RODEKOHR ANCESTORS

John¹ CLARK was born, calculated, in 1740,[1]in Westchester County,New York,[2]. Early researchers[3]^, [4]^, [5]^, [6] asserted that John was born 8 July 1740 in Rhode Island, possibly to Joseph and Sarah (REYNOLDS) Clarke, but this has been disproved.[7] It is now thought that John was the son of John CLARK, born in Westchester County, about 1695, to William (died before1696/7) and Hannah CLARK.[8] This connection has been established through the writings of two different CLARKs. In the first writing, Jotham CLARK (b. 1794), a grandson of John CLARK, in 1848, wrote in a letter to a niece:[9]

My Grandfather’s name was John, and also my great-grandfathers name was John. The last named of these lived to a great age. . . .

The second was written in 1852 by Henry CLARK (b. 1788) a Great Grandson of William, through David CLARK (b. abt. 1708) and Jacob CLARK (b. 1742). Henry wrote:[10]

Great Grandfathers family as follows: 1. John Clark had a son John who married Mary Robinson and he moved to Aurelius and died there. He left a son named Henry who became a Baptist Preacher.

Several of John’s children were said to have been born in Bedford, Westchester County and assumptions made the John was born there, however his only documented residence in Westchester County was in Poundridge in the 1790 census, as was his brother Jonathan.[11] It is probable, if John lived in Poundridge, that his children could have been born in Bedford, if his wife was sent to her parents for help with the births since he had no older daughters at the time that could help.

About 1762, at the age of 22, John married, 1^st, Martha WESTCOTT[12]when she was about 27 years of age. As Martha WESCOTT, she was born in Bedford, Westchester County in 1735, one of seven children born to John WESCOTT, who was born about 1704, and Rachel HOLMES, born 08 July 1708, both in Bedford.[13] Martha died on 18 December 1766, fourteen days after the birth of her youngest son, Ichabod,[14] presumably in Bedford. Her grave has not been found.

In 1767, John married, 2^nd, Mary (Polly) ROBINSON,[15] as calculated from the death of his first wife, Martha,[16] and the birth of John and Polly’s first child.[17] when she was about 24 years old.

During the War of Independence, John CLARK served as a private in the 4^th Regiment, Westchester County (New York) Militia[18] with his brothers Able, Jabez, and Jonathan, under Colonel Thaddeus Crane, and Captains Daniel Bouton and Ebenezar Scofield.[19]^, [20]^, [21]

By 1790, John and his family were living at Poundridge, Westchester County.[22] Before 1792, son, Ichabod, had removed to Ballstown (Milton by 1792), Albany County (Saratoga County by 1791), New York.[23] An Abijah CLARK is listed in the 1790 census for “Saraghtoga” Township,[24] Albany County (later Saratoga), which may be Abijah son of John and may have preceded Ichabod and John to that place. John and his family either accompanied or followed his eldest sons to Milton, where Ichabod and Abijah are listed in the 1799 tax records[25] and where John, Ichabod and Abijah are listed in the 1800 Federal Census. Living next to Abijah is the Jonathan INGERSOLL family.[26] There is some disagreement if the wife of Jonathan Ingersoll is Abigail CLARK or Abigail WEED. This will be explained below.

In 1809, Ichabod removed to Cayuga County, New York, where he purchased 250 acres of land.[27] He then,

. . . to make the condition of his father more comfortable . . . moved his father onto it, and there let him live until his death.[28]

By 1810, John, sons Thomas (b. 1774), Henry Robert (b. 1789), Ichabod, and Ichabod’s son Abijah (b. 1788), were all living in Aurelius Township, Cayuga County.[29] John died in April of 1818 at Springport (Aurelius), at age 78.[30] It is assumed that he was buried in Springport, however, no grave has been found.

My Grandfather I shall always remember with pleasure on account of the purity of his principles. As long as I knew him I never heard a single person speak ought against his moral or religious character.^[31]

In stature he was rather below the common run of mankind. He was five feet seven or eight inches tall, but a remarkably firm, muscular shape, as well formed as would be found, much more than mediocrity, possessing great power of endurance, and could perform almost any amount of labor without fatigue.

From the time I first knew him until his death, some eighteen years, his habits of industry, his undeviating integrity and his peace-making amongst his neighbors was the subject of general remark. No one said aught against him, but many for him. He often told me that he never in his life employed a doctor for himself. I have often seen the field in which he reaped, bound and shocked an acre of wheat in a day when he was sixty years old. It was in the town of Milton, Saratoga County. When he was seventy it was a smart young man who could endure with him. It was a common saying of his that the world should not be the poorer for his being in it.

In religious faith he was a Calvinist Baptist, and a strict attendant of public worship. Nothing but sickness in his family would prevent him, rain or shine, cold or heat, from treading his way every Sabbath to the house of worship. He was a firm believer in the providence of God, and put implicit confidence that whatever took place in the affairs of men was by His interposition. The Holy Bible was his daily companion and comprised the greater part of his reading.

I still remember one harvest when the rains had endangered our wheat as it was shocked. The Sabbath proved favorable for drying. As we were going to the field, I met the good old man on his way to church. I stopped him with the inquiry what he should do with his wheat. He replied, "I put my trust in God," and passed on.^[32]

He was a very laborious [sic] person, brought up his family by his industry, rather what is called poor, . . . I cannot recall to mind one who toiled through all the vicissitudes of life more patiently than he did. Blessed with health he enjoyed well with the world. I remember the fact well that when sixty years old he cut one acre of wheat with a sickle, bound and shocked it in one day. This was done on the farm that belonged to the widow Westcote in the town of Milton, . . .[33]

In 1820, John’s widow, Polly, was probably living with her son, Thomas (b.1774), in Freeport, Ontario County,[34] (later to become Conesus, Livingston County). In 1830, she was probably living with her youngest son, Henry Robert (b. 1789) in Aurelius, Cayuga County.[35] In 1835, Henry was judged a lunatic,[36] so Polly may have lived with her daughter, Mary (Polly CLARK) BOTSFORD, as, when Polly died on 20 July 1836 at the age of 93, she is buried at Short Tract Cemetery, Granger, Allegany County, New York, next to her daughter and son-in law, Mary (Polly CLARK) and Ezra BOTSFORD.

While this inscription[37] refers to a Heavenly immortality, it is rather prophetic that her earthly immortality has survived for over 170 years and will continue for generations to come in the hearts of her descendants.

Mary (Polly) ROBINSON was born about 1743,[38]^, [39] probably in Bedford. Her parents are not known. There are no Robinsons in Bedford in the 1790 census, however, a Joseph Robinson was a witness to several land purchases in Bedford In 1783 and 1784. William Robinson owned land adjoining land owned by David CLARK.[40] There is a Jabez and William Robertson in the 1790 Bedford census.[41] Jabez Robertson who was born in 1744 and died 10 February 1832; William Robertson who died May 1786; William Robertson who was born in 1747 and died 1807; and several other Robertsons, are buried at Bedford.[42] The Robertsons may also be known as Robinson. In Spies, Inscriptions Copied From Graveyards in Bedford, he lists Jabez Robertson who died 10 February 1832, as the son of William Robertson. He states that the will of William Robinson, Sr., proved May of 1786, mentions sons William, Jabez, and others, and daughter Mary, (wife of Ezra CLARK) and others.[43] The Ezra Clark that married Mary Robertson was the son of Joseph CLARK, born 15 March 1713[44] and grandson of Nathan CLARK, brother of William CLARK, our John CLARK’s great-grandfather.

There is disagreement among CLARK researchers as to the ancestors of our John CLARK. The earliest Clark genealogy was written in 1852 by Henry Clark and re-published in 1974 with a preface by Leland Clarke.[45] Henry starts with his first generation::

My Great Grandfather Clark. Emigrated from

England

and settled in Connecticut near N. York. He married a German woman by whom he had five children vis + John, + David, + Ebenezer, Julia, and +Hannah.

Leland CLARK, in his preface, attempts to clarify Henry’s work, but further confuses the issue, by stating:

. . . he has telescoped a couple of generations. Actually his emigrant ancestor was his great-great-great grandfather Samuel Clark from Devonshire,

England

, one of the Wethersfield, Connecticut, men who founded Stamford in 1641.

