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AI-0013 – A Speech Given at the Jamestown Society
Record Summary
Evidence Category:
Historical Context
Record Type:
Other
Date:
MAy 6, 1995
Individuals Mentioned:
Robert Young Clay, John Clay, Sir Walter Raleigh, Miss Margaret Clay, Elizabeth I, Edward IV, Ann, Francis Clay, William Clay, Thomas Clay, Charles Clay, John Bennet Boddie, Mary Rogers Clay, Rev. Phillip Southall, Minnie Gathright Cook, James Branch Cabell, Porter Clay, Henry Clay, John Clay of Isle of Wight County, William Nicholls, Elizabeth Clay Wall, Captain John Wall, John Tate, Hannah Wilson, John Wilson, Sr., Green Clay, Samuel Argall, Sir Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick, Lord De La Ware, Elizabeth Argall Filmer, Sir Edward Filmer, Major Henry Filmer, Sir Thomas Dale, Sir Thomas Gates, Pocahontas, William Green, Lucy Green, Martha Green
Repository:
CFS Archives
Archive Reference:
AI-0013
Summary
A critical examination of the genealogical claims surrounding John Clay, an early Virginia immigrant ancestor.
Clay Line: John Clay 1613
Asset
Source Citation
A Speech Given at the Jamestown Society, May 6, 1995 by renowned Clay researcher and speaker, Robert Young Clay, (4 September 1936 – 6 May 20210.
Historical Context
he document highlights how much of the traditional narrative—such as noble ancestry, military titles, and wealthy background—lacks documentary evidence and is likely fictional. Instead, it presents the few verifiable facts about John Clay: his arrival in Virginia in 1613 aboard the ‘Treasurer,’ his documented presence at Jordan’s Journey, his land patents, and his probable descendants.