'Clay1'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Clay of Crich(e), Clay of London
[Much of this page, including the whole of the upper section, was originally uploaded to a Draft page on 25.03.08. It was moved here following review & expansion using Crisp.]
| BP1934 reported (of the Clay baronets) that "This family descends from the Clays of Chapel and Crich, co. Derby". It then mentions the George Clay who married Elizabeth Calvert, identifying him as "member of a younger branch, settled for two generations at Cambridge (the elder branch terminated in the male line between 1680 and 1690)". | |||||||||||||||
| ?? Clay of Crich, Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | ?? Clay | ||||||||||||||
| A. | ?? Clay | ||||||||||||||
| i. | ?? Clay | ||||||||||||||
| a. | John Clay of Criche mentioned in Visitation (Derbyshire, 1662-4, 'Brailesford of Senor') | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | ?? Clay of Criche | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | ?? Clay of Criche | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | ?? Clay of Criche (dspms c1685) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Penelope Clay (b 1581, d 1635/55, co-heir) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Brailesford of Senor in Hucknall | |||||||||||||||
| The following connection is wholly speculative. Possibly of this generation was the progenitor of the following line of Clays. | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | ?? Clay in Cambridge | ||||||||||||||
| a. | ?? Clay in Cambridge | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | George Clay - continued just below | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1670) Elizabeth Calvert (dau of Felix Calvert of Albury Park) | |||||||||||||||
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| George Clay of Cambridge (d 07.09.1718) - continued just above | |||||||||||||||
| m. (03.1670) Elizabeth Calvert (bpt 15.01.1648/9, d 06.03.1692/3, dau of Felix Calvert of Albury Park) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Felix Clay of Enfield (a 1704, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Bolton | |||||||||||||||
| A. | George Clay (a 1704, d before 14.02.1778, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? (a 1778) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - George, Hannah, Prudence (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | William Clay of Mile End (Middlesex) & London (b c1708, d 02.1784) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Jne Clay (a 1815) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 14.02.1778) John Browning (d before 08.11.1815) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Susannah Amies | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | George Clay of London (b 1757, d 09.11.1836, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1784) Mary Moorsom (dau of Richard Moorsom of Whitby & Scarborough by Elizabeth Fairfax) | |||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, vol 14 (1906), 'Clay of Burrows Lea, co. Surrey', p81). BP1934 identifies the following William as George & Mary's only surviving son. | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir William Clay, 1st Bart (b 15.08.1791, d 13.03.1869, MP) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.09.1822) Harriet Dickason (b c1800, d 19.12.1867, dau/coheir of Thomas Dickason of Fulwell Lodge) | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | James Clay of London (d 24.12.1828) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.09.1800) Mary Emes (b c1768, d 25.12.1841) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Clay | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Mary Clay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Blunt | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Sarah Clay (d 31.03.1842) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.08.1802) Joseph Blunt of Plaw Hatch (b c1772, d 20.01.1849) | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - William of London (b 1748-9, d 21.03.1824), Thomas (d young), Felix of London (b 1754-5. d 18.04.1828) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Frances Clay (d before 14.02.1778) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Pond | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - Felix of Clapton & London (b 01.1696/7, d 27.03.1778, goldsmith), Calvert (a 1704) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Peter Clay of St. Ives, Huntingdonshire (d 02.07.1767, 6th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Judith Thorp (d 22.0.1766) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Thomas Clay (b 01.06.1688) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | daughter (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Joanna Clay (d 18.10.1745) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.02.1696/7) John Wright of St. Ives (d 22.06.1716) | |||||||||||||||
| 5.+ | other issue - George of London (d 21.10.14704, goldsmith), Calvert (a 1704), John (a 1704), Francis (b 11.07.1691, d 29.06.1692), William of Buntingford (b 31.01.1692/3, d 16.08.1780) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : as reported above
(2) For lower section : Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, Notes, vol 11 (1915), 'Pedigree of Clay', p95+), BP1934 ('Clay')
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