Clover
Family Research Compendium
This article was originally published in 2002 and is copyrighted 2002 by June C. Byrne. However, much of the research here was done by Emily Nix who is now deceased.
A
Daughter for John Clover.
I have previously written about the John Clover of Connecticut who lived in Greene County, New York according to the 1800 and 1810 censuses. There was a marriage for a Betsy Clover to a Matthew Shue in 1810 in the Reformed Dutch Church in Oak Hill. Oak Hill is in Durham which is in Greene County, New York. Emily Nix and I worried over whether or not this girl could have been a previously unknown daughter of John Clover.
A year after I published this article which was in the Spring
2002, Clover Family Chronicles,
page 9-12, I found proof. I
published
the following article on Elizabeth Clover who married Matthew Shue in
1810 in Green County, New York. I can now say definitely
that she was the daughter of John Clover. I routinely check for new
information in the counties in which there are Clovers. I
recently discovered that the marriage records for the Oak Hill Dutch
Reformed Church have been transcribed from the original documents in
Albany and are on Rootsweb.com. It turns out that the
transcription for this entry reads:
8 April 1810, Matthew Shue, son of Augustin Shue married Betsey Clover, daughter of John Clover.(1)
8 April 1810, Matthew Shue, son of Augustin Shue married Betsey Clover, daughter of John Clover.(1)
There was a female child in the 1790 census with John Clover in Connecticut which could be Elizabeth. Although errors were made, the 1790 census was supposed to include members of the household as of 2 August 1790. In John Clover’s household in 1800, there is a female child aged 16-26. In 1810, the female child is not in his household in the census which suggests she might have married.. The census was supposed to have included members of the household as of 7 August 1810. Although this proves that a female child was in his household, it does not prove that she was his daughter. The dates fit so well and we have found no other Clover family in the county at the time. The following research is almost entirely the work of Emily Nix.
There was a marriage for a Betsy Clover to a Matthew Shue on 8 April 1810 in the Reformed Dutch Church in Oak Hill.(2) Oak Hill is in Durham which is in Greene County, New York. Mathew Shue (also Shoe) was probably the son of Augustus Shue who was living in Greene County in 1810 according to the census. Augustus and Polly Shue sold lot 88, (Book R:193) to M. Shue in Greene County in 1816. Mathew sold the same lot 88, (Book T:82) to F. Crooker in 1817.(3) Both Mathew and Augustus Shoe/Shue moved with their families to Onondaga County, New York. Augustus is buried in the Christian Hollow Cemetery. The tombstones of Augustus and his wife read: Auqustinus Shue, died March 15, 1828 in the 83rd year of his age; Mariah Shue, wife of A. Shue died May 24, 1841 in the 89th year of her age.(4) Augustus Shoe is supposed to have married Maria(h) Merkel. Mathew had brothers named Peter, John, Avery, and George.
[Note: I was looking in the Durham Church Records at the Frederick Clover entry to make sure that there was nothing else. While I was in the book, I tripped over Augustus Shue. He appears regularly starting about 1801. There were a number of other Shues in the records, although Mathew does not appear in the index. This is just one more connection between the John Clover family and the Augustus Shue family.]
Matthew Shue was born ca. 23 February 1790, New York, as he died 3 June 1869, age 79 years 3 months 11 days, buried: Hillside Cemetery, Central Square, Hastings, Oswego County, New York. The tombstone of Elizabeth “Betsy” Clover, his first wife, reads: Elizabeth Shue, wife of Matthew Shue, died 27 December 1833, aged 43 years 5 months 23 days. The tombstone of his second wife reads: Lucretia Shue, wife of Mallory Shue, died 21 November 1861, aged 69 years 1 month. There is another tombstone: (Child) Shue 1862 (dau of Matthew and Lucretia) aged 8 years.(5)
According to the tombstone, Elizabeth “Betsy” (Clover) Shue would have been born ca. 4 July 1790. This is very interesting since the baptisms of the John, William, Frederick and Colley Clover, who were sons of John Clover, took place on 27 April 1790 in Middletown, Connecticut.(6) The date of birth would perfectly explain why only the boys were baptized, but there was a girl in the census. This birth could explain why the mother was not at the church when the baptism took place. If Betsy was her daughter, it is just possible that the mother was too sick to attend church because of a pregnancy. This makes Betsey look good as a possible sibling of the four brothers. The family moved to New York very shortly after her birth which might explain the 1880 censuses where all of her children say their mother was born in New York.
1810 Greene County, NY Freehold, page 235: Augustus Shoe 01101-1110121
[Augustus is probably the father of Matthew Shue]
1820 Onondaga County, NY Pompey Ancestry Image 12: Matthew Shue 1000100101001
1830 Oswego County, NY Hastings Page 325: Matthew Shue 21110010000000112001
1850 Oswego County, NY Hastings: Matthew Shue 60 M Farmer $3000 NY; Lucretia Shue 52 F CT; William C 23 M NY; Adelia 23 F NY; Augustus 59 M NY; Michael Walton 16 NY
1855 State Census Hastings, Oswego:
#169 Mathew Shue 65 M Born Scoholrie lived in Hastings 26 yrs; Lucretia Shue 60 F Born CT 14 yrs in Hastings; Angeline Shue 27 F Bn. Oswego 23 yrs in Hastings;
1860 Oswego County, NY Hastings Page 216: Matthew Shue 70 M 1500/ 400 NY; Lucretia Shue 67 F CT; S----- Snow 18 F NY
Probable Children of Mathew Shue and Elizabeth “Betsy” Clover:
Nancy Shue, ca. 1813 Durham, Greene County, New York, died 12 March 1865, buried: Cardiff Cemetary, Pompey, Onondaga County, New York. Nancy married William Dewey Phelps, born 5 June 1811, Reedsboro/Shaftsbury, Denninton County, Vermont.(7)
▸ 1840 Cicero Onondaga New York William D Phelps 01001-000001
▸ 1850 Oswego County, New York Hastings: William D. Phelps 39 M Shoemaker VT; Nancy 30 F NY; George 15 M NY; Elizabeth 10 F NY; Elijah 3 NY; John 3/12 NY.
