Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Charles Clinton (1690 – 19 November 1773) was a French and Indian War Colonel, the father of American Revolutionary War general James Clinton and Vice President of the United States George Clinton, and the grandfather of New York Governor DeWitt Clinton.Charles Clinton was born in Corbay, County Longford, Ireland to James Clinton a soldier in Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army who fought during the battle of Drogheda killing many Irish and was rewarded with land in Ireland and Elizabeth Smith, the daughter of a captain in Cromwell's Army.In May 1729, the Clinton family (Charles, wife Elizabeth, two daughters, and one son) chartered a ship from Dublin called the George and Anne and sailed for Philadelphia with a group of neighbors and friends intending to settle in Pennsylvania. . }
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- Charles_Clinton comment "Charles Clinton (1690 – 19 November 1773) was a French and Indian War Colonel, the father of American Revolutionary War general James Clinton and Vice President of the United States George Clinton, and the grandfather of New York Governor DeWitt Clinton.Charles Clinton was born in Corbay, County Longford, Ireland to James Clinton a soldier in Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army who fought during the battle of Drogheda killing many Irish and was rewarded with land in Ireland and Elizabeth Smith, the daughter of a captain in Cromwell's Army.In May 1729, the Clinton family (Charles, wife Elizabeth, two daughters, and one son) chartered a ship from Dublin called the George and Anne and sailed for Philadelphia with a group of neighbors and friends intending to settle in Pennsylvania. ".