Abraham Clark b. 15 Feb 1725/26, Elizabethtown, NJ, (the only child of Thomas Clark and Elizabeth Winans) m. Sarah Hatfield, b. circa 1728, (daughter of Isaac Hatfield and Sarah Price) d. 02 Jun 1804. Abraham died 15 Sep 1794, buried: Rahway Cemetery, Rahway, NJ. He was a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was known as Abraham Clark, Jr., to distinguish him from his uncle Abraham. He and sarah had ten children -- a respectable number considering the time he spent helping people and on civic duties -- but ten is quite a bit less than seem to be attributed to him on modern websites and message boards. Researchers interested in his descendants should begin with an Article by Ann Clark Hart in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, April 1932, which sets forth the then known descendants of The Signer. That article has been reprinted in "Genealogies of New Jersey Families" [Geneal. Pub. Co. Balt. 1996] Vol. 1, page 145. While Ann Hart was not infallible, the article is relatively well done [NPI] and her sources are cited, including, for the ten children, the inclusion of a photostat of the listing by Rev. Edwin F. Hatfield, in his handwriting, from a genealogical manuscript he had prepared for publication. The list also fits with the Wills of Abraham Clark, and of Abraham's father. Children: i Aaron Clark b. 1750 Wheatsheaf (Rahway), NJ, m. Susan Winans, b. circa 1758, (daughter of Benjamin Winans) d. 26 Apr 1821, Washington Co., Pa. Aaron died 1811/12, Washington Co., Pa. See C.C.Gardner, page 151; NYGBR 63:96. GMNJ 7:89 at 90+ (1932). Susan: C. C. Gardner, page 151; GMNJ 7:90. ii Thomas Clark b. 1753 m. circa 1775, Elizabeth Dixon. Thomas died 13 May 1789, buried: Rahway Cemetery, Rahway, NJ. GMNJ 7:93; NYGBR 63:96. Elizabeth: GMNJ 7:93. "Elizabeth Clark appears in the Census of 1790 for Washington County, Pennsylvania (p. 248) with three sons under age, whither she had gone with the family of John Jonas, a veteran of the Revolution. The latter's wife, Lucy, was a daughter of Jonathan Squire and his second wife Hannah Dixon, possibly a near relative of Elizabeth (Dixon) Clark. About 1793-4 these families moved to Selbysport, Allegany Co., Maryland where Elizabeth died and was buried." iii Abraham Clark b. 1755, d. 26 Jul 1758. NYGBR 63:96. iv Hannah Clark b. circa 1755, m. aft 11 Aug 1777, divorced 1801, Capt. Melyn Miller, (son of Jonathan Miller and Elizabeth Dickinson) d. bef 9 May 1795. Hannah died 08 Nov 1830. GMNJ 7:95+; NYGBR 63:96. GMNJ 9:136 adds: "From the Sentinel of Freedom for Nov. 9, 1830: 'Mrs. Hannah Miller, eldest daughter of Hon. Abraham Clark, died November 8th, 1830, aged 75." Also: Act of N.J. Legislature, 1801, page 75, grants divorce between Melyne Miller and the said Hannah -- passed at Trenton, March 3, 1801. Capt.: See Ross Family No. 99, page 25. N.J. Genesis 9:349 (1961). v Andrew Clark b. circa 1761, Elizabethtown, NJ. Unmarried; died before his father. NYGBR 63:96; GMNJ 7:96. vi Sarah Clark b. circa 1761 Elizabethtown, NJ, m. Clarkson Edgar, b. 21 Jun 1756, (son of William Edgar and Experience Clarkson) Occ. General., d. 21 Jul 1816, buried: Woodbridge Presbyterian Church. Sarah died 02 Oct 1817, buried: Woodbridge Presbyterian Church. NYGBR 63:96 says she had one child, Harrietta, who died childless. GMNJ 7:97, lists two children by Gen. Clarkson Edgar. Clarkson: Sarah Clark was his second wife. He served in Revolutionary War as Captain and Major, and is buried at Woodbridge. After the war he became a General. First wife was Mary Fitz Randolph, Louise Aymar Christian genealogy of Fitz Randolph Family, No. 105, page 32. See also supplement page 7. vii Cavalier Clark b. 1763, d. 04 Nov 1764. NYGBR 63:96. viii Elizabeth Clark. Died in her 14th year. NYGBR 63:96. ix Abraham Clark, M.D. b. 02 Oct 1767 Elizabethtown, NJ, Occ. Physician, m. (1) in New Jersey, Hannah Perkins, (daughter of Jabez Perkins and Hannah Lathrop) m. (2) 29 Dec 1791, in Newark, NJ, Lydia Griffith, b. Mar 1770, (daughter of John Griffith and Elizabeth Camp) d. 19 Aug 1861. Abraham died 28 Jul 1854, Kinderhook, N.Y. "Practiced at Rahway, later at Newark, finally N.Y. State." C.C.Gardner, page 151; NYGBR 63:69; GMNJ 7:97. Hannah: Her second husband, by whom she had no children, was the son of Abraham Clark, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. See notes as to her children by Huntington, in Lathrop Genealogy, by Huntington, page 57. AA & C Princess of Wales, Roberts, page 58. NEHGR 14:115 (April 1860). Lydia: "Of Rahway"; C.C. Gardner, pg. 151. x Abigail Clark b. 1773 Elizabethtown, NJ, m. 28 Oct 1802, Thomas Salter, b. 04 Nov 1764, d. 06 Apr 1853. Abigail died 25 Oct 1811. NYGBR 63:96; GMNJ 7:97-98. Thomas: GMNJ 7:97-98. He was son of Manassah and Catharine (Wright) Salter. He had nine children by first wife, Charlotte, daughter of Jonathan Dayton; two by Abigail Clark; and six children by his third wife, Susan, daughter of Matthias Williamson. There are a number of obituaries published in Union County in the mid 1900s which identify the deceased as a decendant of The Signer, and I haven't seen one yet which was correct. I am posting this, also, because there have been recent forum list postings showing other "sons" [one with a birth date the same year as Cavalier, above]. I don't like to burst people's bubbles, but assume we are also seeking for accuracy, and I would be happy to exchange data or try to answer questions. [Of course I will probably refer most of the questions to David Kane! <G> ] Harman Clark [a distant cousin but not a descendant]. [email protected]