Hankinson/Conover families historical scrapbook, 1939-1978.

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Hankinson/Conover families historical scrapbook, 1939-1978.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70950139

Scrapbook compiled by members of the Hankinson and Conover (Covenhoven) families relating to the Covenhoven house in Freehold, N.J., used as General Henry Clinton's headquarters during the American Revolution.

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Hightstown-East Windsor Historical Society

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Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795

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Sir Henry Clinton was the son of Admiral George Clinton (c.1685-1761) and grandson of Sir Francis Fiennes Clinton, 6th Earl of Lincoln. His father was Governor General of Newfoundland, 1732-1741, and of New York, 1741-1751. Rather than follow his father into the navy, Sir Henry embarked on a military career. He advanced steadily through the ranks, partly assisted by the patronage of his relative, the 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne. By the 1770s he had reached the rank of Colonel of the 12th Fo...

Hankins family.

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Conover family.

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Covenhoven family.

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Hankinson family.

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