Biography

09/15/1658 - 09/08/1700


CLAYPOOLE, John, a Clerk from Philadelphia County; born, September 15, 1658 in London, England; lawyer; elected, Chief Clerk, Pennsylvania Colonial Assembly (May 10, 1686-May 9, 1688); high sheriff, Philadelphia (1687-1690, 1693-1697); died, September 8, 1700 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Friends Arch Street Meeting House Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


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