Clover Family Research Compendium

Created, Edited, and Maintained By June Clover Byrne

Clover Immigration, Naturalization,

and Ship Passenger Records

        In my many years of publishing the Clover Family Newsletters, I have acquired many bits and pieces which I never had occasion to publish. Now that I have retired from actively publishing the newsletters, I want to make sure that my research is available to future genealogists. Consequently, I am preparing research reports on early Clover records in many geographical areas. This is just one of them. For information about further reports in an area in which you are interested, please contact June Clover Byrne, Editor of the Clover Family Newsletters, at junebyr@yahoo.com This report is copyrighted 2007 by June Clover Byrne.

Names?  

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18th Century Records 

1748 Maryland
Robert Clover alias Temple indentured servant MD 1748
Harry Wright Newman, To Maryland from Overseas: A Complete Digest of the Jacobite Loyalists Sold into White Slavery in Maryland and the British and Continental Background of Approximately 1400 Maryland Settlers from 1634 to the Early Federal Period with Source Documentation (Annapolis: H.W. Newman, 1982), 10.
William Clover of Essex, England 1748
    In Bonded Passengers to America Volume III-IV, page 165, William Clover is listed as convicted of stealing a gelding and reprieved for transportation, pardon dated Summer 1748;  Essex, England to America probably in the next ship bound for America which was the Summer. 

The following names are from a Wm. P. Filby book.  I don't have an exact title but he published many of them and this was entitled Passenger and Immigration Index: 1982-1985 Cumulative lists, page 526.

Isaac Clover Texas 1835 [Reference: 4079, page 86] [I suspect that this was actually the son of Paul Clover who moved to Texas about this time.] 

Mary Clover Virginia 1653 [Reference:  6220 page 250]

Peter Clover Philadelphia 1766 [This is a reference to the naturalization record below.]

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Clover Naturalization Record

    Since there is little in the way of actual ship manifests which exist in the 18th Century when several of our Clover families came to the colonies, we have to look at naturalization records.  The one very important record is for a Peter Clover in 1766 in Philadelphia.  The following is from Persons Naturalized in the Province of Pennsylvania, 1740 to 1773, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967), 104-5.
                The Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantation established the act for naturalization in the American and West Indian colonies in 1740. Pursuant to that act, commissioners in the Americas sent records back to England detailing those foreign Protestants who were naturalized in the colonies. This collection of those naturalization records contains important information from 1740 until about 1782 when the commission was dissolved. Divided by location, names are given of naturalized persons. Although designed just to record Protestants, New York lists also include some Jews and Quakers. Some state's records are more complete than others, New York being thought most inclusive while Virginia is thought least comprehensive.
        At a Supreme Court held at Philadelphia for the Province of Pennsylvania, before William Allen, William Coleman, and Alexander Stedman, Esquires, Judges of the same Court, the tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-six, between the hours of nine and twelve of the Clock in the forenoon of the same day, the following persons being foreigners.

[There is here a short list of Juror's with the county they were from and when they had last taken the sacrament.. They were from various counties in Pennsylvania, not New Jersey.]

        And the Persons hereafter named, being foreigners and of the people called Quakers and other Protestants, who conscientiously scruple the taking an oath, severally took the Affirmations and made and subscribed the Declaration according to the directions of the same Act, entitled " An Act for naturalizing such Foreign Protestants and others therein mentioned as are settled or shall settle in any of his Majesty's Colonies in America," and of an Act of General Assembly of this Province of Pennsylvania, made in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and forty two.  
                                        Signed  Edward Shippen, Jr, Prot

Affirmer's name	County	Province
Petter Kappa	Hunterdon	New Jersey
Peter Young	Hunterdon	New Jersey
Yost Sheffer	Hunterdon	New Jersey
Peter Clover	Hunterdon	New Jersey
John Smith	Hunterdon	New Jersey

