"In tracing the next family I have met with great difficulties, and can only  give the result of my investigations."

      "From a note given me by Rev. Anson Titus of Tufts College, Mass., I find that a certain William Cowdrey married in 1668, in Virginia, a Mary Savage.  It is not known whose son he was.  He might have been a son of William Cowdrey the Emigrant Ancestor, but it is not probable, as his name does not appear in the Lynn or Reading records, or in William's will.  It is more probable that he came from England and settled in Virginia, near Norfolk.  The next record that we have, which would seem to have any connection with this William of Virginia, is found in a letter written by William Drayton Cowdrey.  He says "I found out in Norfolk, VA., on my way home from College, in Feb., 1827, that my great grandfather on my father's side was Savage Cowdrey from Eastern Shore Maryland."  It would seem that from the unusual name that this Savage was a son of  William and Mary (Savage) Cowdrey.  Unfortunately, William D. Cowdrey failed to give the name of his grandfather, and I have been unable to find any one who knew anything about him or any record of his birth, marriage or death, but William D. Cowdrey states in his letter that his grandfather had a brother, Savage.  From these few notes I am only able to give the record as follows:"