Nathan Clark

5 February 1747–17 September 1834 (Age 87)
Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

The Life 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 31. 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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Family Time Line

Nathan Clark
1747–1834
Eunice Rust
1749–1824
Marriage: 9 January 1772
Nancy Clark
1773–1845
Eunice Clark
1775–1857
Nathan Clark
1777–1856
Clark
1780–1780
Clark
1780–1780
Lucinda Clark
1781–1859
Theodore Clark
1784–1843
Sylvester Clark
1786–1841
Calvin Clark
1789–1802
Luther Clark
1789–1881

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
9 January 1772
Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
children

(10)

    Nancy Clark

    Female1773–1845Female

    Eunice Clark

    Female1775–1857Female

    Nathan Clark

    Male1777–1856Male

    Clark

    Male1780–1780Male

    Clark

    Female1780–1780Female

+5 More Children

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(6)

+1 More Child

World Events (6)

1776

Age 29

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King

Age 29

"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

Age 47

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a scribe or secretary, originally a member of a minor religious order who undertook such duties. The word clerc denoted a member of a religious order, from Old English cler(e)c ‘priest’, reinforced by Old French clerc. Both are from Late Latin clericus, from Greek klērikos, a derivative of klēros ‘inheritance’, ‘legacy’, with reference to the priestly tribe of Levites ( see Levy ) ‘whose inheritance was the Lord’. In medieval Christian Europe, clergy in minor orders were permitted to marry and so found families; thus the surname could become established. In the Middle Ages it was virtually only members of religious orders who learned to read and write, so that the term clerk came to denote any literate man.

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

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Nathan Clark, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Nathan Clark, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Nathan Clarke in entry for Nathan Clarke, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"

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