Re: Phineas Sargent Claflin ancestors
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Phineas Sargent Claflin ancestors
1/17/99
I am from the line of Phineas Sargent Claflin.He was born at Warren, Vermont, on September 24,1816, the son of James Claflin and Betty (nee Stone) Sargent. Her first husband was Phineas Sargent.
Phineas Sargent Claflin married Harriet Lovinia Porter at Warren on February 09, 1840. She was born in Warren October 19, 1820. Soon after his marriage he moved to Canada.After many years' residence there he moved to Wisconsin.He died at Mauston, Wisconsin on December 09, 1864.Harriet Lovinia died at Mauston January 11, 1885.
James Claflin, father of James Claflin was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts on May 06, 1746.He married Mary Amsden at Petersham, Mass., June 11, 1767.Mary was born 1749.James served in the Revolutionary War as a drummer.He was one of the first settlers of Hancock, Vermont, to which place he moved in 1788.Mary died in Hancock on June 17, 1804.James died there subsquent to 1814.
Robert Claflin, father of James was born at Wenham, Mass., on August 16, 1714.He married Elizabeth Jeffords at Hopkinton, Mass., on October 28, 1734.From Hopkinton, he moved to Westboro, Mass., and from thence to Brookfield, Mass., where he died about 1760.
Daniel, father of Robert Claflin was born at Wenham, Mass., on January 25, 1674.He married Sarah Edwards at Wenham on March 11, 1701.He was a tanner and lived in his native town until 1722.He then moved to Hopkinton Mass.Sarah died in Hopkinton on January 08, 1743.He died in Framingham, Mass. in 1775.
Robert (MacLachlan) Claflin, father of Daniel, was born in Scotland abt 1639.He married Joanna Warner on October 14, 1664.Joanna died prior to her husband's death.Robert died prior to Sept. 19, 1690, at which date an inventory of his estate was filed by Thomas Fisk who was the administrator of his will.
The line therefore goes:
(6) Phineas Sargent Claflin
(5) James Claflin
(4) James Claflin
(3) Robert Claflin
(2) Daniel Claflin
(1) Robert (MacLachlan)Claflin
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