The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-24

the Council 11ei-'51. born 1921 (grandson
 of Rev. Charles Grymes. I6E of York
 County. Va, died in Gloucester. Val.
 married Frances Carter Jenntngsses8
 was tho granddaughter of Henry Archer
 and Alice EIfonhead. who Is traced, from
 the royalty and the daughter of Edmund
 Jennings. Attorney General and Cover nor of Virginia very interesting chart
 can be made of her ancestry.
 S55. INERY-On referring to ColIins's History I find David Crews, not Daniel. a member of tho convention of 1'ss from Madison County. Kentucky. also an own CT of ferry across Kentucky river and
 there was a station called for him in
 Madison County. Andrew Crews was a member of the Legislature of Kentucky in 1883, probably son.
 CLAIBORNE The name in the days of William tho Conqueror, was spelled Cle- berne. and came from Normandy. Ed mund Claiborne of Westmoreland, Eng land. married Grau BelIinghsm about ] t590-5. Their son William came to this country in 1891. being first mentioned in | history as coming to Virginia in the par 1 ty Of Sir Thomas Wyatt. when he was appointed by King James ! surveyor of the new county. In fs2f he was appoint cd member of tho Colonial Council, and
 Secretary of Virginia. March 3i 1625. He was appointed by Parliament to reduce 1 Virginia to tho authority of the com monwealth He became Treasurer of Vir- ginia hut was subsequently deposed from that office in favor of the Royalist Colo
 nel Norwoed There are on record in tho
 Virginia land office grants of land to the extent of more than 24G1 acres in the
 name of Colonel William Claiborne. His
 family seat was "tsomancoke in King William County. five miles above West
 Point. where is the tomb of Lieutenant
 Colonel Thomas Claiborne. He. William.
 had son Thomas. who married Miss
 l'audridge. daughter of John Dsndridge.
 whose son. Thomas Claiborne. Jr.. may ried Anne Fox. who was the daughter of Henry Fox who married Annn. daughter
 of John West. ho was son of Governor
 John West, the twelfth child of Thomas. 2n Lord dc Ia Warr. Thomas Claiborne Jr.. and his wife Anne Fox were the par ents of Daniel Claiborne. Daniel Clai- borne married. Mary Maury. daughter of Matthew Maury. and his wife Mary Anne
 Fon,aine, Dorothea Claiborne. daughter of Daniel Claiborne and his wife. Mary
 Maury. married Henry Tatum, officer in tho revolutionary army, Henry Angus tus Tatum. N. D.. son of Henry Tatum. and Dorothea Claiborne. married Amelia Sherwin Brooking. daughter of Colonel Thomas V. Brooking. Daniel had brother. Augustine who was grandfather of Elizabeth Randolph Harrison. who married General Butts. Daniel had brother. Leonard. whose wife's tomb is at Sweet Hall" another family seat. few miles above "Romancoke." where are also tho tombs nf Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Claiborne. Jr., and his son. Thomas Dan iel. had brother Nathaniel who was grandfather of William Charles Cole Claiborne. Governor of Louisiana. and of deneral Ferdinand L. Claiborne, Cover nor of Mississippi Daniel had sister who married General Phillips. B. A. Dan iels brother Augustine married Mary Herbert. Daniels brother, William Dand- ridge Claibornes daughter married Bsv- erly Ecnnon. See Va. Magazine of His tory and Biography, page 2l1.
 The name of the wife of Colonel Clai- borne is not positively known. but ac- cordng to tradition he married in Eng
 land in 16}S a Miss Butler He died be-
 tween I673 and 16S9. See Bristol Parish.