Notes for Abraham CLARK

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Notes for Abraham CLARK

GMNJ 7:95 states "under 16 years of age in 1790; went to Ohio."
Perhaps married Lydia Ridgway, d. of Noah Ridgway & Susannah Haldron/Haldren
Children - James Jackson, Josiah, Mary, Susan, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Lydia.
The 1850 census of Canal Twp. indicates that he was born in Pennsylvania.
1830 Abraham Clark, Sugarcreek Twp:0110001000000/2011010000000
Sugarcreek is east of Canal Township.
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The following information was found on the Internet without documentation, and is subject to proof.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/r/a/Tammy-S-Travis/GENE9-0008.html [accessed 3/12/12]:
Notes for ABRAHAM CLARK,JR.:
He fought in the war of 1812 under Captain John Junkin, in the "Mercer Blues." He was a carpenter and millwright, built a mill on Herr's Island, Pittsburgh and several mills and churches along the Clarion River.
More About ABRAHAM CLARK,JR.:
Occupation: Carpenter, millwright, boatbuilder
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http://venango.pa-roots.com/franklinearlypeople.html [accessed 3/13/12]:
The following is taken from an article in the March 26, 1924 Venango Citizen Press newspaper:
"Grandmother Ridgway lived with her daughter, the wife of Abram Clark." "Abraham Clark, millwright. Wife, one daughter, married afterward to William Bell; three or four more daughters; sons, Jackson and Josiah. "
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In 1823 Abram Clark was a sergeant in the local militia, according to "Venango County, Pennsylvania: her pioneers and people, embracing a general ...", p. 252.
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Mr. Atkinson presented the petition of Abraham Clark, of Venango county, praying that the right of the commonwealth to a certain peice of land therein mentioned .therein may be vested in him.[p. 289]
"No. 346 entitled An act vesting in Abraham Clark the interest of this commonwealth to a certain lot or piece of ground situate in the town of Franklin Venango county." [p.307]
[Journal of the House of Representatives of the commonwealth of ..., Volume 1- [Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House, 1827]
Lived next door to John Ridgway in 1820 census of Franklin Twp., Venango Co.,
PA.

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