Paul Grimball
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Paul Grimball | |
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 Grimball family coat of arms | |
| Secretary of the Province of Carolina | |
| In office 1695–1696 | |
| In office 1684–1692 | |
| Receiver General and Escheator of the Province of Carolina | |
| In office 1687–1696 | |
| Deputy Secretary of the Province of Carolina | |
| In office 1683–1684 | |
| Lord Proprietors' Deputy on the Grand Council of Carolina | |
| In office 1683–1696 | |
| Assistant Justice of Berkeley District | |
| In office 1682–1683 | |
| Province of Carolina Commissioner for Land Grants | |
| In office 1682–1686 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1640 |
| Died | 20 February 1696 (aged 55–56) |
| Spouse | Mary Stoney |
| Children | 5 |
| Occupation | |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | 1686 Spanish Invasion of South Carolina |
Paul Grimball was a British-American politician and settler in the Province of Carolina during the seventeenth century. He organized resistance to the 1686 Spanish Invasion of South Carolina and was a prominent member of the low country gentry of the time.
Paul Grimball was born in Wales in 1640 to Thomas Grimball and Elizabeth Adams. He immigrated to what is today South Carolina around 1682 alongside his parents, and received vast landholdings which they turned into plantations. He married his wife Mary Stoney in 1662 and they would have five children together.[1]
Political career
Once arriving in the Province of Carolina, he almost immediately began holding positions in local colonial governance, including commissioner for land grants, assistant justice, deputy to the Grand Council of Carolina, deputy secretary and secretary of the province, and receiver general and escheator for the province. He is listed in several records of the time as being a senior member of local government, held in high regard by his peers.[2]