Catherine Clawson

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name
Catherine Clawson
aka
[Catherine Classon, Catherine Closson, Catherine Fairchild]
sex
female
access
public
summary
First wife of John Fairchild, whom she married by 1827, and probably the mother of Adeline (Fairchild) Bell. Probably a daughter of Josiah Clawson, she was baptized at Claverack, Columbia County, New York, in 1807, and her family moved to the town of Hunter in Greene County about 1812. She died in 1831, aged 27, and is buried at East Jewett.
born
date
bp. 19 Jul 1807
place
Claverack, Columbia County, New York
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[index-claverack-reformed-church-baptisms]
note
Baptized at the Reformed Church (index; the parents in the entry not yet read). Her gravestone's age, 27 years 1 month 3 days at her death on 29 Jul 1831, puts her birth about 26 June 1804, so she was baptized at about three.
died
date
29 Jul 1831
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-woodworth-1974-east-kill-valley, book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds]
note
Her gravestone, as the East Kill Valley Genealogy prints it: "d. 29 Jul. 1831, aged 27 yrs. 1 mo. 3 d." Gilmore, from Plume, has 28 Jul 1834; the stone is better.
buried
place
Old Cemetery, East Jewett, Greene County, New York
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-woodworth-1974-east-kill-valley]
note
Plot O.C. 6 in the East Kill Valley Genealogy.
residences
date
c. 1812
place
Hunter, Greene County, New York
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-beers-1884-history-greene-county]
note
Her family moved from Claverack to the town of Hunter about 1812.
father
id
josiah-clawson-fl1812
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds, book-beers-1884-history-greene-county]
research
research/mcmillan/Fairchild_Raymond_Woodworth.md
note
A Greene County deed of 29 Oct 1827 names "John and Catherine Fairchild and others" as "heirs at law" of Isiah Classon, deceased (Gilmore; the deed itself not seen). That Isiah is the Josiah Clawson of Hunter, from Claverack, in Beers is inferred.

First wife of John Fairchild and mother of Adeline (Fairchild) Bell. Her family came from Claverack, Columbia County, where she was baptized in 1807, to the town of Hunter in Greene County, where her father Josiah Clawson took up a lease about 1812 (source). She married John Fairchild, son of Jonathan of East Jewett, in 1825 by Plume's account, and the deed of 1827 that names them among her father's heirs is Gilmore's proof of the marriage (source). Her children, as Gilmore lists them, were William Henry (born 15 June 1827 in Hunter), Adeline Asenath (27 March 1829) and Marietta.

She died in July 1831, aged 27, and was buried in the Old Cemetery at East Jewett: "CATHERINE (CLAWSON) wife of JOHN FAIRCHILD d. 29 Jul. 1831, aged 27 yrs. 1 mo. 3 d." (source). John then married her sister Sally Ann Clawson, about 1836 by the East Kill Valley Genealogy.

The Ancestry tree's dates for her, born 26 Jun 1814 in Canada and died 2 Apr 1900 at Heart Prairie, Wisconsin, are not hers: the day and month of the birth match her stone, in a wrong year, and the death in 1900 belongs to someone else.

Research: Notable connections of Frances Fairchild Holbrook: the Fairchild branch and the families that married in.

