Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families, Հատոր 1Frank Allaben Genealogical Company, 1911 |
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Alexander Anthony Anthony¹ April Army Ball Baltimore Breckenridge Brooke brother Byrd Captain Carter Cary³ Charles child Children Colonel cousin daugh daughter died without issue Doctor Earl of Cassillis Edward Eleanor Eliza Elizabeth City County England father Fontaine Francis Francis¹ George Gilbert Gilmer ginia Gloucester County Governor Hannah Henry House of Burgesses Jacques¹ James James² Jane January Jefferson County John Baylor John Selden John Taliaferro John¹ John² John³ Joseph June land Lord Kennedy Lucy Mann Mann Page Margaret Maria married Ann married Elizabeth married John married Mary married William Martha Maryland Mason Matthew³ Mercer Miles Cary Nathaniel Nelson Number October Parish Pendleton Peter President Preston Randolph Rebecca Richard Richmond ried Samuel Selden Sarah second wife Selden Family sister Swann Taylor Thomas Thomas Swann Thomas¹ viii Virginia Walker Washington widow William and Mary William Armistead William Boswell William Byrd William³ Wilson Cary Selden Wormeley
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Էջ 491 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Էջ 491 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, •with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Էջ 182 - Armistead and the heirs of his body, and in default of such issue to the...
Էջ 491 - That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them.
Էջ 491 - That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people, in assembly, ought to be free; and that all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage...
Էջ 337 - ... He was a foe without hate; a friend without treachery; a soldier without cruelty; a victor without oppression; and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices; a private citizen without wrong; a neighbor without reproach; a Christian without hypocrisy; and a man without guile. He was Caesar without his ambition; Frederick without his tyranny; Napoleon without his selfishness; and Washington without his reward.
Էջ 491 - That a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defence of a free State; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided, as dangerous to liberty ; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.
Էջ 492 - That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.
Էջ 412 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of Heaven.
Էջ 151 - Arms: Argent, a lion passant, sable; on a chief of the second, three mullets of the first. Crest: Out of the clouds proper, a demi-lion, rampant, sable, powdered with estoiles, argent, holding a globe, or.