Notes for William CLARK

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Notes for William CLARK

Revolutionary War; lived to age 97 years, 3 months, 11 days.
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In the pamphlet "The Fighting Clarks of Westfield, New Jersey", compiled by Katharine Edith Macgeorge, and prepared by Beatrice MacGeorge [copies in the Westfield Memorial Library as well as on file in the LDS Library in Salt Lake City], William
is called "The Last Survivor of the Sugar House". MacGeorge includes the following:
Service S.973-Pension.
Revolutionary Service. He alleged that he enlisted about August 1, 1776; served with the New Jersey troops at various times until the close of the war, under Captains John & Ephraim Scudder, Jacob Crane, Wood, Potter, Dunham, Benjamin Laing,
Harrison; Colonels Spencer, Moses Jaques, Thomas Seeley and Vancorlandt; was in the Battles of Connecticut Farms, Springfield and frequest skirmishes, one at "Blazing Star", served also under Captain Marriner in the boat service in Long Island Sound;
was taken prisoner in 1780 or 1781; held prisoner in Old North Church and the Sugar House, in New York City. His alleged service amounted to two and one half years.
Pension: William Clark was pensioned on Certificate No. 22950, issued December 14, 1833, rate $80 per annum; Act of June 7, 1832, he lived in Elizabeth Township, Essex Co., N.J. In 1839, he was a resident of Westfield Township, formerly a part
of Elizabeth Township and was still living in 1851.
Citing: Stryker -- Officers & Men of the Revolution, page 541.
Adjutant General's Office, Trenton, N.J. William Clark, on June 1, 1848, this man was 86 years old and resided in Westfield, Essex Co., N.J. in the house of William Clark, Jr.
History of Elizabeth, N.J. William Clark was a signer of the inquisition of the Tory Murders of Rev. Mr. Caldwell. Lafayette took one of the Caldwell children to France, to educate.
Trustee Westfield Church, Westfield, New Jersey, in the year 1815.
Another statement made by Macgeorge as to William is "It was William Clark who was with Abraham Clark [the Signer] when he had the sunstroke which proved fatal. William Clark called cousin William by Abraham Clark was a fact, for the
great grandmother of William Clark, Elizabeth Clark Marsh was the sister of the grandfather of Abraham Clark." Further research on this would be interesting and might lend credence to the published statement that the wife of Charles Clark (William's
mother) was Mary Marsh, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret Marsh. The Macgeorge papers, however, should be used with caution and contain some obvious errors.
For example they show William's grandfather, William Clark, as "born 1690" but as the
grandson of Samuel and Hester (White) Clark who were married 11 July 1678.
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Mr. Clark left a will [Will Book K, p.333-34] dated 28 March 1840. [14330G] in which he mentioned his wife Sarah and surviving children.

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