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Kathleen Much <[log in to unmask]>
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Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 6 Jan 2012 21:54:31 -0800
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_Genealogies of Virginia Families from the VA Mag. of Hist. and Biog._
(Baltimore, 1981), vol. 3, p. 691 (reprint of W.G. Stanard, "Harrison of
James River", _VA Mag. of Hist. and Biog._ vols. 30-40): "Benjamin and
Hannah Harrison had issue: ". . . 7. Hannah, born at Indian Fields,
Southwark parish, Surry county, December 15, 1678; married 'the eleventh
day of November, being Thursday, Anno. Dom., 1672 [sic- 1692?]', Philip
Ludwell of 'Greenspring' and 'Rich Neck', James City County, and died April
4, 1731 (Ludwell Bible).  Philip Ludwell, second of the name in Virginia,
was born Feb. 4, 1672, and died Jan. 11, 1726-27.  He was Speaker of the
House of Burgesses 1695, appointed to the Council in 1702, and Auditor
General 1711-16.  Hannah (Harrison) Ludwell was, through her daughter, Mrs.
Hannah Lee, grandmother of Richard Henry, Francis Lightfoot, Arthur, and
William Lee, and through another daughter, Mrs. Lucy Grymes, ancestress of
Generals Henry and Robert E. Lee.  Mrs. Ludwell's tomb in the churchyard at
Jamestown bears the following epitaph:
"'Under this Stone lies interred The Body of Mrs. Hannah Ludwell, relict of
The Hon'ble Col. Philip Ludwell Esqr., By whom she has left one son and two
daughters.  After a most exemplary Life spent in Cheerful innocence and
Constant Exercise of Piety, Charity and Hospitality, she Patiently
Submitted to Death on the 4th day of April 1731, in the 52d year of her
age.'"

"Ludwell Family", William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine,
Vol. 19, No. 3. (Jan 1911), pp. 199-214. P. 213: "Issue of Philip Ludwell
and Hannah Harrison three daughters and two sons, two of whom died in
infancy: (1) Lucy, born at Rich Neck in Bruton parish in James City County,
November 2, 1698, married Col. John Grymes of Brandon on the Rappahannock
River in Virginia, and died November 2, 1748; (2) Hannah, born at Rich
Neck, Dec. 5, 1701, and died at Stratford on Potomac, January 25, 1749. She
married Thomas Lee, President of the council, and had issue the five
prominent Lee brothers: Richard Henry Lee, the orator, and father of the
resolution for American independence; Dr. Arthur Lee, the celebrated writer
and diplomat; William Lee, diplomat; Francis Lightfoot Lee, signer of the
Declaration of Independence; and Thomas Ludwell Lee, member of Congress.
(3) Sarah, born at Rich Neck, July 29, 1704; died January 6, 1704-5; (4)
Philip, born at Greenspring, January 19, 1706, died March 9, 1706. 'He was
a very pretty boy like his mother'; (5) Philip, born at Greenspring on the
night of December 28 and 29, 1716, about 12 of the clock."

Kathleen Much

On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Gale Fuller wrote:

>
> I am hopeful to find someone who has this line and can direct me to =
> documentation on the same.=20
>
> I have connections from the Grymes of VA to Phillip Ludwell and Hannah =
> Harrison. Their parents were Phillip Ludwell and Lucy Higginson and Col. =
> Benjamin Harrison Jr and Hanna Churchill.
>
>

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