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     George Washington Duncan was born on 7 February 1851 at Ray Co., Missouri, USA.¹ He married Clarissa "Clary" Harris, daughter of Solomon Jefferson Harris and Penelope Lewis, on 21 September 1883 at Ray Co., Missouri, USA,
; Her 1st husband.¹
George Washington Duncan died on 18 April 1896 at Richmond, Ray Co., Missouri, USA, at age 45.¹

     Hiram Duncan married Nancy Ann Sharp.¹

     Nancy Ann Sharp married Hiram Duncan.¹

     John Duncan was born on 25 November 1854 at Ray Co., Missouri, USA.¹ He married Isabelle "Belle" Wyatt on 6 March 1873 at Ray Co., Missouri, USA,
; His 1st wife.¹ John Duncan married Clarissa "Clary" Harris, daughter of Solomon Jefferson Harris and Penelope Lewis, after 1896
; His 2nd wife, her 2nd husband.^1,2
John Duncan died on 13 July 1914 at Excelsior Springs, Clay Co., Missouri, USA, at age 59.¹

     Isabelle "Belle" Wyatt was born in September 1853 at Kentucky, USA.¹ She married John Duncan, son of Hiram Duncan and Nancy Ann Sharp, on 6 March 1873 at Ray Co., Missouri, USA,
; His 1st wife.¹
Isabelle "Belle" Wyatt died after 1900.¹

     Rebecca Sublett was born in 1814 at Madison, Garrard Co., Kentucky, USA.¹
Rebecca Sublett died in 1854 at Clay Co., Missouri, USA.¹

     David Sublett was born in 1807.¹
David Sublett died on 24 April 1880 at Washington Township, Putnam Co., Indiana, USA.¹

     Pleasant Sublett was born in 1808 at Garrard Co., Kentucky, USA.¹
Pleasant Sublett died in 1893 at Loveland Co., Iowa, USA.¹

     Tyree Rodes Harris was born on 15 May 1765 at Lancaster, Garrard Co., Kentucky, USA.^1,3,4 He married Sophie Herd in 1773
; His 1st wife.¹ Tyree Rodes Harris married Rachel Brown in 1806
; His 2nd wife, Her 2nd husband?^3,5
Tyree Rodes Harris died in 1841.^1,4
Tyree Rodes Harris was buried in 1841 at Tyree Rhodes Harris Cemetery, Buckeye, Garrard Co., Kentucky, USA;
From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     15 Mar 1765, Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky, USA
     DEATH     1841 (aged 75–76), Garrard County, Kentucky, USA
     Family Members
     Spouses
      Sophy Herd Harris 1764–1831
      Rachel Brown Harris 1780 – unknown
     Children
      Elijah L. Harris 1800–1853
      Josephine C. Harris Denton 1818–1875
     BURIAL     Tyree Rhodes Harris Cemetery, Buckeye, Garrard County, Kentucky, USA
     Created by: Joseph Anthony
     Added: 9 Feb 2015
     Find A Grave Memorial 142388461.^4,6
     He witnessed the beginning of military service of Capt. Robert Harris Jr. circa 1777;
DAR Application #103238:
Ancestry.com - North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
     Name:     Tyre Rodes Harris
     Gender:     Male
     Age:     75
     Birth Date:     1765
     First Marriage Date:     1806
     Death Date:     1840
     Father:     Robert Harris
     Mother:     Lucretia Brown
     Spouse:     Rachel Brown
     Child:     Russell A Harris
     Source Citation: Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 104 : 1913
     Source Information
Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.⁷
In Capt. Robert Harris Jr.'s will dated 10 July 1806 at Surry Co., North Carolina, USA, Tyree Rodes Harris was named as an heir;
Ancestry.com - North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998
     Name:     Robert Harris
     Probate Date:     1809
     Probate Place:     Surry, North Carolina, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1809
     Inferred Death Place:     North Carolina, USA
     Item Description:     Original Wills, Brown, John - Moreland, Joseph
     Source Citation: Wills and Estate Papers (Surry County), 1663-1978; Author: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History; Probate Place: Surry, North Carolina
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: North Carolina County, District and Probate Courts.

Text of will transcribed by G. Vaut:
     "State of North Carolina Surry county
     "I, Robert Harris of the said county & state being perfect sense & memory calling to mind the mortality of mankind and as it appointed once for all men to die I therefore ordain this to be my last will & testament and after paying all my just debts what estate it hath pleased god to bless me with I give & bequeath in manner and form following:
     "First, I give my soul to god who gave it and my body to the Earth from whence it came to be buried in such manner as my Executors hereafter named shall think of it.
     "Item I give to my son Elijah Harris the land whereon I now live it being the balance of the land that I have a deed for from Robert Lanier which I give to him and his heirs forever.
     "Item whereas my son Tyree, son Bezeleel Brown, my son Bernice and daughter Lucretia have received one hundred pound Virginia money out of my estate and the rest of my children has not. Namely Mourning Burch, Nancy Boon, the heirs of son Robert Lucy Head? the heirs of Patsy Tanner & heirs of Sarah Blackwell my will is that there be out of my estate one hundred pounds Virginia money a piece raised for them except the heirs of Sarah Blackwell which only fifty pounds allowing the rest heirs above mentioned to be equal to one legatee which Legasees I give to them & their heirs forever.
     "Item I give to my granddaughter Milly Harris one horse & saddle bed and furniture to her heirs forever
     "The rest of my estate be it of what denomination so ever to be sold whether real or personal & equally divided between the above named Legatees except Elijah which takes no share but that land gave him.
     "I constitute and appoint my sons Bezeleel and Elijah to execute this my last will and testament revoking all other wills heretofore made.
     "Signed Sealed and acknowledged in presence of this tenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eighteen hundred & six. Robert Harris
Test: Joseph Forkner, Jesse McKenney, Elijah Davis.²

     Sophie Herd was born on 12 July 1764 at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA.² She married Tyree Rodes Harris, son of Capt. Robert Harris Jr. and Lucretia Brown, in 1773
; His 1st wife.¹
Sophie Herd died on 20 December 1831 at Garrard Co., Kentucky, USA, at age 67.²
Sophie Herd was buried after 20 December 1831 at Tyree Rhodes Harris Cemetery, Buckeye, Garrard Co., Kentucky, USA;
From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     12 Jul 1764, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
     DEATH     20 Dec 1831 (aged 67), Garrard County, Kentucky, USA
     Family Members
     Spouse
      Tyree Rhodes Harris 1765–1841
     BURIAL     Tyree Rhodes Harris Cemetery, Buckeye, Garrard County, Kentucky, USA
     Created by: Joseph Anthony
     Added: 9 Feb 2015
     Find A Grave Memorial 142388479.^2,3

     Bright Berry Harris married Sally Walton.¹
Bright Berry Harris was born in 1791.¹
Bright Berry Harris died in 1865.¹

     Sally Walton married Bright Berry Harris, son of Tyree Rodes Harris and Sophie Herd.¹
Sally Walton was born in 1794.¹
Sally Walton died in 1865.¹

     Isaac Walton Harris was born in 1814.¹
Isaac Walton Harris died in 1884.¹

     Benjamin Brown Sr. married Sarah Dabney.^1,2,3,4,5

     Reference:
Woods [1901:151]: "The Brown of Brown's Cove were a Hanover family. Its head, Benjamin, and his eldest son Benjamin, patented a large area of land in Louisa County, both before and after its establishment in 1742. They began to obtain grants in Albemarle also soon after its formation. From 1747 to 1760 they entered more than six thousand acres on both sides of Doyle's River. Benjamin Sr., married Sarah Dabney, who according to Dr. Charles Brown's will, was descended from the Jennings that left the enormous estate in Engalnd, which such a multitudinous posterity in this country has coveted, and which prompted Dr. Charles to cross the great sea twice in his old age. Benjamin died in 1762, leaving eleven children, Benjamin, William, Agnes, Barzillai, Banajah, Bernard, Bernis, Bezaleel, Brightberry, Elizabeth, the wife of John Price, and Lucretia, the wife of Robert Harris..."³

Benjamin Brown Sr. lived at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA.² GAV-6.

Benjamin Brown Sr. left a will circa 1762.³

     Sarah Dabney married Benjamin Brown Sr.^1,2,3,4,5

      ; There is disagreement on Sarah's maiden name. The 1950 Alabama surname file lists her as "Sarah Thompson. Sprake [1922:533] and other sources list her as "Sarah Dabney". It is possible that Sarah had a first husband (either named Thompson or Dabney), confusing the recording of her maiden name.^4,5 Sarah Dabney was also known as Sarah Thompson.⁴ GAV-6.

