Clarissa Sidney (Claypoole) Wilson (1785 - 1864)

Born 3 Apr 1785 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Jacob Wilson — married 5 Jun 1805 in Newtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Jul 1864 at age 79 in Fort Madison, Lee County Iowa, USA

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Biography

Father: John Claypoole

Mother: Elizabeth Griscom

Daughter of Betsy Ross & John Claypoole. She is a descendant of Magna Carta Baron Roger le Bigod.

Family

• Jacob Wilson 1783-1812

Children

• Elizabeth Griscome Wilson Campion (1806 - 1900)
• Sophia B Wilson Hildebrandt (1806 - 1891)
• Rachel Jones Wilson Albright (1812 - 1905)

Sources

• "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V265-NXS : 11 February 2018), Jacob Wilson and Clarissa Sydney Clepoole, 05 Jun 1805; citing Presbyterian Church,Newtown,Bucks,Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 1,313,850.

• 1850 Census

Name: Clarissa S Wilson

Age: 65

Birth Year: abt 1785

Birthplace: Pennsylvania

Home in 1850: Philadelphia Dock Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Gender: Female

Family Number: 56

Household Members:

Name Age

Clarissa S Wilson 65

Elizabeth Campion 44

Sophia B Hildebrandt 44

Clarissa S Hanna 40

Sophia Campion 19

Elizabeth Hanna 18

Clara Hanna 16

William Hanna 9

Ella Hanna 7

James Hanna 5

Florence Hanna 3

Alice Hanna 1

Source Citation: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4CL-FCF : 12 April 2016), Clarissa L Wilson, Philadelphia, Dock ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 56, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8L9-J24 : 13 December 2017), C S Wilson in entry for J W Albright, 1860.

• Clamisa Sidney Claypoole - [Clarrissa Sidney Claypoole]

SAR Membership: 18628

Role: Ancestor

Father: John Claypoole

Mother: Elizabeth Griscom

Spouse: Jacob Wilson

Children: Susan C Wilson

Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 December 2019), memorial page for Clarissa Sidney Claypoole Wilson (2 Apr 1785–19 Jul 1864), Find A Grave: Memorial #32688836, citing Fort Madison City Cemetery, Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by SE Iowa Historian (contributor 46970903) .