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The Ancestry and the Writings

REV. DORUS CLARKE, D.D.

1876.

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ANCESTRY AND WRITINGS.

I. — l^is Enre.^trp.

1- — His Ancestry on his Father'' s side.

2. — His Ancestry on his Mother's side.

3- — His Ancestry on the side of his Paternal Grand- mother.

4. — His Ancestry on the side of his Mateimal Grand- mother.

Their General Characteristics.

All his earliest American ancestors were of Ens:- lish descent. They fled from the land of their Withers to escape the indignities, the ostracism, the fines, the imprisonments and the execntions, to which the Puri- tans Avere subjected by the Established Church of England. They came to this then inhospitable Avilder- ness, filled with savages, "for freedom to worship God." They came here to enjoy the rights of con- science. They came here to establish "a Church without a bishop, and a State without a king." In England, they were all ^N'on- Conformists ; in this country, they have all been Congregationalists. They wei-e a part of the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay, and not of the Pilgrims of Plymouth. They arrived here about the same time, or between the years 1G30 and 1636, and, after brief residences in Boston, Dor-

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ANCESTRY AND WRITINGS

Chester, Chai'lcstown and elsewhere, tliey clustered together in Xorthainj)t<)n, Mass. That town — perhaps the most Ijcaiitiliil town in ^ew England — was the first real home in America of the Clarks, the Lymans, the Sti-ongs and the Kingsleys. There they intermarried, and, though there have been lai'ge expansions else- where from that original stock and that ancestral home, the several lines have maintained a singularly close afllinity down to the present day — a period of- nearly two hundred and llfty years. Most if not all of the earliest settlers, and of several generations of their descendants, were members of the Church, and very many of them Avere eminent for their piety. Their piety w^as not of that merely formal character Avhich is heartless and therefore worse than useless, but it was cordial, sincere aiiGl saving. In a very eminent sense, they " walked with God," and their memories are fragrant Avith the aroma of heaven. Fifty years ago there were more than ninety members in the Congregational Chui'ch at aSTorthampton by the name of Clark. From the time of Stoddard down to this present Avriting, Avith but tAvo short intervals, there has always been one deacon in that church by the name of Clark ; and sometimes there have been tAvo, and sometimes three, simultaneously, by that name. The following is a tabular a iew of their names, the dates of their election and of their deaths, and their

ages:
Niimcs.	Appointed.				Died.	Age,
John Clakk	- about IC.'.)!	-	-	-	1704	- - - 53
.loHN Clark	- - - 17;i(»	-	-	-	17 (".8	- - - 89
J(jsiAii Clark	- - - 1771	-	-	-	1808	- - - 92
Elijah Clark	- - - I7.s:,	-	-	-	1791	- - - (JO
]sRAKL Clark	- - - isoi	-	-	-	18r)l	- - - 80
Llthku Clark	- - - \>^u:)	-	-	-	1 «:>;>	- - - H8
Exos Clark - ■	. - - isis	went to tl	he Edw	aids Cluiich.
Jaulu Clark - -	■ - - 1839 still	ill	office.

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All the families of his ancestors have been the decided fi'iends of edncation, of social order and of liberty regulated by law. They have been loyal to their countr}^, and patriotic in its defence. They have g'enerally belonged to the middle class of society — the most substantial and the most reliable class — and as DeFoe said of the Scotch, they have been

" Rich comp:ired to poor, and poor compared to rich."

Their names may not appear in the registers of heralds ; they were only anxious that they may be found in the -^ Book of Life." They were of more noble blood than " all the blood of all the Howards," for their "patents of nobility" date long before the Conquest, and their "coats of arms" are emblematic of Avhole generations that have "fought a good fight and have finished their course."

" My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of tlie earth; But hi.sher far my proud pretensions rise — The soir of parents passed into the skies "

1. — His Ancestry on his Father's side.

His first American ancestor by the name of Clark was Lieut. William Clark. He, and his wife Sarah, were members of the church in Dorchester, Mass., as early as the year 1637. Li 1659, five years after the settlement of Northampton, Mass., they removed to that town. He died July 18 (N. S.), 1690, aged 81 years. She died Sept. 6, 1675, and he married for his second wife, Sarah Cooper, of Springfield, Mass.

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First Generation.

Lieut. "William Claiik and, first, Sakaii . . . . ; second, Sarah Cooper.

