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THE RIXEY GENEALOGY

(This book is currently out of print, but is available in the Library of Congress and through some out-of-print publishers.)

Contents

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Investigations of Origin and History of Rixey Family

1

Explanation of Drawings 3
Fairfax County Records 5
Prince William County Records 9
Fauquier County Records 17
Nationality 21
Richard Riccia 29
Richard Rixey, Jr. 35*
Mary Rixey (Mrs. Andrew Monroe Chancellor) 43
Religion of the Early Rixeys 49
Rixeyville 53
John Rixey 57
Jane Fendall Childs Rixey (Mrs. Charles Jones) 63
Richard S. Rixey 73
Fendall C. Rixey 81
Elizabeth Mildred Rixey (Mrs. Henry Moss Ivy) 87
Richard Henry Rixey 93
Richard Rixey, III, of Fauquier County 97
Samuel Gibbs Rixey 107
Eleanor Truehart Rixey (Mrs. W. H. Mendenhall) 113
Samuel Williams Rixey 117
Louisa Herndon Love Rixey (Mrs. D. B. Hall) 121
Mary Richardson Hall (Mrs. Wilbur A. Trout) 125
Virginia Gibbs Hall (Mrs. Edward H. Jackson) 127
Charles Decatur Hall 131
Virginia Caroline Rixey (Mrs. Daniel Cloud Hall) 137
Roswell Gibbs Hall 141
Samuel Rixey, Sr. 145
Presley Morehead Rixey 155
Charles Jones Rixey, Sr. 163
Presley Marion Rixey 171
John Franklin Rixey 179
Eppa Rixey, Sr. 191
Benjamin Franklin Rixey 197
Florence Vane Rixey (Mrs. Charles Rixey Lake) 207
Samuel Rixey, Jr. 211
Randolph Picton Rixey 225
Samuel Francis Rixey 233
Anna Louis Rixey (Mrs. Charles H. Keyser) 237
Presley Rixey 243
Thomas Cornet Rixey, Sr. 249
Catherine Mildred Rixey (Mrs. Lawson Eastham) 255
James Richard Rixey 259
Charles Rixey 267
Henry Marrs Lewis 275
Smith Henry Rixey [the Clovis connection] 283
Eugenia Adele Rixey (Mrs. John W. Smith) 289
William Rixey 293
Thomas Richard Rixey 303
Thomas Pierce Rixey 307
George William Rixey 313
Charles William Wellington Rixey 321
William Joseph Rixey 325
Wellington Woodford Rixey 329
Mary Elizabeth Rixey (Mrs. S. M. Newhouse) 333
Lavinia Adelaide Rixey (Mrs. Edgar Wayland) 339
Olivia L. Rixey (Mrs. James M. Caskie) 341
Military Service 345
The Morehead Family 351
The Hunton Family 367
The Thomas Family 373
Wills 383
Fauquier County Marriage Records

393

Illustrations
FACING PAGE
Randolph Picton Rixey

frontispiece

Facsimile of Letters from Reverend Ignazio Rivera 24-27
Riccia Coat of Arms 26
Morehead Coat of Arms 36
Gibbs Coat of Arms 100
Family of Judge Charles Decatur Hall 132
Home of Mrs. Charles Decatur Hall 134
Samuel Rixey, Sr. 146
Mrs. Samuel Rixey, Sr. (1st) 148
Mary Ann Catherine Rixey 148
Mrs. Samuel Rixey, Sr. (2nd) 150
Arithmetic Made by Samuel Rixey, Sr. 150
Mrs. William Richard Jones 150
Mrs. Presley Morehead Rixey 156
Home of Presley Morehead Rixey 160
Rear Admiral Presley Marion Rixey, U. S. N. 172
Home of Presley Marion Rixey 174
Hon. John Franklin Rixey 180
John Strode Rixey 186
James Barbour Rixey 188
Benjamin Franklin Rixey 198
"Vermont," Home of Benjamin Franklin Rixey 202
"Hilly Farm," Home of Samuel Rixey, Jr. 212
Home of Mary Frances Wise, Warm Springs, VA. 214
Facsimile of Letters from General Robert E. Lee 215, 216, 217
Mary Frances Wise 218
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rixey, Jr., and Samuel Francis Rixey 222
Mrs. Charles Hampson Keyser 238
"Rose Dale," Home of James Richard Rixey 260
"Pleasant Hill," Home of Charles Rixey 268
William Rixey 294
Mr. and Mrs. George William Rixey 314
William Joseph Rixey 326
Wellington Woodford Rixey 330
Mrs. Wellington W. Rixey 331
Lauchope House, Scotland--Home of the Moreheads 352



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