Zebulon Clayton, , [John, Edmund, Henry] was born 27 November 1663 at Hall Bank-Rampside, Lancashire England. He was the son of John Clayton and Alice Myres.

Zebulon married Mary Hartshorne circa 1698. In October that year he filed his ear mark in the first town book of Middletown, New Jersey. The mark was a crop on the left ear and a slit right down the right which he stated was the same mark used by his father John Clayton. A month later his father-in-law drafted the rate for the poor at the public town meeting and Zebulon was one of the witnessing signers.

On March 25, 1701 Monmouth County was stirred by the accusation of piracy against Moses Butterworth who confessed that he had sailed with Captain Kidd from the East Indies to Boston. While in court Benjamin and Richard Borden attempted to rescue the prisoner and when arrested several persons in the court room assaulted the constable. Charges were brought against not only the Bordens but Gershom Mott and Zebulon Clayton stating that about 100 did traitorously seize the governor, the justices and the kings attorney and had kept them under guard.

Zebulon had purchased land in 1700 on the west side of Wakake Creek. In 1705 Zebulon of Middletowne, Monmouth County purchased 1230 acres of land from Representative Von Dam of New York and Thomas Boothe. At this writing the property is part of New Jersey’s Green Acres Program where Assanpink Lake now exists. The name is derived from the tribe of Indians named Assanpinks which were part of the Lenape Nation.

Joseph Robins purchased property from Zebulon which is mentioned in Joseph’s will in 1709. Daniel Robins later is shown with 810 acres that were part of the Assunpink/Assanpink Wildlife Management area. Robins Burial ground with approximately 200 early graves with few markings lays on that property. Robins also describes land bought from Zebulon laying on Horse Neck.

In 1722 Zebulon purchased land in Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey from William Biddle. He apparently was in partnership with brother Asher and Thomas Newbold because two years later the three of them sold John Brown 30 acres of the 200 originally purchased from Biddle.

Zebulon died prior to May 1744 when his will was probated in Upper Freehold, Monmouth County. In 1754 son Thomas acting as one of the executors sold 250 acres with permission of his mother and excepting out Mary’s portion of the estate. During his lifetime Zebulon Clayton had been a member of the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting and the Chesterfield Monthly Meeting in the Society of Friends.