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This is part of what I've found from publication data but it's not detailed enough to prove your specific data. If you have names of spouses, it helps if you include them. So many names are the same and dates aren't always available to match up.
Descendants of Robert Ruffin
Generation No. 1
1. Robert2 Ruffin (William1) was born 1655 in of Isle of Wight and Surry County, Virginia, and died 1693. He married Elizabeth Watkins.
Notes for Robert Ruffin:
Robert Ruffin, born 1655, died 1793 (has to be typo error) changed to 1693, married Elizabeth Watkins and had:
1. Robert Ruffin, Jr. of Surry County, married Elizabeth Unknown
Descendants of Edmund Ruffin, the Great Agriculturist and Author, who fired the first Gun at Fort Sumter in the War between the States by E. Lorraine Ruffin, Richmond, Virginia, published in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume III, page 209
Child of Robert Ruffin and Elizabeth Watkins is:
2. i. ROBERT3 RUFFIN, JR., d. 1720.
Generation No. 2
2. Robert3 Ruffin, Jr. (Robert2, William1) died 1720. He married Elizabeth Unknown.
Children of Robert Ruffin and Elizabeth Unknown are:
3. i. EDMUND4 RUFFIN, b. 1713, of Southampton and Prince George Counties, Virginia; d. 1790.
4. ii. JOHN RUFFIN.
Generation No. 3
3. Edmund4 Ruffin (Robert3, Robert2, William1) was born 1713 in of Southampton and Prince George Counties, Virginia, and died 1790. He married (1) Anne Simmons. He married (2) Elizabeth Cocke. She was born in of Surry County, Virginia.
Child of Edmund Ruffin and Anne Simmons is:
5. i. EDMUND5 RUFFIN, JR., b. 02 January 1745; d. 1807.
4. John4 Ruffin (Robert3, Robert2, William1) He married Pattie Hamlin.
Notes for John Ruffin:
Colonel John Ruffin of Surry and Mecklenburg Counties, Virginia, son of Robert Ruffin, Jr. and Elizabeth Unknown, Burgess for Surry in 1738-40-42-44-45-46=47=54=55 and member of Convention of 1775, see Stanard's Colonial Register, married Pattie Hamlin and had:
1. Robert Ruffin of "Maysville", Dinwiddie County and "Sweet Hall", King William County, Virginia, married Mary Clack widow of a Mr. Lightfoot
Descendants of Edmund Ruffin, the Great Agriculturist and Author, who fired the first Gun at Fort Sumter in the War between the States by E. Lorraine Ruffin, Richmond, Virginia, published in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume III, page 209
Child of John Ruffin and Pattie Hamlin is:
6. i. ROBERT5 RUFFIN, b. of Dinwiddie & King William Counties, Virginia.
Generation No. 4
5. Edmund5 Ruffin, Jr. (Edmund4, Robert3, Robert2, William1) was born 02 January 1745, and died 1807. He married Jane Skipwith, daughter of William Skipwith and Elizabeth Smith.
Notes for Edmund Ruffin, Jr.:
Edmund Ruffin married Jane Skipwith, daughter of Sir William Skipwith and had issue George Ruffin married Rebecca Cocke per footnote in Genealogy of the Cocke Family of Virginia by James Southall published in Genealogies of Virginia Families from The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume II, page 169
Edmund Ruffin of Prince George County, Virginia, born 2 January 1745, died 1807; member of House of Delegates 1777, 1784, 1786 and 1787; of the Convention of 1788; County Lieutenant 1789; Sheriff, 1797; married Jane Skipwith, daughter of Sir William Skipwith, Baronet of Prestwould, Mecklenburg County, Virginia and had:
1. George Ruffin of Prince George County, Virginia, born 1765, married first Jane Lucas; second Rebecca Cocke
Descendants of Edmund Ruffin, the great Agriculturist and Author, who fired the first gun at Fort Sumter in the War Between the States by E. Lorraine Ruffin, Richmond, Virginia, published in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume III, page 189
Child of Edmund Ruffin and Jane Skipwith is:
7. i. GEORGE6 RUFFIN, b. 1765; d. 1810.
6. Robert5 Ruffin (John4, Robert3, Robert2, William1) was born in of Dinwiddie & King William Counties, Virginia. He married Mary Clack, daughter of James Clack and Mary Sterling.
Notes for Robert Ruffin:
Robert Ruffin of "Maysville", Dinwiddie County and "Sweet Hall", King William Counties, Virginia; Buress 1758 to 1761. See Stanard's Colonial Register, married a widow, Mr.s Mary Lightfoot (nee Clack) and had:
1. Sterling Ruffin born 1765 married Alice Roane
Descendants of Edmund Ruffin, the Great Agriculturist and Author, who fired the first Gun at Fort Sumter in the War between the States by E. Lorraine Ruffin, Richmond, Virginia, published in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume III, page 209
Notes for Mary Clack:
Mary Clack, daughter of James Clack and Mary Sterling, married first John Lightfoot, married Robert Ruffin per An Intimate Study of Thomas Eldridge, Junior and Senior by William D. Hall, M.D., Selma, Alabama published in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume II, page 677
Mary Lightfoot (nee Clack) widow, married Robert Ruffin per Descendants of Edmund Ruffin, the Great Agriculturist and Author, who fired the first Gun at Fort Sumter in the War between the States by E. Lorraine Ruffin, Richmond, Virginia, published in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume III, page 208
Children of Robert Ruffin and Mary Clack are:
8. i. LUCY6 RUFFIN.
