American AcornsThomas Clarkson
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Family
Parents
- Father: Robt. Clarkson 1747–1814
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- Mother: Mary Walmsley 1747–1812
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Wife: Nancy (Banton) Clarkson 1806–1887 Likely evidence: show why
Why: Marriage of Thomas Clarkson and Nancy Banton at St Chad's, Poulton-le-Fylde, 1 Feb 1827 (transcription).
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Why: Marriage of Thomas Clarkson and Nancy Banton at St Chad's, Poulton-le-Fylde, 1 Feb 1827 (transcription).
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- Son: William Clarkson about 1830/33-1915
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Why: William's 1854 marriage register names his father as Thomas Clarkson, brewer (confirmed); that this is the Thomas who married Nancy Banton in 1827 rests on his changing occupations and place, not a single record.
Records:
- St Paul's Church, Liverpool, marriage register, 6 Jul 1854 (William Clarkson and Emma Lucy Green)
- St Chad's, Poulton-le-Fylde, marriage of Thomas Clarkson and Nancy Banton, 1 Feb 1827 (transcription)
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Life events
| Marriage | 1 Feb 1827, St Chad's, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, with Nancy (Banton) Clarkson 1806–1887 Likely evidence: show whyWhy: Transcription only. Records: Review: assessed 09-24-2026; evidence: index or transcription, as reported in the saved research. |
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| Occupation | Farmer, 1827, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire Likely evidence: show whyWhy: Given as a farmer at his 1827 marriage (transcription). Records: Review: assessed 09-24-2026; evidence: index or transcription, as reported in the saved research. |
| Occupation | Brewer, 1854, Liverpool Confirmed evidence: show whyWhy: Named as William's father, 'Thomas Clarkson, Brewer', in the 1854 marriage register (image inspected in the saved research). Records: Review: assessed 09-23-2026; evidence: image inspected in the saved research. |
Research notes
Later a Liverpool labourer (1828) and victualler (1830). He is not the abolitionist Thomas Clarkson. An 1834 burial of a Thomas Clarkson aged 31 is doubtful, since the 1854 register gives him an occupation without marking him deceased.
Sources
Research sources
- St Chad's, Poulton-le-Fylde, marriage of Thomas Clarkson and Nancy Banton, 1 Feb 1827 (transcription) Birth, marriage and death records
- St Paul's Church, Liverpool, marriage register, 6 Jul 1854 (William Clarkson and Emma Lucy Green) Birth, marriage and death records
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