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Margaret Elizabeth CLAYTON

- 26th Feb 186212,13,14

Gentlewoman Mortgagee9

Life History

4th Dec 1775

Baptised in Finningham.1

Father - Samuel 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

Mentioned in Will.5

Of Catherine Clayton - died 1846
Annotated as :-
"my six sisters Ann Clayton Rebecca Clayton Lydia Ray widow Deborah Clayton Margaret Elizabeth Clayton and Susanna Clayton"

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"

4th Jun 1847

Mentioned in Codicil to Will.6

Of Lydia Ray née Clayton - died 1848
Annotated as :-
"my sisters, Ann, Deborah, Margaret Elizabeth; and Susannah"

28th Aug 1847

Mentioned in Will.7

Of Deborah Clayton - died 1851
Annotated as "my sisters"

16th Jan 1849

Legacy.8

Received a legacy of GBP 400 pre tax from the estate pf Lydia Ray

From the Legacy Receipt - Stamps and Taxes :-
"Margaret Elizabeth Clayton - sister - legacy"

13th May 1850

Legacy.8

Residual Legatee

Received GBP 114. 12s. 4.3/4p. pre tax as one of the residual legatees from the estate of Lydia Ray

From the Legacy Receipt - Inland Revenue :-
"Margaret Elizabeth Clayton - sister - one fourth of residue"

30th Mar 1851

Occupation Gentlewoman Mortgagee.9

30th Mar 1851

Recorded in census in Blofield (Thorpe Road, St Andrew Thorpe).9

Living alone
Staff x 2

12th Aug 1851

Executor.7

Of Deborah Clayton - died 1851
"Margaret Elizabeth Clayton Spinster and Susannah Clayton Spinster the sisters and Thomas Damant Eaton"

24th Oct 1851

Legacy.8

Received a legacy of GBP 100 pre tax from the estate of Deborah Clayton

Fro the Legacy Receipt - inland revenue .-
"Margaret Elizabeth Clayton - sister of the deceased - pecuniary legacy"

7th Apr 1861

Occupation Fund Holder.10

7th Apr 1861

Recorded in census in Norwich, East Wymer (Thorpe Road).10

Living alone
Staff x 2

14th May 1861

Executor.11

of the Will with two Codicils of Ann Clayton late of Finningham.
Effects - under GBP 16,000.
Executors :-
Margaret Elizabeth Clayton, of the Hamlet of Thorpe, sister
Thomas Damant Eaton, of Chapelfield, gentleman
John Ray, of Chapelfield Road, gentleman.

26th Feb 1862

Died in Norwich.12,13,14

From the Bury and Norwich Post
"On the 26th ult., in Thorpe Hamlet, Mrs. M. E. Clayton, late of Thorpe, and formerly of Trimingham, in this county."

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.
Effects - under GBP 50,000
Executors :-
John Ray, of Norwich, gentleman
Thomas Damant Eaton of Norwich, gentleman
Peter Eade of Norwich, doctor of medicine
William Robert Heath Clayton of 36 Great Hermitage Street Wapping, gentleman

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