Other Events:

• Event 1: 23 Oct 1809, Wysox, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA; Samuel accidentally Shot by neighbor https://pawchs.org/1809-luzerne-county-federalist/

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17 Nov 1809 - Luzerne County Federalist: Melancholy Accident — On Oct. 23rd last, Nathan COON, of Sugar Creek, in this county, took his rifle and went into the woods in pursuit of venison. Having hunted some time, he started three deer, which run round a hill near where the new state road crosses the line of Claverack Township. Mr. COON immediately crossed the hill with the view of meeting the deer as they should come round the point of the hill. Having proceeded a little distance he heard a noise of rustling in the bushes in the direction that he expected the deer to come, and eager for the game, stepped hastily forward, and seeing something move through the leaves, he fired, and the object fell. On approaching the spot, lo! Instead of a deer — a man had fallen, and was writhing in the most excruciating agonies. Capt. Samuel CLARK of Claverack had contracted to open a part of the state road, and was at work upon it alone, when the ball struck him near the right shoulder blade and penetrated to the spine of the back. When Mr. COON came in with the sad intelligence, measures were immediately taken for bringing Capt. CLARK to his place of residence at Capt. GREGORY’S. He received his wound about one o’clock P. M. and retained his senses perfectly, while he survived, which was until about eight o’clock in the evening, when he expired. Capt. CLARK was a respectable and worthy man, about 55 years of age, and has left five children to mourn his untimely death. Mr. COON appeared exceedingly afflicted; there was no doubt that the wound was entirely accidental; but such accidents occur so frequently, that it is impossible not to consider the persons who are the causes of them, if not guilty, at least extremely reprehensible for their carelessness. Hunters form such fatal consequences, ought to learn to exercise more prudence and caution for the future.

From Heaverly;s Pioneers and Patriot Families of Bradford County, Page 187: Samuel Clark came to Ulster soon after his brother, Capt. Benjamin Clark. In the census of 1790 his family is given as consisting of five males and three females. Mr. Clark met a tragic death on Christmas, 1808. He had a contract for building a section of the State Road, crossing the county from east to west, and while engaged on the Gregg place in clearing away brush, was shot in mistake for a deer by a neighbor. But little is known of his family. One son, Ebenezer P. Clark, was for a number of years a resident of Towanda and did teaming for Col. Harry Spalding. Harry S. Clark, son of Ebenezer P., born 1823, is still a resident of Towanda.

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Nathan Coon lived up Sugar creek about a mile above Mr. Rutty's. He probably left about 1809. His property described as a house, seventeen acres of improved land, one hundred and twenty unimproved, and a valuation of $153,which, on the assessment, is marked transferred to Andrew Gregg.

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Samuel Clark of Claverack lived at Capt. Gregory's in Wysox. Gregory was a licensed Inn Keeper in 1802


504 HISTORY OF BRADFORD COUNTY.

Ebenezer B. Gregory came here through the influence of Mr. Means. At all events he accompanied liim on his return trip from
Northumberland where he had gone after his sister, Nancy (Mrs. Dr.Warner). He lived in a double log house near the river, a little north-
east of the present residence of I. O. Blight, on the same lot. The building was used as a house of entertainment, and Mr. Gregory was
licensed a ''taverner" in 1802. lie seems to have also engaged in the mercantile business for a short time, being marked "merchant" on the assessment roll of 1814:. Mr. Gregory was a man of education
and "very much of a gentleman." His wife was an accomplished ladv, and'as early as 1810 or 1811 established a boarding school at her
own house for young ladies and girls. Mr. Gregory was one of the original proprietors of Towanda, and donated from his portion two
lots for an academy, which were subsequently appropriated to private uses. In about 1817 he removed to Owego, and died
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Name: Samuel Clark
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 09 Nov 1752
Birthplace: ASHFORD TWP,WINDHAM,CONNETICUT
Father's Name: Theophilus Clark
Mother's Name: Bethiah

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: 7450316
System Origin: Connecticut-ODM
GS Film number: unknown

Citing this Record
"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F742-Q54 : 11 February 2018), Bethiah in entry for Samuel Clark, 09 Nov 1752; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

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The following is extracted from Clement F. Heverly, Pioneer and Patriot Families of Bradford County, 1770-1800, Vol. 1, Bradford Star Print, 1913

EARLY MARRIAGES, JUSTICES AND MINISTERS IN BRADFORD COUNTY

Records From 1766 to 1811

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1798 June 26, in Sheshequin, by Judge Obadiah Gore, Ebenezer B. Gregory of Wysox (Towanda) and Mrs. Celinda (Bingham) Taylor.

** Samuel Clark living at Captain Gregory's at time of accident
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Wysox Assessment* 1796.


Wysox Assessment, 1796 13

William Dobin as a carpenter ; and Samuel Surlerhill as
a blacksmith. The following were the taxables :

Benjamin Ackley John Cranmer

John Bennett Samuel Cole

Joshua Bowman James Gurnet

Amos Bennett, Jr. William Dauherty

Joseph Ballard Paul DeWiU

Henry Bunnell John Dorman

Charles Bartley William DeWitt

Amos Bennett William Dohin

John Blanden Widow MeDale

Henry Birney Frederick Eiklor

Charles Bologhone Nathaniel Edsall

Stephen Baliard Solomon Franklin

Joseph Bennett Rudolph Fox

Nathan Bull Jehial Fat is

Feris Bod well Rufus Foster

Joshua Bailey Jehial Franklin

Thomas Bennett Isaac Foster

David Baringtou Philip Fox

Gideon Bennett Abraham Foster

Samuel Cranmer Jacob Gibson

Samuel Clark Richard Gough

Michael Crows Jacob Granteer

Ehenezer Cindle Francis Gullow

Moses Coolbaugh Richard Griffin

Moses Calkins Thomas Gibson

Amy Cranmer Daniel Hoi ley

Abisha Cole Peter Huyck

John Cole Luther Hinman

Usual Carter Elijah Head

Samuel Covel George Head, Sr.