Their children:

i. Sarait, born June 21, 1638, and died young. _ '-'

ii. Jonathan, born Oct. 1, 1G39. ,

iii. Nathanikl, born Jan. 27, 1G42.

iv. Exi'KRiKNCE, born March 30, 1G4G.

V. Rebecca, born about 1 G49 ; married Israel Rust.

vi. Dea. JOHN, born in 1G51 ; married MARY STRONG, daugh- ter of Elder John Strong. vii. Samuel, baptized Oct. 23, IG.53.

viii. Capt. William, born July 3, 1G50; married Hannah Strong, daughter of Elder John Strong.

ix. Sauaii, born March 19, 1G59; married John Parsons.

Second Generation.

Dea. John Clark and Mary Strong.

They were married March 20, 1679. He died in 1704. '

Their children:

i. Dea. John,^ born Dec. 28, 1G79 ; married Elizabeth Cook, of

Hartford, Ct., Oct. 31, 1704, and died Aug. 3, 17G8, a<xed 89.

ii. NATHANH^L, born May 13, 1G81 ; married HANNAH

"^ SHELDON, Oct. 2G, 1705, and died Nov. 23, 17G7, aged

8G, She died Feb. 13, 17G4, aged 8U.

iii. Ebenezeh, born Oct. 18, 1G82; married Abigail Parsons, his

cousin, of Northampton. She died Aug. 17, 1763, aged 73,

and he died Feb. 27, 1781, aged 98.

iv. Increase, born April 8, 1684; married Mary Sheldon, Feb. 2,

1710, and he died Aug. 27, 1775, aged 9L V. Mary, born Oct. 27, 1685; married Benjamin Edwards, vi. Rebecca, born Nov. 22, 1687; married Jolm Baker, vii. Experience, born Oct. 30, 1689; married Daniel Nash, viii. Abigail, born March, 1692; married Dea. Noah Cook, Jr. ix. NoAir, born March 28, 1694. Several of his descendants set- tled in Southampton. X. Thankful, born Feb. 13, 1G9G, and died unmarried. xi. Dea. Jo.'siAii, born June 1 1, 1697 ; died April 7, 1789, aged 92.

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Of the six sons and five daughters of this very re- markable family — remarkable alike for their hmgevity, their piety and their numerous oflspring — four of them lived to be more than 90 years of age; three others were more than 80, and three others were more than 70. All the sons Avere married, and all the daughters except one. All the sons lived with their wives more than 50 years, and could therefore have celebrated their " Golden Weddings," if that had been the cus- tom of those times. All the sons outlived their wives, and all the daughters outlived their husbands. There were two deacons in the family, and the tradition is that these six bi'others and their sisters were accus- tomed, for many years, to meet every week in their own houses, by rotation, for special and earnest prayer that " their children and their children's children, down to the latest generation, might be converted and saved." The influence of their humble and believing supplications to a covenant-keeping God is doubtless felt in the families of their numerous descendants to- day, and will be through all time. It has long been a tradition in JSTorthampton and its vicinity, that " In- crease Clark, with his hands tied behind him, Avould out-pray Mr. Edwards."

Third Qeneration.

Nathaniel Clapjv and Haxnah Sheldok".

The}^ were married Oct. 26, 1705. He was a far- mer in Northampton, where he died Nov. 23, 17G7, aged 86. She died Feb. 13, 1764, aged 80.

Their children:

i. Lieut. Nathan ii:l, born Oct. 11, 170G.

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ii. IIanxah, born Feb. 21, 1709 ; married, in 173G, Jolin Parsons, ill. JosKPH. liorn Julv 23. 1711 ; a farmer in Southampton, Mass. iv. JONATHAN, born Oct. 11, 1713; married THANKFUL

EDWARDS. V. Sklah, born March 30, 1710. vi. GiDKON, born Sei)t. 24, 1722.

Fourth Generation.

Jonathan Claek and Thankful Edwards.

They a\ ere married July 25, 1734. Thankful Ed- wards was daughter of Benjamin Edwards and Mary Clark, of Northampton. She was horn March 21, 1712. Jonathan Clark was a farmer in Southampton, Mass. He died June 7, 1789, aged 76.

