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2.1.2.1.4.1.7.1. Rebecca Bland Worsham b 28 Mar 1831 Amelia, Dinwiddie Co, VA, and died 21 Feb 1885 Hampton, VA. (19-1850)  Rebecca is the daughter of Henry Cousins Worsham & Judith Maria Bland.  She md Benjamin Franklin Hudgins 15 Nov 1853 Dinwiddie Co., VA. Benjamin b 12 Nov 1831 Matthews Co, VA at "Clifton" on the Piankatank River, and d. 25 Mar 1894 Hampton, VA. He was Elliott Washington Hudgins' cousin, they had the same grandfather, Houlder Hudgins b 1738 Liverpool, England, & d 1815 Mathews Co, VA at "Clifton" on the Pianketank River. His grandmother was Mary Gwyn. Capt. B. F. Hudgins attended Hampton Military Academy and graduated from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in 1852. He was a Confederate Captain in the Hampton Grays in the Civil War, a unit composed of Hampton residents and commanded by graduates of Col Cary’s Academy. After the war he became a planter and merchant. He was a lawyer in Hampton, VA and is named as executor of Dr. Worsham's will. Elliott Worsham Hudgins was Dr. Worsham's grandson and as his parents both died by the time he was 2; he lived with his grandfather and maiden aunt, Frances Bland Worsham. He was well provided for by Dr. Worsham and built the house at 422 W. Main, Blackstone, VA after Oldenplace burned. (422 W. Main burned in the 1960’s) He was bur. St. John's Churchyard, Hampton, VA. They had nine children, four of whom lived to maturity. (Kimberly McDaniel, 2000; and "Climbing The Family Tree" column by Hugh S. Watson, Jr., The Daily Press NEW DOMINION, Newport News, VA., Sun, Apr 20, 1975 with permission of the contributor, Mr. Edward A. Hudgins & Robert Bolling Batte's Biographical notes on file with the Library of Virginia)

Benjamin (in the picture, left) was Elliott Washington Hudgins' cousin, they had the same grandfather, Houlder Hudgins of Mathews Co, VA. Capt. B. F. Hudgins graduated from VMI in 1852 and served the Confederate Army of Virginia as Captain. He was a lawyer in Hampton, VA and is named as executor of Dr. Worsham's will.

 Picture and information from Kimberly McDaniel, 2000.

Children:

2.1.2.1.4.1.7.1. 1. Maria Bland Hudgins, b. 30 Oct 1859. She md Henry Clay Marrow 28 May 1884. He was b. 21 Jul 1848 and d 24 Dec 1928.

2.1.2.1.4.1.7.1. 2. Benjamin Franklin Hudgins, Jr. b. 9 May 1861, md Lucie Lamar Holliday 1890 d/o LaMar Holliday.

2.1.2.1.4.1.7.1. 3. Kenneth Worsham Hudgins b. 29 Sep 1866 Dinwiddie Co, VA. He md Mary Holmes Love 16 Jan 1895.

2.1.2.1.4.1.7.1.4. Astley Cooper Hudgins b. 24 Mar 1872; d. 1 Mar 1965; md. Nannie Whiting Watkins, 7 Jan 1898; b. 12 Oct 1875 at "Old Point"; d. 28 Sep 1936 Hampton. He attended Virginia Military Institute Bet. 1888 - 1889 .(Kimberly McDaniel, 2000)

2.1.2.1.4.1.7.2. Lilia Ann Augusta Worsham b. abt 1833 Nottoway Co, VA md. Elliott Washington Hudgins b. 1807 Mathews Co, VA and d 1867 Dinwiddie Co, VA at "Oldenplace".(Kimberly McDaniel, 2000) Child:

2.1.2.1.4.1.7.2.1. Elliott Worsham Hudgins b. 27 Nov 1867 Dinwiddie Co, VA at "Oldenplace"; d. 20 Dec 1947 VA.  Elliott Worsham Hudgins (see was Dr. Worsham's grandson and as his parents both died by the time he was 2; he lived with his grandfather and maiden aunt, Frances Bland Worsham. He was well provided for by Dr. Worsham and built the house at 422 W. Main, Blackstone VA (right picture) after Oldenplace burned.

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2.1.4.2.1.4. Abram Poindexter Maury. A short biography is in “The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans”: Volume VII, M. Maury, Ann: MAURY, Abram Poindexter, representative, b in Williamson county, Tenn., Dec. 26, 1801; son of Abram (1766-1825) and Martha (Worsham) (1775-1844) Maury, who came from Lunenburg county, Va., to Williamson county, Tenn., late in the eighteenth century; grandson of Abraham (1731-1784) and Susannah (Poindexter) (1746-1801) Maury; great-grandson of Matthew and Mary Ann (Fontaine) Maury, Huguenot refugees, married in England, 1716, and settled in Virginia, 1719. Abram Poindexter Maury received a superior education, and when sixteen years of age was taken to St. Louis, Mo., by Col. Thomas H. Benton, to edit a newspaper. He resigned the editorship the next year to enter the U.S. Military academy, but left the academy in 1819 to study law and edit a newspaper in Nashville, Tenn. He was married, Jan. 12, 1825, to Mary Eliza Tennessee Claiborne, a niece of W. C. C. Claiborne, first governor of Louisiana. Mr. Maury purchased the homestead in Williamson county, on the death of his father in 1825, and he represented the county in both branches of the Tennessee legislature and in the 24th and 25th congresses, 1835-39. After 1839, he devoted himself to the practice of law, to literary pursuits, and to lecturing. He died in Franklin, Tenn., July 16, 1848.

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2.1.4.2.2.3. Hannah Finney Worsham b. 7 May 1809 Amelia Co., VA. md Henry Latane Montague. In the Abstracts from John K. Martin Papers, War of 1812, William L. Montague, Letter from Baltimore, MD dtd 22 Mar 1853 from H.B. Montague referring to his sis in law as Mrs. Hannah Montague now in Petersburg. William L. Montague & Hannah F. Worsham were married. in Amelia Co 15 Mar 1825. He died in Abbeville Dist, SC 22 Mar 1835. Hannah was in her 44th year in 1853. (Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly Vol XVI, Num 4, 1-OCT-1978)

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2.1.2.4.2.2.8  Rebecca William Worsham. Married In Amelia Co. on March 4th, 1845 by Rev. Benjamin M. Hobson, Mr. Alfred G. A. Coleman to Miss Rebecca W. Worsham all of said County (Daily Richmond Enquirer pg 2, col. 6. Date of Publication 28 Mar 1845)