THE THOMAS CLINTON (1) FAMILY
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THE THOMAS CLINTON (1) FAMILY OF CONNECTICUT
& HOPE DOWNS & MARY DOWNS

Thomas Clinton (1st) was baptized "as an infant at Newport, RI, prior to 1709". Since he married Hope Downs on August 7, 1718, we estimate his birth as about 1698 in Newport, RI. He married Hope Downs first. Hope was born March 11, 1697/98, the daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Humphreville) Downs. Hope and Thomas had 5 children:

  1. Thomas, b Jun 20, 1719 New Haven, married Martha Stevens, b Nov 11, 1709 in Connecticut
  2. John, b Nov 8, 1721 New Haven, married Elizabeth Beecher, b Sep 18, 1729
  3. Lawrence, b circa 1723 probably West Haven, married 1) Abigail Northrop 2)Sarah Tryon, circa 1728
  4. Samuel, b circa 1725, married Mary Bryan
  5. Simeon. b Jan 26, 1728 Wallingford, married Hannah Smith, b circa 1735 died Dec 29, 1812


Thomas (1st) was Charged with "resisting the constable sometime in March last" in November,1725, according to New Haven County Court Records, and was found guilty.

On August 7, 1726 he was listed as a communicant of the Anglican Church at Stratford.

On December 29, 1726 he bought 85-l/2 acres in Wallingford and sold it on March 26, 1728. In this deed he called himself "of Wallingford, blacksmith".

He lived in Wallingford from 1726-1728. His mother, now married to Jeremiah Mott, may have lived there also. His brother, Joseph, and his uncle, Thomas Painter, also bought land in Wallingford.

After Hope's death in 1729, he married a "Mary--", believed to be Hope's sister, Mary Downs. Mary was born January 22, 1701/02. They resided in West Haven. Thomas died about 1761 in West Haven.
The Children of Thomas Clinton (1st) & Mary Downs were:

  1. Rhoda, baptized Mar 6, 1731 Stratford, died Oct 8, 1775,
    Married 1)Samuel Stevens, b Sept 5, 1718 2)Reuben Thomas
  2. Levi, baptized Dec 27, 1732 Stratford, died Jan 23, 1782 West Haven, married Sarah Trowbridge, b Apr 22, 1731
    ANCESTORS OF HOPE & MARY DOWNS

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