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Clayton, Mary

Clayton, Mary

Female 1665 - 1725  (59 years)

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  • Name Clayton, Mary  [1
    Birth 29 Jun 1665  Sussex, Rumbaldeweek, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 1725  Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I24419  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2024 

    Father Clayton, William,   b. 8 Dec 1632, Chichester, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1689, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Lanckford, Prudence,   b. 1630, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 7 Nov 1653  Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Family ID F9247  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Beals, John,   b. 29 Jun 1650, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1726, Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 1 Oct 1682  Calvert, Chester County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5
    • From Meeting Records of Chester MM, Chester Co ., PA the following: " At a Monthly Meeting at Chester the 2nd day of ye 8th mo, 1682, John Bales and Mary Clayton did propose their intentions of marriage. At a Monthly Meeting at Chester the 1st day of ye 11th mo., 1682 John Bales and Mary Clayton did propose their intentions of marriage. It being the second time and nothing appeared to obstruct Friends left them to their liberty to proceed."
    Children 
     1. Beals, Jacob,   b. 28 Jul 1689, Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 1763, Warrington Mm, York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Beals, John,   b. 28 Jan 1685/86, Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1745, Prince George's, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Beals, Mary,   b. 24 Apr 1692, Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Beals, Patience,   b. 16 Apr 1695, Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Beals, William,   b. 1 Feb 1686/87, Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1750 (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F9235  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2024 

  • Notes 
    • History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches, John Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, Published by Louis H. Everts, Philadelphia, 1881, page 1467.

      Clayton, William, with his family, arrived in the ship "Kent" from London, in company with certain commissioners sent out by the proprietors of New Jersey to purchase lands from the Indians, etc. In 1678-9 (March) he purchased the share of Hans Oelson, one of the original grantees of Marcus Hook, and settled that place. As a Quaker, he was an active and consistant member of Governnor Markham's Council, and also of that of the proprietary after his arrival, while at the same time he served as one of the justices of the court of Upland County, and subsquently for that of Chester County, presiding at the first court held in Pennsylvania under the propriety government. He died in 1689, leaving a widow, Prudence, and the following children, if not more: Brudence m/ to Henry Reynolds, 11, 10, 1678; Nonour, m. to James Browne, 6, 8, 1679; William, m. to Wlizabeth Bezer, 1682; and Mary, to John Beals, in the same year.

  • Sources 
    1. [S527] Christina Llewellyn, Kathryn Bales Porter, (Name: on line at Rootsweb; Location: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2482105; Date: 2003;).

    2. [S679] Laura Huffman Renda, The Franzman lines : Schoene, Mueller, Scarborough, Byers, Williams, Hiatt, Clayton, Beals, Bowater, Corbett.

    3. [S656] Parish Record, St. Pancras Parish, Cichester, Sussex, England.
      "William son of William Clayton of the parish and Prudence Lanckford of the the Less (Parish), Daughter of William Lanckford of Groughton, Hampshire.."

    4. [S665] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived;), U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.
      marriage date: 07 Nov 1653
      marriage place: Sussex, England
      birth date: 1630
      birth place: Sussex, England

    5. [S658] Friends Mmeeting Records, Chester MM, Chester County, PA.
      " At a Monthly Meeting at Chester the 2nd day of ye 8th mo, 1682, John Bales and Mary Clayton did propose their intentions of marriage. At a Monthly Meeting at Chester the 1st day of ye 11th mo., 1682 John Bales and Mary Clayton did propose their intentions of marriage. It being the second time and nothing appeared to obstruct Friends left them to their liberty to proceed."