JAMES W. CLAYTON COMPTROLLER Retired 8-31-1975,age 7C James Wilbur Clayton,29 Johnson Eoad, "v.'est Qrange.N.J. 07052 (1-201)731-3435 5/1/88 TOWN OF WEfeT ORANGE, NEVf JERSEY
LOUIS P. FALCONE MAYOR Greetings: 30-5818 a/J It would be appreciated(hopefully by many after all of us now alive,have"gone to our Reward") if you would please file the enclosed Family Research Paper among your Family Genealogy Collections for the benefit of others to come.(a thru J) If I had the within data 60 years ago I'd have been saved many $100. of money as well as Bearohing time, I've sent out pages a thru S to numerous past correspondents, which probably will not surf ace,but I'm sending this enclosure to the below 10 Parties: Historical or .Genealogical Center8-D.C.Congressional;Delaw_re;N.J.;Pe_na;Salt Lake City L.D.S.; Friends Library at Eaverford (Pa) 8c Swarthmore (Fa)-Colleges- Local N.J. Counties of &_n_outh,& Ocean— end Dr.Raymond Martin Bell of Washington,?a. Do not bother to spend a Quarter to acknowledge this..anyone is .free., to Xerox it, etc.l was born at Silverton,N,J,,and got started on this long ago in hunting for Rev.War &c ancestors &. Happy hunting, * ^f=3^_^v\_Si_<^ (L^mAjLXr^m^ C—Kc^pAA^^
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rfl(3f/rM)ftCS' 3:;*; 07052 Phone (201) 731-348S my 30-581ET deed abstract log & Pg1 .?. / ram fames W.C, to the Family, 29 Johnson Road _ Eagle Rook Ave.,W at Orange,N.J. yreetlnge and Good Health to all of You , Yours & your/our interests! 31A i It is now time for all of you to get out & sort together the numerous Jettera, reports &c sent out since Ocean deed 3170/503 dated Nov. 1971,& kdcortlad 11-23-1971 tn tha Toyg. Rivar 5UhoolH._V wtNah tlnia all anftn.inta wara avail. possible, uaeidr^ dr^rB^ _J_VMI0_. VJIT^CO " interest _Af.CN. IK ire ^\ "12/1/1987 Tax 4nf»J« T„ •
y James Wilbur Clayton,29 Johnson Rd. & Eagle Roak Ave.,W.Orange CI 30-58180 ^5 oib___o__4 ... to #78 "Cornelius ,son of Davidfnheir youngest child Catherine was born ll-9-l|783. u w o.TaTo o «d _ I've covered 150 of the Jt32j?eges of the History of Marion County,WVa ( in old >> o *«* ^ 1| *H ri a |Va it was a part of Monongalia County ,til the Civil War.,and have lots to look -H w o "d a a> —3 > a CD «e o «P rt & forward to. There is no record of a pension applicatdon for him or Sarah f jl O H >» W -P Jarter CI ( there is for the other 4 men's branches) unless it was filed say £j S d *• "P ^ M OOrlSSlOlO « 3 8 5 G °l S^/^118 name, so he probably wes best off,as one had to be in need to get a pension . 3 H W«§ 00 # ^f0r Rev'War service. David their father 3 to S o 3 § £ ,3 mt8 *«• I,jLl have t0 °aeck Freehold Court House deeds yet (This got moj 80S ^'o S 3 Q Parted.? I don't have all my data looked at. Their ohn. are on ^©OQ^i^jSl As to #79 Twin Elisha Clayton w eg o£> _.3 0 "Sf.778 Battle of Monmouth was fought #(Married ) Elizabeth King.who died _792,& re-| R-Rejected -Qaarried Elizabeth Little ;the oldest child of Eliz. Little was John Clayton,a men- 3er of tne Va od I-Invalid ^ " * ^giBlature from Va. Monongalia, ft Marion Counties, before Statehc 5 iU'wnsion Appl. W 1145 was made by #79'a widow. Military marker at his Cunningham CCem , Siear Baxter,WVa. As to # 80 Twin Elijah CI.died 3-20-1837 at Pittsburg area. Married Leah Molri- W-Widow's pen- fcyre • W 3073 pension application .Had 6 chn. al least. • .Elisha 6-19-1785; Cornell US sionApplio- .•aAZ4i7«fie_iizaboth (Robert Patterson;)ANN ): jAbraham «*;Sarah. Western Va. _ la. ttion frontiers was where BO many went to after the Rev.War..Thick"with our Clayton'3.. They know more collectively than any'of us trying to put a puzzle together,such is Mr. Bell*_c. They left here for There 200 years ago,many left current wrltingsltc. #82 Job D.Clayton, #nary _____ » ,died . 