Children of Joseph Clay, Jr and Mary Ann Savage Clay:
Mary Clay (1790-1867) m. William Rufus Gray
Anne Clay (1796-1842)
Joseph Clay (died in infancy)
Thomas Savage Clay (1801-1849) m. Matilda Willis McAllister
Eliza Caroline Clay (1809-1895)
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During the Revolutionary War, the Clay family had to leave Savannah after the British capture. Joseph Clay, Jr. was first sent to Hampden-Sydney College and then to Princeton, where he was a member of the Cliosophic society. At graduation in 1784, he won the Dickinson Medal and the Latin salutatorian prize. He read law under George Wythe in Williamsburg, VA, and began the practice of law in Savannah in 1790. Clay was appointed a judge of the US District Court (GA) by President George Washington on September 16, 1796, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 27, 1796, and sworn in on January 2, 1797. He was a drafter of the revised Georgia state constitution. On February 23, 1801, President John Adams nominated Clay to a new seat on the United States circuit court for the Fifth Circuit, created by 2 Stat. 89, and was confirmed by the Senate on February 24, 1801, and received his commission the same day. Joseph Clay, Jr was one of the "Midnight Judges." The court was abolished in July, 1802, when President Thomas Jefferson abolished the court. Clay then returned to private practice in Savannah from 1802 to 1804. Known for his eloquence, he was called as an assistant pastor in Savannah from 1804 to 1807, and pastor of the First Baptist church in Boston, Massachusetts from 1807 to 1809. He died in Boston, Massachusetts.
Mary Clay (1790-1867) m. William Rufus Gray
Anne Clay (1796-1842)
Joseph Clay (died in infancy)
Thomas Savage Clay (1801-1849) m. Matilda Willis McAllister
Eliza Caroline Clay (1809-1895)
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During the Revolutionary War, the Clay family had to leave Savannah after the British capture. Joseph Clay, Jr. was first sent to Hampden-Sydney College and then to Princeton, where he was a member of the Cliosophic society. At graduation in 1784, he won the Dickinson Medal and the Latin salutatorian prize. He read law under George Wythe in Williamsburg, VA, and began the practice of law in Savannah in 1790. Clay was appointed a judge of the US District Court (GA) by President George Washington on September 16, 1796, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 27, 1796, and sworn in on January 2, 1797. He was a drafter of the revised Georgia state constitution. On February 23, 1801, President John Adams nominated Clay to a new seat on the United States circuit court for the Fifth Circuit, created by 2 Stat. 89, and was confirmed by the Senate on February 24, 1801, and received his commission the same day. Joseph Clay, Jr was one of the "Midnight Judges." The court was abolished in July, 1802, when President Thomas Jefferson abolished the court. Clay then returned to private practice in Savannah from 1802 to 1804. Known for his eloquence, he was called as an assistant pastor in Savannah from 1804 to 1807, and pastor of the First Baptist church in Boston, Massachusetts from 1807 to 1809. He died in Boston, Massachusetts.
Children of Joseph Clay, Jr and Mary Ann Savage Clay:
Mary Clay (1790-1867) m. William Rufus Gray
Anne Clay (1796-1842)
Joseph Clay (died in infancy)
Thomas Savage Clay (1801-1849) m. Matilda Willis McAllister
Eliza Caroline Clay (1809-1895)
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During the Revolutionary War, the Clay family had to leave Savannah after the British capture. Joseph Clay, Jr. was first sent to Hampden-Sydney College and then to Princeton, where he was a member of the Cliosophic society. At graduation in 1784, he won the Dickinson Medal and the Latin salutatorian prize. He read law under George Wythe in Williamsburg, VA, and began the practice of law in Savannah in 1790. Clay was appointed a judge of the US District Court (GA) by President George Washington on September 16, 1796, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 27, 1796, and sworn in on January 2, 1797. He was a drafter of the revised Georgia state constitution. On February 23, 1801, President John Adams nominated Clay to a new seat on the United States circuit court for the Fifth Circuit, created by 2 Stat. 89, and was confirmed by the Senate on February 24, 1801, and received his commission the same day. Joseph Clay, Jr was one of the "Midnight Judges." The court was abolished in July, 1802, when President Thomas Jefferson abolished the court. Clay then returned to private practice in Savannah from 1802 to 1804. Known for his eloquence, he was called as an assistant pastor in Savannah from 1804 to 1807, and pastor of the First Baptist church in Boston, Massachusetts from 1807 to 1809. He died in Boston, Massachusetts.
Mary Clay (1790-1867) m. William Rufus Gray
Anne Clay (1796-1842)
Joseph Clay (died in infancy)
Thomas Savage Clay (1801-1849) m. Matilda Willis McAllister
Eliza Caroline Clay (1809-1895)
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During the Revolutionary War, the Clay family had to leave Savannah after the British capture. Joseph Clay, Jr. was first sent to Hampden-Sydney College and then to Princeton, where he was a member of the Cliosophic society. At graduation in 1784, he won the Dickinson Medal and the Latin salutatorian prize. He read law under George Wythe in Williamsburg, VA, and began the practice of law in Savannah in 1790. Clay was appointed a judge of the US District Court (GA) by President George Washington on September 16, 1796, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 27, 1796, and sworn in on January 2, 1797. He was a drafter of the revised Georgia state constitution. On February 23, 1801, President John Adams nominated Clay to a new seat on the United States circuit court for the Fifth Circuit, created by 2 Stat. 89, and was confirmed by the Senate on February 24, 1801, and received his commission the same day. Joseph Clay, Jr was one of the "Midnight Judges." The court was abolished in July, 1802, when President Thomas Jefferson abolished the court. Clay then returned to private practice in Savannah from 1802 to 1804. Known for his eloquence, he was called as an assistant pastor in Savannah from 1804 to 1807, and pastor of the First Baptist church in Boston, Massachusetts from 1807 to 1809. He died in Boston, Massachusetts.
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