IMMIGRANT Reverend Charles Grymes

Est 1612 - 1663  (~ 51 years)

• Name	Charles Grymes
  Title	IMMIGRANT
  Prefix	Reverend
  Born	Est 1612	Ightham, Kent England (living in Glouchester and York Co., Virginia Colony)
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Mar 1663	Grimseby, Gloucester Co., Virginia Colony
  Person ID	I18091	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2020

  
  

  Family	Katherine Jennings/Jenings,   b. Est 1620,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. John 'of Brandon' Grymes,   b. 1660, Middlesex Co., Virginia Colony ,   d. 1709, Grymesby, Piankatank River, Ware Parish, Glouchester Co., Virginia Colony  (Age 49 years)
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F6591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Histories

  Virginia Heraldica - A Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor with Genealogical Notes of the Families Edited by William Armstrong Crozier, F.R.S., F.G.S.A. Virginia County Record Series Volume V. 1908 virginiaheraldic00croz.pdf

  
  

• Sources

  [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 [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