John Clark

Male1808–

Brief Life History of John

John Clark was born in 1808, in New York, United States. He married Lucy Brown on 24 February 1831, in Portage, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Schuyler, Herkimer, New York, United States in 1855 and Jamestown, Ottawa, Michigan, United States in 1870.

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Family Time Line

John Clark
1808–
Lucy Brown
1810–
Marriage: 24 February 1831
Cornelia Clark
1832–
Sarah Clark
1834–
Andrew Clark
1836–
John B. Clark
1839–
Adeline Clark
1841–
Elbert Clark
1845–1872
Charles Clark
1850–

Sources (5)

  • John Clark, "United States Census, 1870"
  • John Clark in entry for Elbert Clark, "Michigan, Deaths, 1867-1897"
  • John Clark, "United States Census, 1850"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    24 February 1831Portage, Ohio, United States
  • Children (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1808

    Age 0

    Atlantic slave trade abolished.

    1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

    Age 19

    During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.

    1846

    Age 38

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    Name Meaning

    English: from Middle English clerk, clark ‘clerk, cleric, writer’ (Old French clerc; see Clerc ). The original sense was ‘man in a religious order, cleric, clergyman’. As all writing and secretarial work in medieval Christian Europe was normally done by members of the clergy, the term clerk came to mean ‘scholar, secretary, recorder, or penman’ as well as ‘cleric’. As a surname, it was particularly common for one who had taken only minor holy orders. In medieval Christian Europe, clergy in minor orders were permitted to marry and so found families; thus the surname could become established.

    Irish (Westmeath, Mayo): in Ireland the English surname was frequently adopted, partly by translation for Ó Cléirigh; see Cleary .

    Americanized form of Dutch De Klerk or Flemish De Clerck or of variants of these names, and possibly also of French Clerc . Compare Clerk 2 and De Clark .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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