People and places mentioned in Clayton Wills

Date: 1780 to 1800
Location: Cheshire, England

Surname/tag: Clayton

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This list of Cheshire Wills belonging to the Clayton family is not exhaustive. The wills in the “researched” list have been looked at and people and places mentioned are noted.

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Edmund Clayton 1674

Husbandman, Disley Standley^[1]

William Clayton brother deceased, bequests to his children

Brother Francis Clayton and his wife Margaret

Sister Ellen and her son

Brother in law Francis Wood

Elizabeth Downes my cousin

Nephew Edmund Clayton

kinsman Radulphus Clayton was executor

Rapheson [Raphe’s son?]^[2]

John Clayton 10 Nov 1703

Husbandman, Disley Standley^[3]

brother Ralph Clayton

Brother Edward Clayton

Brother William Clayton

Sister Elizabeth Downes

Sister Ellin

Brother in law John Elihalls

Sister in Law Martha Clayton

Sister in law Elizabeth Clayton

Sister in law Mary Seeley

Thomas Farley[?]

Martha Seeley [or Beeley or Deeley]

Wife Martha

daughter Tomas[?]

Edward, son of Ralph Clayton

William, son of Edward Clayton

Witnesses Edward C,Ashton, William Clayton

Ralph Clayton of Disley Standley 17 Jan 1710

Yeoman, Disley Hanley^[4]

Son Edward Clayton, my son & heir of Disley Handley

Wife Martha

Son Ralph Clayton clergyman

Son-in-law George Brocklehurst of Taxall

I give & dispose of to my three Kinsmen & kinswoman ye sons & daughter of my brother Edward Clayton of Greens Hall in Disley aforesaid the sum of two shillings & sixpence

To the two sons and three daughters of Elizabeth Downes my sister

Grandson Ralph Clayton, son of my son the said Edward Clayton

To the two sons and four daughters of my son in law George Brocklehurst of Taxall aforesaid

My Daughter Hannah Brocklehurst, wife of George Brocklehurst

Sister-in-law Martha Clayton gets house & garden at Hag Bank

Witnesses Henery [?]indells, George Clayton, John Swindells^[5]

William Clayton sen 7 Sep 1718

Disley, husbandman^[6]

Sister-in-law Martha Clayton relict of my brother Ralph Clayton

nephew Edward Claytonof Hag Bank in Disley

his brother Ralph Clayton

my niece Hannah Brocklehurst now wife of George Brocklehurst of Taxall, Yeoman

Brother Edward Clayton

his son Edward Clayton

my sister in law Elizabeth Clayton

nephew John Clayton

sons of my brother Edward Clayton

Elizabeth Clayton daughter of my brother Edward Clayton

To the five children of my sister Elizabeth Downes relict of William Downes near Hayfield in the parish of Glossop & County

Sister Katharine Mallory daughter

Ralph Clayton the son of my said nephew Clayton of Hags Bank

Children of my nephew Edward Clayton of Standley Tivol[?]

To the six children of my said kinsman George Brocklehurst

brother-in-law John Elihalls

kinsman Edward Clayton William Clayton John Clayton Elizabeth Clayton sons & daughter of my said brother Edward Clayton

nephew William Clayton, son of brother Edward, is executor

Witnesses John Radcliffe, Thomas Salsbury, Wm Bancroft

John Clayton 9 Jan 1762

Yeoman, Romiley^[7]

Wife Martha

Son John

Son Edward

The children of my son Edward, namely Edward and Joseph his sons, Beatrice, Martha and :Elizabeth his daughters

Son George

Daughter Annis, wife of Jonathan Swindells

Daughters Beatrice, Phyllis and Lettice

Witnesses Pater Gaskell, Samuel Shyrley, Robt. Ashtone

Isaac Clayton 1775

Presbury, late of Adlington^[8]

Executors Peter Lomas, Peter Harrop

George Clayton 17 Sep 1776

Surgeon of Romiley^[9]