Leland then repeats, verbatim, Samuel Clark’s descendants as found in Rev. Edgar W Clark’s, History and Genealogy of Samuel Clark, Sr., printed in 1892.[46] Edgar states, and Leland repeats, that the first known of our family is Samuel Clark, Sr. Starting on page 9:

From Huntingdon ‘s History of Stamford[47] and the records, we learn: Samuel Clark came from Wethersfield in 1626; “one of the company of restless and dissatisfied men” who forsook the colony; and was one of twenty men who bound themselves May 26^th, 1640 (see Scharf’s History of Westchester Co.[48]) to establish for themselves a home in Rippowams, now Stamford, Ct. Samuel Clark, born perhaps, about 1619. in Devonshire, came with the company from Wethersfield, Ct., and is on each of the [page 10] first three lists made of the settlement. They purchased the land of the Indian chiefs, Ponus and Toquamske, for £30, in July, 1640. On the first assignments of lands to the settlers, Oct. 19^th, 1641, Samuel Clark was allotted seven acres. He appears in the list of pioneers to the end of 1642. He is supposed to have lived in Milford, Ct., in 1669, then moved to Hempstead, L. I., and to have lived in New Haven, Ct., in 1685, died about 1690. He married Hannah, daughter of Rev. Robert Fordham.

Samuel Clark, Sr., seems to have had a large family of children. Probably one removed to Hempstead, L. I., where Rev. Richard Denton went in 1644. William, with probably a Joseph, remained for a time in Stamford; and Samuel, Jr., removed to New Haven, where his father, Samuel, died at his house in 1690.

[Page 11] The following, William, Sr. was a son of the first Samuel, of Stamford, Ct.

William Clarke, Sr., was one of the original proprietors of a part of the Township of Bedford, West /Chester Co., N. Y. . .

Edgar CLARK connects William CLARK, according to him, born in 1645, as the son of Samuel Clark (b.c 1619) with statements like “seems to have had”, and “probably”, without justification. Robert Anderson, of the Great Migration Study Project for New England Historic Genealogical Society, one of the most respected modern researchers, concludes that the

Samuel Clark set forth in the 19th-century Clark genealogy as father of William Clark is a phantom, cobbled together out of pieces of other Samuels, and out of the Fordham evidence, which now appears to be unconnected to any Samuel Clark.[49]

That said, I will attempt to differentiate between verified versus non verified information.

One of the main sources cited as the authority for information for our early CLARK family, comes from 9 volumes of historical records published by the Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, between 1966 and 1978. Volumes I, V and VI are Minutes of Town Meetings; Volume II, III and IV are Land Records; Volume VII is Bedford Soldiers of the Revolution; Volume VIII is Town of Bedford Cemeteries; and Volume IX is Bedford Genealogy, Descendants of the Original Settlers. The information in the Town Minutes and Land Records are actual transcriptions of the originals and are presumed to be accurate. I can’t determine where the information in The Revolutionary War Soldiers, volume came from, but it does not agree with New York in the Revolution as Colony and State. Vol. I. A Compilation of Documents and Records from the Office of the State Comptroller, J. B. Lyon Company, Albany, N. Y., 1904., which is probably the authoritative reference for this information. The Cemetery Records as transcribed from the stones, appear to be accurate. The information in the Genealogy volume is probably taken from genealogies either from local libraries or that were submitted by local families, not independently researched, and does not contain any documentation, so the information contained therein is suspect.

Town of Bedford Genealogy lists Samuel Clark as the first in our line,[50] which has already been dismissed.

The first of our CLARK’s that can be documented with any degree of certainty, is William CLARK, one of the original proprietors of Bedford (then in the Colony of Connecticut) that purchased “Indian Deed to the Hopp Ground, 1680 . . .”, [51] later to called Bedford. Town of Bedford Genealogy Records state:

WILLIAM, born at Stamford, Conn., 1645 and died 1697 at Bedford. The inventory of his estate was taken Mar. 9, 1696/7 by Daniel Simkins and John Holmes; proceedings show decedent left three sons and two daughters, viz: William, Nathan, Sarah, Margary, and Joseph; Margary made choice of Benjamin Green to be her guardian. The inventory of his estate does not name his wife; but it is said that William married Aug. 17, 1668, Miss Susanna Trott. William was one of the original proprietors of Bedford, Dec. 23, 1680. He was made at Bedford Jan 28, 1688, a fence viewer; he was said to have owned many parcels of land and the Bedford records show numerous entries of these transactions.[52]

I am unable to locate any reliable source for the statement in Bedford Records ". The inventory of his estate does not name his wife; but it is said that William married Aug. 17, 1668, Miss Susanna Trott." . .

This William CLARKE, Sr., was born in 1645, in Stamford, Ct., and died in Bedford, in 1712, aged about 67 years. WILLIAM CLARK, Jr., oldest son of William, Sr., was [page 13] born about 1662, for in 1690, he was one of 21 male inhabitants of Bedford. Conveyances of land to and from him are on record from 1690. He married Hannah – and had John, William, Ebenezer, David and Joseph.[53]

The most factual and well documented account for our William CLARK is found in Genealogical and Biographical Notes On the Haring-Herring, Clark, Denton, White, Griggs, Judd, and Related Families, by Peter Haring Judd, for the New England Historical Genealogical Society, where he writes:

WILLIAM¹ CLARK, d. bef. 9 March 1696/7 at Bedford, Westchester Co., N.Y.;^[[886]] [54]the name of his wife is not known.^[[887]] [55]

William Clark was one of twenty-two men from Stamford, Connecticut, who, on 23 Dec. 1680, “bought from the Indian sachem Katonah and other chiefs a tract of 7,673 acres known as ‘the Hopp Ground.’”^[[888]][56] William¹ signed the deed with the sachem, Katonah, along with others, on 23 December 1680, and his payment of £2.0.0 was recorded in a document drawn up by the proprietors.^[[889]] [57] The site is within the present town of Bedford, located forty-four miles northeast of New York City, in northeastern Westchester County, New York. “Each of the twenty-two proprietors invested two pounds in the venture . . . about the value of a horse . . . in the spring of 1681 they laid out Bedford village as it is today, a main street with three acre house lots, a town common, and a site with a meetinghouse for Puritan worship and town gatherings.”^[[890]] [58]

On 17 March 1681 he drew 18 in the drawing, securing a house lot facing the town common.^[[891]] [59]In March 1681, “the lots being solemly drawn,” William Clark drew “9 for field lots, 3 for meadow and 8 for plaine” in following the “work of laying out the field land and meadow and after [a few words obliterated] of ye land and laing the cartways;”^[[892]] [60]the bounds of his lands were set forth in the town meeting minutes of Feb. 1684/5 including “1 house lot in the east street containing three accres more o[r] less bounded upon the street south and west upon ye field east [ ] north upon Corneliou Sealy,” and fields and meadows; the property included “one house lot containing three acres more or less, bounded south by William ² Clark, Jr also to the east.”^[[893]] [61]

At a town meeting on 18 July 1682, “it was agreed that the charges upon ye mill and the present high ways that are to be made: shall be borne by vote according to every mans right in lands upon ye place only these men that have working cattle upon the place theire cattle namely the mill and ye cartways: over ye swamp by ye town in the common fields and ye cartwy over the swap into ye field by Goodman Clarke.”^[[894]] [62]On 28 January 1688 “William Clark, Junior” was present with his father at the town meeting, and it was voted that anyone present shall have a “pees of land containing foure akers aded unto theyr former difidenc for theyr faithfulness at the attending of town meetings.”^[[895]] [63] On 27 October 1690 the town by vote “order & agree that the Great Plain shall be fenced in round by ye second broock and so tords Davids Hill so far as it is layed out: and the fenc for to be devided unto every man his sheire & the same number of fenc and lots to be both of one number. The draft of loots for [lots for] Willyam Clark: 26."^[[896]] [64]

The inventory of the estate of William Clark was taken 9 March 1696/7 by Daniel Simkins and John Hoomes [Holmes?]. Proceedings show decedent left three sons and two daughters: William, Nathan, Sarah, Margary and Joseph. Margary made choice of Benjamin Green to be her guardian.^.[[897]]” [65]

+ i. William² CLARK JR., b. ca. 1670;^{[[898]]

[66]} d. after 2 Jan. 1726 at Bedford.^{[[899]]