▸ 1860 Onondaga County, NY LaFayette: W D Phelps 49 M Shoe Maker 500 200 VT; Nancy 47 F Housekeeper NY; George W 25 Shoemaker NY; Elizabeth A 20 F Domestic; Elijah M 13 M in school; John 10 M in school
George Shue, born 28 December 1814, died 21 February 1907, son of Matthew and Elizabeth.(8) George M. Shue married, 12 January 1836, Hastings, Oswego, New York, Olive Smedley (9) Olive B. (Smedley) Shue, born 26 February 1820, died 11 June 1876. Her tombstone says wife of George. Both are buried in Riverside Cemetery, Onondaga County, New York. (10)
▸ 1840 Onondaga County, NY Cicero, George Shue : 00101-100001
▸ 1860 Onondaga County, NY Brewerton: George Shue 48 M Farmer 4800 1400 NY; Olivia 40 F NY; Elizabeth Ayres 20 NY; Lymon Ayres 21 Farmer NY; Annie Shue 13 F NY; Minerva Shue 9 NY.
▸ 1880 Brewerton, Onondaga, New York NARA T9-0905, Page 30B: George Shoe Self M W 65 NY Drover Fa: DONT NO Mo: DONT NO; Olive Wife M W 60 CT
Elsie A. Shue born ca. 1819, Onondaga County, New York. Elsie married Nathan Snow, born ca. 1815, Oswego County, New York.
▸ 1855 State Census, Hastings, Oswego County, NY: #170 Nathan Snow 40 M born Oswego 30 yrs in Hastings; Elsie A Shue Snow F 35 Born Onondaga 23 yrs Hastings; Mary A Snow 7 F born Oswego 7 yrs Hastings; James M Snow 4 M born Oswego 4 yrs in Hastings.
▸ 1880 Hastings, Oswego, New York, NARA Film T9-0913, Page 202A: George Simons Self M M W 31 VT Occ: Farmer Fa: NY Mo: VT Rettie Wife F M W 33 NY Fa: NY Mo: NY; Elsey Snow MotherL F W Widow 61 NY Occ: Retired Housekeeper Fa: NY Mo: NY; Henry Hamilton Other M S W 15 NY Can Can
John Shue, born ca. 5 March 1821, as he died 6 May 1885, aged 64 years, 2 months. His tombstone reads: son of Mathew and Elizabeth. He is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Onondaga County, New York.(11)
George Shue, son of John Shue and Catherine Shafer, was born ca. 1859.
Mary A. Snow, daughter of Nathan Snow and Eliza Shue, died 1856.
James Snow born 13 May 1851, died 13 February 1928, buried Hillside Cemetery. He married Rosella T. McChesney in 1878. She was born about 1857.
▸ 1855 State Census, Hastings, Oswego County, NY: #256 John Shue 32 M born Onondaga County 14 yrs in Hastings; Catherine Shue 24 F born Duchess 14 yrs Hastings; Elsie A Shue 2 born Oswego 2 yrs Hastings.
▸ 1880 Hastings, Oswego, New York, NARA film T9-0913, Page 192A: John Shue Self M M W 59 NY Occ: Farmer Fa: NY Mo: NY; Catharine Wife F M W 51 NY Fa: NY Mo: NY
William Shue, born ca. 1827, Onondaga County, New York.
▸ 1855 State Census, Hastings, Oswego County, New York: #168 William Shue 28 M born Onondago 26 yrs Hastings; Ordelia Shue 28 F born Onondaga 5 yrs Hastings; Fernando C Shue 2 M Onondago 2 yrs Hastings.
▸ 1800 Hastings, Oswego, New York, NARA Film T9-0913, Page 196B: William Shue Self M W 48 NY Occ: Farmer Fa: NY Mo: NY; Margarett Wife F W 25 NY Fa: ENG Mo: ENG; Mabel Dau F S W 12 NY Fa: NY Mo: NY; William F. Son M S W 9 months NY Fa: NY Mo: NY; Horatio Castle Other M W 72 VT Carpenter Fa: CT Mo: CT; Mariah B. Castle Other F W 59 NY CT VT
Endnotes:
(1) http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2/oak_hill_drc_marriages.htm?
(2) IGI Batch number M510891, extracted from FHL
(3) www.rootsweb.com/`nyononda/POMPEY/GRANTOR3.htm
(4) www.rootsweb.com/`nyononda/CEMETARY/CHRISTIA.HTM
(5) Information sent by the Oswego County Historian to Emily Nix.
(6) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~clover/tt/ny/johnofctandny.html
Copy of church record.
(7) GEDCOM file at worldconnect.rootsweb.com
(8) www.rootsweb.com/~nyononda/CEMETARY/RIVERSBR.HTM
(9) IGI
(10) www.rootsweb.com/~nyononda/CEMETARY/RIVERSBR.HTM
(11) www.rootsweb.com/~nyononda/CEMETARY/RIVERSBR.HTM
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