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Clayton Genealogy & History
Clayton genealogy is British, the name first appearing in medieval England. It was a locational surname from a number of places called Clayton in several different areas of England, especially Lancashire. The name of the place is from Old English "clorg-tun", meaning a town built on clay land. The earliest recorded spellings are Claitone and Claitune, though the current spelling appears as early as the thirteenth century. Clayton family history in the United States begins in the 1620s and 1630s with the arrivals in Massachusetts and Virginia by a number of individuals and families bearing the Clayton name.
Clayton Birth Records
Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Location |
A Floyd Clayton | -- --, 1912 | December 29,2001 | NC |
B Douglas Clayton | -- --, 1915 | December 19,2002 | MI |
C Aubrey Clayton | -- --, 1921 | October 10,2008 | TN |
D Laverne Clayton | -- --, 1925 | August 17,2001 | IL |
Clayton Death Records
Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Location |
Edward Clayton | -- --, 1953 | January 10,1994 | Washington,DC |
Faith Clayton | -- --, 1898 | December 17,1993 | Clemson,SC |
G Clifford Clayton | -- --, 1930 | January 19,2010 | Fraser,CO |
Haddie Clayton | -- --, 1887 | August ,1970 | Easton,MD |
Clayton Marriage Records
Name | Spouse | Marriage Date | Location |
Albert Clayton | Linda Keezell | August 3,1963 | Wake, NC |
Bobby Clayton | Virginia Pearce | December 24,1959 | Wake, NC |
Clyde Clayton | Mabel Edwards | December 21,1935 | Wake, NC |
David Clayton | Lila Wemble | February 20,1956 | Wake, NC |
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