(806)–Caroline S. Fowke, married D. W. Robinson of Clarksburg, West Virginia. (807)—Mary C. Fowke, married P. H. Goodman. (808)—William Peyton Fowke, married Missouri Fittes. Lived at Buchanan, West Virginia. (S) (811)-William E. Fowke, married Penn. No record. Arnold. nia." No record. (*)-Anne Fowke who, it is said, “married a Fowke”; but there is no further record. (0) (723)—Richard Chandler Fowke had nine children. (815)—Sarah Massilon Fowke, married Michael D. Treanor, then Captain Richard Johnston (of Sa vannah, Georgia, probably). (816)—Caroline Hewlett Fowke, married William H. Dickerson of Savannah. (817)—John Cargill Allin Fowke, born April 11, 1837. Married Miss Cater. Died in South Carolina. (T) (818)-Richard Clarence Fowke, died unmarried. (819)—Gustavus Ford Fowke, died unmarried. (820)—Hanitta Amelia Fowke, married William H. Hewlett. (821)—Susan Rosabelle Fowke, married D. W. Woud ruff of Savannah. (822)—Julienne Paul Fowke, died unmarried. (823)—Medora Jessie May Fowke, married W. W. Chisholm. (824)—William Thomas Fowke, died unmarried. Westmoreland county, Virginia. (826)—Thaddeus Edgar Fowke, of Occoquan, Virginia. If the law of primogeniture prevailed here, he would be the "head of the family" in America. No record. (827)-Roy Talford Fowke, lived in King George county, Virginia. No record. (Q) (751)-Roger Fowke had one son. (828)-Harrison Fowke, married Weaver. Lived in Fauquier county. (U) (R) (754)-Gerard Fowke (married Margery Smith) had two sons. (831)-Gerard Fowke, married a daughter of Zachariah Price, of Bellmont on Nanjemoy creek, in Charles county. (V) (832)-James Fowke, married a sister of his brother's (S) (808)-William Peyton Fowke had one son. (T) (817)-John Cargill Allin Fowke had three sons. No record. (*)-Clarence Fowke. No record. (U) (828)-Harrison Fowke had one son. (V) -Frederick Fowke. No record. (*)-Four daughters. No record. (901)-Mary Fowke, born about 1803, married Joseph (902)-Catherine Elizabeth Fowke, married Dr. Francis (903)-William Augustus Fowke, died unmarried. (W) (904)—Verlinda Stone (Fowke) Robertson had three children, one a son, William Augustus Fowke Robertson, who dropped his last name, and so far as known was the last Fowke in Maryland. After the death of (707) Gerard Fowke, the writer, who is a grandson of (731) Elizabeth (Fowke) Mitchell, was given the name by legal enactment. These are all the Fowkes who are undoubtedly descendants of Col. Fowke, whom I have been able to trace in years of diligent work, involving many journeys and the writing of hundreds of letters. Altogether, there are only fifty-five male descendants found during a period of more than 250 years; and not one of these has ever accomplished anything which would make him worthy of taking a place at the side of his immigrant ancestor. No doubt there were, and possibly are, many others; but no one seems to know anything about them if such is the case. And as said elsewhere, there are a few Fowkes known of who can not be made to fit into this list. From a study of old pictures; from family and other records and traditions; from descriptions obtained from those who knew some of the name that were born long prior to the Revolutionary War;—the Fowkes of the earlier times seem to have been a people of remarkable personality. For several generations, under diverse circumstances, the “ Fowke blood ” made itself manifest. Physically, they were robust, heavy-set, large, never slender, never short, yet never appearing tall because their bulk made their stature less apparent. Their eyes were usually dark blue, keen, penetrating, clear, cold, with a stern, direct, look that forbade any attempt at familiarity. The hair was black or very dark, straight and abundant. The nose was large, either straight or slightly arched, with only a slight depression or often no depression at all, between the eyes. They were intensely proud, even haughty; indomitable; not to be swerved from any course they marked out for themselves; easily aroused, and ferocious when angered. There is a striking resemblance in the pictures of those dead long ago, to those who were living in the last century. But it is a singular fact, that while these resemblances of body and mind seem to have characterized the family wherever they may have scattered, up to and including the sixth generation from the immigrant Colonel Gerard Fowke, they seem to have disappeared at once and completely in that generation. They hold true with many whom I have known among the older people, but are entirely absent among those coming later. It is as if this personality had maintained itself to the utmost limit and then vanished utterly. SOME EARLY COLONIAL MARYLANDERS McHENRY HOWARD (Continued from Vol. XV, p. 324.) 8. CAPTAIN LUKE GARDINER, and the coming of the Gardiners. Luke Gardiner came into the Colony of Maryland in 1637 under the name of Luke Garnett-or, at least, his name is so written in the records for a time but as to how he came these early records are not consistent in their accounts. And as the entries in the Land Office Books give a curious insight into the way the Land Office side of the Government worked—and, some will think, how it was "worked”—these entries will be given in some detail. In Liber L. O. R. No. 1 of the Record Books in the Land Office at Annapolis, on page 7, is the following entry: "Came into this Province the 8th of August 1637 Mr. Thos. Copley 1 and Mr. John Knolls 1 who have transported Robert Hedger, Luke Garnett, [7 others.] ? This entry is printed in the 1 2 * Thomas Copley is said to have been a Catholic priest and John Knowles a lay brother; Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. 1, p. 298. *These earliest books seem to give an account of what was going on in the Colony, the arrival of immigrants, &c. . Maryland Historical Magazine, Volume 5, page 166. And on page 20 of the Land Office Liber is "Entered by Mr. Copley Brought into the Province in the year, 1637, Mr. Thomas Copley, Mr. John Knowles, Robt. Hedger, Luke Garnett ..." (12 others), which is printed in the same volume of the Magazine, page 169. And on 18 April 1642 Thomas Copley, Esqr., demands 4,000 acres for transporting into the Province himself and 20 able men at his charge in 1637, and among them Luke Garnett. (Same Liber, Page 25, and same volume of the Magazine, page 173). On 4 December 1639 (?) Mr. fferdinando Pulton 3 demands land due by conditions of plantation under these titles following, viz., for men brought in by several persons whose assignee said Pulton is and for men brought in his own right ... as assignee of Mr. Thomas Copley 1637 . . . Luke Garnett ... (Same Liber, page and Magazine, page 267). And according to page 268 of the Magazine, Mr. Pulton demanded also 140 acres (of the Town Land ?) for men transported before 1638, among them Luke Garnett. How these conflicting claims were settled, and with Luke's own claim which will appear presently, if they were not all or several of them admitted, might be discovered from a tedious examination of the land patents. In Liber L.O.R. No. 1, after the entry first quoted above, is the further entry: [Came into this Province the 8th of August 1637 &c.] “Richard Garnett, Senior, who has transported his wife, Richard Garnett, his son .. .” (Same Vol. of the Magazine, page 166.) And on page of the same Liber Richard Garnett demands for transporting himself in 1637; but this is marked "N. B. Crossed out," and on 4 December 1640 he demands to have granted to him a manor of 1,000 acres for transportation of himself, his wife and 4 children and 2 servants into this Province in 1637, and on 5 December a warrant is issued to the Surveyor to lay out for him a manor of 1,000 acres on the South side of the Patuxent River, who returns on 6 December his certificate of the laying out of the 1,000 acres • Catholic priest; Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. 1, p. 299. |