Thomas Clarkson (1760 - 1846)

Born 28 Mar 1760 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England

Husband of Catherine (Buck) Clarkson — married 21 Jan 1796 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Descendants

Died 26 Sep 1846 at age 86 in Playford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Thomas Clarkson was an English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. He helped found The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade (also known as the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade) and helped achieve passage of the Slave Trade Act of 1807, which ended British trade in slaves. ^[1]

Biography

Thomas Clarkson is Notable.

Thomas Clarkson was born 28 Mar 1760 and baptised at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, 26 May 1760, the son of Rev.John Clarkson and his wife Ann Clarkson (Nee Ward). ^[2] His father was headmaster at the Free grammar school at Wisbech. ^[3]

He attended Wisbech Grammar School and later became a student of St. John’s College Cambridge where, in 1784, he won first place in a Latin essay competition about slavery. ^[4]

He married Catherine Buck, daughter of William Buck, a prosperous yarnmaker, and his wife Sarah Corsbie, at St Mary's, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England on 21 Jan 1796. ^[5]

In 1816 he was one of the twelve founders (along with his brother John) of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace (later known as The Peace Society). ^[6]

He was responsible for collecting information to support the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, including interviewing 20,000 sailors and obtaining equipment used on slaving ships such as iron handcuffs, leg shackles, thumb screws, instruments for forcing open enslaved Africans' jaws and branding irons. In 1787 he published a pamphlet, 'A Summary View of the Slave Trade and of the Probable Consequences of its Abolition'. ^[7]

He died 26 Sep 1846, leaving a will as of "Thomas Clarkson of Playford Hall near Ipswich , Suffolk", proved 16 Dec 1846. ^[8]

His papers are held at Cambridge University: St John's College Library. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Clarkson
2. ↑ Baptism transcript - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J94C-9P1
3. ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 10 Clarkson, Thomas by George Fisher Russell Barker https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Clarkson,_Thomas
4. ↑ https://www.wisbechmuseum.org.uk/clarkson/index.php
5. ↑ Marriage transcript Thomas Clarkson and Catherine Buck - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJNM-D4Q
6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Society
7. ↑ http://revealinghistories.org.uk/who-resisted-and-campaigned-for-abolition/people/thomas-clarkson-campaigner-for-abolition.html
8. ↑ Will of Thomas Clarkson of Playford Hall near Ipswich, Suffolk PROB 11/2046/145 https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D106334
9. ↑ https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/a/A13530157

• "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q26M-16P9 : 26 October 2019), Mr Thomas Clarkson, 10 Oct 1846; citing Obituary, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, page , Records extracted by FindMyPast and images digitized by FamilySearch. The British Library, London; FHL microfilm 102,001,222.

• Marriage: "Suffolk, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1850"
  HS, Marriage Licences, Sudbury, part 3, 1782-1814, vol 71; Author: Ed: W Bannerman & G Bannerman; Publication Date: 1920; Reference Number: CS 410.H3 Vol 71; Roll: 990416_1419
  Ancestry ca Record 61545 #29545
  Thos Clarkson marriage to Catherine on 20 Jan 1796 in Suffolk, England.
• Marriage: "England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973"
  Original data: England, Marriages, 1538-1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 887399
  Ancestry ca Record 9852 #36931033
  Thomas Clarkson marriage to Catharine Buck on 21 Jan 1796 in Saint Mary, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England.
• Burial: "Web: Global, Gravestone Photograph Index, 1265-2014"
  Original data: Gravestone Photographic Resource. An international directory of grave monuments. Gravestone Photographic Resource. http://www.gravestonephotos.com/: accessed 17 November 2014
  Ancestry ca Record 9740 #140600
  Thomas Clarkson burial in 1846 in St Mary, Playford, Suffolk, England.
• Burial: "UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current"
  Find A Grave: Memorial #23703363
  Ancestry ca Record 60526 #364374
  Thomas Clarkson burial (died on 26 Sep 1846) in St Mary Churchyard, Playford, Suffolk Coastal District, Suffolk, England. Born on 28 Mar 1760.
• Death: "Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22"
  London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 04; Page: 454
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1981 #15211
  Thomas Clarkson death 26 Sep1846 (born 28 Mar1760), son of John Clarkson, in Ipswich, England.
• Obituary: "Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2016"
  Original data: The Obituary Daily Times. The Obituary Daily Times. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~obituary; URL: http://sites.rootsweb.com/~obituary/using_db.html
  Ancestry ca Record 70050 #10898325
  Name: Thomas Clarkson; Age: 86; Birth Date: Abt 1760; Birth Place: Wisbeach CAM; Death Date: abt 1846; Death Place: Playford Hall SFK ENG; Publication Date: 2 Oct 1846; Publication Place: USA; Tombstone: 0.