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William Clayton 1590 – 1658 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1590

Birth Location: Chichester, Sussex, England

Death Date: 01 FEB 1658

Death Location: Chichester, Sussex, England

Father: Thomas Clayton

Mother: Margaret Cholmondy

Spouse(s): Joan Smith, Elizabeth Simmons

Children(s): Joseph Clayton, John Clayton, William Clayton, Joan Clayton, Elizabeth Clayton, Richard Clayton, Thomas Clayton, Mary Clayton

William Clayton was born in 1590 in Chichester, Sussex, England, the child of Thomas Clayton and Margaret Cholmondy. William Clayton married Joan Smith, Elizabeth Simmons, and had children including Joseph Clayton, John Clayton, William Clayton, Joan Clayton, Elizabeth Clayton, Richard Clayton, Thomas Clayton, Mary Clayton. William Clayton passed away in 1658 in Chichester, Sussex, England.

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Biography

  • William Clayton was born in 1590 in Chichester, Sussex, England, the child of Thomas Clayton and Margaret Cholmondy.
  • William Clayton married Joan Smith, Elizabeth Simmons, and had children including Joseph Clayton, John Clayton, William Clayton, Joan Clayton, Elizabeth Clayton, Richard Clayton, Thomas Clayton, Mary Clayton.
  • William Clayton passed away in 1658 in Chichester, Sussex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Clayton
1560 – 1631
Birth Location: , Sussex, , England
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Margaret Cholmondy
1560 – 1631
Birth Location: East Riding, Yorkshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Joan Smith
1610 – 1644
Birth Location: Chichester, Sussex, England
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Elizabeth Simmons
1610 – 1660
Birth Location: England
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Children(s)

Joseph Clayton
1627 –
Birth Location: England
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John Clayton
1631 – 1704
Birth Location: Aldingham Parish, Lancashire, , England
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William Clayton
1632 – 1691
Birth Location: Rumbaldsweekchi, Sussex, England
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Joan Clayton
1635 – 1644
Birth Location: Boxgrove, Sussex, , England
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Elizabeth Clayton
1637 – 1660
Birth Location: Boxgrove, Sussex, , England
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Richard Clayton
1640 – 1659
Birth Location: Boxgrove, Sussex, , England
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Thomas Clayton
1642 – 1642
Birth Location: Boxgrove, Sussex, , England
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Mary Clayton
1644 –
Birth Location: Blaisdon, Gloucestershire, , England
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William Clayton's Ancestors

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William Clayton
1590 – 1658
Birth Place: Chichester, Sussex, England
Parents
Thomas Clayton
1560 – 1631
, Sussex, , England
Margaret Cholmondy
1560 – 1631
East Riding, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Jasper Cholmley
1540 – 1587
East Riding, Yorkshire, , England
Margaret Hand
1557 – 1574
England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Cholmley
1516 – 1579
Catherine Clifford
1518 – 1598
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Roger Cholmley
1458 – 1538
Catherine Constable
1487 – 1530

