Josiah Clawson

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name
Josiah Clawson
aka
[Isiah Classon, Isiah Clauson]
sex
male
access
public
summary
Of Claverack, Columbia County, New York, and from about 1812 of the town of Hunter, Greene County, where a county history remembers him as a hard-working, God-fearing man. Probably the father of Catherine (Clawson) Fairchild, wife of John Fairchild, and of Sally Ann and Jacob. He was dead by October 1827, when a deed named his heirs, if its Isiah Classon is the same man.
died
date
bef. 29 Oct 1827
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds]
note
"Isiah Classon, deceased," in a Greene County deed of 29 Oct 1827 naming his heirs at law, as Gilmore reports it. That the deed's Isiah is Beers's Josiah is inferred.
residences
date
bef. 1812
place
Claverack, Columbia County, New York
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-beers-1884-history-greene-county]
note
Of Claverack, from which he brought the flintlock musket to Hunter.
date
c. 1812
place
Hunter, Greene County, New York
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-beers-1884-history-greene-county]
note
Bought a lease-right at Hunter about 1812 from an earlier settler.

Of Claverack, Columbia County, and then of the town of Hunter, Greene County, New York; father of Catherine (Clawson) Fairchild. Beers's History of Greene County (1884), in the Hunter chapter, tells of a settler who "in 18[1]2, sold his lease-right to a new and poor comer, Josiah Clawson—a hard-working, sterling-hearted man," and of "The flint-lock musket that the elder Clawson brought with him from Claverack"; "Josiah Clawson, and his son, Jacob, were God-fearing men, plain and unassuming" (source). The book was read only in search snippets, so the year is partly a reconstruction.

Gilmore reports a deed of 29 Oct 1827 in Greene County "in which John and Catherine Fairchild and others are named as 'heirs at law' of Isiah Classon, deceased," and makes John Fairchild's second wife, Sally (Sarah Ann) Clawson, another of his daughters (source). The "Isiah" of the deed and the "Josiah" of Beers are taken to be one man: both came from Claverack, where Catherine was baptized in 1807. His known children are Catherine, Sally Ann and Jacob.

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

Open questions

  • His wife, his birth and his death.
  • The 1827 deed itself (Greene County land records), which should list all his heirs.
  • The Claverack baptism of 1807, which should name Catherine's parents.
  1. ---
  2. name: Josiah Clawson
  3. aka: [Isiah Classon, Isiah Clauson]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Of Claverack, Columbia County, New York, and from about 1812 of the town of Hunter, Greene County,
  8. where a county history remembers him as a hard-working, God-fearing man. Probably the father of
  9. Catherine (Clawson) Fairchild, wife of John Fairchild, and of Sally Ann and Jacob. He was dead by
  10. October 1827, when a deed named his heirs, if its Isiah Classon is the same man.
  11. died:
  12. date: bef. 29 Oct 1827
  13. basis: compiled
  14. confidence: probable
  15. sources: [book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds]
  16. note: '"Isiah Classon, deceased," in a Greene County deed of 29 Oct 1827 naming his heirs at law, as Gilmore reports it. That the deed''s Isiah is Beers''s Josiah is inferred.'
  17. residences:
  18. - date: "bef. 1812"
  19. place: Claverack, Columbia County, New York
  20. basis: compiled
  21. confidence: probable
  22. sources: [book-beers-1884-history-greene-county]
  23. note: "Of Claverack, from which he brought the flintlock musket to Hunter."
  24. - date: "c. 1812"
  25. place: Hunter, Greene County, New York
  26. basis: compiled
  27. confidence: probable
  28. sources: [book-beers-1884-history-greene-county]
  29. note: "Bought a lease-right at Hunter about 1812 from an earlier settler."
  30. ---
  32. Of Claverack, Columbia County, and then of the town of Hunter, Greene County, New York; father of
  33. Catherine (Clawson) Fairchild. Beers's *History of Greene County* (1884), in the Hunter chapter, tells of a
  34. settler who "in 18[1]2, sold his lease-right to a new and poor comer, Josiah Clawson—a hard-working,
  35. sterling-hearted man," and of "The flint-lock musket that the elder Clawson brought with him from
  36. Claverack"; "Josiah Clawson, and his son, Jacob, were God-fearing men, plain and unassuming"
  37. ([source](/files/sources/book-beers-1884-history-greene-county/)). The book was read only in search snippets,
  38. so the year is partly a reconstruction.
  40. Gilmore reports a deed of 29 Oct 1827 in Greene County "in which John and Catherine Fairchild and others
  41. are named as 'heirs at law' of Isiah Classon, deceased," and makes John Fairchild's second wife, Sally
  42. (Sarah Ann) Clawson, another of his daughters ([source](/files/sources/book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds/)).
  43. The "Isiah" of the deed and the "Josiah" of Beers are taken to be one man: both came from Claverack, where
  44. Catherine was baptized in 1807. His known children are Catherine, Sally Ann and Jacob.
  46. Research: `research/mcmillan/Fairchild_Raymond_Woodworth.md`.
  48. ## Open questions
  50. - His wife, his birth and his death.
  51. - The 1827 deed itself (Greene County land records), which should list all his heirs.
  52. - The Claverack baptism of 1807, which should name Catherine's parents.
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