Elizabeth (Butler) Claiborne (bef. 1612 - aft. 1669)

Born before 1612 in Essex, England

Ancestors

Wife of William Claiborne Sr. — married 1635 in Kent Island, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1669 after age 57 in Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Elizabeth (Butler) Claiborne was a Virginia colonist.

Elizabeth Butler/Boteler was the daughter of John Butler/Boteler of Little Birch, Essex and Jane Elliott.^[1] She was born before 1612.^[2][3]

Elizabeth emigrated to North America. It is possible she sailed with her brother Thomas, who in 1631 immigrated to Kent Island, where William Claiborne settled that year.^[4] There she married William Claiborne by about 1635.^[2][3][5][6] They had the following children:

• William^[2][3][7]
• John^[7] (died unmarried).^[2][3]
• Thomas,^[7] married Joan _____^[2][3]
• Leonard^[2][3][7]
• Jane, who married Thomas Brereton^[2][3][7]
• another daughter^[2][3]

Elizabeth's husband was forced from Kent Island by the Calvert family. In the latter part off his life he lived in New Kent, Virginia, and presumably Elizabeth was with him.^[5][6]

In 1644 Elizabeth's husband granted her 700 acres in Elizabeth City County, Virginia "in nature and lieu of a jointure". This was confirmed in a record of 1647.^[8]

Elizabeth was living in 1668/9.^[2][3] Her husband died before 25 August 1679.^[2][3]

Research Notes

Previously-shown Daughter

Mary Claiborne has previously been shown on WikiTree as daughter of Elizabeth and her husband William Claiborne. She is listed as a daughter of theirs by Marlyn Lewis, not a reliable source.^[9] There is no good evidence for the relationship: see Mary's profile.

Sources

1. ↑ Walter C Metcalfe (ed.). The Visitations of Essex, Harleian Society, 1878, p. 170, Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. I, p. 220, BLETSOE 13.i.a.3, Google Books
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. I, pp. 386-387, BLETSOE 18.i.a.3
4. ↑ J Herbert Claiborne. William Claiborne of Kent Island in 'The William and Mary Quarterly', Vol. I, No. 2, 1921, p. 78, [JSTOR]
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry by John C Aspley for 'Claiborne, William', print and online 2004, revised online 2008
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} American National Biography Online, entry by J Frederick Fausz for 'Claiborne, William', print (Oxford University Press) 1999, online 2000
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4} Clayton Torrence. Winston of Virginia, and Allied Families, Whitten and Shepperson, 1927, pp. 298-299, Internet Archive
8. ↑ Nell Marion Nugent. Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800, Vol. I, Dietz Printing Co, 1934, p. 165, Internet Archive
9. ↑ Marlyn Lewis. Mary Claiborne (c1630-1710), entry in "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" database (2 Feb. 2019), citing "Ancestry.com, Information submitted by Ginger604401."

See also:

• Weis, Frederick Lewis (with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr and William R Beall). The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 5th ed., Genealogical Publishing Company, 1999, pp. 80-81, line 61/17
• Torrence, Clayton. The English Ancestry of William Claiborne of Virginia, in 'The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography', Vol. 56, No. 3 (Jul., 1948), pp. 328-343, JSTOR
• Wikipedia: William Claiborne
• Encyclopedia Virginia, entry for William Claiborne (1600–1679)

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was reviewed/approved for the Magna Carta Project in February 2019 ~ Noland-165

Elizabeth (Butler) Claiborne and her brothers John and Thomas Butler are listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as Gateway Ancestors (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Baron Henry de Bohun (vol. I, pages 218-220 BLETSOE). The trail from the Butlers to Bohun-7 (see below) was completed by Jack Day for the Magna Carta Project in 2016, re-reviewed in January 2019 by Gordon Warder Jr and badged on 6 September 2019 by Noland-165.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".

Magna Carta Trails

Badged Richardson-dcumented trail to Bohun (MCA I:218-220 BLETSOE):

Gateway Ancestors:

Elizabeth Butler (badged/100% 5-star)

Thomas Butler (badged/100% 5-star)

1. Elizabeth and Thomas were the children of John Butler (badged 2019)

2. John was the son of Cressett Saint John (badged/100% 5-star)

3. Cressett was the daughter of John Saint John (badged/100% 5-star)

4. John was the son of John Saint John (badged/100% 5-star)

5. John was the son of John Saint John (badged/100% 5-star)

6. John was the son of Margaret Beauchamp (badged/100% 5-star)

7. Margaret was the daughter of John Beauchamp (badged/100% 5-star)

8. John was the son of Roger Beauchamp (badged/100% 5-star)

9. Roger was the son of Roger de Beauchamp (badged/100% 5-star)

10. Roger was the son of Roger de Beauchamp (badged/100% 5-star)

11. Roger was the son of Roger de Beauchamp (badged/100% 5-star needs)

12. Roger was the son of Alice de Tony (badged/100% 5-star)

13. Alice was the daughter of Alice de Bohun (badged/100% 5-star)

14. Alice was the daughter of Humphrey de Bohun (badged/100% 5-star)

15. Humphrey was the son of Magna Carta Surety Henry de Bohun