Record Summary
Evidence Category:
Published Source
Record Type:
Newsletter
Date:
July 1966
Individuals Mentioned:
Joel T. Adams, Robert Aikin, Luraney Alston, Jessie Erwin Anderson, Harriet Andrews, Ann [surname illegible], Jane Apperson, Frances Armstead, Mary Ashmead, Julius Bare, Clara Barnett, Wm. Barnett, William Barrett, Mary Bass, Eva Beasley, Archibald Bedford, Benjamin Bedford, Littleberry Bedford, Stephen M. Bedford, Thomas Bedford, George M. Bedinger, James Bennett, Mary Lee Darby Black, John T. Blair, Marie Anne Melanie Picot de Boisfeuillot, Robert Bolton, John M. Boyd, H. Henry Breaux, W. P. C. Breckenridge, Mary F. Brooks, Abigail Brown, John Bruce, Marie Brummer, John Bunch, Martha Burfoot, Lawson Burford, Kittie West Burns, Nannie Bradley Bynum, Louise Campbell, Misses Carpenter, Mary Chappell, Sarah Chappell, Frank Chase, Frank B. Cheatham, Aaron Clay, Abia Clay, Addie Clay, Albert Clay, Alfred L. Clay, Alice Carneal Clay, Alice Clay, Amelia Field Clay, Amey Clay, Anderson Clay, Andrew Clay, Ann Brown Clay, Ann Clay, Ann Clayton Clay, Ann Elizabeth Clay, Anna Belle Clay, Anna Clay, Anne Clay, Anne Field Clay, Annie Clay, Annie Louise Clay, Archer Clay, Artemus Clay, Asa Clay, Athius Clay, Bartly Clay, Belle Lyman Clay, Betsy Clay, Bettie Burford Clay, Bettie Clay, Betty Clay, Blanche West Clay, Boyle Clay, Brutus J. Clay, Brutus Junius Clay, Buckner Clay, Caleb Clay, Calhoun Green Clay, Callie Clay, Caraliza Clay, Caroline Clay, Caroline M. Clay, Carrie Franklin Clay, Cassius M. Clay, Catherine Clay, Charity H. Clay, Charles Clay, Charles Donald Clay, Charles Henry Clay, Charles M. Clay, Charlotte Elizabeth Clay, Christina H. Clay, Christopher F. Clay, Christopher Field Clay, Clarence H. Clay, Clarissa Clay, Clement C. Clay, Clement Claiborne Clay, Clement Comer Clay, Curtis Clay, Cynthia Clay, Cyrus B. Clay, Cyrus Beverly Clay, Cyrus Douglas Clay, Daniel Clay, DeWitt Clay, DeWitt Clinton Clay, Docia W. Clay, Dora Clay, Dorcas Clay, Dorothy Clay, E. H. Clay, E. W. Clay, Editha Clay, Edward Clay, Edward F. Clay, Eleazer Clay, Elenore Clay, Elias Davidson Clay, Elijah Clay, Eliza Clay, Elizabeth Clay, Elizabeth I. Clay, Elizabeth Lewis Clay, Elizabeth M. Clay, Elizabeth W. Clay, Ellen L. Clay, Elodie Clay, Elsie Clay, Elwood R. Clay, Emanuel Clay, Emma Clay, Ernelene Clay, Evan Clay, Evelina L. Clay, Ezekiel Clay, Ezekiel Field Clay, Fannie Jane Clay, Fanny Clay, Farmer Clay, Francis Clay, Frank W. Clay, George Clay, George Hudson Clay, George R. Clay, George W. Clay, Georgia A. Clay, Gerald R. Clay, Gerald S. Clay, German Clay, Granville Clay, Green Clay, Greenville Clay, H. P. Clay, Halinda Clay, Hannah Clay, Harold T. Clay, Harriet Clay, Harriett Clay, Harry B. Clay, Harry Boyle Clay, Harry Clay, Hattie B. Clay, Henrietta Clay, Henry B. Clay, Henry C. Clay, Henry Clay, Henry Grady Clay, Henry R. Clay, Herndon Clay, Hiram Clay, Honor Clay, Hugh Carrington Clay, Hugh Lawson Clay, Ida H. Clay, Indiana [?] Clay, Irving A. Clay, Isaac Clay, Isabella Edwards Clay, Isabella Reed Clay, J. F. Clay, Jack H. Clay, Jack L. Clay, Jack Lynn Clay, Jackson W. Clay, James B. Clay, James Brown Clay, James Clay, James L. Clay, James M. Clay, James Mitchell Clay, James Powell Clay, James R. Clay, Jane Clay, Jane Ellen Clay, Jane M. Clay, Janie C. Clay, Jefferson Clay, Jeremiah