Their children :

i. Eleanor, born July 24, 1735. and died in infancy, ii. Jonathan, born in 173(5, and died in infancy, iii. FiiKKDOM, born March 8, 1739 ; married Jonathan Bascom. iv. JONATHAN, born January 27, 1741-2; married SARAH

STRONG, daughter of Aaron Strong, formerly of Coventry,

Conn., afterward of Southampton, Mass. V. Thankful, born Nov. 8, 1743; married John Strong, brother

of Saraii Strong. They removed to Westiianipton, ]Mass.,

Jan. 20, 1778-9." vi. Peggv. born in 174.5; married Aslier Loomis in 1778. vii. Paul, bora Jan. 24, 1747, and died soon. viii. Elkanok, born in 1749; married Abishai Loomis in 1772. ix. Ahnkr, baptized Aug. 12, 1750. X. SiLENCK, baptized Dec 24, 1752; married Timothy Haunura

in 1772. xi. Giles, born Feb. 1, 175G.

Fifth Generation.

Jonathan Clakk, Jr. and Sakah Strong.

They were married in 177-. He died in Westhamp- ton, Mass., Feh. 4, 1804, aged 63; and she died there Feh. 2(), 1814, aged 76. They were the grandparents of Dorus Clarke, and both died within his recollection.

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Their only child:

i. JONATHAN, Jr., born in a part of Northampton, afterward Westhampton, April 15, 1774; married JEMIMA LYMAN, Jr., daughter of Capt. Azariah and Jemima (Kingsley) Lyman, March 10, 179G. She was born in the same town, Feb. 19, 1775. Jonathan Chuk, Jr., was a farmer, surveyor atid con- veyancer of land, and died, suddenly, of typhoid fever, Feb. 23, 1814, aged 39 years. She married, for her second hus- band. Gains Searl, of Southampton, where she died of the same fever, Oct. 31, 1838, aged G3 years.

Sixth OeMeration. Joist ATiiAx Claek, Jr., and Jemima Lymax, Jr. Their children:

i. DORUS, born in Westhampton, Jan. 2, 1797 ; married HAN- NAH ALVARD BLISS, daughter of Gad Bliss and Debo- rah Olcott Bliss, of Longmeadovv, Mass., May 20, 1824. She was born Dec. 21, 1801. They celebrated their "Golden Wedding," in Boston, May 20, 1874.

He graduated at WilHams College, in 1817, and at the Theological Seminary at Andover, in 1820; was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in Blandford, Mass., Feb. 23, 1823, and, alter a pastorate of twelve years, was in- vited to the charge of the church in Chicopee Falls, Spring- field, Mass., where he remained about six years. He was installed there March 4, 1835, and dismissed Nov. 4, 1840. Li 1841 he removed to Boston. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by his Alma Mater, Wil- liams College, ii. TiiRTius Strong, born Dec. 17. 1798; married, first, Almira Aliigail Marshall, of Middle Granville, Mass. ; second, Mary Rattle, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He was settled in the ministry at South Deerfield, Mass., Iladdam, Conn., Stock- bridge, Mass., Penn Yan, Franklin and Weedsport, N. Y., and Cuyahoga F'alls, Ohio. He died in Neath, Bradford Co., Pa., April 12, 1875, aged 70 years, and was interred at Franklin, Delaware Co., N. Y. An able Discourse, appro- priate to the occasion, was delivered by the Rev. William Dun- ning, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. He graduated at Y'ale College, and at the Tiieological Seminary, Aulmrn, N. Y. ; and the degree of Doctor of Divinity was confeired upon him by Hamilton College, iii. Ai)OLPnu8, born May, 1801, and died Sept. 15, 1802. ' iv. Sarah, born July 4, 1803; marrieil I-Cdwin Kingsley, of West- hampton, and afterward of Southampton. She died March 17,1833.

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V. Jkmima, horn Feb. 13, 1806, and died Feb. 20, 1800. vi. AuOLTiics, born Oct. 20, 1807, and died Oct. 27, 1807. vii. LuciNA, born March 20, 1809 ; married, first. Gen. Hiram ]»ell. M. C. of (Greenville, Darke Co., Ohio; second, Hon. AVilliani M. Wilson, of Greenville, Judge of the County Court of Darke Co. She died suddenly, at Greenville, Ohio, June 2, 1804. aged 55 years, viii. Soi'iiiA, born Sept. 15, 1811, and died iu Southampton, Mass., Jan. I'd, 182'J, aged 17 years.

2 — His Ancestry ox his Mother's side.

