Ancestry of Anne Brown Clay (1807-1835)

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1. Anne Brown¹ Clay (Henry², John³, John⁴, Henry⁵, Charles⁶, John⁷), daughter of Henry Clay and Lucretia Hart, was born Lexington, KY April 15, 1807. Anne died December 10, 1835 Lexington, KY, at 28 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.

She married James Erwin in Fayette Co., KY, October 21, 1823. James was born in Wilkesboro, NC October 21, 1796. James was the son of Andrew Erwin and Jane Patton. James died June 1, 1851 Lexington, KY, at 54 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. James's occupation: Attorney. At 29 years of age James became the father of Julia D. Erwin December 24, 1825. At 30 years of age James became the father of Henry Clay Erwin June 14, 1827. At 31 years of age James became the father of James Erwin, Jr. June 18, 1828. At 33 years of age James became the father of Lucretia Hart Erwin October 22, 1829. At 33 years of age James became the father of Andrew Eugene Erwin Lexington, KY, October 2, 1830. At 35 years of age James became the father of Mary Erwin May 1832. At 39 years of age James became the father of Charles Edward (Ned) Erwin in Fayette Co., KY, November 2, 1835. At 47 years of age James became the father of Elizabeth Julia Erwin February 1844. At 51 years of age James became the father of James Erwin 1848. James Erwin was a lawyer but did not practice. He engaged in business in New Orleans, LA. It is believed he first lived in Kentucky after his purchase of the estate known as "The Woodlands" in 1831. A book entitled "Like Some Green Laurel" published by LSU Press claims he had two illegitimate children by a French dancer in New Orleans. I have no proof of this.

At 18 years of age Anne became the mother of Julia D. Erwin December 24, 1825. At 20 years of age Anne became the mother of Henry Clay Erwin June 14, 1827. At 21 years of age Anne became the mother of James Erwin, Jr. June 18, 1828. At 22 years of age Anne became the mother of Lucretia Hart Erwin October 22, 1829. At 23 years of age Anne became the mother of Andrew Eugene Erwin Lexington, KY, October 2, 1830. At 25 years of age Anne became the mother of Mary Erwin May 1832. At 28 years of age Anne became the mother of Charles Edward (Ned) Erwin in Fayette Co., KY, November 2, 1835. Her obituary from the Lexington Intelligencer: DIED, very suddenly, on Thursday evening last, at The Woodlands, the seat of James Erwin, Esq., his amiable consort, Mrs. ANN B. ERWIN, the last surviving daughter of the Hon. Henry Clay, in the 29th year of her age. Her death, which was almost instantaneous, is supposed to have been caused by the rupture of a blood vessel. The funeral service was performed by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Smith, on Saturday morning; and her remains were conveyed to the vault, attended by a numerous train of citizens, which attested her worth, as well as the general sympathy and regret experienced on the occasion. She has left her honored parents and five children, with a heart-bleeding husband, and numerous other friends, to lament her untimely death. It is with our friends, as with our health, and a thousand other blessings - we rarely appreciate them as we ought, till we are taught their value, by a painful deprivation. Hence, when we are near relations and intimate connections are taken away, we are often led to exaggerate their virtues by posthumous praise. Hence the fulsome eulogy, which sometimes crowds the obituary column, or exhibits the vanity of the survivor, instead of the character of the deceased, on the marble monument. But this must not prevent departed merit from receiving the tributary notice, which is justly due. In the death of Mrs. Erwin, society has sustained no ordinary loss. With a mind highly cultivated and improved, with a taste which left nothing it touched unadorned, with a temper always cheerful, amiable and kind, with a deportment dignified and decided, yet simple, artless and condescending, in the unlimited enjoyment of all that wealth and affluence could bestow, she was yet not unmindful of that better part which could never be taken from her. Several years since, she became hopefully pious, and a communicant in the Protestant Episcopal Church, of which had since lived an exemplary member. In short, possessed of everything which could render life desirable to herself or her friends, she has been suddenly torn away, by a Wisdom which we dare not presume to scan, and is gone to reap the rich rewards which await "the good and faithful servant," in another and a brighter world. "The Woodlands" are still there. The stately mansion - the hospitable board - the spacious gardens, the tasteful walks, the extensive pleasure grounds - the trees, the shrubs and the flowers - but where is the spirit that animated the whole? Gone, alas, forever! - and the once brilliant scene is now shrouded, not only in the gloom of winter, but in the habiliments of woe. Spring will, indeed, soon return - "the Woodlands" will again be decked in green - the flowers will again bloom, in all their wonted fragrance and beauty - and the gay tenants of the grove will again be warbling "their native woodnotes wild" - but where will be the Taste that contrived, the Hand that planted, and the Eye that enjoyed and gladdened this wilderness of sweets! - Where the lovely Form, that gave life, and interest and beauty, and song, and sentiment, to the whole? The heart-broken husband may be there, but he will be alone. The darling little ones, the prattling infants, may be there; but no maternal bosom on which to rest - to soothe their sorrows, or to participate in their joys. The fond and doting parents may call, but no daughter to embrace and welcome and them in. But we forbear. While our society deplores the painful event, by which it has been thus suddenly deprived of one of its brightest ornaments, we cannot but mingle our tears, with those of the bereaved relations, to whom the loss is irreparable. No event of this kind, in this city, could be more deeply felt, or more powerfully impress us with the serious truth that, In the midst of life we are in death; or, with the solemn admonition, "Be ye also ready!"

Anne Brown Clay and James Erwin had the following children:

2 i. Julia D. Erwin was born December 24, 1825. Julia died 1828 at 2 years of age.

3 ii. Henry Clay Erwin was born June 14, 1827. Henry died August 1859 in Louisville, KY, at 32 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. He married Margaret Johnson.

4 iii. James Erwin, Jr. was born June 18, 1828. James died 1848 in New Orleans, LA, at 20 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.

5 iv. Lucretia Hart Erwin was born October 22, 1829. Lucretia died 1866 at 36 years of age. She married Frederic Augustus Cowles December 26, 1850.

6 v. Andrew Eugene Erwin was born Lexington, KY October 2, 1830. Andrew died June 25, 1863 in Battle of Vicksburg, MS, at 32 years of age. He married Josephine Deborah Russell in Callaway Co., MO, July 10, 1853. Josephine was born in Fulton, Callaway Co., MO December 7, 1835. Josephine was the daughter of William Henry Russell and Zaenett Freeland. Josephine died March 29, 1920 in Fayette Co., KY, at 84 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. At 18 years of age Josephine became the mother of Lucretia Clay Erwin in Independence, MO, June 12, 1854. At 21 years of age Josephine became the mother of Nettie Russell Erwin 1857. At 25 years of age Josephine became the mother of Mary Webster Erwin in Jackson Co, Mo, February 5, 1861. At 28 years of age Josephine became the mother of Eugenia Erwin January 26, 1864. Josephine was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. Josephine Clay is listed on the 1910 Census for Fayette County, Kentucky as a farmer, age 75, born in Missouri. Also listed is Lucretia Simpson, daughter, 55, born in Missouri; Minor Simpson, son-in-law, 73, born in Kentucky; Josephine Simpson, granddaughter, 31, born in Kentucky; Eugene Simpson, grandson, electrical engineer, 30, born in Kentucky; and Henry C. Simpson, 13, born in Kentucky.

Josephine was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. Josephine Clay is listed in the 1920 Census for Fayette County, Kentucky as a white female, age 85, whose occupation was listed as farmer. Also in the household were Minor Simpson, age 83; Lucretia C. Simpson, 65; Josephine C. Simpson, age 41; and Eugene E. Simpson, farmer, age 39.

At 23 years of age Andrew became the father of Lucretia Clay Erwin in Independence, MO, June 12, 1854. At 26 years of age Andrew became the father of Nettie Russell Erwin 1857. Andrew was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census in Jackson County, Missouri. Eugene Erwin is listed in the 1860 Census for Jackson County, Missouri living in the Jones Hotel with himself listed as 26 and born in Kentucky, Josephine as 24 and born in Missouri, Lucretia as 5 and born in Missouri, Nettie as 3 and born in Missouri, and Zaenett Russell as 53 and born in Maryland. Eugene Erwin is listed with real estate valued at $6,500.00 and personal property worth $15,000.00. Zaenett is listed with real estate worth $2,000.00 and personal property worth $5,000.00.

Andrew was listed as the owner of slaves on the 1860 Census of Slave Inhabitants in Jackson County, Missouri. The slave schedules for 1860 in Jackson County, Missouri list Eugene Erwin as owning one black female age 13.

At 30 years of age Andrew became the father of Mary Webster Erwin in Jackson Co, Mo, February 5, 1861. At 33 years of age Andrew became the father of Eugenia Erwin January 26, 1864. His biography from History of Kentucky by Judge Charles Kerr (Chicago and New York, 1922) follows: Col. Eugene Erwin was a soldier whose record of action and high character entitles him to all the honors paid a military career in every age of the world. He was born at Woodlands, adjoining Lexington, then the home of his father, James Erwin, whose wife was the favorite child of Henry Clay. Eugene Erwin lived for several years in Missouri. He was in Missouri when the war broke out between the North and South, and immediately offered his services to the Confederacy. His military career of about two years was most brilliant. He was a magnetic leader, was idolized by his soldiers, and until his heroic death he was almost constantly at posts of danger. He was commissioned major by the commander of the State Guards of Missouri, and participated in the battles of Wilson's Creek, Lexington and Sugar Creek, also Springfield and Elkhorn Tavern. Then on leaving Missouri and joining the forces east of the Mississippi he was made lieutenant colonel and given command of a battalion. He led the assault upon the attack of Iuka, after which he was commissioned colonel and assigned to the command of a regiment. He and his regiment were also assigned prominent places in the advance upon Corinth, and after that ill-starred attack, only thirty members of his regiment were able to answer roll call. His regimental flag carried in that and many subsequent engagements was never captured, and is now in the possession of his grandson Eugene Erwin Simpson of Lexington. Colonel Erwin himself was severely wounded at Corinth, but in a month had rejoined his command. At the beginning of the battle in front of Port Gibson, May l, 1863, he was ordered to re-enforce the left wing of the Confederate command, and after a forced march of eight miles made in 2 1/2 hours brought his command on the ground at a critical moment, when the entire left of the Confederates was threatened with defeat. To save the day he advanced the head of his column to a position within twenty yards of the enemy, and for an hour and a half his solitary regiment sustained the shock of the entire Federal attack. He went into the battle with 520 men, as the official report shows, lost in killed and wounded eighty-three, and by a remarkable skill in maneuvering and in deflective strategy fought and held his position until almost surrounded, and then under heavy fire made good his withdrawal, his individual command alone standing between an overwhelming defeat of the entire left wing of the Confederate army. Then followed the siege of Vicksburg, during which the Sixth Regiment of Missouri Infantry with its commander, Colonel Erwin, was assigned to emergency duty within the city, re-enforcing points against which the heaviest attack of the enemy was delivered. The climax of Colonel Erwin's career as a soldier came on the afternoon of the 25th of June, 1863. Ordered with his regiment to support some hard pressed Louisianans, who were defending a portion of the fortifications where the Federals had exploded a mine and were crowding through the shattered parapet, Colonel Erwin, shouting "Follow me, boys" rushed forward to lead the charge. Three musket balls passed through his body. At his fall his men with a hoarse, hungry roar of rage sprang out among the enemy. Then and there occurred the bloodiest fight of that memorable siege. When the paroled army passed out of surrendered Vicksburg only twenty-five of the Sixth Missouri were able to pass out with it. The brigadier-general's commission sent to Richmond to Colonel Erwin arrived too late--it had been canceled by death. Thereafter the Sixth Missouri as an individual unit lost its identity. Colonel Erwin was not only the idol of his own men, but his exploits commanded the admiration of his enemies. After he was wounded at Corinth special permission was granted Mrs. Erwin to come South through the lines, and after the surrender of Vicksburg General Grant furnished her with a pass and transportation to return to her home.

His obituary from The Daily Citizen, Vickburg, Mississippi issue of June 30, 1863 follows: OBITUARY COL. EUGENE ERWIN. Another brave and noble spirit has fallen. On Thursday evening, June 24th, Col. Eugene Erwin of the 6th Regiment Missouri Vols. was killed while mounted upon the works with a view to leading a charge against the enemy. He was struck with a minnie ball which passed through his body, killing him instantly. For several weeks previous to his death his health had been delicate, and at times compelled his absence from the field. During the siege of this place, he had more than once been driven to his bed, and on the day of his death he was out contrary to the advice and urgency of his friends, feeling, as he said, that it was his duty, so long as he could stand, to stand at his post. No one felt more than he did the importance of every man's discharging his duty - no one did more to discharge it. Col. Erwin, at the first outbreak of the war, left his home and family and offered himself a willing sacrifice upon the altar of his country's liberty. He has borne deprivation and hardships of [the duty?]. Throughout the campaigns of Gen. Price in Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi, and this without a murmur, he has ever shown himself an excellent soldier and a gallant officer. More than a half dozen battlefields - Elk Horn, Corinth and Port Gibson included - hear testimony to his coolness and daring bravery. He was strict in discipline, yet generous, kind and true, possessing the confidence and esteem of all his men and officers. He esteemed religion highly, and did all in his power to promote its interests. Those who knew him best loved him most; for the more intimate the acquaintances, the brighter shown the excellence of his character. But he has fallen - fallen at his post defending the cause of justice and truth. At midnight's hour amid the roar of cannon and the whistling of enemy's balls, we bore him gently and laid him in the soldier's humble grave, where he shall rest in peace till he is called forth to his reward in the resurrection morn.

He by his example speaks --

"'Twere sweet to live, yet I can die, And in the grave forgotten lie, To know I have my duty done, And nobly life's last triumph won. Know ye my comrades in the field, I die a freeman's death; Cease not to wield the battleshield With life's last lingering breath - The banner which we bore on high, Still bid it all their hosts defy - For where the war tide wild shall wave, So fit to be a soldier's grave."

He leaves a wife and three sweet little girls to mourn his loss. May our Heavenly Father sustain and comfort them in their bed of bereavement and grant them all a happy reunion in .... [remainder unintelligible].

7 vi. Mary Erwin was born May 1832. Mary died October 1832 at less than one year of age.

8 vii. Charles Edward (Ned) Erwin was born in Fayette Co., KY November 2, 1835. Charles died February 6, 1860 in Fayette Co., KY, at 24 years of age. He married Evaline Augusta Hicks in Fayette Co., KY, October 13, 1857. Evaline was born in Clark Co., KY 1839. Evaline was the daughter of Beverly Alsop Hicks and Mary Colson Herndon. Evaline died 1864 at 25 years of age. At 20 years of age Evaline became the mother of Edward Clay Erwin in Fayette Co., KY, February 29, 1860.

At 24 years of age Charles became the father of Edward Clay Erwin in Fayette Co., KY, February 29, 1860.

9. Henry² Clay (John³, John⁴, Henry⁵, Charles⁶, John⁷) was born in Hanover County, VA April 12, 1777. Henry died June 29, 1852 in Washington, DC, at 75 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.

He married Lucretia Hart Lexington, KY, April 11, 1799. Lucretia was born in Hagerstown, MD March 18, 1781. Lucretia was the daughter of Thomas Hart and Susanna Gray. Lucretia died April 7, 1864 in Fayette Co., KY, at 83 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. At 19 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Henrietta Clay Lexington, KY, June 25, 1800. At 21 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Theodore Wythe Clay Lexington, KY, July 3, 1802. At 22 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Thomas Hart Clay Lexington, KY, September 22, 1803. At 23 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Susan Hart Clay February 14, 1805. At 26 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Anne Brown Clay Lexington, KY, April 15, 1807. At 27 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Lucretia Hart Clay February 1809. At 30 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Henry Clay, Jr. April 10, 1811. At 32 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Eliza H. Clay July 5, 1813. At 34 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Laura Clay October 16, 1815. At 36 years of age Lucretia became the mother of James Brown Clay in Washington, DC, November 9, 1817. At 39 years of age Lucretia became the mother of John Morrison Clay in Fayette Co., KY, February 21, 1821. Lucretia was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. Lucretia Clay is listed in the 1860 Census as age 79, born in Maryland, with a personal estate of $6,000.00. Also listed in the household are John Clay, age 39, born in Kentucky; G. F. Robbins, trainer, age 25, born in New York, with a personal estate of $500.00; S. D. Lindsey, age 21, born in Kentucky, with a personal estate of $5,000.00; and Samuel Nelson, race rider, age 17. Samuel Nelson's race is indicated to be mulatto. John Clay is a farmer, with real estate worth $37,500.00 and personal property worth $40,000.00.

At 23 years of age Henry became the father of Henrietta Clay Lexington, KY, June 25, 1800. At 25 years of age Henry became the father of Theodore Wythe Clay Lexington, KY, July 3, 1802. At 26 years of age Henry became the father of Thomas Hart Clay Lexington, KY, September 22, 1803. At 27 years of age Henry became the father of Susan Hart Clay February 14, 1805. At 30 years of age Henry became the father of Anne Brown Clay Lexington, KY, April 15, 1807. At 31 years of age Henry became the father of Lucretia Hart Clay February 1809. Henry was listed as the head of a family on the 1810 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. In the 1810 Census for Fayette County, Kentucky, Henry Clay had 2 white males under 10, 1 26-45, 1 over 45, 3 white females under 10, and 2 26-45.

