. Historic Virginia homes and churches . past. Reverend David Mossom, who came to Virginia fromINIassachusetts, and was rector of the parish for forty years,was hardly ideal, but by way of apology for him. BishopMeade feelingly informs us that he was married fourtimes, and nuieh harassed by his last wife. Contemporaryaccounts hint of outbursts of temper on the part of thismuch-married and much-harassed parstm, especially of a(juarrel with the clerk of the parish, which was carried sofar that one Sunday Mr. Mossom assailed the clerk fromthe pulpit, threatening to give him a ])eating, after whic
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . past. Reverend David Mossom, who came to Virginia fromINIassachusetts, and was rector of the parish for forty years,was hardly ideal, but by way of apology for him. BishopMeade feelingly informs us that he was married fourtimes, and nuieh harassed by his last wife. Contemporaryaccounts hint of outbursts of temper on the part of thismuch-married and much-harassed parstm, especially of a(juarrel with the clerk of the parish, which was carried sofar that one Sunday Mr. Mossom assailed the clerk fromthe pulpit, threatening to give him a ])eating, after whichthe clerk struck back by lining out from his desk the psalmcontaining the following: Witli restless and ungoverned rageWliy do the lieatlien storm?Why in such rash attempts engageAs they can neer perform. CEDAR GROVE An interesting New Kent homestead is Cedar Grove,an old roof-tree of the Christian family. Here President 260 IIOISIES AND CHURCHES John Tyler was married to his first wife, Letitia, daugliterof Rohert c i:i)AR GROVE, NEW KKNT COUNTY PROVIDEXCE FORGE The chief interest of the Providence Forge estate isthat, as its name suggests, it was the site of Colonial iron-works. It first appears upon record as the property ofthe Reverend Charles Jeffrey Smith, , a Presbyterianminister from Long Island, who died about 1770. Hisjiartner was William Holt, of Williamsburg. At the timeof ISIr. Smiths death there was a well-built forge onthe place. ]Mr. Smiths lands were purchased by FrancisJerclone (1720-1771), a Scotchman, who had acquired alarge estate at Yorktown, but who, in 1753, had removedto Louisa County. He died in 1771, and in the VirgimaGazette is spoken of as an eminent merchant, who hadacquired a handsome fortune with the fairest reputation. The estate remained long in the possession of his de-scendants. ^^ Jerdone: Williom ami Mary Quarterly, xi, p. 153 et seq.;xii, 32. THE YORK lUVEll COUNTRY 2G1 Old account l)()oks inentioii bar iron, bro
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