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CLOPTON John

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  • Name CLOPTON John 
    Birth 7 Feb 1756  New Kent County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 1116 
    Death 11 Sep 1816  Hanover County, Va ('Roslyn', St. Peter's Parrish) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Notes 
    • 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.
    Person ID I207  Booth Family
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2013 

    Father CLOPTON William, III,   b. 12 Feb 1721, Gwathmey, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1796 (Age 75 years) 
    Mother FORD Elizabeth Darrell,   b. Gwathmey, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 1752 
    Family ID F57  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family BACON Sarah   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 15 May 1784  [1
    Children 
     1. CLOPTON John Bacon   bur. 20 Mar 1860, Hanover County, Va ('Roslyn', St. Peter's Parrish) Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. CLOPTON William E   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. CLOPTON Sarah A. E. Churchill   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. CLOPTON Adelaide Louise   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F82  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Feb 2006 

  • Event Map
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  • Sources 
    1. [S186] Florence Haupt King 1-3-03.

    2. [S147] Old New Kent County, Virginia_ by Dr. Malcolm Hart Harris.