Capt. Stephen CLOUGH

1760 - 1817  (56 years)

• Name	Stephen CLOUGH  [1, 2, 3]
  Prefix	Capt.
  Born	26 Sep 1760	Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1790	Pownalborough Town, Lincoln, Maine
  	Stephen Clough, HOH; Males 16 & up: 1; males up to 16: 1; Females: 3; and no one else. If his wife was living, it might seem that he had 1 son and 2 daughters.
  Occupation	mariner
  Died	1817  [5]
  Notes	He appears in the census at Pownalborough, Lincoln Co., in 1790, 1800, and 1810. He apparently outfitted a ship, the "Sally," to rescue Marie Antoinette from the guilllotine. See the article by Rufus Sewall describing this attached to the New England Histories page. He apparently didn't quite make it--but was there to see her execution. The article gives a death date for Capt. Clough of 1878, which seems far beyond a possible age to live. Also there is this note from http://www.lincolncountymaine.me/, the Lincoln Co., ME website: "Edgecomb, incorporated in 1774, lies between the Sheepscot and Damariscotta Rivers, up hill and down dale, with pine, spruce, and hemlock all the way. Visit Fort Edgecomb, now a State Park, built in 1809 on the Sheepscot to protect Wiscasset and its shipping from possible British attack. A block house with parade ground and the remains of fortifications, stands on a granite ledge looking out on a beautiful view of the Narrows, Westport Island, and in the distance on the Edgecomb shore, a glimpse of the ‘Marie Antoinette house.' Tradition says that Captain Stephen Clough of the ship "Sally" was in France in 1793, having taken a load of lumber to Havre, went on to Paris and there was involved in a plot to rescue the Queen and take her back to America to the home of his father-in-law, Joseph Decker, on Jeremy Squam Island, now Westport Island. The plot failed but the house has been linked ever since with the Queen's name. It was moved to the Edgecomb shore one winter when the ice was very thick." There is this Bible record at the NEGHS, apparently a Bible record for this family: http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/record.php?id=228112220&contributor=6775 [6]
  Person ID	I3364	Lansdales and Pitards
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2012

  
  

  Father	John CLOUGH,   b. Feb 7, 1719/20, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts ,   d. 1798  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Mother	Abigail EDES,   b. Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts ,   d. 13 Feb 1795
  Married	13 Apr 1758  [7, 8]
  Family ID	F4437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Sarah "Sally" DECKER,   b. 21 Mar 1773, Wiscasset, Lincoln Co., Maine
  Married	4 Jan 1789	Edgecomb, Lincoln Co., Maine   [5, 9]
  Children	1. Sarah D. CLOUGH,   b. 5 Jul 1790, Wiscasset, Lincoln Co., Maine ,   d. 24 Apr 1846  (Age 55 years) + 2. Eliza Lydia St. Barbe CLOUGH,   b. 28 Oct 1793, Wiscasset, Lincoln Co., Maine ,   d. 16 Nov 1854, Belfast, Waldo Co., Maine  (Age 61 years)   3. Hannah Antoinette CLOUGH,   b. 19 Jan 1798, Georgetown, Sagadahoc Co., Maine ,   d. 24 Aug 1864, Edgecomb, Lincoln Co., Maine  (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F2335	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Thomas McLellan . . . His Children and Grandchildren, John A. Mclellan, (n/a; privately distributed), 3. [S271] The Story of the Family of John Clough of Salisbury, Massachusetts, (John Clough Genealogical Society), 190-195. [S272] Wiscasset in Pownalborough: a history of the shire town and the salient historical features of the territory between the Sheepscot and Kennebec Rivers, Fannie S. Chase, (Wiscasset, Maine), 464-66. [S772] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Walter H. Clough, 189; see at http://books.google.com/books?id=1soUAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA188&ots=UvgVMALkbz&pg=PA188#v=twopage&q&f=false. [S94] The History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine from Their First Exploration, A.S. 1605; with Family Genealogies, Cyrus Eaton, (Hallowell: Masters, Smith, & Co.), 2.178. [S569] Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Rufus K. Sewall. [S74] Volumes of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752-1809, Registry Dept. of the City of Boston, (Boston: Municipal Printing Office), 289. [S772] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Walter H. Clough, 188; see at http://books.google.com/books?id=1soUAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA188&ots=UvgVMALkbz&pg=PA188#v=twopage&q&f=false. [S61] Maine Families in 1790, Maine Genealogical Society, (Picton Press).