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 M A Y O R

Greet ings : 30-5818 a / J I t would be apprecia ted(hopeful ly by many a f t e r a l l of us now alive,have"gone to

our Reward") i f you would p l ea se f i l e the enclosed Family Research Paper among your Family Genealogy Col lec t ions for the benefi t of others t o come.(a t h r u J)

I f I had the w i t h i n da t a 60 years ago I ' d have been saved many $100. of money as w e l l as Bearohing t ime, I ' v e sent out pages a th ru S to numerous pas t correspondents, which probably w i l l not su r f ace,but I'm sending t h i s enclosure to the below 10 P a r t i e s :

H i s t o r i c a l or .Genealogical Center8-D.C.Congressional;Delaw_re;N.J.;Pe_na;Salt Lake City L.D.S. ; Friends Library a t Eaverford (Pa) 8c Swarthmore (Fa)-Col leges- Local N . J . Counties of &_n_outh,& Ocean— end Dr.Raymond Martin Bell of Washington,?a.

Do not bother t o spend a Quarter to acknowledge th is . . anyone i s .free., to Xerox i t , e t c . l was born a t S i l ve r ton ,N , J , , and got s t a r t e d on t h i s long ago in hunting for Rev.War &c ances tors &. Happy hunting,

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yreet lnge and Good Health to a l l of You , Yours & your/our i n t e r e s t s ! i I t i s now time for a l l of you to get out & sor t together the numerous

J e t t e r a , r epor t s &c sent out s ince Ocean deed 3170/503 dated Nov. 1971,& kdcortlad 11-23-1971 tn tha Toyg. Rivar 5UhoolH._V wtNah tlnia a l l anftn.inta wara avail.

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KO?2A I ' n Hy d a t a ' t h a t I wish I h a ^ ^ O ^ ^ ^ g a g 0 . t T h i B l e t t e r i s 31A,B,&C; Thomas Mux ' } ^813A.5814-16, r u P o t t ^ 1 8 / 2 0 a descendant of jfim Clayton Sr 328k wife Prudence, 1895,Chart of. N 5818A,5819BvT;P^ r l c a n Ancwstors,thru Wm 164 ClJrfcwlfe E l i z .Bezer ; the i r son WmOL82Jr & wf Mary J5820,582LA.-CKlWt^n .Their youngest Sc 8th ohi ld (our)David CI ^Marr ied) 1753 Sarah Carter L5e^2 ,58234^^1!^ p ^ u a , s e t t l e d Aear Freehold.N.J."2 miles from where 6-28-1778 B a t t l e of I-ion-Rn3W"LEnClr^SUr<tiQOUth was fought"per aff iday,*~**-a_re Pensions of them or >idow&, uavid CL &

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to the _ ontiers as land salesman with David Anderson ,also of NJ,&aons 79 Eli­jah Sr,/j& Elljah,& &l Noah did go to frontiers,&//B2 Job D. had a.. 19941 Jaa-iy) character reference prepared ,9 signers,".he proposes to leave this State in the course of a few months,." #78 (my) "Cornelius,son of David..",fined l£00 * Bpaj Trenton State Library.with 65 others (see 31B) •(MS1125) ,married Ca­therine Rogers (See 22B Bible Search data for Jtonmouth Historical Assn Item #1272 of 6-6-1940 Gene.column (see 31B), whose ohildren were (my line) John CI born 22 Apri,1774_ ( but his stone at the N.E. corner of the 1869 church that burned 1926,Old Silverton M.E.,runs back^^§2 April 1776_» died 1845,wife Re-becoa Johnson,d.of 1829 Howell Elisha ,d/their oldest son'Cornelius ISHMAEL CL. Jwas 1804 S9L 1889 ); 2nd child David (born 2-19-1777 ( eee data in left margin of 31B & 31C for wife Lucy Johnson married 3Feb,1803. His Howell Twp,Monm.Co. jCase $ 3903,."Son of Cornelius"Per A/35 letters of Admrntalso on I^cy's bond of 3-4-1807,had house,37^ acres on N.Side of Metedecunk River.No family known,

Besidemy John CI 1776 S5 L(as I *eoall) o f #Rebecoa , & David CI of Lucy Jph. there were 3 girls (canlt trace) • Rebekah 12-18-1778; Deborah 2-14-1780;& Catharine 11-9-1783.. Possibly married about 1800? Enclosure $ 33A thru 330. is a MSS I heard of over 60 years ago,but was Just

mailed to me 11-24-97,Ck#7357,$6.00It is .Paper 41 "The Clayton Family" (pf Va, Pa,Del,, by Henry P.Hepburn,Esq.,LLB,of Phila,Pa,read 15 Feb,1904 begfore the Del.Hist.Society,of 505 Market S_»eet Mall,Wilmington,Del.19801..It takes from when the Vikings took over the lower Seine (912AD)to lo66 when Duke Wm.TheConquero*-took over England,to when T.M^Potts begins , -As Quakers David & Sarah Careers Rev.War Soldiers were exconpunicated?somewhere I suspectfbut they were born \ ne er Freehold,N.J. 1755 on. I will recheck Freehold deeds&o more closely. ', Addie Elswlck hae a copy of Historian Glenn D.Lough's out of print title "

[•Now and L ng Ago",of Marion County,V/Va,prior to 1863 Jfonongalia County,Va,,_ has sent (plus much else) (fron /j*460of 500)Library og Congress CatalogCard #