[67]}

William CLARK Jr., was born, possibly, in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, about 1670, as calculated from a 1710 list of residents of Bedford, Westchester County, New York., listing his age as 40. It is assumed he accompanied his parents from Stamford to Bedford about 1680, at the age of 10. His wife, Hannah, was born about 1673, as calculated from the same list.[74] On 28 January 1687/88, William CLERCK [sic] Juner, as well as other citizens of Bedford, received four acres of land as a reward for attending town meetings.[75] On 12 March 1688/9, William CLARKE [sic] Juner was voted a fence viewer,[76] again on 18 March 1694/95[77] and again on 21 March 1698.[78] On 29 January 1706 Willyom CLARKE [sic] was voted a Townsman for the year. At the same town meeting, he was granted eight acres of land[79]. In 1710, William Clark, freeholder, age 40, appeared on a list of persons within the District of the Town of Bedford, as well as "Hannah his wife - 37; John his son - 15; William his son - 13; Ebenezer his son - 6; David his son - 2; and Jabish his son - 4 months."[80] On 7 April 1713, William Clark was voted to be an assessor.[81]. On 4 April 1715, William Clark was voted to be the collector for the ensuing year.[82] On 2 April 1717, William CLARK was voted a Townsman for the coming year.[83] On 5 April 1720, William CLARK was voted to be an overseer of the highways.[84] There are no records for William after 1720, however Bedford Genealogy Records give William’s date of death as after 2 January 1726 at Bedford,[85] but gives no source for this nor an explanation as to why there was no record of him after 1720. None of his children are mentioned after 1710 and none of the family are listed in Bedford Cemeteries.[86] Several of William’s grandsons are listed in the 1790 census in Pound Ridge Township, Westchester County,[87] which is just to the east of Bedford.

Bedford Genealogy Records lists that William’s wife, Hannah, as “very probable that she was a daughter of Richard Ayres” but gives no reason for this statement.[88]

As stated above, Henry CLARK, in his Genealogy of the Clark family written in 1852 and continued by his family Since his decease in 1855. listed his 1^st generation:

My Great Grandfather Clark. Emigrated from

England

and settled in Connecticut near N. York. He married a German woman by whom he had five children vis + John, + David, + Ebenezer, Julia, and +Hannah.

There appears to be more changes of Henry’s original manuscript. Colin CLARK, a CLARK researcher, in an email to Gayle Lansky, another CLARK researcher, wrote that he had copies of Henry’s original manuscript which read:

“I am informed that my great-grandfather Wm. Clark came from England and settled in Connecticut near N. York. His wife was a German. He had 5 sons, John, David, Ebenezer, Wm. and Jabez, and a daughter named Hannah.”

We think John’s father is John CLARK, born about 1695, the first of six children of William and Hannah CLARK.[92] Referring to the letter that Jotham Clark wrote to his niece about his great grandfather:[93]

My Grandfather’s name was John, and also my great-grandfathers name was John. The last named of these lived to a great age. He was a hatter by trade, though hunting and trapping was his favorite amusement. His constitution and faculties continued to great age, so much so that he made a hat after he was 100 years old. He died in the time of the Revolutionary War. He dwindled to a mere skeleton. His daughter Hannah took care of him. I have the story from her own mouth that she could handle him as she could a baby; and when the British Light Horse burned the town of Bedford [11 July 1779,^[94]] they, after plundering the house in which he lay, were about to set fire to it, when his nursing daughter on her knees with uplifted hands prayed them to desist on account of her aged parent that was unable to be moved. The ravages of a destroying army was for once turned aside and the old man was allowed to die a natural death.

No vital records have been found for “Old” John other than a reference in the Bedford Historical Records where, in 1710, he was listed with his father’s family as a resident of Bedford.[95]. No record of death or burial has been found.

Comparing Jotham’s statement about “Old John” with historical fact brings up questions. Old John’s year of birth, 1695, is based on a 1710 County Clerk record made at that time, that lists William CLARK and his children, John listed as age 15.^[96] If Old John had dwindled to a mere skeleton when his daughter, Hannah, pleaded with the British Light Horse to spare her father during the burning of Bedford (1779), he would have been 84. If he died “. . . in the time of the Revolutionary War”, this would have been before 1783 when

Britain

signed the Treaty of Paris, recognizing American Independence. This would mean that Old John died before he was 88. Jotham would have had to rely on oral family history for his information about OId John, which could have been distorted by the time he retold it in his letter of 1848.

Of my grandfather's (John, b. 1740) brothers I have seen two: Jabez and Abel. The other, Johnathan [sic], I never saw. So far as I know they were all sober, industrious citizens, well calculated to enjoy what they possessed without destroying their comfort in getting more. The four brothers lived to good old age, and three died in the county in which they were born.[97]

Records[98]^, [99]^, [100]^, [101] verify that Abel, Jabus/Jabez, John, and Jonathan CLARK all lived in close proximity to each other in Westchester County.

John’s known siblings are Abel, Hannah, Jabez and Jonathan CLARK. What is known of these siblings will be given here for the benefit of future research. Some of the information has been given, but in the interest of continuity, it may be repeated.

i. Abel CLARK was born in Westchester County, New York.[102] Judging by the age of his children, (the two oldest being born before 1755, say 1754, and the second between 1756 and 1775, say 1756 - see the explanation below), and using an arbitrary age of 25 when married, I estimate Abel’s birth year at about 1730. According to Bedford Records, Volume VII, Bedford Soldiers of the Revolution he fought in the Revolutionary War with his brothers, Jabez, John and Jonathan in Westchester County,[103] however, Abel is not listed in the State Comptroller's, New York in the Revolution as Colony and State. In 1790, Abel is living in Bedford Township, Westchester County with a family of two males over sixteen other than Abel, born before 1774, two males under sixteen, born between 1775 and 1790; and one female, presumably Abel’s wife.[104] In 1800, Abel is living in Poundridge Township, with a family consisting of one male age 16 to 25, born between 1775 and 1784; two males between 26 and 44, born between 1756 and 1774; and, other than Abel, one male over 45, born before 1755; one female under 10, born between 1791 and 1799; and one female over 45, borne before 1755, which is presumed to be Abel’s wife. Due to the age, is possible that the young girl is a grandchild.[105] Abel is not found after the 1800 census so it is assumed that he died before 1810.

Presumed children of Abel CLARK and Unknown, their birth years calculated from the 1790[106] and 1800[107] censuses were as follows:

iii. Hannah CLARK was born, say, in 1750. Little is known of Hannah CLARK In a letter to a niece, Jotham CLARK, wrote^:

My Grandfather’s name was John, and also my great-grandfathers name was John. He died in the time of the Revolutionary War. He dwindled to a mere skeleton. His daughter Hannah took care of him. I have the story from her own mouth that she could handle him as she could a baby; and when the British Light Horse burned the town of Bedford [11 July 1779[108]], . . .[109]

No other documentation has been found for Hannah, but there are several avenues of speculation. Hannah could have been unmarried and taking care of her father, either the older “spinster” daughter or a young, not yet married daughter. It is also possible that Hannah and Old John were living with another CLARK family member or husband of Hannah.

iii. Jonathan CLARK, Of Jonathan CLARK, Jotham CLARK wrote in his journal that he had not met Jonathan but that he was born and died in Westchester County, New York.[110] Jonathan was born before 1755, as he was over 45 years of age in 1800.[111] In the Revolutionary War, Jonathan was a member of the 4^th Regiment of the Westchester County Militia, New York, with his brothers Abel,[112] Jabez, and John.[113] 1n 1790, He was living in Poundridge, Westchester County, as was his brother John. Living with Jonathan were three males under the age of 16, born between 1775 and 1790; and one female, presumably his wife.[114] In 1800, Jonathan still lived in Poundridge, as did his close neighbors and brothers, Abel and Jabez.[115] He is not found in the 1810 census, and is presumed to have died by this time. Another Jonathan Clark is listed in the 1820 and 1830 census, but it is believed that this could be Jonathan’s son. This will be explained below.

Presumed children of Jonathan CLARK and Unknown, their birth years calculated from the 1790[116] and 1800[117] censuses were as follows:

v. Jabez CLARK was born in Westchester County, New York,[118] about 1759, using an arbitrary age of 25 when married, on 25 March 1784 at Fair Haven Church in Stamford, Connecticut, to Lois WEED.[119] He was in the 4^th Regiment, Westchester County Militia, during the Revolutionary War, with his brothers, Abel,[120] Jonathan, and John.[121] Jabez and his family are not found in the 1790 census. In 1800, as Jabus, he lived in Poundridge, Westchester County, with 2 males under ten, 1 male between 10 and 15, and one female, between 26 and 44.[122] In 1810, as Jabis, he and his wife are living alone at Pound Ridge.[123] Jabez is not found in the 1820 census so it is assumed he died before then.

Presumed children of Jabez CLARK and Lois WEED, their birth years calculated from the 1800[124] census, were as follows:

I will list other CLARKs that are found in the census for Pound Ridge, which could possible be the offspring of Abel, Jonathan and Jabez.

