Brief Life History of Curtis
When Curtis Clay was born on 9 April 1747, in New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, United States, his father, Slater Clay, was 35 and his mother, Ann Curtis, was 23. He married Margaret Wood on 2 November 1768, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1790. He died on 11 September 1809, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Christ Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America.
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Sources (19)
- Curtis Clay in entry for Joseph Clay, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Curtis Clay, "United States Census, 1790"
- Curtis Clay, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
Spouse and Children
1747–1809 Male
1751–1809 Female
Children (4)
1769–1811 Male
1770–1804 Male
1772–1838 Male
1784– Male
Parents and Siblings
1711–1767 Male
1723–1780 Female
Siblings (13)
1747–1809 Male
1749–1831 Male
1751–1779 Male
1753–1793 Male
1754–1821 Male
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World Events (7)
1754 · French and Indian War in Delaware
Age 7
1776
Age 29
1776
Age 29
Name Meaning
English (Midlands and Yorkshire): from Old English clǣg ‘clay’, applied as a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of clay soil, a habitational name for someone who lived in a district known as (the) Clay, such as the one in east Notinghamshire, or as a metonymic occupational name for a worker in a clay pit (see Clayman ).
Americanized form of German Klee .
History: The relatively common English name Clay had several American forebears in the 18th century. Henry Clay, born in Hanover, VA, in 1777, secretary of state for President John Quincy Adams, was descended from English ancestors who came to VA shortly after the founding of Jamestown. The revolutionary war officer Joseph Clay, also a member of the Continental Congress, was a native of Yorkshire, England, who emigrated to GA in 1760 and was a founder of the University of Georgia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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