Daniel John Clayton (1789–1858) • FamilySearch

Daniel John Clayton

29 August 1789–2 April 1858 (Age 68)
Lowdham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life of Daniel John

When Daniel John 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 39. 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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Heritage

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Family Time Line

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Daniel John Clayton

1789–1858

Hannah Screton

1794–1877

Marriage: 22 May 1815

Sarah Ann Clayton

1816–

William Clayton

1819–

Elizabeth Clayton

1818–

Elizabeth Clayton

1820–

Ann Clayton

1821–1891

Daniel Clayton

1823–1826

Mary Clayton

1825–

Alice Clayton

1827–

David Clayton

1827–

John Clayton

1834–

Ruth Clayton

1837–

Spouse and Children

Daniel John Clayton

Male1789–1858Male

Hannah Screton

Female1794–1877Female

MARRIAGE
22 May 1815
Lambley, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

children

(11)

Female1816–Female

Female1818–Female

Male1819–Male

Female1820–Female

Female1821–1891Female

+6 More Children

Parents and Siblings

Daniel Clayton

Male1750–1802Male

Sarah Leavers

Female1750–1839Female

siblings

(10)

Sarah Clayton

Female1770–1842Female

Joseph Clayton

Male1770–Male

James Clayton

Male1773–1845Male

Ann Clayton

Female1776–Female

Alice Clayton

Female1774–Female

+5 More Children

World Events (6)

1801 · The Act of Union

Age 12

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

Age 19

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

Age 26

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

Name Meaning

Clayton

Daniel

John

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

Possible Related Names

Cleaton

Cleeton

Sources (3)

Daniel Clayton, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
Daniel Clayton in entry for William Clayton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Daniel Clayton in entry for John Clayton and Elizabeth Knight, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "

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