Clay, Jesse Clay, Jettie Susan Clay, Jinny Clay, John A. Clay, John Clay, John H. Clay, John Harris Clay, John L. Clay, John Morrison Clay, John R. Clay, John W. Clay, John Withers Clay, Jordan Clay, Joseph Clay, Joseph W. Clay, Josephine Clay, Joshua Clay, Judith C. Clay, Judith Clay, Judyan [?] Clay, Junius Axel Clay, Junius Brutus Clay, Junius P. Clay, Kate Clay, Kate Longvrorth Clay, Keldsh [?] Clay, L. H. Clay, Laura Clay, Lavinia Clay, Lemuel Clay, Letty Clay, Levi Clay, Lew A. W. Clay, Lizzie Clay, Louana Clay, Louisa H. Clay, Louise Clay, Lucinda Clay, Lucretia Hart Clay, Lucy A. Clay, Lucy Clay, Lucy Jacob Clay, Lula Clay, Lula L. Clay, M. A. Clay, Macah Clay, Malinda Clay, Malison E. Clay, Mamie Clay, Marcus Clay, Marcus L. Clay, Margaret Clay, Margarett Clay, Maria A. Clay, Maria Clay, Mariah A. Clay, Mark Clay, Marston Clay, Marstone Clay, Martha Clay, Martha Davenport Clay, Martha H. Clay, Martha Jane Clay, Martha Swenton Clay, Mary A. Clay, Mary Agnes Clay, Mary Alice Rogers Clay, Mary Ann Clay, Mary Barr Clay, Mary Catesby Clay, Mary Clay, Mary E. Clay, Mary Jane Clay, Mary L. Clay, Mary Lee Clay, Mary Lewis Clay, Mary R. Clay, Mary Robertson Clay, Mary Rogers Clay, Mary Russell Clay, Mary Warfield Clay, Maston Clay, Matilda Clay, Matthew Clay, Mattie Clay, Micajah Clay, Michael Clay, Mildred Clay, Milly Clay, Milton F. Clay, Miriam Clay, Monroe J. Clay, Nancy Ann Clay, Nancy Clay, Nannie Clay, Nannie Woodford Clay, Nathan Clay, Nathaniel Clay, Nathaniel Hart Clay, Nestor Clay, Nettie L. Clay, Nina Clay, Obed Clay, Odin Clay, Odin Green Clay, Oliver B. Clay, Oliver Clay, Orville Martin Clay, Parnell Clay, Patsy Clay, Pattie Clay, Patty Clay, Paul A. Clay, Paul Aurelius Clay, Paul Carrington Clay, Paul Clay, Paul Hogan Clay, Paulina Clay, Pelina Clay, Peter Clay, Phineas Clay, Phoebe Clay, Physic Ridley Clay, Polley Clay, Polly Clay, Povall Clay, Priscilla Clay, Rachel Clay, Ralph Augustus Clay, Ralph Clay, Rebeca Clay, Rebecca Clay, Rebekah Clay, Rev. Eugene F. Clay, Rev. Slater Clay, Robert Bell Clay, Robert Clay, Robert Lee Clay, Robert T. Clay, Robert Young Clay, Rodes Clay, Rose Victoire Clay, Rozanna Clay, Rufus Clay, Ruth Ballow Clay, S. M. Clay, Sabina Clay, Sabrina Clay, Sallie Clay, Sally Ann Clay, Sally Clay, Sally E. Clay, Sally Frances Clay, Sally Manson Clay, Samuel Boyle Clay, Samuel Brooks Clay, Samuel Clay, Samuel Henry Clay, Samuel T. Clay, Sarah A. Clay, Sarah B. Clay, Sarah Clay, Sarah Levels Clay, Sarah Woolfolk Clay, Seth S. Clay, Sidney Clay, Sidney D. Clay, Sidney Green Clay, Sidney Payne Clay, Sidney Reed Grundy Clay, Silas Clay, Sophia Clay, Stephen Clay, Susan A. Clay, Susan Clay, Susan Elizabeth Clay, Susan Hart Clay, Susan Jacob Clay, Susanna Clay, Sydni [sic] Clay, T. B. Clay, Tabitha Clay, Tacitus Clay, Tacitus Thomas Clay, Tassie E. Clay, Telitha P. Clay, Temperance Clay, Theodore Wythe Clay, Thomas C. Clay, Thomas Clay, Thomas H. Clay, Thomas Hart Clay, Thomas J. Clay, Thomas Jacob Clay, Thomas Julian Clay, Thomas Savage Clay, Thos. E. Clay, Tinker West Clay, Tolbing Clay, Tula Clay, Virginia C. Clay, Virginia Clay, W. D. Clay, W. H. Clay, Walter Clay, William B. Clay, William Clay, William E. Clay, William Le Conte Clay, William Lewis Clay, William Mitchell Clay, William R. Clay, William Young Clay, Willis Clay, Wirt