Sarah
Clark
formerly Van Gelder aka Hendrickszen, Everts
Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island, Province of New York
Ancestors 
Daughter of Evert Hendricksen Van Gelder
and Fytje Adams (Brouwer) Van Horn
Sister of
Jacobus (Evertse) van Gelder, Hendrick Evertszen Van Gelder, Cornelis Mathysz van Horn [half] and Abram Van Horne [half]
Wife of
Alexander Clark
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Richard Clark, William Clark, Jan Clark, Elizabeth (Clark) Pease, Benjamin Clark and Mary Clark
Died
at about age 40
in Monmouth, New Jersey
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Biography
Sarah was born in 1689. Sarah Van Gelder ... She passed away in 1730.[1]
Sarah was born in 1695. Sarah Van Horn ... She passed away in 1728. [2]
Sarah was born about 1695. Sarah Van Horn ... [3]
Sarah Hendrickszen, youngest child of Fytie Adam Brouwer (35) and Evert Hendrickszen, her first husband, was baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn with Adam Brouwer and Sarah Brouwer as Sponsors. When a small child, her mother married Matthys Cornelisen for her second husband, and they had two sons, Cornelius Van Horne and Abraham Van Horne. When they emigrated to Monmouth County, she accompanied them and kept their home until she married Alexander Clark of Freehold, N. J. [4]Their children were:
- 61 Willem Clark.
- 62 Richard Clark.
- 63 John Clark.
- 64 Benjamin Clark.
- 65 Mary Clark.
- 66 Elizabeth Clark.
Husband's Will
Will of Alexander Clark, of Freehold, Mon. Co., Yeoman, "being very Sick and Weak of Body." Dates "this Twenty[blank] Day of Auguft," 1727. Proved by oath of John Reed and Thomas Kinnan, two of of the wits.; before Lawrence Smyth, Surrogate, Mon. Co., Sept 8, 1730.[5]
Directs: "My Loving Wife Sarah have the Ufe of of all my Eftate both Real and oerfonall for and during the Term of "her Widowhood, or untill my Som William attain the Age of Twenty One Years, at which time. . . My faid "Son William have the Ufe of One full and Equall half part of all my Real Eftate, The which half I Give to him my "faid Son William his Heirs. . On Condition that he to pay to my sone Richard when my said Son Richard "fhall attain to the Age of Twenty One. . .the Sum of One Hundred Pounds, and if my Wife be then my Widow". . .that fhe Enjoy the other half part of my Real Eftate until my son John attain to the Age of Twenty-one years at which time. . . My said son John have the Ufe of that Laft half mentioned The which half I give "to him my faid son John his Heirs. . .on Condition that he pay to my Son Benjamin when my Son Benjamin "fhall attain to the age of Twenty-one years The Sum of One Hundred pounds; And if My Wife Re-Marry before My Sons "that are to have my Lands attain . . .twenty-one years. . .that untill fuch time my Executors Employ the "ufe of my Lands towards the Maintenance and promotion of my Children"; ". . .to my Daughter Mary the "Sum of Fifty pounds to be paid her out of my Moveable Eftate when she fhall attain to ". . .Eighteen. . ."; "to my Loving Wife Sarah the Sum of Fifty pounds In liew of her Dower and ". . .that the Difpofe of all the Remaining part of My perfonall Eftate amongft my Six Chilldren at the Expir"ation of her Widowhood in fuch parts. . .as fhe fhall fee Caufe. . ."; "if Either of my four Sons "abovenamed Depart This Life before they Attain to. . .Twenty One. . .or leave iffue of their Body, "that them that part. . .that such Deceafed fhall poffefs be Equally Divided amongft thofe of mySons that fhall "Survive. . ."
Appoints "My Loving Wife Sarah, and her Brother Cornelius Van Horn of Freehold. . .and William Law"rence, Junr, of Middletown Executor??. . ."
Witnesses: John Reed, Thomas Kinnan, Dorothy Nifsbett [her mark], Willm Lawrence Junr
Oath of Executors, Sarah Clark and Cornelius Van Horne, before Lawrence Smyth, Surrogate, Mon. Co., "the Day last above Mentioned." [Sept 8, 1730.]
[Endorsed: ". . . July 24, 1731, ye probatt. . ."
1727 Yeoman (farmer) Note: see Esther Clark Wright's book "Alexander Clark, Loyalist" Will: 20 AUG 1727 Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey Probate: 8 SEP 1730 Will approved[6][7]
Sources
- ↑ A source for this information is needed.
- ↑ Entered by Wilfred Vasile, May 25, 2012
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Terry Phillips, Wednesday, August 20, 2014.
- ↑ World Connect tree, Harrison-Heitman Updated: Thu Dec 20 2001 Contact: Bruce Harrison
- ↑ World Connect tree, Kings Highway Updated: 2014-05-25 Contact: unknown but willing
- ↑ Note: source: Bruce Harrison at .... http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=harrison-heitman&id=I0190
- ↑ Source: This Old Monmouth of Ours....Pg. 157
Acknowledgments
- Wilfred Vasile, Entered by Wilfred Vasile, May 25, 2012. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Wilfred and others.
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They are not father and daughter, but rather half-siblings, children of Fytje Adams Brouwer. So I adjusted the relationships, and attached the common mother, in preparation for merge into the correct sibling match.
The explanation of the family relationships and the source is in the bio.