CLARKSON Family Genealogy: Research Page

Some research regarding
Philip Clarkson and Sarah Powelson

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Chronology of CLARKSONs in
early Sommerset Co., New Jersey

Philip CLARKSON
and his descendants

Geography: Towns and Townships
in Somerset Co., NJ

James CLARKSON of Scotland
& descendants in Woodbridge,
Middlesex Co., NJ

New Jersey Records I have searched

Links to other sites

 

Chronology of early CLARKSONs in Somerset & Middlesex Counties, New Jersey

In an attempt to locate Philip's parents and other family I began a search of early records of Sommerset County, New Jersey. If you have references to any other CLARKSONs in County records or if you can identify any of the following with further references, please let me know. The more info we can put together the better our understanding will be.
Date
Information
Reference
1740/41

Matthew & David CLARKSON wholesalers in Pluckemin [Pluckemin is one of the villages that comprise Bedminster Township today], Sommerset Co., NJ.

 Janeway Store account books in Pluckemin, NJ (according to Judy CLARKSON e-mail 14 Aug 1997)
February 9, 1741 Cornelia Clarkson married Gilbert Tennent, Sommerset Co., NJ. Ref?
January 28, 1846 Eliza Clarkson married William Richardson, Sommerset Co., NJ. Ref?
1749 Mention of Mr. Clarkson's Tavern, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., NJ. [New Brunswick is on the Raritan River downstream from Somerville, across the Somerset county border in Middlesex County.]

Somerset County Historical Quarterly, Vol. 3, p.11. The old Taverns of New Brunswick.

after 1775 Levinus CLARKSON (1740-1798) [s/o David] lived a number of years in New Brunswick [New Brunswick is on the Raritan River downstream from Somerville, across the Somerset county border in Middlesex County.] Genealogies of New Jersey Families, From the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Vol.2, p.907-8
April 1779 "...thence northeast to the line of David CLARKSON on the bank of Raritan." Somerset County Historical Quarterly, Vol. 1, p.179, describing land marks of Gov. W. Paterson in April 1779.
1780 David CLARKSON, Hillsborough Twp. May Tax  
March 17, 1782

Philip F. CLARKSON born March 17, 1782

[Where was Philip Born? Possibly Somerset or Middlesex Co., NJ or even New York. On the 1880 census Philip's son David said his father was born in England. Did his other sons say their father was born in NY? It has been generally assumed (because of Philip's Dutch name, his marriage to a Dutch family and the baptisms of his children at the First Reformed Dutch Church) that he is likely a descendant of Matthew CLARKSON who came from England in the 17th century. If so, Philip was likely born in NY or perhaps NJ. Hopefully future documentation will clear this up.]

Date: Clarkson Family Bible, The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ…., Pub. By Daniel D. Smith, 1827. Owned by George Sawyer,...; originally owned by Abraham & Matilda Clarkson

Mrs. Doris Daniels [descendant of Philip’s son Peter Phineas Clarkson and Clarkson researcher] thought that Philip’s middle initial ‘F’ may be for ‘French’ or ‘Freeman’ [reference or guess?]. Also that Philip may have been the son of a David Clarkson and that the family originally came from Yorkshire, England.
1786 Freeman CLARKSON, Bridgewater Twp. Sept. Tax  
1790 [don't have info at hand] U.S. Federal Census: Somerset Co., NJ
1791

Sarah POWELSON was born on June 21, 1791. Daughter of Cornelius Sebring and Femmette Sebring. Future wife of Philip F. Clarkson.

Presumably in Somerset Co., NJ but I have seen no reference.

