source: PAPERS OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DELAWARE. XLI. The Clayton Family. BY HENRY K. HEPBURN, ESQ., L.L. B. OF PHIIvADEIvPHlA, PA. Read before the Historical Society of Delaware, Feb. 15, 1904. THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DELAWARE, WII^MINGTON, 1904. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2008 with funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation: Colonel Dr. Joshua Clayton held many prominent positions in the army, state and nation. He was the last President of the State of Delaware, and the first governor under the new Constitution, and in 1798 was elected to the United States Senate. He filled each and every position with honor to himself, his state and the nation. ... He took the yellow fever in 1798, and against the entreaties of Dr. Rush, returned to his home in Bohemia Manor, where he died leaving to survive him three sons: — James Lawson (16,) Richard (17,) Thomas (18). James Lawson (i6) b 7-14-1769, d 3-19-1833 m Elizabeth.... Fifth Generation. Children of James Lawson Clayton (16) and Elizabeth Polk, his wife: Rachel (31), born 1797, d 1890, m Nathaniel Smithers, d. s. p. John I.. (32) b 1788 d m Ellen M. Clark. Margaret (33) b 1799 died in infancy.
source: PAPERS OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DELAWARE. XLI. The Clayton Family. BY HENRY K. HEPBURN, ESQ., L.L. B. OF PHIIvADEIvPHlA, PA. Read before the Historical Society of Delaware, Feb. 15, 1904. THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DELAWARE, WII^MINGTON, 1904. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2008 with funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation: Colonel Dr. Joshua Clayton held many prominent positions in the army, state and nation. He was the last President of the State of Delaware, and the first governor under the new Constitution, and in 1798 was elected to the United States Senate. He filled each and every position with honor to himself, his state and the nation. ... He took the yellow fever in 1798, and against the entreaties of Dr. Rush, returned to his home in Bohemia Manor, where he died leaving to survive him three sons: — James Lawson (16,) Richard (17,) Thomas (18). James Lawson (i6) b 7-14-1769, d 3-19-1833 m Elizabeth.... Fifth Generation. Children of James Lawson Clayton (16) and Elizabeth Polk, his wife: Rachel (31), born 1797, d 1890, m Nathaniel Smithers, d. s. p. John I.. (32) b 1788 d m Ellen M. Clark. Margaret (33) b 1799 died in infancy.
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