Cliffords

1. Thomas Clifford; died March 1737 (old calendar); died 1738 (new calendar); married, 1715, (first) Sarah Cowgill; born September 1694; died 1 August 1724; married (second) Anna Shires in Burlington, New Jersey Monthly Meeting. All children were by Sarah (Cowgill) Clifford:³⁴⁴²
2. Elizabeth Clifford; born January 1716 (old) 1717 (new); married, 24 March 1743³⁴⁴³ in Swedes Church, Philadelphia, John Nutt.
2. John Clifford; born April 1720.
2. Thomas Clifford; born April 1722; died 1793 in Philadelphia; married, 4 March 1743 in Burlington County, New Jersey, Anna Guest; born circa 1719; died 1803. Anna had a brother Jonathan Guest,³⁴⁴⁴ who probably was the Jonathan Guess marrying in 1756 Margaret Clifford in Burlington County, New Jersey. Thomas (or his son Thomas) was disowned from the Society of Friends in 1772 for marrying out of unity: "Tho. Clifford, Jr. of this City [Philadelphia], Merchant, having married to one not in religious profession with us-we cannot esteem the said Thomas Clifford a Member."³⁴⁴⁵ And this would mean there would be no additional records for him in the Monthly Meetings of Friends. Children of Thomas and Anna (Guest) Clifford:
3. Sarah Clifford; born 1 January 1745; died 17 June 1746.³⁴⁴⁶
3. Elizabeth Clifford; born 25 March 1747; married, 22 September 1772,³⁴⁴⁷ Thomas Smith, son of William and Elizabeth Smith.
3. Thomas Clifford; born 10 October 1748; married Eleanor Smith in Swedes Church, Philadelphia, on 30 August 1775.³⁴⁴⁸ Thomas apparently had other wives (one being [-?-] Dowell).³⁴⁴⁹ Thomas and his brother John were apparently the Thomas and John Clifford who were in the iron manufacturing business in Philadelphia in the late 1700s and early 1800s.³⁴⁵⁰ Children may be by Eleanor or other wives:
4. Ann Clifford; alive in 1816.³⁴⁵¹
4. Sarah Clifford; alive in 1816.
4. John D. Clifford; married, 17 June 1804, Mary S. Morton;³⁴⁵² died 2 March 1809.³⁴⁵³ John D. moved to Kentucky from Philadelphia in the early 1800s. Mary Morton's father was William Morton of Lexington, Kentucky. John and father-in-law William went into business together.³⁴⁵⁴ John was a prominent Lexington and area businessman; for example, he was associated with the Kentucky Insurance Company³⁴⁵⁵ and was a Director of the Bank of the United States at Lexington.³⁴⁵⁶ John D and Mary (Morton) Clifford's children:³⁴⁵⁷
5. Martha Clifford; died 18 June 1808.³⁴⁵⁸
5. Mary Jane Clifford; married Thomas Leamming Caldwell in June 1822 in Cincinnati, Ohio.³⁴⁵⁹
5. William Morton Clifford. His will was written 1835, recorded 1843, at which time he was listed from Marion County, Missouri. He left everything to his wife, Joanna L. Clifford.³⁴⁶⁰
3. John Clifford; born 8 January 1750; married, circa 1783, Anne Warner Rawle. This John was apparently disowned from the Society of Friends in 1799 for "being part owner in an armed ship."³⁴⁶¹ Their children:³⁴⁶²
4. Rebecca Clifford; born 1787 or 1 January 1792 in Philadelphia; married John T. Pemberton,³⁴⁶³ born 2 April 1783; died 12 January 1842; he was a son of Joseph and Ann (Galloway) Pemberton. One of their children was John Clifford Pemberton; born 10 August 1814 in Philadelphia, died 14 August 1907; married Martha O. Thompson. "Pembertons were the leading Quaker family [in Philadelphia] in the eighteenth century."³⁴⁶⁴
4. Thomas Clifford; born 1788.
4. Elizabeth Clifford; born 1789; married William Smith. Their child:
5. Clifford W. Smith.
3. George Clifford; born 6 June 1753; died 9 June 1754.
3. Anna Clifford; born 16 January 1755; married, 7 October 1777, Jacob Giles.³⁴⁶⁵
3. Edward Clifford; born 28 June 1756; died 19 October 1759.
3. Deborah Clifford; born 29 March 1759; died 14 December 1759.
3. Thomasine Clifford; born 7 October 1760; her will was recorded in 1798.³⁴⁶⁶
2. James Clifford; born October 1724. An International Genealogical Index item for Cliffords of Pennsylvania reports James born 31 May 1724.³⁴⁶⁷

(See under George Clifford, #2, and James Clifford, #7).