Sarah Dabney appeared in the census of 1780 at Tax List, Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA; Ancestry.com - U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820
     Name:     Sarah Brown
     Gender:     F (Female)
     State:     Virginia
     County:     Albemarle County
     Residence Year:     1780
     Household Remarks:     10 Apr 1782, District No. 3: free males above 21: 0; slaves: 6; "No Nett[?] Cattle": 15; "No Horses mares Colts & Mules": 3; "No wheels for Riding Carriags": 0; "No. Billiard Tables": 0; "No Ordinary
     Source Citation: Document: Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782 [Virginia State Library]; Call Number: FHL Film 2024443; Page Number: 12; Family Number: 11
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: Census Publishing. State Census Records. West Jordan, Utah: Census Publishing, 2003-2009.⁶

     Maj. Robert Overton Harris Sr. was born circa 1698 at Hanover Co., Virginia, USA; Find A Grave memorial says b. 1696, but according to Spraker [1922:531] his father died 8 Mar 1687. Spraker [1922:531] says "b. 168-". Davis [1989:462] says born about 1698.^2,6,7,5 He married Mourning Glenn on 13 January 1720 at Hanover Co., Virginia, USA.^2,6,4,8

Maj. Robert Overton Harris Sr. died between 18 June 1765 and 8 August 1765 at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA.^2,9

His estate was probated on 8 August 1765 at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA,
; Will Book No. 2, p. 185. White [1916:454] says probate 8 Nov 1765. Miller [1907:267] says probate 8 Aug. 1765.
     Per Miller [1907:268]: "At a Court held for Albemarle County, the 8th day of Aug. 1765, this will presented in Court, proved by the oath of Daniel Maupin and William Maupin witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded, and on the motion of John Rodes and William Shelton, the executors therein named, certificate is granted for obtaining a probate thereof, in due form on giving security. Whereupon they with David Rodes and Christopher Harris their securities entered into and acknowledged their bond according to law.
     Teste, Henry Frye, C.
     A copy, Teste, W. L. Maupin, Clerk."^6,9
     GAV-6. He was a mentioned with William Claiborne Harris and Temperance Overton; Harris Family descendancy seen on Robin's Witman & Boone Ofrenda family tree on Ancestry.com. This document cites no sources.⁴
Maj. Robert Overton Harris Sr. was mentioned in a land transaction in 1750 at Brown's Cove, Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: per Miller [1907:267]: "Major Robert Harris took up land in Brown's Cove, in Albemarle County in 1750. He was one of the early settlers on Doyle's River. He obtained patent for more than 3000 acres in the vicinity."^9,10

Maj. Robert Overton Harris Sr. left a will on 18 June 1765 at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA; Text of will from Miller [1907:267-8]:
     "In the name of God, Amen. I Robert Harris of the County of Albemarle, being of perfect mind, and memory, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, in manner and form following: first and principally I recommend my soul to God who gave it to me, not doubting but through the merits of my blessed saviour to have full pardon and remission of my sins, and my body, I recommend to the earth from whence it came, to be buried in such manner, as my executors hereafter named shall see fit. And as touching such temporal estate as it hath pleased God to bestow on me, I give and dispose of in manner and form following.
     Imprimis: I give and bequeath to my son, Christopher Harris forty acres of woodland, ground lying and being in the County of Albemarle, on a large spur of the Blue Ridge Mountains near to a place commonly called and known by the name of the "Bear cornfield," to him and his heirs and assigns forever.
     Item: I give and bequeath to my son, William Harris, after the decease of my loving wife, Morning (Mourning) Harris, all the land which I hold in the County of Albemarle to him and his heirs forever.
     Item: I leave to my loving wife Mourning Harris, the sole use and benefit of all the lands and plantations during her natural live, which is above given to my son, William Harris after he decease.
     Item: I leave to the said loving wife, the sole use and benefit during her natural life, six slaves, that is to say Harry, Peter, Dick and Aaron, men, Patta and Nanny, women.
     Item: My will and desire is, after the decease of my wife, that if my negro man Harry should be then living, in that case I give and bequeath the said Harry, to my son, Robert Harris, junior, to him and his heirs.
     Item: My will and desire is, after the decease of my wife, that if my negro man Peter should be then living, in that case I give and bequeath the said Peter to my son, Tyre Harris, to him and his heirs.
     Item: My will and desire is, after the decease of my wife, that if my other four negroes, Dick and Aaron, men, and Patta and Nanny, women, be then living, I give and bequeath them and their increase to my son, William Harris, to him and his heirs.
     Item: My will and desire is, that if my son, William Harris should die before he attains the lawful age, or without issue, that in that case, he the said William Harris should be further educated, the charges thereof shall be paid out of the estate given him, after the whole being sold, by my executors herein after named, and the remainder of the money arising from such sale be equally divided amongst all my children, or their legal representatives.
     Item: My will and desire is, that my son William Harris to be under the tuition, direction and government of my son-in-law, John Rodes, until he shall attain to lawful age.
     Item: I give and bequeath to my loving wife, when all my lawful debts, and funeral expenses is paid all the residue of my estate, be it of whatever nature or quality so ever, to her and her heirs forever.
     I do constitute and nominate and appoint my sons-inn-law, John Rodes and William Shelton, to be my executors of this my last will and testament.
     As witness my hand and seal this eighteenth day of June in the year of Our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and sixty five.
     (Signed) Robert Harris. (L. S.
     Signed, sealed, etc. in the presence of Daniel Maupin, John Mullins, James William Maupin, Courtley Mullins."^11,12

     Mourning Glenn was born in 1702 at Virginia, USA.² She married Maj. Robert Overton Harris Sr., son of William Claiborne Harris and Temperance Overton, on 13 January 1720 at Hanover Co., Virginia, USA.^1,3,4,5

Mourning Glenn died on 8 May 1775 at Virginia, USA.²
Mourning Glenn was buried after 8 May 1775 at Burial location unknown ;
from Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     1702, Virginia, USA
     DEATH     8 May 1775 (aged 72–73), Virginia, USA
     Family Members
     Spouse
      Robert Overton Harris 1696–1765 (m. 1719)
     Children
      James Harris 1722–1792
      Christopher Overton Harris 1725–1794
      Lucy Harris Shelton 1734–1803
      Sarah Harris Rodes 1735–1803
      Archelaus Harris 1736–1792
      Elizabeth Frances Harris Crawford 1746–1814
     BURIAL     Unknown
     Maintained by: Find A Grave
     Originally Created by: gst14
     Added: 6 Dec 2014
     Find A Grave Memorial 139646059.²
     GAV-6. She was a mentioned with William Claiborne Harris and Temperance Overton; Harris Family descendancy seen on Robin's Witman & Boone Ofrenda family tree on Ancestry.com. This document cites no sources.⁴
In Maj. Robert Overton Harris Sr.'s will dated 18 June 1765 at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA, Mourning Glenn was named as an heir; Text of will from Miller [1907:267-8]:
     "In the name of God, Amen. I Robert Harris of the County of Albemarle, being of perfect mind, and memory, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, in manner and form following: first and principally I recommend my soul to God who gave it to me, not doubting but through the merits of my blessed saviour to have full pardon and remission of my sins, and my body, I recommend to the earth from whence it came, to be buried in such manner, as my executors hereafter named shall see fit. And as touching such temporal estate as it hath pleased God to bestow on me, I give and dispose of in manner and form following.
     Imprimis: I give and bequeath to my son, Christopher Harris forty acres of woodland, ground lying and being in the County of Albemarle, on a large spur of the Blue Ridge Mountains near to a place commonly called and known by the name of the "Bear cornfield," to him and his heirs and assigns forever.
     Item: I give and bequeath to my son, William Harris, after the decease of my loving wife, Morning (Mourning) Harris, all the land which I hold in the County of Albemarle to him and his heirs forever.
     Item: I leave to my loving wife Mourning Harris, the sole use and benefit of all the lands and plantations during her natural live, which is above given to my son, William Harris after he decease.
     Item: I leave to the said loving wife, the sole use and benefit during her natural life, six slaves, that is to say Harry, Peter, Dick and Aaron, men, Patta and Nanny, women.
     Item: My will and desire is, after the decease of my wife, that if my negro man Harry should be then living, in that case I give and bequeath the said Harry, to my son, Robert Harris, junior, to him and his heirs.
     Item: My will and desire is, after the decease of my wife, that if my negro man Peter should be then living, in that case I give and bequeath the said Peter to my son, Tyre Harris, to him and his heirs.
     Item: My will and desire is, after the decease of my wife, that if my other four negroes, Dick and Aaron, men, and Patta and Nanny, women, be then living, I give and bequeath them and their increase to my son, William Harris, to him and his heirs.
     Item: My will and desire is, that if my son, William Harris should die before he attains the lawful age, or without issue, that in that case, he the said William Harris should be further educated, the charges thereof shall be paid out of the estate given him, after the whole being sold, by my executors herein after named, and the remainder of the money arising from such sale be equally divided amongst all my children, or their legal representatives.
     Item: My will and desire is, that my son William Harris to be under the tuition, direction and government of my son-in-law, John Rodes, until he shall attain to lawful age.
     Item: I give and bequeath to my loving wife, when all my lawful debts, and funeral expenses is paid all the residue of my estate, be it of whatever nature or quality so ever, to her and her heirs forever.
     I do constitute and nominate and appoint my sons-inn-law, John Rodes and William Shelton, to be my executors of this my last will and testament.
     As witness my hand and seal this eighteenth day of June in the year of Our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and sixty five.
     (Signed) Robert Harris. (L. S.
     Signed, sealed, etc. in the presence of Daniel Maupin, John Mullins, James William Maupin, Courtley Mullins."^6,7

