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Increase Clark (1684 - 1775)

Increase Clark
Born in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 2 Feb 1709 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial Americamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 91 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Biography

Increase Clark, son of John Clark and Mary Strong was born in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1684. [1]

He married Mary Sheldon on Feb 2, 1710 in Northampton, Massachusetts. [2]

Their children were [3]

  • Mary born Jan 7, 1711 married Jerijah Strong Jr.
  • Daniel born Mar 3, 1713
  • Eunice born Dec 18, 1714 died Jan 1715
  • Moses born June 7, 1716
  • Lois born Sept 5, 1718 married Bela Strong
  • Simeon born Oct 19, 1720
  • Rachel born Sept 5, 1725 died Aug 28, 1745
  • Jemima Sept 5, 1728 married Aaron Baker
  • Elijah born June 14, 1730

Increase Clark died Aug 27, 1775 and is buried in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts at Bridge Street Cemetery. [4]

"It was said of him in Northampton that he could outpray Jonathan Edwards 'with his hands tied behind him.'" [3]


Sources

  1. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHFR-JD4 : 14 January 2020), Increase Clarke, 1684.
  2. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCZ6-VM5 : 29 July 2021), Increase Clark, 1709.
  3. 3.0 3.1 History of the town of Sunderland, Massachusetts by John Montague Smith, prepared by Henry W. Taft & Abbie T. Montague. Press of E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, Mass., 1899. (p. 289).
  4. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14434286/increase-clark: accessed 27 November 2022), memorial page for Increase Clark (8 Apr 1684–27 Aug 1775), Find A Grave: Memorial #14434286, citing Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by P.K. Magruder (contributor 47017377) .
[www.newenglandancestors.org New England Historic Genealogical Society]
"Researches among Funeral Sermons," 1854, vol. 8, pp. 180-183
"Elder John Strong and His Descendants," 1869, vol. 23, pp. 294-296
New England Historical and Genealogical Register
Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections
Transcribed and compiled by Francis F. Spies in 1952. Original mss. is part of R. Stanton Avery Collections, call # MSS VT WEY 20.

: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)

Edmund West, comp.,
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing



Acknowledgements

  • This person was created through the import of Elise Free_2011-04-22.ged on 23 April 2011
  • Clark-18786 was created by Paula Hinkel through the import of kaitlynancestors.ged on Sep 12, 2014.




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