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POC-2017-04 – POC, 2017 Qtr 4, Vol. XIV Issue 4

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Record Summary

Evidence Category:

Published Source

Record Type:

Newsletter

Date:

4th Quarter 2017

Individuals Mentioned:

Brenda Ajamian, Mary Akers, Isham Belcher, Ada Brackett, Bathsheba Brackett, Daniel Brackett, Hannah Brackett, Isaac Brackett III, Mary A. Brackett, Mary Ann Brackett, Mary Clay Brackett, Priscilla Brackett, Rebecca Sarah Brackett, Asa Brown, Benjamin B. Brown, Manley Brown, Dr. Michelle Brown, Sampson Burke Brown, Sheppard B. Brown, Stephen Brown, Betsey Burbank, Elizabeth Eveline Clay Butler, James Butler, Jonathan Butler, Matthew Cabiness Sr., Rev. Eleazar Clay, Elizabeth Clay, Hannah Clay, Henry Clay, Jerry Clay, John Clay, Phineas Clay, Stephen Clay, Gregg Clemmer, S. Douglas Cline, Connie Collins, Nancy Cook, Bob Cratchit, Charles Dickens, Andrew Jackson Dickson, Delitha Butler Dickson, Pat Dunford, Roberta Estes, Lucy Green, Susan Green, Elizabeth Harris, Robin Hood, Marcia Hovenden, Robert E. Lee, Joyce Lesich, Ann McFee, David Philip McPhetridge, Elijah Jeremiah Pemberton, Mary Emma Dickson Pemberton, Richard Pickwick, Linda Pittano, Charline Rambaud, Mary Richardson, Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Diane Walsh

Repository:

Clay Family Society Digital Archives

Archive Reference:

01_Pieces_of_Clay/2007-2025

Summary

Focused on 2018 Gathering, Clay Field Trip in Chesterfield County, VA, Member Queries, Gathering Travel Tips – Doug Cline President

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Source Citation

Pieces of Clay, Clay Family Society, (Fall 2017): 8 pages; CFS Archive ID POC-2017-04.

Historical Context

Based on the provided document, here are the key genealogical findings and lineage details:

Immigrant Ancestry: John Clay, an immigrant who arrived in Jamestown two hundred years before Charles Dickens, is believed to possibly originate from a branch of Clays living in and around Nottinghamshire, England.

Virginia Historical Sites:
* Rev. Eleazar Clay (1744–1836), a kinsman of statesman Henry Clay, led the establishment of the Chesterfield Baptist Church in 1773. His overgrown gravesite is located in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
* The barrel-vaulted tomb of Eleazar’s son, Phineas, is located and protected in the Brandermill neighborhood.
* The grave of Henry Clay (1672–1760) is also located in the Chesterfield area.

Mary (Clay) Brackett Ancestry Inquiry: Research is ongoing for the parentage of Mary Clay (born \~1790–1793, green-lighted in the Milton, New Hampshire area). She married Isaac Brackett III in 1819 and had seven children (Daniel, Rebecca Sarah, Hannah, Mary A., Bathsheba, Ada, and Priscilla) before dying in Vermont in 1830.

Elizabeth Eveline (Clay) Butler Lineage: Member research traces a direct line back to immigrant John Clay through Elizabeth Eveline (Clay) Butler (abt. 1812–1888). She was the daughter of Stephen Clay and Elizabeth Dearing, and a great-granddaughter of Henry Clay and Lucy Green.

New Member Lineages:
* David Philip McPhetridge and Charline Rambaud descend from Matthew Cabiness Sr. and Hannah Clay, who married in Prince George Co., Virginia, in 1734.
* Brenda Ajamian descends from immigrant John Clay through the marriage of Isham Belcher and Elizabeth Clay.