Lisa Capen’s great-great-great-grandmother Mary Ann Hudgins, a Mathews native, is surely smiling. Her great-great-great-granddaughter and husband Harlen moved from Poquoson to the Bavon area of Mathews about a year and half ago. Ironically, the home they saw on the internet and purchased after falling in love with it at first visit was once owned by Mrs. Nora Hudgins, a native of Mathews (no relation known). “And once we stepped into the front door we knew it was for us,” Lisa said.
Another asset to the property was the cottage built next to the main house. Once a kitchen was installed, the cottage became the home for Lisa’s parents Karen and Kirk Kehrberg. And a family tradition was established: “They eat one meal a week with us and we eat with them one day a week. My dad is the cook.”
Although Harlan and Lisa are still fully employed—he is with NASA and she teaches and operates her quilting business—they also operate the Bavon Farm Stand. “Harlen is the farmer. I’m his helper,” Lisa ...