Individual Details
Ann Unknown
(Abt 1590 - Bef 1645)
[[Category:Jamestown, Virginia Colony]]
[[Category: Anne, sailed 1623]]
== Biography ==
}Ann (Nichols) Clay Note: There is no evidence that supports a maiden name of Nichols for Ann, wife of John Clay was born 05 SEP 1590 in England } and passed away in Virginia. }
=== Immigration ===
Ann (Clay) arrived in Virginia in the ''Ann'', in August, 1623. From The Muster of the Inhabitant's of Jordan's Journey, taken the 2i th of January 1624 https://archive.org/stream/originallistsofp00hottuoft/originallistsofp00hottuoft_djvu.txt "MUSTERS OF THE INHABITANTS IN VIRGINIA"]. Jordan's Journey. Pg 211, "The original lists of persons of quality; emigrants; religious exiles; political rebels; serving men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages and the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars; from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England". JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN : LONDON, 1874, Reprinted: EMPIRE STATE BOOK CO., NEW YORK Adventures of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1625|Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1625]]. N.p.: Order of First Families of Virginia, 1607-1620 [Princeton University Press], 1956, pp. 5-69. [Annotation: From state papers in the Public Record Office, London, a census of the inhabitants of Virginia taken between January 20 and February 7, 1624 or 1625. Lists 1,232 names, with ages and ships taken. Item no. 1272, Colonial Records of Virginia,] '' Adventures of Purse and Person '', Dorman, gives Ann's name as Ann Claye. No maiden name is listed.
=== Disputed Parents ===
John Nichols and his wife Joan Goodwith Nichols are indicated as being the parents of Ann, the wife of John Clay, ancient planter, of Jamestown, Virginia. There is however, no evidence given to support that Ann, the wife of John Clay of Virginia was born to John and Joan Nichols in Worcestershire, England. Even if John and Joan Nichols had a daughter named Ann (which there is no evidence for) there is no evidence that Ann, daughter of John and Joan Nicholls is the same Ann that married John Clay of Virginia.
:'''Disputed LNAB'''
In the article, [https://archive.org/stream/sergeantfrancisn00nich/sergeantfrancisn00nich_djvu.txt "The English Origin of Sergeant Francis Nichols of Stratford, Connecticut]." The American Genealogist 75:267, There appears a Thomas Nichols, who was the father of John Nichols, b, c, 1542. This John Nichols has a son, Francis Nichols, that immigrated to America and ended up in Stratford, Connecticut. He had a son named John born about 1601 who married an Ann, born about 1605. At their marriage she became Ann Nichols. This may be the source for John Clays wife Ann being believed to be a Ann Nichols as this source is often used in reference to Ann. However, this book is clearly referring to a different, younger Ann that lived in Connecticut.
John Clay, the husband of Ann also had a servant William Nichols, aged 16 at the time he came to Virginia on the Duke, in May, 1619 but there is no known connection between him and Ann. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4245272?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Some Notes on the Clay Family], The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 52, No. 1 (Jan., 1944), pp. 59-62, Reverend Stephen O. Southall
There are no sources presently that reveal the names of the parents of Ann, or her maiden name. A search of Birth and Christening Records. of Worcestershire, England from 1580 to 1600 turned up one record for a Ann that was born to a John Nichols however, the record was not from Sedgeberrow, and the date was 1600, not 5 Sep 1590, the date given in this profile. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5GT-55S : 11 February 2018, John Nichols in entry for Ann Nichols, 1600); citing BROADWAY,WORCESTER,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm Q942.47 BI6 V26BR. Location and date does not match profile data
=== Marriage ===
:'''First Marriage'''
