ID4r a.tlng4nru Jfamtly. 120 COPIES PRINTED FOR THE CLAGHORN FAMILY AND THEIR CONNECTIONS AND FRIENDS. LYON & ARMOR, PRINTERS P>ilLAOELl'l<IA vvrLLIAM CRuMnv CLAGHORN," of Philadelphia. ID4t 1Snrnuy nf Qllrgqnrnt A. D. I 203 Lanarkshire, Scotland to ID4r 111 nttttly nf <nlagqnru A. D. 1912 United States of America Compiled by WILLIAM CRUMBY CLAGHORN Philadelphia ]OHN \1/ILL!AM CLAGHORN,6 of Philadelphia. Jrrftttt When nearing the completion of a work of this character the writer cannot help but refer to its inception. One hundred years ago a young New Englander by birth came to Philadelphia to earn his living and if possible make his fortune. He was eager, ambitious and patriotic. His father was dead, and also both grandfathers, but he knew how unselfishly they had served their country; one as a major in the Continental Line, and the other as the commander of a ten-gun privateer. His respect for his male progenitors and his love for his mother led him to carefully transcribe the genealogical lines of both families. These records made by John William Claghorn& have been handed to us, and with the assistance of Surgeon Charles E. Banks, Captain George Cleghorn Tancred, Charles Claghorn, and John W. Claghorn, 3d, and many others directly and indirectly connected with the family have completed this volume. Let us continue these records and pass to each succeeding gen­ eration with the same interest in their preservation and exten­ sion that has been shown in their compilation. 7 IDl}r C!!luglrnru 1Jtatttily. THE ARMS OF CLEGGORNE. Registered at the Lyon Office in Edinburgh in 1630, by Philpot, Lord Lyon of that period. Of record. THE ARMS OF CLEGHORN. Date unknown. The motto is the same as that of the W atsons, of Staughton Hall, Corstorphine. Of record. THE ARMS OF CLAGHORN. Copied from an old painting made in the eighteenth century. The original has been preserved by the descendants of Samuel Claghorn, of Norwich, Conn. Not of record. 8 wlfr (!tlaglynrn Jr attrlly. C!Hrg}Jnrn Q!rrsts Fairbairn Book of Crests, Vol. I, page 93. Vol. II, page 217, plate 13. A cubit arm erect, holding in the hand a pair of scales equally poised. (All ppr.) Voi. I, page 93. Vol. II, page 223, plate 3. A Dexter hand issuing ftom a cloud in sinister holding a laurel branch. (All ppr.) Motto: Insperata Floruit. Vol. I, page 94. Vol. II, page 198, plate 4. An arm in armour enbowed, throwing a dart. (All ppr.) Motto: Sublime Petimus. 9 ®rtgtu nf tlJt Name nf QtltglJnru GLEGERNE-GLEGERN-CLEGGERNE-CLEGERN Glegeme is a name of great antiquity and of Celtic origin. In A. D. 80, during the invasion of the Romans, a camp was estab­ lished by Agricola near the border line of Scotland, at a place called Glegerne. There are still traces of this camp and it is described in General Roy's History of Military Rome Antiquities -and with a very good plate. There was also an ancient Chapel of Clegerne in connection with the Abbey Dryburgh, but the site is now unknown. The Barony of Cleghorne was held by Roger de Valonius in the twelfth century; who, as is shown by a Bull of Removal in 1203, had given twelve acres of land to the Canons of N ewbattle, who held them until 1273, when their title to them was confirmed by Pope Gregory X, but by an endorsement in this Bull, the possession of them passed from the Abbey. In 1228, the lands of Cleghorn were held from Philip de Val­ onius by Robert Carmicely or Karamikley (Carmichael)- he was succeeded by his daughter, Ellina, who in 1306 did homage for her lands to Edward I. In 1441, the lands of Cleaugh and part of Cleghorn were granted to Sir Allan Lockhart, of Lanarkshire, whose family still hold title to the same in the present year of 1912. After the origin of the name Cleghorne, we find it first ap­ pearing as a family name in the fifteenth_ century. A little later William Cleghorne and John Cleghorne, of Le­ thanhope, are mentioned in Pitcairns' Criminal Trials, Vol. I, Part I, A. D. 1502, as follows: I I Witt (!Hnglµtru Ji atttily. "James Grey in Fawlishope produced a Remission for the Art and Part of the cruel slaughter of cattle and the theft of goods, and James Ker, of Linthoune, became surety to satisfy." The claim of William Cleghorne was for a horse and eighty sheep and the claim of John Cleghorne for the theft of goats and goods. This was at the termination of a period of great unrest on the Scottish border, which ended during the reign of Henry VII by the marriage of his daughter to the King of Scotland. m4e Q!laglJnru JTrunily. Qtlrg~nntt!l tn Ehiuburg~ atth tts ]ttrinity The