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From: "David Lee" <>
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Joseph Clarke
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:19:45 -0500
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I have a Joseph Clark b. abt 1767 SMC d. 9 Feb 1834 Washington Co., KY m.
Mary Gooden 9 Feb 1791, Nelson Co., KY.
I think he was s/o Joshua Clark & Mary Thompson.
Dave
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From: "Mary Ann Shoemaker" <>
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Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Joseph Clarke


> Sorry for the earlier email.. this is the completed version
>
> Mary Beth and all,
>
> A number of years ago Dick Clark of KY did an in depth research of
> the early Clarks of Nelson Co. and area.. He ruled out that the Joseph
> Clark who is listed by Webb as being the Joseph, will 1796, as being
> the Joseph Clark who was listed as being one of the first 25 or so
> members of the Catholic League to KY. (have copy of his reasoning and
> work)
> Believe this Joseph Clark is the one who married Mary Goodwin etc.. The
> Mary listed by Webb as "being the widow of Joseph Clark" is again the
> same Mary age 95 at her death in 1863, thus b 1768 a bit too young to
> have been the wife of Joseph, will 1796. The marriages of his sons are
> found in Pr. George's Co. MD etc.
>
> "Bonds, Marriages, and Consents Book Nelson Co. KY 1785-1800, p 22
> " Clark, Joseph & Mary Goodden, Mary; Bond: 09 Feb 1791, m 09 Feb 1791
> Signed bond: James Hagan
> Married by Wm DeRohan. from Marriages records"
> This Mary Would have been @ 23 at date of marriage.
>
> Yes the will and inventory for Joseph Clark is as stated.
> Using the married names of the daughters of Joseph Clark, as named in
> his will, I could determine that they probably married:.
> Elizabeth m John Baptist Blandford
> Anne m Wm Howard
> Rebecca m Isaac Thalls
> Mary Elinor m probably Aquilla Hagan
> Mary Ann m Benjamin Thornbury
>
> My thoughts on Joseph, will 1796, is that he never appeared in Nelson
> Co. tax list as he was elderly
> That he came to KY with his family, about 1795/96 or so as all of the
> above men
> *all appear lst* *in the Nelson Co. tax list in 1797*.
> Wm Howard 1797 and again in 1799
> (Nelson Co KY 1798 tax list is lost)
> Aquilla Hagan 1797
> Benjamin Thornsbury 1797
> Isaac Thralls 1797
> Baptist Blandford 1797 also 1799
>
> Using the tax list and the names of the married daughters listed in the
> will of 1796 the above men were the only ones who probably were the
> sons-in-laws. And.. they all are _*first *_ found in the _*1797 Nelson
> Co. tax list. *_ None are found in the Washington Co. Tax list. I have
> copies of the tithables list of Nelson Co. VA (KY) 1785-1791)
> And the Nelson Co. tax list 1792 forward.
>
> The Selah Clark was the daughter of a son of Joseph Clark's who
> apparently had died prior to the will of 1796. The full copy of the
> will has the following:
> "The balance of my estate shall be equally divided with all my children
> and GRANDCHILD that is to say Henry, Jarmes, Joseph, Elizabeth, Ann,
> Rebecca, Eliner Selah and lastly I..."
>
> Nelson Co. Bond book I , p 4 has Wm Howard as her guardian. 1792-1803
> "Clark, Joseph date bond filed: 10 July 1798
> Guardian: Wm Howard
> Orphan: Selia Clark
> Signed Bond: Samuel McAdams"
>
>
> Anne Clark and Wm Howard are my ancestors..
> Wm Howard and his descendants did start Howardstown KY etc..
>
> Disagree with Anna Hamilton's claim in "the genealogy of the Howard's
> of Daviess Co. KY and their Ancestors", that Wm Howard was the brother
> of John Baptist Howard. I do not know who.. was the father etc.. of
> this Wm Howard who m Anne Clark was.
>
> children of Joseph Clark, will 1796
> 1.Henry A. Clarke guessing he m. 2nd Elenor Moore. 1804 Nelson Co. KY
> 2..male Clark with dau Selah
> 3. Elizabeth m John Baptist Blandford
> 4. James George Clark d 1810 Nelson Co. will 1809, in his inventory
> is one of the same blacks as named in the inventory of Joseph Clark
> 1797. This James Clark m Rachel Hagan 1781 Pr. George's Co. MD and in
> his will of 1809 he names wife Rebecca etc.
> 5. Joseph, Jr. died Sept 17 1838 Breckenridge Co. KY
> 6. Anne Clark b 1767 prob MD, d 10 Dec 1850 buried St. Catherines etc.
> married Wm Howard where ??
