Samuel CLAYTON Ann CLAYTON Rebecca CLAYTON Samuel CLAYTON Lydia CLAYTON Deborah CLAYTON Margaret Elizabeth CLAYTON William Ray CLAYTON Charles CLAYTON Susanna CLAYTON Ann RAY Mini tree diagram

Catherine CLAYTON

- 29th Oct 18467,8

Life History

16th May 1774

Baptised in Finningham.1

Father - Saml Clayton
Mother - Ann

3rd Aug 1789

Mentioned in Will.2

of Samuel Clayton
Described as :-
my seven daughters Ann Rebecca Lydia Deborah Catherine Margaret Elizabeth and Susanna

3rd Oct 1805

Mentioned in Will.3

Of Lydia Ray - died 1818
Annotated as :-
"my nieces (...) Ann Clayton Rebecca Clayton Deborah Clayton Catherine Clayton Margaret Elizabeth Clayton Susanna Clayton"

12th Jan 1837

Mentioned in Will.4

of Elizabeth Ray
Described as :-
"my nieces Lydia Ray widow and Ann Deborah Catherine Margaret Elizabeth and Susannah Clayton"

3rd Mar 1840

Wrote will.5

"The last Will and Testament of me Catharine Clayton of the city of Norwich spinster ..."

Some names mentioned in Will :-
1. "my sister Rebecca Clayton"
2. "Mr. John Ray of Saint Gregory Norwich"
3. "Reverend Arthur Loftus Rector of (illegible) in Norfolk husband of my niece Mary Ann Ray Loftus"
4. "my brother the Reverend William Ray Clayton"
5. "Mr James Ray of Clare"
6. "his two daughters Ann and Dorothy" (My Note - daughters of James Ray of Clare)
7. "Mr. Peter Eade of Blofield"
8. "Reverend Peter Eade Rector of Cotton"
9. "Mr. Charles Eade another of his sons"
10. "Susannah Matthews the widow of the late James Matthews deceased and daughter of the said Reverend Peter Eade"
11. "Mrs. Mary Barker the wife of John Barker Esquire Mrs. Lydia Eaton the wife of Mr. Thomas Damant Eaton Esquire and Miss Catherine Ray the three daughters of William Ray late of Tannington"
12. the daughters of Thomas Clayton late of Great Yarmouth Solicitor"
13. "Sarah (illegible) (illegible) widow daughter of Robert Clayton my cousin"
14. "William Ray of Tannington son of Mr Samuel Ray"
15. "Phillis Ray the widow of Samuel Ray deceased"
16. "Catherine Goodram daughter of John  and Mary Goodram of Finningham"
17. "my sister Margaret Elizabeth Clayton"
18. "my six sisters Ann Clayton Rebecca Clayton Lydia Ray widow Deborah Clayton Margaret Elizabeth Clayton and Susanna Clayton"
19. "Mr. Thomas Damant Eaton"
Various other names illegible

9th Jun 1843

Mentioned in Will.6

Of Lydia Ray née Clayton - died 1848
Annotated as :-
"my six sisters that is to say Ann, Rebecca, Deborah, Catherine, Margaret Elizabeth, and Susann Clayton spinster"

29th Oct 1846

Died in Blofield, Thorpe.7,8

From the Norfolk News :-
"On Thursday, October 29th, at Thorpe, CATHERINE, fifth daughter of the late SAMUEL CLAYTON, gent., of Finningham, Suffolk"

6th Nov 1846

Buried in Finningham, St Bartholomew.9

30th Dec 1846

Probate.5

Executors :-
Rebecca Clayton Spinster the sister
John Ray

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