mr,. V..; The Virgmi* Maga*ne. Richmond. Historical Society. Richmond. Virginia M.gazme, College Quarterly Histoncal Va and the William and Mary furnished, u here information and valuable data Williamsburg. Va.. for varied gratefully acknowledged. y INDEX ILLUSTRATIONS Pm* • Description of the Lomax Coat of Arm* . Coat of Arms Crest and Motto • Seal Ring of Sir Thomas Lunsford . .' Sir Thomas Lunsford . Colonel Henry Lunsford ..;.,•••••; The Honorable John Tayloe * Judge John Tayloe Lomax - John Spotswood Wellford .....•.••••••*••••.'•'• Presley Thornton Lomax ......< General Lindsay Lunsford Lomax Spotswood Wellford Lomax .....-• •• Edward Lloyd Lomax, Sr Edward Lloyd Lomax. Jr • CONTENTS ra«» CHAPTF.R 1. Origin. Name, and Family . of Lomax 11. Genealogy of the Virginia Family '..*"' *• " |U Extracts from a Family Bible . of North Shields. Northumberland County. IV. Sketches of the Reverend John Lomax 1912 27 England, and Some of His Descendants from 1637 to Lunsford. Micou. Roy. Corbin. Eltonhead. V. Mention of the Families of Wormeley. Tasker. Griffin. Cwynn. Thornton. Tayloe. Plater. Burford. Wilkinson. Addison. Isham. and YaU» ^6 Savage. Presley. Lindsay. Payne. Wellford. Randolph. ... • VI. Sketch of Sir Thomas Lunsford . VII. Sketch of the Honorable John Tayloe Manor VIII. Old Octagon House and the Old Menokin IX. Fredericksburg, Virginia X. Rose Gill ' Micou XI. Northumberland House. Mount Airy, and Port 76 — XII. Port Tobago YESTERDAY. TODAY AND FOREVER To those of the family who have gone before ; to those who still tarry, and to those who are to follow, this volume is most affectionately dedicated. 10 The Lom«» Co»t-oTArtn» 11 [ mXK LASSESCK" The Lomax Crest Description of Creit : Out of • mural crown. « demi-lion gules, lioldiof . prison or. Motto: "Ne Laasesce." Translation: "Never Loae Heart.** 12 Sir Thorn** IWonl F«c-«imile of Lun.ford coal of »rmi on m1 rinf of i» now ia which ring U some three hundred year* old and possession of General Lindtay Lun«ford If/Z 13 CHAPTER I Origin, Name, and Family English family of Lomax. who obtained The Virginia family is descended from the called) County. England, in the early pa foothold in Lancashire (or Lancaster as it is now generations the family lived and prospered there. I of the fifteenth century. For several Harwood. in Lancashire County, u family seat stood in the parish of Bolton. Township of the head of the family was known as Lomax of Harwood. Suffolk County; another bra* Later a branch of the family took up its residence in Eye in County. England, and they also grew and pro of the family lived in St. AlbanV in Hertford of Clayton Hall. Lomax of Eye. at pered. They were known as Lomax of Harwood. Lomax Lomax of Childwickbury. England, and the tradition handed dov The name Lomax was foreign when it first came to Huguenots and fled from France to England from generation to generation is that they were to be "Le Meaux and t escape persecution. This tradition represented the French name in England bore the French christian name first English Lomax of whom there is a record County, born in 1427. Laurent. He was Laurent Lomax of Bolton Parish in Lancashire other word or words, and its dem The word Lomax is evidently a contraction of some tion is differently stated. the possession of running wa The French name "Lc Mcaux," it is said, originally signified the words "Mcs Caux." which means "t or springs; the word "Mcaux" being a contraction of water. The pronunciation of I waters"; the prefix "Lc" signifies the particular possessor of "leh" also pronounced "lo" in some of the Fren French word "Le" is the same as though spelled provinces. running water on or through In the early days, a man who had a natural spring or a man either by hi* personal pe land was considered fortunate, and it was the custom to name liaritics or his possessions. Vicar of St. Johns. Trian, Another statement is made by the Reverend J. H. Lomax. thinks that the name is derived fr Halifax. England. He has made a study of the subject, and borne out by the opinion of L» the two Latin words "Leo" and "Maximus." This claim was scholars, to whom the matter was referred. that their progemt There was another tradition of