At 33 years of age Henry became the father of Henry Clay, Jr. April 10, 1811. At 36 years of age Henry became the father of Eliza H. Clay July 5, 1813. At 38 years of age Henry became the father of Laura Clay October 16, 1815. At 40 years of age Henry became the father of James Brown Clay in Washington, DC, November 9, 1817. Henry was listed as the head of a family on the 1820 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. In the 1820 Census for Fayette County, Kentucky, Henry Clay is listed with 2 white males under 10, 1 16-18, 2 26-44, 1 white female under 10, 2 10-15, 1 16-25, 2 26-44, 4 male blacks under 14, 3 14-25, 2 26-44, 1 over 44, 2 female blacks under 14, 1 14-25, 4 26-44, 1 over 44, and a total of 8 persons engaged in agriculture.

At 43 years of age Henry became the father of John Morrison Clay in Fayette Co., KY, February 21, 1821. Henry was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. Henry Clay is listed in the 1830 Census for Fayette County, Kentucky with 1 white male under 5, 1 5-10, 1 10-15, 3 15-20, 1 20-30, 1 30-40, 1 40-50, 1 white female 30-40, 1 40-50, 16 male slaves under 10, 5 10-24, 10 24-36, 5 36-55, 6 female slaves under 10, 4 10-24, 6 24-36, and 1 55-100 for a total of 53 slaves.

Henry was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. Henry Clay is listed in the 1840 Census for Fayette County, Kentucky with 1 white male under 5, 1 5-10, 1 15-20, 1 20-30, 1 60-70, 1 white female 50-60, 1 70-80, 11 male slaves under 10, 6 10-24, 4 24-36, 3 36-55, 2 55-100, 7 female slaves under 10, 3 10-24, 4 24-36, 5 36-55, and 2 55-100 for a total of 47 slaves. Fourteen persons were engaged in agriculture.

Henry was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. Henry Clay is listed in the 1850 Census for Fayette County, Kentucky as 73 years of age, born in Virginia with his occupation given as statesman. The slave schedule says he had 31 slaves. His real estate was valued at $50,000.00. His wife, Lucretia, is listed as age 69 and born in Maryland. His son, John M. Clay, occupation farmer, is listed as 29, born in Kentucky, with his occupation given as farmer. Sarah Hall, age 80, born in England is also listed.

Henry was listed as the owner of slaves on the 1850 Census of Slave Inhabitants in Fayette County, Kentucky. Henry Clay was listed in the slave schedules for Fayette County, Kentucky in 1850 with 31 slaves, 2 of which were marked as fugitives from the state. Henry Clay was born in Hanover County, Virginia and moved to Kentucky in 1797 where he practicied law until his death in 1852. Among other things he was Speaker of the House, Speaker of the Senate, Secretary of State and ran for President several times. He is listed in The Kentucky Encyclopedia. His biography from the Biographical Directory of the American Congress follows: CLAY, Henry, 1777-1852

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Years of Service: 1806-1807; 1810-1811; 1831-1837; 1837-1842; 1849-1852 Party: Republican; Republican; Anti-Jackson; Whig; Whig

CLAY, Henry, (father of James Brown Clay), a Senator and a Representative from Kentucky; born in the district known as ’the Slashes,’ Hanover County, Va., April 12, 1777; attended the public schools; studied law in Richmond, Va.; was admitted to the bar in 1797 and commenced practice in Lexington, Ky.; member, State house of representatives 1803; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Adair and served from November 19, 1806, to March 3, 1807, despite being younger than the constitutional age limit of thirty years; member, State house of representatives 1808-1809, and served as speaker in 1809; again elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Buckner Thruston and served from January 4, 1810, to March 3, 1811; elected as a Republican to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1811, to January 19, 1814, when he resigned; Speaker of the House of Representatives (Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses); appointed one of the commissioners to negotiate the treaty of peace with Great Britain in 1814; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Congresses (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1821); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses); elected to the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Congresses and served from March 3, 1823, to March 6, 1825, when he resigned; again served as Speaker of the House of Representatives (Eighteenth Congress); appointed Secretary of State by President John Quincy Adams 1825-1829; elected as a Whig to the United States Senate on November 10, 1831, to fill the vacancy in the term commencing March 4, 1831; reelected in 1836 and served from November 10, 1831 until March 31, 1842, when he resigned; chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations (Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses), Committee on Finance (Twenty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Democratic-Republican Party in 1824, of the National Republican Party in 1832, and of the Whig Party in 1844; again elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1849, until his death in Washington, D.C., June 29, 1852; funeral services held in the Chamber of the Senate; interment in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.

Bibliography

American National Biography; Dictionary of American Biography; Clay, Henry. The Papers of Henry Clay, 1797-1852. Edited by James Hopkins, Mary Hargreaves, Robert Seager II, Melba Porter Hay et al. 11 vols. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1959-1992; Remini, Robert V. Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union. New York: W.W. Norton Co., 1991. Biography from Encarta Encyclopedia: Clay, Henry (1777-1852), American statesman, who was secretary of state under John Quincy Adams and an unsuccessful candidate for the presidency in 1824, 1832, and 1844. He was one of the most popular and influential political leaders in American history. His genius in the art of compromise three times resolved bitter political conflicts that threatened to tear the nation apart, winning him the title The Great Pacificator. Clay was born on April 12, 1777, in Hanover County, Virginia, to a middle-class family. After studying for the bar with the eminent George Wythe, Clay, at the age of 20, moved to Lexington, Kentucky, where he developed a thriving practice. He was blessed with a quick mind, a flair for oratory, and an ability to charm both sexes with his easy, attractive manner. That he loved to drink and gamble was no drawback in an age that admired both vices. Clay, ambitious for worldly success, married into a wealthy and socially prominent family and soon gained entry into Kentucky's most influential circles. While still in his 20s, he was elected to the state legislature, in which he served for six years, until 1809. Congressman Clay established his great reputation in the United States House of Representatives, where he served intermittently from 1811 to 1825. In his first term, he became one of the leading "War Hawks"-the young men whose clamor for hostilities with England helped bring about the War of 1812. Clay was selected as one of the commissioners who in 1814 negotiated the Treaty of Ghent, ending that war. In 1820-21 it was Clay above all who engineered the Missouri Compromise, quieting the harsh controversy that had erupted by maintaining an equal balance between free and slave states. Although he himself was a slave owner, Clay's views on slavery-as on most other issues-were moderate. He was thus able to command the support of men fearful of extremism. In the presidential election of 1824, after his own candidacy had failed, Clay threw his support to John Quincy Adams, whom the House early in 1825 elected as the sixth president. When Adams named Clay secretary of state, his Jacksonian opponents charged "corrupt bargain!" The charge was unfair, but Clay was haunted by it throughout his subsequent career. Although Clay was a practical politician of flexible rather than rigid beliefs, he did emerge as the great champion of the "American System." He called for a protective tariff in support of home manufactures, internal improvements (federal aid to local road and canal projects), a strong national bank, and distribution of the proceeds of federal land sales to the states. Whig Leader Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1831, Clay served in that body until 1842 and again from 1849 until his death. In 1833 he devised a compromise tariff that resolved the crisis brought on by South Carolina's attempt to "nullify" the prevailing tariff set by Congress. In the same period he became a leader of the new Whig Party that emerged to oppose Andrew Jackson's administration. Perhaps the most heartbreaking event of Clay's career was his close defeat in the presidential contest of 1844, when his reluctance to back the annexation of Texas cost him support in the South. Many believe that his greatest service to the nation came in 1850, when he helped win acceptance for a compromise that ended, at least temporarily, the threat of civil war over the issue of slavery in the new territories. He died in Washington, D.C., on June 29, 1852.

Contributed By: Edward Pessen

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Clay counties in Ala., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kan., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex. and W.Va. are named for him.

Henry Clay and Lucretia Hart had the following children:

10 i. Henrietta¹ Clay was born Lexington, KY June 25, 1800. Henrietta died June 14, 1801 Lexington, KY, at less than one year of age.

11 ii. Theodore Wythe Clay was born Lexington, KY July 3, 1802. Theodore died May 5, 1870 Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, at 67 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. Theodore Clay spent most of his adult life at the Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum and died without issue.

12 iii. Thomas Hart Clay was born Lexington, KY September 22, 1803. Thomas died March 18, 1871 in Fayette Co., KY, at 67 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. He married Marie R. Mentelle in Fayette Co., KY, October 5, 1837. Marie was born December 30, 1806. Marie was the daughter of Waldemar Mentelle and Charlotte Victoire LeClerc. Marie died February 22, 1891 in Fayette Co., KY, at 84 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. At 32 years of age Marie became the mother of Lucretia Hart Clay April 20, 1839. At 33 years of age Marie became the mother of Henry Boyle Clay November 13, 1840. At 36 years of age Marie became the mother of Thomas Hart Clay March 15, 1843. At 38 years of age Marie became the mother of Rose Victoire Clay February 4, 1845. At 41 years of age Marie became the mother of Minnie R. Clay March 30, 1848.

Thomas's occupation: Farmer. At 35 years of age Thomas became the father of Lucretia Hart Clay April 20, 1839. At 37 years of age Thomas became the father of Henry Boyle Clay November 13, 1840. At 39 years of age Thomas became the father of Thomas Hart Clay March 15, 1843. At 41 years of age Thomas became the father of Rose Victoire Clay February 4, 1845. At 44 years of age Thomas became the father of Minnie R. Clay March 30, 1848.

13 iv. Susan Hart Clay was born February 14, 1805. Susan died September 18, 1825 at 20 years of age. She married Martin Duralde in Fayette Co., KY, April 22, 1822. Martin was the son of Martin Milony Duralde and Louise Marie Josephe Perrault. Martin became the father of Martin Duralde III March 29, 1823. Martin became the father of Henry Clay Duralde September 30, 1824.

At 18 years of age Susan became the mother of Martin Duralde III March 29, 1823. At 19 years of age Susan became the mother of Henry Clay Duralde September 30, 1824.

+ 1 v. Anne Brown Clay was born April 15, 1807.

14 vi. Lucretia Hart Clay was born February 1809. Lucretia died June 18, 1823 in Fayette Co., KY, at 14 years of age.

15 vii. Henry Clay, Jr. was born April 10, 1811. Henry died February 22, 1847 in Buena Vista, Mexico, at 35 years of age. His body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY. He married Julia Prather October 10, 1832. Julia was born May 16, 1814. Julia was the daughter of Thomas Prather and Matilda Fontaine. Julia died February 13, 1840 at 25 years of age. At 19 years of age Julia became the mother of Henry Clay III July 20, 1833. At 20 years of age Julia became the mother of Matilda Clay January 30, 1835. At 22 years of age Julia became the mother of Anne Brown Clay February 14, 1837. At 24 years of age Julia became the mother of Martha Clay 1838. At 25 years of age Julia became the mother of Thomas Julian Clay January 30, 1840.

At 22 years of age Henry became the father of Henry Clay III July 20, 1833. At 23 years of age Henry became the father of Matilda Clay January 30, 1835. At 25 years of age Henry became the father of Anne Brown Clay February 14, 1837. At 27 years of age Henry became the father of Martha Clay 1838. At 28 years of age Henry became the father of Thomas Julian Clay January 30, 1840.

16 viii. Eliza H. Clay was born July 5, 1813. Eliza died August 11, 1825 in Lebanon, OH, at 12 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.

17 ix. Laura Clay was born October 16, 1815. Laura died January 5, 1817 at 1 year of age.

18 x. James Brown Clay was born in Washington, DC November 9, 1817. James died January 26, 1864 in Montreal, Canada, at 46 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. He married Susanna Maria Jacob October 12, 1843. Susanna was born January 17, 1823. Susanna died February 25, 1905 in Fayette Co., KY, at 82 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. At 21 years of age Susanna became the mother of Lucy Jacob Clay August 10, 1844. At 23 years of age Susanna became the mother of James Brown Clay, Jr. January 27, 1846. At 24 years of age Susanna became the mother of John Cathcoat Johnston Clay December 23, 1847. At 26 years of age Susanna became the mother of Henry Clay November 17, 1849. At 28 years of age Susanna became the mother of Lucretia Hart Clay July 3, 1851. At 30 years of age Susanna became the mother of Thomas Jacob Clay April 5, 1853. At 32 years of age Susanna became the mother of Susan Maria Clay February 12, 1855. At 33 years of age Susanna became the mother of Charles Donald Clay January 7, 1857. At 35 years of age Susanna became the mother of George Hudson Clay October 24, 1858. At 38 years of age Susanna became the mother of Nathaniel Hart Clay April 10, 1861.

James's occupation: Attorney. At 26 years of age James became the father of Lucy Jacob Clay August 10, 1844. At 28 years of age James became the father of James Brown Clay, Jr. January 27, 1846. At 30 years of age James became the father of John Cathcoat Johnston Clay December 23, 1847. At 32 years of age James became the father of Henry Clay November 17, 1849. At 33 years of age James became the father of Lucretia Hart Clay July 3, 1851. At 35 years of age James became the father of Thomas Jacob Clay April 5, 1853. At 37 years of age James became the father of Susan Maria Clay February 12, 1855. At 39 years of age James became the father of Charles Donald Clay January 7, 1857. At 40 years of age James became the father of George Hudson Clay October 24, 1858. At 43 years of age James became the father of Nathaniel Hart Clay April 10, 1861. His biography from the Biographical Directory of the American Congress follows: CLAY, James Brown (son of Henry Clay), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Washington, D.C., November 9, 1817; pursued preparatory studies; attended Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., and Kenyon College, Gambler, Ohio; clerk in a countinghouse in Boston 1832-1834; studied law at Lexington Law School; was admitted to the bar and practiced with his father in Lexington; Chargéé d'Affaires to Portugal from August 1, 1849, to July 19, 1850; was a resident of Missouri in 1851 and 1852, when he returned to Lexington, Ky.; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859); was not a candidate for renomination in 1858; declined the appointment by President Buchanan to a mission to Germany; member of the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; during the Civil War identified himself with the Confederacy; died in Montreal, Canada, January 26, 1864, where he had gone for his health; interment in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.

19 xi. John Morrison Clay was born in Fayette Co., KY February 21, 1821. John died August 10, 1887 in Fayette Co., KY, at 66 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. He married Josephine Deborah Russell in Fayette Co., KY, July 7, 1866. Josephine was born in Fulton, Callaway Co., MO December 7, 1835. Josephine was the daughter of William Henry Russell and Zaenett Freeland. Josephine died March 29, 1920 in Fayette Co., KY, at 84 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. At 18 years of age Josephine became the mother of Lucretia Clay Erwin in Independence, MO, June 12, 1854. At 21 years of age Josephine became the mother of Nettie Russell Erwin 1857. At 25 years of age Josephine became the mother of Mary Webster Erwin in Jackson Co, Mo, February 5, 1861. At 28 years of age Josephine became the mother of Eugenia Erwin January 26, 1864. Josephine was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. Josephine Clay is listed on the 1910 Census for Fayette County, Kentucky as a farmer, age 75, born in Missouri. Also listed is Lucretia Simpson, daughter, 55, born in Missouri; Minor Simpson, son-in-law, 73, born in Kentucky; Josephine Simpson, granddaughter, 31, born in Kentucky; Eugene Simpson, grandson, electrical engineer, 30, born in Kentucky; and Henry C. Simpson, 13, born in Kentucky.

Josephine was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. Josephine Clay is listed in the 1920 Census for Fayette County, Kentucky as a white female, age 85, whose occupation was listed as farmer. Also in the household were Minor Simpson, age 83; Lucretia C. Simpson, 65; Josephine C. Simpson, age 41; and Eugene E. Simpson, farmer, age 39.

John was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. John M. Clay is listed in the 1880 Census for Fayette County, Kentucky as a farmer, age 59, born in Kentucky. Also listed is Josephine, age 45 born in Missouri; Mary W. Erwin, 19, born in Missouri; and Nettie R. Erwin, 23, born in Missouri. John M. Clay owned and operated a horse farm on the outskirts of Lexington known as the Ashland Stud. He died without issue. Josephine was first married to Andrew Eugene Erwin, a grandson of Henry Clay who was killed at the Battle of Vicksburg in 1863.

20. Lucretia² Hart (Thomas³, Thomas⁴, Thomas⁵) was born in Hagerstown, MD March 18, 1781. Lucretia died April 7, 1864 in Fayette Co., KY, at 83 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.

She married Henry Clay Lexington, KY, April 11, 1799. Henry was born in Hanover County, VA April 12, 1777. Henry was the son of John Clay and Elizabeth Hudson. Henry died June 29, 1852 in Washington, DC, at 75 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. At 23 years of age Henry became the father of Henrietta Clay Lexington, KY, June 25, 1800. At 25 years of age Henry became the father of Theodore Wythe Clay Lexington, KY, July 3, 1802. At 26 years of age Henry became the father of Thomas Hart Clay Lexington, KY, September 22, 1803. At 27 years of age Henry became the father of Susan Hart Clay February 14, 1805. At 30 years of age Henry became the father of Anne Brown Clay Lexington, KY, April 15, 1807. At 31 years of age Henry became the father of Lucretia Hart Clay February 1809. Henry was listed as the head of a family on the 1810 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. In the 1810 Census for Fayette County, Kentucky, Henry Clay had 2 white males under 10, 1 26-45, 1 over 45, 3 white females under 10, and 2 26-45.

At 33 years of age Henry became the father of Henry Clay, Jr. April 10, 1811. At 36 years of age Henry became the father of Eliza H. Clay July 5, 1813. At 38 years of age Henry became the father of Laura Clay October 16, 1815. At 40 years of age Henry became the father of James Brown Clay in Washington, DC, November 9, 1817. Henry was listed as the head of a family on the 1820 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. In the 1820 Census for Fayette County, Kentucky, Henry Clay is listed with 2 white males under 10, 1 16-18, 2 26-44, 1 white female under 10, 2 10-15, 1 16-25, 2 26-44, 4 male blacks under 14, 3 14-25, 2 26-44, 1 over 44, 2 female blacks under 14, 1 14-25, 4 26-44, 1 over 44, and a total of 8 persons engaged in agriculture.

