Yes, you are right. The Clark family seems to have split up in the 1850s - some went to Mottsville, St. Joseph, and some went to Elkhart. Some moved back and forth between the two. The patriarch was Moses Clark, wife Elizabeth Hunt. They are both buried in Mottville. They originated in PA. Virginia > [Original Message] > From: Thom Carlson <tywaz@intergate.com> > To: <INELKHAR-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 4/5/04 2:06:31 PM > Subject: [INELKHAR] CLARK family again (with ADAMS footnote) > > For that matter, there were Clarks just north in St. Joseph Co, MI. My > Burdick/Skinner families came out to Elkhart/St. Joseph from the vicinity > of Essex & Washington Co's, NY, and there was some history there with > Clark people, so perhaps that would be another place to look further. > > BTW, the same is true of the Adams family, for the fellow looking for > Washington Adams--his name might have derived from the county of his > birth--it's at least worth checking if you're at a brick wall. > > t > > > At 12:01 PM 4/5/04, you wrote: > > >______________________________X-Message: #3 > >Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 19:47:44 -0700 > >From: Jeff Scism <scismgenie@adelphia.net> > >To: INELKHAR-L@rootsweb.com > >Message-ID: <4070C8D0.9090300@adelphia.net> > >Subject: Re: [INELKHAR] Re: INELKHAR-D Digest V04 #16 > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >There are a number of CLARK families in Montgomery County, into the Mid-1800s. > > > >-- > >`` > > > >Jeffery G. Scism. IBSSG > > > >Genealogy is the art of the living haunting the dead, If we persist > >perhaps they will become annoyed and tell us what REALLY happened. > >~~~~