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VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY
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Thomas Flournoy Spencer married Sallie Bouldin. January 10, 1822; issue: Ephraim Bouldin, U. D.

Dr. Ephraim Bouldin Spencer, of Halifax county, married, August 6, 1851, Sallie Fleming, daughter of Beverly Fleming, of Prince Edward county. They had several children, among them was Roxanna W., who married Eugene Charles Hurt, afore- mentioned.

(EngUsh Descent from 1266).

1. Sir John de Baskervyle. Kt.. grandee of Old \Vithington, Cheshire, who married Matilda . 1266.

2. John" de Baskervyle, of Old W'ithing- ton. married Xichola — • , records 1298-

1 334-

3. John' de Baskervile. of Old W'ithing- ton. records 1315-1345.

4. Thomas' de Baskervyle, of Old With- ington. married Idonea Blurton, records 1 366- 1 386.

5. William Baskervyle. of Old Withington. records 1420-1446.

6. William Baskervyle. of Old Withington, 1464-1480.

7. Randle Baskervile, of Old Withington, married Agnes Bostock, records 1477-1483.

8. William" Baskerville, of Old Withing- ton. records 1482-1513.

9. \\illiam" Baskerville. of Old Withing- ton, married .\gnes Mainwaring, records

1483-1503-

10. George Baskervile, of Old Withing- ton. married Cecily de Bradford, records

1517-1542-

11. William" Baskervile, of Old Withing- ton, married Elizabeth Henshaw, records

1579-

12. Thomas"' Baskervile, of Old Withing- ton, married Margaret Kinsey, died 1588.

13. Thomas" Baskervyle, of Old With- ington, married Dorothy Adderly, born 1566, died 1625.

i-|. John" Baskervyle, of Old WMthington, married Madaline Hope, born 1599, died 1662. Descendants of his son, Thomas are still living on the family estate in England.

15. John" and first of Virginia, Basker- vyle, fifth son of last, born 1637, died .1679, emigrated to Virginia about 1662, married Mary Barber,

16. George" Baskervyle*, of York county,

'This descent up to this point was obtained from Genealogy of the Baskerville Family by Mr. P. H. Baskerville.


Virginia, married Elizabeth Xorwell, born about 1675.

17 John' Baskervyle, of York (1738) and Cumberland counties.

18. Richard' Baskerville of Cumberland and Halifax counties, married Martha Goode, October 9, 1770.

19. Alice Goode' Baskerville, born in Cumberland county, August 2^. 1792, mar- ried William Pringle, records Halifax county.

20. William Goode Pringle, married Cor- nelia Wright, December 28, 1854, record Halifax county.

21. Rebecca Alice Pringle, married Pendle- ton Emett, December 15, 1881, recorded in Campbell county.

22. Ethel Thornhill Emett, married David Terry Edwards, October 15, 1910.

23. Alice Churchill Edwards.

Note — I have written this English Descent out for my own use, but since deciding to have this geneal- ogy published I would like it to precede the Bask- erville line.

(Baskerville-Goode-Pringla).

R. Alice (Pringle) Emett, wife of Pendle- ton Emett has. through her grandmother, Alice Goode (Baskerville) Pringle, an inter- esting lineage, tracing her ancestry in an unbroken line, into England twenty-one generations to Sir John de Baskervyle, Kt., grandee of Old Withington, Cheshire, Eng- land, A. D. 1266.=!-

Burke tells us in his "Landed Gentry" the family of Baskerville is one of the most 'an- cient and honorable in England. "The fam- ily is of noble Norman origin, and came from the parish of Baskerville, on the Eng- lish Channel. It has ever maintained the highest rank among the gentry, and can boast of the blood of the Plantagenets. The head of the family. Martels de Baskerville was in the battle of Hastings in 1066. as one of the leaders of the army of William the Conqueror, with whom he had come over."t

The coat-of-arms of the Baskerville fam- ily is: Argent, a chevron Gules between three hurts. This is the same as the one found at Dives, France, and on Battle Abbey Roll.

The crest of the Cheshire branch (Alice Goode (Baskerville) Pringle's branch) is:

On a wreath, a forester vert, edged or,


tDictionary of Family Names, P. 20.