Newsletter 2 1978.pdf - The Grayson Family

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\vlrere he dircl in lS16 or 1Sli. 1Ii.s witlow, Letitia, ni. at Princetoll,
N. Jersey, Octoht~r 16, 1,91Y, Major General I'etcr 13. I'orter,
,IT. S. .\rrtly, of Nc\v York.
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1s. dol~ti ('. Ilrc~c.k~*l~ritlg(+ (irt~yholl. I~II tvas PUI)~:I~II, 11111jor a11(1
lit~ilttl~inlit (.ol011(1) ill 1'. S. .\rnlv it1 tho 3lcxic.an War; was a hrigiclicr-gc~llr.ral
it1 tlrr ('oiifc.rlcrate .\~III~ ill the Civil Wur; tlud d. Octnbt~
21, 1901.
LUND WASHINGTON,
b. in King George's Co,, Va., 25th September, 1767; d.
at Washington, D. C., 4th April, 1853; was Postmaster at Washington, D. C.;
m. I tth February, 1793, Susan Monroe GRAYSON, I. 29th May, 1768; d. 22d
April, 1823; dau. of Rev. Spence and A;lary Elizabeth (WACENER) GRAYSON
of Belle Air; he was b. I 734; d. 1792 ; graduate of Oxford University, England;
ordained by the Lord Bishop of London, 29th May, 1771 ; Rector of Dettingen
Parish, Prince William Co., Va. ; Justice of Prince William Co., 1769.
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I. Susan Jane, m. 3d Deccmbcr, 1815, Edward S. LEWIS of
District of Columbia.
11. Lund, b. 1793-4; d. 24th August, 1849; m. BIGGS.
It!. IVilliam, d. unm.; educated at West Point: Professor of Mathematics
He is said to have been engaged to marry a daughter of the Marquis
de Lafayette, with whom hc stayed when on his way to assist the
Greeks in their struggle for indepcndencc.
W. PETER GRAYSON, the subject of this memoir.
v. Sally Hay, m. Socrates MAUPIN, Prof. of Chemistry, Univ. of Virginia.
VI. Smith, d. unm. ; Cadet in the U. S. Navy; lost at sea on thc Hornet.
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Arms-Argent two ban gules, in chief three mullcts of the second.
Crert-Out of a ducal coronet or, an eagle issuant, wings endorsed sable.
Motto-Virtus sola nobilitas.