The Kinnears and their kin; a memorial volume of history, biography, and genealogy, with revolutionary and civil and Spanish war records; including manuscript of RevDavid Kinnear (1840) . ssed in a longblack hood without a bonnet. There was one of thesesolemn symbols of matrimony made of near two yards ofrich Paduasoy, that was lent to be worn on those occa-sions. The straw-plat, called the Bee-hive bonnet, and theblue or green apron were long worn by old women. Thismay serve to give us a mental picture of the dress wornby Rebecca Weir, the mother of Hannah Simpson, and can-not but make us hav
The Kinnears and their kin; a memorial volume of history, biography, and genealogy, with revolutionary and civil and Spanish war records; including manuscript of RevDavid Kinnear (1840) . ssed in a longblack hood without a bonnet. There was one of thesesolemn symbols of matrimony made of near two yards ofrich Paduasoy, that was lent to be worn on those occa-sions. The straw-plat, called the Bee-hive bonnet, and theblue or green apron were long worn by old women. Thismay serve to give us a mental picture of the dress wornby Rebecca Weir, the mother of Hannah Simpson, and can-not but make us have a feeling of regret that we can fur-nish our readers no other likeness of the maternal grand-mother of Ulysses Simpson Grant, but as John Simpsonand Rebecca Weir lived in Philadelphia County (which waslater Montgomery County) the pen picture must serve , and we must be contented to imagine Jean (orJane Simpson) the first cousin of Grants mother as shelooked in her **silk gown much plaited in the back with thefine Holland sleeves and long-armed gloves. The mother-ly face of Hannah Simpson may be seen with that of herdistinguished son among others of the Simpson r lie Li jJ^ \ AND THEIR KIN 331 WEIR FAMILY. 1086. Richard Gardiner was b. in St. Marys County,Maryland, circa. 1650; d. in 1687; was a Justice of theQuorum and County Commissioner, of St. Marys County,Maryland, from 1677 to 1687; Member of the MarylandAssembly, from 1681 to 1687; m. (1st) Elizabeth Hill,dau. of Clement Hill; m. (2nd) Elizabeth Weir, dau. ofMajor John Weir and his wife, Honoria, of RappahannockCounty, Virginia; Honoria Weir afterward marriedGeorge Jones; Maj. John Weir was a Burgess for Rappa-hannock County, Virginia, 1648 to 1660, and 1663-66, hewas commissioned a Capt. of Militia in 1663, and Major in1666. 1087. Richard Gardiner was son of Capt. Luke Gardi-ner; b. in England, 1622; d. in St. Marys County, Mary-land, in 1674; was Burgess for St. Marys County from1660 to 1662 and ag
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