Individual Details
Henry "Harry" Clary Sr
(19 Mar 1796 - 12 Mar 1829)
Events
| Birth | 19 Mar 1796 | the family farm, but not in the Brick House which was not built until 1809, Conway, Massachusetts, United States |  | ||
| Education | 1813 | | |||
| Education | Abt 1817 | & placed under the tutelage of the Rev Nathen Pecklus whose instruction was so thorough that Henry was able to enter the Sophomore Class at Yale - Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Abt 1817 | became familiar with the Eastman family and Ornan Eastman went to Yale the same time as Henry - Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Graduation | 1818 | | |||
| Miscellaneous | 25 Nov 1818 | received the following certificate from President Day of Yale - 'This is to certify that Mr Henry Clary, a graduate of this college, sustains an excellent character, and ranks among the most distinguished in his class in literacy and scientific attainments. As an instructor of youth he is very cheerfully recommended to the patronage of that public. Jeremiah Day. Preseident. Yale College | | ||
| Graduation | 1819 | Yale-Master of Arts, New Haven, Connecticut, United States | | ||
| Move | Abt 1819 | due to his health (pulmonary disease and milder climate of VA was thought to help) and the opportunities the section offered - Ebenezer Academy as Preceptor and later President, Brunswick, Virginia, United States | | ||
| Census | 1820 | St Andrews Parish, Brunswick, Virginia, United States | | ||
| Education | Abt 1820 | was a Phi Beta Kappa | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1821 | listed as a member of Phi Beta Kappa | | ||
| Marriage | 30 Jul 1821 | Brunswick, Virginia, United States - Sarah R "Sallie" Eldridge | | ||
| Graduation | Sep 1821 | Yale-Master of Arts, New Haven, Connecticut, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1822 - 1829 | Principal Ebenezer Academy - Sturgeonville, Brunswick, Virginia, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1822 | Post Master - Quarterville, Brunswick, Virginia, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 21 Aug 1826 | wrote a letter to his sister in law Martha Eldridge who was taking care of his son Henry - Amherst, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Signature | 21 Aug 1826 | Virginia | | ||
| Marriage | 31 Aug 1826 | Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States - Hepzibah Eastman | | ||
| Religion | 1828 | Presbyterian - Brunswick, Virginia, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1828 | Postmaster - Sturgeonville, Brunswick, Virginia, United States | | ||
| Will | 1 Dec 1828 | Brunswick, Virginia, United States | | ||
| Death | 12 Mar 1829 | Brunswick, Virginia, United States | | ||
| Obituary | 12 Mar 1829 | Sturgeonville, Brunswick, Virginia, United States | | ||
| Probate | 10 Sep 1829 | Brunswick, Virginia | | ||
| Probate | 25 Jul 1831 | accounting for estate, Brunswick, Virginia | | ||
| Probate | 4 Jun 1836 | Brunswick, Virginia | | ||
| Alt name | Harry Clary |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah R "Sallie" Eldridge (1800 - 1824) |
| Child | * Henry Eldridge Clary Jr (1823 - 1862) |
| Spouse | Hepzibah Eastman (1802 - 1878) |
| Child | Amelia Henrietta Clary (1828 - 1896) |
| Father | Joseph Clary (1756 - 1827) |
| Mother | Polina Frary (1761 - 1820) |
| Sibling | Paulina "Fanny?" Clary (1788 - 1858) |
| Sibling | Henry Clary (1791 - 1792) |
| Sibling | Sylvia Clary (1793 - 1851) |
| Sibling | John Clary (1802 - 1879) |
Endnotes
1. Clary Family Tree and Research Work, Paper Chart of Family Tree, research paper, 11/1/1936, photograph of the original taken 18 November 2012 and 21 April 2013 from Bettie Lobato and Bob Roddey by Ria Lobato, privately held by Edmund B Clary, , New York, New York. Family tree done by Edmund B Clary.
2. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database, (ancestry.com: accessed 30 June 2013), Harry, ch Joseph and Pollina, Mar 19, 1796.
