Asylum

Bradford County, PA

1781 - 1861 (80 years)

Name	Ebenezer Pemberton Clark [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
Born	18 Jul 1781	Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10]
Gender	Male
Died	11 Oct 1861	Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 11]
	Age 54
Buried	Wyalusing Cemetery, Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA [8, 11]
Person ID	I14	Clark-Hart
Last Modified	18 Jan 2025

Father	Capt Samuel Clark, b. 09 Nov 1752, Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA , d. 23 Oct 1809, Ulster, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 56 years)
Relationship	putative
Mother	Sarah
Relationship	putative
Family ID	F15	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Polly Smith, b. 30 Jul 1797, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA , d. 19 Aug 1867 (Age 70 years)

Married 01 Sep 1814 Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 3]

Children

	1. Cyrus Mungo Clark, b. 23 Dec 1816, Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA [Birth]
	2. Samuel Bateman Clark, b. Abt 1817, Bradford County, PA , d. 02 Aug 1897, Birchardville, Susquehanna Co, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 80 years)
	3. Sarah Jane Clark, b. 10 Nov 1818, Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Bef 1880, Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age < 61 years) [Birth]
	4. Harry DY Spalding Clark, b. 30 Sep 1821, Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 18 Oct 1822, Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 1 years) [natural]
	5. Harry Spalding Clark, b. 14 Sep 1823, Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 22 Oct 1916, Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 93 years) [Birth]
	6. Ebenezer Benjamin Clark, DY, b. 27 Aug 1826, Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 17 Jul 1830, Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 3 years)
	7. Lemira Satterlee Clark, b. 06 Mar 1828, Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 31 Oct 1882, Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 54 years)
	8. Ebenezer Benjamin Clark, b. 02 Nov 1830, Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 04 May 1864, City Point, Hopewell, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA (Age 33 years) [Birth]
	9. Matilda Clark, b. 21 Nov 1832, Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Aft 1850, Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 18 years)
+	10. Mary Ellen Clark, b. 23 Apr 1835, Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 21 Aug 1904, Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan, USA (Age 69 years)
	11. Adelia Lewis Clark, b. 09 Nov 1836, Wyalusing, Bradford Co., Pennsylvania, USA , d. 17 Jan 1915, Monroe, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 78 years)

Last Modified 3 Jan 2020

Family ID F13 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 18 Jul 1781 - Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
	Married - 01 Sep 1814 - Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
	Died - 11 Oct 1861 - Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
	Buried - - Wyalusing Cemetery, Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA

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Photos » Slide Show		1812 - Ebenezer P Clark in Town Assesment pg 81 History of the Towandas. 1770-1886 by Clement Heverly
		Asylum, PA
		Headstone - Ebenezer P Clark Wyalusing Cemetery, Wyalusing, PA
		1850 Census Record for Ebenezer P Clark Shows RI birth, and lists Lemisa and Matilda
		Estate notice - Samuel Clark posted by son Ebenezer P Clark 26 Jan 1810 The Gleaner Page 4 26 Jan 1810

Documents » Slide Show		Harry Spalding marries Lemira Saterlee 1807Luzerne County Federalist
		1840 Census Ebenezer P Clark in Asylum, PA
		1782 - Birth record of Ebenezer Pemberton Clarke Newport, RI - 16 May 1782 - Vital Records of RI, Vol. 8 Second Congretional Church at Newport
		Memorial of Harry S Clark in Bradford County Historical Society Magazine Annual: Bradford County Historical Society, Containing Papers ..., Volumes 6-11
		Baptismal record - 16 May 1782 VITAL RECORDS of RHODE ISLAND 1636-1850. Second Congregational Church, Newport, RI
		Articles about Myers Mill Google Book Articles Search for Myer's Mill on Sugar Creek

Headstones		Gravesite of Col Harry Spalding Riverside Cemetery Towanda Bradford County Pennsylvania, USA
Headstones		Gravesite - Ebenezer P Clark Wyalusing Cemetery Wyalusing Bradford County Pennsylvania, USA

Histories » Slide Show		Clarks of Bradford County A series of email threads from 1990 outlining the Clarks in Bradford County
		Baker Family Tree - Chapter 17 - The Clarks History of Clark's arrival in New England and migration to PA. covering 8 generations from arrival 1n 1637 - 1923
		Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice Bradford County History
		History of the Lumber industry Myer's Mills in the Towandas (where Ebenezer P Clark lived)
		1919 - NY Genealogical Society - Registration of Pedigrees Page 237 - Ebenezer Pemberton Cady of Norwich CT
		Descendants of James Pemberton Rev Ebenezer Pemberton married Mary Clark 1701 in Boston
		Daughter of Ebenezer Pemberton Cady
		Descendants of Samuel Clark "Other" Clark Families (A.W. Clark)
		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
		History of the Settlement of Burlington Township (Sugar Creek) Craft - History of Bradford County
		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
		1830 Census Living in Wysox Township (household of 8)
		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
		History of Bradford County Refereneces and bio of Capt. Benjamin Clark, first permanent settler of Ulster
		Biography of Captain Simon Spalding Settled in Sheshequin 1783
		Lived near Myer's Mills Towanda PA Assessed 1812
		Settlement of Wysox Townshp 1878 History of Bradford County by Craft

