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(I) John Peabody, immigrant ancestor of all the American branches of the family, came to New England about 1635, probably with his son William, as their names are mentioned together in the list of original proprietors of the town of Plymouth. John Peabody owned ten acres at Blufish in the Plymouth colony in 1637. He was admitted a freeman January 2, 1637-38, and with William, his son, was one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater in 1645. He lived in Duxbury. His will is dated July 16, 1649, at "Duxbrock," Plymouth colony, and proved at Boston, April 27, 1667, but recorded at Plymouth. He died at Bridge- water in 1667, aged seventy-seven years. He married Isabel , who survived him. Children : 1. Thomas, mentioned in will in 1667. 2. Francis, born 1614, mentioned below. 3. William, 1619-20, came to Plymouth colony and settled in Rhode Island ; married Elizabeth Alden. 4. Annis (Agnes ), married John Rouse, who was with William Peabody, one of the original proprietors of Little Compton, originally Seaconet.
(II) Francis, son of John Peabody, was born at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, in 1614. He came to New England in the ship, "Planter," Nicholas Frarice, master, sailing April 2, 1635, and first settled in Ipswich, where he was a proprietor in 1636. In 1638 he was one of the original settlers of Hampton, New Hampshire, then Norfolk county, "with Rev. Stephen Bachilor and twelve others, and they resided there several years. He was on the grand jury, also the trial jury there. He was admitted a freeman there May 18, 1642. He sold his estate at Hampton, May 25, 1650, and removed to Topsfield, Massachusetts, in order to be nearer Boston. His new farm was adjoining those of Richard Dorman and Mr. Simonds. He became a very prominent man there, both on account of his property and influence. He owned large tracts of land in Topsfield, Boxford and Rowley. His will is dated January 20, 1695, and proved August 7, 1698. He died February 19, 1697-98, aged eighty-three years. He married Mary Foster, who died April 9, 1705, daughter of Reginald Foster, of the family names in Scott's "Mar- mion" and "Lay of the Last Minstrel." Chil- dren: I. John, born 1642. 2. Joseph, 1644, married Bethiah Bridges. 3. William, 1646, mentioned below. 4. Isaac, 1648. 5. Sarah, 1650, married How, of Ipswich. 6.
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Hepsibah, 1652. 7. Lydia, 1654, married Jacob Perley. 8. Mary, 1656, married John Death, of Framingham. 9. Ruth, May 22, 1658. 10. Damaris, January 21, 1660, died December 19, 1660. II. Samuel, January 4, 1662, died Sep- tember 13, 1677. 12. Jacob, July 28, 1664. 13. Hannah, May 28, 1668. 14. Nathaniel, July 29, 1669.
(III) William, son of Francis Peabody, was born March 3, 1646, and resided in Boxford, Massachusetts. He married, August 14, 1684, Hannah Hale, of Newbury, who died February 23, 1733. He died in March, 1699. Children : I. Stephen, born August 5, 1685. 2. Mary, April II, 1687, married Joseph Simonds. 3. Ephraim, April 23, 1689, mentioned below. 4. Richard, February 7, 1691. 5. Hannah, Au- gust, 1693, married Jonathan Foster. 6. John, August 1, 1695. 7. Abiel, 1697. 8. Oliver, May 7, 1698.
(IV) Ephraim, son of William Peabody, was born April 23, 1689. He resided at Box- ford and his mind was deranged from 1732 until his death, June 1, 1740. He had as guardians, Thomas Reddington and his brother, Stephen Peabody. His will was dated July 4, 1728, and proved June 23, 1740. He married, July 13, 1712, Hannah Reddington. Children : I. Thomas, born July 14, 1713, mentioned below. 2. Abraham, October 6, 1717. 3. Ephraim, February 10, 1720, resided at Ash- ford and Windham, Connecticut. 4. Hannah, May 8, 1725. 5. Nathaniel, December 18, 1727. 6. Stephen, 1729, died 1733. 7. Mary, 1731.
