Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography

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Langhorne. The ancient family of Langhorne came originally from Pembrokeshire, Wales. The arms of the family are: Gules three lions' heads erased or. The crest: A lion's head erased or. Motto: Ostentare jugulum pre capite alterius.
Fenton, in his county history of that shire, says: "The Langhornes were enriched by marriage with the Heiress of Lord de St. Bride * * * The house at St. Bridge's formed at one time the side of a quadrangle enclosed by a high embattled wall with a walk round the top * * * The ocean washes the walls of the enclosure, and nowhere are to be found remains of greater consequence, the episcopal palaces and castles excepted."
As far back as the middle of the fourteenth century there is record of an Owen Lacharn, of St. Bride's, espousing Elizabeth O'Brien, granddaughter of Sir Guy O'Brien (or de Brienne), (See Boswell's "Ruins and Ancient Buildings in England and Wales," vol. ii). She brought to him as her marriage portion Abercoran Castle with all its demesnes. He gave it his name then spelled Ta Lacharn (the ancient form of Langhorne), which it has retained ever since. It remained in the possession of the family for several succeeding generations. This castle, even then, of great antiquity, was erected long before the Norman conquest and belonged tot he princes of South Wales. Here Henry II. kept his Easter on his return from Ireland in 1172, and made his peace with his host Prince Rhys of Dynevor. Through the daughter of this prince it passed to Sir Guido O'Brian (variously spelled de Brienne, Brion, Bryan, etc.) who died in 1390. Sir Guido O'Brian was fifty-seventh knight of the Garter, lord high admiral of England in the reign of Edward III. He also inherited the barony of Ta Lacharn. He married Elizabeth, daughter of William de Monacute, earl of Salisbury, and their eldest son Guy dying without male heir Abercoran Castle with Rock Castle passed to his two daughters, Philippa and Elizabeth. The following pedigree is complied from a genealogy at the Herald's College, London. In it is a reference to an older Lacharn pedigree, which most likely connects Richard Lacharn with Owen Lacharn, of St. Bride's.
(I) Richard Lacharn, the first known ancestor of the line here under consideration, married Joan, daughter of Sir Peter Russell, knight. Son, Thomas of whom further.
(II) Thomas Lacharn, of St. Bride's House, son of Richard and Joan (Russell) Lacharn, married Joan, daughter of Philip Crabhole. Son, Philip, of whom further.
(III) Philip Lacharn, of St. Bride's House, son of Thomas and Joan (Crabhole) Lacharn, married Elizabeth, daughter of John Russell. Son, Thomas, of whom further.
(IV) Thomas (2) Lacharn, of St. Bride's House, son of Philip and Elizabeth (Russell) Lacharn, married Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Eliot. Son, David, of whom further.
(V) David Lacharn, of St. Bride's House, son of Thomas (2) and Elizabeth (Eliot) Lacharn, married Jenet, daughter of Sir John Wogan. Son, Owen, of whom further.
(VI) Owen Lacharn, of St. Bride's House, son of David and Jenet (Wogan) Lacharn, married Catherine, daughter of Henry Wiriot. Son, Francis, of whom further.
(VII) Francis Lacharn, of St. Bride's House, son of Owen and Catherine (Wiriot) Lacharn, was high sheriff of Pembrokeshire, Wales, from 1568 to 1578. He married Jenet, daughter of John Phes. Son, Rowland, of whom further.
(VIII) Rowland Lacharn, of St. Bride's House, son of Francis and Jenet (Phes) Lacharn, served as high sheriff in 1586. He married Lettice, daughter of Sir John Perrot. Son, John, of whom further.
(IX) John Lacharn, of St. Bride's House, son of Rowland and Lettice (Perrot) Lacharn, served as high sheriff in 1630. He married Jenet, daughter of Sir Hugh Owen, of Orielton, knight. Children: 1. Daughter, married Thomas Barlow, of Raspool. 2. Rowland, of St. Brides's, married Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Button, knight; Major-General Rowland Lacharn, of St. Bride's, son of Rowland Lacharn, of St. Bride's, was in command of Charles II. forces in South Wales (see Mrs. Hutchinson's memoirs of her husband, Colonel Hutchinson, and Carlyle's Oliver Cromwell under Laughern, one of the various Welsh spellings of Lavgharne, Langharne, Langhorne); he married Theosia, daughter of Sir Xphor Wray, of Ashby, in Com. Lincoln, Bart. 3. Margaret, married William Bowen. 4. Thomas, a lieutenant-colonel shot by order of Cromwell at Carrick Fergus in Ireland. 5. Hugh. 6. Francis, of whom further.
(X) Francis (2) Lacharn, son of John and Jenet (Owen) Lacharn, married Lettice, daughter and heiress of James Vychan, of Pont Vaen. Children: 1.Vaughan. 2. John, of whom further. 3. James. 4. A daughter, married (first) William Tucker, (second) John Wogan.
(XI) John (2) Lacharn, of Langhorne, son of Francis (2) and Lettice (Vychan) Lacharn, emigrated to America some time between the years 1672 and 1675, as we find him serving as a lieutenant in the King's army in Ireland in the former year and a member of the house of burgesses of Virginia in the latter year. He patented, September 11, 1681, a tract of nineteen hundred and ninety acres on the James river in Warwick county, Virginia, which had been previously purchased by him in 1675-76. He was captain of horse in Warwick in 1680, and his estate was called "Gambell." He was appointed with Colonel William Byrd and Colonel Beverley to fortify the three main rivers of Virginia. The name of his wife has not been preserved, but he is known to have had one son, John, of whom further. During Colonial times the Langhornes used the coat-of-arms of the Pembrokeshire Langhornes.