In the name of God Amen this seventh day of September Anno:Domini one thousand seven hundred and seventy six Alexander White ____ of ye township of Greenwich in the county of Sussex and Province of West Newjersey Cordwiner being very sick and weak in bodey but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God therefore call to mind the mortality of my bodey and knowing that it is appointed for all men to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say Primo by and first of all I give and recommend my soul unto the hands of God that gave it and for my bodey I recomend it to ye Earth to be buried in a Cristen Like and decent manner at the Desirition of my Exacutors nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall Recive the same again by the mighty Power of God and as touching Shuch wordly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me with in this life I give devise and ordain of it in place all my just debts and funeral charges be payed and satisfied; The I give and bequeath unto my dear and living wife the just and full sum of fifteen pounds yearly and every years during her natural life and the same to be payed yearly and every year out of the Two Plantations in equel proportion which is in the possession of said Alexander White at present and I further grant that she shall have the young mare caled Sparrey and her Saddel and Bridel to convert to her own use as she thinks proper I further give and bequeath to my son Samuel White I order and desire that he shall be payd the sum of one hundred pounds to be payd out of the Two Plantations in a equel proportion and not to be payed until he arrives at the full age of twenty one and I further give and desire he shall have when he arrives to the full age of twenty one years a horse and Sadel that shall be valued to the sum of twenty five pounds and if it shall be the will of God that he should not live to return from the camp where he now is that the same be devided among his survivers. I further give and bequeath to my son Alex: White the place where I now live real and personal to him and his airs forever I also give and bequeath one acre of land of the forementioned primeses for the use of buring [burying?] ground and Prisbiterin Meating house. I further give and bequeath to my four daughters one third part of my Moveable Estate that is to say to my daughter Mary White to have one fifth part of her & her heirs forever Likewise my daughter Ellisybeth one fifth part for her & her heirs forever Likewise my daughter Prudence one fifth part for her and her heirs forever Likewise my daughter Sarah White to have tow shares of the fore mentioned estate to be payed when she arrives to the full age of eighteen if she should not live till she arrives to this age then her part to be devided among her servivors Likewise I give over and above to my daughter Sarah a new feather bed which was made for her Likewise I ordain and constitute and appoint Mary White my wife and William White Exacutors of this my Last Will and Testament and hereby revoking all former wills written by me at any time made before the ensealing and delivering of these presents Ratifying and Confirming this to be my Last Will and Testament in witness where I have set my hand and seal the day and year above written Signed Sealed and Delivered Published and Renowned in the present of:
John Maxwell
John Maxwell Junr
James Clifford

Be it remembered that I give and grant to my wife the SouWest end and apartment of the house I now live in to and for her proper use with her bed and beding as long as she remaindes in this natural life
       
Alexander White

On 30 Oct 1776 the witness proof oath and executors' promise of true performance oaths were taken before H. W. Hughes, Surrogate, at Greenwich Forge.

Robert Beavers was apparently the only brother of Joseph who stayed in New Jersey (old Sussex County). When searching for early New Jersey Beavers, his family will also be encountered.³⁴⁶⁹

Robert Beavers, born 1726 either in Germany or New Jersey, died 1774 in Sussex County (probably a part that became Warren County) New Jersey. Robert married (first) Elizabeth [-?-], married (second) Elizabeth Armstrong.³⁴⁷⁰

Child of Robert and first wife Elizabeth [-?-] Beavers:
(1) Alexander Beavers, born 1750, died 1820 in Loudoun County, Virginia, married (first) Nancy [-?-], married (second) another Nancy [-?-].³⁴⁷¹ Child of Alexander and first Nancy was (i) Alexander Beavers, born 1773 in Virginia, died 1858 (married Sarah Rice). Children of Alexander and second Nancy were (ii) William Beavers; (iii) Abraham Beavers, born 1775 (married Dilly Crutchfield); (iv) Moses Beavers, born 1767-1775 (married Margaret Coffee); and (v) Robert Beavers, born circa 1778 in Virginia (married Catherine Harmon).

