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He married, December 18, 1866, Sophia M. Chollar, born January 24. 1842, in Homer,
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Cortland county, New York, daughter of Thomas D. and Maria (Payne) Chollar, of Homer, New York. Children: I. Harry Jo- seph, born June 21, 1868; graduated at Cor- nell University, 1892; was principal of schools in Waverly, New York, and one of the foun- ders of the First National Bank at Whitney Point, of which he has been cashier since its organization. He is a trustee and elder of the Presbyterian church at Whitney Point, and president of the board of education of that village, and is affiliated with the local Masonic lodge. He married Maud E. D. Mil- ler, June 27, 1894, and has children: Paul Miller, born July 7, 1896; Charlotte Sophia, March 4, 1901 ; Harry Joseph, May 12, 1903. 2. Edward Thomas, September 10, 1871, died March 27, 1887. 3. Mary Elizabeth, January 3, 1873: graduated from Oneonta Normal School, 1899, and taught for several years in the high schools of Deposit, New York, and Hammonton, New Jersey. 4. John Franklin, November 15, 1874; is identified with the Lake Placid Club of Lake Placid, New York, where he was formerly bookkeeper and treas- urer, and is now auditor and superintendent of farm work. 5. Richard Oliver, October 16, 1877; is connected with the Equitable Life Insurance Company of New York, with offices in Boston, and resides in Newton, Massachusetts. He married, in London, April 5, 1904, Helena Anna Maud Jones, born in Peterboro, England, and lived there. Chil- dren : Richard Franklin, born January 19, 1906; Blanche Helena, December 9, 1909 ; David, June 25, 191I.
Elder William Wilkins was a WILKINS Baptist minister and preached for eighteen years in Eng- land, before he came to this country. He was born in London, England, March 6, 1809, died at Somonauk, De Kalb coun- ty, Illinois, March 30, 1876. For several years he was a city missionary in the city of London. In 1848 he came to America in the ship "Liberty," and after a voyage last- ing seven weeks landed in New York City. After a short time he came to Cornwall, Orange county, New York, where he was or- dained in the Zion Baptist Church, and after- ward had various pastorates in New York state. For several years he preached at Sum- mer hill. Cayuga county. Thence he went to Illinois where the last years of his life were
spent, continuing in the ministry to the time of his death. During the troublous years be- fore the civil war he was an earnest Aboli- tionist and lost no opportunity to preach and work against the slave traffic and the insti- tution of slavery.
He married (first), August, 1834, at Gloucestershire, England, Mary Shipway, who died January 22, 1845, aged thirty-nine years. He married (second), April 25, 1847, at Strand, England, Mary West, born Au- gust 25, 1810, in England, died in 1893 in Illinois. Children, all by first wife: I. Mar- tha S., born at Box, Gloucestershire, Eng- land, December 14. 1825, died in Iowa, in May, 1902. 2. Josiah, August 6, 1836, died September 17, 1836. 3. William Shipway, mentioned below. 4. Mary E., born in Lon- don, England, August 2, 1839; married Par- ker Harris, whom she survives, residing at Webster City, Iowa. 5. Joseph, born at Tewkesbury, England, May 1, 1841, died March 22, 1845. 6. Thomas, April 20, 1843, died June 12, 1843.
(II) William Shipway, son of Elder Will- iam Wilkins, was born in Rodborough, Eng- land, August 18. 1837. He came to America with his parents in 1848. He received a com- mon school education, partly in England and partly in this country in the towns where his father was located. He lived for a time in Orange county, New York, and later at Mecklenburg, Schuyler county, where his father preached for a time, and where he at- tended the public schools. After the custom of the times he worked on farms in the sum- mer months and attended school only in win- ter. When working out he received at first the princely wages of four dollars a month, and during the second year eight dollars a month. When he was nineteen years old his father located at Summer hill, Cayuga coun- ty, New York, and bought a farm of eighty acres there. This farm he bought of his father and he has since then owned it and until 1910 conducted it. In October of that year he bought a residence in the village of Homer, where he has since lived, and leased his farm. He was among the most enterpris- ing and successful farmers of the town and is an honored and useful citizen. He is a member of the Baptist church, and in politics is a Prohibitionist.
