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Mother: SARA SMYTH |
ERROR! father is Edmund Claiborne & Grace Bellingham of England.
"Virginia Venturer" William Claiborne 1600-1677, by Nathaniel C.
Hale, copyright 1951. (A Historical Biography.) In this book he
states that "William Claiborne, colonial Virginia's first
Secretary of State by royal appointment, was a native of Kent
England. He was baptized in the Parish of Crayford on August
10th of the year 1600"... he goes on to say "In one of the
strangest cases of mistaken identity in our colonial history
this enterprising son of an English merchant family has been
confused with a distant cousin of the same name." ... Supposedly
this William (the distant cousin) was the son of Edmund of
Westmoreland County in England. He says (our)"William, the
colonial, was the son of Thomas Clayborne of Kent, and a
grandson of Thomas Cleyborne, the Elder of the Borough of King's
Lynn in Norfolk."
CLAIBORNE OF VA, DESCENDANTS OF COLONEL WILLIAM CLAIBORNE, THE
FIRST EIGHT GENERATIONS, compiled by John Frederick Dorman,
1995, is quoted "WILLIAM CLAIBORNE son of Thomas Cleyborne of
Crayford, Kent,Gentleman, and Sara Smith-James."
When Roger James died in 1596, Sarah Smyth m. (2) Thomas
Claiborne, Mayor of the Borough of King's Lynn 1592, becoming
the parents, among others, of Col. William Claiborne.
Father: Thomas CLEYBORNE
Mother: Sarah Smyth JAMES
Family 1: Elizabeth BUTLER
MARRIAGE: ABT. 1635, ?
1.Mary Rice CLAIBORNE
"In 1981, the Genealogical Publishing Company, under the title
GENEALOGIES OF VIRGINIA FAMILIES, reprinted in five volumes all
of the genealogy articles which had previously appeared in the
VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY, a copy of which I
found at a local genealogy library. The first 75 or so pages of
Volume II are reprints of several articles pertaining to the
Claiborne family including Clayton Torrence's two-part article
entitled "The English Ancestry of William Claiborne of
Virginia." Two things make this article must reading for any
Claiborne researcher -- (1) the extent to which Torrence
researches William Claiborne's immediate family and English
ancestry; and (2) his complete documentation of source material
including citings from that material.
Torrence proves William Claiborne of Virginia was the son of
Thomas Cleyborne and his wife Sara (Smith) James, widow of Roger
James, of the Parish of Crayford, county Kent, England. Baptised
August 10, 1600, William Claiborne m. c1635 Elizabeth
Butler/Boteler, daughter of John and Jane (Elliott) Boteler of
Roxwell, county Essex, England.
Regarding the children of William and Elizabeth (Butler)
Claiborne, Torrence identifies five children -- William, Thomas,
Leonard, John and Jane -- and provides the evidence for each.
Regarding other, unnamed, children, Torrence writes:
"That the aforesaid William, Thomas, Leonard, John and Jane
(Mrs. Thomas Brereton) were children of the Honorable William
Claiborne (1600-circa 1677/8) is established fact, the evidence
for each child being stated above. That the mother of these five
children was Elizabeth Butler is established by the fact that we
have in note 45 established the fact that the Honorable William
Claiborne (1600-circa 1677/8) had only one wife, whom we have
proved to have been Elizabeth Butler."
"There is no evidence that the Honorable William Claiborne
(1600-circa 1677/8) and his wife Elizabeth Butler had other
children (at least who survived infancy or childhood) than
William, Thomas, Leonard, John and Jane, named above.""
Martha [email protected] Wrote: John Herbert Claiborne, MD wrote
in "William Claiborne of VA" William Claiborne who was the
first Secretary of the Commonwealth of VA was b. 1587 and d.
