Elisha Clark (abt. 1752 - abt. 1835)

Born about 12 Jul 1752 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Tinkham) Clark — married 19 Jan 1776 in Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 2 Mar 1835 at about age 82 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Private Elisha Clark served with 4th Regiment, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Military Revolutionary War Middleborough Massachusetts^[1]

1)Enlisted 6 May 1778

Discharge 9 May 1778

Capt Abishai Tinkham's Co - 4th Regiment, Plymouth County, Col Ebenezer Sprout's Regiment

2)Enlisted 19, May 1778

Discharged 22 May 1778

2d Middleborough Massachusetts

Capt Isaac Wood's Co Minute-men

Marched on Alarm April 19th 1775 to Marshfield

3)Enlisted 6 Sept 1778

Discharged 12 Sept 1778

Marched from Middleborough to Dartmouth on 2 alarms

4)Enlisted 1 Aug 1780

Discharged 9 Aug 1780 on alarm in Rhode Island

Capt. Abishai Tinkham's Co., Col. White's Regiment

Rank Private

Marriage to Lucy Tinkham 9 Jan 1777 in Middleborough, Massachusetts^[2]

Deacon of the church

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

Children Listed^[3]

Charity Clark

Azubah Noble

Abisha Clark

Elisha Clark

Hannah T Leonard

Lucy Grinnell

Elisha Clark SAR

Name Elisha Clark

SAR Membership 12770

Role Ancestor

Spouse Lucy Tinkham

Children Hannah Tinkham Clarke

Elisha Clark died in 1835 he was 82 years old ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Elisha Clark's Rev. War Military Service
2. ↑ Marriage Record
3. ↑ Children of Capt. Elisha Clark and Lucy Tinkham Clark
4. ↑ Memorial

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War (Images Online), Ancestry.com. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War (Images Online) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Massachusetts. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. Vol. 1-17. Boston, MA, USA: Wright & Potter Printing, 1896-1908. filmstrip 526,1027

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Title: Births, Marriages and Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011., Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).(viewable)

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011., Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).filmstrip 457/2504

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 February 2020), memorial page for Deacon Elisha Clark (12 Jul 1752–22 Mar 1835), Find A Grave Memorial no. 107172828, citing Rock Cemetery, Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Caryn (contributor 47509429)

• Lineage Book By Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book By Daughters of the American Revolution Page 208

See also:

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:9KBK-X7B : accessed 2016-07-10), entry for Elisha Clarke.
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SB97-X9W : accessed 2016-07-09), entry for Elisha /Clark/.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHB1-D45 : 4 December 2014), Elisha Clark and Lucy Tinkham, 09 Jan 1777; citing reference Roll4 P45 R15; FHL microfilm 945,014.

NOTE: Hannah T Clark Leonard is daughter and not Hannah Clark Thayer. After much investigative research found the info needed to make correct connections for family.