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Samuel Cluckston

Samuel Cluckston
Member of the
House of Representatives
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk[1]
In office
October 1739 – October 1740
Serving with James Lockwood
Preceded byJoseph Platt,
John Betts, Jr.
Succeeded byJames Lockwood,
Thomas Benedict
Personal details
BornNovember 17, 1696 [2]
Fairfield, Connecticut Colony[2]
Died1751
Norwalk, Connecticut Colony[2]
SpouseDeborah Ketchum
ChildrenMary Cluckstone Perry
Residence(s)Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
OccupationHat manufacturer
Military service
RankCaptain

Samuel Cluckston (also Samuel Cluxton, Samuel Cluckstone and Samuel Klugston) (November 17, 1696 – 1751) was a member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the sessions of October 1739 and May 1740. He was Norwalk town treasurer for several years.[3]

He was the son of Michael Cluckston, and Mary Wakeman of Fairfield.[2]

He established a hat manufacturing business in Norwalk as early as 1709. He was the first known hat maker in Norwalk, which would become Norwalk's largest industry by 1845.[3][4]

One of the founding members of St. Paul's on the Green.[5]

References

  1. ^ An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Connecticut
  2. ^ a b c d "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/M71N-WJB : accessed 2014-06-02), entry for Samuel CLUGSTON.
  3. ^ a b Stamford Advocate
  4. ^ The Rise of Organized Labor in Nineteenth Century Connecticut Case Study: The South Norwalk Hatters
  5. ^ Norwalk
Preceded by Member of the
House of Representatives
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
October 1739 – October 1740
With: James Lockwood 		Succeeded by
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