Newsletter 2 1978.pdf - The Grayson Family

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~lizabeth Grayson
wife of John Gordon, II
Daughter of John Graysoa
and Barbara aurdyne
The accounts of thz origin and relationship of the
Graysons in Lancaster County, Virginia, arc confusing, inconsistent
and contr~~icta~:~~, which is sti-ang~ considcrinq son2
of the prominent ciesczn~:ts of th2 Srnyson family. It is
determined that John, A~L~rose, Benj ainin a:;d sister Anne Gray sun
are jnlmigrnnts from Scotland or Northerland Ireland. Record
has been found that these Grayscns arrived in Christ Church
I';~ri:~Il in Jv.ly, 3.690, or 1695, which gj.v.;t; rise to s~vcl-a1
nccc)c~rlt.s a:, 13:~ :-:'IC ~SCS, i~lli.nr_ls 85' t;l~:~e 10i.r i;rc'*ys~ns and thci :
an: cs Lax$>.
Of these four Graysons, the following is considered to
be factual:
I, Anne Gravson ---- (sometimes referred ta as Mary).
Elarried first John Quax-les on October 3, 1722, in Spotsylvania
County, Virginia, and secondly Thomas ~iarri'son, circa 1731, in
&'aquier County, Virginia, Anne Grayson died testate in that
county in 1774.
11. -- Benjcmin --.-- Crayson. -- As it is reliably stated by
Mr. George H. S. King (Rzgister of First Parnilies of Virgi11i.a)
tlrat Benjamin Grayson married Susanna Monroe, daughter of Andrew
Monroe, (died testatzd 1714) in Westrcoreland County, Virginia.
Shc was successively thc widow of Charles Tyler (died Stratford
County, Viryinia in 1725) and of Will.iam Lendt (died Prince
William County, Virginia 1732-33). Susanna Monroe died in
November, 1752. She was the mother of William Grayson, a U.S.
Senator. Mr. King writes that the family seat of the Grayson
family was a little below Fredericksburg on the Rappahannock
and is shown on Lord Fairfax's map of the Northern Neck, 1737.
Senator William Grayson received a 6,666 acre military grant of
land in Hopkins County, Rentucky, for his services as a colonel
in the Revolutionary War. This land was later conveyed by several
deeds of record to his heirs. Colonel Grayson also received
acreage by military grants in Fayette County, ~irginia and it
is considered that he had 90,000 acres of other grants in Kentucky.
Other sons of Benjamin and Susanna Grayson were:
i, John Grayson
ii. Benjamin Grayson, Jr. -- died a prosperous citizen
in Prince ~illiam County, Virginia in 1757.
iii. Spence Grayson
iv, William Grayson