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From: Bruce Cogan <>
Subject: [CLAYTON] Re: N.J. Claytons
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 17:44:45 +1000


My previous posting seemed of sufficient interest that I thought I would
say a bit more about searching for books about New Jersey Claytons.

Several months ago I searched ancestry.com's list of some books accessioned
by the Library of Congress. I found three that looked interesting: two by
Raymond Bell:
Some New Jersey Families: Bunn...Clayton... (Washington, Pa., 1983).
and
A Study of the Claytons of Monmouth County (Washington, Pa, 1988),

and a third by Theresa Klaiber:
Clayton Connections, a Researchers Guide to New Jersey Clayton Ancestors
(New Concord, 1984)

I discovered that there is a copy of the first book at the Allen Co. Public
Library in Ft. Wayne. It contains 6 typescript pages of listings of
descendants of Edmund Clayton (1600-1657) through his sons Richard
(ca1625-) and John (ca 1631-1704). The author states that his Clayton
information is based, in part, on articles by J Wilber Clayton that
appeared in the Monmouth Democrat (Freehold, N. J.) in about 1940.

The second book, as I reported before, I haven't seen.

The author of the third book, Theresa Klaiber (email: )
sent me the following information about her book:

> Bruce the publication is out of print - CLAYTON CONNECTIONS.
> However, this was done before computers and I have the master - could
>make >a spiral bound copy for 10.00 and whatever the postage would be.
>Let me >explain the publication.
>Because of the mass of Clayton's in New Jersey it is a guide to records
>available on the family.
Secton 1 New Jersy B 1848=1878 2 Marriage Record extractions 3
>Deaths 1848-78 4 Probates 1700-1900 5 Monmouth gravestones 6
>Military Records 7 Tax lists 8 Land Records 9
> "Clayton Tidbits" extractions from papers, etc. Fully indexed.

Note that this book does NOT contain lineage-linked data. It is simply a
compilation of records, or abstracts of records, from a variety of sources.
The author's preface states: "In no way is this an attempt to give a
complete family history... It is a tool to place members of families in the
correct locations. In fact, much of it is an extended index of materials
available to the public in the New Jersey State Archives." It is 80 pages
long (including the index).

Bruce Cogan

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