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In the war of 1812, William, the father, enlisted and saw service with Commander Oliver H. Perry, who vanquished Commodore Barclay on lake Erie in that memorable engagement of September 13, 1813. William died at the home of his son John, when he was in charge of the salt works on Absecon Beach, about 1838.
(5) John Bryant was born in Philadelphia in 1803. He probably learned the trade of his father. When a young man he went to Martha Furnace, where he was employed smelt- ing iron for Daniel Lake, whose sister, Sarah, he married. About 1836 he moved to this island from Lehman's Beach, in Cape May County, to operate the salt works at the "Point of Beach," or near Baltic and Maine avenues. In 1840 he moved to what is now South Atlantic City, where he operated another salt plant and where he continued to live for thirty-five years. There he was in charge of the Government Life Saving Station, and was a wrecking master when vessels came ashore, which they often did in those days.
In a story and a half house, 24x24, with a little bedroom in one corner and two rooms
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up stairs, he lived, selling salt. oysters and clams, and rearing a large family of eluldren. It was here that ex-Mayor John Lake Bryant was born and passed his boyhood days with plenty of rough experience. It was here that John Lake Young passed his early years at the home of his grandfather, after the death of his father. James Young, and his mother. Mary Ann Bryant.
A few years before his death, which occurred April 3. 1878, when sick and infirm he was moved by his family to this city to a cottage owned by his wife on Georgia avenue, where a room was especially prepared to suit him. The old house was torn down so that his return to it should be an impossibility. His widow. Sarah Lake Bryant, survived him several years, dying February 16, 1895, aged 87 years. The children were:
(8) Alice, who died young.
(9) Margaret. b. August 30, 1828, m. Lake Albertson, d. August. 1876.
(10) Mary Ann. b. June 20, 1830, m. James Young. d. 1856.
(II) Abagail. b. May 20, 1832; d. 1846.
(12) Sarah Jane, b. May 10. 1834: m. Thomas Sampson: d. 1858.
(13) Hannah. b. March 23. 1836; m. Thomas Westcott; d. July. 1872. Their only child, William Carter Westcott, b. October 25, 1868. is the well-known druggist of this city.
(14) Clara, b. March 21, 1836; m. Alfred Adams, in 1859, and had seven children: Lewis Reed. b. January 10. 1860, m. Sarah Inman: Alfred Barclay, b. November 30. 1861, m. May Lindley: George C., b. May 6. 1864. d. September, 1865; May Olive, b. August 14. 1866; Carrie. b. October 26. 1869: Bently Bryant. b. December 21, 1871: and Pauline. b. August 3. 1875. m. Fred S. Holmes. and lives in Pittsburg.
(15) Asenath, b. March 21. 1840; m. John Sloan, has one child. Charles, and lives at Spring Lake, N. J.
(16) Elnora. b. May 29. 1842, m. Benjamin Willits. d. October 1. 1879, had five children: Elmer. b. November, 1861, d. 1895: Sallie, b. February. 1865. m. Thomas Lotton: William, b. April, 1863. m. Ella Royal: George, b. August, 1870, m. Lizzie Wicks; John. b. May. 1873. m. Emma Lee.
(17) John Lake. b. April 25. 1844, at the home of his uncle. Lucas Lake, at Pleasant- ville: m. on Tuesday, January 8, 1870. Sarah Thompson; d. October 8, 1883. He was a contractor and builder and was prominent in public affairs. He was a member of Council in 1875 and 1880: was Mayor in 1878. and was elected to the State Assembly the year before he died, serving during the session of 1883. His only surviving issue is Lieut .- Col. Lewis T. Bryant. of the Morris Guards.
(18) George C., b. May 14. 1846; m. Amanda Leeds; d. September. 1872. He was a member of Council in 1872.
(19) Abbie T., b. December 16, 1846: m. Christopher Wolbert, and had four children: Ethel and Lottie, twins: Ethel m. William Rice and Lottie m. Roland Lake; Charles and Hattie.
(20) Harriet S .. b. January II. 1853: m. Soloman Johnson.
CLARK FAMILY.
In the early history of Atlantic County the Clark family was prominent, as witness the name Clarktown, near Mays Landing. and Clarks Landing, on the Mullica River. near Egg Harbor City.
