Richard Clark came to America and settled first in Southampton before bringing his family to Elizabethtown, NJ in 1664. His family and its many descendants are not all listed here; only the ones who married into the Woodruff families of Elizabethtown and Westfield.
1. Richard Clark Sr.
b. 1632 at England, d. April 1697 at Elizabethtown, NJ
* head of the Elizabethtown Clark Family
* settled in Southampton LI, NY 1661
* Elizabethtown Associate 1664, founding settler
* m to Elizabeth ?, possibly Moore, she d in 1724
* Richard and Elizabeth Clark Family History website
Children:
1 2. Richard Clark Jr.
b. 1661 at Southampton, LI, NY
m. Hannah Norris
d. 1742 at Elizabethtown, NJ
page 1
2 125. Elizabeth Clark
b. 1663 at Southampton, LI, NY
m. John Marsh
d. aft. 1739 at Elizabethtown, NJ
page 2
3 181. John Clark Sr.
b. 1665 at Southampton, LI, NY
m. Martha Frazee
d. 1705 at Elizabethtown, NJ
page 3
4 189. Joshua Clark Sr.
b. 1668 at Southold, LI, NY
d. 1714 at Elizabethtown, NJ
page 3
5 253. Samuel Clark #2
b. ca. 1670 at Southold, LI, NY
page 3
2. Richard Clark Jr.
b. 1661 at Southampton, LI, NY
d. 1742 at Elizabethtown, NJ
Father: 1. Richard Clark Sr.
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
* Norris Family Webpage
Spouse: Hannah Norris
b. 1665, died before 1742
Father: Henry Norris
b. 1645 at Southold, LI, NY
d. 1706 at Elizabethtown, NJ
* Elizabethtown Associate 1664, founding settler
Mother: Abigail Stratton
Children:
1 3. Henry Clark
b. 1680
d. 17 September 1771 at Westfield, NJ
2 121. John Clark #2
b. ca. 1680 at Elizabethtown, NJ
d. 1745 at CT Farms, NJ
3. Henry Clark
b. 1680, d. 17 September 1771 at Westfield, NJ
Father: 2. Richard Clark Jr.
Mother: Hannah Norris
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
Children:
1 4. Henry Clark Jr.
b. 1720 at Westfield, NJ
m. Sabrina Ross
d. 1773 at Westfield, NJ
2 40. Sabra Clark #2
b. aft. 1720 at Westfield, NJ
m. Samuel Miller #2
d. aft. 1782
3 110. Jesse Clark
b. 1738 at Westfield, NJ
m. Charity Scudder
d. 24 December 1815at Westfield, NJ
4. Henry Clark Jr.
b. 1720 at Westfield, NJ
d. 1773 at Westfield, NJ
Father: 3. Henry Clark
* CNW II p 179 -181
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
Spouse: Sabrina Ross, d. ca. 1750
* m 1st ? Deats
Children:
1 5. Sabra Clark #1
b. 1747 at Westfield, NJ
m. David Woodruff #0197, 11 June 1765,
d. 23 August 1785 at Westfield, NJ; # 269 FPCW
* CNW II p 179 -181
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
Spouse: David Woodruff #0197
b. 1741 at Westfield, NJ
m. 2nd Johanna Cory , 4 December 1786
d. 1825
see Joseph Woodruff of Westfield, p 5
Father: Isaac Woodruff Sr. #0195
b. 1715 at Westfield, NJ
son of Hannah and Joseph Woodruff of Westfield, p 5
Mother: Mary ? #8
b. 1717, d. 15 December 1760 at Westfield, NJ
Married 11 June 1765.
