Karen, I'm fascinated to see the names you list--a naming pattern strikingly similar to apparently related Clark lines a number of us have been researching. My particular line is Thomas Clark b. 1755 of Pulaski Co KY, however we have reason to believe he was related to Clark lines that were in Lancaster & York Co PA, Orange & Randolph Co NC, and York & Union Co SC. These lines spread out west and north to GA, TN, KY, OH, IN, and so forth. One notable name is Archibald Clark b. 1791-1800 Orange Co NC to James Clark and Grace Thompson. He was a great grandson of William Clark b. ca. 1700 of Orange Co NC and was witness to a Bedford Co TN deed involving property left by his uncle James Clark Jr. Archibald died in 1815 in Orange Co NC and that might be the end of it, except that we curiously find other Archibald Clarks mentioned in the same vicinities as members of the Orange Co NC and Pulaski Co KY family lines in Tennessee and Arkansas. I think the Archibald Clark who was the progenitor of the Clark families who passed his name down came originally from Ireland by way of North Carolina to western Tennessee. A son or grandson of his who also bears the name Archibald was in the same Arkansas county as children of my Thomas Clark. Some descendants of Samuel Clark from York Co PA who died in Randolph Co NC in 1783 (believed to be related to William Clark of Orange Co NC and Baptist Clark of Lancaster Co PA) migrated to Ohio and Indiana. His son John Clark b 1759 married Mary SPENCER. The Clarks in Orange Co NC were connected with the RHEA/RAY/WRAY family; in fact, William Clark's (b. 1700) wife Mary Allison was a daughter of Grizzel WRAY. Likewise, the STRAIN surname is connected with my WOODS of Orange Co NC who were neighbors of the Clarks, and the same STRAIN also sold property to a Clark in Guilford Co NC. Both the RAY/RHEA/WRAY and STRAIN families came from the Lancaster Co PA area. Regarding my own Thomas Clark--His son Stewart married Martha "Patsy" ENGLISH. Two grandchildren married BELLs from Randolph Co NC who had migrated to KY with their parents. Regarding the naming patterns, all lines we have been looking at contain to varying degrees the names Jesse, William, Samuel, James, John, Thomas, Jeremiah and Abner. Finally, I have reason to believe these families are also connected with William Clark of Lancaster Co PA (d. 1763). This William Clark came to PA from Ireland shortly before 1738. It does appear all our lines are Scots-Irish. If you have a male descendant in your line who would be willing to participate in the Colonial Clark DNA Project, a dna test may prove to be valuable tool for you with interesting results. We already have two descendants of Thomas in the project and are looking for descendants from the other lines mentioned above to participate, as well. Fay Clark 1 Thomas Clark SR b. 1755 2 Samuel Clark SR b. 1775 3 Jesse Clark SR b. 1801 4 John B. Clark b. 1825 5 Nancy Ellen Clark b. 1862 m. Jesse Calvin Clark 4 James William Clark b. 1828 5 Jesse Calvin Clark b. 1859 m. Nancy Ellen Clark 6 Hubert Ogelsberry Clark b. 1881 7 Cecil Clark -------Original Message------- From: CLARKE-L@rootsweb.com Date: 09/13/05 15:31:53 To: