Betsey (Stoddard) Clark (1783 - 1872)

Born 20 Aug 1783 in Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Jonas Clark Jr. — married 30 Sep 1798 in Middletown, Vermont

Died 18 Dec 1872 at age 89 in Poultney, Rutland County, Vermont

Biography

Betsey was born in Connecticut, a daughter of Philo Stoddard. ^[1] A family register appears to show her birth date as 20 August 1763, but other sources suggest that the year should be 1783, ^[2] including the Gravestone marker that has death 1872 with age 89.^[3]

Betsey was the wife of "General" Jonas Clark, Jr.^[3]

Betsy Stoddard and Jonas Clark were married in Middletown, Vermont, on 30 September 1798. The officiant was Enos Clark, Justice of the Peace.^[4][5]

Betsy Clark died in Poultney, Vermont, on 18 December 1872. Her death was caused by paralysis. The death record states her age at death as 89 years, 10 months.^[1] Her memorial stone in Miiddletown Springs Cemetery gives her age at death as 89 years.^[3]

Family Register

A family register of Jonas Clark Junr, created on a template engraved by Richard Brunton, has the following text:^[2]

He was born Dec. 30th 1774 & married Betsy Stoddard Sept. 31 1797. She was born Aug. 20 1763. ^[6]

& by her had the following children viz.:

Merrit Clark [born] Feby 11th 1803

Horace Clark [born] May 7th 1805, [died] Feb 23 1852

Charles Clark, [born] Feby 12, 1817, [died] [illegible]

Father died April 6th 1850

Mr Jonas Clark Junior Died February 23 1854

Mrs. Betsy Clark Died December 18, 1872

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Death record for Betsey Clark, Poultney, Vermont. Accessed at Ancestry.com.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Family Registers by Richard Brunton, 1741-1888. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016. page 27. Note: There are other faint entries on the sheet that are deemed illegible.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 19 October 2019), memorial page for Betsey Stoddard Clark (20 Aug 1783–18 Dec 1872), Find A Grave: Memorial #44942829, citing Middletown Springs Cemetery, Middletown Springs, Rutland County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by Janet Muff (contributor 46951416) .
4. ↑ Marriage card for Jonas Clark. State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records, 1871–1908. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Accessed at Ancestry.com.
5. ↑ In the article "Merritt Clark's Manuscript Genealogy," Jenks gave the year of marriage as 1799. This is probably a copying error.
6. ↑ NEHGS transcribed Jonas Junior's birth year as 1771, but the image appears to show it as 1774. Betsy's birth year is transcribed as 1763, but the mage is not clear, and 1783 is consistent with other sources.

• Jenks, Margaret R., "Merritt Clark's Manuscript Genealogy: Valuable, but not a Completely Reliable Source." Vermont Genealogy, Braintree, VT: Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1996–. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020.) Vol. 1 (1996), page pages 62-74.
• Joseph Joslin, Barnes Frisbie and Frederick Ruggles, A history of the town of Poultney, Vermont: from its settlement to the year 1875, with family and biographical sketches and incidents. (Google eBook), 1875, page 234.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of Middletown families minus.ged on 10 February 2011.