Matthew Clesson

- Abt 1716

• Name	Matthew Clesson  [1, 2]
  Birth	of Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1716	Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I19364	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Mary Phelps,   b. 21 Jun 1651, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut d. 15 Apr 1687 (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1670	Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [2, 6]
  Children	+ 1. Joseph Clesson,   b. 23 Apr 1675   d. 4 Jun 1753, Fort William Henry, Warren, New York (Age 78 years) + 2. Elizabeth Clesson,   b. 6 Aug 1678   d. 16 Jul 1709 (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F11661	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Or Closson. An indentured servant, said to have come from Ireland; he became very prosperous.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2524] William Hamilton Hannum, "William Hannum of New England and Some of His Descendants." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 90:157, 1936. [S215] The Phelps Family in America and Their English Ancestors: With Copies of Wills, Deeds, Letters, and Other Interesting Papers by Oliver Seymour Phelps. 1899. [S8141] What Befell Stephen Williams in His Captivity ed. George Sheldon. Deerfield, Massachusetts: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, 1889. [S692] The Scott Genealogy by Mary Lovering Holman. Boston: 1919. [S215] The Phelps Family in America and Their English Ancestors: With Copies of Wills, Deeds, Letters, and Other Interesting Papers by Oliver Seymour Phelps. 1899., year only. [S692] The Scott Genealogy by Mary Lovering Holman. Boston: 1919., date only.