Many years ago when I was comparing Clayton lines with a college friend with the surname Clayton, he gave me a copy of a publication that verifies the information you give, that John Clayton married Alice, and had a daughter Rachel who married Michael Newbold. This information is from "The Quaker Yeomen" Volume 7, number 1, Spring 1980. This seems to be a distinctly different Clayton line, sometimes referred to as the "Swarthmore Claytons". Beth Zaring > >>I've noticed that there has been some discussion on Claytons. I do not >>recognize the men or women mentioned. I have a Rachel Clayton who married >>Michael >>Newbold in 1696 in Springfield Burlington County, NJ. I have her parents >>as >>John Clayton and Alice Myers/Myres from Lancashire, England. I wonder >>whether >>anyone knows anything about this Clayton family? > >>Thanks for any help. >> >>NT >>jcntsmith@aol.com