Noadiah Cranmer John Hinman

W T illiam Coolbaugh Elisha Hurlhut

Barnabas Clark William Huyck

John Clark Nathaniel Heacock


Died:
shot by deer hunter

Family/Spouse: Sarah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ebenezer Pemberton Clark 18 Jul 1781 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; 11 Oct 1861Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA; Wyalusing Cemetery, Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA.

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THE FOURTH GENERATION: Theophilus Clark (Jr.) 1724-Before 1756)

It might be appropriate to call Theophilus Clark (Jr.) the “Mystery Clark” for there is almost no historical information readily available about his life. We know that he was born on April 19, 1722 in Medway, Massachusetts, the second child of the marriage between Theophilus and Elizabeth Clark. At the age of 23 he married 18 year old Bethiah Billings in Ashford, Connecticut where they both lived. They had four children born between the years 1746 and 1752. Theophilus died sometime before his mother’s Will was written in June of 1756 (possibly he died as early as 1754) for in her will she refers to “my son Theophilus Clark deceased. .” and to his four sons, Benjamin, William, Samuel, and Theophilus (III). There are no documents that we could find that describe the cause of his death. He was only in his early 30s when he died. It is possible that he was a casualty in the French and Indian War which had begun in 1754. We know that Theophilus had a cousin also from Medway, who was killed in the war in 1760, therefore it is not such a reach to suggest that Theophilus may have fallen to the same fate in the same cause. After Theophilus’ death, Bethiah remarried at least twice more, outliving both her second and third husbands. When and where Bethiah died could not be determined.
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The Premature Death of Elizabeth Underwood
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-- Elizabeth Underwood married Theophilus Clark 1716, his second wife.
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The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 126 July 1972 No. 3 pp. 157-160, "The Premature 'Death' of Elizabeth (Underwood) Cutler by Leland G. Darrow of Belmont, Mass.:

The Rev. Abner Morse in his 1867 compilation, A Genealogical Record of Several Families Bearing the Name of Cutler (p. 27) stated that Nathaniel3 Cutler, son of Nathaniel2 (John1) and Mary (----) Cutler was born 12 March 1659 at Reading, Mass., and died 7 June 1714, ae. 55 years and two months, being called "Mr." on his gravestone. Morse said that Nathaniel's first wife, whom he marred (sic) 24 May 1700, was Elizabeth Underwood of Watertown, and that his second wife, whom he married 21 Feb. 1709, was Elizabeth Haines of Reading. Morse futher reported that the second wife married, secondly, 24 Feb. 1718, Theophilus Clark of Medway, "took all her children with her, and saw them trained up in the way they should go, Mr. Clark having lost his first wife Rebecca, Dec. 1, 1717, and three children, 1716." Morse lists as children of Nathaniel3 and Elizabeth (Underwood) Cutler: Nathaniel, Elizabeth and John; and as the only child of Nathaniel by the alleged second wife: Jonathan.

Morse's account was followed substantially by Nahum S. Cutler in A Cutler Memorial (1889), pp. 325-6, except that a fourth child of Nathaniel and first wife is listed: Mary. The account again found its way into print in Henry Cutler's History of the Holliston Branch of the Cutler Family (1897), p. 13, which continues with the descendants of Jonathan4 Cutler.

Turning to Lucien M. Underwood's compendious The Underwood Families of America (1913), 1:6, one finds that Elizabeth3 Underwood, daughter of Joseph2 (Joseph1) and Elizabeth Underwood, was born 8 May 1679; married 24 May 1700, Nathaniel Cutler of Reading, Mass., and had children at Reading: Nathaniel Cutler, b. 8 Dec. 1702; Elizabeth, b. 20 April 1704 or 1705, and John, b. 30 Oct. 1707. Underwood continues: "She must have died soon after 1707 because Nathaniel Cutler is recorded as married to a second wife in 1709, and another child is recorded to him at Reading: Jonathan Cutler, b. 17 Feb. 1711."

A start on the right track with respect to this family group was made by Charles L. Newhall in The Record of my Ancentry (sic) (1889), p. 191, when he noted that Elizabeth Haines was the second wife of Nathaniel2 Cutler, not of his son Nathaniel3. However, Newhall perpetuated the story of Elizabeth (Underwood) Cutler's predeceasing her husband, showing a second wife, name unknown, for Nathaniel3.

Vital and probate records clearly show that Elizabeth Underwood survived her first husband, Nathaniel3 Cutler; was, in fact, the mother of all of his five children; that she then married Theophilus Clark of Medway as his second wife, born him four children; and survived Clark by 20 years.

Nathaniel2 Cutler (John1) married Mary ____ at Reading 29 Sept. 1655 (V.R.) and had among others, son Nathaniel, born 12 March 1658/9 (ibid.). Mary, wife of Nathaniel, died 4 Feb. 1707/8, at Reading (ibid.). He married secondly, 21 Feb. 1708/9 at Reading Elizabeth Haines (ibid., he being called "Nathaniel, Sr." in the record). Elizabeth, wife of Nathaniel Sr., died 4 March 1714 at Reading (ibid.). He died before 1 Dec. 1724, intestate, when letters of administration in the estate of Nathaniel Cutler Sr., of Reading were granted to a daughter, widow Lydia Walker (Middlesex County Probate, No. 5548).

