Person:Samuel Clayton (2)

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Samuel CLAYTON
b.1741
d.1 Dec 1819 St. Mary's, Penniac, York, NB, CAN
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  1. Samuel Clayton1793 - Bet 1861 & 1871
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Name[1] Samuel CLAYTON
Gender Male
Birth? 1741
Marriage 6 Feb 1780 NY, USAto Sarah ARCHIBALD
Military? Bet 1782 and 1783 Cornet, Queen's Rangers
Other? Sep 1783 [[Place:NY>CAN|NY>CAN]]Emigrated
Death[2] 1 Dec 1819 St. Mary's, Penniac, York, NB, CAN
Burial? 3 Dec 1819
Will? 16 Dec 1819 Signed by Sarah and son, Archibald.

Came to NB with the Loyalists in 1783. (1785-1885 Nashwaak Families) May have been from Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, NJ. Ancestry may be:

Thomas Clayton (1710-1757) & Hannah Unknown (1716-1757) Zebulon Clayton (1663-1695) & Mary Hartshorne (1676-) John Clayton (1630-1704] & Alice Myres (1641) Edmund Clayton (1602-1657) & Margaret Unknown (1602-1662] Henry Clayton (1580-1662) & Esther Towson (abt 1580)

"Historical Collections of New Jersey: Past and Present" (1868) lists Samuel as a Loyalist of Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, NJ.

On September 10, 1785, Samuel signed a petition to Gov. Thomas Carlton to get more land along the Nashwaak.

References
  1. ↑ Nashwaak Bicentennial Association. 1785-1885 Nashwaak Families. (1984).
  2. ↑ Nashwaak Bicentennial Association. 1785-1885 Nashwaak Families. (1984).
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