Clifford L. Stott was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1949. He has been an avid researcher since 1971. He attended Brigham Young University and Weber State College. While pursuing a career in paramedics, he established a parallel career in 1984 with the founding of Clifford L. Stott & Associates, a genealogical research firm specializing in U.S. and British research. While he no longer accepts client work, he remains actively involved in researching the history and genealogy of his own family. His father descends from six Utah pioneer families with roots in England. His mother descends from colonial New England families and 20th-century English immigrants. Stott is the author of eleven books and numerous published articles. Among his credentials are the following:

Accredited Genealogist (AG), International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists, 1988–2017.

Certified Genealogist (CG), Board for Certification of Genealogists, 1999–present.

Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists (FASG), elected 1998.

Contributing editor, The American Genealogist, 1996–present.

Consulting editor, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 2001– present.

Recipient of the 1985 Francis M. Chipman Award, Mormon History Association, “Best Young Scholar,” for his submission of Search for Sanctuary: Brigham Young and the White Mountain Expedition (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1984).

Recipient of the 2007 Thomas Rice King Award by the Mormon History Association, “Best Family or Community History in the Mormon Experience” for his submission Faith and Dissent: The Nicholas Paul Story (Orem, Utah.: by the author, 2007).

Books Published:

Search for Sanctuary: Brigham Young and the White Mountain Expedition. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1984.

The Personal Writings of Fannie Charlotte Day, 1892-1982. Orem, Utah: by the author, 1994, revised 2014.

On the Utah Frontier: The Story of Thomas Clark Day and Annie Eliza Berry. Orem, Utah: by the author, 1994, revised 2014.

The Journals and Letters of Elder Thomas Day, 1814-1893. Orem, Utah: by the author, 1995, revised 2013.

The Long Road Home: George Clark and the First Handcart Company. Orem, Utah: by the author, 1999, revised 2013.

Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts to 1850, 4 vols. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003.

Faith and Dissent: The Nicholas Paul Story. Orem, Utah: by the author, 2007, revised 2018.

Finding Our Place: The Ancestors and Descendants of William Ross Stott, Jr. and Margaret Ann Lawler. Provo, Utah: by the author, 2010.

Brothers in Arms: Narratives of the Second World War. Provo, Utah: by the author, 2012.

Not Understood: The Life and Legacy of Arthur Lees Stott. Provo, Utah: by the author, 2015.

William Stott: A Yorkshireman in Utah Territory. Provo, Utah: by the author, 2019, revised 2020.

Articles Published:

“English Origins of William and Judith (Tue) Knopp of Watertown, Massachusetts.” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 147 (1993):315-328.

“The English Ancestry of Humphrey¹ and Susan (Pakeman) Wythe of Ipswich, Massachusetts,” The American Genealogist 68 (1993):216-24.

“English Background of George and Margery (Hayward) Wathen of Salem, and their Nephew William Sargent of Gloucester, Massachusetts,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 148 (1994):67-78.

“The Finney Family of Lenton, Nottinghamshire and Plymouth, Massachusetts,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 148 (1994):315-27.

“John¹ Plumb of Connecticut and His Cousin, Deputy Governor Samuel Symonds of Massachusetts: Additions to their English Ancestry,” The American Genealogist 70 (1995):65-74, 149-55.

“William¹ Shepard, Father of John Shepard of Westfield, Massachusetts,” The American Genealogist 70 (1995):82-83.

“Lothrop and House Entries in the Parish Registers of Eastwell, Kent,” The American Genealogist 70 (1995):250-52.

“The English Origin of James¹ Penniman of Boston and Braintree, Massachusetts” The American Genealogist 71 (1996):12-18.

“Sarah Waters, Second Wife of Nathaniel² Sanborn of Hampton, New Hampshire” New Hampshire Genealogical Record 13 (1996):145-51.

“William Crispe of Laxfield, Suffolk, Great-grandfather of Anthony and Joshua Fisher of Dedham, Massachusetts,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 151 (1997):291-99.

“Sylvester^A and Jane (Wells) Baldwin, Parents of the Immigrant Sylvester Baldwin” The Genealogist 11 (1997):111-15.

“The Gloucestershire T(h)ayer Ancestry,” The American Genealogist 73 (1998):81-90, 209-219.

“The English Ancestry of the Pilgrim Thomas Rogers and his Wife Alice (Cosford) Rogers,” The Genealogist 10 (1989):138-49. (Published in 1998).

“The Correct English Origins of Nathaniel Dickinson and William Gull, Settlers of Wethersfield and Hadley.” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 152 (1998):159-78.

“The English Origin of Thomas¹ Faxon of Braintree, Massachusetts,” The American Genealogist 74 (1999):41-49.

“The English Origin of Richard¹ Swaine of Hampton, New Hampshire, and Nantucket,” The American Genealogist 74 (1999):241-49.

“The English Bullard Family Revisited and Their Bignett Connection,” New England Historical Genealogical Register 154 (2000):172-88. Co-authored with Myrtle Stevns Hyde.

“Descendants of John Moore of Richmond, Rhode Island,” The Genealogist 14 (2000):211-55.

