Person:Matthew Clesson (1)

Name^[1]	Lieutenant Matthew Clesson
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	7 Aug 1713	Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	18 Oct 1743	Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United Statesto Abigail Hoyt
Death^[1]	24 Oct 1756	Died on the expedition to Lake George.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 4. Matthew 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.

"4. Matthew (Clesson), s. of Joseph (2), b. 1713; lived on No. 38; was prominent in civil and military affairs; was in the frontier service, under Capt. Kellogg at the age of 19; was one of the party under Sergt. John Hawks which escorted home the French Lieut. Pierre Raimbault St. Blein in 1746. … The next year he led a scout towards Can.; in 1755 was lieut. in command of the forts at Col. and d. on the expedition to Lake George, Oct. 24, 1756."
Corbin, Walter E. Corbin Collection. Volume 1: Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts: Northampton Vital Records. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003)
421.

"Mathew (Clesson), s. b. Aug. 7 1713 [OB-37]"