Thankful (Sage) Clark (1742 - 1815)

Born 31 Jul 1742 in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Smith — married 14 Oct 1772 in Middletown, Hartford County, Connecticut

Wife of Benjamin Clark — married about 1786 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Died Jan 1815 at age 72 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Thankful was born on 31 July 1742 in Middletown, Connecticut, recorded as the daughter of Nath'll and Rebeckah Sage.^[1] Her parents were Nathaniel Sage and Rebecca Hart.^[2] She was baptized in the Congregational Church of the North or Second or Upper Ecclesiastical Society of Middletown (parish later to become Cromwell, Connecticut), on 8 August 1742.^[3]

Thankful Sage married Samuel Smith, Deacon, of Sandisfield, Massachusetts, on 14 October 1772 at the Middletown church where she had been baptized.^[2][3] She is mentioned as "daughter Thankfull Smith" in her father's will of 23 April 1779.^[4]

Children of Deacon Samuel Smith and Thankful, recorded at Sandisfield, Massachusetts, were:^[5]

• Eunice, born December 28, 1773
• Selah, born December 23, 1781
• Lucy, born January 16, 1784.

Additional details for children of Samuel and Thankful, from an unidentified source:

• Eunice Smith, 1773–1848, m1. Asahel Clark, m2. Enos Sage
• Selah Smith, 1776 (apparently died young)

Thankful's husband Deacon Samuel Smith died before 6 April 1784, the date of a bond letter in his probate file. The probate record includes a detailed description of the dower's right that was set off to Thankful Smith, his widow, on 15 September 1785.^[6]

She married Benjamin Clark of Sandisfield, Massachusetts, about 1786 (based on the birth of daughter Thankful in 1787). They had one daughter, Thankful.

Thankful's husband Benjamin Clark died 7 December 1809 in Sandisfield.^[7][8] "Beloved wife Thankful Clark" is mentioned in his will, which was written 16 April 1804, presented for probate on 6 February 1810, and proved at Lenox, Berkshire County, on 6 March 1810.^[9][10]

Thankful (Sage) Smith Clark passed away in January 1815 in Sandisfield, Massachusetts.

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Middletown, page 390.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Sage, Harold Kenneth. "David Sage, of Middletown, Conn., His Children, and Grandchildren," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Vol. 106 (1952), Page 216.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Original data:Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut, Vol. 22, Cromwell, page 131. Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/496389:3032 : Sage, Thankful, d. Nathaniel & Rebeckah, bp. Aug. 8, 1742.
4. ↑ Connecticut Probate Records, 1752-1917; Probate Court (Middletown District). Middlesex County Probate Records, Vol 3-4, 1771-1780, pages 457-458. Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007627346_00518
5. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14509/55/38831431/ Sandisfield, Vol. 1, page 55.
6. ↑ Berkshire County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1761-1917.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) Samuel Smith, 1784, case number 1206
7. ↑ Sandisfield Births, Marriages, and Deaths, page 239. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/10904935:2495
8. ↑ Sandisfield Births, Marriages, and Deaths (alphabetical index). Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Citing Vol. 2, page 239. Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4819502:2495.
9. ↑ Berkshire County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1761-1917. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) Benjamin Clark, 1810, Case Number 2692 (11 pages)
10. ↑ Probate Records, 1761-1917; Massachusetts. Probate Court (Berkshire County); Probate Place: Berkshire, Massachusetts. Berkshire County Probate Records, Vol 14-15, 1808-1811. Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9069/images/007705499_00315 (2 pages); indexed at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/590679:9069.

The sources listed below are linked to a public Ancestry.com tree for Thankful Sage Smith Clark [1].

• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
• Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920
• Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, 1675-1934
• Early Connecticut Marriages
• The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011
• Newspapers.com - Hartford Courant - 17 Jan 1815 - Page 3