CLARKE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Clarke-Clark] Searching 2 CLARKE families (IN->KS; IN->KS->CO->WA) ancestors in JOE A.'s data Dear Joe and other Clarke/Clark researchers, I am looking for descendants of 2 descendants of Archibald Clarke, b. 1740-50, Ireland: (1) PHILANDER C. CLARKE/CLARK, b. 1831-34, IN; d. Feb. 29, 1884, Saquache Co., CO. He was married to MIRIAM SPENCER, b. Oct. 30, 1841, Wisc.; d. aft. 1900. Their children were: a) MINNIE C. CLARKE, b. 1862-63, IN. b) FRANK G. CLARKE, b. Oct. 1869, Iowa c) JESSIE M. CLARKE, b. 1878-79, KS d) WILLIAM S. CLARKE, b. May 1881, CO (2) JOHN SPENCER CLARKE, b. Feb 16, 1852, Kokomo, Howard Co., IN; d. July 20, 1934, Labette Co., KS. He married ANGELINE GILLETT/GILLETTE, b. Nov. 22, 1855, IN; d. 1936, prob. Labette Co., KS. They married on Jan. 10, 1883, in Labette Co., KS. Their children were: a) CORNELIA A. CLARKE, b. 1887-88. b) WEALTHY O. CLARKE, b. 1889-90. c) GEORGIE MARIE CLARKE, b. 1897-98. Married GLENWOOD BRYAN BRAUGHT, b. Oct. 10, 1896, Casswood, Missouri; d. aft 1952, Caddo Parish, LA. They purportedly adopted two sons: JOHN BRAUGHT, b. Jan 6, 1917, San Antonio, TX. GLENN BRAOUGHT, b. 1920-21. JOE, I thought maybe some others researching the CLARKE/CLARK family I shared with you some years ago might have contacted you about the same family. They are ancestors of the two family groups listed above. I believe I sent you most, if not all, of the above. Generation 1: ARCHIBALD CLARKE, b. 1740-50, Ireland; d. Dec. 27, 1882, Coshocton Co., OH. It is likely that his wife (or one of his wives?) was named CHRISTENA, d. aft. 1820, Bethlehem Township, Coshocton Co., OH. Her tombstone was adjacent to his. Generation 2: (1) SAMUEL CLARK, b. abt 1773, Ireland; d. Aug. 23, 1853, Coshocton Co., OH. Married RACHEL, b abt 1776, VA; d 1 Sep 1851, Bethlehem Township, Coshocton Co, OH Their children: a. JANE CLARK, b. Nov. 21, 1794, Hampshire Co., VA (now WV) b. ARCHIBALD S. CLARK, b. Mar. 2, 1796, Hampshire Co., VA (now WV) c. JAMES CLARK, b. Dec. 17, 1800 d. NANCY CLARKE, b. Apr. 23, 1802 e. THOMAS CLARK, b. Feb. 22, 1805 f. SAMUEL CLARK, b. Mar 31, 1807 g. SUSAN CLARK, b. Jul 22, 1809 h. WILLIAM CLARK, b. Oct. 11, 1812, Coshocton Co., OH. Married HANNAH, b. 1817-18, PA. They had five children between 1836 & 1850. i. GABRIEL CLARK, b. Aug. 15, 1815, Coshocton Co., OH Married REBECCA ENGLISH, b. 1833-34, OH. They had 6 children between 1859-78. j. JOHN CLARK, b. Aug. 15, 1815, Coshocton Co., OH k. CYNTHIA CLARK, b. Nov. 14, 1817, Coshoccton Co., OH l. MARY CLARK, b. Aug. 23, 1819 (2) GABRIEL CLARKE/CLARK, b. 1771-1780, Ireland; d. Sep. 5, 1851. Wife unknown. One known child: ARCHIBALD, b. Apr. 20, 1814, OH; d. Oct. 1, 1888. (3) ARCHIBALD CLARKE/CLARK, b. abt. 1775, Ireland; d. 1838, Carroll Co., IN. Married LUCY SUSANNAH GROVE, b abt 1779, prob MD; d 1851, prob Carroll Co, IN Their children: a. CATHERINE CLARK, b. 1805-07, OH; d. 1870-80, Richland Co., Wisc. Married URIAH BELL, b. 1792-3, VA. They had 5 children in IN betw. 1835 and 1845. b. JANE CLARK, b. Jun 24, 1806, OH; d. Jan. 2, 1863, Clarksville, Butler Co., Iowa. c. A. ADAM CLARKE, b. 1807-12, prob. 1809; d. Mar 8, 