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 >