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Eleanor Grayson (Smallwood)

Also Known As: "Eleanor Hebe Smallwood"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Charles County, Maryland, British Colonial America
Death: September 22, 1789 (44-45)
Frederick County, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Grayson Family Vault, Woodbridge, Prince William County, Virginia, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Bayne Smallwood and Priscilla Smallwood
Wife of Sen. William Grayson (Anti-Fed - Virginia)
Mother of George Washington Grayson, I; Alfred William Grayson; Heabard Smallwood Carter; Robert Harrison Grayson and William John Grayson
Sister of William Smallwood, 4th Gov. of Maryland; Margaret Stoddard; Priscilla Heabard; Hebard Smallwood and Lucy Heabard Stoddert

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About Eleanor Grayson

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44742029

Daughter of Bayne Smallwood and Priscilla Heabard.

Wife of Col. William Grayson

Brother: Maj. Gen. William Smallwood. His mother's Will, Executrix: my daughter Priscilla Heaberd Smallwood. Signed Mar 7, 1780 - Priscilla Smallwood. Wit - Amelea Powell, Thos Ne[l]son, James Craik. Probated on Oct 14, 1784 by the oath of the executrix and by the oaths of witnesses Thomas Nelson & Doctor James Craik. Major Genl William Smallwood, the heir at law, was present & assented to the taking of the above probates.

When Maj. Gen. William Smallwoood died in 1792 his estate, known as Mattawoman, including his home the Retreat, passed to his sister Eleanor who married Colonel William Grayson of Virginia.

Sister: Lucy Heabard Smallwood Stoddert (1833-1868) m. John Truman Stoddert (1733-1765)

Brother: Heaberd Smallwood (Will Charles Co., MD, dated Jul 24, 1778, probated Aug 23, 1780. Willed all of his Estate to his mother Priscilla while living. To be divided upon her death equally among siblings: William Smallwood, Elizabeth Liper, Margaret Stoddert, Eleanor Grayson, Priscilla Hearbert Smallwood. To my nephew William Truman Stoddart - at my death, my wearing apparel, my gun and sword.

Children:

Frederick Grayson

Alfred William Grayson m. Letitia Preston Breckenridge 1. Smallwood Grayson 2. John Breckenridge Grayson 3. William Lewis Grayson

William Grayson

George William Grayson m. Octavis Edmunds 1. George W. Grayson, Jr. 2. William Grayson 3. Frances Grayson

Heabard Smallwood Grayson m. Robert Wormley Carter 1. Landon F. Carter 2. Hebe Carter 3. William Grayson Carter 4. Alfred Grayson Carter 5. Robert Grayson Carter

Robert Hanson Harrison Grayson m. Sophonisba E. Cabel 1. William Powhatan Bolling Grayson 2. Joseph Cabell Grayson 3. Hebe Carter Grayson 4. Robert Bolling Grayson 5. Robert Harrison Grayson 6. Mary Ann Elizabeth Grayson 7. Benjamin Blair Grayson 8. Pocahontas Rebecca Bolling Grayson 9. Sarah Bolling Grayson 10. Eleanor Smallwood Grayson

Burial: http://www.historicprincewilliam.org/docs/graysonswilliamtomb.pdf* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 4 2020, 17:10:20 UTC

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Eleanor Grayson's Timeline

1744
1744
Charles County, Maryland, British Colonial America
1778
1778
Prince William County, Virginia
1780
April 16, 1780
Prince William County, Virginia, United States
1785
1785
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States
1788
March 12, 1788
Virginia, United States
November 12, 1788
1789
September 22, 1789
Age 45
Frederick County, Virginia, United States
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Grayson Family Vault, Woodbridge, Prince William County, Virginia, USA