Nathaniel3 Cutler (Nathaniel2, John1) was born 12 March 1658/9 at Reading (V.R.) and married there 24 May 1700, Elizabeth Underwood of Watertown (ibid.) born to Joseph and Elizabeth Underwood at Watertown 8 May 1679 (Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families... of WATERTOWN, MASS., 1860), p. 610. Nathaniel Cutler Jr. died 7 June 1714 in his 56th year at Reading(V.R.) The inventory of his estate, filed 18 Oct. 1714, showed an estimated value of L750. 13s., and other papers in the file showed that the administratrix was Elizabeth Clark, "formerly widow of Nathaniel Cutler of Reading, now the wife of Theophilus Clark of Medway." The appraisers were Nathaniel, the eldest son of deceased; Samuel Harding, husband to Mary, daughter of deceased; Raham Bancroft and John Eaton, guardians of under-age children of deceased. The widow allegedly released her dower (but see her will, supra), and distribution was to the five chidren: Nathaniel, Mary, Elizabeth, John and Jonathan (Middlesex Count Probate, No. 5544).

Chidren, all recorded to Nathaniel and Elizabeth at Reading, (V.R.):

i. Mary 3, b. 18 Feb. 1711/01; mentioned as wife of Samuel Harding in record of father's estate.
ii. Nathaniel, b. 8 Dec. 1702; mentioned as deceased in mother's will in 1756 (supra).
iii. Elizabeth, b. 20 April 1705; mentioned as daughter Elizabeth Chandler in mother's will.
iv. John, b. 30 Oct. 1707; mentioned in mother's will.
v. Jonathan, b. 17 Feb. 1710/11, mentioned in mother's will.

Elizabeth (Underwood) Cutler married, as her second husband, at Reading 24 Feb. 1718, Theophilus Clark of Medway (V.R.). He was the son born to Benjamin and Dorcas Clarke at Medfield 24 Sept. 1670 (V.R.). He and his first wife Rachel had 12 children recorded at Medfield between 1696 and 1710, and she died 1 Dec. 1717 at Medway (V.R.). "Mr. Theophilus Clark" was buried in the Old Cemetery at Ashford, Conn., the tombstone recording his death on 3 Oct. 1737 in his 76th year. Elizabeth Clark, "wife to Lieut. Theophilus Clark" is also buried there, she having died 25 Dec. 1757 in her 82nd year.

The will of Elizabeth Clark of Ashford, Windham County, Conn., dated 4 June 1756 and proved 2 Feb. 1758, gives:
(T)o the heirs of my son Nathanael Cutler deceased: all that is due to me from his estate as dowry out of my first husbands estate and that is all I will to them from my estate. . . to my son John Cutler (the same) . .. to my son Jonathan Cutler (the same). . . to my daughter Mary Harding (the same). . . to my daughter Elizabeth Chandler all that is due to me from her which is all the portion I will give her. . . to my son Benjamin Clark seventy six pounds old tennor which is duue to me from him by a certanin note of hand dated June 5th 1751 this I give to him to be to his proper use and benefit during his natural life and at his deceas it is my will that it shall be given to the heirs of my sone Theophilus Clark deceased and this is all the portion I give him considering what I have given him before. . . I give and bequeath to my daughter Esther Eastman all that she or her husband are indebted to me and also all my houshold goods and cloathing which are mine at my deceas and also the three hundred and thirty pounds which is now in Doct. David Holmes hand, which is in lawfull money aquivolent to three hundred and thirty pounds, old tennor, and it is my will that one hundred pound of the three above mentioned shall be given to Philip and Timothy Eastman sones to the above named Esther Eastman when they arrive to the age of twenty one years. . . to the heirs of my son Theophilus Clark deceased namedly William Theophilus Benjamin and Samuel Clark the five hundred pounds old tennor which is now due to my from my son Benjmain Clark to be made good to them when they arrive to the age of twenty one years in old tennor or lawful money aquivolent to five hundred pounds, old tennor, with the interest and to have it equally destributed to each of them as they come of age Likewise it is my will that the fifty five pound old tennor which my son Benja Clark owes me for the cow he had of me shall be given to the above heirs of my son Theophilus deceasd and that it shall be made good to them when they come to the age of twenty one years and and distributed equally to each of them. . . to my daughter Bethiah Clark all that she owes me to be given to her younger son Ebenezer Martin Clark when he come to the age of twenty one years and this is all I give to her for the child. . . inasmuch as the surcumstance of the case is such in my thought that it is not proper that either of my sons should be my executour of this my last will and testament I appoint and ordain granson Moses Chandler of Woodstock to be my sole Executor.

Witnesses were Obadiah Brown, Ruth White (by mark) and Benjamin Russell. Among debtors of the estate were Timothy Eastman, Doct. David Holmes, Jno Southworth, Edw. Marcy, Joseph Mason and Benja Clark. The appraisers were Tho. Chandler, Benja Sumner and Benja Russell (Pomfret Probate District, No. 1097; deposited at State Library, Hartford).

