Sarah Clark Parker

Brief Life History of Sarah Clark

When Sarah Clark Parker was born on 30 March 1815, in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Theodore Parker, was 30 and her mother, Mary Marden, was 28. She married Josiah Guile Hardy on 17 March 1835, in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Seneca, Ontario, New York, United States in 1855 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 25 December 1893, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Josiah Guile Hardy
1813–1894
Sarah Clark Parker
1815–1893
Marriage: 17 March 1835
Henry Harding Hardy
1836–1843
Lucy Hardy
1838–1910
Warren Wilford Hardy
1840–1893
Charles William Hardy
1842–1914
Milton Henry Hardy
1844–1905
Sarah Adaline Hardy
1847–1920
Hiram Haven Hardy
1848–1851
Sylvanus Hardy
1850–1850
Josiah Heber Hardy
1853–1893
Rufus Herbert Hardy
1855–1923
Sylvester Hardy
1857–

Sources (88)

  • Sarah Hardy in household of Josiah Hardy, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850
  • Sally C. Parker, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English parker ‘park-keeper’ (Old French parquier, parchier), an officer employed to look after deer and other game in a hunting park (see Park 1). This surname is also very common among African Americans. It has also been recorded since medieval times in Ireland.

Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish names.

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

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Sarah Parker Clark Hardy life summary

Sarah Clark Parker Hardy was born in Bradford, Massachusetts in 1815. She was of Revolutionary and Mayflower stock, being a descendant of Thomas Hardy, who figured prominently in Mayflower and early C …

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