RESCUED DOCUMENTS

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, N.Y.

CLUTE/DeGRAFF MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

The following handwritten document certifying a marriage was recently "rescued"/purchased by me at an antiques shop in New York City. Written on plain cream paper, ink browned, divided into sixths, a bit tattered on the folds - an irresistable treasure, what we all hope to find for our own ancestors! If a Clute or DeGraff researcher will provide information about this couple or their witnesses to place on this page, I'll be happy to send you a photocopy of the original document if you'd like one. I'd like to re-unite this document with a proven direct descendant of Abram D. Clute and Antoinette De Graff.

Martha S. Magill
Coordinator
Herkimer/Montgomery Counties NY GenWeb
June 2001

This certifies that Abram D. Clute of Amsterdam N.Y. & Miss Antoinette De Graff of the same place were by the undersigned united in the bonds of holy matrimony on this ninth day of August Eighteen hundred & Sixty Three.

Given Schenectady. Aug^st 9^th 1863.

          Edward E. Seelye
          Pastor of First Reformed
          Dutch Church in Schenectady

Witness James G. Claw(?)

Richard S.N. Clute (difficult to determine if this is an S., T., or L.)
H.V.V. Clute

I used the site search engines and didn't find this couple but the 1869 -1870 Directory of the Town of Amsterdam had this listing:
Clute, L. V. V. (Cranesville)      farmer leases of Mrs. H. V. V. Clute, 95

The 1850 and 1860 census for NY State have listings for an Abram D. Clute for Watervliet, Albany County (as well as an Abraham D. Clute for 1820 Watervliet), an Abram O. Clute in Schenectady, Schenectady County, and an Abram Clute in Esperance, Schenectady County.

I checked out the LDS records on line and found the following listing for an Abraham Clute:

Abraham CLUTE
Sex: M
Birth: 1824
Schenectady, Schenectody (sic), New York
Parents:
Father:    Frederick Nicholas CLUTE
Mother:    Margaret Boyd CLUTE

as well as this listing:

Edward Eli SEELYE
Sex: M
Birth: Abt. 1811
Lansingburg, Rensselaer, New York
Parents:
Father:    Seth SEELYE JR.
Mother:

These may or may not be the individuals in the documents or no relation.

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