Hello, Just like to remind Listers about my solidly built, concrete-block wall of: James CLARK/E, born probably 1790 to 1800 - somewhere !!! First we hear of him he is living in Little Compton, RI, around 1825. He married Mrs. Rhoda (MANCHESTER) LAVARE in nearby Westport, MA, in 1829, had a daughter there in 1837, and was no longer with his family in 1850. He "might" have been the James CLARK who got on a ship in New Bedford, MA, in 1845 which was bound for the Indian Ocean for a 4-year voyage. He had signed on as a "greenhand" and "deserted" in Australia - probably never to be seen again ! Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) FYI: James and Rhoda CLARK's daughter, Mary Anna "Molly" CLARK, married John DEXTER of Killingly, CT, and spent most of her married life in Killingly, CT. Around 1889/1890, John and "Molly" DEXTER strangely moved to Boston, MA, and, while in their late 50's, adopted a baby girl (just turned 3). The girl was re-named Mary Anna Clark DEXTER in 1892. I believe that the little girl they adopted was their own grandchild - "possibly" the result of an "unwanted pregnancy" of their married daughter back in Killingly, CT. (They had had 3 daughters, but the others died young.) I might not "ever" be able to prove this, but, if the "miracle" ever happens, then James CLARK would have been my great-great-great-grandfather.