Clayton, John, 1657-1725

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Born in Lancashire in 1657. M.A. Oxford. Rector of James City (Va.) Parish, 1684-1686. Made scientific observations. Returned to England. Fellow of Royal Society. Dean of Kildare. Died 1725.

From the description of Letter, [16]84 Ap[ril] 24, James Citty [James City Co., Va.] to [Edward Williamson?]. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 19609312

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creatorOf Clayton, John, 1657-1725. Biographical information of John Clayton [manuscript] ca. 1964. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Sabin, Frank T.,. An account of the Indians in Virginia : and of some remarkable things in that country / collected out of some letters from a minister in Virginia : some few things are inserted concerning the English there, & the bucaniers in some places of America. Newberry Library
referencedIn The complete mariner : or a treatise of navigation trigonometrically, by logarithmetical numbers, and the geometrical construction by scale and compass. Also, the orthographic projection of the sphere astronomically, 1731. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
creatorOf Clayton, John, 1657-1725. Description of fencing at Jamestown by Reverend John Clayton in a letter to Robert Boyle, 1685. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
creatorOf Jamestown (Va.). Papers, 1629-1952. William & Mary Libraries
referencedIn Complete Mariner, 1731. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
creatorOf Ebeling, Christophe Daniel, 1741-1817. Auszüge aus Brickel & Claiton : manuscript, undated. Houghton Library
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Library. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. 1668-1983. American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Clayton, John, 1657-1725. Letter, [16]84 Ap[ril] 24, James Citty [James City Co., Va.] to [Edward Williamson?]. William & Mary Libraries
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associatedWith Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 person
associatedWith Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 person
associatedWith Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. person
associatedWith Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839 person
associatedWith Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899 person
associatedWith Cuvier, Georges, Baron, 1769-1832 person
associatedWith Darlington, William, 1782-1863 person
associatedWith Ebeling, Christophe Daniel, 1741-1817. person
associatedWith Edison, Thomas A., (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 person
associatedWith Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 person
associatedWith Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 person
associatedWith Fitch, John person
associatedWith Genth, F. A., (Frederick Augustus), 1820-1893 person
associatedWith Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 person
associatedWith Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 person
associatedWith Harding, Warren G. person
associatedWith Jamestown (Va.) corporateBody
associatedWith Newcomb, Simon person
associatedWith Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 person
associatedWith Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851 person
associatedWith Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 person
associatedWith Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 person
associatedWith Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864 person
associatedWith Seybert, Adam, 1773-1825 person
associatedWith Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 person
associatedWith Stevens, Henry person
associatedWith Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872 person
associatedWith Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 person
associatedWith Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865 person
associatedWith Wayne, Anthony person
associatedWith Williamson, Edward. person
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James City County (Va.)
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
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Birth 1657

Death 1725

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