Immigrations of Grimshaws to the United States

As a means of gaining as much insight as possible into the immigration of Grimshaws into North America, and their subsequent “radiation” (family growth and movement through succeeding generations), several indexes for records of immigration to the U.S. were examined for this website.

Sources Surveyed
Tabulation of Grimshaw Immigrants
Description of Immigration Records
References Cited
Filby Citation List

This survey indicates that Grimshaws have been coming to America since the mid-1600s, less than 50 years after the founding of the Jamestown Colony in Virginia. It appears that more than 130 Grimshaw immigrants entered the U.S. (and the preceding colonies) between 1651 and 1880.

Sources Surveyed

Four commonly available (published) sources of information on immigrants to the U.S. were surveyed for Grimshaw entries — Bentley, Filby (multiple volumes) Glazier and Filby, and Glazier and Tepper (multiple volumes). The Grimshaw immigrants to the U.S. through 1880, as indicated in these four sources, are tabulated below. The references are described in detail in a companion webpage.

A description of the immigration records follows the table. A summary of Grimshaw immigration patterns, and additional details on each of the Grimshaw immigrants shown in the table, are given on a companion webpage. This webpage was originally posted in August 2000; a supplementalwebpage bringing the records from Filby up to date through 2002, Part 1 was posted in February 2002. A second supplemental webpage for the period 2003 (no Grimshaws included), 2004, 2005, and 2006 is in preparation.

Tabulation of Grimshaw Immigrants to the U.S.

The results of the review of the four references are tabulated in the table shown below. As noted, additional detail on each immigrant is given on a companion webpage. The Filby reference numbers are tabulated at the bottom of this webpage

The table contains 89 Grimshaw entries, extending from 1651 to 1880, although many are obvious duplicates (the same Grimshaw immigrant recorded in different references). The number of “unique” Grimshaw immigrants appears to be about 60 or 65. (The names are spelled in the table as in the original reference). If it is assumed that just half of the total number of Grimshaws who immigrated are “captured” in these records, no fewer than 130 Grimshaws immigrated to the U.S. during that 230-year period.

