John Saunders Clark (1778 - 1867)

Born 30 Mar 1778 in Yarmouth, Colony of Nova Scotia

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Died 21 Jan 1867 at age 88 in Saint John, Colony of New Brunswick

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Biography

John Saunders Clark was born in 1778. He was a ships carpenter.^[1] He passed away in 1867. At his death, the Saint John Globe noted (January 22 1867):

John Saunders Clark, one of our oldest citizens, came here from Yarmouth, N.S. and has resided in the Province over 60 years. He retained possession of all his faculties up to the time of his death. In a conversation we had with him some time ago, he gave us a very vivid description of the feelings exhibited by many persons when American ships arrived here after the war of 1812. Mr. CLARK was Deacon of the Baptist Church and one of the founders of the first church of that denomination in this city (Saint John). He was also a Free mason and was initiated in a Lodge at Kingston in 1806 before any Lodge was instituted in this city.

Sources

1. ↑ PANB - Hutchinson Directories

• MC2657
• NBGS Generations Issue #34, December 1987: Dr. Stephen D. Clark’s "The Clark family", pages 2-12: John had a brother Joseph Clark b. 18 May 1785, d. 30 Apr 1826, who settled in Saint John.
• Photo: http://website.nbm-mnb.ca/ics-wpd/library/photograph%20screen.htm (enter Object no. 1991.24.2)
• PANB - Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 25 Number 1130