Ann _____ was the (1st) wife of John Clay. Many accounts have John And Ann's marriage place as England however most researchers agree that John and Ann most likely married after Ann arrived in Virginia, John had arrived in Virginia in 1613 but Ann did not arrive until 1623, some 10 years later, It doesn't seem likely that John and Ann would have married some 10 years prior to being together in Virginia. In [https://books.google.com/books?id=orDbMGpInaQC&pg=PA142&lpg=PA142&dq=john+blore+ancient+planter&source=bl&ots=WI0a6drX2O&sig=T-qOrd8IJT9BM9vdLPQsu64F_ow&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifn7Wov9rUAhXKdz4KHWkeClwQ6AEIQDAE#v=onepage&q=John%20Clay&f=false "Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers", 1607-1635], by Martha W. McCartney, she writes that, '' Ann, '''who became the wife''' of ancient planter, John Clay (Claye), came to Virginia on the ship "Ann" in August 1623. '' [https://books.google.com/books?id=orDbMGpInaQC&pg=PA142&lpg=PA142&dq=john+blore+ancient+planter&source=bl&ots=WI0a6drX2O&sig=T-qOrd8IJT9BM9vdLPQsu64F_ow&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifn7Wov9rUAhXKdz4KHWkeClwQ6AEIQDAE#v=onepage&q=John%20Clay&f=false Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607-1635]: A Biographical Dictionary. Pg 210., Martha W. McCartneyGenealogical Publishing Com, 2007 Researcher Robert Young Clay, (4 September 1936-6 May 2010), renowned Clay researcher and speaker, in an 1995 address to the Jamestown Society said, Researchers seem now agreed that his marriage to Ann likely took place here rather than in England. She is assumed to be the mother of John’s son William.
:'''Second Marriage'''
At some later date, John married a second wife, Elizabeth, whose surname is also unknown, who was the mother of Charles. After John Clay’s death, Elizabeth his widow married a close neighbour, Captain John Wall, and after Wall’s death, she married John Tate. [http://www.clayfamilysociety.org/ui38.htm ''John Clay, Fact or Fichtion'', Robert Young Clay, Jamestown Society, May 6, 1995
=== Children ===
:The children of John Clay and Ann ______ are said to be:
#Thomas Clay [https://archive.org/stream/clayfamily00smit/clayfamily00smit_djvu.txt "The Clay Family" (Filson Club. Publications No. 14. Louisville, Kentucky, 1899) Mrs. Mary Rogers Clay] Now believed to have been included as a child in error.#Francis Clay Now believed to have been included as a child in error.
#[[Clay-340|William Clay]]
#[[Clay-340|Anne Clay]], b, abt. 1610, m John Frame (1608-1655)
#[[Clay-1179|John Clay]], b abt. 1624
:The children of John Clay and Elizabeth ______ are said to be:
#[[Clay-11|Charles Clay]], b abt. 1638 Now believed to be the son of John Clay and (2nd) wife Elizabeth ____.
===Uncertain Children===
The list of children for John Clay was compiled from several sources and it may contain errors. It is based on the work of many researchers of the Clay Family and has been reproduced in many online Clay family trees. Additionally, there are several published books and articles along with the dozens of online accounts of the children of John Clay. Each one seems to contain different and sometimes confusing accounts or listings of his children. Where they do seem to agree most often is on WIlliam and John, who are found in the colonial property records of Virginia, each having land nearby their father. [http://www.blankensteingenealogy.net/john_clay_&_elizabeth.htm John Clay & Elizabeth] We will examine these different accounts, try to determine the verifiable facts, and discover if possible, the sources of this information, and finally attempt to separate fact from error.
:'''Rev Stephen O Southall - Genealogist'''
The late Reverend Stephen O. Southall, a genealogist with 50 years of research into colonial Virginia records in his [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4245272?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents "Notes on the Clay Family"], in regards to the children of John Clay, the immigrant wrote :
:"In her excellent book entitled The Clay Family (Filson Club. Publications No. 14. Louisville, Kentucky, 1899) Mrs. Mary Rogers Clay states (pages 65-66) that John Clay, the emigrant, had four (4) sons, naming as two (2) of them Francis Clay of Northumberland county and Thomas Clay, one of the fourteen persons "who did unlawfully assemble at ye p���ish church of Lawnes Creek [Surry County] with intent to declare they would not pay their publiq taxes…"
:"This is certainly an error and as I was partly the cause of the error, I wish to correct it, and give as far as I can, the true history, though the facts are meagre. When Mrs. Clay asked me for the names of the Clays in Virginia, I gave her the names of '''Francis Clay''' and '''Thomas Clay'''; but failed to tell her that they were not descended from John Clay, the emigrant".
