. Historic Virginia homes and churches . s. They are descended fromMary (1698-1703-4), wife of John ^Mann, by her firstmarriage watli Edmund Berkeley, of Gloucester , bearing arms of John ISiann and Mary, his wife,may still be seen at Timberneek. POWHATANS CHIMXEY Upon the Timl)erneck estate, just across TimberneekCreek, from the homestead, long stood a huge old, mas-sively built, stone chimney. Tradition from so early a datethat the memory of man runneth not to the contrary hasinsisted that here was the site of Werowocomoeo, the favor-ite residence of Powhatan; that here the Princ
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . s. They are descended fromMary (1698-1703-4), wife of John ^Mann, by her firstmarriage watli Edmund Berkeley, of Gloucester , bearing arms of John ISiann and Mary, his wife,may still be seen at Timberneek. POWHATANS CHIMXEY Upon the Timl)erneck estate, just across TimberneekCreek, from the homestead, long stood a huge old, mas-sively built, stone chimney. Tradition from so early a datethat the memory of man runneth not to the contrary hasinsisted that here was the site of Werowocomoeo, the favor-ite residence of Powhatan; that here the Princess Poca- 218 VIRGINIA HOMES AND CHURCHES hoiitas saved the life of Captain John Smith, and that thiscliinmey belonjed to the house which the Enghsh colonistssent Dutchmen to AVerowocomoco to build for the Indianking. The accuracy of this tradition has been lately disputedby some writers, but tlie chimney was evidently of greatage, and was, to say the least, a striking and interestingrelic. Both Bishop ]\Ieade and the historian Campbell. POWHATANS CHIMNEY, TIxMBERNECK CREEK visited it and described it in their works. Campbell says: The chimney stands on an eminence and is conspicuousfrom every quarter of the bay, and itself a monumentalevidence of no inconsiderable import ... In the early daysof the annals of Virginia, Werowocomoco is second onlyto Jamestown in historical and romantic interest; as James-town was the seat of the English settlers, so Werowocomocowas the favorite residence of the Indian monarch, Pow-hatan. He adds, Werowocomoco was a befitting seat TIIK YORK RIVER COUNTRY 219 of the great Chief, overlooking the hay, witli its hohl, pic-turesque, wood-erowued hanks, atul in view of the wide,majestic flood of tlie river, empurpled hy transient cloud-shadows, or tinged with the rosy spleiulor of a summersunset. Bishop Meade, who carefully examined the chimney,was satisfied that it was the one huilt for Powhatan. liesays: The fireplace was 8 feet 4 inches wide, that i
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