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In a deed of gift from October 3, 1660, John Wall gives to his son-in-law (step-son) Charles Clay, 2 ewes. (Congressional Library, Washington, DC.

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Virginia County Records, Vol. 2, p. 78 and 245). He served in the
Revolutionary War about 1673 in Virginia. He served under Bacon in
Bacon's Rebellion when about thirty five years of age.

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Treesearching with Doris Boyd Co, Press Observer Jan 29, 1976
CHARLES CLAY (1638-1686) son of Capt. John Clay, married HANNAH WILSON, daughter of John Wilson, Sr., of Henrico County, where they also lived, near the site of present Petersburg. CHARLES distinguished himself by serving in Bacons Rebellion.
Times were hard in Virginia in the 1670s. Tobacco prices were low, taxes were high and Indians were attacking frontier settlements. Governor Berkeley did little toward protecting border settlers; colonists thought his inaction due either to fear of a war or his reluctance to disturb his profitable fur trade with the Indians. When Nathaniel Bacon assumed leadership in defense of the frontier against its attackers, Governor Berkeley proclaimed that Bacon and all fighting under him were rebels and mutineers. Men who had taken oath under Bacon soon found themselves fighting the very men they were trying to protect. Then Bacon died from swamp fever and the rebellion fell apart. A number of lesser leaders were hanged on Governor Berkeleys orders.
The very fact that CHARLES CLAY fought under Bacon in this early uprising against English rule indicates that he was a man of courage and determination.
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Charles Clay born in 1638 in Charles City Co, Va. Charles died in Henrico Co Va on June 1, 1686, he was 48.5,4
Charles Clay was a wealthy man, who fought with Nathaniel Bacon at Bacon's Rebellion. He was a leader in the Rebellion and died leaving a widow, Hannah, and several children.
In 1663 when Charles was 25, he married Hannah Wilson, born in Henrico Co Va. Born in 1640 in Henrico Co Va. Hannah died in Henrico Co, Va on August 2, 1706, she was 66.
They had the following children:
i. Mary born in 1664 in Dale Parish, Chesterfield VA. Mary died in Unknown about 1758, she was 94.
ii. Elizabeth born in 1666 in Dale Parish, Chesterfield VA. Elizabeth died in Unknown about 1758, she was 92.
iii. John (1668-1722)
iv. Thomas (1670-1726)
v. Henry (1672-1760)
vi. Judith born in 1673 in Henrico Co Va. Judith died in Unknown about 1765, she was 92.
vii. Charles IIborn in 1675 in Henrico Co Va. Charles II died in Va in 1765, he was 90.[findem3.ged]