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. (Compiler), and Robert J. (Transcriber) Dunkle. 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]"