Riches to Rags Family Tree » John Clay (1741-1781)
Personal data John Clay
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4- Alternative name: Rev John 'Sir John' Clay
- He was born in the year 1741 in Henrico County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten.Sources 2, 3, 4
- He died on May 31, 1781 in Hanover County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten, he was 40 years old.Sources 2, 3, 4
- A child of John Clay and Sarah Watkins
Household of John Clay
He is married to Elizabeth Hudson.
They got married in the year 1765, he was 24 years old.
Child(ren):
- George Hudson Clay 1768-????
- Elizabeth 'Betty' Hudson Clay 1771-????
- Sarah Clay 1774-????
- John Clay 1777-1852
- Senator Henry Clay 1777-1852
- Edwin Porter Clay 1779-1850
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=83357721&pid=7837
/ Ancestry.com - U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com
- Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Day of death May 31, 1781
- The temperature on May 31, 1781 was about 29.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1781: Source: Wikipedia
- January 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
- January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
- January 17 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
- September 5 » Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
- October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.
- November 29 » The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
Same birth/death day
- 1740 » Frederick William I of Prussia (b. 1688)
- 1747 » Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1686)
- 1809 » Jean Lannes, French general (b. 1769)
- 1809 » Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1732)
- 1831 » Samuel Bentham, English architect and engineer (b. 1757)
- 1832 » Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1811)
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The Riches to Rags Family Tree publication was prepared by June Mcmurphy.
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June Mcmurphy, "Riches to Rags Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/riches-to-rags-family-tree/P7837.php : accessed April 30, 2025), "John Clay (1741-1781)".
June Mcmurphy, "Riches to Rags Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/riches-to-rags-family-tree/P7837.php : accessed April 30, 2025), "John Clay (1741-1781)".