1677, New Kent Co and was buried at Romancocke, near West Point,
VA on the banks of the York River. The book delt primarily with
William Claiborne's fued with Lord Baltimore over Kent Island
off the Maryland coast. In one place it is noted 1677, when he
made his final appeal with respect to Kent Island, his name is
shown as William Claiborne, Sr. and it is also noted he had a
son named Leonard and a daughter named Jane. There was mention
that William Claiborne MAY have married a second time. There is
a will filed in King William in 1705 by William Claiborne which
mentions, "his son William Claiborne, cousin Thomas Claiborne,
Claiborne Gough, eldest son of my sister Ursula Gough, Elizabeth
Claiborne, daughter of sister Mary Claiborne. Cousin Leonard
Claiborne, cousin Eunice Coalies, friend George Clough. Friends
John Waller, Henry Madison and Daniel Miles. Madame Latitia
Newell governesss to my daugher, Mary Claiborne." This will is
found in "Some wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and
other wills not listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations
1632-1800" by William Lindsay Hopkins, Richmond, Virginia 1987.
I think this Mary Claiborne MAY be the one who m. Edward, son of
Thomas of Marcy as he was b. in 1690.
Children:
Lt. Col. Thomas CLAIBORNE
Col. William CLAIBORNE
Jane CLAIBORNE
Leonard of Jamaica CLAIBORNE
John of New Kent CLAIBORNE
"Claiborne, William (1587?-1677?), American colonist in what is
now the state of Maryland. He was born in northwestern England.
Claiborne was appointed secretary of state for the colony in
1625.
In 1631 he purchased Kent Island in Chesapeake Bay (now part of
Maryland). However, Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore,
claimed Kent Island as part of the land grant given his family
by royal charter. A group of colonists sent by Calvert to the
Maryland colony seized Kent Island in 1638. Claiborne overthrew
Leonard Calvert, Cecilius Calvert's brother, in 1644 and held
Maryland for the next two years.
The English strongman Oliver Cromwell appointed him to a
parliamentary commission that governed Maryland from 1652 to
1657. Lord Baltimore's claim to the colony was upheld, however,
and Maryland was returned to him." Copywrite Encarta© Online
Deluxe
From Johnathan Clayborne on genforum: "William was born in
Crayford. He was baptized on Aug 10, 1600. He attended Pembroke
College at 16 years of age and was officially admitted on May
31, 1617. On June 13, 1621 he was chosen by the Virginia Company
to be the official Surveyor in the colony. He was a member of
the party of Sir Francis Wyatt, who was the newly appointed
Governor. They arrived in Jamestown in Oct, 1621 aboard the ship
"George". On Mar 30, 1623 he was appointed to the Council. He
was re-appointed by the King on Aug 26, 1624. From 1625-1635 he
served as the secretary of the colony, and again from 1652-1660.
During 1642-1660 he also was the colony's treasurer. In 1640 he
was given charge of the colony's seal. (This means that he was
well liked. :) ). According to documents from 1626 he owned a
total of 17,500 acres of land dived among 7 differnt geographic
locations. During 1627 William was given a boat and a large
company of men and told to scour the (cheseapeke) bay area and
look for rivers and creeks. It was during this expedition that
he found what is now called Kent Island. On Mar 24, 1630 he went
to England. On Mar 16, 1631 William and associates were granted
license from the King to to trade with the indians from the
island. During his trading he bought the land from the local
indians. He built a large fort there complete with cannon,
orchards, farms, and houses and housed about 150 men. (nearly
half the population of the Colony at the time). On Jun 20, 1632
Leonard Calvert, aka Lord Baltimore, recieved a large grant of
land wich included "land not cultivated nor planted". Williams
island was within the boundaires of the land, but his fortress
even had orchards and farms and was therefore cultivated so it
did not fall within the confines of the grant given to lord
Baltimore. Baltimore disagreed. The "first naval battle" in
american history was fought just off the island. Williams ship
"Cockatrice" went up against Baltimore's ships "St. Helen" and
"St. Margaret". Williams ship was forced to retreat. A few days
later the same ships fought again and the battle ended in
Williams favor. They fought back and forth for several years
over the island. The King had issued a decree to Calvert that
the island was not his territory, but Calvert persisted.