Now, Clifford Stanley Sims, in 1870, while a United States Consul at Prestcott. Canada, compiled and published the following account of the Clark family, which is regarded as authoritative. Copies of this pamphlet are quite rare:
1. Thomas Clark, of Milford, Connecticut, probably brother of George Clark, Jr., of Milford. and of John Clark, of Saybrook, who came from -, Hertfordshire. England: took the oath of Fidelity at New Haven. 1654: married Ann. widow of John Jordan, of
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Guilford, 1654. She was a relative of Governor Fenwich. After his marriage he lived at Guilford, where, December 2, 1658, John Hill, of Guilford, sued Thomas Clark for slander. The plaintiff declared that the defendant both slanderously reported that he, the said John Hill, laid violent hands upon him and took him by the collar or throat and shook him and offered to strike him with his fork and another while with his fist, which the said Hill denied, and so looks upon himself as wronged and desired satisfaction of the slander.
Mr. Clark gave the truth in evidence, which he fully sustained, so that the court awarded that the defendant was not guilty of slandering Hill and awarded the defendant his cost.
Thomas Clark died October 10, 1668; Inventory, £220; Mrs. Ann Clark died at Say- brook, January 3, 1672; Inventory at Guilford, f26; at Saybrook, f77. Abraham Post, of Saybrook, who had married her daughter. Mary Jordan, was her administrator.
Children .- I. Daniel, b. January, 1657-8. 2. Sarah. 3. Elizabeth.
II .- 1. Daniel Clark, of Killingworth, Conn:, married Mary
Children .- 4. Daniel, b. February 3, 1683-4. 5. Thomas, b. February 11, 1686-7. 6. Mercy, b. October 9, 1702: married John Willett. Mrs. Mary Clark, the mother, married, secondly, Philip Bill, of New London and Groten, and died July 10, 1739, age 80 years.
11I .- 5. Thomas Clark married Hannah -. Married, second, in 1735, Ruth, by whom he had no issue. He settled at Clarks Landing, on the banks of the Mullica river, within the present limits of Egg Harbor City. By the first wife, Hannah, there were four sons: 7. Thomas, m. Sarah Parker, of Saybrook, in 1740. 8. David, m. and had five sons and one daughter. 9. Samuel, a Presbyterian clergyman. 10. Elijah, b. 1732. After the death of Hannah, the first wife, Thomas, the eldest son, then a young man of nineteen, was sent on horseback by his father to Connecticut to bring back a certain old acquaintance of his father's for a step-mother. While in New Haven on this delicate errand, he met and fell in love with the beautiful and accomplished Sallie Parker. He secured the step- mother and brought her home on the led horse which he took with him, and two years later, in 1840, returned for his bride. For a wedding gift he gave her a string of Guinea gold beads, which are still held, with the gold eardrops, by the Misses Porter, of Atlantic City, descendants of the family, as an interesting heirloom.
IV .- 10. Elijah Clark, of Pleasant Mills, and afterwards of Hinchman Farm, N. J., married Jane Lardner, was a Colonel in the New Jersey Militia during the Revolution, and a member of the Provincial Congress, in 1775; d. December 9, 1795.
Children .- 11. Lardner, left issue. 12. Elisha, m. Louisa Clark, a cousin, left issue. 13. Rebecca, m. James Vanuxem, and left issue. 14. Debora, d. s. p. (d. without issue). 15. John Lardner, b. March 20, 1770. 16. Josiah, d. s. p. 17. Mary, m. Francis Bernoudi and left issue.
V .- 15. John Lardner Clark, of Philadelphia, married first in August, 1797, Sophia Marion Ross. She died January 25, 1812; married, second, Ann Cox, September, 1815. She died in December, 1817, without issue. John Lardner died May 7, 1837.
Children .- 18. Charles Ross, b. January 1, 1798, d. s. p. 19. Charles Ross, b. September 17, 1799, d. s. p. 20. Louisa Vanuxem, b. August 1, 1801. 21. Brainerd, b. July 25, 1803. 22. Emeline, b. July 22, 1805, d. s. p. 23. Emeline Marion, b. October 8. 1807.
VI .- 20. Louisa V. Clark married June 3, 1823, Thomas Neal Sims, of Mount Holly, N. J .; married, second, December 26, 1839, James Peacock, of Harrisburg, Pa., by whom she had no issue; died May 2, 1869.