76-77186) it's.pages 210-U;249-256.257,262,etc.. Where do.I<send to get (pg 256) Monongalia'County Survey Book N*>.1,' Pages 297,' David 'Anderson and David Cla (y)t0n,10,Q00 acres,1783,from the head of the 2 (Big & Little) Paw Pawsjust below (present) Baxter to above Fairview.. and Land Office Troasnry

Deo21,1959Fileii Warrants #21007-09; 20977,20949,&21670,aJ.l issued 1783. From Survey Book No.3, pg 525,David Clayton 5', 000 aores(Llttle Kanawha); David. Anderaonn, 000 'acres Deokers Creek,1783; Purticularly xeroxs describing them as of New Jersey ,to put flesh on the bones of those lads. Not enough buyers for the amt of land for auiu, "^At present I'm working on some sons of the .ftmer.-ttev; worx. • ion can-pjcic upup59

|rom my Capt. Jaoob Tilton # 121710,NJ#6319. # (wife) Charity Hegerman^IMplanaK . upplamental on "Patriarch" Jacob Applegate Sr 1723 Cedar 7Grove Cem 1818 age 95 j' : sther Irons ( The only ones whose tombstonesj.till stands). Jim is/jf 129199,NJ # ({442 under impressed Scot Robert Mb£_l_fty. (spelled several waysC maybe intentdft__S ly

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i oe on the Jersey c o a s t ) s e t t l e d a t S i lver ton where present Medical Center i s on 69 Hooper Ave,taxed in 17 for a l a r g e acreage. # Abigai l Wright^- l 8 - 1766 ( so|n l e f t , shows up In marriage reference!Id planned t h i s as the endof the l e t t e r , b i t

w i l l run family t r e e work way baok as some of you a re interested* & maybe the de i ty \ 111 wind up with a map from Engineer Charles B.Rush with thw development map on 1 le Rale igh/Si lver Bay Associates map showing S i l v e r Bay Rpad bent Wevterly at Leilr-< ices so the 60' road w i l l not ^ak^,any of h i s lawn &_.. Alice L i l l i a n C.F. write*

)IQ i s applying 10 generat ions to James Chilton who came over in the Mayflower Th# JAJUT (Jim) main source proof i s Trenton N.H.State Library M3 1095, a 1775

I m_n/n_t<3f Capt. John Cook.wlthin 6 miles of Toms River • He,Major John C. wat^ ~f/\>«i_f~l A.'? _.'.•» B>

Capt John Cook' With 'others ,bayoneted to death when t h e B r i t i s h took the Toms R. Blockhouse Surda; atory '))AM 3-2_-1782,„ Joshua Huddy pr isoner , l a t e r hung..^Jnly Rev.War Clayton Is pgg206Salter'sH:

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James Wilbur 01ayton,W.Orange,N.J. 07o52 Phone (201) 731 3435' ClLbg 30-5818B ' '"'^ I ' l l give abbreviated sources &o. S t a r t with Thomas Maxwell Pot t s 'a " AMERICAN I |ANC_3TQRS" (book 929.2 P 851 N. J .Hi s to r ioa l Soo.,230 Broadway,Newark,N.J.,Press J of J o s . G.Charlton,Canonsburg,Pa 1895, He a descendant of (His jj5j328 Quakeri,of_..j.*^ '

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Pa.,Carpenter &c.Jluaker, of Wm.Penn's^had 4 Chn.per pg 119 &o( my enolosuer i s JWCLog 30-5821. I ' v e had l e t t e r s from some of t h e i r 4 branched, Honour ( James) J Browne; oldest Prudence (Henry) Reynolds,died 1728; 3rd.Our William II ' J_S^r#i64 died 1727 #(married) 165 El izabeth Bezert T_ey had 8 ohn (2) Wm.Clayton ; They

bad 2nd chi ld Wm. 82 Jr&Srl686-1757 # Mary Marti or en; ; they had 4th generation 3th ch i ld (our) DAVID C. or Clayton ,Quaker marriage reoords 3-21-1752, now. Old Lst Reformed,4th & Race S t s , .Ph i l a .C ;Wiil of Wmlll mentions h i s (ou r | sen DAVID ]£«_

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ourDavid#SarahC, [ get me a xerox of Will of Wmlll)) # t o Sarah Carter • Several of t h e i r 5 Bo}s 1*8 th ru 82 and Uphamy r e c i t e in ( ihe i r )va r ious pension appl ica t ions t ha t they or

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28-1778 , I ' v e wr i t t en t o our C0us_i/Ki____i Addie V.Amlok ( Mrs Joseph 1879-JL958) Elswlck, of 553 L i t t l e Sandy Rd.,Xlkview,W.Va 25071, who has an out of prirft jopy of Glenn D.Lough's "Now and Long .Ago" (His tor ian ,of Fairmont,W.Va ( where I Tisited Bessie R.Sample Yoder in the late.l93Q'jjk_wlth my ^ h ^ M ^ 9 ^ ^ 9 7 A l t o t Cerox for me a l l references in i t , a a d ^ ^ f b j e r 0 T S 6 S ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ a ^ S i ^ ^ i f ^ y e ^

(7How many"d opped"pQrt0fT_eirNames,A3_ie_A*WoodrowWilj of the ear ly s e t t l e r s pa r t i cu l a r l y _he ibove Dtvid 0;0layton & Sarah Carter h is wife; David O. 's land records ,Wlth or :c David Anderson I ' d l i k e t o ^ f o r a future appl ica t ion under # 78 "Cornellus,son| if David Clayton". He was f ined4r 200, along with 65 o the r s , totaling-410547110:0 per Trenton NJState Library. ,M3 or MSS 1125,also Thomas Clayton,pr ivate i n Col, Janiel Hendriokson's Reg't,Monmouth Mil i t ia ,Capt .Daniel Hamptons' Co.,for " Negl-.oting t o turn out for t h e i r Tour of Duty,on the 11th of July,1780".