"The Sarah Powelson ancestry is clearly enough stated by Mr. John A. Powelson, of Pluckemin, in an article in the work on "The Van Doorn Family," p. 718. She was the daughter of Johannes Powelson and Harmpje Messler, first of near Harlingen, and then of near Pluckemin. Johannes was the son of Jacob Hendrick Powelson, first of Long Island and then of Somerset county. Jacob's father was, doubtless, a Hendrick, whose father was believed to be Nicholas, the emigrant, who arrived in 1657 from Ditmarsen, Holland. Of the Clarkson family we have no information. The Messler (originally Metzelaer) family descends from Jan Adamsen Metzelaer, of Worms, Germany, born in 1626, and the descent of Harmpje is fully traced on pp. 624 and 674 of "Joannes Nevius and His Descendants," published in 1900 -- EDITOR QUARTERLY". (Somerset County Historical Quarterly, 1912, Vol. 1, p.158)
[Note: Johannes Powelson and Harmpje Messler are Sarah’s grandparents, not parents as the article above believes.]
1792 Samuel CLARKSON, E. Precinct Aug. Tax Database: NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822
1793 Able Clarkson, p.232, Middlesex Co., Woodbridge Twp., 25yrs
James Clarkson, p.215, Middlesex Co., Woodbridge Twp., 19yrs
Jeremiah Clarkson, P.217, Middlesex Co., Piscataway
Samuel Clarkson, p.394, Somerset Co., Eastern Precinct 		New Jersey in 1793 [reference? Tax List?]
1794 James CLARKSON, Bridgewater Twp. Sept. Tax Database: NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822
1800 [don't have info at hand] U.S. Federal Census:
September
1808 		Philip F. CLARKSON, Bridgewater Twp. Tax Name:  Philip F. Clarkson
State:  NJ
County: Somerset County
Township: Bridgewater Township tx
Year: 1808
Record Type: September Tax List
Page:  003
Database: NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822
1808 Robert CLARKSON, Bridgewater Twp. Tax Database: NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822
1810 [don't have info at hand] U.S. Federal Census:
November 20, 1813

Marriage: CLARKSON, Philip and Sarah POWELSON, Nov 20, 1813 (Boggs). First Reformed Dutch Church, Somerville, Somerset Co., NJ.

Their son Abraham's Bible records their marriage as November 20 as does Somerset Quarterly, Somerset County Marriages--1795-1879, Vol 2. p.53, 1913.
January 22, 1815 Birth of Abraham P. Clarkson, son of Philip F. Clarkson and Sarah Powelson. Probably at/near Somerville, Somerset Co., NJ. Date: Clarkson Family Bible, The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ…., Pub. By Daniel D. Smith, 1827. Owned by George Sawyer,...; originally owned by Abraham & Matilda Clarkson
June 4, 1815 Baptism of Abraham CLARKSON. Son of Philip CLARKSON (Unbap.) and Sarah Powelson. At First Reformed Dutch Church, Raritan (Somerville). Somerset County Historical Quarterly, Vol.5, p.148, First Reformed Church, Raritan (Somerville) Baptisms
October 6, 1815
 Rachel CLARKSON [d/o John CLARKSON/Margaret ?] chr. Bound Brook Presbyterian Church. IGI?
March 13, 1817

Birth of David Clarkson, son of Philip F. Clarkson and Sarah Powelson. Probably at/near Somerville, Somerset Co., NJ.

 Date: Clarkson Family Bible, The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ…., Pub. By Daniel D. Smith, 1827. Owned by George Sawyer,...; originally owned by Abraham & Matilda Clarkson
June 1, 1817 Baptism of David CLARKSON. Son of P. CLARKSON (Unbap.) and Sarah Powelson. At First Reformed Dutch Church, Raritan (Somerville). Somerset County Historical Quarterly, Vol.5, p.150, First Reformed Church, Raritan (Somerville) Baptisms
July 19, 1818

Marriage: CLARKSON, William and Susan Giles, July 19, 1818

 Somerset County Historical Quarterly, Vol. 2, p.53 -- Somerset County Marriages 1795-1879 Recorded in Clerk’s Office - Letter C.
April 7, 1819 Isaac Voorer (Voorhees) Clarkson, son of Philip F. Clarkson and Sarah Powelsonborn. Probably at/near Somerville, Somerset Co., NJ. Date: Clarkson Family Bible, The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ…., Pub. By Daniel D. Smith, 1827. Owned by George Sawyer,...; originally owned by Abraham & Matilda Clarkson
June 5, 1819 Baptism of Isaac Voorhees CLARKSON. Son of Phillip CLARKSON (Unbap.) and Sarah Powelson. At First Reformed Dutch Church, Raritan (Somerville). Somerset County Historical Quarterly, Vol.5, p.229, First Reformed Church, Raritan (Somerville) Baptisms
c.1820 Philip F. CLARKSON removed with his family to Ovid, Seneca Co., NY After baptism of son Isaac on April 7, 1819 and before birth of son Peter on September 22, 1821.
1820 [don't have info at hand] U.S. Federal Census:
September 22, 1821 Peter Phineas Clarkson, son of Philip F. Clarkson and Sarah Powelson born at Ovid, Seneca Co., NY Date: Clarkson Family Bible, The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ…., Pub. By Daniel D. Smith, 1827. Owned by George Sawyer,...; originally owned by Abraham & Matilda Clarkson
1839 Will of Daniel CLARKSON Index to New Jersey Wills 1689-1890, p.02678 [this is the only CLARKSON Will listed in Somerset Co. in this index]
1840 [don't have info at hand] U.S. Federal Census:
August 28, 1841

