Hello, While looking for information on the WILKINS men who were living in "Maine" in the late 1700's, I came across information on the early history of the "Kennebec River valley" in Maine. There seems to have been many books written on the subject of the "Valley" or about the towns which started there. And, it turns out many people from Massachusetts went up to "Maine" and tried to obtain "land grants" there. Perhaps they did not follow through and live there, but their names might be mentioned in those history books. And, I did see the CLARK / CLARKE name mentioned. So, if you have a CLARK / E who seems to have disappeared from MA in the late 1700's, they might have "traveled north." Reminder: Maine did not become a State until 1820. So, from the 1700's and up to 1820, it was known as the "Northern Territory of Massachusetts." What makes this situation difficult for researchers is that many of the men and/or families living in "Maine" in the 1700's - might be found in Massachusetts records. And, another reminder is that there were a couple of "settlements" on the southern coast of "Maine" in the 1600's - so any references to places like Wells .. would be for that "settlement" which at the time was, I believe, under the control of either the Plymouth Colony or the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Betty (near Lowell, MA) My "solidly built, concrete-block wall" is about James CLARK, born around the 1790's .. somewhere ! As a young man, he ended up in RI and along the southern coast of MA.

Betty:, I am interested in any James Clarke from RI who migrated to Madison CO, NY about 1810. My gg grandfather [James?] Clarke m. Sarah [--?--] before 1808, prob. RI. He died before 1834 in Madison. James and Sarah Clarkes children: James, 1809?; John T., 1811, m. Elizabeth Blakeslee; Luther, 1815 m. Fidelia [--?--]; Welsom, 1817, m.Caroline Winslow and, Sarah Clark b. about 1825. All but James above born in Madison CO, NY, probably Brookfield TWP. Thank you, Margaret