Clark Family
1. EDWARD CLARK married MARY. He died in 1675 in Portsmouth, NH.
Second Generation
2. EDWARD CLARK was born ca. 1622 in Ipswich or Haverhill, Sfflk, England. HE married DORCAS BOSWORTH, daughter of Hanniel Bosworth (d. 25 Sep 1683). Dorcas died 13 Feb 1681 in Haverhill, Mass. Edward married second in 1682 to Mary Johnson. Edward died 1710 in Haverhill.
3. MATHEW CLARK
4. Hanniel Clark b. 1650, m. 20 Aug 1678 Mary Gutterson
5. Martha Clark unmarried in 1671
6. Joseph Clark b. 6 Mar 1654, m. 18 Aug 1685 Mary Davis (daughter of Ephraim Davis), d. ca. 1705
7. Mary Clark d. 1679 unmarried
Third Generation
MATHEW CLARK(3) was born in Haverhill, Mass. He married 2 Apr 1679 to MARY DOW, daughter of Thomas and Phebe Dow. Mary was widow of Gilbert Wilford. Mathew was a ship builder and carpenter in Haverhill. He believed that timber for ships should not be cut across the grains or spliced. Therefore gave up shipbuilding when others built that way.
8. JOHN CLARK
9. Dorcas Clark b. 25 Jan 1681, m. Mr. Mudgett, lived in Rye
10. Matthew Clark b. 20 Feb 1683, d. 22 Feb 1683 Haverhill
11. Sarah Clark b. 4 Apr 1685
12. Ebenezer Clark b. 25 Jul 1688
Fouth Generation
JOHN CLARK(8) was born 30 Mar 1680 in Haverhill, Mass. He married in 1705 in Rockingham Co., NH first to MARY RUNDLETT, daughter of Charles and Mary Shatswell Rundlett. She died in Stratham, NH. John married second to Ann Smith. He died ca. 1753 in Stratham.
13. JOHN CLARK
14. Satchel Clark b. 30 Oct 1706 Haverhill, lived in Stratham, NH
15. Nicholas Clark b. 9 Nov 1716 Haverhill
16. Joseph Clark b. 9 May 1719 Haverhill
17. Daniel Clark b. Haverhill, m. Hannah Dearborn
18. Mary (Molly) Clark b. 4 Jun 1712 m. Joshua Rollins of Stratham
19. Anna (Ann) Clark b. 21 Mar 1714 Haverhill, m. Samuel Allen of Wakefield
20. Sarah Clark m. John Fogg of Exeter
Fifth Generation
JOHN CLARK(13) was born 26 Feb 1705 in Stratham, Rcknghm, NH. He married 29 Mar 1730 to ELIZABETH CLIFFORD, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Mayhew Clifford. She was born 14 May 1710 in Hampton Falls, NH. John died ca. 1752.
(all born in Kingston, Rcknghm, NH)
21. Anne Clark b. 1 Sep 1733, m. William Selly
22.John Clark b. 25 Jan 1735
23. SATCHEL CLARK
24. Hannah Clark b. 4 Jul 1739, m. Mar 1758 Stratham, NH Benjamin Darling
25. Abigail Clark b. 3 Jul 1741
26. Elizabeth Clark b. 8 Dec 1743
27. Benjamin Clark b. 9 Oct 1745
28. Meriel Clark b. 14 Apr 1747
29. Jacob Clark b. 15 Apr 1749, m. Epping, NH Miss Wiggin
30. Mayhu (Mayhew) Clark b. 28 May 1752
Sixth Generation
SATCHEL CLARK(23) was born 15 Mar 1736 in Kingston, NH. He married RACHEL CATE. She was born in 1737 in Greenland, NH. Satchel was a blacksmith. He served in the Revolutionary War and to have been 'sick during the battle of Bennington, in a meeting-house, on a pile of knapsacks, but within plain hearing of the guns'. He died 4 May 1809, age 73 and she died 15 Aug 1820, age 83.
(I am desc. from three of their sons)
31. JOHN CLARK
32. TAYLOR CLARK
33. Polly (Mary) Clark b. 7 Jul 1765 Epping, NH, m. James Haynes
34. Elizabeth Clark b. 3 Dec 1767 Sanbornton, NH, m. Caleb Ingalls
35. Moses Clark b. 7 Aug 1770 Sanbornton, NH
36. DAVID CLARK
37. Satchel Clark b. 3 Nov 1774 Sanbornton, NH
38. Susannah Clark b. Sanbornton,NH
Seventh Generation
JOHN CLARK(31) was born 17 Jan 1761 in Epping, NH. He married ANNA HUNTOON. She was born 13 Aug 1766 in Kingston, NH. John was in the Revolutionary War. He was known as 'John C. Jr.' Anna died 16 Dec 1838 in Sanbornton, NH. John died 5 Jan 1844 in Sanbornton.
