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York, England, son of Thomas and Agnes (Thornell) Clayton, and of the Inner Temple, heir to the family estate, married the daughter of Cholmely, of the East Riding, county of York. He died in 1627. Children: 1. John, of Okenshaw, barrister of the Inner Temple, 1660, and a member of the northern circuit; married Elizabeth Citterne, of Kent; he was aged seventy-four years, April 6, 1666. 2. Sir Jasper, see forward.

Sir Jasper Clayton, son of William Clayton, was of St. Edmunds, Lombard street, London; mercer and alderman; knighted at Guildhall, July 5, 1660. He married, at St. Faith's, London. May 1, 1624. Mary, daughter of William Thompson, "Citizen and haberdasher." of London, of Tinmouth Castle, Northumberland. Children: 1. Sir John, see forward. 2. George, of London, haberdasher, born in St. Edmunds, Lombard street. December 24. 1639; attended Merchant Taylor's School; married Hester, daughter of Sir Thomas Palmer, baronet. 3. Mary, married Peter Nourse, of Wood-eaton, Oxfordshire. 4. Prudence.

Sir John Clayton, of London and Parson's Green. Fulham, Middlesex county, son of Sir Jasper and Mary (Thompson) Clayton, was admitted to the Inner Temple. July 22, 1650, and knighted in 1664. He married Alice, daughter of Sir William Bowyer, baronet, of Denham, Bucks, England, and relict of William Buggins, Esq., of North Crey. Children: 1. John, see for ward. 2. Jasper, of Fernhill, Bucks; colonel of the Fourth Regiment of Foot; lieutenant-governor of Gibraltar, and lieutenant-general in the English army, killed at the battle of Dettingen, 1743; married Juli anna ——— 3. Alice. 4. Mary. 5. Elizabeth. One of these daughters married John Lord Lovelace, and one Thomas Strickland.

John (2) Clayton, son of Sir John (1) and Alice (Bowyer) Clayton, was born in England, 1665, died in Virginia, November 18. 1737. He was educated at Cambridge University, admitted to the Inner Temple, June 6, 1682, and called to the bar. came to Virginia in 1705, and was appointed attorney-general of the colony in 1714. which office he held until his death. He was also judge of admiralty, and frequently member of the house of burgesses; he was presiding justice of James City, and county clerk and recorder of Williamsburg. He was a large land owner, the owner of an estate, "Hawkshurst," four miles from Crombrooke, county Kent, England, which estate descended to his son. Children: I. John, see forward. 2. Arthur, clerk of county in upper part of York river, Virginia; died 1733. 3. Dr. Thomas, educated at Cambridge University, England; returned to Virginia; married, 1728, Isabell Lewis, of Warner Hall, Gloucester county; died October, 1739.

Dr. John (3) Clayton, son of John (2) Clayton, was born at Fulham, England. 1685, died in Gloucester county, Virginia, December 15. 1773. He came to Virginia in 1705. He was an eminent botanist, and possessed at one time at "Windsor," his estate in Gloucester, a large botanical garden of which he was justly proud. He was a trusted official of his county, holding the office of clerk of Gloucester for fifty years. He was a member of many learned societies in Europe, president of the Society in Virginia (1773) for Promoting Useful Knowledge, and was the author of a book on the flora of Virginia, "Flora Virginica." He married, January 2, 1723. Elizabeth Whiting, daughter of Henry and Anne (Beverley) Whiting, the latter named a daughter of Colonel Peter Beverley, member of the house of burgesses from Gloucester, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Major Robert Peyton, who emigrated from Norfolkshire, England. Major Robert Beverley, father of Colonel Peter Beverley, of Gloucester county, emigrated from Yorkshire, England. He was clerk of the house of burgesses, 1670; member of the council. 1676; chief commander against Bacon in his rebellion; died in 1687. His wife's tombstone bears the inscription: "Here lyeth interred Mrs. Mary Beverley, wife of Robert Beverley, the mother of nine sons and three daughters, who died 1st of June, 1678. aged 41 years and 3 months, having been married to him 12 years and 2 months. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton: 1. John. served in the revolutionary war, second lieutenant in First Virginia Regiment, October 7, 1775, first lieutenant in the First Virginia Regiment. February, 1776; married Elizabeth Willis. 2. Anne, see forward. Anne Clayton, daughter of Dr. John (3) and Elizabeth (Whiting) Clayton, married, January 15, 1767, her first cousin, Henry Landon Davies, son of Nicholas Davies and