Allen Gates Clark I (1783 - 1867)

Born 20 Sep 1783 in Canterbury, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Celinda (Darling) Clark — married before 1808 in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 18 Jun 1867 at age 83 in Canterbury, Connecticut

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Biography

Allen Gates Clark was born in 1783 in Canterbury, Connecticut, the son of Asa Clark and Rebecca Allen Clark.

He married Celinda Darling. They were the parents of four children: John Darling Clark (who died without issue), Thomas Gilbert Clark, Asa Franklin Clark, and Rebecca Louise Clark. Celinda Clark died in 1849.

The 1810 U.S. Census recorded Allen G. Clark in Franklin, Connecticut, head of a household that consisted of a man and a woman in the age range 26 to 44 (Allen and Celinda) and two males under age 10 (sons John and Thomas).^[1]

The 1820 U.S. Census recorded Allen G. Clark as head of a household in Canterbury, Connecticut, consisting of one male 26 to 45 (this would be Allen), one female over 45, one female 26 to 44 (this is the right age category for wife Celinda), two males 16 to 25 one of whom was age 16 to 18, two males and one female 10 to 15 (the males would be sons John and Thomas; the female could be daughter Rebecca, although she should be younger than 10), and one male under 10 (son Asa).^[2] In 1820 he became a member of the First Congregational Church of Canterbury, with his wife Celinda.^[3]

The 1830 U.S. Census recorded Allen G. Clark as head of a household in Canterbury, Connecticut, consisting of one male and one female age 50 to 59 (presumably Allen and Celinda, although Allen was not yet 50), two males and one female age 20 to 29, two males and one female age 15 to 19, and one male age 10 to 14. The six younger household members could be their four children plus one other male and one other female (hired help or children that family had taken in).^[4]

The 1840 U.S. Census recorded Allen G. Clark in Canterbury, Connecticut, head of a household consisting of one male age 50-59 (this would be Allen), one male age 30-39 (son John), two males age 20-29 (sons Thomas and Asa), one female age 60-69 (wife Cellinda), one female age 20-29 (daughter Rebecca), and one female age 10-14.^[5]

Celinda (Darling) Clark died in 1849.

The 1850 U.S. Census recorded Allen G. Clark, age 66 and a farmer, in Canterbury, Connecticut, head of a household that also included Thomas G. Clark (his son), age 39 and also a farmer, Rispah Roberton, age 52, Harriet Hall, age 13, and John Coughlin, age 22 and a laborer. Allen Clark was born in Canterbury, Connecticut, Thomas Clark was born in Franklin, Connecticut, Rispah Roberton was born in Glocester, Rhode Island, Harriet Hall's birthplace was unknown, and John Coughlin was a native of Ireland. Allen G. Clark owned real estate valued at $8500.^[6]

The 1860 U.S. Census recorded Allen G. Clark, age 75, in Canterbury, Connecticut, in the household of 49-year-old farmer Thomas G. Clark (his son), along with Cressa W. Clark, 34, Rebecca Clark, 5, Isabella Clark, 4, Josaphene Clark, 2, Rebecca Judson, 67, Jemimah Clark, 62, Elijah Green, 25, Mary Quin, 17, and Daniel Higgins, 15. All were recorded as natives of Connecticut except for Mary Quin and Daniel Higgins, who were born in Ireland. Allen G. Clark held $8000 in real estate and $4000 of personal estate.^[7]

Allen G. Clark died in Canterbury, Connecticut, at age 82 on 18 June 1867. He was recorded as a widower and a farmer; pneumonia was listed as the cause of death.^[8] He is buried in the Cleaveland (Cleveland) Cemetery in Canterbury.^[9]

Will

Allen G. Clark of Canterbury in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut made his last will and testament on 30 October 1856. He added a codicil on 26 October 1861. The will with codicil was presented for probate at Brooklyn, Windham County, on 28 June 1867 and filed on 17 July 1867. In the will he designated legacies for his three children. Son Thomas G. Clark of Canterbury was to receive all of his real estate in the town of Canterbury, on the condition that he pay $1800 to Louisa R Chandler, wife of Lucius Chandler of Pomfret, Windham County, and $2000 to son Asa F Clark of Peru in Bennington County, Vermont. Thomas G Clark was nominated as exectutor. In the codicil he stated that he had "become possessed" of about 60 acres of land in Canterbury (part of the farm formerly belonging to Solomon Payne). He devised this land to the three children, to be equally divided between them. ^[10]

Marriage

Husband: Allen Gates Clark

Wife: Celinda Clark

Child: Asa Franklin Clark

Child: Thomas Gilbert Clarke

Child: John Darling Clark

Child: Rebecca Louise Clark

Marriage:

Date: second

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYY-QLD?cc=1803765&wc=QZZC-BF2%3A1588181103%2C1588182924%2C1588181432 : 1 December 2015), Connecticut > New London > Franklin > image 2 of 5; citing NARA microfilm publication M252, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB7-DW?cc=1803955&wc=3L7F-J48%3A1586987303%2C1586988731%2C1586987943 : 16 July 2015), Connecticut > Windham > Canterbury > image 15 of 24; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Historical Notices of the First Congregational Church of Canterbury, Connecticut, by Robert C. Learned, Northampton, Mass., 1853. Publication: Jane Devlin (transcriber): Allen G. CLARK, (Asa C.); Celinda, w. A. G. CLARK, (DARLING), *1849.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYTB-72W?cc=1803958&wc=35Y4-N3F%3A1588470003%2C1588470915%2C1588470918 : 14 August 2015), Connecticut > Windham > Canterbury > image 21 of 26; citing NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBQ-QW5?cc=1786457&wc=31S2-7MZ%3A1588665929%2C1588666035%2C1588666424 : 24 August 2015), Connecticut > Windham > Canterbury > image 20 of 29; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DCW4-8G8?cc=1401638&wc=95R9-T3L%3A1031298101%2C1032095201%2C1032105701 : 9 April 2016), Connecticut > Windham > Canterbury > image 26 of 40; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBG-LMH?cc=1473181&wc=7QCB-JBW%3A1589422516%2C1589423512%2C1589424341 : 24 March 2017), Connecticut > Windham > Canterbury > image 8 of 40; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ Register of Deaths Occurring in the Town of Canterbury from October 1st, 1852. Accessed at FamilySearch.org in Births, marriages, deaths v. 2-4 1820-1907.
9. ↑ Hale Collection
10. ↑ Will of Allen G. Clark, Probate Estate Files, 1881-1915; Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut). Hartford, Connecticut, Unprocessed Estate Files, B-P. Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007627047_00487; indexed at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2936623:9049

• Hale Collection: Cleveland Cemetery, Canterbury, Connecticut. Page: http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cowindham/records/cemetery/canterbury/cantclevelandcem.htm Text: Clark, Allen G., died June 18, 1867, age 83 yrs. Clark, Celinda, wife of Allen G., died Nov. 9, 1849, age 72 yrs
• Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties, Connecticut. J.H. Beers & Co, 1903. Page 106. Text: Asa Clark's son Allen G who died in I867 at the age of eighty three years married Celinda Darling and they became the parents of four children Thomas G, Asa, Rebecca Louise, and John; the last named having died in childhood.