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Last name Claton
First name Jacob
Display name Jacob Claton
Birth date 1762
Death date 1843
Gender m
Affiliations Society of Friends, Muncy Friends meeting, Kennett Friends meeting
Bio notes Resided in Fishing Creek in 1796. Jacob Clayton was the son of Joshua and Hannah Clayton and was born in 1762. He married Hannah Miller at Kennett Meeting in 1784. Member of Muncy Monthly Meeting.

Mentioned in:

Journal of a Visit to the Seneca Indians, 1796, by James Cooper of Woodbury, N.J.

Joshua Sharpless' Journal [Visit to Upper Canada and Parts Adjacent], 1797