Old Days in Nashville, Tenn

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Excerpt from Old Days in Nashville, Tenn: Reminiscences Jane Henry Thomas was born in Cumberland County, Va., September 2, 1800. Her great-great-grandfather on her mothers side of the family, William Ballew, a Huguenot refugee, came to Virginia to live, and there he married Dorothy Parker. Her great-grandfather, Thomas Ballew, married Jane Thomas, a daughter of the Henry Hugh Thomas who was once Lord Mayor of London. She came to Virginia from England in the same ship with Isham Randolph. Jane H. Thomas's grandfather, Thomas Ballew, married Chloe Battersby, and their youngest daughter, Micah, was her mother. Her great-great-grandfather on her grandmother Chloe Battersby sside of the family was named William Battersby. He was a captain in the King of England's Life Guard before he came to Virginia to live. The coat of arms now in the family was his. Her great-grandfather was also named William Battersby. He married Jane Dunkley, the daughter of an Irish sea captain, who owned the vessel he commanded. A daughter of this William Battersby and Jane Dunk ley was the grandmother of Jane IL Thomas. Job Thomas, the great-grandfather of Jane H.Thomas on her fathers side of the family, came from Pennsylvania to Virginia, and there married Elizabeth Hoggatt. Her family come from Manchester, England, and settled in Virginia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.