Individual Details
Mary Clay
(Abt 1710 - 2 Dec 1770)
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== Biography ==
== Sources ==
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== Note ==
Remember, when reading this genealogy that Chesterfield County was made from Henrico County in 1749, so some reasearch says Chesterfield County and some Henrico.
== Disputed Middle Name ==
Also I have found no evidence Mary’s middle name was Obedience, save for family bible reference. In all public records, she was known as plain Mary Clay, like her mother. Since all public records say Mary not obedience, please don’t add obedience to her name unless you have proof and add your cite to the source Section
your online family tree is NOT proof, but wills, land deeds, birth records, etc.. with this middle name would be and from what I have seen so far, there are none.
Mary and Richard had a son Obediah, I believe thru time, people got confused and added Obedience to her name. Then this caused more confusion and people thought there were two Mary’s as Daughters to Henry and Mary, when there was just one.
Also note that the Jamestown Society does NOT recognize a Mary Obedience as a daughter to Henry. They do recognize Mary Clay. While it may be true our Great grandmother was Mary Obedience Clay, there is simply no verifiable source to prove that, so please stop adding the middle name to wikitree without a REAL and verifiable source.
== Biography ==
Mary Clay a widow of Thomas Watkins, was remarried to Richard Belcher and they had several kids together. Mary had 17 kids in total between both husbands
Mary’s Brother William was the executor of Richard’s will, because he was the brother-in-law (2)
Henry Clay's will ( 1 ) was signed March 28, 1749, and
probated at the September term of Chesterfield Court,
1 760. The sons were granted letters of administration on the
oaths of George Farrar and Allyson Clarke, witnesses.
B. Watkins was Clerk of Chesterfield County at that time.
The following extracts from it may be interesting :
“I, Henry Clay, of Henrico County, being of perfect health,
mind, and memory, thanks be to God therefor, and calling to
mind my mortality, and knowing that it is appointed unto all
men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and tes-
tament, that is to say, princably and first of all I give my soul
into the hands of God that gave it, and as for my body I com-
mend it to the earth, to be buried in a Christian - like and decent
form at the discretion of my executors, nothing doubting but at
the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by mighty
power of God ; and as touching my worldly goods wherewith it
has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise, and dis-
pose of the same in manner and form following :
“I give and bequeath unto my son, William Clay, the
land and plantation whereon he now lives, and my land and
plantation on Deep Creek, in Henrico County, whereon ‘Richard
Belcher’ now lives, to him, his heirs, and assigns forever. “
“I give to my daughter, Mary Watkins, five pounds,
current money. “
I give to my grandson, Henry Clay (this is son, the Dr. Henry Clay, of Ky.), 240 acres adjoining the lands of James Hill &c.
I give and bequeath to my ‘granddaughter, Mary Clay’,
daughter of Charles Clay (afterwards Mrs. Stephen Lockett),
one negro girl, named Phoebe.
I give unto ‘Mary, my well - beloved wife’, the plantation
whereon I now live, during her natural life, and my negroes,
Lewis, Jo, Sue, Nann, Jenny and Sarah, during her natural life,
and what stock and household goods she pleases to have or
make use of, of mine. “
Mary was born about 1712. She passed away about 1770.
== Sources ==
Archive.org Clay Family, Allen County Publications, Gc 929.2 C57865 , FILSON CLUB PUBLICATIONS NO 14,[ https://archive.org/stream/clayfamily00smit/clayfamily00smit_djvu.txt ]
Appalachian Aristocracy, Inventory of Richard Belcher will dated 23 October 1763. William Clay Administrator. [ http://www.appalachianaristocracy.com/getperson.php?personID=I35274&tree=01 ]
Source: S104 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Repository: [[#R5]] Paranthetical: Y Ancestry Family Trees Certainty: 0 http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6125615&pid=1566 Repository: R5 Ancestry.com http://www.Ancestry.com Ancestry.com
== Biography ==
== Sources ==
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
}
== Note ==
Remember, when reading this genealogy that Chesterfield County was made from Henrico County in 1749, so some reasearch says Chesterfield County and some Henrico.
== Disputed Middle Name ==
Also I have found no evidence Mary’s middle name was Obedience, save for family bible reference. In all public records, she was known as plain Mary Clay, like her mother. Since all public records say Mary not obedience, please don’t add obedience to her name unless you have proof and add your cite to the source Section
your online family tree is NOT proof, but wills, land deeds, birth records, etc.. with this middle name would be and from what I have seen so far, there are none.
Mary and Richard had a son Obediah, I believe thru time, people got confused and added Obedience to her name. Then this caused more confusion and people thought there were two Mary’s as Daughters to Henry and Mary, when there was just one.
Also note that the Jamestown Society does NOT recognize a Mary Obedience as a daughter to Henry. They do recognize Mary Clay. While it may be true our Great grandmother was Mary Obedience Clay, there is simply no verifiable source to prove that, so please stop adding the middle name to wikitree without a REAL and verifiable source.
