Aaron Clark

1750–18 December 1811 (Age 61)
Elizabeth Township, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America

The Life Summary of Aaron

When Aaron Clark was born in 1750, in Elizabeth Township, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, Abraham Clark, was 24 and his mother, Sarah Price Hatfield, was 22. He married Susannah Winans in 1770, in New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States in 1790 and Canton Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 18 December 1811, in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Rahway, Union, New Jersey, United States.

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Family Time Line

Aaron Clark
1750–1811
Susannah Winans
1758–1821
Marriage: 1770
Hannah Clark
1771–
Abigail Clark
1773–1811
Elizabeth Clark
1776–
Josiah Clark
1784–1841
Susannah Clark
1785–
Hatfield Clark
1777–
Winans Clark
1778–1840
Elizabeth Clark
1780–1818

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1770New York Colony, British Colonial America
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (6)

    1776
    Age 26
    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
    1777
    Age 27
    Although the origin of the name Spanktown is not certain, it appears the term was used in military communications when referring to this strategic area in the first half of 1777.
    1783 · A Free America
    Age 33
    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Clarke
    Clerk
    Clerkin
    Calarco
    Clerc
    Clarkson

    Sources (5)

    • Aron Clark, "United States Census, 1790"
    • Aaron Clarke, "United States Census, 1800"
    • Aaron Clark, "Find A Grave Index"

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