Wednesday, September 2, 2015
I Keep Wondering . . .
Where did the sons and daughters of Abel, Jabez, and Jonathan go? Why have we not been able to find any shread of evidence of them and their families? Family tradition has it that they stayed in Westchester county their entire lives, and I have to believe they had surviving children. This is a question that haunts me.
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From my research on the CLARKs
ReplyDeleteI will list other CLARKs that are found in the census for Pound Ridge, which could possible be the offspring of Abel, Jonathan and Jabez.
In 1800, Abel, Jonathan and Jabus [sic] are the only CLARKs living in Pound Ridge. They are listed on line 9 (Abel), line 10 (Jonathan) and line 11 (Jabus [sic]). Close neighbors are:, line 8, Henry Miller; line 12, Stephen Green[ ]. In 1801, a child Clark was baptized at the Poundridge Presbyterian Church in Poundridge, the child of Jabez and Lois Clark .
In 1810, at line 5 is Stephen Green, Line 7 is Henry Miller, and line 9 is Jabiz [sic] CLARK. On several of the next census pages, living in Poundridge but not next to “the old homesteads”, are Shadrick (actual spelling) Clark, born between 1766 and 1784; another Shadrick Clark, also born between 1766 and 1784 ; and John Clark, born between 1785 and 1794[ ].
In 1820, on one census sheet is Albert Clark, born between 1776 and 1794; on another sheet is John Clark, born between 1795 and 1804; and on another page on line 16 is Jonathan Clark, born before 1775; line 17 is Ziba Clark, born between 1776 and 1794; and John Clark, born between 1776 and 1794. It is thought that this Jonathan Clark is not Jonathan born before 1755, but the Jonathan in the 1830 census.
In 1830, on line 1 is Stephen Green; Line 3, Henry Miller, Line 4, Ziba Clark, born between 1791 and 1800; line 5 is Jonathan Clark, born between 1771 and 1780; and several pages later, John Clark, born between 1791 and 1800[ ]. A Jonathan Clark died in September of 1833[ ]. If it is Jonathan, brother of John (b. 1740), he would have been about 75 ± years of age, and if the Jonathan of the 1830 census, would have been 53 and 62 years of age.
In 1840, there is an Alfred Clark, born between 1801 and 1810; on the next page, Uel Clark, born between 1781 and 1790; on the next page, Ziba Clark, born between 1791 and 1800; and several pages later, Joel Clark, born between 1811 and 1820[ ]. On 2 October 1842, two Sarah Clarks were baptized at the Poundridge Presbyterian Church in Poundridge, one a child, born 2 October 1842, daughter of Sarah and Alfred Clark, the other Sara Clark, an adult, presumably Alfred’s wife[ ].
In 1850, Ziba, age 59 (born c. 1791), Elizabeth, age 58 and William, age 20 are living in the same dwelling as Abram CLARK, age 37, and his family. On another page is Betsey Clark, age 37, with Stephen, age 12 and several members of the Wood family[ ].
There are no Clarks in Pound Ridge after 1860.
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This is a good list of culprits to get started with. Thanks for posting! I'll go find paper and pen to start charting. My poor brain only works in pictographs, anymore :/
ReplyDeleteUel b. 1804 and Alfred b.1806 are sons of Elisha Clark [Cornelius, Stephen, Nathan, William].
ReplyDeleteIn the 1850 census, Betsey age 37 with son Stephen and Wood family members, is the 2nd wife and widow of Alfred Clark (1806-1848). Alfred's first wife, Sarah Potts, died Oct 12, 1842 tens days after she and her daughter were baptised. Her daughter, Sarah, died two weeks after her mother, at 10 weeks old. Thery are not descendants of either of our subjects: Abel, Jabez, Jonathan.
ReplyDeleteZiba Clark, b. ca. 1791. He is listed in four consecutive federal census, 1820, 1830, 1840, and 1850; yet, I cannot find any trace of his family in cemetery records. He also does not show up in a general search of ancestry records. As a consequence, until records are found, I cannot include him or exclude him from our family.
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