Clark Family - The First Six Generations

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Rosanne Clark Chandler's family go back to several immigrant ancestors. Her father, Ebenezer Clark was born in Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire, the son of John Clark and Esther Weeks Clark.

John Clark is the son of Richard Clark and Lydia Marston Clark. Very little is known about the Clark family, but the Marston family is a prominent one in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, going back to the immigrant ancestor, Thomas Marston and his wife, Mary Estow Marston, the daughter of William Estow.

Thomas and Mary were the parents of Isaac who married Mary Brown, the daughter of John Brown and Sarah Walker Brown. Isaac's eldest son was Caleb, who married Anna Moulton, the daughter of John Moulton and Lydia Taylor Moulton, the descendant of immigrant ancestors, John Moulton and Anthony Taylor.

Ebenezer Clark was born on January 2, 1764. He moved to Landaff in Grafton County and on November 3, 1788 married Hannah Merrill, the daughter of Moses Merrill and Hannah Greenough Merrill. Ebenezer died on May 8, 1828 in Landaff at the age of sixty four. Hannah lived on until February 12, 1852, dying at the age of eighty four. Their graves have not been found.

The Merrills trace their ancestry to the immigrant ancestor Nathaniel Merrill, who was one of the first settlers of Newbury, Massachusetts.

Hannah Greenough Merrill's great-grandparents were William Dole and Mary Brocklebank Dole, who appear twice in the Little family tree.

             ┌── Richard CLARK
         ┌── Richard CLARK, b. circa 1693, d. 1769
         │   └── (__________) (__________)
     ┌── John CLARK (DAR Patriot), b. 1735, d. 1820
     │   │       ┌── Isaac MARSTON, b. 1648, d. after 1714
     │   │   ┌── Caleb MARSTON, b. 1672, d. 1749
     │   │   │   └── Elizabeth BROWN, d. 1689
     │   └── Lydia MARSTON, b. 1702, d. 1776
     │       │   ┌── John MOULTON (Lt.), b. 1638, d. 1707
     │       └── Anna MOULTON, b. 1679
     │           └── Lydia TAYLOR, b. 1646, d. 1729
Ebenezer CLARK, b. 1764, d. 1828
     │           ┌── Leonard WEEKS (Immigrant), b. 1632, d. circa 1706
     │       ┌── Joseph WEEKS, b. 1672, d. 1735
     │       │   └── Mary REDMAN, b. 1649
     │   ┌── Jonathan WEEKS (DAR - sent Dec 2004 for girls)
     │   │   └── Hannah (__________)
     └── Esther WEEKS, b. 1736
         └── Esther (__________)

                 ┌── Nathaniel MERRILL (Immigrant), b. 1634, d. 1682
             ┌── Peter MERRILL, b. 1667, d. 1697
             │   └── Joanna KINNEY-NINNY, b. circa 1638, d. 1717
         ┌── Peter MERRILL, b. 1695, d. circa 1744
         │   │   ┌── Isaac BROWN, b. circa 1636, d. 1674
         │   └── Mary BROWN, b. 1673, d. 1707
         │       └── Rebecca BAILEY, b. 1641, d. after 1700
     ┌── Moses MERRILL, b. 1737
     │   │       ┌── John HASELTINE, d. 1690
     │   │   ┌── Nathaniel HAZELTINE, b. 1656, d. 1703
     │   │   │   └── Joan ANTER
     │   └── Sarah HASELTINE, b. 1697
     │       │   ┌── Samuel PLUMER (Immigrant), b. 1619, d. 1702
     │       └── Ruth PLUMER, b. 1660
     │           └── Mary BIDFIELD, b. circa 1625, d. 1704
Hannah MERRILL, b. 1768, d. 1852
     │           ┌── Robert GREENOUGH, d. 1718
     │       ┌── Robert GREENOUGH, b. 1683, d. circa 1717
     │       │   └── Martha EPES, b. 1654, d. 1686
     │   ┌── Daniel GREENOUGH, b. 1705, d. 1761
     │   │   │   ┌── William DOLE, b. 1660, d. 1718
     │   │   └── Hannah DOLE, b. 1685
     │   │       └── Mary BROCKLEBANK, b. circa 1663
     └── Hannah GREENOUGH, b. 1739
         └── Mary ALLEN