(XII) John (3) Langhorne, son of Captain John (2) Lacharn, or Langhorne, is said to have been born at sea during the passage to America. He served as high sheriff of Warwick county, Virginia, in 1727-28. He married Anne, daughter of Armiger Wade. Son, John, of whom further.
(XIII) John (4) Langhorne, son of John (3) and Anne (Wade) Langhorne, was born, presumably about 1700. He served as justice of the peace in 1726, burgess in 1746, and presiding justice of Warwick from 1749 to 1762, and sheriff in 1751-55. He married Mary ———, thought to have been a descendant of the Beverleys. He and his wife resided at "Gambell." Children: 1. Maurice, of whom further. William, of whom further.
(XIV) Major Maurice Langhorne, elder son of John (4) and Mary Langhorne, was born about 1720, died 1791. He was justice of the peace for Warwick in 1750-60; justice of the peace for Cumberland county in 1760, and a member of the committee of safety for the same county in 1775-76. He married twice and his descendants were given in Mackenzie's "Colonial Families," with the exception of those of his son, Beverley (who was a son of the first marriage), as follows; (Note: In vol. ii, of Mackenzie's "Colonial Families," he is erroneously said to be the younger son. This publication is designed to supplement some unavoidable errors in that one. Most of the dates and facts concerning the colonial Langhornes are taken from letters and a genealogy presented to a member of the family by Wilson Miles Cary, Esq. of Baltimore, Maryland. All old papers of the family under consideration were destroyed about one hundred years ago when "Gambell" was burned). Beverley Langhorne married Susan Woodson, daughter of Miller Woodson (clerk of Cumberland, 1781-1830) and his wife, Mary de (Graffenreid) Woodson, who was the daughter of Baron Christopher de Graffenreid, of Berne and New Berne, North Carolina. Issue: a. Beverley, married Susan Taylor, a sister of Judge Samuel Taylor and of Mrs. Blake Baker Woodson, no issue; Blake Baker Woodson was a brother of Susan Woodson, who married Beverley Langhorne, the elder; two of his sisters married Judge Samuel Taylor, namely: Sarah and Martha Woodson. b. John Trotter, emigrated to Texas about 1840. c. Maurice. d. Alexander, born in Cumberland county, Virginia, September, 1808, died in 1852; married, in 1830, Susan Muse O'Mohundro, and moved to Philadelphia; issue: aa. Maria Louise, married William M. Reed, fur children: Henry Langhorne; Morton Wales, Lindsay Marion, William Gibson. bb. Mary Susan, married William Gibson, five children: John A.,Frances B. Barksdale, Gibson, s.p., Milton Cary, Robert T., William T. dd. Emma, died unmarried. ee. Ann Eliza, died unmarried. ff. William Beverley, born March, 1848, died February 28, 1907, married, October 3, 1870, Sarah Ann Corless, six children: Isetta Wade, died unmarried, William Beverley, born March 17, 1875, Mabel Grace, born August 16, 1878, Harry Morton, born January 24, 1881, Milton Cary, born December 4, 1884, Stella May, born October 20, 1887. gg. George Thomas, born October 27, 1851. e. Creed Taylor, born August 8, 1816, in Cumberland county, Virginia, married Lucy Harriet Jeter, of Green county, Kentucky; issue: aa. William Anderson. bb. Albertus Taylor, married Barbara Elizabeth Nieman. cc. Woodson Allen, born January 2, 1849.dd. John Ludwell, ee. Cary Miller. Beverley and Susan (Woodson) Langhorne had also six daughters of whom no record can be gotten.
(XIV) Major William Langhorne, of "Gambell," Warwick county, Virginia, youngest son of John (4) and Mary Langhorne, was born at "Gambell." He served as burgess from Warwick county in 1772-74; member of the committee of safety for Warwick county in 1775-76; member of the convention of 1775; deputy sheriff, 1757; justice, 1759-62. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Henry Scarsbrook. She and her brother, John Scarsbrook, who died unmarried, were the last of their name in Virginia. The name is variously spelled; the emigrant spelled it Scarisbricke. Children: 1. Judith, married Colonel John Travis. 2. William, justice of the peace, 1785, delegate to the convention in 1789. 3. Lockey, married Colonel Wilson Curle, of "Pasteurs," Elizabeth City county, Virginia, eldest son of Hon. William Roscoe Wilson Curle, judge of the admiralty court; she died in 1848. 4. Martha Cary, married (first) John Crafford, (second) Robert Hall Waller, of Williamsburg, Virginia; no issue. 5. Anne, married ——— Best; no issue. 6. John Scarsbrook, of whom further. 7. Sarah, married (first) Captain Digges, of Denbigh; (second) Captain Middleton, United States navy. 8. Maurice, born January 22, 1769, died May 21, 1816; married, September 25, 1794, Martha Holladay, daughter of Joseph and Patience Holladay, of "Indian Friloes," Nansemond county, Virginia.