Children .- 24. Sophia Marion, b. March 25, 1824, d. s. p. 25. Alfred William, b. Sep- tember 21, 1826. 26. Louisa Clark, b. June 10, 1830, d. s. p.
VII .- 25. Alfred William Sims, of Woodstock, Vermont, married June 2, 1856, Adelaide, daughter of William Sowden, of Port Hope, Canada.
Children .- 27. Harry Neal, b. July 30, 1857. 28. William Sowden, b. October 15, 1858. 29. Louisa Peacock, b. June 22, 1860. 30. James Peacock, b. March 1, 1862, d. s. p. 31. Alfred Varley, b. September 21, 1864. 32. Mary Stewart, b. April 16, 1868
JERSEY ANCESTORS
ical sketches of the late rk furnished by himself for Ul Congressional Directory : back of his birthplace in of Kentucky.
he late Congressman John 1837.
il of New Jersey, who un- 33. Adelaide Louisa, b. August 30, 1831. 34. Louis James, b. November rederick William, b. May, 1836. le fact that the former l'as a grandson of Adrtel a prominent citizen of ouis James Clark, of Philadelphia, married Susan Stones, February 11, 1869. or. Congressman Gardner frederick William Clark, of Norfolk, Va., married Susan Gamage, Novem uthority on South Jersey December, 1862.
He knew the Clark fam- Then he first met Champ Washington was struck by
36. Frederick William, b. September, 1862.
neline Marion Clark, married December 8, 1830, John Clark Sims, of Phila-
om he knew In Atlantlo 37 .- Henry Augustus, b. December 22, 1832. 38. Clifford Stanley, b. Feb- s. p. 39. Celanaire Bernoudi. b. July 21, 1837. 40. Clifford Stanley. b. Feb-
investigation satisfied Mr. hat Champ Clark was a
rlol Clark's son John, who and went to Kentucky in
41. John Clark, b. September 12, 1845: admitted to membership in the nnati of New Jersey, July 4. 1867, as representative of his great, great grand- Alexander Ross. 42. James Peacock, b. November 15, 1849.
alf of the last century. He fenry Augustus Sims, of Philadelphia, married June 30, 1864, Mary, daughter Mlasouri representative ofes, of Prescott, Canada.
and the latter neither ad-43. John Clark, b. April 19, 1865, d. s. p. 44. John Clark, b. May 4. 1866. or denied the fact. He. 'elanire Bernoudi Sims married. November 3, 1859, William Smith Forbes, atisfied to rest upon hl and Maryland ancestry .- delphia.
45. Emeline Sims, b. July 29, 1860. 46. Murray, b. June 23, 1863. 47. John
Sims, b. May 7, 1866. 48. William Sims, b. November 21, 1868.
VII .- 40. Clifford Stanley Sims, of Prairie Ridge Plantation, Arkansas, married, August rles Steadman Ambercrombie, M. D., of Rose- the Society of Cincinnati of New Jersey, July 4, ther, Major John Ross; entered the U. S. Navy tant paymaster, 1863; appointed Judge Advocate egate to the State Constitutional Convention, in ture, in 1868; appointed Commissioner to digest to Prescott, Canada, 1869.
b. June 5. 1866. 50. Clifford Stanley, b. January 5. 1870. previous to 1740, and had three sons and five
of Haddonfield: second. Elizabeth Hillman by Dr. Reuben Baker and had one child: Harriet ad two children, Gideon and Elizabeth; Alice m. riet, Alice, Judith, Adriel, Henry and Isaac; John o have been drowned; George, who likewise dis-
ten children: Ann, b. December 6, 1791; m. - vid Frambes: d. 1882. Charlotte, b. December 2, nine children. (See sketch of Doughty family.) ah, b. March 11, 1800; m. Nathaniel Doughty: d. James, b. September 17, 1804: m. Maria Sooy: d. rst. Jacob Somers: second. Absalom Cordery. d. 1810; m. Isaac Smith. Martha. b. November 4.