Executor Timothy Booth of Werneth, Yeoman

Executor Henry Barlow the Elder of Romiley, Yeoman

Brother and executor John Clayton of Romiley, Yeoman

Sister Lettice the wife of Timothy Booth of Werneth

Sister Annis wife of Jonathan Swindells of Romiley

Esther, the wife of James Fidler of Romiley, daughter of sister Annis Swindells

Jonas Swindells, son of the said Annis Swindells

Sister Phillis the wife of Isaac Booth of Romiley

Nephew Edward Clayton of Bredbury, husbandman

Nephew Joseph Clayton of London, mason

Niece Elizabeth otherwise Betty Clayton of Bredbury

Niece Martha, the wife of Thomas Oldham of Brimington, farmer

Nephew John Booth of Stockport, weaver

Nephew George both of Glossop Dale in the County of Derby, husbandman

Brother Edward Clayton

Witnesses Joseph Bruckshaw, Nathan Rule, John Fidler

John Clayton 9 Nov 1780

Yeoman, Bredbury, Stockport, Cheshire^[10]

Wife Martha

Dwellinghouse in Bredbury

Eldest son John Clayton

Bruckshaw’s land situated in Bromiley

New Barn Tenement situate in Romiley under John Arden Esquire

son Thomas Clayton

messuages, lands lately purchased of the trustees of the late Isaac Booth decd.

daughter Martha the wife of Ralph Heginbotham of Romiley, Yeoman

Son Joshua Clayton

lands in Bredbury purchased from Thomas Garcell and John Woodruff

daughter Mary the wife of Thomas Taylor of Bredbury, shoemaker

Daughter Ann Tomlinson widow

Daughter Sarah, the wife of John Marland of Ashton under Line, Yeoman

Witnesses Sarah Richardson, Tho. Richardson, Edwd. Sumner

Joseph Clayton 1780

Sheriff’s officer, Stockport ^[11]

Son Robert Clayton, husbandman

Probate 31 Jan 1781

John Clayton the Elder 1781

Yeoman, Stockport ^[12]

Late wife Mary Clayton

New erected buildings situate in the Higher Hillgate in Stockport now in the occupation of son John Clayton, James Leigh hat maker, and Samuel Wood hat maker, and the old building at the back thereof with the lands in which the same now do stand unto my said son John Clayton

Other lands and houses at the back, well and water

Thomas the son of John Clayton

William his brother [brother of Thomas]

Daughter Elizabeth Dawson [first letter of surname may be something else, perhaps Sawron]

Son Thomas Clayton

Garden plot now occupied by John Swindell joiner

Hedge or road now occupied by Richard Garnett opposite the garden

Dwelling House now occupied by Rebekah Leah, I, the testator, and Margaret Worth

Daughter Ellen the wife of John Bennett of Salford, County of Lancaster, innkeeper

Witnesses Thos Smith, Peter Bailey, John Ridgway

Edward Brewerton Clayton 28 May 1782

Gentleman of Disley, Cheshire^[13]

he owes £700 to Thomas Bowden

mortgage owed to Thomas Beard of New Mill in Glossop, Derbyshire

owns freeholds in hamlet of Whittle, Parish of Glosspo

Father Ralph Clayton

Sister Lucretia

Ralph Clayton and Ellen his wife

Brothers Ralph and George

Sister Martha, the wife of Edmund Barns of Cuthorp within Brampton, Yeoman

Sister Ellen, the wife of William Lee of Stockport in the County of Chester, Chapman

The children of my said late sister Lucretia and the daughter of my late sister Sarah late the wife of Charles Forkington of Stockport aforesaid Chapman,

Witnesses John Wood, John Staveley, Wm Turner

George Clayton 13 Jan 1786

Cotton manufacturer in Stockport^[14]

Wife Catherine

Late brother Edward, deceased

Waterside estate situate in Disley in the County of Chester

Brother-in-law John Hadley of Manchester, roadmaker

Witnesses: Ellin Lee, Thos Cunningham, R Bromiley[?]

