Thomas C. Clark (1737 - 1809)

Born 18 Feb 1737 in Clarksboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Christian (Vanneman) Clark — married 8 Apr 1758 in Gloucester, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 29 Oct 1809 at age 72 in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States

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Thomas Clark is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A022709.

Captain Thomas Clark was a Prisoner of War during American Revolutionary War.

Biography

Daughters of the American Revolution information:

• CLARK, THOMAS
• Ancestor #: A022709
• Service: NEW JERSEY
• Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, CAPTAIN
• Birth: 2-18-1737 GLOUCESTER CO NEW JERSEY
• Death: 10-29-1809 GLOUCESTER CO NEW JERSEY
• Service Source: STEWART, NOTES ON OLD GLOUCESTER CO, VOL 1 PP 303-304; MINS OF PROVINCIAL CONGRESS & THE COUNCIL OF SAFETY OF STATE OF NJ, PP 197, 398; STRYKER, REG OF OFFICERS & MEN OF NJ IN THE REV, PP 320, 385
• Service Description: (1) ALSO LT, 1ST LT, & CAPT LT; CAPT FRELINGHUYSEN, COL THOMAS PROCTOR; (2) PRISONER OF WAR; MEM PROVINCIAL CONGRESS
• Residence:Created: 2002-03-27 23:23:55.3, Updated: 2005-04-08 11:47:33.0, By: sjohnson 1) County: GLOUCESTER CO - State: NEW JERSEY
• Spouse: CHRISTIAN VANNEMAN; Created: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, Updated: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, By: Conversion 1)
• Child son: JOHN VANAMAN CLARK, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] MARY ZANE; [Spouse #] Spouse: [2] SARA FRENCH
• Child son: THOMAS CLARK, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] ACSAH PANCOAST
• Child son: JEFFERY CLARK, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] RACHEL WEATHERBY
• Child son: JOSEPH CLARK, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] ELIZABETH TIERS
• Child daughter: LYDIA CLARK, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] ANDREWS RIDGWAY

Previous research information:

Thomas was born in 1737 in Woodbury ^[1][2]

"Son of Jeffery and Mary Clark. On January 4th, 1758, he was wrecked on a small vessel below Red Bank. He drifted ashore at Ladd's Cove where he was rescued. He changed his mind about being a sea faring man, and settled in Gloucester County where he married Christian Vanneman. He held various public offices during his lifetime including; Justice of the Peace, Council of Proprietors for West Jersey, and Assemblyman. He was captured by the British on Oct 4 1777 but soon released. He built a house of worship in Greenwich, Gloucester County named Berkley, and at age 64 he wrote an account of his life. ^[3]

Thomas Clark's sons were Thomas, Joseph, and John. Also Jeffery.

Sources

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A022709

1. ↑ "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCN1-KMH : 14 February 2020), Jeffrey Clark in entry for Thomas Clark, 1737.
2. ↑ "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC5K-BYC : 14 February 2020), Jeffrey Clark in entry for Thomas Clark, 1737.
3. ↑ Excerpt from book: Notes on Old Gloucester County, by Frank Stewart

See also:

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• The Rambo Family Tree, Fifth Vol, Beverly Nelson Rambo and Ronald S. Beatty, 2008, pages 125 and 126.

• https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/59907-the-journal-and-biography-of-nicholas-collin-1746-1831-the-journal-translated-from-the-original-swedish-manuscript?viewer=1&offset=0#page=262&viewer=picture&o=ocr&n=0&q= The journal and biography of Nicholas Collin, 1746-1831 : the journal translated from the original Swedish manuscript, page 311.

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