Jean Clark

Also Jane Clark · Jean Robson

A native of Roxburghshire, wife of Thomas Robson, who as the FamilySearch tree has it married him at Eckford in 1793 and came with him to Upper Canada. She died in 1844, aged 74, and is buried with him at Caledon, Peel County. Probably the mother of Jane (Robson) Pattullo and great-grandmother of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood.

Family tree →Migration map →Research thread: How far back can Ruth Short's Scottish and English ancestry be proven? →
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Life

  1. c. 1770
    Born
    Roxburghshire, Scotland

    Aged 74 at her death in May 1844, "native of Roxburghshire" (her gravestone).

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  2. 1793
    Married Thomas Robson
    3 Aug 1793, Eckford, Roxburghshire, Scotland

    The FamilySearch tree's; no record seen.

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  3. 1844
    Died
  4. —
    Buried
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Family

Parents
Not known
Spouse
Thomas Robson c. 1765–1841 · married 1793

On one stone, "Thomas Robson ... also Jean Clark," natives of Roxburghshire.

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4 children

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Pedigree

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Notes

Great-grandmother of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood, as the evidence stands. “Jean Clark” on the stone she shares with her husband Thomas Robson at Caledon (record); “Jane Clark” in the FamilySearch tree. Her daughter Jane Robson named her own first daughter Jane.

Research: research/ellingwood/Short_Pattullo_Comparison.md.

Open questions

  • Her parents, and her baptism (about 1770, Roxburghshire).
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