Eleanor Cole

1760 - 1848  (~ 75 years)

• Name	Eleanor Cole
  Birth	Between 1755 and 1760  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Alternate death	Aft 1823  [2]
  Death	Between 1830 and 1848  [1]
  Siblings	2 siblings
  1. Jane Cole ,   b. St. Mary's County, Maryland d. Bef 1769 ▻ Robert Mattingly + 2. Henrietta Cole ,   b. 2 Jul 1754, St. Mary's, St. Mary's, Maryland d. 6 Dec 1837, Marion County, Kentucky  (Age 83 years) ▻ Basil Hayden ,  m. Bef 1771 ;  Charles Ewing ,  m. 19 Feb 1805 + 3. Eleanor Cole ,   b. Between 1755 and 1760   d. Between 1830 and 1848  (Age ~ 75 years) ▻ Joseph Clayton
  Person ID	I5157	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of PNH
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Robert Cole,   b. Abt 1710, St. Mary's County, Maryland d. Bef 2 Dec 1771, St. Mary's County, Maryland (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Ann Greenwell,   b. Abt 1730, St. Mary's County, Maryland d. Bef 1771 (Age ~ 40 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1743  [3, 4]
  Family ID	F4803	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Clayton,   b. Abt 1750, Chesterfield County, Virginia d. Between 1813 and 1824, Nelson County, Kentucky (Age ~ 63 years)
  Children	1. Sally Clayton   2. Sarah Clayton,   b. Abt 1785   3. Mary "Polly" Clayton,   b. Abt 1788   4. John Clayton,   b. 1790, Nelson County, Kentucky d. 7 Nov 1859, Nelson County, Kentucky (Age 69 years)   5. William Clayton,   b. Between 1790 and 1800, Kentucky d. Aft 1865 (Age ~ 76 years)   6. Thomas Clayton,   b. Between 1790 and 1800   d. Abt 1839 (Age ~ 49 years)   7. Joseph Clayton,   b. Abt 1799, Kentucky   8. Charles C. Clayton,   b. 2 Feb 1802, Nelson County, Kentucky d. 16 Nov 1874, Daviess County, Kentucky (Age 72 years) + 9. Catherine Clayton,   b. Bef 1803, Nelson County, Kentucky d. Abt 1840, Nelson County, Kentucky (Age > 37 years)
  Family ID	F1827	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2020

  
  

• Notes

  The only thing known with certainty about the wife of Joseph Clayton is her given name, Eleanor. But Paul Nordberg's monograph "Eleanor Cole of St. Mary's County, Maryland" makes a strong circumstantial case that she was Eleanor Cole, a sister of Patrick's 5G-grandmother Henrietta Cole (1754-1837). More recently, in early 2021, DNA results from a living Clayton descendant of Joseph Clayton showed strong matches to Robert Cole (d. 1771), known father of Henrietta. As a result, Nordberg has concluded, and we agree, that when the circumstantial evidence is added to the genetic, it can be stated with reasonable confidence that Joseph Clayton's wife was the daughter Eleanor mentioned in the 1771 will of Robert Cole.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5871] Paul Nordberg, "Joseph and Eleanor (Cole) Clayton of Nelson County, Kentucky.". [S1503] Paul Nordberg, "Joseph Clayton of Nelson County, Kentucky.". [S3401] Paul Nordberg, "Eleanor Cole of St. Mary's County, Maryland.". [S138] St. Mary's Families, compiled by Linda Reno. Original site is gone. Mirrors: Marriages 1638-1820. Migration from Maryland 1780-1820. Tract Map: 1705., says "bef. 1708".