. A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory . J. H. WILBURN Grandson of the Settler. The Christian Family. 395 THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY. This family came from the Isle of Man, and as early as 1732Gilbert Christian, with his family, removed from Pennsylvania,where they lived in 1726, to a point near where Staunton, Vir-ginia, now stands, and on a creek to which they gave theirname. The family of Gilbert Christian, which consisted of him-self, wife, three sons, John, Eobert, William, and a daughter,Mary, became near neighbors of the celebrated Lewis family. Captain Israel Ch
. A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory . J. H. WILBURN Grandson of the Settler. The Christian Family. 395 THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY. This family came from the Isle of Man, and as early as 1732Gilbert Christian, with his family, removed from Pennsylvania,where they lived in 1726, to a point near where Staunton, Vir-ginia, now stands, and on a creek to which they gave theirname. The family of Gilbert Christian, which consisted of him-self, wife, three sons, John, Eobert, William, and a daughter,Mary, became near neighbors of the celebrated Lewis family. Captain Israel Christian settled in the Valley in 1740, wherehe married Miss Elizabeth Starke; removing later to what isnow Botetourt County, he gave the land for the town of Fin-castle, and still later he came across the Alleghanies, and set-tled on the New River, near Ingles ferry. The town of Chris-tiansburg was named from him. His son, Colonel William, wasborn near Staunton, in 1713; he married Anne, a sister ofPatrick Henry. He was long a prominent figure on the border;represen
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