The Virginia magazine of history and biography . his thin school; hethinks his countr-men suspicious and ungrateful, therefore does not feelthat propensity to exert his powers, and improve his faculties in theirservice, which you will always find where the professor sees he is lookedup to, and feels that his forming iiand is to give the tract to the bulk otthe rising youth ; cherish, therefore, and support your own grammarschools, which you should consider as nurseries for the University—andthat, you should regard, as the only proper place for the general resortof your youth, where they are t
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The Virginia magazine of history and biography . his thin school; hethinks his countr-men suspicious and ungrateful, therefore does not feelthat propensity to exert his powers, and improve his faculties in theirservice, which you will always find where the professor sees he is lookedup to, and feels that his forming iiand is to give the tract to the bulk otthe rising youth ; cherish, therefore, and support your own grammarschools, which you should consider as nurseries for the University—andthat, you should regard, as the only proper place for the general resortof your youth, where they are to receive their last polish from onehand, and like brothers cast in one mould, and emulous which shallshew most striking proofs of affection and contribute most to the aid oftheir parents, shall be united in their efforts for their country, the com-mon parent of us all. Philomathes. From The Virgiytia Gazette and American Advertizer, Richmond, Va., June 28, 17S6. F p» f-m.^^^fW-^i%Mli^^^¥iJ^ m^^^fJf^^^kiMi^i^*^^^ r>!pm^^wsmi9i^^^M^mfm^ j^. I CATHERINE, WIFE OF JAMES DOUGLAS AND DAUGHTER OF GEORGE BRENT. KJ GENEALOGY. 317 GENEALOGY. THE BRENT FAMILY. Compiled by W. B. Chilton, Washington, D. C. (continued.) Children of Hon. Robert James and Matilda Lawrence Brent (con-tinued): Leila Lawrence Breht (Mrs. Dunbar Hunt), Ida S. Brent, ElizabethHager Brent. Will of William Brent, of Charles County, Md, , [son of Henry Brentand grandson of George Brent, of Woodstock, Va.] Dated 14th Octo-ber, 1745. Proved 16 January, 1745. Leaves his land called Goose Creek to be divided equally betweenhis sons Henry Brent and Walter Chandler Brent and an expectedchild, if a son, after his wife has received one third, her share to beequally divided among the sons at her death. To Charles Ewell certain land in Prince William county, Va. Other bequests to his wife Jane Brent, his mother Jane Watts, [whohad married a second time]. Appoints his wife, Jane Brent, his executor. Witnesses: Ralph Falkner