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Mathews-Williams Family Genealogy
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The inscription on Jeduthan Ball's tomb at the St. Mary's Whitechapel Churchyard in Lancaster Co., VA, reads as follows:
"Here lies the body of Mr. Jeduthan Ball, son of Colonel James Ball, of Lancaster County. Born the 9th day of July, 1725; and died the 5th day of March, 1749. In the 25th Year of His Age."Jeduthan, one of the four sons of Col. James Ball, married Elizabeth Burgess, and died four months previous to the birth of his only son, Burgess, who became a distinguished colonel of the Revolutionary army, and warm, personal friend of General George Washington, whose niece he married. By a previous marriage with Mary Chichester, he was ancestor to General A. R. Long, the military associate of General Robert E. Lee, and historian of his campaigns, and also of Professor John C. Long, late occupant of the Chair of Church History in Crozer Theological Seminary.
(Kinship to Bruce Mathews: 3rd cousin, 7 times removed; 4th cousin, 6 times removed)
Col. Burgess Ball was born after his father's death. Col. Ball was of "Traveller's Rest", Spotsylvania Co., VA and "Springwood", (near Leesburg) Loudoun Co., VA. He had a distinguished Revolutionary record, having in 1776 at his own expense recruited, clothed and equipped a regiment for the Continental Line. He was subsequently reimbursed, but impoverished himself by unrestrained generosity and hospitality.
After serving as an aide to his kinsman, Gen. George Washington, he was Captain of the 5th VA Regiment. On 17 Dec 1777, he was commissioned Lt. Col. of the 1st VA Regiment of Infantry.
Around 1700 James Ball (1678-1754) acquired part of the huge "Sherwood Forest" tract, (Stafford Co., VA), which had been granted in 1667 to William Ball and Thomas Chetwood. James Ball's grandson Burgess Ball, (1749-1800), (son of Jeduthan Ball), inherited the property and was likely the builder of the "Traveler's Rest" house. Burgess was an ardent supporter of the American cause during the Revolution. In 1776 he served as Captain in the 5th Regiment of Virginia. That same year he raised, clothed, and equipped a regiment of infantry for the Continental Line. He was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Virginia Regiment, Infantry of the Continental Army in 1777. His grandson later wrote of him, "At the close of the war, shatterred in health and fortune, he returned to his old Homestead near Fredericksburg, Virginia, where in the exercise of the unbounded hospitality that had ever characterized the well known and most appropriately named "Traveller's Rest", the remainder of his once princely fortune soon melted away." The government steadfastly refused to reimburse Colonel Ball for his economic and personal investment in the Revolution. Unable to maintain the property, Colonel Ball sold "Traveler's Rest" in the late 1780's and retired to a modest home in Loudoun County where he died. ("They Called Stafford Home", p. 265).
In the March 31, 1790 issue of "The Virginia Independent Chronicle and General Advertiser" the following appears: Ball, Burges, want to exch. his farm in Stafford Co., known as Travellers Rest for lands in any counties above the falls of the rivers, but would prefer Loudoun, Berkeley, or Frederick.
Robert Armistead was Clerk of King George County Court in 1752-57.
The wives of Col. John Carter, in order, were as follows: Jane Glyn; Eleanor Eltonhead; Anne Carter; Sarah Ludlow; and Elizabeth Sherley. He immigrated in 1635 to Lancaster Co., VA. He resided in "Corotoman", Lancaster Co., VA.
The inscription on the Carter gravestone at the Historic Christ Church, Lancaster County, Virginia reads as follows: "Here lyeth buried ye body of John Carter, Esq., who died ye 10th of June, Anno Domini 1669; and also Jane, ye daughter of Mr. Morgan Glyn, and George her son, and Elenor Carter, and Ann, ye daughter of Mr. Cleave Carter, and Sarah, ye daughter of Mr. Gabriel Ludlow, and Sarah her daughter, which were all his wives successively, and died before him. Blessed are ye dead which die in ye Lord; even soe, saith ye Spirit, for they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them."