He married, January 1, 1868, Theresa Ma- rilla, born in Freetown, New York. August
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25, 1845, daughter of Abram and Sabrina (Hall) Letts. Children: 1. Clarence Will- iam, mentioned below. 2. Fannie Estelle. born August 27, 1872; married Fred Latti- mer, a farmer of Cortlandville, New York ; children : Florence M., born 1895; Ruth B., June 21, 1903.
(III) Clarence William, son of William Shipway Wilkins, was born in Summerhill. Cayuga county, New York, November 3. 1868. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at Homer Academy. For a few years he taught school, for the past fifteen years has followed farming, and for seven years has conducted the homestead at Summerhill. He recently bought the Hitch- cock farm at Homer, on which he now re- sides. While living in Summerhill he was elected a justice of the peace and served the town with ability on the town board. He is a member of the Baptist church of Homer. He married. September 23, 1890, Bertha May Hull, of Homer, New York, born October 3, 1870, in Homer, daughter of Frank and Mary (Dalrymple) Hull. Children : 1. Floyd Ern- est, born February 3, 1892. 2. Ethel Mary, March 17, 1894. 3. Lester Arthur, June 9, 1896. 4. Edna May, November 19, 1898. 5. Addie Elvenah, April 22, 1902.
BRADLEY Elihu Bradley was a soldier in the war of the revolution. and came from Litchfield, Connecticut, to Oswego county, New York. He had two sons, Alanson and Eli.
(II) Eli, son of Elihu Bradley, was a farm- er in Herkimer county, New York. He mar- ried Sibyl Grannis.
(III) Giles S., son of Eli Bradley, was born in the town of Volney, New York, in 1834, died February 6, 1909. He was edu- cated in the public schools. He served in the civil war. For a number of years he was engaged in the real estate business in In- dianapolis, Indiana. In religion he was a Protestant, and in politics a Republican. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Re- public. He married, February 26, 1859, Cor- nelia A., died February 19, 1877, daughter of Caleb Oliver, who was born February 29, 1804. They had one child, Walter, mentioned below.
(IV) Walter, son of Giles S. Bradley, was born at Volney, Oswego county, New York, April 8, 1860. He attended the public schools
of his native town and Falley Seminary. For a period of seventeen years he was employed by the state of New York, in charge of pub- lic works, and since 1898 has been a contrac- tor. Hle built five blocks of the reconstructed Erie canal : the Granby Paper Mill and other buildings. In 1903 he built the Volney Paper Mill at Fulton, New York, and for five years was manager and treasurer of the company, and at the present time is one of the directors. He is engaged at present (1911) on a large contract at Fulton and Phoenix on the barge canal. Among his other large contracts was the Dexter sulphite pulp and paper company's ground wood mill. He is building at the present time a hydro-electric power plant on the Racquette river above Potsdam, New York, In politics Mr. Bradley is a Democrat. He was for a number of years president of the board of public works of Fulton, and was the first superintendent of public works in that city. In religion he is a Methodist. He is a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 144, Free and Accepted Masons.
He married, September 21, 1881, Margaret A., daughter of David S. and Amy E. Ran- dall, of Fulton. They have one daughter, Margaret Helen, born April 7. 1898.
William Warren, a native of WARREN Massachusetts, of an old New England family, settled in Cortland county, New York.
(II) Ira De Forest, son of William War- ren, was born in 1799, died in November, 1869. He married Eliza Caldwell, who died in 1884, aged eighty-two years. Her father, James Caldwell, was born in Ireland, and settled in the Mohawk Valley about 1812, moving afterward to Medina Falls, New York. In Ireland he was a linen manufac- turer. but after coming to America he fol- lowed farming. Eliza Caldwell had brothers : William. James and Joseph, and a sister, Eunice Caldwell. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Warren : James C., lived in Ithaca, New York; Ira D., died August 6, 1907. aged sev- enty-five years; Deborah, died in 1898, aged sixty-eight years, married Chauncey Hakes, of Madison county ; Francis : Mary, married John A. Freer, of Cortland: Susan, married Henry Schindler, of Cortland; Hattie: Ly- man Eddy, mentioned below : William H., died aged fifty-four years.