This statement from the Reverend Stephen O. Southall indicates that Francis and Thomas Clay were mistakenly identified as sons of John Clay, the immigrant. The work of Mrs Mary Rogers Clay, "The Clay Family" was published in 1899 and for more than 100 years has been cited as a primary reference regarding Capt John Clay and his descendants. [https://archive.org/stream/clayfamily00smit/clayfamily00smit_djvu.txt "The Clay Family" (Filson Club. Publications No. 14. Louisville, Kentucky, 1899) Mrs. Mary Rogers Clay] [http://www.blankensteingenealogy.net/john_clay_&_elizabeth.htm Genealogy of VA Families VII 1981,Some Notes on the Clay Family p 77-80],Contributed by the late Reverend Stephen O. Southall
:'''Mrs. Mary Rogers Clay - Genealogist'''
From her book, [https://archive.org/stream/clayfamily00smit/clayfamily00smit_djvu.txt "The Clay Family"] we read the following regarding the children of John Clay, the Immigrant :
:"The children of Captain John and Ann Clay, so far as known, were :
:I. '''Francis Clay''', whose name appears on the records of Northumberland County, Virginia, from October 19, 1652, in the grants of lands, until June 8, 1658, and in Westmoreland County on May 21, 1666.
:II.'''William Clay'''. In 1655 William Bayley had a patent for four hundred acres of land on Ward's Creek, purchased of William Clay, son of John Clay, assignee of Francis Hooke, patentee of 1637.
:III. '''Thomas Clay''', one of fourteen persons "who did unlawfully Assemble at ye pish church o Lawnes Creeke, with Intent to declare they would not pay theire publiq taxes, & yt they expected diverse others to meet them. ( Surry Co., 3rd J any Ao. Dom. 1673.)" (William and Mary Quarterly Magazine.) 2.
:IV. '''Charles Clay''', born 1638, died 1686 (intestate). He married Hannah Wilson, daughter of John Wilson, senior, of Henrico County, Virginia, and states in Court, April, 1686, that he has received his wife's part of her father's estate. ( 1688- 1697, page 360.)"
We have already learned that Francis Clay and Thomas Clay were included in this 1899 genealogy as children of John Clay by Mrs Clay based on statements made by Reverend Stephen O. Southall, an error which he later corrected. We could examine this question in depth with a further exploration of primary records, however since we know the source of the misinformation, and that the author of that information published a correction of the erroneous application of that information we will accept his correction as credible evidence that '''Francis Clay and Thomas Clay were not sons of John Clay, the Immigrant.'''
