Excerpt from Historical, Genealogical, and Biographical Account of the Jolliffe Family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893: Also Sketches of the Neill's, Janney's, Hollingsworth's, and Other Cognate Families Having commenced my title-page with a sentiment from good old Bishop Meade, that it is wise for us to look back through the past history of our ancestors and mark the dealings of a kind Providence towards them, I found the wisdom of this remark constantly brought before my mind in the compilation of the fol lowing pages. I have found, though not always among the great of the earth, so many in all the generations have been among the good, not only proving their faith by their works, but often sealing it by suffering therefor. If my own children or any of my young relatives should catch an inspiration from the simple record of their adherence to duty, often amid trying circumstances, the labor that I have put upon these pages will not have been spent in vain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.