I have several William Perry Clarks and Joseph Marion Clarks and have wondered if the Perry could be a surname. Each generation has 1 or 2 Joseph Marion Clarks. My earliest Clarks are William b 1811 TN and Joseph b 1813 TN. They may be connected to your Clark family? Patti KarenKayeC@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 7/15/01 12:14:17 PM Mountain Daylight Time, > tnation@panhandle.net writes: > > And do you have a James William hiding somewhere in your family? James > William Clark was my great grandfather, married Anne Proctor and named their > oldest son Marion, another Perry and another Xenophen and two daughters > Adam, my grandmother and Naomi. > Thanks > Thelma Nation > > Your posting intrigues me because of the name Adam and the VA location. I > have Archibald Clarke to Archibald Clarke (sometimes Clark) to A. Adam Clark > (sometimes Clarke) to Cyrus H. Clark (always without the "e" in the records I > have located so far) to Albert Jerry Clark (many records with and without the > "e") to Courtland Clarke (always with the "e") to Gertrude Clarke to me. > > Adam was an unusual name in the late 1700s and early 1800s. I have only seen > it twice in the Clarke/Clark clan. > > (1) A. Adam Clark (sometimes spelled Clarke), my ggg-grandfather noted above > and > > (2) Adam Clarke (who according to my Adam Clark's obituary, was his cousin) > who was born in Ireland and died in England, and was one of the original > Methodist Church ministers. The Irish reports on him in the University of > Dublin credit him with holding the Methodist church together when John Wesley > died. > > Now I see your Adam. > > What was his year of birth? > > My Clarke/Clark clan emigrated from Ireland. We find them first in the 1790 > VA census in Berkeley Co. (which at the time of the Civil War became WV). > Some of the second generation children were married in Berkeley and in > Hampshire Cos., VA. > > In the early 1800s, the first Archibald and his known grown children (Samuel, > Gabriel, Archibald, and Nancy) went to OH with their spouses and children. > Our Adam was born to Archibald in 1809 -- we don't know if that was in VA or > OH, but we suspect OH, since some of his cousins were known to be born in OH > and their birthdates were 1805 and up. > > What we do not know for a fact is whether there were other children of the > first Archibald -- there is at least one family history that reports an > Elizabeth who remained in Ireland). And we don't know if any of the second > or third generation stayed in VA (to become WV?). The names William and > James appear often in our Clarke/Clark clan, but then those two names are all > over the map in the the 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, and even now! So, finding those > names in common is not much of a clue of family connection. But Adam...... > now that is a different story. > > Does anything you know about your Adam Clark suggest that he could be related > to our Adam Clark? > > Just a long shot! > Karen > Sandy, UT > > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== > Boards > Surnames > Clarke ~ posts default to the CLARKE-L > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.clarke > Bible, Bio, B, Cem, Cen, D, Deed, Imm, Lkup, Mar, Mil, Obit, Pen, Will

My g-grandfather was Marion Edward Clark b. 1851 IN, his father was Absalom Clark b. about 1807 don't know where. I have been looking for info on Absalom for a while. Does this ring any bells? Marion also had brothers named Columbus and Lafayette. Joy Buzzard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen" <pattitwlr@qwest.net> To: <CLARKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [CLARKE] CLARK - Henry Co., VA - 1778 to 1830; TN - 1831 to 1848; IN - ... > I have several William Perry Clarks and Joseph Marion Clarks and have wondered if > the Perry could be a surname. Each generation has 1 or 2 Joseph Marion Clarks. > My earliest Clarks are William b 1811 TN and Joseph b 1813 TN. They may be > connected to your Clark family? > Patti > > KarenKayeC@aol.com wrote: > > > In a message dated 7/15/01 12:14:17 PM Mountain Daylight Time, > > tnation@panhandle.net writes: > > > > And do you have a James William hiding somewhere in your family? James > > William Clark was my great grandfather, married Anne Proctor and named their > > oldest son Marion, another Perry and another Xenophen and two daughters > > Adam, my grandmother and Naomi. > > Thanks > > Thelma Nation > > > > Your posting intrigues me because of the name Adam and the VA location. I > > have Archibald Clarke to Archibald Clarke (sometimes Clark) to A. Adam Clark > > (sometimes Clarke) to Cyrus H. Clark (always without the "e" in the records I > > have located so far) to Albert Jerry Clark (many records with and without the > > "e") to Courtland Clarke (always with the "e") to Gertrude Clarke to me. > > > > Adam was an unusual name in the late 1700s and early 1800s. I have only seen > > it twice in the Clarke/Clark clan. > > > > (1) A. Adam Clark (sometimes spelled Clarke), my ggg-grandfather noted above > > and > > > > (2) Adam Clarke (who according to my Adam Clark's obituary, was his cousin) > > who was born in Ireland and died in England, and was one of the original > > Methodist Church ministers. The Irish reports on him in the University of > > Dublin credit him with holding the Methodist church together when John Wesley > > died. > > > > Now I see your Adam. > > > > What was his year of birth? > > > > My Clarke/Clark clan emigrated from Ireland. We find them first in the 1790 > > VA census in Berkeley Co. (which at the time of the Civil War became WV). > > Some of the second generation children were married in Berkeley and in > > Hampshire Cos., VA. > > > > In the early 1800s, the first Archibald and his known grown children (Samuel, > > Gabriel, Archibald, and Nancy) went to OH with their spouses and children. > > Our Adam was born to Archibald in 1809 -- we don't know if that was in VA or > > OH, but we suspect OH, since some of his cousins were known to be born in OH > > and their birthdates were 1805 and up. > > > > What we do not know for a fact is whether there were other children of the > > first Archibald -- there is at least one family history that reports an > > Elizabeth who remained in Ireland). And we don't know if any of the second > > or third generation stayed in VA (to become WV?). The names William and > > James appear often in our Clarke/Clark clan, but then those two names are all > > over the map in the the 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, and even now! So, finding those > > names in common is not much of a clue of family connection. But Adam...... > > now that is a different story. > > > > Does anything you know about your Adam Clark suggest that he could be related > > to our Adam Clark? > > > > Just a long shot! > > Karen > > Sandy, UT > > > > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== > > Boards > Surnames > Clarke ~ posts default to the CLARKE-L > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.clarke > > Bible, Bio, B, Cem, Cen, D, Deed, Imm, Lkup, Mar, Mil, Obit, Pen, Will > > > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== > CLARKE Resources at RootsWeb > http://resources.rootsweb.com/~clusters/surnames/c/l/CLARKE/ > List Manager's address CLARKE-admin@rootsweb.com > >