Matthew Clayton (abt. 1660 - 1694)

Born about 1660 in England

Descendants

Died 1694 at about age 34 in Burlington County, New Jersey

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Biography

Parents

Other supposed siblings of Matthew have extensive records. After extensive research, no record can be found that links him to Richard Clayton and Margaret Unknown. He is being detached until proof of this parentage can be found.

Assunpink Creek is included in Delaware River frontage boundaries.

Based upon information given later in life Matthew was probably born 1660 in Lancashire, England. His father, Richard Clayton was an early Quaker convert who worked and resided at Swarthmoor Hall, Lancashire, England during the time of George Fox and who became one of the early convert missionaries in England.

Emigration
At some point Mathew and three of his siblings, Abraham, David and Sarah emigrated as Quakers. Sarah to Rhode island, Mathew, David and Abraham to New Jersey.

In the year 1695 the records of the Nottingham Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey inhabitants included Mathew Clayton. ^[1] Nottingham Twp. was founded 1688 as part of Burlington in the Province of West Jersey.

12 April 1698 Mathew Clayton, Owner of Mathey Clayton Mill which owned land adjoining Mahlon Stacey was named in a land document describing Mahlon Stacy land for survey and legal description purposes. ^[2] Locations: West Jersey, Burlington; Shabbicunick Creek; Mills (Mill Lots).

28 June 1699 Mathew Clayton married Sybilla Buckworth at Burlington, New Jersey. ^[3] She was reported to be from Yorkshire who'came to America as an indentured servant of John and Alice Fullwood.'

In a Quaker Court Booke, recorded in 1698/9 Burlington, New Jersey, Mathew Clayton is included among the members of the Courts 'Traverse Jury'. In this same document what follows after the court organization and appointee's is a list of complaints and who is making them^[4]

Mathew passed away in 1698.

Wife Sybilla married James Harpin on 28 Jun 1699 at Burlington, New Jersey. ^[5]

Research Notes'
West New Jersey, 1674-1680: Burlington, Gloucester & West N.J. Counties Gloucester being the youngest.

Sources

1. ↑ Source Information Title Nottingham township, New Jersey minute book 1692-1710, 1752-1772 Author Ancestry.com Publisher Ancestry.com Operations Inc Publisher Date 2004 Publisher Location Provo, UT., USA. Online access 31 May 2019.
2. ↑ https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/EarlyLandRecords.aspx Land Record Detail: Survey 1,300 acres. By a branch of a 5 mile run) Great Shabakunk; Burlington County. Source Reference: Book A (WJ Surveys): Folio 35; (PWESJ004). Date: 12 Apr 1698; To Mahlon Stacy.
3. ↑ Citation Information Source Information Title American Marriages Before 1699 Author Ancestry.com Publisher Ancestry.com Operation Inc Publisher Date 1997 Publisher LocationProvo, UT, USA
4. ↑ Citation Information Source Information Title The Burlington court book : a record of Quaker jurisprudence in West New Jersey, 1680-1709; Pg.98; 16688/9. Author Ancestry.com Publisher Ancestry.com Operations Inc Publisher Date 2005 Publisher Location Provo, UT., USA. Online access 31 May 2019.
5. ↑ Citation Information Edit Source Source Information Title American Marriages Before 1699 Author Ancestry.com Publisher Ancestry.com Operations Inc Publisher Date 1997 Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA. Online access 31 May 2019.

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