Lee Clay, Woodford Clay, Woodie Clay, Woodson H. Clay, Woodson Hobson Clay, Woody Clay, Zelpha Clay, W. L. Collins, Clement Comer, Rebecca Comer, L. G. Connell, Robert M. Conner, Jesse Cook, Rodney G. Cook, Leroy F. Cornwell, Milly Cowden, Spotswood Dabney Crenshaw, Joseph A. Cronk, Thomas Cumming, Amanda Currie, Seth John Cuthbert, Mary V. Daily, Thos. Darte, Henry B. Davenport, William Davenport, Anne C. E. Davies, Editha Davies, Martha Davis, Sally L. Davis, Polly Callahan (née Dawson), Thomas Dawson, Sarah (Sally) Dearing, William Dever, Alexander Dimlap, Rebecca Douglas, Mary Dumvelle, Julie Duralde, Martin Duralde, Wm. L. Earhart, Martha Edwards, Sarah Edwards, Patsy Eldridge, Amelia Field, Anne Field, Pattie Amelia Field, Rachel Finch, William Finch, Lalla Rookh Marsteller (née Fish), Ratliff Fisher, Sarah Fletcher, William Flournoy, John C. Forries, Calvin D. Foster, Margaret Francis, Dan M. Frazier, Edward Gabble, Robert Price Gann, Lawrence B. Gardiner, Jas. W. Gardner, Mary E. Garrett, Lucy Ann Gassoway, John Gay, Martha Gilbert, Irene Glasco, Lizzie M. Goodman, Charlotte (Grigsby) Gordon, Mary C. Gordon, Annie Gratz, William R. Gray, Alston Hunter Green, Lucy Green, Martha Green, Sophia Grosch, Cynthia G. Guyan, Elizabeth Habersham, Barbara Halfacre, Emily Halfacre, C. E. Hall, Vernon J. Hansen, Manerve Hansett, Mary Blythe Harris, Lucretia Hart, Thomas Haxey, George W. Herod, George Washington Herod, Robert E. Herold, Hannah Hews, Elizabeth High, Thos. J. Hill, Jos. Hobson, Betty Hodges, Martin V. Holt, Elizabeth Hows, Elizabeth Hudson, William Huffman, Marion Hundley, Patsy Ingram, E. Irvine, Maria Jacob, Louisa Johnson, Madison C. Johnson, Oliver Johnson, William Johnson, Ruth (Clay) Jones, S. Bruce Jones, William Voorhies Judson, C. A. Kaliberg, Nancy B. Keen, Oliver McDowell Keen, Minnie Frances Kemp, Wm. Kendrick, Orpha Kennedy, Ladye Ellen Kirkpatrick, Nancy M. Lamb, Patsey Lane, David Lea, Zachariah Lea, Elizabeth Noble Lee, Ann Legardere, Brumet Lerry, Hopkins Lewis, Mary Fenwick Lewis, Sally Lewis, Samuel Lewis, Stephen Lockett, Pattie T. Lyman, Thelma Frances Magruder, Alfred Mann, Thos. Marefield, M. Markwater, David Marshall, John Marshall, Barkley Martin, Matthew Martin, Matilda W. McAllister, Decius McCreery, Robert McCreery, Vibella McCreery, Mary McMurty, Ann McNealous, George Meeker, Marie Mentelle, Mary Coles Meriwether, J. Frank Merrick, Milly [surname illegible], Mary Mitchell, Sally Mitchell, Robert L. Moore, Fanny Morris, J. Phillip W. J. Morrisett, Marlin M. Morrison, Alexander Murray, Margaret Muse, M. E. Myers, John Naylor, Fanny Russell Neill, Phoebe Newby, Elizabeth Noble Lee, Ann Legardere, Brumet Lerry, Hopkins Lewis, Mary Fenwick Lewis, Sally Lewis, Samuel Lewis, Stephen Lockett, Pattie T. Lyman, Thelma Frances Magruder, Alfred Mann, Thos. Marefield, M. Markwater, David Marshall, John Marshall, Barkley Martin, Matthew Martin, Matilda W. McAllister, Decius McCreery, Robert McCreery, Vibella McCreery, Mary McMurty, Ann McNealous, George Meeker, Marie Mentelle, Mary Coles Meriwether, J. Frank Merrick, Milly [surname illegible], Mary Mitchell, Sally Mitchell, Robert L. Moore, Fanny Morris, J. Phillip W. J. Morrisett, Marlin M. Morrison, Alexander Murray, Margaret Muse, M. E. Myers, John Naylor, Fanny Russell Neill, Phoebe Newby, Alex