. Historic Virginia homes and churches . KKNMdliK. KKKUEKK KSBllUi KENMORE In the suburbs of Fredericksburg is Kenmore. built byColonel Fielding Lewis (), who married Eliza-beth (familiarly known as Betty), sister of (ieorgeWashington. • For the disconthuits of John luul Frances (Fielding) Lewis,see William and Mary Qitartcrlij, ix, ^(51 ct seq. 304 VIK(iIXIA HOMES AND CHURCHES Colonel Lewis, who was the son of Honorable JohnLewis III (1702-1754) of Warner Hall, GloucesterCounty, and Frant-es Fieldinji^, was a man of prominencein his (lay and duiing the Revolution conducted for theSt
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . KKNMdliK. KKKUEKK KSBllUi KENMORE In the suburbs of Fredericksburg is Kenmore. built byColonel Fielding Lewis (), who married Eliza-beth (familiarly known as Betty), sister of (ieorgeWashington. • For the disconthuits of John luul Frances (Fielding) Lewis,see William and Mary Qitartcrlij, ix, ^(51 ct seq. 304 VIK(iIXIA HOMES AND CHURCHES Colonel Lewis, who was the son of Honorable JohnLewis III (1702-1754) of Warner Hall, GloucesterCounty, and Frant-es Fieldinji^, was a man of prominencein his (lay and duiing the Revolution conducted for theState a nianufactory of arms, at Fredericksburg. His sonLawrence mairied the beautiful Nelly nil-; PARLOR AT KENMORE Later, Kenmore was owned for many years by the well-known family of Gordon. It was, until her death, theproperty and home of ]Mrs. \Villiam Key Howard. Kenmore is especially noted for the beautiful orna-mental plaster work on the ceilings of some of its rooms,said to have been the work of Hessian prisoners duringthe Revolution. MANNSFIELD A short distance below Fredericksburg, on the southside of the Rai^pahannock, may be seen some ruined wallswhich are all that remains of !Mannsfield, originally the Till-: KAITAIIANXOCK AM) POTOMAC 305 home of Mann Page (a iiieinber of the Continental Con-gress) and afterward tlie property of the liernard family/This fine old house was destroyed hy the fire i)f I-ederalguns during the great l)attle. rilK 1 ALLS AXD 1 ALL HILL Franeis Thornton (l(581-post 1738), grandson of Wil-ham Thornton of (iloueester County, first of the family inVirginia, settled in 17()2, at Snow Creek, then in Lssex,
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