(III) Lyman Eddy, son of Ira De Forest
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Warren, was born September 4, 1849, at Cuy- ler, Cortland county, New York. He attended the public schools, and graduated from the Cortland high school. He studied law and was admitted to the bar of Cortland county in 1869. He began to practice in Cortland. removed to Ithaca, New York, thence to Au- burn, and finally to New York City, where he has been engaged in practicing law since 1888. In politics he is a Democrat, and while in Ithaca he was elected to the board of al- dermen. He is a member of the New York Yacht Club, the Olympic Club, Lodge No. 194, Free and Accepted Masons, of New York City, and is commodore of the New York Athletic Club. He married, January 12, 1872, Lillie, daughter of Alfred Abbott, of Homer, New York. They have one child, Minnie E.
LARNED William Learned, immigrant ancestor, is found as the first one admitted to the present First Church of Charlestown, with his wife Goodith, October 10, 1632. His wife's name is said to be a corrupt spelling of Judith, by some. and an old English name, from the Saxon, Gooditha, by other authorities. The one called the widow of William was named Jane and Sarah, in different records, so that his wife's true name is hard to determine. It has been said that William came from Bermondsey parish, county Surrey, England, to America in February, 1624, although his son Isaac was born that month and his daugh- ter Mary was buried in England in July. 1625. His name appears in the list of admitted in- habitants of the town in 1630, to whom plant- ing lots were given, and his name is also on the lists for January 9, 1633, in 1635, and in 1636, and he received shares of hay ground. and a portion of marsh land, February II, 1637. There are records of much land and property which he owned. He was made free- man, May 14, 1634, and he was appointed a selectman, February 13, 1635-36. On March 2, 1637, he was chosen instead of Goodman Brakenbury to be one of the four to divide for stinting the common land. He was one of the signers of the remonstrance against the condemning and banishing of Rev. John Wheelwright, at the time of the controversy which originated with Mrs. Anne Hutchin- son. There is also a record, "Willi. Larnet acknowledged his fault in subscribing the
seditious writing and desiring his name to be crossed out, it was yelded to him and crossed." On February 26, 1638, he was on a committee to make a body of laws. He was one of the seven who, August 14, 1642, formed the first church of Woburn, and on November 24, 1642, he gave a lot for the town, which he was interested in settling. He was chosen constable. April 13, 1643, and February 9, 1644-45. He died March I, 1646. November 24, 1660, "Widow Sarah Learned, of Malden," died, and an inventory of her estate was made in December, 1660. Doubtless Sarah, Jane and Goodith must have all referred to William Learned's wife, al- though Jane may have been a second wife. Children, born in England: Sarah, about 1608; Bethia, baptized October 29. 1612; Mary, baptized September 15, 1615; Abigail. baptized September 30, 1618; Elizabeth, bap- tized March 25, 1621; Isaac, mentioned be- low.
(II) Isaac Larned, son of William Learned, was born February 25, 1623, in Bermondsey parish, county Surrey, England, and came to this country when a child with his father. Doubtless he went from Charlestown to Wo- burn with his father. He sold his house and lands, April 2, 1652, to Bartholomew Pierson, of Watertown, and removed to Chelmsford. He died there November 27, 1657, and his in- ventory. December 7, 1657, was one hundred and eighty-seven pounds, eighteen shillings, six pence. His widow Mary was made ad- ministratrix, April 6, 1658, with her father, Isaac Sternes. Isaac Larned received many grants of land in Woburn. The last time his name is on record there is January 4, 1651- 52, when he was on a committee to lay out a driftway for cattle, etc., near Horn pond. On December 22, 1654, he was a selectman of Chelmsford, and sergeant of the train band, March 24. 1656. He was on a com- mittee to lay out certain meadow lands, Jan- uary II, 1656, and was commissioner to de- cide small cases. He was chosen deacon, July 13, 1656. He was a signer in a petition re- monstrating against an order forbidding any- one to give a course in preaching or prophesy- ing without permission from the county court or four next churches. He had several grants of land at Chelmsford.
