The following info was sent by flgrl:
James Maury was born in Dublin**.
Son of: Mary Anne Fontaine, Daughter of Rev. James Fontaine and Anne Elizabeth Boursiquot and: Matthew Maury, a French Huguenot.
James Maury attended William and Mary College.
In 1742, he traveled to England where he was ordained a minister.
He opposed the "Two Penny Act" of 1757, bringing a suit against the collectors of the parish for the full amount of his salary in tobacco. This suit, known in American history as "The Parson's Clause" was an important legal and political dispute in the Colony of Virginia which scholars believe was the important event leading up to the American Revolution involving the question of taxation.
James Maury was the husband of Mary Walker, daughter of Captain James Walker. James and Mary married on November 11 1743 in Louisa County, Virginia. They had thirteen children.
As founder of the Maury School for Boys, he tutored three future Presidents and five future signers of the Declaration of Independence: They were: Thomas
Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.
Thomas Jefferson, who was enrolled in Rev. Maury's Classical School for Boys, lived with the Maury Family for two years while he was being educated.
July 12,1749, James Maury founded the Loyal Land Company. His partners were Colonel Joshua Fry, Peter Jefferson & Thomas Walker. They held the patent to 800,000 acres of unsettled land in Western Virginia.
James was minister of the Fredericksville Parish of Albemarle from 1751 until his death in 1769.
James Maury served as the Chaplain to the Albemarle Troops participating in the French and Indian War of 1755.
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**A very interesting Wikipedia article about James Maury is pretty much as stated above, except the Wiki version states that he came to America from Castel Mauron, in Gascony, France. (I found another reference that stated the location as Castelmoron, in Gascogne, France.)
His children were:
* Matthew Maury, b. 10 Sep 1744, Albemarle Co., VA
* "Consul" James Maury, b. 3 Feb 1746, Albemarle Co., VA
* Leonard Hill Maury, b. 3 Jun 1747, Albemarle Co., VA
* Anne Maury, b. 16 Nov 1748, Albemarle Co., VA
* Mary Maury, b. 17 Sep 1750
* Walker Maury, b. 21 Jul 1752, Louisa Co., VA
* Catherine Maury, b. 15 Jul 1754, Albemarle Co., VA
* Elizabeth Maury, b. 1 Apr 1756, Albemarle Co., VA
* Abraham Maury, b. 28 Apr 1758, Albemarle Co., VA
* Fontaine Maury, b. 3 Feb 1761, Albemarle Co., VA
* Benjamin Maury, b. 15 Jan 1763, Albemarle Co., VA
* Richard Lancelot Maury, b. 19 May 1766, Albemarle Co., VA
* Matilda Hill Maury, b. 28 Oct 1769
James Maury was born in Dublin**.
Son of: Mary Anne Fontaine, Daughter of Rev. James Fontaine and Anne Elizabeth Boursiquot and: Matthew Maury, a French Huguenot.
James Maury attended William and Mary College.
In 1742, he traveled to England where he was ordained a minister.
He opposed the "Two Penny Act" of 1757, bringing a suit against the collectors of the parish for the full amount of his salary in tobacco. This suit, known in American history as "The Parson's Clause" was an important legal and political dispute in the Colony of Virginia which scholars believe was the important event leading up to the American Revolution involving the question of taxation.
James Maury was the husband of Mary Walker, daughter of Captain James Walker. James and Mary married on November 11 1743 in Louisa County, Virginia. They had thirteen children.
As founder of the Maury School for Boys, he tutored three future Presidents and five future signers of the Declaration of Independence: They were: Thomas
Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.
Thomas Jefferson, who was enrolled in Rev. Maury's Classical School for Boys, lived with the Maury Family for two years while he was being educated.
July 12,1749, James Maury founded the Loyal Land Company. His partners were Colonel Joshua Fry, Peter Jefferson & Thomas Walker. They held the patent to 800,000 acres of unsettled land in Western Virginia.
James was minister of the Fredericksville Parish of Albemarle from 1751 until his death in 1769.
James Maury served as the Chaplain to the Albemarle Troops participating in the French and Indian War of 1755.
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**A very interesting Wikipedia article about James Maury is pretty much as stated above, except the Wiki version states that he came to America from Castel Mauron, in Gascony, France. (I found another reference that stated the location as Castelmoron, in Gascogne, France.)
His children were:
* Matthew Maury, b. 10 Sep 1744, Albemarle Co., VA
* "Consul" James Maury, b. 3 Feb 1746, Albemarle Co., VA
* Leonard Hill Maury, b. 3 Jun 1747, Albemarle Co., VA
* Anne Maury, b. 16 Nov 1748, Albemarle Co., VA
* Mary Maury, b. 17 Sep 1750
* Walker Maury, b. 21 Jul 1752, Louisa Co., VA
* Catherine Maury, b. 15 Jul 1754, Albemarle Co., VA
* Elizabeth Maury, b. 1 Apr 1756, Albemarle Co., VA
* Abraham Maury, b. 28 Apr 1758, Albemarle Co., VA
* Fontaine Maury, b. 3 Feb 1761, Albemarle Co., VA
* Benjamin Maury, b. 15 Jan 1763, Albemarle Co., VA
* Richard Lancelot Maury, b. 19 May 1766, Albemarle Co., VA
* Matilda Hill Maury, b. 28 Oct 1769
The following info was sent by flgrl:
James Maury was born in Dublin**.
