Sarah (Burke) Clark (1778 - 1851)

Born 8 Jul 1778 in Westminster, Windham County, Republic of Vermont

Wife of Timothy Clark Jr. — married 28 Dec 1794 in Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont

Died 2 May 1851 at age 72 in Saxtons River, Windham County, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Sarah was born to Major Silas Burke of Westminster, Vt., who was born July 8, 1778. She married Timothy Clark on Dec. 28, 1794.^[1] Her husband "was a prominent citizen in the part of the town known as ‘Saxton’s River,’ living about a mile from the village called by that name, on the same road with his father. He was an active member of the Universalist Society in Saxton’s River Village, and was one of the church committee in 1841. Nov. 23, 1792, he bought 100 acres of land […] to which he afterwards added about 25 acres, bought Nov. 14, 1811 […]. These two purchases formed the farm on which he lived the rest of his life and on which he erected the cottage-house in which three generations of the Clarke family have lived, and which is now the home of his daughter, Miss Julia A. Clarke, and his grandson, Joseph Clarke. […] June 17, 1844, in his old age, he conveyed his farm of 126 acres to his son Albert, who gave a bond to care for him and his wife Sarah during their lives and to furnish a suitable support to his sisters, Lucinda and Julia Ann, so long as they remained single.^[1] The family stayed on the farm, per the census records, from 1810-1840.^[2][3][4][5]

Children, born in Rockingham:^[1]

Timothy (III), b. Oct. 8, 1796;^[6] went to Boston before 1821; m. Mahala (Unknown); engaged in business, and died in a few years without children.

Silas, July 15, 1798;^[7] a physician in Windham and Townsend, Vt.,

Sarah, b. Nov. 11, 1800;^[8] m. Rev. Erastus Willard [d. Oct 4, 1844. Memorial in Newport, Rhode Island; they were buried in Douai, France].^[9]

Charles, b. Dec. 27, 1802;^[10] a physician in Townsend, Vt.

Mary, b. April 21, 1805; d. aged 33; m. Osborne Marsh, and had one child, Mary C., b. Sept. 7, 1838, who after her mother’s death lived with her grandfather, Timothy Clark, in Rockingham, and has since lived for many years in Concord, N.H. [This needs verification; Osborn remained married to Mary through 1880.]^{[11][12][13][14][15]}

Lucinda, b. Aug. 26, 1807; d. in Rockingham Aug. 30, 1885; unm.^[16]

Joseph, b. Mar. 23, 1810; resided in Westminster, Vt. [d. 16 Nov 1888]^[17]

Benjamin, b. Mar. 20, 1813; resided in Algona, Iowa. [Ben J. died 21 Mar 1884 in Algona, Sioux, Iowa]^[18]

Julia Ann, b. May 2, 1815; resides on the old homestead near Saxton’s River Village, Vt. [d. 24 Jun 1906 at 91 years of age]^[19]

Albert, b. June 13, 1817; resided in Rockingham^[20]

She died May 2, 1851 in Rockingham, Vermont.^[21][22]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Peck, Thomas Bellows. ‘’Richard Clarke of Rowley, Massachusetts, and his descendants in the line of Timothy Clark of Rockingham, Vt. 1638-1904. With an account of the family reunion held in Rochester, Vermont, August 30, 1904.’’ Boston: D. Clapp& Son, 1905, p. 16. Archive.org. Accessed 5 Nov 2020. https://archive.org/details/richardclarkeofr1905peck/page/20/mode/2up.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH26-MFW : accessed 7 November 2020), Timothy Clark, Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States; citing p. 331, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 65; FHL microfilm 218,669.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLP-W83 : accessed 7 November 2020), Timothy Clark, Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States; citing p. 291, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 128; FHL microfilm 281,249.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5X-TD2 : 19 August 2017), Timothy Clark, Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States; citing 94, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 186; FHL microfilm 27,452.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY1-LMR : 19 May 2020), Timothy Clark, Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States; citing p. 113, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
6. ↑ "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LR-4BS : 16 December 2019), Timothy Clark in entry for Timothy Clark, 1796.
7. ↑ "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LR-4B7 : 16 December 2019), Timothy Clark in entry for Silas Clark, 1798.
8. ↑ "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8L4-7M1 : 16 December 2019), Timothy Clark in entry for Sarah Clark, 1800.
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197045476/sarah-willard : accessed 06 November 2020), memorial page for Sarah Clarke Willard (unknown–4 Oct 1844), Find a Grave Memorial no. 197045476, citing Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Chloé (contributor 47159257) .
10. ↑ "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LR-QDW : 16 December 2019), Timothy Clark in entry for Charles Clark, 1802.
11. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFK3-JNR : 14 April 2020), Osborn Marsh and Mary Clark, 1835.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC2F-PW8 : 4 April 2020), Osborne Marsh, Townsend, Windham, Vermont, United States; citing family 243, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFDZ-M21 : 18 March 2020), Osborn Marsh, 1860.
14. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6R6-BVL : 19 March 2020), Osborn Marsh, 1870.
15. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8WJ-PGF : 15 July 2017), Osbern Marsh, Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district ED 241, sheet 526D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,349.
16. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101828738/lucinda-clarke : accessed 06 November 2020), memorial page for Lucinda Clarke (26 Aug 1807–30 Aug 1885), Find a Grave Memorial no. 101828738, citing Saxtons River Cemetery, Saxtons River, Windham County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by Dave Morey (contributor 47731375) .
17. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFWF-HXH : 14 April 2020), Timothy Clark in entry for Joseph Clark, 1888.
18. ↑ "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKVW-4CLQ : 17 March 2018), Benjamin Clark, 21 Mar 1884; citing Death, Algona, Sioux, Iowa, United States, page 9, offices of county clerk from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,451,892.
19. ↑ "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQV-R4M5 : 14 February 2020), Timothy Clarke in entry for Julia Ann Clarke, 24 Jun 1906; citing Death, Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005488243.
20. ↑ "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQV-B7GL : 14 February 2020), Timothy Clarke in entry for Albert Clarke, 22 Jun 1897; citing Death, Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005488242.
21. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFVQ-B7Q : 14 April 2020), Sarah Clarke, 1851.
22. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL1-VDWZ : 7 August 2020), Sarah Burk Clarke, ; Burial, Saxtons River, Windham, Vermont, United States of America, Saxtons River Cemetery; citing record ID 101828446, Find a Grave