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John Clayton (1656 or 1657 - 1725)

Clergyman and amateur botanist:
John Clayton conducted key observations of Virginia‘s flora and fauna while helping secure the Church of England‘s authority. The Oxford graduate and clergy member left England to become rector of Jamestown‘s James City Parish. Clayton, known for his scientific observations, took an interest in the natural world of Virginia and recorded his observations of numerous natural phenomena. ... Clayton returned to England in 1686 (Virginia Encyclopedia).
 Other biography: https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/clayton-john-1656-or-1657-1725/ Other Links: https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/clayton-john-1656-or-1657-1725/ - Virginia Encyclopedia entry Botanist
 Relevant locations: Birth place in Preston, Lancashire
Educated at Merton College, Oxford University
Lived at or near Jamestown, Virginia
 Linked print sources: as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - A Continuation of Mr. John Clayton’s Account of Virginia.
 References in Documents:
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 5. Rana CAROLINIANA maxima, voce Taurino. The American Bull Frog. This is that great Frog Mr Clayton mentions in the Philosoph. Transactions N. 210. p. 125 and which the Baron Lahontan in his Description of North America, p. 242. calls Lowing Frogs.
Selections from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (1665-1669) III. A Continuation of Mr. John Clayton’s Account of Virginia.