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Clayton family history, from England to Virginia, the Carolinas, Kentucky, Missouri, and beyond, Melinda Clayton

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Clayton family history, from England to Virginia, the Carolinas, Kentucky, Missouri, and beyond, Melinda Clayton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Clayton family history

Oclc number

1243058588

Responsibility statement

Melinda Clayton

Sub title

from England to Virginia, the Carolinas, Kentucky, Missouri, and beyond

Summary

"As anyone who's researched Clayton history over the years can tell you, there are a lot of tangled branches to sort through. This particular branch begins with the Claytons of Clayton-le-Moors in Lancashire around the year 1066. From there, the line moves to John de Clayton's Clayton Hall in Yorkshire before making its way down to Sussex, stopping to obtain a few advanced degrees from Cambridge along the way. Incentives from the British Crown bring these Claytons to the Colonial Province of Virginia in the 1540s, and shortly thereafter, they follow the burgeoning tobacco industry into the Province of Carolina before seeking vast acres of fertile land in Kentucky. When tobacco moves north after the Civil War, they follow the lumber boom into Missouri.", Barnes & Noble

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