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These are variations of the CLOUGH surname (late 1200s - mid 1500s) from the
Biographical Database of York Minster Library who have the largest medieval
archives in England. There are certainly other variations such as CLUFF
which I think came in later.
CLOGH, CLOGHE, CLUGH, CLOWTE, CLOWGHT, CLUGHE, CLOUGHE, CLOWGH, CLOWGHE.
Of course it's probably more correct to say that CLOUGH is a variation!
Noreen
I've been researching this Clough surname business further ......... I've
found that the original Old English word was "cloh", no surnames of course
at that time. I've found "Clogh" surnames in Yorkshire in the 1200s, so it
had gained a "g". Then I found "Clough" surnames in Yorkshire in the 1400s
when it had then gained a "u". I don't know how the geographical word was
spelt at these times but assume that it followed the same course. Certainly
in Yorkshire the word is now spelt the same as the surname.
Anybody got an explanation for these additional letters? How does this tie
up with the Welsh/American records? What's the earliest spelling that you
have and when does it change?
Noreen
Hi Noreen,
Thank you for sharing that great information! :-)
The earliest spelling of the surname that we know of in Wales was CLOUGH.
However, the reason for the added letters is certainly an area that would
prove interesting to investigate further. Please feel free to delve deeper
into this, if you are so inclined, and let us know what you come up with.
By the time our John Clough made his voyage across the Atlantic he spelled
the name CLOUGH but apparently pronounced it as CLUFF as seen on the ship's
passenger list. Here in the 'New World' the majority of his descendants kept
the CLOUGH spelling. However, there were branches that changed the spelling
to CLUFF and CLOW (pronounced like cow).
Best Wishes,
Sheila
Reference: The Rebecca Riots of South Wales in 1843
Thanks Sheila - I got a big kick out of this, although initially I wondered
if I had unintentionally incited a riot. You know my memory!
On a personal note, I'm back home from the states. My mother is back at
her assisted living apartment and is being sassy again. She is walking
well with her walker and started physical therapy again this week.
I thought I'd share my Thanksgiving story. I went to Oxford today with a
friend and we met a lady at an outdoor market who gave us her business card
to visit her antique store in Oxford. We trudged to the store, which
housed several vendors. I had just said aloud, "I'm not buying anything
else, unless it's a picture of William Clough!" Immediately afterwards, I
picked up a small dark blue vase with a sort of 3D picture of a man. It
looked something like Wedgewood except the blue was much deeper. It said,
"Wm Clowes, Centennial 1907". I've been tracking this Clowes who was a
printer in London and Beccles, Suffolk and I think this family is tied to
the Dutch Clauw/Clough/Clow/Clowes family. Remember my old dream poem
that stated, "There's printer's ink to make you think." (this was from
several years ago about New Bedford, Massachusetts). It was strange
because several years ago my niece Holly gave me a tiny hymn book that was
printed by this same William Clowes of London. We just thought it a fun
coincidence with the names.
Maybe William decided that families should be together on Thanksgiving!!
It was quite a jolt seeing the picture - and yes he looks like my Cloughs.
Happy Thanksgiving. Love, Becky
Hi Pat,
I will include more info about next years trip in the next article I submit
for the Clough Society bulletin. Since the deadline for the submission for
the next bulletin is Dec. 1, I guess I should get going on writing that
article! :-)
Happy Thanksgiving!
Sheila
Hi Pat
Sorry to say this but it wont be in time to put in your cards. I usually do
not get it done till toward the end of the month. It should be before
Christmas (within a week at least) but not before then. Sorry to let you
down. jackie
Clough Society Editor
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Hi Jackie - can you tell me when the next Clough bulletin will arrive? I am hoping
it will have details about the Wales trip so I can copy that page and include it in
some Clough Christmas cards. Thanks. Pat Clough patjack(a)cheqnet.net
JGill29371(a)aol.com wrote:
> Good Morning Everyone,
> Like all those before me I want to take this time to wish each and everyone
> of you the happiest and safest of holidays. Please take time to give Thanks
> to those men and women who fought, and continue to fight for our freedom.
> And say a Prayer for those who have lost their lives for that freedom.
> We are staying home as this is our first Holiday in our new home, but we are
> having an elderly gentleman over for the day - he has no family, cant drive
> so has no way to go anyplace. It is one way we like to give back during the
> holiday season.
