Brief Life History of Aaron
When Aaron Clark Sr. was born on 30 September 1758, in Bethany, Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Hezekiah Clark Sr, was 35 and his mother, Mary Peck, was 32. He married Elizabeth Fowler on 11 June 1786, in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 7 May 1848, in Orange, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Orange Center Cemetery, Orange, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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- Aaron Clark, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
- Aaron in entry for Poly Clarke, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"
- Aaron Clark, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
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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