Children of Robert and second wife Elizabeth (Armstrong) Beavers (not all necessarily in order of birth):
(2) Sarah Beavers, married, 29 June 1762,³⁴⁷² Abraham (or Abram) Oxford (or Axford).

(3) William Beavers, married Sarah Ann [-?-]. Their children (apparently all born in Loundoun County, Virginia) were³⁴⁷³ (i) Gabriel Beavers, born 1766, died 1 March 1858 (married [-?-]); (ii) Robert Beavers; (iii) Andrew Jackson Beavers, born 1776, died 23 May 1841 (married Mary A. Butler); (iv) Thomas Beavers, born 15 January 1766, died 11 November 1844 (married Sarah Lentz); (v) Samuel Beavers; (vi) John Beavers; (vii) James Beavers; (viii) Joseph Beavers; (ix) Icy Beavers, born 21 March 1781, died 31 August 1878 in Highland County, Ohio (married Berry Smith); (x) Mary Beavers; (xi) Hester Beavers; (xii) Elizabeth Beavers; and (xiii) Sarah Beavers (married Thomas Reno).

(4) Elizabeth Beavers, married, 8 October 1768,³⁴⁷⁴ Dr. Samuel Kennedy, Jr. (also written as Cannady). He was probably the Dr. Samuel Kennedy, Esq., died 1 July 1804 in 59th year, buried in Yellow Frame Presbyterian Church, Frelinghhuysen Township, Warren County, New Jersey (Route 94 at border of Sussex and Warren Counties).³⁴⁷⁵

(5) Moses Beavers, born circa 1754, died 23 April 1831 in New Jersey, buried in Mansfield Woodhouse Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Washington, Warren County, New Jersey;³⁴⁷⁶ married Lydia [-?-]. Their children were (i) Robert Beavers and (ii) Sarah Beavers.³⁴⁷⁷

(6) Robert Beavers (Jr.), born 1747 (note: born before Moses, number 5), died 11 October 1822, married (first), 3 May 1773,³⁴⁷⁸ Mary Armstrong, born 11 January 1754, died 1788. Robert married (second) Catherine Kerr, born circa 1763, died 2 April 1859. Both Robert and Catherine are buried in Mansfield Woodhouse Presbyterian Church Cemetery;³⁴⁷⁹ Robert (Jr.) was a Captain in the First Regiment of the Sussex Militia during the Revolutionary War. Robert was a Justice of the Peace in Sussex County between 1804-1806, and there is a brief biography of Robert Beavers (Jr.) in The Genealogy Magazine of New Jersey, 1999.³⁴⁸⁰

