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 lU'RGESSES AND OTHER PROMIXEXT PERSON'S

Claiborne, Leonard, son of Captain Thomas Claiborne, of "'Sweet Hall,"' King William county ; was sheriff for the county in. 1732 and buri^^'ss in 1734-1740. He mar- ried Martha, daughter of Major Francis r>ur- nell. and had issue — Leonard Claiborne jr., of Dinwiddie county ( q. v.).

Claiborne, Leonard, Jr., of Dinwiddie county, son of Leonard Claiborne, of King William county, was burgess ior Dinwiddie ir 1758. 1759, 1761, 1762. 1763, 1764 and 1765. He is said to have removed to Georgia.

Claiborne, Colonel Nathaniel, son of Cap- tain Thomas Claiborne, of "Sweet Hall," King William county, married Jane Cole, daughter of Colonel William Cole, of War- Avick county. He was born about 1719, and died in his fortieth year. His widow mar- ried (second) Stephen Bingham and (third) Francis West, and was living in 1787.

Claiborne, Philip Whitehead, son of Wil- liam Claiborne, of "Romancoke," King Wil- liam county, lived at "Liberty Hall," King William county. In 1771 he w^as a member ot the house of burgesses for King William and died in 1772. He married Elizabeth, daughter of William Dandridge, of King William county, and his wife Unity, daugh- ter of Nathaniel West (a great-nephew of Lord Delaware, governor of \^irginia).

Claiborne, Richard, of Lunenburg county, son of Colonel Nathaniel Claiborne, of King William county, was member of the house of burgesses for Lunenburg in 1772 and 1774, and member of the conventions of 1774 and 1775. He died in 1776. leaving issue — sons, John. Richard Henry, Leonard, and daughter. Molly, married William War- wick, of North Carolina.

Claiborne, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas,

son of Colonel William Clai[)orne. secretary of state, was b»irn August 17, 1^)47; served .''.gainst the Indians, and is said to have been killed by an arrow October 7, 1683. He was buried at Romancoke. in King William count}', where his tomb remains. He mar- ried Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Dorothy l'"enn, of Middle Plantation. His widow Sarah married (second) Thomas liray. Py her will Sarah established a scholarship at William and .Mary College.

Claiborne, Captain Thomas, of "Sweet Hall." King William county, son of Lieu- tenant-Colonel Thomas Claiborne, was born December 16. 1680. and died August 10, 1732. He is said to luive married three times and to ha^•e had twenty-seven chil- dren, Avhich is probably an exaggeration. His last wife was Anne, daughter of Henry Fox, of King William county, by his wife Anne, daughter of Colonel John West (nephew of Lord Delaware).

Claiborne, Thomas, son of Captain Thomas Claiborne, of "Sweet Hall," King William county, was born January 9, 1704, and died December i, 1735 ; clerk of Stafford county; buried at "Sweet Hall," where his tomb still stands.

Claiborne, Thomas, son of Colonel Na- thaniel Claiborne, of "Sweet Hall," King William county, succeeded, on the death of Major Harry Gaines, as burgess for the county in 1768 and 1769.

Claiborne, William, of "Romancoke," son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Claiborne. He died in 1705. leaving a son William, who was sheriff of King William county in 1728