Brief Life History of Nathan
When Nathan Clark was born on 5 February 1747, in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Daniel Clark, was 33 and his mother, Experience Allen, was 32. He married Eunice Rust on 9 January 1772, in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1747. He died on 17 September 1834, in Westhampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Center Cemetery, Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Nathan Clark, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Nathan Clarke in entry for Nathan Clarke, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
- Nathan Clark, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Spouse and Children
1747–1834 Male
1749–1824 Female
Children (10)
1773–1845 Female
1775–1857 Female
1777–1856 Male
1780–1780 Male
1780–1780 Female
+5 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1713–1804 Male
1716–1751 Female
Siblings (6)
1740–1804 Female
1742–1760 Male
1744–1821 Male
1747–1834 Male
1748–1826 Female
+1 More Child
World Events (6)
1776
Age 29
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 29
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 47
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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