No	Year	Last	First	City	ST	Reference (see citations below)
1	1651	Grimshaw	Wm		VA	Filby, 1981, Ref 2772
2	1651	Grinshaw	William		VA	Filby, 1984, Ref 6220
3	1653	Greenshan	John		VA	Filby, 1981, Ref 2772
4	1653	Greenshan*	John		VA	Filby, 1984, Ref 6220
5	1670	Grimshaw	Jno		VA	Filby, 1995, Ref 6221
6	1670	Grimshaw	John		VA	Filby, 1995, Ref 6221
7	1696	Grimshaw	Eliza		VA	Filby, 1984, Ref 6223
8	1698	Grimshaw	Miles		MD/VA	Filby, 1981, Ref 9151
9	1698	Grimshaw	Miles		MD/VA	Filby, 1993, Ref 1219.5
10	1698	Grimshaw	Miles		MD/VA	Filby, 1996, Ref 2212
11	1737	Grimshaw	Judith		GA	Filby, 1981, Ref 1322
12	1737	Grimshaw	John		GA	Filby, 1982, Ref 3388
13	1737	Grimshaw	Judith		GA	Filby, 1982, Ref 3388
14	1739	Grimshaw	James		VA	Filby, 1981, Ref 1222
15	1739	Grimshaw	James		VA	Filby, 1987, Ref 1217.2
16	1739	Grimshaw	Jas.		VA	Filby, 1987, Ref 3700
17	1739	Grimshaw	James		VA	Filby, 1999, Ref 1220.11
18	1739	Grimshaw	James		VA	Filby, 2000, Ref 1229.10
19	1745	Grimshaw	John		AM	Filby, 1999, Ref 1220.11
20	1755	Grimshaw	John		AM	Filby, 1988, Ref 1217.6
31	1759	Grimshaw	Thomas		AM	Filby, 1999, Ref 1220.11
32	1761	Grimshaw	Job		AM	Filby, 1988, Ref 1217.5
33	1761	Grimshaw	Job		AM	Filby, 1999, Ref 1220.11
34	1764	Grimshaw	Job		MD	Filby, 1987, Ref 1357.2
35	1764	Grimshaw	Job		MD	Filby, 2000, Ref 1229.10
36	1766	Grimshaw	Edmund		AM	Filby, 1999, Ref 1220.11
37	1767	Grimshaw	Edmund		MD	Filby, 1987, Ref 1357.2
38	1767	Grimshaw	Edmund		MD	Filby, 2000, Ref 1229.10
39	1805	Grimshaw	Isaac	Philadelphia	PA	Filby, 1998, Ref 6466.4
40	1805	Grimshaw	Samuel		AM	Filby, 1982, Ref 8195
41	1808	Grimshaw	Wm	Philadelphia	PA	Filby, 1981, Ref 9296
42	1811	Grimshaw	Hugh	Philadelphia	PA	Filby, 1998, Ref 6466.4
43	1812	Grimshaw	Isaac		NY	Filby, 1982, Ref 8195
44	1812	Grimshaw	John		NY	Filby, 1982, Ref 8195
45	1812	Grimshaw	Joseph		NY	Filby, 1982, Ref 8195
46	1812	Grimshaw	Hugh	Philadelphia	PA	Filby, 1998, Ref 6466.4
47	1813	Grimshaw	Hugh	Philadelphia	PA	Filby, 1981, Ref 9296
48	1820	Grimshaw	William	Philadelphia	PA	Filby, 1981, Ref 9296
49	1820	Grimshaw	John	New York	NY	Filby, 1990, Ref 7870
50	1820	Grimshaw	John	New York	NY	Bentley, 1999
51	1826	Grimshant	Jas.	New York	NY	Bentley, 1999
52	1827	Grimshaw	James	New York	NY	Bentley, 1999
53	1827	Grimshaw	Jas., Mr.	New York	NY	Bentley, 1999
54	1827	Grimshaw	Wm.	New York	NY	Bentley, 1999
55	1829	Grimshaw	Betsey	New York	NY	Bentley, 1999
56	1829	Grimshaw	Mary	New York	NY	Bentley, 1999
57	1829	Grimshaw	Thos.	New York	NY	Bentley, 1999
58	1829	Grimshaw	George		MI	Filby, 1983, Ref 6401
59	1831	Grimsha	Phillip		NY	Filby, 1984, Ref 5962
60	1835	Grimshaw	Samuel		NY	Filby, 1984, Ref 8258
61	1837	Grimshaw	Thomas	New York	NY	Filby, 1995, Ref 5704.1
62	1840	Grimsahaw	George	Philadelphia	PA	Filby, 1981, Ref 9296
63	1842	Grimsham	John		NY	Filby, 1998, Ref 752.50
64	1848	Grimshaw	Bing	New York	NY	Glazier & Tepper, 1983-1986
65	1848	Grimshaw	William	New York	NY	Glazier & Tepper, 1983-1986
66	1848	Grimshaw	Thos.	New York	NY	Glazier & Tepper, 1983-1986
67	1848	Grimshaw	Joseph	New York	NY	Glazier & Tepper, 1983-1986
68	1849	Grimshaw	Joseph		NY	Filby, 1987, Ref 1133.60
69	1849	Grimshaw	George	New York	NY	Glazier & Tepper, 1983-1986
70	1850	Grinshaw	Sarah	New York	NY	Glazier & Tepper, 1983-1986
71	1850	Grimshaw	Mary	New York	NY	Glazier & Tepper, 1983-1986
72	1850	Grimshaw	Margaret	New York	NY	Glazier & Tepper, 1983-1986
73	1850	Grimshaw	W.	New York	NY	Glazier & Tepper, 1983-1986
74	1850	Grimshaw	U-Mrs.	New York	NY	Glazier & Tepper, 1983-1986
75	1850	Grimshaw	Martha	New York	NY	Glazier & Tepper, 1983-1986
76	1850	Grimshaw	Emma	New York	NY	Glazier & Tepper, 1983-1986
77	1850	Grimshaw	Ellen	New York	NY	Glazier & Tepper, 1983-1986
78	1851	Grimshaw	Margt.	New York	NY	Glazier & Tepper, 1983-1986
79	1851	Grimshaw	U	New York	NY	Glazier & Tepper, 1983-1986
80	1852	Grimshaw	Henry	New Orleans	LA	Glazier & Filby, 1988 – 1990
81	1852	Grimshaw	James	New York	NY	Glazier & Filby, 1988 – 1990
82	1857	Grimshaw	Benjamin		PA	Filby, 1988, Ref 1869
83	1857	Grimshaw	John		IL	Filby, 1987, Ref 8368
84	1860	Grimshaw	Henry		IL	Filby, 1995, Ref 3703.1
85	1864	Grimshaw	John W		PA	Filby, 1988, Ref 1869
86	1866	Grimshaw	John		IA	Filby, 1996, Ref 123.54
87	1870	Grimsahw	Giblum	Philadelphia	PA	Filby, 1981, Ref 9296
88	1873	Grimshaw	Craven		PA	Filby, 1988, Ref 1869
89	1880	Grimshaw	William	Philadelphia	PA	Filby, 1981, Ref 9296
						*May not be a Grimshaw

