Ruth <I>Doane</I> Clark

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Ruth Doane Clark

Birth
Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Death
14 May 1843 (aged 75)
Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Deep River, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Married to George Clark by Rev. Richard Ely on Apr 13, 1786. (Saybrook, CT Marriage Records 1758 to 1799 From Early Connecticut Marriages Prior to 1800 by Fredrick W. Bailey)

Ruth is the 5th Great Granddaughter of Mayflower Pilgrim Elder William Brewster.

RUTH DOANE (Elkanah, Prence, Israel, Daniel, John) was born at Saybrook, Conn., that part now called Westbrook, Feb. 24, 1768 and died there May 19, 1843. She married Apr. 13, 1786, George Clark, who was born at Saybrook, now the town of Essex, Aug. 25, 1763 and died July 14, 1845 (both buried in Winthrop cemetery), the son of George and Bathsheba (Pratt) Clark. Mr. Clark was a Revolutionary soldier, having enlisted at the age of sixteen years in the Second Regt., Col. Heman Swift, Capt. Thomas Converse's Co. In the same company, were his brothers in law, Joel and Josiah Doane, and his cousin Richard Doane (187). Mr. Clark also enlisted in Capt. William Richards' Co., the same Regt., for three years. They lived in Winthrop, town of Saybrook.
Children, all born in Winthrop:
i. ELISHA, b. Feb. 23, 1787; d. Apr. 10, 1876; m., 1st, Betsey Root; m., 2nd, wid. Irene
Bradley.
ii. RUTH, b. Dec. 15, 1789; d. Nov. 22, 1840; m. Sept. 25, 1813, Dan Doane (198).
iii. JUSTUS, b. Sept. 18, 1791; d. Aug. 23, 1881; m. Mar. 7, 1816, Rachel Wright.
iv. ROXANNA, b. Oct. 14, 1793; d. Mar. 11, 1847; m. Aug. 26, 1826, Augustus Grant.
v. SYLVIA MARIA, b. Dec. 21, 1795; d. May 5, 1838; m. Feb. 26, 1818, Isaac Church.
vi. LORINDA, b. Apr. 9, 1798; d. Feb. 23, 1879; m. Oct., 1819, Ezekiel Wright.
vii. CONVERSE, b. Feb. 29, 1800; d. Dec. 29, 1853; m. Mar. 17, 1824, Almira Burr.
viii. GEORGE, b. Feb. 23, 1802; d. Apr. 8, 1876; m. Oct. 12, 1824, Anna Clark.
ix. ATCHINSON, b. Jan. 8, 1804; d. Mar. 14, 1876; m. Dec. 2, 1850, Silena Watrous.
x. TERTIUS, b. Mar. 19, 1806; d. Sept. 14, 1894; m. Feb. 17, 1830, Wealthy Clark.
xi. LUCY, b. Nov. 22, 1808; d. Apr. 26, 1895; m. Ellsworth L'Hommedieu.
xii. ALMIRA, b. Mar. 30, 1811; d. Nov. 21, 1820.
Married to George Clark by Rev. Richard Ely on Apr 13, 1786. (Saybrook, CT Marriage Records 1758 to 1799 From Early Connecticut Marriages Prior to 1800 by Fredrick W. Bailey)

Ruth is the 5th Great Granddaughter of Mayflower Pilgrim Elder William Brewster.

RUTH DOANE (Elkanah, Prence, Israel, Daniel, John) was born at Saybrook, Conn., that part now called Westbrook, Feb. 24, 1768 and died there May 19, 1843. She married Apr. 13, 1786, George Clark, who was born at Saybrook, now the town of Essex, Aug. 25, 1763 and died July 14, 1845 (both buried in Winthrop cemetery), the son of George and Bathsheba (Pratt) Clark. Mr. Clark was a Revolutionary soldier, having enlisted at the age of sixteen years in the Second Regt., Col. Heman Swift, Capt. Thomas Converse's Co. In the same company, were his brothers in law, Joel and Josiah Doane, and his cousin Richard Doane (187). Mr. Clark also enlisted in Capt. William Richards' Co., the same Regt., for three years. They lived in Winthrop, town of Saybrook.
Children, all born in Winthrop:
i. ELISHA, b. Feb. 23, 1787; d. Apr. 10, 1876; m., 1st, Betsey Root; m., 2nd, wid. Irene
Bradley.
ii. RUTH, b. Dec. 15, 1789; d. Nov. 22, 1840; m. Sept. 25, 1813, Dan Doane (198).
iii. JUSTUS, b. Sept. 18, 1791; d. Aug. 23, 1881; m. Mar. 7, 1816, Rachel Wright.
iv. ROXANNA, b. Oct. 14, 1793; d. Mar. 11, 1847; m. Aug. 26, 1826, Augustus Grant.
v. SYLVIA MARIA, b. Dec. 21, 1795; d. May 5, 1838; m. Feb. 26, 1818, Isaac Church.
vi. LORINDA, b. Apr. 9, 1798; d. Feb. 23, 1879; m. Oct., 1819, Ezekiel Wright.
vii. CONVERSE, b. Feb. 29, 1800; d. Dec. 29, 1853; m. Mar. 17, 1824, Almira Burr.
viii. GEORGE, b. Feb. 23, 1802; d. Apr. 8, 1876; m. Oct. 12, 1824, Anna Clark.
ix. ATCHINSON, b. Jan. 8, 1804; d. Mar. 14, 1876; m. Dec. 2, 1850, Silena Watrous.
x. TERTIUS, b. Mar. 19, 1806; d. Sept. 14, 1894; m. Feb. 17, 1830, Wealthy Clark.
xi. LUCY, b. Nov. 22, 1808; d. Apr. 26, 1895; m. Ellsworth L'Hommedieu.
xii. ALMIRA, b. Mar. 30, 1811; d. Nov. 21, 1820.


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