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class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1758-10-17</span>)</span>October 17, 1758<br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_York" title="Province of New York">Province of New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_America" title="British America">British America</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 25, 1825<span style="display:none">(1825-04-25)</span> (aged 66)<br />New York City, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party" title="Federalist Party">Federalist</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Mary Rutherfurd<br /></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="May 24, 1785">1785</span>; died <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="July 2, 1786">1786</span>)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Sally Cornell<br /></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="February 14, 1792">1792</span>; died 1803)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Clarkson_Jay" title="John Clarkson Jay">John Clarkson Jay</a> (grandson)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">David Clarkson<br />Elisabeth French Clarkson</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281776%E2%80%931777%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281776%E2%80%931777%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281776%E2%80%931777%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281776%E2%80%931777%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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data-file-height="450" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)"><img alt="New York (state)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_New_York_%281896%E2%80%931901%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_York_%281896%E2%80%931901%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_New_York_%281896%E2%80%931901%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_York_%281896%E2%80%931901%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_New_York_%281896%E2%80%931901%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_York_%281896%E2%80%931901%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Militia" class="mw-redirect" title="New York State Militia">New York State Militia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">Brigadier general</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a>:<br /> • <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Island" title="Battle of Long Island">Battle of Long Island</a><br /> • <a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Saratoga" title="Battles of Saratoga">Battles of Saratoga</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Matthew Clarkson</b> (October 17, 1758 – April 25, 1825) was a colonial soldier and politician. Clarkson Street in <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Village" title="Greenwich Village">Greenwich Village</a> and the town of <a href="/wiki/Clarkson,_New_York" title="Clarkson, New York">Clarkson</a> in <a href="/wiki/Western_New_York" title="Western New York">Western New York</a> were both named after him.<sup id="cite_ref-nnyln_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nnyln-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_Clarkson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Clarkson was born on October 17, 1758, at his father's residence on <a href="/wiki/Whitehall_Street" title="Whitehall Street">Whitehall Street</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_York" title="Province of New York">Province of New York</a> in what was then <a href="/wiki/British_America" title="British America">British America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NHS1921_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NHS1921-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Clarksons1876_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clarksons1876-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the son of David Clarkson (1726–1782) and Elisabeth (<a href="/wiki/N%C3%A9e" class="mw-redirect" title="Née">née</a> French) Clarkson (1724–1808). His brother, Thomas Streatfeild Clarkson, was the grandfather of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Clarkson" title="Thomas S. Clarkson">Thomas S. Clarkson</a>, the namesake of <a href="/wiki/Clarkson_University" title="Clarkson University">Clarkson University</a>. </p><p>Clarkson was the great-grandson of Matthew Clarkson, who emigrated to New York and served as a patent official in the 1690s.<sup id="cite_ref-nysoclib_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nysoclib-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father, Clarkson's great-great grandfather, was Rev. <a href="/wiki/David_Clarkson_(minister)" title="David Clarkson (minister)">David Clarkson</a> (1622-1686),<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the English born <a href="/wiki/Puritan" class="mw-redirect" title="Puritan">Puritan</a> clergyman whose sermons included "<i>The Doctrine of Justification is Dangerously Corrupted by the Roman Church</i>."<sup id="cite_ref-nysoclib_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nysoclib-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through his mother, he was descended from <a href="/wiki/Phillip_French" title="Phillip French">Phillip French</a>, the 27th <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_New_York_City" title="Mayor of New York City">Mayor of New York City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Caliendo2010_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Caliendo2010-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_Clarkson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the age of 17, he entered the Army to serve in the Revolutionary War, first on Long Island, subsequently under <a href="/wiki/Benedict_Arnold" title="Benedict Arnold">Benedict Arnold</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NHS1921_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NHS1921-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was at <a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Saratoga" title="Battles of Saratoga">Saratoga</a> and, later, on the staff of General <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Lincoln" title="Benjamin Lincoln">Benjamin Lincoln</a>, was present at the surrender of <a href="/wiki/John_Burgoyne" title="John Burgoyne">Burgoyne</a>, at <a href="/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia" title="Savannah, Georgia">Savannah</a> (1779) and at the defense of <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston</a> (1780). He was also present at the surrender of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis" title="Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis">Cornwallis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Clarksons1876_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clarksons1876-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the war, Clarkson was commissioned brigadier general of militia of Kings and Queens Counties in June 1786 and Major General of the Southern District of New York in March 1798.