aac Smith. Martha, b. November 4. 1812; d. 1887. Fond, Olivia Clark. By his first wife he had two oung). Ilannah, b. 1793. m. Judge Joseph Porter: y store at Haddonfield. Later with Thomas and
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Guilford, 1654. She was a relative of Governor Fenwich. After his marria Guilford, where, December 2, 1658, John Hill, of Guilford, sued Thomas Clart The plaintiff declared that the defendant both slanderously reported that he,er Hill, laid violent hands upon him and took him by the collar or throat and offered to strike him with his fork and another while with his fist, whiche denied, and so looks upon himself as wronged and desired satisfaction of th
Mr. Clark gave the truth in evidence, which he fully sustained, so d awarded that the defendant was not guilty of slandering Hill and awardedit his cost.
le Thomas Clark died October 10, 1668; Inventory, £220; Mrs. Ann Clant brook, January 3, 1672; Inventory at Guilford, £26; at Saybrook, £77. Abi 5, Saybrook, who had married her daughter, Mary Jordan, was her administratn
Children .- 1. Daniel, b. January, 1657-8. 2. Sarah. 3. Elizabeth. k II .- 1. Daniel Clark, of Killingworth, Conn:, married Mary -.
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Children .- 4. Daniel, b. February 3, 1683-4. 5. Thomas, b. February 18 Mercy, b. October 9, 1702: married John Willett. Mrs. Mary Clark, the my secondly, Philip Bill, of New London and Groten, and died July 10, 1739, asp III .- 5. Thomas Clark married Hannah Married, second, in s whom he had no issue. He settled at Clarks Landing, on the banks of the within the present limits of Egg Harbor City. By the first wife, Hannah, t- sons: 7. Thomas, m. Sarah Parker, of Saybrook, in 1740. 8. David, m. an and one daughter. 9. Samuel, a Presbyterian clergyman. 10. Elijah, b. 1732. After the death of Hannah, the first wife, Thomas, the eldest son, replace sent on horseback by his father to Connecticut to bringhe men his father's for a step-mother. While in New Haven tring the fell in love with the beautiful and accomplished Sae chapel mother and brought her home on the led horse whichossible. later, in 1840, returned for his bride. For a wedding t would gold beads, which are still held, with the gold eardrophat was City, descendants of the family, as an interesting heir
IV .- 10. Elijah Clark, of Pleasant Mills, and afvod over married Jane Lardner, was a Colonel in the New Jersvout the a member of the Provincial Congress, in 1775; d. Dedk in the
Children .- II. Lardner, left issue. 12. Elisha, nld stroll 13. Rebecca, m. James Vanuxem, and left issue. 14. If like a John Lardner, b. March 20, 1770. 16. Josiah, d. s. plow and left issue. me-run
V .- 15. John Lardner Clark, of Philadelphia, would see Marion Ross. She died January 25, 1812; marrieding and She died in December, 1817, without issue. John La orang- Children .- 18. Charles Ross, b. January 1. 1798, d slobber 17, 1799, d. s. p. 20. Louisa Vanuxem, b. August I worked 22. Emeline, b. July 22, 1805, d. s. p. 23. Emeline NSS. He VI .- 20. Louisa V. Clark married June 3, 1823,
N. J .; married, second, December 26, 1839, James Jand not is story, she had no issue; died May 2, 1869.
Children .- 24. Sophia Marion, b. March 25, 18.on were tember 21, 1826. 26. Louisa Clark, b. June 10, 1830,
VII .- 25. Alfred William Sims, of Woodstock, He dis- daughter of William Sowden, of Port Hope, Canadewards. Children .- 27. Harry Neal, b. July 30, 1857. 28 of him 29. Louisa Peacock, b. June 22, 1860. 30. James Before, Alfred Varley, b. September 21, 1864. 32. Mary Stef had re.
of nineteen. was thought that he could hear could see the "sweet chario watchword was "Glory halle
He grew so well that his former self, and longed to business. When the Warden would do when he was free a a charcoal seraphin and said:
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VII .- 21. Brainard Clark, of Mount Holly, married Sarah Jane Coppuch, July. 1830; died April 17, 1837.
Children .- 33. Adelaide Louisa, b. August 30, 1831. 34. Louis James, b. November 9. 1833. 35. Frederick William, b. May, 1836.
VII .- 34. Louis James Clark, of Philadelphia, married Susan Stones, February 11, 1869. VII .- 35. Frederick William Clark, of Norfolk, Va., married Susan Gamage, Novem- ber, 1861; died December, 1862.