Marriage: CLARKSON, Alexander and Eliza Adams, Aug. 28, 1841 (Beegle).

 Somerset County Historical Quarterly, Vol. 2, p.53 -- Somerset County Marriages 1795-1879 Recorded in Clerk’s Office - Letter C.

 

Geography: Some Towns, Townships and Rivers of Somerset County, New Jersey

Somerset County is located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was created on May 14, 1688, from portions of Middlesex County. Somerset County is one of America's oldest counties. The area was first settled in 1681, in the vicinity of Bound Brook, and the county was established by charter on May 22, 1688. Most of the early residents were Dutch. General George Washington and his troops marched through the county on several occasions and slept in many of the homes located throughout the area.
Bridgewater Township is a township in Somerset County, New Jersey. It was originally created by Royal Charter on April 4, 1749 from portions of the Northern precinct, and was incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. During the nineteenth century, portions of the township were taken to form Warren Township (March 5, 1806), Branchburg Township (April 5, 1845), Somerville (March 25, 1863), Raritan (April 3, 1868) and Bound Brook (March 24, 1869).
Raritan Town was originally carved out as a subdivision within Bridgewater Township by act of the New Jersey Legislature in 1868. After a series of bitter lawsuits between Raritan and Bridgewater in the 1930s and 1940s, the Legislature allowed Raritan to become an independent Borough in 1948.

Somerville is a borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. It was originally formed as a Town on March 25, 1863, within a portion of Bridgewater Township. Somerville was created by incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 16, 1909 and fully set off from Bridgewater Township.
    Somerville was settled in colonial times primarily by the Dutch who purchased land from the English proprietors of the colony. The Dutch established their church near what is today Somerville and a Dutch Reformed minister or Domine lived at the Old Dutch Parsonage from about 1754. The early village grew up around a church, courthouse and a tavern built at a crossroads shortly after the American Revolution. No one knows who gave Somerville its name, but it was known by this name by about 1800. Somerville was originally a sparsely populated farming community, but rapidly grew after the completion of the railroad in the 1840s and development of water power along the Raritan River in the 1850s. Early industry included brick making from the plentiful red clay and shale on which Somerville is built.
    The Old Dutch Parsonage is a historical house at 38 Washington Place in Somerville, New Jersey. It was the home of the first ministers of the first Dutch Reformed Church and was built with the pooled funds from the congregations in Somerville, New Jersey, and Raritan, New Jersey, in 1751. The first occupant was Reverend John Frelinghuysen (1727-1754), After Frelinghuysen died in 1754, the house was occupied by his widow, Dinah, and their two children, plus several men studying for Seminary. One of them was Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh, who would be the next occupant of the house as he replaced Frelinghuysen as minister. Hardenbergh also married Frelinghuysen's widow in 1756. Photo

The Raritan River is a major river of central New Jersey in the United States. Its watershed drains much of the mountainous area of the central part of the state, emptying into the Raritan Bay on the Atlantic Ocean.

The river forms at the confluence of the North and South Branches just west of Somerville (technically, at the border of Bridgewater, Branchburg and Hillsborough Townships.) It flows for approximately 16 mi (25.7 km) before slowing in tidewater at New Brunswick, and its estuary extends 14 mi (22.5 km) more entering the western end of Raritan Bay at South Amboy.
The river has served an important water transportation route since the days of the Lenape Native Americans. The name itself comes from an Algonquian word meaning "stream overflows." The name is also applied to the Raritan people, an Algonquian tribe that inhabited Staten Island, near the river's mouth. In colonial days, the river allowed the development of early industry around New Brunswick, as well as the transportation of agricultural materials from central New Jersey. During the American Revolutionary War, the river provided a means for troop conveyance. The construction of the Delaware and Raritan Canal along the right bank of the river provided a critical link between New York City and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the Delaware River.
Hillsborough Township is a Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. It was originally created by Royal Charter on September 12, 1771, from portions of Western precinct. It was incorporated as one of New Jersey's original 104 townships by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township were taken to form Millstone (May 14, 1894) and Manville (April 1, 1929)
Bedminster Township is a Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. It was created by Royal Charter on April 4, 1749, from portions of the Northern precinct. It was formally incorporated by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township were taken on March 28, 1912, to form Peapack-Gladstone.