(V) Thomas, son of Ephraim Peabody, was born at Boxford, July 14, 1713. He resided at Boxford and Lunenburg. He married (first ) February 15, 1738, Ruth Cole, born February 10, 1714, died June 14, 1766, daugh- ter of Samuel Cole, of Salem. He married ( second) Hannah Ritter, June 20, 1771. Chil- dren: 1. Jonathan, born November 16, 1739, resided in Brattleborough, Vermont. 2. Samuel, March 4, 1741. 3. Ephraim, 1742, married Sarah Hutchinson and lived at Wilton, New Hampshire. 4. Elizabeth. January 5, 1744, married, March 3, 1778, Isaac Sanderson. 5. Thomas, 1746. mentioned below. 6. Phineas, April 20, 1749. died November 21, 1749. 7. Phineas. 1751, married Rebecca Kittredge. 8. Amos, April 13. 1753, lived at Northfield, Ver- mont. 9. Moses, January 28, 1755, married, November 26, 1778, Betty Jackman.
(V1) Thomas (2). son of Thomas ( 1) Pea- body, was born in 1746 and settled in Shirley, Massachusetts. He owned a small farm on the banks of the Nashua river, half a mile
above the Mitchel mills. He built a log house, where he lived with his large family. He served in the revolution in Captain Haskell's company, April 19, 1775; also in the seventh company under Colonel Brooks (or Reed) in 1778. He is described as five feet nine inches in height. He married (first) (intentions dated November 24, 1770) Elizabeth Longley, who died February 3, 1784. He married ( sec- ond) (intentions dated March 21, 1785) Patience Bartlett, of Shirley. He died Sep- tember 2, 1829. Children of first wife: I. Ruth. born February 18, 1772, married Carroll. 2. Elizabeth, Townsend, January 27, 1774. 3. Olive, Shirley, February 22, 1776. 4. Polly, April 22, 1778 5. Luther, April 9, 1780. 6. Calvin, April 21, 1782. 7. Sally, January 31, 1784. Children of second wife : 8. Thomas, November 14, 1785, married, May 15, 1848, Mrs. Leah Page, of Shirley; died October 12, 1861. 9. William Bartlett, Febru- ary 21, 1787, mentioned below. IO. Silence
Bartlett, September 9, 1788. II. Edmund Longley, March 9, 1790. 12. James, May 18, 1791. 13. Isaac, January 21, 1793. 14. John Amory, September 15, 1794. 15. Rebecca, June 8, 1796. 16. Lucy, April 13, 1798. 17. George Washington, April 3, 1800, died young. 18. Abigail, October 25, 1801, married William Budlong. 19. Olive, October 24, 1804, died young.
(VII) William Bartlett, son of Thomas (2) Peabody, was born in Shirley, February 21, 1787. He married Hannah Newbury, of Bev- erly, Massachusetts. He settled in Boston. They had nine children, three sons and six daughters: William H., Thomas, George, Hannah, May, married A. Clark; Sarah, mar- ried a Mr. Pratt ; Elizabeth, married a Mr. Collings; Augusta, married David Davis, and one who died young.
(VIII) William H., son of William Bart- lett Peabody, was born on Temple piace, Boston, September 9, 1819. died September 17, 1891. He was educated in the public schools, and learned the trade of painter. He was a successful house painter and contractor all his active life. He was in politics a Republican ; was a constable in West Roxbury when it was a town ; was high in the I. O. O. F. and took great interest in the order : was deacon in the Universalist church at Jamaica Plain, and was very active. He married, March 24, 1844, Sarah Ann Lamson, born November 27, 1823, in Salem, died April 21, 1887, daughter of Captain Amos and Sally ( McIntire) Lamson. They were Universalists
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in religion. Children : 1. Henry Amos Lam- son, born August 1, 1846, in Boston, a musician by profession ; resides in Boston. 2. Frances A .. July 6, 1848, died July 19, 1848. 3. Francis Albert Newbury, September 13, 1849, men- tioned below. 4. Horace Erving, October 19, 1851, died May 19, 1852.
Captain Amos Lamson, father of Sarah Ann (Lamson) Peabody, was born in Salem, Mass- achusetts, March 18, 1794. He was in the navy in the war of 1812, was captured by the British and confined in Dartmoor prison, Eng- land, for several years. He followed the sea ' and rose to the rank of master mariner. He was a man of much natural ability, courage and usefulness. He married, March 4, 1821, Sally McIntire, also of Salem, born October 23, 1790, died in 1891, in Norway, Maine. George Lamson, brother of Amos, was also a sea captain of note. He sailed on many trad- ing trips to the South Seas and on his last trip was taken by cannibals.