William Clayton's Descendants

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William Clayton (1590 – 01 FEB 1658) m. Joan Smith (1610 – 25 APR 1644) m. Elizabeth Simmons (1610 – 06 OCT 1660)
  1. 1. Joseph Clayton (1627 – )
  2. 2. John Clayton (1631 – MAY 1704)
  3. 3. William Clayton (08 DEC 1632 – 01 AUG 1691) m. Prudence (Michelle) Lanckford (08 DEC 1638 – 01 APR 1689)
    1. 1. William (Mickel) Clayton (11 MAR 1654 – 22 APR 1727)
    2. 2. Prudence Clayton (20 AUG 1657 – 02 APR 1728)
    3. 3. Joseph Clayton (12 DEC 1659 – 05 FEB 1683)
    4. 4. Elizabeth Clayton (1660 – 1660)
    5. 5. Hanover Clayton (18 JAN 1660 – )
    6. 6. Honour Clayton (16 MAR 1661 – 08 AUG 1679)
    7. 7. Patience Clayton (29 NOV 1662 – 08 AUG 1679)
    8. 8. Elizabeth Clayton (20 JUN 1665 – 30 JUN 1665)
    9. 9. Mary (Jane) Clayton (29 Aug 1665 – 26 Dec 1725) m. Richard Levick (1660 – ) m. John (Jacob) Beals (27 MAY 1650 – 11 October 1726)
      1. 1. Jacob Beals (28 JUL 1669 – 1719)
      2. 2. Hannah Beals (1683 – )
      3. 3. John Beals (28 Nov 1685 or 20 March 1685 – 12 Dec 1745) m. Hannah Rogers (1691 – 1745) m. Sarah Bowater (17 Aug 1688 – 26 DEC 1777) m. Sarah Bowater (17 AUG 1688 – 27 DEC 1765) m. Sarah Town (22 JAN 1695 – 1736)
        1. 1. Sarah (Bowater) Beals (17 AUG 1688 – 26 DEC 1777) m. Alexander Underwood m. John Beals
        2. 2. Mary Beals (1698 – )
        3. 3. Thomas Beals (14 JAN 1714 – 29 AUG 1801)
        4. 4. Lydia BEALS (1715 – 09 SEP 1800)
        5. 5. Lydia BEALS (12 AUG 1715 – )
        6. 6. JOHN (III) BEALS (17 FEB 1717 – 17 APR 1796)
        7. 7. Ann Underwood (1718 – 1767)
        8. 8. Ann Beales (1719 – )
        9. 9. Thomas Beals (14 JAN 1719 – 29 AUG 1801)
        10. 10. Phebe Beals (1720 – 19 AUG 1805)
        11. 11. William Underwood (1720 – 18 MAY 1785)
        12. 12. Phebe Beals (1720 – 19 AUG 1805)
        13. 13. Mary (Ann Rachel) Beals (1722 – 10 JUL 1790)
        14. 14. Thomas Beals (1725 – )
        15. 15. Phoebe Beals (1725 – 09 FEB 1781)
        16. 16. Phoebe Beals (1725 – 09 FEB 1781)
        17. 17. Bowater Beals (1725 – 09 FEB 1781)
        18. 18. Phebe (Canada) Canaday (03 OCT 1725 – 19 AUG 1805)
        19. 19. Ruth Beals (1726 – )
        20. 20. Olive Underwood (1726 – 1767)
        21. 21. Benjamin Underwood (1728 – 18 DEC 1803)
        22. 22. Hannah Beals (31 JAN 1729 – 1808) m. AZARIAH Pugh (27 OCT 1721 – 24 OCT 1794)
        23. 23. Elihu Underwood (1730 – 1801)
        24. 24. Rachel Beals (1730 – 10 JUL 1790)
        25. 25. Prudence Beals (01 MAR 1730 – 25 JUN 1815)
        26. 26. Ruth Underwood (1734 – 1767)
        27. 27. John Beales (17 FEB 1737 – )
        28. 28. John Mills (1740 – 06 MAR 1815)
        29. 29. Sarah (Bowater) Beals (17 AUG 1688 – 26 DEC 1777)
        30. 30. Mary Beals (1698 – )
        31. 31. Sarah Beals (29 MAY 1713 – 09 SEP 1800)
        32. 32. Sarah Beals (29 MAY 1713 – 09 SEP 1800)
        33. 33. Sarah Beals (20 JUL 1713 – 09 SEP 1800)
        34. 34. Lydia Beals (12 AUG 1715 – 19 AUG 1781)
        35. 35. John Beals (17 FEB 1717 – 17 APR 1796)
        36. 36. John (H) Beals (17 FEB 1717 – 17 APR 1796)
        37. 37. Ann Beales (1719 – )
        38. 38. Thomas Beals (14 JUN 1719 – 19 OCT 1801) m. Sarah Antirm (13 SEP 1724 – 06 JUL 1813)
        39. 39. Phebe Beals (1720 – 19 AUG 1805)
        40. 40. Phebe Beals (1720 – 19 AUG 1805)