(XV) Major John Scarsbrook Langhorne, son of Major William and Elizabeth (Scarsbrook) Langhorne, was born April 10, 1760, at "Gambell," died in 1796. He was justice of the peace in 1785. He served in the revolutionary war as captain, and in 1783 was commissioned major of militia, his commission being signed by Patrick Henry, governor of Virginia. He married, October 16, 1782, Elizabeth, daughter of Major Maurice Langhorne. Children: 1. William, born October 6, 1783, at "Gambell," lived in Roanoke county, Virginia; married, February 26, 1810, Catherine Calloway, daughter of Colonel James Calloway; children: Mary Elizabeth, born December, 1811, married George P. Tayloe; James Calloway; Catherine, married (first) Rev. Mr. Blaine, (second) Francis Thorpe Reid, M. D.; John Miller, M. D., married Lucy, daughter of Colonel Henry Lea, of Alabama. 2. Samuel, born December 16, 1785, s. p. 3. Maurice, of whom further. 4. John Scarsbrook, born December 16, 1788, killed by a fall in childhood. 5. Henry scarsbrook, of whom further.
(XVI) Colonel Maurice Langhorne, son of Major John Scarsbrook and Elizabeth (Langhorne) Langhorne, was born September 17, 1787, died in 1865. He served as lieutenant in Cumberland county, Virginia. He married (first) Elizabeth, daughter of Major Archer Allen, of "Mountain View," major in revolutionary war. Married (second) Elizabeth Cabell, widow of Edward Cabell. Children by first wife: 1. John Archer, married Margaret, daughter of Jacob Kent, of "Edgehill;" children: James Henry, adjutant of Fourth Virginia Regiment, Confederate States army; Elizabeth Allen, married John Meen Payne; Jacob Kent, killed in battle of brandy Station, June 9, 1863; Maurice Daniel, served in Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets at battle of New Market, 1861, married Margaret Cloyd Kent; John William, married Alice Vickery; Margaret, married William Munford Ellis; Mary Buford, married David McNutt Cloyd, of Pulaski. 2. Elizabeth, married Anderson Harrison Armistead. 3. James Maurice, married Emmeline Norvell; children: Anne Norvell, married William Nelson Wellford; Elizabeth Cary, married Warren Sydenham; Maurice Norvell, married Jane Rolf McIndoe. 4. Sarah Cary, died unmarried. 5. Mary, married James R. Caskie; no issue. 6. William Henry, married Mary Epes, daughter of Colin Buckner. 7. Maurice Scarsbrook, of whom further. 8. Daniel Allen, of whom further. 9. Samuel Elliott, died s. p. 10. Emma Epes, died early.
(XVI) Henry Scarsbrook Langhorne, fifth son of Major John Scarsbrook and Elizabeth (Langhorne) Langhorne, was born at "Gambell," November 3, 1790. He married (first) Frances Steptoe, daughter of James Steptoe, of Federal Hill; married (second) Anne Scott, daughter of Charles A. Scott, of "Retirement," Buckingham county, Virginia. Issue by first marriage: 1. John Scarsbrook, major of the Wise Troop, Confederate States army; married Elizabeth, daughter of Chiswell Dabney. 2. William Maurice, s. p. 3. Elizabeth, married James Calloway Hunt. 4. James Steptoe, married Elizabeth O'Mohundro. 5. Henry Scarsbrook, s. p. 6. Sarah Massie, died unmarried. 7. Thomas Nelson, married Orra, daughter of Colonel Algernon Sidney Gray, s. p. 8. Frances Steptoe, died unmarried. Issue of second marriage. 9. Charles Scott, married Katherine Page, daughter of Robert Page Waller, M. C. 10. Edward Alexander, lieutenant in Confederate States army, died in service; married his cousin, Anne Armistead. 11. Anne Scott, married her cousin, Colonel Maurice S. Langhorne, she being his third wife. 12. Mary. 13. George Washington, married Anne Armistead, the relict of Edward Alexander Langhorne.
(XVII) Maurice Scarsbrook Langhorne, son of Colonel Maurice and Elizabeth (Allen) Langhorne, was colonel of the Eleventh Virginia Regiment, and a justice of the peace for Campbell county before the law of electing them was passed. He was born in Cumberland county, Virginia, March 27, 1823, and died in Lynchburg, Virginia, March 27, 1908. He married (first) Anne Maria, daughter of General David Rodes. He married (second) Elizabeth Giles, daughter of Caspar Wistar Morris, of "Magnolia," Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania. He married (third) Anne Scott, daughter of Henry S. Langhorne; no issue. Issue by first marriage: 1. Son, died in infancy. 2. Maurice, died s. p. Issue by second marriage: 3. Sarah Morris, married Charles Edward Heald. 4. Caspar Wistar, married Lou Belle, daughter of William Sylvanus Morris, M. D., of Williamsburg, Virginia. 5. Lydia Eliza, married George Peyton Craighill. 6. Elizabeth Giles, married George Hough Appleton. 7. Helen, married Arthur Temple Powell. 8. Anne Isabel, married William Averett McKenney, M. D. 9. Jacob Giles Morris, married Margaret Blanche, daughter of George David Walker and Martha Lewis (Ramsay) Manning; issue, one son, died in infancy. 10. Emmeline Virginia, married James Clinton Kinnier.
(XVII) Daniel Allen Langhorne, M. D., son of Colonel Maurice and Elizabeth (Allen) Langhorne, was lieutenant of Company C, Confederate States army. He married (first) Sarah Wistar Morris, of Philadelphia. He married (second) Virginia Preston Kent. Issue, an only son, Maurice, who died in childhood.