"John Carter, Sr. was the first of this well known Virginia family of that name to come from England. He settled in Upper Norfolk which he represented in the House of Burgesses in March 1642-43. He was a Burgess for Nansemond in Oct., 1649 and for Lancaster from 1654 to 1660. He was justice in Lancaster in 1653 and, at the division of the county on Dec. 13, 1656, he was appointed presiding justice and colonel commandant of Lancaster. In Nov., 1654, the assembly directed that an attack be made upon the Rappahannock Indians and that Maj. John Carter be appointed commander-in-chief. He was elected to the council on March 13, 1657/58, but was not sworn in until the assembly adjourned. On March 8, 1659, Gov. Matthews issued an order to the sheriff of Lancaster to arrest Col. John Carter "for contempt of tthe late commission of Government sent out by his Highness (Cromwell) and the lords of the Council, to appear before the Governor and Council at Jamestown." He was appointed one of the commissioners in 1663, by the governor of Virginia to confer with the commissioners from Maryland as to a restriction of tobacco planting. He was a vestryman of Christ Church Parish in Lancaster and the original church there was built under his direction. The present edifice, one of the finest specimens of colonial architecture standing, was built by the councillor's son, Robert "King" Carter. He died on the 10th of June, 1669, as stated on his tomb in Christ Church." (Source: "Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography", Vol. 1, Tyler, 1915, page 122).
George Carter died in infancy.
Hon. William Bassett, of "Eltham", New Kent County, VA. He filled almost every official position in New Kent Co., VA; was a Burgess, from 1692 to 1702; of the King's council, 1707-11; was appointed Commander-in-chief and Co. Lieut., 1707; was one of the Visitors and Governors of William and Mary College, 1716, and of the Council, 1716; was a staunch and liberal supporter of the Established Church, a Vestryman of St. Peter's Parish;
Joanna Burwell, of "Carter's Creek", Gloucester Co., VA.
Hon. Lewis Burwell resided at "King's Creek", York Co., VA. He was Governor of the College of William & Mary in 1702. He resided at "Carter's Creek", Gloucester Co., VA. He was a member of the Council between 1702 and 1711 in Virginia.
The inscription on the gravestone for Lewis Burwell reads as follows:
"Here lyeth the body of the Hon. Lewis Burwell, son of Major Lewis Burwell and Lucy his wife, of the county of Gloucester, who first married Abigail smith, of the family of the Bacons, by whom he had four sons and six daughters; and, after her death, Martha, widow of the Hon. William Cole, by whom he had two sons and eight daughters, and departed this life 19th day of Dec., 1710, leaving behind him three sons and six daughters."Will of Lewis Burwell: Dated 11 Oct 1710, proved York County, Virginia, 19 Feb 1710/11:
(First portion of the will appears to be omitted)
Item I give an dbequeath unto my beloved son NATHANIEL BURWELL all my lands in Gloucester County to him and his now wife Elizabeth for and during their natural lives but in case the said Elizabeth
should Survive her sd Husband that then she to hold the sd Lan no longer than during her widowhood. Item I give and bequeath all my aforesd Lands after the death of my Son & Daughter or her Marrying a Second Husband unto my grandson LEWIS BURWELL now an infant & to the male heirs of his body Lawfully begotten forever & in case of failure of such Lafull Issue...then I give & bequeath the sd Lands unto the next maile Issue of my son NATHL (HIS FATHER)...failure of such issue male by my son NATHL then I give my sd Lands to my son JAMES BURWELL, dureing his Naturall life & after his decease to his second son... & the maile heirs of his body Lawfully begotten... failure of such Issue then to the Eldest Son of my son JAMES... (or) then to the next maile heires of my son JAMES... & in case of failureof male Issue by my Son JAMES BURWELL... then to Son LEWIS BURWELL (failing male heirs to son LEWIS) then to the daughters of my son NATHANIEL BURWELL (and their heirs). (Signature)Item I give & bequeath unto my well beoved Son JAMES BURWELL all my Lands lying & being between Kings Creek & Quens Creek & so up a small Creek of branch of Queens Creek call Hickory Creek... to the main Road that leads to Williamsburg... to a line that parts Mr. Robert Hide and me... to him the sd James & the maile heires of his body... in default of such Issue... then to my son NATHANIELL... then... to his second son... (failing such issue) to the eldest son of... NATHL (FAILING SUCH)... to Son LEWIS... & to his Second Son (failing such issue) to the Eldest Son of ... LEWIS (or) to the male heirs of LEWIS... (if no male issue) unto the daughter or daughters of my son JAMES... (& their heires). (Signature)
... I would have my son JAMES & NATHLs Lands Ly Contigeous together, have therefore given the sd parcell of Land unto him (JAMES) in consideration of which I give unto my sd Son NATHL in... compensation of the sd Lands the Land I bought of Nicholas Gill lying near to the mouth of Queens Creek on the south side thereof as also one Peace of woodland ground lying at the head of Mr. Rings quarter on the left hand of the main Road that gose to Williamsburg...
Item I likewise give & bequeath to my son JAMES BURWELL one seat of Land in Wilmington P'ish in James City County...near unto a place called Drinking Spring... to him (and then) to his second son...