This leaves us with William, John, Charles and Anne as possible children. We will look at Anne first. This is what we find. John FRAME A militia Captain who came to Va in 1622 Emigrates to Virginia in 1622 (Book I) on the ship Southampton, indentured to Captain John Harvey. He was born in 1607/8 at England. He married Ann Clay ? in 1629/30. He married Mary LAWRENCE (2257) in 1653/54. He died onDec 17, 1655 at Charles City Co., Va. Ann Clay ? was born in 1610. She married John FRAME , son of John FRAME , in 1629/30. She died in 1649/50 at Charles City Co., Va. [http://www.ghotes.net/PDF%20Files/Ahnentafel-Eva%20Virginia%20Justis.PDF Ahnentafel of Eva Virginia JUSTIS (1806)] This comes from an unsourced ancestor table. It is noted that Ann Clay is not found in the work of Mrs Mary Rogers Clay as a child of John Clay. There is a John Frame mentioned in several land transactions in Charles County. He evidently lived near John Clay (possibly John Clay Jr). The record states, August 23, 1643, John Wall patented 1790 acres on Chippoakes Creek, between John Hooke and William Pilkington, adjacent John Clay and John Freme. One William Bailey patented 400 acres of land in Charles City, May 1, 1655, "part of a dividend of 200 acres granted Captain Francis Hooke, 26, October 1637 and assigned to John Clay and John Freme and by inheritance descended unto William Clay son of said John and by William Bailey purchased of said William Clay, the younger." It seems safe to say that since there was a William Clay, the younger, there would be an older William Clay. This would seem to support the existence of both sons, John and William Clay. Captain John Frame is indicated in genealogical histories and family trees as having married twice, first to an Anne, her maiden name, which is usually given as Clay is unproved. [https://sites.google.com/site/framednaproject/north-america FRAME / FREAME / FREMAULT DNA PROJECT RESEARCH NOTES] .
There is one researcher that has put forth the idea that Charles Clay, b 1638 may be the grandson of John Clay, the Immigrant. and the son of John Clay Jr, Genealogy of VA Families VII 1981, "Some Notes on the Clay Family" p 77-80, Contributed by the late Reverend Stephen O. Southall The current belief however, is that Charles born between 1638-1645 was actually the son of John Clay Sr and Elizabeth, his 2nd wife.
== Sources ==
=== Research Sources ===
*"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5GT-55S : 11 February 2018, John Nichols in entry for Ann Nichols, 1600); citing BROADWAY,WORCESTER,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm Q942.47 BI6 V26BR. Location and date does not match profile data
Also See:* ''[[Space:American Genealogical-Biographical Index|American Genealogical-Biographical Index]]'', Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown, CT, USA
[[Category: Anne, sailed 1623]]
== Biography ==
}Ann (Nichols) Clay Note: There is no evidence that supports a maiden name of Nichols for Ann, wife of John Clay was born 05 SEP 1590 in England } and passed away in Virginia. }
=== Immigration ===
Ann (Clay) arrived in Virginia in the ''Ann'', in August, 1623. From The Muster of the Inhabitant's of Jordan's Journey, taken the 2i th of January 1624 https://archive.org/stream/originallistsofp00hottuoft/originallistsofp00hottuoft_djvu.txt "MUSTERS OF THE INHABITANTS IN VIRGINIA"]. Jordan's Journey. Pg 211, "The original lists of persons of quality; emigrants; religious exiles; political rebels; serving men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages and the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars; from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England". JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN : LONDON, 1874, Reprinted: EMPIRE STATE BOOK CO., NEW YORK Adventures of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1625|Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1625]]. N.p.: Order of First Families of Virginia, 1607-1620 [Princeton University Press], 1956, pp. 5-69. [Annotation: From state papers in the Public Record Office, London, a census of the inhabitants of Virginia taken between January 20 and February 7, 1624 or 1625. Lists 1,232 names, with ages and ships taken. Item no. 1272, Colonial Records of Virginia,] '' Adventures of Purse and Person '', Dorman, gives Ann's name as Ann Claye. No maiden name is listed.
=== Disputed Parents ===
John Nichols and his wife Joan Goodwith Nichols are indicated as being the parents of Ann, the wife of John Clay, ancient planter, of Jamestown, Virginia. There is however, no evidence given to support that Ann, the wife of John Clay of Virginia was born to John and Joan Nichols in Worcestershire, England. Even if John and Joan Nichols had a daughter named Ann (which there is no evidence for) there is no evidence that Ann, daughter of John and Joan Nicholls is the same Ann that married John Clay of Virginia.
