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1756 - 1816 (60 years)
Generation: 1
1. | CLOPTON John was born on 7 Feb 1756 in New Kent County, VA; died on 11 Sep 1816 in Hanover County, Va ('Roslyn', St. Peter's Parrish). Other Events and Attributes:
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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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Generation: 2
2. | CLOPTON John Bacon (1.John1) was buried on 20 Mar 1860 in Hanover County, Va ('Roslyn', St. Peter's Parrish). Other Events and Attributes:
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Other births listed in the Bible Records of Judge John Bacon Clopton: Nannie whomarried J.C. Nichols of Georgia, Joyce who married Charles M. Wallace of Richmond, Va., John Clopton, and Judge William Izzard Clopton of Richmond who married Mary Apperson. Óld New Kent County, Virginia_ by Dr. Malcolm Hart Harris does not note the relationships.
John married FOSTER Marie G. on 4 May 1820. Marie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
6. | CLOPTON John Bacon (2.John2, 1.John1) was born on 7 Mar 1821; died on 30 Jul 1821. Other Events and Attributes:
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Died at 7 mos.
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