“John¹ Bayly of Bromham, Wiltshire, and Essex County, Massachusetts,” The American Genealogist 77 (2002):241-47.

“The Identification of Samuel⁵ Gilbert of Barnstable, Massachusetts,” The American Genealogist 78 (2003):9-16.

“Springfield, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850,” New England Ancestors 3 (2002):29-31.

“The Selleck Family of Gaulden Manor, Tolland, Somerset: Ancestors of David Selleck of Boston, Massachusetts, and Virginia,” Co-authored with Paulette Clark Kaufmann. The American Genealogist 81 (2006):36-47.

“The Chaplin Family of Co. Suffolk: Ancestors of the Plumb and Parke Families of Connecticut,” The American Genealogist 82 (2007):250–60.

“The New England and New Jersey Origins of Samuel⁴ Randolph [Fitz] Randolph] (1741–1815/16) of North Carolina,” The American Genealogist 83 (2008):19–29.

“Humphrey Blake (1494?–1558) and his Descendants in New England and South Carolina: Blake, Richards, Selleck, Torrey, and Wolcott,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 163 (2009):85–97, 199–211, 278–295; 164 (2010):63–74.

“Thomas¹ Tibballs of Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire, and Milford, Connecticut,” The American Genealogist 84 (2010):308–15.

“The Ancestry of Captain Abraham⁵ Covalt, Ohio Pioneer and Descendant of John Colt of Hartford, Connecticut,” Co-authored with Patricia Donaldson-Mills. The American Genealogist 84 (2010):279–96.

“The German Origins of George Felty (Hans Jerg Veltin) of Lebanon County,” Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, part 1, Paternal Ancestry 47 (2011):101–10.

“The English Origin of Jeffrey¹ Manning of Piscataway, New Jersey,” The American Genealogist 86 (2012):1–10.

“Henry Butterworth of Halifax, Yorkshire, and Weymouth, Massachusetts,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 168 (2014):58–61.

“The German Origins of George Felty (Hans Jerg Veltin) of Lebanon County,” Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, part 2, Maternal Ancestry 49 (2014):49–57.

“The Elwyn Family Revisited,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 169 (2015):51-56.

“The Lombard Family of Thorncombe, Dorset, Revisited: Ancestors of Thomas¹ Lombard of Dorchester, Massachusetts,” The American Genealogist 87 (2015):279-84.

“Ancestry of Anne Bincks of Scalford, Leicestershire, Wife of Nathaniel Dickinson of Wethersfield and Hadley, and Mother of William Gull of Hatfield,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 170 (2016):133-144.

“The Augur Family of London and West Ham, Essex, Ancestors of Nicholas Augur and Hester (Augur) Coster and Their Nephew Robert Augur of New Haven, Connecticut,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 170 (2016):325-35.

“The German Origins of Michael Righter and His Wife, Anna Dorothea Weining, of Schenectady and Schoharie Counties, New York: Ancestors of the Rector Family,” The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 148 (2017):27-45.

“The Higginson Family of Berkeswell, Warwickshire, and Its American Descendants,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 171 (2017):181–188, 318–325; 172 (2018):81–96, 175–187.

“The Parents of Elizabeth Sanders, Wife of Jonathan² Springer, and Her Sister Mary Sanders, Wife of Samuel³ Pierce,” The American Genealogist 89 (2017):65-68.

“The Kentish Family of Hercules¹ Hills and his Cousin Edmund¹ Tilson, Immigrants to Plymouth Colony,” The American Genealogist 90 (2018):1–15.

“The Staffordshire Origins of Daniel¹ Clark of Windsor, Connecticut, and His Cousin Daniel¹ Clark of Westchester, New York: A Proposed Pedigree,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 173 (2019):208–219, 319–335.

“In Search of Mr. Overton: The Ancestry of Valentine Overton and his Connections to New England Immigrants,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 172 (2018): 221–237, 323–31; 173 (2019):82–91.

“The Plumb and Symonds Families of Great Yeldham, Essex: Additions and Corrections,” The American Genealogist 90 (2018):241–52.

“The English Ancestry of Robert¹ Tuck of Hampton, New Hampshire,” The American Genealogist 91 (2019-20):10–22.

“Ancestry of Agnes Spencer, Wife of Thomas Higginson of Berkeswell, Warwickshire,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 174 (2020):199-215, 330-349.

“Unearthing Sarah’s Gravestone: An Adventure in Family History Archaeology,” American Ancestors 21 (Summer 2020):44–45.

“The Ancestry of Sarah Meakins, Wife of Thomas³ Miller of Springfield, Massachusetts,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 175 (2021):148–53.

“The English Ancestry of Thomas¹ Bell and His Sister Sarah (Bell) Meakins, Wife of Thomas Meakins of Roxbury, Massachusetts,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 175 (2021):223–230.

“Rev. William Tilley of Broadwindsor, Dorset, and His Sons in New England: John, Nathaniel, and William” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 176 (2022):40-56.

“The English Origin and Royal Descent of John, Stephen, and William Sanborn/Samborne of Hampton New Hampshire,” The American Genealogist 92 (2021-22):1–16; part 2 forthcoming.