Joseph Clayton 11 Feb 1789

Weaver, Worth^[15]

Nephews and nieces

William Clayton, Thomas Clayton, James Clayton, Ralph Clayton, John Clayton and Mary Hartley being five sons and one daughter of my brother John Clayton by Nanny his first wife

Mary Cottrell, Sarah Cottrell, Martha Cottrell, William Cottrell and John Clayton being three daughters and two sons my late sister Hannah Cottrell

executor Nephew William Clayton of Worth, Yeoman

Witnesses Abel Turner, William Walker

George Clayton 11 Jun 1789

Lomberhaigh in Marple, Yeoman

eldest son George Clayton of Manchester

son Joseph Clayton

Daughter Marthe Hyde, wife of William Hyde

Daughter Mary Booth, wife of Phillip Booth

Daughter Sarah Ward, wife of William Ward

Daughter Betty Leah, wife of Samuel Leah

Daughter Ann Burgess, wife of William Burgess

Son George Clayton

Joiners’ tools and loom, husbandryware (cart, farming utensils, etc.)

Brother Ralph Clayton

Cousin John Taylor of Marple

Witnesses Joseph Norbury, Joshua Heginbottom, Wm Chatterton

Edward Clayton 31 Jul 1789

Cordwainer of Audenshaw, Lancashire^[16]

Thomas Clayton 24 Oct 1789

Yeoman, Werneth, Stockport^[17]

eldest son George Clayton

brother Joshua Clayton

brothers in law Samuel Ashlon and Thomas Ashlon

estate called the Heys in Romiley in the parish of Stockport occupied by Henry Booth

Three sons George Thomas and John

Daughters Betty and Mally

Witnesses John Cheetham, Samuel Ashton Junr., Thomas Ashton

Ralph Clayton 24 Jan 1798

Innkeeper, Worth^[18]

3 dwellinghouses in Heaveley, Stockport

minor children son John Clayton & daughter Ann Clayton

sons Thomas, James, Ralph, Joseph and John Clayton

daughter Ann Clayton

executors son Thomas and James Clayton and John Barrett of Worth, cotton manufacturer

Witnesses Abel Turner, John Minshall, Thomas Barber

Thomas Clayton 22 Jun 1799

Werneth, Stockport bachelor^[19]

Brother George Clayton of Werneth

Uncle Joshua Clayton of Romiley

Brother John Clayton

Sisters Betty and Mally

John and Mally still under 21

Witnesses Nathan Collier, John Hyde, William Wainwright

John Clayton 1804

Romiley, colour maker^[20]

wife Jane

Probate 14 May 1805

Jane Clayton 1806

Romiley, widow^[21]

Son John Clayton of Romiley, calico printer

Son Richard Clayton of the same place, calico printer

Elias Wilde of Bredbury, blacksmith

Jonathan Smith of Romiley

Probate 20 Sep 1807

Ambrose Clayton 21 Nov 1807

Yeoman, Offerton ^[22]

Wife Ann

Messuages & dwellinghouses in Churchgate, Stockport in several possessions of Anthony Hammerson, Richard Siddall, Henry Cruce, Thomas whalley, John Wilkinson, James Hudson, :William Chanolley

Son Ambrose Clayton

Messuages & dwellinghouses in Offerton in several possessions of William Hammond, Edmund Hill, John Hill

Messuages & dwellinghouses in Ardwick, Manchester in several possessions of John Longley, Thomas

Daughter Ann Thompson, the wife of Joseph Raymond Thompson

Witnesses John Harrole, attorney, Robert Butlock, Jas. Woodruff

John Clayton 1 Aug 1808

Audenshaw, Lancashire, Yeoman and widower^[23]

John Clayton 5 Nov 1808

Gentleman, romiley, top o’th hill, Stockport^[24]

Son Thomas Clayton

House in Romiley now occupied by Joseph Brecton

land called the Great Snow, etc.in Romiley

Daughter Susannah Clayton

Daughter Margaret Cook

Daughter Martha Clayton

Son George Clayton

House in Romiley now occupied by John Hammond the older and John Hammond the younger

Messuage in Bredbury dwellinghouse in Woodley within Bredbury purchased from widow Cheetham

Dwellinghouse purchased from Ralph Burgess

Son John Clayton

Daughter Sarah Clayton

Witnesses Joseph Brereton, Robert Hammond, John Hammond

William Clayton 12 Jul 1810

Yeoman Worth, Prestbury^[25]

“Interest in Swansey Colliery in the township of Hudersfield together with the Enginn and all and every of the other Impliments and metarials whatsoever unto me belonging for working the said Colliery”