He married, at Woburn, July 9, 1646, Mary Sternes, or Stearns, daughter of Isaac Sternes, or Stearns, of Watertown. She was
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born in the parish of Nayland, Suffolk, and baptized January 26, 1626. She married (second) John Burge, of Weymouth, June 7. 1662. On April 7, 1664, the court allowed the estate to be divided between John Burge and the children of Isaac Larned. Mary Burge died January 8, 1664, within eighteen months after her second marriage, and Sep- tember 23, 1673. Isaac Larned's estate was divided. John Burge married (third) the Widow Grisell Gurney, being her fourth hus- band, and he married (fourth), June, 1676. Widow Jane Gornell. John Burge's will left twenty shillings to each of Isaac's children. providing that he did not have to pay the four pounds claimed for them by their grand- mother, and a codicil gave six pounds to four of the children. Mary, wife of Isaac, was admitted to communion at the church of Chelmsford, in 1655. Children: Mary, born August 7, 1647, at Woburn ; Hannah, August 24. 1649, at Woburn : William, October I. 1650, at Woburn ; Sarah, October 18 or 28. 1653, at Chelmsford : Isaac, mentioned below ; Benoni, November 29, 1657, at Chelmsford.
(III) Isaac (2). son of Isaac (I) Larned, was born September 16. 1655 (or October 5). at Chelmsford, died September 15, 1737. He was in Captain Davenport's company at the Narragansett fight, in which he was wounded. and he was in Captain Sill's company in 1675. He was impressed from Watertown. In April. 1679, he went to Sherborn, where he was on the committee to procure the act of corporation for the town in 1699. After this he was appointed with two others. August 21, 1700, to settle a dispute with the lawyers in regard to "aggrieved neighbors." He was selectman in 1692-98-1706-II, and fence viewer in 1681-82. He was a signer of a pe- tition, October 13, 1680, for the removal of obstructions against Rev. Mr. Gookins' set- tling among them. On June 27, 1710, he had the largest tax for procuring a stock of am- munition. He married. July 23, 1679. Sarah, born September 29, 1659, daughter of John and Mary ( Warren) Bigelow, of Watertown. They lived in Framingham, near Learned's pond. Children: Isaac, born May 10, 1680: Sarah, March 16, 1682; Abigail, March II, 1684: Mary, April 12, 1686: William, men- tioned below : Ebenezer, August 31, 1690: Samuel, October 4, 1692: Hannah, September 16, 1694: Elisabeth, July 27, 1696: Moses. April 29, 1699: Martha, May 21, 1702.
(IV) William (2). son of Isaac (2) Larned, was born February 12, 1688. He mnoved from Framingham to Killingly in 1712, and his name was on the tax list of 1716. Later he moved to Sutton, where he was one of the original members of the church, and March 8, 1720, was on a committee to tell Rev. Mr. Mckinstry of a call to their church. Ile owned land in Killingly and moved back there again, to the parish of Thompson, form- erly the north society of Killingly, where he was admitted to the church, July 12, 1731, and was deacon, June 7. 1742. He was surveyor of highways in 1729; was selectman fron 1740 to 1744; town treasurer from 1742 to 1746. In some deeds he is spoken of as a "cordwainer." His will was dated April 13, 1747, and he died June II. 1747. He married, November 24, 1715. Hannah, born in 1696 or 1697, eldest of seven daughters of Simon and Hannah Bryant, of Killingly, Connecti- cut. She married (second). October 17, 1755, Joseph Leavens, Esq., of Killingly, and she died April 12, 1781. There is an anecdote about her conduct in the "Tory Alarm" in the "History of Windham County." Chil- dren : Hannah, probably eldest child; Sam- nel, mentioned below : Simon, born February IO, 1721 : Ebenezer, March II. 1723; William, April 15, 1725 ; Abijah, April 26, 1729 ; James December 24, 1733: Asa, March 29. 1736.
(V) Samuel, son of William (2) Larned, was born December 28, 1718, baptized May 31, 1719. He was lieutenant in the French and Indian war, and was in the Sixth Com- pany of the Third Regiment, Eliphalet Dyer, colonel. Israel Putnam, major, Dr. David Holmes, captain. In 1745 he is called hus- bandman. He was admitted to full com- munion, May 3. 1747. He died February 5. 1770, and was buried in the old Killingly graveyard. He married. December 29, 1741. Rachel Green, of Thompson, born before 1725, daughter of Henry and Judith ( Guile) Green. She married (second). December 19, 1781. John Haskill, of Dudley, Massachusetts. She died April 27. 1819. Children : Daniel, born November 16, 1743: Henry, April 13, 1745 : William, October 19, 1747, died Febru- ary 1, 1750: Hannah, September 2, 1750. died July 3. 1751: William, April 1. 1752: Benja- min, mentioned below : Hannah, September 4, 1756; Esther, August 28, 1760: Samuel, Feb- ruary 12, 1763: Rachel, December 14, 1765. (VI) Benjamin, son of Samuel Larned.
