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]\Irs. David Terry Edwards, of Lynchburg, Virginia, and Mrs. Robert Hurt, of New York City. They are descendants of John Emmet who, as a youth of eighteen came to this country from Ireland, about the mid- dle of the eighteenth century (possibly 1740), and settled at Stephensburg, now Stephens City, Virginia. He married Mary Stephens, only daughter of Major Peter Stephens, who was a native of Germany and a soldier in the revolutionary war. Major Stephens had mar- ried a Miss Rittenhouse, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and came to \'irginia from Pennsylvania in 1732 with Joist Hite and sixteen other German families. Here he was granted by patent, a large tract of land in the Shenandoah Valley, Frederick county. Eight miles south of the present county seat, Win- chester, he laid ofif a farm and built his resi- dence, founding Stephens City and naming it for himself. In addition to his daughter Mary, mentioned above. Major Stephens had one son, Lewis. Children of John'* and Mary (Stephens) Emmet: Lewis, of whom fur- ther ; Mary.

(II) Lewis' Emmet, son of John and Alary (Stephens) Emmet, married Jane Barnett Gibbs, eldest daughter of Captain Churchill Gibbs, and Judith (Richardson) Gibbs, of Richmond. Captain Churchill Gibbs, born 1754. died 1845, at his home in Madison county, Virginia. He was first lieutenant in First Virginia Regiment, served the entire time of the revolutionary war. Captain Churchill and Judith (Richardson) Gibbs' issue: Jane Barnett, born 1784, married Lewis Emmet. June 15. 1809: Penelope, born 1788, married Richard Rixey, of Culpeper county, 1815; Eliza, born 1800, married Henry Barnes, 1817; May, born 1790, mar- ried Benjamin Porter of Orange county, 181 1 ; Judith, born 1793. married Reuben Strother; Cynthia, married John R. Bohan- nan ; Charles, married Mary Truehart, of Richmond : Dr. John, unmarried ; Turner R., married and moved to Tennessee. Captain Churchill Gibbs was a son of John Gibbs and Elizabeth Churchill. John Gibbs. born November 14. 1729, son of Zacharias Gibbs. Zacharias Gibbs. born October 10. 1680. son of Gregory Gibbs and Mary. Gre- gory Gibbs, born 1635, died in Middlesex parish, iCyg6, son of Lieutenant John Gibbs,

•The knowledge that John' Emmet, the immi- grant, was a first coussin of Robert Emmet, the Irish patriot, has been handed down in the family and there can be no reasonable doubt of it. VIA-55

an Englishman, who arrived at Jamestown aboard "The Supply" in 1619. He was com- missioned "lieutenant at Jordans Journey" in 1625, was one of the gentleman justices of "Charles Cittie" county in 1655. The Gibbs coat-of-arms bears the inscription "Tcnax prcposti''

The children of Lewis and Jane Barnett (Gibbs) Emmet: i. Judith R., married James R. Brooking, an Episcopal minister of Orange county, \'irginia ; issue, Martha J., born April 3. 1828, at Stephens City, married a Marvin. 2. Mary Eliza. 3. Jane.f married Rev. Samuel Tompkins, moved to Volcano, Wood county. West Virginia ; issue : Em- met, Charles, now in Mississippi ; Sam, went to Texas. 4. Juliet, married a Mr. Bell, issue : Charles, Julia. 5. John Churchill moved to Texas and married ; issue : i. Thomas .^ddis, died without issue, ii. Dan, who has a son Thomas Addis Emmet. 6. Thomas Truxton. of whom further, married Elizabeth Pendleton. 7. Lewis Stephens, moved to Alissouri, married and had issue: Lewis, Etta and one other daughter. The home of Lewis and Jane Barnett (Gibbs) Emmet is still standing in Stephens City, and is owned by the Luidamoods.

(III) Thomas Truxton' Emett (as he spelled the name), son of Lewis and Jane Barnett (Gibbs) Emmet, was a merchant and planter, residing for some time at Win- chester, Frederick county, Virginia, later re- moving to Nelson county, Virginia. Here he married Elizabeth Pendleton, daughter of Micajah and Mary Cabell (Horsley) Pendle- ton (see Pendleton VI). Issue: Pendleton, of whom further.

(IV) Pendleton Emett*, son of Thomas Truxton and Elizabeth (Pendleton) Emett, was born July 2, 1841, died August 13, 191 1. He moved to Lynchburg shortly after the close of the war between the states, and en- gaged in the dry goods business, which he followed until failing health compelled him to retire from active pursuits. He was one of the prominent merchants of his adopted city for a number of years after the war and was highly esteemed and honored by his fellow citizens. He was a devoted member of the Court Street Methodist Church, which he joined shortly after taking up his residence in Lynchburg. He was of a quiet

f'Early days in and around Stephens City" gives his name as belonging to the M. E. Sunday-achooli class, 1834.