Charles Clinton (1690–1773) was a French and Indian War Colonel, the father of American Revolutionary War General James Clinton and U.S. Vice President George Clinton, and the grandfather of New York Governor DeWitt Clinton. The French and Indian War is the American name for the decisive nine-year conflict (1754-1763) in North America between Great Britain and France, which was one of the theatres of the Seven Years War. ... Insignia of a United States Air Force Colonel Colonel is a military rank, usually the highest below general grades, and just above Lieutenant Colonel. ... The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within the thirteen North American colonies. ... General is a military rank, in most nations the highest rank, although some nations have the higher rank of Field Marshal. ... James Clinton (August 9, 1733 – September 22, 1812) was a American Revolutionary War soldier who obtained the rank of Major General. ... Dick Cheney 46th and current Vice President (2001- ) The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government, the person who is a heartbeat from the presidency. ... This page is for the Vice President George Clinton. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... A governor is also a device that regulates the speed of a machine. ... DeWitt Clinton DeWitt Clinton (March 2, 1769 – February 11, 1828) was an early American politician. ...

Charles Clinton was born in County Longford, Ireland the son of James Clinton and Elizabeth Smith, the daughter of a Captain in Oliver Cromwell's army. County Longford (Irish: Longphort) is a county situated in the Irish Midlands, in northwest Leinster. ... Captain is both a nautical term and a military rank. ... Unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper, 1657. ...

In May 1729, the Clinton family (Charles, wife, two daughters, and one son) chartered a ship and sailed for Philadelphia with a group of friends intending to settle in Pennsylvania. The captain of the ship intentionally starved the passengers, possibly as a way to steal their belongings. Ninety-six of the passengers died, including a son and a daughter of Charles Clinton. In October 1729 they arrived at Cape Cod, and after paying a large ransom for their lives, the survivers were allowed to disembark. This article is about the month of May. ... Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... State nickname: The QUENESE PERSON STATE Other U.S. States Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell Official languages None Area 119,283 km² (33rd)  - Land 116,074 km²  - Water 3,208 km² (2. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Cape Cod and the Massachusetts and Rhode Island coastline Cape Cod and Cape Cod Bay from space, April 1997. ...

In the spring of 1731, the group moved to Ulster County, New York (now Orange County), where they formed a permanent settlement about eight miles from the Hudson River and sixty miles north of New York City. His life there is well described in this selection from DeWitt Clinton's Memoir: Ulster County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Orange County is a county located in the state of New York. ... View of the Hudson in the 1880s showing Jersey City The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk in Mahican, is a river running mainly through New York State but partly forming the boundary between the states of New York and New Jersey. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the largest city, by population, in the United States. ... A memoir, as a literary genre, forms a sub-class of autobiography. ...

"... these hardy pioneers were at that period so exposed to the incursions of the Indians, then inhabiting the vicinity of their residence, that it was found necessary to erect a palisade work around his house, for the security of himself and his neighbours. In this retreat Mr. Clinton spent his time in the improvement of his farm, in the cultivation of literature, in the enjoyment of his library, the education of his children, and occasionally acting as a surveyor of land, for which he was well qualified by his education, and particularly his mathematical knowledge, in which he eminently excelled. Posessed of a well selected library, and endowed with extraordinary talents, he made continual accessions to his store of useful knowledge.

"The character he uniformly sustained, was that of pure morals, a strong and cultivated understanding, great respectability, and dignity of deportment, and extensive influence. Having been well educated, he soon attained to notice and distinction. His first appointment was that of a Justice of the peace; he was afterwards promoted to the station of a Judge of the Common Pleas for the county of Ulster. In 1756 he was appointed, by the Governor, Sir Charles Hardy, a Lt. Colonel of the militia of the province, and commanded a regiment at the capture of Fort Frontenac, now Kingston, by Colonel Bradstreet."