A record of the descendants of John Clark, of Farmington, Conn ...
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56 CLARK GENEALOGY.<br />
<strong>the</strong> family bible <strong>of</strong> Prudence <strong>Clark</strong>, wife <strong>of</strong> (30), and from<br />
gravestones.<br />
31.<br />
Sylvester^ {Abel,* <strong>John</strong>/ Mat<strong>the</strong>iv,^ <strong>John</strong>'), b. Feb. 18,<br />
1789 ; m. 1810, Hannah Hart, born Oct. 7, 1792, died Dec.<br />
24, 1869, daugliter <strong>of</strong> Asahel and Hannah (Langdon) Hart<br />
He died in Hartford, Ct., April 18, 1829. Their children<br />
were :<br />
i. Langdon, b. June 11, 1811 ; d. Dec. 24, 1813.<br />
ii. Ophelia, b. March 23, 1813 ; d. June 25, 1882.<br />
iii. Langdon, b. Sept. 8, 1815 ; d. July 13, 1843.<br />
iv. Jane Adelaide, b. July 12, 1818 ; d. Jan. 7, 1820.<br />
47. V. James W., b. Sept. 14, 1820.<br />
vi. Jane, b. March 9, 1823.<br />
48. vii. Charlotte, b. May 13, 1825.<br />
The above dates are from a veiy carefully written letter <strong>of</strong><br />
Ophelia <strong>Clark</strong> (31, ii), since deceased.<br />
33.<br />
ADAMS.<br />
Eliza Jane' (<strong>John</strong>,^ <strong>John</strong>,^ Mat<strong>the</strong>iv,'^ <strong>John</strong>'), b. Dec. 5,<br />
1797; m. Nov. 1, 1817, William Henry Adams, born May,<br />
1787 ; died March 31, 1865, son <strong>of</strong> <strong>John</strong> Adams <strong>of</strong> Bloom-<br />
field, N. Y. She died June 11, 1855.<br />
Their children were :<br />
i. <strong>John</strong> <strong>Clark</strong>, b. Aug. 29, 1818 ; graduated at Harvard<br />
college, 1839 ; d. Jan. 24,1874.<br />
ii. Eliza Jane, b. July 5, 1820; m. Oct. 15, 1846, at<br />
Clyde, N. Y., Henry Joseph Ruggles, d. Feb. 11, 1863.<br />
iii. William Henry, b. July 16, 1822 ; d. Sept. 5, 1839.<br />
iv. James Bemis, b. Jan. 12, lfe25, at Lyons, Wayne Co.,<br />
N. Y. ; graduated at Harvard college, 1847 ; studied<br />
medicine and received <strong>the</strong> degree <strong>of</strong> M.D. at <strong>the</strong> New<br />
York Medical School in 1851 ; d. Jan. 16, 1853, at<br />
Curacoa, West Indies, <strong>of</strong> yellow fever.