Virginias goverenor at the time was Governor Harvey. HE was
booted out of Virginia for, among other things, failing to
support William and Virginia's prior rights to the island. (The
virginians were pretty ticked about lord baltimores grant.) In
1635 William returned to England to ask the King for assistance
in controling Calvert. The King refused. It was on this trip
that William married Jane Butler. While he was away Calvert
launched an assault on the island and took it. Shortly after
William returned to Virginia and waited. He built up an army and
took the whole of baltimore in 1638. A long-time enemy of the
colony returned at the same time and basically assisted William.
Once all of Calverts forces were driven from Maryland William
returned to Kent Island and his new associate ransacked the
mainland plandering anything he wanted. Calvert eventually
returned in 1644 and drove them both from Maryland. In 1652
William was made a Parliamentary Commisioner along with Richard
Bennett and sent to remove all public officials from office in
maryland by order of Parliament. (There was trouble with a
religious faction in marland that, left unchecked, would result
in small scale war). After the crisis was averted, William and
Richard returned the local officials to their proper office.
William did not try to re-take Kent Island during this time,
although he could have. He sent one last petition to the King in
1676 begging the king to let the "poor old servant of your
majesty's father and grandfather" have restitution for the land
and properties of the isle. His case was dismissed and he died
shortly after. William's well-documented children are: William,
Jane, John, Elizabeth, Thomas, Leonard.
I do have a copy of the "Claiborne" coat of arms that Id be
happy to give you, but keep in mind that these arms are do not
officially belong to William and his family. There was a second
William Claiborne that was born in the Yorkshire area at the
same time as your william. His family is the one that the coat
belongs to."
"The arms Argent 3 chevronnels interlaced in base and a chief
sable were officially registered at the Herald's Visitations of
the County of Yorkshire in 1584/5 and 1612 for the Cleybourne
family of Killerby, who are shown as having derived from the
neighboring county of Westmorland. The name is variously spelt
as Clyborne, Clyburne, Cleburne and Clebourne in 1584/5 and as
Cleybourne, Clayburne and Clyburne in 1612 - but as you probably
know, there were no fixed spelling of names in those days, so
its not at all unusual to find such variations. The arms consist
of a shield only, without a crest, though it includes quartering
for the Kirkbride arms as well as the basic Cleybourne coat.
We are not permitted to photostat our official manuscripts but I
am able to let you have the enclosed copy of a composite
pedigree printed in Joseph Foster's 1875 edition of the two
Visitations, which contains all the information given in the
manuscript versions. Indeed, it gives slightly more detail in
the third and sixth generations: the fact that Thomas Cleybourne
was living at Hay Close in Cumberland, the existence of his
sister Elizabeth and her marriage to John Thwaites of Marston,
Edward Cleburne's marriage to Elizabeth Hutton, and his sisters
marriage to Whitfield of Coulton, all these particulars have
been drawn from other sources. I should mention that the Edward
shown at the foot of the pedigree is Edmund on the Visitation
record.
There is no later pedigree or registration of the arms for a
family of the name in our records. William Claiborne and his
descendants never established any right (page 731) to arms
either by descent or by having a new grant. Nor has any crest
ever been officially associated with the shield. The crest shown
on the seal described in the article you sent with your letter
of Jan 3rd must have been informally assumed by the Claibornes
in America.
I suspect that their adoption of the shield was also informal.
The fact that thier ancestry has been traced back to King's Lynn
in Norfolk, the other side of the England from Westmorland,
suggests that there was no close link between the families - and
perhaps no link at all. I should explain that over all the
centuries, indeed throughout the history of heraldry, there has
been a tendency for families to adopt coats of arms that belong
to other families of the same name, irrespective of any actual
relationship. The use of the Visitation family's arms on William
Claiborne's seal and on his son Thomas' gravestone cannot in
itself be treated as evidence of any actual connection between
these families.
This does not entirely rule out the possibility that the Norfolk
Claibornes were descended from the Westmorland family but Im
afraid that the chances are against discovering thier precise
origins. It is very rare indeed to be able to trace the ancestry
of an English family prior to the early 16th century. It might
be helpful to look at a variety of Norfolk sources to see if the
name occurs in that county in the century or so before the
lifetime of Thomas Cleybourne. If not, it is plausible that he
came from elsewhere, and it would be worth looking at records
relating to the Westmorland family in the case there is any
reference to him.