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George Kimbrough Sims, M. D. Dr. Sims' profession is that of his father Dr. Frederick Hezekiah Sims, of Louisa county, Virginia, that place long the home of the Sims family and the birthplace of Dr. George Kimbrough Sims, a well-known member of the medical fraternity of Richmond. For two years, from 1896 to 1898, Dr. Sims first made Richmond the scene of his professional labors, and upon the outbreak of war with Spain volunteered for service and became a surgeon in the army, serving in Hawaii and the Philippines with the rank of captain of volunteers. After army service of five years, Dr. Sims returned to Richmond, where he has since 1903 continued in successful professional activity. Descendant of an old Louisa county, where he lived to an advanced age. Hezekiah Sims was the father of three children, Frances, married James B. Shelton, and resided in Louisa b; Dr. Frederick Hezekiah, of whom further; Thomasia, married T. C. Anderson, and died in Kentucky.
Dr. Frederick Hezekiah Sims, son of Hezekiah Sims, was born in Louisa county, Virginia, in 1833, and died in 1885, having passed his entire years in medical practice in the county of his birth. He was a physician of high professional standing, esteemed as a man and a citizen, and filled the years of his life with useful labors. He married Maria Louisa Kimbrough, born in Louisa county, Virginia, in 1839, died in 1903, daughter of Captain Charles Yancy Kimbrough. Captain Charles Yancy Kimbrough was born in Louisa county, Virginia, followed agriculture, represented his district in the Virginia legislature, and was one of the organizers of the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad, and early president of the road from which that grew, the Louisa railroad, whose operations were confined to Virginia. His wife was a Miss Potty, a native of Louisa county, and they were the parents of: Ella, married Matthew Anderson, and resided in Hanover county, Virginia; George, a physician; Charles, a farmer; Caroline, married a Mr. Harris; Maria Louisa, of previous mention, married Dr. Frederick Hezekiah Sims. Children of Dr. Frederick Hezekiah Sims and his wife, Maria Louisa (Kimbrough) Sims: John H., died aged thirty years; Frederick Wilmer, born in 1862, a lawyer, formerly county judge and state senator, resides at Louisa Court House; Dr. George Kimbrough, of whom further; Mary Yancy, married Samuel M. Harris, of Richmond, Virginia; Ella Kimbrough, unmarried, a stenographer of Richmond; Carrie Louise, married Wylie H. Hubbard, of Buckingham Court House, clerk of court of Buckingham county; and one child who died in infancy.
Dr. George Kimbrough Sims, son of Dr. Frederick Hezekiah and Maria Louisa (Kimbrough) Sims, was born in Louisa county, Virginia, March 18, 1865, and as a youth was his father's assistant on the home estate. His duties comprised farming, storekeeping, collecting, and the management of a saw mill and an oil distillery, and at the same time he attended the graded schools near his home, after becoming a student in the Virginia Military Institute. In 1886 he became a telegraph operator in the employ of the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad, and he was afterward a train dispatcher with this same road and the Norfolk & Western. He subsequently entered the medical department of the University of Virginia, and in 1894 took the degree M. D. from that institution, and for one year after graduation engaged in practice in Lowmoor, Virginia. After post-graduate studies in New York Polyclinic Institute, Dr. Sims came to Richmond, and from 1896 to 1898 was here actively engaged in practice. In the latter year he volunteered for service in the United States army in the campaign against Spain, and was detailed for duty in the Pacific, serving in Hawaii and the Philippines, in the capacity of assistant surgeon, ranking as captain of volunteers. The war over, he remained in the service until 1903, then returned to Richmond and resumed his interrupted practice.
Dr. Sims is a physician whose talents and labors have been rewarded with success and high professional honors. For many years he was associated with the adjunct faculty of the surgical clinic of the University College of Medicine, and has achieved worthy position among his professional brethren. His experience in the army camps and hospitals of the Pacific and the United States is a noteworthy chapter in his professional life, while in Richmond he is favored with a large clientele. Dr. Sims is a member of the leading medicine societies, is a Democratic sympathizer, and is a communicant of the Christian church. Dr. Sims is devoted to his profession, and although his health has ever been a handicap to him, he spares himself not at all when his professional aid is needed. His ideal of his profession is one that does him great credit as a man, and toward it he constantly strives with zealous care. Dr. Sims married, in Richmond, August 21, 1913, Esther E. Moxley, born in Richmond, daughter of Caphas Farley Moxley, of Richmond.

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Bass. Recently elected clerk of courts of Petersburg, Virginia, the previous record of Robert Green Bass in the city of his birth is complete in the recital of is legal activity since he was admitted to the bar. His legal practice has been confined to the city of Petersburg, and he gave his profession his sole attention until his election to public office. Mr. Bass is member of an old Petersburg family, his grandfather Christopher Bass, having been a native of that place and a lifelong resident, his death occurring in 1859, aged seventy-five years.
Mr. Bass is a member of numerous fraternal orders, among them the Masonic, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias, and the Improved Order of Heptasophs. His religious connections are with the Presbyterian church. He married at Petersburg, Virginia, October 25, 1911, Nattie Scotte Enniss.

