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As he was dying, Aunt Lillian was in another bed also expected to die from a bone disease. My grandmother was sewing a burial dress for her oldest daughter as she sat by the death bed of her youngest son. Aunt Lillian survived but was left with a withered arm and a shortened leg, but that's another story. Many things happened in my grandparents' house on Free School Creek. � From recollections of conversations with Mama and Aunt Kate through the years. Betty Jean Dunston Deal Special Memories of the Deal Family Still living in Robins Neck in Gloucester County, Va. Correction In the previous issue of Family Tree Searcher, Vol. 5, No. 1, pages 20 through 37 featured the Seawell family. On page 22, a re -print of “Seawell - Family Record,” written by Mrs. Maria Edwards on June 22nd, 1859, was presented with annotations and diagrams by our staff for clarifications. Beginning on page 29, we presented the descendents of Joseph and Elizabeth Seawell based on our records and partially derived from interpretation of Mrs. Edwards story. We made a grave error in this interpretation that must be corrected. We begin with a portion of Mrs. Edwards’ story that was printed on page 24: “The third daughter Nancy [Whiting] was most unfortunate of all, married at eighteen an elderly man and relative very wealthy, named Pryor. I have heard my mother say that her mother (Aunt Courtney) told her she had rather follow her to her grave than to see her married to Col. Pryor, but she persisted. After living with him some time, she ran off with a man who boarded in her house, named Freemont [dance instructor in Williamsburg] pronounced by the old servants who have often told me about him and his visiting Gloucester with her and Col. Pryor, “Fremo.” She was the mother of John C. Freemont, [explorer and] the Presidential candidate of the Republicans in 1856. All three of these ladies are represented as a very, proud and exceedingly high tempered, neither of which was derived from their mother.” Here we properly added the surname of Nancy as Whiting. Actually, Nancy was Anne Beverley Whiting, the third and final daughter of Thomas Whiting and Elizabeth Seawell. The actual error is found on page 31 where a third daughter for Jane Whiting and Charles Grymes was created by the name of Nancy Grymes, and on page 35, she was designated to be the mother of John Charles Fremont. Dennis Myers, a very helpful GGSV member living in Charlotte, NC, noticed this obvious error, and submitted many references to clarify that the mother of John C. Fremont was Anne Beverley Whiting, who Mrs. Edwards referred to as Nancy. We apologize for all the confusion caused by this error and hope that this explanation will be a suitable correction. Vol. 5, No. 2 36 December 2001
The Society’s New Website Format by L. Roane Hunt GGSV received space on RootsWeb for our website with a new look shown below created by Karen Salisbury. Also, many new and useful features were added with much more to be developed. Go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaggsv/vaggsv and enjoy. Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia PO Box 367 Gloucester, Virginia 23601 County Buildings L to R: new courthouse, old debtors prison, old clerks office, old courthouse Society Business Resources to Find Your Ancestors Vol. 5, No. 2 37 December 2001
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Page 5 and 6: John Irvin Lawson and Family of Glo
Page 9 and 10: John Irvin Lawson b. Aug 8, 1923 Jo
Page 11 and 12: located at the head of Vaughan’s
Page 15 and 16: Joseph Dobson of Gloucester County,
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Page 19 and 20: Little England of Gloucester County
Page 21 and 22: Little England of Gloucester County
Page 23 and 24: “Steaming” on Gloucester Rivers
Page 29 and 30: Cross County Cousins volunteer Midd
Page 31 and 32: Ancestors of Elmira Shelton Fitzhug
Page 33 and 34: William and Allie Madison, both bor
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Page 39 and 40: GLOUCESTER COUNTY INSOLVENTS, 1783
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Page 43 and 44: Additional Gloucester County Death
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