     William Claiborne Harris was born in 1655 at Virginia, USA.^1,3,4,5 He married Temperance Overton, daughter of Col. William Overton and Mary Elizabeth Waters, circa 1695
; Spraker [922] and Miller [1907 ] say they married c1670. Boddie [1960:128] says m. ca 1695. Davis [1989:462] sayd they married ca 1695.^1,6,3,5,7
William Claiborne Harris died before 1 February 1733.⁸
     GAV-7.

Reference: Harris Family descendancy seen on Robin's Witman & Boone Ofrenda family tree on Ancestry.com. This document cites no sources.³

     Temperance Overton was born on 2 March 1679 at Hanover, Hanover Co., Virginia, USA.^5,6,4 She married William Claiborne Harris, son of Maj. Robert Harris and Mary Claiborne, circa 1695
; Spraker [922] and Miller [1907 ] say they married c1670. Boddie [1960:128] says m. ca 1695. Davis [1989:462] sayd they married ca 1695.^1,2,3,4,7
Temperance Overton died on 19 February 1716 at Hanover, Hanover Co., Virginia, USA, at age 36.^5,6,4
Temperance Overton was buried after 19 February 1716 at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hanover, Hanover Co., Virginia, USA;
from Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     2 Mar 1679, Hanover, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
     DEATH     19 Feb 1716 (aged 36), Hanover, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
     Daughter of Mary Elizabeth Walters and William Overton. Married 1695 Pamunkey River St Peter Parish New Kent Co VA William Harris. Hers may be the earliest known grave site in Hanover County.
     Family Members
     Parents
      William Overton 1638–1690
      Mary Elizabeth Waters Overton 1654–1697
     Spouse
      William Claiborne Harris 1669–1730 (m. 1695)
     Siblings
      Mary Elizabeth Overton Anderson 1673–1734
      Barbara Overton Winston 1690–1766
     Half Siblings
      Barbara Overton Winston 1690–1766
     Children
      Robert Overton Harris 1696–1765
     Gravesite Details The family put new writing on the back of the original stone with the death date of 1710.
     BURIAL     Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
     Created by: Gary Violette
     Added: 18 Mar 2007
     Find A Grave Memorial 18511594.⁶
     Reference: Harris Family descendancy seen on Robin's Witman & Boone Ofrenda family tree on Ancestry.com. This document cites no sources.³ GAV-7.

     Col. William Overton was born on 3 December 1638 at England.² He married Mary Elizabeth Waters, daughter of Samuel Waters Sr. and Ann Peake, on 24 November 1670
;
per Boddie [1960:127]: "... in 1670 he brought over his fiancee, Elizabeth Waters...and they were married on board the ship November 24, 1670, it having cost him fifty pounds of tobacco for her passage from England to America."

per Boddie [1960:127-8]: "William Overton's marriage to Elizabeth waters, daughter of Samuel and Ann Waters of London, is proven by the will of Ann Waters...."Igive unto my daughter Elizabeth Overton, now in Virginia, the sum of ten shillings and to my son-in-law, William Overton, her husband, ten shilings..., I give unto my son John Waters who for divers years past hath gone to Virginia...etc."^1,2,4,5
Col. William Overton died in 1690 at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA.²
Col. William Overton was buried in 1690 at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hanover, Hanover Co., Virginia, USA;
from Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     3 Dec 1638, England
     DEATH     1690 (aged 51–52), Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
     While I maintain this memorial I do have questions whether he is actually buried here. Wm. was granted 6000 acres of land on the Anna river. Next to his grant was the Harris grant of 6000 acres. The land the cemetery is on was that of the Harris family. It would make more sense that he would be buried on his own land.
     William was born in 1638 - sources are the two books ----"Winston of Virgina and Allied Families" and "William Cross of Botetourt Co., VA and His
Descendents".
     Family Members
     Parents
      Robert Overton 1609–1678
     Spouse
      Mary Elizabeth Waters Overton 1654–1697 (m. 1670)
     Children
      Mary Elizabeth Overton Anderson 1673–1734
      Temperance Overton Harris 1679–1716
      Barbara Overton Winston 1690–1766
      Barbara Overton Winston 1690–1766
     BURIAL     Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
     Maintained by: Lori Linnell
     Originally Created by: Andrea Winstead
     Added: 30 Oct 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial 60859736.²
     Col. William Overton lived at Glen Cairn, Hanover Co., Virginia, USA.⁶ GAV-8.

Col. William Overton immigrated circa 1669 to Hanover Co., Virginia, USA; per Boddie [1960:127]: "It is believed and family tradition has always had it, that [Robert's] son, William Overton, came to Virginia in search of his father about 1669 and failing to locate him, remained in Hanover County, Virginia, where in 1670 he brought over his fiancee, Elizabeth Waters..."⁷
Col. William Overton was mentioned in a land transaction on 23 April 1681 at Falling Creek, Hanover Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: per Boddie [1960:127]: "The Virginia Land Books contain records of a deed for 4600 acres on the south side of Pamunky River on Falling Creek april 23, 1681, to William Overton for transporting ninety-two persons to the colony."⁷
Col. William Overton was mentioned in a land transaction in 1690 at St. Peter's Parish, Hanover Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: per Boddie [1960:127]: "...deed to William Overton in 1690...for additional land in St. Peter's Parish."⁷
In Ann Peake's will dated 29 September 1697 at St. Sepulchre Parish, London, City of London, Greater London, England, Col. William Overton was named as an heir;
Per Baskervill [1921:151] "...it names "son John ·Waters, who for divers years hath been gone to Virginia, five shillings and no more; son Samuel Waters and Margaret his wife ten shillings apiece; daughter ELIZA­ BETH 0vERTON, now in Virginia, ten shillings; and William, her husband, ten shillings; son in law, Mr. William Goodwin, ten shillings for a ring ; brother in law, Caleb Millett, ten shillings; son Thomas Waters residuary legatee, and he the sole executor."^7,8

