Beth -- Can you be more specific about which Rev. Joseph Clark you may be looking for? There were several of that name. The most widely known was the following, who was living at the time, but was not ordained until after 1770. Mentioned in Will of Grandfather, Joseph Clark (#629) Rev. Joseph Clark, son of Joseph and Mary (Mersereau) Clark, was born at Rahway, Oct. 21, 1751. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, and for a time he kept a diary, which has been printed by the New Jersey Historical Society. He was apprenticed to the carpenter's trade at the age of 17, and by dint of studying at night he was enabled to enter Princeton before the Revolutionary War, but it was 1781 before he obtained his Bachelor's degree and two years later was duly licensed to preach the gospel. In Oct. 1783, he took charge of the Presbyterian Church at Allentown and in 1797 was transferred to New Brunwick. He was for many years a Trustee of the College of New Jersey and a Director of the Princeton Theological Seminary. He continued at New Brunswick until his death, which occured Oct. 20, 1813. Md. Margaret Imblay. His diary 1777, says, "I stayed at my Mother's waiting for the company till Friday." thus showing his mother was then still living. N.J.Hist.Soc. Proceed. Vol. 7 pp 94. History of Flemington Church. C.C. Gardner, page 147. Harman Clark hclark@plainfield.bypass.com -----Original Message----- From: BSmith7439@aol.com <BSmith7439@aol.com> To: NJMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com <NJMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 10:52 AM Subject: Baptist Church in Middlesex Co. > >Another question while I'm at it - I've seen a reference to a minister named >Joseph CLARK in NJ. Does anyone know which church he was with abt. 1770? >Thanks. > >Beth >BSmith7439@aol.com > > >==== NJMIDDLE Mailing List ==== >To Search the Archives for this List: ><http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl> >