Aaron Clark Sr. (1758 - 1848)

Born 30 Sep 1758 in Bethany, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Fowler) Clark — married 11 Jun 1786 in Orange Twp., New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Descendants

Died 7 May 1848 at age 89 in Orange, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Biography

Corporal Aaron Clark Sr. served with New Haven Alarm - 1779, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Aaron Clark Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A022140.

Children:

1. William Fowler Sr. (1787–1876) - m. Alma Downs
2. Merritt (1793–1868) - m. Lydia Kellogg - she died / m. Amelia Griggs
3. Polly (1795–1795) - died young
4. Aaron Jr. (1796–1886) - m. Lovisa Merrick
5. Hezekiah II (1802–1802) - died young

From his profile in Find A Grave:

Like his father, the call to serve his country was strong and it soon took him. Aaron, at the age of 18, enlisted to serve his country during the Revolutionary war; as did many of his patriot friends and neighbors. On his first enlistment, Aaron served in Capt. Wells; 5th Company, that was attached to Colonel Wolcotts Regiment. According to the Company pay roll record, Aaron enlisted on January 30, 1776. Aaron's Company was called up (given orders) to "March," on Feb. 12, 1776, an undertaking that lasted for thirty three (33) days. They were one of the three, recalled Regiments, sent by General Washington to the Boston area. He was released or discharged on March 3, 1776. For this three month term of duty, he was paid; £2-10s-6d.

Sources

Ancestry.com

• US Revolutionary War Rolls
• Connecticut, Death & Burials Index

Find A Grave: Memorial #29918909 - Orange Center Cemetery in Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut

Family Records of George Clark, Zebadiah Farnham and Benjamin Durkee with their Descendants, Katharine Gibson Dennis, 1928, Norwalk, Ohio, accessed online at https://ia802802.us.archive.org/14/items/familyrecordsofg00denn/familyrecordsofg00denn.pdf on 28 April 2021.

• Service Record of Corporal Aaron Clark

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C36J-C?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 568 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.