     Maj. Gen. Robert Overton was born in 1609 at Easington, East Riding, Yorkshire, England; Aged 23 at time of marriage bond on 27 June 1632.^3,6 He married Ann Gardiner, daughter of Jeremy Gardiner and Anne Potticary, circa 27 June 1632 at Stratford, co. Middlesex, England,
;
Text from marriage bond record:
     "(?) appeared Robert Overton of Easington of (?) in the county of Yorks (?) aged about 23 (?) and (?) (?) that have (?) (?) to marry with Anne Gardiner of Greater (?) in the County of Midd maiden aged about 16 (?) daughter of Jeremy Gardiner of the same place (?) and that (?) known of (?) lawful lot or impediment by (?) of any (?) (?) (?) or affinity to hinder that intent (?) marriages (?) (?) maybe faily and defined (?) for them to be married in (?) (?) St. Barfhor mews London. The also appeared (?) (?) (?) father at or of the said Anne Gardiner (?) (?) (rest illegible)." (Image of original marriage record is attached.)
Ancestry.com - London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921
     Name:     Anne Gardiner
     Age:     16
     Birth Year:     abt 1616
     Event Date:     27 Jun 1632
     Parish:     Stratford
     County:     Middlesex
     Spouse's name:     Robert Overton
     Spouse's Age:     23
     Spouse's Parish:     Easington
     Spouse's County:     Yorkshire
     Event Type:     Allegation
     Reference Number:     MS 10091/14
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: Marriage Bonds and Allegations. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives.
     Surrey Marriage Bonds and Allegations records held by the London Metropolitan Archives, London, England.
     Images produced by permission of the City of London Corporation Libraries, Archives. The City of London gives no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. Applications for any other use should be made to the City of London, Guildhall, PO Box 270, London EC2P 2EJ. Infringement of the above condition may result in legal action.^5,6
Maj. Gen. Robert Overton died on 1 July 1678 at Seaton, Rutland, England.³
Maj. Gen. Robert Overton was buried after 1 July 1678 at All Hollows Churchyard, Seaton, Rutland, England;
From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     1609, Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
     DEATH     1 Jul 1678 (aged 68–69), Seaton, Rutland Unitary Authority, Rutland, England
     Scholar soldier and Family man, he held strong political and religious beliefs. He rose to the rank of Major General, was imprisoned several times, lost and regained his fortune, was both a friend and enemy of Oliver Cromwell and Charles II. He served his God and country for the cause of Parliament during the English Civil War. Robert wrote his last Will and testament on June 23, 1678, and the Will was probated in London on January 29, 1678/9. Robert was buried only nine days after his Will was written. This Will was discovered in Rutland in 1994 by Arthur Jones of Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England. Mr. Jones also located a record in the Seaton Parish in Rutland, which establishes Robert's burial.
     Family Members
      William Overton 1638–1690
     Inscription: Thee are no headstone markers in some areas of the Churchyard. Therefore Robert Overton's specific last resting place cannot be identified.
     BURIAL     All Hallows Churchyard, Seaton, Rutland Unitary Authority, Rutland, England
     Created by: Andrea Winstead
     Added: 30 Oct 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial 60857920
     Sponsored by Vervaen.³
     Reference: See Biddle [1960:126-135] for descendancy from General Robert Overton. Also see Baskervill [1921:149-152] for more information on Robert Overton and his family. (Copies of pages from both of these citations are attached.)^7,4

; per Spraker [1922:531]: "...commanded a Brigade of Ironsides under Oliver Cromwell."¹ GAV-9. He was per Boddie [1960:126]: "He was admitted to practice law at Gray's Inn November 1, 1631." on 1 November 1631 at Gray's Inn, London, City of London, Greater London, England.⁵

Maj. Gen. Robert Overton immigrated on 22 December 1679 to Christ Church Parish, Barbados;
Per Boddie [1960:127]: "The custom of the times was to send political prisoners to the Barbadoes or to Virginia, and it is believed he was transported to the Barbadoes, for Hatton's Christ Church, Barbadoes, 22 December, 1679, includes one Robert Overton, living there alone, without family and without servants, possessing but five acres of land." Baskervill [1921:150] also cites Hatton's list of Barbados inhabitants as possible evidence that Overton was exiled there.^8,9

     Mary Elizabeth Waters was born on 30 December 1654 at London, City of London, Greater London, England.¹ She married Col. William Overton, son of Maj. Gen. Robert Overton and Ann Gardiner, on 24 November 1670
;
per Boddie [1960:127]: "... in 1670 he brought over his fiancee, Elizabeth Waters...and they were married on board the ship November 24, 1670, it having cost him fifty pounds of tobacco for her passage from England to America."

per Boddie [1960:127-8]: "William Overton's marriage to Elizabeth waters, daughter of Samuel and Ann Waters of London, is proven by the will of Ann Waters...."Igive unto my daughter Elizabeth Overton, now in Virginia, the sum of ten shillings and to my son-in-law, William Overton, her husband, ten shilings..., I give unto my son John Waters who for divers years past hath gone to Virginia...etc."^5,6,1,7
Mary Elizabeth Waters was buried in 1697 at Burial location unknown ;
From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     30 Dec 1654, Greater London, England
     DEATH     1697 (aged 42–43), Hanover, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
     Mary Elizabeth was a Roman Catholic, Born in St. Sepulcher Parish in London, England. She died in St Pauls Parish, in Hanover, Virginia.
     She was married to William Overton. She was the daughter-in-law of Major General Robert Overton, of the Army of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland and Chief Commanding Officer of the Armies.
     Family Members
     Parents
      Samuel Waters 1617–1665
      Ann Peake Waters unknown–1700
     Spouse
      William Overton 1638–1690 (m. 1670)
     Children
      Mary Elizabeth Overton Anderson 1673–1734
      Temperance Overton Harris 1679–1716
      Barbara Overton Winston 1690–1766
     BURIAL     Unknown
     Maintained by: Lori Linnell
     Originally Created by: Andrea Winstead
     Added: 30 Oct 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial 60861465.¹
Mary Elizabeth Waters died in 1697 at Hanover, Hanover Co., Virginia, USA.¹
     GAV-8. Mary Elizabeth Waters was also known as Mary Walters.⁵
In Ann Peake's will dated 29 September 1697 at St. Sepulchre Parish, London, City of London, Greater London, England, Mary Elizabeth Waters was named as an heir;
Per Baskervill [1921:151] "...it names "son John ·Waters, who for divers years hath been gone to Virginia, five shillings and no more; son Samuel Waters and Margaret his wife ten shillings apiece; daughter ELIZA­ BETH 0vERTON, now in Virginia, ten shillings; and William, her husband, ten shillings; son in law, Mr. William Goodwin, ten shillings for a ring ; brother in law, Caleb Millett, ten shillings; son Thomas Waters residuary legatee, and he the sole executor."^3,8

     Maj. Robert Harris was born in 1630 at Wales.¹ He married Mary Claiborne, daughter of Col. William Claiborne and Elizabeth Butler, circa 1650
; Her 2nd husband.¹
Maj. Robert Harris was buried in 1700/1 at Harris Family Cemetery, Ashland, Hanover Co., Virginia, USA; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     1635, Henrico County, Virginia, USA
     DEATH     1701 (aged 65–66)
     Birth: 1635 in Henrico County, Virginia
     Death: 1701 in New Kent County, Virginia
     Military Service: Killed in an Indian battle not far from where the town of Richmond now stands
     Burial: Harris Graveyard, Hanover County, Virginia
     Note: Robert Harris had the title of Major.
     Family Members
     Parents
          William Harris 1596–1656
          Ellen Burrows Harris 1601 – unknown
     Children
          William Claiborne Harris 1669–1730
     BURIAL     Harris Family Cemetery, Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
     Created by: Garland Hill
     Added: 13 Jan 2015
     Find a Grave Memorial 141262976.³
Maj. Robert Harris died in 1700/1; Spraker says d. 1700; Find A Grave says d. 1701.^1,3
      .¹

Reference: Spraker [1922], The Boone family; a genealogical history of the descendants of George and Mary Boone who came to America in 1717. Rutland, VT. Pages 531-33 concern this Harris family.¹ GAV-8.

Maj. Robert Harris immigrated circa 1650 to Virginia, USA.⁴

Maj. Robert Harris lived before 1659 at New Kent Co., Virginia, USA.⁵

     Mary Claiborne married (?) Rice
; Her 1st husband.³ Mary Claiborne married Maj. Robert Harris circa 1650
; Her 2nd husband.¹
     GAV-8.

