William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine . : John James and his wife,Justina (Thruston) came to Virginia (James City Co.) 1713; butthe genealogical chain is incomplete. Bishop Meade (p. 259) men-tions John James and Ann Strother, his wife, of Stafford, their son,Hon. Benj. James and the latters daughter, Susan Washington James,who was born in Stafford in 1804. Among the descendants of the three Gregory sisters who marriedThorntons, a number of girls were named Mildred after their mother,Mildred Washington. All of these were related to the Taliaferrosand Battailes, and the writer
William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine . : John James and his wife,Justina (Thruston) came to Virginia (James City Co.) 1713; butthe genealogical chain is incomplete. Bishop Meade (p. 259) men-tions John James and Ann Strother, his wife, of Stafford, their son,Hon. Benj. James and the latters daughter, Susan Washington James,who was born in Stafford in 1804. Among the descendants of the three Gregory sisters who marriedThorntons, a number of girls were named Mildred after their mother,Mildred Washington. All of these were related to the Taliaferrosand Battailes, and the writer has a feeling that Mrs. Mildred Jameswas one of these, but, which one? 3iNicholas Taliaferros mother died at his birth; the only motherhe ever knew was Elizabeth, whom family tradition credits withbeing a mother indeed. Her father, Francis Taliaferro, was theson of Lawrence and Sarah (Thornton) Taliaferro, the daughter ofCol. Francis Thornton first and Alice Savage. Lawrence Taliaferroand his brother John had patented large tracts of land in the neigh*. NEWINGTONThe Older Portion Built Before 1750
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