'Clay2'
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Families covered: Clay of Sherbrook, Clay of Sheffield, Clay of Southwell
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| William Clay of Southwell, Nottinghamshire (d 1692) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Speet of Rolleston | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Whelpdale | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Wilson | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Barbara Denman of Farsfield, Nottinghamshire = 'Barbara, dau/heir of Richard Denman of Retford' | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Joseph Clay of Southwell (d 1729) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.08.1694) Mary Cudworth (d 1706) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Benjamin Clay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Grundy (dau of John Grundy of Bleasby) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Clay of Burridge Hill | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jemima Pelham (dau of Waldegrave Pelham of Hemingham) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | (Eliza Mary) Clay (dsp 07.1806) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Thomas Scrope of Coleby (dsp 1792) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (07.05.1794) Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey (b 1744, d 1818) | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | "Many others" | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicholas Hutchinson of Southwell | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edmund Ayrton of London | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Ayrton of London | ||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue (dsp) - son, 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | son (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Lowe of Southwell | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Bridget Lee | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Barbara Clay (d 27.03.1727) | ||||||||||||||
| FMG (vol 4, p1246) reports that Barbara was William's only daughter by his 2nd wife (Barbara, dau/heir of Richard Denman of Retford) but FMG (Continuation, p39) shows that she was of his 3rd marriage. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (25.03.1677) Thomas Brailsford of Southwell | |||||||||||||||
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| Thomas Clay of Rowthorne | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Richard Clay (b c1565) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | William Clay (dsp, solicitor) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Hercules Clay of Whitecote, Mayor of Chesterfield (d 22.04.1685) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Watkinson (dau of Godfrey Watkinson of Brampton Moor) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Clay (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Alice Clay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Kent of Povey | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Anne Kent | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Sitwell | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Robert Clay of Shirbrook (Sherbrook) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Thornally | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Hercules Clay of Sherbrook (b c1640, a 1707) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Watkinson (dau of Godfrey Watkinson of Clown) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Hercules Clay (b c1680, a 1708) | ||||||||||||||
| This is possibly the Hercules who is shown by FMG (vol 1, MS187-8, 'Milnes', p431) as father of ... | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Clay | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Clay of Newark | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Dorothy Clay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Milnes | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Clay of Rotherham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Carver | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - Elizabeth, Sarah, Ann | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Robert Clay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Badfer | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Ann Clay | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Richard Clay of London | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Elizabeth Clay (b c1691, a 1708) | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Ann Clay sister of William ("Atty in Notts"), mentioned by FMG (vol 3, 'Richardson', p1017), possibly fits here | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Richardson of Newton & Blackwell | |||||||||||||||
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| Richard Clay of Chesterfield, later of Sheffield (d 07.1737) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Joanna Rawson (b c1669, d 24.02.1747, dau/coheir of John Rawson of Walkley) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Joseph Clay of Bridge House, 'near Sheffield' (bpt 22.02.1712, d 22.06.1797) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Speight (bpt 21.06.1711, d 25.01.1748 , dau/coheir of Arthur Speight of Attercliffe) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Clay of Attercliffe (b 1745-6, d unm 28.03.1786) | ||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue (d infant) - Speight, Jane | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (25.02.1753) Sarah Elmsall (dau of Ralph Elmsall of Thornhill) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | John Clay (b 1755-6, d unm 24.06.1796) | ||||||||||||||
| E. | Ellen Clay (b 1755-6, d 19.06.1834) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.03.1786) George Bustard Greaves of Page Hall (son of George of Sheffield by dau of Richard Bustard of Lotherton) | |||||||||||||||
| Their 2nd son "took the name of Elmsall ... in grateful respect to the memory of his maternal relation William Elmsall of Brierley-manour". | |||||||||||||||
| F.+ | other issue (d infant) - Joseph, Elizabeth, Elmsall | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Rawson Clay of Sheffield (d 1734) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Margaret or Mary Clay (b 1692-3, d 05.1719) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Chamberlaine | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (10.08.1731) James Allot of Chriglestone & Attercliffe | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Elizabeth Clay | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.001.1720) William Humpton (cleric in Sheffield, curate of Ecclesall) | |||||||||||||||
| 5.+ | "Many other children, most of whom died young" | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : FMG (Continuation, 'Clay of Southwell', p39)
(2) For middle section : FMG (vol 3, MS346, 'Clay', p837)
(3) For lower section : 'The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York' ('Hallamshire', Joseph Hunter, 1819, 'Pedigree of Clay of the Bridge-Houses, &c.', p231)
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