Hi Joe, Yes, we think there is a good possibility that this Joseph Clark who married Margaret Faver may be the son of William & Margaret Clark of Lancaster County, PA. Several comments: 1. I do not think it's likely that Joseph was born in North Carolina, much less Mecklenburg County at the early year of 1734. Another researcher has placed Joseph (incorrectly, I believe) as the son of William Clark of Orange County. That William Clark was a son of James & Elizabeth Clark of Orange Co NC, his son Joseph was not born until 1782 and died in Clay Co, MO, in May 1857. (There is, however, the possibility of a connection, as several sons of Rebecca Clark Baldridge Boggs had property adjacent to James & Elizabeth Clark and Rebecca herself is buried in Mecklenburg Co NC. More on that in a moment.) Most migration from PA to NC did not take place before the 1750's. 2. Joseph Clark b. 1732 is the right age to be the same Joseph who was the son of William & Margaret Clark of Lancaster Co PA. My notes give his sister Rebecca Clark Baldridge an estimated 1725 dob and brother Thomas dob between 1710-1730. The oldest son Peter died before 09 Feb 1788, when a letter of administration was filed for his wife Mary. Assuming he was about 60 years old when he died, that would give him an estimated dob of 1728, well within the same age range as Joseph, Rebecca and Thomas. 3. James & Elizabeth Clark's daughter Elinor married her cousin John Clark, and the two sold property in Randolph Co NC on 19 Jan 1786. By 1789 John & Elinor were in Madison Co KY on Paint Lick Creek, where John is enumerated on the tax list for that year. Their son Absalom Clark b. 1771-1780 married Sarah Campbell on 09 Mar 1797 in Madison Co KY. Sarah's sister Elizabeth Campbell Mayfield gave consent to the marriage. The document was signed by both William Mayfield and Elizabeth Mayfield. Mayfield researcher Phil Norfleet theorizes that William Mayfield was William Randolph Mayfield, brother of Micajah Mayfield of York Co, SC. Both Micajah & Randolph Mayfield came to KY from York Co SC. I believe Mr. Norfleet's theory is correct for a body of reasons that involve my branch of the Clark family. 4. Also on Paint Lick Creek in Madison Co KY not far from John & Elinor Clark were my Thomas Clark SR b. 1755 and oldest son Samuel b. 1775, enumerated on the 1796 tax list. On 01 Jun 1798 Thomas & Samuel were enumerated on the Lincoln Co KY tax list, and in 1799 when Pulaski Co KY was formed from Lincoln, they were enumerated in Pulaski. Subsequent tax lists show Thomas & Samuel to be on Pitman Creek. In Jul 1805, Absalom Clark was enumerated on Pitman Creek with 200 acres, and by 1806, a widowed Elinor Clark also appears on Pitman Creek in Pulaski Co KY. The same year, Samuel & Mary Campbell Hand appeared in Pulaski Co. (Samuel Hand had purchased 100 acres from Micajah Mayfield in York Co SC in 1794, however he went back & forth between SC & TN for a number of years.) At any rate, the years 1806-1807 find all these families in Pulaski Co KY at the same time: Thomas Clark SR (b. 1755); Elinor Clark and son Absalom w/wife Sarah Campbell, and Samuel Hand w/ wife Mary Campbell. By 1808, Elinor Clark, Absalom Clark and Samuel Hand were all gone from Pulaski Co. All are found later in Warren Co, TN, including several Thomas Clark Sr's sons. 5. A researcher of the Hand surname states that when Samuel Hand applied for a Rev. War pension, (he was living in Warren Co.), one of the men he named as a character witness was Thomas Clark. When Mary applied for her widow's pension (also in Warren Co.), after Samuel's death, Sarah Clark swore she had been present at Samuel and Mary's wedding. He goes on to state that other Clarks enter into the Hand family before the Rev. War in PA and then moved to NC. I am not sure if the Thomas Clark mentioned was Thomas Clark SR or his son Thomas JR, however I have relatively confident that it was one of the two. Additionally, I believe Sarah Clark was none other than Sarah Campbell who married Absalom Clark in Madison Co KY. Both Absalom & Sarah Clark died in Warren Co TN. 6. Finally, Samuel Hand's brother Aaron Hand married Rebecka Henry on 27 Sep 1798 in Lincoln Co NC. Rebecka Henry's mother was Margaret Baldridge, daughter of Rebecca Clark Baldridge, daughter of William & Margaret Clark of Lancaster Co PA and sister of Joseph Clark, who may be the same Joseph Clark who died in York Co SC. If our reasoning is correct and Joseph Clark was the same Joseph Clark named in the will of William Clark of Lancaster Co PA, it also stands to reason that our Thomas Clark SR b. 1755 may be the son of Joseph's brother Thomas, also named in William's will. We have found evidence of an older Thomas Clark SR who received a Kentucky County VA land preemption on Licking Creek in November 1779, about the same time and not far from the preemptions of Daniel Boone and Richard Henderson, owner of the Transyvlania Company. For reasons I won't elaborate