Clyckman, Frederick L.

Birth

Clyckman, Frederick L., was born in the town of Knox, July 1, 1819, a son of Lawrence Clyckman, who was born in the same town about 1778 and grandson of Lawrence Clickman from Germany.

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Clyckman, Frederick L., was born in the town of Knox, July 1, 1819, a son of Lawrence Clyckman, who was born in the same town about 1778, who was one of two sons and two half-brothers, sons of a native of Germany who served in the Revolutionary war, was a farmer by occupation, and began farming in the town of Knox, where he cleared a farm and built a log house and where he lived till his death, at the age of eighty years. Lawrence, the father of Frederick L., also spent his life as a successful farmer in the same town, owning a fine farm of 150 acres; he was a volunteer in the war of 1812; his wife was Maria Batcher, and their children were Jacob, Mary, Frederick, Gertrude, Adaline, Elida, Katie, Margaret and Sarah.

Mr. Clyckman was an elder in the Lutheran church for a number of years. Frederick L. Clyckman remained on the homestead with his father until he was thirty- eight years of age, when he came to Guilderland and bought a farm of 100 acres, where he has since resided ; by industry and perseverance h^ has paid for his farm, erected good and commodious buildings, and made many other improvements; he is an up-to-date and prosperous farmer. In 1850 he married Eva, daughter of Peter Walker, who bore him two children, Angelica M. and Jessie F. His second wife was Lydia, daughter of Conrad Batcher of Knox, who bore him one child, Jane A. Mr. Clyckman has been deacon and elder in the Lutheran church for several years. The oldest daughter, Angelica, married William J. Alkenbrack of New Scotland in November, 1884; Jessie married William D. Relyea of New Scotland in November, 1882; and Jane A. married Shubael C. Jaycox of Bethlehem, March 14, 1892.

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