M There are those probably/possibly who may doubt tha exis t ° lh Sarah Carter Cl. ,and w i l l accept a pr in ted item but not a wrxtten one &c, JL*wro

EdwRClayBom^ ., o Delaware His t .Soo . for Hepburn's Ms or MSS; Also .poss ibly in P a . , o r Delawar ^ P ^ M * 1 ^ « 41 S : i f l* S o c a r e (or/and Congressional Library, where my»Clayton Family*id l i s t e d - a s "w 3 n & _ 8sz c £S 7 1 . 0622-1942", when I going in to the Navy ( D Day a t Saipan.Pelel iu.Iwo JJma

S . P I 1 H ^ ' > . 9 o ^ hento West Coast for conversion t o an Anno ft Bomb s h i p , & awaiting order to load ^ 9 B _ § 5 o a p for 1 0 / 1 / o r A l l / l ' 4 5 Kyushu Invasion (made my w i l l a f t e r P e l e l i u , a / o Kamikaze.?) m o o * i B J . ^ • b less Harry T uman when he sa id "Drop the Bomb"..) & thought to leave something » £ § t3 * ^ n Sior ( 1650-1850t genealogists t o work from in case I d idn ' t get book..Got a Q « rt o m 8 ri - o t of queries from i t . I gee a copy I he ld , lousy ,carbons , th in paper,DAR copied i f . 5 § S W o l | | f l Other book souroe/ c are , fa ,"John R.Martins 1877,pg lo5 , of Chester County,Pa;; •9 *f _ i J _ | I 3j-cT 498 ofFuthe> & Cnpes,yr 1877jHist of Chester County.,PA., a l so T os J .Clayton ' _ "f g fe^ £ 3)893 "pg 399,yr 1893 "RAMBLES AND REFLECTIONS " . . and there are probably o thers .? 5 & % y S £ w i °a "tae Xerox's fcCshow the t i t l e , a u t h o r , y e a r , where printed,who by, i j ' s retf-4thGeneratlon i renoe #. .suoh as on the envlosed POTTS enclosures . Al l t o put f lesh on David C& iCen Inolude4thGen4 . arah Carter Clayton, including dates of bi r th ,mate lege, & where Jur ied for them erationSpouse I I sent iS°p_a?n?es of suoh with my SAR Applications,One t o N a t ' l HQ,one t o S ta t

4thCe_David *.< Be t te r get down to David C. & Sarah Carter Claytons' 6 ch i ld ren . My,oldest, 125/6MarionCou-i 78 "5p__aJJ.us,son of David"of Freehold Twp. ,N.J . rejjwesfern1 Va. now WVa.(§__(enei History 1985 My MCHA ( Monmouth County Hist .Society,of Court S t . ,Freehold ,N.J . ih i t ' s Gen,

CL1041,VillaParl ylumn Item # MCHA #1272 of 6-6-1940gives her b i r thda te as (he not named in i t ) 3CV5822Same,MCa therinesRogers ^Clay ton) born (my eaofcosuregig41 & CL30-5822) May 5,1754; and - ^ " 8 1272BibleDate?» ' Oatherine^Olayton's ch i ldrea as6DAVTD^Dorn 2-X9-1777 ' ,. died 1807,wifeUK Yd6( 6 thOeneratiomfi JOHN^JCLAYTON ,22nd Apr i l ,1774 v but h i s headstone a t the" N^orne r of the old 16(9 )6-Bumed,ForestF: :Silverton,NT WWhurch ,nms _-22-177<6 #(married)RebecoaiJohnson, dau of 1829 wi!16G e ; 4 / 1926 0 Elisha(Howell^,Monii; Rebekah ; 12-18^1778; Deborah 2-14-1780; Catherine 11-9-HPutMontOvarlt' i l783. I o a n ' t trace, the g i r l s 3 , to da t e . Data gotten wh_i,_I_wa8_runDi__,daw

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ftJ6i Bibles in the family ( Chn 14) ofi$J0hn C1&1774 or 6 _ w i ^ 2 _ _ f l y rs*>e » 0130-5824)Catherine D(Jos.) M°unt; (B) {Rebeoah A( Joseph T.) Pearce He-bomt"> *M 5-30-1798 L a s t Tydings 10-23-1835,remarried Jaoob TiltonP-son of Keenie,a son '.of my Rev.War Capt Jacob T i l ton*;:(l70 '0* 3rd ohi ld in age<)0 my CORNELIUstflSHMAEL* B228 01 ._D-17-1804 S8L9 row 8 old 8 i lver ton ,nJ Cem. 9-29-1889 &# wife Charity Susan7thG MoKelvey 10-24-1804 S8L 12-20-1865 . remarried KatherineSYettman 1841S 6V1916) | MUST speed up Sarah(Elisha C.) Pearce; David R a c h e l Parent APPLEGATE: John E"Jr"