However, from what you tell me, it sounds as if a good deal of
research has already been carried out in determining Thomas'
origins. I enclose a copy of of a page of a page from Walter
Rye's "Norfolk Families Vol I (1911)". I have also turned up a
number of references to the Westmorland family in printed
sources none of these disclose a link with Thomas of King's
Lynn.
I am afraid that this report is necessarily somewhat negative. I
hope nonetheless that my findings are of some interest to you,
and I shall be happy to answer any further queries you may have.
Yours sincerely,
[singed] P.L. Dickinson
P.L. Dickinson
Richmond Herald"
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_Thomas "The Elder" CLAIBORNE (CLEYBORNE) _|
| (1530 - 1581) |
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_Thomas CLAIBORNE (CLEYBORNE) _|
| (1557 - 1607) m 1598 |
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| |_Katherine REVELEY ________________________|
| (1530 - ....) |
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|--William CLAIBORNE 1s Sec Commonwealth of VA
| (1600 - 1676)
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| _(RESEARCH QUERY) SMYTH ___________________|
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|_SARA SMYTH ___________________|
(1570 - 1626) m 1598 |
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Mother: Faith GODFREY |
Things were going well for the wagon train until Christopher's
wagon broke down while crossing a branch on Mills Creek of the
Pacolet River. He decided, thenand there, to settle on the
spot. The branch was known as Coleman's Branch and is to this
day. He immediately set about to build a tavern where travelers
could get food, drinks, and lodging. This tavern was known as
Christie's Tavern. It was said that he would turn no man away,
even during the American Revolution. If the Tories were coming
to rest and water their horses, the Whigs would scamper down a
ramp built over the creek and hide in the woods.
In 1780 when Hugh Habershaw brought Horseshoe Robinson to
Christie's Tavern to rest for the night, somehow he escaped,
probably over the ramp.
Christie's Tavern has been mentioned many times in such books as
"The History of Grendal Shoals, Horshoe Robinson, Heroes of
Kings Mountain, Drapers of Virginia" and in many other articals
written about Union County, South Carolina. Christopher was a
prosperous land owner and business man of his time, and it is
said that his wife, fearing that they would be robbed, went out
one dark and rainy night and burried a pot of gold outside the
tavern. To this day peple have searched with various devices
for this gold, but to no avail. In the "History of Grendal
Shoals", Christopher was described as a quiet and peaceful man
and quote: "No better citizens have ever graced any country". It
is said that after the revolution he went to Charleston, South
Carolina where he became Justice of the Peace and is said to
have died there."
Christopher Coleman received two separate grants of land
totaling 400 acres bounded by Robert coleman's land just off the
Pacolet River on Jan 1, 1766. He ran a Tavern called
"Christie's"
Robert Coleman was heir to much of Christopher's land and was
the father of 10 children. (only 8 children found on other
records.)."
