band. Adam Keeling was present in court as a justice February, 1676. From other sources it appears that William Keeling, Jr., was appointed a justice of Princess Anne in 1742; William Keeling was sheriff of Princess Anne 1761; Keeling a Burgess in 1757 and 1758; and Adam Keeling a member of the House of Delegates 1793. George Keeling, who was sheriff of New Kent in 1708 and 1709. A number of the descendants of Thomas Keeling served gallantly in the late war; among them Captain Robert H. Keeling, son of Rev. Henry Keeling, of Richmond, who was a captain in the 13th Alabama Regiment, C. S. A., and was killed at the battle of Seven Pines, May 31, 1862.

(282) THOMAS WARREN, 300 acres in Charles City county, bounded on the South by Bayliffes —, and on the north by Four Mile Creek; due, 50 in right of his wife Susan Greenleafe, relict of Robert Greenleafe, for her own personal adventure; 100 in right of her former husband, Robt. Greenleafe, as an ancient planter, and 150 for the transportation of two servants, and John Fouke, and for the personal

adventure of the said Thomas Warren. November 20, 1635.

(283) EDWARD SPARSHOTT, 100 acres in the County of Charles City at Merchants Hope Creek, and on the north side of the Indian Field; due 50 for the personal adventure of his wife Maudline Canes, and 50 for one servant Robert Honyborne. Nov. 20, 1635.

(284) WILLIAM WILKINSON, minister, 700 acres in Linhaven, commonly called Chisopean River, on a creek west of the lands of Thos. Keeling and George Downes, and bounded on the east by the creek opposite Capt. Thoroughgood's plantation, and on the north by Chisopean Bay; due 200 by assignment from Robert Newkerke, Oct. 3d, 1635, which lands were due to the said Newkerke as follows: 50 for his own personal adventure, and 150 for the transportation of 3 servants; and the other 500 acres due as follows: 50 for the personal adventure of said Wilkinson, 50 for the personal adventure of his wife Naomy, and 400 for the transportation of 8 persons (names below). Nov. 20, 1635.

William Wilkinson, Naomy Wilkinson, Robert Newkerke, Robert Haughton, Jon. Goodwin, Thomas Preston, Edw'd Peane, Hugh Jones, Martha Deacon, Thos. Crofton, Daniel Baker, John Boods, Jon. John

son.

(285) WILLIAM DAWSON, 150 acres on the first small creek of Warresquonocke Great Creek, being north west between Henry Hooper's land, and the first point with the great creek, and bounded on the southeast by the main river; due by deed of sale from Hugh Williams, June 16, 1635, said land being due unto said Williams for the transportation of three persons. Nov. 20, 1635.

(286) DOCTORIS CHRISTMAS, 300 acres in Elizabeth City county on the north side of the Poquoson [1] river, commonly called the old Poquoson, and adjoining the land of Gilbert Perkins and Monach Neck; due 50 for his personal adventure, 50 for the personal adventure of his wife Isabell, and 200 for the transportation of four persons: Wm. Gun, Richard Combe, Isabell Atwell, Zachariah Foster. Nov. 21, 1635.

NOTE.

[1] “Poquoson” is an Indian word meaning marsh or low ground. There is frequent mention in the patents of land being bounded by, or being in part, "a poquoson." Not long ago a North Carolina paper referred to the "poquoson lands on the Roanoke River.

(287) DOCTORIS CHRISTMAS, 50 acres in the county of Elizabeth City, on the old Poquoson river, and adjoining the land of Benjamin Sims; due for the transportation of one servant, Roger Leach. Nov. 21, 1635.

(288) WILLIAM RAVANETT [1], 150 acres in the county of Denbigh [2] adjoining Mr. Harwood's land, and Mr. Hely's, and beginning at a place called the Otter dams; due for the transportation of 3 persons: John Howe, Christopher Oxford, and Vincent Woodyard. November 21, 1635.

NOTES.

[1] William Ravanett lived at James City in February, 1623.

[2] In this patent and a few others is the only mention of the "County of Denbigh” which appears in the records. It must have existed for a very short time, and soon became what it continued to be, a parish of Warwick county.

(289) EPAPHRODITUS LAWSON [1], 200 acres at the head of Back River, and adjoining a dam called Scone's dam, and extending to the Poquoson; due said Lawson by deed of sale dated Oct. 8, 1635. November 25, 1635.

NOTE.

[1] Following are the early grants to the name of Lawson: (1) Epaphroditus Lawson, 200 acres in the county of Warrosquiacke [Isle of Wight], on Nansemond River, December 23, 1636. (2) Christopher Lawson and Richard Bell, 500 acres in the county of James City, May 23, 1637. (3) Epaphroditus Lawson, 200 acres in Isle of Wight county, on Nansemond River, November 1, 1637. (4) Epaphroditus Lawson, 50 acres in Isle of Wight, at the mouth of Warwicksqueche river, “alias New Towne Haven," November 30, 1637. (5) Epaphroditus Lawson, 250 acres on the south side of Nansemond River, May 29, 1638. (6) Christopher Lawson, 400 in James City, upon "Rolphe's Creek," May 1, 1638. (7) Epaphroditus Lawson, 250 in the county of Upper New

