Sorry that should have been Ada. The only thing I know is my James was married in Grundy CO., Mo where my grandmother was born and he died in Great Falls, Mont. He had twin half sisters, Evelyn and Agnes. Thanks Thelma ----- Original Message ----- From: <KarenKayeC@aol.com> To: <CLARKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 7:52 AM Subject: Re: [CLARKE] CLARK - Henry Co., VA - 1778 to 1830; TN - 1831 to 1848; IN - ... > 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 > >