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William Clayton

Also Known As: "William Cleaton", "William Clatton"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Blackburn, Lancashire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: 1680 (49-50)
Richmond County, Virginia, USA, Henrico, or King William County, Virginia, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of John Clayton and Ellen Clayton
Husband of Hannah Clayton
Father of Henry Clayton, Sr.; Elizabeth Clayton; William C. Clayton, II; Hannah Clayton; Martha Cooke and 3 others

Occupation: planter
Managed by: Alison Marie Bays
Last Updated:

About William Clayton

Alternative birth dates: 1624 vs January 1630.

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Record for William Clayton (Cleaton) http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=32098021930&in...

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Ancestry Family Trees Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; @R5@

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Record for William Clayton (Cleaton) http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=32098021930&in...

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Ancestry Family Trees Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; @R5@

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Record for William Clayton (Cleaton) http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=32098021930&in...

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Old Rappahanock County Records, 1687-1690(now Totasky Cr, Richmond, Co.) St Peter's Parish, New Kent/Hanover County, ca1690-death(?).

NOTE: In St Peter's Parish Vestry Book, Mathew & Hannah were born to Abraham Cooke in 1690's. Abraham's wife, Martha, is believed to have been dau of William? Cleaton/Clayton & Hannah. After his death, Hannah (?) Clayton, widow, then married __?__ MacAllister. So, in 1704 King William Co., Hannah Mackalister appoints her "loving son in law", Abraham Cooke, her attorney in fact. Hannah, therefore, would have been Hannah (?) Clayton-McAllister. This may account for the name "Clayton Cooke" as son of William Cooke(died ca1752), believed-son of Abraham & Martha.

Specifically, see Old Rappahannock Co., Virginia Deeds between William Clayton, son of William Clayton, deceased, and wife Mary, to Abraham Cooke & wife Martha, from May, 1689, to deeds-out by Abe Cooke in 1690. (the land in these deeds was 150 acres+/- on Totasky Creek, in present-day Richmond County. 100 acres of it was purchased by William Clayton Sr from William Landman, DB8,page 58; & 50 acres belonged to "my mother's estate", meaning William Clayton, Jr's mother, also noted in DB8,page 58, dated 5/6/1689, recorded 9/4/1689.)


William Clayton was born in Lancashire, England about 1630 Came to America about 1651. He married Hannah unknown probably in Va.
Richmond Co., Va. was taken from Old Rappahannock Co., Va. Were William Clayton/Cleaton settled on land he bought from William Landman..about 100 acres ..on Totasky Creek. He married Hannah unknown. ( none proven) They had at least two children..William Jr. and Martha who married Abraham Cooke.

Name: William Clayton Arrived By: 1651 Sponsors: Tho. Tharnbrough Residence Place: Northumberland, Virginia Reference: Early Virginia Immigrants; 1623–1666 C

William died by 1680 when William Clayton (Jr.) was mentioned as an "orphan". William Clayton Jr. later sold the parcel purchased by his father in 1667. This deed, dated 1689, says "Wm. Cleaton and wife Mary Cleaton of Parish of North Farnham and County of Rappa.", for 2,000 pounds tobacco, sell to Abraham Cooke of same county and parish, fifty acres of land the which land belongeth to my mother’s plantation and (blot) hundred acres of land that she doth now live on and that my father bought of William Landman." William Clayton Sr. had
bought this 100 acres from William Landman in 1667.

Old Rappahannock Co., Virginia Deeds.. between William Clayton, son of William Clayton, deceased, and wife Mary, to Abraham Cooke & wife Martha, from May, 1689, to deeds-out by Abe Cooke in 1690. (the land in these deeds was 150 acres+/- on Totasky Creek, in present-day Richmond County. 100 acres of it was purchased by William Clayton Sr from William Landman, DB8,page 58; & 50 acres belonged to "my mother's ( Hannah) estate", meaning William Clayton, Jr's mother, also noted in DB8,page 58, dated 5/6/1689, recorded 9/4/1689

NUGENT, NELL MARION. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666. Vol. 1. Richmond [VA]:

NOTE: there has been confusion with other William Clayton families..so beware.

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William Clayton's Timeline

1630
January 1630
Blackburn, Lancashire, England (United Kingdom)
1634
February 28, 1634
Age 4
Whalley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
1651
March 25, 1651
Age 21
Northumberland Co., VA
March 25, 1651
Age 21
Northumberland Co., VA
1658
June 4, 1658
Brindle, Lancashire, England (United Kingdom)
1667
January 1667
Virginia, British Colonial America
1667
Richmond, Virginia, Colonial America
1669
1669
Richmond, Virginia, Colonial America
1670
May 1670
Putneys Mill, New Kent County, Virginia, Colonial America