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During the war John Ambler remained at "The Cottage," in Hanover
County, Virginia. He went to school in the neighborhood to a man
named Bates.
When the Revolutionary War closed, in which he had acted the
part of a boy warrior, young John Ambler found himself of age
and one of the richest men in the State of Virginia. Without
ever being in debt to any amount, he owned the following
estates:
1. Jamestown, in County of James City.
2. The Maine, in County of James City.
3. Powhatan, in the County of James City.
4. An Estate, in the County of Surry.
Image Not Shown Col. John Ambler Of Jamestown, Va. (Copied from
painting by Petticolas)
5. Westham, in the County of Henrico.
6. Cottages, in the County of Hanover.
7. Mill Farm, in the County of Louisa.
8. Lakeland, in the County of Louisa.
9. Nero's -, in the County of Louisa.
10. Glen-Ambler, in the County of Amherst.
11. Saint Moore, in the County of Amherst.
12. Estate -, in the County of Frederick.
13. 1,015 acres of land, in Piedmont Manor.
14. 10,000 acres, in the Manor of Leeds.
15. Several lots, in the Town of Little York.
16. Several lots, in the Town of Manchester.
17. Several lots, in the Town of Richmond.
18. The Mill tract, in the County of Henrico.
19. Stock in the Bank of Virginia.
20. Stock in the Farmers' Bank of Virginia.
21. Stock in the Farmers' Bank of United States.
22. Stock in the Dismal Swamp Canal.
23. Stock in the Richmond Dock.
24. 5,000 acres of land, in Mason County.
Col. John Ambler put his affairs in order, placed an overseer on
each estate and employed a steward to superintend the whole.
Before he was of age, John Ambler was elected to represent James
City County, in the Legislature. He became the commander of a
troop of cavalry in James City, which consisted of eighty men
and was at the time the finest in the State. He took great pride
in this company and presented it with an elegant banner.
When he removed to Richmond to live in 1807, he was made major
in the 19th Regiment of Virginia Militia. And with this rank
surrounded the troops who were sent to Norfolk in what was
called the Chesapeake War, caused by British ships of war firing
in the frigate Chesapeake and forcibly taking out some of her
crew.
On his return he was promoted to the rank of Colonel of 19th
Regiment-and in this rank he served through the War of 1812. He
was stationed at Camp Bottoms Bridge about fifteen miles below
Richmond on the road leading to the old City of Williamsburg,
Virginia. His headquarters were at what has since been known as
Frazer's Tavern. His usual style of travelling was in a "Coach
and Four," with a gig and outriders. There is a most accurate
portrait of John Ambler, which has the merit of being both a
good likeness and a good painting, and from which is copied the
engraving given on the opposite page. There is also an admirable
portrait of the third Mrs. Ambler. The first of these portraits
was painted by Petticolas and the last by King.
Col. Ambler's friends and associates were: Judge St. George
Tucker, native of Bermudas, d. 1827; William Coleman, of
Williamsburg; Wilson Miles Cary; Bishop James Madison; Col.
Burwell Basset; Dr. Philip Bernard, of Norfolk, Virginia, d.
1830; Wm. Marshall, of Richmond, husband of Mary Macon; Gen'l
John Hartwell Cocke, of Surry; Philip Norborne Nicholas,
Mrs, John Ambler Née Bush, of Winchester, Va.-Widow Norton
(Copied from painting by King) President of Farmers' Bank;
Wilson Cary Nicholas, Governor of Virginia; John Marshall, Chief
Justice of United States; Col. Edward Carrington, of Richmond;
Edward Smith, Mrs. Ambler's brother-in-law; Mrs. Bannister, of
Williamsburg, Virginia; Sam G. Adams, of Richmond; Col. Sam
Travis, of Williamsburg.
John Ambler was on the jury which tried the celebrated Aaron
Burr.
In the year 1806, Col. Ambler purchased an elegant house upon
Shockoe Hill in the city of Richmond, to which he removed his
family in the fall of the same year.
His estate, Westham, about eight miles above Richmond on James
River, now became his principal source of pleasure. He was in
the habit of visiting it about twice a week and took great
delight in improving it. Even after he came to Richmond to live
he passed his summers in Winchester.
