_____________________
|
_Jeremiah Freeman BIRD _|
| (1745 - 1788) m 1768 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Charles Marsh BIRD
| (1772 - ....)
| _Charles MARSH ______+
| | (1710 - 1765) m 1765
|_Elizabeth MARSH _______|
(1750 - 1825) m 1768 |
|_Esther CUTTER ______
(1717 - 1784) m 1765
[1225] --Other Fields
[1226] SLGC: Date: 21 Nov 1944 11 May 1972 Place: SLAKE @00561915@ ®61
[248] Charles Carroll Gardner, in Genealogical Collections 1665-1800, Vol. 29, CLARK, writes:
[250]
"Richard Clarke the founder of the Elizabethtown Clark family and great-grandfather of Hon. Abraham Clark, signer of the Declaration of Independence, is first found at Southampton, L.I., in 1661. It has been stated that Richard Clarke was a
grandson of the thirty-sixth signer of the Mayflower Compact, who bore the same name. This statement is absolutely incorrect. Bradford's "History of the Plymouth Plantation", a contemporary work, tells us plainly enough that Richard Clarke of
the Mayflower died soon after the arrival at Plymouth, without issue. This fact is stated in two different places in Bradford's work, and can be relied upon as absolutely correct. There has been no clue to the ancestry of Richard Clarke of Long
Island and New Jersey discovered as yet. The name was an exceedingly common one, and there were hundreds of Richard Clarkes living in various parts of England at the time of the settlement of our Richard on Long Island."
[252]
"Richard Clarke was married about 1660 to Elizabeth _____ but whether the marriage took place in Southampton or elsewhere does not appear. In 1664 he owned uplands there bounded by Wm. Oliver, Chas. Ludlow, and Geo. Ross. By 1675, he had
removed to Southold, L.I. and about 1678 he took his family to Elizabethtown, Essex Co., (now Union), N.J. where a party composed largely of Southampton people (including Clark's former neighbors Wm. Oliver and Geo. Ross) had settled in 1665.
Under date of Feb. 13, 1679-80, b. Richard Clarke was patented 300 acres of land in E.T. in right of himself, wife, and children Richard, John and Elizabeth, they being 14 year olds. On Mar 11, 1685-6, a warrant was issued to John and Richard
Clarke, Jr. for 120 acres each "which probably was their fathers and mothers and their own two shares, for which the father had the former patent." In 1694, the name of Richard Clarke appears as a contributor to the support of Rev. John
Harriman, pastor of the E.T. Church.
[254]
"Richard Clarke was a shipwright. The Will of Wm. Miller of E.T. dated 1711, bequeaths to son Andrew an interest in "my sloop called Tryall, built by Richard Clarke." . . . [This collection of C.C.Gardner is found in N.J. Historical Society,
and a Xerox copy is on file in Westfield N.J. Memorial Library].
[256]
Elmer S. Clark was of opinion that Richard Clarke was the father of Richard Clarke, but we have found no compelling evidence to substantiate this. In view of the large number of Richard Clark(e)s found in England, and the fact, as Savage has
pointed out, that there were some 40 different Clark families who emigrated from England to the colonies, E.S.Clark's conclusions as to the Richard Clark/Ann Winston parentage has to be just speculation. Pierson, who was a compiler and not a
genealogist, elected to accept it, but without proofs. The problem is that the Clark/Winston speculation then had found its way into two separate volumes, which does not give it substance. (See bottom of this page for the Bradwell, County
Suffolk, England ancestry.) There is also speculation as to Richard Clarke's origins, prior to his being "in Southampton, L.I. in 1661," in such places as New England and the Barbadoes. Again, we have found no documentation for any of these.
[258]
Sources: Charles Carroll Gardner, Genealogical Collections, Vol. 29, CLARK 1665-1800. Photocopies in N.J. Historical Society and Westfield Memorial Library. See also C.C. Gardner cards and volumes in Special Collection Room of Rutgers, The
State University of N.J., Library, New Brunswick, NJ. Richard Clarke was the founder of this line of Elizabethtown Clarks, and there are numerous volumes which refer to him. Some of these are undocumented and seem more designed to advance some
position, such as trying to tie in a family with the Mayflower, or as a descendant of Abraham Clark, the Signer of the Declaration of Independence. The reader is also cautioned about "Histories" of various counties, which came out in the late
1800s, and which featured biographies of "leading citizens" and often recited their genealogy. These were not really histories or researched, but relied almost solely on what was told them, and then used boiler-plate laudatory lauguage about
the men featured, who, of course, were expected to buy the books for their library shelves. We have found the History of Union County, edited by Honeyman, to contain numerous errors, though Honeyman himself had a reputation as a genealogist and
historian, but apparently mainly lent his name to that work. ®23
[259] Inventory of the estate of 159 pounds, all personal, including a negro woman and chile, valued at 32 pounds; made by Jonathan Ogden and And. Hamton. ®59
_____________________
|
_David MEEKER _______|
| (1712 - 1787) m 1737|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--David MEEKER
| (1744 - 1778)
| _Joshua MARSH _______+
| | (1690 - 1744) m 1987
|_Elizabeth MARSH ____|
(1716 - 1782) m 1737|
|_Susanna BUNN _______
(1692 - 1987) m 1987
[451] --Other Fields
[452] ®61
_William MILLER _____
| (1697 - 1782) m 1719
_Noah MILLER ________|
| (1734 - 1772) m 1758|
| |_Hannah MARSH _______+
| (1697 - 1753) m 1719
|
|--Squire Samuel MILLER
| (1771 - 1849)
| _____________________
| |
|_Elizabeth BROOKS ___|
(1742 - 1831) m 1758|
|_____________________
[637] --Other Fields
[638] ®61
_Isaac NOE __________
| (1705 - 1777) m 1987
_Daniel NOE _________|
| (1746 - 1810) |
| |_Sarah MARSH ________
| (1712 - 1777) m 1987
|
|--Robert NOE
| (1772 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_Mary MOORE _________|
(1749 - ....) |
|_____________________
[826] --Other Fields
[827] SLGC: Date: 19 Jul 1948 Place: LOGAN @08947479@ ®61
__
|
_Isaac WHITEHEAD ®28 _|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Sarah WHITEHEAD ®28
|
| __
| |
|______________________|
|
|__
[245]
Sarah (Whitehead) Ogden was daughter of Isaac Whitehead. She was appointed January 15, 1690 administratrix of her husband Joseph Ogden's estate. She had four husbands. She is named on December 31, 1702 as the widow of William Borwn, of
Elizabethtown. In the latter's will, dated December 10, 1702, he makes bequests to his "sons-in-law" (stepsons) Joseph and Isaac Ogden, and gives a large share of his property to "my loving and dearly beloved wife Sarah". She next married
Frances Sayer, and upon his decease was appointed NOvember 6, 1708, administratrix of his estate. A receipt found among the "Burnet Papers" reads: "1705 Isaac Ogden son-in-law of Francis Sayer receives from Francis Sayer his share and portion
of the estate of his father Joseph Ogden". The "Burnet Papers" also say that Sarah was wife of Azariah Crane March 3, 1720-1. ®28
_Edward WILKINSON ___
| (1657 - ....)
_Dr. James WILKINSON ®58 _|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Sarah WILKISON
| (1727 - ....)
| _Jonathan DUNHAM ____+
| |
|_Mary DUNHAM _____________|
|
|_Esther ROLPH _______+