3. Franklin Bowditch Dexter, LITT.D, Biographical Notices of Yale College 1913, search Henry Clary.
4. Clary Family Tree and Research Work, Paper Chart of Family Tree, research paper, 11/1/1936, photograph of the original taken 18 November 2012 and 21 April 2013 from Bettie Lobato and Bob Roddey by Ria Lobato, privately held by Edmund B Clary, , New York, New York. Family tree done by Edmund B Clary.
5. Clary Family Tree and Research Work, Paper Chart of Family Tree, research paper, 11/1/1936, photograph of the original taken 18 November 2012 and 21 April 2013 from Bettie Lobato and Bob Roddey by Ria Lobato, privately held by Edmund B Clary, , New York, New York. Family tree done by Edmund B Clary.
6. Clary Family Tree and Research Work, Paper Chart of Family Tree, research paper, 11/1/1936, photograph of the original taken 18 November 2012 and 21 April 2013 from Bettie Lobato and Bob Roddey by Ria Lobato, privately held by Edmund B Clary, , New York, New York. Family tree done by Edmund B Clary.
7. Clary Family Tree and Research Work, Paper Chart of Family Tree, research paper, 11/1/1936, photograph of the original taken 18 November 2012 and 21 April 2013 from Bettie Lobato and Bob Roddey by Ria Lobato, privately held by Edmund B Clary, , New York, New York. Family tree done by Edmund B Clary.
8. Edmund B Clary, (103 Park Ave, New York) to Willis, letter, 27 August 1970; privately held by Clary Phipps. , Montreat, North Carolina, 2013. Biography of Elbert Madison Williamson discussed.
9. Clary Family Tree and Research Work, Paper Chart of Family Tree, research paper, 11/1/1936, photograph of the original taken 18 November 2012 and 21 April 2013 from Bettie Lobato and Bob Roddey by Ria Lobato, privately held by Edmund B Clary, , New York, New York. Family tree done by Edmund B Clary.
10. Franklin Bowditch Dexter, LITT.D, Biographical Notices of Yale College 1913.
11. Clary Family Tree and Research Work, Paper Chart of Family Tree, research paper, 11/1/1936, photograph of the original taken 18 November 2012 and 21 April 2013 from Bettie Lobato and Bob Roddey by Ria Lobato, privately held by Edmund B Clary, , New York, New York. Family tree done by Edmund B Clary.
12. Edmund B Clary, (103 Park Ave, New York) to Willis, letter, 27 August 1970; privately held by Clary Phipps. , Montreat, North Carolina, 2013. Biography of Elbert Madison Williamson discussed.
13. "Miss Sallie A. Clary Dies in Washington," Obituary, Greensboro (North Carolina) Daily News, 28 February 1935; digital image, GenealogyBank (www.genealogybank.com : accessed 19 July 2019). includes her family's first immigrants.
14. Clary Family Tree and Research Work, Paper Chart of Family Tree, research paper, 11/1/1936, photograph of the original taken 18 November 2012 and 21 April 2013 from Bettie Lobato and Bob Roddey by Ria Lobato, privately held by Edmund B Clary, , New York, New York. Family tree done by Edmund B Clary.
15. "Miss Sallie A. Clary Dies in Washington," Obituary, Greensboro (North Carolina) Daily News, 28 February 1935; digital image, GenealogyBank (www.genealogybank.com : accessed 19 July 2019). includes her family's first immigrants.
16. 1820 US Federal Census, St. Andrews Parish, Brunswick, Virginia, , image 5, Henry Clary; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 December 2012).
17. Phi Beta Kappa. Yale University, Catalogue of Members (N.p.: Yale University, n.d.), 68.
18. Phi Beta Kappa. Yale University, Catalogue of Members (N.p.: Yale University, n.d.), 68.
19. John Vogt & T. William Kethley, Jr, Brunswick County Marriages, 1750-1853 (Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Co, 1988), 31.
20. Clary Family Tree and Research Work, Paper Chart of Family Tree, research paper, 11/1/1936, photograph of the original taken 18 November 2012 and 21 April 2013 from Bettie Lobato and Bob Roddey by Ria Lobato, privately held by Edmund B Clary, , New York, New York. Family tree done by Edmund B Clary.
