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Elijah CLAY 1759–1834 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Aug 1759

Birth Location: Cumberland County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 29 Aug 1834

Death Location: Edgar, Edgar, Illinois, United States

Father: Henry II

Mother: Lucy Clay

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The story of Elijah CLAY began in 1759 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA. Elijah CLAY passed away in 1834 in Edgar, Edgar, Illinois, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Elijah CLAY began in 1759 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA.
  • Elijah CLAY passed away in 1834 in Edgar, Edgar, Illinois, United States.

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Elijah CLAY's Ancestors

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Elijah CLAY
1759–1834
Birth Place: Cumberland County, Virginia, USA
Parents
Henry Clay II
1711–1764
Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, USA
Lucy Clay
1717–1764
Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Henry (Charles CLAY - Secretary of) State
1672–1764
Dale Parish, Chesterfield, Virginia, The United States of America
Mary Mitchell
1693–1777
Virginia
Thomas (Abner Green) III
1665–1730
So Ham Parish, Cumberland, Virginia, United States
Elizabeth (MARSTEN) Green
1672–1759
Cumberland, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Charles Clay
1643–1686
Hannah Wilson
1642–1706
Ann Marston
1650–1726
Thomas Co.
1650–1729
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth Nichols
1590–1660
Capt Grenadier)
1587–1655
Hannah James*
1625–1703
Rev *
1621–1687
10ggf America
1632–1707
Mary Burd
1618–1661

Elijah CLAY's Timeline

2 Records

1759
27 Aug 1759
Birth of Elijah CLAY in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA
Cumberland County, Virginia, USA
1834
29 Aug 1834
Age 75
Death of Elijah CLAY in Edgar, Edgar, Illinois, United States
Edgar, Edgar, Illinois, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Aug 1759
    Event Place: Cumberland County, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Aug 1834
    Event Place: Edgar, Edgar, Illinois, United States
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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