Sun 02-18-01 This is a preliminary draft. Hopefully more data may be added.
Generation Four
Francis Delamar, son of Thomas and Sarah Carraway Delamar had children: He married his 1st wife, Elizabeth Dawson in 1782. Their children were: 1. Christopher married (1) Ann York in 1806 bondsman: Joseph Clayton. (Could this be James Clayton?) He married (2) Nancy Cratch in 1818. 2. Churchill (1786) married Polly Clayton (daughter of Rev. James Clayton) in 1811. 3. Selden Jasper married Elizabeth Cratch in 1816. 4. Patsy married Spencer Pittman in 1805. 5. Mary married Henry Ives in 1807. 6. Thomas (1794-1863) married Hannah Longues in 1819.
Francis Delamar IV married his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Brooks Morris, in 1806. Their children were 7. Hawkins, b ca 1813 8. John A. b. ca 1815
Francis Delamar IV, son of Thomas Delamar, moved to Pulaski Co. GA, where he died in 1825. Administrators Selden and Thomas, his sons, gave bond for $6000. His wife, Elizabeth (Betsey) Brooks Morris Delamar, thereupon returned to Craven Co. with the younger children, John A. and Hawkins Delamar. In 1825 she paid James Carruthers $50 for bringing John A.'s negroes from GA and later Hawkins' negroes were also transported back from GA.
In 1821 Francis Delamar married Mary Wood in Pulaski Co. GA.
(For the following section I'm indebted to Cousin Margaret Clayton Russell, descendant of Sarah Delamar and Thomas Clayton):
In 1804 Sarah Delamar, daughter of Francis and Miriam Barclift Delamar went with her husband, Thomas Clayton and family to Hancock Co. GA. accompanied by several other families. Among them was James Easter, John Burney and James Cannon (Cf Margaret Clayton Russell, James Clayton of NC etal, 1993 Columbus, GA p. 38). In 1816 Thomas with part of his family moved to Pulaski Co. GA. where he died four years later. Some of his children moved to Chambers Co. AL and eventually founded the town of Clayton, AL.
(The other Sarah Delamar, daughter of Thomas Delamar, as has already been mentioned, married Col. Joseph Nelson in 1792.)
The children of Sarah Delamar Clayton and Thomas Clayton were: Meriam Barclif (1787-1805) unmarried James (1788) remained in Hancock County. Thomas (1790) remained in Hancock County. Nelson (1796) father of Gen Henry Delamar Clayton of Alabama William (1799) Delamar (1802) Sarah (1804) Easter (1807) their youngest son and last child.