The historic village of Pluckemin, New Jersey was settled in the early 1700s and played a significant role during the Revolutionary War.   Pluckemin is one of the villages that comprise Bedminster Township in Somerset County.  (The main street of Pluckemin is Route 202-206, and can be reached from exit 22 and 22A off of Interstate 287).

New Brunswick, also known as "the Healthcare City"[5] or "Hub City",[6] is a city and the county seat of the County of Middlesex, New Jersey, USA. It is 31 miles (50 km) southwest of New York City on the southern bank of the Raritan River about fifteen miles (24 km) from its mouth. The 2006 Census Bureau population estimate of New Brunswick was 50,172.

New Brunswick was formed by Royal Charter on December 30, 1730, within other townships in Middlesex County and Somerset County and was reformed by Royal Charter with the same boundaries on February 12, 1763, at which time it was divided into north and south wards. New Brunswick was incorporated as a city by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on September 1, 1784.

New Jersey Records I have searched

1790 U.S. Federal Census: Somerset County, NJ
1800 U.S. Federal Census:
1810 U.S. Federal Census:
1820 U.S. Federal Census:
New Jersey in 1793 [reference? Tax List?]
Able Clarkson, p.232, Middlesex Co., Woodbridge Twp., 25yrs
James Clarkson, p.215, Middlesex Co., Woodbridge Twp., 19yrs
Jeremiah Clarkson, P.217, Middlesex Co., Piscataway
Samuel Clarkson, p.394, Somerset Co., Eastern Precinct
NJ Tax Records  Database: NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822
Daivd Clarkson, Hillsborough Twp., Somerset Co., May Tx 1780
Freeman Clarkson, Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., Sept. Tx 1786
Samuel Clarkson, E. Precinct, Somerset Co., Aug. Tx 1792
James Clarkson, Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., Sept. Tx 1794
Philip F. Clarkson, Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., 1808
Robert Clarkson, Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., Tx 1808
Somerset County Historical Quarterly

         Vol. 1, p.158, year 1912 – Enquiry from Lucius Herbert Clarkson
   “[8]. CLARKSON.—“My father, David Clarkson, was a son of Philip Clarkson, b. Mar. 17, 1782; d. Aug. 5, 1830.  He seems to have lived in New Jersey at one time, as he married Sarah Powelson (dau. of Abraham Powelson and Lamache Messler) on Nov. 20, 1813, and they had four sons born at Pluckemin. Philip marrid, for his second wife, Jane Sebring, dau. of John I. Sebring.  They had three children.  I believe a Garret Van Doren, of Lodi, N.Y., married Ariana Sebring for his first, and Jane Sebring Clarkson for his second wife. I desire information concerning the ancestry of Sarah Powelson and Philip Clarkson.  Who were the parents of Philip Clarkson?  I believe he was a descendant of Matthew Clarkson of Colonial times.                   L.H.C.”
   [The Sarah Powelson ancestry is clearly enough stated by Mr. John A. Powelson, of Pluckemin, in an artickle in the work on "The Van Doorn Family," p. 718.  She was the daughter of Johannes Powelson and Harmpje Messler, first of near Harlingen, and then of near Pluckemin.  Johannes was the son of Jacob Hendrick Powelson, first of Long Island and then of Somerset county.  Jacob's father was, doubtless, a Hendrick whose father was believed to be Nicholas, the emigrant, who arrived 1657 from Ditmarsen, Holland.  Of the Clarksson family we have no information.  The Messler (originally Metzelaer) family descends from Jan Adamsen Metzelaer, of Worms, Germany, born in 1626, and the descent to Harmpje is fully traced on pp. 624 and 674 of "Joannes Nevius and His Descendants," published in 1900-EDITOR QUARTERLY].

         Vol. 1, p.179 -- Describes land marks of Gov. W. Paterson in April 1779: “…thence northeast to the line of David Clarkson on the bank of the Raritan”.

