CLOPTON Sarah A. E. Churchill

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• Reference Number: 1127

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• Reference Number: 1116

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Attended College of William and Mary; University of Pennsylvania (1776). First Lieutenant of Artillery in Revolution. Elected to General Assembly 1785-1789; elected to Congress 1795-1816. Numerous of his letters preserved in the Clopton Papers, Duke University Archives. He was married to Sarah BACON (daughter of Edmund BACON and Elizabeth EDLOE) on 15 May 1784.

CARTER-ELLYSON
Purdie & Dixon's Gazette, March 14, 1771:
Yesterday was married in Henrico Mr. William Carter, son of Mr. John Carter Aged 23 to Mrs. Sarah Ellyson relict of Gerrard Ellyson, decd., aged 85 a sprightly old tit with three thousand pounds.
Robert Ellyson, son of Gerard Robert Ellyson was a resident of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, when in 1751 he was processioner and later. His wife, Sarah, was a sister of the Hon. John Clopton.
Thomas Ellyson lived in Chesterfield County, and was the father of the three nephews who were named in the will of their uncle Gerrard Ellyson in 1770.
These people were Quakers and belonged to the Quaker meeting in uppor New Kent County which accounts for the absence of the Ellysons from the St. Peter's records.

John married BACON Sarah on 15 May 1784. Sarah (daughter of BACON Edmund and EDLOE Elizabeth) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1122

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• Reference Number: 1086

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Tax Returns for St. Paul's Parish: stud horse, two carriages, 31 slaves, 20 horses, 23 head of cattle, large body of land in Hanover and New Kent along Cattail Branch and Black Creek. Estate was settled by his son John, his administrator after 1796.

4. William¹⁸ Clopton, III, of St. Paul's Parish (William¹⁷, William¹⁶, William¹⁵, Walter¹⁴, William¹³, Richard¹², William¹¹, John¹⁰, William⁹, Thomas⁸, Walter⁷, William⁶, Walter⁵, William⁴, Walter³, William², Guillaume¹ Peche, Lord Of Cloptunna and Dalham)^13,14 was born February 2, 1721/22 in "Roslyn" New Kent County, Virginia¹⁵, and died August 3, 1796 in Hanover County, Virginia¹⁶. He married Elizabeth Darroll Ford¹⁷ 1752 in Hanover County, Virginia¹⁸, daughter of Father Ford and Mother Darroll. She died Aft. July 2, 1785.
Children of William Clopton and Elizabeth Ford are:
14 i. William¹⁹ Clopton, IV, of "Roslyn", born in "Roslyn" New Kent County, Virginia.
15 ii. Robert Clopton, of "Roslyn", born in "Roslyn" New Kent County, Virginia; died Aft. April 17, 1783.
+ 16 iii. John Clopton, of "Roslyn", born February 7, 1756 in "Roslyn " New Kent County, Virginia; died September 11, 1816 in "Roslyn" New Kent County, Virginia.
+ 17 iv. Reuben Clopton, of "Roslyn", born February 25, 1757 in "Roslyn" New Kent County, Virginia; died December 21, 1795 in Cumberland County, Virginia.
+ 18 v. George Clopton, of "Roslyn", born in "Roslyn" New Kent County, Virginia; died in Hanover County, Virginia.
+ 19 vi. Anne Lane Clopton, of "Roslyn", born 1757 in "Roslyn" New Kent County, Virginia; died September 3, 1816.
+ 20 vii. Sarah Ann Clopton, of "Roslyn", born in "Roslyn" New Kent County, Virginia.
+ 21 viii. Mildred Clopton, died in "Springfield," King William County, and buried at "Springfield".

Birth:
Christ Church Parish, Virginia Records, 1653-1812 about Wm
Primary Name:      Wm
Relation:      son
Parent 1:      Wm. Clopton Junr
Parent 2:      Joyce
Birth Date:      12 Feb 1721
Baptism Date:      29 Apr 1721

William married FORD Elizabeth Darrell in 1752. Elizabeth was born in Gwathmey, Hanover, Virginia, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1111

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• Reference Number: 1123

Edmund married EDLOE Elizabeth. Elizabeth and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1124

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• Lived(s) In: St. Paul's Parish, Hanover Cty, VA; Merry Oak
• Military: French and Indian Wars
• Reference Number: 1056
• Occupation: 1706-1716, St. Paul's Parish, Hanover Cty, VA; Collector of Taxes

Notes:

Was on the staff of Governor Spotswood and was a 'Knight of the Golden Horseshoe.*' He served in the French and Indian Wars.

1. William¹⁷ Clopton, of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover (William¹⁶, William¹⁵, Walter¹⁴, William¹³, Richard¹², William¹¹, John¹⁰, William⁹, Thomas⁸, Walter⁷, William⁶, Walter⁵, William⁴, Walter³, William², Guillaume¹ Peche, Lord Of Cloptunna and Dalham)¹ was born Abt. 1685, and died Bef. 1733². He married Joyce Wilkinson, of Black Creek January 27, 1717/18³, daughter of George Wilkinson and Sara Lyddall.
He was the Collector of Taxes and Deputy Sheriff of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, from 1706 to 1716. The home may have been named "Merry Oak"
"There was in my father's possession a golden horseshoe which the tradition of the family said was worn by William Clopton, Jr. above mentioned. That it had seven (7) diamonds set in it in the place of nail heads, was inscribed on one side "Sic Juvat Transcenderi Montes" and on the other "William Clopton, Knight." That as a child I have had it laid in my hand to look at and that it was of a size to encircle the center of my palm. And that this horseshoe was stolen by Pickpocket Smith, a notorious character, who operated among the fashionable of Richmond in 1842 or 3."
Witness my hand and seal this ninth day of August, 1897.
Signed: Joyce Wilkinson Wallace
For more on William Clopton and Joyce Wilkinson, see " Knight Of The Golden Horseshoe"
Children of William Clopton and Joyce Wilkinson are:
+ 2 i. Waldegrave¹⁸ Clopton I, born November 19, 1719 in New Kent County, Virginia; died April 13, 1786 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, probably.
3 ii. Anne Clopton, of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover, born January 16, 1720/21⁴. She married William Divers, of Bruton Parish.
+ 4 iii. William Clopton, III, of St. Paul's Parish, born February 2, 1721/22 in "Roslyn" New Kent County, Virginia; died August 3, 1796 in Hanover County, Virginia.
+ 5 iv. George Clopton, Sr., of King William County, born January 14, 1722/23 in New Kent County, Virginia; died Aft. 1795.

