Born about in Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Clay
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Elizabeth (Clay) Brantley
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 61
in Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginia
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Biography
Sarah was born about 1674. She is the daughter of William Clay and Judith Corker. She passed away about 1729. [1]
Research Notes
Sarah Clay, wife of George Barlow, is not the daughter of William Clay. She is the daughter of William's brother, John Clay. This mistaken link to William Clay probably arose from the comment in Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia by John B. Boddie. He states that William Clay left two daughters, Elizabeth who married John Brantly and Sarah who married George Barlow.[2] He was wrong.
John Clay died intestate about April 1685. His son-in-law, John Brantley, requested an appointment as Administrator of his estate on behalf of his wife, Elizabeth (Clay) Brantley, and her sister Sarah Clay.
- Clay, John: Dying intestate, administration reqested by John Brantley in behalf of his wife and her sister Sarah Clay. May 1, 1685. R. Dec. 9, 1685. Security, William Evans, William Baldwin.[3]
John and his daughter Elizabeth were named in the will of brother William Clay. William's own daughter Elizabeth was also named. I believe this helped lead to the confusion as to which Elizabeth married John Brantley.[4]
Both Elizabeth Clay Brantley and Sarah Clay are being removed as daughters of William Clay and added as daughters of his brother John Clay.Strutton-11 16:46, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
Sources
- Homer Hopper, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Homer and others.
- ↑ Entered by Homer Hopper, Dec 1, 2011
- ↑ Boddie, John Bennett. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Originally published: Chicago, 1938. Reprinted: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1973, 1980, 1994, 2003. Page 214
- ↑ ' Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Chapman, Blanche Adams. Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. Ancestry Sharing Image, page 72
- ↑ Will of William Clay, 10 Jan 1676
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Sarah Sharpless
Sarah (Clay) Barlow isn't the daughter of Judith (Corker) Clay. A Surry Co., VA, deed identifies Judith (Corker) Clay's sole heir as her daughter, Elizabeth Parsons. An abstract of the deed is on the profile page for Elizabeth (Clay) Parsons.
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