Item I give and bequeath to my well beloved Son LEWIS BURWELL those seats of Land hereafter named viz- that is to say Farlows Neck... all thereunto belonging to Harrup Plantation & the quarter Land as it is called which I lately purchased of Mr. Anthony Everendon & Elizabeth hsi wife as alson another parcell of Land whereon William Davine & his wife now lives in James City County... & one other peace of Land in York county which I bought of Jno tullit... Item I Likewise give & bequeath unto my son LEWIS BURWELL all my Lands Lying & being in Pamunkey Neck... (in failure of issue) I give the one halfe of the sd neck Lands... unto my Godson Will: Burwell... (in failure of issue) unto my son JAMES BURWELL (failing issue) to son NATHL. (Signature).
Item Whereas I have by the foregoing part of this will... bequeathed unto my beloved Sons NATHL, JAMES & LEWIS all... my lands... now so it is & I do order and appoint that each of my Sons do quietly & peacably enjoy... the Lands so given to them... but in case either of my Sons or Son or their Heirs doth endeavor to disturb his sd Brother... by any qay or means... directly or indirectly that then he or they so molesting or disturbing his sd Bro... shall forfeit to the molested all... the Lands... given to him & I do give it unto the molested under the same restrictions... Item it is my will & I do order & appoint that in case all my children should dy both male & female without Lawful Issue that then in such case all my Lands lying & being in Gloucester County with the appurtenances thereof I give & bequeath unto the Church Warden of the parrish in which sd Lands shall from time to time & at all times hereafter be to them & there Successors... forever & for the advantage of a free school for the Christian Eductation of pore Childr & the residence of Six pore widows & their children... & all my lands in York County to the Church Wardens of the P'sh... (the same conditions as for Gloucester County) & for the residence of four pore widows & theire childr... all the Lands in James City County...wth the profits arising from them... I give unto the Governors of the College of William & mary... for the maintenance of two scholars to Study Divinity Law Phisick or the Mathematics... (if this bequest be not "Rightly applyed" then) to the church Wardens of the P'sh (as above)... (same conditions apply to Pamunkey Lands) (Signature).
The inscription on the gravestone for Lewis Burwell reads as follows:
"Here lyeth the body of Lewis, son of Lewis Burwell and Abigail his wife, on the left hand of his brother Bacon and sister Jane. He departed this life ye sixteenth day of September, 1696, in the 15ht year of his age."
Richard Chichester & Sarah (McCarty) had six children. Richard Chichester & Ann (Gordon) had two children. Col. Richard Chichester of Fairfax Co., VA. "Genealogies of Virginia Families", Vol. 1, p. 614, states that the marriage of Richard Chichester and Anne Gordon took place on Jun 9, 1758.
He was Fairfax Co. Lieutenant. Commissioner of Specific Tax, and Justice of the Peace.
Sarah McCarty Chichester of "Newington", Fairfax Co., VA.
The following was taken from "Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of kentucky", John M. Gresham Company, Chicago-Philadelphia, 1896, page 242;
"Claude Chinn, the efficient County Clerk of Fayette county, was born in the City of Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, August 14, 1842, and is the son of the late Dr. Joseph G. Chinn and Barbara (Graves) Chinn.
Claude chinn was reared in the City of Lexington and was principally educated at the old Transylvania University, and after leaving that institution he removed to Missouri, where he became deputy sheriff of Lafayette County under his brother-in-law, Colonel John P. Bowman, where he remained until the time of the breaking out of the war between the States.
Mr. Chinn was not long in entering the Confederate army, enlisting in a Missouri battery and served as a private until the close of the war. With the exception of one year he was with General John Morgan. He was slightly wounded a tht battle of Blue Mills, Missouri, and at the close of the war returned home to Lexington and was engaged in farming in Fayette County for four years. At the expiration of that time he went to Arkansas, where he operated a plantation on the Mississippi River, raising cotton, and remained there for a year and then returned to Lexington and was agent there for the omnibus lines for some ten years. In 1894 Mr. Chinn received the Democratic nomination for county Clerk of Fayette County, defeating Theodore Lewis in the primary convention. He was then endorsed by all the political parties and elected without any opposition.
In 1866 he was united in marriage to Nannie Petett, daughter of William B. Petett of Fayette County. Mr. and Mrs. Chinn have four daughters and one son: Dixey, who married Colby Young; nannie, wife of William Anderson of Bell County; Joseph W. and Edward. Mr. Chinn is a member of the Confederate Veteran Association and one of the leading Democrats of Fayette County."