His first American ancestor l)y the name of Lyman was Ricliard Lyman, who was born in 1580, in High Ongar, County of Essex, England, about 35 miles east by south from London. He was baptized Oct. 30th, of that year. He married, date unknown, Sarah Osborne, daughter of Kichard Osborne, of Halstead, in Kent. They emigrated with their children to New i]ngland, in 1G31. Martha Winthrop, the third wife of John AVinthrop, and John Eliot, the celebrated apos- tle to the Indians, came over in the same ship. He first settled in Charlestown, Mass., and with his wife united with the church in Koxbury, under the pastoral care of Eliot. On the 15th of October, 1635, he took his departui'c, with a party of about one hundred per- sons, through the Avilderness from Massachusetts to Connecticut, a journey of two weeks' duration, and became one of the founders of Hartford, Conn. The Kev. Thomas Hooker and family were among the emigrants. Mrs. Hooker, being an invalid, was car- I'ied through the woods the entire distance on a litter. Mr. Hooker was soon made the pastor of the First Chui'ch in Hartford, and there is every probability that Kichard Jjyman and his wife were among the earliest members.

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First Generation. Richard Lymain^ and Sarah Osborne. VM He died in Angust, 1640, and his name is inscribed

on a stone column in the rear of the Centre Church,

in Hartford, Conn. He was about 60 years of age.

She died soon afterward.

Their children:

i. William, buried at High Oiigar, Aug. 28, 1G15. ii. Phillis, baptized Sept. 12, 1611; married William Hills, of

Hartford, Conn, iii. RiCHAKD, baptized July 18, 1613, and died young, iv. Willi A Ji, baj^tized Sept. 8, and died in November, 1616. V. Richard, baptized Feb. 24, 1617. vi. Sarah, baptized Feb. 8, 1620. vii. Anne, baptized April 12, 1621, and died young, viii. Lieut. JOHN, baptized in 1623, and died in 1690. He mar- • ried DORCAS PLUMB, ix. Robert, baptized Sept. 1629; married, in Northampton, Hepzibah Bascom.

Second Oeneration.

Lieut. John Lyman and Dorcas Plumb.

He was born in High Oiigar, Eng., came to ]Srew England Avith his father, married Dorcas Plumb, daughter of John Plumb, of Branford, Conn., and settled in l^orthampton, Mass. He died Aug. 20, 1690, aged 67.

Their children:

i. Elizabeth, born in Branford, Nov. 6, 1655. ii. Sarah, born in Northampton, Nov. 11, 1658; married Samuel

Wright. AC

iii. Lieut. JOHN, 2d, born Aug, 1, 1660; lived at South Farms, in

Northampton. He man-ieftIi\lINDWELL POMEROY. -.uv -StUU iv. Moses, born Feb. 20, 1663, and died Feb. 25, 1701. v. Dorothy, born June 8, 1665; married Jabez Brackett, of

Walliiigford, Conn, vi. Mary, born Jan. 2, 1668; married Samuel Dwight, of North- ampton, vii. Experience, born Jan. 8, 1670, and died in infancy.

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yiii. JosF.rii, born Feb. 17, 1G71, und died in 1092. ix, Bknjamin, born August, 1()74; married Tnaukful, daughter of

Medad Pomeroy ; died Oct. 14, 172^. X. Calkb, born Sept. 2, 1G78; died at Weston, Mass., Nov. 17, 1742.

Tliird Generation.

Lieut. John Lymax, 2cl, and Mind well Pomekoy.

She Avas tkmgJrtei^- of John Pomeroy, of j^orthamp- ton, and way born Feb. 24:, 16G6. They were married April 19, 1687. He died :N^ov. 8, 1710,^ aged 80; and she died April 8, 1735, aged 69.

Their children :

i. MiNDAVKLL, born Aug. 30, 1688. ii. Dorcas, born in IG'JO. iii. Hannah:, born April 2, 1G92. iv. JOHN, 3d, born Oct. 12, 1G93; married ABIGAIL MOSE-

LKY. V. EsTiiKR, born Feb. 15. 1698. vi. GiDKON, born March 19, 1700.

vii. Elizabeth, born Dec. 8, 1702. .^^ Cc^^-.t .'^•: .si\^ /it-ri; ijt^ viii. Phixkas, Itorn May, 1706, and died at Yale College in 1726. ix. Elias, born May, 1710. X. Gad, born May, 1713.

