Henry Clow UE (1753 - 1789)

Born 3 Oct 1753 in Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca DeForest — married 25 May 1780 in Troie Riviers, St Maurice County, Lower Canada, British North America

Descendants

Died 9 Nov 1789 at age 36 in Yamachiche, St. Maurice County, Lower Canada, British North America

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Henry Clow was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated

Biography

William Clow and his older brother Henry Clow emigrated to America, specifically, New Paisley, New York, in 1774. At the start of the American Revolution, William and Henry, from August 1776, were members of Captain Daniel McAlpin's Loyalist Militia Corps, initially called the American Volunteers. The American Volunteers were with General Burgoyne on his invasion of New York, and after the surrender of Burgoyne in October 1777, the American Volunteers at the request of General Burgoyne, spirited the army's pay chest past rebel forces and safely delivered it to Montreal. Later, Captain McAlpin was promoted to Major and put in command of a combined Loyalist militia regiment soon to be known as McAlpin's Corps.

After Major McAlpin's death, due to illness, in July of 1780, the Corps was taken over for a time by Major Nairne, although it was still known as McAlpin's Corps. In 1782 it was combined with other Loyalist corps and placed under the command of Major Jessup. This new loyalist militia regiment was called the Loyal Rangers. Major Jessup and some of the companies of the Loyal Rangers participated in raids into up-state New York, although their main activity was engineering and construction. They were termed 'artificers' and built blockhouses and fortifications, and housing for loyalist refugees flooding from the rebel held territories. After the end of the American Revolution, at their discharge from the Loyal Rangers, Henry Clow was listed as a sergeant and William Clow listed as a corporal.

Henry married Rebecca DeForest and they had four children; Mary, Peter, Simon and Henry D. Unfortunately, Henry died at Yamaska (or possibly Sorrel), Quebec, on 9 November 1789, leaving his young widow and children without a will. Soon after Henry died intestate, Rebecca must have moved to Elizabethtown to be close, I presume, to her brother-in-law, William Clow and her cousin (?) Sophia Clow (Sophia is the daughter of Sophia Elizabeth Strader, nee DeForest). Rebecca later married Robert McLean, and he was a devoted step-father to the Clow children, and Robert and Rebecca had children of their own, Anne, Rebecca, Alexander, Helena, and Elizabeth.

Children (born between 1780-1789) :

• Mary Clow
• Peter Clow
• Simon Clow
• Henry D Clow

Sources

• http://www.geni.com/people/Henry-Clow/6000000020735039191
• http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/detail.php?letter=c&line=493