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Abraham Clark, Sr.

Capt. Abraham Clark
 

  • Birth abt. 1702 Elizabethtown, Essex County, NJ
  • Death 9/26/1765 Rahway, NJ [Ref# 38]
  • Inventory of estate 10/21/1765
  • Known as Abraham Sr. to distinguish him from his nephew, Abraham Jr.
  • Buried Rahway Presbyterian Cemetery, near his brother Thomas & nephew Abraham, Jr.

    • father: Thomas Clark 2, Richard & Elizabeth Clarke 1
    mother: Hannah ___?

    1 m. _____?

    + 1. Abigail Clark b. abt 1726 Elizabethtown, Essex County, NJ, d. 7/29/1789 Elizabethtown, NJ?, m. John Ogden, shipbuilder & vestryman of St. John's Church, Elizabeth, NJ [Ref# 59, vol. 1, p.107]

    2. John Clark b. abt 1728, d. 3/22/1771 [Ref# 59, vol. 1, pp.106, 107]

    2 m. Sarah Meeker

    3. Ezekiel Clark b. ? Elizabethtown, Essex County, NJ, will proved 6/26/1792 - not married, 1 daughter not named b. after 1774

    4. Zipporah Clark b. 1737/39, d. 1817/20

    5. Sarah Clark b. 1743, d. 5/2/1766

    6. Tabitha Clark b. ?, d. after 1759

    7. Rachel Clark?

    Great granddaughter Harriott Stagg

    Notes

    John and Abigail Clark: Their placement here is speculative. Only Edwin F. Hatfield names their father as Abraham Clark, Sr., and does so tentatively. See John Clark.

    Sarah Meeker may have been Abraham Clark's second wife & mother of only some of his children [Ref# 32]

    Sarah Meeker b. ? (daughter of Daniel Meeker & Rachel Hedden), d. abt 1792. Daniel Meeker b. abt 1680 (son of Benjamin Meeker & Elizabeth Thompson), d. 10/1/1757. Rachel Hedden b. abt 1683, d. 6/22/1760 [Rachel Hedden: Ref# 4]

    9/25/1757 Daniel Meeker of the Borough of Elizabeth, Essex Co., yeoman; will of. Wife, Rachel. Son, Nathaniel. Bequests to Abraham Clark's daughters by his present wife; to John Thompson's daughters by his first wife; to Gabriel, son of Nathaniel Meeker; to Michael and Elihu, sons of Abner Woodruff. Real and personal estate. Executors - John Thompson and Abner Woodruff. Witnesses - Stephen Crane, John Pairson (Peirson), Ezekiel Cheever. Proved 10/29/1757. Lib. F, p. 532 [Ref# 6]

    7/23/1759 Rachel Meeker of the Borough of Elizabeth, Essex Co. Children - Nathaniel Meeker, Sarah Clark and Rachel Woodruff. Granddaughter, Mary Ann Meeker. Executors - sons-in-law Abraham Clark and Abner Woodruff. Witnesses - Daniel Dayton, David Meeker, Joseph Ogden. Proved 6/30/1760. Lib. H, p. 29 [Ref# 6]

    2/7/1787 Sarah Clark of Rahway, Elizabeth Twsp., Essex Co; widow; will of. To great-granddaughter, Harriott Stagg, 10 shillings. Grandson, Abraham Clark Scudder, 1 cow. Granddaughter, Phebe Wood Scudder, 6 silver teaspoons. Son, Ezekiel Clark, and daughter, Zipporah Scudder, and granddaughter Sarah Clark Elston, the residue. Executors - friend, Abraham Clark, and son-in-law John Scudder. Witnesses - William Pierson, Abraham Pierson. Proved 2/20/1792. Lib. 34, p. 19. 2/20/1792. Abraham Clark, one of the executors,  having renounced and John Scudder, the other executor, being dec'd, there was appointed as Administrator - Andrew Elston, of Middlesex Co. Fellowbondsman - William Pierson, of Essex Co. File 7436-7441G. [Ref# 11]

    10/21/1765 Abraham Clark of Elizabeth Town, Essex Co. Int. Adm'r - Benjamin Marsh. Fellowbondsmen - Andrew Craig and Abraham Marsh; all of said place. Witness - John Terrill. 10/19/1765. Renunciation by Sarah Clark, the widow, in favor of Benjamin Marsh. Witness - Abraham Clark. Lib. H, p. 540

    10/31/1765 Ezekiel Clark of Essex Co. Ward. Son of Abraham Clark, of said Co. Guardian - William Barnet. Fellowbondsman - Benjamin Marsh; both of Elizabeth Town. Witness - John Mackay. Lib. H, p. 541

    4/14/1792 Ezekiel Clark of Elizabeth Town, Essex Co.; will of. Illegitimate daughter (not named) 5 pounds, when 18. Niece, Sarah Clark Ellston (wife of Andrew Elston), 30 pounds. Remainder to be equally divided between children of niece, Sarah Elston, and the children of my sister, Zipporah Scudder, when the boys are 21 and the girls are 18. Executors - friends, Amos Mors and Andrew Elston. Proved 6/26/1792. Lib. 34, p. 51; File 7434-7435G. [Ref# 11]

    The name Stagg appears early in the NJ Archives, Vol. 21, p 221; Sept. 27, 1694, Thomas Stagg, Stage, of New Barbados. Inventory of the estate of (47.17 pounds- all personal) made by Thomas Johnson and Edward Batt (Ball?). Jan. 14, 1694-5. Administration on the estate of granted to his widow Margaret. [Ref# 1]