Samuel CLAYTON
approx. 17311 -
Life History
approx. 1731 |
Born.1 Date calculated from age at burial |
12th Aug 1731 |
Baptised in Caistor next Yarmouth.1 Father - Robert Clayton |
1st Jan 1765 |
Married Ann RAY in Worlingworth, St Mary.13 Groom - Samuel Clayton of Great Yarmouth |
approx. 1766 |
Birth of daughter Ann CLAYTON in Finningham.5 |
approx. 1767 |
Birth of daughter Rebecca CLAYTON |
approx. 1769 |
Birth of son Samuel CLAYTON |
17th Jun 1770 |
Birth of daughter Lydia CLAYTON in Finningham.6 |
12th May 1772 |
Birth of daughter Deborah CLAYTON in Finningham.7 |
16th May 1774 |
Birth of daughter Catherine CLAYTON in Finningham.8 |
4th Dec 1775 |
Birth of daughter Margaret Elizabeth CLAYTON in Finningham.9 |
approx. 1777 |
Birth of son William Ray CLAYTON in Finningham.10 |
approx. 1779 |
Birth of son Charles CLAYTON in Finningham |
7th Jan 1782 |
Birth of daughter Susanna CLAYTON in Suffolk.12 |
29th Nov 1788 |
Death of son Charles CLAYTON in Finningham.11 |
3rd Aug 1789 |
Wrote will.2 "This is the last Will and Testement of me Samuel Clayton of Finningham in the County of Suffolk Grocer made the Third day of August in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine First I give and devise all and every my Real and personal Estate of what nature or kind over the same be unto Ann my beloved wife for and during her the term of her natural life and in case she continues my widow to be then at her own disposal and from and after her decease in case she does not otherwise dispose thereof or marry again Then my mind and will is and I do hereby authorize and empower my executors hereafter named to make sale and dispose of all and every my said real and personal estate and other my effects and the produce and monies arising from such a sale and disposition as aforesaid after payment of all such just debts as I shall owe at the time of my decease my funeral charges of probate of this my will and other charges incident hereto and to the Executorship thereof I do hereby give and bequeath unto and amongst my seven daughters Ann Rebecca Lydia Deborah Catherine Margaret Elizabeth and Susanna or to such of them as shall be then living share and share alike But in case any of my said daughters shall die and leave issue of their bodies lawfully begotten my mind and will is that the child or children of such daughter so dying shall be entitled to the part or share of their mother And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Ann my wife together with the Reverend Charles Ray of Hoxne in the said County Clerk Executrix and Executor of this my will And lastly hereby revoking all former wills by me made I do declare this only to be my last will and testement In witness thereof I the said Samuel Clayton the Testator have to this same contained in one sheet of paper set my hand and seal the day and year first above written |
31st Oct 1794 |
Probate in Norwich Consistory Court.2 "This will was proved at Finningham on the 31st October 1794 before the Reverend John Eade Clk the Surrogate duly appointed of the Worshipful George Landby D.D, Official Principle etc and was approved etc and administration of all & singular of the goods etc of the within named Samuel Clayton the Testator deceased was then duly granted to Ann Clayton widow his relict the only surviving Executor within named She being duly sworn etc saving etc |
21st Oct 1794 |
Buried in Finningham.4 Aged 63 |
Other facts
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Research Note.3 From "The Black book" in the Norfolk Record Office :- |
Sources
- 1. England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 - Samuel Clayton - 1731
- https://familysearch.org
- 2. Will - Norwich CC - Clayton, Samuel, grocer of Finningham, Suffolk - Will - 1794
- NRO - NCC will register Coe 239 - MF453 No 239
- 3. "The Black Book - Family Notes " Compiled by Frederick Eaton. Also known as the "The Black Book".
- ETN 6/17/17
- 4. England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 - Samuel Clayton - 1794
- 5. Census 1851 Hartismere HO107/1795, F136, P10 - Ann Clayton, Susanna Clayton
- 6. IGI Individual Record - Christenings - Lydia Clayton
- 7. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 - Deborah Clayton - 1772
- 8. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 - Catherine Clayton - 1774
- 9. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 - Margaret Elizabeth Clayton
- 10. Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 - CLAYTON - William Ray Clayton - entered 1796
- 11. England Deaths and Burials, 1638-1991 - Charles Clayton - 1788
- https://familysearch.org
- 12. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 - Susanna Clayton
- http.//www.ancestry.co.uk
- 13. Suffolk Marriage Index - Clayton & Ray - 1765