Wourtli Generation.

JoHX Lym^in, 3d, and Abigail Moseley, of West- field, Mass.

They were married in 1718. She died ]!^ov. 9, 1750, and he died ^o\. 9, 1777, aged 84.

Their children :

i. ZADOC, born in 1719; married SARAH CLARK. ii. JNIiXDWELL, born in 1721 : married Ebenezer Pomeroy. iii. .JoiJN, born Oct. 7, 1723; married Hannah Strong, iv. Abigail, born in 1725 ; burned to death. V. DoKCAS, born in 1727 ; married, first, Noah Clapp ; second,

Josiah Moody, vi. Sakaii, l)orn in 1730; married Supply Claj)p. vii. Hanxaii, born in 1733; burned to death.

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viii. Eleanor, born in 1735; married, first, Steplien Pomeroy ; se- cond, Oliver Morton, ix. Caleb, born June 21, 1738; married Melaitable Strong.

The house of John Lyman caught fire, and his Uvo daughters, Abigail and Hannah, were burned in it near midnight, Dec. 8, 174:7. This is said to have been one reason of his removal from South Farms, jSTorthampton, across the Connecticut River to Hocka- num, in Hadley. He made large purchases of land in Hockanum.

Fifth Oenei^ation.

Zadoc Lyman and Sarah Clark:.

He lived in Hockanum, and kept a public house. He married Sarah Clark, daughter of Ebenezer Clark, of ^N^orthampton, and died Oct. 14, 1754, aged 35 years. She married, for her second husband, John Wright, of Northampton, and died in 1795.

Their children:

i. IsRAKL, born Feb. 7, 1746; married Rachel Beals. ii. AZARIAH, born December, 1747; married JEMIMA

KINGSLEY, daughter of Samuel Kingsley, of Southampton, iii. Abigail, born in 1751 ; married Ephraim "Wright, of West^

hampton. iv. Luke, born in 1753; married Susanna Hunt.

Sixth Generation.

Capt. AzAEiAH Lymax and Jemima Kixgsley.

He removed to Westhampton in 1771, and built his house, which still remains, in 1774. They were mar- ried March 17, 1774. He died Oct. 28, 1833, aged 86, and she died Jan. 6, 1839, aged 91.

Their children :

i. JEMIMA, Jr., born Feb. 10, 1775; married JONATHAN

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CLARK, Jr., March 10, ITOG. She dwd Oct. 31, 1838, ngt'd (!3.

ii. AzAKiAii. born Dec. 0, 1777; married, first. Rhoda Rust; se- cond, Sally IJartlett.

iii. Eliiiu, born Oct. 1(), 177'.); married Hannah .Tiidd.

iv. Soi'HiA, born Dec. 21, 178-; married, first, Oliver Hastings;

second, Solomon Ferry. The oidy child of Oliver Hastings

and Sophia Lyman was Fidelia, born Jan. 2, 1818. She

married liev. "William Hogarth, D.D., now of Geneva, N. Y.

V. Jkssk, born March G, 1781. and died of scalding, Jnne 21, 1788.

vi. An infant, born Oct. 31, 1778, and died the same day. vii. Jesse, born ^March 'J, 1789; married Lucy Kingsley. He died Feb. 7, 1874, aged 84. She died May'U, 1872," aged 78.

Seventh Generation.

JoNATHAi^ Clakk, Ji'., aiul Jemoia Lymax, Jr. They were the parents of Dorus Clarke.

3.— Ills AXCESTEY ox THE SIDE OF HIS PaTEKX'AL

Grandmother.

Her maiden name was Sarah Strong, and she descended from Elder John Strong-, the patriarch of the church in Northampton, Mass., and of the ninne- rous Strong family.

First Generation.

Elder Joiix Stroxg, and 1st wife, naine nnknown.

He originated in Tannton, Eng., and married his first wife in England. They came to America in 1G30. She died on the passage, or soon after their arrival.

Their children :

i. John, born in England in 1C2G, and died in AVindsor, Conn.,

Feb. 20, 1G'J8, aged 72. ii. An infant, died in Dorchester.

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Elder John Sthoxg and 2nd wife, Abigail Ford, of Dorchester, were married in 1635 or 163(3.

He removed, first to Hingham, then to Taunton, Mass., then to Windsor, Conn., and from thence to ^N^orthampton, Mass., in 1659 or 1660, Avhere he died, Api'il 11, 1699, about 94 years of age. She died July 6, 1688.

