Samuel Clark (1753 - 1818)

Born 16 Dec 1753 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Hephzibah Jones — married 9 Oct 1777 in East Hartland, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Aug 1818 at age 64 in Russell, St Lawrence, New York, United States

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Biography

Samuel Clark was the son of Nathaniel and Martha (Witt) Clark. he was born in Lebanon, CT and was baptized there in December 1753. He died in Russell NY, Aug 25, 1818 and is one of the founding families of that area and especially to area called "Clarks Corners" which is now North Russell. When he was 12 his family moved to Granville MA on a road between Granville and Boxford. He married his wife and had their 11 children in Granville.

He came to ST Lawrence county, NY along with Russell Atwater and his group of settlers in 1807 from Vermont. (History of ST Law county ) > His Brother in law, Alvin White had moved there a year prior and had built a home out of native stone. Upon arriving there, Alvin While sold the property to him

She is buried in Russell Cemetery section C Lot C 32 and he is near her. In the Clark Family book compiled by Cyril Backus Clark, The Direct Clark Ancestry of Edmund Clark, Jr. (1815-1902) of Russell St. Lawrence County, NY A Descendent of Daniel Clark(1622-1710) of Windsor, Connecticut, , we are given a record of how he came to Russell NY with a salt barrel on the back of his horse. He was among the first settlers of the region. He accepted a land grant from Russell Atwater and created what was called Clarks Corners. Each of his sons had farms there.

Granville town Records https://archive.org/details/cu31924028820609 Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut Booklet: 1930-BUNKER-HILL-DAY-HARTLAND-PATRIOTIC-CELEBRATION-East-Hartford-CT

Name

Name: Samuel /Clark/^[1][2][3]

Death

Death:

Date: 25 AUG 1818

Place: Russell, St Lawrence, New York, United States

Residence

Residence:

Place: CT, United States

Residence:

Place: CT, United States

Residence:

Date: 1810

Place: Russell, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States^[4]

Military Service

Military Service: Worked as a guard in a private capacity for a prison that held British officers.

Source was the 1930 Patriot Day Bunkerhill booklet for Hartland Ct.

Marriage

Husband: Samuel Clark

Wife: Hephzibah Jones

Child: James Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Emeline Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Leicester Lester Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Orpha Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Hepsibah Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Rhoda Almira Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: John Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Linus Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Samuel Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Chauncey Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Edmund Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 09 OCT 1777

Place: East Hartland, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States^[5][6][7][8]

Marriage:

Date: 05 NOV 1740

Place: Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States^[9][10]

Parents and siblings:

Wife: Martha Witt

Child: Jabin Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Asahel Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Arunah Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Hannah Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Lavina Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: @I3075@

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Thomas Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Martha Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Nathaniel Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Samuel Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Dennis Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Hope Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Joel Clark

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Sources

Booklet: 1930-BUNKER-HILL-DAY-HARTLAND-PATRIOTIC-CELEBRATION-East-Hartford-CT

1. ↑ Source: #S280 Object: @M981@
2. ↑ Source: #S253 Object: @M983@
3. ↑ Source: #S37 Page: Year: 1810; Census Place: Russell, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 36; Page: 350; Family History Number: 0181390; Image: 00022. Data: Text: Residence date: 1810 CONT Residence place: Russell, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States Object: @M984@ LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1810usfedcenancestry&h=800030&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
4. ↑ Source: #S37 Page: Year: 1810; Census Place: Russell, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 36; Page: 350; Family History Number: 0181390; Image: 00022. Data: Text: Residence date: 1810 CONT Residence place: Russell, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States Object: @M984@ LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1810usfedcenancestry&h=800030&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
5. ↑ Source: #S280 Object: @M981@
6. ↑ Source: #S253 Object: @M983@
7. ↑ Source: #S253 Object: @M983@
8. ↑ Source: #S280 Object: @M2327@
9. ↑ Source: #S253 Object: @M1182@
10. ↑ Source: #S253 Object: @M1182@

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• Source: S280 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 Publication: Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013; Repository: #R1
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