:'''Disputed LNAB'''
In the article, [https://archive.org/stream/sergeantfrancisn00nich/sergeantfrancisn00nich_djvu.txt "The English Origin of Sergeant Francis Nichols of Stratford, Connecticut]." The American Genealogist 75:267, There appears a Thomas Nichols, who was the father of John Nichols, b, c, 1542. This John Nichols has a son, Francis Nichols, that immigrated to America and ended up in Stratford, Connecticut. He had a son named John born about 1601 who married an Ann, born about 1605. At their marriage she became Ann Nichols. This may be the source for John Clays wife Ann being believed to be a Ann Nichols as this source is often used in reference to Ann. However, this book is clearly referring to a different, younger Ann that lived in Connecticut.
John Clay, the husband of Ann also had a servant William Nichols, aged 16 at the time he came to Virginia on the Duke, in May, 1619 but there is no known connection between him and Ann. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4245272?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Some Notes on the Clay Family], The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 52, No. 1 (Jan., 1944), pp. 59-62, Reverend Stephen O. Southall
There are no sources presently that reveal the names of the parents of Ann, or her maiden name. A search of Birth and Christening Records. of Worcestershire, England from 1580 to 1600 turned up one record for a Ann that was born to a John Nichols however, the record was not from Sedgeberrow, and the date was 1600, not 5 Sep 1590, the date given in this profile. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5GT-55S : 11 February 2018, John Nichols in entry for Ann Nichols, 1600); citing BROADWAY,WORCESTER,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm Q942.47 BI6 V26BR. Location and date does not match profile data
=== Marriage ===
:'''First Marriage'''
Ann _____ was the (1st) wife of John Clay. Many accounts have John And Ann's marriage place as England however most researchers agree that John and Ann most likely married after Ann arrived in Virginia, John had arrived in Virginia in 1613 but Ann did not arrive until 1623, some 10 years later, It doesn't seem likely that John and Ann would have married some 10 years prior to being together in Virginia. In [https://books.google.com/books?id=orDbMGpInaQC&pg=PA142&lpg=PA142&dq=john+blore+ancient+planter&source=bl&ots=WI0a6drX2O&sig=T-qOrd8IJT9BM9vdLPQsu64F_ow&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifn7Wov9rUAhXKdz4KHWkeClwQ6AEIQDAE#v=onepage&q=John%20Clay&f=false "Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers", 1607-1635], by Martha W. McCartney, she writes that, '' Ann, '''who became the wife''' of ancient planter, John Clay (Claye), came to Virginia on the ship "Ann" in August 1623. '' [https://books.google.com/books?id=orDbMGpInaQC&pg=PA142&lpg=PA142&dq=john+blore+ancient+planter&source=bl&ots=WI0a6drX2O&sig=T-qOrd8IJT9BM9vdLPQsu64F_ow&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifn7Wov9rUAhXKdz4KHWkeClwQ6AEIQDAE#v=onepage&q=John%20Clay&f=false Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607-1635]: A Biographical Dictionary. Pg 210., Martha W. McCartneyGenealogical Publishing Com, 2007 Researcher Robert Young Clay, (4 September 1936-6 May 2010), renowned Clay researcher and speaker, in an 1995 address to the Jamestown Society said, Researchers seem now agreed that his marriage to Ann likely took place here rather than in England. She is assumed to be the mother of John’s son William.
:'''Second Marriage'''
At some later date, John married a second wife, Elizabeth, whose surname is also unknown, who was the mother of Charles. After John Clay’s death, Elizabeth his widow married a close neighbour, Captain John Wall, and after Wall’s death, she married John Tate. [http://www.clayfamilysociety.org/ui38.htm ''John Clay, Fact or Fichtion'', Robert Young Clay, Jamestown Society, May 6, 1995
=== Children ===
:The children of John Clay and Ann ______ are said to be:
#Thomas Clay [https://archive.org/stream/clayfamily00smit/clayfamily00smit_djvu.txt "The Clay Family" (Filson Club. Publications No. 14. Louisville, Kentucky, 1899) Mrs. Mary Rogers Clay] Now believed to have been included as a child in error.#Francis Clay Now believed to have been included as a child in error.