Children:
1 6. Abner Woodruff #0198
b. January 1766 at Westfield, NJ
d. 6 March 1766 at Westfield, NJ
2 7. Asa Woodruff #0199
b. 15 October 1767 at Morristown, NJ
m. Abigail Robinson, 8 September 1793
3 15. Demas Woodruff #0207
b. 9 January 1769 at Morristown, NJ
4 16. David Woodruff #0208
b. 29 June 1773 at Morristown, NJ
5 17. Aaron Woodruff #0209
b. 2 April 1775 at Morristown, NJ
d. 1824 at Lexington, KY
6 18. Sarah Woodruff #0211
b. 1778 at Westfield, NJ
7 19. Parius Woodruff #0210
b. 24 March 1781 at Westfield, NJ
d. 23 January 1860
8 20. Betsey Woodruff #0212
b. 1782 at Westfield, NJ
9 21. Jesse Clark Woodruff #0213
b. 18 June 1784 at Westfield, NJ
m. Rebecca Wilson, 15 September 1811 at Rogersville, Green Co., PA, d. 3 March 1862 at Rogersville, Green Co., PA
40. Sabra Clark #2
b. aft. 1720 at Westfield, NJ, d. aft. 1782
Father: 3. Henry Clark
b. 1680, d. 17 September 1771 at Westfield, NJ
* lived in what is now know as the Miller-Cory Memorial Farmhouse in Westfield, NJ
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
Spouse: 174. Samuel Miller #2
b. 1718 at Essex Co., NJ
d. 16 February 1782 at Essex Co., NJ
see listing #174 for ancestry
Father: William Miller
b. 1698 at Elizabethtown, NJ
d. 3 February 1782 at Westfield, NJ
Mother: 173. Hannah Marsh
b. 1699 at Rahway, NJ
d. 17 October 1753 at Westfield, NJ
* lived in what is now know as the Miller-Cory Memorial Farmhouse in Westfield, NJ
* Samuel Miller #3 (#474 FPCW) ; Samuel #3 and his son Nathan (#475) are buried in the Miller plot at FPCW with Samuel #2 and Sabra's other sons; (#476) William Miller 3rd (1743 -8 Apr 1780); (#479) Clark Miller (1757 -30 May 1843), and his family (#477 -483); it is therefore ASSUMED that Samuel 3rd could be the brother of William and Clark and the son of Samuel Miller #2; he would not be mentioned in his father Samuel's will since he died in 1777 before his father's death in 1782
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
Children:
1 41. Samuel Miller #3
b. 1746 at Westfield, NJ
m. Elizabeth Woodruff #024014 January 1767
d. 29 April 1777 at Westfield, NJ
2 97. Hannah Miller #2
b. 1754 at Westfield, NJ
m. David Clark Jr. , 9 October 1774 at Westfield, NJ
d. 1794 at Westfield, NJ
3 108. Marsh Miller
b. 1764 at Westfield, NJ
m. Betsey Cory
d. 6 July 1795 at Westfield, NJ
41. Samuel Miller #3
b. 1746 at Westfield, NJ
d. 29 April 1777 at Westfield, NJ; #474 FPCW
Father: 174. Samuel Miller #2
Mother: 40. Sabra Clark #2
* The Greaves Papers; First Families of Westfield, website
Spouse: Elizabeth Woodruff #0240
b. 1749 at Westfield, NJ
m. 2nd Jeremiah Pangborn, 8 January 1789
d. 1832
see Joseph Woodruff of Westfield, p 6
Father: Capt. Thomas Woodruff #0239
b. 1722 at Westfield, NJ
d. 2 April 1801 at Westfield, NJ
Mother: Mary ? #9
b. 1714, d. 22 January 1753
Married 14 January 1767.
Children:
1 42. Elizabeth Miller #2
b. aft. 1767 at Westfield, NJ
2 43. Sabra Miller
b. aft. 1767 at Westfield, NJ
m. Jonathan Winans #2, 15 January 1792
3 44. Nathan Miller
b. 1768 at Westfield, NJ
d. 11 June 1772 at Westfield, NJ
4 45. Thomas Miller
b. 3 December 1769 at Westfield, NJ
m. Sarah Smith, 1792
d. 2 March 1859 at Westfield, NJ
5 46. Mary Polly Miller
b. 1774 at Westfield, NJ
m. Noah Woodruff Sr. #075, 5 October 1794
d. 21 September 1833 at Westfield, NJ
97. Hannah Miller #2
b. 1754 at Westfield, NJ
d. 1794 at Westfield, NJ
Father: 174. Samuel Miller #2
Mother: 40. Sabra Clark #2
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
Spouse: 192. David Clark Jr.
b. 1749 at Westfield, NJ
d. 2 May 1777 at Westfield, NJ; # 796 FPCW
Father: David Clark Sr.
b. 1719 at Westfield, NJ
d. 4 April 1779 at Westfield, NJ; #795 FPCW
2 William Clark (1680 - )
see descendants of Samuel Clark #1 (1657 - 1709)
Mother: 191. Sarah Clark
b. 1723 at Elizabethtown, NJ
see below
* information from Harman R Clark
Married 9 October 1774 at Westfield, NJ.
