Thomas CLARY^{[1, 2, 3]}

1634 -

• Name	Thomas CLARY
  Born	1634
  Gender	Male
  _UID	809099ECA555E848BCD6F46F2F75736C37CF
  Person ID	I3450	Steeles_Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2020

  
  

  Family	Judith LATON
  Children	1. John CLARY,   b. 1660, England ,   d. Maryland   2. Thomas , Jr. CLARY,   b. Abt 1662,   d. Abt 1707, Surry County, Virginia  (Age 45 years)   3. William CLARY,   b. Abt 1665,   d. 1726, Surry County, Virginia  (Age 61 years)   4. Ann R. W. CLARY,   b. Abt 1667
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F1107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From: Early Virginia Immigrants; 1623–1666 C Clary, Tho., 1642, byJohn King, Charles River Co. From: Early Virginia Immigrants; 1623–1666 C Clarye, Tho., 1653, byJohn Day, Gloucester Co. The information below is taken from Part IV Other Clarys of EarlyAmerica; Chapter XIII, pg 500, Clary of Virginia. A Thomas Clary is mentioned on 32 pages throughout the book. Thomas Clarye b. ca 1630; resided in Surry Co., VA 1679; m by 1660Judith (Laton?) in VA. Children born in VA: Thomas Clary, Jr ca 1662; William Clary, b ca 1665; Ann R. W. Clary b ca 1667, m. RobertLancaster (they had a child, Judith Lancaster who m. ? Pitt) Thomas Clarye reached the shores of Virginia by 19 October 1663, whenJohn Day was granted 450 acres in Gloucester Co for having "transported" himself and eight others to the Virginia colony. One ofthe eight was Thomas Clarye. Did Judith Laton, another member of that group, later marry Thomas Clarye? By 1660 he had a wife Judith. Thomas' name "Clarye" in printed records, may have been "Clary,"written with a little flourish at the end that has been interpreted as an "e." Some scribes ended nearly every name with such flourish. A Thomas Clary had arrived in Virginia about eleven years earlier in agroup transported by John King, for which King on 10 December 1642 wasgranted 300 acres on the south side of the Charles River (YorkCounty). York County is across the York River from Gloucester County,and not far from Surry County, where Thomas Clarye settled. The twoThomases may or may not have been the same person; he may havereturned to Europe and then come back to Virginia in 1653. We have noinformation about a Thomas Clary during that 11 year interval. Thomas probably paid for his passage by working as an "indenturedservant." This system, in wide use at that time, permitted a person of limited means to cross the Atlantic and pay later, usually by fourto seven years of work. Thomas and Judith Clarye in September 1660 bought 300 acres in LowerChippoakes, Lawnes Creek Parish, Surry County. He was a cooper, makingand repairing barrels and casks. Between 1660 and 1679 he witnessedseveral Surry County deeds, twice served on juries which "viewed acorpse and determined cause of death," and was a tithable (taxable)resident of Surry County in 1668. No will has been found for Thomas Clarye. He is assumed to have beenthe father of Thomas and William of Surry County, because he is theonly Clary man found earlier than Thomas and William in Surry Countyrecords. Further evidence of the relationship appears in the name ofThomas, and the name of Ann Clary Lancaster's daughter Judith--namedfor her grandmother Judith Clarye.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1100] Imported GEDCOM file. [S1099] Imported GEDCOM file. [S1098] Imported GEDCOM file.