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CFQ-1969-03_Vol_4_No_3

Record Summary


Evidence Category:
Published Source

Record Type:
Newsletter

Date:
July 1969

Individuals Mentioned:
Hezekiah Adkins, Agnes Lucy Arden, Daniel C. Arnold, Pauline Astor, Clifford C. Ball, Mary Louisa Boden, Thomas Bower, Thomas Brailesford, John Brailsford, O. T. Bullock, George Buxton, Roy Lee Callahan, McKinley Chapman, Robert Clarke, Abraham Clay, Abraham Clay Sarah Clay, Ada Clay, Adam Clay, Amelia Clay, Ann Clay, Anne Clay, Archibald Clay, Arden Clay, Arthur Clay, Arthur Joseph Clay, Arthur Temple Felix Clay, Arthur Travis Clay, Audrey Bulah Clay, Ava Julia Clay, B. Clay, B. M. Clay, Babe Clay, Baker Gwynne Clay, Barbara Lee Clay, Bardsley Clay, Bass Clay, Benson Clay, Bert A. Clay, Bertha Clay, Bertha M. Clay, Bertrand Clay, Bessie Clay, Betty Claire Clay, Beulah Clay, Births C. C. Clay, Born Oct J. J. Clay, Bryan Clay, Bulah Margaret Clay, C. Clay, C. C. Clay, Cal Clay, Calvin Henry Clay, Captain John Clay, Carroll Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Cec George David Clay, Colonel Cecil Clay, Charles Clay, Charles Clifton Clay, Charles Harding Clay, Charles John Clay, Charles John Jervis Clay, Charles Leigh Clay, Charles Mandeville Clay, Chester William Clay, Cl Clay, Clancy Elwyn Clay, Clara B. Clay, Cleo Josephine Clay, Clifford Charles Clay, Clifford Clarence Clay, Clyde Clay, Connie Clay, Constance Clay, Corrina Clay, Curtis A. Clay, Curtis Wayne Clay, Daniel Clay, David Clay, Davies Clay, Deal Clay, Delaware Clay, Delcie Jean Clay, Denver Clay, Died Iola Clay, Died Maggie Clay, Dixie Lee Clay, Donald Clay, Doris B. Clay, Dorothy Clay, Dorothy Lee Clay, Dwight Moody Clay, E. Clay, E. Bass Clay, Eaden B. Clay, Earl Clay, Edith Clay, Edna Grace Clay, Edward Clay, Edward Fresno Clay, Effie Elizabeth Clay, Elean Henry B. Clay, Eliazar Clay, Elizabeth Clay, Ely Eliazar Clay, Emory Clay, Englis Clay, Ernest Charles Clay, Esther Clay, Eugene Clay, Fay Clay, Faye Clay, Felix Clay, Florence Clay, Francis Clay, Frank Clay, Frank L. Clay, Frederic Leon Clay, Freida Clay, G. R. Clay, George Clay, George David Clay, Gerald Arden Clay, Gertrude Clay, Gervas Charles Robert Clay, Glen Clay, Glenn Clay, Gordon C. Clay, Griffith Clay, Harleian Socie Clay, Harleian Society Clay, Harley Clay, Harry Bascom Clay, Hattie West Clay, Hele Norma Clay, Helen Clay, Henry Clay, Henry Arthur Clay, Henry B. Clay, Henry C. Clay, Henry Charles Hastings Clay, Henry Clinton Clay, Henry Hastings Clay, Herbert Henry Spender Clay, Herschel Clay, Homer Mitchell Clay, Honor Clay, Horace Clay, Howard William Clay, Hubert Leon Clay, Humphrey Clay, Ima Clay, Ind Oscar Clay, Iola Clay, Isabella Clay, J. Clay, J. J. Clay, Jack Clay, James A. Clay, James McKinley Clay, James P. Clay, Jane Clay, Janet Ann Clay, Sir John Clay, John Albert Clay, John B. Clay, John Cec George David Clay, John Cecil Clay, John Hardstaff Clay, John Mitchell Clay, John W. Clay, John William Clay, Jonathon Clay, Joseph Clay, Joseph Spender Clay, Josephine Clay, Juanita Clay, Julia Clay, Katherine Clay, Kathryn Augusta Clay, Kathryn Rosalie Clay, Katie L. Clay, Katie R. Clay, Kelsey Clay, Kentuc Matthew W. Clay, Kermit Clay, L. Clay, L. B. Clay, Lackington Clay, Larry Clay, Laverne Clay, Lawrence B. Clay, Leah Clay, Leander Bascom Clay, Leander S. Clay, Lee Ola Clay, Leo Emerson Clay, Leona Clay, Leonard M. Clay, Leonidas Claud Clay, Leonidas Hamlin Clay, Lillian Clay, Lionel Pilleau Clay, Little Babe Clay, Lizza [OCR uncertain] Clay, Logene Clay, Lonnie H. Clay, Lottie Eva Clay, Louise Clay, Lovetta Clay, Lowell Thomas Clay, Lucille Clay, Lucinda Clay, Lucinda Emma Clay, Lucy Green Clay, M. Clay, Mabel Edith Mary Clay, Madge D. Clay, Maggie Clay, Malcom B. Clay, Mandeville Green Clay, Mantel Clay, Marcellus Clay, Marguerite Clay, Marie Clay, Marie L. Clay, Marriages C. C. Clay, Martha Green Clay, Martin Clay, Mary Clay, Mary Amelia Clay, Mary Ann Clay, Mary Bryan Clay, Mary Rogers Clay, Marybelle Clay, Matthe Katie L. Clay, Matthew Clay, Matthew W. Clay, Maud Clay, Millard G. Clay, Mitchell Clay, Molly Clay, Monroe Eden Clay, Nannie Josephine Clay, Nath Clay, Nina Clay, Norma Clay, O. Clay, Oct J. J. Clay, Octavia Clay, Oscar Clay, P. Clay, Paralee Clay, Patricia Ann Clay, Pauline Clay, Peggy Lee Clay, Penelope Clay, Permelia Clay, Phoebe Clay, Phyllis Irene Clay, Phyllis Mary Clay, Pilleau Clay, Rachel Pauline Clay, Ralph Clay, Ralph Arden Clay, Raymond Clay, Rebecca Clay, Richard Clay, Richard Leigh Clay, Rita Mae Clay, Robert Clay, Robert Cleye Clay, Robert Martin Clay, Robert Young Clay, Roberta Clay, Robertus Clay, Rogers Clay, Roselyn Clay, Rosemary Arden Clay, Ruby Mae Clay, S. Clay, Salah Clay, Sallie R. Clay, Sampson Clay, Sarah Clay, Sarah M. Clay, Senator Henry Clay, Shirley Ann Clay, Socie Clay, Society Clay, Some Clay, Some Cl Clay, Spender Clay, Spottsville Matthew W. Clay, Susan Clay, Temple Felix Clay, Theophilus Clay, Theresa Rache Clay, Theresa Rachel Clay, Thomas Clay, Traditional' Clay, Travis Clay, V. L. Clay, Virgin Henry C. Clay, Virginia Clay, W. Clay, W. C. Clay, Walter Blaine Clay, Walter Lowe Clay, Wilfrid Henry Clay, Willard Clay, William Clay, William B. Clay, William Lowe Clay, William S. Clay, Young Clay, Zere Ann Clay, Zerelda Martin Clay, John Claye, John Clayton, Richard Clayton, Mary Dannah, Stella Lee Davis, Darleno Duckwater, John Evans, William W. Gardner, Elizabeth S. J. Garrett, Richard Godbere, Ellen Greaves, D. D. Griffith, Julia Griffith, Lucretia Hall, Frances M. Hutchinson, Ella Kingery, June Lockhart, Mamie Malcolm, Henry Marcum, Lenna McCoy, John Mosher, Vernie Neace, Dixie Newsom, Meldie Newsom, R. N. Nicholas, Edna Pack, James Amos Page, Bridget Parker-Jervis, Eva Parsley, John Paterson, Stanley Patterson, Oscar Payne, Stella Pemberton, Margaret Pole, Margaret Press, Thomas Pusey, John Rains, Harvey L. Ramsey, Ethel Reed, John Rice, Anne Rickards, John Rickards, Bessie Roark, Ann Routh, Elizabeth T. Smith, John Smith, Patty Smith, James D. Spaulding, Mary Spaulding, Elizabeth Staffen, William Stevenson, Mary Straw, Lunda Taylor, Ella Violet Thornhill, Ellen Townley, Mary Vance, Mary Vickers, Jean Halden Walker, Sarah Elizabeth Waller, Henry Walser, Audrey Watts, Charles Willcockson, John Delbert Williams, Mabel Millicent Williams, Margaret Wilson, William Wilson, Emme Wood

