Hi Laurie, et al... Is this the line you are interested in? If so, can you give me some more info or an ancestor report so that I can connect Samuel back to Deacon George Clark? Thanks 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 ======================== Samuel R. CLARK #17783, b. 1774 in CT. He married Martha RICHMOND #17784, married By 1805 in Probably CT, b. Abt 1780 in Probably CT. Samuel died 1831 in CT. Martha: Best guess for birth date & location... I. Seeley CLARK #17569, b. Abt 1805 in Litchfield Co., CT. He married Mary SHELDON #17570, married 18 Sep 1833 in Probably CT, b. Abt 1813 in Probably CT. Children : Charles,1831; George, 1835; Harriet, 1838; Eveline & Emaline, 1840; Homer, 1841; Sarah, 1845; Mary, 1847; Henry, b: 19 Mar 1853, New Milford, Litchfield Co., CT; William (1855-1937, m. Margaret Bloome (1856-1896)... Mary: Best guess for birth date & location... ============================= On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:36:58 -0700 (PDT) Laurie Kender <lkender@yahoo.com> writes: > Hi, > > I'm new to the list (not sure why I haven't found it before, maybe > the 'e' at the end threw me off). Just thought I'd introduce myself > and my Clark line.... > > My 9x great-grandfather was Deacon George Clark of Milford > Connecticut, dating from the 1630s. My 5X great-grandfather, Daniel > Clark, migrated from Milford to New Milford, Connecticut(not sure of > the year), and around 1854, my 3X great-grandfather, Seeley Clark, > packed up his (large) family and moved to Neponset, Illinois, with > many of the children ending up in Kewanee, Illinois (10 miles away > and much larger than Neponset). My great-grandfather, Charles Clark > seemed to have been semi-nomadic - he and his children (with the > exception of my grandfather) seem to have wandered across the > country, ending up in California. My grandfather, Homer Clark, left > Kewanee for Joliet, Illinois, and later ended up in Indiana (and > here I am...). > > If anyone has interest or a connection in this line, I have a lot of > information, and am always looking for more. I noticed in the > archives of this list that several years ago, someone was interested > in Seeley. If they're still around, I'd be happy to discuss him > further. > > Laurie (Clark) Kender > in NW Indiana