Cleghornes who resided in Edinburgh and its immediate vicinity were principally merchants, although we find a number of them holding public offices in Scotland and in England .. James Cleighorne, who married into the Rous or Rouse family, in England, was the Warden of the High Commissioner's Court, and a man of considerable wealth, as is shown by various items in his Will, 1640, as follows: "My body to be buried in St. Margarett's Church in West­ minster, in the place where my deceased and beloved wife lieth buried. * * * I give to the poore of Okingham £3, unto Mr. Bateman £20, to the poore of St. Margarett's £5. To my daugh­ ter Ellen £2000, twoe gilded tankerds, one silver drinking boul, twoe gilt spoons, and my gould chaine, etc. -* "' * Unto my grandchild James Rouse my whole right and interest in a patent of the Reversion of the office of Warden of the High Commis­ sion Court, and I appoint my brother-in-law John Exton, Doctor of the Civil Lawe, and Mr. Robt. Castle, rector of Glatton, my sole executors." Dr. George Cleghorne, of Dornock, is mentioned at the time of the "Renewal of Power and Commissions" granted in Publick Affairs, July 16th, 1650. Those appointed were the Marquis of Argyle, five Earls, five Lords, five Baronets, nine Lairds, one General, one Advocate, and fourteen Laymen. Among them was Dr. George Cleghorne, of Dornock, who had several sons appren­ ticed to merchants in Edinburgh. It was also a relative of his, Mr. David Cleghorn, of Edinburgh, who was elected to Parliament in 1668. C!Urg~nrurs tu Olrumnuh. 1Lnt~tuu. Olnrstnrp~tm. ett. After the apparent origin of the family name in Lanark, we find numerous Cleghornes around the Firth of Forth, where they settled and their descendants remained for several hundred years. In 1352 the farms of Grotthill, Cramond, were made free, and in 1500 or thereabouts we find a David Cleghorne at Groutoun with his family, the rest of the farms in that section being still under the feudal laws. David Cleghorne died in 1577 and at the time of his death there were living in this section about ten persons by the name. In 1600 there were numerous families by the name of Cleghorne occupying farms in Cramond, Corstorphine, Abercorn, Wister­ Dudingston and East and West Craigs of Corstorphine, near Edinburgh. James Cleghorn the elder died in West Craigs, June 5th, 1588, and left among others a son James and a son Harry. Harry or Henry was apprenticed to a merchant in Edinburgh in 1611. We have no record of his death, but know that he had three sons and one daughter, namely, Thomas; David, James and Isobel. Thomas must have died early or in some way became removed from the family, as upon the death of David Cleghorn in 1647, we find that he willed his estate to the younger children, James and Isobel. As near as we can determine this young James Cleghorn is the ancestor of the Cleghorns and Claghorns of America. 14 tJJ!Jt Qtlag!Jnm Jinmily. In January, 1650, the English army, under Cromwell, occupied the parish of Corstorphine for about one year. During that time the country and farms were devastated by war, and the various families driven out. This condition lasted until the Battle of Dunbar, which took place at Dunbar on September 3d, 1650, which after a severe de­ feat to Charles II, resulted in the capture of over 9,000 Scots. About five thousand of these were released, being wounded, and the balance in various ways sent to England, according to letter of Sir Arthur Haselrigge, Governor of Newcastle, in whose charge the prisoners were, to the Council of State, dated October 31st, 1650, only eleven days before he was ordered to send 150 of them to New England on the ship "Unity." Of those at Durham, 350 were delivered to Major Clark for transportation to Virginia. The balance of the prisoners were either sent to the Salt Works at Shields or put to work in New Castle. Five hundred were kept in Durham Castle, and about six hundred at the Cathedral. By ordinance of Parliament, dated the 20th of October, 1651, two hundred and sixty-two Scots imported from the ship "John and Sara" free of duty and were consigned to be sold by those at whose expense they were sent over to the inhabitants who were in need of slaves or servants. These were registered at Gravesand at the Search Office on November 8th, 1651, by John Bradley, Sealer with the Arms of the Commonwealth, and entered at Boston by Edward Rawson, Recorder, on May 13th, 1652. That some effort was made to find the whereabouts and condi­ tion of these prisoners is shown by the Petition of Lieut.