39. Nathaniel Huntoon Clark b. 2 Jan 1787-9
40. Rachel Clark b. 11 Mar 1790, d. 23 Sep 1869, unm.
41. Mercy Clark b. 8 Aug 1791, d. 19 Aug 1859, unm.
42. DAVID JR. CLARK
43. John Dearborn Clark b. 30 Nov 1794
44. Satchel Webster Clark b. 18 Jun 1797
45. Nancy H. Clark b. 5 Feb 1799, m. 1821 Jeremiah D. Gove
46. Samuel Clark b. 21 Dec 1800, d. Feb 1803 of dysentery
47. Polly Clark b. 4 Jul 1802, d. 9 Aug 1803 of dysentery
48. Samuel D. Clark b. 31 Jul 1804
49. Polly (Mary) Clark b. 3 May 1807, m. Samuel Pike
TAYLOR CLARK(32) was born 10 May 1763. He married 8 Apr 1784 to MARY (MOLLY) HAINES, daughter of David and Lydia Cate Haynes/Haines. Taylor's mother Rachel Cate and Mary's mother Lydia Cate were sisters. Taylor was a deacon and highly esteemed and influential member of the First Baptist Church. Mary died 2 Oct 1845 and he died 1 Aug 1853.
50. David Haynes Clark b. 2 Mar 1785
51. Mayhew Clark b. 26 Jul 1786
52. TAYLOR JR. CLARK
53. James Clark b. 13 Apr 1790, d. 10 Aug 1803
54. Jacob Clark b. 16 May 1792, d. 28 Sep 1792
55. Polly (Mary) Clark b. 4 Oct 1793, d. 29 Sep 1874, unmarried
56. Eliza B. Clark b. 25 Jan 1797, d. 1 Jul 1798
57. Jacob Clark b. 9 Jan 1799, d. 12 Apr 1826 of consumption
58. Betsy (Eliza) Clark b. 11 Nov 1800, m. Simeon Haynes (his 4th wife)
59. Nathaniel Clark b. 7 Aug 1803, d. 22 Aug 1803
60. Sally Clark b. 17 Oct 1806, m. Simeon Haynes (his 3rd wife)
DAVID CLARK(36) was born 17 Sep 1772. He married 3 Sep 1799 to SUSANNAH DEARBORN, daughter of Edward and Susanna Brown Dirburn/Deerborn (they were m. 2 Nov 1770 in Kensington, Rcknghm, NH). When they first settled in Sanbornton she had 'no place to hang out clothes on account of the burnt trees'. They lived together more than 61 years, 'exhibiting by their daily deportment and social teachings a blending of the parental relations.' David died 16 Feb 1861 and Susannah died 26 Nov 1861 in Sanbornton, NH.
(all born in Sanbornton, NH)
61. Taylor Dearborn Clark b. 3 Oct 1802
62. Mary Goodhue Clark b. 29 Aug 1805, d. 17 Apr 1816 (also listed at 16 Apr 1817)of measles and consumption
63. DAVID WASHINGTON CLARK
64. Sally Clark b. 1 Aug 1815, m. Nathan F. Wyatt
Eighth Generation
DAVID JR. CLARK(42) was born 5 Jan 1793. He married 2 Feb 1824 to ABIGAIL PHILBRICK, daughter of John Philbrick. She was born 8 Jun 1798 in Hampton, NH. David was a blacksmith nearly fifty years, losing two shops by fire, the latter never having been replaced. He claimed to have made the first steel pen in the country (1807).
