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Family: IMMIGRANT Reverend Charles Grymes / Katherine Jennings/Jenings (F6591)  [1, 2



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    IMMIGRANT Reverend Charles Grymes

    Born  Est 1612  Ightham, Kent England (living in Glouchester and York Co., Virginia Colony) Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  18 Mar 1663  Grimseby, Gloucester Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Mother | Female
    Katherine Jennings/Jenings

    Born  Est 1620   
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Other Spouse  William Debnam | F6592 
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    Child 1 | Male
    + John 'of Brandon' Grymes

    Born  1660  Middlesex Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1709  Grymesby, Piankatank River, Ware Parish, Glouchester Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Alice Townley | F6590 
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  • Sources 
    1. [S122] Genealogy. com, http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/debnam/137/.
      COLONEL JOHN2 GRYMES I (Katherine1), 1660-1709, of 'Grymesby' on the Piankatank River, Ware Parish, Gloucester County, married Alice Townley, daughter of Lawrence and Sarah (Warner) Townley, the latter a daughter of Colonel Augustine Warner I of ?Warner Hall? and his wife Mary Townley, who was the aunt of Colonel Lawrence Smith, above. (Augustine and Mary [Townley] Warner were ancestors of President George Washington and Queen Elizabeth II, the latter through her late mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, wife of the Duke of York who became King George VI.) Colonel John Grymes I was a Justice of Middlesex County, colonel of the county militia, and a vestryman of Christ Church Parish. He owned lands in Gloucester County (1,400 acres according to the Quit Rent Rolls of 1704/5), Middlesex County, King and Queen County, and some 2,000 acres in Richmond County on the north side of the Rappahannock River.
      The three known children of Colonel John and Alice (Townley) Grymes were:
      Anne Grymes, born 1689 or by c.1700, died 1735, buried in the family plot at ?Grymesby.?
      Colonel John Grymes II, born 1691, see later under Grymes Addenda.
      Colonel Charles Grymes, born 1693

    2. [S222] Heritage Books of Virginia, http://reynoldspatova.org/histories/virginiaheraldic00croz.pdf.
      Virginia Heraldica
      GRYMES. Middlesex County
      Arms: Or, a bordure engralled azure on a chief sable three escallops argent.
      Crest: A pair of wings addorsed or.
      The Rev. Charles Grymes of Gloucester and York counties, had a son, John, who married Alice, d/o Lawrence and Sarah Townley. The latter was a d/o Col. Augustine Warner, Sr. of 'Warner Hall.' John Grymes died 28 Aug 1709, aged 69 years. His eldest son, Hon. John Grymes of 'Brandon,' Middlesex, was born in 1693, died 2 Nov 1749. He was Burgess for Middlesex 1718, Auditor-General 1716, and member of the Council in 1725. He married Lucy, d/o Phillip Ludwell of Greensprings. Frequent mention of the Grymes family is contained in the Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex. The will of John Grymes, 2nd dated 1747, bears a wax seal with the above arms. According to Burke, these are the arms of Grimes of Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, England. Charles Grymes, the Immigrant, patented land in Lancaster county in 1653 and 1654, and in 1657; there are three patents to Charles Grimes, Clerk. Page 46