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I am researching Matthew Clay born @ 1829 in Sanbornton, NH. He married
Abby M Gerrish Oct 24, 1844 in Milton, MA. Together they had the following
children:
1. Urbane b May 4, 1845 Milton, MA
2. Abby Maria b Apr 15, 1847 Milton, MA
3. Charlotte Elizabeth b May 22, 1849 Milton, MA m Dec 24, 1868 Ira Fisher
of Walpole, MA.
4. Thomas Clifford b Nov 29, 1851Milton, MA
5. Albert H b Feb 6, 1854 in Milton, MA
6. Melvin Wallace b Mar 13, 1863 Dedham, MA
7. Flora b Aug 28, 1864 Dedham, MA
I have no information on the parents of either Matthew or Abby Gerrish.
Abby is supposed to have been from Boston, MA at the time of her marriage.
Any help or information would be greatly appreciated and I would be glad to
supply the information I have.
Dave Collins
collinsde(a)msn.com
As part of a 1,100 page book on my Virginia ancestors, I have researched
and compiled chapters on the Clay Family of Virginia. Am seeking one or
two interested, experienced Clay Family Genealogists who would like to
review them for me. Please reply to me directly.
John Pritchett
First, my apologies, I have been buried and thus neglectful of the list, I'm
plagarizing (quoting) the post by the list manager of another list that I
belong to with respect to the status of list archives on RootsWeb - both to
save time and because I feel like he does - trying to understand. Anyway,
the post below I think pretty well summarizes where things stand now . One
concern that has been raised is the possibility of e-mail harvesters using
the archives to get e-mail addresses for their SPAM mailings. As best I
understand it, for this lists archives to become accessible I would have to
manually subscribe the archiver as a member of this list and then all future
posts will be available. Past posts will become available in some fashion I
don't yet understand. What I need to know is the sense of members of the
list about participation in the archives - I've not yet encountered
innumerable SPAM messages because of my e-mail address being on the web (ie.
from a query on some County Genweb page) but others may have different
experiences and different concerns. My inclination is to have the archives
available, but I'd appreciate some sense of the list members. The lists
currently archived appear in the message below. This procedure will start
for all lists that subscribe on December 1 as I understand it. I won't
subscribe to the archives before then to give anyone/everyone a chance to
comment. Following is the explanation of the archives posted by Fletcher
Blanchard, list manager for the Blanchard List:
I am in the process of trying to understand the status of the
archives and search procedures at RootsWeb. There has been
considerable discussion about the pros and cons of having the
archives accessible from a web page rather than via e-mail. RootsWeb
intends to go with the web page and toward that end, they have set
up a demonstration page at:
http://searches.rootsweb.com/example.html
Here you will find eight lists that you can play with. This page
will only be active for a short time, or possibly until all the
2000+ lists are available (target date is 1 December 1997).. You can
do single word searches or combinations using 'boolean operators'.
Examples of these are: enter: Ebenezer & Avery if you want to
locate all posts to a particular list that have both words, Ebenezer
<and> Avery; enter Blanchard | Saratoga if you want posts with the
word Blanchard <or> the word Saratoga; etc. As soon as a complete
set of instructions for searching the Archives is available, I will
report it to our List.
Here is a summary of information received from Karen Isaacson at
RootsWeb and a few other sources, through 16 Nov 1997, along with
my personal comments.
1. Archives for the 2000+ lists have been moved from the 'lists'
server to the 'searches' server and are being indexed. Once the new
web-based system is on line, the old (e-mail based) system will be
turned off. <All> list archives are available from RootsWeb to any
listowner who wants to set up their own FTP site. I'm disappointed
about this decision since some of you may not have ready web access
and we will have to come up with some plan for you to be able to
intereact with the Archives. I also have a complete set of message
files (hard copy, as well) which are available in an emergency.
2. Any List can choose not to have their archives indexed and
available on the web site. BLANCHARD-L <will request> that our
Archives be assigned a web site and each participating List will
have its own site.
3. After considerable discussion about password pros and cons,
RootsWeb, at least for now, has decided that no passwords will be
required to access an Archive web page.
4. Here is Karen's description of the appearance of the page
returned by a search of the Archives,
"if a 'hit' is on a message sent while the list was at RootsWeb,
only that message will be displayed. If the 'hit' is on a message
sent while the list was at MAISER [our old server, prior to about 3
May 1997], the entire file (such as a weekly archive) is returned
and you'll need to use the "find" feature of your web browser to
hone in on the message you want. I intend converting the format of
these files so that only the matching message is returned, but it
may be awhile, and I thought too much was better than none at all,
in the meantime."
5. Another parallel but related archive effort has been pursued by
Marc Nozell, whom some of you probably know. My understanding is
that this archive will be for current "threaded" messages and will
allow you to follow a message backward and forward. The RootsWeb
Archive web pages will offer access to all the archived files
(RootsWeb and MAISER), and a link to Marc's archive of more recent,
threaded messages.
6. RootsWeb listowners will have no editing capability for their
Archives, at least for now. Any cases of "egregious copyright
violation", grossly inappropriate messages, spam, etc. will have to
be manually removed at RootsWeb but Karen and Brian are not
encouraging these requests.
