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Henry Clayton 1575–1662 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1575

Birth Location: Gleaston Hall, Aldingham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 20 December 1662

Death Location: Haworth, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Henry Whalley

Mother: Margareta Foster

Spouse(s): Esther Townson

Children(s): Edmond Cleaton, Elizabeth Clayton

Henry Clayton was born in 1575 in Gleaston Hall, Aldingham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Clayton Of Whalley And Margareta Foster. Henry Clayton married Esther Townson, and had children including Edmond Cleaton, Elizabeth Clayton. Henry Clayton passed away in 1662 in Haworth, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Henry Clayton was born in 1575 in Gleaston Hall, Aldingham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Clayton Of Whalley And Margareta Foster.
  • Henry Clayton married Esther Townson, and had children including Edmond Cleaton, Elizabeth Clayton.
  • Henry Clayton passed away in 1662 in Haworth, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Henry Clayton's Ancestors

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Henry Clayton
1575–1662
Birth Place: Gleaston Hall, Aldingham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Henry Clayton of Whalley
1548–1626
Whalley, Lancashire, England
Margareta Foster
1550–1574
Whalley, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas Foster, Yeoman of the Queen Her Majesty's Chamber, Lord of the Marches) *
1528–1571
VERIFIED- Adderstone Castle/Manor, Adderstone, Northumberland, England -Held by the Forster's, from the 12th century. A tower, of which no trace emains, existed on or close to the site in 1415. The Forster's lived on the estate over 400 years.
Lady (Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning) Counsby
1528–1582
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
Roger Hunsdon
1498–1550
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Henry Clayton's Descendants

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Henry Clayton (1575–20 December 1662) m. Esther Townson (1579–1665)
  1. 1. Edmond Cleaton 1606–1657 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Fitzwilliams 1610–1681 m. Elizabeth Citterne 1608–1638
    1. 1. Anne (Topping) Clayton 1635–1698 m. Michael (Newbold) Sr. 1623–1692
      1. 1. Alice (Elizabeth) Newbold 1654–1692 m. Eliakim Higgins 1654–1698
        1. 1. Elizabeth Higgins 1685–1690 m. Richard (Milton) II 1682–1733
        2. 2. Gershom Higgins 1690–1758
        3. 3. Richard Higgins 1682–1736
        4. 4. Rose (Higgins) Higgens 1685–1715
      2. 2. Letitia Newbold 1659–1709
      3. 3. Ann Newbold 1653–1710
      4. 4. Michael Newbold 1667–1721 m. Sarah (Rachel) Clayton 1677–1712
        1. 1. Sarah Newbold 1700–1780 m. Capt. (Thomas) Boude 1702–1781
    2. 2. Mary (Mercy Potter) Brown 1648–1714 m. Abraham Brown 1634–1714
      1. 1. Martha (Brown Hampton Hamton Mtdna Verified Quaker Of Shrewsbury Middletown And Freehold Monmouth New Jersey (John Hampton'S 3rd) Wife) 1666–1697 m. John Hampton 1640–1702
        1. 1. Noah Hampton 1693–1775 m. Sarah (Marie) Wright 1693–1747
        2. 2. Andrew (Hampton) Hamton 1698–1738
        3. 3. Joseph Hampton 1684–1767
        4. 4. Andrew Hampton 1688–1725
        5. 5. David (Hampton) Hamton 1689–1710
      2. 2. Elizabeth Brown 1666–1715
      3. 3. Katherine (Brown) Cloudsley 1655–1683
      4. 4. Preserve Brown 1660–1760
      5. 5. Abraham Brown 1670–1692
    3. 3. Samuel ('Sam') Clayton 1639–1702
    4. 4. John Clayton 1637–
  2. 2. Elizabeth Clayton 1614–1698

Henry Clayton's Timeline

3 Records

1575
1575
Birth of Henry Clayton in Gleaston Hall, Aldingham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Gleaston Hall, Aldingham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
1662
20 December 1662
Age 87
Death of Henry Clayton in Haworth, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Haworth, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1815
20 August 1815
Age 240
Henry Clayton was married
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1575
    Event Place: Gleaston Hall, Aldingham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 20 August 1815

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 December 1662
    Event Place: Haworth, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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