Clarkson
Freeman
Shotwell
Born in New Jersey
Ancestors 
Son of James Shotwell
and Elsie (Smalley) Shotwell
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Keziah (Sutton) Shotwell
— married
[date unknown] in New Jersey
Descendants 
Father of
Anna (Shotwell) Dyer, Elsie Rachel (Shotwell) Linabury, William Augustus Shotwell, John Shotwell, Clarissa Ann (Shotwell) Bailey, Caroline Matilda (Shotwell) Eastman, Orilla P. (Shotwell) Warden, Prudence Amelia (Shotwell) Morden, George Washington Shotwell and Jonathan Shotwell
Died
at age 68
in Michigan
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Mar 2016
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Biography
Clarkson Freeman Shotwell was born in New Jersey on February 20, 1789 to James Shotwell and Elsie (Smalley) Shotwell.
He married Keziah Sutton in about 1810. Their known children are:
- Anna Shotwell
- Johnathan Shotwell
- Elsie Rachel Shotwell
- Orrilla P. Shotwell
- George Washington Shotwell
- William Augustis Shotwell
- Clarissa Ann Shotwell
- Mary Shotwell
- Caroline Matilda Shotwell
- Prudence Amelia Shotwell
Clarkson is listed as living in Independence, New Jersey, in the 1830 United States Federal Census.[1]
Clarkson purchased 160 acres of land in Oakland County, Michigan, which was officially granted on August 12, 1837. The record indicates this purchase was sanctioned under Land Act of 1820. [2] He likely moved his family soon after (date unknown).
He is listed in the 1840 [3] and 1850 [4]United States Federal Censuses as still living in Oakland County, Michigan.
Clarkson passed away on February 23, 1857, in Pontiac, Michigan. He was buried in the Sashabaw Cemetery, in Oakland County, Michigan. [5]
Image Note: I did not use the picture from Find-a-grave. My picture was personally given to me by a distant cousin.
Sources
- ↑ 1830; Census Place: Independence, Warren, New Jersey; Series: M19; Roll: 82; Page: 405; Family History Library Film: 0337935
- ↑ United States, Bureau of Land Management. Michigan Pre-1908 Homestead & Cash Entry Patent and Cadastral Survey Plat Index. General Land Office Automated Records Project, 1994
- ↑ Year: 1840; Census Place: Independence, Oakland, Michigan; Roll: 209; Page: 146; Image: 298; Family History Library Film: 0014797
- ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Independence, Oakland, Michigan; Roll: M432_360; Page: 320B; Image: 146
- ↑ Grave Memorial# 91192404
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Clarkson by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Clarkson:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Clarkson by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Clarkson:
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~1.56%
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