Samantha Moore (Barnum) Clark (1801 - bef. 1848)

Born 18 Feb 1801 in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Upper Canada

Ancestors

Biography

This profile is part of the Barnum Name Study.

Samantha Clark was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: 06 February 1828

Samantha Clark of Charlotteville Township, "mantuamaker," purchased land at Charlotteville Township from her father on 3 Jun 1823. On 14 Jul 1830, James B. Clark of Ancaster purchased land at Beverly Township, Wentworth County from David W. Barnum and then sold it on 25 Apr 1832 to David Rymal. The family moved to Newark, New Jersey where her son John N. Clark, heir-at-law, lived when he sold the land of Samantha Moore Clark, deceased, to Charles Francis Beaupre on 15 Feb 1848. At that time, his father James B. Clark was "late of Newark, New Jersey."

From The Loyalists in Ontario comes the note:

"Barnum, Nathaniel Bunnell, settled Charlotteville, his children

1. David Wheeler Barnum, got his O.C.4 Dec 1834

2. Charles D. Barnum O.C. 17 Oct 1839

3. Thomas Arnold Barnum, O.C 28 Jan 1841

4. Lois Green Barnum m. William Kimber, O.C. 3 Oct 1833

5. Henry V Barnum, O.C. 10 Mar 1834

6. James Russell Barnum, O.C. 10 Mar 1834

7. Christina Barnum m. Henry Liger, of Woodhouse, O.C. 7 Feb 1833

8. Andrew Willson Barnum of Bayham, O.C. 22 Dec 1832

9. Samantha M barnum m. James Clark of Walsingham, O.C. 6 Feb 1828

O.C. stands for "Order in Council", which means that they were now either married (if female) or over age 21, and could then claim their free land grant as a child of a Loyalist. In the case of males, it gives you a good idea of when they were born. All those with no location given were in Charlotteville, near their father.

Marriage

Husband: James B. Clark

Wife: Samantha Moore Barnum

Child: Julia A. Clark

Child: Mary A. Clark

Child: John N. Clark

Child: Julia A. Clark

Child: Elizabeth A. Clark

Child: David Wheeler Clark

Child: Nathan Barnum Bunnell Clark

Child: Jane T. Clark

Marriage:

Date: 1819

SDATE 1 JUL 1819

Sources

• Barnum, Noah G, The Barnum Family, 1350-1907 (Albion, NY: Privately Printed, 1907)
• Robert Mutrie (editor), The Long Point Settlers Journal, volume 4, number 3, July 1997
• Barnum, Noah G, The Barnum Family, 1517-1904 (Albion, NY: Privately Printed, 1904)