Brief Life History of Sterling
When Sterling Clack was born on 17 November 1759, in Brunswick, Virginia, United States, his father, William M. Clack, was 23 and his mother, Elizabeth Twitty, was 20. He married Mary Polly Wood on 15 August 1780, in Warren, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Tennessee, Tennessee, United States in 1830. He died on 6 November 1837, in Sumner, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Auburn, Barrow, Georgia, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Sterling Clack, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Sterling C. Clack, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1759–1837 Male
1760–1851 Female
Children (12)
1773–1795 Male
1782–1848 Female
1788–1856 Male
1789–1867 Male
1791–1867 Male
+7 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1736–1802 Male
1739–1802 Female
Siblings (9)
1757–1799 Male
1759–1837 Male
1762– Female
1763–1820 Female
1765–1835 Male
+4 More Children
World Events (8)
1776
Age 17
1776
Age 17
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
Age 21
Name Meaning
English:
from the Old English personal name Clacc or its Old Norse (Danish) cognate Klak. As a personal name this is from a word meaning ‘lump’ and may have been used as a nickname for a large or thickset man.
possibly sometimes from a derivative of Middle English clakken ‘to rattle, clatter’, denoting a chatterer, alternatively, perhaps a miller, from the clack or clatter of his mill, or a bellringer.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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