The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-23
EClopton.

ot,sss ss.ass.sss a
Clopton.
The above ls drawn fronkn trnclng
made by Mis-. Charles NJ. Wallace Of the
4 Reinforcement on the tombstone OF Ann
Booth, wife DC william Clopton,* mt ST.
i Peters Church, New krpt county, En.
4 Tho following Interesting gciiculogy OF
i the Clopton f:iny Is furnished lis by Il
distinguished descendant Mr.. Charles NJ
4 Wallace, Jr. Of Tho Virginia iIotise Of
! Delegat ties
III rho Cloptons OF Virginia. are descended
i from tho Cloptons or Wnrwlckshlre, III
England. iii unclcnt family. gu 8 # f
SIT. hugh Cloptnil, died tf07; Lord
| Mayor Of London and bcncfnctor OF STRAIT
| ford Avon, was born u / CloptOnl manor
house, a milo from Stratford. Ills an
ccstors had been n owners of StluttoTd
manor since Henry III. Ills fatheN:: 70
ccived u license 10 erect an orttory2 In the
|Gmnnor house i'll 1850. and his cider Brother,
| Thomas, obtnined permission from Pope
SXtus lY., III I'LL to add IL chapel or,
4 the celebration OF divine service. lugh,B a
| younger son, left; bClopton atEan early
age and rapidly became a rlch merchant
i in London. lie wus sheriff In t1SG, when
! Sir Hugh ]Culcb was Mayor, when he
was u ppnrcnly knig1ted. Ills vast for
$tlme. It is said enabled him to become
possessed of tho family estates, tho In
Inheritance of his elder brother, land 1t IS
ccrtainS3tllnt tho sncighboring town OF
Stratford was his ~ favoritc residence,
About 1859 Tho erected there In Chapel
Street. a pretty house OF brick and mortar
| which was purchased by Shakespeare in
51597s$ and Tin d renovated fornl was Tie
poets residence under the naiiteSofs New
4 Placa until mis- death IN 1915. gIIe rebuilt
4 The. rear OF thek chapel OF thcS Strhtfnrd
4 C;sisdNof the Holy Trinlts,Sand also re-
/ placed the Wooden bridge at y Stra rs..y.
| with Il aLciia8O one. IIe8dcd in 1891 In yettt-
don in st. Alarsarct's parish. 5lTothbury,
! where hD3is buried. lie never married
| The estates .nr Sir Hugh c,Ionton alti-
mately passed to Joyce C'lopton, sixth
generation from Thomas clopton. Hugh, &
! cider brother She married Sir George
clrcw. (Thls much from memoranda
furnished me by Rev. ]. j. Clopton.5 or
! cnsanovn. Val.
Lord George Carcw. born May 20, 1856,
| Quilted Oxford without taking 5hlsidcgree.
and adopted the military profession; join
/ ed bis uncle James W'ing;ield q IN Ire
land. where no distinguished himself as
carly, as 1879. Lieutenant OF tho Ordnance,
| Tower of London, when his cousin, Sir
| Walter Raleigh. was 4 prisoner. 1t was
| with him that Raleigh had the celebrated
| fight for a sight Of tho Queen. N. Il.
for Hastings 1901. Having married joyce.
only dauEhterand hcirees OF William
Clnpton, ESQ, OF Clopton. county War
wick. hc.Was elevated to the pccraga May,
| t. 1905 as Baron Carew. OF Clopton. MIC.
| for Virginia, 1907. etc Earl OF ,rot1jess.
| February 1926, 1926; died Marchf.7, 1920. He
ISisdburlcd at stratford- on-Avon. Browns
Genesis Of the United States vol. q pp.
s.io-3 ga4 n s,45
Burke says that Carcw iaft no children.
Three sons camc to Virginia, however,
where they took tho maternal name OF
| Glopton. The. family tradition says they
were compelled to leave England because
| OF their adherence to the cause OF the
| StuartS.
| Isaac Clopton was the eldest He was
| one OF the sgners OF the "Declaratlon OF
the People OF Virginia concerning the adj
| lerence with Bacon In 1876, as appears
from the MS. in the British Museum,
Egcrton 1896, folio 552, nBcopy OF which
Is In the Virginia State Library, copied
I by Rev. Ed IIggleston, volume entitled
"Bacon's Rebellion" He was ono of the
sisners of tho York County Grievances,
addressed to tho kings commissioners
I517th February, 1861. No, G2 Windcrs
copy. D. 81! Vlrginin State Library,
/
died $. D.. and William Cloptcn became
4 the eldest male representative.
4 "A William Glopton a. m. Anne Booth,
| from County Kent, ifcnRlund, They are
! buried In st. Peters Churclyard, New
Kcnt county. Va, and both tnmbs0rr5
/ bear tho Ciopton arms. Their children
we're: ! William {a); 2, Ann (a); 3.
Robert (2l ia, Walter t2); 8, Elizabeth (2),
The second William was called William
| Clopton. junior Iic claimed to have
bcen iii spotswood's expedition to tho
| Shenandoah. Ilo nj. Joyce Wilkinson
| daughter OF George Wilkinson and Saral;
Iyddull. July 27s17ls, MS appears FROM
| nlcertificd extract from 4 he record Of ST.
| Peters Parish In my mothers possession,
died July 27.E1729, The children Of WE
linn CO !; clopton aud Joyce Wilkinson
| were: I
IA. William (3) born February "a, bNp-8
| tixed April 20 1920, died August IS, 1895,
p, Anne(S) born January ~, 79a,6
lmnrIed William Divers (Dominle lolYers), 4
3, Waldegrnve CD, born November 10,
1923, died 18th April 1885,
4, George (3); born January IA, l72a
"A, William (3) usually spoken OF a.
Captain William Clopton. or llannyor,s
married. 1859 Elizabeth Darrell Ford,
| (who had previously been nnmlea to
Jones), daughter OF Reuben Ford, who
came from Wales, and Elizabeth Darral,5
Their children were;
L. Johrl(4. married Sarah Bacon.
q George (4), married Martha Little
page.
s, Reuben ~, married Elizabeth 1Ial!es
(and possibly Robert, q physician, Who
"a 4 Anna i4), married Meredith, an
cegtor Of Judge John A. Meredith, q
Richmond.
i. Eliaaboth(D, married Ellyson, :,
Johnt(4) Clopton was educated AZ me
OF Pennsylvania, from which he gradu-
ated about the beginning Of the Reyolu-
tionary War. IIe served In the Roy'oln-
| tionary army with the rank Of captain,
nn"',rding TO Tho family tradition, "and
vas, vas wounded at tha ba flo Of Brandy
wine !" afterwards practiced law He
was elected q representative from Vir-
ginia in the Fourth Congress as pem}
ocrat. hts seat being unsuccessfully con.
tested by Burwell Bassett; was re-eleeted
10 tha Fifth Congress, serving from De-