Posted on: Caroline Co. Va Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Caroline?read=1400 Surname: Rouse, Mason, Chinault, Pitts ------------------------- I have information on Samuel Fauntleroy Rouse and Elizabeth (Silva) Mason. They were married in Caroline Co. on June 21, 1867. His parents were Hayden Rouse and Matilda (Pitts) Rouse (Married Dec. 28, 1819). Her parents were Richard Mason and Nancy Chandler (Married Feb. 25, 1824). All this is in the Caroline County marriage records. The 1850 Census shows both families in Caroline County. Hayden Rouse was hard to find - he was not indexed but, after many hours squinting, I found him on pg. 284. The Census taker spelled his name Hadin but it's him, with wife Matilda and 8 year old Fauntleroy. In 1860 Hayden has apparently died but Matilda is living in the Central Point area. Samuel F. is now 17. Richard Mason is also listed but Nancy (Chandler) is now enumerated as 'Ann'. I find this significant because in Wingfield's 'History...' there is an Ann Coleman (sometimes called Nancy) who married William Chandler, second son of Robert Chandler. Also of interest in the 1860 Census is the listing for 'Philadelphia E. F.' who is the age that the Elizabeth listed in 1850 would be in 1860. By 1870 Fauntleroy has his own listing in the Bowling Green P.O. which is consecutive with Richard Mason. Elizabeth (Philadelphia E. F.) is married to shoemaker, George W. Silva, and living with her parents along with a bunch of other Silvas. By 1880 George W. Silva has apparently died and Elizabeth has remarried her neighbor Samuel Fauntleroy Rouse. They are enumerated in the Milford District. There is a listed, in the WPA's Historical Inventory of Caroline Co. from 1937, 'Mason's Old Home Place' located on Rt. 625, 4.6 miles southeast of Naulakla. It was owned by a Mr. Chandler who left it to his daughter. She married a Mr. Richard Mason. Samuel Fauntleroy Rouse was my Great, Great Grandfather. If anyone is interested I have quite a bit more information on this line I would be happy to share with any cousins out there.