In 1818 John Ambler received from James City County an old
christening vase, which had been given to the church of
Jamestown nearly a century before by the wife and son of his
ancestor Edward Jaquelin. (See Chapter I.)
*). At his death, he was surrounded by all his children
excepting Thomas Marshall and Richard Cary. He died with all the
dignity of a philosopher and the calm and tranquil resignation
of a devout Christian. In the War of 1812, he bore amongst the
officers and soldiers of the army the sobriquet of Marshal Ney.
And during the last years of his life, he was so large a land
holder, that he was familiarly spoken of by his Richmond
acquaintances as "The Duke."
His widow, the third Mrs. Ambler, survived him ten years. She
breathed her last on the 15th of June, 1846, in the same room in
which he died, surrounded by all the children except Philip
Saint George and Richard Cary. She was buried by the side of her
husband, under the marble pyramid she had assisted his children
in rearing to his memory.
John Ambler's tombstone is a high shaft, with coat-of-arms, and
this simple inscription:
John Ambler of Jamestown, Va. Born September 25, 1762. Died
April 8, 1836. Erected by his widow and children.
On the right side of shaft is inscription:
Katharine Ambler, Widow of John Ambler Esq. Born May 9, 1773.
Died June 16, 1846.
In the left corner of the above lot and shaft is:
Tombstone of Dr. Francis T. Brooke, Son of Mrs. Frank Brooke
(née Ambler) and Grandson of John Ambler. Born August 26, 1842
Died March 31, 1882
Col. John Ambler married 1st, Francis Armistead, daughter of
Gill Armistead and Elizabeth Allen, his wife, of the County of
New Kent, Virginia, in 1782. She died in 1789. They had issue:
I. Edward Ambler((5)), b. May, 1783; d. July 10, 1846. Married
(1811) Sarah Taylor Holcombe, daughter of Col. Philemon
Holcombe, of "The Oaks," Amelia County, Virginia.
II. Mary Cary Ambler((5)), b. May, 1787; d. Sept. 25, 1843.
Married John H. Smith.
Soon after the latter's birth, Mrs. Ambler died in 1787. John
remained a widower until 1792, when he married Lucy Marshall, b.
in Fauquier County, Virginia, about 1768; d. Jamestown,
Virginia, 1793; she was daughter of Thomas Marshall of Fauquier
County, Virginia, and sister of Chief Justice John Marshall.
They had issue:
III. Thomas Marshall Ambler((5)), b. May 1, 1793; d. Sept. 4,
1875. Married (April 15, 1819) Lucy Johnston.
* Her early death cast a pall of sorrow over the whole family.
"Lucy" has become a favorite family name and attests her
loveliness. The first two Mrs. John Amblers fell martyrs to
their attachment to Jamestown, which they could not be persuaded
to leave, though it was known to be unhealthful during the
months of August and September.
Col. John Ambler married (Nov. 21, 1799) Mrs. Catherine Norton,
widow of John Hatley Norton, Esq.,
Col. John Ambler and his third wife, Catherine Bush, had
following issue:
IV. John Jaquelin Ambler((5)), b. March 9, 1801; d. Nov. 18,
1854.
V. Catherine Cary Ambler((5)), b. Nov. 18, 1802; d. Nov. 8,
1850, New Orleans, Louisiana.
VI. Elizabeth Byrd Ambler((5)), b. April 22, 1804; d. July 27,
1877.
VII. Philip Saint George Ambler((5)), b. Sept. 5, 1806; d. March
19, 187-.
VIII. Sarah Jaquelin Ambler((5)), b. Nov. 5, 1809; d. Aug. 1811.
IX. Richard Cary Ambler((5)), b. Dec. 7, 1810; d. July 16, 1877.
X. Wm. Marshall Ambler((5)), b. July 25, 1813; d. at Lakeland,
Louisa County, Virginia, Aug. 25, 1896.
XI. Gabrilla Brokenbrough Ambler((5)), b. May 18, 1815; d. May
30, 1874.
(More about Bush Family Volume III.)
COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE Southern States of America
AMBLER FAMILY page 16
HON. JOHN AMBLER, (4--5), of Jamestown, Va., b. Sept. 25, 1762;
d. May 8, 1836; he was active in affairs of both Church and
State. He m. (first) 1782, Frances Armistead, dau. of Gill and
Betty (Allen) Armistead and gr.-dau. of John Armistead, of New
Kent Co., Va., and his wife, Miss Gill; (second) 1796, Lucy
Marshall, b. 1768; d. 1795; dau. of Col. Thomas and Mary
Randolph (Keith) Marshall, of "Oak Hill"; (third) Catherie
(Bush) Norton, wid. of John H. Norton; and dau. of Philip and
Catherine (Clough Bush, of Winchester, Va. (See Armistead,
Marshall and Keith lineage.)
_John AMBLER ____________________ | (1660 - ....) m 1682 _Richard AMBLER "the Immigrant"_| | (1690 - 1766) m 1729 | | |_Elizabeth BICKERDIKE ___________ | (1660 - ....) m 1682 _Edward AMBLER ______| | (1730 - 1768) m 1754| | | _Edward JAQUELIN "the Immigrant"_+ | | | (1668 - 1730) m 1706 | |_Elizabeth JAQUELIN ____________| | (1709 - 1756) m 1729 | | |_Martha CARY ____________________+ | (1686 - 1738) m 1706 | |--John AMBLER Esq. | (1762 - 1836) | _Miles CARY II___________________+ | | (1656 - 1709) m 1702 | _Wilson CARY Esq. of Celeys_____| | | (1702 - 1772) m 1729 | | | |_Mary WILSON ____________________+ | | (1675 - 1741) m 1702 |_Mary CARY __________| (1732 - 1781) m 1754| | _________________________________ | | |_Sarah PATE? ___________________| (1710 - 1783) m 1729 | |_________________________________
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_JOHN BRISCOE I______+ | (1610 - 1699) _Philip BRISCOE Gent. Sr._| | (1648 - 1724) m 1677 | | |_Elizabeth DUBOIS ___ | (1620 - ....) _John BRISCOE Gent.__| | (1678 - 1734) m 1711| | | _Edward SWANN Sr.____+ | | | (1630 - 1693) | |_Susannah SWAN ___________| | (1650 - 1740) m 1677 | | |_Susannah HEATH? ____ | (1630 - ....) | |--John BRISCOE | (1715 - 1741) | _____________________ | | | _Samuel WILLIAMSON _______| | | (1650 - 1729) | | | |_____________________ | | |_Eleanor WILLIAMSON _| (1690 - 1754) m 1711| | _____________________ | | |_Judith BARBER ___________| (1650 - ....) | |_____________________
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Louisiana Secretary of State, Reel: CP1.93 -- Microdex 2 --
Sequence 10
Target card: MC CANTS, HELEN
Applicant Information & Name Variations:
MC CANTS, HELEN M. (ANDERSON)
Parish: ORLEANS -- Pages: 3
Soldier Information & Variations:
MC CANTS, JAMES CLARENCE
State: LA
Branch: CAVALRY
Unit: 3RD REGIMENT
Company: CO. E
Louisiana Secretary of State Confederate Pension Applications
Index:
MC CANTS, JAMES CLARENCE CP1.93 2, seq. 10 3 MC CANTS, HELEN
_James MCCANTS Esq.___+ | (1713 - 1772) m 1740 _Nathaniel MCCANTS _______| | (1745 - 1816) m 1766 | | |_Agnes MCNEALY _______+ | (1725 - 1760) m 1740 _David Scott MCCANTS ____| | (1781 - 1864) m 1839 | | | _John James GOTEA I___+ | | | (1720 - 1807) | |_Elizabeth GOTEA _________| | (1745 - 1824) m 1766 | | |_Elizabeth MCCONNELL _+ | (1730 - ....) | |--Junius Clarence MCCANTS C.S.A. | (1847 - 1884) | _CLAN LIVINGSTON _____ | | | _Robert Young LIVINGSTON _| | | (1777 - 1837) m 1805 | | | |______________________ | | |_Maria Young LIVINGSTON _| (1814 - 1877) m 1839 | | _Evan MCLEAN _________+ | | (1760 - 1805) |_Margaret MCLEAN _________| (1788 - 1876) m 1805 | |_Rosanna______________ (1764 - 1806)
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