2-26-1835 Howell Twp,near freehold,NJ..born 12-13-1764 Freehold Twp " 2 miles From.V..Left one son Ezekielj.-v. xi 31. who #(married) Jane Godfrey & &ad ohnWm; Joseph;John;Ezekiel( Jr.) Elihu G. # 83 Uphamy „ "His 4 elder bros were made prisoners by the Refugees"..He & all his bros are jlpown to have been faithful soldiers "•/^Affidavits from W,I,R pension applications. I married 1934 k began wotk with Offioe of State Auditor Derby,,eleoted by the ... •* joint Senato & Assembly. The Rev.W r records were assembled from many places,D.C. Ito. librarian Godfrey told me..""..About your query for data,see that pile there? I'n Collecting to preserve,no money now to properly make available'J_Reoords such as CaptJohnCook's IS 1095 War Records were then with the War Dept half way from TrentonTrain Statiob 1775 70 man. 5 State House. I stayed in fflrenton on Audits,swindles &o many working weeks, & wh»n CompanyList 3 i* >n otherwork such as Marlboro Hosp. stayed at Red Bank's Molly Pitcher & tried to ee the then living Old Time Clayton Families ^n$lpfltairs„ia State House I Beac hed it's Census,Vital Statistics &c. Taking NY^CT^etalffiiplarl Harbor,&c. Never ;ot to see all I'd have liked to,of course. I was born 8-31-'05 at Silverton on tfie 3«, iilly Polhemus 1847 ( from dad Joseph Sr) farm,now on it is Silver Bay S hool.. pg5818B/line .6)) I'm hoping Addie V.Amiok Elswiok (her lineage next,I hope,to show the genera I6&0 tions bridges) may find a way to have someone Xerox deceased Adam 0.Heck'a much data now with Hietorian Glenn D.Lough of Fairmont.as.to old settlers^data cmTour ii/line 25 iarly 1788 & on land sales &o work of our DaviCS^fe^ son of David CI."J They were a large,dietantce separated family,David a travelbr Salesman^after land days sales over „ o"he returned to NJ".. # 81 traveled a loig AtLeast H distance to the Paw Paw region to see brothers/relatives for pension data"&o. : Elisha#79 as Some lived on the ..".Great Anderson & Clayton Tract..".Rugged country in WQst recallWlthout em Old va. From Fairmont & Bessie R.01.Sample Yoder,Ethel & myself snaked over to Jenkins Ky.. With my post cbllege Big 8 CPA firm of Arthur Young was on a S* Utility audit in Lexington ,Ky. A full month ,at time of the races ,wa had "Murphjr in a door" beds.. Worked Sundays, once I got out to see the race track, tobacco Ti barns & recall walking about & heard some little black girls saying.."like the white folks have."". Couple of stunners, full month,in Atlanta,& Tex-Arkana(I thijik) 3 construction &c payrolls . .0 50C per day.. I^began with Arthur Young 8/1928 ,ou of UrBinus, at #125. per month; via Warren Nissleys',chmn of AICPA placement Cora i mittee (An AY partner,of Princeton, $150.. 2nd yr, $175 beg.8/30) . Was on one of g»8 their audits of a large Brokerage when ffr^cjb 1929 Blaok Friday Oot 1929ucrfcs d-rf occurred, Looked South over Trinity Church & Yard,NYCity. My advice buy ic hold ASBcT, non-nucleur utilities ( when oil gets scarce & double our current $20. pe 1 barrel they'll say hooray for Nuoleur Power &o,,._Better PayDividendAboveBanklnteijeet Addie Amiek Elswick's line..Potts' Wm Clayton Sr I & Prudence; Wm II; Wmllllj. nextrfceneration our David #Sa_ah.Carter 01; whose home was at least early _ milesirrom where the Battle of M nmouth was fought "..6/28/1778); next her^78/83C_idn Generation-#79 Rev War Twin Elisha Vlaytonfborn IsNJ^l?57-1845 #2nd Eliz. Little i i 10-15-1793 near Hancock,Mdl.. (6th