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Barnabas Clark (1760 - abt. 1822)

Barnabas Clark
Born in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusettsmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1784 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 62 in Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Barnabas was born in Middleborough, Massachusetts, about 1760.

Certain records on him have been difficult to come by. He is called Lt. Barnabas Clark in the birth records of his son Barnabas - perhaps he saw service in the Revolutionary War?

He married Judith Hoar, daughter of Robert and Judith Hoar, in 1784. Some records give the date as April 29[1], but a recording by Rev. Caleb Turner says he married them on March 29, 1784.[2]

They resided in Middleborough, but were living in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, by 1820.[3] He died there about 1822. His widow, Judith, declined to be appointed to administer her late husband’s estate, and their son Samuel S. Clark was appointed in her place on February 4, 1823 for the estate of Barnabas Clark, late of Fairhaven, Mass, yeoman.

From his inventory, which included eight blacksmith hammers, six blacksmith tongs, two anvils, two pairs of bellows and a grindstone, it is obvious he practiced the trade of a blacksmith, though probate records call him a yeoman.[4]

Sources

  1. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-14M3 : 13 July 2016), Barnabas Clark and Judith Hoar, 29 Apr 1784
  2. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/48350/138/1414842687
  3. "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLK-X14 : accessed 21 May 2017), Barnabas Clark, Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
  4. Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. New England Historic Genealogical Society, https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2724/i/48310/5985:12/68142817




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