Robert and first wife Mary (Armstrong) Beavers had six children:
(i) Elizabeth Beavers, born 30 July 1774, died 18 December 1844, married Jacob Stinson. Their children were Mary Stinson, Isaac Stinson, Robert Stinson, Samuel Stinson, Sarah Stinson, Euphemia Stinson, James Stinson, Lydia Stinson, John Stinson, Elizabeth Stinson, Aaron Stinson, and Jacob Stinson.
(ii) Euphemia Beavers, born 15 March 1776, died 15 August 1860, married James Reeder, born 29 September 1775, died 26 October 1852.
(iii) Sarah Beavers, born 10 February 1778, died 2 June 1799, married Abraham Shafer (Shaffer?).
(iv) Mary Beavers, born 6 September 1779, died 6 June 1861, married, 26 September 1798,³⁴⁸¹ John Little, at which time both were living in Sussex County. Could he be a son of Elizabeth (Clifford) (#16) and [-?-] Little? Known children of John and Mary (Beavers) Little were Catherine Little, Ann Little, and Robert Little.
(v) Ann (Nancy?) Beavers, born 30 May 1781, died 14 September 1870, married (as Nancy), 20 April 1801,³⁴⁸² Jacob Swayze, born 14 June 1770, died 13 June 1809; buried in Swayze Family Burial Grounds (Hope, Warren County, New Jersey).³⁴⁸³ At the time of their marriage, Jacob's place of abode was given as Hunterdon County and Nancy's as "Sussex Mansion."³⁴⁸⁴ Their children were Sarah Ann Swayze, Jacob Cooper Swayze, Mary Elizabeth Swayze, and Robert Beavers Swayze.
(vi) John Armstrong Beavers, MD, born 30 November 1783, died 20 December 1814, buried in Mansfield Woodhouse Presbyterian Church Cemetery;³⁴⁸⁵ married Rachel F. Anderson, born 1 April 1788, died 6 June 1866. Their children were Sarah Ann Beavers, William Hampton Beavers, and Joseph Anderson Beavers.

Robert and second wife Catherine (Kerr) Beavers had six children:
(vii) Elsie Beavers, born 14 October 1790, married William Thompson.
(viii) Robert Beavers born 23 January 1793, died 23 June 1815.
(ix) Moses Beavers, born 6 October 1797, died 9 August 1822; both Robert (viii) and Moses are buried in Mansfield Woodhouse Presbyterian Church Cemetery.³⁴⁸⁶
(x) Lydia Beavers, born 11 February 1795, died 1873, married Abraham Bonnell.
(xi) Sarah Beavers, born 5 March 1800, married (first) [-?-] Stiger,³⁴⁸⁷ married (second) Reverend Alexander McCandless, married (third) Ruel Hampton, MD.
(xii) Susan Beavers, born 17 November 1802, died 1877, married Thomas P. Stewart, MD.