In 1800, Abel, Jonathan and Jabus [sic] are the only CLARKs living in Pound Ridge. They are listed on line 9 (Abel), line 10 (Jonathan) and line 11 (Jabus [sic]). Close neighbors are: line 8, Henry Miller; line 12, Stephen Green.[125] In 1801, a child Clark was baptized at the Poundridge Presbyterian Church in Poundridge, the child of Jabez and Lois Clark.[126]

In 1810, at line 5 is Stephen Green, Line 7 is Henry Miller, and line 9 is Jabiz [sic] CLARK. On several of the next census pages, living in Poundridge but not next to “the old homesteads”, are Shadrick (actual spelling) Clark, born between 1766 and 1784; another Shadrick Clark, also born between 1766 and 1784 ; and John Clark, born between 1785 and 1794.[127]

In 1820, on one census sheet is Albert Clark, born between 1776 and 1794; on another sheet is John Clark, born between 1795 and 1804; and on another page on line 16 is Jonathan Clark, born before 1775; line 17 is Ziba Clark, born between 1776 and 1794; and John Clark, born between 1776 and 1794. It is thought that this Jonathan Clark is not Jonathan born before 1755, but the Jonathan in the 1830 census.

In 1830, on line 1 is Stephen Green; Line 3, Henry Miller, Line 4, Ziba Clark, born between 1791 and 1800; line 5 is Jonathan Clark, born between 1771 and 1780; and several pages later, John Clark, born between 1791 and 1800.[128] A Jonathan Clark died in September of 1833.[129] If it is Jonathan, brother of John (b. 1740), he would have been about 75 ± years of age, and if the Jonathan of the 1830 census, would have been between 53 and 62 years of age.

In 1840, there is an Alfred Clark, born between 1801 and 1810; on the next page, Uel Clark, born between 1781 and 1790; on the next page, Ziba Clark, born between 1791 and 1800; and several pages later, Joel Clark, born between 1811 and 1820.[130] On 2 October 1842, two Sarah Clarks were baptized at the Poundridge Presbyterian Church in Poundridge, one a child, born 2 October 1842, daughter of Sarah and Alfred Clark, the other Sara Clark, an adult, presumably Alfred’s wife.[131]

In 1850, Ziba, age 59 (born c. 1791), Elizabeth, age 58 and William, age 20 are living in the same dwelling as Abram Clark, age 37, and his family. On another page is Betsey Clark, age 37, with Stephen, age 12 and several members of the Wood family.[132]

There are numerous internet genealogies that list an Abigail Clark, born in 1749, died 3 October 1844 in LeRay, Jefferson County, New York. It is claimed that she is the wife of Jonathan Ingersoll, born 9 February 1735. This is probably based on an un-sourced statement that an Abigail Clark married a Jonathan Ingersoll on 2 October 1749 in Litchfield Connecticut. I cannot find a record to support this statement. Based on this, Abigail Clark, could not have been born and married in 1749.

The Abigail that married John INGERSOLL, that is buried in LeRay, is actually Abigail WEED, not CLARK. Jotham CLARK wrote in his journal:

For my own amusement and for the information of those interested, I will note down what I know and have been told of the race of Clarks of which I am a branch, also my ancestry on my mother’s side . . . [133]

and goes on for nine transcribed pages describing the CLARK side of his family. He then continues with:

:My mother’s side: - - Gilbert Weed, my mother’s father was born in 1740. He married Abigail Hoyt. They had a large family and lived together with reciprocal affection for sixty years.[134]

He continues with the WEED family for five transcribed pages. Within this he states:

I have known some of the brothers and sisters of my grandparents. I knew Abigail who married Jonathan Ingerson; Polly, who married Ely Weed, Elizabeth who married Gideon Hoyt, a brother of grandmother, also Mercy who married a man named Stephens. A brother Ezra came to our house in Milton with his wife who was French, . . .[135]

i. Child² CLARK was born about 1762. He/she died[136] on 16 or 17 Mar 1765.[137]

ii. Abijah CLARK, born 19 Mar 1765 at Bedford, Westchester County, New York; married Hannah INGERSOLL.

iii. Ichabod CLARK, born 4 Dec 1766 at Bedford, Westchester County, New York; married Sarah WEED.

Children of John¹ CLARK and Mary (Polly) ROBINSON were as follows:

+ iii. Ezra CLARK, born 14 Sep 1781 at Bedford, Westchester County, New York; married (--?--) ?

iv. Patty (Martha?) CLARK was born, probably between Ezra and Mary (Polly), 1782 and 1786. She probably died young.[138] No more has been found for her.

v. Amaziah CLARK was born, probably between Ezra and Mary (Polly), 1782 and 1786 at Westchester County, New York. He probably died young.[139] No more has been found on him.

+ viii. Rev. Henry Robert CLARK, born about 17 August 1789 at Bedford, Westchester County, New York; married Sally CRAFTS.

[1] Clark, Jotham, The Journal of Jotham Clark (1794-1887), History and Humor from The Homestead" with some genealogical descendants off Ichabod Clark (1766-1844), Edited and Published by Eleanor Osborne Ratsep, Quick Print of Latrobe, PA, 1985, Copy provided by Liz Cornish , 2/10/03: p 51, My grandfather, John, died at Springport, Cayuga County, in April 1818, age seventy-eight. Consequently, he was born in 1740; p. 50, "Of my grandfather's brothers I have seen two: Jabez and Abel. The other, Johnathan, I never saw. So far as I know they were all sober, industrious citizens, well calculated to enjoy what they possessed without destroying their comfort in getting more. The four brothers lived to good old age, and three died in the county in which they were born."

[2] 1800 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Roll M32-27,Town of Poundridge, Page 840, Image316 (Ancestry.com), Line 9, Abel Clark, 00122//10001; Line 10, Jonathan Clark, 12001//00001; Line 11, Jabus Clark, 21001//00010.

[3] Oliver, Jeannette (Clark), Application for Membership of The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume 100, page 80, National Number: 99261, Submitted 1913, p. 3, John Clark b. in R.I removed to Westchester Co N.Y. & from there to Washington Co. and in 1791 to Cayuga Co. N.Y.

[4] Dir, Emily Elizabeth (White), Application for Membership of The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, National Number 122764, Volume 123, page 234, March 8, 1916, John Clark , born in Rhode Island removed to West Chester Co. N.Y. from there to Washington Co, and in 1791 to Cayuga Co.

[5] Pierce, Eunice M., Application for Membership to The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, National Number 123942, obtained from the NSDAR, Office of the Registrar General, Washington, D.C. 24 Dec 2003:,John Clark who was born in Rhode Island on the 8 day of July, 1740 and died in Springport, N. Y. [lived in Westchester Co, N.Y.] on the day of , 1818 and who served in the War of the Revolution.

[6] Fox, Sarah Margaret (Clark), Application for Membership of The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, National Number 140,047, June 3, 1918, John Clark. who was born in Rhode Island on the Eighth day of July, 1740 lived in Westchester Co., N.Y. and died in Springport Cayuga Co., on the day of , 1818. and who served in the War of the Revolution.

[7] Morrison Jr., George Austin, The "Clarke" Families of Rhode Island, The Evening Post Job Printing House, New York, 1902; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, HeritageQuest Online) pp 63-64, John CLARKE (Joseph 7, Samuel 6, Joseph 5, Joseph 4, Thomas 3, John 2, John 1), of Amsterdam, N. Y. He was born 8 July, 1740, at Richmond, R. I., and died 22 February, 1836, at Amsterdam, N.Y. He married, 1759-60, Sarah Gardiner, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Pierce) Gardiner, of South Kingstown, R.I., born 1738 at South Kingstown, R.I., and died 21 August, 1836, at Amsterdam, N.Y. He served as a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War from May, 1776, to May 1778; as captain from May, 1778, to May, 1783, under Colonels Dyer and Maxson, enlisting from Richmond, R.I.. In will of Nathaniel Gardiner, 1796, mention is made of daughter Sarah Clarke, wife of John Clarke, of Richmond. After the termination of the war he moved to Argyle, Washington Co., N.Y., where he resided for a short time and then moved to Broadalbin, N.Y. where he was living in 1832.

[8] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, Now York, Historical Records, Volume I, Minutes of Town Meetings, 1680-1737, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1966: p 149-150: A list of the names of the persons within the destrict of the Town of Bedford, according to ye direction of ye writt. Issued forth to me from ye Clark of ye County. 1710, William Clark freeholder - 40; Hannah his wife – 37; John his son – 15; . . .