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John A. Luttrell. There has been some doubt expressed by antiquarians as to when the Luttrell family first came to England. We find one by the name of Robert Luttrell and another Osbert Luttrell mentioned as living in Normandy previous to the Conquest of England, and as being extensive landowners, and to this day families of the name are found in different parts of France. The name is not mentioned in the Doomsday Book, although it is mentioned in the Roll of Battle Abbey, vol. ii (Abbey lists in the British Museum), although doubt is now becoming cast upon the authenticity of the records. The unquestioned respect in which the rolls have been held by antiquarians is due to the fact that for many families they are the only proof for a claim to an existence at that early period.
Like many names of very old families there have been found many variations, appearing as Loutrel, Loutrell, Lotrell, Lotrel, Lutterell and Luttrell. For the sake of convenience the one form of Luttrell will be adhered to in the present account of the family. If they did not come to England with the Conqueror, they came at some time during his reign, probably near the beginning. The great prominence of the family when the records first make mention of them, shows conclusively that they had already played an important part in affairs. It is recorded that Sir John Luttrell, knight, held in capite the manor of Hooten-Paynel in Yorkshire, in the reigns of Henry the first and of Stephen, by service of four and one-half knights fees, as did his posterity in the male line, until the reign of Henry the Fifth. This Sir John had a daughter who married John Scott, lord of Calverlay, and steward of the household to Maud the Empress. Sir Andrew LUttrell, knight, in the time of Henry the Second founded the Abbey of Croxton-Kyriel, in Leicestershire, and in this abbey were deposited the ashes of King John who died in the vicinity.
In the reign of King Richard the First the estates of Sir Geoffrey LUttrell, knight, in the counties of Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and York were confiscated, he being one of the barons who sided with John, earl of Montaigne, but the lands were restored after the death of King Richard. This Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, knight, attended King John into Ireland, and for a time had the authority to issue writs in the King's name. He was also stationed in Ireland in 1204, and in 1215, when he possessed large administrative powers. In 1215 King John appointed him to be his sole agent in the negotiations concerning the dower of Queen Berengaria, commissioning him at the same time to join with the archbishops of Bordeaux and Dublin in denouncing to the Pope the rebellious barons who had recently extorted the great charter of English liberties. In one of these documents he is styled "Nobilis vir." His mission was so far successful that Pope Innocent the third annulled the charter, suspended the archbishop of Canterbury and ex-communicated the barons, but it is uncertain whether it was Sir Geoffrey Luttrell who conveyed the papal bull from Rome to England. He is supposed to have died in 1216 or in 1217. As a reward for his services he was granted lands in Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, and at Croxton, in Leicester. In consideration of twenty ounces of gold he was still further rewarded with a large estate, known as Luttrellstown to the present day, and situated on the banks of the Liffey about eight miles out from Dublin.
As the American line is descended from this Irish branch of the family it will be necessary merely to follow the later history of these Luttrells. But before leaving the English branch we should mention something further of their late chronicles. It is not certain whether the head of the Irish branch was a son or a brother of this Sir Geoffrey, but it is reasonable that he bore either the one or the other relation, for the reason that the lands of Luttrellstown secured by royal grant by Sir Geoffrey were from this time owned by Sir Robert Luttrell, near Dublin, and that it remained in the family until the early part of the nineteenth century.
This Sir Geoffrey Luttrell married Frethesant, a daughter of and co-heiress with William Pagnel, a scion of a great family in Normandy, and through this marriage was also heir to certain lands of Maurice de Gaunt, and his descendants, in direct line from William the Conqueror's brother Robert. (If Sir Robert, mentioned above, was a son of Sir Geoffrey this same connection would apply as well to the Irish branch). The first of the Gaunts who came to England was a nephew of King William, and son of Baldwin, count of Flanders, by a daughter of Robert, King of France. The emperor of Constantinople and Jerusalem towards the end of the twelfth century was of the same paternal lineage. A daughter of the earl of Lincoln conveyed in marriage to the barony of Irnham to Simon Liz, earl of Huntingdon, who dying without issue, Robert De Berkeley succeeded thereto, and assumed the name of Gaunt from his mother. Maurice, the son and heir of Robert, leaving no children, the estates devolved on the eldest son of Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, whose name was Andrew, and this portion of it known as the manor of East Quantockshead in Somerset has remained in the family name to this day, a rare instance of land ownership in England. In this connection might be mentioned the fact that Dunster Castle in Somerset has belonged to but two families since the Conquest, the Mohuns and the Luttrells, and the present owner, Captain Alexander Luttrell, is a direct descendant of both families. The estate at this early period was considered as worth $1,250, but without any additions it is valued to-day at about $5,000,000.
The Luttrells of East Quantockshead and Dunster Castle, and their collateral branches, quartered the arms of the ancient English barons, Mowbray, earl of Nottingham, duke of Norfolk, Lords Hussie, Wake D'Ein Court and Tateshall. The following is the direct line, mentioning only the oldest son or heir.
(I) Sir Andrew Luttrell, son of Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, mentioned above, and of his wife, Frethesant Pagnel, married a daughter of Philip la Mare, a rich and powerful baron, and they had a son Alexander.
(II) Alexander, the son of Sir Andrew Luttrell, during the reign of Henry the Third was among the first to assume the cross of the Crusaders, in company with the King's eldest son and many others of the chief nobility. He died about the year 1273, and left a son, Andrew.
(III) Andrew (2), son of Alexander Luttrell, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Warin de Raleigh, and had a son, John.
