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From: "Jerry L. Clark" <>
Subject: [MDSTMARY-L] John B. Clark
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 17:12:11 -0700


List,

I found this baptism and I believe it came from St. Andrews Parish
records. but I do need to double check the source.



16 Oct 1778John Baptist Clark Philip
Norris, Eleanor Daft
of Thomas and Elizabeth


This Thomas Clark I had listed as the son of Robert Clarke Jr. and
Mary Wilkinson( not sure if that is where he belongs, but we know
that Robert Clarke Jr. and Mary Wilkinson had a son William Clarke
who married Mary Maryman- Mary Maryman had a sister Lydia Maryman who
married David Lindsay Ward. William Clarke had a brother Mathew
Clarke who married Lydia Hazel and they had a son Elijah Clarke- who
is Carol Wyatt's ancestor.

Carol Wyatt's notes)


Will of John Gray, Sr., 1/28/1787. Wit: David Lindsay Ward, Jeremiah
gray, and Elijah Clarke.


Charles Co Wills, 1780-1791
Page 408. John Gray Sr's Will.
Jan 28, 1787, I JOHN GRAY of CC, planter, am sick and weak in body
but of sound & perfect memory. Firstly, I want my just debts paid.
To my son JOSEPH GRAY - all my land and tenements.
To my daughter Benedictor Franklin - a Negro woman named Lett.
To my daughter Ann Butler Garrot - a Negro woman named Heney.
To my daughter Ann Burler Garrot- a Negro woman named Sarey.
To my children, to wit, Joseph Gray, Benedictor Franklin, Ann Butler
Garrot- the rest of my estate, to be equally divided amongst them.
Executors: my son Joseph & my wife.
Signed- John (111 his mark) Gray. Wit - David L. Ward, Jeremiah
Gray, & ELIJAH ( X his mark)
CLARK
Letters Testamentary were granted to the executor and executrix;
their securities were Jere Gray and Zachariah Price.
Page 407, On Jul 12, 1790 came HANNAH GRAY, the widow of JOHN GRAY,
late of CC, decd, & quitted her claim to the bequest to her in the
Will of her sd husband, decd, & elected, in lieu thereof, her dower
of third part of the decd's estate, both real and personal.
(My note* this above Gray was also indexed Graves) (my note * there
is a Jeremiah Graves of Rev War



Charles Co Wills, 1780-1791
Page 44. Moses Gray's Will.
Jan 10, 1788 I, Moses Gray of CC, am sick and weak but of sound mind
and perfect memory. Firstly, I want all my just debts paid.
To my son Edward Gray, - all my lands.
To my daughters JANE CLARK, Darcos Scot, & Sarah Scot- 1 shilling each.
To my sons Anthony C. Gray & George Gray - 1 shilling each.
To my son Edward Gray - the rest of my personal estate.
Executor: my son Edward Gray.
Signed - Moses ( x his mark) Gray. Wit - Joseph Gray.
Jeremiah Gray, Alexander Evans.
Probated by Geb 9, 1789 by the executor and by the oaths of
witnesses Joseph Gray & Jeremiah Gray.




Elijah Clark is listed in the Charles Co. MD Christ Church of Durham
Parish. which is at Ironsides in the 1797 record where he gave money
to the church
for repairs or rebuilding. The persons he is linked with Gray, Dunnington,
Evans, Lomax, are living in that area. I presume Elijah was at that time too
living around there too.

Now Elijah Clarke also had a son John Clarke and we don't know his
middle initial unless Carol Wyatt does.

Is the John B. Clarke listed below the cousin of Elijah Clarke? or
was it the son of Elijah Clarke?



Carol Wyatt shared this Document with me:


Name: David Lindsay WARD
Given Name: David Lindsay
Surname: Ward
Sex: M
Birth: Bef. 1747 in Port Tobacco, Charles, Maryland
Death: Abt. 1808 in Rowan County, North Carolina
Event: Military Service 1777 Private, Maryland Militia, 26th Battalion,
Capt. H. Garner's Co.
Note:
From Rowan County Abstracts and Estate Records 1753-1805 by Linn:
Found David Lindsey Ward (pg 90) was Executer on friend's will.

From Rowan County Abstracts and Estate Records 1805-1850 by Linn:
On page 10, G:113.

David Linny Ward. July 7, 1808. Probated 1808. Wife
Liddia. Son: Isaac. Daughters: Zorina (land bought of Joshuah N. Neely,
her paying Robert Cole and John B. Clark) and Sussanna (money paid to
John Prather). Children of my daughter Levina - note to Samuel Robinson.
Children of my daughter Elizabeth - land bought of Thomas Hughes, Samuel
Hughes, Timothy Hughes and Peter Fitch and his wife. Exrs: Wife Lidia
and John B. Clark. Wit: Charles Anderson, John Taylor, Levina Beggaly,
Joseph Beal.


What I'm trying to prove is who this John B. Clark was. Is he the
same as John Baptist Clark listed above who was the son of Thomas
Clarke and Elizabeth ?

Or is he the son of Elijah Clarke who also had a son named John Clark.


From Abstracts of Deed Books 1797 - 1807, by Linn :
Various land purchases by David Ward:

Jan 20, 1803 - 40 Acres from Thomas Hughes, on Hunting Creek.

Jan 29, 1803 - 40 A from Samuel Hughes, on Hunting Creek, adj. John Hanes.

July 38, 1803 - 340 A from James Rattleage, on South side of Hunting Crk,
adj. James Patterson.

Sept 30, 1803 - 233 A from Matthew Busey, on both sides of Bear Creek,
adj Laurance Owens, Ebenezer Dickerson, and John Vesser (?).

Sept 9, 1804 - 200 A on Hunting Crk, adj. Elisha Howar, John Gaither,
Thomas Swan, Charles Anderson, James Rutleage, and William Patterson
(land was part of a Granville grant and part of a State grant to him).
This was witnessed by John B. Clark.

From Abstracts of Deed Books 1807 - 1818, by Linn:
Sept 24, 1805 - 40 A from Fitch (John Hughs), on Hunting Creek, adj. John
Ham.

Sept 26, 1805 - Sold to Levianna Gray, 340 A, south side of Hunting Crk,
adj J. Patterson, and Wm. Patterson.

Sept 14, 1807 - 246 A from Joshua Neely, on Hunting creek, adj Samuel
Neely, Frances Neely, Henry Guffy, Timothy Hughs, and Samuel Luckey. Part
of State grant to Richard Neely.


Mar 1, 1808 - 20 A on Hunting Creek, from Timothy Hughes, adj Richard
Neely and John Guffy.

Mar 9, 1812 - Lydia Ward (X) and William Ward witnessed the sale of 800
A in Rowan and Montgomery Counties to Jacob Goss, land formerly owned by
Cabb (?) Church, dec'd. Included Fishers Ferry.
North Carolina Census 1810 of Rowan County:

Lydia Ward shows one line under John B. Clark. There is one female, age
16 - 26, one female, age over 45, and 3 slaves.
Isaac Ward is 9 lines under Lydia Ward. One male, age 26 - 45, one
female, age under 10, one female, age 26 - 45, and 2 slaves.

Changed dates and places of Childrens' birth to correspond to information
from Gustavus Boswell's book. Information received 9-2001, from Kay Downs
Brown.

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