Asahel Clark (1722 - 1784)

Born 11 Mar 1722 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Brewster) Clark — married 13 Dec 1758 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Colony

Died 19 Jan 1784 at age 61 in Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Asahel was born in Lebanon, CT in 1721/22.^[1] He was the son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Kellogg) Clark.^[1]Asahel was baptized in the Lebanon First Congregational Church 13 May 1722.^[2]

When his father's estate was settled in May 1758, Asahel was willed 35 acres of land in Lebanon.^[3] This no doubt enabled him to marry later that same year.

Asahel married Lydia Brewster in Lebanon, CT in Dec 1758.^[4] She was born in Pembroke, MA in 1739, the daughter of Ichabod and Lydia (Barstow) Brewster.^[5]

The children of Lydia and Asahel, according to Lebanon Vital Records and The Brewster Genealogy:^[6]

1. Ichabod, born 1759 in Lebanon
2. Obadiah, born 1761 in Lebanon
3. Lydia, born 1763 in Lebanon
4. Lot, born 1765 in Lebanon
5. Henry
6. Horatio
7. Kellogg
8. Rhoda
9. Anna
10. Eunice

He may be the Asahel Clark noted on the 1770 map in Cyril B. Clark's book found prior to the chapter on his father.^[7]Or this Asahel could be his nephew, son of brother Nathaniel Clark Jr.

They settled in Granville, MA after 1765.^[7] He may have moved there with his brother Nathaniel Jr., who settled in Granville about the same time.

Asahel died in Granville, MA in 1784 at the age of 63.^[8] He is buried in the Main Road Cemetery in Granville, MA.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F742-9W5 : 11 February 2018), Asahel Clark, 11 Mar 1721; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

   "Nathaniel Clark, son of Nathaniel & Hannah Clark was born August the 16th 1720 Asahel Clark was Born March the 11th A.D. 1721/22..."

2. ↑ Connecticut Church Records, Index, Lebanon First Congregational Church, 1700 - 1883, Connecticut State Library, 1942. This volume contains an alphabetically arranged list of baptisms, marriages, deaths, covenanters, church members, admissions and dismissions with volume and page numbers of the original record. Ancestry.com. Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, 1630 - 1920, Vol 57, Lebanon.

   "Asaphel , bp. May 13,1722" Vol 4, p 35

3. ↑ Probate Registry (Windham County, Massachusetts) Vol 6, p 127 - 129, Nathaniel Clark, 1 May 1758: Windham Probate Records transcribed from the original by Lindy J. Brunkhorst Olewine, 18 Oct 2012. Digital copy found at Lebanon Historical Society, Lebanon, CT.

   ...and we have divided & Sett out to Asael Clark 2nd Son of the deceasd 35 acres beginning at a heap of Stones by ye highway...

4. ↑ Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Asahel Clark & Lydia Brewster 13 Dec 1758 Lebanon, CT. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6C-LTY : 10 February 2018), Lydia Brewster, 07 Aug 1739; citing PEMBROKE,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873752 IT 1.
6. ↑ Jones, Emma C. Brewster. The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908, Vol I, p 88 [1]
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Clark, Cyril Backus. The Direct Clark Ancestry of Edmund Clark, Jr. (1815-1902) of Russell St. Lawrence County, NY A Descendent of Daniel Clark (1622-1710) of Windsor, Connecticut. Scarsdale, NY, 1966, p. 31 (typed manuscript [2]
8. ↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Granville, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, p 187.

   "CLARK, Asahel Clark, Jan. 19, 1784, in 63rd y. G.R.I [a. 61, P.R.6.]"[3]

9. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2X-LS8F : 13 December 2015), Asahel Clark, 1784; Burial, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States of America, Main Road Cemetery; citing record ID 71864716, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Asahel Clark & Lydia Brewster 13 Dec 1758 Lebanon, CT. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
• Connecticut Church Records, Index, Lebanon First Congregational Church, 1700 - 1883, Connecticut State Library, 1942. This volume contains an alphabetically arranged list of baptisms, marriages, deaths, covenanters, church members, admissions and dismissions with volume and page numbers of the original record. Ancestry.com. Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, 1630 - 1920, Vol 57, Lebanon.

"Clark, Asaphel , bp. May 13,1722" Vol 4, p 35

• Jones, Emma C. Brewster. The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908, Vol I, p 88 [4]
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,' database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6C-LTY : 10 February 2018), Lydia Brewster, 07 Aug 1739; citing PEMBROKE,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873752 IT 1.
• Probate Registry (Windham County, Massachusetts) Vol 6, p 127 - 129, Nathaniel Clark, 1 May 1758: Windham Probate Records transcribed from the original by Lindy J. Brunkhorst Olewine, 18 Oct 2012. Digital copy found at Lebanon Historical Society, Lebanon, CT.

...and we have divided & Sett out to Asael Clark 2nd Son of the deceasd 35 acres beginning at a heap of Stones by ye highway...

• New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Granville, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, p 187.

"CLARK, Asahel Clark, Jan. 19, 1784, in 63rd y. G.R.I [a. 61, P.R.6.]"[5]

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2X-LS8F : 13 December 2015), Asahel Clark, 1784; Burial, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States of America, Main Road Cemetery; citing record ID 71864716, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.