Broom Stair Estate in township of Denton and Haughton in possession of John Hooley and others as tenants

The Whitette Estate in the possession of Joseph Redfern as tenant

…other lands mentioned…

Grandson William Clayton

Grandson David Shaw Clayton

Grand Daughter Elizabeth Clayton

Daughter-in-law Catherine Clayton (mother of above grandchildren)

Witnesses Henry Lamas, Wm Knowles, Thomas Barber

George Clayton 24 Oct 1812

Gentleman, Marple, Lombarhey^[26]

Wife Mary

Children mentioned but not named

Witnesses A Eccles, Wm Burgess, Julius Washington

Mary Clayton 1816

Widow, Stockport^[27]

Executors son Joseph Clayton of Plymouth Dock, Devon, press man and Henry Hope of Manchester, gentleman, and John Beard of the same place, parish clerk

Probate 19 Jun 1817

Joseph Clayton 23 Jul 1816

Yeoman, Disley^[28]^[29]

Executors: George Clayton, Joseph Clayton

Son Joseph Clayton

Son George Clayton

House & land at Badger Clough in Disley now in the occupation of Matthew Heywood as tenant

12 leasehold messuages, cottages or dwellinghouses at the bottom of Disley in occupation of Thomas Osbaldiston, Joseph Clayton, James Beresford and others as tenants

Lands in Disley called the Corks, Adams Croft with houses in occupation of William Clayton, John Gardwood and John Swindells as tenants

Daughter Ann, the wife of Samuel Wood

Daughter Annis the wife of George Swindells

Witnesses George Lomas, Samson Bretsford, Ester Lomas

Ann Clayton Jul 1819

Widow, Offerton^[30]

Daughter Ann Thompson

Grandson Charles Frederick Thompson

Son Ambrose Clayton

Matthew Longden of Offerton, farmer

Unresearched

Jane Clayton 1588

Disley, widow^[31]

Brian Clayton 1636

Husbandman, Disley^[32]

Joseph Clayton 1738

Cooper, Adlington^[33]

William Clayton 1739

Linen Weaver, Walton in the Dale^[34]

Samuel Clayton 1812

Gawsworth ^[35]

George Clayton 1813

Gentleman, Lambarhey^[36]

William Clayton 1813

Farmer, Brindle^[37]

Grace Clayton 1816

Widow, Grimshaw Park Within Blackburn^[38]

Robert Clayton 1816

Yeoman, Woods^[39]

Jonathan Clayton 1818

Stone mason, Luzley^[40]

Thomas Clayton 1818

Innkeeper, Blackburn^[41]

Jane Clayton 1833

Widow, Osbaldstone, Lancaster^[42]

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People and places mentioned in Clayton Wills

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Researched

Edmund Clayton 1674

John Clayton 10 Nov 1703

Ralph Clayton of Disley Standley 17 Jan 1710

William Clayton sen 7 Sep 1718

John Clayton 9 Jan 1762

Isaac Clayton 1775

George Clayton 17 Sep 1776

John Clayton 9 Nov 1780

Joseph Clayton 1780

John Clayton the Elder 1781

Edward Brewerton Clayton 28 May 1782

George Clayton 13 Jan 1786

Joseph Clayton 11 Feb 1789

George Clayton 11 Jun 1789

Edward Clayton 31 Jul 1789

Thomas Clayton 24 Oct 1789

Ralph Clayton 24 Jan 1798

Thomas Clayton 22 Jun 1799

John Clayton 1804

Jane Clayton 1806

Ambrose Clayton 21 Nov 1807

John Clayton 1 Aug 1808

John Clayton 5 Nov 1808

William Clayton 12 Jul 1810

George Clayton 24 Oct 1812

Mary Clayton 1816

Joseph Clayton 23 Jul 1816

Ann Clayton Jul 1819

Unresearched

Jane Clayton 1588

Brian Clayton 1636

Joseph Clayton 1738

William Clayton 1739

Samuel Clayton 1812

George Clayton 1813

William Clayton 1813

Grace Clayton 1816

Robert Clayton 1816

Jonathan Clayton 1818

Thomas Clayton 1818

Jane Clayton 1833

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