John Butler

1585 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	John Butler
  Born	1585	Little Burche Hall, Roxwell, Essex, England.
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I22915	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family	Jane Elliott,   b. 1582, Little Burche Hall, Roxwell, Essex, England. ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Butler,   b. Abt 1610, Roxwell, Essex, England ,   d. 1676, Virginia Colony  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2021
  Family ID	F8621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S86] Our Southern Cousins, http://oursoutherncousins.com/claiborne.html. Hon./Capt. William Claiborne, born ca 1600, baptized 10 August 1600 in Crayford, son of Thomas & Sara Smyth-James Claiborne. William was our immigrant ancestor. William was admitted to Pembroke College, Cambridge, 31 May 1617 at age 16. On 13 June 1621 he was chosen by the Virginia Company to undertake the task of Surveyor of the Colony, compensated with 200 acres of land in the colony. He arrived at Jamestown in October, 1621 on the ship 'the George'. He laid out the area on Jamestown Island known as New Towne. William would achieve many honors during his lifetime. In 1623 he was appointed to the council, and would serve as the first Secretary of the Colony 1625-35, 1652-60, and Treasurer ? appointed for life in this position. He accumulated large tracts of land, including 250 acres at Archer?s Hope (James City); 500 acres at Blount Point (Warwick), 150 acres at Elizabeth City; 5000 acres in Northumerland County; 5000 acres on the Pamunkey; and 1,500 acres on the north wide of the York the River. His plantation in Virginia- was called ?Romancoke.? By 1626 he had accumulated a total of 17,500 acres in 7 different locales. In 1631 he settled the Isle of Kent in the Chesapeake Bay and named his plantation there Crayford, becoming the 1st White Settler in what is now known as the State of Maryland He would subsequently lose his land on the Isle of Kent due to political machinations of the Royal Governor. He served courageously as Captain of the colonial troops in their struggles with the Indians. William married ca 1635 Elizabeth Butler, born ca 1610 in Roxwell, Essex, England. ?She was the daughter of John Butler (1585 - ?) and Jane Elliott (abt. 1582 - ?) of Little Burche Hall, Roxwell, Essex, England. Elizabeth's siblings were John Butler of Kent Island, Sara Butler, ? Butler (female), and Thomas Butler, married Joan Mountsteven Butler wife of Nicholas Mountsteven, haberdasher of St. Marins at Ludgate. Elizabeth's uncle was Capt. Nathaniel Butler, Governor of Bermuda.? William & Elizabeth?s children were 1) Jane, 2) John, 3) THOMAS, 4) William, Jr. ?the younger?, and 5) Leonard. William had died by Mar 1677, probably on his plantation, Romancoke. I have made no concerted effort (as I have with my Walton or Watkins family, to research the Claiborne?s in America. This is what I have in my files, showing five generations only: 1. Col./Hon. WILLIAM CLAIBORNE (a.10 Aug 1600-Parish of Crayford d.Mar 1677-Romancoke,New Kent Co,VA) sp: Elizabeth BUTLER * (b.1610-Little Burch,England m.1644 d.1676-Virginia) |-2. Jane CLAIBORNE (b.Abt 1638 d.[before May 20, 1671]-Northumberland County,VA) | sp: Thomas BRERETON | |-3. Thomas (II) BRERETON | | sp: Unknown | | |-4. Thomas (III) BRERETON (d.By Age 10) | | sp: Mary (widow of William Nutt) | | +-4. Elizabeth (dau of Thomas II) BRERETON | +-3. Elizabeth BRERETON (d.by Nov 1734) | sp: Capt. Thomas WINDER | +-4. Elizabeth WINDER |-2. John CLAIBORNE (b.Abt 1641) | sp: Jane | |-3. John (II) CLAIBORNE