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

38 CLARK GENEALOGY.
Parmalec of Goshen, Ct. For this account of Sarali,
see Walker Genealogy hy J. B. R. Walker, where may
be found a portrait and extended biographical sketch
of William Walker,
iv. Ruth, b. April 10, 1751 ; m. Elizur Wliaples of Newing-
ton, Conn., born 1765, baptized Dec 28, 1756, son of
Jonathan and Margaret (Woodruff) Whaples. Euth
d. May 27, 1794. See Andreivs^ History of Neiv
Britain.
15.
ITIattliew^ {Matthew,' John'), b. Dec. 19, 1719 ; m. May 8,
1746, Sarah Merrill, born 1719, ba. tized May 24, 1719, died
Nov. 16, 1785, aged 67, daugliter of Lieut. Isaac and Sarah
(Cooke) Merrill. He married 2d, the widow Lydia Seymour,
born July 22, 1729, daughter of Lieut. Jacob and Mary
(Sedgwick) Kellogg. She married Dec. 1, 1748, Capt. Tim-
othy Seymour of West Hartford, who died in 1784. After
the death of Matthew Clark, she married 3d, in September,
1803, Capt. Archibald McNeil of Litchfield, who died Jan. 31,
1813, aged 76, son of Cai)t. Archibald and Sarah McNeil,
concei'ning whom see Sketches and Chronicles of tlie Town
of Litchfield, by P K. Kilbourne, pp. 80 and 251. Lydia
joined the church in Litchfield in 1804, and died in tliat
town Nov. 6, 1810, aged 81. Matthew Clark died Nov. 1,
1792, aged 73, and is buried by the side of his first wife in
the Old Cemetery of Farmington. His will, dated Aug. 2,
1790, names his wife Lydia, nephews Mervin Clark and Dan
Clark, his friend James Merrill, Matthew, son of the above-
mentioned Dan Clark, and his nephew lleman Smith of
Winchester.
10.
WADS WORTH.
Mercy' (John,^ 3Iatthen\' John^), b. Nov. 9, 1713; m.
December, 1766, as the date is given in Andrezus' New Britain,