* Alexander Spotswood became acting royal governor of Virginia in 1710, by which time pressure on the colony to expand had become more acute than ever. In 1716, Governor Spotswood, with about 50 other men and 74 horses, led a real estate speculation expedition up the Rappahannock River valley during westward exploration of the interior of Virginia. The journalist of this expedition was a Huguenot, Lieut. John Fontaine, who served as an officer in the British Army.
The party included 14 rangers and 4 Meherrin Indians, and departed Germanna on August 29, coming within sight of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the 31st. They continued upriver past today's Stanardsville, reaching the head of the Rappahannock on September 2. Fontaine recorded in his journal for September 5 that axemen had to clear the way along the path of what he called the "James River", but which was in fact a creek along the eastern slope named Swift Run, surrounded on all sides by steep mountain terrain. Swift Run is part of the James River drainage system. The expedition had followed the Rappahannock drainage system up to this point.
There they crossed the top ridge of the Blue Ridge mountains at Swift Run Gap (elevation 2,365 feet).
On September 6, 1716, they rode down into the Shenandoah Valley on the east side of Massanutten Mountain and reached the Shenandoah River, which they called the "Euphrates" near the current town of Elkton. There, they fired multiple volleys and drank special toasts of wine, brandy, and claret to the King and to Governor Spotswood, naming the two peaks after them.[1] The taller summit they called "Mount George", and the lesser, "Mount Spotswood".
On the banks of the river they buried a bottle, inside which they had put a paper whereby Spotswood claimed the place in the name of George I. On the 7th, the party returned home, reaching Germanna on the 10th.
After the journey, Spotswood gave each officer of the expedition a stickpin made of gold and shaped like a horseshoe on which he had inscribed the words in Latin "Sic jurat transcendere montes", which translates into English as "Thus he swears to cross the mountains." The horseshoes were encrusted with small stones and were small enough to be worn from a watch chain.[2] The members of Governor Spotswood's expedition soon became popularly known as the "Knights of the Golden Horseshoe."
Of the expedition members, only the following are known by name to have taken part: Lt. Governor Spotswood, John Fontaine, Robert Beverley, Jr., William Robertson, Dr. Robinson, Mr. Todd, James Taylor (great-grandfather of US President Zachary Taylor), Robert Brooke (grandfather of VA Governor Robert Brooke), George Mason III, Capt. Smith, William Clopton, Jr., (second son of William Clopton and Ann Booth Clopton)and Jeremiah Clouder.[3]
In a Richmond news article, dated 16 Feb 1901, honoring John Bacon Clopton, the grandson of William Clopton Jr.. The following is a copy of a handwritten statement, signed and sealed to be found among the John Bacon Clopton papers at Duke University Library, Durhan North Caroline: There was in my father's possession a golden horseshoe which the tradition of the family said was worn by William Clopton Jr.. That is had 7 Diamonds set in it the place of nailheads, was inscribed on one side "Sic Juvat Trancsenderi Montes" and on the other "William Clopton, Knight." That as a child I have had it laid in my hand to look at and that it was of a size to encircle the center of my palm. And that this horseshoe was stolen by Pickpocket Smith, a notorious character, who operated among fashionable of Richmond in 1842 or 3. Witness my hand and seal this ninth day of August, 1897. Signed: Joyce Wilkinson Wallace
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A commemorative plaque and pyramid-shaped stone at Swift Run Gap (at the south side of U.S. Highway 33 near the Skyline Drive overpass) mark the historic crossing of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe.[5] The Skyline Drive and the Appalachian Trail both pass nearby as well.


Also at this location, a Virginia Historical Highway Marker, # D10 Knights of the Golden Horseshoe, is located. It reads:
On 5 Sept. 1716, in this region, it is believed Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood and his party of government officials, gentry, Native Americans, soldiers, and servants crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Shenandoah Valley. Their adventure into Virginia's western lands began at Germanna late in Aug. and ended when they returned there on 10 Sept. According to legend, Spotswood gave his companions small golden horseshoes on their return and the group became known as the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe. The journey has been fictionalized and mythologized in literature since the 19th century.

Military:
See general notes

Occupation:
He was the Collector of Taxes and Deputy Sheriff of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, from 1706 to 1716

William married WILKINSON Joyce on 27 Jan 1718. Joyce (daughter of WILKERSON George and LYDDALL Sarah) was born in Black Creek; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1081
• Baptism: Between 29 Apr 1721 and 29 Apr 1722

Notes:

Joyce WILKINSON3 was baptised on 29 Apr 1721/22. With infant son William.

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Married:
Christ Church Parish, Virginia Records, 1653-1812 about William Clopton Junr
Primary Name:      William Clopton Junr
Spouse:      Joice Wilkinson
Marriage Date:      27 Jan 1718

He married Joyce Wilkinson, of Black Creek January 27, 1717/18³, daughter of George Wilkinson and Sara Lyddall.