Repository:
Clay Family Society Digital Archives


Summary

The Clay Family Quarterly, The Clay Family Association, July 1969


Clay Line: Genealogy


Asset


Source Citation

The Clay Family Quarterly, The Clay Family Association, Vol. 4 No. 3, (July 1969): 27 pages; CFS Archive ID CFQ-1969-03.


Historical Context

Surname and Origins: The surname Clay (or Claye) is historically documented as a local name from Normandy, a Danish personal name (Klee), or derived from an individual residing near a “clayey spot” in England. Early English family branches trace back to Crich in Derbyshire, with presence noted in Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Essex. In Scotland, the name is associated with the Gaelic form *Mac Dhunnshliebhe* (Macclae/Maclay).

Heraldry and Puns: Many family armorial bearings utilize a trefoil or clover, creating a linguistic pun. In German, Klee means clover, matching the trefoil symbols found in Germanic Klee-Clay coats-of-arms. Similarly, the English combination of an engrailed chevron and trefoil implies pasture land, punning on the word “clay”.

Virginia and Delaware Lines: Captain John Clay of the Jamestown colony has a traditional, unproven lineage tracing back to a Sir John Clay who was knighted in 1471. Descendants of Robert Clay (who settled in Philadelphia in 1710) claim connection to the Derbyshire line through an inherited silver tankard engraved with the family arms, though definitive proof linking the lines was historically insufficient.

West Virginia and Arkansas Branches: Large family networks are mapped through the 19th and 20th centuries, including a prominent West Virginia branch connected to John Mitchell Clay, and an Arkansas branch originating with Eaden B. Clay (born 1833 in Jackson County).

Public Records: Public registries compile precise historical nodes for the family across various regions, documenting 16th-century christenings in London, early 19th-century marriages in Ohio, Indiana, and Virginia, and census listings in Mississippi and Tennessee.
27 pages.