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Dameron-Damron Family Association
An organization studying the genealogy of the Dameron and Damron family of the United States of America.

Most who carry the name, in either spelling, descend from Lawrence Dameron who received a land grant in Northumberland County, Virginia, in 1652. Lawrence and his wife, Dorothy, along with their children, were the first documented Damerons to come from England to settle in Virginia. Lawrence (1615-1657) married Dorothy (?) (????-c1691) before 1644.
Children: Bartholomew, George, Thomas, Lawrence, Dorothy
(Note: Most Dameron-Damron families in the United States descend from Lawrence who apparently came from Suffolk County, England. There are some Dammerons who came from Germany.)

Laurence (Lawrence) Dameron, the immigrant from England before 1652.

Born 1594, probably Suffolk Co., England according to information from Mrs. Helen Dameron Jones 433 S. 5th St., Apt. B, Watseka, Ill. 60970

Will proved 17 Dec 1660, Will of Laurence Dameron, Heathsville, Northumberland Co., VA, Bk. 1658-1666, p. 45.

The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter, #37, Fall 2003, Research by Carolyn Jett for the association: Northumberland County Record Book 1658-1662, p. 49 - Will of Laurence Dameron:
"I, Laurence Dameron, being weak in body yet, thanks be to God, in good perfect memory, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, in manner and form following. Imprimis: I bequeath my soul to God my Creator, and my body to the earth."

Legatees: Son, Bartholomew Dameron, half of 500 acres situated in Great Wicomico, which I bought of Mr. Peter Knight, to be delivered to him at the death of his mother, with one cedar bedstead, one long table with form and benches to it, and one couch, all of which stand in the great room.

Son, George Dameron, the other half of the 500 acres, at the death of his mother, with one cedar bedstead, one small cedar table and one couch, all of which stand in the chamber. Said land and houses to be equally divided between George and Bartholomew.

Bartholomew, George, and Thomas are each to have indentured servants, six barrels of corn, some sows, good feather bed, guns, one good chest, one litte chest, four silver spoons, at the age of (missing portion of page).

VIRGINIA COLONIAL ABSTRACTS, V. 19, Northumbria Collectanea 1645-1720, A to L.

LAND PATENTS IN VIRGINIA AND NUGENT'S CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS (1931)

HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SKETCH OF THE DAMERON FAMILY IN ENGLAND AND
VIRGINIA, compiled by Alfred Speer Dameron (1940)

ONE LADD'S FAMILY by Ruth K. Ladd (1974)

Established "Guarding Point" in 1652. Located in parish of Wicomico in Northumberland County, Virginia, at the lower end of Chesapeake Bay.

VA Colonial Abstracts Vol. 19 Northumbria Collectanea 1645-1720 A to L: Dameron, Laurence. Dorothy Dameron relect of Lau Dameron dec'd and Bartholomew Dameron, his eldest son and Elizabeth, his wife, give for love and affection "unto our loving brother Laurence Dameron" all int. in 324 acres in Yeocomico par. 20 Nov. 1669.

Dameron, Laurence Claims 450 Ac for importation of 9 persons, including himself and wife 21 Feb 1658/9.

LAWRENCE DAMERON
the first of the family to settle in Virginia.
by Charles C. Chaney


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Nothing has been documented about Lawrence before he received a land grant in Northumberland County, Virginia, in 1652. Lawrence was perhaps the son of George Dameron and Joan Ashley. There was a Lawrence baptized in April of 1615, at St. Clements parish, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, but nothing documents that this is the same Lawrence. During the British Civil War, Suffolk County was heavily pro-Cromwell. Lawrence's family apparently, although undocumented, supported the Cavaliers or Royalist party driven out of England by Cromwell. It is known that he settled in Northumberland County, Virginia, an area populated by a large number of supporters of the crown. It is also noted that his name does not appear on a 1652 loyalty oath signed by Northumberland County men. He is first documented in Northumberland County, Virginia, that year when he received a land grant there. Information on his life before he received the land grant in 1652 must be considered speculative!

One of his land patents reports that he was granted land for transporting some fourteen people which included himself, his wife and children. He claimed to have brought nine servants which probably constituted part of the fourteen people. He bought two more tracts of land so that when he died his holdings in Wicomico Parish totaled about 2,000 acres. It is possible that he had made a previous trip from England to Virginia and selected a site for his home and arranged for the construction a house. A spit of land jutting out into Chesapeake Bay retains the name Dameron Marsh. The first house was probably built of cedar slabs. In his will, Lawrence mentioned "the Great Roome." His estate was called "Guarding Point," which later became "Garden Point." This 500 acres of land and swamp was purchased from Peter Knight in 1657. Its name originated from the fact that it served as a lookout post for lower Northumberland from the time of Bacon's Rebellion.

Lawrence evidently died in 1657 since a court record, dated 9 March 1658, shows that "Dorothy, the relict and executrix of the sd Lawrence Dameron dec'd shall make payment..." for 4,100 pounds of tobacco. In his will, not proved until 1660, he left, upon the death of his widow, among other bequests, one-half of 500 acres in Wicomico parish to his son, Bartholomew, and the other half to George, his second son. Dorothy successfully managed and developed the increasingly valuable estate. She died in 1691 as that was when Bartholomew and George petitioned the court that the land left to them be properly divided and turned over to them. (Some researchers have reported that there was a son named Samuel. This appears to be due to a record that read "Sam. George and Bar. Dameron" meaning "Samuel George and Bartholomew Dameron" but it was "transcribed as "Samuel, George, and Bartholomew Dameron" and a non-existent son was created.)

In 1700, a grandson of Lawrence, Thomas, erected a brick house near the original home site that, after Dameron ownership, was known as "Brick Walls." The land bequeathed to George remained in the family until 1849 when it was sold to the Harding family which still owned some of the original Dameron property in the last decade of the twentieth century. Brick Walls was pulled down after it came into possession of the Harding family. When the field where it stood is plowed, brick remnants are visible.

Many descendants left Northumberland County, Virginia, to western Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, and on to the west. It appears that during the Revolutionary War some dropped the "e" from the name although some later reinstated it. Today there are Damerons and Damrons in most parts of the United States especially the South, Midwest and Southwest.

NOTE: A major source for the material was Helen Foster Snow in her work The Dameron-Damron Family Genealogy which she assembled in Mimeographed forms starting in the early 1950s until sometime before her death in 1997.