From James Clifford to Barnabas McShane. [I added a few commas and periods for clarity.]
To all people to whom these presents shall come James Clifford [#48] of Fairfield Township in the County of Westmoreland in the State of Pennsylvania sendeth Greeting. Whereas on or about the twenty fifth day of September 1786 the said James Clifford and Barnabas McShane and John Erskine both of the City of Philadelphia mutually agreed and took out warrants for six tracts of land each of them for three hundred acres one of them in the name of Robert Clifford on Roaring Run (Page 509) bounded by land of James Clifford, Alexander Martin and Philip Freeman in Westmoreland County, another of them in the name of Edward Clifford [#47] adjoining William Espy and William Stewart in Tyrone Township Fayette County, another of them in the name of Joseph Clifford [#51] in forks of Mill Creek bounded by land of David Erwin and Peter McKarg in Fairfield Township Westmoreland County, another of them in the name of the said James Clifford on Roaring Run bounded by Arthur St. Clair James Brown and Alexander Martin in Westmoreland County. Another of them in the name of Barnabas McShane adjoining Valentine Secres & Christopher Rodibaugh in Tyrone Township Fayette County, and the other of them in the name of the said John Erskine including an Improvement adjoining land of Samuel Dindley William Jamaison [on] The Beaver Dam Branch on Mill Creek Ligonier Valley Fairfield Township Westmoreland County: the purchase moneys and office fees for all which warrants were then paid by the said McShane and Erskine and it was mutually agreed between them that all the fees of surveying and patenting said lands should be paid by the said McShane and Erskine and that the Patents of all the same lands should be taken and made out in the name of the said Barnabas McShane and John Erskine and that they should by Deed grant and convey the one full equal and undivided moiety or one half part of the said lands and premises unto the said James Clifford and Whereas surveys and returns have been since made on said warrants and Deed Rolls or conveyances from the said Edward Clifford and Joseph Clifford to the said James Clifford and from the said James Clifford to the said Barnabas McShane and John Erskine for the three said warrants rights of Edward Clifford, Joseph Clifford and James Clifford have been duly made and Whereas the said Robert Clifford [#49] hath died intestate without issue and the said James Clifford as eldest Brother and heir at law claims the lands and premises surveyed and returned on the warrant to the said Robert [Clifford] Now Know Ye that the said James Clifford for and in Consideration of the sum of three hundred silver dollars to him at the execution hereof is hereby acknowledged Have granted bargained sold aliened assigned released and confirmed and by these presents doth grant bargain sell alien release and confirm unto the said Barnabas McShane his heirs and assigns all that tract of land surveyed and returned on the warrant to and in the name of the said Robert Clifford situated on Roaring Run in the County of Westmoreland aforesaid Containing three hundred and ninety acres and the allowances for Roads also all the one full and equal undivided moiety or one half part to which by the agreement herein before recited he the said James Clifford is entitled of and in all and singular the aforesaid six several warrants and the lands and premises thereon surveyed together with their respective appurtenances and the revisions and remainders thereof and all the estate right title interest property claim and demand whatsoever of them the said James Clifford in law and equity of in and to the said premises and every part and parcel Thereof. To have and to hold all and singular the said premises hereby granted or mentioned and intended so to be with the appurtenances unto the said Barnabas McShane his heirs and assigns to and for the only proper use and behoof of the said Barnabas McShane his heirs and assigns forever. And the said James Clifford for himself his heirs executors and administrators doth hereby covenant promise and grant to and with the said Barnabas McShane his heirs and assigns on manner following- That is to say that he the said James Clifford and his heirs all and singular the said premises hereby granted or mentioned so to be with the appurtenances unto the said Barnabas McShane his heirs & assigns against him the said James Clifford and his heirs and against all and every other person or persons whatsoever claiming or to claim by from or under him or them or from or under his said late Brother Robert Clifford deceased or any of either of them shall and will warrant and forever defend And further that he the said James Clifford and his heirs and all and every other person or persons whatsoever claiming (Page 510) or to claim by from or under him or them or from the said Robert Clifford deceased shall and will at any time or times hereafter upon the reasonable request and at the proper costs and changes in the law of the said Barnabas McShane his heirs an assigns make do execute deliver and acknowledge or cause to be all such further and other reasonable act and acts deed and deeds conveyances and assurances in the law for the further better and more perfect assuring and confirming all the aforesaid premises with the appurtenances unto the said Barnabas McShane his heirs and heirs and assigns as he or they or his or their counsel learned in the law shall reasonably advise and require. In Witness whereof the said James Clifford hath hereunto set his hand and seal this twenty sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three.

      (signed) James Clifford

Sealed and delivered in the
presence of
The words "for himself" first interlined
Joshua Tyson Jacob Hoffman
I acknowledge to have received of Barnabas McShane the sum of three hundred dollars the full Consideration monies
      (signed) James Clifford

Witness at signing
Jacob Hoffman Joshua Tyson
The twenty seventh day of April Anno Domini 1793 Before me Jonathan Bayard Smith Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County came the within named James Clifford and acknowledged the within written Deed Roll to be his act and deed and desired the same to be recorded as such Witness my hand & seal
      (signed) J. B. Smith
Recorded November the 16th 1809

Articles    Purchaser names   $ Cts.

