Jonas Clay1

Family Background:
Fairfield and Allied Families
     Jonas Clay married Mary Batson, daughter of Stephen Batson and Elizabeth (—?—) (Batson), before 1652.1
     
Additional Data
In December 1643 Jonas Clay of Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts, was brought before the Salem Quarterly Court and admonished for being addicted to lying and deceitful dealing.2

In February 1643/44 before Salem Quarterly Court, Jonas Clay confessed judgment in a suit b an unknown person ought by Edmund Tompson. The house and land as security. Execution delivered 21: 3: 44 to Mr. Thomson's maid and Wm. Fiske, constable of Wenham, to receive from Jonas Clay 31s. and charges.3

Salisbury Quarterly Court, April 1650, Nicolas Roe v. Jno. Pickeram. Concerning killing of a cow. Jonas Clay failing to answer complaint of Roe at Dover court on 8: 8: 1649, action was taken against Pickeram who was bound for said Clay. Ordered that the case be tried in Dover court, both parties living within that jurisdiction.4

For more about Jonas Clay, read Sects and the Settlement," by Sharon Cummins.

Child of Jonas Clay and Mary Batson

Citations

  1. [S874] Sharon Cummins, "Sects and the Settlement", The Log.
  2. [S855] George Francis Dow, ed., Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, 9 vols. (Salem: Essex Institute, 1911-1973). Transcribed and Abstracted from the Original Manuscript by Harriet S. Tapley, I: 58.
  3. [S855] George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, I: 61.
  4. [S855] George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, I: 190.