Personal life
On February 18, 1765, James Clinton married Mary DeWitt (1737–1795), the only daughter of Egbert DeWitt, members of a colonial Dutch family. They had seven children, including:
Alexander Clinton (1765–1787), who served in Colonel Lamb's regiment during the Revolution and drowned in the Hudson River
Charles Clinton (1767–1829), who married Elizabeth Mulliner (1770–1865)
DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828), a politician and later governor of New York
George Clinton, Jr. (1771–1809), politician who served as a U.S. representative in Congress
Mary Clinton (1773–1808), who married Robert Burrage Norton. After his death, she married Judge Ambrose Spencer (1765–1848).
Elizabeth Clinton (1776–1832), who married William Stuart
Katharine Clinton (1778–1837), who married Samuel Lake Norton, brother to her sister Mary's husband. After his death, she married Ambrose Spencer, her sister's widower.
His second wife was Mary (née Little) Gray (1768–1835), the widow of Alexander Gray (1762–1795), who was born in Ireland. Together, James and Mary were the parents of six children:
James G. Clinton, who died young.
Caroline Hannah Clinton (1800–1864), who married Charles Augustus Dewey (1793–1866), an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Emma Little Clinton (1802–1823), who never married.
James Graham Clinton (1804–1849), who married Margaret Ellsworth Conger and served in Congress.
Letitia Clinton (1806–1842), who married Dr. Francis Bolton (1804–1849).
Anna Clinton (1809–1833), who married Lt. Edward Ross.
Clinton died in Little Britain, New York, on September 22, 1812, the same year as his brother George.
