Thankful Clark

about 1765–7 September 1852 (Age 87)
Wayne, Kennebec, Maine, United States

The Life Summary of Thankful

Thankful Clark was born about 1765. She married James Gage Sr. on 12 July 1783, in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 7 September 1852, in Wayne, Kennebec, Maine, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Wayne, Kennebec, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Gage Sr.
1762–1829
Thankful Clark
1765–1852
Marriage: 12 July 1783
Tully Gage
1784–
Thankful Gage
1787–1820
Lavina Gage
1789–1870
James Gage Jr.
1792–1840
Huldah Gage
1794–
Charlotte V Gage
1805–1890

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    12 July 1783Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
    • Children

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1773
    Age 8
    Historical Boundaries: 1773: Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony 1776: Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States 1799: Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Kennebec, Maine, United States
    1776
    Age 11
    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
    1788 · The First Presidential Election
    Age 23
    The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Clarke
    Clerk
    Clerkin
    Calarco
    Clerc
    Clarkson

    Sources (6)

    • Thankful in entry for Charlotte Gage, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"

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