A record of the descendants of John Clark, of Farmington, Conn ...

MARY, JOHN. 35
tlie south part of Blur Street, whicli lie occupied until
1801, wlicn he sold out to Isaac Browuson, and removed
to Vernon, N. Y. He was a man liiglily
esteemed, prominent in town affairs, and tliree times
a representative of tlie town bct:wccn 1795 and 1800.
He was a son of Stephen Smitli from Farmington, was
born in Goshen and married Hannah Dunning. Ho
left no record of his family in Winchester." The
will of Matthew^ Clark dated Aug. 2, 1790, names
" my nephew Heman Smith of Winchester." The
above-named nine children were all baptized in South-
ington, except the first, fourth, and ninth,
baptism I tind no record.
13.
of whose
JoUn^ (^.Matthew'' , Juhn'}, b. Sept. 1,1712; m. Sept. 2,
1742, Elizabeth Newell, born Jan. 29, 1720-1, died Feb. 2,
1791, aged 70, daughter of Capt. John and Elizabeth (H^aw-
ley) Newell. They lived on the Stanley Quarter road leading
from Farmington to New Britain, where Omri North lived
many years and his son Lucius J. North after him, until
1879. The old Clark house was moved back and is now used
as a barn. Although living within the territorial limits of
Great Swamp (Kensington) parish, Mr. Clark with the fami-
lies of Daniel Hart and Thomas Stanley 2d, attended the
public worship of the old church of Farmington. After the
death of her husband, on the 10th of June, 1782, Elizabeth at-
tended the New Britain church, and being partially deaf was
allowed to stand in the pulpit. Her remains are interred be-
side those of her husband in the Old Cemetery of Farm-
ington.
Their children were :
16. i. Mkkcy, b. Nov. 9, 1743.
ji. Mauy, b. Feb. 23, 1745; d. (Feb. 1814. Was a