9. ii. MARY RUFFIN, b. of Sweet Hall, King William County, Virginia.
10. iii. STERLING RUFFIN, b. 1765, of Brunswick County, Virginia; d. 17 April 1822.
Generation No. 5
7. George6 Ruffin (Edmund5, Edmund4, Robert3, Robert2, William1) was born 1765, and died 1810. He married (1) Jane Lucas Bef. 1794. She was born in of Surry County, Virginia. He married (2) Rebecca Cocke Aft. 1794. She was born Abt. 1770 in of Surry County, Virginia.
Notes for George Ruffin:
George Ruffin, son of Edmund Ruffin and Jane Skipwith, born 1765, marrried Rebecca Cocke and had issue Edmund Ruffin married Susan Travers per Footnote in Genealogy of the Cocke Family of Virginia by James Southall published in Genealogies of Virginia Families from The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume II, page 169
George Ruffin, son of Edmund Ruffin and Jane Skipwith, born 1765, died 1810; Member of House of Delegates from 1803 to 1806; married first Jane Lucas of Surry County, Virginia; second Rebecca Cocke of Surry County, Virginia and had by his first wife (Jane Lucas):
1. Edmund Ruffin born 5 January 1794
Descendants of Edmund Ruffin, the great Agriculturist and Author, who fired the first gun at Fort Sumter in the War Between the States by E. Lorraine Ruffin, Richmond, Virginia, published in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume III, page 189
Child of George Ruffin and Jane Lucas is:
11. i. EDMUND7 RUFFIN I, b. 05 January 1794; d. 1865, Committed suicide.
8. Lucy6 Ruffin (Robert5, John4, Robert3, Robert2, William1) She married William Presley Claiborne, son of Augustine Claiborne and Mary Herbert. He was born 02 November 1753, and died Abt. 1786.
Notes for William Presley Claiborne:
William Presley Claiborne, son of Augustine Claiborne and Mary Herbert, born 2 November 1753, married Lucy Ruffin, daughter of Robert Ruffin and Mary Clack of Sweet Hall, King William County, Virginia; William Claiborne was head of household of six whites and 35 blacks in Sussex County, Virginia in 1782; died in Sussex County, Virginia naming his five children in his will dated 9 June 1785, recorded 20 July 1786
Children of William Presley Claiborne and Lucy Ruffin
1. Mary Claiborne
2. Lucy Herbert Claiborne married John Chesterfield Goode
3. Elizabeth R. Claiborne married her cousin William Burnet Claiborne
4. Dr. William Presley Claiborne, Jr.
5. Martha Claiborne
http://www.virginians.com/topics/3490.htm
Children of Lucy Ruffin and William Claiborne are:
i. MARY7 CLAIBORNE.
ii. ELIZABETH R. CLAIBORNE, m. WILLIAM BURNET CLAIBORNE; b. 19 December 1782, Elsing Green; d. 14 October 1833.
Notes for WILLIAM BURNET CLAIBORNE:
William Burnett Claiborne (Browne), son of Herbert Claiborne and Mary Browne, oldest grandson of William Burnett Browne, settled a large estate upon his eldest grandson upon the condition of his taking the name of William Burnett Browne, he assumed the name Brown, under an act of the Virginia Legislature; married first Elizabeth Claiborne, daughter of W. Claiborn (and had no issue); married second Miss Booth of Gloucester County, Virginia and had issue:
1. Herbert Browne
2. Marcellus Browne
3. William Burnett Brown, Jr.
4. Martha Browne
Claiborne Genealogy by W. G. Stanard published in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume II, page 9 and 13
He used the name William Burnet Browne (though born William Burnet Claiborne) in the family bible which shows:
William Burnet Browne the first Son of Herbert & Mary Burnett was born the 19th day of December 1782, at Elsing Green 12 Oclock at Night Baptized at Chestnut Grove by Henry Shyring
William Burnett Claiborne, son of Herbert Claiborne and Mary Burnet Brown, born 19 December 1782, died 14 October 1833, married first Elizabeth R. Claiborne; second Louisa A. Booth per http://www.virginians.com/topics/3490.htm. Elizabeth R. Claiborne is daughter of William Presley Claiborne and Lucy Ruffin
iii. WILLIAM PRESLEY CLAIBORNE, JR..
iv. MARTHA CLAIBORNE.
v. LUCY HERBERT CLAIBORNE, m. JOHN CHESTERFIELD GOODE.
