Elizabeth Clayton

Elizabeth was the daughter of Philip Pendleton and Isabella Hart or Hurt. She died at the home of her son Philip Clayton in Culpeper in December of 1761 whereupon as co-executor of her husband Sam Clayton's will. Philip made the following account of the final distribution of his father's estate:

Will Bk 12 p41-2, 16 May 1763. Estate of Samuel Clayton, deceased, in account with Philip Clayton of Culpeper County, his surviving executor 1761.

There are various notations relative to expenses 1761 in regard to his mother's funeral, including attendance upon her by Dr. Michael Wallace.

Estate settlement to the children:

• 1. Paid to Nathaniel Pendleton, in the right of Elizabeth Clayton Anderson Pendleton, his wife (Joseph Anderson, deceased, being the first).
• 2. Paid to Samuel Clayton.
• 3. Paid to George Clayton.
• 4. Paid to John Clayton.
• 5. Paid to Mr. Archibald Ritchie (executor of James Jones, deceased) in right of Lucy Clayton Jones his wife.
• 6 My part of the estate (Philip).

Links

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/d007... Mrs. Katherine Cox Gottschalk, & John Bailey Calvert Nicklin. (1931). The Pendleton Family. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 39(3), 277-285. Retrieved July 12, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/4244422