Brief Life History of Matthew
When Matthew Claghorn was born about 1735, in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Claghorn, was 44 and his mother, Susannah Gibbs, was 24. He married Jean Bartlett on 4 October 1759, in Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters.
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- Matthew Claghorn, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Mathew Claghorn, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Mathew Claghorn, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Cleghorn .
History: James Claghorn was shipped to New England in 1651 as a prisoner,having been one of the Scottish opponents of Oliver Cromwell. In 1662he is recorded as a freeman of Barnstable, MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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