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About Elizabeth Stark
Elizabeth Clark (Page) 1737-1814
Known as Molly
Parents: Caleb Page and Elizabeth Merrill
Husband John Clark 1728-1822
Children: Elizabeth had 11 children including:
- Mary
- Caleb
An historical marker was erected in Elizabeth's honor in 2003: Inscription. Wife of General John Stark, mother of 11 children, homemaker, patriot, and defender of the household. Her love, courage, and self-reliance were common virtues among the many hearty women of frontier New England’s 18th century towns. This strength and devotion to husband, home and family were virtues that sustained her, as well as so many women and their families, during those times when husbands were called to duty for their country in the constant French and Indian Wars and the American Revolution. Molly Stark was General Stark’s inspiration in his victory over the forces of Great Britain in the Battle of Bennington on August 16, 1777, when he announced to his men, “The enemy are ours or this night Molly Stark sleeps a widow. “General Stark’s victory march from Bennington to his home, his beloved Molly, and their family in New Hampshire is thought to be the same path as Vermont’s Route 9, which was recognized in 1936 as “The Molly Stark Trail”, and was officially named as such by the State of Vermont in 1967.
Caleb Page/Molly Stark House: Built by her father, Capt. Caleb Page, c. 1759, this was Molly Page's home in her youth and as the wife of Gen. John Stark. Their first son, Caleb, who served with his illustrious father during the Revolution, was born here, as was Molly's brother Jeremiah Page, later a Superior Court Justice and delegate to the first Constitutional Convention (1778). This structure also housed the first Dunbarton Post Office (1834).
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Elizabeth Stark's Timeline
| 1724 |
August 12, 1724
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Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1759 |
December 3, 1759
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Dunbarton, (Present Merrimack County), Province of New Hampshire
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| 1761 |
May 28, 1761
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Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
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| 1763 |
April 17, 1763
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Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
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| 1765 |
March 4, 1765
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Derryfield, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
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| 1767 |
June 30, 1767
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Dunbarton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States
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| 1769 |
June 11, 1769
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Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
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| 1771 |
August 10, 1771
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Ryegate, Caledonia, Vermont, United States
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| 1772 |
1772
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Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia, United States
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