In reply to my mailing dated December 02, 2004 pertaining to the ancestry of William Clayton and others, Dale Harguess, in a mailing of the same date, asks: Do you know anthing about a James Clayton that came over on the Submission with William Penn? Maybe he was a father to William? It appears that the father of William Clayton b. 1625 England d. 1689 PA was also named William Clayton. This William Clayton first married on 30 Oct 1631, Joan Smith, d. 6 Jan 1644/5, Boxgrove, County Sussex, England. William Clayton marries second, Elizabeth Simmons. The will of this William Clayton was dated 1 Feb, 1658/9 in Chichester, Sussex, England. ----- This data was taken from: Col. Charles Hansen, "The parentage of William Clayton, Quaker immigrant to Pennsylvania, a Correction," _The Genealogist_, vol 4 (1983) pp. 169-173.------ also, "William Clayton's parentage, an addition," _The Genealogist_, vol. 9 (1988), pp. 78-9. I don't know anything about the James Clayton who came over on the "Submission" with William Penn. - Herbert Standing.