(IX) Francis Albert Newbury, son of Will- iam H. Peabody, was born in South Danvers, Massachusetts, September 13. 1849, died at Jamaica Plain, December 29, 1906. He was educated in the public schools, and learned from his father the trade of house painter, becoming associated with him from boyhood in his business. After the death of his father he succeeded to his property at Jamaica Plain and continued in business as a painter. He was a well known and greatly respected citizen of Jamaica Plain. He was an active and influ- ential Republican. He was a member of the Unitarian church and of Quinobequin Lodge of Odd Fellows. For many years he served in the volunteer fire department of Jamaica Plain, which he joined in 1875 after the Bos- ton fire and served until 1891. He married, in Salem, September 23, 1880, Mary Lizzie Danforth, born December 20, 1858, daughter of Samuel G. and Elizabeth ( Abbott) Dan- forth. Her father was born, lived and died in Salem, a well known architect, contractor and builder, son of Joseph and Phebe (Kimball) Danforth, both natives of Salem also. Mrs. Peabody was educated in the public schools of Salem. She was a great aid to her husband in his business career, and is known as a woman of much public spirit and executive ability. She is active in the work of the Unitarian church and a member of the Alliance, an organ- ization connected with that church. Their only child, Marian Lizzie, was born Septem- ber 29, 1881, educated in the public and high schools of Boston and in the state Normal
school of Salem; followed teaching for a num- ber of years ; is now living with her mother at Jamaica Plain.
Also written Clarke, Clerk, Clerke CLARK and Clearke, is a name of great antiquity in England. Originally any person who could read and write was given the name and it came to be the surname of learned persons generally, but particularly of officers of ecclesiastical courts and parish churches who were entrusted with recording and preserving the records. In medieval days, the name was one to be respected, hence it is of frequent use in Domesday Book, either written in one of the various spellings given above or Clericus-"clerk or clergyman" "one of the clerical order." In the early settlement of New England by the English Puritans 1625 to 1640, we find men of the name who became founders of large and distinguished families, . not only in the New England Colonies, but in Virginia, Maryland and New York, the name in the southern section of the United States generally adopting the spelling with a final "e." The most numerous of the christian names appears to have been William, with John, Thomas and Samuel, in abundant evidence. Irish emigrants to America have added to the name either from Scotch-Irish or from the families of O'Clery or O'Clersach, not only common but distinguished names in the Em- erald Isle and literally indicating "the son of the cler :"
Four brothers from Bedfordshire, England, came to New England in the first quarter of the seventeenth century, named John, Joseph, Thomas and Carew Clark. John was a founder of Rhode Island with Roger Williams, and the founder of the Baptist church in Newport, 1638, and has numerous descendants. Thomas Clark ( 1593-1697) a carpenter in Plymouth colony. 1623, and Susannah Ring, wife, has among his illustrious descendants Alvan Clark (1804-1887) of telescope fame, and his son, Alvan Graham Clark ( 1832-1897), the lens maker of Cambridge, Massachusetts; Alonzo Howard Clark, born 1850, the scientist : George Bassett Clark ( 1827-1891), the mechanicien ; James Freeman Clarke (1810-1888), the clergyman, author and anti-slavery advocate; Samuel F. Clarke (1851), the naturalist. Nathaniel Clarke, of Newbury, 1642, and Eliz- abeth (Somerby ) Clarke, his wife, have among their descendants Thomas March Clarke (1812-1903), second bishop of Rhode Island ; Rufus Wheelwright Clark (1813-1886), Yale,
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1838, clergyman and author ; Samuel Adams Clark (1822-1879), clergyman, and others equally notable. William Clark ( 1609-1690), Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630, Dorchester, 1636, Northampton, 1659, is the progenitor of the Clarks of Western Massa- chusetts and Connecticut and has numerous descendants in the far west. Among his more distinguished descendants we may name Gen- eral Emmons Clark ( 1827-1905), commander of the Seventh Regiment National Guards, N. Y. S. M., 1864-89; Edson Luman Clark, born 1827, clergyman and author ; Yale, 1853; Ezra Clark (1883-1896), representative in the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifty congress, and president of the Hartford Waterboard; Gov- ernor Myron H. Clark ( 1806-1892), governor of New York, 1854-55, and others.
