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.
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.
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Clark-39270 and Clark-28896 appear to represent the same person because: They have the same name, they were born in the same year, and they died on the same day in the same city.