John Clayton, Jr., my fifth great grandfather, was born on this date in 1795 in Farmington, Maine, the fourth of ten children of John Clayton and Mary Austin, and their second son.
At the age of 19, in 1814, John enlisted as a private in Captain Nathaniel Russell's Company, of Lieut. Col. E. Sweet's Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia, which was raised at Farmington, and saw service mainly in Bath, Maine. Since he is often referred as Captain, he may have been promoted at some point.
Following his short military stint, John married Lucy Ames Pratt, of nearby Phillips, Maine, on August 6, 1820, in the small village of Industry, also in Franklin County.
Together, John and Lucy, had six children:
John Henry, b. 1821
Jonathan P., b. 1822
Bartholomew C., b. 1825
Elizabeth A., b. 1829
Maria and Martha (twins), b. 1835
John lost his wife Lucy on June 9, 1853, and he married a second time Mary Works of New Sharon, Maine, on January 30, 1855. For Mary, this was a second marriage as well. With Mary, he had a daughter, Ella.
Throughout his life, John lived and farmed around Franklin County, Maine, primarily Farmington and Strong.
I was fortunate to find John's and Lucy's graves last month during my trip to Maine. They are buried side by side in Gay Cemetery, in Farmington, along with their twin daughters, who died at 5 months of age.
Sources:
1850 US Census; Census Place: Strong, Franklin, Maine; Roll: M432_253; Page: 238A; Image: 460.
1860 US Census; Census Place: Farmington, Franklin, Maine; Roll: M653_435; Page: 634; Image: 48; Family History Library Film: 803435.
1870 US Census; Census Place: Farmington, Franklin, Maine; Roll: M593_543; Page: 50A; Image: 103; Family History Library Film: 552042.
Ancestry.com. War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
Capt John Clayton
tombstone, Gay Cemetery, Farmington (Franklin County), Maine; photographed by
Pamela Schaffner on 20 October 2014.
Direct Data Capture, comp. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Lucy Clayton
tombstone, Gay Cemetery, Farmington (Franklin County), Maine; photographed by
Pamela Schaffner on 20 October 2014.
"Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F449-NPP : accessed 09 Nov 2014), John Cleyton, 11 Nov 1795; citing FARMINGTON,FRANKLIN,MAINE; FHL microfilm 10865.
"Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4FD-55C : accessed 11 Sep 2014), John Claton and Lucy Prat, 06 Aug 1820; citing Industry, Franklin,Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 11035.
Maria Clayton
tombstone, Gay Cemetery, Farmington (Franklin County), Maine; photographed by
Pamela Schaffner on 20 October 2014.
Martha Clayton
tombstone, Gay Cemetery, Farmington (Franklin County), Maine; photographed by
Pamela Schaffner on 20 October 2014.
Records of the Massachusetts volunteer militia called out by the Governor of Massachusetts to suppress a threatened invasion during the war of 1812-14 (Boston, Mass.: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1913).
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