> 7. Mary Ann Clark died bef 9 )ct 1806 m Bejamin Thornbury who m 2nd
> Eleanor Suttles bond 9 Oct 1806 Nelson co. KY
> 8 Rebecca m Isaac Thalls (n 1810, 1820 Nelson Co. census
> 9... Mary Elinor m probably Aquilla Hagan
>
> I do not find in the book "Index of Marriages Licenses Pr. George Co.
> MD `777-1886 , Helen W Brown a listing for a marriage for a Joseph
> Clark/Clarke. Any idea where this marriage came from?
>
>
>
> Abordo wrote:
>> This is what i have in my working file, please accept that it is not
>> proven.
>>
>> Mary Beth Abordo
>> Riviera Elementary
>> http://www.geocities.com/marybethsclass/
>> http://www.geocities.com/vernalpool_boggs/
>> http://calochortus.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Descendants of Joseph Clarke
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Generation No. 1
>>
>>
>> 1. JOSEPH1 CLARKE was born Abt. 1735, and died 1797 in Nelson Co., KY. He
>> married MARY UNKNOWN.
>>
>> Notes for JOSEPH CLARKE:
>>
>> Will of Joseph Clark, wr. 6 Aug. 1796, pr. 9 May 1797, Nelson Co., Ky.
>> Will
>> Book A, p. 594
>>
>> To wife Mary; sons Henry, James & Joseph; daus. Elizabeth Blanford, Ann
>> Howard, Mary A. Thornbury, Rebecca Thralls, Mary Eliner Hagan, Selah
>> Clark.
>> Exr. son Joseph Clark; Witn. Charles Dorsey, Walter Stallard, Thomas
>> Bayse.
>>
>> Joseph Clark's Inventory, 25 July 1798, Nelson Co. Will Book A, p. 664,
>> by
>> Samuel Pottinger, John Witherow, Christopher Beeler.
>>
>>
>>
>> Joseph Clark b circa 1735+ Mary _______[possibly a Blanford] to KY
>>
>> Joseph sold land to a Blanford in 1782, before migrating to KY - FT 1,
>> 267
>>
>> Notes for MARY UNKNOWN:
>>
>> the following was taken from "Webb's Centenary"
>>
>> "It was my privilege to administer the last sacraments to two of the
>> original Maryland emigrants, who, in 1785, settled on Pottinger's creek,
>> and
>> formed the first Catholic colony of the State. These were John Downs, who
>> died in 186? , at the age of one hundred and four years, and Mary Clark,
>> widow of Joseph Clark, who had been noted in the early history of the
>> settlement for his staunch adherence to the faith of his fathers, and for
>> the free-handed hospitality it had pleased him to extend to the old
>> missionary priests of the State. This venerable lady had reached the
>> ninety-fifth year of her age when, in 1863 she was called to the reward
>> of
>> her faithfulness.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> The first names given are thought to be, in part, those borne by the
>>
>> twenty-five families of the Maryland "league," to which reference has
>> been
>> made: Basil Hayden, Philip Lee, William Bald, Bernard Cissell,Charles
>> Payne,
>> William Brewer, Leonard Johnson, Henry McAtee, Joseph Clark, Stephen
>> Elliott, James Mollihorne, Henry Norris, Ignatius Cissell, Ignatius
>> Byrne,
>> Randal Hagan, Ignatius Hagan, Jeremiah Brown, Robert Cissell, Ignatius
>> Bowles, Hezekiah Luckett, Stanislaus
>>
>> Melton, Thomas Bowlin, John Baptist Dant Philip Miles, Harry Hill, John
>> Hutchins, Isaac Thawles, John Spalding, William Mahony, Henry Lucas,
>> William
>> Bowles, John Bowles, James Queen, Bernard Nally, James Stevens, Ignatius
>> French, Washington Boone, Francis Bryan, Jeremiah Wathen, Thomas Mudd,
>> Raphael R. Mudd, Walter Burch, Philip Mattingly, Joseph Spalding, James
>> Dant, Joseph Dant, Urban Speaks, Joseph Edelin, Joseph Howe, Joseph
>> Mills;
>> Harry Miles, Monica Hagan, Rodolphus Norris, Francis Peak.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> "The life of Mrs. Mary Clark was beautiful in its Christian simplicity
>> and
>> meekness. She was a stranger to the Church until about the time of her
>> marriage; but from the day upon which the regenerating waters of baptism
>> were poured upon her head to that of her happy death, she was ever
>> faithful
>> to the obligations imposed upon her, by her religion. During her
>> husband's
>> lifetime she seconded all his efforts to promote Catholic interests, and
>> during her long widowhood, like Anna of old, it was her delight to serve
>> God
>> in His holy temple. In conversing with others, it was her habit to speak
>> only of holy things. Of her great charity, she was constant in prayers
>> that
>> all might be led, as she had been, into the ark of God's
>>
>> Church. Meeting a stranger, she was sure to ask him if he were a
>> Catholic;
>> if he had ever read Catholic books; and if he did not consider it a great
>> blessing to be a member of Christ's mystical body. Her conversation was
>> edification itself, as much so to me as to others; and after listening to
>> her for a brief while, as I had frequent opportunities of doing, I was
>> disposed to thank God for having led me to a land wherein such exemplars
>> of
>> primitive christian piety were to be met with and honored.
