| Clark Williams Genealogy |
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Matthew CLARK ( Gabriel 1, William 2, John 3, John O 4, William 5)b.June
1758 Wibraham,Hamden,MA d. 20 Oct 1839,Westen, Oneida, NY buried. Evergreen Cemetery, Route 69, Lee, N.Y. Revolutionary war pension, Oneida Co. 1818 .....+ m.Nancy WRIGHT b 1762. |
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Ezekial CLARK, b. 29 Nov 1780, Springfield, Hamden, Massachusetts; d. 29
Sep 1839, North Steuben Cemetery, Steuben, Oneida County, NY. buried Evergreen
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| ..........7Ezra CLARK, b. 1783. | |||
| ..........7Margaret CLARK, b. 1788. | |||
| Notes for MATTHEW CLARK: Matthew was living in Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts at the time of his enlistment to serve 3 years in the Revolutionary War. He fought at Fort Miles, Saratoga, Monmouth and Valley Forge. He received a pension for his service in 1818, while a resident of Oneida. The records submitted to the LDS church by members states that the Clark family came from Ballyruff,Colrain, Londonderry, Ireland. When and where he met and married his wife is not known at this time, or where children were born. His will of Oneida County, Volume 6, pages 221-222, was written on the 5th of February 1838, and presented in court on 23 December 1839, 2 months after his death. The death of his wife, Nancy, was after the 5th of February 1838, as she is named in Mathews will. The rest of his will, though difficult to read, gave furniture and personal items to his daughters. Their husbands were named as executors. He also mentions two grandsons, Ezekiel Clark and Ezra Van Dusor. This Ezra must have belonged to one of his daughters not named in the will, but possibly passed away earlier. The son Ezikiel was not named, but I feel the property of Matthew had been transferred to Ezkial before Matthews death and there was no need to name him. After researching the other Clarks in the county, Matthew was the only one that fit as the father of Ezekial. Other Clark wills or land dealings proved that Ezkial did not belong to any of them. This left Matthew was the greatest possibility as his father. Also the fact they lived in the town of Western and until Ezkial's sons became adults, there were the only Clarks in that town. The other families of Clarks seemed to settle in family groups in the other towns. |
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