Gen. . Elijah Clayton 1811-1873 born MQnon- Line of Minnie! galia,iVa, County, Now Marion Co.,WVa #(married) Millie A^s 10-31-1829,their old Cl(WmH)Latta,& est son John was in the Va. & WVa Legislature before Statehood; (7th Gen.James BessieRoseSam- Perry Claytonb. Marion County, died Ritchie County,WVa. .ple of Fairmontj^ie born 1836 #Elizabeth Hawkins.. He had a brother Ishmael# Adeline smn.linj) •! '? •/-' of Winifred(Mrs.James ) Howard of Alton, I^in.., also a brothervDavid Lytle Cl # Zi_n ( correct me on this, there were 2 David L»8?..(8ths Osneration.. ISHMAEL..Josiah Cl 1862-1950 #Martha Minerva Nay*9 Mary L.CL#GeoH.Al£[C^AadleElsw|ck •lUt_uR_10-31-1909#Josoph Elswick 1879- 1958 Best Vfidhes
TOWN OF W^T ORANGE, NEW JERSEY 30-5818D J'\ James W. Clayton,29 Johnson Rd., OUMAYF1LRONE West 0range,N.J. 07052 1-(201) 731-3435 March 22 ,1988 Mrs. Nancy P.Spiers ,Archivist, Friends Historical Library pf Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa. 19081
Dear Mrs. Speerss Greetings,and good health to You,Yours,and Your interests— Thank you very kindly for the several references you gave me as to ladies that do researching &o in your collections &o,and my first preference ,although it falls to parties that have a Swarthmore address (from land title searching in the Toms River, N.J. area,where I've found it advisable to have "Native" searchers if possiblejfor as my mother,usually anbiased &o, & gone these 30 years, _s__-<©-__y-..".his grandfather was a thief, and so is he.." is Mrs. Charles B. Hewland,505 N.Swarthmore Ave., Swarthmore,Pa. 19081,because the confer ence of the Title of Mrs. indicates an optimistic acceptance of the uncertainties of life &c and"the way the Ball Bounces". I was in tne Amphibs in the Navy,made D Days at Saipan,Pelellu, Iwn Jima,carried combat marine sur vivors of the Latter back to Hilo,and to the West Coast & conversion to a straight Ammo dc Bomb Ship..and were awaiting orders to load up for the 11/1/45 invasion of Kyushu (an unhealthy task) when Truman gave that welcome order "Drop the Bomb". The enclosed blank check # 7543 will do as a beginning,as my own letters encl osed (add it to your Collections if you will so honor it) at present indicate that Line/llThe David (0) Clayton who married Sarah Carter on 3-21-1752 (30-5818B, Irecalled as 119Potts*"'53' ^ ** lPreaent) First Reformed Church,4th & Race Sts.,Phila,Pa (NeverQuaker) ThiB David says" °l«tnat ^la^ripay^a^arter 3/21- 1752 or 3, wag^tije 4^t^eneraJ(ion (??) from William Clayton I^Twife Pruoenca vffio came to Burlington,N.J. then^down the* river to T.MJ>ottC__rter "i^a^ area; 2nd Generation was their son Wm.CJ.II Jr & Sr who # Elizabeth Bezer; -*^AV^> |3rd Generation was their son Wm.Cl III who # Mary Marten and (_.M.Potts,Pg 122) had 6^ Children, the 8th & youngest is my"David that # Sarah Carter in 1753". This latter co uple had 5 Rev.War soldiers & one daughter (my # 78 "Cornelius son of David" who # my Catherine Rogers;#7%.Twfci Elisha; #30 Twin Elijah; #81"01d" Noahlthese latter 3 to the Frontiers Pittsburg gWest into present West Va;#82 Job D.Clayton who planned leav ing N.J. in 1794,but did n£t • If you do not have Thos. Maxwell Potts,1895,"American Ancestors" (of his,back to W_.Cl.3_t Sr that _ Prudence, let me know & I'll send a xerox from here,bef ore your researcher puts any time in)) What was it/they? Query#1 Tb© preferred Researcher is the one that knows about the error/in Henry Hepburn*sEsq»s 1904 Paper 41 delivered before the Delaware Historical Society ( xerox,cost«6,terror proved in the 1980's,search the quarterly periodical oalled"the Quaker