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Family of Charles Clay

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1.  DR. CHARLES3 CLAY  (JOHN2, JOHN1 CLAYE?, ESQ.)1,2,3,4,5 was born 1638 in Charles City County, Virginia, and died May 1686 in Henrico County, Virginia.  He married HANNAH WILSON6 1667 in Henrico County, Virginia, daughter of JOHN WILSON, SR.  She was born 1642 in Henrico County, Virginia, and died 1706 in Henrico County, Virginia.

 

Notes for DR. CHARLES CLAY:

Charles Clay was an officer under Nathaniel Bacon in his rebellion against Sir William Berkeley, Royal Governor of Virginia in 1676. He was a man of great wealth and scholarly tastes and possessed the finest library in the colony.

 

Charles Clay died before 1 June 1686 in Henrico County, Virginia. Hanna died before 2 August 1706 in Henrico County, Virginia

 

More About HANNAH WILSON:

Will: October 01, 1687, Recorded in Henrico County, Virginia7

 

More About CHARLES CLAY and HANNAH WILSON:

Marriage: 1667, Henrico County, Virginia

     

Children of CHARLES CLAY and HANNAH WILSON are:

              i.   MARY CLAY, b. 1664, Henrico County, Virginia.

              ii.   ELIZABETH CLAY, b. 1666, Henrico County, Virginia.

             iii.   JOHN CLAY, b. 1668, Henrico County, Virginia; d. 1723, Prince George County, Virginia.

             iv.   COL. THOMAS CLAY8, b. 1670, Henrico County, Virginia; d. 1726, Prince George County, Virginia; m. MARY HANNAH MUNNS8, Aft. 1690.

 

Notes for COL. THOMAS CLAY:

Will probated November 8, 1726

 

 

More About THOMAS CLAY and MARY MUNNS:

Marriage: Aft. 1690

 

             v.   HENRY CLAY I9,10,11,12,13, b. August 03, 1672, Henrico County, Virginia; d. August 03, 1760, "The Raells, Bailey, Chesterfield County, Virginia14; m. MARY MITCHELL, 1708, Chesterfield County, Virginia15; b. July 1693, Swift Creek, Chesterfield County, Virginia; d. August 07, 1777, Chesterfield County, Virginia.

 

             vi.   CHARLES CLAY, JR., b. 1675, Henrico County, Virginia; d. 1764, Chesterfield County, Virginia; m. SARAH MITCHELL?, 1710, Chesterfield County, Virginia.

 

Notes for CHARLES CLAY, JR.:

Charles Clay (1675-1764) deeded his land in Amelia County, Virginia in 1752 to his children as follows:

 

Thomas 150 acres, Charles and William 52 acres each, Judith 50 acres. Henry a minister died in 1751, his daughter Mary received his part. James inherited the home place at his mother Sarah's death. Dr. Grady Clay of Atlanta has the original deed from King George to Charles Clay for 304 acres dated 1737.

 

 

More About CHARLES CLAY and SARAH MITCHELL?:

Marriage: 1710, Chesterfield County, Virginia

 

            vii.   JUDITH CLAY, b. Bet. 1676 - 1677, Henrico County, Virginia.