Pg CL456 of 192(1) (Henry) #Deborah Ann HAGAMAN;; (• E5th chi ld) Benjamin, died ear ly per Wm BrittoMSz HiSchool data 1 .stof B a y v i l l e , n j . . pg 0E/..4S6 i s my 1920's high School J i B t i n g i ; ; LYDIA (Isaac) Csb-

) o r n S r #ii George(KeHy's 1815-18$S";/ Deborah $Eaek) Gant;;Didamla ( Oapt. johi) Osborn;;GARi: Joseph C a t h e r i n e Johann Ort ley ;;Raohel ( I s iah) Leming;;

*-14th-- H*™*"* (WmiBritton Sr of 8 (» t ty (Frederick Meitfditji) Cornelius ' Line, of Hayvil le , N J ' l i n e . I ' v e been to Wash.,D.C. on R.War rewords &o.

So I ' d bes t get items connected and down t o tha present day , e r a t i o n 126/7 of Hist . ( fj yitoxid Clayton ^of Freeh41d,N.J. as per linenjjll f22&p above A i ^ r r i ^ a r a h Cartel*. Marion County,!17a ))(had # 78 ^_Uffiti__ius,8on of Davia", and)aT leP tWr^v .War was over^h ied

-j \ himself to the f r o n t i e r , Pa,Western Va, & was a land'_alesman,l tf & took A_Leasta| sonsToTheFron- sons, then or i n time #79 Twin El i sha Sr #Ellzabeth King _ Elizabeth Little,toWVi • tiersOfVa,Pa_1 #00 Twin El i jah #Leah Molntyre . t o P i t t sburg area ; #81 Noah to Waynesburg,Green A

o 3o,,Pa;Job D.# Mary 8 2 „ had son Ezekiel #Jane Godfrey;;#83 S i s t e r Uphamy J? W .

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t o #78 "Cornelius ,son of Davidfnheir youngest ch i ld Catherine was born l l -9- l |783. I ' v e covered 150 of the Jt32j?eges of the History of Marion County,WVa ( in old

|Va i t was a pa r t of Monongalia County , t i l the Civ i l War.,and have l o t s t o look rt & forward t o . There i s no record of a pension applicatdon for him or Sarah Ja r te r CI ( the re i s for the other 4 men's branches) unless i t was f i l e d say

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£j S d *• "P ^ M O O r l S S l O l O « 3 8 5 G °l S ^ / ^ 1 1 8 name, so he probably wes best o f f , a s one had t o be in need to get a pension . 3 H W«§ 0 0 # ^f0r R e v ' W a r s e r v i c e . David t h e i r f a the r 3 to S o 3 § £ ,3 m t 8 *«• I , j L l h a v e t 0 °aeck Freehold Court House deeds yet (This got moj 8 0 S ^ ' o S 3 Q Parted.? I don ' t have a l l my data looked a t . Their ohn. are on ^ © O Q ^ i ^ j S l As to # 7 9 Twin El isha Clayton w eg o£> _ . 3 0 "Sf.778 Ba t t l e of Monmouth was fought #(Married ) El izabeth King.who died _792,& re-| R-Rejected -Qaarried El izabeth L i t t l e ; the oldest ch i l d of E l i z . L i t t l e was John Clayton,a men-I - Inva l id ^ 3 e r o f " t n e V a* ^ g i B l a t u r e from Va. Monongalia, ft Marion Counties, before Statehc

5 iU'wnsion Appl. W 1145 was made by #79'a widow. Mil i ta ry marker at h i s Cunningham C S i e a r Baxter,WVa.

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Patterson;)ANN ) : jAbraham «*;Sarah. Western Va. _ l a . f r o n t i e r s was where BO many went to a f t e r the Rev.War..Thick"with our C lay ton '3 . . They know more c o l l e c t i v e l y than any'of us t ry ing t o put a puzzle together ,such is Mr. Bel l*_c . They l e f t here for There 200 years ago,many l e f t current wrl t ingsl tc .

#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. 31. who #(married) Jane Godfrey & &ad ohnWm; Joseph;John;Ezekiel( J r . ) Elihu G.

# 83 Uphamy „ "His 4 e lder bros were made p r i sone r s by the Refugees"..He & a l l h i s bros are

jlpown to have been f a i t h f u l so ld ie r s " • / ^ A f f i d a v i t s from W,I,R pension app l i ca t i ons . I married 1934 k began wotk with Offioe of S ta te Auditor Derby, ,eleoted by the

j o i n t Senato & Assembly. The Rev.W r records were assembled from many places,D.C. Ito. l ib ra r ian Godfrey t o l d me.."". .About your query for da ta , see t h a t p i l e there? I 'n

