Elizabeth Clayton

Elizabeth Whiting

• Born about 1705 in Elmington, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia
• Daughter of Henry Whiting and Anne (Beverley) Whiting. Also seen as daughter of Henry’s 1st wife Elizabeth perhaps Beverly.
• Wife of John Clayton — married 2 Jan 1723 in Virginia
• Mother of John Clayton Jr., Jasper Clayton, Ann (Clayton) Parker, William Clayton, Elizabeth (Clayton) Walker, *Sarah (Clayton) Hughes and Anne Whiting (Clayton) Davies
• Died about 1771 in Ware Parish, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Clayton_%28botanist%29

This John Clayton was born in England and is believed to have moved to Virginia around 1715 with his father, also named John Clayton, who later served as one of the Attorneys General for colonial Virginia.[3]

Rev. Clayton married Elizabeth Whiting, granddaughter of Peter Beverley. His final will names three daughters (Mary, Catherine and Lucy) and five sons, as well as granddaughters and grandsons. The most distinguished of them was William Clayton, who served for decades as clerk of the New Kent County court as well as a burgess, the first session of the Virginia House of Delegates and on the Virginia Ratifying Convention.[1] This man's daughter Mary married Patrick Henry and his son Jasper Clayton (d. 1779) died in the American Revolutionary War. His son Robert and another daughter Mary also died before their father. Other brothers were John Clayton (the eldest), and Thomas Clayton.[4] James William Clayton served as the Hanover County clerk from 1720 to 1735.[5]

Disputed Origins

From http://www.avocadoridge.com/carney/getperson.php?personID=I20837&tr...

Dr. Whiting married twice, first, Aphia, widow of Richard Bushrod and second Elizabeth, surviving in 1729 and had issue:

Children of Henry Whiting and Elizabeth Unknown

• 4. Elizabeth Whiting married John Clayton, The Botanist
• 5. Catherine Whiting married John Washington

Whiting Family published in Genealogies of Virginia Families, from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume IV, page 460

However

• “Our Kin” link shows her as daughter of Anne Beverly (dau of Peter Beverly & Elizabeth Peyton) & Henry Whiting
• http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I05161... shows her as daughter of Elizabeth perhaps Beverly, 1st wife of the 2nd Henry Whiting