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Note for: William Smythe, 1500 - 1559 Index
Individual note: William SMYTHE
[2658]
Abt 1500 - 1559/1560
BIRTH: Abt 1500, Hatfield,Stainforth,Yorkshire,England
DEATH: 1559/1560, Hatfield,Stainforth,Yorkshire,England
BURIAL: 2 MAY 1560, Our Lady of,Hartford,Church,Yorkshire
Family 1 :
+Mary SMYTHE (Abt 1544 - 1566)
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[2658] BURIAL: LANDERS.GED file Our Lady of Hartford Church; BFREEM.GED file Lady of hartfield Church, Stanforth in Parish of Hartfield, Co. York SOUR Chart No. 2787
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http://205.160.0.97/users/cfa1996/new_eng/D0005/G0000021.html#I13030 NEHGR: Oct 1970; pp 250-54. Other children (named in his will): Thomas, Francis, Richard, John, and (probably) Jenet [wife of John GRENE], Agnes [wife of John PARKE], Margaret [wife of Thomas SAILE]. Another son, Cuthbert, predeceased him. He had two wives, issue by both. His widow was Jenet
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Note for: Ann (Addis) Darte, 17 Mar 1627/1628 - 9 May 1709 Index
Individual note: Lucretia OLDHAM
[659]
Abt 1603 - 4 MAR 1678/1679
ID NUMBER: 641
BIRTH: Abt 1603, Derby,Lincolnshire,England
CHRISTENING: 14 JAN 1599/1600, All Saint's Par.,Derby,Lincolnshire,England
DEATH: 4 MAR 1678/1679, Preston,New London,Connecticut
BURIAL: Brewster Cem.,New London,Connecticut
Father: William OULDHAM (26 JUN 1568 - 26 JUN 1636)
Mother: Philippa SOWTER (6 JUL 1568 - Abt 1602)
Family 1 : Jonathan BREWSTER (12 AUG 1593 - 7 AUG 1659)
MARRIAGE: 10 APR 1624, Plymouth,Massachusetts
William BREWSTER (9 MAR 1625 - ____)
+Mary BREWSTER (16 APR 1627 - 1691)
Jonathan BREWSTER (17 JUL 1629 - ____)
Ruth BREWSTER (3 OCT 1631 - 1 MAY 1677)
+Benjamin BREWSTER (17 NOV 1633 - 14 SEP 1710)
+Elizabeth BREWSTER (1 MAY 1637 - FEB 1708)
Grace BREWSTER (1 NOV 1639 - 22 APR 1684)
Hannah BREWSTER (3 NOV 1641 - ____)
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[659] DEATH: place from Col. Gen. 4(2), Fall 1971
BIRTH: MACALGED.GED file
http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ gives d place Norwich, Conn.
http://205.160.0.97/users/cfa1996/new_eng/D0003/G0000043.html#I3738 b 14 JAN 1600
http://www.rootsweb.com/~gumby/cgi-bin/igmget.cgi/n=Oldham?I08828 gives b 14 Jan 1600/01 in All Saint's Parish, Derby, England, d 4 Mar 1677/78 in Norwich/Preston, New London Co., CT
Notes
Note for: Agnes Harsha, 1751 - 1823 Index
Individual note: Thomas McClaughry Jr. married Agnes Harsha, daughter of James Harsha and Esther Reid, on March 3rd, 1774. And in January of 1775, he and his wife moved into their own house and started a family.
McClaughry Biography Page I
Which is the correct spelling?
McClaughry... McClaury... McLaury... McLaurie...
All above are correct, and many more variations. Thomas' surname, when he settled in Salem, NY was "McClaughry". The 1913 book The Genealogy of the Mc Claughry Family, by Charles C. McClaughry1, claimed the name derives from Mac Chlach righ, "son of the King of the Stone" or "son of Kingstone". The book raises the idea that the name may have been a "hidden name" of the outlawed and hunted Clan MacGregor who traces their lineage to Alpin, King of Scots. The highland kings of Scotland were also named "King of the Stone" because they were coronated in Scone, seated on the "Stone of Destiny."
The Stone of Destiny is said to have been a fragment of the rock that Jacob rested his head upon at Bethel. Scota, daughter of Pharaoh of Egypt, feared the growing power of Moses and took the stone to Spain. From there, Simon Brech, son of Mino the Scot, took the stone to Ireland where it was used to choose the King. Fergus, the founder of the Scottish monarchy, took the stone to Scotland and in 840 A.D., Kennith II placed the stone in Scone, said to have been the location of the last battle against the Picts. It was encased in a coronation chair for the Scottish Kings.
The English King Edward invaded Scotland and issued "letters of fire and sword" against the Clan MacGregor. Fearing genocide, the heirs to the "King of the Stone" changed their names "into those which bore a hidden allusion to the ancient origin." Edward seized the Stone of Destiny and took it back to Westminster Abbey to be the symbol of England's monarchy for 700 years. In 1996, the stone was returned to it's home in Scotland.