Thanks for wading through this and for any comments you may have.
Steve Jacobson
Her name was Elizabeth Jennings.
Are ou connected tothe family, Dennis? If so, would you be intrested in
swapping lines?
>
> Henry Clay (the famous politician) was the son of Rev. John Clay &
> Elizabeth Hudson of Hanover
> County VA.
>
> Elizabeth Hudson was the daughter of one George Hudson
> I am trying to determine who was the wife of George Hudson
>
> Some say she was a JENNINGS - others say she was a DUKE.
> Dennis J Yancey
> Information Technology - University of Miami
> EMAIL: dyancey(a)miami.edu PHONE: (305) 284-5146
>
>
Henry Clay (the famous politician) was the son of Rev. John Clay &
Elizabeth Hudson of Hanover
County VA.
Elizabeth Hudson was the daughter of one George Hudson
I am trying to determine who was the wife of George Hudson
Some say she was a JENNINGS - others say she was a DUKE.
Dennis J Yancey
Information Technology - University of Miami
EMAIL: dyancey(a)miami.edu PHONE: (305) 284-5146
Is there anyone working GISBON in this time and place area?
My greatgrandmother, Sarah GIBSON, possibly 7 Dec 1826, born in Dutchess
County, NY.,mrd Jeremiah CLAY 10 Apr 1845.
Sarah mrd Isaih BOOROM 3 Jun 1843,Seneca CO. OH.and then William CROTON
in 1844 also of Seneca Co. Cause of death of BOOROM and CROTON unknown
but thought to be of typhoid.
(I bet Jeremiah had a thought or two about marrying that gal!)
Sarah's mother "might " be Lucyinda GIBSON, just a thought brought on by
proximity of her and Sarah's and Jeremiah's family in Lucus CO.,OH.
I have revised my surname webpage at
http://members.aol.com/sprad666/index.html to make it more "reader"
friendly at the request of many people who kindly suggested it. It's still
not perfect but I think you will like it. Thank You. Julius (Tim) Emmett
Spradling III
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listing all my great great grandparents that all lived in Va. Thank you. Tim
Spradling
I'm a descendant of John Claye, and would like information on how to the Jamestown Society which I've heard about on this list. Thanks to all,
Tina Blanton
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Tina L Blanton
Past Reflections:Family Genealogy
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Hi, all,
In addition to the other sites that house the Clay Quarterly that folks
have been mentioning,
The Philadelphia Historical Society has them, too. Don't know if it's a
complete set or not, though....
- Ned
I am interested in the family of Adam CLAY (also found listed as KLEE) in
Frederick Co., MD late 1700s and early 1800s. Anyone else researching any of
the CLAYs of this area?
KB
June Shaputis wrote:
>
> For those of you who have not visited my surname page which has sources
> for the Clays of Virginia, Thomas Green, Henry Filmer, etc, back to
> Charlemagne, the url is:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6025
>
> Please sign my guestbook when you do visit my web site.
>
> June Shaputis
Hi, June. I accessed your great site last summer. I'm a descendant of
Henry II and Lucy Green so we share many of the same ancestors.
Saturday our Dallas PL Genealogy Director spoke at the luncheon meeting
of Dames and Barons of the Magna Charta. He said how all genealogists
long to find an APA. (This is an all purpose ancestor--someone who
can get you into any sociey.) For us, Henry Filmer fills the bill!
Karen
June Shaputis wrote:
>
> Dear Robert Clay:
>
> I understand George Clay has passed away and the Clay Family Quarterly
> is no longer published. My sister Gynger Cook purchased his original
> notes and information. She can be reached at the following email
> address: OXQZEME688(a)aol.com
>
> I have not asked her if she would be willing to do lookups for anyone
> but she may be able to if she is feeling ok. For those who might be
> interested, the Denver Public Library in Denver, Colorado has a number
> of the Quarterlies in its genealogical section.
>
> For those of you who have not visited my surname page which has sources
> for the Clays of Virginia, Thomas Green, Henry Filmer, etc, back to
> Charlemagne, the url is:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6025
>
> Please sign my guestbook when you do visit my web site.
>
> June Shaputis
Hi, June. I accessed your great site last summer. I'm a descendant of
Henry II and Lucy Green so we share many of the same ancestors.
Saturday our Dallas PL Genealogy Director spoke at the luncheon meeting
of Dames and Barons of the Magna Charta. He said how all genealogists
long to find an APA. (This is an all purpose ancestor--someone who
can get you into any sociey.) For us, Henry Filmer fills the bill!
Karen
MR ROBERT W CLAY wrote:
>
> In one of Karen's posting (I think) there was a reference to "THE
> CLAY BOOK." I was hoping that someone would know how I could find a
> copy of that book.
>
> Also, I was wondering if "THE CLAY FAMILY QUARTERLY" was still being
> published? A cousin gave me several copies from 1972 and 1973. At
> that time it was being edited by a George R. CLAY, PO Box 35254,
> Houston, TX 77035.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Robert
Sorry I was so vague, Robert. I hauled out my documentation (which I
should have done in the first place) and will give you better
information concerning this book. The proper title is The Clay Family.