One pitchfork James Clifford note  31 1/4
One pitchfork George Lemon paid  12 1/2
One dung fork Robert Clifford note  31 1/4
Double trees and clevis John Clifford note 01 12 1/2
One lot of old iron Lindsey A. Clifford note  43 3/4
One oven and lid Rutha Clifford  62 3/4
One coffee mill Ruth Clifford  12 1/2
One tea kettle Ruth Clifford  12 1/2
Pr. of ?_enchers & harness George Jones paid  50
One skillet and lid Ruth Clifford  12 1/2
One shovel Ruth Clifford  06 1/4
One drawing knife Lindsey A. Clifford note  50
One drawing knife John Clifford note  62 1/2
One hand saw John Clifford note  62 1/2
One ?__quarter auger John Clifford note  50
One half inch auger George Jones paid  13 1/2
One cutting box Sidney Fisher note 01 81 1/2
One tea kettle James Clifford note  12 1/2
One tea kettle James Clifford note  62 1/2
One axe Thomas Clifford note  62 1/2
One axe John Clifford note  37 1/2
One bucket and pail Ruth Clifford  41
Seven heads of sheep William Laffan note 08 12 1/2
One sorrel horse John Clifford note 50 00
One sorrel mare John Sellars note 35 76
One sorrel mare colt John Conrod note 17 00
One two year old colt Thomas Clifford note 18 06 1/2
One spotted cow Ruth Clifford 11 00
One black steer Sidney Fisher note 08 50
One young bull Sidney Fisher note 05 75
One red heifer Sidney Fisher note 07 12 1/2
One cow and calf Sidney Fisher note 08 25
Seven first choice hogs John Clifford note 23 31 1/4
One sow and four shoats Robert Clifford note 06 50
One spotted sow John Clifford note 01 50
One sow and six pigs Thomas Williams note 03 ?6 1/2
One black horse George R. Chandler note 55 50
25 geese Ruth Clifford 03 75
One lot of flax Ruth Clifford  50
One pair of gears Thomas Flightmaster paid 01 50
One grind stone John Furnish  25
One pair of gears Robert Clifford note  81 1/4
Two hogshead Lindsey A. Clifford 01 00
Two half tubs Ruth Clifford  26
One bucket and tub Ruth Clifford  12 1/2
Six crocks Ruth Clifford  50
Four empty barrels John Clifford note  56 1/?
One hogshead John Furnish paid  38
One hogshead John Clifford note 01 00
One log chain and clevis James Clifford note 02 01
One bed and bedding Ruth Clifford 05 12
One box of bed clothing Ruth Clifford 01 00
One bureau Ruth Clifford 05 00
One sugar desk Ruth Clifford 02 00
One cupboard Ruth Clifford 06 12
One dining table Ruth Clifford 03 00
One set of chairs Ruth Clifford 01 50
One serving table Ruth Clifford  25
One lot of wool Robert Clifford note 03 18 3/4
Four empty barrels Ruth Clifford  25
One bread tray Ruth Clifford  07
One flax wheel Ruth Clifford  06 1/4
One bedstead John Clifford note  06 1/4
One big wheel John Clifford note 01 25
The third of Lindsey A.
Clifford's crop of corn per
barrel Henderson Courtney 01 20
One stack of flax George R. Chandler  25
One harrow and teeth Thomas Clifford note  75
One half wheat stack Lindsey A. Clifford 02 37 1/2
80 acres of corn supd. to be John Clifford note 18 12 1/2
 ___________
A true copy of the sale bill of Edward Clifford, desc. 334 00 3/4
making in all $334.00 3/4 September 19th 1833
George Lemmon, Administrator

Commonwealth of Kentucky, Harrison County to wit
October Court

I Samuel Endicott, Clerk of the County Court for the county aforesaid
do certify that this list of sale of the estate of Edward Clifford, Decd. was produced at the above Court and ordered to be recorded which is done this 8th day of November in the year aforesaid.
S. Endicott Clk
T. W. M. Endicott Dep'y Clk

George R. Chambers and John Sellars are husbands of Mary and Jane Clifford; hence son Charles was the only child of Edward not at the sale, at least not making a purchase.

According to Nancy O'Malley's "Stockading Up" (1994),³⁴⁸⁹ Miller's Station had its origin as the sites of cabins of three brothers, William, Robert and John Miller, who came to Kentucky in 1778 from Sherman's Valley, Pennsylvania (about halfway between Lewistown and Shippensburg, near New Germantown, in present-day Perry County). Robert died shortly after arriving from the east. John and William's tracts were in the Hinkson Creek area. Later John Miller provided land for the hamlet of Millersburg, located south of Miller's Station. Miller's Station, in the northeast part of Bourbon County, encompassed two stations, the John Miller's station and the William Miller's station; hence Millers' Stations would be a more appropriate term. According to O'Malley (1994), the Kentucky Heritage Council inventory has been attempting to locate the sites of William and John Miller's original cabins. The Council has maps of their excavations and a list of artifacts from what is believed to be John Miller's station. According to O'Malley's (1994) "Stockading Up:" "A possible reconstruction of the history of John Miller Station site is as follows. The original building was a log house, probably double pen[³⁴⁹⁰] in size and plan, built for defensibility. The defensive nature of the structure may not have exceeded the inclusion of rifle portholes and, possibly, blockhouse features such as an overhanging second story and a door that could be barred. The depression may have served as a shallow root cellar beneath the house."

