Nathan Clark Sen (1720 - 1818)

Born 6 Jan 1720 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Blagge) Clark — married 7 Apr 1740 in North Stratford, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died Aug 1818 at age 98 in Huntington, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

He was born in 1720.

He died in August 1818 in Huntington. His death notice reads: "Mr. Nathan Clark, aged 99, his descendants in all one hundred and sixty-two, viz, ten children, 41 grandchildren, 104 great-grandchildren, 7 of the 4th generation; of whom 127 are now living."^[1]

Research Notes

• There are three Nathan Clarks living in Huntington.
  • Nathan Clark, Sen or I, this profile.
  • Nathan Clark, Jun or II
  • Nathan Clark 3RD
• They use Sen, Jun and 3rd to tell each other apart in town documents.The suffix used with each Nathan Clark does not have anything to do with their relationship with each other. It has to do with the number of Nathan Clarks in the area at the time. It is seen in several documents while researching.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Courant", Tuesday 1 September 1818, Hartford, CT, Vol: LIV, Issue: 2797, Page 3. GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/nbshare/AC01181023153738220891673828432: 15 January 2023)

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• "Connecticut, Church Records, 1660-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK5-22N1 : 3 October 2019), Nathan Clarke and Blagg, 7 Apr 1740; citing Marriage, Connecticut, United States, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F742-M24 : 7 January 2020), Nathan Clark, 1720.

• Jacobus, Donald Lines, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume 1, Genealogical Publishing Com, Fairfield, CT, 1930, pp 146 accessed December 3, 2017

Additional Sources

• Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZDL-4C6

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Merilee Burton for creating WikiTree profile Clark-15183 through the import of burton[1].ged_2013-12-25.ged on Dec 26, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Merilee and others.