Ancestry Hugh Leofine

Sometimes in our ancestry research we fined a surname runs out, usually, because a family has only daughters , usually only one. + they marry + in doing so the surname records disappear . A family of " Clayton's " in Caudebec , Normandie, France in the very early 900 ADs only surviving ancestral line from a ancestral line of " Clayton's " was an only daughter. Before her father would allow her to marry Her lover (" Hugh Leofine " ) he took a very unsual step and made permission a condition to marry his daughter. The groom must change + register his surname as " de Clayton " The to be groom did this. The " Leofine "sur name stopped and under the new " de Clayton " male , when the father inlaw died inherited with his wife the very wealthy ,large estate that the father inlaw had. From this marriage a eldest son was born named " Robert de Clayton " This was the beginning of the now , world wide " Clayton " as known to this present Day. " Robert de Clayton " died in 1100 AD in Shropshire , England . From this ancestral point on , the Clayton ancestry is recorded world wide. THey were a very wealthy family with more granted estates also given to them by " Norman " the conquerer for services rendered