Individual Details

Strangely, Benjamin is the only child of Walter & Mary whose birth is not recorded in the St Peters Parish Register. This is the approximate period of time that Vol I of the Register ends and Vol II [whose beginning pages were bound out of order] begins. In fact there are few entries for 1730 & 31 and almost none for 1732. Much of 1733 seems to be missing. In 1730 his father was appointed Church Warden for a two-year term; it seems unlikely he would forget to register the birth of his son. The minister was the same during the transition from one Register to another; however the Clerk of the Vestry (who perhaps was responsible for recording the data?] died prior to the Mar 1734 Meeting.

His son Walter was appointed administrator of his estate in Nov 1790

Goochland DB 14
p.337 12 Oct 1786 John Moss & Charity his wife to Benjamin Clopton. 10£. tract on branches of Little Bird Creek. Nathl Massie's line; on Nathl & John Moss; Nathl Hollands line; Nath. Massies, Thomas Massie's & John Mosses' lines. Nathl Holland & John Moss; David Hudsons. Signed: John Moss, Charity Moss
16 Oct 1786 Presented & acknowledged by John Moss. Charity Moss relinquished right of dower

p.339 16 Oct 1786 Benjamin Clopton & Agnes his wife to Walter Clopton. 300£. tract of 220 acres. Land of John Thelpole Ballows; Thos. Bolling, Thos. Randolph, and Wm. Lewis. Signed Benj. Clopton
Acknowledged 16 Oct 1786 by Benj. Clopton


Goochland DB 15
p.449 Appraisment of estate of Benjamin Clopton, Dec'd.
George Richardson, Charles Johnson & John Heardon. 700£ 9sh 11p
Returned 17 Jan 1791.

Goochland DB 16 [page numbers cannot be read]
19 Sep 1791 Robert Lewis Jr & wife Mary to Legatees of Benjn Clopton dec'd. 250£ [Too dark to read.]
Instructions to Justices to get dower release of Mary Lewis. Tract was 120 acres in Goochland. She was examined 18 Jun 1792. Ordered recorded
19 Sep 1791 Robert Lewis Jr & wife Mary to Legatees of Benjamin Clopton dec'd. 100£ - tract of 100 acres bounded by lands of Richard Scruggs, John Bellemy, John Hopper, George Richardson & Conoley Mullins.
Ack. By Lewis 19 Sep 1791
Dower release obtained 18 Jun 1792. Ordered recorded.

20 Feb 1792 Nathl. Holland & David Hudson ordered that Thos. Miller, Wm. R. Fleming, Archd. Bryce, John Perkins & George Richardson or any three appraise the accounts of John Barnerd & Walter Clopton as admin of Benjamin Clopton, dec'd.
Included
Payment to Agness Clopton, 18 Jul, 1790
1792 Payment to Agness Clopton on 16 Apr
Report signed by Tho. Miller, George Richardson, Jno Perkins 10 Apr 1792
Rec. 21 Aug 1792

Birth	Abt 1733	New Kent County, Virginia
Marriage	23 Jun 1755	Cumberland County, Virginia - AGNES MORGAN
Death	Bef Nov 1790	Goochland County, Virginia

Spouse	AGNES MORGAN ( - 1809)
Child	Walter Clopton (1756 - 1835)
Child	Elizabeth Clopton (1760 - )
Child	OLIVE JUDITH CLOPTON (1762 - 1800)
Child	Mary Clopton (1764 - )
Child	Susannah Clopton (1766 - )
Child	Benjamin Michaux Clopton (1768 - )
Child	Anthony Clopton (1770 - 1848)
Child	Agnes Clopton (1772 - )

Father	WALTER CLOPTON (1688 - 1758)
Mother	MARY JARRATT ( - )
Sibling	Ann Clopton (1712 - )
Sibling	William Clopton (1714 - )
Sibling	Mary Clopton (1716 - )
Sibling	Walter Clopton (1721 - )
Sibling	Robert Clopton (1725 - )
Sibling	Devereaux Clopton (1727 - )
Sibling	Margaret Clopton (1729 - )
Sibling	Richard Clopton (1731 - )
Sibling	Naomi Clopton (1735 - )
Sibling	Walter Clopton (1740 - )