At 43 years of age Henry became the father of John Morrison Clay in Fayette Co., KY, February 21, 1821. Henry was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. Henry Clay is listed in the 1830 Census for Fayette County, Kentucky with 1 white male under 5, 1 5-10, 1 10-15, 3 15-20, 1 20-30, 1 30-40, 1 40-50, 1 white female 30-40, 1 40-50, 16 male slaves under 10, 5 10-24, 10 24-36, 5 36-55, 6 female slaves under 10, 4 10-24, 6 24-36, and 1 55-100 for a total of 53 slaves.

Henry was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. Henry Clay is listed in the 1840 Census for Fayette County, Kentucky with 1 white male under 5, 1 5-10, 1 15-20, 1 20-30, 1 60-70, 1 white female 50-60, 1 70-80, 11 male slaves under 10, 6 10-24, 4 24-36, 3 36-55, 2 55-100, 7 female slaves under 10, 3 10-24, 4 24-36, 5 36-55, and 2 55-100 for a total of 47 slaves. Fourteen persons were engaged in agriculture.

Henry was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. Henry Clay is listed in the 1850 Census for Fayette County, Kentucky as 73 years of age, born in Virginia with his occupation given as statesman. The slave schedule says he had 31 slaves. His real estate was valued at $50,000.00. His wife, Lucretia, is listed as age 69 and born in Maryland. His son, John M. Clay, occupation farmer, is listed as 29, born in Kentucky, with his occupation given as farmer. Sarah Hall, age 80, born in England is also listed.

Henry was listed as the owner of slaves on the 1850 Census of Slave Inhabitants in Fayette County, Kentucky. Henry Clay was listed in the slave schedules for Fayette County, Kentucky in 1850 with 31 slaves, 2 of which were marked as fugitives from the state. (See Henry Clay for the children resulting from this marriage.)

At 19 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Henrietta Clay Lexington, KY, June 25, 1800. At 21 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Theodore Wythe Clay Lexington, KY, July 3, 1802. At 22 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Thomas Hart Clay Lexington, KY, September 22, 1803. At 23 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Susan Hart Clay February 14, 1805. At 26 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Anne Brown Clay Lexington, KY, April 15, 1807. At 27 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Lucretia Hart Clay February 1809. At 30 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Henry Clay, Jr. April 10, 1811. At 32 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Eliza H. Clay July 5, 1813. At 34 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Laura Clay October 16, 1815. At 36 years of age Lucretia became the mother of James Brown Clay in Washington, DC, November 9, 1817. At 39 years of age Lucretia became the mother of John Morrison Clay in Fayette Co., KY, February 21, 1821. Lucretia was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. Lucretia Clay is listed in the 1860 Census as age 79, born in Maryland, with a personal estate of $6,000.00. Also listed in the household are John Clay, age 39, born in Kentucky; G. F. Robbins, trainer, age 25, born in New York, with a personal estate of $500.00; S. D. Lindsey, age 21, born in Kentucky, with a personal estate of $5,000.00; and Samuel Nelson, race rider, age 17. Samuel Nelson's race is indicated to be mulatto. John Clay is a farmer, with real estate worth $37,500.00 and personal property worth $40,000.00. The biography of Lucretia Hart Clay from The Kentucky Encyclopedia follows: CLAY, LUCRETIA (HART). Lucretia (Hart) Clay, mistress of the ASHLAND estate for fifty years, was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, on March 18, 1781, the daughter of Col. Thomas and Susanna (Gray) Hart. She moved to Kentucky with her parents in 1784. She married Henry Clay on April 11, 1799. Hostess to many of the great figures of the time, she also superintended the large family farm in Fayette County, conducting its affairs with vigor and good judgment. The Clays had eleven children, five sons and six daughters, seven of whom reached adulthood. Lucretia Clay died on April 6, 1864, and is buried beside her husband in the family vault in the Lexington Cemetery. See Rachael Sleasman Schwartz, Lucretia Hart, the Hagerstown Girl Who Became the Wife of Henry Clay (Hagerstown, Md., 1937). FRANCES KELLER BARR

21. John³ Clay (John⁴, Henry⁵, Charles⁶, John⁷) was born in Virginia circa 1742. John died 1781 in Hanover County, VA, at 39 years of age. His body was interred in Hanover County, VA.

He married Elizabeth Hudson in Virginia, 1765. Elizabeth was born in Hanover County, VA 1750. Elizabeth was the daughter of George Hudson and Elizabeth Jennings. Elizabeth died December 4, 1829 in Woodford Co., KY, at 79 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. Elizabeth became the mother of Betty Hudson Clay in Hanover County, VA, before 1771. Elizabeth became the mother of Henry Clay in Hanover County, VA, before 1771. Elizabeth became the mother of George Hudson Clay in Hanover County, VA, before 1771. Elizabeth became the mother of Sarah Clay Hanover Co., VA, ca 1774. Elizabeth became the mother of John Clay in Hanover County, VA, circa 1775. At 26 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Henry Clay in Hanover County, VA, April 12, 1777. At 29 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Porter Clay Hanover Co., VA, 1779. Elizabeth became the mother of Martha Watkins in Hanover County, VA, circa 1785. At 35 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of John Hancock Watkins in Hanover County, VA, October 1, 1785. At 41 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Francis Hudson Watkins in Woodford Co., KY, January 14, 1792. At 45 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Nathaniel W. Watkins in Woodford Co., KY, January 28, 1796.

John's occupation: Baptist Preacher. John became the father of Betty Hudson Clay in Hanover County, VA, before 1771. John became the father of Henry Clay in Hanover County, VA, before 1771. John became the father of George Hudson Clay in Hanover County, VA, before 1771. John became the father of Sarah Clay Hanover Co., VA, ca 1774. John became the father of John Clay in Hanover County, VA, circa 1775. At 34 years of age John became the father of Henry Clay in Hanover County, VA, April 12, 1777. At 37 years of age John became the father of Porter Clay Hanover Co., VA, 1779.

John Clay and Elizabeth Hudson had the following children:

22 i. Molly² Clay was born on (birth date unknown).

23 ii. Betty Hudson Clay was born in Hanover County, VA before 1771. Betty died before 1781 in Hanover County, VA.

24 iii. Henry Clay was born in Hanover County, VA before 1771. Henry died before 1778 in Hanover County, VA.

25 iv. George Hudson Clay was born in Hanover County, VA before 1771.

26 v. Sarah Clay was born Hanover Co., VA ca 1774. Sarah died August 12, 1795 at 21 years of age. She married John Watkins in Woodford Co., KY, June 12, 1795. John was born in Chesterfield Co., VA before 1772. John was the son of John Watkins and Mary Hudson. John died August 30, 1812 in New Orleans, LA, at 40 years of age.

27 vi. John Clay was born in Hanover County, VA circa 1775. John died November 19, 1829 in Mississippi River on steamboat, at 54 years of age. His body was interred in Helena, Arkansas. He married Julie Duralde in St. Martin Parish, LA, September 7, 1807. Julie was the daughter of Martin Milony Duralde and Louise Marie Josephe Perrault. John Clay was a businessman in New Orleans, LA. It is believed he died without issue.

+ 9 vii. Henry Clay was born April 12, 1777.

28 viii. Porter Clay was born Hanover Co., VA 1779. Porter died February 16, 1850 in Camden, Arkansas, at 70 years of age. He married twice. He married Elizabeth (Logan) Hardin. Elizabeth was born in Logan's Fort, VA (now KY) May 22, 1784. Elizabeth was the daughter of Benjamin Logan and Anne Montgomery. Elizabeth died 1863 in Jacksonville, IL, at 79 years of age. He married Sophia Grosch in Fayette Co., KY, April 11, 1804. Sophia was born in Hagerstown, MD. Sophia died September 28, 1829. Porter Clay had six children who all predeceased him. By 1852 he only had one heir, Clay Taylor, of St. Louis, MO. Porter was State Auditor of Kentucky for many years and then became a Baptist preacher in later life.

29. Elizabeth³ Hudson (George⁴, John⁵, William⁶, Richard⁷) was born in Hanover County, VA 1750. Elizabeth died December 4, 1829 in Woodford Co., KY, at 79 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.

She married twice. She married John Clay in Virginia, 1765. John was born in Virginia circa 1742. John was the son of John Clay and Sarah Watkins. John died 1781 in Hanover County, VA, at 39 years of age. His body was interred in Hanover County, VA. John's occupation: Baptist Preacher. John became the father of Betty Hudson Clay in Hanover County, VA, before 1771. John became the father of Henry Clay in Hanover County, VA, before 1771. John became the father of George Hudson Clay in Hanover County, VA, before 1771. John became the father of Sarah Clay Hanover Co., VA, ca 1774. John became the father of John Clay in Hanover County, VA, circa 1775. At 34 years of age John became the father of Henry Clay in Hanover County, VA, April 12, 1777. At 37 years of age John became the father of Porter Clay Hanover Co., VA, 1779. She married Henry Watkins in unknown, 1784. Henry was born in Cumberland Co., VA December 26, 1758. Henry was the son of John Watkins and Phebe Hancock. Henry died November 25, 1829 in Woodford Co., KY, at 70 years of age. Henry became the father of Martha Watkins in Hanover County, VA, circa 1785. At 26 years of age Henry became the father of John Hancock Watkins in Hanover County, VA, October 1, 1785. At 33 years of age Henry became the father of Francis Hudson Watkins in Woodford Co., KY, January 14, 1792. At 37 years of age Henry became the father of Nathaniel W. Watkins in Woodford Co., KY, January 28, 1796. Henry was listed as the head of a family on the 1810 Census in Woodford County, Kentucky. In the 1810 Census for Woodford County, Kentucky, Henry Watkins is listed with 3 white males 16-26, 1 26-45, 1 over 45, and 1 white female over 45.

Henry was listed as the head of a family on the 1820 Census in Woodford County, Kentucky. In the 1820 Census for Woodford County, Kentucky, Henry Watkins is listed with 1 white male over 45, 1 white female over 45, and 12 slaves.

Elizabeth became the mother of Betty Hudson Clay in Hanover County, VA, before 1771. Elizabeth became the mother of Henry Clay in Hanover County, VA, before 1771. Elizabeth became the mother of George Hudson Clay in Hanover County, VA, before 1771. Elizabeth became the mother of Sarah Clay Hanover Co., VA, ca 1774. Elizabeth became the mother of John Clay in Hanover County, VA, circa 1775. At 26 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Henry Clay in Hanover County, VA, April 12, 1777. At 29 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Porter Clay Hanover Co., VA, 1779. Elizabeth became the mother of Martha Watkins in Hanover County, VA, circa 1785. At 35 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of John Hancock Watkins in Hanover County, VA, October 1, 1785. At 41 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Francis Hudson Watkins in Woodford Co., KY, January 14, 1792. At 45 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Nathaniel W. Watkins in Woodford Co., KY, January 28, 1796. Elizabeth Hudson was born in Virginia and first married John Clay who died in 1781. She secondly married Henry Watkins in 1784. They moved to what is now Woodford County, Kentucky in 1791 and engaged in a tavern business, Watkins Tavern, next to the Courthouse in Versailles. Elizabeth had 16 children and not all of them are identified. The unknown ones are from her second marriage. Her obituary from "The Western Citizen", Paris, KY: Died in Woodford County, on the 4th instant, Mrs. Elizabeth Watkins, widow of Henry Watkins, her second husband, in the eightieth year of her age. He preceded her in the terminaton of this mortal career only ten days. Few women have fulfilled better the duties incident to all the relations here below in which she stood. Few have perfomed more devotedly, or for a longer period, those higher duties which, it is to be hoped, have now obtained their reward above. She was the mother of Henry Clay. Her obituary from The Kentucky Reporter: Died: Mrs. Elizabeth Watkins, widow of Henry Watkins, her second husband, in Woodford County, 4 December, 1829, aged 80 years. She was Elizabeth Hudson of Hanover County, Virginia. She married the Rev. John Clay, father of Henry Clay, in 1765, when she was 15 years of age. She married Henry Watkins, 26-year old planter and militia captain in 1784.

Elizabeth Hudson and Henry Watkins had the following children:

30 i. Martha² Watkins was born in Hanover County, VA circa 1785. Martha died March 7, 1836 in Woodford Co., KY, at 50 years of age. She married William Berry Blackburn before 1811. William was born circa 1774. William died 1843 at 69 years of age.

31 ii. John Hancock Watkins was born in Hanover County, VA October 1, 1785. John died September 11, 1845 in Scott Co., MO, at 59 years of age. He married Caroline Taylor Milton in Fayette Co., KY, February 1, 1812. Caroline was born 1794. Caroline died 1868 at 74 years of age.

32 iii. Francis Hudson Watkins was born in Woodford Co., KY January 14, 1792. Francis died September 10, 1852 in Boone Co., MO, at 60 years of age. He married twice. He married Mary Kinkead in Woodford Co., KY, February 11, 1812. Mary was born circa 1792. Mary died circa 1835. He married Margaret Jane Kinkead in Pendleton Co., VA (now WV), October 27, 1835. Margaret was born 1810. Margaret died 1860 at 50 years of age.

33 iv. Nathaniel W. Watkins was born in Woodford Co., KY January 28, 1796. Nathaniel died March 20, 1876 in Scott Co., MO, at 80 years of age. He married Eliza M. Watson circa 1830. Eliza was born 1810. Eliza died 1878 at 68 years of age.

34. Thomas³ Hart (Thomas⁴, Thomas⁵) was born in Hanover County, VA December 11, 1730. Thomas died June 23, 1808 Lexington, KY, at 77 years of age. His body was interred in Old Episcopal Cemetery, Lexington, KY.

He married Susanna Gray in North Carolina, 1764. Susanna was born in North Carolina 1749. Susanna was the daughter of John Gray and unknown. Susanna died August 26, 1832 Lexington, KY, at 83 years of age. Her body was interred in Old Episcopal Cemetery, Lexington, KY. At 19 years of age Susanna became the mother of Eliza Hart September 9, 1768. At 23 years of age Susanna became the mother of Thomas Hart, Jr. in North Carolina, 1772. At 31 years of age Susanna became the mother of Lucretia Hart in Hagerstown, MD, March 18, 1781. Susanna became the mother of Nathaniel Gray Smith Hart in Hagerstown, MD, ca 1784. Susanna was listed as the head of a family on the 1810 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. In the 1810 Census for Fayette County, Kentucky, Susanna Hart is listed with 1 white male 16-26, 5 white females under 10, 1 16-26, 1 26-45, and 3 slaves.

