Will (Chester Co., PA):
"Book Page: A:267
Surname: Clayton
Given Name: William
Title: Yeoman
Description: Decedent
Residence: Chichester
Date: 24 Oct 1725
Prove Date: 22 Feb 1727
Remarks: William Clayton of Chichester, yeoman. 10/24/1725. February 22, 1727/8. A. 267. Provides for wife Elizabeth. To son Richard 5 shillings. To son in law Thomas Howell 10 shillings and to daughter Rachel his wife 20 shillings. To sons Edward and Ambrose lott of land in Chichester remainder to 5 sons, viz William, Edward, Thomas, Abel and Ambrose, except 40 foot lot in Philadelphia to son Richard. Executors: sons Edward, Thomas, Ambrose and Abel. Witnesses: John Weldon, Robt. Plummer, Joseph Bond."
Will (Chester Co., PA):
"Book Page: A:164
Date: 12 Apr 1720
Prove Date: 16 Aug 1724
Remarks: Henry Reynolds of Chichester. April 12, 1720. 8/16/1724. A. 164. To son Francis the plantation where I live in Chichester containing 290 acres, he paying his brother William when 21, Ð20. To son John, tract of land in Chichester, containing 210 acres, paying his brother Wm. Ð20. To son Henry tract of land in Nottingham containing 490 acres. To son Wm, tract in Nottingham [being a south lott], containing 490 acres. To each of my daughters, viz Margaret, Prudence, Deborah and Hannah 1 shilling each. To wife Prudence all personal estate, also executrix. Witnesses: William Clayton, John Hanby."
Will (Chester Co., PA):
"Book Page: A:274
Surname: Reynolds
Given Name: Prudence
Title:
Description: Decedent
Residence: Chichester
Date: 17 Nov 1726
Prove Date: 15 Apr 1728
Remarks: Prudence Reynolds of Chichester. November 17, 1726. April 15, 1728. A. 274. To my daughters ""as many as shall be in being"" all household goods. To son Francis' eldest son Henry Reynolds one silver cup value 40 shillings. Remainder of estate to all children in being, none named. Executor: son Henry Reynolds. Witnesses: Robert Howard, Mathew Keasby, John Lea."
DEATH: Will of William Clayton, of the parish of St. Pancras, Chichester, Sussex, England, 1 Feb 1658/9.
DEATH: Will of William Clayton, of the parish of St. Pancras, Chichester, Sussex, England, 1 Feb 1658/9.
BURIAL: Rumboldswyke Steeple House Yard.
Moved to Apple Pie Ridge Mountains near Winchester, Virginia.
Moved to North Carolina after marrage.
25 Sept 1771 made first attempt to settle Kentucky.
Returned and later settled in Greenville, Tenn. until 1803.
Then to Ohio, Tods Fork, 2 miles north of Wilmington.Per Scarborough/Haworth Vol. 1:
George was a farmer, merchant, and minister.
A family folk tale says that in 1773 he went to Kentucky with Daniel Boone where they were attached by Indians near Cumberland Gap, so returned home.
If George and his brother did accompany Daniel Boone, it was when he went to Florida. Daniel wanted to settle there, but his wife refused to go.
They went instead to Kentucky. George was drafted but fled to North Carolina to avoid service. In 1784, moved to 300 acres on the banks of the Nolachuckee, a tributary of the Holston River, near Afton, Greene County, North Carolina. This area later become part of Tennessee. In 1803, moved to the Stacey Bivan farm on Todds Fork, Union Township, Clinton County, Ohio. They were the second settlers in Union Township. They bought 1750 acres bear Center MH, Clinton County, Ohio.From Hinshaw, Vol V (Ohio), Pg 70, Miami Monthly Meeting:
1804,12,13. George & w, Susannah, & ch, William, Mary, Sarah, Richard, Samuel & Dillon, rocf (received on certificate from) New Hope MM, Tenn., dtd 1804, 7, 21OCCUPATION: Farmer merchant, & minister.
BURIAL: Buried in Hopewell FBG, Quaker Point, Vermillion, IN.
BURIAL: Cane Creek Cemetery.