THE DOCUMENTED TRAVELS OF ANCESTOR ICHABOD CLAWSON - THROUGH AT LEAST SEVEN STATES - 1,600 MILES - 50 YEARS OF MIGRATION (and some biographical information). Ichabod Clawson is my one ancestor who has put the most miles under his feet here in the U.S. that I'm aware of, not including military ancestors (most never went beyond Ohio). Although I know various places he landed, I do not know what routes he traveled yet. Image above from the Library of Congress. 1) About 1780 -- Born in New Jersey according to the 1850 census. Some of his children in later census records when asked about birthplace of parents, indicated New York, among other places. With ever-changing boundaries as the country moved forward, this could have been true literally, or could have meant after it became something else.Vermont became a state (previously New York) in 1791. 2) 1807 -- Married in Fairfield, Vermont - There is a Nathan Closson listed in the 1800 census (age 26-44 age bracket) but...
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