Deane Pose the same information on the RI list, and you will get answers. RIGENWEB@rootsweb.com Bonnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deane Merrill" <dwmerrill@charter.net> To: <mafrankl@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 7:51 AM Subject: [MAFRANKL] CLARK in Colrain? > am related to CLARK of Colrain, whose descent (according to ancestry.com > OneWorldTree) is given below. > > Does anyone share Clark ancestors in this family tree? > > Deane Merrill > Asheville NC > merrill@crocker.com > > * dates marked with * occurred in Colrain, MA. > > CLARK > Gabriel Clark b.N.Ireland 1560 > ...William Clark 1604-1650 > ......John Clark 1630- m.Anne Horseman 1636-1750 > .........John Clark 1660-1750 m.Agnes Adams abt.1663-1750 > ............Matthew Clark 1700-1746 m.Jane Jennet Bothwell 1703-1789 > ...............John Clark 1728-1810 m.Elizabeth Steward 1729-1810 > ..................Daniel Clark abt.1757-1852 m.Sarah Adams abt.1757-1825 > .....................Erastus Clark 1788*-1872 m.Levina Smith 1789*-1834 > ........................Joseph Barnard Clark 1826*-1913* m.Sarah Elizabeth > Howard 1830*-1907* > > HOWARD > Moses Childs Howard 1795-1866* m.Keziah Purinton 1796*-1885* > ...Seth Childs Howard abt.1822*-abt.1860 m.Almina M.Barnard 1822-1924 > ......Helen M. Howard 1840*-1893 m.Cordeanio Harley Merrill 1840-1908 > ...Sarah Elizabeth Howard 1830*-1907* m.Joseph Barnard Clark 1826*-1913* > > MERRILL > ......Cordeanio Harley Merrill 1840-1908 m.Helen M. Howard 1840*-1893 > .........Charles Arthur Merrill 1875-1968 m.Eleanore Edwards Goucher > 1877-1950 > ............Deane Whitney Merrill 1908-1987 m.Harriet Mary Ray 1909-1987 > ...............Deane Whitney Merrill 1938-living > > At 09:27 PM 10/21/2006, you wrote: > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > >Classification: Query > > > >Message Board URL: > > > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4EB.2ACE/1066 > > > >Message Board Post: > > > >I'm looking for additional source information for the descendants of John > >O Clark of Colrain. I already have the information from the 'History of > >Colrain' pub. 1855. I believe that my line of Clark's may be > >descendants, > >but I've not been able to find out enough information to determine > >exactly > >how my Clark's fit. > > > >Through two biographies for family members and census information I've > >managed to track my Clark's back to Salathiel Clark, b. 1780-1790 > >probably > >in New York (although this is not confirmed). A biography of Salathiel's > >son, Alvah B. Clark, of Hamilton Co., IA states that the Clark family was > >of Irish descent. It also says that Salathiel's wife, Mary Smith, was of > >Scottish descent. Salathiel served during the War of 1812 during the > >Battle of Plattsburgh in a militia organized by John Stewart who I > >believe > >is the John Stewart who was living in Kingsbury, Washington Co., NY in > >1810. Stewart's near neighbors appear to be the families of Diadama > >Clark > >and Luther Clark. > > > >Also contained in Alvah B. Clark's biography is a short description of > >his > >forebears that unfortunately doesn't assign names, but the gist of it > >says > >that at least several family members were killed by the French and > >Indians > >and at least one grandfather served during the Revolutionary War. > > > > >From the 'History of Colrain', I know that Matthew Clark was killed by > > hands of Indians and that his son George's was killed at Fort Pitt > > during > > the French and Indian War. Also, I know that the Clark's intermarried > > with the Stewart's and Smith's (who were originally from > > Scotland). Unfortunately, there is not enough information in the > > published material that I've been able to track down that provides data > > on all of the male descendants of John O Clark. > > > >I've been able to find little snippets of information that indicate that > >descendants of the Clark, Smith and Stewart families of Colrain lived for > >at least short periods in Washington Co., NY, but most of this > >information > >doesn't contain sources to check for accuracy. > > > >I just don't have enough to go on and am hoping someone who reads this > >message board will be able to help. > > > >Sue > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message