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John Clark

John Clark

Born
1802-01-01 12:00:00
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in USA

This John Clark (perhaps originally Clarke) is my ggg-grandfather.

He first shows up in the US on the 1850 Census in the village of Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

All 3 of John's known children were born in Ireland: Mary A (b ~1830), Patrick (b ~ 1836), and Alice (b ~ 1839). Both Mary and Alice consistently claimed birth in County Monaghan; we're still looking for something definitive regarding Patrick's birthplace, and we also believe John himself was born in or near County Monaghan.

Unfortunately, John just seems to "vanish", after subsequently showing on the 1855 Massachusetts State and 1860 US Census, still in Sherborn (he's living with his younger daughter Mary A Clark Newell's family in 1860).

All 3 of John's children showed their parents as John Clark and Alice Kell(e)y on marriage and death records in Massachusetts.

John seems to have arrived in the US approximately the same time as his brother James, who also settled with his much larger family in Sherborn. (I'll create a separate post for James).

Associated communities

Monaghan

Co. Monaghan, or Muíneachán in Irish, is located on the Border Region of Ireland.  We are famous for our ancient Irish craft of lace-making and we have many lakes,  forests and small mountains.  Our county town is Monaghan and we have a population of approximately 56,000.  We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.  

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • Cahan's Meeting House

    Location: Monaghan

    Lisnavane, County Monaghan

  • Hope Castle

    Location: Monaghan

    Castleblaney, County Monagham

  • Ulster Canal Stores

    Location: Monaghan

    Clones

Timeline events in this community

  • 1930s

    Travelling Folk in the 1930s

    <p>Between 1937 and 1939, primary school pupils across the Republic of Ireland interviewed the elderly in their neighborhood to collect and record local stories and folklore from the 19th century. "The Schools Collection" as it became known is held by the Dúchas Folklore Collection in UCD and is and has been digitized online at duchas.ie. One of the topics schoolchildren were asked to write about were "Travelling Folk" or An Lucht Siúil. </p> <p>Here is a selection of what "settled" children wrote about travelers in the late 1930s.</p>

    1938-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1930s

    1930 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1930-09-28 12:00:00

  • 1830s

    County Monaghan in the 1830s

    <p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. (Much of the information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time).</p>

    1837-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1970s

    Dublin-Monaghan Bombings

    1974-05-17 12:00:00