Yeoman" for the answers. It apparently does not"upset Potts* descentJabovefof my Wm.Clayton III,&sonDavid. Query #2 What was th^nime^of V.dlliam Clayton I,Sr',fl632 filed 1687 'sjwife, which I now carry as Prudence . Was it their "Oldest son" William Claytom Jr &. Sr that #(married,spouse ice)Prudenoe LACKFQRD in Feb. 1682/83? he born 17 May,1655 in the Parish of St.Pancras without the H^_+OJate.City of Chichester, Suss ex, England dying in Amarioa in 1727 fat What is source on her? & wnere does she place in the generations? Ther's an awful lotof coffeelnBrazil'J.And John & David Clayton's here! (DATArenThfl tf____d_ atay_enC()NCORD and CHICHESTER MM,Chester County,Pa.,show that the chil- T_e-ok4_4_ __--£" The records of the Concord and Chichester MM,Chester County,Pa., show that the children of William (Jr III or is he the 4th?generation? ) and Mary (MAR TEN were (l)Mary bom 8 Oct 1710 #(Married) 1731 Ninevah Carter (2) William (IV?) b.13 Dec.1713 (3)Lydia b.4 June 1716 .disowned for marriage contrary to Friends' discipline (4)Sarah b.10 June 1719 .married 1739 Jofcn Phjpps (5)Moses b.25 Deo.1722 (6)Prudence V.,17 May 1725,mar# 1745 John Ford liNo fiavidappears in the list of births,However the r- D Conoord MM records do show that a DAVID **\ " CLAYTON was married to SARAH CARTER. ••*» " D £1_P0TTS add8(7*Patience^HenryGrubb,&(8 David m#SarahCarter in 1753,Pg( 123?)#4QUERY-WhereTheyFit?J ^7* .of CHESTER MM ,but the marriage was "contrary to discipline",and''perhaps they wer_ mar led by a justice of the Peace.7'Both apolpgised to their MM's,at Chester and Concord MM's, ^ and David's apology was accepted by CONCORD on 3 Dec.1753, and hers by CHESTER MM. Ho wever,David was disowned by CONCORD MM for disunity on 7 July 1763,and Sarah,wife of David, was also disowned for disunity on 8 December,17.63-f'After 1763 this family dis t appears from Quaker records,^ ^^JU^SS^ ^^ *|- I,JWClayton,wondered How Come that David and Sarah wound up in Monmouth County,N.J. per the Rev.War Pension applications of the last 4 (#79,80,81 & 82)as being born " 2 miles from where the Battle of Monmouth was fought" on 6-28-1778. Twins Elisha #79 and #80 Elija per pension applications of themselves or widows,were born Dec.11,1757. .Pve wondered why the Bible data of 0(K)atherine Rogers Clayton's children didn't showTcornelius• #78's name... tier*a ( she?( family have burials in the Wall^Quaker Church, Se_S!e?§» BSammrtA Counfy,fl.J. Disunityiz ed? He,"Cornelius son of David" was Only one Ma 1125of 65 f ined/W* i200) total -J.0547 ,per Trenton State Library Archives Msll25 ,for neg lecting to turn-out fot their Tour of Duty on 11th Julyl780,Col.Daniel Hendrickson's Reg't,Capt.Daniel Hampton's Company,Monmouth Militia. Xerox's OK if source shown &c. # 3 Query Where does Prudence Lackford # William # ?, fi*rin the generatdons?Vi,hati>l re0filer? x o _n ,A*
JAMES W. CLAXTQW. Retired 83_2$^a^70
TOWN OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY £ Tames Wilbur Clayton,29 Johnson Road,West Orqnge,N.J. 4/8/88 f"^/0i(> f (1-800) 201-731- 3435) 30-5818E 0 0 i^ ^ 430 Js my /mostly Clayton/log book Pg A toa items, 5818E is the continuation of a family letter report,blocked over/with some Family data which may be of help to some, and explains a lot of our troubles when ancestors left our Atlantic Coast Line ocwent West &o/to the frontiers of 200 plus years. It's triggered by page 5818D to the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. The enclosed are the early pages but replaced by being shifted higher or lower (top/bottom/) or left/right margins,to avoid losing some data.. — GreetingsI I'll send the enclosed (A/a thru this E) which may be of interest, it. would have saved me many -JlOO. had I had it 60 yearsago.