65. Ann Elizabeth Clark b. 12 May 1825, d. 28 Aug 1826 of dysentery
66. Ann Webster Clark b. 4 Jun 1827 Sanbornton, m. 4 Jul 1852 Nelson W. Morse (b. 15 Mar 1828 of Cabot, VT, d. 17 Aug 1866, was a machinist in Franklin, NH), d., 5 Feb 1864
67. Benjamin Batchelder Clark b. 14 Mar 1829 Merrimack, NH, m. 24 Nov 1851 Mary Ann Eaton (b. 26 Oct 1832 York, NY), was 3 yrs. in 12th NH Reg. wounded in right leg at Gettysburg, 1876 a machinist
68. John Webster Clark b. 14 Aug 1831, m.1 31 May 1854 Susan E. Crane (of Newton, Mass), d. 4 Feb 1870
69. Sarah Elizabeth Clark b. 24 Nov 1833, m. 7 Jul 1857 Thomas Scott French (of Hopkinton, a farmer), d. Mar 1875
70. Jeremiah Gove b. 19 Oct 1835, m. 29 Aug 1866 Isabel C. Carbee (b. 29 Aug 1846 Dalton, d. 7 Mar 1875 Franklin, NH), m.2 29 Nov 1877 Ellen S. French (b. 9 Dec 1839 Hopkinton)
71. DAVID SWEATT CLARK
72. Samuel Adams Clark b. 16 Dec 1841, m. Martha Folsom (of Gilmanton) enlisted in Berdan's 1st Reg. of sharpshooters, absent nearly three years, losing his right leg above the knee, photographer of high repute in Laconia, NH
TAYLOR JR CLARK(52) was born 9 Apr 1788. He married first 21 Nov 1811 to NANCY SANBORN, daughter of Josiah Sanborn. She died 16 Jun 1820. He married second 15 Mar 1821 Lovey Shaw, daughter of John Shaw. He enlisted after his first marriage, 12 Oct 1814 for 60 days, in Capt. Chase Perkin's Co. and was discharged 10 Nov 1814. Taylor was a farmer. He died 17 Oct 1828.
73. CELESTIA CLARK
74. Daniel Atkinson Clark b. 26 Feb 1823, m. Lucinda Jaques, a railroad engineer in the West, in 1876 a mill owner in Minnesota
75. Mary Haynes Dustan Clark b. 5 Nov 1825, m. 4 Jul 1844 William B. Clark, d. Sep 1853
76. Roxilla Ann Clark b. 2 Feb 1827, m. Richard Godfrey (of Leslie, Mich)
DAVID WASHINGTON CLARK(63) was born 31 Aug 1808 in Sanbornton, NH. He married 13 Dec 1832 to CELESTIA CLARK(73). She was born 22 Aug 1813. He died 12 Feb 1873 in East Tilton, NH after a long and distressing illness, from a cancer, borne with uncommon resignation and patience. 'A large circle of friends mourned his loss, and those who knew him best lamented him most'. Celestia died 17 Jun 1890 in Tilton.
77. Alonzo Freeman Clark b. 9 Jan 1835, m. 24 Apr 1859 Esther Worcester Boyce (b. 12 Jan 1835 Londonderry)
78. Edward Dearborn Clark b. 22 Apr 1838, m. 3 Aug 1864 Rebecca Brierley
79. Nancy Maria Clark b. 10 Apr 1841, m. 4 Nov 1873 Alexander Simpson (of Topsham, VT, farmer in Laconia, NH)
80. MARY FRANCES CLARK
81. Martha Jane Clark b. 2 Jul 1844, m. Jun 1879 Alba White (of Shirley, Mass)
82. George Henry D. Clark b. 5 Jun 1847, d. 6 Jul 1857 by drowning
83. David Taylor Washington Clark b. 28 Feb 1850, lame for life
84. Frank Holt Clark b. 5 Mar 1854
Ninth Generation
DAVID SWEATT CLARK(71) was born 27 Aug 1837. He married 3 Nov 1862 to MARY FRANCES CLARK(80). She was born 23 Nov 1842 in Sanbornton, NH. He died 3 Aug 1868 and she died Jul 1918.
85. GEORGE HENRY CLARK
86. Benjamin Freeman Clark
87. Ella Jane Clark b. 14 May 1867
Tenth Generation
88. Hazel Clark(twin) b. 30 Sep 1884
89. Harold J. Clark(twin) b. 30 Sep 1884, d. 30 Jan 1885
90. Harry David Clark b. 10 Jan 1885, m. 17 Dec 1921 Hattie Barney (d. 1973), d. 1 May 1962
91. EDITH JEWETT CLARK
92. Marie Clark b. 21 Jan 1890, m. Paul Pray (they divorced with no children), d. 1969 Laconia, NH
93. Fred Smith Clark(twin) b. 28 May 1891, d. 3 Oct 1891
94. Frank Scott Clark(twin) b. 28 May 1891, d. 20 Jul 1891
95. Rae Frances b. 9 May 1896, d. 28 Jan 1898
Eleventh Generations
EDITH JEWETT CLARK(91) married LELAND THORTON CHURCHILL. Her daughter Frances Churchill Cate wrote to me that "My mother was very affectionate...Without any exception my mother was the most generous person I ever met to her family and friends, too. She didn't sew or read very much...My mother loved people. She won a gold locket as a prize in roller skating--she was a very good skater." Edith was also a good cook. For Edith's children please look under Leland Churchill.
sources-History of Sanbornton, NH vol.
II Clark and Worth Families My Legacy by E.
Clark IGI Kingston, NH records family correspondece