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    1. [SCANDERS] Clark/Clarke
    2. Susan Johanson
    3. John Baylis Clarke, Sr. born c1791 in SC is my biggest brick wall. I would love to know who his parents were. A Jane Clarke was living with him in the Anderson SC 1850 census listed as being born in 1777. She was probably his mother or possibly stepmother. Both John and Jane state on the 1850 census that they were born in SC, but in the 1860 census, Jane states that she was born in NC. With each census, Jane got younger so she was probably born before 1777. John's wife Jennie Sammons was from Greenville Dist. John shows up in Anderson at least by the 1830s as a carpenter and cabinet maker. He bought his first lots in the town of Anderson in 1836 from Daniel Brown. J. B. Clarke, as he called himself, served on the Anderson Town Council from 1845 to 1855. He died in 1855, but I have not been able to find his obituary. His son J.B. Clarke, Jr, his son-in-law Jesse R. Smith, A. M. Holland, and E. F. Murrah signed his estate Bond. I don't know his connection to the last two men. John's son John Baylis Clarke, Jr. married Martha Nevitt, daughter of William Miles Nevitt and was a tailor in Anderson as was their son Elias Lake Clark who was my ggrandfather. These Clarkes in Anderson spelled their name with an "e" at the end. When my line moved to Union, SC, the "e" was dropped. Does anyone know of a Clarke/Clark in SC who had a wife named Jane who may have been born in NC?. If any of this sounds familiar to you , please contact me. I would welcome any clues!! Susan Clark Johanson Descendants of Unknown CLARKE Generation No. 1 1. UNKNOWN1 CLARKE was born Unknown, and died Unknown. He married JANE (Source: Anderson Co. Census records.). She was born Abt. 1775 in Prob. NC, and died Aft. 1860 in Anderson, SC. Child of UNKNOWN CLARKE and JANE is: 2. i. JOHN BAYLIS2 CLARKE, SR., b. Abt. 1791, SC; d. Bef. August 17, 1855, prob. Anderson, SC. Generation No. 2 2. JOHN BAYLIS2 CLARKE, SR. (UNKNOWN1) (Source: Clarke Family Tree.) was born Abt. 1791 in SC, and died Bef. August 17, 1855 in prob. Anderson, SC. He married JENNIE SAMMONS (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), daughter of WALKER SAMMONS and ELIZABETH YOUNG. She was born Abt. 1800 in prob. Greenville Dist, SC, and died Abt. 1828 in SC. Children of JOHN CLARKE and JENNIE SAMMONS are: 3. i. ELIZABETH A." BETSEY"3 CLARKE, b. Abt. 1820, prob Anderson Dist. SC; d. June 12, 1857, prob Anderson Dist. SC. 4. ii. JOHN BAYLIS CLARKE, JR., b. Abt. 1824, Anderson Dist. SC; d. 1888, Anderson Co., SC. Generation No. 3 3. ELIZABETH A." BETSEY"3 CLARKE (JOHN BAYLIS2, UNKNOWN1) (Source: Clarke Family Tree Papers.) was born Abt. 1820 in prob Anderson Dist. SC, and died June 12, 1857 in prob Anderson Dist. SC. She married JESSE RHODES SMITH (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), son of JONATHAN SMITH and ELIZABETH DUNN. He was born Abt. 1815, and died November 11, 1887 in Anderson Dist. SC. Children of ELIZABETH CLARKE and JESSE SMITH are: i. M.J.4 SMITH (Source: 1850 Anderson District, SC, Federal Census, page 171B, August 2, 1850.), b. Abt. 1837; d. Unknown. ii. T.W. SMITH (Source: 1850 Anderson District, SC, Federal Census, page 171B, August 2, 1850.), b. Abt. 1839; d. Unknown. iii. WILLIAM HENRY SMITH (Source: Early Anderson Co., SC Newspapers, Marriages & Obituaries, 1841-1882.), b. February 26, 1841, Anderson, SC; d. August 16, 1844. iv. CHARLES J. SMITH (Source: 1850 Anderson District, SC, Federal Census, page 171B, August 2, 1850.), b. Abt. 1843; d. Unknown. v. LUTHER PRESTON SMITH (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. November 09, 1848, Anderson Dist. SC; d. September 07, 1919; m. (1) MARTHA REEVES, 1873, Anderson, SC; b. Abt. 1850; d. Unknown; m. (2) ANNA IRIS AYERS, November 25, 1873, Anderson, SC; b. October 18, 1856; d. December 24, 1890. vi. ALEXANDER J. SMITH, b. October 03, 1852, Anderson, SC; d. Unknown, Could have died young. 