-y^^ To Burns,Kansas..Have gottennowhere forthe' excellent proposal for the N.J.Gen ealogical Society Magazine.• Have left checksto have it DOUBLE SPACED K but no go,, so will you please retype it,please, and have the article as they desire it.Vl'd say leave an inch on the left and right BlA*AtofflMM/Mt/PUiW To Pasadena, Calif.,and Washington,D.C., would you please type for me,to use-here (-__eo-for the N.J.Gen Magazine.I also belong to the Monmouth,Ocean,Burlington, & Huntear- don County Historical Societies) queries for your Zebulon,& Zephaniah Clayton ancestors, born in(or area of) the Old Monmouth County of the colonial days ( Present Ocean County,wh ere my Immediate ancestors came hereto about 1800 (my favorite remark is that my ahcestors have lived within 25 miles of Freehold Court House for over 300 years ( as you & others can undoubtedly say &c) ..Thanks to Trenton State Library Ms -£$$5 (1089^ no time to checkrow 2s50 A.M.) a 70 man list of Capt. John Cook's Company ,which I can identify as local men of within 5 miles of the present Boean County N.J. (Toms River) Court House. Please don't think the Militia ( at least in the Shore area of "Old" Monmouth)was a strawberry short cake area.. Cook,with others, was bayoneted to death when the British took the Toms River Block House 1780 • I have 4 Rev .war ancestors on that list.. Jacob Applegate (1723-1818,Cedar G^ove Oem.stone, the only stone surviving (son Jim to put him in for a SAR Supplemental);;; His SAR Impressed Soot Robert McKelvey ( & variations) Sr; My SAR Capt. Jacob Tilton my SAR#12171O,NJ#^0/^ 6319) ;i/ia's 14^^i^JSJ^i£^^ then my Edward Wilber/ur/ert,my mothers side.. ^JfcSfcxz ^fjLtw&fc^h^^ When I get Friends data,I'll send that too.las well as several Historical & Gen. Lib— ratios.. The William Clayton I Sr Wife Prudence as of this typing)(See D) was one of Wm. Penn's group, we here refer him/to/him as "Governor"V/m.as he on Penn's/Gov.Markham's &o Council ,& at times in their absence &o were in effeot (per data I've read) the boss for the time being..Probably rotated as head of the Court as I recall. My/ The Clayton REV.WAR ancestor is the enoldseu" Cornelius,son of David" who was fined L 200 I one of 65 man, tot el? 10 f* M t- for fellur to turn out JulyH* 178 O for their Tour of Duty,es recited in the enclosures^! A/a»B & C enclosed, A^ ' »^STtmi^^^An^p Time for me to hit the hay..I've missed some sleep lately,tomorrow I to Keen College, nearby,15 miles ,for an Academy of Science meeting;; To all of you, I»m"lazy",trying to not '^Pull on the Batterdes too much", or"reoharging" •^them... A lively Irish Colleen Louise O'KandfO'hara died a few weeks ago, I askel"how oome" was told she had not been feeling qoofl• lately.. my diagnosis,an energetic gal,pre Saint PaddY's day &o,she pulled oh the batteries too much, and the world has lost a worth while ditlzen, and she had 7 or 8 children, all doing O.K^.Let it be a lesson to you.. The world will be a loser when you are gone^^^iat will be remembered for J00 years from now? Send in your current ancestry search findings,if you will\ after the Kamikizies at the time of the Peleliu invasion I made my will,leaving my Genealogical papers to the (then only) existing ) local Monmouth County Historical Sooiety,.«If your'sTa duesJL------paying partner of Uncle Sam, Quit your B* aggini .Long Life to you^^*^-A) c^jA-2* i{'*- d?OU*?S^erf (fce^Zfr dfri