Description of Immigration Records

The four references used in this survey are cited at the bottom of this webpage. More detail on each reference isgiven on a companion webpage. The records presented in the above table are from many different kinds of lists or other information sources are included in the references, including:

Land ownership (or at least tenure)

Indentured servitude

Military service

Deportation to the colonies for criminal offenses

Passenger lists

Baggage lists

Registration as a resident alien (especially in times of war)

Naturalization (declaration of intent, certification)

Emigration lists (from country of origin)

Local or county histories

The dates indicated in the table are generally as close to the date of immigration as possible, but in many cases the event recorded is not for immigration, but (as noted) for naturalization, land ownership or other event that occurred after the immigrant had arrived. In these cases, the date is the “latest possible” date that immigration occurred; the actual immigration date may have been earlier, sometimes many years earlier.

It would be very difficult to estimate what fraction of the total number of Grimshaw immigrants were “captured” in these sources. Data from other lines of investigation, including compiling of information on existing family lines, show that some (if not most) of the Grimshaw families in the U.S. today are descended from immigrants not included in the table. As noted above, if a “capture rate” of 50% is assumed, then no fewer that 120 to 130 Grimshaws immigrated to the U.S. between 1650 and 1880. And, of course, the immigration continued for at least another 4 to 5 decades, well into the 20^th century.

Filby Citation List

The following table provides the key to Filby reference numbers used in the table above. More detail on these references is given on a companion webpage.