As late as the early 1790s, when our Whitsett ancestors (see under Mary Clifford, #50, and Robert Clifford, #49) would have been there, the Miller's Station area was a site of aboriginal unrest.³⁴⁹¹ The two Millers' stations were in the same area as the Isaac Ruddle Station (located two and a half miles south of Cynthiana, on the east side of South Licking River, in present-day Harrison County), also called John Hinkson's Station. Among the settlers of Ruddle Station in 1780, when the British Captain Byrd and his aboriginal allies attacked the station, was a William Whitsett.³⁴⁹² This William Whitsett is credited with helping John Martin improve his Martin's Station in 1775 or 1776. John Martin's Station, a famous central Kentucky station, was about 5 miles from the Ruddle Station.³⁴⁹³ Is it possible that William Whitsett was related to Joseph, and perhaps influenced Joseph into coming to that area of Kentucky. Another early station in the area, not to be confused with Miller's Station, was "The Irish Station," located near Millersburg.³⁴⁹⁴

The Harrison County, Kentucky, Cliffords had a remote connection to the 1780 "Massacre at Ruddell Station" via the Lail family-see Ann (Clifford) Lail (#970). Also the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Cliffords had a remote connection to the events at Ruddle/Ruddell Station in 1780 via John Hinkson, who built the station in about 1775 (rebuilt or enlarged later by Isaac Ruddell/Ruddle). Hinkson (as was William Whitsett) was captured at the station in 1780. John Hinkson has been described as³⁴⁹⁵ "… legendary Indian fighter, 1775 built Hinkson Station … was fighting the Indians as a member of the PA Militia; 1779 Militia Captain in PA, in area of Ligonier, Westmoreland Co… ." Our James Clifford (#48) was in Hinkson's "Roger's Rangers" company in 1779,³⁴⁹⁶ when it was in the Ligonier area. James Clifford is also mentioned in the "Burials of Revolutionary Veterans" as a "Frontier Ranger" in Boucher (1918b), page 48. I know of no evidence or family legend that would indicate James accompanied Hinkson and his troops during Hinkson's Kentucky forages. There is a biography of John Hinkson, by Robert E. Francis, in "The Ruddlesforter."³⁴⁹⁷ For more information on Ruddell Station, see the section "Ruddle Station Massacre of 24 June 1780."

Although not a connection to our Cliffords, another captive at Ruddle Fort in 1780 was William McCune (circa 1750-1827/30), who was a direct ancestor of the 40th and 42nd Presidents of the United States, George W. H. Bush and George W. Bush.³⁴⁹⁸

Most of the Trimble County Cliffords lived in the Burrows district. I do not know the ancestors of William Clifford, the progenitor of the Trimble County Cliffords. Apparently there is no relationship between the Trimble County and Harrison County Cliffords. But in the census records they can easily be confused, especially in the 1900, 1910, and 1920 soundex reports. For example there was a Trimble County Roger Clifford, born 1893; married Vergie [-?-], and a Harrison County Roger Clifford (#1800), born 1893; married Victoria [-?-].


Generation One

1. WILLIAM1 CLIFFORD; born circa 1821 in Tennessee; married ELLEN WEAVER/WHEELER; born circa 1825 in Kentucky.³⁴⁹⁹ Possibly William's parents were Pearson and Mary P. Clifford. If so, besides William, they had a daughter Mary Ann Clifford, born 10 May 1821 in Tennessee; died 9 March 1887 in Columbia, Boone County, Missouri; married, 11 March 1845, in Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky, Aaron Ogden Runyan, born 24 October 1818 in Ohio; died 1 September 1903 in Columbia, Missouri.³⁵⁰⁰