#[[Clay-340|William Clay]]
#[[Clay-340|Anne Clay]], b, abt. 1610, m John Frame (1608-1655)
#[[Clay-1179|John Clay]], b abt. 1624
:The children of John Clay and Elizabeth ______ are said to be:
#[[Clay-11|Charles Clay]], b abt. 1638 Now believed to be the son of John Clay and (2nd) wife Elizabeth ____.
===Uncertain Children===
The list of children for John Clay was compiled from several sources and it may contain errors. It is based on the work of many researchers of the Clay Family and has been reproduced in many online Clay family trees. Additionally, there are several published books and articles along with the dozens of online accounts of the children of John Clay. Each one seems to contain different and sometimes confusing accounts or listings of his children. Where they do seem to agree most often is on WIlliam and John, who are found in the colonial property records of Virginia, each having land nearby their father. [http://www.blankensteingenealogy.net/john_clay_&_elizabeth.htm John Clay & Elizabeth] We will examine these different accounts, try to determine the verifiable facts, and discover if possible, the sources of this information, and finally attempt to separate fact from error.
:'''Rev Stephen O Southall - Genealogist'''
The late Reverend Stephen O. Southall, a genealogist with 50 years of research into colonial Virginia records in his [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4245272?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents "Notes on the Clay Family"], in regards to the children of John Clay, the immigrant wrote :
:"In her excellent book entitled The Clay Family (Filson Club. Publications No. 14. Louisville, Kentucky, 1899) Mrs. Mary Rogers Clay states (pages 65-66) that John Clay, the emigrant, had four (4) sons, naming as two (2) of them Francis Clay of Northumberland county and Thomas Clay, one of the fourteen persons "who did unlawfully assemble at ye p���ish church of Lawnes Creek [Surry County] with intent to declare they would not pay their publiq taxes…"
:"This is certainly an error and as I was partly the cause of the error, I wish to correct it, and give as far as I can, the true history, though the facts are meagre. When Mrs. Clay asked me for the names of the Clays in Virginia, I gave her the names of '''Francis Clay''' and '''Thomas Clay'''; but failed to tell her that they were not descended from John Clay, the emigrant".
This statement from the Reverend Stephen O. Southall indicates that Francis and Thomas Clay were mistakenly identified as sons of John Clay, the immigrant. The work of Mrs Mary Rogers Clay, "The Clay Family" was published in 1899 and for more than 100 years has been cited as a primary reference regarding Capt John Clay and his descendants. [https://archive.org/stream/clayfamily00smit/clayfamily00smit_djvu.txt "The Clay Family" (Filson Club. Publications No. 14. Louisville, Kentucky, 1899) Mrs. Mary Rogers Clay] [http://www.blankensteingenealogy.net/john_clay_&_elizabeth.htm Genealogy of VA Families VII 1981,Some Notes on the Clay Family p 77-80],Contributed by the late Reverend Stephen O. Southall
:'''Mrs. Mary Rogers Clay - Genealogist'''
From her book, [https://archive.org/stream/clayfamily00smit/clayfamily00smit_djvu.txt "The Clay Family"] we read the following regarding the children of John Clay, the Immigrant :
:"The children of Captain John and Ann Clay, so far as known, were :
:I. '''Francis Clay''', whose name appears on the records of Northumberland County, Virginia, from October 19, 1652, in the grants of lands, until June 8, 1658, and in Westmoreland County on May 21, 1666.
:II.'''William Clay'''. In 1655 William Bayley had a patent for four hundred acres of land on Ward's Creek, purchased of William Clay, son of John Clay, assignee of Francis Hooke, patentee of 1637.
:III. '''Thomas Clay''', one of fourteen persons "who did unlawfully Assemble at ye pish church o Lawnes Creeke, with Intent to declare they would not pay theire publiq taxes, & yt they expected diverse others to meet them. ( Surry Co., 3rd J any Ao. Dom. 1673.)" (William and Mary Quarterly Magazine.) 2.
