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Alexander Clinton

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Deerpark, Orange, New York
Death: March 15, 1787 (21-22)
Hudson River, New York, USA ("Drowned in Hudson River.")
Immediate Family:

Son of Maj. Gen. James Clinton, Continental Army and Mary Clinton
Brother of Charles Clinton; DeWitt Clinton, 6th Governor of New York, Mayor of New York City; Rep. George Clinton, (DemRep-NY); Mary Spencer; Elizabeth Stuart and 3 others
Half brother of Caroline Hannah Dewey; Letitia Clinton; Anne Clinton; Emma Little Clinton and James Graham Clinton

Managed by: Crist David Middaugh
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About Alexander Clinton

https://books.google.com/books?id=GZkyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA180

The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volumes 13-14 edited by Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, Melatiah Everett Dwight, George Austin Morrison, Hopper Striker Mott, John Reynolds Totten, Charles Andrew Ditmas, Harold Minot Pitman, Louis Effingham De Forest, Arthur S. Maynard, Conklin Mann

III. 1. ALEXANDER CLINTON, eldest son of General James, b. at Deerpark, in Orange County, in 1765, was drowned while crossing the Hudson, at Bull’s Ferry, March 15, 1787, in his twenty-second year. He became a lieutenant in Colonel Lamb's regiment of artillery, and had some active service. He was an aid and private secretary to his uncle George, when Governor, and was much beloved and respected.

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Alexander Clinton's Timeline

1765
1765
Deerpark, Orange, New York
1787
March 15, 1787
Age 22
Hudson River, New York, USA