Capt Thomas Clark

• BIRTH 1752
• DEATH 13 May 1789 (aged 36–37)
• BURIAL Rahway Cemetery, Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 13022023 Photos by Dan Silva & John Appleby, Contributor: serendipity (48766986)

Patriot. Son of Abraham Clark, signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was Captain of the Eastern Company Artillery in the Continental Army and served in the Revolutionary War from 1776 to 1781. He fought at the Battle of Princeton.

Thomas Clark was commissioned First Lieutenant, March 1, 1776, became Captain-Lieutenant, and commanded detachments of his company stationed at the Blazing Star (in Woodbridge) July to November 1776; was at the Battle of Trenton, Dec. 26, 1776: at the Battle of Princeton, Jan. 3 1777, where he succeeded Captain Neil, who fell; became Captain of Artillery, Continental Army Feb. 1, 1777, and was at the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth, in the Revolutionary War.

The records of the Adjunct General's Office in the War Department, Washington, D.C., show that Thomas Clark served as Captain of his own company of Artillery, Continental troops, commanded by Col. John Lamb; and that his name last appears on the Company muster rolls July 9 1779, with the remark, "on furlough by Col. Harrison." - Leanne Keefer Bechdel

Gravesite Details
Memorial Stone. Lt. Thomas Clark is buried at Chartiers Hill Cemetery, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Parents
Abraham Clark 1726–1794
Sarah Hatfield Clark 1728–1804

Siblings
Aaron Clark 1750–1811
Aaron Clark 1750–1811
Andrew Clark 1759–1778
Sarah Clark Edgar 1761–1817
Cavalier Clark 1763–1764
Abraham Clark 1767–1854
Susan Clark Shaver 1792–1874

Children
Jonathan Clark 1776–1849
Abraham Clark 1785–1858

References

[1a] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13022023/thomas-clark

[1b] https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13022023 Find A Grave Memorial] - SmartCopy: Oct 18 2017, 14:06:48 UTC

[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20061025012724/http://www.altlaw.com:80...

[3] wikitree