         Vol. 2, p.53 -- Somerset County Marriages 1795-1879 Recorded in Clerk’s Office - Letter C.
                  CLARKSON, Alexander and Eliza Adams, Aug. 28, 1841 (Beegle).
                  CLARKSON, Philip and Sarah POWELSON, Nov 20, 1813 (Boggs).
                  CLARKSON, William and Susan Giles, July 19, 1818 (Boggs).

         Vol. 2, p.236, 1913 – [36]. CLARKSON-SEBRING (8).—“I notice in the Quarterly (Vol. 1, page 158), an inquiry by ‘L. H. C.’ in regard to the wife of Philip Clarkson, in which he states that Clarkson married, as his second wife, Jane Sebring, daughter of John I. Sebring, and that after his death she was the second wife of Garret Van Doren, of Lodi, N. Y. I have before me a copy from his Bible of the family record of John I. Sebring, formerly of Pluckemin, and later a much-respected citizen of Ovid, N. Y., one of the founders and for many years an elder of the Reformed Church of Lodi.  From this record I learn that his daughter, Jane, married, not Philip Clarkson, but James Brooks, of Ovid, and that Garret Van Doren married, as his second wife, the widow of Philip Clarkson, who had a son named Sebring Clarkson, but she was not a daughter of John I. Sebring, as “L. H. C.” supposes.”    M.S.
   [By reference to the “Van Doorn Family” Genealogy, p. 282, it will be observed that it says the second wife of Garret Van Doren was “Jane Clarkson, widow,” and that he married her July 27, 1834.—Editor Quarterly.]       

         Vol.3, p.11 -- The Old Taverns of New Brunswick. Mentions “Mr. Clarkson’s” by this name and the time frame is Colonial.

         Vol.5, p.148 – First Reformed Church, Raritan (Somerville) Baptisms
                  1815 – June 4 – CLARKSON, Philip (unbap.) and Sarah POWELSON – Abraham.

         Vol.5, p.150 – 1817 – June 1 – CLARKSON, P. (unbap.) and Sarah Powelson -- Davie

         Vol.5, p.229 – 1819 – June 5 – CLARKSON, Phillip (unbap.) and Sarah Powelson – Isaac Voorhees.

Index of New Jersey Wills 1689-1890 [ref?]
        Clarkson, Daniel -- Somerset Co., p.02678 Will 1839 [only Clarkson listed in Somerset Co., many others in other counties.]
Last Will and Testament of Abraham Powelson, Jan. 23, 1808 Bedminster Twp., Somerville, NJ. Executed June 3, 1809.
Names wife Lamachy, 8 children -- John, Mary, Abraham, Cornelius, Sarah, Peter, Laney & Ann.
Genealogies of New Jersey Families From the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Vol.II, A genealogical Dictionary of NJ Bible records and other family Records selected and introduced by Joseph R. Klett (I don't know the year), Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.

--No info on Philip Clarkson. Contains info on a David Clarkson (1694-1751) and desc.; Clarkson Bible Records – Desc. Of Randolph Clarkson b.1759; Clarkson-Codington-Gilmand Bible – desc. Of James Clarkson or Clerkson of Carstairs and Linlithgow, Scotland and Woodbridge, NJ…

1 David CLARKSON
Birth:      1694[1]
Death:      1751[1]
Notes: Biography given in The Clarksons of New York (1875-76), Vol. I, pp. 143-75.  Six of the seven children were babtized at the Dutch church in New York.
Spouse:      Ann Margaret FREEMAN
Children:               Freeman (1724-)
                              David (1726-1782)
                              Matthew (1728-)
                              Streatfield (1731-)
                              Matthew (1732-)
                              Levinus (1737-)
                              Levinus (1740-)

