'Clayton03'
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Families covered: Clayton of Chesters, Clayton of Clayton Hall (Yorkshire), Clayton of Newcastle, Clayton of Oakenshaw
| BP1937 identifies the arms of this family as "Arg., a cros engrailed sa., between four torteaux". | |||||||||||||||
| John Clayton of Clayton Hall in High Heyland, Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Clayton of Clayton Hall (d c1585) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anguis Thornhill (dau of John Thornhill of Fixby) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Clayton (dvpsp?) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | William Clayton of Oakenshaw, Yorkshire (d c1627) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Cholmley (dau of Jasper Cholmley of the East Riding (then Highgate?)) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Clayton of Oakenshaw (b 1591-2, d 04.1671, Recorder of Leeds) | ||||||||||||||
| Dugdale shows John's (1st) wife Elizabeth as dau of _ Clitterne of Kent but BLG1937 identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Fitzwilliam (dau of Gerard Fitzwilliam of Bentley) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Clayton (b c1620, a 1666, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | James Clayton, sometime of Dircar (b c1624, a 1666) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Prudence Burdett (dau of Bartholomew Burdett of Walton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | James Clayton (d 12.08.1705, Rector of Wensley then Sedgefield) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.1674) Catherine James (bur 28.02.1721, dau of Nathaniel James of Langar) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Nathaniel Clayton, Sheriff then Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (d 22.05.1755) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.09.1703) Anne Snow (dau of Cuthbert Snow of Newcastle) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Nathaniel Clayton (d 10.08.1786, Rector of Ingram, Vicar of Kirkwhelpington) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.04.1749) Grace Fenwick (d 06.03.1786, dau of Nicholas Fenwick of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Nathaniel Clayton (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Robert Clayton, Sheriff then Mayor of Newcastle (a 1817) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.10.1776) Sarah Harriet Bell (dau of Robert Bell of Bedlington) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1))+ | 8 sons | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Nathaniel Clayton of Chesters (d 20.03.1832) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.11.1786) Dorothy Atkinson (d 01.08.1827, dau of George Atkinson of Temple Sowerby) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Nathaniel Clayton of Chesters (b 19.07.1787, d unm 02.07.1856) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | John Clayton of Chesters (b 10.06.1792, d unm 14.07.1890, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Michael Clayton (b 10.10.1793, dsp 11.07.1847) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.01.182) Eliza Mitchell (dau of David Mitchell of London) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Richard Clayton ( b 09.03.1802, d 08.10.1856, Master of hospital in Newcastle, cleric, 5th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.1832) Mary Anne Laing (dau of Rev. Francis Laing) | |||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Jane Clayton (b 07.1798, dspm) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.04.1840) Rev. William Rice Markham of Morland | |||||||||||||||
| ((6))+ | other issue (d unm) - George (b 30.06.1789, d 04.04.1816), Matthew (b 20.10.1800, d 221.04.1867), Bridget ( 15.12.1790, d 07.11.1841), Sarah Anne (b 31.03.1795, d 02.1880), Anne (b 07.03.1797, d 10.1890), Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (d) | Sarah Clayton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.05.1787) Robert Hunter of Medomsley | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Elizabeth, Prudence, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| c | Margaret Clayton | ||||||||||||||
| Dugdale shows Margaret as wife of John Spenser of Cannon Hill. Thoresby shows as follows. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Rob. Hartley | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Margaret Hartley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joseph Washington of Wakefield | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Joseph, Benjamin, Richard of Leeds, Grace, Elizabeth, Sarah, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| m2. William Spencer | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Elizabeth Clayton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Hoskins of London | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp(s)) Elizabeth Walthal of London (widow of John Eccleston of Laundon Grange) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Clayton of London (3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| 'Le Neve's Knights' (p186+), which provides most of the following, is supported by Thoresby and the Paston sources (including TCP ('Yarmouth') which identifes Rebecca as 2nd daughter) in suggesting that Rebecca was daughter of Sir Jasper Clayton by Mary Thompson. BLG1937 shows Thomas & Mary as parents of Mary, Rebecca + 5 sons (not named). Le Neve shows Sir Jasper & Mary as parents of Mary & Rebecca plus Prudence (with no husband) plus just 3 named sons albeit numbering Andrew as 5th son. Provisionally, we presume that further research for BLG1937 determined that earlier researchers had mistakenly recorded that it was (the more famous?) Sir Jasper who had the children by Mary Thompson and not his elder brother Thomas. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Tompson (dau of William Tompson or Thompson of Tinmouth Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir John Clayton of London (3rd son?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Bowyer (dau of Sir William Bowyer of Denham, Bart, relict of William Buggins of North Crey) | |||||||||||||||
| Le Neve shows that Sir John & Alice had 6 children, 2 boys + 4 daughters, but does not name one of the daughters. Le Neve suggests that it was "one of these drs. mar. to John Lord Lovelace the other to Thomas Strickland". It appears that the unnamed daughter was ... | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Charlotte Clayton (d 12.04.1749) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c20.10.1702) John Lovelace, 4th Lord, Governor of New York (d 06.05.1709) | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - John, Jasper, Alice, Mary, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| One of the daughters married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Strickland | |||||||||||||||
| b. | George Clayton 'of London' | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hester Palmer (dau of Sir Thomas Palmer, sister of Sir Henry of Wingham, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Jasper, George | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Mary Clayton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Peter Nourse of Woodeaton | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Rebecca Clayton (d 16.02.1693/4) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1650) Robert Paston, Earl of Yarmouth | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - 2 sons (dvpsp?), Andrew, Prudence | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Sir Jasper Clayton of London | ||||||||||||||
| See the note above under Jasper's elder brother Thomas. | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Frances Clayton | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Greaves of York | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Margaret Clayton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Prior of London | |||||||||||||||
| vi.+ | other issue - William, Edward, Daniel of Norwich (clerk), George, Nathaniel of London, Jane (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Richard Clayton | ||||||||||||||
| The following is mostly supported by Visitation (Foster, Yorkshire, 1612, 'Clayton of Wakefield'). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Jennet or Joan Bentley (dau of Henry Bentley) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Daniel Clayton of Wakefield (a 1612) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Dorothy Methwold (dau of Thomas Methwold of Langford) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue (a 1612) - Richard (b c1603, d 1676), Dorothy, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane Leigh (dau of Thomas Leigh of Middleton) | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - Thomas, Ferdinand, John, others | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1937 ('Clayton late of Chester'), 'Ducatus Leodiensis' (Ralph Thoresby, 1715, p256+) with a little support from Visitation (Dugdale, Yorkshire, 1666, 'Clayton of Okenshaw')
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