> We are going to have turkey and all the trimmings, but I do not intend to get
> stuffed as good as my bird will be (grin).
> Have a great weekend!
> Cousin Jackie Gilligan
>
> Clough Society Editor
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> Researching: Clough, Gilligan, Chamberlain, Buzzell, Hunting, Gauthier, Cram
> Remember: You Can Pick Your Friends, But God Gave You Your Relatives For A
> Reason!
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Good Morning Everyone,
Like all those before me I want to take this time to wish each and everyone
of you the happiest and safest of holidays. Please take time to give Thanks
to those men and women who fought, and continue to fight for our freedom.
And say a Prayer for those who have lost their lives for that freedom.
We are staying home as this is our first Holiday in our new home, but we are
having an elderly gentleman over for the day - he has no family, cant drive
so has no way to go anyplace. It is one way we like to give back during the
holiday season.
We are going to have turkey and all the trimmings, but I do not intend to get
stuffed as good as my bird will be (grin).
Have a great weekend!
Cousin Jackie Gilligan
Clough Society Editor
List Admin for: Gauthier mail list.
Researching: Clough, Gilligan, Chamberlain, Buzzell, Hunting, Gauthier, Cram
Remember: You Can Pick Your Friends, But God Gave You Your Relatives For A
Reason!
To All "The Clough's",
May you all have a safe and joyfull holiday, and do take the time to
remember our for fathers who made this day possible for us. God Bless
everyone.
Love Veronica P. Clough
NYC
Wishing everyone a safe holiday too. I "adopted" a 12 yr old foster child
as my holiday project. Washington State has 4,000 of them. It'll be fun cuz
I get to go shop for her with her wish/need list. I gave a food basket at
the market too.
Liz
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I, too, wish Clough Family Members a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
Please keep information and messages coming---I enjoy them very much.
Happy Holidays!
Billie Jones
Dear Clough Family Members Around the World,
For those of us living in the US, Thursday Nov. 28 is our THANKSGIVING
holiday.
Whether you will be enjoying the company of family and/or friends, working,
or alone, I just want to wish all of you a HAPPY THANKSGIVING! :-) With
bad weather threatening many of us here in the US just before and on the
holiday, I also wish all of you a SAFE holiday!
Many will enjoy (or endure) the holiday with family and/or friends. Many
will be working. Many will be alone. For those of us who will be with
others, please reach out to those who may be alone on the holiday.
All the Best,
Sheila Andersen
CLOUGH-GENEALOGY-L owner
CloughGen(a)aol.com
By searching online I think that I've got a bit nearer the truth about
Indentures of Lease and Release. I thought that the same system would be in
force in America as Britain and it proved to be so, there are many examples
online. I also found this explanation........
"Lease and Release - A practice in early Virginia that is equivalent to a
sale. It was accomplished by a two step process of leasing the property in
question to the buyer, then releasing the buyer of the lease obligation."
So by leasing the property the buyer didn't have to pay the tax on an actual
land sale, once he had the property he was released from the lease the next
day, I presume that the buyer paid the full sale price for the lease! No
doubt the early Americans were as astute as their British counterparts and
did it for the same reason.
Noreen
I'm not absolutely certain of the definition of an Indenture of Lease and
Release but believe that it was actually some sort of legal "tax fiddle".
One party leased a property and then re-leased it to another party the
following day, by doing so the original party avoided paying the tax which
was supposed to be paid on the lease. Have we a lawyer who may know more?
In a message dated 11/25/2002 2:07:25 PM Eastern Standard Time,
noreen(a)cloughn.freeserve.co.uk writes:
> , by doing so the original party avoided paying the tax which
> was supposed to be paid on the lease
wow, imagine that...they were attempting to get out of paying taxes way back
then too....
Cath
Hi Noreen,
Thanks for sharing the Indenture information with the group! Reading old
English has always been a challenge but a learning experience as well! :-)
Best Wishes,
Sheila
I thought that this may be of interest, Jabas Clough is my ancestor....
