The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-12

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the grantees OF 1851. VIC have spoken
4 "hen VIC considered their earlier
patents (See Times- DiEpAtc:.. Deem
Der II. 1910. for tho sequence OF land
grants).
Next, in 1174. came DR. Rober, Spratt
i Would that VIC could ccnnp,, him with
! mat Immortal Jack. DR.. Robert.
me Jack. might have "fancicdp the
F, lathe certainly had 10 eat the loan
/ in few years. for he arrived ius,
ahead OF the lean times which tn,
! Revolutionary War proiuccd Anothe,
| OF the consequences Of this war was
! his, for he married Mrs Ann Daniel.
whose husband, Bartholomew. had los,
| MS life rs soldier In the Revolution.
| Robert Spratt had some sons bur "a 9
FAR rs we can find they ended the
| Gloucester Spratts
Jasper Clayton took up 100 acres.
and his son $50, in 1852
! He was son of the clerk ~ ~,
Gloucester COMMITTEES OF SAFETY. who
i1ved OF WINDSOR, once 4 handsome
seat in Gloucester county. Tn.
| Glaytons are interesting from tho
very start. John Clayton, born 1854
| IN England, was admitted to tho inner
| temple and called to tho bar He CANE
TO Virginia In 17o5, and was soon an
pointed Attorney General OF thc r,o,.
| ony, and held the Office untIl hi.
oeath. lie had other prominent, Offices
] Judge OF the Court Of Ad-
iniralty, BURGESS and Recorder Of
! NilliamsburS"- latter a bigger of
nee then than it may seem COW.
| lie was son Of Sir John CLAYTON. OF
London and Parsons Green rulham
MiddleseS, England. and his ,yire .,lro
daughter OF Sir William bower. OF
! lehman Bucks, baronct ana grandson
| or Sir Joseph Clayton, of ST. !.drnunds
| Lombard Street, London
/ Ills brother, General Jas
per Clayton Of the Enslis.. Army.
| was killed at DcttinSen, l2la
| SO much for the background oe 4be
, lurid Virginia life.
Attorney General Clayton had John
! CO, Arthur 90 and Thomas ta,. John
CD was born nj Eulhum, came over
| win his father in 1905, and settled in
Gloucester county. He established Inc
| fascinating seat Windsor tho uer
| rune OF whose botanical gardens is
| waited 10 us even to day. He became
an eminent botanist, nracticing his
/ craft in the shady solitudes OF ..\yin1
| sor lie was member or the most
learned societies OF Europe. president
of the Society for PromntinS UsefuI
knowledge, author OF Flora Eirgf,ia,'
and clerk OF Gloucester count. for tifty
Years. Flo was the father Of John {3)
hnu captain Jasper CD. who inherited
| W indsor.' and who WAS clerk OF tho
Committee OF Safety In 17l6-'6. He had
! Whiting ca. Jasper a. was the
grantee of l7Sa >iIe married Courtc-
nay, daughter OF Colonel John Baylor.
I OF New Market Caroline county, and
had issue: Arthur s., who mar
RED Jane Hatley Baylor OF Nav
Market. and had Jasper (5l S..
OF Chesterfield; Baylor (5l, Caroline
t5) and Courtenay Is. married 800
| Harris. of Nelson county. Virs.rin.
We recall most pleasantly one or
our antiquarian trips which ended in n
visit 20 the home in hestcrficld OF
JASPER (o) S. Clayton. 1Io WAS the last
we'll defined son OF the line. ana no
memory reverted ever with pleasure
TO Windsor" and New Market" his
ancestral homes lie was the king Of
an army of chickens. two OF which,
[! cooked in delicious manner, were
| served at dinner. together with SQUAD
pie. We cun so well remember tho
:iakincss and succulencc Of that suuab
| pie and also OF the green apple pies
which helped TO make the meal me-
/ mortal.
| Mr. Clayton had tile beautiful. orig
inal books Of John Clayton, thc bot
anist, and Il mass OF interesting let
tiers from the maGnatcS oe cid C;lou-
ccStcr county for which our soul hun
! 5hrcd There was gentleman of the
long ago Of whom we We're worry proud
and there We're his lctters--neat and
| cifuSivc
lie was tbs soul Of honor and chiv-
I-alry, WAS he not Nlr. l'layton?r We
asked. confident Of favorable reply.
! Not tina, ever hear OF. mndame,'.
/ WAS the cruel and misunderstanding an.
| swer: and our idol lI--unncccssuriiy,
! pcrhaps-but drop OF ink viii stain
the pail of psilucid water
Il Jasper 90 s. Clayton. az Chester.
field, was the one articulnte vistags
| Of . proud line, going to .orcfathors
! plain-and straight beyond lie Sea
i There We're Claytons In New Kent
most probably from John, and also
| some in I.ousn and Mathews. but We
| have not hean able to prove IT, The
! family ,,imblod speedily to pieces and
] "Windsor, with It's library, Its her
/ barillnl, its Portraits ny Npciicr and
others bowed It's head and STOW shah.
| by and ahorn as the years went by.
/, The Clayton arms arc; Argent |, cross
/ engrailed sable. between four torte auz"
Arthur CLAYTON left no descendants
! which We can md, DIR. rhonus (o),
tho third son Of John Clayton, gradu-
lated az Pembroke College, Cambridge
married Isabella Lewis, OF Warner
Hall, and his armorial tomb is IN the
+, graveyard there. He had 30 children
10 rcach maturity
| The tomb OF Thomas Clayton, at
! NNarrcn Han. Ia carved WITH ponder