Clarissa (Wynn) McLeod (1765 - 1831)

Born 1765 in New Jersey

Wife of John McLeod — married 1815 in New Brunswick, Canada

Descendants

Died 29 Oct 1831 at about age 66 in Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Clarissa Wynn/Winn was born in 1765 in New Jersey.^[1] or New York.^[2] She may have been the daughter of Daniel Winne and Catharina Hoogteling,^[3] but no records have been found to substantiate that theory. She may have lived in Staten Island; some members of her husband's family did live in New York during part of the American Revolution,^[4] New York at some point in her early life.^[5] She emigrated to New Brunswick, Canada with other "Loyalists" in about 1783. It is not know whether she married before or after emigration. She married Joel Daniel (1759-1807) and they had at least nine chldren between 1786 and 1803. In about 1815, she married John McLeod (1767-1855), in New Brunswick, Canada. The couple emigrated to Ontario in about 1819. She died on October 29, 1831, in Ontario, Canada, at the age of 66.

Obituary

The Toronto Christian Guardian for Clarissa stated:

Mrs. Clarisy McLeod ... in the 68th year of her age. She was a native of New Jersey. At the winding up of the Revolutionary war she removed with Mr. Joel Daniels, her first husband, to the Province of New-Brunswick... The subject of this notice, with her second husband, Mr. John McLeod, and a large family, came to this Province about 12 years ago...^[6]

1832 obituary

Children

1. Sarah Daniel 1786 – 1821. M. her 1st cousin William Daniel Bowen.
2. Henry Daniel 1788 – 1832. M. Esther Frazee.
3. John Daniel 1789–1862. M. Martha Beamer.
4. Rebecca Daniel 1791–1884. M. Joseph Frazee
5. James Daniel 1793–1842. M. Isabella Sabrina Johnson. Emigrated to Dearborn, MI.
6. Elizabeth Daniel 1797–1857. M. John McLeod; William Dickie.
7. Clarissa Daniel 1794 – 1859. M. John Everett.
8. Lawrence Daniel1800 – 1874. M. Lucinda Simmons; Elizabeth Glover; Christina Flock.
9. Isabella Daniel 1803–1873. M. Jonathan Stevens; Jacob Yeigh.

Name

Name: Clarissa "Clarisy" Wynn/Winn

Given Name: Clarissa

Research Note

This list of children of Daniel Winne and Catharine Houghtaling from Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs doesn't include Clarissa.

"(IV) Daniel (2), son of Frans and Agnietje (Van Wie) Winne, was baptized January 10, 1739. He married Catharine Houghteling, August 15, 1761. Children with date of baptism: Agnietje, April 3, 1763, Coenrad, November 19, 1764; Franciscus, June, 1766; Catharine, July 3, 1768; Willem, see forward; Johannes, September 14, 1771; Catharine, June 7, 1773; Helena, August 30, 1775; Cathalyntje, January 3, 1778; David, January 5, 1781."^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary; Christian Guardian, Toronto, Canada, issue, 18 Jan. 1832.
2. ↑ unsourced family trees
3. ↑ unsosurced family trees
4. ↑ Sarah Daniels and Daniel Bowen went to NY before the birth of their son, William, b. 1778. The Hamilton Loyalist, Winter 2016, My War of 1812 Veterans, by Doug Hoppins UE, p. 6. http://uel-hamilton.com/dec16.pdf
5. ↑ Unsourced family trees
6. ↑ "Christian Guardian Obituaries, Toronto, Canada, issue, 18 Jan. 1832" (saved to Wayback Machine June 27, 2022)
7. ↑ Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs : a record of achievements of the people of the Hudson and Mohawk valleys in New York state included within the present counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene, Vol. 2, p. 600, edited by Cuyler Reynolds. Available on Family Search:https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/609195-hudson-mohawk-genealogical-and-family-memoirs-a-record-of-achievements-of-the-people-of-the-hudson-and-mohawk-valleys-in-new-york-state-included-within-the-present-counties-of-albany-rensselaer-washington-saratoga-montgomery-fulton-sche-vol-02?viewer=1&offset=0#page=157&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=

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