Sarah (Russell) Clark (1730 - 1772)

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Sarah Russel was born in 1730. She was the daughter of Daniel Russell and Jerusha Dickenson, the second child to be named Sarah in that family. Her older sister had died in 1728.

Abstracted from History of Sunderland, p. 507.

Sarah married Jedediah Clark, born March 25, 1726, son of Ebenezer. They moved to Sunderland, Massachusetts after 1755. Jedediah was a deacon, and a prominent citizen of the town.

Sarah died on January 20, 1772, soon after the birth of her 9th child, who died in infancy. Jedediah then married Ruth Hawkes, daughter of Eliezer and Abigail (Wells) Hawks of Deerfield, on July 13, 1774. Jedediah died on August 9, 1800; Ruth died August 19, 1811, at age 79.

Jedediah's children with Sarah:

1. Lucy, born October 24, 1750; married February 6, 1771, Daniel Russell.
2. Jedediah, born June 24, 1753.
3. Lemuel, born March 24, 1755.
4. Justus, born August 10, 1757.
5. Sylvanus, born May 19, 1760.
6. Sarah, born February 19, 1763; married September 23, 1781, David Montague.
7. Thomas, born March 7, 1766.
8. Esther, born April 4, 1769; married Elijah Rowe, published July 31, 1790.
9. Lucius, baptized January 12 1772; died young.

Jedediah's child with Ruth:

1. Abigail, born January 2, 1776; married Apr. 29, 1796, Quartus Smith. 6.

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See also:

• History of the Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, Which Originally Embraced Within its Limits the Present Towns of Montague and Leverett 1683-1899. John Montague Smith, Henry W. Taft and Abbie T. Montague. Greenfield, Massachusetts, Press of E. A. Hall & Co., 1899. https://archive.org/stream/historytownsund00montgoog or http://books.google.com/books?id=uy4lAAAAMAAJ
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