; (Copies of the pages cited here are attached.)
Per Spraker:
     “The first known member of the family was Major Robert Harris (born 1630; died 1700), who emigrated from Wales during the period from 1652-1659, and settled on the James River, near Weyajioke, in Virginia. By some it is thought that he was employed in the tobacco house of a man named Rice, who soon died, and that Harris married his widow. At any rate about 1650 he married Mrs. Mary (Claibourne) Rice, whose mother was Elizabeth Butler, and her father, William Claibourne (b. 1587; d. 1676). (a)
     “(William Claibourne came to Virginia in 1621, and was of royal descent. Through the De Toneys and Cliffords, he was descended from Edward III, King of England, Duncan and Malcom (6), Kings of Scotland, Odin and othet kings of Escardia and Eric, King of the Goths 751 B. C. He was appointed Surveyor General at the solicitation of his cousin Ann, Countess of Pembroke. He was a member of the Virginia Council; Secretary of the Colony from 1625-1635, and again from 1652-1660. In 1642 the king (Eng.) describing him as "My well beloved servant," appointed him Treasurer of the Colony for life. Four ancestors of William Claiborne signed the petition demanding of King John the Magna Charta.) (c)
Spraker cites:
     “(a) W. H. Miller's "History and Genealogies."
     “(b) "William Claiborne of Virginia," John Herbert Claiborne, M. D; F. A. C. S (1917) p. 2-3. (G. P. Putnam & Sons, New York Pub.)
     “(c) "Americans of Gentle Birth, and their Ancestors," Vol. 1, p. 53-54; Vol. II, pp. 73, 101-102, 142.”

Per Miller:
     "Since the above was written we are indebted to Mrs. Cassius M. Clay, of Paris, Ky., for the following additional facst [sic]: 'Major Robert Harris was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from Hanover County, 173 6-17 3 8, 1740-1742, and Justice of the Peace of Louisa County in 1742, and Surveyor in 1744. His wife, Mary Rice nee Claiborne, was a daughter of Secretary William Claiborne who came to Virginia with George Wyant in 1621.^1,2'"

     Col. William Claiborne was born before 10 August 1600 at Crayford, co. Kent, England; Genealogics and Spraker say b. 1587; Richardson says b. bef 10 Aub 1600 (date of baptism.^2,4,6,1 He was baptized on 10 August 1600 at Crayford, co. Kent, England.^2,7 He married Elizabeth Butler, daughter of John Butler Esq., of Little Birch, co. Essex and Jane Elliott, circa 1635 at London, City of London, Greater London, England,
; Genealogics says m. 1638; Richardson says m. ca 1635.^1,2,8,3,4,9
Col. William Claiborne died in 1676 at Romancoke, King William Co., Virginia, USA; Richardson sayd d. testate before 25 Aug. 1679.^1,2,10
Col. William Claiborne was buried in 1676 at Claiborne Family Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., Virginia, USA; from Find A Grave:
     Birth:      1587, Kent, England
     Death:      1676, Romancoke, King William County, Virginia, USA
     CLAIBORNE, WILLIAM, (1587-1676) Came from England with Governor Wyatt in 1621. Secretary of State of VA. 1625, member of the council 1625-60). Deputy Governor 1653. Had one land grant of 24,000 acres in King William Co. VA. Married Elizabeth Jane Butler, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Elliott) Butler of Roxwell, Essex, England.
     Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
     Name: William Claiborne
     Cemetery: Family cemetery
     Location: Sweet Hall, Rocky MT, King William Co VA 71
     A very good biography of Wm. Claiborne can be read in Claiborne, John H, William Claiborne Of Virginia, 1917. In that book one finds that he was born on Creyford, Kent, England, where he was christened 10 Aug 1600. He immigrated to Virginia in 1621.
     William Claiborne obtained a license in 1631 to establish a trading post on Kent Island (Maryland). He settled the island with settlers creating a Virginia Hundred and a post from which he traded furs with the Indians. Lord Baltimore, Calvert was later granted Kent Island by Charles I, and brought settlers there about 1636 . There was a skirmish between the two sides and long years of legal dispute. Claiborne lost the legal battle with the King after twenty years of claims and settled in New Kent County, Virginia. New Kent became a county under his leadership; it was named for his home county in England. He settled on a land grant of 5000 acres he had received in 1624 from the Virginia Assembly in recognition of his military service against the Indians.
     His plantation was "Romancoke", where he was buried, near West Point on York River. He had acquired a total of 45,000 acres by the time of his death. (De Courcy Thom) He was the first Secretary of the Treasurer of the Virginia Colony.
     His biographer says of him "He was a clever and resourceful politician, an accomplished courtier who knew how to wear the silken glove over the iron hand; a man of powerful, magnetic and compelling personality , who bound his friends to him with hooks of steel, harrassed and exasperated his enemies with undying pertinacity, and met aggression with aggression, reprisal with reprisal. He was proud, imperious, persistant, indomitable; he loved Virginia with a burning love that still lives in the hearts of his descendants. He was the champion and defender of her territorial rights, of constitutional and personal liberty, and, finally, was essentially and altogether human."
     This book claims he is a descendant of Malcom of Scotland and of Bardolph, descended from Rolf "the Norseman" who conquered Normandy in 912 A.D.
     Biography contributed by Janet S., whose husband is a descendant of Sen. Nathanial Herbert Claiborne.
     Family Members
     Spouse
          Elizabeth Butler Claiborne 1610–1688
     Children
          Jane Claiborne Brereton
          William Claiborne 1630–1685
          Thomas Claiborne 1647–1683
     Burial: Claiborne Family Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia, USA
     Created by: T_Edmondson
     Record added: Dec 05, 2014
     Find A Grave Memorial# 139615699.¹¹
      ; Per Genealogics: "He settled in Virginia in 1621, and was secretary and treasurer of the Virginia Colony, and surveyor-general of the 'Old Dominion'. Grants of twenty-five thousand acres of land are on record in his name in the Virginia land office."¹²

Reference: Genealogics cites: Americans of Royal Descent, 7th edition, Baltimore, 1969 , Browning, Charles H. 64.⁶

; This is the same person as ”William Claiborne” at Wikipedia.¹³

; Per Torrence: "A word in regard to the varied spelling of the name. William Claiborne, of Virginia, appears, from remaining records of his signature, to have in ­ variably spelled his name Claiborne; as have likewise all of his descendants. In the records in England, however, the name appears in a variety of forms, viz.: Cleyborne, Clayborne, Claybourne, Claborne (and these three forms sometimes used without the final e). Also the forms Cleborne, Cleburne, etc., appear in the earlier records."¹⁴

