The Family Of
THE FAMILY OF CLAY OF NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE, AND PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. WASHINGTON, D. C. : GIBSON BROS., PRINTERS AND BOOKBINDERS. 1895. PREFACE. ROBERT CLAY, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, and later of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, married, first, January 15, 1687-8, at Chesterfield, Hannah Slater, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Mower) Slater, of Chesterfield; bapt. March 5, 1661, at Chesterfield, Derbyshire; bur. January 3, 1688--9, same place; and, second, Joanna Rawson, daughter of John Rawson, of Walkley, near Sheffield, Co. York. By his second marriage he had many children, most of whom died young, and none of whom survived him or left any issue except one son, Joseph Clay, of Bridge House, whose daughter Ellen was the last of his descendants of the name of Clay in England. By his first marriage he had one child, Robert, baptized at Chesterfield December 9, 1688, who came to Philadelphia and married Ann Curtis, December 10, 1710. I have been for several years engaged in the preparation of a genealogy of this family of Clay of Philadelphia, Pa., and Newcastle, Del., intended to include- I. The descendants of Robert Clay and Ann Curtis, bearing the name of Clay by birth or marriage. 2. Portraits of all of the above of whom any likeness is known to exist. 3. The ascendants of the wives of Clays. 4. The descendants of female Clays who married. 5. Biographical and descriptive sketches, letters, family papers, and a variety of miscellaneous data, illustrations, and information. It will take a good whlle to finish what 1 have planned, and I have therefore printed Part I, the genealogy alone, without narrative, description, or biography, for the use of the family, with the hope that it may lead them to take interest in the completion of the work, and to assist in it by furnishing information as to their respective branches, such as names and dates of births, marriages, and deaths; copies of entries in parish records or family Bibles, and of obituary and other notices.
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