        I have put in the entire section so that you can see that this naturalization is dated 1766.  The 1742 refers to the date of the Act of the General Assembly.  Also, this does NOT say that John Peter Clover was a Quaker.  It is a fact that several denominations of German Churches, as well as the Dutch Reformed Church, banned swearing oaths.  Since John Peter Clover is known to have been a member of a Dutch Reformed Church at one time, it was normal that he would not swear an oath. The fact that he was a member of a Dutch Reformed Church does not mean he was Dutch.  The Dutch Reformed Church was the church closest to the beliefs of many Germans who were opposed to the Anglican Church because it had not moved far enough from the Catholic Church. Since there was a serious shortage of ministers and churches, you will find many Germans attending the Dutch Reformed Churches.
            Peter Clover is the only Clover found in this book. He is listed in the middle of a group  of persons from Hunterdon Province, New Jersey so apparently a group of them went together. He had to have been in the colony for at least 7 years so had to have emigrated before 1759.  He could have been here much longer. Since he is being naturalized in the English courts, he also clearly was not born in the British Isles. These people were supposed to take communion before they pledged allegiance to the throne.  It was basically set up for Protestants.  Philadelphia was just across the river from Hunterdon Co and thus would have been much closer than any other court. The assumption here is that this is Peter Sr, not Peter Jr.  Normally the head of the household was naturalized because this also naturalized his wife and minor children. However, it could also have been Peter, jr who was marrying Sarah Emons and probably wanted to purchase land.  
            However, please note that we have no proof that this was for Peter Sr or Peter Jr. Please do not make any assumptions.  

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Elizabeth Bentley, transcriber, Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York, 1820-1829 From Customs Passenger Lists, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, 1999), 230.
All of the following passengers are listed as citizens of England or Great Britain, and coming to the United States.  The following are grouped by ship instead of listing them alphabetically. No statement of any relationship is made. There is nothing in the book to say whether they traveled together. The date is the date of arrival.

Clover, Wm    age 24 male GB    US    Ship Atlantic 28 May 1827
Clover, Betsy    age 21    female GB    US    Ship Atlantic     28 May 1827

Edward Clover age 30 carpenter Eng    US    Ship Constitution 18 June 1827
Jane Clover age 32             Eng US    Ship Constitution 18 June 1827. 
Mary Clover age 28             Eng US    Ship Constitution 18 June 1827
Ann Clover age 10              Eng US    Ship Constitution 18 June 1827
Mary Clover age 8              Eng US    Ship Constitution 18 June 1827
Jane Clover age 7              Eng US    Ship Constitution 18 June 1827
Edward Clover, Jr age 6         Eng US    Ship Constitution 18 June 1827
Frederick Clover age 5         Eng US    Ship Constitution 18 June 1827
Eliza Clover age 3              Eng US    Ship Constitution 18 June 1827
Mary Ann Clover age 3         Eng US    Ship Constitution 18 June 1827
Elizabeth Clover age 2         Eng US    Ship Constitution 18 June 1827
George Clover age 1             Eng US    Ship Constitution 18 June 1827
Catherine Clover 9/12         Eng US    Ship Constitution 18 June 1827

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Elizabeth Bentley, transcriber, Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York, 1830-32 From Customs Passenger Lists, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, 2000), 171.

George Clover age 22 Farmer citizen England, United States, Ship Grand Turk, 26 June 1832.

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Clovers who came to the United States during the Irish Famine.
The National Archives as an archival database on the Irish Famine immigrants at:
http://216.54.96.55/aad/title_list.jsp

The data includes arrivals between 1/12/1846 and 12/31/1851   
The following people and information about them are in the database.  There is unlikely to be more on the actual ship’s manifest.  At that time, this was about all that was listed. 

Ann Clover aged 20 female Spinster embarked Liverpool on the Vandalia which arrived USA on 29 June 1848. Her country of origin was listed as Ireland.

Ketty Clover [perhaps this should have been Kitty] aged 30 female servant embarked Liverpool to USA on the Gertrude which arrived USA on 29 June 1849. He country of origin was listed as Ireland.

Mrs. C. Clover aged 20 female embarked Liverpool on the Wave which arrived USA on 9 November 1850. Her country of origin was listed as Great Britain.

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Germans to America 

Era A. Glazier and P. William Filby, Editors, Germans to America: Lists of Passengers arriving at US Ports, Volume 27, May 1872-July 1872, (Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 1992), 60. 

Louise Clover, a matron, aged 42, female and Marie Clover, child aged 9, arrived from Liverpool in New York on 13 May 1872 on the ship Parthia. They were originally from Germany.  No town or district was given. 

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Michael H. Tepper, Editor, Elizabeth Bentley, transcriber, Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Philadelphia, 1800-1819, The Philadelphia “Baggage Lists,” (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, 1986), 129. No further information is given in the book.

Juam M. Clover
Sophia Clover age 20, born England
Thos Clover, age 21 tailor born England

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Wm Filby, Philadelphia Naturalization Records 1789-1880, (Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1982), 97.
Thomas Clover from England, Court of Common Pleas, declaration: 5 June 1823, Oath: 13 January 1829.

