Robert Claflin (abt. 1639 - 1690)

Born about 1639 in Scotland

Husband of Joanna (Warner) Claflin — married 14 Oct 1664 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1690 at about age 51 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

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Biography

There are many different spellings of Robert Claflin's last name in the various records of the time, most with the Scottish prefix Mac or Mc, which was dropped in New England. He was born in Scotland about 1639 (source needed), and arrived in Massachusetts, presumably between 1650 and 1661. Various passenger lists during that period show a Robert Claflin arriving in 1652 and 1661 and a Robert MacClaflin arriving in 1661.^[1] The name Robert M'Lachlan appears on a list of Scottish prisoners from the Battle of Dunbar, who were deported on the ship Unity in late 1650 to Charlestown, Mass.^[2] He settled in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, and married Joanna Warner there on 14 Oct 1664.^[3] They had 8 children. He died in Wenham before 1690.^[4]

Occupation

Occupation: Farmer, husbandman, surveyor

Sources

1. ↑ Search at Ancestry of All US and Canada, Passenger and Immigration List Index, 1500s to 1900s. This needs a closer examination of the records themselves, not just the index.
2. ↑ From the "Dunbar Prisoners" list, part of the Bartlett Collection of Elizabeth (French) Bartlett (1877-1961). held in the R. Stanton Avery Collections Department at NEHGS in Boston. A discussion of this list is at http://scottishprisonersofwar.com/2014/02/15/unity-list-updated/
3. ↑ Mass. Vital Records, Wenham, Essex Marriages
4. ↑ "Genealogy of the Claflin Family: being a record of Robert Mackclothlan, of Wenham, Mass. and of his descendants" (text available from Archive.org

• "Genealogy of The Claflin Family; being a record of Robert Mackclothlan of Wenham, Massachusetts and of his descendants 1661-1898" by Charles Henry Wight, member of the Long Island Historical society. 1903 William Green Press, New York.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Jonathon Dale Walter Myers for creating WikiTree profile Mackclaflin-1 through the import of WARNER James 1828.ged on Sep 13, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Jonathon Dale Walter and others.