; Per Early Settlers: s/o Thomas Claiborne and Sarah Smith
     "WilliamClaiborne c. Edmund Dawber
Depositions on behalf of Claiborne:
2p William Peirce, August 15, 1638,
On the death of Captain Roger Smith at Mulberry Island in Virginia, his cattle were taken into the lands of Claiborne and Richard James as his executors. Smith owed Claiborne money. After his death he took an inventory of his goods and the estate was sold to Captain Richard Stephens.
     "1p Interrogatories
     "No. 32 Edmund Dawber c. William Claiborne
     "Depositions on behalf of Dawber:
     "2p Samuel Mathews, June 14, 1638,
When Sir Thomas Gates died, his goods were put into the hands of Captain Roger Smith, except for the cattle which were sent elsewhere. Smith had some cattle owned by himself.
     "1p John Woodall, June 21, 1638,
Cannot say for sure how the goods of Sir Thomas Gates were divided up.
     "2p William Peirce, June 15, 1638,
Smith purchased some of the cattle belonging to Gates. After Smith's death the cattle came into the hands of Richard James and William Claiborne, More of the cattle were given to William Tracy and Thomas More.
     "2p Sir Francis Wyatt, December 10, 1638,
In 1622 some of the cattle of Gates were consigned to Roger Smith. Unsure whether George Yeardley ordered that other livestock should be given to William Tracy and Thomas More or to the people of Martin Hundred. After Smith's death, his goods came into the hands of Claiborne.
     "2p George Sandys,
Describes the transactions after Gate's death
     "1p Questions for deponents
Source: http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/VTLS/CR/09980/index.html Survey Report Image, Survey Report No. SR 09980 Author Public Record Office Class C 24/629 Part II. Title Chancery Records. Town Depositions Publication 1638 Gen. note Court of Chancery Records C24-C243 p. 5
     "Note: has been several times stated in print that William Claiborne married in London (in 1638 some are even particular enough to state) Jane Buller, but this may also be considered doubtful. In November 1647, a grant of 700 acres in the corporation of Elizabeth City, was made to "Elizabeth Claiborne, the wife of Captain William Claiborne, Esqr., his Majesties Treasurer of this Colony of Virginia," for the transportation of fourteen persons, whose rights had been assigned to her by her husband in nature of a dower, according to an order of court June 11, 1644.
     "It is, of course, possible that Col. William Claiborne married twice. If he married Elizabeth about the time that the dower was given, in 1644, she could hardly have been the mother of the eldest son, who as "Captain William Claiborne" received a grant in 1657. Contrary to what has been frequently stated, infants could, and frequently did receive grants, but they were not captains of militia in boyhood.
     "The tradition that Col. Claiborne married a Buller can perhaps be accounted for by a statement in a letter from Governor Leonard Calvert to his brother, Lord Baltimore, written in 1638 (to W.H. Browne's "George and Cecilius Calvert," p. 68, &c.) in which he says that on Kent Island John Boteler, or Butler (he writes the name in each way), William Claiborne's brother-in-law, was at first disposed to resist the Maryland authorities, but afterwards submitted. Mr. Browne says that Boteler was appointed by Calvert commander of the militia of Kent Island, and held various offices of trust in the colony until his death in 1642.
WILLIAM CLAIBORNE http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tmetrvlr/bio14.html
===
     "Genealogy of Wilkinson and Kindred Families , Page 189
     "Note: Col. William Claiborne, born in Westmoreland, England, 1587, came as surveyor for the Virginia Company of London with Gov. Wyatt in 1621; member of the Governor's Council from 1625 to 1660; secretary 1625 and treasurer of the Virginia colony; had one grant of 24,000 acres of land in King William County; established a trading post at Kent Island in 1631 which was later claimed by Gov. Leonard Calvert as belonging to Maryland Claiborne was appointed one of the three commissioners to rule Virginia under Cromwell. They arrived at the head of an English expedition in March 1652, overthrew the Cavalier Government and established a Roundhead Governor and Claiborne as Secretary of State. In 1658 the Province of Maryland was restored to Lord Baltimore. William Claiborne was colonel of a command against the Indians and in 1653 deputy governor. Seated at "Romancoke," King William County, he died 1676, having married in London about 1638 Jane Buller
     "Northumberland County Record Book 1652 -1658: ©Peter's Row - 2002 [Page 55 L]
Know all men by these presents that I Geruase Dodson of Northumberland County Surveyor do by these presents grant and assign unto Col. Wm. Claiborne his heirs and assignees forever that my divident and plantation of land of one thousand acres lying on the Southside of Great Wicocomoco River at the head of Fishing Creek called, "Turkey Cock Hill" with all my crops and cattle and estate being or which shall be thereon provided, that if I Geruase Dodson do [--] pay unto the said Wm. Claiborne or his assignees the sum of five thousand five hundred and ten pounds of tobacco and cask lately paid by him for me unto Mr. Richard Hubbard and others and shall also pay and satisfy any other tobacco or debt which I shall receive or become debtor .for unto the said Claiborne. Then this present deed to be void and of nonefIect otherwise to be in full force and vertue. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal March 6th day 1654. Ger. Dodson
Sealed and delivered in the presence of us, Samuell Smyth, James Nepper, Symon Richardson. . 20th August 1655, this writing was recorded.
     "     "Northumberland County Record Book 1652 -1658: ©Peter's Row - 2002
     "Thomas Hopkins his deed of gift unto Thomas Claiborne, Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Hopkins of Northumberland do by these presents for diverse good causes and considerations [---] there unto moving and out of the love and affection I bear unto Thomas Claiborne the son of Col. Wm. Claiborne Esq. give grant and assign unto the said Thomas Claiborne two heifers, one of two years old and the other of one year old marked (vizt) the right ear slit and the upper part taken away and the left ear a nick underneath it, to have and to hold the said two heifers with their increase to him the said Thomas Claiborne his heirs and extrs or assignees forever. Witness hereunto my hand this 15th day of March 1654. Thomas Hopkins Signed and delivered in the presence of Ger. Dodson, Thomas Winn, David Reilid. 20th August 1655, this deed was recorded.
     "1662-1666 Deed & Will Book Northumberland Co Va; Antient Press: Pg 102
     "KNOWE ALL MEN by these pr:sents that I Coll, WM: CLAIBORNE Esqr., for & in consideracon of two steeres killed for my use belonginge to my Sonne, THOMAS CLAIBORNE, have given & granted unto the sd: THOMAS CLAIBORNE one cowe called Princess with a cowe Calfe by her side now at WICOCOMOCO; To have & to hold the sd, cowe & Calfe with all their increase to him the sd. THOMAS CLAIBORNE his heires & assignes for ever; Witnesse my hand this 18th May 1663
Signed & delivered in the presence of THO: BRERETON, W: CLAIBORNE and THOMAS LONG
20th June 1663. This Writeing was recorded
     "1662-1666 Deed & Will Book Northumberland Co Va; Antient Press: Pg 102
     "KNOWE ALL MEN by these pr:sents that I Coll. WILLIAM CLAIBORNE of the County of NEW KENT in Virginia, Esqr., out of the naturall affection I beare unto my well beloved Sonne, LEONARD CLAIBORNE, & for diverse & very good causes have granted unto the sd. LEONARD CLAIBORNE one cowe about three yeares of age of a darke browse colter marked with a slitt in the left care & a nick under ye right eare together with a cowe Calfe by her side; the sd, cowe & Calfe being now at WICOCOMOCO in the possession of JAMES DASHEILL; To have &enjoy the sd: cowe and Calfe to him the sd: LEONARD CLAIBORNE his heires and assignes for ever, together with all their increase both male & female from the sd. Coll. WILLIAM CLAIBORNE his heires or assignes from any p:sons that may lay any claime to the ad: cowe and Calfe; In Witnes whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale( )
Signed sealed & delivered in the pr:sence of THO: BRERETON, WILLIAM CLAIBORNE THOMAS LONG, THO: CLAIBORNE
     "20th June 1663. This Deed of Gift was recorded
     "1670-1672 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Deed Book 4, Part II; [Antient Press]; Page 155
     "BEE ITT KNOWNE UNTO ALL MEN by these presents that I JOHN FORTH of the County of Rappa. doe constitute & appoynt and make my Loving friend JOHN MEDFORD to be my true & lawfull Atturney to plead for mee and in my name in a suite depending in Law betweene me and Capt. WILLM. CLAYBORNE of the County of NEWE KENT and I doe authorize my abovesaid atturney to act & doe with the abovesaid Capt. CLAYBOURNE as if that I my selfe were then psent there. Witness my hand & seale dated in Rappahannock County the nine Twenty day of January in the yeare of or: Lord God one thousand six hundred Sixty and nine or 29th Jan 1669
in psents of us TIMOTHY DUES JOHN FORTH WILLM RICHARDS
     "Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 1, Part I; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 6
     "WILLIAM CLAYBORNE, Gent., of James City, 150 acs. in the Corp. of Eliz. City, 3 June 1624, p. 41. Divided into 2 parcels: 50 acs. N. on land of John Gunnery, S. to a Cr. parting this & land of William Lansden, E. upon Southampton Riv. & W. upon the maine land; 100 acs. adj. on the other side of sd. Lansden, extending Swd. to a Cr. which devideth it from land of William Capps, E. upon sd. Riv. & W. upon the maine land. Due for trans. out of Enoland at his own costs of 3 servts: William Harris in the Georg 1621, William Morris & John Pipps in the Tyger 1621.
