11 John Minor ... was born November 13, 1735. Died March 21, 1800. He was known as Major Minor, of Topping Castle, Caroline county. He was a man of large estate and was an officer of the Revolution, being present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis in 1781.
He married Elizabeth Cosby, and had issue :
22 Thomas Carr Minor,
23 William,
24 John Minor,
25 Lancelot Minor, of "Minor's Folly," Louisa county, born 1763, died in 1848. He married Mary Overton Tompkins;
26 Mary Overton, born 1765 ;
27 Diana, born 1767, married Richard Maury, of Spotsylvania, father of Matthew Fontaine Maury, United States Navy, the
celebrated scientist, and grandfather of General Dabney Herndon Maury, Major-General Confederate States Army ;
28 Sarah Minor, born 1773, married Harwood Goodwin, of Louisa county;
29 Charles Minor, M. D., died unmarried;
30 Elizabeth, born 1776, married Humphrey Hill, of Caroline, no issue;
31 Barbara, married Kemp Gatewood, of Essex ;
32 Elizabeth M. Stapleton Crutchfield, of Spotsylvania.