1723 INDENTURE
Indenture of Lease and Release bearing date respectively the
Twenty Eight and Twenty Ninth dayes of May Anno Dom. 1723 and made
between John Clayton of Bradford in the County of York yeoman
and Alice his Wife William Haydin of Esholt in the Township of
Hawksworth in the said County of York yeom and Susannah his
Wife John Smithys of Bolling in the said County of York yeom
and Mary his Wife Jabas Clough of Bolton in the parish of
Calverley in the said County of York yeom and Sarah his Wife
John Walker of Bradford in the said County of York yeoman
and Rachell his Wife and Thomas Hammond of Bolton afore
said yeom of the one part and John Rawson of Bolton aforesaid
Gentm of the other part Of and Concerning all that Messuage or
Tenement And all the Outhouses Edificies Barnes Stables buildings
Tofts Crofts Closes Lands Tenements grounds and hereitaments
whatsoever to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining
Seituate lyeing and being in Bolton aforesaid and adjoineing
upon Bolton Common in the said County of York And late in the
Tenure or Occupation of Sarah Halliday Widow deced. who was
formerly wife of William Hammond late of Bolton aforesaid
yeoman deced or her Assignes but now in the Occupation of
the said Jabas Clough and his Assignes And also all and Singular
the Tythes of Sheaves Corn grain hay grass wood and other
Tythes yearly Comeing growing renewing or Encreasing And which
shall yearly Come grow renew or encrease of in or upon the said
premisses or any part thereof of Which said Indentures are Witnessed
by James Garth of Bradford aforesaid gentm and James Hall of
Horton in the said County of York. yeom
Signed and Sealed by the above named John Smithys in the
presence of
James Garth John Smithes
James Hall jun
Clayton to Rawson
Regd fifth July 1723 at Twelve at Noone.
Hi Sheila, Thank you very much for your explanation. My confusion arose from
the fact that (not having the John Clough book) I thought that the Welsh
Cloughs were from Normandy. It certainly makes more sense now that you say
they were from Brittany.
The Yorkshire Archeological Society have a record of a Richard del Clogh in
York in 1100, mentioned in Monastic Notes maybe he is some sort of missing
link, although personally I doubt that there is a connection. Hurry up OA.
I hope that there is still room on this list for a Yorkshire Clough, I'm
afraid we are renowned for being "awkward".
Thanks again.
Noreen
Welcome to the clan Noreen and thank you for helping to prod us all a
little more into working on our history. Thank you Sheila for a
wonderful lesson.
Vern
-----Original Message-----
From: Noreen Clough [mailto:noreen@cloughn.freeserve.co.uk]
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 7:04 PM
To: CLOUGH-GENEALOGY-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [CLOUGH-GEN] Clough info
I thought that this may be of interest, Jabas Clough is my ancestor....
1723 INDENTURE
Indenture of Lease and Release bearing date respectively the
Twenty Eight and Twenty Ninth dayes of May Anno Dom. 1723 and made
between John Clayton of Bradford in the County of York yeoman
and Alice his Wife William Haydin of Esholt in the Township of
Hawksworth in the said County of York yeom and Susannah his
Wife John Smithys of Bolling in the said County of York yeom
and Mary his Wife Jabas Clough of Bolton in the parish of
Calverley in the said County of York yeom and Sarah his Wife
John Walker of Bradford in the said County of York yeoman
and Rachell his Wife and Thomas Hammond of Bolton afore
said yeom of the one part and John Rawson of Bolton aforesaid
Gentm of the other part Of and Concerning all that Messuage or
Tenement And all the Outhouses Edificies Barnes Stables buildings
Tofts Crofts Closes Lands Tenements grounds and hereitaments
whatsoever to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining
Seituate lyeing and being in Bolton aforesaid and adjoineing
upon Bolton Common in the said County of York And late in the
Tenure or Occupation of Sarah Halliday Widow deced. who was
formerly wife of William Hammond late of Bolton aforesaid
yeoman deced or her Assignes but now in the Occupation of
the said Jabas Clough and his Assignes And also all and Singular
the Tythes of Sheaves Corn grain hay grass wood and other
Tythes yearly Comeing growing renewing or Encreasing And which
shall yearly Come grow renew or encrease of in or upon the said
premisses or any part thereof of Which said Indentures are Witnessed
by James Garth of Bradford aforesaid gentm and James Hall of
Horton in the said County of York. yeom
Signed and Sealed by the above named John Smithys in the
presence of
James Garth John
Smithes
James Hall jun
Clayton to Rawson
Regd fifth July 1723 at Twelve at Noone.
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