(I) William Clark, immigrant, was born in Dorsetshire, England, in 1609. Family tradi- tion has it that he sailed from Plymouth, Eng- land, March 30, 1630, in the ship "Mary and John," in company with Mr. Maverick, Mr. Warham and their company, arriving at Nan- tucket, May 30, 1630, and after looking a while, decided to settle in Dorchester. In the list of passengers who took "oathes of supremacy and allegiance to pass for New England in the 'Mary and John' of London, Robert Sayres, master, March 24, 1633," the name of William Clark appears. There were three other Clarks, Bray, Joseph and Thomas, among the first settlers of Dorchester, whose memory is pre- served by the following couplet upon their gravestone: "Here lie three Clerks, their accounts are even, Entered on Earth, Carried to Heaven." William Clark, settled in Dor- chester previous to 1635, one year before Mr. Norham with a great part of his church re- moved to Windsor in Connecticut. William Clark was a prominent citizen of Dorchester, being made a selectman in 1646 and serving continuously up to 1650. In 1653 he was one of the petitioners to the general court of the Massachusetts Bay for permission to settle in the "New Country" in the Connecticut Valley and he removed his family to Northampton in 1659, somewhat in this way : His wife rode on horseback with two panniers across the horse behind the saddle on which she rode. In each pannier she carried a boy and the third she carried on her lap while her husband, then fifty-three years of age, preceded her on foot and designating the trail through the forests. He had been named by Eleazor Mather, son of Mr. Richard Mather, the settled minister at Dorchester, who was preaching in Northamp-
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ton on probation, to the town authorities as a proper person to receive a grant of land on condition he would come with his family and dwell in the town. Henry Woodward and Henry Gortiff were the other two who accepted the invitation, and January 1, 1659, a committee was appointed to locate the grant. William Clark was allotted twelve acres on the west side of the road now Elm street and bordering on Mill river. He erected a log house on the land in 1659 and occupied it with his family up to 1681, when the house burned down. With the incident of this fire a sad picture is pre- sented by a local historian : "Jack, a negro servant of Samuel Wolcott of Wethersfield, set fire to the house of Lieutenant William Clarke by taking a brand of fire from his hearth and swinging it up and down for to find victuals, and was sentenced to be taken from the bar of justice to the place whence he came and then to be hanged by the neck till he be dead and then to be taken down and burnt to ashes on the fire. He confessed that he did it, and did it in carelessness and the law had its course." The new house erected by Lieu- tenant Clark in 1681 remained a landmark of historic interest in Northampton until 1826. He took a dismission from the church in Dor- chester in April, 1661, and on June 18, was one of the seven incorporators of the first church in Northampton, and Mr. Mather was ordained minister. He served as selectman of the town for twenty years, and also served as judge of the county courts. He gained his military title from having been elected lieutenant of the train band in August, 1661, and he commanded the company in the King Philip and other Indian wars. His first wife, Sarah, died Sep- teniber 6, 1675, after having given birth to ten children, nine in Dorchester and Sara, the youngest, in Northampton, the same year of the arrival of the family after the tiresome journey through the wilderness. Lieutenant William Clark married ( second ) Sarah Cooper, November 15, 1676, and she died childless, May 6, 1688. Lieutenant William Clark died in Northampton, July 19, 1690, and an ancient gravestone marks his grave in the cemetery at Northampton inscribed: "Lieuten William Clarke Aged 81 years. He died July 19 ano 1690." His descendants in 1884 erected a monument inscribed "Lieutenant William Clark died July 19, 1690, aged eighty-one years. Erected by his descendants 1884." The chil- dren of Lieutenant William and Sarah Clark were: 1. Sarah, June 21, 1638, died young. 2. Jonathan, October 1, 1639, died young. 3.
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Nathaniel, January 27, 1642, married Mary Meekins, of Hatfield, May 8, 1663. 4. Experi- ence, March 30, 1643, died young. 5. Increase, baptized March, 1646, died probably 1662. 6. Rebecca, 1648, married Israel Rust. 7. John, (q. v.) 1651. 8. Samuel, baptized October 23, 1653. 9. William, July 3, 1656, married and removed to Connecticut, where he had a num- erous family. 10. Sarah, March 14, 1659, mar- ried John Parsons, December 3, 1675.