In America, the family name began to take on many different spellings for various reasons. In the 1790 US census, NY, the family spelled the name "McClaughry" and aside from the curious spelling of "McClaura" in the 1820 Delaware County, NY census, remains a familiar name in New England today.
In my family line, however, the name changed it's spelling several times. Sometime around the time Robert Houston McLaury and family moved to Benton County, Iowa in 1855, his name had changed from "McClaughry" to "McClaury" as shown in the 1860 census. A large part of his family later changed the spelling again to "McLaury". According to one account: Ebenezer Rowland McClaury's (Thomas' g.g.granson & my g.g. grandfather) son William Rowland McLaury (l844-1914)*, a lawyer in Iowa, wrote "After the close of the Rebellion I found myself a federal ex-soldier, a wreck as to health & without money. I could see no sense or advantage in writing my name across an entire page so I wrote it McLaury instead of McClaughry. My father and half his children adopted the abbreviation."1
Later still as my branch of the family moved from Humbolt County, Iowa to Beltrami County, Minnesota, changed their name to "McLaurie". My Grandmother, Evelyn McLaurie Durham, told me it was an attempt made by the "grand matriarch of the family" to avoid the public spectacle that had come to surround Thomas' great, great grandsons, Frank and Tom, who were murdered at the "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" at the hands of the Earp / Holliday gang. Investigation places the honor of "grand matriarch" at the feet of Robert Houston McClaury's eldest daughter, Margaret Findley McLaurie Applegate (6.375), wife of a prominent lawyer in Tama County, Iowa. The Applegate Family genealogy webpage (see Margaret's information) lists her maiden name as "McLaurie"
* Ebenezer Rowland McLaury and William Rowland McLaury (1844-1914) were actually brothers. Robert Houston McClaughry (5.169) was their father.
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Roots of the McClaughry's of Cleghill
Thanks to the dedication of many family and friends of the McClaughry's through the years, quite a lot of history is known about the early American emigrants. Sufficient documentation establishes that Thomas' father was Matthew (1.1), a farmer in the county of Longford, Ireland. Beyond Matthew, however, the families line quickly fades into the dust of the past. Both genealogy books name Matthew's parents as:
William McClaughry (0.1)
Born: c.1632 in: Scotland?
Died: 12 March 1713 in Cleghill townland, Parish of Clongesh, Barony of Longford, County Longford, Ireland
Wife: Katherine Reid
Born: c. 1639?
Died: 1 March 1714 in Cleghill townland, Parish of Clongesh, Barony of Longford, County Longford, Ireland
The 1913 book bases this assumption on that William's grave is the oldest known McClaughry gravestone erected by his son, William Jr. (1.4) in Cleghill, Ireland. William died in 1713 at the age of 81, which would have made him about 33 when Matthew was born. He is buried at Clongish Parish Churchyard. The consensus of most of the researchers I’ve spoken to since I've begun this project casts doubt on this assumption based solely on this one piece of evidence. The reason I’ve added them to this site is the hope of rooting out documented proof to support or invalidate this theory. Please email me if you might have anything on William or Katherine.
Information on William McClaughry's (0.1) Children
* Matthew McClaughry (1.1) b. c.1665. d. c. 1729.
* John(?) McClaughry (1.2).
***** The only info at this time is that he did exist & he died in or around 1729.
* Andrew McClaughry (1.3).
***** The only info at this time is that he did exist & he died in or around 1729.
* William McClaughry Jr. (1.4). b. c.1671. d. 14 May 1743.
***** William erected his father's headstone, the oldest known marker in Cleghill bearing the McClaughry name. William Jr. (1.4) is buried at Old Temple Michael Burying Grounds County Longford, IRE.
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Matthew McClaughry (1.1)
Born: c.1665 in: Cleghill townland, Parish of Clongesh, Barony of Longford, County Longford, Ireland
Died: 12 March 1733 in: Cleghill townland, Parish of Clongesh, Barony of Longford, County Longford, Ireland
Wife: Margaret Parks
Born: c.1670
Died: after 1747 in: Cleghill townland, Parish of Clongesh, Barony of Longford, County Longford, Ireland
If things had gone right, Matthew would have gotten the star billing on my home page instead of his son Thomas. The first attempt of Matthew McClaughry’s family to come to America proved tragic.
Matthew was a grenadier (cavalryman) under the banner of King William, Prince of Orange and fought on the side of England in the battle of the Boyne on 10 July 1690.
