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16 CLARK GENEALOGY. Eiglitli day of Feb. in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and nine— ten*, as foliowe th, viz: The said John Clark being at this time in good health and, througli the goodness of God, in the possession of my reason, for which I desire to bless his holy name. But being grown into age, so that I cannot expect the time of my departure out of this life to be very far off, and not knowing how soon nor how suddenly it may come upon me, am therefore desirous accounting it my duty to do what 1 can to prevent trouble among my surviving children that God shall graciously please to continue after my decease, I do therefore make and ordain this to be my last will and testament, and do desire my executor or executors, whom I shall in these presents nominate and appoint, to see that this my will be performed when there shall be occasion for it, after iny decease. 1. I desire to commit myself soul and body to God as ray Great Creator and to Jesus Christ as my merciful Redeemer through the merit of whose blood and perfect obedience I hope to obtain salvation from the wrath which is to come ; and as for my body, I desire to commit it into the hands of my * An explanation of this and numerous other instances of double dating occurring in this book may be found convenient. The 3'ear in the old style began with March 25ih, called Lady Day. March was thus the first month of the year, April the second, February the twelfth, etc. In 1583 Pope Gregory XIII. made the year begin with January 1st, and added ten days to the reckoning by striking out October 5th to 14lh, inclusive, from the year 1583. Thus April 10th became April 20th. In England the change was not made until January 1, 1752, eleven days being struck out of the following month of September. September 3d to 13th, inclusive, did not appear in the English Calendar for 1752. September 2d was Wednesday and September 14th was the following Thursday. From 1583 to 1752, to avoid ambiguity, double dating was introduced. February 8th, the date of John Clark's will, 1709-10, or 17fg, as usually written, means Wednesday, February 8, 1709, old style, or February 19, 1710, new style. For further information see N. E. Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. XX, p. 40, or " Coburn's Almanacs for 3,000 Years," Boston, 1882.
JOHN CLARK OF FARMINGTON. 17 christian friends and relations only to be decently interred in the earth, which being done and all my just debts and funeral expenses paid, then my will also is in the 2d place that my son Matthew Clark shall have all my land both meadow and uplands and all my outlands both divided and undivided as also my house and barn and remainder of my homestead that is not already disposed of in deeds of gift and also all my moveable estate of what kind, sort or degree soever that I shall stand possessed of at my death and not legally conveyed away by me in my life time, he paying, or his heirs, executors or administrators paying within one year after my decease, the several legacies in these presents after mentioned— 3?y I give to my daughters that shall survive me to each one of them five pounds to be paid by son Matthew or by his heirs executors or administrators within twelve months after ray decease in pay* and not in money— ilt/ and finally i^ / will is that my son Matthew Clark be and by these presents I do appoint him to be whole and sole executor to this my last will and testament, and I desire my two loving friends and kinsmen John Hart Sen. and Deac. Samuel Porter to be overseers hereof. In witness whereof and to every part hereof I the said John Clark Sen. have on this day and year above named both signed, sealed and declared this to be my last will and testament. John Claek Sen. his mark a & seal (a seal.) *Madiim Sarah Knight, ia her "Journal of a Horseback Journey from Boston to New York, and Return," 1704, describes the currency of the day as "Pay, Money, Pay as Money and Trusting. Pay is Grain, Pork, Beef &c. at the prices set by the General Court that year. Money is Pieces of Eight, Ryalls, or Boston or Bay shillings (as they call them,) or Good hard money, as sometimes silver coin is termed by them, also Wampum, viz. Indian beads which serves for change. Pay as Mone/y is provisions as aforesaid one-tliird cheaper than as the Assembly or General Court sets it, and 7V«.s^ as they and the merchant agree for time" .... " A sixpenny knife in pay is 13c?— in pay as money M and hard money its own price, viz. G(f." 3
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Page 11 and 12: PREFACE. This genealogy of the desc
Page 13 and 14: EARLY SETTLERS NAMED JOHN CLARK. JO
Page 15 and 16: "Agreed JOHN CLARK OP CAMBRIDGE. 7
Page 17 and 18: JOHN CLARK OF HARTFORD. 9 "February
Page 19 and 20: JOHN CLARK OP SAYBROOK. "My son Joh
Page 21 and 22: JOHN CLARK OF FARMINGTON. 13 with t
Page 23: JOHN CLARK OF PARMINGTON. 15 sites
Page 27 and 28: JOHN CLARK OF FARMINGTON. 19 There
Page 29 and 30: 16£, 4s., Od. To Mary Huntington,
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,
Page 71 and 72: JOSEPH WASHBURN. 63 exclianged liis
Page 73 and 74: 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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94 INDEX. Woodruff— /^ ^7^6
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