Elizabeth Laird Claton (1802-1865) - Find a Grave Memorial

Elizabeth Laird Claton

Birth

2 Sep 1802

Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death

21 Apr 1865 (aged 62)

Flat Rock, Shelby County, Indiana, USA

Burial

Patterson Cemetery

Lewis Creek, Shelby County, Indiana, USA Add to Map

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Elizabeth Laird was born to Joseph C. and Eleanor "Ellen" (Morison) Laird in Aberdenshire, Scotland, the second of their eight children.

Elizabeth's parents were born on the west side of Scotland, and it is unknown why they travelled northeast to Aberdeenshire, but likely it had something to do with work. Elizabeth's father was born in a very small town by the name of Kilmacolm in Renfrewshire, Scotland, near Glasgow. There may not have been any opportunities there, aside from farming.

Elizabeth's mother was born in either Glasgow or Lanark, Scotland, towns that are adjacent to Kilmacolm or thereabouts.

Four more siblings joined Elizabeth before the Laird family began to migrate toward the United States. Her brother, John Ernest Laird, was born in 1817 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The final child, Peter Laird (my direct ancestor) was born in 1821 in Clark County, Ohio, probably in Greene Township, where the family is found in the 1830 census.

The year before her brother Peter was born, Elizabeth married Thomas Claton, Jr. on October 12, 1820, in Warren County, Ohio.

Thomas was the son of Thomas D. Claton and Elizabeth Rosa (Brand)Claton. He was born June 12, 1798 in New Jersey.

Elizabeth and Thomas spent their first seven years of married life in Warren County, Ohio, where their first six children were born. Sometime between April of 1827 and May of 1828, they moved to Flat Rock, Shelby County, Indiana, where Elizabeth gave birth to TEN more children! All in all, the Clatons had sixteen children, some of whom died as infants. Others died while very young. Some barely reached majority.

Children that survived to old age were only five: James lived to age 79; Sarah Elizabeth (Claton) Van Benthuysen lived to be 84; Joseph Washington lived to be 77; Cynthia (Claton) Cochran lived to her 80th year; and Benjamin Franklin lived to the age of 69.

Their children were:

Adam, 1821-1822
James, 1822-1901
Peter, 1823-1825
Eleanor, 1824-1825
Mary, 1825-1853
Sarah Elizabeth, 1827-1911
Joseph Washington, 1828-1905
Cynthia, 1829-1909
Thomas Jefferson, 1833-1883
Elizabeth, 1834-1855
infant, 1836-1836
infant, 1837-1837
Louisa, 1838-1857
William Laird, 1840-1879
Benjamin Franklin, 1842-1911
Sanford Ballingal, 1844-1864

Elizabeth herself was 63 when she died in 1865. Her husband lived another 9 years, dying in October of 1874.

Their descendants are numerous and wide spread, many of whom migrated all the way west and can be found in California and other western states.
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