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was born February 25, 1754. He was made freeman, June 21, 1785, when Thompson was organized as a town. About 1790 he went to Cheshire, Massachusetts, for one year, and then moved to Schuyler, Herkimer county, New York, remaining until 1808 probably, and then went to Little Valley, New York, for a few years. He then moved again to Canan- daigua, New York, where he lived until his death, October 11, 1815. At Schuyler he held several town offices, such as justice of the peace and town clerk. He married, at Thompson, about 1775, Lydia, daughter of Zebedee Clemens, of Johnston, Long Island. She died at Rutland, New York, in 1840. Chil- dren : Betsey, died aged nineteen ; Benjamin, mentioned below ; Silvanus, born February 14, 1780; Sarah, May 24, 1782; Nancy, April. 1784; Amy, baptized June, 1786; Samuel, born March 27, 1791 ; Zebedee, 1793; Lydia Clemens, November 3, 1800; Daniel.
(VII) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (I) Larned, married Sarah Willoughby, daughter of Westel Willoughby, of Newport, New York. He lived there for some years, and then moved to Canandaigua, where he was a cooper. The title to his land there proved defective, so he moved again to Poland, New York, where he lived until his death, March 19, 1839, and his wife died February 29, 1848. Children : William Henry, born April 3. 1805 ; Louisa, August 10, 1807 ; Allen G., Au- gust 31, 1809: Samuel J., mentioned below : Westel W., June 16, 1816, died February 25. 1817: Sarah, December 10, 1817, died July 26, 1829: George, May 29, 1820; Daniel, March 19, 1828, died August 18, 1830.
(VIII) Samuel J., son of Benjamin (2) Larned, was born November 23, 1812, at Poland, New York, died at Ellisburg, Jeffer- son county, New York. He married Abbie Reynolds, who was born at Oriskany, New York. Children: Benjamin P., mentioned below : Cornelia.
(IX) Benjamin P., son of Samuel J. Larned, was born at Pierrepont Manor, New York. He was educated there in the public schools. During most of his life he has fol- lowed farming, but he is also an undertaker and one of the leading business men of the village. He has taken a prominent part in public matters and has served the county as sheriff.
He married Mary, daughter of Hi- ram Allen. Children : Anna M., Jessie A.,
married Everett Rounds ; Clarence A., men- tioned below.
(X) Clarence A., son of Benjamin P. Larned, was born at Pierrepont Manor. Jef- ferson county, New York, August 25, 1870. He attended the public schools of his native town and the Adams Collegiate Institute. For a few years he worked in a clothing store, and as teller in the Citizens Bank of Adams, New York, from 1889 to 1894. In the spring of 1895 he became the office manager of the F. D. Woodbury Manufacturing Com- pany at Orwell, New York, and continued as such until the business of the concern was removed to the town of Phoenix, New York. In 1903 Mr. Larned embarked in business on his own account as a dealer in lumber and he has built up a large and flourishing whole- sale trade. For two terms he was town clerk of Orville. He is a member of Pulaski Lodge, . No. 415, Free and Accepted Masons ; Chapter No. 279, Royal Arch Masons; Welcome Lodge, No. 680, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he has been district deputy.
He married. 1900, Maude B., daughter of Albert and Ann House. Children: Doris, Benjamin A., Allen H., Frances A.
John W. Coleman was born COLEMAN in Broad Oak Breade, coun- ty Sussex. England, March 9, 1831. He was a farmer for many years at Catherine. Schuyler county, New York. He married Catherine Mumford.
