Display Patriot - P-329994 - Pemberton CLAUGHTON Jr
Pemberton CLAUGHTON Jr
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P-329994
The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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Pemberton Claughton was a 6th generation Virginian. His family was prominent on the Northern Neck. His 3rd Great Grandfather was listed as a Mariner in 1638 in Maryland. His family's first Virginia Land Grants were dated 1650 in Northumberland County. Pemberton was born before 1714 in Northumberland County, Virginia. He married Beheathland Myers, and they had five children.
He served the American Revolutionary Cause in military service, civil service, and patriotic service. Pemberton was a Captain in the Northumberland County Militia. On 10 March 1777, He was recommended to his Excellency the Governor as fit and able to be added to the Commission of the Peace for Northumberland County and took the Oath on 10 May 1777. To support the Pemberton had his horse impressed for 15 days and provided 300 pounds of beef.
There is another interesting reference to Pemberton in the Northumberland Court records. In November of 1776, Mr. William Lewis petitioned the Commonwealth of Virginia for the loss of his boat. Captain Claughton pressed the vessel into service to assist the militia movements for 13 days at the mouth of the Coan River. The enemy fleet appeared, and the full militia was called out. At the conclusion of the engagement, Mr. Lewis' boat had been sunk. The Northumberland County Court paid Mr. Lewis £10 on 8 November 1777 for the loss of his vessel.
His will was proven in Northumberland County on 11 July 1785. The house built by his son in 1787 has been restored by Thomas Wolf and lies just off Route 624 in Northumberland County.
Source:
Bulletin of the Northumberland County Historical Society Vol. 12, 1975.
Wolf, Thomas, Historic Sites in Virginia's Northern Neck and Essex County, 2011.
Abercrombie, Janice L., and Slatten, Richard, Virginia Revolutionary Publick Claims, Vol. 3, Georgia. Athens: Iberian Publishing Company, 1992.
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