     "Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 1, Part II; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 70
     "JOHN GUNDRY, of Eliz. Citty, Labourer, an old planter who hath remayned 9 yeares compleate in this country & performed to the Co. upon the comon land the full time of his service agreed on &c. for his first generall devdt., to be augmented &c., 150 acs. in the Territorie of Elia. Citty, 6 Dec. 1620, p. 476. (By Sir George Yeardlye.) (Note: The ground belonging to this pattent was measured by mee William Clayborne, Surveyor & bounded from the within named great Cr. along the banck of the river 75 po. & we endeth at a great white peeled tree & running into the woods with a right angle. William Clayborne.) Sd. land bordering E. upon Southampton Riv., W. upon the maine land, S. upon land in the occupation of William Capp & N. upon or towards the great Cr. of the same river. 100 acs. for his per. adv. & 50 acs. for the per adv. of Mary his wife, a new planter. Fee Rent: 1 shiling for every 50 acs., etc.
     "Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 1, Part II; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 70
     "JOHN GUNDRY (Gunnery-Gunery) of Kiquotan, Planter, to CAPT. ADAM THOROGOOD, Gent., of Kiquotan, bill of sale of the abovementioned tract of land, 30 Dec. 1626, p. 477. Part of which land sd. Gundry hath lett & farmed out as followeth: To Thomas Thornborough 220 po. for 5 years yett to come, yeilding for rent every yeare a hen or a Capon, leaveing the sd. howseing rentable. at the expiration of sd. terme; to Thomas Flint 22 po. for 4 yrs., 2 Capons for rent yearely, leaving &c., to Lancelott Barnes 25 po. for 5 yrs., 2 Capons &c., as above, which poles are by the river side. Sd. Thorougood with 2 other sufficient sureties entered into bond to pay sd. Gundy 100 lbs. of lawful mony of England. Provided that the tenants above named shall quietly enjoy, hold & keepe either the severall shares of land & their howses builded thereon the full terme as above expressed, etc. Signed: John Gundry. Witnesses: Tho. Crampe, Edward Cage, Esmer Phillipps.
     "Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 2; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 165
     "ELIZABETH CLAIBORNE, wife of Capt. Wm. Claiborne, his Majesty's Treasurer of this Colony of Va., 700 acs. in the Corporation of Eliz. City, Nov. 26, 1647, Page 82. On the E. side of land commonly called the Strawberry Land, partly on the land of Buck Roe, adj. William Wilkinson, Clarke, Point Comfort Cr., & land in the possession of heirs of Thomas Oldis, & the Gleab Land. Due for trans. of 14 pers.,• made over and granted to her by her husband in nature and lieu of a jointure, according to a former order of Ct., 11 June 1644.
     "Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 3; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 244
     "COL. WILLIAM CLAYBORNE, Esqr., Secretary of State of this Colony, 5,000 acs. lying on the N. side of Pamunkey Riv. in the Narrowes, abutting on the mouth of a creek called Tanckes Maddaqume (or Maddaquine), parting same from land of Capt. John West, & thence running Westerly to a poynt of land where the sd. Col. Clay- borne landed the Army under his command in 1644, & so running along up the Banke of the sd. River to a small run at the mouth of Crany Island Reach there being a marked black walnuts tree & soe extending all along into the woods one myle from the sd. River side. Due unto sd. Claybome for trans. of 100 pers.• 1st Sept. 1653, p. 34. Note: "This Pattent by reason of an Error is renewed and recorded underneath this."
     "SAME. 5,000 acs. of land at Pamunkey on the N. side of the freshes of Yorke River, bounded on the E. side with Tanx (?) Mattadaquin Cr. on the S. side of the Yorke Riv. & the marshes of the same, on the W. side with Cohoake Cr. & on the N. side with the maine woods running one mile into the same as appeares by the marked trees. Same date & page. Trans. of 100 pers: Arthur Figes, Thomas Bagwell, John Belson, John Poare, Henery East, Thomas Kendall, William Cooke, John Russell, Joane Younge, John Tompson, Phillipp Hamlin, John Donne, Christopher Fleminge, John Butler, Thomas Tripland, Robert Halsey, Henery Eubunke, Edward Breckler, William Collup, James Tenricke, Martin Male, Thomas Lester, Robert Lake, Mary Anthony, Joane Qually, Robert Coop (?), Thomas Youall, John Pumwell, Edward Tompson, Francis Hantrinpp (?), Richard Powell, William Lauc ('), George Perkins, Michaell Polentine, Edward Blunt, Edward Hale, Edmond Perry, Thomas Orly, Edmond Deering, Samuel Scifeild, Thomas Streete, Henery Hunt, Roger Backster, Originall Browne, John Morgan, Vincent Mansfeild, John Ackew (or Askew), Howell Morgan, John Neswid (?), Robert Tureton, Ann Waneman, Samuel] Boict (?), William Edwards, Thomas White, Anne Linny, John English, Thomas Symds, John Bennett, Thomas Woodhouse, Richard Hill, Richard Hobeane, William Ellyus, John Reading, William Freeman, Richard Raiman, Joane Vizard, Edward Guilfeth (?), John Glantmn, Robert Turke, John Walker, Ann Baker, Thomas Steerman John Dendy, William Williamson, Ann Williamson, John Hobson, Phillipp West, Thomas Keene, William Porter, John Stare.
     "Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 3; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 290
     "COLL. WILLIAM CLAYBOURNE, Secty. of State, 750 acs. Northumberland Co., 14 June 1653, p. 272. Abutting Sly. upon the severall plantations of Martine Cole, Geo. Neale, Tho. Saffron & John Larrett, &c., Nly. upon branches of Wicocomoco Cr. &c. Trans. 15 pers.*
     "Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 4; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 339
     "THOMAS BIRAM, 300 acs., S. Ely. upon the mouth of great Wicomoco Riv., N. Ely. upon a creek dividing this from land of John Essex & Henry Huft & S. W. upon a creek dividing this from land of Mr. Richard Bud (or Bird.) 11 Oct. 1656, p. 66, (96). Said land formerly belonged to Col. Wm. Claiborne, Secretary.
     "Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 4; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 359
     "MRS. JANE CLAIBORNE, Spinster, 1450 acs. Northumberland Co., I0 Feb. 1657, p. I47, (215). On N. side of great Wiccocomocoe Riv., Sly. upon land of Mr. John Bardon, Mr. Radford, dec'd., & William Downeinge (bought of Martin Cole, Jno. Edwards & others) & Ely. upon land of Roger Walters & John Motley. 750 acs. granted to Col. William Claiborne, Secretary, her father, 14 June 1653, & 750 acs. for trans. of 14 pers: Tho. Mow, Rich. Dobbins, Wm. Bingly, John Edgcome, Wm. Angell, Abra. Paternoster, Henry Bellamy, Walter Rich, Robert Norton, Kath. Silverton, Andrew Trelton, Edward Barnett, Rich. Albert, Tho. Minstrell.
     "Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 4; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 408
     "CAPTAIN JOHN WHITTY, 1450 acs. N'umberland Co., 15 May 1661, p. (474). On N. side of great Wiccocomoco River, bounding Sly. on land of Mr. John Bardon, Mr. Radford, decd., & William Downing (2), bought of Martin Cole, John Edwards & others, & Ely. on lands of Roger Walters & John Motley &c. Granted unto Jane, the daughter of Col. William Claiborne, 10 Feb. 1657 & now assigned unto sd. Whitty by Col. Wm. Claiborne, Capt. William Claiborne & Thomas Brereton, who married said Jane, & likewise confirmed by order &c. Due said Whiny for trans. of 29 pers.*
     "Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 5; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 531
     "WM. WILDY (Weldy), 1450 acs. N'umberland Co., 14 Oct. 1665, p. 422, (495). On N. side of Gr. Wiccocomico Riv., Sly. upon land of Mr. Jno. Bar- don, Mr. Radford (or Rapford) dec'd. & Wm. Downing bought of Martin Cole, John Edwards & others & Ely. upon land of Roger Walters & Jno. Motly. Granted unto Jane the daughter of Col. Wm. Clayborne 10 Feb. 1657 & assigned to Capt. Jno. Whitty by Col. Wm. Clayborne, Capt. Wm. Clayborne & Tho. Brereton who marryed the sd. Jane & then likewise confirmed by order of the Govr. &c. dated with these presents to sd. Whitty & due for trans. of 29 pers., the sd. land being granted to sd. Whitty 15 May 1661 & assigned by him to sd. Weldy.
     "Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 7; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 236
     "WILLIAM CLAIBORNE (Claibourne), sonn of Col. William Clayborne, Junr., dec'd., & THOMAS CLAIBORNE, sonn & heir apparent of Mr. Thomas Claiborne, 545 acs., New Kent Co. 20 Apr 1682, p. 154. Beg. in the forke of Chichahominy Riv. where the Sw. ends, &c. Trans. of 11 pers: Tho. Bell, Robert Bowles, John Ireland, Richd. Pearson, Corn. Bushy (or Busby), Margaret Bright, Richd. Ely, Micha. Wardrope, Mary Poll, Ann Hicks, And. Hall.
     "http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=474&last=&g_p=P4&co llection=LO Patent
Title Whitty, John, Capt.
Publication 15 May 1661.
     "Gen. note "The said land being fomerly gtd. to Jane the daughter of Colo. Wm. Claiborne, the 10th of Feby. 1657". Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Northumberland County. Description: 1450 acres on the north side of great Wicocomoco River, bounding southerly on the land of John Bardon, Mr. Radford, decd. and Wm. Downing bought of Martin Cole, John Edward and others. Source: Land Office Patents No. 4, 1655-1664, p. 474 (Reel 4).
     "http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=272&last=&g_p=P2&co llection=LO Patent
Title Claybourne, William, Col.
Publication 14 June 1653.
     "Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
     "Note Location: Northumberland County.
     "Description: 750 acres southerly on the several plantations of Martin Cole, Geo: Heale, Tho: Saffron and John Larrett.
     "Source: Land Office Patents No. 2, 1643-1651, p. 272 (Reel 2).

