Brief Life History of Anna
When Anna Clark was born in 1720, in Caroline, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, John Clark, was 17 and her mother, Rebecca Hendrix, was 20. She married Col. John Abner Field in 1747, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died in March 1804, in Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 84.
Photos and Memories (5)
Do you know Anna? Do you have a story about her that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Legacy NFS Source: Nancy Ann Clark - Published information: birth: 1728; Albemarle, Virginia, United States
- Marriage record of Anna Rogers Clark and John Field, State of Virginia
- Anna Rogers Clark Field, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
Children (7)
+2 More Children
Parents and Siblings
World Events (4)
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
Historical Boundaries: 1776: Fincastle, Virginia Colony, United States 1776: Fincastle, Virginia, United States 1776: Kentucky, Virginia, United States 1780: Fayette, Virginia, United States 1786: Bourbon, Virginia, United States 1792: Bourbon, Kentucky, United States
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
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 NamesStory Highlight
Jonathan Clark Will
The will of Jonathan Clark 1734 Department of Archives, Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia No. 21036. Miscellaneous Papers, File No. 13 H-20 In the name of God Amen the ninth day of Apri …
Discover Even More
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.