1.1 Freeman CLARKSON
Birth:      24 Dec 1724[1]

1.2 David CLARKSON
Birth:      3 Jun 1726[1]
Death:      14 Nov 1782[1]

1.3 Matthew CLARKSON
Birth:      20 Sep 1728[1]

1.4 Streatfield CLARKSON
Birth:      4 Nov 1731[1]

1.5 Matthew CLARKSON
Birth:      12 Mar 1732[1]

1.7 Levinus CLARKSON
Birth:      28 Jul 1737[1]

1.8 Levinus CLARKSON
Birth:      8 Oct 1740[1]
Death:      1798, Jamaica, Long Island, NY[1]
“continued to reside with David [his brother] until 1761, when he made a trip to Europe,” returning the following year and marrying not long after ([2], pp.197-98). First living, apparently, in New York and Flatbush (note chldren’s birthplaces, below), he established himself in 1772 as a commission merchant in South Carolina, but came north again after about three years.([2], p. 269). He then lived for a number of years in New Brunswick, N.J., occupying a house on what was later called Livingston Avenue. He died at Jamaica, L.I., and was buried in the Flatbush cemetery.
Spouse:      Mary Van Horn
Birth:      19 Nov 1747[1]
Death:      4 Jan 1781[1]
Marriage:      21 Feb 1763[1]

Children:               Samuel (1764-)
                              David (1764-)
                              Maria Ann (1769-1773)
                              Charles (1771-)
                              Eliza (1772-1777)
                              Kimble (1774-)
                              Maria (1776-)
                              Henrietta (1777-)
                              Cornelia Ann (1778-)
                              William Sheriff (1780-)

1.8.1 Samuel CLARKSON
Birth:      1 Jan 1764, NY[1]

1.8.2 David CLARKSON
Birth:      11 Dec 1764, NY[1]

1.8.3 Maria Ann CLARKSON
Birth:      22 Oct 1769, NY[1]
Death:      10 Nov 1773, at Sea[1]

1.8.4 Charles CLARKSON
Birth:      19 Jul 1771, Flat Bush[1]

1.8.5 Eliza CLARKSON
Birth:      2 Aug 1772, Flat Bush[1]
Death:      20 May 1777, New Brunswick, NJ[1]

1.8.6 Kimble CLARKSON
Birth:      6 Sep 1774, Charlestown, SC[1]

1.8.7 Maria CLARKSON
Birth:      15 Jan 1776, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., NJ[1]

1.8.8 Henrietta CLARKSON
Birth:      22 Mar 1777, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., NJ[1]

1.8.9 Cornelia Ann CLARKSON
Birth:      22 Nov 1778, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., NJ[1]

1.8.10 William Sheriff CLARKSON
Birth:      23 Nov 1780, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., NJ[1]

Sources
1. Genealogies of New Jersey Families, from Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Intro by Joseph R. Klett, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Volume II.
2. Clarksons of New York (1875-76), Vol. I.

Descendants of James CLARKSON of Scotland whose descendants lived in Woodbridge, NJ
[I don't think these CLARKSONs are related to our Philip but as they lived nearby so I will include them here]

JAMES CLARKSON (Clerkson) b. prob. between 1630-1640 parish of Carstairs, Co. Lanark, Scotland; m. c. 1662 Agnes Collen
I. John CLARKSON b. 1663

  1. James CLARKSON
  2. John CLARKSON
  3. Andrew CLARKSON
  4. dau. CLARKSON
  5. dau. CLARKSON

II. Aram CLARKSON b. Linlithgow Dec. 28, 1664

III. James CLARKSON bapt. Linlithgow Nov. 8, 1666; d. Woodbridge, NJ 1729

  1. James CLARKSON b. Woodbridge 1687/8
    • a. Agnes CLARKSON b. 1708
    • b. Margaret CLARKSON b. 1711
    • c. John CLARKSON b. 1713/14
    • d. Sarah CLARKSON b. 1717
  2. John CLARKSON b. Woodbridge c.1690
    • a. Catherine CLARKSON b. c.1715
    • b. James CLARKSON b. c. 1718
    • C. Christian CLARKSON b. c. 1722-3
    • d. Susannah CLARKSON b. c. 1727
    • e.Experience CLARKSON b. 1731
    • f. Mary CLARKSON b. c. 1733
    • g. Robert CLARKSON b. c.1735
  3. Robert CLARKSON b. Woodbridge c. 1694
    • No Issue
  4. Agnes CLARKSON b. Woodbridge c.1700