Children, first recorded to Theophilus and Elizabeth Clark at Medway, Mass. (V.R.):

i. Esther Clark, b. 1 Jan. 1719; mentioned as Esther Eastman in mother' will of 1756; she and husband Timothy Eastman executed release and receipt, 27 Nov. 1758.
ii. Theophilus Clark, b. 19 Apr. 1722; mentioned as deceased with four sons surviving, in mother's will.
iii. Benjamin Clark, b. 19 March 1724; mentioned in mother's will.
iv. Bethiah Clark; mentioned in mother's will as mother of at least two sons.




Birth:
Age: 0

Theophilus Bethiah Billings 05 Dec 1745Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA. Bethiah (daughter of Reverend William Billings and Bethiah Otis) 04 Nov 1727 Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA; 15 Oct 1791Canterbury, CT; Cleaveland Cemetery Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, USA . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In Memory of Mrs. Bethia wife to Mr. Theophilus Clark who died Sept 16 1791.
Married Theophilus Clark on Dec. 4, 1745 in Hampton, Connecticut.
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Hale Collection - Cleveland Cemetery Records. Town of Canterbury CT
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CLARK, Bethiah, wife of Theophilus, died Sept. 16, 1791, age 56.
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link = http://www.hale-collection.com/503-2-windham-canterbury-cleveland.htm

Other Events:

• Moved: 1737, Ashford CT; 1737 Theophilus and family move from Medfield Mass to Ashford, CT

Notes:

The Premature Death of Elizabeth Underwood

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 126 July 1972 No. 3 pp. 157-160, "The Premature 'Death' of Elizabeth (Underwood) Cutler by Leland G. Darrow of Belmont, Mass.:

The Rev. Abner Morse in his 1867 compilation, A Genealogical Record of Several Families Bearing the Name of Cutler (p. 27) stated that Nathaniel3 Cutler, son of Nathaniel2 (John1) and Mary (----) Cutler was born 12 March 1659 at Reading, Mass., and died 7 June 1714, ae. 55 years and two months, being called "Mr." on his gravestone. Morse said that Nathaniel's first wife, whom he marred (sic) 24 May 1700, was Elizabeth Underwood of Watertown, and that his second wife, whom he married 21 Feb. 1709, was Elizabeth Haines of Reading. Morse futher reported that the second wife married, secondly, 24 Feb. 1718, Theophilus Clark of Medway, "took all her children with her, and saw them trained up in the way they should go, Mr. Clark having lost his first wife Rebecca, Dec. 1, 1717, and three children, 1716." Morse lists as children of Nathaniel3 and Elizabeth (Underwood) Cutler: Nathaniel, Elizabeth and John; and as the only child of Nathaniel by the alleged second wife: Jonathan.

Morse's account was followed substantially by Nahum S. Cutler in A Cutler Memorial (1889), pp. 325-6, except that a fourth child of Nathaniel and first wife is listed: Mary. The account again found its way into print in Henry Cutler's History of the Holliston Branch of the Cutler Family (1897), p. 13, which continues with the descendants of Jonathan4 Cutler.

Turning to Lucien M. Underwood's compendious The Underwood Families of America (1913), 1:6, one finds that Elizabeth3 Underwood, daughter of Joseph2 (Joseph1) and Elizabeth Underwood, was born 8 May 1679; married 24 May 1700, Nathaniel Cutler of Reading, Mass., and had children at Reading: Nathaniel Cutler, b. 8 Dec. 1702; Elizabeth, b. 20 April 1704 or 1705, and John, b. 30 Oct. 1707. Underwood continues: "She must have died soon after 1707 because Nathaniel Cutler is recorded as married to a second wife in 1709, and another child is recorded to him at Reading: Jonathan Cutler, b. 17 Feb. 1711."

A start on the right track with respect to this family group was made by Charles L. Newhall in The Record of my Ancentry (sic) (1889), p. 191, when he noted that Elizabeth Haines was the second wife of Nathaniel2 Cutler, not of his son Nathaniel3. However, Newhall perpetuated the story of Elizabeth (Underwood) Cutler's predeceasing her husband, showing a second wife, name unknown, for Nathaniel3.

Vital and probate records clearly show that Elizabeth Underwood survived her first husband, Nathaniel3 Cutler; was, in fact, the mother of all of his five children; that she then married Theophilus Clark of Medway as his second wife, born him four children; and survived Clark by 20 years.

Nathaniel2 Cutler (John1) married Mary ____ at Reading 29 Sept. 1655 (V.R.) and had among others, son Nathaniel, born 12 March 1658/9 (ibid.). Mary, wife of Nathaniel, died 4 Feb. 1707/8, at Reading (ibid.). He married secondly, 21 Feb. 1708/9 at Reading Elizabeth Haines (ibid., he being called "Nathaniel, Sr." in the record). Elizabeth, wife of Nathaniel Sr., died 4 March 1714 at Reading (ibid.). He died before 1 Dec. 1724, intestate, when letters of administration in the estate of Nathaniel Cutler Sr., of Reading were granted to a daughter, widow Lydia Walker (Middlesex County Probate, No. 5548).

Nathaniel3 Cutler (Nathaniel2, John1) was born 12 March 1658/9 at Reading (V.R.) and married there 24 May 1700, Elizabeth Underwood of Watertown (ibid.) born to Joseph and Elizabeth Underwood at Watertown 8 May 1679 (Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families... of WATERTOWN, MASS., 1860), p. 610. Nathaniel Cutler Jr. died 7 June 1714 in his 56th year at Reading(V.R.) The inventory of his estate, filed 18 Oct. 1714, showed an estimated value of L750. 13s., and other papers in the file showed that the administratrix was Elizabeth Clark, "formerly widow of Nathaniel Cutler of Reading, now the wife of Theophilus Clark of Medway." The appraisers were Nathaniel, the eldest son of deceased; Samuel Harding, husband to Mary, daughter of deceased; Raham Bancroft and John Eaton, guardians of under-age children of deceased. The widow allegedly released her dower (but see her will, supra), and distribution was to the five chidren: Nathaniel, Mary, Elizabeth, John and Jonathan (Middlesex Count Probate, No. 5544).

