Life History
4th Dec 1775 |
Baptised in Finningham.1 Father - Samuel Clayton |
3rd Aug 1789 |
Mentioned in Will.2 of Samuel Clayton |
3rd Oct 1805 |
Mentioned in Will.3 Of Lydia Ray - died 1818 |
12th Jan 1837 |
Mentioned in Will.4 of Elizabeth Ray |
3rd Mar 1840 |
Mentioned in Will.5 Of Catherine Clayton - died 1846 |
9th Jun 1843 |
Mentioned in Will.6 Of Lydia Ray née Clayton - died 1848 |
4th Jun 1847 |
Mentioned in Codicil to Will.6 Of Lydia Ray née Clayton - died 1848 |
28th Aug 1847 |
Mentioned in Will.7 Of Deborah Clayton - died 1851 |
16th Jan 1849 |
Legacy.8 Received a legacy of GBP 400 pre tax from the estate pf Lydia Ray |
13th May 1850 |
Legacy.8 Residual Legatee |
30th Mar 1851 |
Occupation Gentlewoman Mortgagee.9 |
30th Mar 1851 |
Recorded in census in Blofield (Thorpe Road, St Andrew Thorpe).9 Living alone |
12th Aug 1851 |
Executor.7 Of Deborah Clayton - died 1851 |
24th Oct 1851 |
Legacy.8 Received a legacy of GBP 100 pre tax from the estate of Deborah Clayton |
7th Apr 1861 |
Occupation Fund Holder.10 |
7th Apr 1861 |
Recorded in census in Norwich, East Wymer (Thorpe Road).10 Living alone |
14th May 1861 |
Executor.11 of the Will with two Codicils of Ann Clayton late of Finningham. |
26th Feb 1862 |
From the Bury and Norwich Post |
4th Mar 1862 |
Buried in Finningham, St Bartholomew.15 Age 86 |
23rd Aug 1862 |
Probate in Norwich.13 of a Will with a Codicil of Margaret Elizabeth Clayton formerly of Thorpe next Norwich but late of the hamlet of Thorpe, spinster. |
Sources
- 1. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 - Margaret Elizabeth Clayton
- 2. Will - Norwich CC - Clayton, Samuel, grocer of Finningham, Suffolk - Will - 1794
- NRO - NCC will register Coe 239 - MF453 No 239
- 3. Will of Lydia Ray, Spinster of Norwich, Norfolk
- National Archives - PROB 11/1611
- 4. Will - Norwich CC - Ray, Elizabeth, spinster of Norwich - Will - 1837
- NRO - NCC Will Register Warren 488 - MF06 No. 458
- 5. Will of Catharine or Catherine Clayton, Spinster of Norwich, Norfolk
- National Archives - PROB 11/2046
- 6. Will of Lydia Ray, Widow of Norwich, Norfolk
- National Archives - PROB 11/2072
- 7. Will of Deborah Clayton, Spinster of Tannington, Suffolk
- National Archives - PROB 11/2137
- 8. Probate records of the Clayton, Ray and White families, 1829-1851
- Norfolk Record Office - ETN 11/1/13
- 9. Census 1851 Bloefield HO107/1819, F18, P28 - Margaret Elizabeth Clayton
- 10. Census 1861 Norwich RG09/1213, F136, P12 - Margaret Elizabeth Clayton
- 11. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration, 1861 - CLAYTON - Ann Clayton
- 12. BMD Death Index - CLAYON - Margaret Elizabeth Clayton
- 1862, Q1, Margaret Elizabeth Clayton, Norwich, 4b, 95
- 13. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration, 1862 - CLAYTON - Margaret Elizabeth Clayton
- http.//www.ancestry.co.uk
- 14. Bury and Norwich Post - Deaths - Margaret Elizabeth Clayton - 1862
- Bury and Norwich Post (Bury St Edmunds, England),, Tuesday, March 04, 1862; pg. 4; Issue 4158
- 15. National Burial Index for England & Wales - Margaret Elizabeth Clayton - 1862