| Birth: | 8 Dec 1632 in Chichester, Surrey, England or Boxgrove Sussex, Eng. |
| Death: | Aug 1689 in Philadelphia PA |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | William CLAYTON b. 1588 in Rudgwick, West Sussex, Eng |
| Mother: | Joan SMITH (WIFE #1) |
| Changed: 7 Jul 2003 |
| Spouses & Children |
| Prudence LANCKFORD (Wife) b. 8 Dec 1638 in London, England | |
| Marriage: | 7 NOV 1653 in St. Pacras Parish, chichester, Sussex, England |
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| Notes |
Note: Came on the ship:KENT on 16 Aug 1677. Source: The People's History of Claiborne Co. TN, 1801-1988, p.161
William Clayton was acting governor of Pennsylavania,1684-85 under William Penn.
Sources: Some Quaker Families compiled by Roger S. Boone
"The Parentage of William Clayton , Quaker Immigrant to Pennsylvania: A Correction" by Charles Hansen,p.169-171 THE GENEALOGIST
The Quaker Yeomen, vol 11, no. 4, 1985
"A Calendar of the Parish Register of Boxgrove, sussex, 1560-1812" compiled by W.D. Peckham, pp. 40-43 (baptisms), 109, 112 (marriages), 152 (burials)
William Clayton, a Quaker, immigrated with his family in 1677 on the ship KENT and sttled in Pennsylvania. He participated actively in the colony's affairs, serving as a judge and a member of teh Governor's Council. The decree grantling lettersof administration on his estate, filed in 1689, describes him as a carpenter of Chichester, Chester County Pennsylvania.
Calendar of Wills in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Chichester, 1484-1800 (Index Liabrary, 49, London, 1915)
Consistory Court of Chichester, Recorded Wills 18:76
History of Chester County Pennsylvania, with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, p. 498
Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684 by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., pp. 139-140
A genealogy of Clayton, Reynolds, Beals Brown, and Descended and Related Lines by James E. Bellarts, pp. 26-31
The Clayton Family by Henry F. Hepburn (papers of the Historical Soc. of DE), pp. 12-20
The Welcome Claimants, Proved, Disproved and Doubtful, with an Account of Some of Their Descendants by George McCracken ()Publications of the Welcome Soc. of Pa., 1970, pp.120-122
The Compendium of American Genealogy, vol. 7: pp. 214-215 by Frederick a. Virkus
Society of Friends, from the Monthly Meeting of Lewes and Chichester in County Sussex, 1126:41
A Calendar of the Parish Register of St. Pancras, Chichester, 1558-1812 (a copy at the Liabrary of the Gen. Soc. of Utah, Salt Lake City) p. 49
Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, supra, note 9, pp. 14, 34
Quaker records of Lewes and Chichester, England supra note 10, 1126:121
Tax Lists for Chester County Townships (PA): The 1715 tax list of lower Chichester: William Clayton
"Special Events" http://pages.prodigy.net/iflyual/place.txt Note: married by Richard Boughton, esq., Justice of the Peace