 John "Captain" Clay, Captain, son of John Clay and N.N..Born 1587 at England, died 1655 at Charles City, Virginia, 67 or 68 years [LWRigsbyHistGaFamilies.FTW] and [Roberts, George Braden, Genealogy of Joseph Peck and Some Related Families, 1955, Clayton Library, Houston, Texas] The Clays are of Welsh descent, the first of the Clays to America being Captain John Clay, a Gentleman, lesser gentry but not royalty. John is the ancestor of the Georgia Branch of the Virginia Clays. John Claye came to Jamestown Colony in Virginia in 1613 on the ship Treasurer. He received 100 acres of land as an old planter before the government of Sir Thomas Dale and 1100 acres for the transportation of 23 persons on the ship West 13 July 1635. During the early years, starvation and death were common; twice the population of 500 fell below 60. It was not until 1623 that John felt he could bring his wife Ann across the Atlantic to join him. She arrived in August 1623 aboard the Ann. They married in 1623 in Jordan's Journey, Charles River County, Virginia. Married to:  Ann "Ann, Anne Unknown" Unknown PRIVACY FILTERChildren: 1. Thomas Clay PRIVACY FILTER2. Charles ClayBorn 1638 at Charles City, Virginia, died 1686 at Henrico, Virginia, 47 or 48 years, buried 1686 [TheClayFamily1899Pub.FTW] Charles Clay lived in that part of Henrico County (now Chesterfield), not far from "The Old Settlement," opposite the site of present-day Petersburg. Charles Clay was a soldier in "The Great Rebellion of 1676;" one of those "good housekeepers, well-armed" that followed the gallant Bacon in his effort to free Virginia. Records are retained in Henrico County Court house; depositions were made regarding the confiscation and killing of cattle by General Bacon's soldiers. Charles Clay's name is on the list of soldiers. Also in the records is the Marke which was given to him by his mother for marking his livestock, "a flower de luce, on ye left ear of his hogs or cattle, and a crop and a hole on ye right ear." (Henrico County, Xber I, 1687, page 472). [LWRigsbyHistGaFamilies.FTW] Charles fought under Bacon in Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia in 1673, at about the age of thirty-five. Charles died at the age of about forty-eight, without ever having made a will. His wife Hannah was appointed administrator of his estate. Her inventory is the source of the names of the children. 3. William ClayBorn before BEF. 1655 4. Francis ClayBorn before BEF. 1652 | |||
| 2nd marriage John "Captain" Clay, Captain, son of John Clay and N.N..Married to: Elizabeth PRIVACY FILTER | |||