Maury, James, 1718-1769

James Maury (1718-1769) was the son of Matthew Maury and Many Anne Fontaine. He attended William and Mary and in 1742 was appointed usher of the grammar school. He was ordained as a minister in England a year later. Maury preached in King William county and later, in Fredericksburg Parish in Louisa County, Va. In the late 1750's he ran a small boarding school and had as students, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison (later Bishop), Dabney Carr and others.

From the guide to the James Maury Sermons, 1743-1764., (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

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