Lucy Ludwell 'Mad Lucy' Grymes^[1]

1717 - 1749  (32 years)

• Name	Lucy Ludwell 'Mad Lucy' Grymes
  Born	1717	Grymesby, Middlesex County, Virginia Colony
  	Reported by the Virginia Historical Magazine, she died 3rd day of March 1749 in her 32nd year of her age; therefore she was born in 1717, probably not as reported on FAG 1720
  Gender	Female
  Died	3 Mar 1749	James City County, Virginia
  Person ID	I22382	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	13 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Col. John [Townley] Grymes, Esquire,   b. 1691, Grymesby, Middlesex County, Virginia Colony ,   d. 3 Nov 1748, Brandon, Middlesex Co., Virginia Colony  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Lucy Ludwell,   b. 2 Nov 1698, Green Spring, James City, Virginia Colony ,   d. 3 Mar 1748, Christ Church, Middlesex Co., Virginia  (Age 49 years)
  Married	22 Dec 1715	Green Spring, James City County, Virginia Colony   [2]
  Family ID	F8329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Carter Burwell,   b. 25 Oct 1716, Glouchester, Virginia Colony ,   d. May 1756, James City County, Virginia Colony  (Age 39 years)
  Married	Jan 5 1737	Williamsburg, Virginia Colony
  Children	1. Carter Burwell,   b. 25 Jan 1754, James City County, Virginia ,   d. 1776, London, England  (Age 21 years)
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F8417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Virginia Historical Magazine Death of Lucy Ludwell Grymes MadLucyGrymes.jpg
  		Burwell-Grymes Marriage The Virginia Gazette Jan 6, 1737

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190634906/lucy-ludwell-burwell. Lucy Ludwell Grymes Burwell Birth 19 Apr 1720 Middlesex County, Virginia Death 1792 (aged 71?72) James City County, Virginia Burial: Carters Grove Plantation Family Cemetery James City County, Virginia Lived here died here and likely buried here Daughter of Maj John Grymes, II and Lucy Grymes Wife of Carter Burwell, of The Grove, near Williamsburg Mother of Mary Berkeley; Lt. Col. Nathaniel Burwell; Sarah Bracken; Elizabeth Burwell; Judith Burwell; Lucy Lilly; Alice Burwell; Carter Burwell and Lewis Burwell Sister of Hannah Grymes; John Grymes; Col. Philip Ludwell Grymes; Charles Grymes; Alice Page; Benjamin Grymes; Sarah Grymes; Charles Grymes and Ludwell Grymes [S100] Internet Source, https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I032803&tree=tree1. Notes for John Grymes: John Grymes, son of John Grymes and Alice Townley, born 1691, and was the chief heir and executor of his mother's last will and testament dated 1 January 1709-1710, probated 1 Mary 1710 per The Townleys and Warners of Virginia and Their English Connections by Mary Burton Derrickson McCurdy, published in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume V, page 571; John Grymes of "Brandon", Middlesex County, Virginia, was born in 1691, probably in Gloucester County, Virginia and died 2 November 1748. He bought the "Brandon" estate in Middlesex from the heirs of Major General Robert Smith and it was for several generations, the estate of the eldest branch of the family. There was formerly a large brick mansion at Brandon which has not entirely disappeared. John Grymes was a member of the House of Burgesses for Middlesex County, Virginia, at the sessions of April 1718, November 1720 and May 1722, and was appointed to the Council in 1725. He was Auditor General of the Colony i 1718; but seems to have held that office only a short time and was Receiver General from 1723 to his death in 1748. He married at "Green Spring" on 22 December 1715, Lucy Ludwell, daughter of Philip Ludwell of Green Spring and Rich Neck, James City County, Virginia, born 2 November 1698, died 2 November 1748, Their tombs or what remains of them are in the church yard, Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia. Grymes of Brandon article published in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume II, page 601 [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate. Williamsburg, 6 Jan 1737 Newspaper Announcement Lucy Grymes & Carter Burwell [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20486828/lucy-grymes. Virginia Historical Magazine Mrs. Lucy Grymes d/o Honourable Philip Ludwell, Esq. 3rd day of March 1749 in her 52nd year of her age. Page 406