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1. CAPT. WILLIAM
M.3 MITCHELL (JOHN2,
WILLIAM1)
died in
Child of WILLIAM MITCHELL and ELIZABETH INNES is:
i. MARY4 MITCHELL, b. July 1693,
Swift Creek, Chesterfield Co, VA; d. Aug 7, 1777, Chesterfield Co, VA; m. HENRY CLAY I 1,2,3,4,5, 1708,
Chesterfield Co, VA6; b. Aug 3, 1672, Henrico Co, VA; d. Aug
3, 1760, "The Raells, Bailey, Chesterfield Co, VA7.
More About MARY MITCHELL:
Cause of Death: "Flux"
Notes for HENRY CLAY I:
Henry Clay died suddenly at the supper table at the
mature age of 92 years. General Green Clay says that Henry Clay married Mary
Mitchell daughter of William and Elizabeth Mitchell. They lived and died in
Mary Mitchell Clay wife of Henry Clay was born July
1693 and died
Some researchers say Henry Clay and his wife Mary
Mitchell Clay died in
Henry Clay, 1672-1760 (?), son of Charles Clay was a
supporter of Bacon's Rebellion. Henry married Mary Mitchell in 1709. He was
left executor of his brother Thomas' estate. Henry owned large tracts of land
in Henrico, Goochland,
Henry Clay 130 acres,
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TYPE: Patent - ref CF#196 VPB 11 p242 Date: 5 Sep
1723 to William Pride Jr & Henry Clay contract 50 shillings Ref: 500 acres
on South side of Swift Creek in Henrico Co. loc -105472 -6384 F127 L0 P255
pt A) BEG at a Corner gum Standing in the great ___
of the said Creek thence line E32S; 24 poles
pt B) to a corner BlO, thence line S40e; 16 poles
pt C) to a Corner Persimmon Standing on the South
side the said Creek thence crossing a small Elbow of the said Creek line S25E;
20 poles
pt D) to a Corner Esurvey line thence line E36S; 84
poles
pt E) to a Small Corner WO and two BlOs standing in
James Eakins Line thence on the said line SSW; 19 poles James Akins line
pt F) to a corner BlO thence line S42E; 20 poles
pt G)to two corner WO Standing in the said Eakins
line near a small branch thence leaving the said line S8W; 102 poles
pt H) to two Corner pines thence line W; 89 poles
pt I) to a corner BlO thence line S8W; 76 poles
pt J) to a Corner BlO thence line S2E; 31 poles
pt K) to a corner BlO thence line S5E; 18 poles
pt L) to a corner WO thence line E32S; 67 poles
pt M) to a Corner BlO thence line W23S; 88 poles
pt N) to a corner pine then line W15N; 104 poles
pt O) to a small corner pine thence line W23S; 90
poles
pt P) to a corner WO line N40W; 80 poles - Point Q)
to two corner BlO thence line N11W; 56 poles
pt R) to a corner BLO thence line N20E; 132 poles
pt S) to a corner WO thence line E5S; 78 poles
pt T) to a corner pine thence line E24N; 56 poles
pt U) to a corner BlO thence line N; 64 poles
pt V) to a corner pine thence line E25S; 50 poles
pt W) to a corner BlO line N12E; 106 poles
pt X) to a Corner BlO thence line Northwest 70 poles
pt Y) to a Corner BlO line N51E; 27 poles
pt Z) to a Corner WO lc S49E; 74 poles end
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TYPE: Patent - ref VPB 12 p4-5 Date:
pt A) at a Corner White Oak of the said Clays Standing
on the said River line W18N; 100 Poles; said Clay
pt B) a Corner Black Oak Standing on theSouth Side
Horsepen Branch And in the Said Clays Line Thence line N30E; 294 Poles; fmSouth
side Horsepen Branch
pt C) a Corner White Oak Standing on theSouth side of
a Branch Thence down the Said Branch according to the Meanders 96 Poles; survey
line ese; 96 Poles; down a Branch
pt D) the Mouth of the Said Branch to
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TYPE: Patent - ref VPB 12 p5 Date:
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TYPE: Patent - ref VPB 12 p5-6 Date:
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Will in part, of Henry Clay
probated at the September 1760,
"I, Henry Clay, of Henrico County, being of
perfect health, mind, and memory, thanks be to God therefore, and calling to
mind my mortality, and knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die,
do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say,
first of all I give my soul into the hands of God
that gave it, and as for my body I commend it to the earth, to be buried in a
Christian-like and decent form at the discretion of my executors, nothing
doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by
mighty power of God; and as to touching my worldly goods wherewith it has
pleased God to bless me in this life.
