Generation 1

WILLIAM CLARK (d 1681) of Haddam

Parents: Unknown

William died on 22 Jul 1681 in Haddam. [Ref][Ref]

On 2 Jan 1639 a William Clark, servant to John Crow, was fined 40s. by the Connecticut Court for 'misdemeanor in drinking' and corporal punishment was suspended upon promise of improved behaviour. [Ref 1;41]

William was one of the 28 original proprietors of a large tract of land now included in Haddam. [Ref]

William signed his will on 30 Jun 1681. He mentions his wife; his sons William, Thomas, John, Joseph; his son-in-law Daniel Hubbard and grandchild Daniel Hubbard; his daughters Welles, Fennoe and Spencer and his daughter Hannah. He says that it is his will that his grandson Daniel Hubbard be taught to read and write and that he is to be at the disposal of his wife as long as she lives and to his son after than, until he is 21. If his father objects 'he shall satisfy for his bringing up'.

Children of William Clark:

1. William Clark
2. Thomas Clark
3. Sgt. John Clark married Elizabeth White.
4. Joseph Clark
5. Daughter Clark married Unknown Wells.
6. Daughter Clark married Unknown Fennoe.
7. Daughter Clark married Unknown Spencer.
8. Hannah Clark.
9. Mary Clark died on 24 Dec 1675. [Ref] She married Daniel Hubbard on 24 Feb 1670. [Ref] Daniel was baptised on 7 Dec 1645 in Hartford. [Ref] He married second Sarah Cornwell. [Ref] Sarah, the daughter of William Cornwell of Middletown, was born in Oct 1647. [Ref]

Generation 2

SGT JOHN CLARK (d 1711) of Middletown

Parents: William Clark

John Clark died on 27 Aug 1711. [Ref] He married Elizabeth White.

John weant to Middletown between 1675 and 1680. [Ref] On 8 Oct 1685 John Clark of Middletown was propounded freeman. [Ref]

Children of John Clark and Elizabeth White. All births are from Marcy [Ref].

1. Nathaniel Clark was born on 18 Apr 1676. He married Sarah Graves.
2. John Clark was bon on 14 Jun 1678. He was a farmer and a carpenter. [Ref]
3. Daniel Clark was born on 3 Aug 1685.
4. Mary Clark was born in 1690. She died young. [Ref]
5. Sarah Clark was born on 8 Sep 1691. She maried John Shephard on 17 Feb 1720.
6. White Clark was born on 4 Nov 1693. She married first Joseph Cole. She married second Samuel Smith on 22 Mar 1744.
7. Mary Clark was born on 4 May 1695. She married James Thompson.

Generation 3

NATHANIEL CLARK (b. 1676) of Middletown

Parents: John Clark and Elizabeth White

Nathaniel Clark was born on 18 Apr 1676. [Ref] He married Sarah Graves on 27 Oct 1702 in Middletown. [Ref]

Children of Nathaniel Clark and Sarah Graves. The first births of the first three are recorded in Middletown. [Ref]

1. John Clark was 24 Aug 1704.
2. Sarah Clark was born on 2 May 1708.
3. Nathaniel Clark was born on 16 Nov 1709.
4. Jabez Clark was born in 1717 in Haddam. He died on 25 Apr 1765. He married Sarah Judd.

Generation 4

JABEZ CLARK (1717-1765) of Middletown

Parents: Nathaniel Clark and Sarah Graves

Jabez Clark was born in 1717 in Haddam. [Ref] He died on 25 Apr 1765 in Middletown. [Ref][Ref] He married Sarah Judd on 5 Aug 1742. [Ref]

Children of Jabez Clark and Sarah Judd. All the births are recorded in Middletown. [Ref]

1. Nathaniel Clark was born on 7 Aug 1743. He married Elizabeth Norton. Elizabeth, the daughter of Rev. John Norton, was born on 17 Dec 1740 in Springfield and died on 18 May 1770. [Ref] Nathaniel married second Dorothy Hale. [Ref]
2. Ede (Edith) Clark was born on 29 Aug 1745. She married John Norton, Jr on 19 Sep 1765 in Middletown. [Ref] John was the brother of Edith's brother Nathaniel's wife Elizabeth. [Ref]
3. Jabez Clark was born on 23 Aug 1747. He married first Lydia Hall. [Ref] He married second Ruth Hinckley. [Ref]
4. Hannah Clark was born on 1 Jan 1749. She married John Johnson. [Ref]
5. Sarah Clark was born on 25 Mar 1752. She married Isaac Bevis. [Ref]
6. Amos Clark (twin) as born on 12 Oct 1754. He died on 20 Mar 1843 in East Hampton, CT. He married Anna Sears on 12 Jul 1781.
7. Abner Clark (twin) was born on 12 Oct 1754. He died on a prison ship during the Revolutionary War. [Ref] It is said that during the Revolutionary War, over 11,000 men died on British prison ships in New York harbour, more than died in all of the battles of the war.
8. Marcy Clark was born on [blank]. She married Joel Wood. [Ref]
9. Timothy Clark was born on 10 Feb 1759. He died on 10 Jun 1759 in Middletown. [Ref]
10. Timothy Clark was born on 10 Jun 1760. He died on 10 Nov 1761 in Middletown. [Ref]

Generation 5

AMOS CLARK (1754-1843) of Chatham

Parents: Jabez Clark and Sarah Judd

Amos Clark was born on 12 Oct 1754 in Middletown. [Ref][Ref says Haddam] He died on 20 Mar 1843 in East Hampton, CT. [Ref] He married Anna Sears on 12 Jul 1781 in Chatham. [Ref][Ref says East Hampton]

Children of Amos Clark and Anna Sears. All births recorded in Chatham. [Ref]

1. Anna Clark was born on 20 Apr 1782. She died on 5 Jan 1786 in Chatham. [Ref]
2. Philena Ann Clark was born on 3 Oct 1784. She died on 30 Aug 1866. She married Nathan Harding 3.
3. Anna Clarke was born on 28 Jan 1787. [Ref]

Generation 6

PHILENA ANN CLARK (1784-1866)

Parents: Amos Clark and Anna Sears

Philena Ann Clark was born on 3 Oct 1784 in Chatham. [Ref][Ref] She died on 30 Aug 1866. [Ref] She married Nathan Harding 3. [Ref]

References

Local History

Adams, Charles Collard, Middletown Upper Houses: A history of the north society of Middletown, Connecticut, from 1650 to 1800, with genealogical and biographical chapters on early families and a full genealogy of the Ranney family, New York, Grafton Press, 1908.

Court Records

A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Hartford District, 1635-1700. Vol. I. n.p., 1906.

Family Genealogies

Marcy, Elizabeth Eunice Smith, Facts and Fancies of Family History, Evanston, IL, Bowman Pub. Co., 1911.

McPherson, Gladys Redfield, Ancestry of Addie Clark Harding: Daughter of Abner Clark Harding, Jr., and Maud McCain, Chicago: unknown, 196-?.

Public Records

The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636 - 1776.

Vital Records

Barbour Records

Middletown, Middlesex Marriages 1664-1749.