Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . yconnections ramified into ameshed and interwoven con-sanguinity that held the in-terest of neighborhoods, andthrough them of all the Do-minion, bound to commonaspiration and to commoninterest. The unification ofnewer and less directly de-scended states has been apolitical or material advance;that of the Mother Virginiahas been, time out of mind,one of pride and heredita-ment. Kentucky, Alabama,Tennessee and many of the later states owe theirbest blood to the colonial families of the James-town era. The Taylors, Raouls, Breckinridges, Maurysand Tylers, no
Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . yconnections ramified into ameshed and interwoven con-sanguinity that held the in-terest of neighborhoods, andthrough them of all the Do-minion, bound to commonaspiration and to commoninterest. The unification ofnewer and less directly de-scended states has been apolitical or material advance;that of the Mother Virginiahas been, time out of mind,one of pride and heredita-ment. Kentucky, Alabama,Tennessee and many of the later states owe theirbest blood to the colonial families of the James-town era. The Taylors, Raouls, Breckinridges, Maurysand Tylers, noted and useful in the upbuilding and pub-licism of the younger federated sisters, sprang from thelords of the sacred soil. It is hard to overestimate the influence of a great andstrongly seated family connected with a dozen similar onesand all holding one common point of view and action. Take,as instance, the Randolphs. Their influence in their statehas been direct and collateral. William Randolph came over in 1674 and settled on vast. SECRETARY GEORGE W. RANDOLPH 22 BELLES, BEAUX AND BEAIJSS OF THE SIXTIES estates for which he had obtained patents, those on TurkeyIsland alone, where lie made the family seat, reaching some75,000 acres. He married Mary, daughter of Henry andCatherine Isham, of Bermuda Hundred, just across theJames. Their seven sons and three daughters married intomost of the families then founding social dynasties. William,of Turkey Island, married Miss Beverly, of Gloucester;Thomas, of Tuckahoe, Miss Flemming; Isham, of Dungeness,Miss Rojers, an English heiress; Richard, of Curls, MissBoiling, a direct descendant of Pocahontas; and Sir JohnRandolph, the sixth son, Miss Beverly, the sister of Williamswife; the last brother, Edward, wedding another Englishheiress. Two of the three sisters chose Reverend Yatessbrothers, the third marrying William Stith. She becamethe mother of Reverend Dr. Stith who was the his-torian of Virginia and later president of William and
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