At 37 years of age Thomas became the father of Eliza Hart September 9, 1768. At 41 years of age Thomas became the father of Thomas Hart, Jr. in North Carolina, 1772. At 50 years of age Thomas became the father of Lucretia Hart in Hagerstown, MD, March 18, 1781. Thomas became the father of Nathaniel Gray Smith Hart in Hagerstown, MD, ca 1784. Thomas was listed as the head of a family on the 1790 Census in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Thomas Hart is listed in the 1890 Census for Washington County, Pennsylvania with one male white age 16 or over, 2 under 16, 4 white females and 18 slaves. Thomas Hart was engaged in business and had an entrprenurial bent. He was a member of the Transylvania Company and was one of the purchasers of some 20 million acres of Kentucky and Tennessee from the Cherokee Indians in 1775. This purchase was later nullified by the legislatures of Virginia and North Carolina. Thomas moved to Lexington, Kentucky from Hagerstown, MD in 1794. He had moved to Hagerstown from North Carolina during the Revolutionary War for safety. His biography from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography edited by William S. Powell, Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1988 follows: Hart, Thomas (ca. 1730-23 June 1808), merchant, public official, and militia officer, the son of Thomas and Susannah Rice Hart, was born in Hanover County, Va., on a plantation settled in 1690 by his English-born grandfather, also named Thomas. John, Benjamin, David, and Nathaniel were his brothers, and Ann his only sister. The family moved to Orange County, N.C., in 1755 after their father died. By 1779, Thomas had received a total of 2,282 acres of land in grants and erected his home, Hartford, near Hillsborough. In addition to farming, he built a gristmill on the nearby Eno River and conducted other business enterprises at the location that became known as Hart's Mill. Later he became a partner with Nathaniel Rochester and James Brown in a mercantile establishment in Hillsborough. After establishing himself financially, Hart married Susannah Gray, the daughter of the wealthy and politically prominent Colonel John Gray. In 1775, the colonel died and left his entire estate to his son-in-law, including the large plantation Grayfields. With capital resources thus increased, Hart shrewdly expanded his business and by his industrious management accumulated a considerable fortune according to the Orange County tax books for 1779. In addition to his financial prosperity, Hart was successful politically. Shortly after settling in North Carolina, he became an intimate of James Watson, James Thackston, Thomas Burke, James Hogg, William Johnston, and Richard Henderson, and an acquaintance of Governor William Tryon and Edmund Fanning. This led to his appointment as a vestryman of St. Matthew's Parish as well as county sheriff for a two-year term and another beginning in 1768. In the latter year he was also made a captain in the Orange County militia and commissary for the troops of Orange and Granville counties. Throughout his tenure of office, the sheriff was in constant controversy with the increasingly active Regulators. In 1765, the Assembly passed a bill introduced by Edmund Fanning to award Hart £1,000 for his losses as sheriff, and the previous legislature had included Hart in a group exempt from the payment of taxes. These acts infuriated the Regulators, who claimed the sheriff had no losses, but was being rewarded at public expense for using his influence in the election of Fanning to office. Hart also displeased the government by his failure to collect the unpopular poll tax, either because he disapproved of the law or did not understand it. In 1765, the Assembly ordered him to make the collection. Whether or not he did, he settled his financial account in the colony satisfactorily, which won for him a tribute from Orange County residents because he was the only sheriff ever to do so. When Governor Tryon decided in 1768 to have Herman Husband arraigned in court for his Regulator activities, Sheriff Hart served the warrant and took the accused into custody. In the same year, and again in 1771, Hart was ordered to raise five hundred troops for the defense of the colony. He was unable to enlist the requested manpower but on both occasions accumulated sufficient provisions to sustain the troops Tryon assembled at Hillsborough. The actions of the royal government increasingly incited the wrath of the Regulators, and the sheriff was one of a group of officials they severely whipped in 1770. In view of such treatment, Hart undoubtedly received considerable satisfaction in serving as quartermaster for Tryon when the governor dispersed the Regulators at the Battle of Alamance. During the relative calm that ensued after the War of the Regulation, Hart was able to concentrate on business enterprises. The role of an entrepreneur appealed to him, and in 1774 he became one of the partners in Richard Henderson's Louisa Company to buy and develop lands in what became Tennessee and Kentucky. Hart journeyed to the Watauga section of Tennessee as one of the company's representatives at a meeting arranged by Daniel Boone with the Cherokee Indians. John Sevier and Isaac Shelby, who attended as spectators, saw the Indians accept several loads of "trading goods" in return for their titular rights to a huge area of western land. After this transaction, the company was reorganized as the Transylvania Company with Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathaniel Hart, William Johnston, James Hogg, John Luttrell, John Williams, David Hart, and Leonard Henly Bullock as shareholders. Trading with the Indians for western lands strictly violated the Royal Proclamation of 1763, but, as many Americans were engaging in land speculation despite the king's fiat, the Transylvanians ignored it also. The potential profit in the venture was enormous, and the partners lost no time in enlisting settlers to buy or rent land in the territory. Thomas Hart visited the Watauga again in 1775 and his brother, Nathaniel, became a resident agent for the company in the west until he was killed by Indians in 1782. The outcome of the American Revolution relieved the Transylvania Company of any interference in its affairs from the British government but presented a new dilemma because the states of North Carolina and Virginia claimed Tennessee and Kentucky, respectively, as part of their territory. The partners determined to establish their claim to the western land if possible and years of litigation followed. The final decision rendered that the company's purchase was illegal but a tract was awarded the partners to recompense them for the expenses incurred in the transaction. Hart traded part of his share for land in Kentucky and eventually settled on it. After the War of the Regulation, Hart continued to fill an important role in political affairs, serving as a juror; member of a commission to build a new jail in Hillsborough; member of the colonial Assembly from Orange County in 1773; and then representative in the First, Second, and Third Provincial congresses. When the Revolution began, he was appointed commissary for the Sixth North Carolina Regiment with the rank of colonel. In addition, he was elected a senator in the North Carolina General Assembly for the 1777 session where he became involved in the work of so many committees that he resigned his military commission in order to attend to them. Although Hart, with many others, could not condone the violent tactics of the Regulators, he felt no compunction in becoming an ardent patriot in the American Revolution when independence was formally declared. In doing so, he incurred the hatred of the loyal Tories who unleashed their persecutions when Lord Cornwallis approached Hillsborough with the British Army. Concerned for the safety of his wife and several daughters, Hart removed to Hagerstown, Md., accompanied by Nathaniel Rochester, one of his former business partners. Shortly after his departure the Battle of Hart's Mill was fought on his property, which the British occupied. Hart and Rochester built a mill and a nail and rope factory, both of which prospered. The colonel gradually disposed of his North Carolina property and never returned to the state. He sold his homeplace, Hartford, to Jesse Benton, husband of his niece, Nancy, and father of Thomas Hart Benton. As the purchaser died before paying for the place, Hart became the mortgagee of the property through a friendly lawsuit and allowed the widow and her family to continue to live there. The mortage was never fully redeemed, which apparently caused no ill will as Hart left the Bentons an additional tract of land when he died. In 1794, Hart moved to Lexington, Ky., where he resided for the remainder of his life. He built up his rope and hemp business into a highly profitable commercial enterprise and engaged in various forms of trade and investment. Due to his affluence, pleasing personality, and shrewd mind, Hart soon became one of the most prominent men in Kentucky. His daughter, Ann (Nancy), married James Brown who had engaged in business with the colonel and Rochester back in Hillsborough, and who later became the U.S. minister to France. Another daughter, Lucretia, born after the Harts left North Carolina, married Henry Clay. A niece married Isaac Shelby, and the other members of the family made marital connections in influential circles. In Maryland, Hart was a communicant of All Saints' Parish (later renamed St. John's), of the Protestant Episcopal church. In Kentucky, he joined an Episcopal society which eventually became Christ Church in Lexington. He was buried in the Old Episcopal Graveyard in that city. No portrait of Hart has been found.

SEE: Walter Clark, ed., State Records of North Carolina, vols. 11, 16, 24 (1895, 1899, 1905); Lyman Copeland Draper Letters (Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort); William S. Lester, The Transylvania Colony (1935); Frank Nash, Hillsboro: Colonial and Revolutionary (1953); Records of Orange County (Offices, Register of Deeds and Clerk of Courts, County Courthouse, Hillsborough); William L. Saunders, ed., Colonial Records of North Carolina, vols. 7, 8 (1890); Durward T. Stokes, "Thomas Hart in North Carolina," North Carolina Historical Review 41 (1964).

DURWARD T. STOKES

A web site about the Hart family may be found at http://www.airtanker.com/mcnally/hart/index.html.

The Will of Thomas Hart transcribed by Edith Gomez follows: I, Thomas Hart, of Lexington, Kentucky, do make, ordain and publish the following as and for my last Will and Testament: I give and bequeath to my wife during her life the house and lot which I at present occupy in Lexington, also during the same period all my household and kitchen furniture and one hundred fifty pounds annualy during her life, which sum I direct my executors (herein after named) to pay her quarterly. I also lend during her life the slaves Isham & Jenny, now in our possession, and direct my said executors to provide her by hiring one other good house servant during her life, all of which several provisions I intend and hereby declare to be in lieu and full satisfaction of all claims which my said wife might have upon my estate for dower or distribution.

I give and bequeath to each of my sons Nathaniel and John, the sum of one thousand pounds to be raised in six months after my death and to be put out on interest by my executors toward providing a fund to maintain them and to be paid over to them on their arrival at full age respectively. The interest accuruing upon each legacy to be appropriated to the separate use of each of my said sons; and as a further provision for their maintenance I likewise direct my said executors to pay each of them one hundred pounds annually until they arrive respectfully at full age.

I apopoint my son Thomas Hart guardian of my son John and empower my said son Thomas if he shall deem it for the interest of John to employ the said legacy of one thousand pounds to John in trade.

I relinquish to the Representatives of Samuel Price all claims of whatever description I have against them. I give and devise to my daughter Susannah Price the house and lot I purchased for John Jones in Lexington and also the sum of two hundred pounds to be paid her as soon as it can be raised with convenience, and I also direct my executors immediately upon my death to purchase two young negro women whom I give and bequeath to my said daughter.

I give and bequeath, besides the legacies aforesaid, to my son Thomas Hart, two hundred pounds; to children of my deceased daughter Elizabeth Pindell, two hundred pounds; to my son-in-law James Brown two hundred pounds; to my son-in-law Henry Clay two hundred pounds, to be paid to them or their representatives as soon as the situation of my estate will enable my executors.

I give to and invest in my executors the power of selling any of my lands not specially devised that they may think proper. I also give and invest in my said executors the power of making deed for any lands that I am or may be bound to convey and also settling by compromise, abritration or otherwise any dispute that may exist in my lands.

All the rest and residue of my estate not before herein disposed of after payment of my just debts I give and bequeath to my children: Thomas Hart, Susannah Price, Anne Brown, Lucretia Clay, Nathaniel G.S. Hart, and John Hart and children of my deceased daughter Elizabeth Pindell.

I hereby appoint my son Thomas Hart and my son-in-law Henry Clay, executors of this last Will and Testament, revoking and annulling all former and other wills by me heretofore made.

In Testimony whereof I have hureunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 31st day of August, 1807.

Signed: Thomas Hart

Wit: John W. Hunt, Thos. C. Graves, Samuel Wilkinson.

Signed and sealed and published in presence of.

Probated in Fayette County Court July 1808.

Thomas Hart and Susanna Gray had the following children:

35 i. Anne² Hart was born before October 20, 1830, the first event for which there is a recorded date. Anne died October 20, 1830. She married James Brown. James was born in near Staunton, VA September 11, 1766. James was the son of John Brown and Margaret Preston. James died April 7, 1835 in Philadelphia, PA, at 68 years of age. James's occupation: Attorney.

36 ii. John Hart was born before September 3, 1820, the first event for which there is a recorded date. John died September 3, 1820 in St. Louis, MO.

37 iii. Susanna Hart was born before 1865, the first event for which there is a recorded date. Susanna died 1865 in Louisville, KY. She married Samuel Price.

38 iv. Eliza Hart was born September 9, 1768. Eliza died 1798 in Hagerstown, MD, at 29 years of age. She married Richard Pindell. Richard died March 16, 1833 Lexington, KY. Richard became the father of Mary "Polly" Pindell 1787.

At 18 years of age Eliza became the mother of Mary "Polly" Pindell 1787.

39 v. Thomas Hart, Jr. was born in North Carolina 1772. Thomas died November 26, 1809 Lexington, KY, at 37 years of age. His body was interred in Old Episcopal Cemetery, Lexington, KY. He married Eleanor Grosch in Hagerstown, MD. Eleanor was born in Hagertown, MD 1772. Eleanor was the daughter of Peter Grosch and Mary Charlton. Eleanor died 1856 Lexington, KY, at 84 years of age. Her body was interred in Old Episcopal Cemetery, Lexington, KY. Eleanor became the mother of Thomas Pindell Hart Lexington, KY, ca 1796. Eleanor became the mother of Eleanor Murdock Hart Lexington, KY, ca 1806.

Thomas became the father of Thomas Pindell Hart Lexington, KY, ca 1796. Thomas became the father of Eleanor Murdock Hart Lexington, KY, ca 1806.

+ 20 vi. Lucretia Hart was born March 18, 1781.

40 vii. Nathaniel Gray Smith Hart was born in Hagerstown, MD ca 1784. Nathaniel died January 23, 1813 in Battle of the River Raisin, at 28 years of age. He married Anna Gist in Frankfort, KY, April 6, 1809. Anna was the daughter of Thomas Gist. Anna died July 10, 1818 in Philadelphia, PA. Nathaniel Gray Smith Hart was a Captain in the War of 1812 and was killed at the battle of the River Raisin. Hart County, Kentucky is named for him. He was a lawyer who studied under Henry Clay and practiced in Lexington, Kentucky. His biography from The Kentucky Encyclopedia follows: HART, NATHANIEL GRAY SMITH. Nathaniel Gray Smith Hart, lawyer and officer in the War of 1812, was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, in about 1784 to Col. Thomas and Susanna (Gray) Hart. His father, a proprietor of the Transylvania Land Company moved the family in 1794 to Lexington, Kentucky, where he established a rope business. Hart studied law under Henry Clay, the husband of his sister Lucretia, and practiced in Lexington. By 1809, he had entered the hemp business with his father and his older brother, Thomas Hart, Jr. As captain of the Lexington Light Infantry, Hart organized a company of about one hundred men to fight against the British in the War of 1812. His company was attached to Col. William Lewis's 5th Regiment of the Kentucky Volunteer Militia. In August 1812, the group headed northwest, and in October Hart became deputy inspector of the left wing of the northwestern army. His company fought at the Battle of the River Raisin in Michigan on January 18-22, 1813. On the final day of fighting, Hart was wounded and his men were taken as prisoners to Frenchtown. British Capt. William Elliott, whom Hart had previously known, assured the wounded prisoners that on the next day they would be given safe passage out of Indian territory and conducted to an English prison. Elliott, however, left the prisoners to the Indians, who on January 23 raided the camp, killing many of the men. Hart paid a friendly Pottawattomie to help him escape but they were overcome by Wyandot Indians and Hart was tomahawked and scalped. His body was buried first in Detroit; in 1834 his remains were transferred to Frankfort Cemetery. Hart married Anna Edward Gist on April 6, 1809, in Frankfort; they had two sons-Thomas and Henry Clay. On January 28, 1819, Hart County was established in his honor. Some historical accounts of Hart's life reproduce his name as Nathaniel G.T. Hart. According to C. Frank Dunn, the erroneous initial "T." first appeared in Richard Collins's Historical Sketches of Kentucky (1874), most likely as a typographical error. See C. Frank Dunn, "Captain Nathaniel G.S. Hart," FCHQ 24 (Jan. 1950): 28-33.

41. Susanna³ Gray (John⁴, John⁵) was born in North Carolina 1749. Susanna died August 26, 1832 Lexington, KY, at 83 years of age. Her body was interred in Old Episcopal Cemetery, Lexington, KY.

She married Thomas Hart in North Carolina, 1764. Thomas was born in Hanover County, VA December 11, 1730. Thomas was the son of Thomas Hart and Susanna Rice. Thomas died June 23, 1808 Lexington, KY, at 77 years of age. His body was interred in Old Episcopal Cemetery, Lexington, KY. At 37 years of age Thomas became the father of Eliza Hart September 9, 1768. At 41 years of age Thomas became the father of Thomas Hart, Jr. in North Carolina, 1772. At 50 years of age Thomas became the father of Lucretia Hart in Hagerstown, MD, March 18, 1781. Thomas became the father of Nathaniel Gray Smith Hart in Hagerstown, MD, ca 1784. Thomas was listed as the head of a family on the 1790 Census in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Thomas Hart is listed in the 1890 Census for Washington County, Pennsylvania with one male white age 16 or over, 2 under 16, 4 white females and 18 slaves. (See Thomas Hart for the children resulting from this marriage.)

At 19 years of age Susanna became the mother of Eliza Hart September 9, 1768. At 23 years of age Susanna became the mother of Thomas Hart, Jr. in North Carolina, 1772. At 31 years of age Susanna became the mother of Lucretia Hart in Hagerstown, MD, March 18, 1781. Susanna became the mother of Nathaniel Gray Smith Hart in Hagerstown, MD, ca 1784. Susanna was listed as the head of a family on the 1810 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. In the 1810 Census for Fayette County, Kentucky, Susanna Hart is listed with 1 white male 16-26, 5 white females under 10, 1 16-26, 1 26-45, and 3 slaves.

42. John⁴ Clay (Henry⁵, Charles⁶, John⁷) was born about 1721. John died 1762 in Chesterfield Co., VA, at 41 years of age.

He married twice. He married Sarah Watkins Goochland Co., VA, about 1740. Sarah was born in Henrico Co., VA before 1726. Sarah was the daughter of Edward Watkins. Sarah died circa 1750 in Chesterfield Co., VA. Sarah became the mother of John Clay in Virginia, circa 1742. Sarah became the mother of Edward Clay in Henrico Co., VA, circa 1745. He married Mary Bass about 1760. Mary was born February 2, 1733/34. Mary was the daughter of William Bass and Martha Clay. Mary died about 1772. Mary became the mother of Jeremiah Bass about 1759. Mary became the mother of Fanny Clay about 1760. Mary became the mother of Thomas Wooldridge after 1772. Mary became the mother of Archibald Wooldridge after 1772. Mary became the mother of Rhoda Wooldridge after 1772. Mary became the mother of Caroline Wooldridge after 1772.

John became the father of John Clay in Virginia, circa 1742. John became the father of Edward Clay in Henrico Co., VA, circa 1745. John became the father of Jeremiah Bass about 1759. John became the father of Fanny Clay about 1760.

John Clay and Sarah Watkins had the following children:

+ 21 i. John³ Clay was born circa 1742.

43 ii. Edward Clay was born in Henrico Co., VA circa 1745. Edward died 1820 Person Co., NC, at 75 years of age. He married twice. He married Jean Dupuy. He married Magdalena Trabue in Cumberland Co., VA, circa 1770. Magdalena was born 1748 1748. Magdalena was the daughter of John James Trabue and Olympia Dupuy. Magdalena died circa 1815.

John Clay and Mary Bass had the following children:

44 iii. Jeremiah Bass was born about 1759. Jeremiah died before December 7, 1781 at approximately 22 years of age.

45 iv. Fanny Clay was born about 1760. Fanny died before September 16, 1801 at approximately 41 years of age. She married William Wooldridge. William became the father of Jeremiah Wooldridge before 1780. William became the father of William Wooldridge after 1780. William became the father of Mary Wooldridge after 1780. William became the father of Josiah Wooldridge after 1780. William became the father of Frances Wooldridge after 1780. William became the father of John Wooldridge after 1780. William became the father of Nancy Wooldridge after 1780. William became the father of Rhoda Wooldridge after 1780.

Fanny became the mother of Jeremiah Wooldridge before 1780. Fanny became the mother of William Wooldridge after 1780. Fanny became the mother of Mary Wooldridge after 1780. Fanny became the mother of Josiah Wooldridge after 1780. Fanny became the mother of Frances Wooldridge after 1780. Fanny became the mother of John Wooldridge after 1780. Fanny became the mother of Nancy Wooldridge after 1780. Fanny became the mother of Rhoda Wooldridge after 1780.

46. Sarah⁴ Watkins (Edward⁵, Henry⁶) was born in Henrico Co., VA before 1726. Sarah died circa 1750 in Chesterfield Co., VA.