Thomas Clover 21 Sep 1847     age 49     English         Ship Stephen Baldwin
Sophia Clover                            age 48        “            ”
Edward Clover                           age 18        “            ”
Manning Clover                        age 12        “            ”
Christiana Clover                      age 10        “            ”
Arthur Clover                            age 8        “            ”

Thomas Clover 16 May 1823 age 25 Tailor                Ship Manchester
Sophie Clover            age 24        “            ”   
Sophia Clover            age 4        “            ”
Emma Clover            age 3        “            ”
Thomas Clover        age 2        “            ”
Juam M Clover 4 May 1809     no age     Nationality USA     Schooner Ranger

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The National Archives has an archival database on the Irish Famine immigrants at:
http://216.54.96.55/aad/title_list.jsp

The data includes arrivals between 1/12/1846 and 12/31/1851   
The following people and information about them are in the database.  There is unlikely to be more on the actual ship’s manifest.  At that time, this was about all that was listed. 

• Ann Clover aged 20 female Spinster embarked Liverpool on the Vandalia which arrived USA on 29 June 1848. Her country of origin was listed as Ireland.

• Ketty Clover [perhaps this should have been Kitty] aged 30 female servant embarked Liverpool to USA on the Gertrude which arrived USA on 29 June 1849. He country of origin was listed as Ireland.

• Mrs. C. Clover aged 20 female embarked Liverpool on the Wave which arrived USA on 9 November 1850. Her country of origin was listed as Great Britain.

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Emigrants to Boston, Massachusetts 1848-1891, NARA M265 Roll no. 43. 
Miss Clover     24 June 1864 age 35         SS New Brunswick         list # 57
John Clover     23 May 1889? age 22         SS Kansas      bn England     list # 225
John P Clover    8 May 1866     age 42 Lawyer     SS China        bn England     list # 5
Kate Clover    8 May 1864     age 18 servant        SS Worcester             list #11.

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        The following list of Clovers is courtesy of Lois Guffy who found these Clovers at  http://www.ellisisland.org  Some of them are of great  interest because if you look carefully, they are from US families who went to Europe and returned. Many of them have dates and places of birth.  This is strictly an index and if you find a person you are interested in, you should go to the site and look at the actual manifest. Note also on this site that there is a fascinating time line which tells us why we have so many problem with earlier records. There was a fire in 1897 which destroyed most of the records dating from 1855.

Name of Passenger	Residence	Arrived	Date of  Arrival.	Age
Agnes	Clover	Paterson, N. J.	1922	17
Agnes	Clover		1895	31
Anna	Clover	New York City	1920	58
Arthur	Clover		1917	34
Arthur S.	Clover		1895	32
Arthur S	. Clover		1904	40
Barbara	Clover		1893	30
Beatrice	Clover	Washington DC	1905	9
Beatrice	Clover	Washington, D.C	1914	18
Beatrice	Clover		1907	12
Beatrice	Clover		1912	16
Beatrice	Clover		1903
Cark	Clover	Red Oak, Iowa	1923	32
Charles M	Clover	Liverpool, England	1907	30
Clarence	Clover		1923	20
D.	Clover		1895	4
Dora	Clover	US New York	1911	19
Dora	Clover	Washington DC	1905	14
Dora	Clover		1907	17
Dora	Clover		1912	22
Dora	Clover		1903
Edna	Clover		1910
Elizabeth	Clover	Birmingham, Alabama	1921	26
Elizabeth	Clover	Oldham, England	1924	26
Emil Fred	Clover	Delano, Minn	1922	36
Endora	Clover	USA	1911	21
Endora M.	Clover		1912	57
Endora Miller	Mary Clover	Washington	1919	28
Eudora Clover	Washington, D.C.		1924	33
Fred	Clover		1906	48
Fred J.	Clover		1895	26
Frederick T	. Clover		1894	20
Geo. F.	Clover		1909	42
George	Clover	Detroit	1924	43
George	Clover	London	1901	24
George	Clover	N. Y., U. S	. 1909	31
George	Clover		1905	32
George	Clover		1905	38
George F	Clover	US New York	1911	44
Gertrude	Clover	Torquay, England	1919	32
Harvey F	C.lover	Chicago	1916	29
Harvey F	Clover	Chicago, Ill	. 1923	36
I.	Clover		1892	47
Ida B.	Clover		1909	46
Ida B	. Clover		1910	50
James	Clover	Dublin, Ireland	1907	26
Joan	Clover	Oldham, England	1924	3
John	Clover	Kansas City, U.S.A	. 1921	54
John	Clover	Oldham, England	1924	26
John	Clover		1923	23
John	Clover		1920	25
John W	Clover		1894	36
Laura B	Clover	US New York	1911	40
Leo	Clover		1922	16
Marie	Clover	Middletown, Ohio	1920	30
Mary	Clover	Kansas Cy., U.S.A.	1921	24
Maude	C. Clover	Kansas Cy., U.S.A.	1921	54
Mavis	Clover	Oldham, England	1924	1
Mike	Clover	560 Tlauferd Ave. Newark, New Jersey	1923	42
Miss M.	Clover		1893	19
Mrs.	Clover		1903
Mrs. George F	Clover	USA	1911	40
Mrs. Richard	Clover		1907	43
Mrs. Richardson	Clover	Washington DC	1905	44
Mrs. Richardson	Clover		1910
O Miller	Clover	Washington, D.C.	1914	24
Oscar R	. Clover		1920	24
Peter	Clover	London	1903	29
Peter	Clover	Philadelphia, U.S.A	1912	38
Peter	Clover	US	1908	35
Peter	Clover		1894	19
Philbea	Clover		1894	2
Phoebe	Clover		1914	22
Raymond	Clover	British Army, Eng.	1918	33
Reginald E	Clover		1918	15
Richardson	Clover	Washington, D. C	.1914	68
Richardson	Clover	Washington, D.C.	1914	54
Richardson	Clover		1903	56
Richardson	Clover		1907	61
Richardson	Clover		1903
S...ney	Clover		1919
Sydniy	Clover		1919	27
Thomas S	. Clover		1920	24
Thos	Clover	Borros, Ireland	1914	40
Vernon D	Clover		1919	24
Walter	Clover		1892	28
William	Clover		1895	2
William	Clover		1924	30
Winifred	Clover	Martha Washington Hotel, Chicago	1913	24
Wm.	Clover	Durham	1892	27
Wm. C.	Clover		1904	15
--	Clover		1892	11
--	Clover		1892	16

