William Clift (1805 - 1882)

Born 20 Apr 1805 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Bridget (Fish) Clift — married 18 Jun 1833 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA

Husband of Elizabeth A. (Burrows) Clift — married 16 Sep 1846 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Oct 1882 at age 77 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Biography

William Clift, born 4 Apr 1805 at Stonington, Connecticut, was the second child of Eunice Denison & Nathaniel Clift.

He married twice, both at Stonington:

1) 18 Jun 1833 Bridget Fish; ceremony performed by John G. Wightman, Eld ^[1]. They lived in 1840 at Groton, Connecticut ^[2], They had 2 children:

1. Mary H (Clift) Foote (1836-1903); married Edward Y. Foote
2. Hannah F (Clift) Ives (1838-1916)

Bridget (Fish) Clift died 17 Sep 1845. William Clift thereafter married--

2) In 1846 Elizabeth A. Burrows ^[3]; ceremony performed by Rev. James Floy ^[4]

In 1860 William Clift was living at Groton, New London, Connecticut ^[5], with his second wife and daughters. In 1870 he was living with both daughters and Foote children ^[6].

In 1880 William Clift was a widow. He and his daughter Hannah were living in Connecticut. ^[7]

William Clift passed 21 Oct 1882. He is interred at Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, New London, Connecticut, with both wives: Find A Grave: Memorial #80405025

Sources

1. ↑ Groton Vital records marriage Vol 1, page 44: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=a2e8ad46-d117-4b64-8652-e6b2735e16aa&tid=890183&pid=-2032327294
2. ↑ Census Roll: 29; Page: 101: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1840usfedcenancestry&h=1538486&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
3. ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7LD-S82 : 17 March 2018), William Clift and Elizabeth A. Burrows, 1846.
4. ↑ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=barbourctmar&h=165532&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
5. ↑ Roll: M653_90; Page: 697; Image: 73; http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=17546839&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
6. ↑ Roll: M593: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=14151828&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFZM-BV1 : 19 August 2017), William Clift, Groton, New London, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district ED 101, sheet 376B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,108.

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• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut; p. 373, no. 49: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n395/mode/1up

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