Edelen, Clarissa

Title: Edelen, Clarissa
Alias: Thomas, Clarissa
Gender: Female
Biography: Clarissa Thomas married Nathan Thomas in 1782. They had 8 children before he died in 1819. In the 1820 Boone County (Ky.) census she is shown as the head of her household, along with 3 of her teenaged children and 3 slaves: a young man and a young woman between 14-25 years of age, and a woman over 45 years of age. Also included in her household is a free young boy under 14 years of age.
Member: Edelen family; Thomas family
Birth date: circa 1765
Place of birth: Maryland
Life event(s): Marriage: 10 May 1782; Frederick County (Md.); Frederick County (Md.)
Spouse(s): Thomas, Nathan
Child(ren): Thomas, Edward; Thomas, James O.W.; Thomas, Phillip
Death date: before 1830
Relationship: Known enslaved: unknown, Jane [4]; unknown, Tom [26]; unknown, Jane [4]; unknown, Tom [26]
Bibliographic citation(s): Boone County Will Book A, pages 371, 428, 588; Boone County Will Book C, page 64
Source(s): Third Census of the United States, 1810; Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1667-1899; Boone County Will Books

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