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- DEAR RIDDLE RESEARCHERS,
HERE IS THE INFO I PROMISED FROM MY SEARCHES ON MARY EAST, WIFE OF ASA. MOST OF THIS INFO CAME FROM DEATH RECORDS IN LEE CTY , VA. AND CAMPBELL CO. VA. MAY DIED 2 MILES FROM WHERE I LIVE NOW, AND IS BURIED IN THE JONES-RIDDLE FAMILY CEMETERY.
MARY EAST BORN OCT. 12, 1791 TO ISHAM AND MARY EDDES EAST. MARY EDDES BORN 1760 DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH EDDED BORN 1724 AND DIED AUG. 4, 1805, AND SARAH LEFTWICH BORN 1730 AND DIED 1805 IN CAMPBELL COUNTY, VA. MARY EAST MARRIED (1) MATTHEW CHILDRESS, (2) JONATHAN HARROLD (3)ASA RIDDLE IN 1812. MARY AND ASA'S CHILDREN. THERE WERE 12. JOHN(MY GGGF)B4-22-1813, TYREB1815, ISOME B1819, DIED 1883 STOKES CTY, NC, MARRIED #2 SUZANNA WILSON, CLARISSA, CLARY B 1821, UNNAMED RIDDLE B 1822, RANDOLPH B1824, MARRIED MELINDA JONES, SISTER OF ARENA JONES, JOHN'S WIFE, ELIZABETH B 1826, WILLIAM J, B 1830, ASA B 1832, AND A TWIN AUSTIN B 1832, I CAN FIND NO FURTHER INFO ON HIM., WALTER B 1836, WALTER LIVED IN LEE CTY AND MOVED WEST IN 1860'S, I BELEIVE, I ALSO HAVE A RECORD OF MARY WITH A SON BORN FROM ONE OF THE FIRST 2 MARRIAGES, I WILL HAVE TO LOCATE THAT RECORD, I CAN FIND NO FURTHER INFO ON HIM EITHER.
INFO ON ASA'S PARENTS, TYRE AND CLARISSA,
CLARISSA CLAY BORN TO CHARLES CLAY BORN IN VA. IN 1739, MOTHER NO INFO YET. CHARLES PARENTS WERE HENRY CLAY, JR. AND LUCY GREEN. HENRY'S PARENTS WERE HENRY CLAY SR. AND MARY MITCHELL. LUCY'S PARENTS WERE THOMAS GREEN AND ELIZABETH MARSTON ELIZ. BORN 25 NOV. 1672, AND DIED 11 AUGUST 1759, THOMAS GREEN BORN 1665 AND DIED 1730.
LUCY GREEN BORN 1717, AND HENRY BORN 1713 AND DIED 1764. COPY OF HIS FATHER'S WILL PROBATED 10-22-1760
LEAVES HIM THE FAMILY PLANTATION IN LETALONE IN GOOCHLAND CTY, VA.
HENRY CLAY SR. WAS BORN AUGUST 3, 1672, IN DALE PARRISH, HENRICO, VIRGINIA. HE DIED AUGUST 3, 1760 IN CHESTERFIELD, VA. HE DIED AT HIS 88TH BIRTHDAY PARTY OF THE NETTLES-THE SHINGLES- AND IS BURIED AT MORRIMONT, 9 MILES FROM RICHMOND, VA.. HE IS THE GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF HENRY CLAY, THE STATESMAN. HE WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST PLANTATION OWNERS AND PLANTERS IN VA. HE MARRIED MARY MITCHELL IN CHESTERFIELD CTY, VA. SHE DIED AUG 7, 1777 OF THE FLUX. CLARISSA'S SIBLINGS WERE BRITTAIN CLAY, CHARLES CLAY, TEMPERANCE CLAY, PATIENCE CLAY, TABITHA CLAY, CLEOPATRA CLAY, HANNIBAL CLAY. I'M STILL SEARCHING RICHMOND, VA. OLD RECORDS FOR THE MOTHER OF CLARISSA.
FAYE [riddleinva@ntelos.net]
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