>>
>> 'Grandmother' Clark so was she called by everybody, left behind her dying
>> the sweet aroma of her many virtues. Who of her sex would not esteem it a
>> privilege to live as she did, a life of faith and goodness and
>> thanksgiving;
>> and to die as she did, offering her divine Master an undivided heart."
>>
>>
>> Children of JOSEPH CLARKE and MARY UNKNOWN are:
>>
>> i. ANNE2 CLARKE, b. 1767; d. December 10, 1850; m. WILLIAM HOWARD, Abt.
>> 1796, Holy Cross, Nelson Co., KY.
>>
>> Notes for ANNE CLARKE:
>>
>> Source: John A. Lyons, Historical Sketches of Old St. Theresa's in Meade
>> County, KY, 18.
>>
>> Dec 10 1850 Ann dau of Joseph Cleark & wife of Wm. Howard age 83 died in
>> the
>> house of her son Joseph Howard. Buried in St. Catherine's Cemetery.
>>
>> buried at St. Catherine's Cemetery in New Haven, KY,
>>
>> Will of Joseph Clark, wr. 6 Aug. 1796, pr. 9 May 1797, Nelson Co., Ky.
>> Will
>> Book A, p. 594
>>
>> To wife Mary;
>>
>> sons Henry, James & Joseph;
>>
>> daus. Elizabeth Blanford, Ann Howard, Mary A. Thornbury, Rebecca Thralls,
>> Mary Eliner Hagan, Selah Clark.
>>
>> Exr. son Joseph Clark;
>>
>> Witn. Charles Dorsey, Walter Stallard, Thomas Bayse.
>>
>> Joseph Clark's Inventory, 25 July 1798, Nelson Co. Will Book A, p.
>>
>> 664, by Samuel Pottinger, John Witherow, Christopher Beeler.
>>
>> Notes for WILLIAM HOWARD:
>>
>> William Howard who settled on the Rolling Forks in Nelson County, Ky
>> about
>> 1787 near the Larue and Marion County, KY line. he was founder of
>> Howardstown with his son Joseph Howard.
>>
>> buried at St. Catherine's Cemetery, New Haven, KY
>>
>> Source: John A. Lyons, Historical Sketches of Old St. Theresa's in Meade
>> County, KY, 18.
>>
>> Anna Hamilton claims in her book "The Genealogy of the Howard's of
>> Daviess
>> County, Ky and their Ancestors that this William Howard who
>>
>> married Anne Clarke was a Brother to John Baptist Howard who married
>> Elizabeth ?, James Howard who married Mary Jackson, and several others,
>> such
>> as Edward Howard , Charles Howard , Basil Pottinger Howard, Richard
>> Howard,
>>
>> ii. JOSEPH CLARKE, b. Abt. 1759; m. SARAH CLAYTON, 1782, Prince Georges's
>> Co., Maryland.
>>
>> iii. HENRY A CLARKE, m. ELIZABETH UNKNOWN.
>>
>> Notes for ELIZABETH UNKNOWN:
>>
>> Elizabeth was the widow of Unkown Moore
>>
>> iv. JAMES GEORGE CLARKE, b. Abt. 1760; d. Abt. 1807; m. RACHEL HAGAN.
>>
>> Notes for JAMES GEORGE CLARKE:
>>
>> Will 1807
>>
>> v. ELIZABETH CLARKE, b. 1757; m. JOHN BAPTISIT BLANFORD.
>>
>> vi. MARY A CLARKE, m. BENJAMIN THORNBURY.
>>
>> vii. REBECCA CLARKE, m. ISAAC THRALLS.
>>
>> viii. MARY ELINER ELINOR CLARKE, m. AQUILLA HAGAN.
>>
>> ix. SELAH CLARKE.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 7:16 AM
>> Subject: [MDSTMARY] Joseph Clarke
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi
>>> I am having doubts about the information I have for Joseph Clarke b.
>>> abt.
>>> 1725, probably in St. Mary’s County d. abt. 1772 probably in KY
>>> He is the son of James Clarke b.1699 St. Mary’s d.1742 and Henrietta
>>> Walker
>>>
>>> Father of George Clark b.1760 St. Mary’s d.1807 Nelson County, KY
>>> My doubt is his wife and the mother of George, Mary Thompson, dau. of
>>> Thomas
>>> Thompson and Mary Cole of St. Mary’s County .
>>> Or have I got it all wrong?
>>> Sue
>>>
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