The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits . as a friendly writer states, with singulartact and moderation. The Commonwealth of Virginiafinally, in 1658, came to the aid of Lord Baltimore, andClaiborne lost Maryland. In 1660, Claiborne ceased tobe secretary and a member of the Virginia Council. Uponthe death of Cecilius Calvert, Claiborne, in 1675, peti-tioned the King for redress of his many wrongs, but hisfriends and his influence alike were dead. A co
The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits . as a friendly writer states, with singulartact and moderation. The Commonwealth of Virginiafinally, in 1658, came to the aid of Lord Baltimore, andClaiborne lost Maryland. In 1660, Claiborne ceased tobe secretary and a member of the Virginia Council. Uponthe death of Cecilius Calvert, Claiborne, in 1675, peti-tioned the King for redress of his many wrongs, but hisfriends and his influence alike were dead. A court has noear for aged men of his ilk, and death released him fromcare the next year. He is said to have married Jane BuUeror Boteler or Butler, but in 1647 his wifes name wasElizabeth. He left four children: William and Thomas,both lieutenant colonels; Leonard, who settled in Jamaica;and Jane, who married Colonel Thomas Brereton. Hishome was at Romancoke, in King William County, and hehad a large estate in land. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume i, page 313. On page 315, doubt is cast on the authenticity of the Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714. 120. WILLIAM CLAIBORNE i587(?)-i676 (121 jpuEiic library! } i. ?JLDRK F(V.!W»A- iOf-i8 Thomas, second Baron Colepeper, of Thoresway, sonof the first baron by his wife ancTcousIn, Judith, daughter ofSir Thomas Colepeper, was baptized, 21 March, 1634/5,at Hollingbourne, In Kent. He married Margaret, daugh-ter of Jan van Hesse, Heer van Plershlll, In Zealand, whodied 10 May, 1710, at Leeds Castle, Kent, aged seventy-five. Lord Colepeper died 27 January, 1688/9, leaving adaughter, Catherine, wife of Thomas, fifth Baron Fairfax,of Cameron. Before his appointment as governor of Virginia, Cole-peper had served as governor of the Isle of Wight, 1660-1667. He came over In 1680, and at once put his fertileImagination to work to devise schemes for enriching him-self at the expense of the soldiers, the farmers, and th
Size: 1282px × 1948px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorboltonch, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, bookyear1921