Children:
1 98. Sarah "Sally" Clark
b. 1775 at Westfield, NJ
m. Jonathan Woodruff #065, 14 October 1795
d. 13 February 1854 at Westfield, NJ
* of paralysis #702 FPCW
* Magie Family History, p 2, 8
* information from Harman R Clark
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
* CNW II p176, 208 -209
Spouse: Jonathan Woodruff #065
b. 1771 at Westfield, NJ
d. 26 March 1862 at Westfield, NJ; #701 FPCW
* attorney
Father: Aaron Woodruff Sr. #064
b. 1746 at Westfield, NJ
d. 27 February 1793 atWestfield, NJ
see descendants of Joseph of Westfield, p 3
Mother: Ruth Terry
b. 1750 at Westfield, NJ
d. 28 November 1818 at Westfield, NJ
Married 14 October 1795.
Children:
1 99. Abraham Woodruff #066
b. aft. 1795 at Westfield, NJ
m. Catherine Frazee Terry at Two Bridges, NJ
108. Marsh Miller
b. 1764 at Westfield, NJ
d. 6 July 1795 at Westfield, NJ
* babtised FPCW 20 May, 1764
Father: 174. Samuel Miller #2
Mother: 40. Sabra Clark #2
* The Greaves Papers; First Families of Westfield, website
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
Spouse: Betsey Cory
b. 1768
* babtised FPCW, 5 Jun 1768
* dau of Phebe Miller and John Cory
Children:
1 109. Samuel Miller #4
b. 1791 at Westfield, NJ
m. Jemima Pangborn Woodruff #076, 2 May 1813
d. 6 April 1871 at Westfield, NJ; #37 FPCW
* CNW II p209
* Magie Family History p 19
* The Greaves Papers; First Families of Westfield, website
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
Spouse: 47. Jemima Pangborn Woodruff #076
b. 18 April 1795 at Westfield, NJ
d. 4 March 1864 at Westfield, NJ; # 38 FPCW
Father: Noah Woodruff Sr. #075
b. 1773 at Westfield, NJ
d. 16 September 1851 at Westfield, NJ
see descendants of Joseph Woodruff of Westfield, p 2 & 3
Mother: 46. Mary Polly Miller
b. 1774 at Westfield, NJ
d. 21 September 1833 at Westfield, NJ
Married 2 May 1813.
Children:
1 48. Eliza Marsh Miller
b. 1 November 1815 at Westfield, NJ, d. April 1885
2 49. Mary Parkhurst Miller
b. 31 December 1817 at Westfield, NJ
m. George Washington Pierson
d. 4 March 1841 at Westfield, NJ
3 50. Aaron Woodruff Miller
b. 1827 at Westfield, NJ
d. 8 March 1860 at Westfield, NJ
4 51. Samuel Terry Miller
b. 1833 at Westfield, NJ
d. 21 November 1834 at Westfield, NJ
108. Marsh Miller
b. 1764 at Westfield, NJ
d. 6 July 1795 at Westfield, NJ
* babtised FPCW 20 May, 1764
Father: 174. Samuel Miller #2
Mother: 40. Sabra Clark #2
* The Greaves Papers; First Families of Westfield, website
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
Spouse: Betsey Cory
b. 1768
* babtised FPCW, 5 Jun 1768
* dau of Phebe Miller and John Cory
Children:
1 109. Samuel Miller #4
b. 1791 at Westfield, NJ
m. Jemima Pangborn Woodruff #076, 2 May 1813
d. 6 April 1871 at Westfield, NJ; #37 FPCW
* CNW II p209
* Magie Family History p 19
* The Greaves Papers; First Families of Westfield, website
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
Spouse: 47. Jemima Pangborn Woodruff #076
b. 18 April 1795 at Westfield, NJ
d. 4 March 1864 at Westfield, NJ; # 38 FPCW
Father: Noah Woodruff Sr. #075
b. 1773 at Westfield, NJ
d. 16 September 1851 atWestfield, NJ
Mother: 46. Mary Polly Miller
b. 1774 at Westfield, NJ
d. 21 September 1833 at Westfield, NJ
see above ancestry
Married 2 May 1813.
