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Honorable Matthew Clarkson
1733 - 1800 (67 years)-
Name Matthew Clarkson Title Honorable Birth 1733 New York City, New York 
Gender Male Death 5 Oct 1800 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Burial Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Notes - Matthew Clarkson was born in N.Y. C., went to Philadelphia 1743, where he died and is buried in Christ Church Burial Ground. He was a successful and wealthy Philadelphia merchant living in North Ward in 1756. In 1771-1773 he was a Justice of the Court of General Sessions and Courts of Common Pleas. Q.M. of Associators under Col. John Dickinson and served as Auditor of Accounts. In 1775-1776 he was selected by U.S. Congress to sign $7,000,000 of bills of credit and to oversee the printing of Continental bills, was 1st Marshal of Court of Admiralty for Pa., 1776-1780, one of the 1st Aldermen of Philadelphia, 1789, Commissioner of Bankruptcy for Pa. 1790, and Director of the Bank of the U.S., 1794. He was elected to the Continental Congress in 1785 but did not serve. While mayor of Philadelphia, 1792-1796, he did notable work during the yellow fever epidemic of 1793, when 4,041 people (10% of the population) died, and again in that of 1794. His will is dated Apr. 19, 1799. Mary Boude was born and died in Philadelphia. and is buried with her husband. Her father Thomas (ca. 1700-1781), was a son of Grimstone Boude (ca. 1661-1716), a wealthy merchant who migrated from England (Sic) to Perth Amboy, N. J. , then to Philadelphia. Her children were born in Philadelphia.
CLARKSON, Matthew, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in New York City in April 1733; moved to Philadelphia, Pa.; was justice of the court of common pleas, quarter sessions of the peace, and of the Philadelphia orphans' court in 1771 and 1772; elected to the Continental Congress in 1785, but did not serve; member of the board of aldermen in 1789; mayor of Philadelphia 1792-1796; died in Philadelphia, Pa., October 5, 1800; interment in Christ Church Burying Ground.
Person ID I52372 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 9 Nov 2024
Father Captain Matthew Clarkson, b. 1699, New York City, New York d. 4 Jun 1739, New York City, New York (Age 40 years) Mother Cornelia De Peyster, b. 12 Nov 1695, New York City, New York d. 25 May 1753, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (Age 57 years) Marriage 1718 Family ID F19098 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Boude, b. 14 Feb 1735, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania d. 27 Nov 1794, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (Age 59 years) Children + 1. Levinus Clarkson, b. 24 Aug 1762, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania d. 18 Jan 1812, Kent County, Maryland (Age 49 years)Family ID F19094 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Nov 2024
- Matthew Clarkson was born in N.Y. C., went to Philadelphia 1743, where he died and is buried in Christ Church Burial Ground. He was a successful and wealthy Philadelphia merchant living in North Ward in 1756. In 1771-1773 he was a Justice of the Court of General Sessions and Courts of Common Pleas. Q.M. of Associators under Col. John Dickinson and served as Auditor of Accounts. In 1775-1776 he was selected by U.S. Congress to sign $7,000,000 of bills of credit and to oversee the printing of Continental bills, was 1st Marshal of Court of Admiralty for Pa., 1776-1780, one of the 1st Aldermen of Philadelphia, 1789, Commissioner of Bankruptcy for Pa. 1790, and Director of the Bank of the U.S., 1794. He was elected to the Continental Congress in 1785 but did not serve. While mayor of Philadelphia, 1792-1796, he did notable work during the yellow fever epidemic of 1793, when 4,041 people (10% of the population) died, and again in that of 1794. His will is dated Apr. 19, 1799. Mary Boude was born and died in Philadelphia. and is buried with her husband. Her father Thomas (ca. 1700-1781), was a son of Grimstone Boude (ca. 1661-1716), a wealthy merchant who migrated from England (Sic) to Perth Amboy, N. J. , then to Philadelphia. Her children were born in Philadelphia.
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Birth - 1733 - New York City, New York 
Death - 5 Oct 1800 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 
Burial - - Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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