Children .- 36. Frederick William, b. September, 1862.
VI .- 23. Emeline Marion Clark, married December 8, 1830, John Clark Sims, of Phila- delphia.
Children .- 37 .- Henry Augustus, b. December 22, 1832. 38. Clifford Stanley, b. Feb- ruary 2, 1855. d. s. p. 39. Celanaire Bernoudi. b. July 21, 1837. 40. Clifford Stanley. b. Feb- ruary 17, 1839. 41. John Clark, b. September 12, 1845; admitted to membership in the Society of Cincinnati of New Jersey, July 4, 1867, as representative of his great, great grand- father. Surgeon Alexander Ross. 42. James Peacock, b. November 15, 1849.
VII .- 37. Henry Augustus Sims, of Philadelphia, married June 30, 1864, Mary, daughter of Alpheus Jones, of Prescott, Canada.
Children .- 43. John Clark, b. April 19. 1865. d. s. p. 44. John Clark, b. May 4. 1866. VII .- 39. Celanire Bernondi Sims married, November 3, 1859, William Smith Forbes, M. D., of Philadelphia.
Children .- 45. Emeline Sims, b. July 29, 1860. 46. Murray. b. June 23, 1863. 47. John Sims, b. May 7. 1866. 48. William Sims, b. November 21, 1868.
VII .- 40. Clifford Stanley Sims, of Prairie Ridge Plantation, Arkansas, married, August 2, 1865, Mary Josephine, daughter of Charles Steadman Ambercrombie, M. D., of Rose- land. Tennessee, admitted to membership in the Society of Cincinnati of New Jersey, July 4. 1861, as representative of his great grandfather, Major John Ross; entered the U. S. Navy as Captain's clerk, in 1862; appointed assistant paymaster, 1863; appointed Judge Advocate General of. Arkansas, in 1864: elected Delegate to the State Constitutional Convention, in 1867; elected Representative to the Legislature, in 1868; appointed Commissioner to digest the statutes, 1868: appointed U. S. Consul to Prescott, Canada, 1869.
Children .- 49. Charles Aubercrombie, b. June 5. 1866. 50. Clifford Stanley, b. January 12, 1868. 51. Lancelot Falcon, b. January 5, 1870.
7. Thomas Clark. m. Sarah Parker, previous to 1740, and had three sons and five daughters.
52. Adriel m., first, Judith Hampton, of Haddonfield: second, Elizabeth Hillman by whom he had seven children: Frances m. Dr. Reuben Baker and had one child; Harriet m. W'm. Irving. of Old Gloucester, and had two children, Gideon and Elizabeth; Alice m. Sherman Clark and had six children, Harriet, Alice, Judith, Adriel, Henry and Isaac; John who mysteriously disappeared, supposed to have been drowned; George, who likewise dis- appeared: Elizabeth: John second.
53. Parker m. Martha Leek and had ten children: Ann, b. December 6, 1791; m. - Murphy: d. 1885. Louisa, b. 1793: m. David Frambes; d. 1882. Charlotte, b. December 2, 3795; m. Gen. Enoch Doughty and had nine children. (See sketch of Doughty family.) Thomas, b. 1798: d. of yellow fever. Sarah, b. March 11, 1800; m. Nathaniel Doughty; d. 1889. Reuben m. Phoebe --: d. 1865. James, b. September 17, 1804: m. Maria Sooy; d. 1804. Mary. b. December 14, 1806; m. first, Jacob Somers; second. Absalom Cordery. d. March 19. 1900. Susanna. b. March 25. 1810: in. Isaac Smith. Martha. b. November 4. 1812; d. 1887.
living. Susanna, b. March 25, 1810; m. Isaac Smith. Martha, b. November 4. 1812: d. 1887.
