Susannah Clayton

Samuel Clayton and Susannah, later of Southfarnham Parish, Essex Co., where she was taxed for 700 acres in 1704 as Susannah Clayton.

No proof for a maiden name of Morris.

Family

http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm?ref1=5642:3012&ref2=5...

Samuel Clayton was born at of Gloucester, Virginia Abt 1640.

He married Susannah Morris Abt 1666 at of Gloucester, Virginia . Susannah Morris was born at of Gloucester, Virginia Abt 1642 .

They were the parents of 6 children:

• Morris Clayton born Abt 1668.
• Thomas Clayton born Abt 1670.
• John Clayton born Abt 1675.
• Mary Clayton born Abt 1680.
• Jeremy Clayton born Abt 1688.
• Samuel Clayton born 30 Sep 1689

Notes

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96680073/susannah-clayton

from Robert Coleman's Day Book:

• January ye 26th, 1702, then was Robert Coleman and Mary Clayton joined in the holy estate of matrimony.
• April ye 27th 1704, then was Samuel Coleman born.
• February ye 18th 1707, then was Ann Coleman born.
• October ye 24 1709 then was Susanna Coleman born.
• My Mother [in-law] Susannah Clayton died November 6th 1710
• Susanna Coleman was born October ye 18th ye same year".".

References

• “ Sons of the Revolution in State of Virginia Quarterly Magazine, Volumes 1-2.” Page 70. GoogleBooks Samuel Clayton, of Abingdon Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, married Susanna (surname unknown) and had issue: Samuel Clayton (1687-1735), of Essex County; married Elizabeth Pendleton, and had issue: Philip Clayton (born circa 1710; died 1785), of "Catalpa," Culpeper County; magistrate and militia officer; it was in the "old field" at his home that the Culpeper Minute Men organized in 1776; married Ann Coleman, and had issue: Lucy Clayton, married William Williams. (See Williams above)
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/d000...

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Life Sketch

There is confusion as to who her parents are. Sources are all for Bowen family which suggests she might belong to them. Parents shown on family tree are Youell/Ewell family. On Internet with sources that are possibly 3rd or 4th hand, no parents are shown for her. Parentage needs to be checked further.

Susannah Morris Birth: 1654 Death: 6 Nov. 1710 at King and Queen County Virginia and Buried at Old Saint Stephens Parish Cemetery, New Kent County, Virginia Married Samuel Clayton Birth: ABT 1640 in Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co., VA Death: ABT 1702 in King and Queen Co., VA

Children of Samuel and Susannah

Samuel Clayton b. 1687/89 married Elizabeth Pendleton John Clayton b. 1675 married Mary Thomas Clayton Morris Clayton Jeremy Clayton b: BEF 1683 Mary Clayton b. 1682/86 married: Robert Coleman

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