I give, devise, and dispose of the same in manner
following:
First: I give and bequeath unto my son, William Clay,
the land and plantation whereon he now lives, and my land and plantation on
Deep Creek, in
Third: I give and bequeath unto my son, Charles Clay,
the plantation whereon he now lives and all of the land on the north side of
Swift Creek and the lower side of Nuttree Run to me belonging, and also four
hundred acres at Letalone, it being my Upper Survey at Letalone, to him and his
heirs forever.
Fourth I give and bequeath unto my son, John Clay,
the plantation whereon he now lives and all of my land on the north side of
Swift Creek and upper side of Nuttree Run, to him and his heirs forever.
Fifth. I likewise give and bequeath my Grist Mill on
Nuttree Run to be equally divided between my son Charles and my son John Clay,
to be held in joint tenancy, to them and their heirs forever.
Sixth: I give to my daughter, Amey Williamson, five
pounds, current money.
Seventh: I give to my daughter, Mary Watkins, five
pounds, current money.
Eighth I give to my grandson, Henry Clay (Dr. Henry
Clay, of
Ninth: I give and bequeath to my granddaughter, Mary
Clay, daughter of Charles Clay (afterwards Mrs. Stephen Lockett), one negro
girl, named Phoebe.
Tenth: I give unto Mary, my wellbeloved wife, the
plantation whereon I now live, during her natural life, and my negroes, Lewis,
Jo, Sue, Nann, Jenny and Sarah, during her natural life, and what stock and
household goods she pleases to have or make use of, of mine.
Eleventh: I devise that the rest of my slaves not heretofore
given, and my stock and household goods, be given and equally divided among my
four sons aforementioned, at ther discretion, and also the negroes above
written, and gave my wife, may be equally divided after my wife's decease.
Twelth: I give to my four sons, above written, and to
my wife, to be equally divided, all the ready money and money out at use, that
I shall be possessed with at my death.
and I do hereby make, constitute and ordain my four
sons, above written, to be my only and sole executors of this, my last Will and
Testament."
2 girls Obedience and Martha are not mentioned in
will.
Special attention is called to the bequest to William
Clay, in that it mentions plantation whereon "Richard Belcher now
lives,"
NOTE: William Mitchell Clay is later to be an
executor of Richard Belchers will.
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More About HENRY CLAY I:
Burial 1: August 1760, "The Raells, Bailey,
Burial 2: on Rt 360 near Swift Creek
Occupation: Indian Trader?
More About HENRY CLAY and MARY MITCHELL:
Marriage: 1708,
Endnotes
1. Crozier,
William Armstrong, Heraldic Quarterly Registry, Vol X, 1912.
2. Clay,
George R., Clay Family Quarterly,
(
3. Des
Cognets, Louis, English Duplicates of Lost
4. Colonial
Clay's of Virginia & some of their descendants.
5. Hutton,
Mary Louise Marshall, Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors, (National Society of Colonial Dames XVII
Century [1915-1975]), Page 55, identified as a landowner.
6. William
and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, (Balimore Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982),
Volume 4, page 95.
7. Saunders,
Colonel James Edward w/notes by Elizabeth Saunders Blair Stubbs, Early
Settlers of Alabama, (Genealogical
Publishing Co., Inc Baltimore, 1969), Page 271, Give age at death as 92, rather
than 88.
8. William
and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, (Balimore Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982),
Volume 4, page 95.