She married John Clay Goochland Co., VA, about 1740. John was born about 1721. John was the son of Henry Clay and Mary Mitchell. John died 1762 in Chesterfield Co., VA, at 41 years of age. John became the father of John Clay in Virginia, circa 1742. John became the father of Edward Clay in Henrico Co., VA, circa 1745. John became the father of Jeremiah Bass about 1759. John became the father of Fanny Clay about 1760. (See John Clay for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Sarah became the mother of John Clay in Virginia, circa 1742. Sarah became the mother of Edward Clay in Henrico Co., VA, circa 1745.

47. George⁴ Hudson (John⁵, William⁶, Richard⁷) was born in Hanover County, VA before circa 1745, the first event for which there is a recorded date. George died 1773 in Hanover County, VA.

He married Elizabeth Jennings circa 1745. Elizabeth was born in Hanover County, VA 1729. Elizabeth was the daughter of William Jennings, Jr. and Mary Jane Pulliam. Elizabeth died circa 1782. Elizabeth became the mother of Mary Hudson Hanover Co., VA, ca 1748. At 21 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Elizabeth Hudson in Hanover County, VA, 1750.

George became the father of Mary Hudson Hanover Co., VA, ca 1748. George became the father of Elizabeth Hudson in Hanover County, VA, 1750. The Will of George Hudson follows: In the name of God Amen. I George Hudson of the County of Hanover do make and ordain this to be my last will and Testament in manner and form following Viz Impris I lend unto my beloved wife Elizabeth Hudson eleven negroes Charles, Uney, Betty, Judy, Sabray, Mary, John, Jenny, Anne, Aron, and Cesar, also what part of my stock as shall be thought necessary for her support, also my riding chair and harness and what Household furniture she shall think necessary all these things I lend unto her during her natural life and after her decease I give and bequeath four of the above Negroes, Viz: Betty, Mary, Anne and Une with their future increase to my Daughter Mary Watkins to her and her heirs forever and four more of the said Negroes, Viz: Charles, Sabray, Judy and Cesar with their future increase I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Clay to her and to her heirs forever and the remaining three I desire may be equally divided they and their Increase between my two Daughters Mary Watkins and Elizabeth Clay they and their heirs forever. Item I give unto my Daughter Mary Watkins the following negroes viz: Nancey, Sarah, Bashshe, Bille and Dorum already in her possession also Will, Sue, Molly with their future increase to her and her heirs forever. Item I give unto my Daughter Elizabeth Clay the following negroes, Viz: Poll, Hannah, Dinah, Bob and Frank already in her possession also Lucy, Fanny and little Lucey with their future Increase to her and her heirs forever. Item I give unto my Grand daughter Betsey Hudson Clay one negro Girl named Rachel to her and her heirs forever. Item I give unto my grandson George Hudson Clay one negro Boy named Bob to him and his heirs forever. Item I give unto my Grandson Henry Clay one negro Boy named Ben to him and his heirs forever. Item I give unto my Grand daughter Betsey Jennings Watkins one negro girl named Agge with her increase to her and her heirs forever. Item I give unto my Grandson Hudson Watkins one negro boy named Ned to him and to his heirs forever. My will and desire is that my wife may have the use of the land and plantation whereon I formerly lived during her life and after her decease I desire the land may be sold at the discretion of my Executors & the money arising from the same be equally divided between my two Daughters Mary Watkins and Elizabeth Clay and I desire all the other land that I am possessed with at my death be sold at the discretion of my Executors and the money to be equally divided between by two Daughters and my Will and desire is that my wife shall have the benefit of the Interest of one third of the money arising from such sale and all the residue and Remainder of my Estate not before mentioned nor given away I desire may be sold and the money be equally divided between my two Children Mary Watkins and Elizabeth Clay. I desire my estate may not be appraised. And it is my Will and desire that if either of the legatees or their heirs should be dissatisfied with what I have thought fit to give them so as to go to law or make any disturbance that they or either of them shall not be entitled to any thing that I have thought fit to leave in my Will and lastly I do appoint and ordain my wife Elizabeth Executrix and my son in law John Watkins Executor to my last Will and Testament Revoking all former Wills by me made and declaring this to be my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 30th November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy.

George Hudson

Sighnd seald and declard to be the last Will and Testament of George Hudson in presence of us Four words interlind before sighnd

Thomas Tinsley Thomas Clarke Thos Oliver

At a Court held for Hanover County on Thursday the 1st day of April 1773 This last Will & Testament of George Hudson, decd, was offered to proof at last Court by Elizabeth Hudson & John Watkins, Executors therein named & then proved by the Oath of Thomas Tinsley & Thomas Clarke two of the Witnesses thereto, & also by the Oath of the said Executors, which was then omitted [sic], & now ordered to be recorded.

Test: William Pollard, C.H. May 1816 A copy teste Tho: Pollard, D.C.H.C.

Nathaniel Wilkinson surviving Exor: of Sir John Clay, decd, John Watkins & Mary, his wife, by their deed bearing date the 7th of October 1790 in the County Court of Hanover conveyed unto Henry Watkins four hundred & sixty four Acres of land laying in Hanover County in the Parish of Saint Paul on Machump's Creek which was sold agreeable to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery made on the 30th day of November 1787 in a suit wherein John Clay's exors & others were Plaintiffs & John Watkins & others were Defendants.

Tho: Pollard D.C.H.C. Hanover Office. May 2d 1816

It is probable the decree mentd in the above memorandum would afford further information respecting the other land of Mr. Clay

T. Pollard

The foregoing Will is in the Henry Clay Papers, Library of Congress.

George Hudson and Elizabeth Jennings had the following children:

48 i. Mary³ Hudson was born Hanover Co., VA ca 1748. Mary died after 1825 in Woodford Co., KY. She married John Watkins Hanover Co., VA, ca 1765. John was born Goochland Co., VA July 23, 1742. John was the son of John Watkins and Phebe Hancock. John died 1807 in Woodford Co., KY, at 64 years of age. John became the father of Elizabeth Jennings Watkins in Chesterfield Co., VA, before 1770. John became the father of John Watkins in Chesterfield Co., VA, before 1772. At 29 years of age John became the father of Mary Watkins in Chesterfield Co., VA, March 1772. John became the father of Samuel Watkins in Chesterfield Co., VA, ca 1778. John became the father of Sarah "Sally" Watkins in Chesterfield Co., VA, before 1779. John became the father of Martha Watkins in Chesterfield Co., VA, ca 1780. John became the father of Phebe Watkins in Virginia, ca 1785.

Mary became the mother of Elizabeth Jennings Watkins in Chesterfield Co., VA, before 1770. Mary became the mother of John Watkins in Chesterfield Co., VA, before 1772. At 23 years of age Mary became the mother of Mary Watkins in Chesterfield Co., VA, March 1772. Mary became the mother of Samuel Watkins in Chesterfield Co., VA, ca 1778. Mary became the mother of Sarah "Sally" Watkins in Chesterfield Co., VA, before 1779. Mary became the mother of Martha Watkins in Chesterfield Co., VA, ca 1780. Mary became the mother of Phebe Watkins in Virginia, ca 1785.

+ 29 ii. Elizabeth Hudson was born 1750.

49. Elizabeth⁴ Jennings (William⁵ Jennings,, William⁶ Jennings) was born in Hanover County, VA 1729. Elizabeth died circa 1782.

She married George Hudson circa 1745. George was born in Hanover County, VA. George was the son of John Hudson and Elizabeth Harris. George died 1773 in Hanover County, VA. George became the father of Mary Hudson Hanover Co., VA, ca 1748. George became the father of Elizabeth Hudson in Hanover County, VA, 1750. (See George Hudson for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Elizabeth became the mother of Mary Hudson Hanover Co., VA, ca 1748. At 21 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Elizabeth Hudson in Hanover County, VA, 1750.

50. Thomas⁴ Hart (Thomas⁵) was born in England circa 1679. Thomas died circa 1755 Hanover Co., VA.

He married Susanna Rice in Virginia, ca 1729. Susanna was born in New Kent Co., VA 1707. Susanna was the daughter of Thomas Rice and Marcy. Susanna died 1785 in Orange Co., NC, at 78 years of age. At 23 years of age Susanna became the mother of Thomas Hart in Hanover County, VA, December 11, 1730. At 25 years of age Susanna became the mother of Benjamin Hart in Hanover Co., NC, October 1732. At 26 years of age Susanna became the mother of Nathaniel Hart in Hanover County, VA, May 8, 1734. Susanna became the mother of David Hart Hanover Co., VA, ca 1736. Susanna became the mother of John Hart Hanover Co., VA, ca 1738. At 33 years of age Susanna became the mother of Ann Hart Hanover Co., VA, 1740.

At 51 years of age Thomas became the father of Thomas Hart in Hanover County, VA, December 11, 1730. At 53 years of age Thomas became the father of Benjamin Hart in Hanover Co., NC, October 1732. At 54 years of age Thomas became the father of Nathaniel Hart in Hanover County, VA, May 8, 1734. Thomas became the father of David Hart Hanover Co., VA, ca 1736. Thomas became the father of John Hart Hanover Co., VA, ca 1738. At 61 years of age Thomas became the father of Ann Hart Hanover Co., VA, 1740.

Thomas Hart and Susanna Rice had the following children:

+ 34 i. Thomas³ Hart was born December 11, 1730.

51 ii. Benjamin Hart was born in Hanover Co., NC October 1732. Benjamin died January 2, 1802 in Brunswick, Glynn Co., GA, at 69 years of age. He married Nancy Ann Morgan in North Carolina, 1760. Nancy was born in Orange Co., NC March 17, 1747. Nancy was the daughter of Thomas Morgan and Rebecca Alexander. Nancy died 1835 in Henderson Co., KY, at 88 years of age.

52 iii. Nathaniel Hart was born in Hanover County, VA May 8, 1734. Nathaniel died July 22, 1782 in near Boonesborough, KY, at 48 years of age. His body was interred in family cemetery near Boonesborough. He married Sarah Simpson in North Carolina, December 25, 1760. Sarah was born in Fairfax Co., VA February 24, 1744. Sarah was the daughter of Richard Simpson, Jr. and Mary Kincheloe. Sarah died March 1785 in Lincoln Co., KY, at 41 years of age. Her body was interred in family cemetery near Boonesborough. At 18 years of age Sarah became the mother of Keziah Hart in Caswell Co., NC, March 18, 1762. At 19 years of age Sarah became the mother of Susannah Hart in Caswell Co., NC, February 18, 1764. At 24 years of age Sarah became the mother of Simpson Hart in Caswell Co., NC, April 30, 1768. At 26 years of age Sarah became the mother of Nathaniel Hart, Jr. in Caswell Co., NC, September 30, 1770. At 27 years of age Sarah became the mother of John Hart in Caswell Co., NC, February 5, 1772. At 31 years of age Sarah became the mother of Mary Ann Hart April 7, 1775. At 32 years of age Sarah became the mother of Cumberland Hart July 17, 1776. At 35 years of age Sarah became the mother of Chinoe Hart in Boonesborough, VA (now KY), October 25, 1779. At 38 years of age Sarah became the mother of Thomas Richard Green Hart in Boonesborough, VA (now KY), June 29, 1782.

At 27 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Keziah Hart in Caswell Co., NC, March 18, 1762. At 29 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Susannah Hart in Caswell Co., NC, February 18, 1764. At 33 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Simpson Hart in Caswell Co., NC, April 30, 1768. At 36 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Nathaniel Hart, Jr. in Caswell Co., NC, September 30, 1770. At 37 years of age Nathaniel became the father of John Hart in Caswell Co., NC, February 5, 1772. At 40 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Mary Ann Hart April 7, 1775. At 42 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Cumberland Hart July 17, 1776. At 45 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Chinoe Hart in Boonesborough, VA (now KY), October 25, 1779. At 48 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Thomas Richard Green Hart in Boonesborough, VA (now KY), June 29, 1782. Nathaniel Hart was a member of the Transylvania Company and was one of the purchasers of some 20 million acres of land in Kentucky and Tennessee from the Indians in 1775. He was one of the original settlers at Boonesborough in 1775 and helped construct the fort there. His biography from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography edited by William S. Powell, Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1988, follows: Hart, Nathaniel (1734-82), pioneer, Revolutionary officer, and proprietor in and chief negotiator for the Transylvania Company of Kentucky, was born in Hanover County, Va., the son of Thomas and Susannah Rice Hart. His grandfather, Thomas Hart, a merchant, emigrated from London, England, to Hanover County about 1690 and left an only son, Thomas (1632-1755), father of Nathanlel. His mother was an aunt of Daniel Rice, the renowned Presbyterian minister who, before moving to Kentucky in 1781, is said to have taken part in the establishment of one or more early Presbyterian churches in Orange County (now Caswell County), N.C., among which Hyco (now Red House) is one of the oldest in central North Carolina. Shortly after Thomas Hart's death, his widow and children moved to Orange County and settled on Country Line Creek, where three of her sons--Thomas, Nathaniel, and David--in the late 1750s and early 1760s obtained land grants in the area that was cut off from Orange in 1777 to form Caswell County. Nathaniel Hart's estate, known as Red House, located at Nat's Fork on Country Line Creek, was of considerable proportions. Referred to as "Captain Hart," he was not only a polished member of society but also an "accomplished and complete gentleman." As one of the proprietors of the Transylvania Company, he was a leading spirit in opening the Kentucky territory and in establishing the town of Boonesborough. At the Battle of Alamance, Hart led a company of infantrymen in Governor Tryon's army; after the battle, he was highly complimented by the governor and his officers for the gallant and spirited behavior of the detachment under his command. Following the efforts of Daniel Boone and his brother, Squire Boone, to settle Kentucky, Richard Henderson of Granville County in association with Nathaniel Hart, Thomas Hart, John Williams, William Johnson, and John Lutterell, on 27 Aug. 1774 organized the Louisa Company for the purpose of purchasing from the Cherokee Nation a large territory lying on the west side of the mountains on the Mississippi River. In the autumn of 1774, Nathaniel Hart, the chief negotiator, along with Richard Henderson, president of the company, visited the territory and met with the chiefs of the various tribes in the Cherokee country to discuss their interest in buying the land west of the Cumberland Mountains. Nathaniel Hart, Jr., wrote that his father returned to his home with six or eight of the principal men of the Cherokee Nation, who remained with him until the latter part of the year and assisted in the selection of a large supply of goods to be used in exchange for the land. By 1775 the enterprise had outgrown the Articles of Agreement of the Louisa Company. After a reorganization, a new company, called the Transylvania Company, was formed and Daniel Boone was hired to explore the territory. Soon Nathaniel Hart and Richard Henderson brought vast quantities of goods from Cross Creek (now Fayetteville) to Sycamore on the Watauga River near what is now Elizabethton, Tenn. The Watauga meeting, arranged by Hart, lasted twenty days and was attended by 500 to 1,000 Cherokee Indians along with their chiefs. The Transylvania Company was represented by Hart and his brother Thomas, Henderson, and John Williams. Negotiations broke down and the Indians left, but it is said that Nathaniel Hart overtook them the next day, persuaded them to return, and an agreement was reached. On 17 Mar. 1775, the conveyance or treaty was signed, by which the Transylvania Company acquired all of the territory from the Kentucky to the Cumberland rivers. Title to the land was taken in the name of Richard Henderson, Nathaniel Hart, and the other seven proprietors of the company as tenants in common. This purchase was said to have been the largest private land deal ever undertaken in North America. Nathaniel Hart and his associates invested much of their time and private fortunes in the venture; they succeeded in obtaining for the colonies peaceful possession of the land from the Indians, thus permitting the opening of the Kentucky territory for colonization. Nevertheless, they received very little for their efforts. Because of a proclamation by the royal governors of Virginia and North Carolina that prohibited treaties or purchases of land from Indians by individuals, the Crown refused to recognize the transaction and declared it null and void. The same proclamation, in substance, was reenacted by the Virginia assembly after the colonies gained independence from Great Britain. As a consequence, the Transylvania Company retained only that small area of the land lying on the Green River in Kentucky and that portion lying on the North Carolina side of the Virginia line, and its plan to establish an original fourteenth colony in America resulted in failure. In 1760 Hart married Sarah Simpson, daughter of Captain Richard Simpson, a large plantation owner who was one of the earliest settlers in what is now Caswell County. Their daughter, Susanna, in 1783 married General Isaac Shelby, planner of the Battle of Cowpens and hero of the Battle of Kings Mountain, who became the first governor of the state of Kentucky and for whom the towns of Shelby, N.C., Shelbyville, Tenn., and Shelby County, Ky., were named. Nathaniel and Sarah Hart's grandson, Thomas Hart Shelby of Traveler's Rest, Ky., was said to have been the first importer of thoroughbred livestock, including racehorses, into the state of Kentucky. Hart was appointed a justice of the peace by the royal governor. He served as captain of militia before the outbreak of the Revolution and as captain in the army during the American Revolution. He was killed by Indians near Logan's Station in Lincoln, Ky., where he left his will. In 1783 his widow and their son Nathaniel, Jr., went to Logan's Station to prove the will.

SEE: John R. Alden, John Stuart and the Southern Colonial Frontier (1966); Walter Clark, ed., State Records of North Carolina, vols. 16, 19, 22, 24 (1899-1905); Lewis Collins, Historical Sketches of Kentucky (1850); Dartmouth Papers, 5, 127, 1353 (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh); Lyman C. Draper Papers (Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison); Genealogical Narrative, "The Hart Family in the United States" (North Carolina State Library, Raleigh); Archibald Henderson, The Transylvania Company and the Founding of Henderson, Kentucky (1929); Land grants of Caswell and Orange counties (Office of the Secretary of State, Raleigh); William S. Lester, The Transylvania Colony (1935); George N. MacKenzie, Colonial Families of the United States, vol. 2 (1966); W. E Palmer, ed., Calendar of Virginia State Papers, vol. 1 (1875); William L. Saunders, ed., Colonial Records of North Carolina, vols. 6, 8-10 (1888-90); Tyler's Quarterly 31 (1949), 32 (1950); Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 7 (1899-1900); Frederick A. Virkus, The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, vol. 5 (1933). VANCE E. SWIFT

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53 iv. David Hart was born Hanover Co., VA ca 1736. He married Susanna Nunn in Orange Co., NC, ca 1763. Susanna was born Hanover Co., VA ca 1742.

