Earliest known maternal ancestor:
   Sarah Clark (5 APR 1795 PA - 4 FEB 1862)
   Father: probably William Clark, born 1755 in Ulster, Ireland
  (Family from Scotland)
  Res: Woodcock, Crawford County, PA

From Katherine Hope Borges MtDNA chart:
 The mitochondrial haplogroup J contains several sub-lineages.
The original haplogroup J originated in the Near East  approximately 50,000 years ago.
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Entry for Kerchner’s database:
mtDNA ordered:  Dec. 15, 2005
FamilyTreeDNA kit #48943
My Henry webpage:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/henry.htm

1.Henry 2. Haggard 3. Mathews  4.Wyckoff  5.Clark (Scotland)

GENERATIONS:

5. Sarah Clark
b. 5 APR 1795
d. 4 FEB 1862
Father: probably William Clark, born 1755 in Ulster, Ireland
(Family from Scotland)
Res: Woodcock, Crawford County, PA

dau
4. Lydia Wyckoff
b. 12 APR 1815, Meadville, Crawford, PA
m. 10 JAN 1837, Gravel Run, Crawford, PA
d. 12 MAR 1885, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN
Father: John Wyckoff b: 16 OCT 1790,Woodcock, Crawford, PA

dau:
3. Sarah Emilia Mathews
b. 27 JUN 1856, Eagle Lake, Blue Earth, MN
m. 29 APR 1877, Eagle Lake, Blue Earth, MN
d. 23 JUL 1932, Eugene, Lane Co., OR
Father: Lyman Mathews b: 1 MAR 1815, Kinsman, Turnbull, OH

dau:
2. Laura Mabel Haggard
b. 21 DEC 1879, Eagle Lake, Blue Earth Co., MN
m. 3 AUG 1910, Eugene, Lane, OR
d.  16 JUN 1944, Eugene, Lane, OR
Father: Henry Edward Haggard b: 1850, Brodhead,Rockcastle, KY

dau
1. Winifred Elsie Henry
b. 29 JUL 1916 in Hamilton, Skagit, WA
m. 9 JUN 1938, Eugene, Lane, OR
Father: David Chauncy Henry b: 10 AUG 1879, Aspen, Carrol, MO

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Kathy Finch's webpage:
 http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/i/n/Kathy-Finch-FL/GENE4-0001.html
...
 1.  James2 Clark (Clark1) was born 1725 in Ulster, Ireland,
and died...in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania.
 He married Nellie Armstrong.
She was born Bet. 1720 - 1730 in Scotland

" Notes from Gertrude Clark Beavers (not dated): "
A few facts as given to me by my father:
       "The Clark family originated in Scotland. ...."
 William Clark, born 1755 in Ulster, Ireland...
 More About William Clark:
  Residence: Abt. 1805, Woodcock Township, Crawford County,
 Pennsylvania
 ...
 23 iv. William H. Clark, born 1810 in Woodcock Twp., Crawford Co.,
 Pennsylvania   died Bef. 1885.
 Notes for William H. Clark:
  "Gazetter and Business Directory for Crawford County for 1874," by
 Hamilton Child; 1874, page 274:    Clark, Wm. H., (Woodcock), road
 1, farmer 100."

 Another CLARK marriage to a WYKOFF in Woodcock Twp:
 25.  John5 Clark (Nathaniel4, James3, James2, Clark1) was born
 March 01, 1814 in Woodcock Twp., Crawford Co., Pennsylvania, and died
February 21, 1899 in Crawford Co., Pennsylvania.
 He married Sally Wykoff,1850, daughter of John Wykoff and Sally
Clark. She was born in Woodcock Twp., Crawford Co., Pennsylvania,
and died 1887 in Woodcock Twp., Crawford Co., Pennsylvania.

 More of Kathy's notes re Westmoreland Co PA:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/i/n/Kathy-Finch-FL/GENE4-0002.html

 "Notes from Janet Matheson Dorn's Application for Membership to
 the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution,
 Washington, D. C., under ANCESTOR'S SERVICES:
     "James Clark, our ancestor was one of the seven boys born in
Ulster, Ireland & immigrated with their parents, (mother was Nellie
 Armstrong) and located in or near Old Hannastown, Westmoreland
County, Pa., from which county he enlisted in his brother's,
 Captain John Clark's, company. James Clark was a Sergeant in Captain John
 Clark's Company, of the 8th Regiment. He was granted four hundred
 sixteen (416) acres of land in Buffalo township, Armstrong County,
 formerly Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania."
       References by volume and page: Vol. IV of the Pennsylvania
 Archives, 5th Series at page 161. Also, Donations - Lands Book,
 Pennsylvania Line, page 137, records in property office in Capitol
 Building at Harrisburg, Pa. "

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Also found in Crawford Co PA history:
 http://www.crawfordcopa.com/history/1868.html
GRAVEL RUN (Presbyterian Church)
      This church is in Crawford County, and was probably organized
 in 1809 or 1810.  The first pastor was <p. 444> Rev. John Matthews
 (22), installed in connection with Waterford, October 17, 1810.  He was
 released from the charge of Gravel Run, November 8, 1814. 

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Reference:
 Roger D. Rankin, "Descendants of James Clark, 18 Apr 1999
 

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