21. "Brunswick Co, VA Marriage records 1750-1850 Marriage records v. 1-2 1850-1872," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 27 March 2023), im 19, Henry Clary and Sarah R Eldridge, 30 July 1831 [error 1821]; citing FHL microfilm 30659.
22. , The Christian Spectator, Conducted by an Association of Gentlemen for the year 1821: Vol III (New Haven, Conn: S Converse, 1821), 490.
23. Franklin Bowditch Dexter, LITT.D, Biographical Notices of Yale College 1913, search henry Clary.
24. Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : 7 October 2016), Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte, NC, memorial # 103166561, photo by “t. stephens”, grave maker of James Greer, 11 Sept 1828., Samuel Kelly Lucy (1801-1876) mentions Ebenezer & Henry Clary.
25. , Table of the Post Offices in the US with the Names of the Post-Masters (Washington City: n.p., 1822), 66.
26. From Henry Clary (SR) to Martha Eldridge, 21 August 1826, Virginia Historical Society, 1 and 2, transcription of original letter, Richmond, VA.
27. From Henry Clary (SR) to Martha Eldridge, 21 August 1826, Virginia Historical Society, 1 and 2, transcription of original letter, Richmond, VA.
28. Franklin Bowditch Dexter, LITT.D, Biographical Notices of Yale College 1913.
29. "Married," Connecticut Courant, Hartford, CT, 4 September 1826, Henry Clary married Hepsibah Eastman; Vol LXII, Issue: 3215, p3 (www.genealogybank.com : accessed 31 January 2013).
30. Clary Family Tree and Research Work, Paper Chart of Family Tree, research paper, 11/1/1936, photograph of the original taken 18 November 2012 and 21 April 2013 from Bettie Lobato and Bob Roddey by Ria Lobato, privately held by Edmund B Clary, , New York, New York. Family tree done by Edmund B Clary.
31. "Massachusetts Marrriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: viewed 7 October 2015), Henry Clary and Hepsibeth Eastman, 31 Aug 1826; citing FHL microfilm 186,126.
32. , Brunswick, Virginia, Will Book 11: 118-120 Henry Clary; , .
33. Post-Master General, List of Post Offices in the United States with the Names of the Post-Masters of the Counties and States (Washington: Wya & Gideon, Printers, 1 June 1828), Under Sturgeonville, Brunswick, VA.
34. , Brunswick, Virginia, Will Book 11: 118-120 Henry Clary; , .
35. "Brunswick Co, VA Will books, v. 11-13, 1828-1843," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 28 March 2021), im 86, Henry Clary, 1 Dec 1828; citing FHL microfilm 30637.
36. Will of henry clary1828.
37. Franklin Bowditch Dexter, LITT.D, Biographical Notices of Yale College 1913.
38. Find A Grave, database (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 18 June 2020), memorial page for Henry Clary, Find A Grave Memorial # 151034645, citing unknown (likely Sturgeonville, Brunswick County, Virginia), memorial created by Anonymous.
39. Clary Family Tree and Research Work, Paper Chart of Family Tree, research paper, 11/1/1936, photograph of the original taken 18 November 2012 and 21 April 2013 from Bettie Lobato and Bob Roddey by Ria Lobato, privately held by Edmund B Clary, , New York, New York. Family tree done by Edmund B Clary.
40. "Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, 1675-1934," database, (ancestry.com: accessed 21 July 2013), From newspaper accts - listed as died in Sturgeonville, VA - no cemetery inscription listed.
41. "Brunswick Co, VA Will books, v. 11-13, 1828-1843," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 28 March 2021), im 181, Estate sell of Henry Clary, 10 Sep 1829; citing FHL microfilm 30637.
42. Brunswick, Virginia, Will Book 11: 336 Henry Clary, 1831; County Court House, .
43. "Brunswick Co, VA Will books, v. 11-13, 1828-1843," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 30 March 2021), im 195, Henry Clary estate, 25 Jul 1831; citing FHL microfilm 30637.
44. "Brunswick Co, VA Will books, v. 11-13, 1828-1843," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 28 March 2021), im 504, Estate accounting of Henry Clary, 4 Jun 1836; citing FHL microfilm 30637.