Rebecca (Cowee) Clark (1787 - 1868)

Born 6 Feb 1787 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Phineas Clark — married about 1815 (to 29 Mar 1851) in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Died 28 Feb 1868 at age 81 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Rebecca (Cowee) Clark was born in Massachusetts.

Rebecca, the second daughter and third of fifteen children of James Cowee and Susannah Baldwin was born on 6 February 1787 at Gardner, Massachusetts.

Marriage and Children

Rebecca married Phineas Clark say 1815 likely at Gardner, Massachusetts. They had at least three children Born at Gardner:

1. Alonzo B. Clark (b. 1818; d. 19 Dec 1875, Gardner, MA),^[1] m. 5 Dec 1843 at Gardner, MA, Christiana C. Woodward (1823-1895)
2. Susan A. Clark (b. 1822; d. 15 Jun 1867, Gardner, MA),^[2] m. 28 May 1844 at Gardner, MA, George A. Glazier (1820-1904)^[3]
3. James M. Clark (b. 1827), m. 25 Nov 1847 at Westminster, MA, Mary A. Nichols (1827-1858)^[4]m. 2) 22 Jun 1859 at Westminster, MA, Lucy M. Nichols (1835-)^[5]

Death

Rebecca (Cowee) Clark died on 28 February 1868 in her 81st year at Gardner, Massachusetts.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7TV-7MV : 2 March 2021), Rebecca B...Se Clark in entry for Alonzo B. Clark, 19 Dec 1875; citing Gardner, Massachusetts, v 276 p 379, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,208.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWKD-4JT : 2 March 2021), Rebecca Cowse in entry for Susan A. Clark Glazier, 15 Jun 1867; citing Gardner, Massachusetts, v 204 p 222, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,191.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4CH-Y4G : 10 March 2021), Rebecca Clark in entry for George A. Glazier and Susan A. Clark, 28 May 1844; citing Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,428,255.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-BRGH : 29 November 2018), Rebecca Clark in entry for James M Clark and Mary A Nichols, 25 Nov 1847; citing Marriage, Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011588.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG12-9S2X : 29 November 2018), Rebecca Clark in entry for James M Clark and Lucy M Nichols, 22 Jun 1859; citing Marriage, Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011588.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7PN-T7K : 6 April 2020), Susanna Cowie in entry for Rebecca Cowie Clark, 28 Feb 1868; citing Gardner, Massachusetts, v 213 p 265, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,193.

Acknowledgements

• Biography rewritten with inline sources by Baldwin descendant Carol Baldwin on 19 February 2022.