Display Patriot - P-134413 - James CLAY Sr

James CLAY Sr

SAR Patriot #: P-134413

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: VT      Qualifying Service: Captain / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A022845

Birth: 18 Apr 1718 / / MA
Death: 03 Aug 1798 Putney / Windham / VT

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Capt., Benedict Arnold, VT, Quebec City, 1775
  2. CHAIRMAN OF CUMBERLAND CO.COMM OF SAFETY

Additional References:
  1. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004 Rev War
  2. Records of the Councils of Vermont. 1775-79, Vol I, pg 344-370
  3. Mills. History of Eastern Vermont, pg 257, 267, 287, 773
  4. Goodrich. Rev War Rolls for State of Vermont, pg 804, 818, 823
  5. Randall, Willard Sterne. Ethan Allen - His Life and Times. New York: W W Norton & Co. pg 413 - Invasion of Canada

Spouse: Lydia Walker
Children: James Jr; Martha; Lydia;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1917-05-18 MI Unassigned George Goodhue Clay (29750) James   
1930-01-06 MI Unassigned Harvey Elliott Clay (48825) James   
2005-03-03 MI 21374 George Clay Stevens (164105) James   
2008-05-12 VA 31588 Myron Edwin Lyman Sr (147556) Jemima   
Location:
Putney / Windham / VT / USA
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Comments:

Upright slate gravestone, contemporary to burial



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