Born in York County, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Laird
and Sarah (Finley) Laird
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Andrew Clarkson Esq.
— married
23 Dec 1802 in Widow Finley's house, Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Mother of
Maria (Clarkson) Smith and Elizabeth (Clarkson) Fulton
Died
at age 66
in York County, Pennsylvania
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Sep 2020
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Biography
ABIGAIL LAIRD, daughter of Col. John Laird and Sarah Finley; born 29 January 1784,[1] York County, Pennsylvania; died 16 March 1850,[2] aged 64, York County, Pennsylvania;[3] buried Chanceford Presbyterian Cemetery, Airville, York County.[4] She was married on 23 December 1802 by Rev. James Clarkson at Widow Finley’s [Findlay’s] house in Chanceford Township, York County, to ANDREW CLARKSON; Alexander Turner and Andrew Finley witnessed her marriage[5] (Andrew Finley was her great-uncle, who bequeathed her 400 pounds—an immense sum at the time—by his will dated 13 May 1806);[6] mother of James S., Maria Laird, Sarah F., Eliza, Nancy/Agnes and Louisa Euphemia Clarkson.
Sources
- ↑ Clarkson-Fulton Family Bible in York Co., Historical Society.
- ↑ Clarkson-Fulton Family Bible.
- ↑ Obituaries in Pennsylvania Republication, 20 Mar. 1850, and Gazette, 26 Mar. 1850, Death Index to York Newspapers 1789-1850, Vol. 1, in York County Historical Society, York, Pa.
- ↑ Abigail Clarkson tombstone, www.findagrave.com, memorial #143213412.
- ↑ Laird—Vital Statistics File, York County Historical Society.
- ↑ "Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-28758-6886-68?cc=1999196&wc=9PM8-4WG:268493601,270673301 : accessed 14 September 2015), York > Wills 1803-1818 vol L-N > image 241 of 800; county courthouses, Pennsylvania. Original in York Co. Will Book L:454-56. My literal transcription.
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