Chidren, all recorded to Nathaniel and Elizabeth at Reading, (V.R.):

i. Mary 3, b. 18 Feb. 1711/01; mentioned as wife of Samuel Harding in record of father's estate.
ii. Nathaniel, b. 8 Dec. 1702; mentioned as deceased in mother's will in 1756 (supra).
iii. Elizabeth, b. 20 April 1705; mentioned as daughter Elizabeth Chandler in mother's will.
iv. John, b. 30 Oct. 1707; mentioned in mother's will.
v. Jonathan, b. 17 Feb. 1710/11, mentioned in mother's will.

Elizabeth (Underwood) Cutler married, as her second husband, at Reading 24 Feb. 1718, Theophilus Clark of Medway (V.R.). He was the son born to Benjamin and Dorcas Clarke at Medfield 24 Sept. 1670 (V.R.). He and his first wife Rachel had 12 children recorded at Medfield between 1696 and 1710, and she died 1 Dec. 1717 at Medway (V.R.). "Mr. Theophilus Clark" was buried in the Old Cemetery at Ashford, Conn., the tombstone recording his death on 3 Oct. 1737 in his 76th year. Elizabeth Clark, "wife to Lieut. Theophilus Clark" is also buried there, she having died 25 Dec. 1757 in her 82nd year.

The will of Elizabeth Clark of Ashford, Windham County, Conn., dated 4 June 1756 and proved 2 Feb. 1758, gives:
(T)o the heirs of my son Nathanael Cutler deceased: all that is due to me from his estate as dowry out of my first husbands estate and that is all I will to them from my estate. . . to my son John Cutler (the same) . .. to my son Jonathan Cutler (the same). . . to my daughter Mary Harding (the same). . . to my daughter Elizabeth Chandler all that is due to me from her which is all the portion I will give her. . . to my son Benjamin Clark seventy six pounds old tennor which is duue to me from him by a certanin note of hand dated June 5th 1751 this I give to him to be to his proper use and benefit during his natural life and at his deceas it is my will that it shall be given to the heirs of my sone Theophilus Clark deceased and this is all the portion I give him considering what I have given him before. . . I give and bequeath to my daughter Esther Eastman all that she or her husband are indebted to me and also all my houshold goods and cloathing which are mine at my deceas and also the three hundred and thirty pounds which is now in Doct. David Holmes hand, which is in lawfull money aquivolent to three hundred and thirty pounds, old tennor, and it is my will that one hundred pound of the three above mentioned shall be given to Philip and Timothy Eastman sones to the above named Esther Eastman when they arrive to the age of twenty one years. . . to the heirs of my son Theophilus Clark deceased namedly William Theophilus Benjamin and Samuel Clark the five hundred pounds old tennor which is now due to my from my son Benjmain Clark to be made good to them when they arrive to the age of twenty one years in old tennor or lawful money aquivolent to five hundred pounds, old tennor, with the interest and to have it equally destributed to each of them as they come of age Likewise it is my will that the fifty five pound old tennor which my son Benja Clark owes me for the cow he had of me shall be given to the above heirs of my son Theophilus deceasd and that it shall be made good to them when they come to the age of twenty one years and and distributed equally to each of them. . . to my daughter Bethiah Clark all that she owes me to be given to her younger son Ebenezer Martin Clark when he come to the age of twenty one years and this is all I give to her for the child. . . inasmuch as the surcumstance of the case is such in my thought that it is not proper that either of my sons should be my executour of this my last will and testament I appoint and ordain granson Moses Chandler of Woodstock to be my sole Executor.

Witnesses were Obadiah Brown, Ruth White (by mark) and Benjamin Russell. Among debtors of the estate were Timothy Eastman, Doct. David Holmes, Jno Southworth, Edw. Marcy, Joseph Mason and Benja Clark. The appraisers were Tho. Chandler, Benja Sumner and Benja Russell (Pomfret Probate District, No. 1097; deposited at State Library, Hartford).

Children, first recorded to Theophilus and Elizabeth Clark at Medway, Mass. (V.R.):

