TOMBSTONE TUESDAY - Dorcas Morse CLARK–1645-1725

Transcription of headstone – Here lyes ye body of Mrs. Dorcas Clark wife to Mr. Benjamin Clark deceased July 14 1725 in ye 80th year of her age

Dorcas CLARK nee Morse was the 7th great grandmother of my husband.  She was born 24 Aug 1645 in Massachusetts and married Benjamin Clark/Clarke 19 Nov 1665 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

 

Here is a record of their marriage:

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name:Dorcas Morse       
Gender:Female       
Birth Place:MA       
Birth Year:1645       
Spouse Name:Benjamin Clark       
Marriage Year:1665       
Marriage State:No       
Number Pages:1

To them were born 10 children that I am aware of:

Hannah born 1666
Benjamin born 1668
Theophilus born 1670 married Rachel Partridge about 1692, died 7 Oct 1737
Tabitha born about 1672
Timothy born about 1674, died 1676
Timothy born about 1677
Edward born about 1679 died 1746
Ebenezer born about 1682 died 1683
Rebecca born about 1684 died 1687
Seth born about 1687

Benjamin Clark was a listed in the Delaware Craft Person Files 1600-1995 as a Joiner.  You can read about this set of records here http://www.michiganfamilytrails.com/2015/01/occupation-files-on-ancestry1600.html



Benjamin & Dorcas are buried at Vine Lake Cemetery in Medfield, Massachusetts.

You can visit their memorials by clicking on these links:

Benjamin – #24281988
Dorcas – #24282066

Here is the descendancy from Dorcas & Benjamin Clark to my husband

Theophilus CLARK & Rachel PARTRIDGE

Ebenezer CLARK & Anna FISHER

Achsah CLARK & Jesse HALL

Cornelius Clark HALL & Elizabeth CONNICK

Rev. George HALL & Almira ROSETTE

Thomas Cornelius HALL & Cora E. BROWN

Charles Schuyler HALL & Daisy Fern BRIGHT

Gordon Charles HALL & Dorothy Beatrice FINK

My husband

Being able to look at headstones from the early 1700’s is very special to me, and I’m sure to you also.  I always wonder what life was like for those ancestors who lived so long ago.  I enjoy reading history books and articles online about that time.  Or, watching documentaries or movies that depict that time in our history.

 

What is the oldest headstone photo you have for someone in your family?  I’d love to hear about it.

If you think you might be related, even remotely, to anyone mentioned in this blog, please contact me!

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Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

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GETTING READY FOR THE FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY

I’m excited to say that I will be making my second trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City on June 9th.
 
I was there for the first time in 2011 with my very good friend and fellow genealogist, Debbie C. from Amarillo.  We spent 5 glorious days there. 

As much as I thought I had prepared, I kind of spent the first day in “awe” of the number of records available.  By day two, I was on a roll and continued to collect information until we left, 4 days later.

Visiting the FHL is really a wonderful experience for any genealogist.  I know some people who go every year.
 
I hope that this visit is even more successful than my prior visit.  I plan to share my experience with you, so stay tuned.

I’ll share with you how I prepared and whether or not my preparation was successful.

Until then.

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

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ON THIS DATE IN OUR FAMILY - MAY 30th

 

BIRTHS
1804 – Leland Doten, son of Isaac Doten & Abigail MNU (maiden name unknown)
1914 – Anna W. Hart, daughter of Harry Hart & Maude Bailey

MARRIAGES
1792 – Mary Margaret Dennison to Reuben Lunsford
1804 – Susan Boylston to Abraham Rosette
1861 - Julia Austin to Rev. Wallace Walter Thorp

DEATHS
1757 – Israel Leavitt son of Israel Leavitt & Lydia Jackson
1837 – Laura Ann Scovell daughter of Curtis & Ann Gillen Scovell
1882 – Eliza Jane McKenna wife of John Fitzcharles 
1899 – Nancy J. Hudson wife of Levi Beverage
1921 – Clarence Gillen husband of Mazie Minerva Lemley

BURIALS
1891 – Helen Docherty wife of John Fitzcharles
1925 – Elizabeth Gibson daughter of Lewis Gibson & Olive McCorkle

What happened in your family on May 30th?

please contact me if you think you might be related, even remotely, to anyone mentioned in this blog.

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION