1680 Anthony Woodhouse, planter, of Mansfield, West New Jersey, sold 100 acres of land to Robert Murfin, planter, of Crosswick Creek, West New Jersey, for £7. The deed was dated March 16 and was signed by Anthony Woodhouse with witnesses Richard Boyer, Mathew Clayton, and William Emley. [1]
1683 John Fulwood, malt maker, late of Mansfield, Nottingham County, England, sold 40 acres of land to Mathew Clayton, of St. Pink, New Jersey, for £0.5. The deed was dated March 18, and was signed by John Fulwood, with witnesses Mahlon Stacy, Joshua Wright, and John Heath. [2] [3]
1687 Matthew Clayton and Hugh Staniland were bound by the court to assure that Joan Heath would appear at the next court session concerning the death of a child born to her. [4]
1688 Thomas Hutchinson, yeoman, of Hutchinson Manor, Burlington County, West New Jersey sold 50 acres of land to Mathew Clayton, yeoman, of Burlington, West New Jersey, for £1. The deed was dated January 23 and was signed by Thomas Hutchinson with witnesses Jonathan Carter and Thomas Butler. [5] [6]
1689 Matthew Clayton served on the traverse jury of the Burlington court. [7] [8]
c 1694 Matthew Clayton married Sybilla Buckworth in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. They lived in Nottingham Twp, Burlington County [now Mercer County], New Jersey. (See deed dated November 5, 1694)
1694 Sybilla Clayton was named in the will of Alice Carter, widow, dated February 24, 1693/94, at Hopewell, Burlington County. The will mentioned legacies to Peter Fretwell (a great Bible), Elizabeth Wright, Mary Staniland, Sarah Scholey, Sibilla Clayton, Frances Venable. John Rogers was named as residuary legatee and executor of real and personal estate. Witnesses: Sarah Scholey, Ann Pharo, Wm. Emley. The probate date was May 12, 1694. [9] Sybilla Clayton has been reported to be Sybilla Buckworth. A sketch of property granted to Mathew Clayton was made. [10]
1694 The inventory of the estate of Alice Carter reported plantation £30, personal £18.16.4, made by Tho. Lambert, Matthew Watson and Wm. Emley. Inventory dated March 17, 1693/94. [11]
1694 Bond of John Rogers, of Nottingham, Burlington County, yeoman, as executor for Alice Carter. Tho. Lambert and Wm. Emley fellow bondsmen. Dated May 14. [12]
1694 John Rogers, husbandman, of Nottingham Woodhouse, Burlington County, West New Jersey, (executor of the will of Alice Carter, former wife of John Fulwood, deceased, of Hopewell, Burlington County, West New Jersey) sold to Mathew Clayton, planter, of same, for £1, 15 acres … conveyed to Sybill Buckworth, now wife of said Mathew Clayton, for four years service. Deed dated November 5. Signed John Rogers. Witnesses: William Emley Jr., Mary Emley, and William Emley Sr. [13] [14]
1695 Mathew Clayton was listed among the residents of Nottingham Twp, Burlington County. Dated 1 month, day 25. [15] [16] He was not named on subsequent lists. [17]
1695 John and Anne Snowden, yeomen, of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, sold a house and plantation to Richard Allison, yeoman, late of Long Island, for £14. The deed was dated December 9 and was signed by John Snowden & Anne Snowden with witnesses Sibille Clayton, Mary Emley. William Emley Jr.. William Emley Sr., Thomes Miller, and William Biddle. [18]
1698 Matthew Clayton died in Nottingham Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey. Matthew Clayton was a victim of drowning in the Delaware River, just south of Trenton, New Jersey, according to the report of coroner William Emley ordered the last day of October. [19] Date of death was October 29.
1698 The estate of Mathew Clayton was administered on November 1, 1698. The inventory of the estate, which reported assets of £62.5.4 and a plantation valued at £100, was made by Mahlon Stacy, Robert Pierson, John Hutchinson and William Emley. On May 26, 1699, the administration on the estate of Mathew was granted to his widow, Sibila Clayton. The widow Sibila Clayton, of Burlington County, was administratrix. Her bond was dated May 26, 1699. Robert Pearson and James Harpin, both of said County, yeomen, were fellow bondsmen. [20] [21]
1699 Sybilla Clayton settled the estate of Matthew Clayton in Burlington County Court. [22] Matthew Clayton: inventory of the estate of £62.5.4 and a plantation valued at £100. [23]
1699 Matthew Clayton was named on a list with identifying marks for swine at the Burlington Court. [24]
1699 Sybilla Clayton and James Harpin were married on June 25, at the house of Thomas Revell in Burlington, in the presence of thirteen witnesses. [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]
1702 Joyce Hutchinson, executor of the estate of John Hutchinson, of Hopewell, Burlington County, West New Jersey sold 30 acres to James Harpin, yeoman, of same, for £4. The deed was dated April 14, and was signed by Joyce Hutchinson with witnesses William Emley, Edward Kemp, William Wardell, and John Ely. [31]
1715 The will of Catherine Pearson was dated March 15, 1714/15, at Nottingham, Burlington County. The will named her Grand daughters - Catherine, Mary, Elizabeth and Rachel Pearson, all under 21; John Milborne and Martha Clayton, perhaps Matthew Clayton's daughter, legatees; son Robert Pearson residuary legatee and executor of "my estate, be what it will." Witnesses: John Rogers, Thomas King, Wm. Emley. Proved April 11, 1715. [32]
Research Notes:
Undocumented sources. [33]
There are three Clayton men who purchased land in New Jersey at about the same time: John Clayton (died 1704)[34], Richard Clayton, and Matthew Clayton (died 1698). Other researchers have suggested that Richard Clayton [35] (born about 1626, died about 1677) and Margaret of Swarthmoor, Lancashire, England, might be the parents of Matthew Clayton [36].
We seek documentation to clarify the relationships among these Clayton families.
Not seen: Raymond Martin Bell. A Study of the Claytons of Monmouth County, New Jersey (1988, Washington, Pennsylvania)
Joseph R. Klett reports [37]:
Sybilla was from Yorkshire, England, and came to America as an indentured servant of John and Alice Fullwood. She married Matthew Clayton. Her vital dates are not known at this time, and it is possible that she remarried Thomas Wyatt after her first husband's death in 1694.
See, also, the Norton parish index for Claiton. [38]
Several reserchers name Richard de Clayton (1625 - 1677) and Margaret Ellen Sanderson (1626 1662) as the parents of Matthew Clayton of Swarthmore, Lancashire, England.
1654 Matthew Clayton and Mary Turner were married at Norton, Derbyshire, England. [39]
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