Notes for LUCY HERBERT CLAIBORNE:
Lucy Herbert Claiborne, daughter of William Presley Claiborne and Lucy Ruffin, married John Chesterfield Goode per http://www.virginians.com/topics/3490.htm
9. Mary6 Ruffin (Robert5, John4, Robert3, Robert2, William1) was born in of Sweet Hall, King William County, Virginia. She married Herbert Claiborne, son of Augustine Claiborne and Mary Herbert. He was born 07 April 1746 in of Chestnut Grove, New Kent County, Virginia, and died August 1814 in The Cottage, King William County, Virginia.
Notes for Mary Ruffin:
Mary Ruffin, daughter of Robert Ruffin and Mary Clack, married Herbert Claiborne per Claiborne Genealogy by W. G. Stanard published in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume II, page 10;
Notes for Herbert Claiborne:
Herbert Claiborne married a Ruffin of Sweet Hall, King William County, Virginia, married second Unknown Scott whose mother was a Miss Cocke of James River; member House of Burgesses 1775-8 from Brunswick per Genealogy of the Cocke Family of Virginia by James Southall published in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume II.
Herbert Claiborne of Chestnut Grove, New Kent County, Virginia, born 7 April 1746, married first Mary Ruffin, daughter of Robert Ruffin of "Sweet Hall", King William County, Virginia and second Mary Browne, daughter of William Burnett Browne of "Elsing Green", King William County, Virginia, who settled a large estate upon his eldest grandson upon the condition his taking the name of William Burnett Browne (from Claiborne) and had issue:
Children of Herbert Claiborne and Mary Ruffin (publication shows all children by first wife (Mary Ruffin); However, William Burnett Claiborne is identified as the oldest grandson of William Burnett Browne in the information so if the children are shown in order of birth, then most of the children are with second wife Mary Browne
1. Mary Herbert Claiborne married unknown Thompson, a Scots gentleman of Norfolk and had one child Smallwood Thompson
2. William Burnett Claiborne (changed his name to William Burnett Browne to gain estate from grandfather)
3. Herbert Augustine Claiborne married Delia Hayes
4. William Claiborne, married first Ann Hill; second Ellen Smithy
5. Mary Carter Bassett Claiborne married in 1821 Vincent Branham
6. Judith Browne Claiborne married William Hill
7. Harriet Herbert Claiborne married Robert Hill
8. Lavinia Bathurst Claiborne, died unmarried
9. Betty Carter Claiborne, died unmarried
10. Augusta Claiborne married Philip A. Branham (son of Vincent Branham)
Claiborne Genealogy by W. G. Stanard published in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume II, page 10; page 15-16 shows: All of the children of Herbert Claiborne (except his first daughter, Mary Herbert Claiborne who married Uknown Thompson) were children of his second marriage with Mary Browne
Herbert, son of Augustine Claiborne and Mary his wife, born April 7, 1746. Godfathers: Leonard Claiborne, Wm. Willis. Godmothers: Susanna Stith and Elizabeth Willis. Notes from Albemarle Parish Register, Sussex County, Va. William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 1. (Jul., 1905), pp. 1-6.
Herbert Claiborne, son of Augustine Claiborne and Mary Herbert, born 7 April 1746, died August 1814, married first Mary Ruffin, daughter of Robert Ruffin and Mary Clack, widow of John Lightfoot, of "Sweet Hall"; married second Mary Burnet Browne, daughter of William Burnet Brown and Judith Carter of Elsing Green, King William County, Virginia; He was head of a household of four whites in New Kent County, Virginia in 1785 and had issue:
Child of Herbert Claiborne and Mary Ruffin
1. Mary Herbert Claiborne married William Thomson, a native of Schotland
Children of Herbert Claiborne and Mary Burnet Brown
2. William Burnett Claiborne, born 19 December 1782, married first Elizabeth R. Claiborne, second Louisa A. Booth
3. Herbert Augustine Claiborne, born 5 March 1784
4. William Claiborne, born 31 March 1787
5. Mary Carter Burnet Claiborne, born 20 March 1786 married Vincent Bramham
6. Judith Browne Claiborne, born 7 March 1789 married William B. Hill
7. Lavinia Herbert Claiborne, born 23 August 1790
8. Harriet Claiborne, born 16 January 1793 married Robert Hill
9. Lavinia Bathurst Claiborne, born 19 January 1795
10. Betty Carter B. Claiborne, born 10 January 1799
11. Augusta Browne Claiborne, born 23 June 1800 married Major Philip A. Branham
12. Octavia Claiborne, born 12 February 1802
http://www.virginians.com/topics/3490.htm
Child of Mary Ruffin and Herbert Claiborne is:
12. i. MARY HERBERT7 CLAIBORNE.
10. Sterling6 Ruffin (Robert5, John4, Robert3, Robert2, William1) was born 1765 in of Brunswick County, Virginia, and died 17 April 1822. He married Alice Roane, daughter of Thomas Roane.
Child of Sterling Ruffin and Alice Roane is:
13. i. JUDGE THOMAS7 RUFFIN, b. 17 November 1787; d. 15 January 1870.
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