[9] Jotham Clark, Transcribed Copy of a letter to his niece, Mary A., daughter of John W. Clark, dated Conesus, December 12, 1848, original at Bedford Historical Society, Bedford, New York provided by Gayle Lansky glansky@attbi.com, 7 Apr 2003.

[10] Henry Clark, A Genealogy of the Clark family written in 1852 and continued by his family since his decease in 1855 (1852, Preface by Henry Leland Clarke, 1974) p. 2

[11] 1790 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Roll M637_6, Poundridge Town, p.4/192, Line 11, John Clark, 2,5,2,0,0; p. 193, Image 618, Line 13, Jonathan Clark, 1,3,1,0,0

[12] Clark, Jotham, The Journal of Jotham Clark (1794-1887), History and Humor from The Homestead" with some genealogical descendants off Ichabod Clark (1766-1844), Edited and Published by Eleanor Osborne Ratsep, Quick Print of Latrobe, PA, 1985, Copy provided by Liz Cornish, 2/10/03: p 51, “It was his lot to be twice married. First to Martha Westcott by whom he had three children.”

[13] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Historical Records, Volume IX, Bedford Genealogy, Descendants of the Original Settlers, (Published by the Town of Bedford, Bedford Hills, New York 1978) p 195.

[14] Journal of Jotham Clark, p. 51.

[15] Henry Clark, A Genealogy of the Clark family written in 1852 and continued by his family since his decease in 1855, (1852, Preface by Henry Leland Clarke, 1974) p 2.

[16] The Journal of Jotham Clark , pp. 41, 55.

[17] David W. Hoyt, A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight and Hight Families, with Some Account of the Earlier Hyatt Families, a List of the First Settlers of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, etc.., (Providence Press Co., Providence, 1871. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, HeritageQuest Online) p.393.

[18] Dir, Emily Elizabeth (White), .DAR Application

[19] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Historical Records Volume VII, Bedford Soldiers of the Revolution (Bedford Hills, New York, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1976) pp 7, 8.

[20] The Office of the State Comptroller, New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. I (J. B. Lyon Company, Albany, N.Y., 1894; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, HeritageQuest Online ) p.. 214: “Westchester County Militia - Fourth Regiment, Colonel Thaddeus Crane, Capt. Daniel Bouton, Capt. Ebenezer Scofield, Enlisted Men , Clark, Jabez, Clark, John, Clark, Jonathan.”

[21] Fernow, Berthold, Editor, Archives of the State of New York, New York in the Revolution, Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New York, Volume XV, (State Archives, Vol 1, Albany, New York, Weed, Parsons and Company, Printers, 1887; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, HeritageQuest Online)

[22] 1790 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Pound Ridge, Roll: m637_6, Page 192, Image 618, Line 11, Clark, John, 2,5,2,0,0 (Ancestry.com)

[23] Journal of Jotham Clark, p 53.

[24] 1790 United States Federal Census, New York, Albany (Later, Saratoga) County, Roll m637_6, Saraghtoga [sic] Twp., Page 327, Image 314 (Ancestry.com), Line 10, Abijah Clerk, 102.

[25] 1799-1803 NY TAX LIST: NY, Saratoga County, 80950 41 D313/3. Extracted by Gordon L. Remington, P.O.Box 11685, Salt Lake City, UT 85147 Copy in possession of Linda Fonville lfonville@salinas.k12.ca.us.

[26] 1800 United States Federal Census, New York, Saratoga County, Roll M32_27, Milton Twp, Page 18, Image 35 (Ancestry.com), Line 11, John Clark, M01001//F01001; Line 12, Ichabod Weed [CLARK], M52010//F10010; Line 17, Jonathan Ingersol, M01001//F00201; Line 18, Abijah Clark Jr., M20010//F00010;

[27] Journal of Jotham Clark, p 3.

[28] Journal of Jotham Clark, p 54.

[29] 1810 United States Federal Census, New York, Cayuga County, Aurelius Township, Genoa, Roll M252_31, Page 1196, Image 58 (Ancestry.com), Lines 15 (Ichabod), 23 (Abijah 2^nd), 26 (John), and 28 (Thomas)

[30] The Journal of Jotham Clark, p 51.

[31] CLARK, Jotham, Transcribed Copy of a letter to his niece, Mary A, 1848.

[32] The Journal of Jotham Clark, p 51.

[33] Jotham Clark, Transcribed Copy of a letter to his niece, Mary A, 1848.

[34] 1820 United States Federal Census, New York, Ontario County (Livingston Co. by 1821), Freeport Township (Conesus by 1830), Roll M33_62, Page 99, Image 54 (Ancestry.com), Line 10, Thomas Clark.

[35] 1830 United States Federal Census. New York, Cayuga County, Aurelius Township, Roll M19_88, Page 186, Image 373 (Ancestry.com), Line 8, Henry Clark, M010 021 000 0 F000 101 001

[36] Following is the Writ of Supersedeas: The people of the state of New York: To all to whom these resents shall come, greeting: Whereas by a certain inquisition taken at Geneseo in the county of Livingston, on the 25th of April 1835, by virtue of a commission in the nature of a writ de lunatico inquisendo in that behalf duly made and issued, to inquire amongst other things that the said Henry R. Clark was, at the time of taking the said inquisitioni, a lunatic, & did not enjoy lucid intervals, so that he was capable of the government of himself, or of the management of his lands, tenements, goods & chattels; as by the said inquisition, remaining on record, will more fully appear. . .

[37] Mary (Polly) Clark’s gravestone, Short Tract Cemetery, Granger, Allegany County, New York. Personal observation and photographed by Liz Cornish, 01 July 2993.

[38] Short Tract Cemetery, Granger, New York, Typed and submitted by Ruby Sweet, Information on the Short Tract Cemetery taken from LDS Family History Library microfilm 17128.

[39] Mary (Polly Robinson) Clark gravestone, Short Tract Cemetery, Granger, Allegany County, New York. Personal observations and photograph by Liz Cornish, 01 July 2993.

[40] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Historical Records, Volume IV, Land Records, 1689 – 1800, Bedford Hills, New York, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1972: p 102 Joseph Robinson, witness to land sale 04 Mar 1783; p 103 Joseph Robinson witness to land sale 09 Mar 1784; p259 Joseph Robinson witness to land sale 25 Mar 1783; p261 Joseph Robinson, witness to land sale 28 Dec 1784; p255 Boundaries, Robinson, William p.259 Boundaries, Robinson, William “… thence northardly to William Robinson’s land by his medow to a stone set into the gound thence westardly by the said Robinsons land to a white oak stadle, being William Robinson’s and David Clarks corner, thence westardly by the said Clarks land to black oak stump…”

[41] 1790 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, M637_6, Bedford Township: Page 181, Image 612, Line 11, Jabez Robertson, 2 1 6; Line 12, William Robertson, 1 0 3

[42] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Historical Records, Volume VIII, Town of Bedford Cemeteries, Bedford Hills, New York, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1977: p. 311, Robertson, Jabez, 1744 - 10 Feb. 1832, BU136.

[43] Ferdinand Spies, Inscriptions Copied From Graveyards in Bedford, Westchester County, New York - With genealogical notes. Eastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., 1933. p. 167, 2007 Jabez Robertson, d. 10.Feb.1832 ae 38. (son of William Robertson and Rachael. Will of William Robinson, Sr. of Bedford, dated 12.Sept.1776, proved 24.May 1786, mentions wife, oldest son Joseph, William, Jabez, daus. Sarah, Mary, (wife of Ezra Clark), Mannah, (wife of Ebenezer Dann), Zulphar,(Zilpha, wife of Richard Miller, Philathata, (d.unm.).

[44] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Historical Records, Volume IX, Bedford Genealogy, Descendants of the Original Settlers, Bedford Hills, New York, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1978: p. 40, [#] 39. Joseph, born Mar. 15, 1713, at Bedford; died there Apr. 18, 1791; he married about 1735 Sarah Smith, born 1715, died Apr. 1796, the daughter of Jacob Smith (see Miller family No. 29) 72. Ezra; m. Mary Robertson; had: Ezra, Jr.

[45] Clark, Henry, A Genealogy of the Clark family written in 1852 and continued by his family Since his decease in 1855. A Genealogy of the Clark Family Written in 1852 by Henry Clark, Preface (1974) By Henry Leland Clarke (b. 1907).