Norfolke" [Nansemond], on Chuckatuck River," March 15, 1638. (8) William Lawson, 491 in Isle of Wight, on Lowne's Creek and James River, August 22, 1642. (9) Epaphroditus Lawson, 1,400 in Upper Norfolk, upon "New Towne haven river," and adjoining a bay "called Mount Lawson Bay," the land of Moore Fauntleroy, and a creek “called Baverly Creeke," November 20, 1637. Among the head-rights are Epaphroditus, William, Lettice, and Rowland Lawson, and persons named Palmer, Moore, Arden, Fee, Cricklock, Billahea, Harper, and Taylor. (10) Epaphroditus Lawson, 450 in Upper Norfolk, on a creek "called Mount Lawson baye," adjoining the land of Tristram Norsworthy and Poplar Neck Creek, January 9, 1643. (11) Epaphroditus Lawson, 700 on Rappahannock, about 12 miles up, on the north side, September 3, 1649. (12) Mr. Epaphroditus Lawson, 2,000 on Rappahannock, on the south side, on a creek called Lawson's Creek, May 22, 1650. (13) Epaphroditus Lawson, 1,000 on Rappahannock, about 10 miles up, on the north side, adjoining the land of John Slaughter, May 22, 1650. (14) Epaphroditus Lawson, 900 on Rappahannock, south side, and Lawson's Creek, May, 1650. (15) Mr. Rowland Lawson, 1,300 on Rappahannock, north side, and on Cherry Point Creek, June 20, 1651, of which 900 acres were due him on account of a patent formerly granted Epaphroditus Lawson and by him assigned to his said brother. (16) Rowland Lawson, 400 on the south side of Rappahannock, adjoining the land of George Eaton and the said Lawson's own land, October 6, 1654 (17) Richard Lawson, 1,400 on Rappahannock, adjoining the "land where Richard Lawson now liveth," and also adjoining George Eaton's land and Lawson's Creek, October 6, 1656; of this land 1,000 acres was part of a patent of 2,000 acres to Epaphroditus Lawson, and by him assigned to Richard Lawson, and the other 400 acres patented by Rowland Lawson in October, 1654, and by him assigned to Richard. (18) John Lawson, the son of Rowland Lawson, 500 in the county of Lancaster, on the north side of the 'Freshes of Rappahannock River," about 12 miles from the falls, November 22, 1655; regranted to the same, January 8, 1663. (19) Mr. Richard Lawson, 640 on the south side of Occupason Creek, February 27, 1656. (20) Elizabeth Lawson, 1,400 in Gloucester county, and adjoining Rappahannock River, Eaton's land, and Lawson's Creek, being the land where she now lives," formerly granted Richard Lawson, deceased, October 6, 1656; by his will given to the said Elizabeth, his wife, and now granted to her, February 20, 1662. (21) Rowland Lawson, 1,000 acres south side of Rappahannock (part of a patent formerly granted to Rice Jones), March 18, 1662. (Note to be continued.)

GENEALOGY.

THE ROOTES FAMILY.

By T. R. ROOTES, OF "WHITEMARSH," 1816, WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES ON THE CONNECTED FAMILIES of Rootes, READE, MARTIAN, GWYN, BERNARD, HIGGINSON, THOMPSON, THORNTON, GRYMES, COBB, GORDON, LEA, JACKSON, MINOR, RUTHERFORD, Smith, Mell, Lipscomb, WHITNER, &C., of Virginia and Geor

GIA.

George Reade [a], a gent. of Hampshire, brought his fortunes into Virginia in the year 1640 and was immediately made one of his Majestey's Council. He intermarried with Mrs. Marhes, one of the daughters of Capt. Marhes [6] a French gentleman, who was the proprietor of all the property about York. Thomas Reade [c], (3d) son of George Reade and Mrs. Marhes, married Lucy Gwin, the daughter of Edward Gwin [d] and Lucy Bernard a regular Doctor of Physick, who was son to Rev'd John Gwin [e] Rector of Abingdon Parish many years, and who came to Virginia in Cromwell's time, he being a very stiff Churchman. Lucy Bernard was daughter of William Bernard Esq. [ƒ], one of his Majesty's Council of Virginia, and was the son of the Knight of Huntingdon; and a daughter of Col. Hickerson of Dublin [g], who was the relict of Lewis Burwell, Esq. The said Thomas Reade and Lucy his wife had eleven children, one of whom (Mildred) married Major Philip Rootes of King and Queen [h] and had many children, and whose second son was named Thomas Reade Rootes, and was the father of Thomas Reade Rootes (of White Marsh) who writes this part of his genealogy this 15th of March, 1816. Compiled from an ancient paper that contains much more of interest to this writer."

NOTES.

[a] The first clue to the ancestry of George Reade was the fact, shown by several letters in the 1st Vol. English Calendar of Colonial State Papers, that he had a brother, Robert Reade, who was private secretary to Sir Francis Windebanke, Secretary of State of England, temp. Charles I. General Meredith Reade, formerly American Consul at Paris, who, though not related to this family, felt an interest in the name, made researches and published the result in the London Athenaeum of April 28, 1894. He ascertained that George Reade was a descendant of the Reades of Faccombe, in the county of Southampton. In 1585 Andrew Reade bought the manor of Linkenholt, Hampshire. His will, dated October 7, 1619, with a codicil November 15, 1621, was proved