Thomas Thorpe Grayson

Notes:

The May reference says that Thomas was a son of Edward Butler Grayson, but later research has shown that that was an error.

Ref: Clan Munro files - May, Frank Boone, III

Buried in the Grayson Cemetery in Adams County, Mississippi is Thomas Thorp Grayson, born 16 May 1834 and died 18 May 1834. This could be a brother of this Thomas.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Descendancy Chart of Susannah
Monroe (second installment) - dated 7 Oct 1997 - p. 3, 7

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Thomas married Adelia Fisher on 8 Jan 1867 in New Orleans, Orleans Par., Louisiana, USA. Adelia was born in 1850 in Bluffdale, , Illinois, USA; died in 1908 in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto Co., Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Frank Thorpe Grayson was born about 1867; and died.
2. Sarah Chew Grayson was born on 14 Jan 1874 in New Orleans, Orleans Par., Louisiana, USA; died on 12 Jun 1939 in Harlingen, Cameron Co., Texas, USA.

Notes:

Spence was a lawyer and state senator from Mississippi. He owned Eutaw Place plantation in Yazoo County, Mississippi, which may be the location of the Grayson Family burial vault.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Descendancy Chart of Susannah
Monroe (second installment) - dated 7 Oct 1997 - p. 3, 7

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Spence married Sarah Role Chew on 8 Jul 1830 in Natchez, Adams Co., Mississippi, USA. Sarah was born on 12 Jul 1814 in Natchez, Adams Co., Mississippi, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sarah Role (or Rolle) Chew

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Descendancy Chart of Susannah
Monroe (second installment) - dated 7 Oct 1997 - p. 3

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Notes:

Col. Peter Wagener Grayson married Katherine "Kitty" Calloway (or Callaway) Thorpe.

Ref: Clan Munro files - May, Frank Boone III
- Williams, Irmalee - Spence M. Grayson family record

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Descendancy Chart of Susannah
Monroe (second installment) - dated 7 Oct 1997 - p. 3

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Peter married Katherine Calloway Thorpe in 1801 in , Prince William Co., Virginia, USA. Katherine was born on 15 Sep 1763 in Bedford, , Virginia, USA; died after 1830 in , Franklin Co., Alamaba, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Katherine "Kitty" Calloway (or Callaway) Thorpe.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Descendancy Chart of Susannah
Monroe (second installment) - dated 7 Oct 1997 - p. 3

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Notes:

Spence inherited and resided at "Belle Air," the former residence of his father in Prince William County, about two miles from the Occoquan river. Later in his life he went to England and studied theology. He was ordained by the Bishop of London, 24 May 1771. He then returned to Virginia in 1771 and preached for a long time at Cameron Parish in Loudoun County, Virginia.

He was a chaplain with the rank of captain in Colonel William Grayson's Virginia Regiment in the American Revolution and was a fighting as well as praying parson. He was Chaplain of Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment in May 1777. He retired 22 Apr 1779.

Spence Grayson was known as a refined gentleman and was devoted to his family and to his friends. He was a large handsome man of distinguished being and manner and an eloquent speaker. He and his family were prominent in the affairs of Virginia and were frequent guests of President George Washington. He was a personal friend of the President. When George Washington's nephew, Major George Augustine Washington was married, there were three clergymen present. The General chose Rev. Grayson to perform the ceremony and gave him $100.

"Belle Air," his home, was situated in the southeast corner of Prince William County, Virginia. The broad Potomac flowed in front about a mile distant south. The view of the Potomac was particularly fine pointing as it did up and down many miles and including Indian Head directly opposite on the Maryland shore. Indian Head was where the Americans opened fire on the British squadron under Com. Gordon on its decent down the river in 1814 after plundering Alexandria.

The plantation consisted of 1000 acres of fine rolling and well-watered land. In nearly the center of the plantation there rose a beautiful tableland, elliptical in shape, large enough for the dwelling, the out-houses, shade trees, walks, gardens, and lawns, and it was exclusively used for that purpose.

Spence was ordained by the Lord Bishop of London on 29 May 1771. The births of some of his children in England was estimated by the time he was in college there. Some of them may have been born in Loudoun County where he preached after returning from England. He was a justice in Prince William county in 1769, so his daughter, Susan Monroe may have been born before he went to England.


Ref: Clan Munro files - May, Frank Boone III
- Johnson, Monroe
- Williams, Irmalee - Benjamin Grayson family record
- Spence M. Grayson family record

Ref 2 says Spence was born in 1742. Ref 5 says he was born in 1732.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Descendancy Chart of Susannah
Monroe (second installment) - dated 7 Oct 1997 - p. 1, 6

(2) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Descendancy Chart of Susanna
Monroe attached to a letter from Carolyn Brent dated 16 Jul 1997 - p. 2

(4) Clan Munro files - Cataluna, Esther R. - The Ancestry of Esther Cataluna -
dated 7 jan 1998 - p. 1

(5) Clan Munro files - Grayson, Nathaniel Lewis, III - Descendants of David
Munro - p. 1

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Birth:
Spence was born at "Bell Air," the estate of his father in Dumfries, Virginia.

Died:
Spence died at "Belle Air", his estate in Dumfries, Virginia.

Buried:
Buried in the family vault at the Belle Air estate

Spence married Mary Elizabeth Wagener in 1754 in Belle Air, Prince William Co., Virginia, USA. Mary was born in 1741 in Piscataque, Essex Co., Virginia, USA; died in 1810 in Washington, , District of Columbia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Elizabeth Wagener (or Wagoner) was the daughter of Peter Wagener and Miss Robinson.

After the death of her husband in 1798, Mary continued living on the "Belle Air" estate with her two unmarried daughters, Sally and Caroline. All the other daughters had married, some going to other parts of the South. Later, when the two youngest daughters had married and gone to Mississippi, Mrs. Grayson moved from "Belle Air" to Washington where she died in 1810 at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. Lund Washington.



References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Descendancy Chart of Susannah
Monroe (second installment) - dated 7 Oct 1997 - p. 1

(2) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - Descendancy chart of Susannah
Monroe (3rd Installment) - dated 23 Dec 1997 - p. 2

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Died:
Mary died at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. Lund Washington in Washington, D.C.