CLAGHORN




James Claghorn, immigrant ancestor, was born in England, and came among the first settlers at Barnstable, Massachusetts. He was there as early as 1654, and took the oath of fidelity in 1657. He removed to Yarmouth in 1662. He married, Jan. 6, 1654, Abigail or Abia Lombard, said to be daughter of Barnard Lombard, but perhaps his sister. She died Oct., 1677.
Children, born at Barnstable:
1. James, Jan. 30, 1654.
2. Mary, Oct. 26, 1655.
3. Elizabeth, April, 1658.
4. Sarah, Jan. 3, 1659.
5. Robert, Oct. 27, 1661.
6. Shubael, mentioned below.

(II) Shubae;. son of James Claghorn, ws born about 1663, died before 1729. He married (first) Jane, daughter of John Lovell (second) Joan Bumpas, of Rohcester.
Children, born at Barnstable:
1. James, August, 1689.
2. Thankful, Jan. 30, 1690-91.
3. Thomas, March 20, 1692-93, mentioned below.
4. Shubael, Sept. 20, 1696.
5. Robert, July 18, 1699.
6. Benjamin, June 14, 1701.
7. Reuben, baptized April 28, 1706.
8. Mary, baptized August 3, 1707.
9. Jane, baptized July 31, 1709.
10. Ebenezer, July 30, 1712.

(III) Thomas, son of Shubael Claghorn, was born at Barnstable, March 20, 1691-93. He settled at Edgartown on Matha's Vineyard, and his brother James died there Jan. 18, 1749, aged sixty years, five months. Mercy, widow of James, daughter of Isaac and Ruth (Bayley) Norton, also died there.
Children:
1. Benjamin, mentioned below.
2. Sarah.
3. Susannah.
4. Thomas.
5. William.
6. Abiah.
7. Jane.
8. Abigail.
9. Mathew, baptized with the seven preceding Sept. 26, 1742, at Edgartown.
10. Lydia, baptized July 1, 1744.
11. John, baptized July 13, 1746.
12. Barnabas, baptized May 1, 1748; drowned with "brother Benjamin," June 9, 1759, aged twelve years.

(IV) Benjamin, son of Thomas Claghorn, was born May 28, 1732. He was a pilot and was lost at sea, June 9, 1759, with his brother, Barnabas, aged twelve, and his son, Samuel, the same age. According to the gravestone at Edgartown, he was thirty seven years old.
He married, Feb. 27, 1746, Catherine Blackwell, born Aug. 25, 1725.
Children:
1. Samuel, baptized at Edgartown, May 29, 1748; drowned 1759.
2. Mary.
3. Hannah, baptized May 5, 1751.
4. Joseph, mentioned below.

(V) Joseph, son of Benjamin Claghorn, was born at Edgartown, April 21, 1753, baptized there in 1755. He served from Edgartown in the revolution as seaman on the brigantine "Tyrannicide," Captain Allen Hallett, form Jan. 9, 1779 to April 30, 1780; also sailmaker's mate on the sloop "Providence," Captain John Peck Rathburn, and he received prize money from the sale of the vessel "Loyalty" and others. He was also a solider in Captain Benjamin Dillingham's company at Dartmouth, defending the coast in 1776. According to the first federal census in 1790, he had one son under sixteen and three females in his family. Thomas and Jane Claghorn were also heads of families at that time in Edgartown.
He died Oct. 19, 1805. He married, April 30, 1786, Anna Mendall, born May 19, 1755.
Children:
Samuel, mentioned below.
Hannah.
Others died young.

(VI) Samuel, son of Joseph Claghorn, was born March 5, 1787, died Oct. 22, 1840. He lied on Martha's Vineyard. He married Nov. 27, 1811, Philura Paine Spalding, born March 6, 1793, died July 4, 1846.
Children:
Augusta Matilda.
Rufus Spalding.
Joseph Samuel, mentioned below.
George Spalding.
Caroine Philura Spalding.
Ferdinand Columbus.
William Quimby.

(VII) Joseph Samuel, son of Samuel Claghorn, was born Jan. 22, 1818, died April 8, 1879. He married Sarah Campbell Hunter.
Children:
Anna Sturgis.
Rufus Samuel.
Joseph Spalding.
Augustus Wood.
Henry Clifford.
Philura Matilda.
William Hunter.
Sarah Campbell.
Caroline, born Oct. 30, 1864; married Dr. William Napier MacArtney, of Fort Covington, N.Y. (see MacArtney III).
Harriet Bassett.

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