Newsletter 2 1978.pdf - The Grayson Family

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*BLACKWEU CENEALOGY,Qy Oopwdar E.M. Blackwell, U,S, Navy, Retired.
Richmond* 194%
pa 81, GRAYSOB, The paragraph giving the origin of Benjemin
Grayson haa esvsroJ. errors as Micated by a certified genedogist who
has concentrated on early generations of the Grayson fay,
p, 82-83, The issue of Banj, Grayson axd Susma Monroe were
three sons ad one daughter as follo~s:
2-1 Benjamin, b, 1730 ad m. Hss Qsborne d had sne son, Benjamin,
who m, ItLss Broriaugh of London and left a large family of children ad
fine estate, &e daughter m, Bronaugh of London.
2-2 Rev. Spence Gxayacn, b. 1732 - of whm later,
2-3 Col, William Grayson, b, 1736, d. 1790, was the first Senator
frm Va. and was a most trusted fid-ddamp of Washington, I% was Col,
of one of the I6 Addftionol Continental Reg Its, an3 at one time had tb
ccnnmand of a Brip.de, He orgdzod a company of Cadets in 1774, anticipatiw
war. Ib m. Mss Smallwood, sister of Gen, Smallwood and ex-Governor b.
of Y~ryland, Issue.
3-1 Alfred F.liLLiam, who m. Miss Breckenridge ad had one eon, John
Breckamidgs, who wan an officer in the U.S.A. and afterwards Gene CmSeAa
He rn, Hiss Searle and had one son, John Breckemidge of Demopolis, PJa,
3-2 &be Grgyson, Cola Grayson's only daqhter, m. John Car&- cf
Iioujoml Go, ~rd they went to Kentucky, kr eldest son, Alfred Wm, &&yson,
Ii~md in Tenmspee*
2-4 Susan Monroe, Benjdn Grayson3s only daughter, never married,
and it is said that Benjamin, her brother, ~quandered her proprty and
she was cared for by her brothers Spnoe: ad blm.
2-2 Reverend Spanca Grily;~on, b. 1732, d, 1798. Ib inherited Belle
Air, a fins mansion, with 1,000 acres of land attacbd, on the Potomac
River in Pr. Wm. Go., Va. fram his father hYld ma 1759 Y m Elizabeth
Wagoner. b and his brother, Col, Wm. GraySon, graduabd at Word.
He studied theology In England ad wm ordained by the Lard Bish~p of
London Play 29, 1771. Ib returned to Va. and pro~ched in Zaudon C. In
1781, he succeeded Rev, John Scott as Recfor of Dettingen Parlsh, Pr.
Wm. Co,, Pa, where he died anJ, was succeeded by Rev. Th08. HLUTison.
Ifs was Chaplain in Ma brother, Col, b, Grayson's Reg1%, durirs tb
Revolution, and Justice in .. the Co. in 1769, His issue were six eons
and eight daughtars, aa follows t
3-1 Catbrine, b. 1760, m. John hdgeman of Staff ord, Issu@t
4-l John Grayson; 2-Gsorga; 3-fih2-y; @usan Monroe CTapon; 5-
Catherine
3-2 Benjenin, b, 1761, rn, Miss Taylcrr, an English lady, He went
to Kentuclq axl became Clerk of the CwL at Bardstown Nelson Go, an3
M isouo:
&I Frederick Wm. Spnce, who was an eminent laver and judge.
He m. Miss k d and died without issue, & Alfkcd, m, Miss Coalbr of
Bhftllmore, Mi. He waa an officer in the Marine Cmp and at Norfolk
in the War of' 1812. In 1824 he commanded the bkines in Por-tarla fleet
against thc pirates off tho coast of Florida and in tho West Indies rud ;.--I ;
on his return, died of yellow fever a few hours after his landing, I43
left:
51 F'rederick Wm. Spence; %John Contoe; 3-Alfred.
4-3 Pew Wagoner m. Miss Taylor and went to Toms in 1530; took
an active part in the struggle
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for independence and went twlce to
Washington as a ccmmisrrioner. E3s urs Nominated for President of Texas,