Notes

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Ebenezer P. Clark was assessed in Towanda in 1812. He lived near Myer's Mills, and afterwards in Towanda, thence moved down the river opposite Wyalusing.
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FROM Page 81 of book History of the Towandas, 1770-1886 : including the aborigines, Pennamites and Yankees together with biographical sketches and matters of general importance connected with the county seat by Clement Ferdinand Heverly
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Most people familiar with Towanda history know that the borough's oldest house is located at 1 York Avenue, at the bend with Main Street. An example of Federal architecture, it was built in 1812 and was originally built as a combination tavern and home by Col. Harry Spalding. It was a stagecoach stop when York Avenue was known as Post Road and once even contained a ballroom for dancing during one phase of its 192 years of service. As is the case with most of these homes, it still serves as a home and retains its historic look.
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** 1815 Petition for road construction ****

Road from Breakneck Run to State Road—
At a court of quarter sessions, county of Bradford, May 1815, the petition of John Spalding, Zephon Flower, David Paine, Lodawick Carner, Henry Boyer, Ebenezer P. Clark, Wm. Coolbaugh, David Eiklor, Wm. Fergason, Walter Wheeler, Moses Warfold, David S. Blackman, Asa Stevens, Elijah Horton, Wm. W. Spalding, Elijah Towner, Franklin Blackman, Thomas Bull, John Lent, Wilber Bennett, Ebenezer Shaw, Jonathan Stevens, Joseph Kinney and Wm. Myer, inhabitants of Ulster and Wysox, was presented, setting forth that "it would be practicable to make a road along the narrows below where the road turns off at the lower end of Breakneck to go over the mountain to Wysox: that such road would not only save traveling over a very bad mountain, but would shorten the distance a quarter of a mile and be of great public utility; that it may not be improper to inform the court that it is the expectation of the inhabitants of Ulster and Wysox to open the road (if laid out) by subscription; therefore petitioners pray for the appointment of viewers," etc.

Whereupon the court appoint Joseph Kingsbury, Richard Horton, Elijah Horton, Jr., Adonijah Warner, Stephen Patrick and Robert Ridgway.

At September sessions viewers report "that they have viewed the ground and are of the opinion that it is practicable for a road, and have accordingly laid one out agreeably to the courses and distances and plot hereto annexed, and believe the same will be of public utility."

This road began on the State road, opposite the court house, about 50 rods from the river, running nearly north along the side of the mountain toward the river to what is now the present road, about one-half mile south of the railroad bridge. From here the course of the road was the same as now along the river to Breakneck run at the Johnson place. The report was finally confirmed at December sessions and road ordered to be opened of the breadth of 30 feet.
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FROM History of Sheshequin 1777---1902
C. F. Heverly
pub.1902, Towanda, Pa.
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Ebenezer P Clark did teaming work for Col Harry Spalding. Col. Spalding married Lemira Saterlee) Hence the naming of 2 children in his honor (Harry Spalding Clark, and Lemira Satterlee Clark)
William Myer, born February 8, 1780, was the eldest son of Jacob Myer. In 1800 he went to Wysox, purchased a mill site and secured the right to control the flow of water from Lake Wysauking. He put up a hewed log house into which his father and family moved the next year. Working together, they built a grist-mill, which was supplied by water power from Wysox creek and Lake Wysauking. They soon after built a saw-mill that was run entirely by water from Wysox creek. He early took an active part in public affairs, being commissioned a justice of the peace, 1807. Upon the formation of Bradford county, he was elected one of the first county commissioners, 1812, and again elected to the same office, 1819. He was chosen a member of the Pennsylvania assembly in 1822 and also served his townsmen in many civil capacities. He married Joanna, daughter of Nathaniel Hickok, died May 15, 1842. She was born, 1783, died April 15, 1825. Their children were: Harriet, Elizabeth, Sarah, Emeline Esther, Mary Ellen, Susan, Elijah Reed and Helen Maria. Mr. Myer married for his second wife, Mrs. Lemira (Satterlee) Spalding, widow of Col. Harry Spalding. ** From Heverley Pioneer and Patriot Families of Bradford County, Page 314
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. .... FROM Pioneer & Patriot Families of Bradford County PA 1770-1800
Vol. I - Clement F. Heverly - Page 187
Had a grandson named Ebenezer Pemberton Stranger (1837 - 1862)
Census record for his dau Adelaide Corson says her father born in Rhode Island. Same for Harry S. Clark

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Ebenezer Pemberton Clark