John Randolph Grymes

John Randolph Grymes (December 14, 1786 – December 3, 1854) was a New Orleans attorney, member of the Louisiana state legislature, U.S. attorney for Louisiana district, and aide-de-camp to General Andrew Jackson during the Battle of New Orleans.[1][2]

John Randolph Grymes
BornDecember 14, 1786
Orange County, Virginia
DiedDecember 3, 1854(1854-12-03) (aged 67)
New Orleans, Louisiana
EducationUniversity of Virginia, Law
OccupationAttorney
Businessman
Legislator
Spouse(s)Cayetana Susana Bosque y Fangui
Children4

Virginia

Grymes was born in Orange County, Virginia, to Benjamin Grymes (abt. 1750–1805) and Sarah Robinson (1755–1831). His siblings included Philip Grymes, Thomas Grymes, Elizabeth Pope (Grymes) Braxton and Peyton Grymes.[1][2]

Louisiana

In 1808, John Grymes arrived in New Orleans.[1]

On May 4, 1811, Grymes was appointed U.S. attorney for Louisiana district and would serve until December 1814, replacing his deceased brother Philip.[3][4]

John Grymes was a member of the "New Orleans Association" which included attorneys Edward Livingston and Abner L. Duncan, merchant John K. West, smuggler Pierre Laffite, and pirate Jean Laffite.[5][6] Grymes was also a founding member of The Boston Club, a private gentlemen's club in New Orleans.

On December 1, 1822, Grymes married Cayetana Susana "Suzette" Bosque, widow of the first Louisiana Governor William C. C. Claiborne, and daughter of Felicidad Fangui and Bartolomé Bosque (a wealthy Spanish merchant and ship owner).[1][2] Grymes's children included Marie Angeline (known as Medora), John Randolph III (b. 1826), and Athenais.

Grymes Hill, Staten Island, is named after Suzette Grymes, who settled there in 1836 with her children.[7]

Ancestry

Notes
  1. "Dictionary of Louisiana Biography". Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  2. Hemard
  3. Davis, p. 85: "Philip Grymes died suddenly the previous year, leaving the office of district attorney to be filled on May 4, 1811, by his brother John R. Grymes."
  4. Davis, p. 225: "Grymes's term as district attorney had expired when the court adjourned in December..."
  5. Davis, pp. 261-64, 276-78, 303, 310-15, 232: "They found ardent support in what Morphy and others referred to as an "association" of men in New Orleans bent on gaining personal profit through encouraging assaults on Spanish property. Never a formal organization, the "association" had a fluid membership in which the constants were Livingston, Davezac, Grymes, Abner Duncan, Nolte, Lafon, merchant John K. West, and of course the Laffite brothers."
  6. Head, p. 135, The author identifies Abner L. Duncan, John R. Grymes and Edward Livingston as members of the New Orleans Association.
  7. Wilson, Claire (July 9, 2006). "Developed Enough as It Is, Thanks". The New York Times. Retrieved August 22, 2009.
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References
  • Dictionary of Louisiana Biography Courtesy of the Louisiana Historical Association.
  • Davis, William C. (2006). The pirates Laffite: the treacherous world of the corsairs of the Gulf. New York: Harcourt Publishing Co., First Harvest edition, 706 pages.
  • Head, David (2015). Privateers of the Americas: Spanish American privateering from the United States in the early republic. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 224 pages.
  • Hemard, Ned (2013). "A New York Hill with a New Orleans Pedigree". New Orleans Bar Association.
  • Rightor, Henry (1900). Standard history of New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans: Lewis Publishing Co., 743 pages. pp. 397–399.
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