David M. Clarkson Jr. (1726 - 1782)

Born 3 Jun 1726 in New York City, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Eliabeth (French) Clarkson — married 3 May 1749 in Trinity Church, Trinity and Wall St., New York, NY

Descendants

Died 14 Nov 1782 at age 56 in Flatbush, Kings, New York, United States

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Biography

He was baptized on 8 Jun 1726 in RDC, New York, New York. Reformed Dutch Church, NYC (wit: Mathew Clarkson, Cornelia Clarkson)

One of 1st Governors, King's College (Columbia Univ)

Between 1770 and 1777. Member, 1st Board of 1st NYC Hospital

He engaged in a lucrative foreign trade. His sumptous home was on the corner of Pearl St. and Whitehall St. in New York City, and after the death of his brother Matthew, he bought the old homestead in Flatbush. The Revolution reduced him to comparative poverty.

TO THE MEMORY OF DAVID CLARKSON AND HIS WIDOW ELIZABETH CLARKSON. THE FORMER WHO DIED ON THE 14TH NOVEMBER 1782 IN THE 57TH YEAR OF HIS AGE AND THE LATTER ON THE 14TH JUNE 1808 IN THE 84TH YEAR OF HER AGE AND ALSO IN MEMORY OF LEVINUS CLARKSON BROTHER OF DAVID CLARKSON WHO DIED ON THE 24TH MAY 1798 IN THE 57TH YEAR OF HIS AGE

Spent summers at his grandfather, the Rev. Bernardus Freeman's home in Flatbush prior to the Reverand's death in 1741 when David was about 15. David and his brother Freeman were sent to England, probably for higher education. In 1748 or 49 David returned to New York. He married soon after his return to Miss Elizabeth French on the 3rd of May 1749. David's father-in-law, Philip French, had been the owner of a large tract of land in New Jersey, comprising a portion, if not the whole, of what is now New Brunswick. In 1749 David began construciton of a home on Whitehall Street which had been purchased from the City by his father in 1732. David and his family moved into the house on Oct. 25, 1752. Furniture was ordered from Europe. David's father, who possessed considerable property, died in 1751. In 1754 David purchased a lottery ticket through his friend Thomas Streatfield to raise finances for the founding of the British Museum. David's ticket was a winner and his share of the 1st prize ticket was $25,000 in gold. [from 'The Clarksons of NY 1875]

Sources

• The Ancestry and Posterity of Matthew Clarkson (1664-1702);

Compiled by J. Robert T. Craine, Harry W. Hazard, Ed.; Published by J. Robert T. Craine, 1971

Memoirs of Matthew Clarkson of Philadelphia, 1735-1800, and of his brother Gerardus Clarkson, 1737-1790; by John Hall and Samuel Clarkson Published 1890

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 October 2020), memorial page for David Clarkson Jr. (3 Jun 1726–14 Nov 1782), Find a Grave Memorial no. 47200663, citing Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery, Flatbush, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA ; Maintained by TDS (contributor 47121885) .