| Note* | | In 'The History of Martha's Vineyard.' Immigration: to Massachussets on the 'Unity' 1651, political refugee from Scotland. According to the booklet 'Colonel George Claghorn, Buildier ofConstitution', by William M. Emery, Old Dartmouth Historical Sketches,dated January 1931 (No. 56) for the Old Dartmouth Historical Society, h ewas 'one of those brave Scotchmen captured at the battle of Dunbar, anddeported oversees by order of Cromwell. This Progenitor (of GeorgeClaghorn) settled in Barnstable. A number of his grandchildren, includingShubael Claghorn, father of George, removed to Marthas Vineyard. The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks: Volume III Family Genealogies: pp. 80-87 THE CLAGHORN FAMILY Compiled by Dr. Charles Banks, c. 1925. Transcribed and prepared for the web by C. Baer 1999. The derivation of this family name is traced to Glegerne, a Celtic namegiven to a camp on the border line of Scotland by the Romans A.D. 80during the invasion of England. From this the name became Cleggerne,Clegherne, Cleghorn, and lastly, Claghorn. The barony of Cleghorneexisted in Scotland in the 12th century and a chapel of Clegerne wasconnected with Dryburgh Abbey. The lands connected with the barony weregranted in 1441 to Sir Alan Lockhart of Lanarkshire in whose family thetitle remains to the present day. Claghorn, as a family name, appears in Scottish records as early as 1350in Edinburgh, Cramond, Lothian and Corstorphine. In the latter namedparish there lived a James Cleghorn who d. 5 June 1588, leaving amongothers two sons James and Henry, and the latter was father of three sonsand one daughter, viz: Thomas, David, James and Isobel. James, theyoungest son, with his sister Isobel, was the heir of his older brother,David, in 1647, and is believed to be the James Claghorn who was broughtto New England in 1650 as a prisoner of war during the ScottishRebellion, following the Battle of Dunbar. Corstorphine, the home of theClaghorns, was occupied for a year by the troops of Cromwell and many ofits families driven into exile. In the fall of 1651 about 150 of theScotch prisoners were sent to New England for indenture as 'slaves orservants' in the ship 'Unity'. They were treated as human chattels andclassed with Indians and negroes in the social estimate of the Puritans.They were bound out to the wealthy classes as household or agriculturalhelpers. JAMES CLAGHORN, like all the Scotch prisoners sent to New England, wasfarmed out and undoubtedly, his time was sold to Bernard Lombart(Lumbert) of Barnstable sometime bef. 1654. He retaliated on his masterby taking his dau. ABIAH LOMBARD to wife 6 Jan. 1653-4. He removed intoYarmouth 1662 and there lived during the remainder of his life. He wasrated at Yarmouth in 1675 for the expenses of King Philip's War. His wife committed suicide by hanging in Oct. 1677, having been for sometimementally afflicted. His will 11 Oct. 1683 was pro. 25 Oct. following and he d. bet. those dates. JAMES, b. 29 Jan. 1654; served in King Philip's War 1676 and Expeditionto Quebec 1690; d. 27 Mch 1723 at Rochester, Mass. MARY, b. 26 Oct. 1655; m. JOSEPH DAVIS 20 Mch. 1682. ELIZABETH, b. Apr. 1658; living 1683. SARAH, b. 3 Jan 1659-60; living 1683. ROBERT, b. 20 Oct. 1661. SHUBAEL, b. (1663). THOMAS, b. (1665). EXPERIENCE, (1667.)1 |