54 v. John Hart was born Hanover Co., VA ca 1738. He married unknown.

55 vi. Ann Hart was born Hanover Co., VA 1740. She married James Gooch in Orange Co., NC, 1763. James was born Hanover Co., VA ca 1736.

56. Susanna⁴ Rice (Thomas⁵, Edward⁶) was born in New Kent Co., VA 1707. Susanna died 1785 in Orange Co., NC, at 78 years of age.

She married Thomas Hart in Virginia, ca 1729. Thomas was born in England circa 1679. Thomas was the son of Thomas Hart and Mary. Thomas died circa 1755 Hanover Co., VA. At 51 years of age Thomas became the father of Thomas Hart in Hanover County, VA, December 11, 1730. At 53 years of age Thomas became the father of Benjamin Hart in Hanover Co., NC, October 1732. At 54 years of age Thomas became the father of Nathaniel Hart in Hanover County, VA, May 8, 1734. Thomas became the father of David Hart Hanover Co., VA, ca 1736. Thomas became the father of John Hart Hanover Co., VA, ca 1738. At 61 years of age Thomas became the father of Ann Hart Hanover Co., VA, 1740. (See Thomas Hart for the children resulting from this marriage.)

At 23 years of age Susanna became the mother of Thomas Hart in Hanover County, VA, December 11, 1730. At 25 years of age Susanna became the mother of Benjamin Hart in Hanover Co., NC, October 1732. At 26 years of age Susanna became the mother of Nathaniel Hart in Hanover County, VA, May 8, 1734. Susanna became the mother of David Hart Hanover Co., VA, ca 1736. Susanna became the mother of John Hart Hanover Co., VA, ca 1738. At 33 years of age Susanna became the mother of Ann Hart Hanover Co., VA, 1740.

57. John⁴ Gray (John⁵) was born in Bertie Co., NC May 16, 1724. John died February 26, 1775 in NC, at 50 years of age.

He married unknown. Unknown became the mother of Susanna Gray in North Carolina, 1749.

At 25 years of age John became the father of Susanna Gray in North Carolina, 1749.

John Gray and unknown had the following child:

+ 41 i. Susanna³ Gray was born 1749.

58. unknown⁴ was born before 1749, the first event for which there is a recorded date.

She married John Gray. John was born in Bertie Co., NC May 16, 1724. John was the son of John Gray and Ann Bryan. John died February 26, 1775 in NC, at 50 years of age. At 25 years of age John became the father of Susanna Gray in North Carolina, 1749. (See John Gray for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Unknown became the mother of Susanna Gray in North Carolina, 1749.

59. Henry⁵ Clay (Charles⁶, John⁷) was born in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA 1672. Henry died August 3, 1760 in "The Raels", Chesterfield Co., VA, at 88 years of age.

He married Mary Mitchell in VA. Mary was born in VA 1693. Mary was the daughter of William Mitchell and Elizabeth. Mary died 1777 in Chesterfield Co., VA, at 84 years of age. Mary became the mother of Martha Clay 10 Aug 1713. Mary became the mother of William Mitchell Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, about 1709. At 18 years of age Mary became the mother of Henry Clay in Chesterfield Co., VA, September 3, 1711. At 22 years of age Mary became the mother of Charles Clay January 31, 1715/16. Mary became the mother of Mary Clay ca 1719. At 27 years of age Mary became the mother of Amey Clay in Chesterfield Co., VA, 1720. Mary became the mother of John Clay about 1721.

Henry became the father of Martha Clay 10 Aug 1713. Henry became the father of William Mitchell Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, about 1709. At 39 years of age Henry became the father of Henry Clay in Chesterfield Co., VA, September 3, 1711. At 43 years of age Henry became the father of Charles Clay January 31, 1715/16. Henry became the father of Mary Clay ca 1719. At 48 years of age Henry became the father of Amey Clay in Chesterfield Co., VA, 1720. Henry became the father of John Clay about 1721.

Henry Clay and Mary Mitchell had the following children:

60 i. Martha⁴ Clay was born 10 Aug 1713. She married William Bass. William was born December 5, 1705. William became the father of William Bass before 1733. At 28 years of age William became the father of Mary Bass February 2, 1733/34. William became the father of Frances Bass after 1734. William became the father of William Bass after 1734. William became the father of John Bass after 1734. William became the father of Martha Bass after 1734. William became the father of Henry Bass after 1734.

Martha became the mother of William Bass before 1733. Martha became the mother of Mary Bass February 2, 1733/34. Martha became the mother of Frances Bass after 1734. Martha became the mother of William Bass after 1734. Martha became the mother of John Bass after 1734. Martha became the mother of Martha Bass after 1734. Martha became the mother of Henry Bass after 1734.

61 ii. William Mitchell Clay was born in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA about 1709. William died September 10, 1774 in Virginia, at 65 years of age. He married twice. He married Martha in Virginia, ca 1729. Martha died ca 1766 in Virginia. Martha became the mother of William Clay in Virginia, 1733. Martha became the mother of Ezekiel Clay 1737. Martha became the mother of Mitchell Clay in Virginia, 1738. Martha became the mother of David Clay in Virginia, 1740. Martha became the mother of Meredith Clay in Virginia, 1743. Martha became the mother of Jesse Clay in Virginia, 1745. He married Agnes ca 1768.

At 24 years of age William became the father of William Clay in Virginia, 1733. At 28 years of age William became the father of Ezekiel Clay 1737. At 29 years of age William became the father of Mitchell Clay in Virginia, 1738. At 31 years of age William became the father of David Clay in Virginia, 1740. At 34 years of age William became the father of Meredith Clay in Virginia, 1743. At 36 years of age William became the father of Jesse Clay in Virginia, 1745.

62 iii. Henry Clay was born in Chesterfield Co., VA September 3, 1711. Henry died October 22, 1764 in Southam Parish, Cumberland Co., VA, at 53 years of age. He married Lucy Green in Cumberland Co., VA, ca 1735. Lucy was born in Cumberland Co., VA July 19, 1717. Lucy was the daughter of Thomas Green and Elizabeth Marston. Lucy died after 1764. At 19 years of age Lucy became the mother of Henry Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, September 9, 1736. At 22 years of age Lucy became the mother of Charles Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, July 3, 1740. At 25 years of age Lucy became the mother of Samuel Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, May 16, 1743. At 27 years of age Lucy became the mother of Thomas Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, January 17, 1745. At 29 years of age Lucy became the mother of Abia Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, March 17, 1747. At 31 years of age Lucy became the mother of Marston Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, January 4, 1749. At 35 years of age Lucy became the mother of Rebecca Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, November 14, 1752. At 36 years of age Lucy became the mother of Lucy Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, March 25, 1754. At 37 years of age Lucy became the mother of John Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, December 14, 1754. At 42 years of age Lucy became the mother of Elijah Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, August 27, 1759.

At 25 years of age Henry became the father of Henry Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, September 9, 1736. At 28 years of age Henry became the father of Charles Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, July 3, 1740. At 31 years of age Henry became the father of Samuel Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, May 16, 1743. At 33 years of age Henry became the father of Thomas Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, January 17, 1745. At 35 years of age Henry became the father of Abia Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, March 17, 1747. At 37 years of age Henry became the father of Marston Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, January 4, 1749. At 41 years of age Henry became the father of Rebecca Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, November 14, 1752. At 42 years of age Henry became the father of Lucy Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, March 25, 1754. At 43 years of age Henry became the father of John Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, December 14, 1754. At 47 years of age Henry became the father of Elijah Clay in Cumberland Co., VA, August 27, 1759.

63 iv. Charles Clay was born January 31, 1715/16. Charles died February 25, 1789 in Powhatan Cnty, Va, at 73 years of age. He married Martha Green November 11, 1741. Martha was born November 25, 1719. Martha was the daughter of Thomas Green and Elizabeth Marston. Martha died September 6, 1793 at 73 years of age. Martha became the mother of Eleazer Clay 4 Aug 1744. Martha became the mother of Bettie Clay 20 Apr 1752. Martha became the mother of Lucy Clay 20 Apr 1752. Martha became the mother of Green Clay 14 Aug 1757. Martha became the mother of Priscilla Clay 30 Apr 1759. At 22 years of age Martha became the mother of Mary Clay September 22, 1742. At 26 years of age Martha became the mother of Charles Clay December 24, 1745. At 28 years of age Martha became the mother of Henry Clay March 5, 1747/48. At 30 years of age Martha became the mother of Thomas Clay July 30, 1750. At 34 years of age Martha became the mother of Matthew Clay March 25, 1754. At 41 years of age Martha became the mother of Martha Clay July 13, 1761.

Charles became the father of Eleazer Clay 4 Aug 1744. Charles became the father of Bettie Clay 20 Apr 1752. Charles became the father of Lucy Clay 20 Apr 1752. Charles became the father of Green Clay 14 Aug 1757. Charles became the father of Priscilla Clay 30 Apr 1759. At 26 years of age Charles became the father of Mary Clay September 22, 1742. At 29 years of age Charles became the father of Charles Clay December 24, 1745. At 32 years of age Charles became the father of Henry Clay March 5, 1747/48. At 34 years of age Charles became the father of Thomas Clay July 30, 1750. At 38 years of age Charles became the father of Matthew Clay March 25, 1754. At 45 years of age Charles became the father of Martha Clay July 13, 1761.

64 v. Mary Clay was born ca 1719. Mary died ca 1785 in Virginia. She married Thomas Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, before 1747. Thomas was born in Henrico Co., VA before 1720. Thomas was the son of Edward Watkins. Thomas died ca 1781 in Henrico Co., VA. Thomas became the father of Elizabeth Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, before 1748. Thomas became the father of Mary Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, before 1751.

Mary became the mother of Elizabeth Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, before 1748. Mary became the mother of Mary Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, before 1751.

65 vi. Amey Clay was born in Chesterfield Co., VA 1720. She married twice. She married William Green. William was born in Amelia Co., VA ca 1705. William was the son of Thomas ('the Seagull') Green and Martha Filmer. William died August 22, 1747 in Amelia Co., VA, at 42 years of age. She married Benjamin Williamson in Amelia Co., VA, June 9, 1748. Benjamin was born in Henrico Co., VA ca 1720.

+ 42 vii. John Clay was born about 1721.

66. Mary⁵ Mitchell (William⁶) was born in VA 1693. Mary died 1777 in Chesterfield Co., VA, at 84 years of age.

She married Henry Clay in VA. Henry was born in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA 1672. Henry was the son of Charles Clay and Hannah Wilson. Henry died August 3, 1760 in "The Raels", Chesterfield Co., VA, at 88 years of age. Henry became the father of Martha Clay 10 Aug 1713. Henry became the father of William Mitchell Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, about 1709. At 39 years of age Henry became the father of Henry Clay in Chesterfield Co., VA, September 3, 1711. At 43 years of age Henry became the father of Charles Clay January 31, 1715/16. Henry became the father of Mary Clay ca 1719. At 48 years of age Henry became the father of Amey Clay in Chesterfield Co., VA, 1720. Henry became the father of John Clay about 1721. (See Henry Clay for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Mary became the mother of Martha Clay 10 Aug 1713. Mary became the mother of William Mitchell Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, about 1709. At 18 years of age Mary became the mother of Henry Clay in Chesterfield Co., VA, September 3, 1711. At 22 years of age Mary became the mother of Charles Clay January 31, 1715/16. Mary became the mother of Mary Clay ca 1719. At 27 years of age Mary became the mother of Amey Clay in Chesterfield Co., VA, 1720. Mary became the mother of John Clay about 1721.

67. Edward⁵ Watkins (Henry⁶) was born in Henrico Co., VA circa 1676. Edward died 1771 in Cumberland Co., VA, at 95 years of age.

Edward became the father of John Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, circa 1710. Edward became the father of Thomas Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, before 1720. Edward became the father of Sarah Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, before 1726. At 49 years of age Edward became the father of Mary Watkins in Virginia, March 22, 1726. Edward became the father of Edward Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, ca 1726. Edward became the father of Martha Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, before 1737. Edward became the father of Judith Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, before 1738.

Edward Watkins had the following children:

68 i. John⁴ Watkins was born in Henrico Co., VA circa 1710. John died January 1765 in Cumberland Co., VA, at 54 years of age. He married Phebe Hancock in Henrico Co., VA, circa 1734. Phebe was born May 10, 1719. Phebe was the daughter of Samuel Hancock. Phebe died circa 1777. At 17 years of age Phebe became the mother of Mary Watkins in Virginia, October 4, 1736. At 20 years of age Phebe became the mother of Sarah Watkins in Virginia, January 20, 1740. At 23 years of age Phebe became the mother of John Watkins Goochland Co., VA, July 23, 1742. At 25 years of age Phebe became the mother of Rachel Watkins in Virginia, February 8, 1745. At 28 years of age Phebe became the mother of Edward Watkins in Virginia, September 26, 1747. At 31 years of age Phebe became the mother of Samuel Watkins in Virginia, August 3, 1750. At 33 years of age Phebe became the mother of Phebe Watkins in Virginia, February 6, 1753. At 36 years of age Phebe became the mother of Elizabeth Watkins in Virginia, December 1, 1755. At 39 years of age Phebe became the mother of Henry Watkins in Cumberland Co., VA, December 26, 1758.

John's occupation: Planter. At 26 years of age John became the father of Mary Watkins in Virginia, October 4, 1736. At 29 years of age John became the father of Sarah Watkins in Virginia, January 20, 1740. At 32 years of age John became the father of John Watkins Goochland Co., VA, July 23, 1742. At 34 years of age John became the father of Rachel Watkins in Virginia, February 8, 1745. At 37 years of age John became the father of Edward Watkins in Virginia, September 26, 1747. At 40 years of age John became the father of Samuel Watkins in Virginia, August 3, 1750. At 42 years of age John became the father of Phebe Watkins in Virginia, February 6, 1753. At 45 years of age John became the father of Elizabeth Watkins in Virginia, December 1, 1755. At 48 years of age John became the father of Henry Watkins in Cumberland Co., VA, December 26, 1758.

69 ii. Thomas Watkins was born in Henrico Co., VA before 1720. Thomas died ca 1781 in Henrico Co., VA. He married Mary Clay in Henrico Co., VA, before 1747. Mary was born ca 1719. Mary was the daughter of Henry Clay and Mary Mitchell. Mary died ca 1785 in Virginia. Mary became the mother of Elizabeth Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, before 1748. Mary became the mother of Mary Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, before 1751.

Thomas became the father of Elizabeth Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, before 1748. Thomas became the father of Mary Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, before 1751.

+ 46 iii. Sarah Watkins was born before 1726.

70 iv. Mary Watkins was born in Virginia March 22, 1726. She married Jordan Anderson Goochland Co., VA, September 15, 1748. Jordan was born 1723. Jordan died 1805 at 82 years of age. At 25 years of age Jordan became the father of Edward Anderson in Cumberland Co., VA, June 12, 1749.

At 23 years of age Mary became the mother of Edward Anderson in Cumberland Co., VA, June 12, 1749.

71 v. Edward Watkins was born in Henrico Co., VA ca 1726. He married Rhoda Thompson in Cumberland Co., VA, April 17, 1759. Rhoda was born ca 1730. Rhoda died 1827 at 97 years of age.

72 vi. Martha Watkins was born in Henrico Co., VA before 1737. Martha died after 1764 Buckingham Co., VA. She married Francis Moseley Goochland Co., VA, before 1751. Francis was born ca 1720. Francis died ca 1783.

73 vii. Judith Watkins was born in Henrico Co., VA before 1738. Judith died after 1766 in Chesterfield Co., VA. She married Thomas Bass in Cumberland Co., VA, before 1752. Thomas was born ca 1726. Thomas died 1804 at 78 years of age.

74. John⁵ Hudson (William⁶, Richard⁷) was born in Virginia circa 1690. John died 1733 Hanover Co., VA, at 43 years of age.

He married Elizabeth Harris in Virginia, 1714. Elizabeth was born in New Kent Co., VA before November 28, 1698. Elizabeth was the daughter of William Harris and Mary Giles. Elizabeth died after 1770 in Virginia. Elizabeth became the mother of George Hudson in Hanover County, VA. She was baptized in Saint Peters Parish, New Kent Co., VA, November 27, 1698. Religion: religion unknown.

John became the father of George Hudson in Hanover County, VA.

John Hudson and Elizabeth Harris had the following child:

+ 47 i. George⁴ Hudson was born before circa 1745, the first event for which there is a recorded date.

75. Elizabeth⁵ Harris (William⁶, Maj. William⁷, Capt. Thomas⁸) was born in New Kent Co., VA before November 28, 1698. Elizabeth died after 1770 in Virginia.

She married John Hudson in Virginia, 1714. John was born in Virginia circa 1690. John was the son of William Hudson and Elizabeth. John died 1733 Hanover Co., VA, at 43 years of age. John became the father of George Hudson in Hanover County, VA. (See John Hudson for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Elizabeth became the mother of George Hudson in Hanover County, VA. She was baptized in Saint Peters Parish, New Kent Co., VA, November 27, 1698. Religion: religion unknown.