It's in two parts. Part I is The Mother of Henry Clay by Hon. Zachary
F. Smith, member of the Filson Club. Part II is The Genealogy of the
Clays by Mrs. Mary Rogers Clay, member of the Filson Club. The book was
published in Louisville, KY, in 1899, by John P. Morton and Comoany,
printers to the Filson Club. The second part also contains some info
about the Filmers and the Greens which would be of interest to the
descendants of Henry I's sons, Henry II and Rev Charles, the brothers
who married the Green sisters, Lucy and Martha.
I have access to this book in the Dallas Public Library and would
imagine that it can be found in various other libraries.
Karen
Dear Robert Clay:
I understand George Clay has passed away and the Clay Family Quarterly
is no longer published. My sister Gynger Cook purchased his original
notes and information. She can be reached at the following email
address: OXQZEME688(a)aol.com
I have not asked her if she would be willing to do lookups for anyone
but she may be able to if she is feeling ok. For those who might be
interested, the Denver Public Library in Denver, Colorado has a number
of the Quarterlies in its genealogical section.
For those of you who have not visited my surname page which has sources
for the Clays of Virginia, Thomas Green, Henry Filmer, etc, back to
Charlemagne, the url is:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6025
Please sign my guestbook when you do visit my web site.
June Shaputis
MR ROBERT W CLAY wrote:
> In one of Karen's posting (I think) there was a reference to "THE
> CLAY BOOK." I was hoping that someone would know how I could find a
> copy of that book.
>
> Also, I was wondering if "THE CLAY FAMILY QUARTERLY" was still being
> published? A cousin gave me several copies from 1972 and 1973. At
> that time it was being edited by a George R. CLAY, PO Box 35254,
> Houston, TX 77035.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Robert
My gggfa was JAMES GRIFFIN CLAY. According to his Union CW enlistment
papers, he was from Dallas (now known as Marble Hill), Bollinger, Missouri.
He was born in 1841. The only Clays I was able to find in that area were
LEVI CLAY and NANCY MASSEY CLAY who may or may not have been his parents.
James Griffin is listed on a 1840 census from the Bollinger area.
I have visited Marble Hill and I did find that there had been a farm owned
by Clays for many years in that area---until the last of them moved to
another Missouri area because she was elderly and went to live with a
relative.
Can anyone help me get a handle on these Clays?? James Griffin had several
brothers and sisters, but I won't list them here until I can be sure this
family is really mine.
Thank you for any help, jean
In one of Karen's posting (I think) there was a reference to "THE
CLAY BOOK." I was hoping that someone would know how I could find a
copy of that book.
Also, I was wondering if "THE CLAY FAMILY QUARTERLY" was still being
published? A cousin gave me several copies from 1972 and 1973. At
that time it was being edited by a George R. CLAY, PO Box 35254,
Houston, TX 77035.
Thank you.
Robert
Hello, Sandy. In response to your question of Oct 26, my sources for the
arrival at Jamestown of Capt John Clay (and later on his wife Anne) are
"The Clay Book," pub by the Filson Club in Louisville, KY, in 1899, and
"17th Century Colonial Ancestors," compiled by Mary Louise Marshall
Hutton for the National Society of Colonial Dames of the XVII Century.
I'm sorry to be so long in getting back to you. As everyone can see from
the number of posts I'm sending, I'm using this afternoon to try to
catch up with this list's correspondence.
Karen
Hi, Tina and Daniel. I don't have anything on Michell Clay who married
his cousin, Judith Clay. Since you both descend from this couple, I want
to make sure that you "meet." I have simply not carried all of the Clay
lines down that far. Good luck to you.
Karen
Hi, Frances. Here are the details on the children of Henry CLAY II and
Lucy GREEN as I have them.
1. Dr. Henry Clay
born 19 Sep 1736, Cumberland Co, VA; died 17 Jan 1820, Bourbon Co, KY
mar 9 Apr 1754 in Cumberland Co, VA, to Rachel POVALL
2. Charles Clay
born 3 July 1740, Cumberland Co, VA
mar _____ LEWIS
3. Samuel Clay
born 16 May 1743, Cumberland Co, VA; died 1809
mar Martha "Patsy" WALL
4. Thomas Clay
born 17 Jan 1745, Cumberland Co, VA
mar 24 Apr 1770 to Susanna ______
5. Lt Abia Clay
born 17 Mar 1747, Cumberland Co, VA; died 1791/1792 in Richmond Co, GA
mar Elizabeth ______
6. Marston Clay
born 4 Jan 1749, Cumberland Co, VA; died aft 1804 in Henderson Co, KY
mar 1) Elizabeth Williams; mar 2) Sarah ______
7. Rebecca Clay
born 14 Nov 1752, Cumberland Co, VA
8. Capt John Clay
born 14 Dec 1754, Cumberland Co, VA; died 1835
9. Lucy Clay
born 13 Sep 1756, Cumberland Co, VA
10.Elijah Clay
born 27 Aug 1759, Cumberland Co, VA
Keep in touch!
Karen