4. JOHN BAYLIS3 CLARKE, JR. (JOHN BAYLIS2, UNKNOWN1) (Source: Clarke Family Bible.) was born Abt. 1824 in Anderson Dist. SC (Source: Brøderbund Family Archive #289, Ed. 1, Census Index: NC, SC, SOUTH CAROLINA CENSUS, Anderson County, 1870, Date of Import: May 13, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.289.1.13339.31), and died 1888 in Anderson Co., SC. He married MARTHA JANE NEVITT (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.) Abt. 1844 in Anderson, SC, daughter of WILLIAM NEVITT and ELIZABETH HUTCHISON. She was born March 31, 1828 in South Carolina, and died 1901 in Anderson Co., SC. Children of JOHN CLARKE and MARTHA NEVITT are: i. JOHN HUTCHISON (TWIN)4 CLARKE (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. December 16, 1845, Anderson, SC (Source: Brøderbund Family Archive #289, Ed. 1, Census Index: NC, SC, SOUTH CAROLINA CENSUS, Anderson County, 1870, Date of Import: May 13, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.289.1.13339.32); d. March 12, 1901, Anderson, SC; m. (1) ANNIE BURRIS, October 08, 1867, Anderson, SC; b. Abt. 1848, of Anderson Dist.; d. December 1872; m. (2) RAMAH MARGARET CROSBY, November 06, 1873, Anderson, SC; b. August 19, 1849, Fairfield Co. SC; d. December 30, 1939, Anderson, SC. ii. WILLIAM NEVITT (TWIN) CLARKE (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. December 16, 1845, SC (Source: Brøderbund Family Archive #289, Ed. 1, Census Index: NC, SC, SOUTH CAROLINA CENSUS, Anderson County, 1870, Date of Import: May 13, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.289.1.13339.36); d. Unknown; m. EMMA E. BEVERLY, June 17, 1868, Anderson, SC; b. Abt. 1848; d. Unknown. iii. FRANCES "FANNY" M. CLARKE (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. Aft. June 1847, Anderson, SC; d. April 19, 1903; m. (1) THEODORE MOBLY; b. Bet. 1848 - 1865; d. Unknown; m. (2) JOHN A. REEVES, 1872, Anderson; b. February 13, 1834; d. February 18, 1885. iv. ELIAS LAKE CLARKE (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. Bef. June 1850, Anderson Co., SC; d. March 29, 1924, Union, SC; m. ELIZABETH (BETTIE) NEVITT CROSBY (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), December 13, 1871, Anderson, SC; b. 1852, Fairfield Co. SC; d. February 1939, Union, SC. v. JEMIMA NEVITT CLARKE (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. Abt. December 20, 1852, Anderson, SC; d. November 13, 1876, Anderson, SC; m. WALTER RUFF; b. 1850, of Charleston, SC; d. Unknown. vi. THOMAS H. CLARKE (Source: 1860 Anderson Co. SC Census.), b. Abt. 1856, Anderson Dist. SC; d. Bef. 1870, Must have died young.. vii. FRED CORNELIUS CLARKE (Source: DUCKWORTH-BREAZEALE NOTES.), b. December 19, 1859, Anderson, Dist, SC; d. January 29, 1901, Anderson, SC; m. ALICE LOUISE DUCKWORTH (Source: DUCKWORTH-BREAZEALE NOTES.), December 10, 1883, Anderson, SC; b. April 24, 1860, Hopewell, Anderson Co. SC; d. October 17, 1943, Anderson, SC. viii. ROBERT NEVITT CLARKE (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. Abt. 1863; d. Unknown; m. LOUISE THAIN; b. Abt. 1865; d. Unknown. ix. MATTIE PRISCILLA CLARKE (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. Abt. 1868; d. Aft. 1903; m. FRANK PEGUES; b. Abt. 1865; d. Unknown. x. BAYLIS MILES CLARKE (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. Abt. 1871, Anderson, SC; d. Unknown; m. SULA; b. Abt. 1875; d. Unknown. xi. JANIE CLARKE (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. Abt. 1876; d. Unknown; m. JOHN HARKINS; b. Abt. 1870; d. Unknown. -- Susan C. Johanson Springfield, VA djohanson@mindspring.com Rootsweb sponsor-NEHGS member http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=johanson http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/j/o/h/Susan-C-Johanson/ ...Searching for footprints in the sands of time...