<sup id="cite_ref-nysoclib_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nysoclib-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For a time, he was engaged in merchant business with John Vanderbilt under the company Vanderbilt & Clarkson.<sup id="cite_ref-McMaster1915_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McMaster1915-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The firm was later closed and he worked with his brother at the firm S. & L. Clarkson & Co.<sup id="cite_ref-NHS1921_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NHS1921-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_service">Political service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_Clarkson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the war ended, Lincoln became <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of War">Secretary of War</a> and Clarkson became his assistant. He served as a <a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party" title="Federalist Party">Federalist</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/13th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="13th New York State Legislature">13th New York State Legislature</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Assembly" title="New York State Assembly">New York State Assembly</a> for one term from 1789 to 1790, where he introduced a bill for the gradual <a href="/wiki/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States" title="Abolitionism in the United States">abolition of slavery</a> in the State. </p><p>As a Regent of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_State_of_New_York" title="University of the State of New York">University of the State of New York</a> he was presented at the court of <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> King <a href="/wiki/Louis_XVI" title="Louis XVI">Louis XVI</a>. From 1791 to 1792, he served as U.S. Marshal. In 1793, he was elected to fill the vacancy, in place of <a href="/wiki/Philip_Van_Cortlandt" title="Philip Van Cortlandt">Philip Van Cortlandt</a>, as State Senator in the <a href="/wiki/17th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="17th New York State Legislature">17th New York State Legislature</a> representing the Southern District, which consisted of <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Kings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queens" title="Queens">Queens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Staten_Island" title="Staten Island">Richmond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suffolk_County,_New_York" title="Suffolk County, New York">Suffolk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Westchester_County,_New_York" title="Westchester County, New York">Westchester</a> counties. He served until 1795 after being reelected to the <a href="/wiki/18th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="18th New York State Legislature">18th Legislature</a>, and resigning before he completed his full four year term.<sup id="cite_ref-Hough1858_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hough1858-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a member of the commission to build a new prison 1796-1797 and President of the New York (City) Hospital (1799).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_York,_1802" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in New York, 1802">1802</a>, Clarkson was the <a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party" title="Federalist Party">Federalist Party</a> candidate for <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senator_from_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senator from New York">U.S. Senator from New York</a> but was defeated by <a href="/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton" title="DeWitt Clinton">DeWitt Clinton</a>. He was President of the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Bank of New York">Bank of New York</a> from 1804, succeeding <a href="/wiki/Le_Roy,_New_York" title="Le Roy, New York">Herman Le Roy</a>, and serving until his death in 1825.<sup id="cite_ref-Goodrich1967_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goodrich1967-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NHS1921_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NHS1921-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was succeeded by Charles Wilkes.<sup id="cite_ref-Domett1884_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Domett1884-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_Clarkson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Philanthropy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Clarkson was one of the first trustees of New York's earliest savings bank established to serve laborers and the poor, <a href="/wiki/The_Bank_for_Savings_in_the_City_of_New-York" class="mw-redirect" title="The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York">The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His son-in-law <a href="/wiki/Peter_Augustus_Jay_(lawyer)" title="Peter Augustus Jay (lawyer)">Peter Augustus Jay</a> was one of the bank's founders. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_Clarkson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_William_Clarkson.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Coat_of_Arms_of_William_Clarkson.svg/175px-Coat_of_Arms_of_William_Clarkson.svg.png" decoding="async" width="175" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Coat_of_Arms_of_William_Clarkson.svg/263px-Coat_of_Arms_of_William_Clarkson.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Coat_of_Arms_of_William_Clarkson.svg/350px-Coat_of_Arms_of_William_Clarkson.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="395" data-file-height="460" /></a><figcaption>Coat of Arms of Matthew Clarkson</figcaption></figure> <p>On May 24, 1785, Clarkson was married to Mary Rutherfurd (1761–1786), the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Walter_Rutherfurd" title="Walter Rutherfurd">Walter Rutherfurd</a> and Catherine (née Alexander) Rutherfurd and the sister of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senator">U.S. Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Rutherfurd" title="John Rutherfurd">John Rutherfurd</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through her mother, she was the niece of <a href="/wiki/William_Alexander,_Lord_Stirling" title="William Alexander, Lord Stirling">William Alexander, Lord Stirling</a>, and the granddaughter of <a href="/wiki/James_Alexander_(lawyer)" title="James Alexander (lawyer)">James Alexander</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mary_Alexander" title="Mary Alexander">Mary Alexander Provoost</a>. Before her death in 1786, they were the parents of one child together:<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Mary Rutherfurd Clarkson (1786–1838), who married her cousin <a href="/wiki/Peter_Augustus_Jay_(lawyer)" title="Peter Augustus Jay (lawyer)">Peter Augustus Jay</a> (1776–1843), the eldest son of <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States" title="Chief Justice of the United States">Chief Justice</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Jay" title="John Jay">John Jay</a> and Sarah Van Brugh (née <a href="/wiki/Livingston_family" title="Livingston family">Livingston</a>) Jay,<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1807.<sup id="cite_ref-sothebys_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sothebys-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>His second marriage was on February 14, 1792, to Sally Cornell (1762–1803), the daughter of Samuel Cornell (1731–1781) and Susan (née Mabson) Cornell (1732–1778).<sup id="cite_ref-sothebys_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sothebys-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Together they had eight children, including:<sup id="cite_ref-brooklynhistory_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brooklynhistory-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Elizabeth Clarkson (1793–1820),<sup id="cite_ref-nysoclib_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nysoclib-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who died unmarried.<sup id="cite_ref-sothebys_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sothebys-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Catherine Rutherfurd Clarkson (1794–1861), who married Jonathan Goodhue, son of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">U.S. Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Goodhue" title="Benjamin Goodhue">Benjamin Goodhue</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Clarkson_(NYSE)" title="David Clarkson (NYSE)">David Clarkson</a> (1795–1867), who was <a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="List of presidents of the New York Stock Exchange">President of the New York Stock Exchange</a>, from 1837 to 1851, who married his cousin, Elizabeth Streatfield Clarkson, in 1822.<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Matthew Clarkson, Jr. (1796–1883),<sup id="cite_ref-1883Obit_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1883Obit-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who married Catherine Elizabeth Clarkson in 1821.<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>William Bayard Clarkson (1798–1875), who married Adelaide Margaret Livingston (1806–1885), daughter of Robert L. Livingston and granddaughter of <a href="/wiki/New_York_Court_of_Chancery" title="New York Court of Chancery">Chancellor</a> <a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Livingston_(chancellor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert R. Livingston (chancellor)">Robert R. Livingston</a>, in 1826.<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Susan Maria Clarkson (1800–1823), who married James Ferguson de Peyster, brother of <a href="/wiki/Frederic_de_Peyster" title="Frederic de Peyster">Frederic de Peyster</a>, in 1822.<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sarah Cornell Clarkson (1802–1849), who married Rev. William Richmond in 1826.<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legacy">Legacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_Clarkson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On April 2, 1819, the town of <a href="/wiki/Clarkson,_New_York" title="Clarkson, New York">Clarkson</a> was established by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Legislature" title="New York State Legislature">New York State Legislature</a> and named in honor of General Clarkson. Although there is no evidence that he ever lived in Western New York, he reportedly owned a sizable amount of land there, and he gave 100 acres (405,000 m²) to the town,<sup id="cite_ref-clarksonny_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clarksonny-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the rest of his interest was placed in trust for his children.<sup id="cite_ref-Andrews2002_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andrews2002-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Descendants">Descendants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_Clarkson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Through his eldest daughter Mary, he was the grandfather of:<sup id="cite_ref-Bergen1915_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bergen1915-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_Clarkson_Jay" title="John Clarkson Jay">John Clarkson Jay</a> (1808–1891), a physician and noted <a href="/wiki/Conchologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Conchologist">conchologist</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-JCJObit1891_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JCJObit1891-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Catherine Helena Jay (1815–1889), who married <a href="/wiki/Henry_Augustus_DuBois" title="Henry Augustus DuBois">Henry Augustus DuBois</a> (1808–1884),<sup id="cite_ref-Genea1880_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Genea1880-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1835.<sup id="cite_ref-Bergen1915_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bergen1915-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anna Maria Jay (1819–1902),<sup id="cite_ref-AMJPObit1902_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMJPObit1902-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who married Henry Evelyn Pierrepont (1808–1888),<sup id="cite_ref-HEPFuneral1888_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HEPFuneral1888-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HEPJrObit1911_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HEPJrObit1911-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1841,<sup id="cite_ref-Bergen1915_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bergen1915-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Susan Matilda Jay (1827–1910),<sup id="cite_ref-SMJCObit1910_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMJCObit1910-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who married another of his grandchildren, Matthew Clarkson (1823–1913), the son of David Clarkson,<sup id="cite_ref-MCObit1913_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MCObit1913-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1852.<sup id="cite_ref-Bergen1915_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bergen1915-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_Clarkson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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