Thomas Claiborne

Thomas Claiborne (Jr.) was born ca 1557. He was the Mayor (1592) and Alderman (1591) of the Kings Lynn Borough (Parish of St. Margaret) in Norfolk, England. He married Sara James (nee Smyth), the widow of Roger James, on November 21, 1598 at St. Dunstan's Stepney, Middlesex. Sarah had four children from her first marriage. After their marriage, Sara and Thomas moved to the Parish of Stepney, Middlesex, and finally to the Parish of Crayford in Kent. He was a wealthy merchant, with a business in London in the late 1590’s. I have seen reference to the fact that that Thomas and Sara Claiborne were the owners, among other assets, of The Royal James, a tavern that stood between Shakespeare's Globe Theater and the River Thames.

The children of Thomas & Sara Smythe Claiborne were

• 1) Thomas,
• 2) WILLIAM,
• 3) Sara,
• 4) Katherine, and
• 5) Blanche.

The baptisms of these children were recorded in Crayford Parish.

Thomas, III and his wife Jane accompanied his brother when William Claiborne returned to Virginia in May 1631. Thomas and Sara were married not quite 9 years, before his death in Crayford, Kent on Sept. 10, 1607.

Died the same day as his wife, and buried on the same day. There was a plague epidemic that year. Probably that's what killed them?

References

• Torrence, C. (1948). The English Ancestry of William Claiborne of Virginia: Part I: A Critical Study of the Traditionally Stated English Origin. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 56(3), 328-343. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/4245565

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Aboutedit | history Thomas Claiborne (Jr.) was born ca 1557. He was the Mayor (1592) and Alderman (1591) of the Kings Lynn Borough (Parish of St. Margaret) in Norfolk, England. He married Sara James (nee Smyth), the widow of Roger James, on November 21, 1598 at St. Dunstan's Stepney, Middlesex. Sarah had four children from her first marriage. After their marriage, Sara and Thomas moved to the Parish of Stepney, Middlesex, and finally to the Parish of Crayford in Kent. He was a wealthy merchant, with a business in London in the late 1590’s. I have seen reference to the fact that that Thomas and Sara Claiborne were the owners, among other assets, of The Royal James, a tavern that stood between Shakespeare's Globe Theater and the River Thames.

The children of Thomas & Sara Smythe Claiborne were

1) Thomas, 2) WILLIAM, 3) Sara, 4) Katherine, and 5) Blanche. The baptisms of these children were recorded in Crayford Parish.

Thomas, III and his wife Jane accompanied his brother when William Claiborne returned to Virginia in May 1631. Thomas and Sara were married not quite 9 years, before his death in Crayford, Kent on Sept. 10, 1607.

References Torrence, C. (1948). The English Ancestry of William Claiborne of Virginia: Part I: A Critical Study of the Traditionally Stated English Origin. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 56(3), 328-343. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/4245565