Open questions

  • Her death year: the stone (1831) or Plume (1834). Gilmore's list of her children, as far as the archive.org text can be read, includes "Marietta b. 6 Aug 1831" beside "Maryette b. ca 1828" from the census; a birth in August 1831 would not fit a death in July 1831.
  • Her mother.
  1. ---
  2. name: Catherine Clawson
  3. aka: [Catherine Classon, Catherine Closson, Catherine Fairchild]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. First wife of John Fairchild, whom she married by 1827, and probably the mother of Adeline
  8. (Fairchild) Bell. Probably a daughter of Josiah Clawson, she was baptized at Claverack, Columbia
  9. County, New York, in 1807, and her family moved to the town of Hunter in Greene County about 1812.
  10. She died in 1831, aged 27, and is buried at East Jewett.
  11. born:
  12. date: bp. 19 Jul 1807
  13. place: Claverack, Columbia County, New York
  14. basis: documented
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [index-claverack-reformed-church-baptisms]
  17. note: Baptized at the Reformed Church (index; the parents in the entry not yet read). Her gravestone's age, 27 years 1 month 3 days at her death on 29 Jul 1831, puts her birth about 26 June 1804, so she was baptized at about three.
  18. died:
  19. date: 29 Jul 1831
  20. basis: compiled
  21. confidence: probable
  22. sources: [book-woodworth-1974-east-kill-valley, book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds]
  23. note: 'Her gravestone, as the East Kill Valley Genealogy prints it: "d. 29 Jul. 1831, aged 27 yrs. 1 mo. 3 d." Gilmore, from Plume, has 28 Jul 1834; the stone is better.'
  24. buried:
  25. place: Old Cemetery, East Jewett, Greene County, New York
  26. basis: compiled
  27. confidence: probable
  28. sources: [book-woodworth-1974-east-kill-valley]
  29. note: Plot O.C. 6 in the East Kill Valley Genealogy.
  30. residences:
  31. - date: "c. 1812"
  32. place: Hunter, Greene County, New York
  33. basis: compiled
  34. confidence: probable
  35. sources: [book-beers-1884-history-greene-county]
  36. note: "Her family moved from Claverack to the town of Hunter about 1812."
  37. father:
  38. id: josiah-clawson-fl1812
  39. basis: compiled
  40. confidence: probable
  41. sources: [book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds, book-beers-1884-history-greene-county]
  42. research: research/mcmillan/Fairchild_Raymond_Woodworth.md
  43. note: 'A Greene County deed of 29 Oct 1827 names "John and Catherine Fairchild and others" as "heirs at law" of Isiah Classon, deceased (Gilmore; the deed itself not seen). That Isiah is the Josiah Clawson of Hunter, from Claverack, in Beers is inferred.'
  44. ---
  46. First wife of John Fairchild and mother of Adeline (Fairchild) Bell. Her family came from Claverack,
  47. Columbia County, where she was baptized in 1807, to the town of Hunter in Greene County, where her father
  48. Josiah Clawson took up a lease about 1812 ([source](/files/sources/book-beers-1884-history-greene-county/)). She
  49. married John Fairchild, son of Jonathan of East Jewett, in 1825 by Plume's account, and the deed of 1827
  50. that names them among her father's heirs is Gilmore's proof of the marriage
  51. ([source](/files/sources/book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds/)). Her children, as Gilmore lists them, were
  52. William Henry (born 15 June 1827 in Hunter), Adeline Asenath (27 March 1829) and Marietta.
  54. She died in July 1831, aged 27, and was buried in the Old Cemetery at East Jewett: "CATHERINE (CLAWSON)
  55. wife of JOHN FAIRCHILD d. 29 Jul. 1831, aged 27 yrs. 1 mo. 3 d."
  56. ([source](/files/sources/book-woodworth-1974-east-kill-valley/)). John then married her sister Sally Ann
  57. Clawson, about 1836 by the East Kill Valley Genealogy.
  59. The Ancestry tree's dates for her, born 26 Jun 1814 in Canada and died 2 Apr 1900 at Heart Prairie,
  60. Wisconsin, are not hers: the day and month of the birth match her stone, in a wrong year, and the death
  61. in 1900 belongs to someone else.
  63. Research: `research/mcmillan/Fairchild_Raymond_Woodworth.md`.
  65. ## Open questions
  67. - Her death year: the stone (1831) or Plume (1834). Gilmore's list of her children, as far as the
  68. archive.org text can be read, includes "Marietta b. 6 Aug 1831" beside "Maryette b. ca 1828" from the
  69. census; a birth in August 1831 would not fit a death in July 1831.
  70. - Her mother.
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