Cliborn-Claiborne Records


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William Clayborne (1600-1678) sailed from England to Virginia in 1606. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, Tennessee and elsewhere.




Claiborne of Virginia


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William Claiborne was born in 1600 in Crayford, Kent, England. His parents were Thomas Clayborne and Sarah Smythe James. He immigrated to America in 1621 and settled in Virginia. He married Elizabeth Butler in about 1635. They had six children. He died in 1679. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama and elsewhere.




Family Records Today


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Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986


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The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.










The Genie


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A Journey Through the West


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Historians Smith and Swick reunite the two halves of Rodney's journal--half was owned by the Historical Society of Delaware, and the other half by the Library of Congress--for the first time. The journal tells of Rodney's journey to his new post as a territorial judge and land commissioner for the newly formed Mississippi Territory. In it, he describes everything he encountered during the three-and-a-half-month journey, including flora, fauna, geology, archaeology, the urban centers of the day, and people that he met, including Meriwether Lewis. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR







William Claiborne of Virginia


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William Claiborne was born in 1587 in England. His parents were Edmund Cliburne and Grace Bellingham. He emigrated in about 1621 or 1622 and settled in Virginia. He married Jane Bullen. Details his political career in Virginia and Maryland.