(II) Carlos J., son of John W. Coleman, was born in Hamilton, Madison county, New York, January 28, 1866. He attended the Union school at West Eaton and the Cazen- ovia Seminary and was graduated from the Cortland Normal School in the class of 1893, being president of his class. From 1893 to 1895 he was principal of the Madison high school. He was graduated from the Syracuse University in 1899 with the degree of LL. B. and was admitted to the bar in the same vear. In 1901 he was admitted to practice in the United States district and circuit courts, and in 1908 to the United States su- preme court. He has been engaged in a gen- eral practice of law since 1902 with offices at Hamilton. He has been honored with vari- ous offices of trust. From January 1, 1897, to 1904, he was school commissioner of the first district of Madison county, New York, and while holding this office he was located
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at the capitol at Albany for a time as a spe- cial examiner in the department of public instruction charged with the granting of teachers' certificates. He is a member of Hamilton Lodge, No. 120, Free and Accepted Masons ; Royal Arch Masons; Royal and Se- lect Masters: Knights Templar; Norwich Consistory : Mokana Grotto, No. 1, and other Masonic organizations. He is a communicant of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Cortland, and his wife is a member of the Baptist church of Madison. In politics Mr. Coleman is an active and influential Repub- lican.
He married, August 13, 1898, Cora E., born in Cortland, daughter of John and Caroline (Kinney) Peck. Their children: Donald J., born June 13, 1897; Dorothy, January 18, 1902: Marian F., October 26, 1905; Catherine L., October 16, 1908.
CLARK (VI) Samuel Clarke, son of Jo- seph Clarke (q. v.), was born September 29, 1672, died at Stonington, Connecticut, July 25, 1769. He deeded a town grant at Westerly to his father Joseph, recorded February 9, 1696. He was second constable at Westerly, June 24, 1702. and on May 13, 1712, he deeded land there to Peleg Card. In 1713 he was assistant and also in 1716; he was councilman, August 7, 1721, and September 12, 1726; he was justice, December 26, 1726, and March 25, 1728. He owned much land, as is shown by the many deeds on record at Westerly, Charlestown and Stonington. He married (first), January 19, 1698-99, Anne, daughter of Captain William and Mary (Babcock) Champlin, of Westerly, Rhode Island, who died in 1719. He mar- ried (second), May 26, 1720, at Westerly, Susannah Champlin, of South Kingston, Rhode Island, probably daughter of Jeffrey Champlin. Children by first wife: Samuel, born January 19. 1699-1700, died young ; Mary, November 27, 1701 : Bethiah, July 18, 1703; Joseph, mentioned below; Ann, Sep- tember 3, 1707; William, May 21, 1709; James, January 20, 1710-II ; Joshua, Septem- ber 22. 1712: Amos, November 14, 1714; Simeon, April 7, 1716: Christopher, October 26, 1717; Samuel, May 6, 1719. By second wife: Amey, born May 3. 1721 ; Benjamin, July 13, 1722.
(VII) Joseph, son of Samuel Clarke, was born August 29, 1705, died September, 1783.
He married, November 15, 1727, at Rich- mond. Rhode Island, Sarah, born October 21, 1709, daughter of Joseph and Mercy Rey- nolds. Joseph Reynolds made his will, Sep- tember 13, 1739, and in it mentioned his wife Mercy, and two daughters, Sarah and Sitsan- nah. Joseph Clarke was on a jury to lay out roads. November 27, 1727, and in 1741 was deputy for Charlestown, Rhode Island. On March 4, 1742, he received by deed from Rob- ert Knowles, of Richmond, lands in Charles- town, recorded at Richmond, September 13, 1751. He was in the census of 1774, as of Richmond. He deeded land in Richmond to his sons, Samuel and Joshua, and he deeded land at Charlestown to John Foster, of Hop- kinton, and land at Richmond to David Lar- kin and Samuel Cases, and to son John Clarke and son Oliver Clarke. On September 23, 1766, he deeded to Stephen Ayrault, of New- port, lands and house which had belonged to his father, Samuel Clarke. His will was dated September 26, 1783, and proved at Richmond, November 3, 1783. In it he mentioned his wife Sarah, children and grandchildren. Chil- dren, born at Richmond: Joseph, born March 5, 1728-29; Anne, October 23, 1730; Joshua, May 13, 1733; Samuel, December 1, 1737; John, mentioned below ; Oliver, November 21, 1743: Sarah, June 15, 1745; James, July 9, 1748; Christopher. April 7, 1751 ; Amy.
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