Person:Joseph Clesson (1)

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Captain Joseph Clesson
b.23 Apr 1674 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
d.4 Jun 1758 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 22 Dec 1670
  1. Thankful Clesson1673 - Aft 1719
  2. Captain Joseph Clesson1674 - 1758
  3. Elizabeth Clesson1677 - 1709
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Captain Joseph Clesson1674 - 1758
  • W.  Hannah ArmsEst 1685 - 1767
m. Bef 1705
  1. Elizabeth Clesson1709 - 1773
  2. Lieutenant Matthew Clesson1713 - 1756
  3. Eunice Clesson1716 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Captain Joseph Clesson
Gender Male
Birth[3] 23 Apr 1674 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Alt Birth[1] 23 Apr 1675 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1705 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States (probably)Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (Hannah).
to Hannah Arms
Death[3][4] 4 Jun 1758 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matthew Clesson (1); Joseph Clesson (2), in Trumbull, James Russell. History of Northampton : Northampton Genealogies, 1640-1838. (Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States: n.p., bef 1899)
    144.

    "Joseph (Clesson): b. April 23, 1675. … son of Matthew (1). Removed to Deerfield before 1705; returned to Northampton before 1713; went back to Deerfield about 1727."

  2.   2. Joseph Clesson, in Sheldon, George. A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts: the Times when and the People by whom it was Settled, Unsettled, and Resettled, with a Special Study of the Indian Wars in the Connecticut Valley; with Genealogies. (Greenfield, Mass.: Press of E. A. Hall & Co., 1895-1896)
    127.

    "2. Joseph (Clesson), s. of Matthew (1), b. abt. 1683; sol. in King William's war; at the age of 15 was in the 'Pomeroy pursuit' fr. the Dfd. garrison; a resident of Dfd. 1705-9; of Nhn. 1712-24; cap. and ta'ken to Can. while on a scout, by a party of French and Indians under de Rouville, June 22, 1709; was active in Father Rasle's war; lieut., under Capt. Thos. Wells; a capt. in the Last French war and d. in the service, June 4, 1753; was buried in the camp burial ground near Fort William Henry. He m. Hannah, dau. Wm. Arms; she d. Dec. 24, 1767, a. 82."

    Sheldon asserts that the first Matthew Clesson had two sons Joseph, one born in 1675 and died before 1683, the second born about 1683. Trumbull only has one Joseph. It's unlikely that a boy of 15 would have been involved in the Pomroy pursuit as a dragoon in 1698 [see Deerfield History 1:261-62]. Fort William Henry was constructed in 1755 and destroyed by the French in 1757 making it unlikely that Joseph Clesson was buried there in either 1753 or 1758.

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Corbin, Walter E. Corbin Collection. Volume 1: Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts: Northampton Vital Records. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003)
    420-21.

    Clesson, Capt. Joseph … Born: Apr. 23 1674 at Northampton [OB-17] Died: June 4 1758 at Deerfield [VR-276]"

  4. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Deerfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter, 1920)
    276.

    "Clesson, … Joseph, [died] June 4, 1758. Head of the family."

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