Hello, While still searching for the family of origin of James CLARK/E who was probably born between 1790 and 1800 (don't know where), I found the Census information on the GenWeb site for Bristol County, MA. Here I found at least a half-dozen and possibly a full-dozen CLARK or CLARKE families living in Bristol County in the 1790 Census. One example is the town of Freetown, MA, where both Theophilus CLARK and Theophilus CLARK, Jr., both lived with their families. Also in that town were Asa CLARK and Richard CLARK and their families. In nearby Somerset, MA, there was a Silas CLARK and his family. Out of curiousity, I looked up Theophilus CLARK at www.familysearch.org and found quite a selection of them. And, during the 1700's, there were men, named Theophilus CLARK, in both eastern MA and eastern CT. In particular, I noted that one family was in Plainfield, Windham County, CT. The DEXTER family I am researching was centered around Killingly/Danielson, in Windham County, CT, between 1790 and 1850. And, I believe a few of the Dexter's married in Plainfield. ..I was wondering if anyone was researching the above CLARK families in Bristol County, MA, in 1790, and knew whether any of them had a son, James CLARK, born between 1790 and 1800. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) P.S. James CLARK was in Little Compton, RI, in the 1820's, but married in 1829 in Westport, MA. James and Rhoda CLARK in Westport, MA, had a daughter, Mary Anna CLARK in 1837. Probably around 1855 to 1865, Mary CLARK married John DEXTER, who was reportedly born in Killingly, CT, in 1833. "There are two lasting bequests we can give our children; one is roots, the other is wings." Hodding Carter, Jr.