(IV) Sir John Luttrell, son of Andrew (2) Luttrell, was knighted in March, 1337, when Edward the Third conferred the title of Duke of Cornwall upon his own eldest son, Edward. This Sir John married Joan, daughter of Lord Mohun, and there was another Sir John Luttrell at this period who was chancellor of Oxford University. The former Sir John Luttrell had a son Andrew.
(V) Sir Andrew (3) Luttrell, son of Sir John Luttrell, married Elizabeth, relict of Sir John de Vere, son of the Earl of Oxford. Her father, Hugh, earl of Devon, one of the companions in arms of Edward the Third, and one of the original knights of the Garter, was the head of the noble house of Courtenay. Her mother Margaret was daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex, constable of England, "the flower of knighthood, and the most Christian knight of the knights of the world," by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of King Edward the Third. Her eldest brother, like her father was one of the original knights of the Garter, a second became archbishop of Canterbury, a third lord lieutenant of Ireland, and a fourth governor of Calais. It was through this Lady Luttrell that Dunster Castle came into the possession of the Luttrell family by a purchase from the widow of Lord Mohun. She was also for a time in the retinue of her cousins, Edward the Black Prince, and his wife, who had been known as the Fair Maid of Kent. This Sir Andrew (3) Luttrell had by his wife Elizabeth a son, Sir Hugh.
(VI) Sir Hugh Luttrell, son of Sir Andrew (3) v and his wife Elizabeth, became grand seneschal of Normandy. His wife was Catherine, daughter of Sir John Beaumont, and they had a son John.
(VII) John, Son of Sir Hugh Luttrell and his wife, Catherine (Beaumont) Luttrell, married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Tuchet, of Audley, owner of Nether Stowey Castle, and they had one son, James.
(VIII) Sir James Luttrell, son of John Luttrell and his wife, Margaret (Tuchet) Luttrell, married his cousin, Elizabeth Courtenay, and on account of his taking sides with the house of Lancaster, forfeited all his lands by order of Edward the Fourth, along with the Earls Shrewsbury and Pembroke, his lands being given to Sir William Herbert, and afterwards to the King's son, and so remained until the success of the Lancastrian party on the field of Bosworth in August, 1485.
(IX) Sir Hugh (2) Luttrell, son of Sir James Luttrell, who was mortally wounded at the battle of St. Albans, went before King Henry the Seventh, and presented a petition setting forth that his father had been attainted for the true faith and allegiance which he owed unto the right famous prince of most blessed memory, then his sovereign lord, Henry the Sixth, the late King of England, and praying that the act of attainder be repealed, and this petition was granted. He was also created a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry the Seventh, in 1487. When Catherine of Arragon came to England to marry the then prince of Wales, Sir Hugh Luttrell was one of the seven knights who were selected to accompany her. He married Margaret Hill, and had a son Andrew.
(X) Andrew (4), son of Sir Hugh (2) and Margaret (Hill) Luttrell, married a daughter of Sir Thomas Wyndham, and they had a son Thomas, also a daughter, Margaret, who married an ancestor of the present earl of Mount Edgecombe, to whom was given the family carpet, a magnificent example of heraldic embroidery, which now hangs at Cothele, the home of the present earl. There is also in existence in England the Luttrell Psalter, which shows the manners and customs of the period of about 1340. A number of illustrations from the Psalter are given in "Green's Short History of the English People."
(XI) Thomas, a son of Andrew (4) Luttrell, married a cousin, Margaret Hadley, and had a son George.
(XII) George, son of Thomas and Margaret (Hadley) Luttrell, married Joan Stewkley, daughter of his guardian, although his marriage had been arranged by his mother with a niece of Sir James Fitzjames, of the ancient family of that name in Wales. He had a son Thomas.
(XIII) Thomas (2), son of George and Joan (Stewkley) Luttrell, married Jane, daughter of Sir Francis Popham. He espoused the parliamentary cause in the reign of Charles the First. His son and heir George, by royal order was commanded by King Charles the First to have as his guest at Dunster Castle the prince of Wales, afterwards Charles the Second. Dying without issue, he was succeeded by his brother Francis.
(XIV) Francis, son of Thomas (2) Luttrell, married Lucy Symonds, granddaughter of John Pym, the great parliamentary leader, and had a son Alexander.
(XV) Alexander (2), son of Francis and Lucy (Symonds) Luttrell, married Dorothy Yard, and had a son Alexander.
(XVI) Alexander (3),,son of Alexander (2) and Dorothy (Yard) Luttrell, married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Trevelyan, of Nettlecombe, and had only a daughter, Margaret.
(XVII) Margaret, daughter of Alexander (3) and Margaret (Trevelyan) Luttrell, married her cousin, Henry Fownes, who took the name of Luttrell, and they had a son, John Fownes.
(XVIII) John Fownes, son of Henry Fownes and Margaret Luttrell, married Mary Drew, and had a son John, who was succeeded by his brother Henry.
(XIX) Henry, son of John Fownes and Mary (Drew) Luttrell, was succeeded by his nephew, George (2), son of a younger brother, Francis.
(XX) George (2), son of Francis Luttrell and nephew of Henry Luttrell, married Anne Elizabeth Periam, daughter of Sir Alexander Hood. George (2) Luttrell entertained in 1879 the prince of Wales, afterwards Edward the Sixth. He died in 1910, and was succeeded by the present owner of Dunster Castle and of the manor of East Quantockshead, Captain Alexander Luttrell. He married Alice Edwina, daughter of Colonel Munro Ferguson, of Raith and Novar, in Scotland, and sister of Colonel Ferguson, who was one of the rough riders under Colonel Roosevelt.