    10/07/2000 03:31:06
    1. Re: [SCANDERS] Clark/Clarke
    2. Albert Clardy
    3. A Jane Clark in Sept 1767 , Early Protestants To SC. was 5 years old arrived on the ship Britannia, John Bryan Commander. Also Mary Clark age 6, and Elizabeth age 3. Looks like they were with Ann Carswell who was 40 years of age. Edd ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Johanson <djohanson@mindspring.com> To: <SCANDERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 6:31 PM Subject: [SCANDERS] Clark/Clarke > John Baylis Clarke, Sr. born c1791 in SC is my biggest brick wall. I would love to > know who his parents were. A Jane Clarke was living with him in the Anderson SC 1850 > census listed as being born in 1777. She was probably his mother or possibly stepmother. > Both John and Jane state on the 1850 census that they were born in SC, but in the 1860 > census, Jane states that she was born in NC. With each census, Jane got younger so she > was probably born before 1777. John's wife Jennie Sammons was from Greenville Dist. > John shows up in Anderson at least by the 1830s as a carpenter and cabinet maker. He > bought his first lots in the town of Anderson in 1836 from Daniel Brown. J. B. Clarke, > as he called himself, served on the Anderson Town Council from 1845 to 1855. He died in > 1855, but I have not been able to find his obituary. His son J.B. Clarke, Jr, his > son-in-law Jesse R. Smith, A. M. Holland, and E. F. Murrah signed his estate Bond. I > don't know his connection to the last two men. > > John's son John Baylis Clarke, Jr. married Martha Nevitt, daughter of > William Miles Nevitt and was a tailor in Anderson as was their son Elias Lake > Clark who was my ggrandfather. > > These Clarkes in Anderson spelled their name with an "e" at the end. When my line > moved to Union, SC, the "e" was dropped. > > Does anyone know of a Clarke/Clark in SC who had a wife named Jane who may have been > born in NC?. If any of this sounds familiar to you , please contact me. I would welcome > any clues!! > Susan Clark Johanson > > > > Descendants of Unknown CLARKE > > > Generation No. 1 > > 1. UNKNOWN1 CLARKE was born Unknown, and died Unknown. He married JANE (Source: Anderson > Co. Census records.). She was born Abt. 1775 in Prob. NC, and died Aft. 1860 in Anderson, > SC. > > Child of UNKNOWN CLARKE and JANE is: > 2. i. JOHN BAYLIS2 CLARKE, SR., b. Abt. 1791, SC; d. Bef. August 17, 1855, prob. Anderson, > SC. > > > Generation No. 2 > > 2. JOHN BAYLIS2 CLARKE, SR. (UNKNOWN1) (Source: Clarke Family Tree.) was born Abt. 1791 > in SC, and died Bef. August 17, 1855 in prob. Anderson, SC. He married JENNIE SAMMONS > (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), daughter of WALKER SAMMONS and ELIZABETH YOUNG. She > was born Abt. 1800 in prob. Greenville Dist, SC, and died Abt. 1828 in SC. > > Children of JOHN CLARKE and JENNIE SAMMONS are: > 3. i. ELIZABETH A." BETSEY"3 CLARKE, b. Abt. 1820, prob Anderson Dist. SC; d. June 12, > 1857, prob Anderson Dist. SC. > 4. ii. JOHN BAYLIS CLARKE, JR., b. Abt. 1824, Anderson Dist. SC; d. 1888, Anderson Co., > SC. > > > Generation No. 3 > > 3. ELIZABETH A." BETSEY"3 CLARKE (JOHN BAYLIS2, UNKNOWN1) (Source: Clarke Family Tree > Papers.) was born Abt. 1820 in prob Anderson Dist. SC, and died June 12, 1857 in prob > Anderson Dist. SC. She married JESSE RHODES SMITH (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), > son of JONATHAN SMITH and ELIZABETH DUNN. He was born Abt. 1815, and died November 11, > 1887 in Anderson Dist. SC. > > Children of ELIZABETH CLARKE and JESSE SMITH are: > i. M.J.4 SMITH (Source: 1850 Anderson District, SC, Federal Census, page 171B, August 2, > 1850.), b. Abt. 1837; d. Unknown. > ii. T.W. SMITH (Source: 1850 Anderson District, SC, Federal Census, page 171B, August 2, > 1850.), b. Abt. 1839; d. Unknown. > iii. WILLIAM HENRY SMITH (Source: Early Anderson Co., SC Newspapers, Marriages & > Obituaries, 1841-1882.), b. February 26, 1841, Anderson, SC; d. August 16, 1844. > iv. CHARLES J. SMITH (Source: 1850 Anderson District, SC, Federal Census, page 171B, > August 2, 1850.), b. Abt. 1843; d. Unknown. > v. LUTHER PRESTON SMITH (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. November 09, 1848, > Anderson Dist. SC; d. September 07, 1919; m. (1) MARTHA REEVES, 1873, Anderson, SC; b. > Abt. 1850; d. Unknown; m. (2) ANNA IRIS