(II) John, fourth son and seventh child of William, the immigrant, and Sarah Clark, was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1651. He married Rebecca Cooper, of Springfield, July 12, 1677, and they had one child, Sarah, born April 20, 1678, and the mother died May 8. 1678. Sarah married Zachariah Field, of Hatfield, Massachusetts, and died in Amherst, Massachusetts, in April, 1704. John Clark married (second) Mary, daughter of Elder John Strong, March 20, 1679. Mary Strong was born October 26, 1654. By this marriage there were eleven children, also born in North- ampton, as follows: I. Deacon John, Decem- ber 28, 1679, married Elizabeth Cook, October 31, 1704, had twelve children born between September 27, 1705, and 1733, named in the order of their birth: John, Eliakim, Aaron, Jerusha, Elisha, Ithemar, Gersham, Stephen, David, Catherine, Sarah and Elizabeth. The mother died October 8, 1761, and the father August 3, 1768. 2. Nathaniel, mentioned with descendants in this article. 3. Ebenezer, Octo- ber 18, 1682, married Abigail Parsons, Decem- ber 10, 1712, had eight children as follows: Ebenezer, 1714; Ezra, 1716; Abigail, 1718; William, 1721 ; Sarah, 1723; Jedediah, 1726; Israel, 1729; Elihu, 1731. The mother of these children died August 17, 1761, aged seventy- four and the father died February 27, 1781, aged ninety-eight years. 4. Increase (q. v.), April 8, 1684. 5. Mary, December 27, 1685, married Benjamin Edwards in 1704. 6. Rebekah, November 23, 1688, married John Baker, June 1, 1710. 7. Experience, October 30. 1689, married Samuel Nash, June 1, 1710. 8. Abigail, March, 1692, married Deacon Noah Cook in 1712. 9. Noah, March 28, 1694. 10. Thankful, February 13, 1696, died May 9, 1696. II. Josiah, June 11, 1697. John Clark, the father of these children, died in Windsor, Connecticut, September 3, 1704.
(III) Nathaniel, second son of John and Mary ( Strong) Clark, was born in Northamp- ton, Massachusetts, May 13, 1681, died No- vember 23, 1767. He was married about 1705 to Hannah, daughter of John Sheldon and
widow of Joseph Catlin, and they had six chil- dren, all born in Northampton as follows: I. Nathaniel (q. v.) October II, 1706. 2. Han- nah, February 21, 1709, married John Parsons, in 1736. 3. Joseph, July 23, 1711, married, May 2, 1734, Mercy Wright, who died Febru- ary 13, 1735, and married (second) in 1739, Rebecca Loomis, of Hatfield. His children were: Mercy, 1735; Rebecca, 1740; Keziah, 1742; Joseph, 1744, a posthumous child. 4. Jonathan, October II, 1713, married Thankful Edwards, July 25, 1734, had eleven children, born in Southampton as follows: Eleanor, 1735 ; Jonathan, 1736; Freedom, 1739, married Jonathan Boscom; Jonathan, 1741 ; Thankful, 1744, married John Strong ; Peggy, 1745, mar- ried Asher Loomis ; Paul, 1747 ; Eleanor, 1749, married Abisha Loomis in 1772 ; Oliver, 1750; Silence, 1752 ; Giles, 1756. 5. Silah, 1716, died November 29, 1806; married Eunice Wright in 1734, and had nine children: Eunice, 1738, married Aaron Pomeroy : Anne, 1740, married Zopher Searl in 1764; Mary, 1742, married Oliver Clark, 1765; Hannah, 1745, married Benjamin Fund, 1769; Silah, 1747, married Hannah Langford : Rhoda, 1749, married Wait- still Strong. 1774; Beulah Amosa, 1751, mar- ried a Mr. Patrick; Isabel, 1755, married Joseph Pomeroy. The mother of these children died in Southampton, November 16, 1806, aged ninety-one years. 6. Gideon, September 24, 1722, married Rachel Wright about 1745-46, who died September 7, 1749, and (second) Mercy Munn, of Deerfield, who died in West- phalia, January 19, 1810. He had ten children : Rachel, 1746, married Titus Wright Jr .; Gideon, 1748; Epaphras, 1752, married Pru- dence Clapp, 1773; Cynthia, 1754; Seth, 1756, married Hannah Turner ; Mercy, 1760, mar- ried Davis Goodale, of Amherst ; Plulena, 1762, married Zacheriah Field : Kenaz, 1765 : Atosa, 1768, married Midad King. 1811 ; Horace, 1772, settled in Bennington, Vermont.
(IV) Nathaniel (2). eldest child of Nathaniel (I) and Hannah (Sheldon) (Cat- lin ) Clark, was born in Northampton, Massa- chusetts. October II, 1706. He married, Octo- ber 31, 1728, Sarah Kingsley, and they had ten children born in Northampton, as follows: I. Sarah, born and died in October, 1729. 2. Joel, February 9, 1731. 3. Oliver, August 22, 1733, died September 14. 1733. 4. Sarah, No- vember 4. 1735, married Simeon Clapp in 1756. 5. Lucy, February 19, 1738, married Ebenezer Strong in 1761. 6. Naomi, October 29, 1740. married Eliphaz Strong in 1772. 7. Rachel, May 6, 1743, died unmarried April 18, 1816.