Collect ing to preserve,no money now t o properly make available'J_Reoords such as IS 1095 War Records were then with the War Dept ha l f way from TrentonTrain S ta t iob 5 S ta te House. I stayed in fflrenton on Audits,swindles &o many working weeks, & wh»n >n otherwork such as Marlboro Hosp. stayed a t Red Bank's Molly P i tcher & t r i e d to ee the then l i v ing Old Time Clayton Families ^ n $ l p f l t a i r s „ i a S ta te House I Beac­hed i t ' s Census,Vital S t a t i s t i c s &c. Taking NY^CT^etalffiiplarl Harbor,&c. Never ;ot t o see a l l I ' d have l iked to ,o f course . I was born 8-31-'05 a t S i lver ton on tfie i i l l y Polhemus 1847 ( from dad Joseph Sr) farm,now on i t i s S i lve r Bay S h o o l . . .6)) I'm hoping Addie V.Amiok Elswiok (her l ineage n e x t , I hope, to show t h e genera­t i o n s bridges) may find a way to have someone Xerox deceased Adam 0.Heck'a much

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data now with Hietor ian Glenn D.Lough of Fairmont .as . to old s e t t l e r s ^ d a t a cmTour i a r ly 1788 & on land sa l e s &o work of our D a v i C S ^ f e ^ son of David CI."J They were a l a r g e , d i e t a n t c e separated family,David a t r ave lb r Salesman^after land days s a l e s over „ o"he re turned to NJ" . . # 81 t rave led a l o ig d is tance to the Paw Paw region to see b r o t h e r s / r e l a t i v e s for pension data"&o.

Some l ived on the . . " .Grea t Anderson & Clayton Tract . ." .Rugged country e m Old v a . From Fairmont & Bessie R.01.Sample Yoder,Ethel & myself snaked over t o Jenkins Ky. . With my post cbl lege Big 8 CPA firm of Arthur Young was on a U t i l i t y audit in Lexington ,Ky. A f u l l month , a t time of the races ,wa had "Murphjr in a door" b e d s . . Worked Sundays, once I got out to see the race t r ack , tobacco barns & r e c a l l walking about & heard some l i t t l e black g i r l s s ay ing . . " l i ke the white folks have . " " . Couple of stunners, f u l l month,in Atlanta,& Tex-Arkana(I thijik) const ruct ion &c payro l l s . .0 50C per day . . I^began with Arthur Young 8/1928 ,ou of UrBinus, a t #125. per month; v i a Warren Nissleys' ,chmn of AICPA placement Cora mi t tee (An AY pa r tne r ,o f Pr inceton, $150.. 2nd y r , $175 beg.8/30) . Was on one of t h e i r audi t s of a l a rge Brokerage when ffr^cjb 1929 Blaok Friday Oot 1929ucrfcs occurred, Looked South over T r i n i t y Church & Yard,NYCity. My advice buy ic hold ASBcT, non-nucleur u t i l i t i e s ( when o i l gets scarce & double our current $20. pe

1 b a r r e l t h e y ' l l say hooray for Nuoleur Power &o,,._Better PayDividendAboveBanklnteijeet Addie Amiek Elswick's l i n e . . P o t t s ' Wm Clayton Sr I & Prudence; Wm I I ; Wmllllj.

next rfceneration our David #Sa_ah.Carter 0 1 ; whose home was a t l eas t ear ly milesirrom where the Ba t t l e of M nmouth was fought " . .6 /28 /1778) ; next her^78/83C_idn Generation-#79 Rev War Twin El isha Vlaytonfborn IsNJ^l?57-1845 #2nd E l i z . L i t t l e 10-15-1793 near Hancock,Mdl.. (6th Gen. . El i jah Clayton 1811-1873 born MQnon-galia,iVa, County, Now Marion Co.,WVa #(married) Mi l l i e A ^ s 10-31-1829,their old es t son John was in the Va. & WVa Legis la tu re before Statehood; (7th Gen.James Perry Claytonb. Marion County, died Ri tchie County,WVa.

1836 #Elizabeth Hawkins.. He had a brother Ishmael# Adeline smn. l in j ) of Winifred(Mrs.James ) Howard of Alton, I ^ i n . . , a lso a brothervDavid Lytle Cl # Zi_n ( cor rec t me on t h i s , the re were 2 David L»8?. .(8ths Osnerat ion. . 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 </' ' ' - ^ 1

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JAMES W. CLAYTON • «-caMi*TiioL-fcen~

TOWN OF W ^ T ORANGE, NEW JERSEY 30-5818D J ' \ James W. Clay ton ,29 Johnson R d . ,

O U MAY F 1 L R O N E West 0 r a n g e , N . J . 07052

Mrs. Nancy P.Spiers ,Archiv is t , Friends H i s to r i c a l Library pf Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa. 19081

1-(201) 731-3435 March 22 ,1988

Dear Mrs. Speerss Greetings,and good heal th to You,Yours,and Your i n t e r e s t s— Thank you very kindly for the several references you gave me as to lad ies tha t

do researching &o in your co l l ec t ions &o,and my f i r s t preference ,although i t f a l l s t o p a r t i e s tha t have a Swarthmore address (from land t i t l e searching in the Toms River , N .J . area,where I ' v e found i t advisable to have "Native" searchers if poss ib le j for as my mother,usually anbiased &o, & gone these 30 years , _s__-<©-__y-..".his grandfather was a th ief , and so i s h e . . " i s Mrs. Charles B. Hewland,505 N.Swarthmore Ave., Swarthmore,Pa. 19081,because the confer ence of the T i t l e of Mrs. indicates an opt imis t ic acceptance of the unce r t a in t i e s of l i f e &c and"the way the Ball Bounces". I was in tne Amphibs in the Navy,made D Days a t Saipan,Pele l lu , Iwn Jima,carr ied combat marine su r ­vivors of the La t t e r back to Hilo,and to the West Coast & conversion to a s t r a igh t 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 tha t welcome order "Drop the Bomb".

