Record Summary
Evidence Category:
Published Source
Record Type:
Newsletter
Date:
October 1967
Individuals Mentioned:
Mary Agnes Abney, George L. Anthony, James Daniel Anthony, Daniel C. Arnold, Nathaniel Bacon, John Bayly, William Bayly, James E. Belle, Samuel Blair, John Brantley, Alexander Belle Brent, John Bruce, Richard Chapman, Sarah B. Chappell, Thomas Chappell, Roy Claiborne, Abraham Melvin Clay, Alice Clay, Anna Elizabeth Clay, C. C. Clay, Carrie Clay, Charles Clay, Charles Edward [Clay], Charles H. Clay, Charles Paul A. Clay, Daniel Clay, Edward Clay, Eleazer Clay, Francis Clay, G. R. Clay, Green Clay, Henry Clay, Henry Brevard Clay, Henry Francis Clay, Henry M. Clay, James Clay, James Franklin Clay, John Clay, John Clay Jr., Joseph Clay, Judith Clay, Katherine Belle [Clay], Larkin J. Clay, Levi Clay, Malcolm Clay, Margaret Clay, Mary Ann Elizabeth [Clay], Mary Delia Clay, Mary Mitchell Clay, Matthew Clay, Michael Clay, Obed Clay, Oscar Clay, Paul Aurelius Clay, Pauline S. Clay, Peter Clay, Robert Clay, Samuel Clay, Slator Clay, Soloman Clay, Thomas Clay, Thomas Charles Clay, William Clay, William H. Clay, John Coates, Rebecca Comer, William Corker, R. H. Corley, William Covington, E. Dabney Crenshaw, Thomas Cumming, Thomas Dale, Editha Davies, John Davis, Francis H. Donaldson, Sarah Donohoo, Ralph Dougherty, William Draper, Amelia Field, Christopher Field, Pattie Amelia Field, Amey Fowlkes, Carrie Franklin, Abraham Green, Amey Green, Elizabeth Green, Lucy Green, Martha Green, Sidney Green, Thomas Green, John Greer, Higgerson Grubbs, Edward Guy, Thomas Guy, Arthur B. Hancock, Arthur Boyd Hancock, Arthur Clay Harris, August Harris, Lillian Sarah Harris, Margaret Elizabeth Harris, Harriot Harrison, Mary Eliza Herndon, Francis Hook, Constance Hopper, Cora Constance Hopper, Sussannah [Horrinan?], John Hoy, John G. [J.?], John James, Nancy Wilson Johnston, Tacitus Thomas Johnston, Green Jones, Lucy Jordan, Brutus Junius, Archie W. Ladd, William Ladd, David Lea, Zachariah Lea, Douglas P. Lewis, Sally Lewis, William London, Belle Lyman, Ada Courtney Mallory, John Mallory, Stephen Marston, Martha Martindale, Elizabeth Mastin, Lucille Meredith, Richard Millton, Mary Mitchell, William Mitchell, Katherine S. Moore, Rachel Morton, Charles Muse, John Muse, Margaret Muse, Sabrina Muse, Sally Osborne, Frances Powell Otken, J. H. Peebles, Maria Hensley Pepper, Robert Pepper, Susan Pepper, Katherine Porter, Martha K. Porter, Leonard Povall, Mattie Povall, Rachel Povall, Samuel Povall, Loner Alice Rogers, John Sappington, Thomas Savage, Elizabeth Starling, John R. Steele, Thomas Stegg, Alma Swain, Margaret Teggy, Tassie Elizabeth [Thornhill], William George [Thornhill], Henry Thornton, Mary B. Towles, Harriet Trevillian, Anna M. Trotter, Margaret W. Trotter, William R. Trotter, Laura Lloyd Wainwright, Jeremiah Walker, Alice Clay Wallace, Mary Hamilton Wallace, William Hamilton Wallace, Jane Warfield, Mary Jane Warfield, Alice Watkins, Henry Watkins, John Watkins, Joseph Watkins, Mary Watkins, Mary (Polly) Watkins, Mary Louise Watkins, Nathaniel Wilkinson, Matthew Williams, Elinor Wise, Hollis Wright, Michael Wright
Repository:
Clay Family Society Digital Archives
Summary
The Clay Family Quarterly, The Clay Family Association, October 1967
Clay Line: Genealogy
Asset
Source Citation
The Clay Family Quarterly, The Clay Family Association, Vol. 2 No. 4, (October 1967): 42 pages; CFS Archive ID CFQ-1967-04.
Historical Context
Based on the compiled records, key genealogical findings regarding the Clay family include:
* Early Immigrants: John Clay arrived in Virginia in 1613, followed by his wife in 1623. He patented 1,200 acres in Charles City County in 1635. Other early Virginia immigrants include Francis Clay (Northumberland County, 1649), Edward Clay (1650), and Thomas Clay (1646). Jonas Clay was recorded in Salem, Massachusetts, around 1668.
* Prominent Descendants: Charles Clay of Henrico County (d. 1686) participated in Bacon’s Rebellion. His son Henry (1672–1760) married Mary Mitchell. Through their son John, they are identified as the ancestors of the statesman Henry Clay.
* International Connections: Robert Clay, son of Richard Clay of Derbyshire, England, married Hannah Slator. Their son Robert emigrated to Philadelphia in 1707 or 1708, marrying Anne Curtis in 1710. This line includes Slator Clay and Jehu Curtis Clay, the first English rector of Gloria Dei Church in Philadelphia.
* Military and Public Service: Multiple family members served in the American Revolution, including Lt. Matthew Clay, Capt. Thomas Clay, and soldiers Ezekiel, Daniel, and Michael Clay. Green Clay served as a Madison County justice, Kentucky legislator, and town trustee.
* Geographic Expansion: Beyond Virginia, extensive public, census, and land grant records trace branches of the family expanding into Tennessee (e.g., Bedford, Grainger, and Smith counties), Missouri, Delaware, and Vermont.
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