54. Reuben m., first, Mary Rape; second. Olivia Clark. By his first wife he had two children, Hannah and Christopher (died young). Ilannah, b. 1793. m. Judge Joseph Porter ; d. 1875. Judge Porter first had a country store at Haddonfield. Later with Thomas and
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John Evans and Samuel Shreve as partners, he established glassworks at Waterford, where they made fortunes. He was one of the promoters and directors of the first railroad to the seashore and lost his fortune in this enterprise. He died in 1861, aged 72 years. They had nine children: Joseph C., Thomas, Mary H., Reuben Griffin Porter, who still lives at Waterford, and has one son, Richard, living at Rehoboth, Md., Margaret Griffin, William C., Richard, Hannah Chew, Elizabeth. Mary H., Hannah C. and Elizabeth, are the owners of Porter Cottage in this city.
By his second wife Reuben Clark had four children: Mary m. Wencil Kinsley; Rox- anna m. Mark Clark and went west: Christopher m. Mary Ann Bates; and Walter m .. first, Elizabeth Doughty; second, a widow, and lives in Baltimore.
55. Hannah m. four times in twelve years: First to George Gardner, by whom she had a son, Rufus; second, to Arron Chew, a captain in the Revolutionary war, by whom she had a daughter, Hannah, who m., first, Capt. Hand of Cape May; second, Judge Clements of Haddonfield. She was his second wife and he was her second husband: (3) to Joseph Griffin, by whom she had a son, John; (4) to a Mr. Zane of Chew Landing.
56. Abigail, who m. a Chew of Gloucester.
57. Louisa m. Elijah, son of Elisha Clark, a cousin, and had three children, Caroline, Edward and Lardner. The two first were dwarfs.
58. Submitta d. of yellow fever in Philadelphia, in 1893.
59. Sarah never married; d. at an advanced age, in 1857.
60. Elizabeth m. - Williams and had one child, Clark Williams.
8. David Clark, son of Thomas and Hannah Clark, married and had five sons and one daughter, viz. 61. Thomas. 62. Benjamin. 63. Joseph. 64. Abner. 65. Nehemiah. 66. Rebecca.
Benjamin, Joseph and Abner lived many years at the place of their birth, viz: Clarks Landing, but finally joined the immigration westward and settled at a place called Jersey Settlement, in the State of Ohio.
Nehemiah and Thomas both lived at Clarks Landing.
65. Nehemiah had but one son (67), Parker, who fought through the Revolutionary war, was killed by his pugilistic brethren of Burlington County. . He, in company with others from Atlantic County, used to visit their neighbors across the river, and on various occasions engaged in a fraternal wrestle or exchanged blows to test the merits of their respective communities, for in those days a place was judged by the physical strength of its members, and when a conflict ensued both parties did their utmost to maintain the standing of their village. In one of these exciting contests Parker proved too much for the champion of Burlington, and when the Atlantic County men left for home and gave the triumphant shout, the Burlington men swore vengeance on Parker if ever they caught him alone. The next time he went among them unaccompanied he never returned. His body was found a long time afterwards hidden in the reeds far down the river.
61. Thomas was born, lived and died at Clarks Landing. He owned and tilled, until the time of his death, one of the most prosperous farms ever worked in Atlantic County. New Jersey was then a slave holding State. and he was the owner of many slaves. In his pasture lands could be seen from fifty to a hundred head of cattle, beside large flocks of sheep and swine. The place spoken of is now owned by Thomas Weber.
Thomas was born October 7, 1758; died March 28, 1827. He was married August 17, 1797, to Mary Giberson, who died December 24. 1849. They had the following children: 68. Submittee, b. July 19, 1798; d. 1882. 69. Rebecca, b. February 19, 1800; d. 1888. 70. James, b. February 24, 1802; d. 71. David, b. June 29, 1804: d. 1888. 72. Mark, b. August 6, 1806; d. February 23, 1895. 73. Elizabeth, b. October 18, 1809; d. November 8, 1855. 74. Thomas, b. May 29, 1812; d. December 23, 1893. 75. Lardner, b. December 17, 1814: d. February 6, 1886. 76. Mary Ann, b. December 19, 1816; d. 77. Caroline, b. March 1, 1819: d. 78. Emeline, b. June 5, 1812; d.
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68. Submitte married, first. Walter Clark. December 28, 1818; second. Absalon lligbee. No issue by either.
69. Rebecca married George Clark. February 18. 1827: died and buried in New York State. Children: 79. Submitte. b. January 11. 1828, who married William W. Williams of New York: had children. 80. Morton. 81. Jennie. 82. Mary. 83. Flora. 84. Wil- liam W.
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