The enclosed blank check # 7543 w i l l do as a beginning,as my own l e t t e r s enc l ­osed (add i t t o your Collect ions i f you w i l l so honor i t ) a t present indicate t ha t

Line/llThe David (0) Clayton who married Sarah Carter on 3-21-1752 (30-5818B, I reca l led as 119Potts*"'5 3 ' ^ ** l P r e a e n t ) F i r s t Reformed Church,4th & Race S t s . ,Ph i l a ,Pa (NeverQuaker) says" T h i B D a v i d ° l« tna t ^ l a ^ r i p a y ^ a ^ a r t e r 3 /21- 1752 or 3 , wag^tije 4^t^eneraJ(ion ( ? ? )

from William Clayton I^Twife Pruoenca vffio came to Burl ington,N.J. then^down the* r i v e r t o T.MJ>ottC__rter "i^a^ a rea ; 2nd Generation was t h e i r son Wm.CJ.II J r & Sr who # Elizabeth Bezer; -*^A V^> | 3 rd Generation was t h e i r son Wm.Cl I I I who # Mary Marten and (_.M.Potts,Pg 122) had 6^

C h i l d r e n , the 8th & youngest i s my"David tha t # Sarah Carter in 1753". This l a t t e r co­uple had 5 Rev.War so ld ie r s & one daughter (my # 78 "Cornelius son of David" who # my Catherine Rogers;#7%.Twfci El isha; #30 Twin El i jah ; #81"01d" Noahlthese l a t t e r 3 to the Front ie rs P i t t s b u r g gWest in to present West Va;#82 Job D.Clayton who planned l e a v ­ing N.J . in 1794,but did n£t • I f you do not have Thos. Maxwell Potts,1895,"American Ancestors" (of his ,back to W_.Cl.3_t Sr tha t _ Prudence, l e t me know & I ' l l send a xerox from here,bef ore your researcher puts any time in) ) What was i t / t hey?

Query#1 Tb© preferred Researcher i s the one tha t knows about the e r r o r / i n Henry Hepburn*sEsq»s 1904 Paper 41 del ivered before the Delaware H i s to r i ca l Society ( x e r o x , c o s t « 6 , t e r r o r proved in the 1980 's , search the quar te r ly pe r iod i ca l oa l led" the Quaker Yeoman" for t h e answers. I t apparently does not"upset Pot ts* descentJabove fof my Wm.Clayton III,&sonDavid.

Query #2 What was th^nime^of V.dlliam Clayton I,Sr ' ,f l632 filed 1687 ' s jwi fe , which I now carry as Prudence . Was i t t h e i r "Oldest son" William Claytom Jr &. Sr tha t #(married,spouse ice)Prudenoe LACKFQRD in Feb. 1682/83? he born 17 May,1655 in the Par ish of St .Pancras without the H^_+OJate.City of Chichester , Suss ex, England dying in Amarioa in 1727 f a t What i s source on her? & w n e r e does she place in the generat ions? 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 tha t the c h i l -T_e-ok4_4_ __--£" The records of the Concord and Chichester MM,Chester County,Pa.,

show tha t the chi ldren of William ( J r I I I or i s he the 4th?generation? ) and Mary (MAR­TEN 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 Fr iends ' d i sc ip l ine (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 l i s t of births,However the r - D Conoord MM records do show tha t 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 t o discipl ine",and' 'perhaps they wer_ mar­led by a j u s t i c e of the Peace.7 'Both apolpgised to the i r 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. Ho­wever,David was disowned by CONCORD MM for d isuni ty on 7 July 1763,and Sarah,wife of David, was a l so disowned for d isuni ty on 8 December,17.63-f'After 1763 th i s family d i s ­appears from Quaker r eco rds , ^ ^ ^ J U ^ S S ^

t ^ ^ *|-I,JWClayton,wondered How Come tha t David and Sarah wound up in Monmouth County,N.J.

per the Rev.War Pension appl ica t ions of the l a s t 4 (#79,80,81 & 82)as being born " 2 miles from where the Ba t t l e of Monmouth was fought" on 6-28-1778. Twins Elisha #79 and #80 E l i j a per pension appl ica t ions of themselves or widows,were born Dec.11,1757.

. P v e wondered why the Bible data of 0(K)atherine Rogers Clayton 's chi ldren d idn ' t showTcornelius• #78's name... tier*a ( she?( family have bur ia l s 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) t o t a l -J.0547 ,per Trenton Sta te Library Archives Msll25 , for neg­l ec t i ng to turn-out fot t h e i r Tour of Duty on 11th Julyl780,Col.Daniel Hendrickson's Reg ' t ,Capt .Daniel Hampton's Company,Monmouth M i l i t i a . Xerox's OK i f source shown &c.

# 3 Query Where does Prudence Lackford # William # ?, f i * r in the generatdons?Vi,hati>lore0filer?

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JAMES W. CLAXTQW.

