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12 CLARK GENEALOGY. John Fletcher was admitted to the church in Milford, Nov. 14, 1641, and Mary his wife, Dec. 19, 1641. John Fletcher died April 18, 1662. See Trumhull's Colonial Rec- ords of Connecticut, vol. i, page 451, Milford Town and Church Records, and Savage's Dictionary. JOHN CLARK OF FARMINGTON. John Clark, the ancestor of the family whose genealogy is hereafter recorded, was an early settlei" of Farmington, liow early does not appear. " He had been a resident long enough to have acquired numerous pieces of land when the town registrar made a formal record of them in the month of January, 1657. The names of John Clark and his wife were included in a list of the members of the church in Farmington made March 1, 1679-80. When they joined is not stated. He was made a freeman in May, 1664. (See Colonial Records^ vol. i, pp. 412 and 427.) On the 27th of December, 1682, he was chosen a Chimney Viewer by the town, with the following instructioiis : " Att the saem meeting it was vooted and agreed y' the Chimney viewers should atend their work of veiuing chimnyes & Ladders one in six weeks in y*' winter and in y^ Sumer one a quarter and for each neglect hear of they shall paye to y« touen treshucr tenn shillings."* On the 28th of December, 1685, and again on the 8th of December, 1690, he was chosen a surveyor of have held we highways. What offices he may previously know not, since the formal record of town meetings begins *Thecu.sloni of paying them notliiusr for their services, but of fining them for refusing 1o accept office and for ever}- neglect of duty, must liave been about as satisfactory to the offloeholders of these good old times as the decision attributed to Wouter Van Twiller, the renowned Governor of New Amsterdam, who, after condemning the plaintiff and defendant in a lawsuit to give each other a receipt in full, ordered the constable to pay the costs.— Knickerbocker's Uistory of New York.
JOHN CLARK OF FARMINGTON. 13 with that of Dec. 27, 1682. Some few entries there are of an older date of matters thought of sufficient importance to be " transcribed out of y ould book," but no lists of town officers. His house stood on High Street, as will appear by a con- sideration of the following extracts from the land records of the town : Yol. n, p. 84. "Jan. 1657 to John Clark One ysell on which his dwelling house now standeth with yeardes or orcherdes thearein being, contain by estima Ten acres be it more or less y' wlieare of he bought of Jolm Stell & ded sum tyme belong to Robberd Willson. A butting on brook on the East & on William Smith's land on tlie porke West & on John Stell's land on the South and on the highway on the North." Vol. I, p. 9. " Description of Lands of William Lewis February 1665. One ysell with a mesage or teniment thereon standing orchard gardens therein being Containing by estima two acres 10 or 20 perches abutting on John Clark's Land to y^ East & to ye West on a highway Leading to James Bird's for his yticulor use and to y^ South on James bird's land & to y^ North on y
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Page 27 and 28: JOHN CLARK OF FARMINGTON. 19 There
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Page 31 and 32: MATTHEVV, ELIZABETH. 23 have former
Page 33 and 34: ELIZABETH, REBECCA. 25 vii. Jonatha
Page 35 and 36: REBECCA, MARY. 27 McKune of Stratfo
Page 37 and 38: MARY. 29 Lieut. Samuel was son of D
Page 39 and 40: MARTHA. 31 Feb. 12, 1727-8, aged 60
Page 41 and 42: HANNAH, RACHEL. 33 married 2d, Apri
Page 43 and 44: MARY, JOHN. 35 tlie south part of B
Page 45 and 46: RCTH. 37 town line, his farm near t
Page 47 and 48: MKRCY. 39 193, to William Wadswoitl
Page 49 and 50: MER\T[N. 41 district of Farmington,
Page 51 and 52: Child by his first marriage : 27. i
Page 53 and 54: RUTH. 45 vii{. Jonathan, b. March 7
Page 55 and 56: ELIZAHETH. 47 on the hill still cal
Page 57 and 58: ORNAN, ABRAHAM. 49 son of Alvin and
Page 59 and 60: ABRAHAM. 51 of his younger clays, b
Page 61 and 62: HULDAH, MATTHEW, MANLY. 53 confirma
Page 63 and 64: JOHN. 55 30. John' {Abel,' John,^ M
Page 65 and 66: KLIZA .JANi:, MARIA (IBKKN. 67 V. M
Page 67 and 68: HENRY WHITE, MERVIN. 59 own is clos
Page 69 and 70: JOSEPH WASHBURN. 61 born August 24,
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JOSEPH WASHBURN. 63 exclianged liis
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JOSEPH WASHBURN, MARY WETMORE. Of)
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IIENNIS WOODRUFF, JANE ELIZA. 67 th
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LUCY ELLEN, JAMES STANLEY, DAN. 69
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MATILDA, ABEL NEWELL. 71 The above
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ABEL NEWELL, JOHN WOODRUFF. 73 " Hi
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CHARLOTTE, MARIA, MERVIN. 75 Hoyt o
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MERVIN. " He left Camp Dennison as
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MARY ANTOINETTE, REBECCA SMALLEY. 7
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FRANCES F., MATTHEW H., ADRIAN I. 8
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CHARLES L., CHARLES H., ANNIE M. 83
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86 INDEX. BURNHAM—
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88 INDEX. Everest—
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90 INDEX. Langdon—
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92 INDEX. Shinn— Joseph C, Lucy E
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