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Chester Co. 7 #-^-^^^ ,( 1 Mar.6, George Bernard Becker,s.of Jacob Becker & *^r' ir Anna Elizabeth,da.of Christopher Frank,fr.Edikoffen (- in the Palatinate. >i Mar.6, John Grimwood,bachelor,shoemake,of Phila.city & Ann Allon, fr. haro. ~>Kar.21, Daviji Clay top, of Chester Cp. Joiner, & ^ t: (Q v Sarah Carter, of the sa_ifL_place% """ " Wa-r. c -r.-u , ,. -marriage records as reported in PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 2nd Series V 9, items from Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia: i*> 1809 Nov 4 Clayton, Ann, and John Scobey I have never been able to find out anything further on these i, two, but subsequently found a number of other marriages be tween Claytons and Scobeys. I have been working with a lady who lives nearby who is researching the Scobey family, but no far no luck. Other Clayton items in the above records include:' 1807 Sept 10 Clayton, Catherine, and Robert Parham 1791 Dec 18 Clayton, Charles and Eleanor Watson 1809 May 11 Clayton, Mary, and John Duckin 1773 Aug 5 Clayton, Parnell and Mary Grimes This church was organized in 1743, first Pastor was the Rev. Gilbert Tennent. I have an article describing the church and its Pastors, but there is no mention of the word Reformed in the write-up. •%&*>*+ & (ItmmSytmH* - ^JU.IL% tf}9 mv.j, ^.ddia ^lsvvlck Mrs. i_die ^lswick 5J3 Little Sandy hoed 553 J-ittle tfendy ^oac lkvlew, '«'. Vi» 25o71 iilkviuw, >«. Vc, 25071 Lear *_s, ^lswick. oar "_s», ^lswick: ~»inoe writing to you last I have come across several bits of infor J mation that juav or may not be 1 am sorry to be so tardy in rele\ent tc your research, in e .iswerin.-; your letter relevant to KISJ Ol.Y Of Li'jLi'.'.,A!-:jj.. 00CITY? i'UV.LA. , tie Kiarrlcitfe of Uevld 0. Clayton. by iienry Graham As.aaeed, x'hile., L, i*. averts <*• 0o 16c-/<— in the pure ese of land "bordering en chock of the records held in the oethel line was sold tc >jm^ Tde____3sbyterlan historical ^ociety ______J_r., *eb. 14. 1664-85. /revealed that on ^erch 21, 175T" but he never resided on the land. Deviii Olf-vt^pj. of Chester bounty, In the seme "book, p'. 238 it and ^„roii_ carter of Chester County mentions a "Judpe Clayton who, ' were united in marriage. "I'hia took on Jan. 4, 1875 assumec3 the piece in what is now termed the °ld duties of the office." First Reformed United Onurch of il Curist, 4th and ace Streets, in BHHlSTuItY OF'Cli/i-Ti'R, Chester _ lillaQel phioj ne ^lerk at the and Its vicinity, tela. ^our.ty, caurcai checked the baptisms after*' PA. John il. wartin, -sq. lJhila. muroft 21st and could find no '1877, p. 10 5" mention of the record of children. In your ,. -.,*, Clayton i-amily. Hole (bavid m. Ijtter, you mention ii&3B±L&%&e '• t^yUdLo'J A Seren--'. **rybe this will tie efore 1757 as being in «ew Jersey. in with some of your lnrornation. :;ve you any idea wnere in Jersey? ii the meant line, I'll keep hunting. ^ordir lly, ordialloroially * p _ fm Cm*m <^ CY^;^ /? ,AU~ S4~^-H l_»s. x-aul i». -'chulz •rs. A-BUV'L. ^chulzfV 3120 Guilford street /{j /'l>.4>dt /<*/- 3120 Ciuilford Street Philadelphia, ** 19152 •Valla., *» 19152 -_rch 1st, 1981 , , £ cii .i '< 1981 UKQUUKCC yeomen ~ 1 THOMAS CLAYTON of Rudgwlck, County Sussex, b. ca 1560, will dated 1630-Sep-10, proved 1631-Apr-28, (Consistory Court of Chichester Record, Volume 18, p. 76b, microfilm STC 1/18 XA/18, County Record Office, Chichester, Sussex, copied by Louis E. Jones, 1984), names his wife MARGARET, sons Walter (probably eldest, named with his mother as Executor), WILLIAM (probably second eldest, named with Thomas Penfold to assist his mother and older brother In their duties as executors), Mathew, Richard and Thomas; daughters Mary wife of Richard Martin, and Elizabeth. Witnesses Thomas Penfold, William Clayton, Thomas Clayton and Richard Clayton. Thomas Clayton was burled In the churchyard at Rudgwlck. The children of Thomas and Elizabeth Clayton://?