Samuel Cluckston | |
Office: | Member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk[1] |
Term Start: | October 1739 |
Term End: | October 1740 |
Predecessor: | Joseph Platt, John Betts, Jr. |
Alongside: | James Lockwood |
Successor: | James Lockwood, Thomas Benedict |
Birth Date: | November 17, 1696 [2] |
Birth Place: | Fairfield, Connecticut Colony |
Death Date: | 1751 |
Death Place: | Norwalk, Connecticut Colony |
Residence: | Norwalk, Connecticut Colony |
Spouse: | Deborah Ketchum |
Children: | Mary Cluckstone Perry |
Occupation: | Hat manufacturer |
Rank: | Captain |
Samuel Cluckston (also Samuel Cluxton, Samuel Cluckstone and Samuel Klugston) (November 17, 1696 – 1751) was a member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the sessions of October 1739 and May 1740. He was Norwalk town treasurer for several years.[3]
He was the son of Michael Cluckston, and Mary Wakeman of Fairfield.[2]
He established a hat manufacturing business in Norwalk as early as 1709. He was the first known hat maker in Norwalk, which would become Norwalk's largest industry by 1845.[3] [4]
One of the founding members of St. Paul's on the Green.[5]