i. Esther Clark, b. 1 Jan. 1719; mentioned as Esther Eastman in mother' will of 1756; she and husband Timothy Eastman executed release and receipt, 27 Nov. 1758.
ii. Theophilus Clark, b. 19 Apr. 1722; mentioned as deceased with four sons surviving, in mother's will.
iii. Benjamin Clark, b. 19 March 1724; mentioned in mother's will.
iv. Bethiah Clark; mentioned in mother's will as mother of at least two sons.
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BIOGRAPHY: Theophilus-3 (Benjamin-2, Joseph-1) Clark, born in Medfield in 1670, married Rachel Partridge around 1691.
By 1702, he was settled on the Wheelock Lot No. 1 in both the Old and New Grants.
His dwelling stood at the northeast corner of the present intersection of Village and School Streets in Medway, and his lands extended westerly as far as the present Peach Street, and to the east as far as the present Walker Street.
He owned 110 acres in all.
His wife Rachel died in 1717, and he married second, in 1718, Elizabeth (Underwood) Cutler, widow of Nathaniel Cutler of Reading, who brought three sons with him to Medway.
Theophilus built and ran the "Bent Sawmill" a little south of his dwelling across the Mendon road.
He served as Selectman in 1714 and 1722, and was on the town committees involved in building the meeting house in the Old Grant on Bare Hill (opposite the head of Pleasant Street in wh at is now Millis), and securing a minister.
The first "warning out of town" took place in 1733 at Theophilus Clark's house, when Constable Edward Clark warned a Mary Burrit, possibly a servant, to depart from Medway.
Theophilus was called "Lieutenant" in the town records.
The original layout of Candlewood Island Road, now Oakland Street, ran easterly of his dwelling.
About 1733, he removed to Ashford, Connecticut, where he died in 1737. The year he died, he deeded his 110 acres in Medway to Jacob Parker and Thomas Corbin who later sold off the land in parcels to Medway residents.
A part of this land, including the dwelling and mill, were bought by his nephew and namesake Theophilus Clark in 1737
http://www.medwaylib.org/EarlySettlers.htm
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Note: 1. The American Genealogist, Vol. 23 page 229. Will of Theophilus Clark: Theophilus Clark of Ashford (Windham Co.), will 5 Oct 1737, proved 7 Nov. 1737. Elisabeth, wife, and children: Ebenezer, Caleb, Deborah, Dorcas, Mary, Abigail, Theophilus, Benjamin and Esther.

From Francis D. Donovan, EARLY MEDWAY SETTLERS & LAND RECORDS, 1996, www.medwaylib.org:

In 1727, Theophilus Clark deeded 110 acres on both sides of the New and Old Grant line. His holdings ended at what is now Peach Street in Medway Village. The Clark lands, owned by Timothy and Theophilus east of the Old Grant line were holdings acquired by their grandfather Joseph Clark at the "Bent of the river" in part, and included 77 acres of the Wheelock lot. (page 5)

By 1702, he was settled on the Wheelock Lot No. 1 in both the Old and New Grants. His dwelling stood at the northeast corner of the present intersection of Village and School Streets in Medway, and his lands extended westerly as far as the present Peach Street, and to the east as far as the prest Walker Street. He owned 110 acres in all. His wife Rachel died in 1717, and he married second, in 1718, Elizabeth Cutler, widow of Nathaniel Cutler of Reading, who brought three sons with her to Medway.

Theophilus built and ran the "Bent Sawmill" a little south of his dwelling across the Mendon road. He served as Selectman in 1714 and 1722, and was on the town committees involved in building the meeting house in the Old Grant on Bare Hill and securing a minister. The first "warning out of town" took place in 1733 at Theophilus Clark's house, when Constable Edward Clark warned a Mary Burrit, possibly a servant, to depart from Medway. Theophilus was called "Lieutenent" in the town records.

About 1733, he removed to Ashford, Connecticut, where he died in 1737. The year he died, he deeded his 110 acres in Medway to Jacob Parker and Thomas Corbin who later sold off the land in parcels to Medway residents. A part of this land, including the dwelling and mill, were bought by his nephew and namesake Theophilus Clark in 1737. (page 6)


Buried:
Old Ashford Cemetery

Died:
Age: 67; Buried in Old Ashford Cemetery. Marker

Theophilus Elizabeth Underwood 24 Feb 1718Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph Underwood and Elizabeth Bond) 08 May 1679 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; 25 Dec 1757Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA; 26 Dec 1757Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Event 1: 4 Jun 1756, Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA; Last will and Testament of Elizabeth Underwood, wife of Theophilus Clark (son of Benjamin Clark)

Notes:

Buried:
Old Ashford Cemetery

Died:
Age: 81

Notes:

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Biography

William was born in 1697. William Billings ... He passed away in 1733. W^hen the Rev. William Billings settled in the new parish he bought of Samuel Ashlev one hundred acres

Bethiah first married Rev. William Billings, son of Capt. William Billings (ca 1660-8 Jun 1728) & Hannah Sterry (18 Aug 1672-). Born on 16 Feb 1697 in Stonington, CT.345 William died in Hampton, CT, on 20 May 1733; he was 36. On 4 Jul 1734 when Bethiah was 30, she second married Rev. Samuel Moseley, son of Ebenezer Moseley (4 Sep 1673-19 Sep 1740) & Hannah Weeks (28 Feb 1678-27 Mar 1747).158 Born on 15 Aug 1708 in Dorchester, MA. Samuel died in Hampton, CT, on 26 Jul 1791; he was 82.

Samuel was ordained 15 May 1734 of the Second Church at Windham.

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of land from the tract which extended along the Nip- muck Path and Little River to the summit of the Hill above North Bigelow, and on the hillside facing the common built his dwelling.

Rev. Billings' pastorate was not all harmonious, as he seems to have had difficulty with his discipline, one man being brought before the church for saying, "I would rather hear my dog bark than hear Billings preach." Others were brought before the church for being "overtaken with strong drink." But innkeeper Hovey or Benjamin Bidlack, storekeeper, who furn- ished the drink were not dealt with.

Pastor Billings' work for the parish was cut short by his death in 1733, just ten years after he had so happily taken the charge. He left a widow and four small chil- dren. His estate consisted of:

£. S. D. £. S. D.

