Captain
Reuben
Clark
Born about in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of Scotto Clark
and Thankful (Crosby) Clark
Brother of
Elisha Clark, Tully Clark, Mark Clark, William Clark, Mercy (Clark) Drew, Barnabas (Clark) Clarke, James Clark, Scotto Clark III, Abigail (Clark) Winslow, Rowland Clark, Joshua Clark and Thankful (Clark) Howes
Husband of
Jerusha (Freeman) Clark
— married
6 May 1764 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Olive (Clark) Sears and Abigail (Clark) Freeman
Died about
at about age 79
in Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Jun 2013
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Biography
Reuben Clark was born about 1735. He was the son of Scotto Clark and Thankful Crosby. His headstone in the Old Burying Ground Cemetery in Brewster Massachusetts is inscribed: "Sacred to the memory of Reuben Clark, who departed this life Dec 23 1814 in the 80th year of age. He lived much beloved, and died much lamented. The righteous have hope in death."
Sources
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61319178/Reuben-Clark
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SGXL-TLY
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Maureen Henigan for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Maureen and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Reuben by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Reuben:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Reuben by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Reuben:
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~1.56%
Bill Elliott
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member afo78142
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~0.78%
Ellen Turner :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member KUCHTAE
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~0.78%
Charlotte (Howes) Robinson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WG9786026 [compare], Ancestry member Charlyr4
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~0.78%
James Eldridge :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Holly (Howes) D'Angelo :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member hallzd22
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Rejected matches › Reuben Clark (abt.1735-abt.1813)
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