THIS is a repost for the new people. ---------- > From: Carol99@aol.com > To: BROADWATER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BROADWATER-L] Charles L. Broadwater > Date: Sunday, September 27, 1998 7:27 PM > > Judy, > > I have been busy moving & getting settled in a new home, but saved email to > answer & yours was one on Charles Broadwater. > > I am a descendant of Broadwater Matney & as yet have not determined which > Broadwater his given name came from. His parents were believed to be William > (Broadwater ?) Matney & Jane Brooks, but I haven't been able to prove that yet > either. > > What I have been doing is collecting data on the Broadwater surname, that > thank goodness is uncommon & not that many to check early on . I found 2 > emigrant families. > > >From Virginia Historical Magazine pg 234-238 (can't find my notes that give > what issue). I found these magazines in a Library. You could do a search for > the one with Broadwater in it. > > "Career of Col. Charles Broadwater, Fairfax Co, VA" by Robert Lee Haycock, > Washington D.C. > > Page 237 "Of an old English family, the father of Charles Broadwater came to > Virginia before 1710 from Surry where it is said the home was near the village > of Godalmering. The British emigrant was a shipmaster who sailed the Potomac > & the James River in trade with England. Frequently he dropped anchor at > Belle Haven, the small port which later became Alexandria." > > Page 238 "Colonel Charles Broadwater, his son, married the widow of Dr. > Peairson, whose maiden name was Ann Amelia Markham who descended from an old > English family. Charles & Ann had 3 daughters. One of them, Jane, married John > Hunter an emigrant from Ayreshire, Scotland, who owned most of the land where > the town of Vienna stands today, & called his plantation 'Ayre Hill'. Another > daughter, Sallie, married Col. John West, of a prominent family in the history > of Fairfax. Charles Lewis Broadwater, a son, was an officer in command of > Virginia troops in the Rev. War." > > Mr Haycock, author of this article, is a descendant thru Jane m John Hunter, > whose dau Ann Hunter m Pressley Gunnell & their dau Janet Gunnell m John > Haycock. It goes on to tell that lineage. > > Hope this is of some help. I'd love to exchange more data on this family. I > feel quite sure it is tied to my gggrfa's name as James Mattingly who later > went by Matney was at Fairfax Co, VA at the same time (1750s) & in court > records along with Broadwater, West, Dalton & others that are related later > with my lineage. > > Carol in WA.