Children:
1 48. Eliza Marsh Miller
b. 1 November 1815 at Westfield, NJ, d. April 1885
2 49. Mary Parkhurst Miller
b. 31 December 1817 at Westfield, NJ
m. George Washington Pierson
d. 4 March 1841 at Westfield, NJ
3 50. Aaron Woodruff Miller
b. 1827 at Westfield, NJ
d. 8 March 1860 at Westfield,NJ
4 51. Samuel Terry Miller
b. 1833 at Westfield, NJ
d. 21 November 1834 at Westfield, NJ
110. Jesse Clark
b. 1738 at Westfield, NJ
d. 24 December 1815 at Westfield, NJ; # 568 FPCW
* Revolutionary War soldier, private, Essex Co., NJ
Father: 3. Henry Clark
b. 1680, d. 17 September 1771 at Westfield, NJ
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
Spouse: Charity Scudder
b. 1743 at Westfield, NJ
d. 20 November 1818 at Westfield, NJ
Father: Capt. John Scudder
b. 1700 at Westfield, NJ, d. 1777
Children:
1 111. John Baker Clark
b. 1765 at Westfield, NJ
m. Rebecca Woodruff #0242, 7 February 1788
2 117. Keziah Clark
b. 1768
m. Jonathan Baker
d. 20 September 1808 at Westfield, NJ
3 119. Abraham Clark
b. 1769 at Westfield, NJ
m. Elizabeth Pierson, 28 February 1793 at Westfield, NJ
d. 11 December 1814 at Westfield, NJ
111. John Baker Clark
b. 1765 at Westfield, NJ
Father: 110. Jesse Clark
Mother: Charity Scudder
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
Spouse: Rebecca Woodruff #0242
b. February 1766 at Westfield, NJ
d. 29 January 1817 at Westfield, NJ; #567 FPCW
Father: Capt. Thomas Woodruff #0239
b. 1722 at Westfield, NJ
d. 2 April 1801 at Westfield, NJ
see Joseph Woodruff of Westfield, p 6
Mother: Rebecca Merry
b. 1733, d. 23 July 1818 at Westfield, NJ
* marriage records at FPCW
* CNW II p 185; CNW has her married to Thomas Clark of LI, NY
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
Married 7 February 1788.
Children:
1 112. Thomas Woodruff Clark
b. 27 December 1788 at Westfield, NJ
m. 120 Abby Clark, see listing below
m. Elizabeth Long, 1 August 1816
d. 13 April 1845 at Savannah, GA
2 113. Hetty Clark
b. 1790 at Westfield, NJ, d. March 1822
3 114. Fanny Clark
b. September 1793 at Westfield, NJ
m. Theophilus Pierson, 18 March 1823
d. 4 April 1841 at Westfield, NJ
4 115. Edward Young Clark
b. aft. 1793 at Westfield, NJ, d. at Savannah Ga
5 116. John Milton Clark
b. aft. 1793 at Westfield, NJ, d. at Atlanta Ga
117. Keziah Clark
b. 1768
d. 20 September 1808 at Westfield, NJ; # 668 FPCW
Father: 110. Jesse Clark
b. 1738 at Westfield, NJ
d. 24 December 1815 at Westfield, NJ
Mother: Charity Scudder
b. 1743 at Westfield, NJ
d. 20 November 1818 at Westfield, NJ
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
Spouse: Jonathan Baker
b. 1764 at Westfield, NJ
d. 19 March 1844 at Westfield, NJ; # 669 FPCW
Father: Henry Baker #1
b. 1728 at Easthampton, LI, NY
d. 13 May 1780 at Westfield, NJ; # 629 FPCW
2 Daniel Baker Sr.
3 Abigail Osborne
Mother: Phebe Hedges
b. 1730, d. 9 August 1813 at Westfield, NJ; # 628 FPCW
Children:
1 118. Jesse Clark Baker
b. 1790 at Westfield, NJ
m. Betsey Thompson, 5 April 1812,
d. 14 September 1832 at Westfield, NJ; # 353 FPCW
Spouse: Betsey Thompson
b. 1793, d. 30 September 1840; # 352 FPCW
Father: Hezekiah Thompson
b. 12 October 1738 at Piscataway, NJ
d. 3 July 1796 at Westfield, NJ
Mother: Jane Woodruff #272
b. 1754 at Elizabethtown, NJ
Jane Woodruff #272 (1754 - )
2 John Cooper Woodruff #258 (1712 - 1792)
4 John Woodruff #14 (1687 - 1751)
see descendants of John Woodruff 1687
8 John Woodruff #3 (1665 - 1722)
Married 5 April 1812.