76. William⁵ Jennings, Jr. (William⁶ Jennings) was born July 5, 1702. William died after 1782.

He married Mary Jane Pulliam January 24, 1724. Mary was the daughter of James Pulliam and Mary. Mary became the mother of Elizabeth Jennings in Hanover County, VA, 1729.

At 26 years of age William became the father of Elizabeth Jennings in Hanover County, VA, 1729.

William Jennings, Jr. and Mary Jane Pulliam had the following child:

+ 49 i. Elizabeth⁴ Jennings was born 1729.

77. Mary Jane⁵ Pulliam (James⁶) was born before January 24, 1724, the first event for which there is a recorded date.

She married William Jennings, Jr. January 24, 1724. William was born July 5, 1702. William was the son of William Jennings. William died after 1782. At 26 years of age William became the father of Elizabeth Jennings in Hanover County, VA, 1729. (See William Jennings, Jr. for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Mary became the mother of Elizabeth Jennings in Hanover County, VA, 1729.

78. Thomas⁵ Hart was born in England before ca 1675, the first event for which there is a recorded date. Thomas died Hanover Co., VA.

He married Mary in England, ca 1675. Mary was born England. Mary became the mother of Thomas Hart in England, circa 1679.

Thomas became the father of Thomas Hart in England, circa 1679. Thomas Hart immigrated to Hanover Co., Virginia from England about 1690 bringing with him his 11 year old son, Thomas.

Thomas Hart and Mary had the following child:

+ 50 i. Thomas⁴ Hart was born circa 1679.

79. Mary⁵ was born England.

She married Thomas Hart in England, ca 1675. Thomas was born in England. Thomas died Hanover Co., VA. Thomas became the father of Thomas Hart in England, circa 1679. (See Thomas Hart for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Mary became the mother of Thomas Hart in England, circa 1679.

80. Thomas⁵ Rice (Edward⁶) was born in Shirementon, Bristol, England 1656. Thomas died ca 1711 in at sea.

He married Marcy in New Kent Co., VA, 1679. Marcy was born in New Kent Co., VA 1664. Marcy died after 1722 Hanover Co., VA. At 16 years of age Marcy became the mother of David Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1680. At 18 years of age Marcy became the mother of William Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1682. At 20 years of age Marcy became the mother of Michael Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1684. At 21 years of age Marcy became the mother of James Rice in New Kent Co., VA, April 4, 1686. At 23 years of age Marcy became the mother of Thomas Rice in New Kent Co., VA, June 24, 1688. At 25 years of age Marcy became the mother of Edward Rice in New Kent Co., VA, April 17, 1690. At 30 years of age Marcy became the mother of Mary Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1694. At 34 years of age Marcy became the mother of John Rice in New Kent Co., VA, September 18, 1698. At 35 years of age Marcy became the mother of Francis Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1699. At 38 years of age Marcy became the mother of Henry Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1702. At 43 years of age Marcy became the mother of Susanna Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1707. At 45 years of age Marcy became the mother of Elizabeth Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1709.

At 24 years of age Thomas became the father of David Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1680. At 26 years of age Thomas became the father of William Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1682. At 28 years of age Thomas became the father of Michael Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1684. At 29 years of age Thomas became the father of James Rice in New Kent Co., VA, April 4, 1686. At 31 years of age Thomas became the father of Thomas Rice in New Kent Co., VA, June 24, 1688. At 33 years of age Thomas became the father of Edward Rice in New Kent Co., VA, April 17, 1690. At 38 years of age Thomas became the father of Mary Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1694. At 42 years of age Thomas became the father of John Rice in New Kent Co., VA, September 18, 1698. At 43 years of age Thomas became the father of Francis Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1699. At 46 years of age Thomas became the father of Henry Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1702. At 51 years of age Thomas became the father of Susanna Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1707. At 53 years of age Thomas became the father of Elizabeth Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1709.

Thomas Rice and Marcy had the following children:

81 i. David⁴ Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA 1680.

82 ii. William Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA 1682. William died after December, 1734.

83 iii. Michael Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA 1684.

84 iv. James Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA April 4, 1686. He married Margaret House.

85 v. Thomas Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA June 24, 1688. Thomas died January 28, 1745 at 56 years of age.

86 vi. Edward Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA April 17, 1690. Edward died October 15, 1770 Goochland Co., VA, at 80 years of age. He married Mary Claiborne. Mary is the daughter of William Claiborne.

87 vii. Mary Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA 1694.

88 viii. John Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA September 18, 1698. John died after 1736.

89 ix. Francis Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA 1699. Francis died after 1736.

90 x. Henry Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA 1702.

+ 56 xi. Susanna Rice was born 1707.

91 xii. Elizabeth Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA 1709.

92. Marcy⁵ was born in New Kent Co., VA 1664. Marcy died after 1722 Hanover Co., VA.

She married Thomas Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1679. Thomas was born in Shirementon, Bristol, England 1656. Thomas was the son of Edward Rice and Mary Claiborne. Thomas died ca 1711 in at sea. At 24 years of age Thomas became the father of David Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1680. At 26 years of age Thomas became the father of William Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1682. At 28 years of age Thomas became the father of Michael Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1684. At 29 years of age Thomas became the father of James Rice in New Kent Co., VA, April 4, 1686. At 31 years of age Thomas became the father of Thomas Rice in New Kent Co., VA, June 24, 1688. At 33 years of age Thomas became the father of Edward Rice in New Kent Co., VA, April 17, 1690. At 38 years of age Thomas became the father of Mary Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1694. At 42 years of age Thomas became the father of John Rice in New Kent Co., VA, September 18, 1698. At 43 years of age Thomas became the father of Francis Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1699. At 46 years of age Thomas became the father of Henry Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1702. At 51 years of age Thomas became the father of Susanna Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1707. At 53 years of age Thomas became the father of Elizabeth Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1709. (See Thomas Rice for the children resulting from this marriage.)

At 16 years of age Marcy became the mother of David Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1680. At 18 years of age Marcy became the mother of William Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1682. At 20 years of age Marcy became the mother of Michael Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1684. At 21 years of age Marcy became the mother of James Rice in New Kent Co., VA, April 4, 1686. At 23 years of age Marcy became the mother of Thomas Rice in New Kent Co., VA, June 24, 1688. At 25 years of age Marcy became the mother of Edward Rice in New Kent Co., VA, April 17, 1690. At 30 years of age Marcy became the mother of Mary Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1694. At 34 years of age Marcy became the mother of John Rice in New Kent Co., VA, September 18, 1698. At 35 years of age Marcy became the mother of Francis Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1699. At 38 years of age Marcy became the mother of Henry Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1702. At 43 years of age Marcy became the mother of Susanna Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1707. At 45 years of age Marcy became the mother of Elizabeth Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1709.

93. John⁵ Gray was born in Scotland 1690. John died October 11, 1756 in Rosefield, Windsor Co., NC, at 66 years of age.

He married Ann Bryan 1715. Ann was born 1698. Ann was the daughter of Lewis Bryan and Elizabeth Hunter. Ann died August 24, 1770 in Rosefield, Windsor Co., NC, at 72 years of age. At 23 years of age Ann became the mother of Janet Gray in Bertie Co., NC, December 7, 1721. At 25 years of age Ann became the mother of John Gray in Bertie Co., NC, May 16, 1724. At 27 years of age Ann became the mother of Barbara Gray in Bertie Co., NC, May 31, 1726. At 29 years of age Ann became the mother of Ann Gray in Bertie Co., NC, June 12, 1728. At 31 years of age Ann became the mother of William Gray in Bertie Co., NC, June 17, 1730. At 34 years of age Ann became the mother of Lucretia Gray in Bertie Co., NC, August 20, 1732. At 36 years of age Ann became the mother of George Gray in Bertie Co., NC, August 29, 1734. At 38 years of age Ann became the mother of Elizabeth Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 15, 1736. At 41 years of age Ann became the mother of Amelia Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 13, 1739. At 43 years of age Ann became the mother of Louisa Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 26, 1741.

At 31 years of age John became the father of Janet Gray in Bertie Co., NC, December 7, 1721. At 33 years of age John became the father of John Gray in Bertie Co., NC, May 16, 1724. At 35 years of age John became the father of Barbara Gray in Bertie Co., NC, May 31, 1726. At 37 years of age John became the father of Ann Gray in Bertie Co., NC, June 12, 1728. At 39 years of age John became the father of William Gray in Bertie Co., NC, June 17, 1730. At 42 years of age John became the father of Lucretia Gray in Bertie Co., NC, August 20, 1732. At 44 years of age John became the father of George Gray in Bertie Co., NC, August 29, 1734. At 46 years of age John became the father of Elizabeth Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 15, 1736. At 49 years of age John became the father of Amelia Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 13, 1739. At 51 years of age John became the father of Louisa Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 26, 1741.

John Gray and Ann Bryan had the following children:

94 i. Janet⁴ Gray was born in Bertie Co., NC December 7, 1721. Janet died February 28, 1753 at 31 years of age. She married John McKenzie in Bertie Co., NC, December 7, 1741.

+ 57 ii. John Gray was born May 16, 1724.

95 iii. Barbara Gray was born in Bertie Co., NC May 31, 1726. Barbara died April 15, 1768 at 41 years of age. She married Jacob Blount in Bertie Co., NC, 1748. Jacob was the son of Thomas Blount and Ann Elizabeth Reading. Jacob died August 17, 1789 in Pitt Co., NC.

96 iv. Ann Gray was born in Bertie Co., NC June 12, 1728. Ann died August 24, 1770 at 42 years of age. She married John Slade.

97 v. William Gray was born in Bertie Co., NC June 17, 1730. William died June 23, 1801 at 71 years of age. He married Frances Lee. Frances is the daughter of Stevens Lee and Elizabeth West.

98 vi. Lucretia Gray was born in Bertie Co., NC August 20, 1732. Lucretia died November 21, 1762 at 30 years of age.

99 vii. George Gray was born in Bertie Co., NC August 29, 1734. George died March 9, 1835 at 100 years of age.

100 viii. Elizabeth Gray was born in Bertie Co., NC November 15, 1736. Elizabeth died February 1737 at less than one year of age.

101 ix. Amelia Gray was born in Bertie Co., NC November 13, 1739. Amelia died 1814 at 74 years of age. She married Thomas Clark.

102 x. Louisa Gray was born in Bertie Co., NC November 26, 1741. Louisa died 1822 at 80 years of age. She married Thomas Worley.

103. Ann⁵ Bryan (Lewis⁶, John⁷) was born 1698. Ann died August 24, 1770 in Rosefield, Windsor Co., NC, at 72 years of age.

She married John Gray 1715. John was born in Scotland 1690. John died October 11, 1756 in Rosefield, Windsor Co., NC, at 66 years of age. At 31 years of age John became the father of Janet Gray in Bertie Co., NC, December 7, 1721. At 33 years of age John became the father of John Gray in Bertie Co., NC, May 16, 1724. At 35 years of age John became the father of Barbara Gray in Bertie Co., NC, May 31, 1726. At 37 years of age John became the father of Ann Gray in Bertie Co., NC, June 12, 1728. At 39 years of age John became the father of William Gray in Bertie Co., NC, June 17, 1730. At 42 years of age John became the father of Lucretia Gray in Bertie Co., NC, August 20, 1732. At 44 years of age John became the father of George Gray in Bertie Co., NC, August 29, 1734. At 46 years of age John became the father of Elizabeth Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 15, 1736. At 49 years of age John became the father of Amelia Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 13, 1739. At 51 years of age John became the father of Louisa Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 26, 1741. (See John Gray for the children resulting from this marriage.)

At 23 years of age Ann became the mother of Janet Gray in Bertie Co., NC, December 7, 1721. At 25 years of age Ann became the mother of John Gray in Bertie Co., NC, May 16, 1724. At 27 years of age Ann became the mother of Barbara Gray in Bertie Co., NC, May 31, 1726. At 29 years of age Ann became the mother of Ann Gray in Bertie Co., NC, June 12, 1728. At 31 years of age Ann became the mother of William Gray in Bertie Co., NC, June 17, 1730. At 34 years of age Ann became the mother of Lucretia Gray in Bertie Co., NC, August 20, 1732. At 36 years of age Ann became the mother of George Gray in Bertie Co., NC, August 29, 1734. At 38 years of age Ann became the mother of Elizabeth Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 15, 1736. At 41 years of age Ann became the mother of Amelia Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 13, 1739. At 43 years of age Ann became the mother of Louisa Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 26, 1741.

104. Charles⁶ Clay (John⁷) was born in VA circa 1645. Charles died 1686 in Henrico Co., VA, at 41 years of age.

He married Hannah Wilson. Hannah was born 1645. Hannah was the daughter of John Wilson. Hannah died before 1706 in Virginia. At 19 years of age Hannah became the mother of Mary Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1664. At 21 years of age Hannah became the mother of Elizabeth Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1666. At 23 years of age Hannah became the mother of John Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1668. At 25 years of age Hannah became the mother of Thomas Clay in Dale Parish, Prince George Co., VA, 1670. At 27 years of age Hannah became the mother of Henry Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1672. At 30 years of age Hannah became the mother of Charles Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1675. At 31 years of age Hannah became the mother of Judith Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1676.

At 19 years of age Charles became the father of Mary Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1664. At 21 years of age Charles became the father of Elizabeth Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1666. At 23 years of age Charles became the father of John Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1668. At 25 years of age Charles became the father of Thomas Clay in Dale Parish, Prince George Co., VA, 1670. At 27 years of age Charles became the father of Henry Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1672. At 30 years of age Charles became the father of Charles Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1675. At 31 years of age Charles became the father of Judith Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1676.

Charles Clay and Hannah Wilson had the following children:

105 i. Mary⁵ Clay was born in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA 1664. Mary died after 1686.

106 ii. Elizabeth Clay was born in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA 1666. Elizabeth died after 1686.

107 iii. John Clay was born in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA 1668. John died in Prince George Co., VA.

108 iv. Thomas Clay was born in Dale Parish, Prince George Co., VA 1670. Thomas died June 6, 1726 in Prince George Co., VA, at 55 years of age. He married Hannah.

+ 59 v. Henry Clay was born 1672.

109 vi. Charles Clay was born in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA 1675. Charles died 1765 in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, at 90 years of age. He married Sarah.

110 vii. Judith Clay was born in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA 1676. Judith died 1687 at 11 years of age.

111. Hannah⁶ Wilson (John⁷) was born 1645. Hannah died before 1706 in Virginia.

She married Charles Clay. Charles was born in VA circa 1645. Charles was the son of John Clay and Elizabeth. Charles died 1686 in Henrico Co., VA, at 41 years of age. At 19 years of age Charles became the father of Mary Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1664. At 21 years of age Charles became the father of Elizabeth Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1666. At 23 years of age Charles became the father of John Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1668. At 25 years of age Charles became the father of Thomas Clay in Dale Parish, Prince George Co., VA, 1670. At 27 years of age Charles became the father of Henry Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1672. At 30 years of age Charles became the father of Charles Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1675. At 31 years of age Charles became the father of Judith Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1676. (See Charles Clay for the children resulting from this marriage.)

At 19 years of age Hannah became the mother of Mary Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1664. At 21 years of age Hannah became the mother of Elizabeth Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1666. At 23 years of age Hannah became the mother of John Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1668. At 25 years of age Hannah became the mother of Thomas Clay in Dale Parish, Prince George Co., VA, 1670. At 27 years of age Hannah became the mother of Henry Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1672. At 30 years of age Hannah became the mother of Charles Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1675. At 31 years of age Hannah became the mother of Judith Clay in Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, 1676.

112. William⁶ Mitchell was born before 1693, the first event for which there is a recorded date.

He married Elizabeth. Elizabeth became the mother of Mary Mitchell in VA, 1693.

William became the father of Mary Mitchell in VA, 1693.

William Mitchell and Elizabeth had the following child:

+ 66 i. Mary⁵ Mitchell was born 1693.

113. Elizabeth⁶ was born before 1693, the first event for which there is a recorded date.

She married William Mitchell. William became the father of Mary Mitchell in VA, 1693. (See William Mitchell for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Elizabeth became the mother of Mary Mitchell in VA, 1693.

114. Henry⁶ Watkins was born circa 1638. Henry died after 1715 in Henrico Co., VA.

He married Catherine in Henrico Co., VA, before 1670. Catherine died after 1680 in Henrico Co., VA. Catherine became the mother of Elizabeth Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, ca 1669. Catherine became the mother of Edward Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, circa 1676.

Henry became the father of Elizabeth Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, ca 1669. Henry became the father of Edward Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, circa 1676.

Henry Watkins and Catherine had the following children:

115 i. Thomas⁵ Watkins was born on (birth date unknown).

116 ii. Henry Watkins was born on (birth date unknown).

117 iii. Mary Watkins was born on (birth date unknown).

118 iv. William Watkins was born on (birth date unknown).

119 v. Joseph Watkins was born on (birth date unknown).

120 vi. Rachel Watkins was born on (birth date unknown).

121 vii. Elizabeth Watkins was born in Henrico Co., VA ca 1669.

+ 67 viii. Edward Watkins was born circa 1676.

122. Catherine⁶ was born before ca 1669, the first event for which there is a recorded date. Catherine died after 1680 in Henrico Co., VA.

She married Henry Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, before 1670. Henry was born circa 1638. Henry died after 1715 in Henrico Co., VA. Henry became the father of Elizabeth Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, ca 1669. Henry became the father of Edward Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, circa 1676. (See Henry Watkins for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Catherine became the mother of Elizabeth Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, ca 1669. Catherine became the mother of Edward Watkins in Henrico Co., VA, circa 1676.

123. William⁶ Hudson (Richard⁷) was born in Henrico Co, VA ca 1668. William died November 1701 at 33 years of age.

He married Elizabeth. Elizabeth became the mother of John Hudson in Virginia, circa 1690.

William became the father of John Hudson in Virginia, circa 1690.

William Hudson and Elizabeth had the following child:

+ 74 i. John⁵ Hudson was born circa 1690.