Sources      
1. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. Fourth Edition. Volume One, Families A-F.
2. Genealogies of Virginia Families Vol. II, from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. page 30-31.
3. Genealogies of Virginia Families Vol. I, from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, 361.³

;      There is, in the various sources, a disagreement about the ancestry of this William Claibourne, including two contemporary authors that I have generally consider reasonably authoritative on most issues of English noble heritage: Douglas Richardson and the late Leo van de Pas. While continuing to examine the issues through more research, I have decided for the present to use the "non-royal" ascent for William, which is based on the most recent research.
     William Gleason [1998] (an article republished The National Society of the Claiborne Family Descendants [NSCFD Website]), summarizes the disagreement as follows:
          "For generations, historians thought William Claiborne descended from the ancient Cliburn family, a Westmoreland, England, clan who traced their lineage to Malcolm II, the first King of Scotland. William Claiborne of Virginia reportedly used the Cliburn coat of arms on his official documents, and the Cliburn heraldic emblem is on numerous Claiborne family gravestones, especially in Virginia. But in the 1940s, a Virginia genealogical researcher dispelled Claiborne's Westmoreland lineage after determining that Claiborne was the son of Thomas Clebourne, a Kent, England, native who once served as mayor, alderman and justice of the peace in King's Lynn, a Norfolk, England, village. The researcher suspected - but never determined - a link between Thomas Clebourne and the Cliburn family of Westmoreland." (See Torrence 1948)
William's Royal Descent:
     Two early books, Claiborne [1917] and Spraker [1922] stated that he had a royal ancestry.
          1. Spraker [1922:531] states that "William Claibourne came to Virginia in 1621, and was of royal descent. Through the De Toneys and Cliffords, he was descended from Edward III, King of England, Duncan and Malcom, Kings of Scotland..."
          3. Claiborne [1917] lays out this heritage in detail, back to Malcom of Scotland and Ethelred II of England.
     Using a third source, Leo van de Pas' website "Genealogics" presents essentially the same ancestry for William as that laid out in Claiborne [1917], and cites Browning [1969] as his source (the 7th edition published in 1969 is apparently a reprint of the 1911 ed.)
     In all of these sources, William is stated to be the son of Edmund Cleburne/Claibourne and his wife Grace Bellingham.
The Alternative Ascent for William:
     In both of his two major works concerning the medieval English ancestry of colonial American families (Plantagenet Ancestry and Magna Carta Ancestry), Richardson calls William the "2nd son of Thomas Clayborn, of Crayford, Kent, by his wife, Sarah Smith." Richardson cites several more recent studies, including Dorman [1995]. Richardson's lineage appears to be based on the work of Torence (1948).^{1,15,12,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23} GAV-9.
Col. William Claiborne was educated on 31 May 1617; Per Torrence: "Claybourne, William, Adm[itted] pen[sioner] (age 16) at Pembroke [College] May 31, 1617; s[on] of Thomas, of Crayford, Kent. Matric[ulated] 1617."²⁴

Col. William Claiborne immigrated in 1621 to Virginia, USA; Gateway Ancestor.¹²

     Elizabeth Butler was born before 1612.^4,2,3 She married Col. William Claiborne, son of Thomas II Claiborne of Crayford, co. Kent and Sarah Smith, circa 1635 at London, City of London, Greater London, England,
; Genealogics says m. 1638; Richardson says m. ca 1635.^1,4,8,9,2,3
Elizabeth Butler died after 1 March 1670.⁴
     GAV-9.

Reference: Genealogics cites:

; Per Richardson: “Elizabeth Butler (or Boteler), born before 1612. She married about 1635 [Col.] William Claiborne, Esq. (living March 1676/7), of Crayford, Kent Island, Maryland, and New Kent, Virginia, Surveyor of the Virginia Colony, member of the Council, Treasurer and Secretary of the Colony of Virginia, Justice of Accomac, York, and Northumberland Counties, Virginia, 2nd son of Thomas Clayborn, of Crayford, Kent, by his wife, Sarah Smith. He was baptized at Crayford, Kent 10 August 1600. They had four sons, William, John, Thomas, and Leonard, and two daughters, including Jane (wife of [Col.] Thomas Brereton). in 1653 he patented 5000 acres on the north side of the Pamunkey River in the Narrows. His wife, Elizabeth, was living 1 March 1668/9. [Col.] William Claiborne, Esq., died testate before 25 August 1679.”
Richardson cites: "Hawley et al, Vis. of Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 & 1634 1 (H.S.P. 13) (1878):169-170 (1612 Vis.) (Butler ped.: "Elizabeth [Butler] 3d daugh."), 365 (1633 Vis) (Butler ped.: "Elizabeth [Butler]."). Torrence Winston of Virginia & Allied Fams. (1927):293-304. Hyde, Virginia Venturer (1951), Virginia Hist. Gens. (1954):18-35, 36-45. Nugent, Cavaliers & Pioneers 1 (1979):165. Gens. of Virginia Fams. from VMHB 2 (1981):1-70, Gens. of Virginia Fams. from Wm. & Mary Quarterly 1 (1982); 841-842. Dorman Claiborne of Virginia (1995). Dorman Adventurers of Purse & Person 1 (2004):593-642. Stallard Butler of Droitwich: 1300-1700 (2004). Northumberland County Recs., Deeds & Orders, 1650-1652, pg. 36 (Mr. Samuel Smith styled "kinsman" by William Claiborne in 1648)."² She was living on 1 March 1668/69.⁴

     John Butler Esq., of Tofte and Lorings was born in 1533 at Shambrook, Bedfordshire, England.¹ He married Cressett St. John, daughter of Sir John St. John Knt., of Bletsoe, Bedfordshire and Anne Neville, in 1556 at Shambrook, Bedfordshire, England,
; His 1st wife.^1,5,3 John Butler Esq., of Tofte and Lorings married Mary Gedge, daughter of James Gedge and Mary Tyringham, in 1572 at Shambrook, Bedfordshire, England,
;
Her 3rd husband; his 2nd wife.^5,3,6

His estate was probated on 20 January 1613.³

John Butler Esq., of Tofte and Lorings died before 20 January 1614; per van de Pas, date when will was proven.¹
     Reference: van de Pas cites:
     1. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families 2004, Salt Lake City, Richardson, Douglas. p. 115
     2. Some Descendants of William Marrow, Lord Mayor of London 2014, Bradley, Hal.¹ GAV-11.

John Butler Esq., of Tofte and Lorings left a will on 1 September 1612.³

     George Butler Gent., of Tofte and Lorings was born in 1505 at Shambrook, Bedfordshire, England.¹ He married Mary Throckmorton, daughter of Sir Richard Throckmorton of Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire and Jane/Joane Beaufoe, in 1530 at Shambrook, Bedfordshire, England.^3,1

George Butler Gent., of Tofte and Lorings died in 1551 at Shambrook, Bedfordshire, England.¹
      ; van de Pas cites:
     1. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families 2004, Salt Lake City, Richardson, Douglas. p. 115
     2. Some Descendants of William Marrow, Lord Mayor of London 2014, Bradley, Hal.¹ GAV-12.

     Mary Throckmorton was born in 1512 at England.¹ She married George Butler Gent., of Tofte and Lorings in 1530 at Shambrook, Bedfordshire, England.^1,5

     GAV-12.

; Genealogics cites: Some Descendants of William Marrow, Lord Mayor of London 2014, Bradley, Hal.¹

     Mary Gedge married Christopher Harris, son of William Harris and Anne Ruther,
;
Her 2nd husband.^4,5,1 Mary Gedge married Anthony Berners
; Her 1st husband.^6,5,1 Mary Gedge was born in 1540 at Newland Hall, co. Essex, England; Genealogics says b. 1541; Richardson says b. 1541.^5,1 She married John Butler Esq., of Tofte and Lorings, son of George Butler Gent., of Tofte and Lorings and Mary Throckmorton, in 1572 at Shambrook, Bedfordshire, England,
;
Her 3rd husband; his 2nd wife.^7,5,1
     Reference: Genealogics cites: The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal The Mortimer-Percy volume London, 1911., Ruvigny and Raineval, The Marquis of. Table II.¹