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unproductive; as also a small lot of ground of four or five acres, called Whaley's free school, on the road leading to the Capitol Landing & without any buildings.

If these two pieces of land were sold & the purchase money vested in some public funds in the name of the Mayor or Aldermen of Wmsburg, the interest thereon to be by them appropriated to the education of poor children within the Parish, your petitioners are persuaded that the laudable object of the Donors wou'd much more effectually & amply be complied with, than can under present circumstances be attained.

John Bracken Rector of Bruton Parish Major Miles Cary, Anty Robinson, John W. Smith, W. Browne, Wm Coleman, James Henderson, Ro: Saunders, Ferdinand S. Campbell, Robert Nelson, John Coke, Edmund Christian, Wms Burg. Dec 20, 1813.

[Endorsed:]

Rector &c. of Bruton Parish-Petition.

Dec 22d 1813 refd to Cts of J., reasonable

FORMICULA-STUART-BANKHEAD.
Communicated.

Great-Great-Grand-Mother, Margaret Evelyn, of England, of noble family. She married James Douglas Stuart of Scotland. They had one child, a daughter, Matilda Stuart. They then moved to Venice and there Matilda met and married Serafina Formicula, a descendant of one of the Doges of Venice. They had one child, a daughter, Evelyn Formicula. Her father being an intimate friend of Lord Dunmore, the first Governor of Virginia, came over to America with him, and they settled at Eltham on Munroe's Creek, and when they died, they were buried at Eltham, and left their daughter Evelyn as the ward of Lord Dunmore, but when Dunmore left Virginia for England, Evelyn was left in the care of her relatives the Stuarts, and very early in life she married, and when a young widow married her cousin Stuart Bankhead. One child was born to them, our Mother, Eliza Stuart Bankhead. Evelyn again being widowed married a third time Robert Gilchrist Robb, who was a widower with three children, Eliza, Ellen and Robert. Evelyn had two children by this mar-. riage Margaret and Roberta. Evelyn married three times and was a widow when she died at the early age of 31. Our Mother was married twice before she was 20.

Serafina Formicula was a man of very high culture and subscribed Five Hundred Dollars to building an Institute in Richmond which was devoted to "Science, Art, and Philosophy," later on the building was changed to a Theatre and was burnt, and the Monumental Church (which now stands) was then built as a memorial to those who lost their lives in that fire.

Eliza Stuart Bankhead was a widow, (Mrs. Waring) and married our Father, Henry Thomas Garnett. She was a near cousin of President Monroe and Madison. This list made out January 10th, 1917, by

Roberta Garnett Skinker, Morris, Coontz,

St. Augustine, Florida.

Roberta Garnett married 3 times.

Note. Serafina Formicula, mentioned in the above account, appears to have first resided in Williamsburg, and is mentioned among

the lot owners in 1783. About that year he resided in Richmond, and was owner of a tavern. For a time he managed the famous Eagle Tavern. He is mentioned by Mordecai in his "Richmond in By-Gone Days" as a subscriber to DuQuesnoy's Academy of the Fine Arts. His son-in-law, Stuart Bankhead, died in 1805, and there is in the Richmond Enquirer for September 5 a long obituary. Formicula was doubtless a friend of Lord Dunmore, but his daughter could hardly have been his ward, as Formicula lived in Virginia long after Dunmore left it.

RECORD OF THE SMITH FAMILY.

Communicated by SAMUEL N. WARREN.

As written by Anne Smith (born 1762), oldest daughter of Col. Samuel Smith, formerly of Essex County, Va., and later of Granville Co., N. C.

For an account of the early generations of this Smith Family, compiled by the editor from the records of Middlesex and Essex Counties, Va., see William and Mary College Quarterly, IX, p. 46. It begins with Alexander Smith, great-grandfather of Col. Samuel Smith. In Book VI, of the Virginia Land Grants, under date Sept. 21, 1674, he is granted 110 acres in Middlesex County, adjoining the land "on which e now lives," a dividend of Major Courts, dec'd, and the Glebe land. There is a tradition in the family that Alexander Smith was son of Joseph Smith, of Bristol, and that he had a brother John.

A TRUE AND EXACT COPY OR RECORD OF THE "SMITH FAMILY"
AS WRITTEN BY ANNE SMITH, OLDEST DAUGHTER OF
COL. SAM SMITH AND MARY WEBB SMITH, HIS WIFE.

"As well as can be reccollected by the writer "The Smith family' Emigrated from Scotland. The ancestor of the following Smith family came from Scotland, whose name was Alexander Smith; he married an English Lady, whom if I reccollect was named Anne Coxe; she had a brother named Maurice Coxe. Samuel Smith born. .married to......Anne Amis born..... Samuel Smith, son of Sam and Anne Smith above was born in Essex Co., Va., Dec 3-1729-old style. Sam Smith died Oct 6-1800 in Granville Co. N. C, Mary Webb born in Essex Co Va Oct 21-1740 old style. Deceased Nov 20-1827 between 2 and 3 O'clock in morning. North Carolina.

. . . .

Samuel Smith and Mary Webb were married in May....1761 in Virginia.

The following are the children of Sam and Mary Smith.

Anne Smith was born Sunday Evening May 9-1762, Essex Co, Virginia.

Mary Smith was born Sunday evening Sept 18-1763, Essex Co, Va was married to William Williamson in Feb. 1800. Dec'd

March 21-1814 in full assurance of a blessed immortality; her last words, "Jesus can make a dyeing bed feel soft as downy pillows are," Adams Co, State of Ohio.

Samuel Smith was born on Wednesday Sept 25-1763 in Va., was married to Elizabeth Harrison on May 15-1792, who was born 28 of Feb 1772.

He died in the faith of The Lord Jesus June 4-1816, Caswell Co, N. C. She died in Caswell Co, N. C., 1838, on the 17 of December.

Elizabeth Smith was born Tuesday the 7th of April, 1767, in N. C., was married to James Downey. Died firm in faith, confident in hope of a joyful resurrection. Granville Co., N. C., Sept 17-1804.

Jane Smith was born on Friday Oct 7-1768, N. C., was married to Alexander Murphy in........Deceased in June........1813, Trusting in The Lord Jesus Christ. Caswell Co., N. C.

James Webb Smith was born Friday May 18-1770 Granville Co., N. C., was married to Polly Downey, First, (to Polly Webb 2nd), Departed this life between 1850 and... ... Jackson Co., Tennessee.

John Granville Smith Thursday Mch 5-1772 Granville Co N. C. Departed this life Thursday Oct 2-1828, about 9 A. M., Granville Co., N. C. (He was never married).

William Smith was born Thursday June 2-1774, N. C., married Lethy Eaton, who married Maj Pugh and Dyed May.... 1831 Granville Co N. C.

William Smith Jr., son of Wm Smith, was born Oct 1-1817, died June 10-1827. He (Wm Sr.) Deceased June 4-1818, Warren Co N. C. Hoping for salvation thro the merit obtained on the cross by Jesus Christ

Maurice Smith was born Monday May 6-1776, Granville Co., N. C., was married to Frances Goodwin (1st. time) who was born Dec 1-1788. N. C. Married 2nd to Amy Webb in April 10-1829, who was born Aug 31-1794. N. C.

Frances Goodwin departed Sept 22-1828.

He died May 21-1835.

Thomas Smith was born Tuesday Feb 9-1779, Granville Co., N. C. Departed Saturday night Sept 27-1794.

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