Thomas Grendon, Jr.

The second Thomas Grendon married Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Stegg. Grendon, Thomas, Jr., son of Thomas Grendon, merchant, settled in the parish of Westover. Charles City county, and had large estates In Virginia and England.

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Abstract of the Will of Thomas Grendon, of Dukes Place, Citizen & Draper of London, dated December 15, 1678:

To Mr. John Harding Cittizen & Grocer of London & Mr. Robert Coe Cittizen & Goldsmith of London whome 1 make ex’ors & trustees of my lands in Fultherley in Shenston, co. Stafford.

By deed dated 17 Nov., 1678, I have given unto Thomas Grendon my grandson all those lands & houses as in the deed appears, that is to say the sayd Thomas Grendon my grandchild now in Virginia for his life & after his decease to his heirs; for default of such heyrs then to Thomas Jennings my grandson, son of Thomas Jennings late of London, Distiller; for default of issue unto Rebeckah Symonds wife of John Symonds of London, Upholster; to Thomas Symonds son of my said grandchild Rebeckah. To grandchild Thomas Jennings, £… To Rebeckah Symonds, £50. To Hannah Duke my daughter in Virginia, £… in full of her part. To my ex’ors, £10 each.

208 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE.

I give one third of the residue to my wife Elizabeth; the other two thirds between Thomas Grendon, Thomas Jennings; Rebeckah Symonds my grandchildren. Wittnesses: Samuell Stringer, Nowell Bassano. Sealed 4 April, 1679. Proved in the P. C. C. 29 Oct., 1680, by oaths of John Harding; Robert Coe the ex’ors. (128. Bath).

The testator was the grandfather of Thomas Grendon of Virginia, whose will was printed in Waters, 429-431. See also this Magazine I, 441-442

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Thus:

• 1. William Grendon Sr., born c. 1540, held land in Shenstone, in 1607. (See as follows).
• 1.1. William Grendon Jr,. born c. 1565.
• 1.1.1. Thomas Grendon, born c. 1590, d. 1657, holding land in Footherley, a hamlet of Shenstone. His Will names ‘kinsman Thomas Grindon Citisen of London’, who may be assumed to be the father of:
• Colonel Thomas Grendon, born c. 1615; in 1678 he gave his son
• Thomas Grendon, ‘now in Virginia’, lands in Sherton (Shenstone) Co., Stafford; and to his daughter
• Hannah (Grendon) Duke, ‘now in Virginia’ property in Shenstone. (See Colonial Surry, John B. Boddie, 1959).

I suppose any alternative, based on the desire for an ancestor of ‘ancient planter’ status to be of the ‘wishfull school’ of genealogy, which all too sadly relies on the selective reading of documents, so as to ‘prove’ what is desired.

References

• Genealogical Gleanings in England, Volume 1By Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters. Page 430. GoogleBooks
• Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under the Editorial ..., Volume 1 edited by Lyon Gardiner Tyler. Page 248 GoogleBooks
• Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents Page 489. AncestryImage Edward Grendon l, Ancient Planter land appears to have been inherited by Thomas Grendon, or Grindon, who was probably a brother or nephew. Also at PDF page 7
• Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary By Martha W. McCartney. Page 344. GoogleBooks
• Colonial Surry By John Bennett Boddie. Page 91. GoogleBooks