Person:John Clay (11)

John Clay
b.1587 England
d.1655 Virginia
Facts and Events
Name[1] John Clay
Gender Male
Birth? 1587 England
Marriage 1618 Englandto Elizabeth Ann Nichols
Death? 1655 Virginia

Research Notes

  • Possible middle name = Thomas. Proof/source needed.
References
  1. Family Recorded, in Perrin, William Henry, ed. History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky. (Chicago, IL, USA: O. L. Baskin, 1882)
    454.

    ... The family trace their name to one John Clay, a native of England, who came to America as a British Grenadier, during Bacon's Rebellion; from him have descended all the different members of the Clay family. ...