Sadly, I don't think that our Clarke's are the same line -- at least not here in the U.S. According to census reports, marriage records, etc., it appears that our Archibald and his four children all emigrated from Ireland. Since Nancy was born in 1784-85, they could not have arrived later than that. At least three of the children were married in Berkeley or Hampshire Co., VA (now WV). I haven't found the marriage location of Gabriel or the name of his wife. It sounds like my Clarke/Clark clan arrived later than yours did. They are recorded as early settlers in Coshocton Co., OH, in the first decade of 1800 -- all four families are in records showing they lived there. It makes sense to guess that they all traveled together from VA/WV to Ohio. One and probably two of the sons relocated to IN around 1830. After that, all of the family can be documented moving from IN to Iowa, or from IN to KS. Some of the Iowa group moved on to either Wisc. or Washington -- I think Washington, but I'm telling you this from memory -- and some of those came back to Iowa. At least one Indiana family unit had his first child in Indiana, second in Iowa, third in Kansas, and his last in Colorado which is where he died. Clearly, he was not the only family member that moved from group to group since we find some of the Iowa group back with the Ohio group later in their lives. What is interesting about the names of our (yours and mine) is that they have given names that were more likely to have traditionally occurred in Scotland than Ireland (e.g., Archibald and Gabriel, for certain; Adam, maybe) as well as the names that were throughout the British Isles (e.g., Samuel). It suggests that both of our groups were Protestant even before arriving here. Thus, I believe that my group who were definitely from Ireland were probably Scot-Irish. Finally, there is one obituary in the family that reported my A. Adam Clarke was a cousin of the Irish (some people mistakenly think he was from England) Adam Clarke who was one of the original Methodists and in the British Isles is sometimes credited with holding the church together when the Wesley brothers died. Even if that were not so, he was a prolific writer and most universities in this country have at least one of his publications in their library -- often in their rare book collections. That Adam Clarke, according to his autobiography had uncles named Archibald, but memory does not serve me well and I cannot remember whether they were paternal, maternal, or both. (I read his book when I was in Ireland presenting a paper at the University of Dublin and managed to convince the head of the librarian staff that my credentials from the University of Houston where I was then teaching would suffice to grant me entrance to and use of the Univ. of Dublin library. Fortunately, they had a LOT of his books. Unfortunately, my time was limited and I did not take many notes while I was reading!) Let me know if you have rumors circulating in your clan that your family also was related to the Methodist Adam Clarke. It would be interesting to learn that they were related PRIOR to their emigration to the U.S. (or the U.S.-to-be!). Your potential cousin, Karen

Hi, I am looking for the family of Edwin Clark. He is wife's ancestor. He was born in Albany, Clinton Co, KY about 1825 and died during the American Civil war in 1865. I have no record of his family but there were two Joshua Clarks in Clinton Co who were the correct age to be his father. One was from Virginia and the other from North Carolina. Does anyone recognize this Edwin? Thanks, Mike > Descendants of Edwin Clark > > 1 Edwin Clark b: Abt. 1825 in Albany, Clinton Co, KY d: > 24 Mar 1865 in Philadephia, Tennessee > .. +Rebecca Hatcher b: 01 Jan 1819 in Logan Co, OH d: 15 > Sep 1909 in Richardson Co, NE > ........ 2 Elizabeth Catherine Clark b: 06 Nov 1843 in > Illinois > ........ 2 George W. Clark b: Abt. 1846 in Ohio > ............ +Laura Ella Roney b: 04 Jan 1853 in Bethany, > Moultrie, IL > ........ 2 John Clark b: Abt. 1849 in Ohio > ........ 2 Willam Clark b: Abt. 1850 in Ohio > ............ +Nancy J. Bragg b: Abt. 1853 in Ohio > ........ 2 Henry C Clark b: 15 Jul 1851 in Logan Co, OH > ........ 2 Sarah Clark b: 04 Feb 1854 in St. Joseph Co, IN > ........ 2 Sylvanus Clark b: 18 Mar 1856 in St. Joseph Co, > IN > ........ 2 Louisa Clark b: 17 Aug 1858 in Christian Co, IL > ............ +L. C. Beasley > > > > -- Michael J. Gough ltcolmichaelj@bellsouth.net