Border Crossings from Canada to US at various entry points 1895-1956
Thanks to Rhonda Clover for sending these to me.

Terrot Clover	4/9/1925	1869	Quebec, Canada
Sidney Clover	3/1912	1876	Eastport, Idaho, US
Kate Clover	8/22/1921	1877	Niagara Falls, New York, US
Thomas Clover	12/1908	1878	Port Huron, Michigan, US
Annie V Clover	9/16/1937	1879	Quebec, Canada
Charles Clover	6/18/1925	1884	Lewiston, New York, US
Fred Harvey Clover	8 /1923	1884	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Arthur Clover	6/20/1906	1886	Lewiston, New York, US
Arthur Clover	8/1906	1886	Niagara Falls, New York, US
Florence Clover	6 /1919	1887	Detroit, Michigan, US
Harry Clover	6/24/1914	1888	Noyes, Minnesota, US
Louise Clover	3/1912	1889	Eastport, Idaho, US
Eudora Miller Clover	3 /11/1922	1890	Quebec, Canada
James Clover	6/1912	1891	Niagara Falls, New York, US
James Clover	3/27/1912	1891	Niagara Falls, New York, US
Ida Clover	5/1918	1892	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Philip Clover	9/29/1934	1893	Buffalo, US
Gladys R Clover	10/1920	1904	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Margaret Clover	9/29/1934	1906	Buffalo, US
Ruby L Clover	3/12/1912	1909	Eastport, Idaho, US
Geoffrey Clover	9/31/1930	1909	Quebec, Canada
John Clover	6/6/1950	1909	Quebec, Canada
Irene Olice Elsie Clover	6/6/1950	1910	Quebec, Canada
Geoffrey Dorrick Augstin Clover	1/11/ 1928	1910	Quebec, Canada
George Clover	5/1912	1911	Eastport, Idaho, US
Robert W Clover	5/1918	1911	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lionel A Clover	5/ 1918	1913	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Frances P Clover	8/13/ 1922	1901	Quebec, Canada
Henry A Clover	8/13/1922	1967	Quebec, Canada
Catherine Clover	9/18/1949	1926	Quebec, Canada
John H B Clover	8/25/1952		Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Elizabeth Wingo and W. Bruce Wingo, 1784-1884, One Hundred Years, Naturalizations, and Declarations of Intent, Norfolk Borough, Norfolk County, (now Chesapeake), Princess Anne County, (now Virginia Beach), Portsmouth, Eastern District Court, (Norfolk, Virginia: Privately published), 65.

John Clover, Portsmouth, 1870.  

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