_Joseph COLEMAN _____+
| (1658 - 1704) m 1685
_William COLEMAN ____|
| (1685 - ....) |
| |_Agnes ADELSTON _____+
| (1665 - ....) m 1685
_Robert COLEMAN _____|
| (1715 - 1745) m 1740|
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|--Christopher COLEMAN
| (1743 - 1781)
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|_Faith GODFREY ______|
(1720 - ....) m 1740|
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Father: John Packer DAVIS Mother: Mary A. "Polly" MCCANTS |
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_Abel DAVIS _________|
| (1770 - 1826) |
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_John Packer DAVIS _______|
| (1796 - 1865) m 1826 |
| | ____________________________
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| |_Agnes PACKER _______|
| (1770 - ....) |
| |____________________________
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|--Lucy Ann DAVIS
| (1829 - 1854)
| _Thomas MCCANTS Sr._________+
| | (1741 - 1791) m 1775
| _John MCCANTS _______|
| | (1778 - 1846) m 1803|
| | |_ BURGESS __________________+
| | (1740 - 1778) m 1775
|_Mary A. "Polly" MCCANTS _|
(1812 - 1850) m 1826 |
| _(RESEARCH QUERY) THOMPSON _
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|_Mary Jane THOMPSON _|
(1785 - 1846) m 1803|
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Mother: Matilda LEE |
_Henry LEE I_________________________+
| (1691 - 1747) m 1723
_Henry LEE II___________|
| (1729 - 1787) m 1753 |
| |_Mary BLAND _________________________+
| (1704 - 1764) m 1723
_Henry "Lighthorse Harry" LEE Gov.of Virginia_|
| (1756 - 1818) m 1782 |
| | _John GRYMES Esq.of Brandon__________+
| | | (1693 - ....) m 1715
| |_Lucy Ludwell GRYMES ___|
| (1720 - ....) m 1753 |
| |_Lucy LUDWELL _______________________+
| (1698 - ....) m 1715
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|--Lucy Grymes LEE
| (1786 - 1860)
| _Thomas LEE of Stratford_____________+
| | (1690 - 1750) m 1722
| _Philip Ludwell LEE Sr._|
| | (1726 - 1775) m 1763 |
| | |_Hannah Philippa Harrison LUDWELL ___+
| | (1701 - 1750) m 1722
|_Matilda LEE _________________________________|
(1763 - 1793) m 1782 |
| _James STEPTOE of "Nominy Hall"______
| | (1710 - 1778)
|_Elizabeth STEPTOE _____|
(1741 - 1789) m 1763 |
|_Elizabeth ESKRIDGE of "Sandy Point"_+
(1715 - 1744)
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The war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud was a
difficult one for all Flemings, but David Oliphant’s dilemma was
more acute than most. While fighting for Stephen at Winchester
in 1141, young Oliphant became aware that his royal godfather,
fighting on the other side, was in great peril. At the risk of
his own life he saved the Scottish king and hid him until the
way was clear for an escape over the Border. Although the
Oliphants continued to hold Lilford until 1266 (when it passed
to their kinsman, Walter de Mai-ay), David Oliphant followed his
godfather to Scotland and spent the rest of his life there,
serving him loyally and wisely as justiciar of Lothian. His
heraldic device was that of a second son of Boulogne, so David
Oliphant was of the family of Lens like Queen Maud.
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Mother: Laura BELKNAP |
_Henry SACHSE _______
| (1790 - ....)
_William SACHSE "the Immigrant"_|
| (1820 - 1899) |
| |_Mary KEMPS _________
| (1800 - ....)
_James Alfred SACHSE _|
| (1849 - 1930) m 1875 |
| | _Henry MCCULLOCH ____+
| | | (1790 - 1862)
| |_Elizabeth MCCULLOCH ___________|
| (1815 - 1852) |
| |_____________________
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|--Arizona Elizabeth SACHSE
| (1876 - ....)
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| _Porter BELKNAP ________________|
| | (1830 - ....) |
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|_Laura BELKNAP _______|
(1857 - 1933) m 1875 |
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|_Elizabeth______________________|
(1830 - ....) |
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Mother: Maude Blanche MORAN |
_John B. SIMMONS ________________+
| (1818 - 1901)
_Joel B. SIMMONS _________|
| (1844 - 1920) m 1867 |
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_Oscar Ernest SIMMONS _|
| (1870 - ....) |
| | _________________________________
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| |_Nancy Zerelda TERRY _____|
| (1848 - 1942) m 1867 |
| |_________________________________
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|--Malsey Fay SIMMONS
| (1900 - 1981)
| _Charles H. MORAN _______________
| | (1810 - ....) m 1838
| _Marmaduke Young MORAN ___|
| | (1846 - 1902) m 1870 |
| | |_Elizabeth "Betsy" M. BUCKHOLTS _+
| | (1821 - ....) m 1838
|_Maude Blanche MORAN __|
(1882 - 1967) |
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|_Salina Catherine WATSON _|
(1840 - 1883) m 1870 |
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|--Robert TOMLIN Sr.
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