Their children:

i. Thomas, died Oct. 3, 1G89, aged about 56. ii. JEDEDIAH, bom May 7, 1(]37, and died May 22, 1733, aged

96. He married FREEDOM WOODWARD, iii. JosiAii, died young. iv. Retukx, bom about 1641, and died AjDril 9, 1729, aged about

85. V. Elder Ebenezer, bom in 1643, and died Feb. 11, 1729, aged

86. Ti. Abigail, married, first, Rev. Nathaniel Channcej, of Hatfield,

Mass. ; second, Dea. Medad Pomeroj. vii. Elizabeth, born Feb. 24, 1647, and died May 12, 1736, aged

89. She married Joseph Parsons, viii. Experience, born in AVindsor, Conn., Aug. 4, 1650 ; married Zerubbabel Filer, of AVindsor. ix. Samuel, born Aug. 5, 1652, and died Oct. 24, 1732, aged 80. X. Mary, born in AV'indsor, Conn., Oct. 26, 1654, and died Dec.

8, 1738, aged 84. She married Deacon John Clark, of -^ Northampton. xi. Sarah, born in Windsor, in 1657; married Joseph Barnard,

of Hadley, Mass., and died Feb. 10, 1733, aged 77. xii. Hannah, born May 30, 1659, and died Jan. 31, 1693, aged 34.

She married AVilliam Clark, brother of Dea. John Clark, xiii. Hester, born in Northampton, June 7, 1661; married Tho- mas Bissell, of Windsor, Conn., and died March 4, 1726, aged 64. xiv. Thankful, bom July 25, 1663, and married Mr. Baldwin, of

iNIilford, Conn. XV. Jerltah, born Dec. 12, 1665, and died April 24, 1754, aged 88.

The oldest and the youngest child of this family were born thirty-nine years apart.

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Second Gtneration.

Jededtaii Stronc;, mul Freedom Woodward.

lie w;»s l)()rii May 7, 1().')7, and was baptized April 14, 1(J39. She was the- daughter of Ilemy Wood- ward, of Dorchester, and afterward of Xorthani])t()n. He was "a pilhir of the church" in Xorthani[)ton. At the age of 70, lie remov^ed witli his family to Coventry, Conn., where, twenty -six years afterwai'd, he died, May 22, 1733, at the age of 91) years. She died Ma}^ 17, 1(581, and he married, for his second wife, Abigail Stebbins, and for his third, Mrs. Maiy Lee.

Their children:

i. Elizabktii. ii. Abigail. iii. .Jkdkuiah. iv. Ford.

V. An infant, not named, vi. Hannah. vii. Thankful. A-iii. John. ix. Lydia. X. Maky. xi. Exi'r.uiKNOK.

xii. PRESKRVKl), who nuuiied TABITIIA LEE. xiii. .John.

TJiinl Generation.

Preserved Stroxc; and Tabitiia Lp:e.

He was born ^Nlarch 29, 1G80. She was daughter of fJohn Lee, of Fai-mington, Conn. They were mar- ried Oct. 23, 1701. Tliey removed from Xorthamp- ton to Lebanon, Conn., in 1711; and in 1720, to Coventry, Conn. He died Sept. 2G, 1705, aged 85, and she died June 23, 1750, aged 73. The jirincipal reason why so many of these families removed from

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:N'orthampton to Connecticut was the Indian War, which made fearful havoc among the inhabitants of the beautiful and fertile valley of the Connecticut River. When that war ceased, many of them return- ed to Massachusetts, and settled in Southampton, Westhampton and JSTorthampton.

Their children :

i. Noah. ii. Elizabeth.

iii. Moses, bom May 14, 1708. IV. AARON, twin brother to Moses, born May 14, 1708; married

RACHEL STRONG. V. Tap.itha. vi. Mary. vii. Gen. John. viii. Enoch.

Fourth Generation.

Aaron Strong and Rachel Strong.

She was daughter of Justice Joseph Strong, of Co- ventry, Conn., and Elizabeth Allen, of Northampton. They were married Jan. 6, 1731-2. Somewhat late in life, Aaron Strong removed to "Windsor, Conn., and in January, 1763-4, to Southampton, Mass.