119. Abraham Clark
b. 1769 at Westfield, NJ
d. 11 December 1814 at Westfield, NJ; #388 FPCW
Father: 110. Jesse Clark
b. 1738 at Westfield, NJ
d. 24 December 1815 at Westfield, NJ
Mother: Charity Scudder
b. 1743 at Westfield, NJ
d. 20 November 1818 at Westfield, NJ
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
Spouse: 130. Elizabeth Pierson
b. 1772 at Westfield, NJ
d. 25 June 1830 at Westfield, NJ; # 389 FPCW
Father: William Pierson Jr.
b. 1747 at Westfield, NJ
d. 25 December 1835 at Westfield, NJ; # 491 FPCW
2 William Pierson Sr. (1721 - 1801)
Mother: 129. Annar Davis
b. 1753 at Westfield, NJ
d. 16 November 1812 at Westfield, NJ; # 489 FPCW
see #129
Married 28 February 1793 at Westfield, NJ.
Children:
1 120. Abby Clark
b. 16 March 1796 at Westfield, NJ
m. Thomas Woodruff Clark,
d. 1 June 1872 at Savannah, GA
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
* First Families of Westfield; Greaves Papers
Spouse: 112. Thomas Woodruff Clark
b. 27 December 1788 at Westfield, NJ
m. Elizabeth Long, 1 August 1816
d. 13 April 1845 at Savannah, GA
Father: 111. John Baker Clark
b. 1765 at Westfield, NJ
Mother: Rebecca Woodruff #0242
b. February 1766 at Westfield, NJ
d. 29 January 1817 at Westfield, NJ
* moved to Savannah, GA
children:
1. Homer Meredith Clark 13 Aug 1826 -13 Jun 1830
2. Addison Scudder Clark 25 May 1826 -12 Mar 1904
m Rebecca Holman Woodbury
3. Thomas Homer Clark 3 Mar 1836 m Mary Ellen Savage
121. John Clark #2
b. ca. 1680 at Elizabethtown, NJ
d. 1745 at CT Farms, NJ
Father: 2. Richard Clark Jr.
b. 1661 at Southampton, LI, NY, d. 1742 at
Elizabethtown, NJ
Mother: Hannah Norris
b. 1665
* lived at CT Farms, NJ
* married to Phebe ? in 1707
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
Children:
1 122. Jotham Clark
b. 1705 at Elizabethtown, NJ
d. 1 April 1772 at Elizabethtown, NJ
m to Sarah ?
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
Children:
1 123. Rhoda Clark
b. 4 December 1743 at CT Farms, NJ
m. Capt Richard Townley , 1765
d. 21 July 1823 at Elizabethtown, NJ; # 1327 FPCE
* Norris Family Website
* Richard and Elizabeth Clark website
Spouse: Capt Richard Townley
b. 1736 at Elizabethtown, NJ
m 1st Rachel Carpenter (1734 -1764)
d. 4 August 1801 at Elizabethtown, NJ; #1328 FPCE
* served as a captain in Essex Co., NJ in the Revolutionary War
Father: Effingham Townley #3
b. ca. 1710 at Elizabethtown, NJ, d. 1789
2 Charles Townley Esq. (1686 - 1756)
4 Col. Richard Townley ( - 1711); * came to America in the suite of Lord Effingham Howard in 1684; * settled in Elizabethtown, NJ.
Mother: Rebecca Crane #1
b. 1711 at Elizabethtown, NJ
2 John Crane Sr. (1670 - 1722)
see family of 4 Stephen Crane (1630 - )
* DAR records
* Norris Family Website
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
Married 1765.
Children:
1 124. Rebecca Townley
b. 22 May 1772 at Elizabethtown, NJ
m. Benjamin Haines Jr.#3
d. 30 May 1798 at Elizabethtown, NJ
* CNW II, p12
* Norris Family Website
* Elizabeth and Richard Clark web page
Spouse: Benjamin Haines Jr. #3
b. 1768 at Elizabethtown, NJ
d. 17 November 1808 at Elizabethtown, NJ; #31 FPCE
Father: Benjamin Haines Sr. #2
b. 1721 at Elizabethtown, NJ
d. 12 December 1774 at Elizabethtown, NJ; #29 FPCE
Mother: Catherine Woodruff #21
b. 1730 at Elizabethtown, NJ
d. 9 September 1777 at Elizabethtown, NJ; #28 FPCE
2 Timothy Woodruff Sr. #13 (1684 - 1766)
see descendants of Timothy Woodruff 1684
4 John Woodruff #3 (1665 - 1722)
* one son:
1. Richard T Haines m Mariah Johnson, dau of John Johnson of NY
* CNW states Benjamin Haines m 2nd Rebecca Townley 1772 -1797, however it is more realistic to believe she m his son, Benjamin Haines Jr. 1768 -1808
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