Elias
Clark
Born in Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Clark III
and Mary (Balcom) Clark
Brother of
Infant Clark, Mary Clark [half], Phebe Clark [half], Joseph Clark [half], Sally Clark [half] and Merriam Clark [half]
Husband of
Mary Ann (Tinker) Clark
— married
2 Dec 1768 in Cornwallis
Descendants 
Father of
Nehemiah Clark, Elias Clark Jr, Joseph Clark, Thomas Clark, Martha (Clark) Munroe, Levi Clark, James Clark, Abigail (Clark) Keith and Charles Clark
Died
at about age 112
in New Canaan, Brunswick, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Jul 2017
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Biography
Estimated birth date from http://gw.geneanet.org/sheliah1?lang=en&p=elias&n=clark&oc=2
It also lists another Joseph Clark in addition to the son of Elias:
"36. Joseph Clark has a log house and about 7 or 8 acres of cleared land, which he holds by virtue of a lease from Capt. Spry for 200 acres."
and Moses, who might be one of the brothers mentioned, below:
"15. Moses Clark has a wife and 4 children, came from Yarmouth about 7 years past, but has been on the land he now possesses but about one year. Has a framed house and about 20 acres of cleared land. Says he came on in consequence of an agreement with Mr. Pearly who promised to procure him a deed from Col. Glazier."
MC1/Price #1
- contains a copy of an
Historical sketch of the first settlers of New Canaan by R.H. Corey, pages 29-30: Elias Clark Sr. and two brothers emigrated from Connecticut to Nova Scotia before 1775, then moved to New Canaan, NB: see also MC80/364 E. Stone Wiggins, History of Queens County , pgs. 18-19: see also MC80/1397 Daniel F. Johnson’s New Brunswick lineages , pages 61-62: see MC80/1707 J. Blois Corey’s New Canaan early settlers , pages 6-8: see also MC80/2354 Saint John Branch, NBGS: Arrivals 99: our first families in New Brunswick , pages 50-51.
I will also add the following raw notes, which appears to be a mixture of the above, as the sources were the same, and note my sister provided; only partially sourced:
CLARK: Elias Clark s/o Joseph Clark married 2 Dec 1768 at Cornwallis, NS, Mary Tinker d/o John Tinker and Abigail Potter:
they first settled at Waterborough and then at New Canaan, Brunswick Parish, Queens County:
Children:
- Joseph Clark b. 21 Dec 1769, m. Sarah Palmer:
- Thomas Clark b. 4 Apr 1772, m. Rachel Perry: settled in Queens County and had issue:
- Martha Clark born 1 May 1774, married 17 Jul 1800 Ebenezer Munroe:
- Elias Clark Jr. married 18 Mar 1801 Edith Meriton or Edith Merrithew: first settled in New Canaan, then moved to the USA:
- Levi Clark d. unm:
- James Clark b. c1783, d. after 1851, married Margaret Maskill born after 1785:
- Nehemiah Clark born after 1788 at Cornwallis, NS, d. after 1861, married Elizabeth Alward born c1790, d/o Benjamin Alward and Hannah Wright: they settled in Queens County and had children:
- Abigail Clark b. 1788, d. 27 Nov 1862, m. George Ezra Keith born 1784, died 1832:
- Charles Clark married Sarah Corey d/o Elias Clark Corey.
s/o Joseph Clark married 2 Dec 1768 at Cornwallis, NS, Mary Tinker-557 d/o John Tinker and Abigail Potter. They first settled at Waterborough and then at New Canaan, Brunswick Parish, Queens County. (https://web.archive.org/web/20170622032706/http://www.carandall.com/files/DevonHistory/First-Families/FAMILY-C-2006.pdf)
Sources
- Unsourced family tree handed down to Drake Jansen.
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Categories: Migrants from Connecticut to Nova Scotia
Note that Joseph 1769 here is NOT Joseph 1768 (Clark-46245). It is also unclear which Joseph is #36 in Studholme.
Note also that two unrelated Joseph Clarks left Sudbury Parish in the 1780's and show on the 1800 Census of Condaskeeg Plantation with the notation 'from St John' (River). One was b. before 1755 based on age in the census and the other after. The elder was with Eddy in the attack at Ft. Cumberland and appears NOT to be among the Connecticut Clarks of Elias and Moses, although their father, Joseph is about the right age.