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Walker Maury 1752-1788

Son of Rev. James Maury and Mary (Walker) Maury, was born July 21, 1752; educated at William and Mary College, 1770-1774, where in the latter year he obtained the Botetourt gold prize for classical learning; had a grammar school in Williamsburg, and in 1786 was made principal of the Norfolk Academy. He died of the yellow fever, October 11, 1788. He married Mary Grymes.

source: Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons ____________________________________________

Son of Rev.James Maury and Mary Walker, his wife, born in Fredericksville parish, Louisa county, July 21, 1752. In 1770 he entered the William and Mary College grammar school on the Nottoway scholarship, and December 12, 1772, was promoted by the faculty to the philosophy schools, from which he graduated in May, 1775, receiving in May, 1774, the Botetourt gold medal for the encouragement of classical learning.

He taught school in Orange county, where John Randolph, of Roanoke, was one of his scholars, and as the grammar school at William and Mary was discontinued in 1779, he removed to Williamsburg, where he conducted a grammar school of his own. This school had, in addition to the principal, four ushers and an attendance of one hundred scholars; and among them besides John Randolph and his brothers Richard, Theodorick and John, who followed him to Williamsburg, was the celebrated Littleton Waller Tazewell, afterwards senator and governor.

In 1786 Walker Maury removed to Norfolk, where he was principal of the academy, and made a profit of two hundred pounds annually, but he did not survive long, dying October 11, 1788.

He married Mary Grymes, daughter of Benjamin Grymes and Mary Dawson, his wife, daughter of Rev. Musgrave Dawson.

source: Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume II VIII--Prominent Persons _____________________________

Walker Maury Birth 	21 Jul 1752  	Louisa Co., VA Died  	11 Oct 1788 Father {Rev}James Maury, b. 18 Apr 1718 Mother 	Mary Walker, b. 22 Nov 1724, King and Queen Co., VA His Family: Mary Stith Grymes, b. 25 Aug 1758, Williamsburg, VA Married 7 May 1776

Children

1. Mary Stith Maury, b. 7 Jun 1777 2. James Walker Ludwell Maury, b. 18 Mar 1779 3. Leonard Hill Maury, b. 4 Dec 1780 4. Ann Tunstall Maury, b. 14 Sep 1782 5. William Grymes Maury, b. 24 Mar 1784, James City Co., VA 6. Penelope Johnston Maury, b. 3 Jun 1785 7. Martha Fontaine Maury, b. 28 Sep 1786 8. Catherine Anita Maury, b. 20 May 1788 -- more sources:

"Life of John Randolph of Roanoke," 1851.

William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine: Volume 24 - January 1, 1915

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