Ref	Citation	Page	Filby Year
123.54	Appanoose County Genealogy Society, 1985, Index to Naturalization Records of Appanoose County, Iowa: Centerville, IA, the society, 86 p.	21	1996
752.5	Bracy, Isabel, 1990, Immigrants in Madison County, New York, 1815-1860: Interlaken, NY, Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 120 p.	66	1998
1133.6	Cassaday, Michael, 1982, Wisconsin-Bound Passengers on Ship Marmion, in Wisconsin State Genealogical Society News Letter, v. 29, no. 1 (June 1982), p. 9	9	1987
1217.2	Coldham, Peter W., 1983, Bonded Passengers to America, Two Volumes in One: Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., unk. p.	115	1987
1217.5	Coldham, Peter W., 1983, Bonded Passengers to America, Volume 5, Western Circuit, 1664-1775: Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire, with a List of the Rebels of 1685: Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 95 p.	48	1988
1217.6	Coldham, Peter W., 1983, Bonded Passengers to America, Volume 6, Oxford Circuit, 1663-1775: Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire: Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 95 p.	74	1988
1219.5	Coldham, Peter W., 1990, The Complete Book of Emigrants: A Comprehensive Listing Compiled from English Public Records of Those Who Took Ship to the Americas for Political, Religious, and Economic Reasons; of those Who Were Deported for Vagrancy, Roguery, or Non-Conformity; and of Those Who Were Sold to Labour in the Colonies, 1661 1699: Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 894 p.	699	1993
1220.11	Coldham, Peter W., 1988, The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775: Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 920 p.	339	1999
1222	Coldham, Peter W., 1974, English Convicts in Colonial America, Volume 1, Middlesex 1617-1775: New Orleans, LA, Polyanthos, 301 p.	115	1981
1229.10	Coldham, Peter W., 1997, The Kings Passengers to Maryland and Virginia: Westminster, MD, Family Line Publications, 450 p.	82, 279	2000
1322	Coulter, Ellis M., and Albert B. Saye, eds., 1983, A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia: Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 111 p.	77	1981
1357.2	Cox, Richard J., 1981, Maryland Runaway Convict Servants, 1745-1780, in National Genealogical Society Quarterly, v. 69, no., 1 (March 1981), p. 51-58	55	1987
1869	Erie County Society for Genealogical Research, compiler, 1983, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Naturalizations, 1825-1906: Erie, PA, the society, 179 p.	49	1988
2212	French, Elizabeth, 1913, List of Emigrants to America from Liverpool, 1697-1707: Boston, MA, New England Genealogical Society, 55 p. (reprinted 1962, 1983 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD	10	1996
2772	Greer, George C., 1912, Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666: Richmond, VA, W.C. Hill Printing Co. 376 p. (Reprinted 1960, Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co.)	136, 139	1981
3388	Unknown Author, 1970, Immigrants from Great Britain to the Georgia Colony: Morrow, GA, Genealogical Enterprises, 27 p.	10	1983
3700	Kaminkow, Marion, and Jack Kaminkow, eds., 1967, Original Lists of Emigrants in Bondage from London to the American Colonies, 1717-1744: Baltimore, MD, Magna Carta Book Co., 211 p. (reprinted 1981, Magna Carta Bool Co.)	69	1987
3703.1	Kane County Genealogical Society, 1988, Kane County, Illinois Naturalization Records, 1857-1906: Geneva, IL, the society, 162 p.	49	1995
5704.1	Mitchell, Brian, 1989, Irish Emigration Lists, 1833-1839: Lists of Emigrants Extracted from Ordnance Survey Memoirs for Counties Londonderry and Antrim: Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 118 p.	19	1995
5962	Myers, Mrs. Lester F., 1968, Declarations of Intention and Naturalization Papers at the County Clerk’s Office in Auburn, New York, in Tree Talks, v. 8, no. 3 (September 1968), p. 21-22	21	1985
6220	Nugent, Nell M., abstractor, 1934, Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, Volume 2, 1623-1666: Richmond, VA, Dietz Printing Co., 766 p. (reprinted 1969, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD)	222, 276	1985
6221	Nugent, Nell M., 1977, Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, Volume 1, 1666-1695: Richmond, VA, Virginia State Library, 609 p.	82	1995
6223	Nugent, Nell M., abstractor, 1979, Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, Volume 3, 1695-1732: Richmond, VA, Virginia State Library, 578 p.	6	1985
6401	U.S. Work Projects Administration, Division of Community Service Programs, Old Law Naturalization Records Project, 1942, Index to Naturalization Records, Mississippi Courts, 1798-1906: Jackson MI, Old Law Naturalization Records Project, unk. p.	80	1984
6466.4	Tepper, Michael, general editor, and Elizabeth P. Bentley, transcriber, 1986, Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Philadelphia, 1800-1819: Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 913 p.	278	1998
7870	Samuelsen, W. David, 1986, New York City Passenger List Manifests Index, 1820-1824: North Salt Lake, UT, Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 290 p.	108	1990
8195	Scott, Kenneth, compiler, 1979, British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812: Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 420 p.	123, 124, 324	1983
8258	Scott, Kenneth, and Roseanne Conway, compilers, 1978, New York Alien Residents, 1825-1848: Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 122 p.	46	1985
8368	Shelley, Jane and Elsie M., Wasser, compilers, 1983, Naturalization and Intentions of Madison County, Illinois: An Index 1816-1900: Edwardsville, IL, the compilers, unk p.	51	1987
9151	Tepper, Michael, ed., 1977, Passengers to America: a Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register: Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co. (Reprinted 1978 with new indexes, 554 p.)	180	1981
9296	Filby, P. William, ed., 1982, Philadelphia Naturalization Records – an Index to Records of Aliens Declarations of Intention and/or Oaths of Allegiance, 1789-1880, in United States Circuit Court, United States District Court, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Quarter Sessions Court, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia: Detroit, MI, Gale Research Co., 716 p.	198	1981

Webpage History

Webpage posted August 2000

Grimshaw Origins and History

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Immigrations of Grimshaws to the United States

Contents

Sources Surveyed

Tabulation of Grimshaw Immigrants to the U.S.

Description of Immigration Records

Filby Citation List

Webpage History