IV. Andrew CLARKSON bapt. Linlithgow May 24, 1668

Clarkson Family Bible, The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ…., Pub. By Daniel D. Smith, 1827. Owned by George Sawyer, 12 3rd. St., Canisteo, NY 14823; originally owned by Abraham & Matilda Clarkson:
BIRTHS
MARRIAGES
DEATHS
Philip Clarkson was
born 1782 March the 17
Philip Clarkson was
Married to Sarah Powelson
November the 20 1813
Sarah Clarkson
Departed this life March
the 12 1824 in the 34
year of her Age
Sarah Clarkson was
born 1791 June the 21
Philip Clarkson was
Married to Jane Sebring
December the 25 - 1824
Cornelius Clarkson
Departed this life
July the 27 1829
Age 3 years and 6 Monts
And 27 Days
Jane Seabring was
born 1792 May the 4
Etc.
Philip Clarkson
Departed this life
the 5 - of augus 1830
in the 48 year of his age
Abraham Clarkson was
born 1815 January the 22
Jane Clarkson departed
this life November
the 25 1842
Aged 51 ye... months
and 25 days
David Clarkson was
born 1817 March the 13
Etc.
Isaack Voorer Clarkson
was born 1819 April the 7
Peter Clarkson was born
1821 September th 22
Corneleus Clarkson was
born 1826 January the 1
Sarah Clarkson was born
1827 November the 1

Folkerd S. Clarkson
was born July
the 14=1830
[etc…]
Clarkson Family History, by Judith Clarkson Wood, Unpublished, Mailed to various family members January 1969
   "Philip Clarkson was born March 17, 1782. On November 22, 1813 he married Sarah Powelson. She is believed to have come from New Jersey. Sarah was born June 21, 1791.
   They had four sons...."

New York Records I have searched

1790 U.S. Federal Census: New York

Name Males Over 16 Males under 16 Females Other Slaves
David M. Clarkson 1 0 5 0 0
Elizabeth Clarkson 4 1 4 0 0
Joshua Clarkson 1 1 2 0 0
1800 U.S. Federal Census: New York
David M. Clarkson, 103B:3, New York County
Joshua Clarkson, 012:1, Dutchess County
Mathew Clarkson, 16B:3, New York County
Mathew Clarkson, 26A:3, New York County
Statfield Clarkson, 20B:3, New York County
Truman Clarkson, 51B:3, New York County
1810 U.S. Federal Census:
1820 U.S. Federal Census:
The Philip F. Clarkson family moved from New Jersey to New York settling in Seneca County at Ovid about 1820. I do not know of any land records of Philip owning land in Seneca County.
Marriage Records 1838-1884, From First Reformed Dutch Church, Ovid, NY, Copied by Mrs. Cameron F. MacRae III, Mt. Clemens, Mic.

Summer 1962, Vol.25, p.159
  --Garret Van Doren to Mrs. Jane Clarkson; J.S. Sebring & Jariah Van Dorn witnesses.

Fall 1963, Vol.27, p.29
  --4 May 1842, Abraham P. Clarkson to Matilda Tuttle; Newll, Abm. Wyckoff witnesses

Summer 1965, vol.28, p.168
  --Name: Sarah; Parents: Philip Clarkson & Jane Sebring, Born Nov. 1, 1827, Bapt. Jan 20, 1828

Some Cemeteries of the Between The Lakes Country (Portions of Seneca, Schuyler, and Tompkins Counties, N.Y.), collected by Jessie Howell Finch and others, published under the sponsorship of The Chief Taughannoch Chapter, D.A.R., Trumansburg, N.Y., Vol. 1, printed by the Interlaken Review, 1974
SEBRING COLLECTIONS…..1975
Estate of Philip Clarkson, Seneca County Courthouse, Waterloo, NY
Estate of Sarah Clarkson, Seneca County Courthouse, Waterloo, NY
Estate of Cornelius Sebring, Book of Wills A, p.7-9, Seneca County Courthouse, Waterloo, NY

PHOTO: Philip's Grave Marker at McNeil Cemetery in Ovid, NY says he d. 5 Aug 1830 aged 47 years, 7 months, 12 days.

If correct that would mean that he was born 24 Dec 1782 however his son Abraham recorded Philip's birth as 17 Mar 1782 in his family Bible.

Philip's son David listed his father's birth as "England" on the 1880 Wayne Co., MI Census. It has been generally assumed (because of Philip's Dutch name, his marriage to a Dutch family and the baptisms of his children at the 1st Reformed Dutch Church) that he is likely a descendant of Matthew CLARKSON who came from England in the 17th century. If this is so, Philip was likely born in NY or perhaps NJ. Hopefully future documentation will clear this up.

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