Their children:

i. Rachel. ii. Aaron. iii. 8ARAH, born April 9, 1737. She married JONATHAN

CLARK, Jr. iv. Dea. Oliver.

V. Damaris, married .Job Strong, of Easthampton. vi, Chloe, died early.

vii. Chloe, married Caleb Pomeroy, of Sontham2:)ton. viii. John. ix. Rachel, married Elislia Pomeroy, cf Southampton.

X. ASAHEL.

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1' if til (i<- lie ration.

JoxATiiAX Clakk, Jr., and Sahaii Stiioxg.

lie ^vas Ijorii in lliat |)arl ol" TsOrtliainploii, now Soiithaiii])toii, Mass., Jan. 27, 1741-2. She was l)()i'ii in Coventry, Conn., .\i)i-il 1), 17.')7. They were mar- ried in J 77-. lie died in ^"60^., aged G4, and she died in 1814, aged 7().

Their only child: i. JONATHAN. .Jr.. iimnitd J KM IMA LYMAN, Jr.

Sixth Generation.

Jonathan Clark, Jr., and Jemima Lyman, Jr.

They Avere tlie parents of Doriis Clarke. He is of the seventh generation on the side of his paternal

grandmother.

4. — Hrs Ancestry on the side of his Maternal Grandmother.

Her maiden name was Jemima Ivingsley, and she descended from John Ivingsle},^ of Dorchester, ]Nrass. His son wa.s Enos Ivingsley.'- Enos Ivingsley- and Sarah Haines, of ^Northampton, were married Jnne 15, 1662. Their son was Samnel Ivingsley,^ who mari'ied Maiy lluchinson, of Xorthani[)ton, Dec. 20, 1704. Their son was Sanniel Ivingsley,^ who was born ^o\. 24, 1710, and married Jemima Parsons. She was born ]S"ov. 17, 17K).

Their children:

i. Enos, born Oct. 10, 1740; lived in Nortliainptnn. ii. Samlkl, Ijorn Jan. 29, 1742-3; lived in ►SoiUliaiupton and Westlumipton.

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iii. JosKPii, born March 2, 174 1-5 ; lived in Soutliampton and

AVestham|)ton. iv. JEMIMA,^ born in Southampton, in December, 1747.

V. DaXIKL, ) . , ,, ,--,__,,. T . r, ,

• X. - twins, born May 12, It-Jl ; lived iii vSontiiampton.

VI. JNao.mi, j ' ^ ' ' '

vii. Lucy, born July 30, 1750.

fourth Generation.

Capt. AzARiAH Lymax and Jemima Kingsley. The names of their children are stated on page 15.

Fifth Generation.

JoxATHAx Claek, Jr., and Jemima Lymax, Jr. They were the parents of D. Clarke.

The four lines of his ancestors have now been traced from their settlement in Xew England down to him- self. The names and dates he thinks are correct. His own family and descendants are as follows:

Sixth Generation. DoRUS Clarke and Haxxah Alvard Bliss,

The dates of their births and marriage are stated on page 11.

Their children :

i. Susan Cornelia, born in Blandford, Mass., March 3, 1825. ii. Hkxry Marttx, born in Blandford, Nov. 19, 1820. iii. William Bliss, born in Blandford. .June 21, 1829. He was a lawyer, resided in St. Louis. Mo., and died there Oct. 28, 1804." iv. Ellkn Sarah Sophia, born in Blandford, July 21, 1833. V. Mary Lyman, born in Springfield, Mass., Dec. 10, 1839.

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Seventh. Generation.

Samuel Dknms AVakkkn and Susax Couxki.ia Claiikk, l)()lli of Boston, wcrt' married Sept. 13, 18-47. He was l)()rn in Cii'af'ton, ]Mass., Sept. 17, 1817.

Their children:

i. JosiAil FlSKK, born May 11, 18.30, and died Feb. 0. 18.03.

ii. Samukl Dknnis, boni Jan. 25, 18.52, and <,'radnated with dis- tinction at Harvard College in 1875. He lias commenced the stuily of the law.

iii. Ilr.xia' Claukk, born Nov. 18, 1854, and entered Harvard College in 1875.

iv. CoKNKLiA Lyman, born March 21, 1857.

V. P^UWARD Pkkuy, born June 8, ISC)!).

vi. Fkkdkhic Fiskk, born Julv -J, 1S(J2.

Seventh Generation.