Son of: Mary Anne Fontaine, Daughter of Rev. James Fontaine and Anne Elizabeth Boursiquot and: Matthew Maury, a French Huguenot.
James Maury attended William and Mary College.
In 1742, he traveled to England where he was ordained a minister.
He opposed the "Two Penny Act" of 1757, bringing a suit against the collectors of the parish for the full amount of his salary in tobacco. This suit, known in American history as "The Parson's Clause" was an important legal and political dispute in the Colony of Virginia which scholars believe was the important event leading up to the American Revolution involving the question of taxation.
James Maury was the husband of Mary Walker, daughter of Captain James Walker. James and Mary married on November 11 1743 in Louisa County, Virginia. They had thirteen children.
As founder of the Maury School for Boys, he tutored three future Presidents and five future signers of the Declaration of Independence: They were: Thomas
Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.
Thomas Jefferson, who was enrolled in Rev. Maury's Classical School for Boys, lived with the Maury Family for two years while he was being educated.
July 12,1749, James Maury founded the Loyal Land Company. His partners were Colonel Joshua Fry, Peter Jefferson & Thomas Walker. They held the patent to 800,000 acres of unsettled land in Western Virginia.
James was minister of the Fredericksville Parish of Albemarle from 1751 until his death in 1769.
James Maury served as the Chaplain to the Albemarle Troops participating in the French and Indian War of 1755.
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**A very interesting Wikipedia article about James Maury is pretty much as stated above, except the Wiki version states that he came to America from Castel Mauron, in Gascony, France. (I found another reference that stated the location as Castelmoron, in Gascogne, France.)
His children were:
* Matthew Maury, b. 10 Sep 1744, Albemarle Co., VA
* "Consul" James Maury, b. 3 Feb 1746, Albemarle Co., VA
* Leonard Hill Maury, b. 3 Jun 1747, Albemarle Co., VA
* Anne Maury, b. 16 Nov 1748, Albemarle Co., VA
* Mary Maury, b. 17 Sep 1750
* Walker Maury, b. 21 Jul 1752, Louisa Co., VA
* Catherine Maury, b. 15 Jul 1754, Albemarle Co., VA
* Elizabeth Maury, b. 1 Apr 1756, Albemarle Co., VA
* Abraham Maury, b. 28 Apr 1758, Albemarle Co., VA
* Fontaine Maury, b. 3 Feb 1761, Albemarle Co., VA
* Benjamin Maury, b. 15 Jan 1763, Albemarle Co., VA
* Richard Lancelot Maury, b. 19 May 1766, Albemarle Co., VA
* Matilda Hill Maury, b. 28 Oct 1769
James Maury was born in Dublin**.
Son of: Mary Anne Fontaine, Daughter of Rev. James Fontaine and Anne Elizabeth Boursiquot and: Matthew Maury, a French Huguenot.
James Maury attended William and Mary College.
In 1742, he traveled to England where he was ordained a minister.
He opposed the "Two Penny Act" of 1757, bringing a suit against the collectors of the parish for the full amount of his salary in tobacco. This suit, known in American history as "The Parson's Clause" was an important legal and political dispute in the Colony of Virginia which scholars believe was the important event leading up to the American Revolution involving the question of taxation.
James Maury was the husband of Mary Walker, daughter of Captain James Walker. James and Mary married on November 11 1743 in Louisa County, Virginia. They had thirteen children.
As founder of the Maury School for Boys, he tutored three future Presidents and five future signers of the Declaration of Independence: They were: Thomas
Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.
Thomas Jefferson, who was enrolled in Rev. Maury's Classical School for Boys, lived with the Maury Family for two years while he was being educated.
July 12,1749, James Maury founded the Loyal Land Company. His partners were Colonel Joshua Fry, Peter Jefferson & Thomas Walker. They held the patent to 800,000 acres of unsettled land in Western Virginia.
James was minister of the Fredericksville Parish of Albemarle from 1751 until his death in 1769.
James Maury served as the Chaplain to the Albemarle Troops participating in the French and Indian War of 1755.
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**A very interesting Wikipedia article about James Maury is pretty much as stated above, except the Wiki version states that he came to America from Castel Mauron, in Gascony, France. (I found another reference that stated the location as Castelmoron, in Gascogne, France.)
His children were:
* Matthew Maury, b. 10 Sep 1744, Albemarle Co., VA
* "Consul" James Maury, b. 3 Feb 1746, Albemarle Co., VA
* Leonard Hill Maury, b. 3 Jun 1747, Albemarle Co., VA
* Anne Maury, b. 16 Nov 1748, Albemarle Co., VA
* Mary Maury, b. 17 Sep 1750
* Walker Maury, b. 21 Jul 1752, Louisa Co., VA
* Catherine Maury, b. 15 Jul 1754, Albemarle Co., VA
* Elizabeth Maury, b. 1 Apr 1756, Albemarle Co., VA
* Abraham Maury, b. 28 Apr 1758, Albemarle Co., VA
* Fontaine Maury, b. 3 Feb 1761, Albemarle Co., VA
* Benjamin Maury, b. 15 Jan 1763, Albemarle Co., VA
* Richard Lancelot Maury, b. 19 May 1766, Albemarle Co., VA
* Matilda Hill Maury, b. 28 Oct 1769
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Sacred to the memory of the Rev. James Maury, first pastor of Walker's Parish.; This monument is erected by Elizabeth Walker, as a tribute to his piety, learning and worth.
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