Nancy Ann (Clark) Smith

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" I had previously believed that Benjamin Merrill had a daughter named Nancy born about 1756 who married Joseph Clark about 1778. After Joseph Clark’s death about 1793, Nancy remarried to Benjamin Mendenhall ...

I believed Nancy was the daughter of Benjamin Merrill and Jemima Smith because published sources said so. Oops. ...

...   it does appear that Benjamin did have a daughter named Nancy, but she did not marry Joseph Clark. This Nancy married Boyd McCrary. Not Joseph Clark or Benjamin Mendenhall. Also, my Nancy was believed to have been born about 1756. The Nancy in the family pedigree chart was born about 1751, with two other siblings born about the time “my” Nancy was believed to have been born. "

Update 4/06/2020: I located on Family Search, from North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC , the 1801 Probate Randolph County, NC file for my 5th GGF Joseph Clark. One page from 1801 shows as administrators David Smith (brother of 5th GGM, Nancy Ann Smith?), Samuel Clark (brother of Joseph Clark?), and Benjamin Mendenhall (Nancy Ann Smith Clark’s second husband). No Merrill’s are stated in any of the 18 pages of the file. Three pages, two signed by Benjamin Mendenhall show payments to the children of my 5th GGF/GGM children: son my 4th GGF George Clark; daughters 6th GG Aunts Mary (Poly) Clark, Jane Clark Brown, and Nancy Clark. One page list payments to daughter Hannah Clark. Payments to children are from 1805 to 1809. I have uploaded the 18 pages to Joseph Clark’s / Nancy Smith Clark’s profiles and relevant pages to the children in Ancestry.com (DNA). Revant pages uploaded to Joseph Clark's profile in Geni.
Update 2 15 2022: "Isaac Farlow Statement of Revolutionary Events." of 10 Oct 1852. States: "Joseph Clark lived near Bells Mills and married a Smith a family of Tories." Randoph County Pubic Library, Randoph Room Digital, North Randoph Historical Society Quarterly Volume 11, Number III, 1938. transcription. Seems to point to Joesph Clark married Nancy Smith.