The Stories of Claud family continued.

One of Zilphy Claud's descendants was Frank Thomas Claud (1861-1948). He was a religious man, and he had many children. He was married twice. His first wife was Josephine Worrell (1864-1884). His second wife was Elizabeth Whitehead. One of Frank Thomas Claud's and Elizabeth Whitehead's children was Joseph James Claud (1894-1988). Joseph James Claud lived from September 18, 1894 to December 1, 1988 at Franklin, Virginia. He married a woman named Georgie Bynum (1896-?). Their children were Amos Claud (1918-1965), Ella Lou Claud (1919-1971), Christopher Claud (1920-1985), Christine Claud (1921-?), Ruth Victoria Claude (1923-2009), Bishop Lloyd C. Claud (1926-2011), and Frank Daniel Claude (1929-1998). Frank Daniel Claude was my 3rd cousin. He was born on August 8, 1929. His wife was Mary Frances Miller (1931-1999). Frank Daniel Claude and Mary Frances Miller had the following children: Phillip Claude (1949-present), Gregory Ricordo Claude (1952-present), Francine Claude (1954-present), Constance Denise Claude (1959-present), Michael Thomas Claude (1961-present), Kevin Levon Claude (1975-1993), and Jacquelyn Claude. The children of Frank Daniel and Mary Frances Miller are my 4th cousins. Philip Claude married Debra Venesse Frazier (She graduated from John F. Kennedy High School at Suffolk, Virgnia at 1969, and she lived in Goldsboro, North Carolina) on the date of January 9, 1971 at Nansemond, Virginia or Suffolk, Virginia. Their children are Tanya Nikita Claude (1971-present), Tierrie Nikia Claude (1976-present), Tori Nivon Claude (1980-present), and Taryn Naisha. These children are my 5th cousins.


A great member of the African American Claud family was Mason Ann Claud (1887-1961). She was my 2nd cousin. She was the daughter of Frank Thomas Claud (1861-1946. Frank Thomas Claud was the direct descendant of Zilphy Claud) and Elizabeth Whitehead (1868-?). Mason Ann Claud was born on June 21, 1887. Later, she married Reuben Smith (1884-?). Mason Ann Claud and Reuben Smith had the following children: Frank Rubin Smith (1911-1964), Rosetta Smith (1914-200), Bettie Sue Smith (1915-1988), Lila H. Smith (1918-2002), Robert Linwood Smith (1920-1977), Bertha Lee Smith (1923-1989), and Wallac Smith (1928-?). Bettie Sue Smith or my 3rd cousin  married Howard Turner (1911-1942) on the date of December 31, 1936 at Capron, Virginia. Bettie Sue Smith and Howard Turner had the following children: Mary Lizzie Turner (1938-1990), Lucy Mae Turner Jones (1939-present), Leslie Turner (1941-present), Ada Blanch Turner Harris (1942-present), Delois Turner, and Leola Turner. Mary Lizzie Turner was my 4th cousin and she lived from February 14, 1938 at Southampton County, Virginia to June 26, 1990 at Norfolk, Virginia. Mary Lizzie Turner once lived on the 300 block of Tidewater Drive at Norfolk, Virginia. She was a member of the Shiloh Baptist Church.  Mary Lizzie Turner married Armond Boykins Jr. (1937-2013) on November 12, 1955 at Courtland, Virginia. Their children are the following: Eldred Lee Boykins (1956-present), Toni Curtis Boykins (1957-present), Pamela Denise Boykins (1958-present), Armond Boykins III (1959-present), Sandra Marie Boykins (1961-present), and Roderick Torris Boykins (1964-1999). My 5th cousin Sandra Marie Boykins married Vernon Lasell Fields on June 16, 1979 at Norfolk, Virginia.  Their children are Dominique Lasell Fields and Darrius Fields (both of them are my 6th cousins). Dominique Lassell Fields was born on June 7, 1983 and married Catrice Devonne Brown (1979-present) on April 12, 2010 at Norfolk, Virginia.


By Timothy