Ann was born Jan. 27, 1804, in Gloucestershire, England, probably in Avening; d. Feb. 21, 1872 in Nelson, Tioga, PA (originally called Beecher's Island).
Ann Clinch's parents were Sarah
Lugg, b. 1778 in Bisley, Gloucestershire, Eng., d. Jan. 21,
1867 in Nelson; and
Thomas Clinch, b. in England, d. 1805 in NYC of yellow fever. Ann
was the only child of Thomas Clinch and the eldest of Sarah Lugg's
three children.
Ann and her parents (and the Blackwell family) sailed from Bristol,
Apr. 4, 1804 and landed in Philadelphia, May 17, 1804. When Ann was a
year old, her father died and on Sept. 9, 1805, her mother married
Enoch Blackwell, a widower who
had emigrated from the same part of Gloucestershire. According to Ann's
daughter, Jane CAMPBELL Tubbs, Ann
was sent to live with Enoch's brother,
Peter Blackwell, in New Hope, PA. (The late
Stella MAUGERI Blackwell believed it was a different brother,
Joshua). Sometime after Enoch's death in 1816, Sarah married
John Campbell.
When Ann reached marrying age, Sarah suggested she marry a nephew of
John, Joseph Campbell. Joseph
traveled to meet Ann and she returned with him to Nelson, arriving in
late 1821 or early 1822. A week after Ann's wedding to Joseph, on Feb.
20, 1822 in Nelson, her half-sister, Mary Blackwell, married Joseph's younger
brother, James Campbell.
[wbt 6/8/2000; last rev. 9/1/2019]
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