Retired 8 3 _ 2 $ ^ a ^ 7 0

TOWN OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY £ Tames Wilbur Clayton,29 Johnson Road,West Orqnge,N.J. 4/8/88 f " ^ / 0 i ( > f (1-800) 201-731- 3435) 30-5818E 0 0 i^ ^

430 Js my /mostly Clayton/log book Pg A toa i tems, 5818E i s the cont inuat ion

of a family l e t t e r repor t ,b locked over/with some Family data which may be of help to some, and explains a l o t of our t roubles when ancestors l e f t our A t l an t i c Coast Line ocwent West &o/to the f r o n t i e r s of 200 plus y e a r s . I t ' s t r iggered by page 5818D t o

the Friends H i s to r i ca l Library of Swarthmore College. The enclosed are the ear ly pages but replaced by being sh i f ted higher or lower (top/bottom/) or l e f t / r i g h t margins , to avoid los ing some d a t a . . —

GreetingsI I ' l l send the enclosed (A/ a t h ru t h i s E) which may be of i n t e r e s t , i t . would

have saved me many -JlOO. had I had i t 60 y e a r s a g o . - y ^ ^ To Burns,Kansas..Have gottennowhere forthe' excel lent proposal for the N.J.Gen­

ealogica l Society Magazine.• Have l e f t checksto have i t DOUBLE SPACED K but no go , , so w i l l you p lease re type i t , p l e a s e , and have the a r t i c l e as they des i re i t . V l ' d say leave an inch on the l e f t and r i g h t B l A * A t o f f l M M / M t / P U i W

To Pasadena, Ca l i f . , and Washington,D.C., would you please type for me,to use-here (-__eo-for t h e N.J.Gen Magazine.I a l so belong to the Monmouth,Ocean,Burlington, & Huntear-don County Hi s to r i ca l Soc ie t i es ) queries for your Zebulon,& Zephaniah Clayton ances to r s , born in(or a rea of) the Old Monmouth County of t h e colonia l days ( Present Ocean County,wh­ere my Immediate ancestors came here to about 1800 (my favor i te remark i s tha t my ahcestors have l ived wi thin 25 miles of Freehold Court House for over 300 years ( as you & others can undoubtedly say &c) ..Thanks t o Trenton S t a t e Library Ms -£$$5 (1089^ no time to checkrow 2s50 A.M.) a 70 man l i s t of Capt. John Cook's Company ,which I can ident i fy as l o c a l men of within 5 miles of the present Boean County N.J . (Toms River) Court House.

Please don ' t think the M i l i t i a ( a t l e a s t in the Shore area of "Old" Monmouth)was a strawberry short cake a r e a . . Cook,with o the rs , was bayoneted to death when the B r i t i s h took the Toms River Block House 1780 • I have 4 Rev .war ancestors on tha t l i s t . . 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 ( & va r i a t ions ) Sr; My SAR Capt. Jacob T i l ton my SAR#12171O,NJ#^0/^ 6319) ; i / i a ' s 1 4 ^ ^ i ^ J S J ^ i £ ^ ^ then my Edward Wilber/ur/ert ,my mothers s i d e . . ^J fcSfcxz ^ f j L t w & f c ^ h ^ ^

When I get Friends d a t a , I ' l l send tha t t o o . l a s wel l as severa l Hi s to r i ca l & Gen. Lib— r a t i o s . . The William Clayton I Sr Wife Prudence as of t h i s typing)(See D) was one of Wm. Penn's group, we here r e f e r him/to/him as "Governor"V/m.as he on Penn's/Gov.Markham's &o Council ,& at times in t h e i r absence &o were in effeot (per data I 've read) the boss for the time being. .Probably ro t a t ed as head of the Court as I r e c a l l .

My/ The Clayton REV.WAR ancestor i s the enoldseu" Cornelius,son of David" who was fined L 200 I one of 65 man, t o t el? 10 f* M t - for f e l l u r to tu rn out Ju lyH* 178 O for t h e i r Tour of Duty,es r e c i t e d in the enc losures^! A/a»B & C enclosed, A ^ ' »^STtmi^^^An^p

Time for me to h i t the h a y . . I ' v e missed some sleep lately,tomorrow I t o Keen College, nearby,15 miles , for an Academy of Science meet ing ; ;

To a l l of you, I»m"lazy", trying t o not '^Pull on the Batterdes too much", or"reoharging" • ^ t h e m . . . A l i v e l y I r i s h Colleen Louise O'KandfO'hara died a few weeks ago, I askel"how oome"

was t o l d she had not been fee l ing qoofl• l a t e l y . . my diagnosis ,an energetic ga l , p re Saint PaddY's day &o,she pul led oh the b a t t e r i e s too much, and the world has l o s t a worth while d i t l z e n , and she had 7 or 8 ch i ld ren , a l l doing O.K^.Let i t be a lesson to you . .

The world w i l l be a l o s e r when you are gone^^^ i a t w i l l be remembered for J00 years from now? Send in your current ancestry search f i nd ings , i f you w i l l \ a f t e r the Kamikizies a t the time of the P e l e l i u invasion I made my wi l l , l e av ing my Genealogical papers to the (then only) ex i s t i ng ) l o c a l Monmouth County His to r i ca l Sooie ty , .« I f your 'sTa duesJL------paying pa r tne r of Uncle Sam, Quit your B* aggini .Long Life to y o u ^ ^ * ^ - A ) c ^ j A - 2 *

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Mar.6, George Bernard Becker,s.of Jacob Becker & *^ r' Anna Elizabeth,da.of Christopher Frank,fr.Edikoffen (-

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Mar.6, John Grimwood,bachelor,shoemake,of Phila.city & Ann Allon, fr. haro.