Clothes 24 4 2 Bedding 51 10

Books 48 10 7 Indian Girl 20

Horse 22 Farm & House 600

Stock 42 Brass 7

Furniture 20 Pewter 8 7

Cloth, yarn, flax 20 Iron 10 4

Alone, Mrs. Billings found it impossible to support herself and children, and the year following her hus- band's death, she requested to be allowed the balance on her husband's salary, which v/as granted; she had barely enough provisions to last a week. But her prob- lems were solved by marrying the second pastor, Sam- uel Mosley, a graduate of Harvard in the class of 1729. Mr. Mosley is said to have been a man of dignity,


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strict in discipline, and an able and earnest preacher. There is no record of the amount of his salary, but it is evident he looked well to his own good when he mar- ried the widow of his predecessor. A colonial minister had need of being a good business man as well as a scholar. All were obliged to till the soil, for "bread is earned by the sweat of the brow," and, "he that did not work, neither could he eat," were literal facts. Each man was dependent upon his harvests, and not upon the outside world.

MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN 1723

Members of the first church in 1723 were Rev. Wil- liam Billings; deacons, Nathaniel Kingsbury, and Wm. Durkee; members, Ebenezer Abbey, George Martin, Joseph Jennings, Nathaniel Hovey, Samuel Ashley, John Clarke, John Durkee, William Durkee, Jeremiah Durkee, Thomas Marsh, William Farnham, John Scrip- ture, Nathaniel Fline, Benjamin Bidlock. Within the next two years the following were united with the church, the community having grown rapidly: Daniel Holt, David Warren, Paul Abbot, Matthias Marsh, Wil- liam Averill, James Utley, Daniel Button, Timothy Pearl, Robert Willis, Jacob and John Preston, Ebenezer Crocker, Nathaniel W^oodard, Robert Holt, Ebenezer Martin, Joseph Badcock, Philip Abbot, Stephen Fuller, Nathaniel Parker, William Shaw, Jon. Hendee, Thomas Durkee, Samuel Colburn, Joshua Holt, Joseph Lasalle, Nathaniel Ford, Robert Colburn, Samuel Blanchard, Benjamin Preston, and David and Isaac Canada, sons of the first settler; his widow, Margaret's name is found on the lists, as well as a large number of wives and fam-

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ilies of the above. There was also a number of resi- dents not connected with the church.

Discipline was strict in the parish. In 1725 they voted, "We look upon every baptized person to be a subject of church discipline and ought to be called to an account by some church or other, whenever they offend."

Schools were established, and were held in private homes in different parts of the parish, a few weeks at a time; the teacher was paid a small sum for each day the child attended. The parish had its own selectmen and surveyors, so needed to go to Windham Center only for town meetings.

CHAPTER IV REV. SAMUEL MOSLEY'S PASTORATE, 1734 - 1791 | Early Homesteads of Pomfret Vermont area
Sources

Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Holt, 1885) Vol.1, Page 215


See also:

Find-A-Grave Memorial #78447891 in North Cemetery, Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut, USA. Plot: Possibly Buried here?
Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence (subscription). CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Vol. Yale page 120
Richard Anson Wheeler, History of the town of Stonington, county of New London, Connecticut, from its frist settlement in 1649 to 1900, New London, Conn.: Press of the Day, 1900, (http://archive.org/details/historyoftownofs01whee.)

Bethiah Otis. Born on 20 Nov 1703 in Scituate, MA.49 Bethiah died in Hampton, CT, on 29 May 1750; she was 46.

Children of William and Bethiah (Otis) Billings: i. William Billings, b. 18 Mar 1724/5; ii. Bethiah Billings, b. 4 Nov 1727; iii. Hannah Billings, b. 8 Nov 1729; iv. Patience Billings, b. 3 Jun 1731; and v. Patience Billings, b. 8 Apr 1733.

Children of Samuel and Bethiah (Otis) (Billings) Moseley, born at Windham: i. Hannah Moseley, b. 31 Mar 1735/6; ii. Elizabeth Moseley, b. 15 Nov 1737; iii. Samuel Moseley, b. 27 Apr 1739; iv. Ebenezer Moseley, b. 19 Feb 1740/1; v. Mary Moseley, b. 13 Nov 1743; vi. Anne Moseley, b. 23 May 1746; vii. John Moseley, b. 27 Feb 1747; and viii. Bethiah Moseley, b. before 29 May 1750.

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William Bethiah Otis 1725Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. Bethiah (daughter of Judge Joseph Otis and Dorothy Thomas) 20 Nov 1703 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; 29 May 1750Hampton, Windham, Connecticut, USA; 1750Hampton, Windham, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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** Bethiah Otis married twice. William Billings was first
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*** Reverend Samuel Moseley was second husband

Rev Samuel Moseley
Born 15 Aug 1708 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial Americamap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of Ebenezer Moseley and Hannah (Weeks) Maudesley
Brother of Ebenezer Moseley [half] and Nathaniel Moseley
Husband of Mary (Clark) Moseley — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of Bethia (Otis) Moseley — married 4 Jul 1734 in Hampden Windham Connecticutmap
Descendants descendants
Father of Hannah (Moseley) Curtis, Samuel Moseley, Anna (Moseley) Dunham and Abigail (Moseley) Clark
Died 26 Jul 1791 in Hampton, Windham, Connecticut, United Statesmap
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2 Children
3 Sources
3.1 Acknowledgments

Biography

Samuel was the s/o Ebenezer Maudesley and Hannah Weeks.

Samuel married Bethiah Otis. Born on 20 Nov 1703 in Scituate, MA.

Bethiah died in Hampton, CT, on 29 May 1750; she was 46. She is buried at the North Cemetery in Hampton.