[46] Clark, Rev. Edgar W., A.M., History and Genealogy of Samuel Clark, Sr., and His Descendants From 1636 – 1892 – 256 Years, Second Edition, Nixon-Jones Printing Co., St. Louis, MO, April, 1892.

[47] Probably Huntington, Rev., E. B., History of Stamford, Connecticut, Stamford, 1868.

[48] Scharf, J. Thomas. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms which have been annexed to New York City. ,Philadelphia: L. E. Preston & Co., c. 1886.

[49] Judd, Peter Harin, Compiler, Genealogical and Biographical Notes On the Haring-Herring, Clark, Denton, White Griggs, Judd, and Related Families, , Prepared in connection with the publication of More Lasting than Brass: A Thread of Family From Revolutionary New York to Industrial Connecticut, Northeastern University Press, Newbury Street Press. Boston 2004 . New England Historic Genealogical Society, Ancestors.org, http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/database/PeterJuddBook/default.asp?f=research\database\PeterJuddBook\content\0000.htm : CLARK - Published accounts of the branch of the Clark family descended from William Clark—one of the first settlers of Bedford, then in Connecticut Colony, later Westchester County, New York—assigned his paternity to Samuel Clark. This Samuel was said to have been in Wethersfield, Connecticut, later in Stamford, New Haven Colony, eventually removing to Hempstead and Southampton. He was also said to have married Hannah Fordham.Recent research by Robert Anderson, in connection with the Great Migration Study Project, conclusively shows that this Samuel Clark was in fact not the father of William Clark of Bedford, that his wife was not Hannah Fordham, and that none of the other Samuel Clarks in New England could be the father of William.Anderson concludes that the “Samuel Clark set forth in the 19th-century Clark genealogy as father of William Clark is a phantom, cobbled together out of pieces of other Samuels, and out of the Fordham evidence, which now appears to be unconnected to any Samuel Clark.” Support for this conclusion will be set out in a future publication of the Great Migration Study Project. Until a comprehensive study of all the early New England Clark families is complete, there is no basis for determining if William Clark of Bedford is a second generation New Englander, hence he will be considered below as the first in this line of the Clark family.

[50] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Historical Records, Volume IX, Bedford Genealogy, Descendants of the Original Settlers, Bedford Hills, New York, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1978: p 37: 1. Samuel Clark, born in Devonshire, England, about 1619, he came to America where he was first known to be at Wethersfield, Conn., 1636. He removed to Stamford 1641, Milford by 1669, removing to Hempstead, Long island, and later to New Haven, Conn., 1685, where he very probably died about 1690. He married Hannah Fordham, daughter of Rev. Robert Fordham. 2. son, thought to have removed to Long island; *3. William, b. 1645, d. 1697; m. ___; *4. Samuel, Jr., b. 1646, d. 1729; m. Hannah Tuttle; *5. Joseph; 6. Daniel (county clerk of Westchester County, N.Y., 1711-22; probably a son)

[51] Town of Bedford , Westchester County, New York, Historical Records , Volume I, Minutes of Town Meetings , 1680-1737, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1966: p 1: Indian Deed to the Hopp Ground, 1680, . . . ye above named doe herby sell alinate and asigne and set over from us and ours ye land above specified with all ye rights and priviledges ther unto belonging for ever: unto . . . William Clarke . . .

[52] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Historical Records, Volume IX, Bedford Genealogy, Descendants of the Original Settlers, Bedford Hills, New York, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1978: p. 37.

[53] Clark, Rev. Edgar W., A.M., History and Genealogy of Samuel Clark, Sr., and His Descendants From 1636 – 1892 – 256 Years, Second Edition, Nixon-Jones Printing Co., St. Louis, MO. April, 1892

[54] [886] Based on 9 March 1696/7 filing of inventory of will. Bedford Historical Records (Town of Bedford, Westchester Co., N.Y., 1973), 9:39. Publication dates for other cited volumes in this series are: 1 (1966), 2 (1967), 3 (1969), 4 (1972).

[55] [887] He is said, in an unsourced genealogical reference, to have married, on 17 Aug. 1668, Susanna Trott. Ibid., 9:37. Anderson considers this a likely confusion with another William Clark of Wethersfield and finds no basis for the attribution. Personal communication, 31 Jan. 2003.

[56] [888] Bedford Historical Records, 1:v.

[57] [889] Ibid., 1:1, 4.

[58][890] Ibid.

[59] [891] Ibid., 5; “Bedford Village 1681–1685, The Original Land Allotments” (with note: “This is a conjectural plan of the village allotments based on descriptions in the Land Records”), Bedford Historical Records, 2:176.

[60] [892] Bedford Historical Records, 1:8.

[61] [893] Ibid., 2:32–34.

[62] [894] Ibid., 1:14.

[63] [895] Ibid., 1:23.

[64] [896] Ibid., 1:31, 154.

[65] [897] Ibid., 9:39.

[66] [898] Based on age of 40 in town clerk’s list of 1710. “List of the Names of the Persons within the District of the Town of Bedford, According to Ye Direction of Ye Writt Issued For to Ye Clark of Ye County, 1710.” Ibid., 1:150. Birth date is ten years prior to father’s assumption of proprietorship at Bedford, when family was presumably living at Stamford.

[67] [899] Ibid., 9:39.

[68][900] Based on age of 38 in town clerk’s list of 1710. Ibid.

[69] [901] Ibid., 9:38.

[70][902] Ibid.

[71] [903] Ibid

[72][904] Ibid.

[73] [905] Ibid.

[74] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, Now York, Historical Records, Volume I, Minutes of Town Meetings, 1680-1737, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1966, p 149-150: A list of the names of the persons within the destrict of the Town of Bedford, according to ye direction of ye writt. Issued forth to me from ye Clark of ye County. 1710. William Clark freeholder - 40; Hannah his wife – 37; John his son – 15; William his son – 13; Ebenezar his son – 6; David his son – 2; Jabish his son - 4 months

[75] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Historical Records, Volume I, Minutes of Town Meetings, 1680-1737, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1966: p 23: 6 ly The town by vote doth order that every one here present at the towne meting shall have a pees of land containing foure akers added unto theyr former dividenc for theyr faithfulness at the attending of towne meetings the men present at this ackt is . . . Willyam Clarck Senir Willyam Clerck Juner: . . .

[76] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Historical Records, Volume I, Minutes of Town Meetings, 1680-1737, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1966: P 27: Beedford March 12th: 1688/9, 2 ly: The town by vote doth make chois of John Miller Juner and William Clarck Juner for to be fenc vewers for this year ensewung for the town of Beedford: and to find every defeckt with moderation in the fences according to the best of theyr skill as they ear accordingly sworne to the worck.

[77] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Historical Records, Volume I, Minutes of Town Meetings, 1680-1737, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1966: p 44: March 18^th: 1694/5, 2 ly The town by vote doth chuse Abraham Wildman & Nathan Clark for fenc vewers for the town for this year ensewing.

[78] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Historical Records, Volume I, Minutes of Town Meetings, 1680-1737, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1966: p 52: Mach 21: 1698: 4:ly: The town by a maiger vote doth chuse Stephen Clason & Willyam Clarck for fenc vewars for this year

[79] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Historical Records, Volume I, Minutes of Town Meetings, 1680-1737, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1966: p 97: At a towend meting holden in Bedford Janware the 29 1706 the twend by a meger vot doth make choies of Willyom Clarke and Simon Chapmon Zachariah Robarts for towens men for this yere. 2 ly The towend by a meger vot doth grant to Willyam Clarke aighat ackers of land lying be twen Corneles Seely Sener and Nathan Clarke the sade land that was lade out to John Wascot in the loue of that 6 ackers land that towend geve him by Tathan Clarke claes recorded in Libr: 2: folio (20).