(I) The Robert Luttrell who has been mentioned above as having settled on the banks of the Liffey near Dublin at Luttrellstown, was in 1226 treasurer of St. Patrick's Cathedral, and in 1236 was lord chancellor of Ireland, who owned the same estate at the close of the century, and later in 1349 of a Simon Luttrell, who died in possession of the property.
(I) The next owner whose name we have is Robert Luttrell, who married a daughter of Sir Elias de Ashbourne, of Devon, England, and by this marriage added materially to his already large estate.
(II) Christopher Luttrell, son of Robert Luttrell, married Catherine, daughter of Thomas Rochfort, ancestor of the earl of Belvedere. They had one son Richard.
(III) Richard Luttrell, son of Christopher and Catherine (Rochfort) Luttrell, married a daughter of Patrick Fitz-Leons, Esq., and they had a son, Sir Thomas.
(IV) Sir Thomas Luttrell, son of Richard Luttrell, was in the reign of Henry the Eighth the chief justice of Ireland. He married Anne, daughter of Baron Aylmer, ancestor of Lord Aylmer, and they had a son Richard.
(V) Richard (2) Luttrell, son of Sir Thomas Luttrell, married Mary, daughter of Lord Dufany, and they had a son Thomas.
(VI) Thomas (2) Luttrell, son of Richard (2) Luttrell, had the audacity to make a comparison with the earl of Thomond, the chief of the O'Briens, in the lord deputy's presence. He married Eleanor Preston, daughter of Christopher, fourth Lord Viscount Gormanston by Catherine, daughter of William Fitz William, and had a son Simon.
(VII) Simon Luttrell, son of Thomas (2) and Eleanor (Preston) Luttrell, was made a gentleman of the bed chamber to Charles the Second. He married Janice, daughter of the fifth Viscount Gormanston, a cousin, and had sons: Simon, Henry, Robert. The last named was the founder of the American family.
(VIII) Simon (2) and Henry Luttrell, sons of Simon (1) Luttrell, were both prominent in the war between James the Second and the Prince of Orange, Simon at that time being the governor of the city of Dublin. At the close of the war Simon chose to go to France with other Irish soldiers, and afterwards commanded an Irish regiment in foreign service. Seeing before the close of the war that William's forces would be victorious, Henry left the cause of King James and took with him a large command of Irish soldiers, and was at the close of the war fighting under the flag of William, and to this day some historians place the responsibility for the defeat of James to the defection of Henry Luttrell at this time. He has, however, been cleared of all blame in the matter by the more careful English historians. Henry's descendants became very prominent and Henry occupied at different times important positions in Ireland and was held in high esteem by King William. He married Elizabeth Jones, and had sons: Robert (considered by some genealogists as the founder of the American family, but the evidences point rather to Robert (2) Luttrell, the uncle of this Robert (3) Luttrell being the American progenitor); Simon, who was made by George the Third first Baron Irnham, second Viscount Carhampton, and later still earl of Carhampton.
(IX) Simon (3) Luttrell, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Jones) Luttrell, married Maria, daughter and heir to Sir Nicholas Lawes, governor of Jamaica, and had issue: Henry Lawes, his heir; Temple Simon; John, who married a daughter of Lord Waltham, taking his name and title; James, commander of the ship "Mediator," which did no little damage to the American cause in their war for independence; and a daughter, Lady Anne, who became the wife of William, duke of Cumberland, brother of George the Third and of whom Junius wrote, "Let parliament see to it that a Luttrell never wears the crown of England.: All of these left no issue and the title became extinct about 1829, while just previous to this the large estate of Luttrellstown (1821) passed into the hands of Luke White, of Dublin, ancestor to the present owner, Lord Annaly, Henry Lawes Luttrell, second earl of Carhampton, represented Middlesex just previous to the period of the American revolution, and was the agent of the government acting under Lord North during these stirring times. The overthrow of Wilkes, who was a vigorous champion of the well-known "Letters of Junius," and the giving of his seat to Luttrell, caused such an outcry from the English populace that Luttrell was a number of times threatened with his life. Lord North stubbornly held his position against the English people who wanted to give the American colonists their demands, and made Luttrell the tool in brining to completion those nefarious schemes which culminated in the declaration on the part of the colonists of their independence, and the throwing off of the rule of the mother country. It is quite within the range of possibility that the war might have been averted had Wilkes represented the people at this time.
The American branch of the famous Luttrell family traces its descent from Robert (2) Luttrell, of the Irish line (see generation VII), who married his cousin Anne, daughter of Viscount Gormanston, and came to America in the early part of the eighteenth century, and settled in Prince William county, Virginia. He had a large family including three sons: Simon, Thomas, Richard. Simon's descendants live in Kentucky, where one, Lucien Simon Luttrell, died quite recently. Thomas died while in search of health in Jamaica, where his cousin, Henry Lawes Luttrell (see Irish branch of Luttrell family (IX), had acquired lands from his mother.
(II) Richard, son of Robert (2) Luttrell, lived in Fauquier county, Virginia, near Prince William county. He married a Miss Churchill and had a son Richard.
