William Mercer Clark

William Mercer Clark

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Name William M Clark
Gender Male
Race White
Death Age 85
Birth Date about 1786
Death Date 28 October 1871
Death Place Babbs Run, Frederick, Virginia
Cause of Death Old Age
Occupation Farmer

Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850

Name William Clark
Gender Male
Marriage Date 05 November 1806
Marriage Place Frederick County, Virginia
Spouse Margaret Lewis
FHL Film Number 31456
Reference ID 58 1277

Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940

Name William Clark
Gender Male
Race White
Age 63
Birth Year about 1787
Birthplace Virginia
Home in 1850 District 16, Frederick, Virginia, USA
Occupation Farmer
Industry Agriculture
Line Number 37
Dwelling Number 323
Family Number 323
Inferred Spouse Margaret Clark
Household Members (Name) Age
William Clark 63
Margaret Clark 62
Samuel Clark 33
Jonathan M Clark 30
Rebecca A Clark 24
Mary M Clark 22

1850 United States Federal Census

GEDCOM Note

HUGE thing: 1870 William reports that his father was of foreign birth. I've been looking at all the other family trees and one reports that he was born in County Cork. Wouldn't that be great?

History from here on back is dubious. I don't have any idea where the Mercer in his name comes from. And then the next generation up is just a mess. George Rogers Clark is a revolutionary war hero. He didn't marry. So the genealogies out there, and there are some formally prepared ones, that have this William as a son of a George Rogers Clark married to a Jane Mercer, and tracing Clarks back through John Clark and Ann Rogers Clark, are clearly not the same Clarks. Bummer because those are the Clarks of Lewis and Clark. But not our Clarks. Someone named George Simmons was looking into this ca 2001. could see if he can be contacted: From: "George Simmons"
possible info: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CLARKE/1999-09/093707...
a formal clearly erroneous genealogy: http://www.bostwickfamilyhistoryandvalues.com/resources/DescendantR...