Bill, I don't know anything about the house except what was in the real estate add. just goes to show you can't take what realators say at face value because they claim it was first built in the mid 1700's. Another list member said her Marshall ancestor claimed to be "...of Leeds Manor" and she originally thought it was a house or estate because of the context. Finding a house with that name and time period owned by the Marshall family I thought I would mention it on the list so she could see if it was her branch of the family. My understanding, and I could be mistaken, was that Fairfax had a manor house built on each of the manorial estates for the local superintendant. I believe that Chief Justice John Marshall's father, Thomas Marshall was at one time superintendant of the Manor of Leeds. Although Thomas Marshall lived, for a time at least, on the opposite side of Markham from Hume I accepted that he could have lived other places during his lifetime, and if not, John Marshall would have gotten the original manor house when he purchased the manor anyway. If the house was built in the 1820's as you say though then this scenario definitely isn't true. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bilannstrb@aol.com> To: <VAFAUQUI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 9:29 PM Subject: [VAFAUQUI] Leeds Manor > The last few days there has been several msg. about the Manor and the Leeds > Manor house, which is for sale again. > > I feel the need to get some facts out about the house. In the 1820-30 time > frame, Chief Justice John Marshall gave each of his children a substantial > piece of the Leeds Manor, which he had purchased from Denny Martin Fairfax (along > with his brother James and bro-in-law Raleigh Colston). The children > proceeded to build homes on thier respective properties and to give them names. > > His son James Keith got about 1,500 acres on which he built a modest home > about 1820 and named it LEEDS. It stayed in his family until the 1930's. At no > time was it ever referred to as "Leeds Manor". > > When the house and farm was placed on the market a few years ago, a realtor > added the "Manor" to the name to give it a more splendid sales appeal. > > In order to keep historical accuracy, please refer to the Marshall home as > "Leeds". If the new owners want to change the name, so be it. A realtor should > not have that privilege, in my humble opinion. > > Bill Stribling > a Marshall descendant and local family historian > > > ==== VAFAUQUI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Fauquier County USGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafauqui/fqva.htm > Be sure to bookmark it!!! > >