Henky Maktyx Clarke, of Boston, and Jaxe LooMEE lIuELBL T, of Soutli Lee, Mass., were married Oct. 15, 1857. She was born in South Lee, May 27, 1832.

Their children :

i. Catiiarink Hurlrut, born Feb. 29, 1864. ii. Henry Martyn, born Aug. 1, 18G5.

Seventh Generation.

George Warren Hammond and Ellen Sarah Sophia Claris:, both of Boston, were married Oct. 15, 1874. He w\is born in Grafton, Mass., April 4, 1833.

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II. il]isi (!lEiriting?5i.

Ill October, 1827, he jDiiblislied, by request, a Dis- course upon the " True Foundation of Christian Hope," delivered at the ordination of his brother, the Kev. Tertius S. Clarke, as pastor of the Congregational Church in South Deerfield, Mass. In 1836, he pub- hshed a vohime of eight "Lectures to Young People," of which two editions were printed, one in Boston and one in ^ew York. In 1838, he published four "Letters to the Hon. Horace Mann, Secretaiy of the Boai'd of Education," then recently formed, upon the proper functions of that Board. The letters were pub- lished over the signature, "Clericus Hampdenensis." In 1839, he published a "Sermon upon the death of William L. Wyman, of Brookline, Yt.," w4io was drowned in the Chicopee River. In 1811, he removed to Boston, and became joint editor and proprietor of "The ^ew England Puritan," and afterward was proprietor and editor of "The Christian Alliance and Family Yisiter," of "The Christian Times;" and at a later period still, was the Boston editor of "The Chi-istian Parlor Magazine" and "Merry's Museum," l)ublished in ]S'ew York. His contributions to these publications were numerous. In 18 i^, he published an octavo volume of 235 pages, entitled "Fugitives from the Escritoire of a Retired Editor," consisting of articles, some of which had never been published, and others which had already appeared in reviews or in pamphlet form. In 18(38, as chau-man of a com- mittee appointed for the ])ur})ose, he compiled and edited a small volume of 85 pages, entitled "A Me- morial of the Re-union of the Natives of Westham))-

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ton, Mass;." Til 18G9, his "Oneness of the Christian ( liiiicli.'" a NohiiiK' of 10.") pages, inacU' its a|)])raranee, and it has |);issc(l tln'oiiiili two editions. In 1S7J, his "Work entitled "()rlli()(h)X Con<!re<:ati()nalisni and the Seets,*" a volnnie of 170 ])a,<i-es, was published. In 187!2, hr i)iil)lislu'd in the W'l'uionl ( 'hroniele, in six articles, a "lieview of the OhciTin ( "oiiiicil,"' over the sig-nature, "A Xew England Con^i-ei^ationalist." Jn 1874, he published a vohnne on "The Ivevision olthe English Version of the Bible." It was adopted and is- sued by the American Tract Society, Boston. In 1875, "The Life and Writings of F. P. G. Guizot'— an article which he had read before "The New England Historic Genealogical Society," in the course of his of- ficial duty as the Historiographer of that Institution — was given to the public. In the course of a service of seven years in that capacity, he prepared and i-ead 127 Memoirs of the deceased members of tliat Society, the greater ])art of whicli liave been pu])lished in "The New England Historical and Genealogical Kegister." In 1875, he also wrote a "^Memoir of the Kev. James Browning Miles, D.D., ('orres])onding Seci-etary of the American IVace Society, which was publislied in "The Advocate of Peace," in December of that year. In 1870, he ])ublishe(l in the Boston Transci-ipt, over the signature of 'Mustice,"" a l\evii'\v of the "Advisory Council" then I'ecently held in Brooklyn, X. Y.

I'he |)reparatiou of this Anlohioiird pliiftil Sh-<tch on this ceutcunial aunivei'sai'v of Aiuei'icau iu(le|)eudence, and iu the eightieth year of the author's life, has ser\ed to beguile some of the houi's of a great domes- tic sorrow, and he hopes it may be of interest to those

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Avho will come after him. The fact that he descended from ancestors, who were so clearly among the favor- ites of heaven, fills him with unspeakable joy; and he leaves this record in the hands of his children and his childreiis' children, with the earnest hope and prayer, that the}^ too, by the renewing grace of God, may follow in the footsteps of such a worthy ancestry, and like them be prepared to "enter in through the gates into the city." "They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and they that tnrn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever."

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