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From: "Cindy Clark" <>
Subject: Fw: [Clark-NewEng] James CLARK, b~1800 .. Where? (in RI 1820)
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:03:50 -0400


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From: "Cindy Clark" <>
To: "BBFFRRPP" <>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Clark-NewEng] James CLARK, b~1800 .. Where? (in RI 1820)


> Betty, just a couple of tidbits you may have already.
>
> Beaman's VRRI V. 10, pg. 223 - Manchester, Rhoda, of Gilbert dec AND Mr.
> CLARK mw (mentioned will) David Tompkins d 1838 (LC 8:190-193)
>
> RIGR V9, No.3, pg 232 - Tompkins, David, of LC. will dated 12 Dec 1838,
> proved 8 June 1840 pgs 190-193. Mentions: Brother Uriah Tompkins.
Sisters
> Mary Manchester widow & Rhoda Waldon. Friend Gideon Alme exor. Rest no
> rels to testr: Lucy Brownell dauaghter of Nathaniel Brownell of Westport
> dec. Arnold Levers son of Rhoda Levere widow. Rhoda Clark daughter of
> Gilbert Manchester dec. Job Lake & wife. Witn: James Pearch, Sarah
Pearce,
> Godfrey Pearce.
>
> Probably completely unrelated:
>
> RIGR V 4 No 2, they Left RI Part 14 from 1850 Census of Madison County,
NY,
> pg. 169: 1969/2013 CLARK, Major 45M farmer [Rhoda 40F NY; chn NY]
>
> Hope some of this helps a bit. Good luck in your search.
>
> Cindy Clark
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "BBFFRRPP" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 8:03 AM
> Subject: [Clark-NewEng] James CLARK, b~1800 .. Where? (in RI 1820)
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just thought I'd post my "brick wall" to this new List. I am
> > searching for any information at all about a James CLARK who was
probably
> > born between 1790 and 1800. He could have been born .. anywhere!
> > (USA, ENG, CAN???)
> >
> > All I know about this man is that he was in Little Compton, RI, in the
> > 1820's, and he was a Mariner. In 1829 in Westport, MA, he married
the
> > widow of a fellow Mariner, Mrs. Rhoda (MANCHESTER) LAVARE, of Westport,
> MA.
> > They had a daughter, Mary Anna CLARK, there in 1837.
> >
> > In 1850, Mrs. Rhoda CLARK and her children were living in Westport, MA,
> and
> > her husband was not. It is believed that James "went to sea" in or
> > around 1845, and "deserted ship" in Australia.
> >
> > Mrs. Rhoda CLARK's first husband, Epaphroditus LAVARE, was a Mariner,
who
> > reportedly was from VA. I don't know whether Epaphroditus and James
> were
> > "shipmates" and knew each other before they met Rhoda. Rhoda was
born
> in
> > 1800, so I am "guessing" that James CLARK was born anywhere between 1790
> and
> > 1800.
> >
> > Thank you for your time.
> >
> > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)
> >
> >
> >
> > "There are two lasting bequests we can give our children;
> > one is roots, the other is wings."
> >
> > Hodding Carter, Jr.
> >
> >
> >
> > "What does Jesus want in his "stocking" on Christmas morning?
> >
> > Loving kindness, a warm heart, and the stretched out hand of tolerance!"
> >
> > The Bishop's Wife (1947)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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