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Asa Clark (1779 - 1854)

Asa Clark
Born in Halifax, Windham County, Republic of Vermontmap
Son of and
Brother of
Husband of — married 7 Mar 1805 in Halifax, Windham County, Vermont, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 74 in Rutland, Jefferson County, New York, United Statesmap
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Biography

Asa Clark was a son of Asa Clark and his wife Polly, born in Halifax, Vermont on 26 December 1779.[1][2] His mother is identified as Mary "Polly" Stewart, born 21 May 1753 in Halifax, Vermont.

Asa Clark, Jr., and Betsey Dalrymple were married on 7 March 1805 in Halifax, Vermont. Jesse Edson, Minister of Gospel, was the officiant.[3]

Hamilton Child's 1890 Gazetteer of Jefferson County, New York, states that Asa Clark and his wife, Betsey Dalrymple went to town of Rutland in that county from Halifax, Vermont, in 1806, and settled on a farm where Asa made a clearing and built a log cabin in 1804. As of 1890, the farm was occupied by their grandson, Christopher P. Clark.[4]

Their children were:

  1. Asa m. Betsey Poor
  2. Prudence m. Peter Poor
  3. Almanda
  4. Lucena m. Aaron Poor),
  5. Nancy m.Thomas Matthews
  6. Chandler

Two other children died before reaching adulthood.[4]

Asa died on 2 March 1854, in Jefferson County, New York, at the reported age of 74 years, 2 months, 4? days. He was buried in Clark Cemetery, Rutland, New York. [5][6]

Asa Clark of Rutland, Jefferson County, New York, made his will on 24 February 1854. Copy of his will posted on Ancestry.com by member ledgerphillips lists wife Betsey and children Asa Clark, Jr.; Prudence Poor; Almanda Clark; Lucena Poor; and Nancy Mathews. The will also directed bequests to nephew James J? W?are, brother in law Benjamin Alrech?, and sister Eunice Davis.[7]

Research Notes

  • Asa: Father bo. Colrain, MA 12 Apr 1746
  • Polly Mary Stewart; Mother bo. Halifax, VT 21 May 1753
  • Betsey Dalrymple, born 3 Dec 1780 (probably in Colrain, Massachusetts), daughter of Andrew Dalrymple (born Belfast, Ireland, about 1723) and Anna Clapp Winslow. [8] Betsey Dalremple, daughter of Andrew and Anna, born in Petersham, Massachusetts, on 3 December 1780.[9]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9398-QC3S-VB?cc=1784223&wc=MFVW-LTL%3A1029377801 : 22 May 2014), 004543210 > image 1216 of 3747; State Capitol Building, Montpelier.
  2. ↑ Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008. (From microfilmed records. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013.) Birth Record
  3. ↑ Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008. (From microfilmed records. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013.) Marriages, D to 1871, page 303.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 CHILD'S GAZETTEER OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, TOWN OF RUTLAND Family Sketches
  5. ↑ NYY Genealogy, Supporting Jefferson and Lewis Counties of Northern New York, Burial Collection, Asa Clark, War of 1812, died 1854, Clark Cemetery, Rutland, Jefferson County; archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20150913211125/http://www.nnygenealogy.com/pages/cemetery/burialdetail.php?page=1&burialid=84297&cemeteryid=44 on 13 Sep 2015.
  6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82701278/asa-clark: accessed 15 September 2022), memorial page for Asa Clark (26 Dec 1779–2 Mar 1854), Find a Grave Memorial ID 82701278, citing Clark Cemetery, Black River, Jefferson County, New York, USA; Maintained by C. Rose (contributor 47329884). Includes photo of remnants of his broken gravestone.
  7. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/106715065/person/230057247988/media/7b4bed5d-4337-43c7-b500-e939e666e872
  8. ↑ Western Massachusetts Families in 1790. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012. (From various authors, Helen S. Ullmann, FASG, ed.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB475/i/37823/6/59784081
  9. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Petersham, Vol. 1, page 21.




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