Wyseman Claggett

M, #10438, b. circa Aug, 1721, d. Dec 4, 1784
Pedigree
Father*Wiseman Claggett b. circa 1700, d. circa 1784
Mother*Martha Clifton b. circa 1700

Family

Letitia Mitchell b. circa 1742, d. circa 1827
Children

Chronological Events

Birth*circa Aug, 1721 Wyseman Claggett was born circa Aug, 1721 at Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. 
 He was the son of Wiseman Claggett and Martha Clifton. 
Marriage*circa 1759 Wyseman Claggett married Letitia Mitchell circa 1759 at Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. 
Death*Dec 4, 1784 Wyseman Claggett died on Dec 4, 1784 at Litchfield, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. 
Book Excerpt* 
He was living in Dunstable, MA (then Dunstable, NH) and Portsmouth, NH. He came from Bristol, England about 1758, and was of Antigua in 1748.

CLAGGETT, Wyseman, of Dunstable, Mass., and Portsmouth, N. H; from Bristol, England, cir. 1758; b. 1721; in 1748 of Antigua; m. Lettice Mitchel, 1759; Children: Martha, Clifton, Wentworth, Edward, Ritta, John, William, John K; d. Litchfield Dec. 4, 1784.--Secomb's Amherst, p. 533; Fox's Dunstable, p. 221.
(Immigrants to New England 1700-1775, p. 33)

Wyseman Claggett, who had served as attorney general under the Crown, was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775 and of the convention that framed the State Constitution. He served as solicitor general until his death in 1784.1
 

Citations

  1. [S805] Site - One World Tree (SM), online at http://www.ancestry.com
  2. [S802] Site - Ancestry.com, online at http://www.ancestry.com