This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Clark, Taylor, Moon, Strunk, Craft, Vandyne, Holcomb, Hollen, Oakley, Reddout, Hollenbeck, Stebbins, Cook, Bentley, Sanders, Van Zandt, Green, Shipman. Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mBJ.2ACEB/1305 Message Board Post: >From 'History and Directory of Yates County', by Stafford C. Cleveland-1873 Page #811-813 Carey Clark was a native of Rhode Island, and after living some years at Stephentown moved into Potter at an early day with his family, most of whom were then married. He bought east lot 11, range five, of the first settler, one Gaffle, and there lived many years, finally giving the place to his son George, with whom he lived till his death in 1829, at the age of ninety-one. Of his children, Carey Clark, Jr., after several years residence in the town moved to Allegany Co. Thomas moved to Canada. George married at Stephentown, Ruth Taylor. They settled on west lot 9, third range, in 1807, and both died there. He was a man of peculiar character, and a great care taker for his children, all of whom he lived to see well settled in life. His daughter, Olive, married Augustus Moon, and moved to Chautauqua county., where both died, leaving several children. Azuba married Gideon Moon, and moved to Chautauqua Co. They had several children. Sylvester married Polly Strunk of Chautauqua Co., and settled on fifty acres, west lot 10, range three, in Potter, where both died. They had a daughter, Sylvia, who married Orison Clark, and lives on the homestead. Ashley married Susan, daughter of Thomas Craft, an early settler. They had a son and daughter. The son married a daughter of Staats Green. The daughter married Lyman Gaston of Rushville. Ashley Clark still lives on the old Carey Clark farm, where he first settled. Betsey died single. Orlando B. married Ann Vandyne,! and moved to Chautauqua Co. George Clark Jr., married Eliza Holcomb of Benton, and settled on a farm lying both in Gorham and Potter, that in the latter town being part of the Carey Clark farm, adjoining the Cross farm which he now owns and resides on. They have three children. John D. married Polly Hollen of Chautauqua Co., and settled on the east side of his father's farm, where he died in 1864, leaving two sons and two daughters. The oldest daughter married John Oakley and moved to Iowa; the others to Chautauqua Co. Rodmond H. married Charity, daughter of Abraham Reddout. They settled on the west forty acres of the George Clark farm, and had three daughters. After his death his widow married Merrit Hollenbeck, and moved West. Anice married Michael Stebbins, Ruzilla, John Cook, Polly, Thomas Cook, and all three moved to Ohio. Caleb Clark married Cynthia Moon and settled on lot 11, range 4, central 50 acres. They had a son and two daughters. Harriet married Solomon Bentley, and settled in Chautauqua Co. Laura married Thomas Sanders, Jr., and moved to Allegany Co. Irvin married Jechelia, daughter of Nicholas Van Zandt, and moved to Chautauqua Co. Gideon Clark, whose wife was a Gardiner, died in Stephentown, never having lived in this county. His son, Gideon lived near Rows Perry's. Alonzo, another son lived in Gorham, and Gardiner, another, with his brother Alonzo. John Clark married Hannah Moon for his second wife. They lived on east lot 10, of range four, a place now owned by Robert B. Gardiner. They had several children all of whom moved west. Thankful Clark married John Bentley of Stephentown. They settled of lot 11, range four, now owned by Robert B. Gardiner. Their four children, Solomon, John, Candace and Desiah all moved to Chautauqua. Phebe, the eighth of Carey Clark's children, married Joshua Green in Stephentown, and at an early day they settled on east lot 11, range four. She died nearly forty years ago, leaving the following children, Hiram, Jared, Laura, Lois, Locke, Jarvis and Phebe. Hiram died at twenty, and the others are married and have moved from the county. Joshua Green married a second wife, Nabby, sister of Phebe. She died in 1828. His third wife, Hannah Shipman, with whom he lived till his death, in 1864, at Rushville.