He and his countrymen were rewarded for their patriotism with heavy taxes and an iron fist from their English overlords. To avoid the troubles of Ireland, Mathew’s father’s family moved back to their home in Scotland leaving him and his wife Margaret Parks fend for themselves. "Those were times to try men’s souls, and ere long gave rise to a very sad chapter in the history of our family. Through the tyranny and unjust legislation of England, these patriotic and loyal citizens who had suffered and shed blood for the King and Crown, were estranged from their loyalty and became England’s bitter foes, and despairing of justice from the government, these Scottish colonists abandoned the country and emigrated by thousands to America, and eventually became the most determined enemies of England in the war of the Revolution."2
Matthew and his family endured much hardship from their English rulers for over thirty years before they made the decision to leave there home in Longford, Ireland. On 9 May 1729, along with a total of 25 of his immediate family, Matthew joined the Clinton Colony headed by Charles Clinton aboard the George and Ann bound for Philadelphia.
As the George and Ann was sailing along the northeast coast of Ireland, Matthew, "on account of infirmities of age and ill health" (one account states he broke his leg) was forced to abandon the voyage. And on the 24th, was let off at Glen Ann, Ireland along with his wife, daughter Sarah (2.5) and youngest son, Thomas (2.4). Fortunately, Matthew recovered enough to make the journey back to his home in Longford where he bought back a part of his home from his brother-in-law, Matthew Parks where he resided until his death.
The rest of his children, Andrew (2.1), Matthew Jr. (2.3), Joseph (2.2), Phoebe (2.6), Margaret (2.7), Mary Ann (2.8) and Nellie (2.9), as well as 14 others of his immediate family continued on to America.
The George and Ann turned out to be a death ship. Beleaguered by continued head winds, wrought with epidemic and dwindling rations, the journey took almost six months. "The death of over 100 of their number, including 42 children, had meant almost daily burials at sea."5
With suspicions of piracy from the captain (some thought the voyage was intentionally being prolonged until everyone died and the captain could then claim the luggage and money) and mutiny from the crew, the desperate ship made landfall at Cape Cod, Mass. where the captain reneged on his contract to take them to Philadelphia and left them.
The remaining 90 survivors of the Clinton Colony were able to signal a passing trade ship piloted by Captain Lathrop who took them to Wreck Cove where they were taken to a refuge tavern for castaway seamen run by one Joe Stewart. They were then housed and cared for by the villagers throughout the winter. Many more died that winter, but in the spring, the Clinton Colony settled in Ulster Co. NY and thrived. Of the family of Matthew McClaughry, only Andrew (2.1) and a grandson Matthew McDowell (3.8) were to touch American soil. And Andrew died but a few days later. One account suggests that Phoebe McClaughry (2.6) may have also survived (although she was not listed on the ships passenger list) and married a Mr. Crawford. It goes on to say she was "mentally affected by the tragedy of the voyage."
Information on Matthew McClaughry's (1.1) Children
* Andrew McClaughry (2.1). b. ? d. 4 Oct. 1729 in Cape Cod, MA..
* Joseph McClaughry (2.2). b. ? d. 29 Sep. 1729 at sea, on the George & Ann.
* Matthew McClaughry (2.3). b. ? d. 29 Sep. 1729 at sea, on the George & Ann.
* Thomas McClaughry (2.4). b. c.1707. d. 21 Mar. 1793 in Salem, NY.
* Sarah McClaughry (2.5). b. ? d. ?
***** Sarah left the George & Ann with Thomas (2.4) and her ailing parents. Nothing else is known about her.
* Phoebe McClaughry McDowell (2.6). b. ? d. ? Husband #1: James McDowel, Husband #1: ? Crawford
***** Phoebe McClaughry (2.6) may have also survived the voyage, although she was not listed on the ships passenger list. Her first husband James McDowell did die at sea however. Story goes on to say Phoebe later married a Mr. Crawford but never fully recovered, that she was "mentally affected by the tragedy of the voyage."
* Margaret McClaughry (2.7). b. ? d. 29 Sep. 1729 at sea, on the George & Ann.
* Mary Ann McClaughry (2.8). b. ? d. 29 Sep. 1729 at sea, on the George & Ann.
* Nellie McClaughry (2.9). b. ? d. 29 Sep. 1729 at sea, on the George & Ann.
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Thomas McClaughry (2.4)
Born: c.1707 in: Cleghill townland, Parish of Clongesh, Barony of Longford, County Longford, Ireland
Died: 21 March 1793 in: Salem, Washington Co., NY
Parents: Matthew (1.1) and Margaret McClaughry
Wife: Margaret Swift
Born: c.1707 in: Ireland
Died: after 1747 in: Salem, Washington Co., NY
It 1 NOTE FLACK, Arthur Harold Of Claverack College (married 1882 Roberta Andrews of Hudson); Son of Alonzo of Claverack, born 1823, died 1885 (married 1852 Mary E. Johnson), graduate of Union College, principal of New York Conference Seminary at Charlotteville, New York, 1850-55, president of Claverack College, 1855-85; Son of James H. of Argyle, born 1790, died 1873 (married 1816 Jane Randle of Argyle);