here, we think our Thomas was too young to have been this Thomas Clark, however we know that James Clark, the son of our Thomas, married a great niece of Richard Henderson. The possibility that our Thomas was a son of this earlier Thomas Clark, who in turn may have been the son of William & Margaret Clark of Lancaster Co PA and brother of Joseph Clark of York Co SC appears to be reasonable. I'm still looking for descendants of William Clark of Orange Co NC, Samuel Clark of Randolph Co NC, Joseph Clark of York Co SC, John Baptist Clark of Lancaster Co PA, Baptist Clark of Guilford Co NC and Baptist Clark of Madison Co KY--particularly male descendants who would be willing to participate in the Clark dna project for the purpose of determining once and for all if these lines are connected. Fay Clark -------Original Message------- From: CLARKE-L@rootsweb.com Date: 07/24/05 09:08:56 To: CLARKE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Clarke-Clark] William Clark d. 10 - 21 May 1763 Lancaster Co PA / ?son Joseph Clark York Co SC? Hi Fay... Does this look like the Joseph Clark? From Joe ARLT........joearlt@juno.com......CLARK Clearing House... Compulsive Genealogy Searcher, (NY of particular interest), ARLT, CLARK, COSTELLO, COVERT, FALANGA, GUIDETTI, HIGGINS, KONEN, PARISI, RIDER, TOMPKINS, Van AUKEN & WAGNER =============================== Joseph CLARK #5254, b. Abt 1734 in Probably Anson/Mecklenburg, NC. He married Margaret (Possibly) FAVER #19764, b. Abt 1840 in Probably NC/SC. Probably bn. Area of Anson/Mecklenburg, NC... I. James CLARK #5255, b. 13 Mar 1764 in York Co., SC. He married Mary COWAN #5256, married 2 Feb 1786 in Probably SC or TN, b. 18 Mar 1768 in Probably SC, d. 7 Feb 1832 in Lincoln Co., TN, buried: in Sandlin Cem., Lincoln Co., TN. James died 11 Apr 1823 in Lincoln Co., TN, buried: in Sandlin Cem., Lincoln Co., TN. James Clark son of (unproven) Joseph Clark of York County, South Carolina... On Census & In Lincoln County by 1820... Names of parents, children, birth dates taken from Bible of father James Clark. A. Elizabeth CLARK #5309, b. 6 April 1787. She married John W. PARKINSON #5310, married 3 Apr 1806, b. Abt 1780. Elizabeth died 5 Nov 1855 in Marion Co., IL. B. Rebecca CLARK #5311, b. 8 Sept 1788. She married Robert (MEKES/McKEE) MEEKS #5312, married 16 Nov 1807, b. Abt 1780. Rebecca died 25 Sep 1855 in McNairy Co., TN. C. John CLARK #5313, b. 13 Sep 1790 in York Co., SC. He married Elizabeth (MEKES/McKEE) MEEKS #5314, married 14 Jul 1814, b. 1798 in SC. John died 19 Apr 1837 in Lincoln Co., TN, buried: in Sandlin Cem., Lincoln Co., TN. After his death, family by 1840 moved to Neshoba Co., MS... D. Margrate CLARK #5315, b. 21 Apr 1792. She married Hugh HARGROVE #5316, married 30 Dec 1813, b. Abt 1785. E. Mary CLARK #5317, b. 16 Mar 1794. never married... F. Joseph CLARK #5318, b. 6 Dec 1798. He married Emmeline Eliza BROWN #5319, married 14 Nov 1844, b. Abt 1805. Joseph died 11 Mar 1863. G. Agnes CLARK #5320, b. 11 Jan 1801, d. 27 Apr 1828 in Lincoln Co., TN, buried: in Sandlin Cem., Lincoln Co., TN. never married... H. Jane CLARK #5321, b. 8 Sep 1804. She married John SANDLIN #5322, married 6 Jan 1821, b. Abt 1795. Jane died 20 Mar 1884 in Lincoln Co., TN, buried: in Sandlin Cem., Lincoln Co., TN. I. Sarah CLARK #5323, b. 23 Dec 1806. She married ______ PRINCE #5324, b. Abt 1795. ========================================= On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 23:58:01 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) "Fay Clark" <gmcflc@bellsouth.net> writes: > Will Book A, Page 219 > > Will of William Clark of Lancaster County, PA > > ABSTRACT > > Dated: 10 May 1763 > Probated: 21 May 1763 > > Wife: Margaret > Sons: Peter > John > Thomas > Joseph > Daughter: Anne > Son-in-Law: John Baldrige (husband of unnamed daughter, Rebekah > Clark) > > Witnesses: James Clark > John Neel > > Peter Clark died before 09 Feb 1788 in Letterkenny Twp, Franklin Co, > PA > > Thomas Clark b. 1710-1730. We THINK Thomas Clark may be the same > Thomas > Clark who was issued a Preemption Warrant on Licking Creek in > Kentucky > County VA on 20 Nov 1779. We find Thomas Clark SR on Paint Lick > Creek, > Madison Co KY,10 Nov 1781 when he jointly assigned his property > along with > William Stewart to William Bennett or Barnett. A William Stewart > appears on > earlier Lancaster Co PA tax lists. > > Joseph Clark MAY be the same Joseph Clark b. 1732 who died in York > Co SC in > 1810. I really would like to communicate with anyone who may be > working on > this line. > > Rebecca Clark b. ca. 1725 m. 1st John Baldridge who died in 1766 in > Lancaster Co PA. Several of their sons were in Orange Co NC. She > married 2nd > Aaron Boggs and died in Mecklenburg Co NC in 1823. > > Fay Clark ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== List search http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CLARKE http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CLARK