Clover Family Mythology
Created,
Edited, and
Maintained By June Clover Byrne
For the Clover Family Historical Society
In
my many years of researching Clover families, I have discovered that
most families have at least one mythological story floating around the
internet. It is very frustrating to me because they keep
getting sent to me by serious researchers who have been sucked in. It
results in a total waste of resources. People spend years
researching something that is not true. This means that they
are not looking in the right place and thus do not find what they
really need. The following myths are widely believed.
Myth One:
Philip Clover married a Mary Cooper. There are many people who seriously believe that she was descended from Astley Cooper. She was not. Martha Jane Cooper who is believed to have been the mother of Lewis Peter Clover of New York City, is also widely believed to have been the granddaughter of Astley Cooper. Martha was probably the daughter of an Ashley Coopeer. Neither of these woman are descended from Astley Cooper. Astley Cooper was born AFTER Mary so could not have been her ancestor. Check this article on this subject that I published in 2004.
Myth Two
John Peter Clover is occasionally listed as a Quaker. In fact, there is no evidence to support this and much evidence to dispute it. See this article on the subject that I published in 2004.
Myth One:
Philip Clover married a Mary Cooper. There are many people who seriously believe that she was descended from Astley Cooper. She was not. Martha Jane Cooper who is believed to have been the mother of Lewis Peter Clover of New York City, is also widely believed to have been the granddaughter of Astley Cooper. Martha was probably the daughter of an Ashley Coopeer. Neither of these woman are descended from Astley Cooper. Astley Cooper was born AFTER Mary so could not have been her ancestor. Check this article on this subject that I published in 2004.
Myth Two
John Peter Clover is occasionally listed as a Quaker. In fact, there is no evidence to support this and much evidence to dispute it. See this article on the subject that I published in 2004.
Myth Three
John Clover of Connecticut is widely believed to have married a Sarah Collins in Massachusetts and/or a Mary Warner in New York. See this article that I published in 2004.
Myth Four
Philip Clover of Frederick County, Virginia and Berkeley County, Virginia was NOT married to a Shepherd or to Elizabeth VanMetre. He also did not have a middle initial of A.
Myth Five
Sarah (Clover) Corbett did not have a middle initial or a middle name of Bloom. I stronly suspect this myth came about because there is a county history article where Paul Clover is mentioned as an uncle to some Bloom children. However, they were the children of William Bloom, who married Mary Roll. Paul's son, Philip Clover, married Sally Roll, her sister. Both of these women are named in John Roll's will in 1816. So Paul was in fact, the children's great uncle, but it had nothing to do with Paul's sister Sarah.
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