[80] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Historical Records, Volume I, Minutes of Town Meetings, 1680-1737, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1966: p 149: A list of the names of the persons within the destrict of the Town of Bedford, according to ye direction of ye writt. Issued forth to me from ye Clark of ye County. 1710: p150: William Clark freeholdr - 40; Hannah his wife – 37; John his son – 15; William his son – 13; Ebenezer his son – 6; David his son – 2; Jabish his son – 4 months

[81] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Historical Records, Volume I, Minutes of Town Meetings, 1680-1737, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1966: p 105: [Apr. 7, 1713] Voted as aforesd that Zachariah Mills, & William Clark shall be assesers for ye ensuing year,

[82] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Historical Records, Volume I, Minutes of Town Meetings, 1680-1737, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1966: p 105: [Apr. 7, 1713] Voted as aforesd that Zachariah Mills, & William Clark shall be assesers for ye ensuing year

[83] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Historical Records, Volume I, Minutes of Town Meetings, 1680-1737, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1966: p 110: [Apr. 2, 1717] Voted as aforesd that Thomas Wescot William Clark & Jonathan Holmes shall be townsmen for ye year ensuing

[84] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Historical Records, Volume I, Minutes of Town Meetings, 1680-1737, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1966: p 113: <Apr. 5, 1720> Voted as aforesd that John Griffin William Clark Joshua Hill & David Miller for to be overseers of ye high ways for ye year ensuing

[85] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Historical Records, Volume IX, Bedford Genealogy, Descendants of the Original Settlers: 7. William, Jr., born about 1670, at Stamford, Conn., he died at Bedford after Jan 2, 1726

[86] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Historical Records, Volume VIII, Town of Bedford Cemeteries, Bedford Hills, New York, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1977

[87] 1790 United States Federal Census New York, Westchester County, Microcopy No. T-498 Roll 2, Poundridge Town, P192, Image 618, Line 11, Clark, John, 2,5,2,0,0; P193, Image 618, Line 13, Clark, Jonathan, 1,3,1,0,0

[88] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Historical Records, Volume IX, Bedford Genealogy, Descendants of the Original Settlers, Bedford Hills, New York, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1978: 7. William, Jr., born about 1670, . . .and that of his wife Hannah Ayres as 37, which would make her born about 1673. It is very probable that she was a daughter of Richard Ayres (se Ayres family No. 2)

[89] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Historical Records , Volume I, Minutes of Town Meetings, 1680-1737, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1966: p 149: A list of the names of the persons within the destrict of the Town of Bedford, according to ye direction of ye writt. Issued forth to me from ye Clark of ye County. 1710, p150:, William Clark freeholdr - 40; Hannah his wife – 37; John his son – 15; William his son – 13; Ebenezer his son – 6; David his son – 2; Jabish his son – 4 months.

[90] Barbour Index for Stamford Families (1641-1853) http://www.censusfinder.com/connecticut-vital-records.htm, CLARK, CLARKE (see CLOCK), Abygal, d. William, b. Nov. 10, 1701

[91] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Historical Records, Volume IX, Bedford Genealogy, Descendants of the Original Settlers, Bedford Hills, New York, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1978: 7. William, Jr., born about 1670 . . .; 25. John, b. 1695; *26. William, b. 1697; 27. Abigail, b. Nov. 10, 1701; m. Joseph Canfield (see No. 26); 28. Ebenezer, b. 1704; *29. David, b. 1708; 30. Jabez (Joseph?), b. Apr. 1710

[92] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, Now York, Historical Records, Volume I, Minutes of Town Meetings, 1680-1737, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1966, p 149-150: A list of the names of the persons within the destrict of the Town of Bedford, according to ye direction of ye writt. Issued forth to me from ye Clark of ye County. 1710, William Clark freeholder - 40, Hannah his wife – 37, John his son – 15, William his son – 13, Ebenezar his son – 6, David his son – 2 Jabish his son - 4 months.

[93] Jotham Clark, Transcribed Copy of a letter to his niece, Mary A., daughter of John W. Clark, dated Conesus, December 12, 1848, original at Bedford Historical Society, Bedford, New York provided by Gayle Lansky glansky@attbi.com, 7 Apr 2003.

[94] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Historical Records Volume VII, Bedford Soldiers of the Revolution (Bedford Hills, New York, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1976) pp 7-8

[95] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, Now York, Historical Records, Volume I, Minutes of Town Meetings, 1680-1737, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1966, p 149-150: A list of the names of the persons within the destrict of the Town of Bedford, according to ye direction of ye writt. Issued forth to me from ye Clark of ye County. 1710, William Clark freeholder - 40, Hannah his wife – 37, John his son – 15, William his son – 13, Ebenezar his son – 6, David his son – 2 Jabish his son - 4 months.

[96] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Historical Records, Volume I, Minutes of Town Meetings, 1680-1737, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1966: p 149: A list of the names of the persons within the destrict of the Town of Bedford, according to ye direction of ye writt. Issued forth to me from ye Clark of ye County. 1710, William Clark freeholdr - 40, Hannah his wife – 37, John his son – 15, William his son – 13, Ebenezar his son – 6, David his son – 2, Jabish his son – 4 months

[97] The Journal of Jotham Clark, p 50.

[98] 1790 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Roll M637_6, Image 612 (Ancestry.com), Bedford Township, Page 181, Image 612, Line 1, Abel Clark, 3,2,1,0,0; Line 35, Amos Clark, 1,3,2,0,0; Poundridge Town, Page 192, Image 618, Line 11, John Clark, 2,5,2,0,0; P193, Image 618, Line 13, Jonathan Clark, 1,3,1,0,0

[99] 1800 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Town of Pound Ridge, Roll M32-27, Image316 (Ancestry.com) Page 840, Image316, Line 9, Abel Clark, 00122//10001; Line 10, Jonathan Clark, 12001//00001; Line 11, Jabus Clark, 21001//00010

[100] Bedford Historical Records, Vol. VII, pp 7-8.

[101] The Office of the State Comptroller, New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. I (J. B. Lyon Company, Albany, N.Y., 1894; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, HeritageQuest Online ) p.. 214: “Westchester County Militia - Fourth Regiment, Colonel Thaddeus Crane, Capt. Daniel Bouton, Capt. Ebenezer Scofield, Enlisted Men , Clark, Jabez, Clark, John, Clark, Jonathan”

[102] The Journal of Jotham Clark, p 50. Of my grandfather's brothers I have seen two: Jabez and Abel. The other, Johnathan [sic], I never saw. So far as I know they were all sober, industrious citizens, well calculated to enjoy what they possessed without destroying their comfort in getting more. The four brothers lived to good old age, and three died in the county in which they were born.”

[103] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Historical Records Volume VII, Bedford Soldiers of the Revolution, Bedford Hills, New York, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1976: p7, Clark, Abel 1779-1790; Clark, Jabez 1790 4th Regt., Westch. Co. Militia; p8 Clark, John,1790, 4h Regt., Westch. Co. Militia; Clark, Jonathan, 1790, 4th Regt., Westch. Co. Militia

[104] 1790 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Microcopy No. T-498 Roll 2, Poundridge Town: P193, Image 618, Line 9, Abel Clark, 00122//10001; [1 M16-u26, b. between 1775 and 1784; 2. M26-u45, b. between 1756 and 1774; 2. M45+, b. before 1755; 1 Fu10, between 1791 and 1799; 1 F45+, b. before 1755]

[105] 1800 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Roll M32_27, Poundridge, Page 840, Image 316, Line 9, Abel Clark, 00122//10001 [1 M16-u26, b. between 1775 and 1784; 2. M26-u45, b. between 1756 and 1774; 2. M45+, b. before 1755; 1 Fu10, between 1791 and 1799; 1 F45+, b. before 1755]

[106] 1790 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Microcopy No. T-498 Roll 2, Poundridge Town: P193, Image 618, Line 9, Abel Clark, 00122//10001; [1 M16-u26, b. between 1775 and 1784; 2. M26-u45, b. between 1756 and 1774; 2. M45+, b. before 1755; 1 Fu10, between 1791 and 1799; 1 F45+, b. before 1755]

[107] 1800 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Roll M32_27, Poundridge, Page 840, Image 316, Line 10, Line 9, Abel Clark, 00122//10001, [1 M16-u26, b. between 1775 and 1784 ; 2. M26-u45, b. between 1756 and 1774; 2. M45+, b. before 1755; 1 Fu10, between 1791 and 1799; 1 F45+, b. before 1755]

[108] Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Historical Records Volume VII, Bedford Soldiers of the Revolution (Bedford Hills, New York, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1976) pp 7-8

[109] Jotham Clark, Transcribed Copy of a letter to his niece, Mary A., daughter of John W. Clark, dated Conesus, December 12, 1848, original at Bedford Historical Society, Bedford, New York provided by Gayle Lansky glansky@attbi.com, 7 Apr 2003.

[110] The Journal of Jotham Clark, p 50. Of my grandfather's brothers I have seen two: Jabez and Abel. The other, Johnathan [sic], I never saw. So far as I know they were all sober, industrious citizens, well calculated to enjoy what they possessed without destroying their comfort in getting more. The four brothers lived to good old age, and three died in the county in which they were born.”

