Henry
Clayton
Born [location unknown]
Son of William Clayton
and Sarah (Sutherland) White
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (McLachlan) Clayton
— married
18 Sep 1820 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Husband of
Alice (Kenyon) Clayton
— married
2 Jun 1859 in Tasmania, Australia
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Clayton) Evans, William Henry Clayton, Nicholas George Clayton, Richard Clayton, Emily Mary (Clayton) Hobbs, Cecelia Sarah Clayton, Arthur Howard Clayton, Robert James Clayton, Priscilla Clara Clayton, Ada (Clayton) Preece, Julia Clayton, John Kenyon Clayton and Henry Kenyon Clayton
Died
at about age 64
in died at sea off Tasmania
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Oct 2015
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Biography
Arrived N.S.W. 1803 with his parents William and Sarah Clayton in the convict ship Glatton. Sent 10 years on Norfolk Island then transported with his parents to Tasmania (Van Diemans Land).
Settled in Longford, Tasmania and with his father, built a large house they called Wickford after Wickford in Essex where William Clayton was born. They built a steam operated flour mill in Beefeater Street, Deloraine in 1845 [1]
Henry Clayton died in 1863 off Tamar Heads, Tasmania, in the ship wreck of the brigantine Creole.
Sources
Henry Clayton of Pickford by H.B. (Bill) Holmes LMSS325/1/1Launceston Manuscript Collection Chestnut Blue genealogy pages [2]
- MARRIAGE - "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTCR-74W : accessed 20 October 2015), Henry Clayton and Mary Mclaughlin, 18 Sep 1820; citing Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,368,285.
- MARRIAGE - "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTCX-LWG : accessed 20 October 2015), H. Clayton and Alice Kenyon, 02 Jun 1859; citing Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,368,294.
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