Daniel Clayton

Brief Life History of Daniel

When Daniel Clayton was born on 29 August 1789, in Lowdham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Daniel Clayton, was 39 and his mother, Sarah Leavers, was 40. He married Hannah Screton on 22 May 1815, in Lambley, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 2 April 1858, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Clayton
1789–1858
Hannah Screton
1794–1877
Marriage: 22 May 1815
Sarah Ann Clayton
1816–1868
Elizabeth Clayton
1818–
William Clayton
1819–1879
Elizabeth Clayton
1820–
Ann Clayton
1821–1891
Daniel Clayton
1823–1826
Mary Clayton
1825–
Alice Clayton
1827–
David Clayton
1827–
John Clayton
1834–1892
Ruth Clayton
1837–

Sources (25)

  • Daniel Clayton, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Marriage Daniel Clayton and Hannah Screton 1815
  • England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915 - Ancestry.com Daniel Clayton

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World Events (6)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, and Sussex, named Clayton, from Old English clǣg ‘clay’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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