        41. 41. Mary (Ann) Beals (1722 – 10 JUL 1790)
        42. 42. Elizabeth Beals (1725 – 1824)
        43. 43. Thomas Beals (1725 – )
        44. 44. Phoebe Beals (1725 – 09 FEB 1781)
        45. 45. Phebe (Canada) Canaday (03 OCT 1725 – 19 AUG 1805)
        46. 46. Bowater Beals (12 Oct 1725 – 09 Feb 1781) m. Sarah (Ann) Cook (12 OCT 1732 – 09 FEB 1781)
        47. 47. Ruth Beals (1726 – )
        48. 48. Sarah Beals (31 JAN 1729 – 10 JUL 1790)
        49. 49. Hannah Beals (31 JAN 1729 – 1808)
        50. 50. Rachel Beals (1730 – 1731)
        51. 51. Rachel Beals (1730 – 10 JUL 1790)
        52. 52. Prudence Beals (01 MAR 1730 – 25 JUN 1815)
        53. 53. John Mills (1740 – 06 MAR 1815)
        54. 54. Sarah Beals (17 AUG 1745 – 01 NOV 1825)
        55. 55. Phoebe (Bowater Beals) Canada-Sumner (1720 – 19 AUG 1805)
      4. 4. William Beals (01 FEB 1687 – 02 JAN 1742) m. Rebecca Chambers (1687 – 11 MAY 1763)
        1. 1. Mary Beals (1715 – 1819)
        2. 2. Lydia Beals (01 JUN 1719 – 1735)
        3. 3. Ruth Beals (1721 – 14 NOV 1789)
        4. 4. Caleb Beals (1721 – 1805)
        5. 5. Mary Beals (1726 – 1807)
        6. 6. Rachel Beals (1728 – 15 AUG 1776)
        7. 7. Hannah Beals (31 MAR 1729 – )
      5. 5. Jacob Beals (28 Jul 1689 – 11 May 1763) m. Mary Brooksby (1695 – 3 Nov 1763)
      6. 6. Jacob Beales (28 JUL 1689 – 1726) m. Mary Brooksley (1689 – 03 NOV 1763)
        1. 1. John Beals (11 JUL 1715 – 1765)
        2. 2. Mary Beals (10 SEP 1719 – 1720)
        3. 3. William Beals (21 SEP 1721 – 1740)
        4. 4. Rachel Beals (1726 – 1813)
      7. 7. Mary Beals (1690 – 24 APR 1692)
      8. 8. Phebe Beals (1690 – )
      9. 9. Children (1690 – )
      10. 10. Alexander Beals (1691 – BEF 1726)
      11. 11. Alexander Beals (05 JAN 1692 – 13 MAY 1754)
      12. 12. Mary (Ann) Beals (24 FEB 1692 – 1740)
      13. 13. Mary (Ann) Beals (24 APR 1692 – 1730)
      14. 14. Patience Beals (16 APR 1695 – SEP 1777)
      15. 15. Alexander Beals (1697 – 1807)
      16. 16. Grace Beals (1697 – 1726)
      17. 17. Grace Beals (16 APR 1697 – 1726)
      18. 18. Grace Beals (16 APR 1697 – 1698)
      19. 19. Sarah Beals (29 MAY 1713 – 09 SEP 1800)
      20. 20. Jacob Beals (18 JUL 1717 – APR 1786)
      21. 21. Ruth Beals (1721 – 14 NOV 1789)
      22. 22. Hannah Beals (1745 – 26 JAN 1806)
    10. 10. Hannah Clayton (12 DEC 1667 – 12 OCT 1668)
  4. 4. Joan Clayton (23 AUG 1635 – 20 JUL 1644)
  5. 5. Elizabeth Clayton (11 FEB 1637 – 06 OCT 1660)
  6. 6. Richard Clayton (13 SEP 1640 – 1659)
  7. 7. Thomas Clayton (26 FEB 1642 – 26 FEB 1642)
  8. 8. Mary Clayton (1644 – )

William Clayton's Timeline

2 Records

1590
1590
Birth of William Clayton in Chichester, Sussex, England
Chichester, Sussex, England
1658
01 FEB 1658
Age 68
Death of William Clayton in Chichester, Sussex, England
Chichester, Sussex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Chichester, Sussex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 500.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CGA
    [2] Millennium File
    [3] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 6019.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JDM

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 01 FEB 1658
    Event Place: Chichester, Sussex, England
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