~ > K a r . 2 1 , Daviji Clay top, of Chester Cp. Joiner, & ^ ( 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:

1809 Nov 4 Clayton, Ann, and John Scobey

I have never been able to find out anything further on these two, but subsequently found a number of other marriages be­tween 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.

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1 am sorry to be so tardy in .iswerin.-; your l e t t e r relevant to tie Kiarrlcitfe of Uevld 0. Clayton.

chock of the records held in Tde____3sbyterlan historical ^ociety /revealed that on ^erch 21, 175T" Deviii Olf-vt pj. of Chester bounty, and ^„roii_ carter of Chester County were united in marriage. "I'hia took piece in what is now termed the °ld First Reformed United Onurch of Curist, 4th and ilace Streets,

l i l l a Q e l p h i o j ne ^lerk at the caurcai checked the baptisms after*'

muroft 21st and could find no record of children. In your ,. - . ,* , I j t ter, you mention ii&3B±L&%&e '• t yUdLo'J efore 1757 as being in A«ew Jersey. :;ve you any idea wnere in Jersey?

ii the meant line, I ' l l keep hunting.

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~»inoe writing to you last I have come across several bits of infor­mation that juav or may not be rele\ent tc your research, in e K I S J Ol.Y Of Li'jLi'.'.,A!-:jj.. 00CITY? i'UV.LA. , by iienry Graham As.aaeed, x'hile., L, i*. averts <*• 0o 16c-/<— in the pure ese of land "bordering en the oethel line was sold tc >jm^ ________ J_r., *eb. 14. 1664-85. but he never resided on the land. In the seme "book, p'. 238 it mentions a "Judpe Clayton who, on Jan. 4, 1875 assumec3 the duties of the office."

in BHHlSTuItY OF'Cli/i-Ti'R, Chester and Its vicinity, tela. our.ty, PA. John il. wartin, -sq. lJhila. '1877, p. 10 5" mention of the Clayton i-amily. Hole (bavid m. Seren--'. **rybe this will tie in with some of your lnrornation.

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The following new Information on the ancestry of William Clayton of Chichester 1s the result of research «\ conducted 1n England by Locls E. Jones. N.

\ k . I THOMAS CLAYTON, b. ca 1500, 1s known to have made a Nw1ll In Rudgwlck parish 1557-Ju1y-04, proved

1557-Oct-05 (Consistory Court Wills Register 1553-1571, Yol. 8, p. 268, microfilm XA10/6, 1n West Sussex Records Offices, Chichester, Sussex, England). This will 1n bold writing but very faded contains no signatures and names no witnesses. Based upon the wording of the will, the maker was probably a Roman Catholic, reflecting his Norman heritage, which he would have retained despite the acts of the Reformation Parliament 1529-1536, breaking the Church In England headed by King Henry VIII away from the Church In Rome. This will, naming his wife MARGARET, a son JOHN, a daughter Alice and a son-in-law (- -) Nalovlte?, was partially transcribed by Louis E. Jones, 1984-May-21. Other children may have been named 1n the Illegible portions of the will. His children:

A JOHN CLAYTON, b. ca 1530. ^ B Alice Clayton, b. ca 1530, m. (- -) Nalovlte? fj

I John Clayton, or an unnamed brother was possibly the father of:

~ 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 - ^ f f f )

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 w i l l as youngest daughter.

1.3 WILLIAM CLAYTON, b. ca J590, w i l l dated ca 1658 copied by Louis E. Jones, 1982-Apr-16 (Chichester. Miscellaneous W i l l s 1653-1658, Vo l . 21B, p. 59, Consistory Court W i l l Register 1653-1658 STC1/21B, In West Sussex Record O f f i ce , Chichester ) , no probate located. Married ( 1 ) , 1631-0ct-30, Boxgrove par ish , _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, El izabeth Simmons. His w i l l Indicates that he was a tlmberman (lumber dea le r ) , res id ing In the Parish of Pancras wi thout the East Gate of Chichester, Sussex. I t l i s t s sons WILLIAM, Richard (not y e t 21 years of age), Thomas (not ye t 21 years of age, placed wi th Thomas Coby u n t i l the f i r s t day of May next ensuing the date of h is 21st b i r t h d a y ) ; daughters El izabeth who received a bequest of 40 s h i l l i n g s one year a f t e r h i s decease, possibly as a dowery f o r an an t i c ipa ted marriage, and youngest daughter Mary, h is ch41d by

1 h is second marriage; and grandchi ldren WILLIAM and PRUDENCE CLAYTON, ch i ld ren of W i l l i am. Also named: John -v

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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 u t

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.

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reehold Twp.,Old _anaouth County,N.J., * 2 miles from where the Bat t l e of 181i Uonmouth,,wu_ fought ( on 6-28-1778")the"pe_§ion applioat ions for 4 of the i r chi ldren,or wic-183_PenBiou I'pws , s t a t e thev were born. Where are t h e Quaker reoords that may show if t i l s aots,Waa>#78 de»j_avid ,fll, Cof Sarah Carter) was t ransfer red , excommunicated &o? After the Rev.Wai orBetterOffTo ||David ,5c Partner? David Anderson also of N.J . (Where?) i n 1783 had war vets Tr-notAskPension r?paeury Warrants for large acreages, Where do I wri te t o 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

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