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John Innes Clark (abt. 1745 - 1808)

John Innes Clark aka Clarke
Born about [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 26 Sep 1773 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Islandmap
[children unknown]
Died at about age 63 in Bradford, Orange County, Vermontmap
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Biography

John was born ca. 1745 since his obituary said he was aged 63 at death.

John married Lydia Bowen in 1773 at Providence.[1].

John was a slaveowner, manumitting two slaves Nimble and Joseph Nightengale in 1798.[2]

He passed away in 1808.[3]

Research Notes

Thomas appears as head of household in Providence in the 1774 census of Rhode Island[4]. His household distribution and inferred attributions are

  • two white males over 16: Thomas and unknown
  • one white female over 16: Lydia
  • one black male under 16: unknown
  • one black female over 16: unknown

Sources

  1. ↑ Arnold: Vol. 10, page 137 -- "Clark, John Innes and Lydia Bowen, Sept. 26, 1773."
  2. ↑ Mathew, page 196
  3. ↑ "Hon John Innes Clark Esq. Friday 30th ult. in Bradford, Vt." -- death notice in the New York Evening Post, image online at American Ancestors (subscription required)
  4. ↑ 1774 Census
  • New York Evening Post: Death Notices, 1801–1890. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), (Unpublished typescript transcriptions of original notices by Gertrude A. Barber, R. Stanton Avery Collection, NEHGS, Boston, MA. "Death Notices copied from the New York Evening Post, vols. 1-54," 1933–1947).
  • 1774 Rhode Island Census, Providence, Page 6, Entry 10 -- Thomas Innes Clarke; citing transcription by Cherry Fletcher Bamberg in Rhode Island Roots 31 p.74, June 2005.
  • Mathew, Linda L. "Manumissions in Providence, 1784-1800" in Rhode Island Roots 32 (2006) pp.193-196.




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Charles Clark
A considerable bio of John was published on p. 269 in Morrison, George A., The Clarke Families of Rhode Island (1902). The bio data was taen from Providence Gazette obit. published October 8, 1808. It included the names of 5 children, 3 of whom died young, plus daughter Ann Elizabeth who m. Oliver Kane and daughter Harriet b. March 12, 1782. all born at Providence, RI.
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