1872, Labette Co., KS. Married 1: prob. MARY YOUNG, in Boone's Co., IN. Son: PHILANDER C. CLARKE. Married 2: MARY ANN JANE HIGGINS, b. abt 1812, Coshocton Co., OH; d. 1877-78. They had two sons: ARCHIBALD A. CLARKE and CYRUS HIGGINS CLARKE. Married 3: JANE JORDAN SPENCER, b. 1811, IN; d. Jan. 10, 1873, Labette Co., KS They had 3 children in early 1850s: CORNELIA F., JOHN SPENCER, GEORGE P. d. SAMUEL CLARK, b. 1810-12, OH; d. 1847-49, Carroll Co., IN. Married 1: JULIAN BABCOCK, b. abt 1814, PA or NY; d. bef. 1842, Tippecanoe Co., IN. They had 2 children in mid 1830s. Married 2: CYNTHIA STRAIN, b. abt 1815, OH; d. abt 1855, Clarksville, Butler Co., Iowa They had 3 children 1843-1850. e. CHRISTINA CLARK, b 1 Nov 1812, Fairfield Co, OH; d 25 May 1898, Richland Co, WI Married ALFRED K. HYATT, b. 1813, prob. Franklin Co., VA. They had 2 children aft. 1839, Carroll Co., IN. f. RACHEL CLARK, b. Oct 31, 1814, OH; d. Aug. 13, 1889, Dayton, Columbia Co., WA. Married WALKER HAMPTON BISHOP, b 24 Mar 1813, KY; d 29 Jul 29 1894, Dayton, Columbia Co., WA. They had 9 children 1839-1850s. g. THOMAS CLARK, b. Nov. 4, 1816, Coshocton Co., OH; d. Apr 28, 1896, Clarksville, Butler Co., OH. Married ELIZABETH RINKER, b. Jan 14, 1815, Green Co., TN; d. Feb 27, 1890, Clarksville, Butler, Co., OH. They had 7 children between 1842 and 1859. h. ELIZABETH CLARKE, b. Sep 11, 1818, Coshocton Co., OH; d. Dec. 27, 1898, Clarksville, Butler Co., OH. Married GEORGE WILLIAM POISAL, b. Mar 10, 1813, Martinsburg, Berkley Co., VA (now WV); d. Dec. 20, 1903, Clarksville, Butler Co., Iowa. They had 6 children, birthdates of 2 unknown; 3 in early 1850s; one adopted b. 1892. g. JEREMIAH CLARK, b. Dec. 25, 1821, Coshocton Co., OH; d. Jan. 11, 1896, Dayton, Columbia Co., WA. Married MARIAH RHEA, b. June 1818, OH; d. June 5, 1895, Dayton, Columbia Co, WA. They had 7 children between 1842 and 1867. h. ABNER G. CLARK, b. Sep 20, 1825, Coshocton Co., OH; d. Mar 9, 1909, Anderson, Madison Co., IN. Married 1: MALINDA PITTSENBARGER, b. Feb. 1, 1829, Wayne Co, IN; d. Jan 14, Mercer Co., OH. They had 5 children between 1852 and 1862. Married 2: RACHEL SHAFFER, b. abt. 1831, OH. i. BENONI CLARK, b. abt 1827, Coshocton Co., OH; d. bef. 1850, Carroll Co., IN. j. MARY CLARK, b. Sep 1829, Coshocton Co., OH; d. Feb 17, 1849, Carroll Co., IN. Married SIMON B. HANNA on Jun 24, 1847, Carroll Co. IN. They had 1 child in 1849. (4) NANCY CLARK, b. 1784-85, Ireland; d. 1850-60, Coshocton Co., OH. Married JOHN STEERMAN, 1775-85; d. May 6, Coshocton Co., OH. Their children: a. THOMAS STEERMAN/STEARMAN/STURMAN, b. 1800-1806; d. May 28, 1874. b. JANE STEARMAN, b. Jun 24, 1806, OH; d. Mar 18, 1880, County Home, Coshocton Co., OH. c. CHRISTINA STEARMAN, b. 1810-20. d. JOHN STEARMAN, b. abt. 1816, VA? (OH?). Married on May 28, 1835, in Coshocton Co., OH, to NANCY JANE ROLLINS. e. SAMUEL STILL STEARMAN, b. Nov. 13, 1819, OH; d. abt. 1889; Old Soldier's Home, Wood, Wisconsin. Looking forward to meeting some new cousins! Karen Carter Austin, TX ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== Archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/clarke http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/clark