/^ lao^i -^fff) 1.1 Mary Clayton, b. ca 1590, wife or Richard Martin. 1.2 Walter Clayton, b. ca 1590. 1.3 WILLIAM CLAYTON, b. ca 1590, below. 1.4 Thomas Clayton, b. ca 1600. 1.5 Richard Claytor^Ju-C-ltoO. 1.6 Mathev, Clayton, b. ca 1600. J.7~-_11zabeth Clayton, b. ca 1600, mentioned 1n will as youngest daughter. 1.3 WILLIAM CLAYTON, b. ca J590, will dated ca 1658 copied by Louis E. Jones, 1982-Apr-16 (Chichester. Miscellaneous Wills 1653-1658, Vol. 21B, p. 59, Consistory Court Will Register 1653-1658 STC1/21B, In West Sussex Record Office, Chichester), no probate located. Married (1), 1631-0ct-30, Boxgrove parish, _3AN SMITH who was burled 1644-Apr-27 (A Calendar of the Parish of Boxgrove, Sussex 1560-1812, by W.D. Peckham, 1946). Married (2V, 1644, Elizabeth Simmons. His will Indicates that he was a tlmberman (lumber dealer), residing In the Parish of Pancras without the East Gate of Chichester, Sussex. It lists sons WILLIAM, Richard (not yet 21 years of age), Thomas (not yet 21 years of age, placed with Thomas Coby until the first day of May next ensuing the date of his 21st birthday); daughters Elizabeth who received a bequest of 40 shillings one year after his decease, possibly as a dowery for an anticipated marriage, and youngest daughter Mary, his ch41d by 1 his second marriage; and grandchildren WILLIAM and PRUDENCE CLAYTON, children of William. Also named: John -v 6 * -J-Ac-ft %- Ms ficzfusx/ *rA £UA/J .^^^<^«^v^^^_^c^.^ cUSdlez., £i_3^^_ *r-' *v. Z. The Quaker Yeomen - Volume 11, Number 4 - January 1985 - Page Two William Clayton of Chichester (Continued) Pee'.e of Pegham as bondsman; Will Steele a miller living without the East Gate of Chichester and John Avery formerly of Chichester as auditors; and Thomas Hopkins and John Rogers as witnesses. Total bequests over the ensuing twenty years totalled 161 shillings, a sizeable estate at that time. His children: 1.31 WILLIAM CLAYTON OF CHICHESTER, b. 1625, baptized 1632-Dec-09, below. 1.32 Elizabeth Clayton, baptized 1637-Feb-ll, Boxgrove, Sussex. 1.33 Richard Clayton, baptized 1640-Sep-13, Boxgrove, Sussex. 1.34 Thomas Clayton, baptized 1642-Feb-26, Boxgrove, Sussex. Jj 1.35 Mary Clayton, b. after 1644, daughter by second marriage. ** y*r«- 1.31 WILLIAM CLAYTON OF CHICHESTER, born 1625, Parish of Rumbaldswlck, near Chichester, Sussex. England, baptized 1632-Dec-09. Boxgrove, Sussex. Married 1653-Nov-07, St. Pancras Parish, Chichester, Couty Sussex, England (Parish and vital records listings, LDS Church, London, England; and St. Pancras Parish, Chichester, Sussex, Parish Register Calendar, by V. London, 1945, copied by Louis E. Jones, 1982), PRUDENCE LANCKFORD of St. Peters the less, daughter of WILLIAM LANCKFORD of Broughton Parish, Hampshire. She was probably born In Surrey according to "The Genealogy of the Gordon-Hacy, MHdleton-Curtls And Allied Families". Prudence Lanckford may have married (1) -— Mlckles who died prior to 1653./. ___ ... above mentioned will together with early Quaker records of Chichester and KUHIOA iai« icn, iituuy »•«.•..< ,.»»....»,. ^ prove conclusively that William Clayton of Chichester was not the son of a London lawyer or Oxford University ^ut dlgnltary.