Good Afternoon!!! Dr. Charles Brown at one time wrote articles for the Daily Progress in Charlottesville. I beleive abstracts of his articles appeared in the Historical Society Magazines from Albemarle Co. I guess you know that Dr. Charles Brown made several trips to England working on the famous Jennings estate. He was never got anywhere with it. When Victoria was on the throne she said all the decendants were in America. If they could prove their lines they could claim their part. Abt. 1921 a lady on one of the Male Jennings line, brother to Sarah Jennings Dabney and her aunt, claimed and got about $11 Million. The balance I heard was nationalized in WWII and was used to bring German ophans to England. William -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, November 02, 2002 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [VIA-L] Thompsons >In a message dated 11/2/2002 3:40:25 AM Pacific Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: > > >> "His wife, now about the same age, alive and hearty and never a female >> of her generation known to die under the age of 85 years that grew to be a >> woman" (Virginia Independent Chronicle, 22 October 1788, Richmond Virginia). >> > >Edna, >The citations you give seem to point to Jane Thompson being a Via. > >Does anyone have any ideas on how to pursue this to futher prove this line? > >I tried to locate a copy of the letter by Charles Brown written in 1848 where >he states his grandmother was a niece of Margaret Via's but could not locate >it, so I don't know if it's in a private collection or if I just didn't check >the right places. > >Does anyone know if there is a will abstract book for Albemarle County? > >William...if you can't get Robert Thompson's will let me know and I'll try to >get it. > >Judy > >