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8. Phoebe, November 29, 1745, died August 24, 1798. 9. Nathaniel (q. v.) September 2, 1749. 10. Phoebe, twin of Nathaniel.
(V) Nathaniel (3), third son and ninth child of Nathaniel (2) and Sarah (Kingsley) Clark, was born in Northampton, Massachu- setts, September 2, 1749. He married, Novem- ber 10, 1773, Abigail Warner, and their seven children were born in the old homestead in Northampton as follows : I. Nathaniel (q. v. ), May 2, 1775. 2. Sarah, baptized in May, 1777, died September 10, 1779. 3. Chester, baptized June 6, 1779, died March 4, 1817. 4. Luther, baptized September 15, 1782. 6. Sarah, baptized May I, 1785. 6. Sereno. baptized No- vember II, 1787, married, August 3, 1820, Ruth Day. 7. Thaddeus, baptized July 25, 1790. Nathaniel Clark (3) died in Northamp- ton, Massachusetts, November 2, 1823.
(VI) Nathaniel (4). eldest child of Nathaniel (3) and Abigail (Warner) Clark, was born in the old homestead at Northamp- ton, Massachusetts, May 2, 1775, died May 5, 1857. He was brought up on his father's farm, became a farmer and followed that voca- tion his entire active life. He married, in 1800, Patty (1780-1846), daughter of Elijah and Elizabeth ( Morton) Strong, and they had five children, born on the farm in Northampton as follows : I. Quartus, November 18, 1800, died unmarried November 30. 1858. 2.
Nathaniel, March 4, 1803, married, January I, 1834, Adeline ( 1807-1837), daughter of Jonas and Polly (Smith) Brewer, of Brookfield. They had two children: Mary Jane, born in 1835, married Charles F. Phelps, and Martha Adeline, born April 5, 1837, married George Strong. 3. Elizabeth, February 4, 1805, mar- ried, October 17: 1826, Theodore Rust, a mer- chant of Northampton. 4. Charles (q. v.), August 22, 1807. 5. Sarah, January 27, 1812, married. December 1, 1836, Jonathan Strong, of Northampton, and had five children: Jon- athan, born August 9, 1837, died September 3, 1838: Sarah Clark, August 9, 1839; Elizabeth, June 18. 1842: Jonathan, December 3, 1844, and Rachel Lyman Strong, December 11, 1847.
(VII) Charles, third son and fourth child of Nathaniel (4) and Patty (Strong) Clark, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, Au- gust 22, 1807. He was brought up on his father's farm and followed that vocation dur- ing his entire life. He married, April 3, 1843, Mary, daughter of Elisha and Mary ( Fowler) Strong, and their three children were born in Northampton, as follows: 1. Charles HI., Jan- nary 1, 1844, died September 1, 1846. 2. Mary
Fowler, October 19, 1845, and in 1908 lived unmarried, in the home of her brother, Charles Nathaniel Clark, in Northampton. 3. Charles Nathaniel (q. v.).
(VIII) Charles Nathaniel, second son and third and youngest child of Charles and Mary (Strong) Clark, was born on his father's farm in Northampton, Massachusetts, April 14, I853. He was prepared for college in the Northampton public and high school, graduat- ing at the Northampton high school in 1869, and from Amherst College, A. B. 1873; A. M., 1876. He taught school in Brimfield in 1873- 74. and took up the study of law in the offices of Delano & Hammond, in Northampton. He was admitted to the bar of Massachusetts in 1877, and to the practice of the law in the United States courts in 1880. He opened a law office in Northampton and soon gained an excellent clientage, practicing in all the courts of the states and of the United States district circuit and supreme courts. He was made treasurer of Smith College in 1888 and has since taken a very active interest in the pros- perity and growth of that excellent college for young women. He was made a director and became president of the Northampton National Bank of Northampton and a director and presi- dent of the Hampshire Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He became a trustee of the North- ampton Institute for Savings; president of the Northampton Gas Light Company and served for several years as chairman of the board of assessors of the First Church of Northampton. He represented the first Hamp- shire district in the general court of Massachu- setts, 1883-84-85 and he was a state senator in 1887-88. Mr. Clark never married. His law offices are located at No. 124 Main street, Northampton, Massachusetts.
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