124. Elizabeth⁶ was born before circa 1690, the first event for which there is a recorded date.

She married William Hudson. William was born in Henrico Co, VA ca 1668. William was the son of Richard Hudson, Jr. and Mary Bowman. William died November 1701 at 33 years of age. William became the father of John Hudson in Virginia, circa 1690. (See William Hudson for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Elizabeth became the mother of John Hudson in Virginia, circa 1690.

125. William⁶ Harris (Maj. William⁷, Capt. Thomas⁸) was born in Henrico Co., VA ca 1672. William died ca 1743 Hanover Co., VA.

He married Mary Giles in Henrico Co., VA, before 1694. Mary was born in VA ca 1675. Mary died after 1757 in Henrico Co., VA. At approximately 23 years of age Mary became the mother of Elizabeth Harris in New Kent Co., VA, before November 28, 1698. Mary became the mother of George Harris in New Kent Co., VA, ca 1699. Mary became the mother of John Harris in New Kent Co., VA, ca 1703.

At approximately 26 years of age William became the father of Elizabeth Harris in New Kent Co., VA, before November 28, 1698. William became the father of George Harris in New Kent Co., VA, ca 1699. William became the father of John Harris in New Kent Co., VA, ca 1703. This William Harris is discussed in part three of "Three William Harrises in Hanover County" by Malcom Hart Harris, Vol. 22, pp. 187-193.

William Harris and Mary Giles had the following children:

+ 75 i. Elizabeth⁵ Harris was born before November 28, 1698.

126 ii. George Harris was born in New Kent Co., VA ca 1699. He was baptized in Saint Peters Parish, New Kent Co., VA, August 27, 1699. Religion: religion unknown.

127 iii. John Harris was born in New Kent Co., VA ca 1703. John died December 1786 in Henrico Co., VA, at 83 years of age. He married Mary Tinsley Hanover Co., VA, ca 1738. Mary was born in Virginia ca 1705. Mary died before 1786 in Virginia. At 56 years of age Mary became the mother of David Harris August 8, 1761.

He was baptized in Saint Peters Parish, New Kent Co., VA, March 28, 1703. Religion: religion unknown. At 58 years of age John became the father of David Harris August 8, 1761.

128. Mary⁶ Giles was born in VA ca 1675. Mary died after 1757 in Henrico Co., VA.

She married William Harris in Henrico Co., VA, before 1694. William was born in Henrico Co., VA ca 1672. William was the son of Maj. William Harris and Alice. William died ca 1743 Hanover Co., VA. At approximately 26 years of age William became the father of Elizabeth Harris in New Kent Co., VA, before November 28, 1698. William became the father of George Harris in New Kent Co., VA, ca 1699. William became the father of John Harris in New Kent Co., VA, ca 1703. (See William Harris for the children resulting from this marriage.)

At approximately 23 years of age Mary became the mother of Elizabeth Harris in New Kent Co., VA, before November 28, 1698. Mary became the mother of George Harris in New Kent Co., VA, ca 1699. Mary became the mother of John Harris in New Kent Co., VA, ca 1703.

129. William⁶ Jennings was born before July 5, 1702, the first event for which there is a recorded date.

William became the father of William Jennings, Jr. July 5, 1702.

William Jennings had the following child:

+ 76 i. William⁵ Jennings, Jr. was born July 5, 1702.

130. James⁶ Pulliam was born on (birth date unknown).

He married Mary.

James Pulliam and Mary had the following child:

+ 77 i. Mary Jane⁵ Pulliam was born before January 24, 1724, the first event for which there is a recorded date.

131. Mary⁶ was born on (birth date unknown).

She married James Pulliam. (See James Pulliam for the children resulting from this marriage.)

132. Edward⁶ Rice was born before 1656, the first event for which there is a recorded date.

He married Mary Claiborne. Mary became the mother of Thomas Rice in Shirementon, Bristol, England, 1656.

Edward became the father of Thomas Rice in Shirementon, Bristol, England, 1656.

Edward Rice and Mary Claiborne had the following child:

+ 80 i. Thomas⁵ Rice was born 1656.

133. Mary⁶ Claiborne was born before 1656, the first event for which there is a recorded date.

She married Edward Rice. Edward became the father of Thomas Rice in Shirementon, Bristol, England, 1656. (See Edward Rice for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Mary became the mother of Thomas Rice in Shirementon, Bristol, England, 1656.

134. Lewis⁶ Bryan (John⁷) was born in Surry Co., VA ca 1660. Lewis died before May 1, 1735 in Edenton, NC.

He married Elizabeth Hunter in Surry Co., NC, ca 1688. Elizabeth is the daughter of Henry Hunter. Elizabeth became the mother of Simon Bryan in Surry Co., NC, 1689. Elizabeth became the mother of Lewis Bryan 1693. Elizabeth became the mother of Elizabeth Hunter Bryan in Surry Co., NC, September 15, 1694. Elizabeth became the mother of Mary Bryan 1695. Elizabeth became the mother of Joanah Bryan 1697. Elizabeth became the mother of Ann Bryan 1698. Elizabeth became the mother of William Bryan in Surry Co., VA, ca 1705. Elizabeth became the mother of Janett Bryan after 1709. Elizabeth became the mother of Joseph Bryan after 1710. Elizabeth became the mother of Sarah Bryan after 1712. Elizabeth became the mother of Edward Bryan ca 1713.

At 29 years of age Lewis became the father of Simon Bryan in Surry Co., NC, 1689. At 33 years of age Lewis became the father of Lewis Bryan 1693. At 34 years of age Lewis became the father of Elizabeth Hunter Bryan in Surry Co., NC, September 15, 1694. At 35 years of age Lewis became the father of Mary Bryan 1695. At 37 years of age Lewis became the father of Joanah Bryan 1697. At 38 years of age Lewis became the father of Ann Bryan 1698. Lewis became the father of William Bryan in Surry Co., VA, ca 1705. Lewis became the father of Janett Bryan after 1709. Lewis became the father of Joseph Bryan after 1710. Lewis became the father of Sarah Bryan after 1712. Lewis became the father of Edward Bryan ca 1713.

Lewis Bryan and Elizabeth Hunter had the following children:

135 i. Simon⁵ Bryan was born in Surry Co., NC 1689. Simon died 1753 in Bertie Co., NC, at 64 years of age. He married unknown.

136 ii. Lewis Bryan was born 1693. Lewis died 1771 in Craven Co., NC, at 78 years of age.

137 iii. Elizabeth Hunter Bryan was born in Surry Co., NC September 15, 1694. Elizabeth died January 18, 1753 at 58 years of age. She married Thomas Whitmell, Jr. 1712. Thomas was born in Charles City Co., VA September 16, 1688.

138 iv. Mary Bryan was born 1695. Mary died after 1760. She married John Bush.

139 v. Joanah Bryan was born 1697. Joanah died 1721 at 24 years of age. She married John Martin Francks.

+ 103 vi. Ann Bryan was born 1698.

140 vii. William Bryan was born in Surry Co., VA ca 1705. William died 1747 in New Bern, NC, at 42 years of age. He married Ann Delamar.

141 viii. Janett Bryan was born after 1709. She married Hardy Hill.

142 ix. Joseph Bryan was born after 1710.

143 x. Sarah Bryan was born after 1712. She married Thomas Lovick.

144 xi. Edward Bryan was born ca 1713. Edward died after March 14, 1761 at approximately 47 years of age.

145. Elizabeth⁶ Hunter (Henry⁷) was born before ca 1688, the first event for which there is a recorded date.

She married Lewis Bryan in Surry Co., NC, ca 1688. Lewis was born in Surry Co., VA ca 1660. Lewis was the son of John Bryan and unknown. Lewis died before May 1, 1735 in Edenton, NC. At 29 years of age Lewis became the father of Simon Bryan in Surry Co., NC, 1689. At 33 years of age Lewis became the father of Lewis Bryan 1693. At 34 years of age Lewis became the father of Elizabeth Hunter Bryan in Surry Co., NC, September 15, 1694. At 35 years of age Lewis became the father of Mary Bryan 1695. At 37 years of age Lewis became the father of Joanah Bryan 1697. At 38 years of age Lewis became the father of Ann Bryan 1698. Lewis became the father of William Bryan in Surry Co., VA, ca 1705. Lewis became the father of Janett Bryan after 1709. Lewis became the father of Joseph Bryan after 1710. Lewis became the father of Sarah Bryan after 1712. Lewis became the father of Edward Bryan ca 1713. (See Lewis Bryan for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Elizabeth became the mother of Simon Bryan in Surry Co., NC, 1689. Elizabeth became the mother of Lewis Bryan 1693. Elizabeth became the mother of Elizabeth Hunter Bryan in Surry Co., NC, September 15, 1694. Elizabeth became the mother of Mary Bryan 1695. Elizabeth became the mother of Joanah Bryan 1697. Elizabeth became the mother of Ann Bryan 1698. Elizabeth became the mother of William Bryan in Surry Co., VA, ca 1705. Elizabeth became the mother of Janett Bryan after 1709. Elizabeth became the mother of Joseph Bryan after 1710. Elizabeth became the mother of Sarah Bryan after 1712. Elizabeth became the mother of Edward Bryan ca 1713.

146. John⁷ Clay was born before 1612, the first event for which there is a recorded date. John died before 1655 in Virginia.

He married twice. He married Ann. He married Elizabeth in unknown, before 1645. Elizabeth became the mother of Charles Clay in VA, circa 1645.

John immigrated, 1612. Destination: Virginia. John became the father of Charles Clay in VA, circa 1645.

John Clay and Ann had the following child:

147 i. William⁶ Clay was born before 1663, the first event for which there is a recorded date. William died 1663. He married Emlin.

John Clay and Elizabeth had the following child:

+ 104 ii. Charles Clay was born circa 1645.

148. Elizabeth⁷ was born before 1645, the first event for which there is a recorded date.

She married three times. She married John Wall. She married John Tate. She married John Clay in unknown, before 1645. John died before 1655 in Virginia. John immigrated, 1612. Destination: Virginia. John became the father of Charles Clay in VA, circa 1645.

Elizabeth became the mother of Charles Clay in VA, circa 1645.

149. John⁷ Wilson was born 1606. John died 1685 at 79 years of age.

At 37 years of age John became the father of John Wilson 1643. At 39 years of age John became the father of Hannah Wilson 1645.

John Wilson had the following children:

150 i. James⁶ Wilson was born on (birth date unknown).

151 ii. John Wilson was born 1643. John died 1716 in Henrico Co., VA, at 73 years of age. He married Elizabeth Chambers.

+ 111 iii. Hannah Wilson was born 1645.

152. Richard⁷ Hudson, Jr. was born in Accomack Co., VA ca 1635. Richard died October 25, 1669 at 34 years of age.

He married Mary Bowman. Mary became the mother of William Hudson in Henrico Co, VA, ca 1668.

Richard became the father of William Hudson in Henrico Co, VA, ca 1668.

Richard Hudson, Jr. and Mary Bowman had the following child:

+ 123 i. William⁶ Hudson was born ca 1668.

153. Mary⁷ Bowman was born before ca 1668, the first event for which there is a recorded date.

She married Richard Hudson Jr. Richard was born in Accomack Co., VA ca 1635. Richard died October 25, 1669 at 34 years of age. Richard became the father of William Hudson in Henrico Co, VA, ca 1668. (See Richard Hudson, Jr. for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Mary became the mother of William Hudson in Henrico Co, VA, ca 1668.

154. Maj. William⁷ Harris (Capt. Thomas⁸) was born in Curles Plantation, Henrico Co., VA 1629. Maj. died ca August 24, 1678 in Henrico Co., VA, at approximately 49 years of age.

He married twice. He married Lucy Stewart. Lucy became the mother of Thomas Harris in Henrico Co., VA, before 1657. He married Alice in Henrico Co., VA, ca 1670. Alice was born in Virginia. Alice died after 1696 in New Kent Co., VA. Alice became the mother of William Harris in Henrico Co., VA, ca 1672. Alice became the mother of Edward Harris in Virginia, 1674.

Maj. became the father of Thomas Harris in Henrico Co., VA, before 1657. Maj. became the father of William Harris in Henrico Co., VA, ca 1672. At 45 years of age Maj. became the father of Edward Harris in Virginia, 1674. Maj. William Harris was killed by Indians.

Maj. William Harris and Lucy Stewart had the following child:

155 i. Thomas⁶ Harris was born in Henrico Co., VA before 1657. Thomas died before February, 1679 in Henrico Co., VA.

Maj. William Harris and Alice had the following children:

+ 125 ii. William Harris was born ca 1672.

156 iii. Edward Harris was born in Virginia 1674. He married twice. He married Elizabeth. He married Mary in New Kent Co., VA, 1696.

157. Alice⁷ was born in Virginia before ca 1670, the first event for which there is a recorded date. Alice died after 1696 in New Kent Co., VA.

She married twice. She married Mr. Alves. She married Maj. William Harris in Henrico Co., VA, ca 1670. Maj. was born in Curles Plantation, Henrico Co., VA 1629. Maj. was the son of Capt. Thomas Harris and Joane Osborne. Maj. died ca August 24, 1678 in Henrico Co., VA, at approximately 49 years of age. Maj. became the father of Thomas Harris in Henrico Co., VA, before 1657. Maj. became the father of William Harris in Henrico Co., VA, ca 1672. At 45 years of age Maj. became the father of Edward Harris in Virginia, 1674.

Alice became the mother of William Harris in Henrico Co., VA, ca 1672. Alice became the mother of Edward Harris in Virginia, 1674.

158. John⁷ Bryan was born in Nansemond Co., VA ca 1625.

He married unknown in Virginia, ca 1645. Unknown became the mother of Lewis Bryan in Surry Co., VA, ca 1660.

John became the father of Lewis Bryan in Surry Co., VA, ca 1660.

John Bryan and unknown had the following child:

+ 134 i. Lewis⁶ Bryan was born ca 1660.

159. unknown⁷ was born before ca 1645, the first event for which there is a recorded date.

She married John Bryan in Virginia, ca 1645. John was born in Nansemond Co., VA ca 1625. John became the father of Lewis Bryan in Surry Co., VA, ca 1660. (See John Bryan for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Unknown became the mother of Lewis Bryan in Surry Co., VA, ca 1660.

160. Henry⁷ Hunter was born on (birth date unknown).

Henry Hunter had the following child:

+ 145 i. Elizabeth⁶ Hunter was born before ca 1688, the first event for which there is a recorded date.

161. Capt. Thomas⁸ Harris was born in Creeksea, Essex Co., England 1586. Capt. died 1658 in Henrico Co., VA, at 72 years of age.

He married twice. He married Joane Osborne in Virginia. Joane is the daughter of Thomas Osborne. Joane became the mother of Maj. William Harris in Curles Plantation, Henrico Co., VA, 1629. He married Adria Gurgany in Virginia. Adria was born ca 1600. Adria was the daughter of Edward Gurgany and Anne. Adria died before September, 1626. Adria became the mother of Mary Harris in Virginia, ca 1625.

Capt. became the father of Mary Harris in Virginia, ca 1625. At 43 years of age Capt. became the father of Maj. William Harris in Curles Plantation, Henrico Co., VA, 1629. Thomas Harris emigrated to Virginia in 1611.

Capt. Thomas Harris and Joane Osborne had the following children:

162 i. Maj. Thomas⁷ Harris was born before 1677, the first event for which there is a recorded date. Maj. died 1677 in Charles City Co., VA. He married unknown. Major Thomas Harris was married twice. The names of his wives are unknown.

Capt. Thomas Harris and Adria Gurgany had the following child:

163 ii. Mary Harris was born in Virginia ca 1625. Mary died 1704 at 79 years of age. She married Thomas Ligon in Henrico Co., VA, ca 1649. Thomas was born ca 1586. Thomas was the son of Thomas Ligon and Francis Dennis. Thomas died ca 1675.

Capt. Thomas Harris and Joane Osborne had the following children:

+ 154 iii. Maj. William Harris was born 1629.

164. Joane⁸ Osborne (Thomas⁹) was born before 1629, the first event for which there is a recorded date.

She married Capt. Thomas Harris in Virginia. Capt. was born in Creeksea, Essex Co., England 1586. Capt. died 1658 in Henrico Co., VA, at 72 years of age. Capt. became the father of Mary Harris in Virginia, ca 1625. At 43 years of age Capt. became the father of Maj. William Harris in Curles Plantation, Henrico Co., VA, 1629. (See Capt. Thomas Harris for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Joane became the mother of Maj. William Harris in Curles Plantation, Henrico Co., VA, 1629. Joane Osborne was the second wife of Thomas Harris.

165. Thomas⁹ Osborne was born on (birth date unknown).

Thomas Osborne had the following child:

+ 164 i. Joane⁸ Osborne was born before 1629, the first event for which there is a recorded date.

Index

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Alves

Anderson

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Bass

Blackburn

Blount

Bowman

Brown

Bryan

Bush

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Chambers

Claiborne

Clark

Clay

Cowles

Delamar

Dupuy

Duralde

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Erwin

Francks

Giles

Gist

Gooch

Gray

Green

Grosch

Gurgany

Hancock

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Hardin

Harris

Hart

Hicks

Hill

House

Hudson

Hunter

Jacob

Jennings

Jennings,

Johnson

Kinkead

Lee

Ligon

Lovick

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McKenzie

Mentelle

Milton

Mitchell

Morgan

Moseley

Nunn

Osborne

Pindell

Prather

Price

Pulliam

Rice

Russell

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Simpson

Slade

Stewart

Tate

Thompson

Tinsley

Trabue

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Wall

Watkins

Watson

Whitmell

Williamson

Wilson

Wooldridge

Worley

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