This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Clark, Clarke, Turner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0EB.2ACE/473.1 Message Board Post: Hi Donna. This is just an FYI for you. One of my "brick walls" is a James CLARK/E born in the same timeframe (or between 1780 to 1800). James married in 1829 in Westport, MA, and at that time he stated he had previously lived in nearby Little Compton, RI. But, that town seemingly has no records on him. He could have been born almost anywhere, but my "guess" is in MA, RI, or CT. I'm only guessing at his age when he married; all I know is that his wife from Westport, MA, was born there in 1800. (I have no idea whether it was a 2nd marriage for him; it was her 2nd marriage.) I just learned recently that there was at least one CLARK family which was among the "Loyalists" heading to Canada ! So, the possibility exists that James came back down to the MA / RI border as an adult. Betty (near Lowell, MA) (IF I could prove that the older couple which adopted my grandmother when she was a baby - were her grandparents, then James CLARK would be my ancestor.)