[111] 1800 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Roll M32_27, Poundridge , Page 840, Image316, Line 10, Jonathan Clark, 12001//00001 [1 M45+, b. before 1755]

[112] Town of Bedford , Westchester County, New York, Bedford Historical Records Volume VII, Bedford, Soldiers of the Revolution, Bedford Hills, New York, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1976: p7; 4^th Regt., Westch. Co. Militia, Clark, Abel, 1779-1790; Clark, Jabez, 1790; p8, Clark, John, 1790; Clark, Jonathan, 1790.

[113] The Office of the State Comptroller, New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. I (J. B. Lyon Company, Albany, N.Y., 1894; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, HeritageQuest Online ) p.. 214: “Westchester County Militia - Fourth Regiment, Colonel Thaddeus Crane, Capt. Daniel Bouton, Capt. Ebenezer Scofield, Enlisted Men , Clark, Jabez, Clark, John, Clark, Jonathan.; p. 215: John Ingersull”

[114] 1790 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Microcopy No. T-498 Roll 2, Poundridge Town, p. 192, Image 618, Line 11, Clark, John, 2,5,2,0,0; p. 193, Image 618, Line 13, Jonathan Clark, 1,3,1,0,0.

[115] 1800 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Roll M32_27 (Ancestry.com): Poundridge, Page 840, Image 316, Line 9, Abel Clark, 00122//1000; Line 10, Jonathan Clark, 12001//00001; Line 11, Jabus Clark, 21001//00010.

[116] 1790 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Microcopy No. T-498 Roll 2, Poundridge Town: P193, Image 618, Line 13, Clark, Jonathan, 1,3,1,0,0 [1 FWM 16+, b. before 1774, Johathan b. before 1774, age over 16; 3 FWMu16, b. between 1775 and 1790; 1 FWF]

[117] 1800 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Roll M32_27, Poundridge, Page 840, Image 316, Line 10, Jonathan Clark, 12001//00001 [1 Mu10, b. between 1791 and 1799; 2 M10-u16, b. between 1790 and 1785; 1 M45+, b. before 1755; 1 F45+, b. before 1755]

[118] The Journal of Jotham Clark, p 50. Of my grandfather's brothers I have seen two: Jabez and Abel. The other, Johnathan [sic], I never saw. So far as I know they were all sober, industrious citizens, well calculated to enjoy what they possessed without destroying their comfort in getting more. The four brothers lived to good old age, and three died in the county in which they were born.”

[119] Ancestry.com, Connecticut Marriages to 1800, Early Connecticut Marriages: Sixth Book, Stamford, From Fair Haven Church Records: page 54, Jabez Clark of Pound Ridge & Lois Weed, March 25, 1784.

[120] Town of Bedford , Westchester County, New York, Bedford Historical Records Volume VII, Bedford, Soldiers of the Revolution, Bedford Hills, New York, Published by the Town of Bedford, 1976: p7; 4^th Regt., Westch. Co. Militia, Clark, Abel, 1779-1790; Clark, Jabez, 1790; p8, Clark, John, 1790; Clark, Jonathan, 1790.

[121] The Office of the State Comptroller, New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. I (J. B. Lyon Company, Albany, N.Y., 1894; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, HeritageQuest Online ) p.. 214: “Westchester County Militia - Fourth Regiment, Colonel Thaddeus Crane, Capt. Daniel Bouton, Capt. Ebenezer Scofield, Enlisted Men , Clark, Jabez, Clark, John, Clark, Jonathan.; p. 215: John Ingersull”

[122] 1800 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Roll M32_27, Poundridge, Page 840, Image 316, Line 10, Line 11,Jabus Clark, 21001//00010, [2 Mu10, b. between 1791 and 1799; 1 M10-u16, b. between 1790 and 1785; 1 M45+, b. before 1755; 1 F26-u45, b. between 1756 and 1774]

[123] 1810 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester Co., Pound Ridge Township, Roll M252_37, Page 1000, Image 186, Line 9, Jabiz Clark, M00001, F00001

[124] 1800 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Roll M32_27, Poundridge, Page 840, Image 316, Line 10, Line 11,Jabus Clark, 21001//00010, [2 Mu10, b. between 1791 and 1799; 1 M10-u16, b. between 1790 and 1785; 1 M45+, b. before 1755; 1 F26-u45, b. between 1756 and 1774]

[125] 1800 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Roll M32_27, Poundridge, Page 840, Image 316, Line 8, Henry Miller; Line 9, Abel Clark; Line 10, Jonathan Clark; Line 11, Jabus Clark; Line 12, Stephen Green.

[126] Births/Baptisms/Marriages/Deaths 1787-1792, 1800-1808, 1822-1937 Poundridge Presbyterian Church, Pound Ridge, New York; Published by the Pound Ridge Historical Society. Page 17: (Baptisms) Clark, child, 1801, Jabez & Lois Clark.

[127] 1810 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Roll M252_37, Pound Ridge Township, Page 1056, Image 215. Line 5, Stephen Green, Line 7, Henry Miller, Line 9, Jabiz Clark, Page 1058, Image 216, Line 7, Shadrick Clark, Page 1061, Line 13, Shadrick Clark, Page 1063, Image 218, Line 10, John Clark.

[128] 1830 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, , Roll M19_112, Pound Ridge, Roll 112, Page 205, Line 4, Ziba Clark M011001 F110001; mLine 5, Jonathan Clark M11100001 F101001.

[129] Births/Baptisms/Marriages/Deaths 1787-1792, 1800-1808, 1822-1937 Poundridge Presbyterian Church, Pound Ridge, New York; Published by the Pound Ridge Historical Society: Page 32 (Deaths) Clark, Jonathan, Sept. 1833.

[130] 1840 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Roll M704_353, Poundridge Twp., p. 263/3, Line 8, Alfred Clark, 101011 F00001; p. 264/5, Line 28, Uel Clark, M01010101 F100101; Page 265/7, Line 30, Ziba Clark, 0010001 F0010001; P 270/17; Line 5, Joel Clark M00001 F 00001

[131] Births/Baptisms/Marriages/Deaths 1787-1792, 1800-1808, 1822-1937 Poundridge Presbyterian Church, Pound Ridge, New York; Published by the Pound Ridge Historical Society. Page 17 (Baptisms):Clark, Sarah, adult; 4 Oct 1842; Clark, Sarah [born] 2 Oct 1842; 4 Oct 1842 [parents] Alfred & Sarah Clark

[132] 1850 United States Federal Census, New York, Westchester County, Pound Ridge, M432_614, Page 153, 27 Sep 1850, Line 18, Dwel 1972, Fam 2171, Betsey Clark, 37, F, NY; Stephen, 12, M, NY; Rachel A. Wood, 19, F, NY; Eliza J. Austin, 10 F, NY; Matilda Wood, 22, F, NY; Seth A. Wood, 25, M, Shoe maker, NY; Aaron C. Wood, 18, M, NY; Page 157/309, 30 Sep 1850, Line 12, Dwel 2040, Dwel 2247, Abram Clark, 37, M, Laborer, NY; Adelia, 27, F, NY [Indexed ad Adiva]; Sarah A, 12, F, NY; Antoinette, 8, F, NY; George H., 6, M, NY; Caroline A., 1, F, NY; Fam 2248, Ziba Clark, 59, M, Laborer, NY; Elizabeth, 58, NY; William H. Clark, 20, M, NY.

[133] Clark, Jotham, The Journal of Jotham Clark (1794-1887), History and Humor from The Homestead" with some genealogical descendants off Ichabod Clark (1766-1844) (Edited and Published by Eleanor Osborne Ratsep, Quick Print of Latrobe, PA, 1985, Copy provided by Liz Cornish, 2/10/03): p. 49.

[134] Clark, Jotham, The Journal of Jotham Clark (1794-1887), History and Humor from The Homestead" with some genealogical descendants off Ichabod Clark (1766-1844) (Edited and Published by Eleanor Osborne Ratsep, Quick Print of Latrobe, PA, 1985, Copy provided by Liz Cornish, 2/10/03): p. 58.

[135] Ibid. p. 61.

[136] "The Journal of Jotham Clark (1794-1887), History and Humor from The Homestead" with some genealogical descendants off Ichabod Clark (1766-1844), Edited and Published by Eleanor Osborne Ratsep, Quick Print of Latrobe, PA, 1985, a copy provided to me by Liz Cornish, 2/10/03. Page

[137] SOURCE?

[138] The Journal of Jotham Clark. Page 56

[139] The Journal of Jotham Clark. Page 56

John CLARK 1740-1818

John CLARK
1740-1818