David Clarkson

David Clarkson (March 27, 1795 – June 3, 1867) was an American banker who was president of the New York Stock Exchange from 1837 to 1851.

Early life He was the eldest son of eight children born to Gen. Matthew Clarkson and, his second wife, Sally (née Cornell) Clarkson (1762–1803). From his father's first marriage to Mary Rutherfurd (a daughter of Walter Rutherfurd and sister of U.S. Senator John Rutherfurd), he had one half-sister, Mary Rutherfurd Clarkson, who married her cousin Peter Augustus Jay (the eldest son of Chief Justice John Jay). His father was a Revolutionary War hero who served in the New York State Assembly and Senate and was the 6th President of the Bank of New York. and Elisabeth (née French) Clarkson (a direct descendant of Phillip French, the 27th Mayor of New York City) and his uncle, Thomas Streatfeild Clarkson, was the grandfather of Thomas S. Clarkson, the namesake of Clarkson University. His maternal grandparents were Samuel Cornell and Susan (née Mabson) Cornell. An earlier vice president under his presidency was Edward Prime, a son of Nathaniel Prime and partner in Prime, Ward & King. After his tenure as president of the Exchange, he was chosen as president of the Gallatin Fire Insurance Company, serving practically until his death in 1867.

Personal life On March 27, 1822, he was married to Elizabeth Streatfield Clarkson. Elizabeth, his cousin, was the daughter of Thomas Streatfeild Clarkson and Elizabeth (née Van Horne) Clarkson. Together, they were the parents of eleven children, including: who married Susan Matilda Jay, the youngest daughter of David's half-sister Mary and her husband Peter Augustus Jay, in 1852. Thomas Streatfeild Clarkson (1824–1902), who married Ann Mary Clarkson (1827–1910), a daughter of Thomas Streatfeild Clarkson and Elizabeth (née Clarkson) Clarkson. Augustus Vallete Clarkson (1829–1907), Frederick Clarkson (1830–1901), William Clarkson (1832–1895), who did not marry. Robert Clarkson (1837–1849), who died young. who lived at 16 West 48th Street and died unmarried in 1918.

Clarkson died on June 3, 1867.