AYERS, November 25, 1873, Anderson, SC; b. October > 18, 1856; d. December 24, 1890. > vi. ALEXANDER J. SMITH, b. October 03, 1852, Anderson, SC; d. Unknown, Could have died > young. > > > 4. JOHN BAYLIS3 CLARKE, JR. (JOHN BAYLIS2, UNKNOWN1) (Source: Clarke Family Bible.) was > born Abt. 1824 in Anderson Dist. SC (Source: Brøderbund Family Archive #289, Ed. 1, Census > Index: NC, SC, SOUTH CAROLINA CENSUS, Anderson County, 1870, Date of Import: May 13, 1998, > Internal Ref. #1.289.1.13339.31), and died 1888 in Anderson Co., SC. He married MARTHA > JANE NEVITT (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.) Abt. 1844 in Anderson, SC, daughter of > WILLIAM NEVITT and ELIZABETH HUTCHISON. She was born March 31, 1828 in South Carolina, > and died 1901 in Anderson Co., SC. > > Children of JOHN CLARKE and MARTHA NEVITT are: > i. JOHN HUTCHISON (TWIN)4 CLARKE (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. December 16, > 1845, Anderson, SC (Source: Brøderbund Family Archive #289, Ed. 1, Census Index: NC, SC, > SOUTH CAROLINA CENSUS, Anderson County, 1870, Date of Import: May 13, 1998, Internal Ref. > #1.289.1.13339.32); d. March 12, 1901, Anderson, SC; m. (1) ANNIE BURRIS, October 08, > 1867, Anderson, SC; b. Abt. 1848, of Anderson Dist.; d. December 1872; m. (2) RAMAH > MARGARET CROSBY, November 06, 1873, Anderson, SC; b. August 19, 1849, Fairfield Co. SC; d. > December 30, 1939, Anderson, SC. > ii. WILLIAM NEVITT (TWIN) CLARKE (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. December 16, > 1845, SC (Source: Brøderbund Family Archive #289, Ed. 1, Census Index: NC, SC, SOUTH > CAROLINA CENSUS, Anderson County, 1870, Date of Import: May 13, 1998, Internal Ref. > #1.289.1.13339.36); d. Unknown; m. EMMA E. BEVERLY, June 17, 1868, Anderson, SC; b. Abt. > 1848; d. Unknown. > iii. FRANCES "FANNY" M. CLARKE (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. Aft. June 1847, > Anderson, SC; d. April 19, 1903; m. (1) THEODORE MOBLY; b. Bet. 1848 - 1865; d. Unknown; > m. (2) JOHN A. REEVES, 1872, Anderson; b. February 13, 1834; d. February 18, 1885. > iv. ELIAS LAKE CLARKE (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. Bef. June 1850, Anderson > Co., SC; d. March 29, 1924, Union, SC; m. ELIZABETH (BETTIE) NEVITT CROSBY (Source: Clark > family Tree Papers.), December 13, 1871, Anderson, SC; b. 1852, Fairfield Co. SC; d. > February 1939, Union, SC. > v. JEMIMA NEVITT CLARKE (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. Abt. December 20, 1852, > Anderson, SC; d. November 13, 1876, Anderson, SC; m. WALTER RUFF; b. 1850, of Charleston, > SC; d. Unknown. > vi. THOMAS H. CLARKE (Source: 1860 Anderson Co. SC Census.), b. Abt. 1856, Anderson Dist. > SC; d. Bef. 1870, Must have died young.. > vii. FRED CORNELIUS CLARKE (Source: DUCKWORTH-BREAZEALE NOTES.), b. December 19, 1859, > Anderson, Dist, SC; d. January 29, 1901, Anderson, SC; m. ALICE LOUISE DUCKWORTH > (Source: DUCKWORTH-BREAZEALE NOTES.), December 10, 1883, Anderson, SC; b. April 24, 1860, > Hopewell, Anderson Co. SC; d. October 17, 1943, Anderson, SC. > viii. ROBERT NEVITT CLARKE (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. Abt. 1863; d. Unknown; > m. LOUISE THAIN; b. Abt. 1865; d. Unknown. > ix. MATTIE PRISCILLA CLARKE (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. Abt. 1868; d. Aft. > 1903; m. FRANK PEGUES; b. Abt. 1865; d. Unknown. > x. BAYLIS MILES CLARKE (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. Abt. 1871, Anderson, SC; > d. Unknown; m. SULA; b. Abt. 1875; d. Unknown. > xi. JANIE CLARKE (Source: Clark family Tree Papers.), b. Abt. 1876; d. Unknown; m. JOHN > HARKINS; b. Abt. 1870; d. Unknown. > > > > -- > Susan C. Johanson > Springfield, VA > djohanson@mindspring.com > Rootsweb sponsor-NEHGS member > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=johanson > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/j/o/h/Susan-C-Johanson/ > ...Searching for footprints in the sands of time... > > > > ==== SCANDERS Mailing List ==== > Anderson County, South Carolina SCGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scanders/anderson.html > > ============================== > http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews > FREE newsletter on the current events and topics important to today's > family historian. >

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