Children of William and Ellen [-?-] Clifford:
+ 2 i. Pearson2 Clifford; born circa 1845; married Lydia A. Bassett.
3 ii. Mary (Mollie) Clifford; born circa 1847.³⁵⁰¹
+ 4 iii. Charles W. Clifford; born February 1848; died 1931; married Maude Seaver.
5 iv. Julie Frances Clifford; born circa 1851.³⁵⁰²
6 v. Roger Clifford; born September 1854.³⁵⁰³
+ 7 vi. John James Clifford; born January 1856; married Sarah [-?-].
8 vii Ogden Clifford; born circa 1858.³⁵⁰⁴
+ 9 viii. William Clifford; born January 1861; married Hester [-?-].
10 ix. Samuel D. Caserville Clifford; born circa 1862.³⁵⁰⁵
+ 11 x. Alonzo T. Clifford; born June 1868; died 1 June 1962 married (first) Katie [-?-]; married (second) Mary Jane Huff.

Generation Two

2. PEARSON2 (also spelled Pierson) CLIFFORD (William1); born circa 1845; on 27 August 1868 in Larue County, Kentucky, he married LYDIA A. BASSETT.³⁵⁰⁶ In 1920, Pearson Clifford, age 72, and a Nettie Clifford, age 67, were enumerated in Trimble County, Kentucky.³⁵⁰⁷

Child of Pearson and Lydia (Bassett) Clifford:
12 i. Sarah3 Clifford; born 1 July 1874.


4. CHARLES2 W. CLIFFORD (William1); born February 1848, in Kentucky; died 1931; married MAUD S. SEAVER (daughter of George and Fannie Fix Seaver); born July 1875;³⁵⁰⁸ died 21 October 1963; buried in IOOF Cemetery, Bedford.³⁵⁰⁹

Children of Charles and Maud [-?-] Clifford:
13 i. Carroll3 Clifford (son); born March 1897.
14 ii. Ruth Clifford; born November 1899; married [-?-] Branch.
NN iii. Granville Clifford; born circa 1903.³⁵¹⁰
15 iv. Russell Clifford; born circa 1904.
16 v. Bentley Clifford; born circa 1910.


7. JOHN2 JAMES CLIFFORD (William1); born January 1856, married SARAH [-?-] born August 1860.³⁵¹¹

Children of John James and Sarah [-?-] Clifford:³⁵¹²
17 i. Rosella3 Clifford; born September 1881.
18 ii. Willie J. Clifford (daughter); born September 1888.
19 iii. Nannie Clifford; born August 1895.
20 iv. Leslie Clifford (son); born April 1898.


9. WILLIAM2 CLIFFORD (William1); born January 1861 in Kentucky; married HESTER [-?-]; born November 1865 in Kentucky.³⁵¹³

Children of William and Hester [-?-] Clifford:
21 i. Garner3 Clifford; born October 1883.
22 ii. Reuben Clifford; born February 1886.
23 iii. Nellie Clifford; born February 1891.
24 iv. Alva Clifford (son); born November 1893.  


11. ALONZO2 T. CLIFFORD (William1); born June 1868; died 1 June 1962 in Patton's Creek, Oldham County, Kentucky; buried in IOOF Cemetery, Bedford; married (first) KATIE [-?-]; born October 1871; married (second) MARY JANE HUFF; born 15 January 1885 (a daughter of John and Rachel Sharp Huff); died 27 October 1965; buried in Moffett Cemetery (?Trimble County, Kentucky).³⁵¹⁴



Children of Alonzo and Katie [-?-] Clifford:
+ 25 i. Roger3 Clifford; born May 1893.
26 ii. Mabel Clifford; born August 1899; married [-?-] Fendley.


Generation Three

25 ROGER3 CLIFFORD; born May 1893 in Kentucky; married VERGIE (or Virgie) [-?-]; born circa 1896.³⁵¹⁵ There was a Virgie W. Clifford, a resident of Henry County, Kentucky, who died at age 100 in Spencer County, Kentucky, 3 June 1996.³⁵¹⁶

Child of Roger and Vergie [-?-] Clifford:
27 i. Elsie4 Clifford; born circa 1918.