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Thomas Clark (abt. 1690 - 1765)

Thomas Clark
Born about in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Baymap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married 27 Jun 1717 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , and
Died at about age 75 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut Colonymap
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Biography

Thomas was born 14 Apr 1690 in Northampton, Massachusetts. He was the son of William Clark and Hannah Strong.[1]

Thomas married 27 Jun 1717 Waterbury, New Haven, CT Sarah Strong. Thomas and Sarah had nine children:[2]

  1. Mary (b-1718)
  2. Timothy (b-1720-1, d-1727)
  3. Sarah (b-1723) married Upson
  4. Hannah (b-1726-7) married Mead
  5. Hepzibah (b-1729) married Hopkins
  6. Timothy (b-1732)
  7. Esther (b-1735) married Porter
  8. Thomas (b-1737-8)
  9. David (b-1740)

He died 12 November 1765 in Waterbury, Connecticut[3][4] and is buried there in Riverside Cemetery.[5]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch [1] : 4 December 2014, Thomas Clark, 14 Apr 1690; citing Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 14,766.
  2. ↑ Bronson, Henry, The History of Waterbury, Connecticut, https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_History_of_Waterbury_Connecticut/cUMOAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1, Page 483
  3. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch [2] : 9 February 2018, Thomas Clark, 12 Nov 1765; citing Connecticut, reference ; FHL microfilm 3,105.
  4. ↑ Waterbury Vital Records, found in Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. 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. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #42966084, Burial: Riverside cemetery, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
  • James Savage Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England
  • Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College, Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 1907) Vol. 4: 1778-1792, Page 745.
  • Strong Family Association, http://strongfamilyofamerica.org
  • Judd, Timothy. Parish of Westbury (now Watertown) Deaths 1741-1784, Publications of the Mattatuck Historical Society (Mattatuck Historical Society, Waterbury, Conn., 1917) Page 206. "November, 12:1764 Died Father Clark, in the Seventy fifth year of his age"




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Hall-16256 Mary Susan Hall (1949-2023)
Clark-533 and Clark-8858 appear to represent the same person because: name, dates, husband
posted on Clark-8858 (merged) by Mary Susan Hall (1949-2023)
M Cole
Clarke-7371 and Clark-533 appear to represent the same person because: There are some slight differences in the facts that need to be resolved, but these are the same person. Birth records for this family do not seem to include the "e" at the end, so I believe that Clark is the correct spelling.
posted by M Cole

Rejected matches › Thomas Clark Sr. (abt.1678-bef.1708) › Thomas Clark Jr (1701-1765) ›

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