Hey Winifred, Since you have SLAUGHTER'S in your family, do you know the name Eliza Lewis Slaughter? Thanks Happy Hunting doc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Winifred K Miller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:10 AM Subject: [VACULPEP] Clarks in Lewis County, KY (A Mary Clark) > Cornelius Clark, son of Richard Clark and Mary Miller, had a daughter Mary > Polly Clark born in Lewis County 1829. Cornelius Clark was born in PA. > Cornelius married twice. At one time a John Clark from Canada > (visitor)was listing with him on a Census. > My Clarks were in New England, went to Canada and had land in 1823. My > great grandmother, Rachel Clark, was born in Dunwich, Canada in 1827 and > came to KY 1854.(Spouse: William Peter Jones). Her parents John Clark and > Ruth Hamilton)came from Nova Scotia. > Richard Clark was the son of William Clark and Dorothy Stonehouse. > Dorothy died in England and William and family came on the Jenny to NS. > Richard married a widow James in NS. > So far I can not connect the Clarks in VA with the New England/Canada > Family. > The names carry through in Lewis County. Elijah, Wiliam P, George, Mary > Polly, Eliza, Richard, John H, Simon and in second famiy William Henry, > Louverra, Eliza J, Benjamin, Sarah Frances, Cornealious F, Thomas, Perry > David, Serena Francis. > I know a William and John Clark from New England received land from Col. > Talbot(Canada) and it mentions "services rendered", plus the cost was > three barley corns. > There also were Clarks from MA. on the "List" of Loyalty to > England........ > Several Elijah Clarks were in Canada. My great grandmother's brother > (Elijah). > My grandfather was Richard Mann Jones. John Clark and Ruth Hamilton in > Canada also had a William Henry and my Rachel Clark and William Peter > Jones had a William Henry. > Hate to mention that Wilhite/Wilhoits/Stapp/Slaughters/Hord are also in > the family. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message