Norval, Betsy Nunnally, Robert Partee, Geo. D. Penn, Ezekial W. Polk, Patsy Porter, Rachel Povall, Effie May Powell, C. Powers, Julia Prather, Alice Price, Anna C. Quincy, Jane Rhodes, Jas. Richardson, Jos. Richardson, Lula Riggins, Bettie Robertson, Robey [surname illegible], William Rodes, Sarah Rogers, Amelia Russell, John C. Russell, Josephine Erwin (née Russell), Betsy Sanborn, Sarah [surname illegible], Sally Sarmus, Mary Saunders, Mary Ann Savage, Geo. C. Sawyer, Sarah I. Sevier, Rebeccah Shaw, S. Shaw, Wm. Shields, Jasper D. Sircy, Fanny Smith, John Speed Smith, Z. F. Smith, Elisha Stewart, Joseph Stiles, Eliza Still, Joanna Pierce Stoddard, Victoria Stoddard, May Lindsay Stoner, Edward A. Strong, Daniel Sullivan, Mary P. Talley, Allen Taylor, Thad. N. Terrill, William Thaxton, Mary Bell Thomas, Pauline Thornhill, William G. Thornhill, Frank Thornton, Jas. R. Tisdale, Edward Trabue, Magdalene Trabue, Geo. Trafford, Virginia Caroline Tunstall, Margarette Turner, Frances Turpin, Sarah Turpin, Geo. Tyler, Hannah Tyree, Cornelia Walker, William Wallace, Mary Jane Warfield, Sallie Carneal Warfield, Susanna Watkins, Caroline Wells, Carter Helm Wells, J. S. West, Martha Ann West, Elizabeth Whitehead, Mary Wigginton, Mary Wilkinson, Eliz. Williams, Elizabeth Williams, Polly Williams, Hannah Wilson, Rebecca Winn, Susanna Claiborne Withers, Margaret Wood, Patsy Woodall, Mary L. Woodford, Susan E. Wornall, Ruth Young
Repository:
Clay Family Society Digital Archives
Summary
The Clay Family Quarterly, The Clay Family Association, July 1966
Clay Line: Genealogy
Asset
Source Citation
The Clay Family Quarterly, The Clay Family Association, Vol. 1 No. 3, (July 1966): 18 pages; CFS Archive ID CFQ-1966-03.
Historical Context
Historical Genealogies: The publication highlights Mary Rogers Clay’s 250-page genealogy from the 1899 work *”The Clay Family,”* which tracks the extensive lineage of John, the Grenadier. This includes deep generational tracking of descendants through lines such as Charles (1638–1686), Henry (1672–1760), and Charles (1716–1789). Another detailed chart details the descendants of Joseph Clay of Savannah, Georgia (1741–1804).
Bible & Personal Family Records: Primary family data includes the Bible record of Archer Clay (b. 1780), who married Elizabeth High in 1807 and had seven children. Additionally, dictionary records from Dr. Paul Carrington Clay detail the family of Marstone Clay, documenting births spanning 1811 to 1824, including Paul Clay (b. 1815).
Member Lineages: Two comprehensive member lines are presented. One tracks James Powell Clay’s ancestry back to John Clay (ca. 1730) of Chester, New Hampshire. The second tracks Robert Young Clay as a direct descendant of John, the Grenadier, through Thomas (b. 1745).
Public Census Records: 1850 and 1860 census transcriptions identify several Clay households living in Lawrence County, Kentucky, and Wayne County, Virginia. These entries record ages, occupations, and birth states—notably tracking individuals born in Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
Marriage Records: The issue catalogs early historical marriages for individuals with the Clay surname, compiled from pre-1810 records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and extensive county records across the State of Tennessee.