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Henry Clay 1798–1890 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 JUN 1798

Birth Location: Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 20 JUN 1890

Death Location: Kentucky, USA

Father: Col 1812

Mother: Margaret Helm

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Scott, Mary Chadwell, Henrietta Bittinger

Children(s): Samuel Clay, Margaret Clay, Joseph Clay, George Clay, Letitia Clay, Sarah Clay, Ann Clay, John Clay, Clay None

Henry Clay was born in 1798 in Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA, the child of Col Henry Clay War Of 1812 And Margaret Peggy Helm. Henry Clay married Elizabeth Scott, Henrietta Olivia Bittinger, Mary Chadwell, and had children including Ann R Clay, Clay, George Clay, John Walker Clay, Joseph Helm Clay, Letitia Clay, Margaret Helm Clay, Samuel Scott Clay, Sarah E Clay. Henry Clay passed away in 1890 in Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • Henry Clay was born in 1798 in Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA, the child of Col Henry Clay War Of 1812 And Margaret Peggy Helm.
  • Henry Clay married Elizabeth Scott, Henrietta Olivia Bittinger, Mary Chadwell, and had children including Ann R Clay, Clay, George Clay, John Walker Clay, Joseph Helm Clay, Letitia Clay, Margaret Helm Clay, Samuel Scott Clay, Sarah E Clay.
  • Henry Clay passed away in 1890 in Kentucky, USA.

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Henry Clay's Ancestors

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Henry Clay
1798–1890
Birth Place: Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Col Henry Clay, War of 1812
1779–1863
Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, United States
Margaret ('Peggy') Helm
1779–1863
Lincoln, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Dr (Henry Clay, US War for) Independence
1736–1820
Southam Parish, Cumberland, Virginia, USA
Rachel ("Polly") Povall
1739–1820
Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, British Colonies
Joseph Helm
–1834
Rebecca Larue
1760–
Virginia
Great-Grandparents
Henry II
1711–1764
Lucy (Clay)
1717–1764
Richard Povall
1710–1771
Tabitha Hudspeth
1723–1767
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Sr.
1672–1760
Margaret Mitchell
1692–1777
Thomas Green
1665–1730
Elizabeth Marston
1672–1759
John Independence
1684–1749
Elizabeth Woodson
1689–1740

Henry Clay's Descendants

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Henry Clay (4 JUN 1798–20 JUN 1890) m. Elizabeth Scott (ABT 1805–1834) m. Mary Chadwell (1815–1859) m. Henrietta (Olivia) Bittinger (ABT 1792–1823)
  1. 1. Samuel (Scott) Clay 1829–1917
  2. 2. Margaret (Helm) Clay 1832–
  3. 3. Joseph (Helm) Clay 1834–
  4. 4. George Clay 1843–
  5. 5. Letitia Clay 1842–1933
  6. 6. Sarah (E.) Clay 1837–1916
  7. 7. Ann (R.) Clay 1839–
  8. 8. John (Walker) Clay 1846–
  9. 9. Clay 1821–1823

Henry Clay's Timeline

2 Records

1798
4 JUN 1798
Birth of Henry Clay in Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
1890
20 JUN 1890
Age 92
Death of Henry Clay in Kentucky, USA
Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 JUN 1798
    Event Place: Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 JUN 1890
    Event Place: Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Age:
    92

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