^Ttalso opens to conjecture the possibility that Thomas Clayton, I above, might have been the grandson of Thomas De Clayton, b. ca 1440 (page 13 of the Editor's book 'The Quaker Yeomen"), eldest son of John de Clayton and Mary Malnwarlng, who was disinherited for disobeying his parents. Nothing further Is known of this Thomas except that his third son Robert de Clayton succeeded to his grandfather's estates. The name of his"wife 1s jjnknpwrt} It 1s likely that he was disinherited for a marriage unacceptable to his parents. Perhaps his two eldest sons died young, allowing Robert to 1:iher1t from his grandfather, or perhaps the two eldest sons were not allowed to Inherit by their grandfather. It Is likely that having been disinherited, Thomas would have left West Lancashire, perhaps settling 1n London, or Sussex, a days Journey south of London at that time. It seems likely that 1f this conjecture 1s correct, that the son of Thomas who was the father of Thomas (I above) would have been named Thomas, since that name appears 1n each generation of this family. The fact that Thomas, b. ca 1440, 1s the only West Lancashire Clayton, whose dates would connect him to the Sussex Claytons, whose descendants are unaccounted for. This Is certainly an area for research by those who are Interested. The Editor has learned that many of the Sussex records of this period are on microfilm 1n the L.D.S. Library at Salt Lake City, and can be obtained for research at local L.D.S. libraries. _3A.ND fA- P-lrryTf'tO j WIFE ___. 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"»7 *f 4^*j-ri*>u^ CUJL, . <2__7 *^ 9a^M^ /-_KN NAl MNAL Ml\_l II v i y \J -V\,K '*A A •••"'"' W WASHINGTON, DC 20408 ? : 2 •• wowa 032.. « •iHiTtwtrr* VfiMM ' 3o^s^V^J-;i3 -f-.rp*tss S.,ptA._ i^,-I. a n --; 2p)P^Ai r^fe£ ^"•.'r _ Zmmfmhmm^mmit 'rfi-_-. « -' "^ ^<.7^"» _j_^^rt __*-„___. l___^"=*-i2U-S'?- " - — """'V«V~ cover. /T ^ Th. address of the Reference Service Branch is listed below: £_^.« jj^ National Archives and Records Administration ^ ? £_ Reference Service Branch (NNIKJ ULJ-^/I- 7th and Pennsylvania Ave, IW ,w£i Washington, DC 20408 i^i^^______±_»i"" Pennsylvania Avenue. HL-Ji-a*n-Ji«JAME~S WILBUR CLAYTON 29 JOHNSON ROAD Sincerely, Joan R. Edelen Supervisory Ace DOLLARS MlDlAlMTIC f)f)-1 TIT" 1 jffl^^^^^rj^ T6^_2.7_W- 07_ l . _•/ _, o'tL T r^Y«^ M- I ct t°L^i^ . Ci*-; /l__U -^AUVCW _ ** ^^ *'*&*/(* *r in/ yr lyu-UJoiawux o _iai,ori(j_i. oobiouy, wool vb.\ ou_«bi5oae rrani tno vuci_gtf or ttoxxo,y.us_.b. W ^enn'sCounoiHthat settled the lower Sq&ie. thru J_ike Vftp_, 1&66 _& pur RoJ>ei_ do ..Caudabee. .down i o o William Clayton Sr it?W_r^ ••Gov" Wm.Cl 1) v wife Mary Martin (j^3fPott8y.Amerioa_ Ancestors" of hja), and among W__CIX a chn is Then 18913 TMPo' David C.Clayton who married Sarah Carter 3-21-1753 in the present (__Ma^^tta. Tho*MPotta,189 Old 1st Reformed Church,4th & Race, Phila. Why did they move to X reehold Twp.,Old _anaouth County,N.J., * 2 miles from where the Battle of ,, •J. 181i Uonmouth wu_ fought ( on 6-28-1778")the"pe_§ion applioations for 4 of their children,or wic- 183_PenBiou I'pws , state thev were born. Where are the Quaker reoords that may show if tils aots,Waa>#78 de»j_avid ,fll, Cof Sarah Carter) was transferred, excommunicated &o? After the Rev.Wai orBetterOffTo ||David ,5c Partner? David Anderson also of N.J. (Where?) in 1783 had war vets Tr- notAskPension r?paeury Warrants for large acreages, Where do I write to get -ueir records9 in C^n»-a'W^n ionongalia County ,Va (now Marion County.W.Va since 1863 or so) surveys,Book .#1, Pg 256, TJ easury Warranta ft 21007,8 & 9,20977,20949 and 21670,all entered in 1783,on J"a_y I SomeWarrante 5,1785,10,000 acres to David Anderaon & David Cla(y) ton lying on Big Paw Paw