== Biography ==
Mary Clay a widow of Thomas Watkins, was remarried to Richard Belcher and they had several kids together. Mary had 17 kids in total between both husbands
Mary’s Brother William was the executor of Richard’s will, because he was the brother-in-law (2)
Henry Clay's will ( 1 ) was signed March 28, 1749, and
probated at the September term of Chesterfield Court,
1 760. The sons were granted letters of administration on the
oaths of George Farrar and Allyson Clarke, witnesses.
B. Watkins was Clerk of Chesterfield County at that time.
The following extracts from it may be interesting :
“I, Henry Clay, of Henrico County, being of perfect health,
mind, and memory, thanks be to God therefor, and calling to
mind my mortality, and knowing that it is appointed unto all
men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and tes-
tament, that is to say, princably and first of all I give my soul
into the hands of God that gave it, and as for my body I com-
mend it to the earth, to be buried in a Christian - like and decent
form at the discretion of my executors, nothing doubting but at
the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by mighty
power of God ; and as touching my worldly goods wherewith it
has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise, and dis-
pose of the same in manner and form following :
“I give and bequeath unto my son, William Clay, the
land and plantation whereon he now lives, and my land and
plantation on Deep Creek, in Henrico County, whereon ‘Richard
Belcher’ now lives, to him, his heirs, and assigns forever. “
“I give to my daughter, Mary Watkins, five pounds,
current money. “
I give to my grandson, Henry Clay (this is son, the Dr. Henry Clay, of Ky.), 240 acres adjoining the lands of James Hill &c.
I give and bequeath to my ‘granddaughter, Mary Clay’,
daughter of Charles Clay (afterwards Mrs. Stephen Lockett),
one negro girl, named Phoebe.
I give unto ‘Mary, my well - beloved wife’, the plantation
whereon I now live, during her natural life, and my negroes,
Lewis, Jo, Sue, Nann, Jenny and Sarah, during her natural life,
and what stock and household goods she pleases to have or
make use of, of mine. “
Mary was born about 1712. She passed away about 1770.
== Sources ==
Archive.org Clay Family, Allen County Publications, Gc 929.2 C57865 , FILSON CLUB PUBLICATIONS NO 14,[ https://archive.org/stream/clayfamily00smit/clayfamily00smit_djvu.txt ]
Appalachian Aristocracy, Inventory of Richard Belcher will dated 23 October 1763. William Clay Administrator. [ http://www.appalachianaristocracy.com/getperson.php?personID=I35274&tree=01 ]
Source: S104 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Repository: [[#R5]] Paranthetical: Y Ancestry Family Trees Certainty: 0 http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6125615&pid=1566 Repository: R5 Ancestry.com http://www.Ancestry.com Ancestry.com
Events
| Birth | Abt 1710 | Dale City, Chesterfield, Virginia | |||
| Birth | Abt 1719 | ||||
| Marriage | 1732 | Virginia - Richard D. Belcher | |||
| Marriage | 1747 | Henrico Co., VA - Thomas Watkins | |||
| Death | 2 Dec 1770 | Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia | |||
| Death | Abt 1785 | Virginia | |||
| Marriage | Richard D. Belcher | ||||
| Alt name | Watkins | ||||
| Reference No | 1570876 | ||||
| Reference No | |||||
| Reference No | 60 | ||||
| Reference No | 1596369 |
Families
| Spouse | Richard D. Belcher (1710 - 1763) |
| Child | Benjamin Belcher (1749 - 1810) |
| Child | Ann Belcher (1730 - 1766) |
| Child | Joseph Belcher (1730 - ) |
| Child | Moses Belcher (1730 - ) |
| Child | Prudence Belcher (1730 - ) |
| Child | Isham Belcher Sr. (1732 - 1798) |
| Child | Richard D Belcher Jr (1734 - 1814) |
| Child | Mary Belcher (1735 - 1833) |
| Child | Obediah Belcher (1736 - ) |
| Child | Phoebe Belcher (1742 - 1810) |
| Child | Elizabeth Anne Belcher (1742 - 1820) |
| Child | Robert Belcher (1746 - 1796) |
| Child | Thomas Belcher (1746 - 1796) |
| Child | William Belcher (1748 - 1796) |
| Child | Henry Belcher (1750 - 1796) |
| Child | John Belcher (1752 - 1839) |
| Child | Jesse Belcher (1754 - ) |
| Spouse | Thomas Watkins (1720 - 1781) |
| Child | Elizabeth Watkins (1748 - ) |
| Child | Mary Watkins (1751 - 1785) |
| Father | Henry Charles Clay (1672 - 1760) |
| Mother | Margaret Mitchell (1693 - 1777) |
| Sibling | Mary Obedience Clay (1710 - 1770) |
| Sibling | Amey Clay (1708 - 1774) |
| Sibling | William Mitchell Clay (1709 - 1774) |
| Sibling | Henry Clay (1711 - 1764) |
| Sibling | Martha Clay (1713 - 1744) |
| Sibling | Charles Clay (1716 - 1789) |
| Sibling | John Clay (1718 - 1762) |