Bethiah first married Rev. William Billings, son of Capt. William Billings (ca 1660-8 Jun 1728) & Hannah Sterry (18 Aug 1672-). Born on 16 Feb 1697 in Stonington,

William died in Hampton, CT, on 20 May 1733; he was 36.

On 4 Jul 1734 when Bethiah was 30, she second married Rev. Samuel Moseley, son of Ebenezer Moseley (4 Sep 1673-19 Sep 1740) & Hannah Weeks (28 Feb 1678-27 Mar 1747).158 Born on 15 Aug 1708 in Dorchester, MA. Samuel died in Hampton, CT, on 26 Jul 1791; he was 82.

Samuel graduated from Harvard in 1729 and was ordained 15 May 1734 of the Second Church at Windham

After Bethiah's death in 1750, Samuel re-married to the widow Mary Clark Gaylord on April 1, 1752, in Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut.

Mary Clark was born in Connecticut on July 11, 1720. She had previously been married to Aaron Gaylord at Hartford, CT. on July 7, 1841. Aaron Gaylord had also died in 1750.

Mary Clark Gaylord Moseley died on March 10, 1794, in Hampton, and is buried in the North Cemetery at Hampton, as is her husband Samuel Moseley



Children

Children of William and Bethiah (Otis) Billings:

1. William Billings, b. 18 Mar 1724/5;

2. Bethiah Billings, b. 4 Nov 1727;

3. Hannah Billings, b. 8 Nov 1729;

4. Patience Billings, b. 3 Jun 1731; and

5. Patience Billings, b. 8 Apr 1733.


Children of Samuel and Bethiah (Otis) (Billings) Moseley, born at Windham:

1.Hannah Moseley, b. 31 Mar 1735/6;

2. Elizabeth Moseley, b. 15 Nov 1737;

3 .Samuel Moseley, b. 27 Apr 1739;

4. Ebenezer Moseley, b. 19 Feb 1740/1;

5. Mary Moseley, b. 13 Nov 1743;

6. Anne Moseley, b. 23 May 1746;

7. John Moseley, b. 27 Feb 1747; and

8. Bethiah Moseley, b. before 29 May 1750.

From website https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Moseley-201


Birth:
Age: 0

Buried:
North Cemetery; Hampton Cemetery

Other Events:

• Event 1: 18 Mar 1721, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Last Will and Testament sealed

Notes:

From notes at Findagrave site:

Benjamin Clarke, second child of Joseph Clarke (1), was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, February 9, 1644. He married; 1665, Dorcas Morse. He had a grant of land in Medfield, "near the way as you go to Nantasket." His house was on Main street, opposite Pound street. The original well is said to be still in use. His house was burned by the Indians in 1676, and he built again on the same spot. What is known as the Peak House in Medfield is an addition subsequently made to his second house in or about 1762. After the old part decayed and was torn down, the present structure was moved to its present location. Its unique shape has attracted
much attention and is even believed to be one of the houses left from the burning in King Philip's war.

Benjamin Clarke was a very prominent citizen. He was for seventeen years selectman of the town and two years deputy to the general court. He died in 1724 and his widow in 1725.

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** Benjamin Clark was a wheelwright. He married Dorcas Morse in 1665, and in 1668 received a grant for a house lot "on the way as you go out at Nantasket." The original well is reputed to still be in use. He was burned out by the Indians in 1676, but rebuilt upon the same spot. What is called the "Peak House" (picture on p348, History of Medfield) is an addition subsequently made to his second house, in or about 1762. After the decay of the old part, it was moved to its present location. Its unique shape has attracted much attention, and it is even popularly believed to be one of the original houses left standing by the Indians. Benjamin was a prominent man in town affairs, served on the board of selectmen seventeen times, and as a representative two years. He died 1 Dec. 1724, his widow the following year. (Tilden)
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King Phillips War -- Attacked Feb 21, 1676

In this same area, the Benjamin Clark house was also burnt. Benjamin and his wife Dorcas were able to flee and safely make it to the garrison along with their children (twins Hannah and Benjamin age 10; Theophilus age 6, Tabitha age 4, and Timothy age 2) before their house also went up in flames. Clark's house was the original Peak House.

** FROM https://patch.com/massachusetts/medfield/uniquely-medfield-once-upon-a-town-medfield-under-attack

Medfield Historical Society

Died:
Age: 80

Benjamin Dorcas Morse 19 Nov 1665Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Dorcas (daughter of Joseph Morse and Hannah Phillips) 24 Jun 1645 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; 14 Jul 1725Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Medfield Cemetery

Died:
Vine Lake Cemetery at Medfield

Joseph Elizabeth Bond 13 Mar 1678Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Cpt William Bond and Sarah Biscoe) 11 Nov 1656 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; 23 Dec 1729Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Age: 0

Died:
Age: 73

Capt Hannah Sterry 1688New London, New London, Connecticut, USA. Hannah (daughter of Roger Sterry and Hannah Palmer) 18 Aug 1672 Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; 07 Nov 1750Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA; Griswold, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Moved: 1721, Connecticut, USA; moved to

Notes:

Judge

Buried:
Raymond Hill Cemetery

Died:
Age: 89

Judge Dorothy Thomas 20 Nov 1688Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Dorothy (daughter of Nathanial Thomas and Deborah Loring Jacob) 06 Nov 1670 Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; 18 Feb 1755Montville, New London, Connecticut, USA; 1755Oakdale, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
British American Colony

Buried:
Raymond Hill Cemetery

Died:
Age at Death: 83