Ann Clay Booth

Ann Clay Booth

Click on image to enlarge or for higher resolution	Title/Occupation	Wife, mother of 8
	Address	30 The Strand, 212 Delaware
	Artist
	Date painted	1820-1830
	Credit	Delaware Historical Society
	Married	James Booth Sr.
	Parents	Slater and Ann (Curtis) Clay
	Children	(8) Mary, George Clay, James, Ann, George, Elizabeth, William, Joseph

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Clay family genealogy Courtesy Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, Delaware The portrait above is of a 60-70 year old woman, and mother of eight children. But, she was once a young girl who grew up at 30 The Strand, and learned genteel skills from local teachers. Although we don't know who taught her needlework, she did complete a sampler at age 7. A page from the book "Wrought With Careful Hand" available here describes the sampler in greater detail.

Jim Meek
nc-chap.org 2014, 2015