(III) Richard (2) Luttrell, son of Richard (1) and ——— (Churchill) Luttrell, was commissioned an ensign from the county of Fauquier by Thomas Jefferson at the time of the American revolution. The rank of ensign is what is known as lieutenant at present. This commission is still in the possession of the family. He married Frances Hambleton, and had a son, Burwell.
(IV) Burwell Luttrell, son of Richard (2) and Frances (Hambleton) Luttrell, married Hannah, daughter of Harmon Burton, ancestor of the late Governor Fishbeck, of Arkansas, and had a son Richard.
(V) Richard (3) Luttrell, son of Burwell and Hanna (Burton) Luttrell, married Elizabeth Bywaters, of Culpeper county, Virginia. He was a great fox hunter and always owned a large pack of hounds. His wife died when very young, and he being left alone devoted a great portion of his time to hunting. So much was he known for this favorite sport that he became familiarly known as "Dick Luttrell, the fox hunter." It was his custom during the hunting season to rise early and rouse the neighbors to join him in the chase. After the day's sport they would return to his house where he was accustomed to dispense the lavish Southern hospitality of ante bellum times in Virginia. He had a son Burwell Edmund.
(VI) Burwell Edmund Luttrell, son of Richard (3) and Elizabeth (Bywaters) Luttrell, was a soldier during the civil war, and served a great portion of the time as courier for Lieutenant-General J. E. B. Stuart and for General Beauregard. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Strasburg and kept in prison until about the close of the war. He married Mary Ritchie, daughter of James Richard Nelson, of Culpeper county, Virginia, and there were born to them the following children: 1. Capitola, married John S. Hughes, of Rappahannock county, Virginia. 2. Richard Edmund, married Ada, daughter of James Browning, of Rappahannock county, Virginia. 3. Hugh, married Atlanta, daughter of Albert Singleton, owner of Ivanhoe, the old home of Captain Lewis Marshall in Fauquier county, Virginia. 4. Frank, unmarried, lives with his father at the old home the deed for which, signed on parchment in 1762, by Lord Fairfax, is still in the possession of the family. 5. Charles, died unmarried at the age of twenty-four. 6. Warren, died a missionary in India. 7. Russell, married Edna, daughter of James Clarke, of Ashley, Indiana, and now in the general insurance business in Oklahoma City, 8. John A., of whom further.
(VII) John A. Tuttrell, son of Burwell Edmund and Mary Ritchie (Nelson) Luttrell, was born in eastern Virginia. At the age of fifteen he entered Rappahannock Academy, in Rappahannock county, Virginia, and took there a two years' course. Deciding then to go into a business life he entered in January, 1897, the Bryant & Stratton Business College in Baltimore and after finishing the full course there he went to work as a partner to his cousin, George M. Whitescarver, Esq., in Grafton, West Virginia, the business being that of general insurance, and under the firm name of G. M. Whitescarver & Company. He remained in this connection until November, 1899, when on account of his father's illness he returned to his home in Virginia, having sold out his business interests in Grafton. He remained in Virginia until January, 1901, when he returned to Grafton as clerk in the offices of F. A. Husted, superintendent of the Baltimore & Ohio, railroad. He left this position in April of that year to accept one with the Southern Coal & Transportation Company, at Berryburg in Barbour county,. He remained there until August of that year when he accepted a position as general accountant of the Cincinnati, Richmond & Muncie railroad, and afterwards changed to the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville railroad, at Richmond, Indiana. After being there for about fifteen months he returned to Belington, and re-assumed his former position which he held until John W. Gates absorbed the interest of the Weaver Coal & Coke Company, In March, 1905, he sold his interest to Mr. Rector in their agencies at Belington, Phillipi and Grafton, and came to Parkersburg to accept a position in the insurance department of the Citizens' Trust & Guaranty Company leaving them in October, 1905, to purchase a half interest in the old established insurance agency owned by the late William Doremus Paden. The name of this business was changed to Paden & Luttrell, and this name again changed, January, 1911, after the death of Mr. Paden, to Paden & Luttrell Insurance Agency, of which concern Mr. Luttrell became president and general manager. In May, 1914, having previously purchased the interest formerly owned by Mr. Paden and having sold an interest to Messrs. W. S. Lindamood and Albert B. White Jr. Mr. Luttrell severed his connection with the office as general manager. He left Parkersburg on account of his health to spend the summer in Houston, Halifax county, Virginia, where in 1912 he had purchased the colonial home of the Holt family, built about 1834, and known as "Grand Oaks."
Mr. Luttrell is still interested in the business which bears his name, retaining the position of president. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, Knight Templar, a member of the Nemesis Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Parkersburg. He is also an Elk, member of the Knights of Pythias, Modern Woodmen, and of the Parkersburg Country Club.
Mr. Luttrell married Virginia, daughter of Judge Kinnaird Snodgrass, and granddaughter of Hon. John F. Snodgrass, who represented the Parkersburg district in congress in 1853 before the separation from Virginia. He had one child named for his mother, Mary Ritchie Nelson, who died in October, 1907, when nine days old. Another child, John Augustine Adams, was born February 12, 1913.
The information used herein as to the Luttrell family in England and in Ireland is taken from "sir Maxwell Lyte's History of Dunster and Its Lords," "Burke's Landed Gentry," "Lodge's Peerage of Ireland," "Macaulay's History of England," "Dugdale's Baronage," and from numerous manuscripts in the British Museum, and in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. The sources of the information as to the American branch have been deeds, commissions and family records.