the French family of "Le Meaux"; Italy, to France, and sett were members of the Lomazzo family and came from Lombardy. to-day an important town by there is i in the neighborhood of Paris, on the River Marne. and on the River Marne. formerly the el name of "Meaux" some twenty-eight miles east of Paris, that members of the Lomazzo fan town of Haut Brie. There are others, however, who claim the spelling of the chnsl of Lombardy. Italy, migrated direct to Lancashire. England. Still French— Laurent, though afterwi name of the first generations of the English family is purely the use of this name Laui anglicized into Lawrent. and later into Lawrence. So the fact of indicates French ancestry of the English family. Most of the English fax The pronunciation of the name differs in different countries. 15 I "lom«"; while many pronounce the name 'WW' accent on the , th. Virginia family "lo-max." accent on the "ma*.** , r, pronounce it ProfeMOr "lum-.l. aeem. to have led the late Profe-or Another English pronunciation of the name ancient Galfridu. del Lumhalghes and other, of that name, ,mi, of Yale College, to think that Unca.hirc. England, were of the Umax family. klholder. in the m.nor of Bury. Loomis family, regards the Loom,, and the Lomax Professor Loomis. in hi, genealogy of the of Umbardy. Italy. He same, both coming from the Umazzo family .ilies .s originally the Uma. family from Lombardy into Spain and makes their name , ed members of the Umazzo the United States. He examined the directorie* pain and the same in England, and -Loomis" in , England London. Sheffield. Birmingham. Bristol, and Leed. ,n Clown, of Manchester. Liverpool. found that: , ,, . -r-i I Umax ,, occurred 66 time.. The The name "LomH" occurred 139 time.. The name "Lummis" occurred 3 time.. Hie name he "Loomes" occurred 3 times. The name time.. times. The name "Lowma." occurred 2 ! x>ms" occurred 2 the name may be summed up as follow.: Lomazzo The different spellings and pronunciations of (Umas); Lomax (Lome-mux); Meaux (Leh Moh); Lumhalghe. (Lumals); Loma. !,maso) : Le (Loom.). lomis (Loomis): Loome. (Loomme.). and Loom. Mr. Joseph Lomax *ay» : name in Spain, and the " all matter, relating to the Lomas I am inclined to throw back to the traditional stone, of the Imhalghe. families in England, overboard, and fall members of the Lomazzo family came Lth Carol.n. branch of the family, and conclude that descendants. Laurent Lomax. came from m Lombardy to France: after which one of its the ancestor of all English Umaxe.. ance to Lancashire. England, and that he i. born about AD. M27. and his descend- •The name of Laurent Lomax. of Lancashire, continuous succession of the L-o-m-a-x orthography t. down to the present time, shows a of the family used the orthography Lomas; the name -466 year.. If tome member, are simply exceptional cases." imez. Lummis. del Lumhalghcs. etc.. they is made in the manuscript volume Reference regarding the geneclogy of the English family Harle.an entitled "Pedigrees and Arms of Suffolk Families. .Lined in the British Museum, 1449." page 110 b of this manuscript ..found a record of Election of Manuscripts. No. On his descendants, including children, grandehil- laurent Lomax born in Lancaster, with names of Lawrent and John Lomax. of arms. 1 1 concludes with en. and great-grandchildren, and his coat heat-grandchildren. , . Lomaxes surnamed Lawrent. The above record includes four generations of English-born Lawrent Lomax his father The Reverend John Lomax of North Shields was a grandson of this who was bom about 1591 and was later bailiff ring Laurence Lomax (son of Lawrent Lomax) I in Suffolk. • • / Eye. , i w -i progenitor of the Virginia amiiy This Reverend John Umax of North Shields. England, is the and Silenced an extract from C.lamys History of Ejected If Umaxe. and is mentioned in and on leaving the University lived Lusters. He was a M. A. of Emanuel College. Cambridge, (of Charles II) of Wooler. After the restoration it Newcastle and afterwards became Rector Uniformity, he chose to leave the place Ether than comply with the requirements of the Bill of he practiced physic and surgery and Ind removed with his family to North Shields (where buried there.