Mary Elizabeth (Clay) Belcher (1734 - 1793)

Born 17 Apr 1734 in Chantilly, Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Isham Edwin Belcher Sr. — married 2 Jun 1759 in Chesterfield County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 4 Apr 1793 at age 58 in Wythe, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Mary Elizabeth Clay Belcher BIRTH 17 Apr 1734 Fairfax County, Virginia, USA DEATH 4 May 1793 (aged 59) Wythe County, Virginia, USA BURIAL

Elizabeth Clay was the daughter of William Mitchell Clay and Martha Runyon.

William Clay was a volunteer in Virginia's militia prior to the Revolutionary War. In 1774, Virginia, except along the seaboard, was still a wilderness, especially in the west. Hostilities between the colonists and Indians were escalating daily. The governor, Lord Dunmore, asked the House of Burgess (colonial assembly) to approve and pay the troops to go in and end this. Known as "Lord Dunmore's War", William, 66, became its first casualty. He was killed by an Indian while hunting with a friend, for game, at Point Pleasant, Mason, West Virginia. Though William didn't live to see it, the coming battle pushed the Indians further west and opened up more land for colonial settlement.

By this time, William's daughter, Elizabeth, was a middle-aged woman of nearly 40 years of age. She had married Isham Belcher in 1759, in Chesterfield (made from Henrico county). At the time of her father's death, their family appears to have started moving west eventually settling in Wythe, Virginia. Many of their children continued later to move onto Tazewell, Virginia, Ohio, and Tennessee.

Mary Elizabeth Clay was born about 1735 in Virginia, the daughter of Mitchell Clay Sr. and Martha (Lewis) Clay. She married Isom Edwin Belcher Sr. Mary Belcher passed away about 1793.

Descendants of Elizabeth Clay Generation No. 1 1. ELIZABETH2 CLAY (WILLIAM MITCHELL1 ) was born 17 Apr 1735 in Henrico Co, Va, and died Unknown. She married ISHOM BELCHER 02 Jul 1759 in Chesterfield Co, VA. He was born 1732 in Henrico Co, Va, and died Unknown. Notes for ISHOM BELCHER: Spouse: Elizabeth Clay Birth Date: Approx 1734 Birth Place: Chesterfield Co., Virginia Spouse Father: William Mitchell Clay Spouse Mother: Martha Runyan - Marriage Date: 7 2 1759 Marriage Place: Chesterfield County, Va Children: George, James, Moses, William, John, Martha, Isham, Sarah Mary, Lucy, Phebe, Samuel, Richard, Jesse More About ISHOM BELCHER and ELIZABETH CLAY: Marriage: 02 Jul 1759, Chesterfield Co, VA Children of ELIZABETH CLAY and ISHOM BELCHER are:

2. i. MARTHA BELCHER, b. 1773; d. Unknown. 3. ii. ISOME ALEXANDER BELCHER, d. 15 Dec 1822, Tazwell Co, VA. iii. GEORGE BELCHER, d. Unknown. iv. JAMES BELCHER, d. Unknown. v. MOSES BELCHER, d. Unknown. vi. WILLIAM BELCHER, d. Unknown. vii. JOHN BELCHER, d. Unknown. viii. SARAH MARY BELCHER, d. Unknown. ix. LUCY BELCHER, d. Unknown. x. PHOEBE BELCHER, d. Unknown. xi. SAMUEL BELCHER, d. Unknown. xii. RICHARD BELCHER, d. Unknown; m. MARGARET GOODWIN; d. Unknown. xiii. JESSE BELCHER, d. Unknown.

Name

Name: Elizabeth /Clay/^[1][2]

Birth

Date: 1736

Place: Chesterfield, Virginia, United States

Christening

Place: Wythe, Virginia, United States

Death

Date: 1793

Age: 56-57

Burial

• Fact: Burial Spanishburg, Mercer, West Virginia, United States

Research Notes

Some trees incorrectly show her parents as Henry Clay and Lucy Marshall, but Henry has a will mentioning ten children and not mentioning any Mary Elizabeth.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S102 Page: Ancestry Family Tree
2. ↑ Source: #S-2050775427 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=13232476&pid=398569125

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 November 2017, 03:44), entry for Mary Elizabeth Clay(PID); contributed by various users.

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI); Ancestry Record 3599 #697376; Name: Elizabeth Belcher; Birth Date: 1733; Volume: 12; Page Number: 37; Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): Nov 14, 1904, 647.

• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current; Find A Grave: Memorial #148311510

• U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006; Ancestry Record 8750 #3830932; Name: Elizabeth Clay; Service Info.: CITIZEN; Cemetery: Arlington National Cemetery; Cemetery Address: C/O Director Arlington, VA 22211; Buried At: Section 27 Site 1931.

• U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006; Ancestry Record 8750 #623951; Name: Elizabeth Clay; Cemetery: Arlington National Cemetery; Cemetery Address: C/O Director Arlington, VA 22111-0000; Buried At: Section 27 Site 1931.

• Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890; Ancestry Record 3578 #33066970; Name: Elizabeth Clay; State: VA; County: Hanover County; Township: 09 18; Year: 1782; Record Type: Continental Census; Page: 28; Database: VA Early Census Index.

• Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current; Ancestry Record 9289 #13720174; Name: Elizabeth Clay; Gender: f (Female); Birth Date: Abt 1734; Birth Place: Chesterfield Co, VA; Father: William Mitchell Clay; Mother: Martha Runyon; Spouse: Isham Isom Belcher; Children: Richard Belshaw Belcher ; George Belcher; URL: https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/genealogie-arink/I9354.php

See also:

• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/u/z/Tina-Buzzard-Missouri/PDFGENE2.pdf
• Chart prepared by Clare K. Fitzgerald
• From the Personal records of Eli Mckinney
• Ancestry Profile
• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI); Ancestry Record 3599 #2225590; Name: Elizabeth Clay; Birth Date: 1740; Birthplace: Virginia; Volume: 30; Page Number: 196; Reference: American Christian rulers. By Edw. Jons. Giddings. New York, 1890. (19,590p.):125.
• Family Data Collection - Births; Ancestry Record 5769 #922822; Name: Elizabeth Clay; Father: William Mitchell Clay; Mother: Green; Birth Date: 1734; State: VA; Country: USA.
• Family Data Collection - Individual Records; Ancestry Record 4725 #3907206; Name: Elizabeth Clay; Spouse: Isham Belcher; Parents: William Mitchell Clay Green; Birth Place: VA; Birth Date: 1734.

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