:IV. '''Charles Clay''', born 1638, died 1686 (intestate). He married Hannah Wilson, daughter of John Wilson, senior, of Henrico County, Virginia, and states in Court, April, 1686, that he has received his wife's part of her father's estate. ( 1688- 1697, page 360.)"
We have already learned that Francis Clay and Thomas Clay were included in this 1899 genealogy as children of John Clay by Mrs Clay based on statements made by Reverend Stephen O. Southall, an error which he later corrected. We could examine this question in depth with a further exploration of primary records, however since we know the source of the misinformation, and that the author of that information published a correction of the erroneous application of that information we will accept his correction as credible evidence that '''Francis Clay and Thomas Clay were not sons of John Clay, the Immigrant.'''
This leaves us with William, John, Charles and Anne as possible children. We will look at Anne first. This is what we find. John FRAME A militia Captain who came to Va in 1622 Emigrates to Virginia in 1622 (Book I) on the ship Southampton, indentured to Captain John Harvey. He was born in 1607/8 at England. He married Ann Clay ? in 1629/30. He married Mary LAWRENCE (2257) in 1653/54. He died onDec 17, 1655 at Charles City Co., Va. Ann Clay ? was born in 1610. She married John FRAME , son of John FRAME , in 1629/30. She died in 1649/50 at Charles City Co., Va. [http://www.ghotes.net/PDF%20Files/Ahnentafel-Eva%20Virginia%20Justis.PDF Ahnentafel of Eva Virginia JUSTIS (1806)] This comes from an unsourced ancestor table. It is noted that Ann Clay is not found in the work of Mrs Mary Rogers Clay as a child of John Clay. There is a John Frame mentioned in several land transactions in Charles County. He evidently lived near John Clay (possibly John Clay Jr). The record states, August 23, 1643, John Wall patented 1790 acres on Chippoakes Creek, between John Hooke and William Pilkington, adjacent John Clay and John Freme. One William Bailey patented 400 acres of land in Charles City, May 1, 1655, "part of a dividend of 200 acres granted Captain Francis Hooke, 26, October 1637 and assigned to John Clay and John Freme and by inheritance descended unto William Clay son of said John and by William Bailey purchased of said William Clay, the younger." It seems safe to say that since there was a William Clay, the younger, there would be an older William Clay. This would seem to support the existence of both sons, John and William Clay. Captain John Frame is indicated in genealogical histories and family trees as having married twice, first to an Anne, her maiden name, which is usually given as Clay is unproved. [https://sites.google.com/site/framednaproject/north-america FRAME / FREAME / FREMAULT DNA PROJECT RESEARCH NOTES] .
There is one researcher that has put forth the idea that Charles Clay, b 1638 may be the grandson of John Clay, the Immigrant. and the son of John Clay Jr, Genealogy of VA Families VII 1981, "Some Notes on the Clay Family" p 77-80, Contributed by the late Reverend Stephen O. Southall The current belief however, is that Charles born between 1638-1645 was actually the son of John Clay Sr and Elizabeth, his 2nd wife.
== Sources ==
=== Research Sources ===
*"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5GT-55S : 11 February 2018, John Nichols in entry for Ann Nichols, 1600); citing BROADWAY,WORCESTER,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm Q942.47 BI6 V26BR. Location and date does not match profile data
Also See:* ''[[Space:American Genealogical-Biographical Index|American Genealogical-Biographical Index]]'', Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown, CT, USA
Events
| Birth | Abt 1590 | England | |||
| Marriage | 1623 | Virginia - Capt John Clay VI | |||
| Death | Bef 1645 | Charles City County, Colonial Virginia | |||
| Reference No | 11037979 | ||||
| Reference No | 11706011 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Capt John Clay VI (1587 - 1655) |
| Child | Dr Charles Clay (1638 - 1686) |
| Child | Ann Clay (1610 - 1650) |
| Child | William Clay (1630 - 1663) |