First Secretary Matthew Clarkson

Matthew married Catherine Van Schaick on 19 Jan 1692 in New York City, New York. Catherine was born in 1670 in Albany, Albany County, New York; died on 1 Jul 1702 in New York City, New York; was buried in Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, New York City, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Capt. Clarkson was baptized in Old Dutch Church, N.Y.C. and died in N.Y.C. His will was dated June 2, probated Aug. 28, 1739. He was a very successful merchant, owning ships, sloops and land in N. Y. and N. J. He was the "ruling elder" of the Dutch Church, N.Y.C. (Craine)

Cornelia DePeyster was doubtless born and first married in N.Y.C. and died in Philadelphia. She married Dr. Tennent in New Brunswick, N. J., and went with him and her five surviving children to Phila. She is the founder of the Clarkson family of Pennsylvania. She belonged to the DePeyster family, who were wealthy landholders in Flanders from the 12th century, having gone there originally from France. They were prominent in Holland and N.Y. She was a 1st cousin of Abraham DePeyster (1696-1767), whose daughter Elizabeth DePeyster married Matthew Clarkson (C5). Cornelia' s children were all born in N.Y.C. and baptized in the Dutch Church there.

Capt. Johannes DePeyster (1666-1711), son of Johannes (1626-ca. 1685), was born and died in N.Y.C. "Reputed the handsomest man of his times, he possessed marked accomplishments and popular manners and had superior abilities in both civic and military affairs." He was mayor of N.Y.C. 1698-1699 and Capt. of a troop of horses, N. Y. Reg., 1700-1702.

Anna Bancker (1670-1740) was born in N.Y.C. and married in Albany, N. Y. Her father, Gerrit Bancker (b. ca. 1635), born in Holland, came to America before 1655 and lived in Albany. He was an Indian trader and merchant and one of the original proprietors of Schenectady, N. Y., 1662. His will left to his wife, Elizabeth Dirkse VanEps (b. ca. 1644), all his property "whether situated in Albany, in Schenectady, in England, in Holland or at sea."

Gilbert Tennent was born in Ireland and died in Phila. Like his father and brothers, he was a noted reforming Presbyterian clergyman; he raised much money in England for the fledgling College of N. J. at Princeton, of which he was a founding trustee, 1746. His five children were all by his 3rd wife. (Craine)

bap. 1699 Apr 09; Matthew Clarkson, Catharina Van Schaik; Matthew; Charles Lodwick, Geertje Van Schaik, anders Draje

Matthew married Cornelia De Peyster in 1718. Cornelia (daughter of Captain Jonannes De Peyster and Anna Bancker) was born on 12 Nov 1695 in New York City, New York; died on 25 May 1753 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, East Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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.

Family/Spouse: Mary Boude. Mary (daughter of Thomas Boude and Sarah Newbold) was born on 14 Feb 1735 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; died on 27 Nov 1794 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah Ann Graves. Sarah was born in 1756 in Derbyshire, England; died after 1812. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Reverand James L. Swaney. James (son of James L. Swaney and Elizabeth Batto) was born on 26 Dec 1790 in Pennsylvania; died on 13 Oct 1855 in Fostoria, Hancock County, Ohio; was buried in Vickers Cemetery, Washington Twp, Hancock County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Margaret Clark on 7 Oct 1844 in Wood County, Ohio. Margaret (daughter of George Clark and Mary Johnson) was born on 24 Mar 1824 in Ohio; died on 2 Jun 1901; was buried in Vickers Cemetery, Washington Twp, Hancock County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1861; American Civil War (North)

Jennie married James Austin Mullen on 10 Apr 1871 in Hancock County, Ohio. James (son of James Mullen) was born in Sep 1850 in Ohio; died in 1902 in Montpelier, Williams County, Ohio; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Montpelier, Williams County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jennie married John David Hostetler on 27 Mar 1905 in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. John was born on 28 Jan 1873 in New Carlisle, St. Joseph County, Indiana; died on 9 Nov 1935 in Osceola, St. Joseph County, Indiana; was buried in Sauktown Cemetery, Michigan Twp, La Porte County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Alta Jane Dellinger on 29 Sep 1897 in Williams County, Ohio, and was divorced about 1910. Alta (daughter of John Albert Dellinger and Mary Matilda Kint) was born on 28 Sep 1880 in Superior Twp, Williams County, Ohio; died on 2 Jan 1946 in Williams County, Ohio; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Montpelier, Williams County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]