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He received a fair English education, and, in time, became a
lawyer, and a successful man of business. He was the prudent,
practical business man of the elder portion of the numerous
children of John Clark, as his brother William was of the
younger.
When quite young he spent some time in the office of the clerk
of Spottsylvania county, Virginia, as deputy clerk, in which
capacity he added much to his stock of information about
practical affairs.
In 1772 he removed to Woodstock, in the county then called
Dunmore, but which was afterwards changed to Shenandoah, and was
very soon taken into public favor by being selected, with the
celebrated Peter Muhlenberg, to serve as delegate from the
county in an important convention held at Richmond in the
interests of the colonies.
About this time trouble began between the patriotic citizens of
Virginia, and the royal governor, Lord Dunmore, which culminated
in the latter seizing the public powder belonging to the colony
without authority. This led to an uprising of the sturdy
colonists to regain possession of the powder, by force if
necessary, and young Clark marched towards Williamsburgh, the
then capital, as lieutenant of an independent company of
riflemen for that purpose.
Clark's company returned home, however, without bloodshed, and
he and Muhlenberg were again sent as delegates to the convention
which met at Richmond in December, 1775.
In the spring of 1776, Clark was promoted to the captaincy of a
company (commissioned March 4), which advanced from Woodstock to
Portsmouth, and was engaged in several skirmishes with the
adherents of the royal governor, Dunmore, who, in the meantime,
had fled the capital and taken refuge on an English ship.
Early in the following summer, Clark marched with Muhlenberg's
regiment and other troops to Charleston, South Carolina, at
which place they arrived on the 24th of June, and were at once
involved in the important military movements then going on at
that place and vicinity. He continued there until in August when
he was ordered further south, and at Savannah was seized with
dangerous illness which so prostrated him that, for a long time,
he was unable to perform military service, and returned home on
furlough in the autumn of that year. When about recovered from
this long protracted sickness in the spring of 1777, he had the
misfortune to be taken down with the small-pox, which again
disabled him for a considerable period.
As soon as his health permitted, he returned to the army under
Washington, then at Bound Brook encampment, and with the Eighth
Virginia Regiment, in the brigade of General Charles Scott,
participated in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, and
aided in breaking the British right wing in the latter battle.
He was also in the battle of Monmouth in 1778, and in 1779
served with great distinction in the surprise of the enemy at
Paulus Hook, on which important occasion he was second in
command, having been previously promoted to be a major by
congress.
One hundred and fifty-nine of the enemy were captured in this
affair, with a loss to the Americans of only two killed and
three wounded. So important was the result that General
Washington hastened to communicate it to congress in a manner
highly complimentary. He said "that a remarkable degree of
prudence, address, enterprise and bravery was displayed on the
occasion, which does the highest honor to all the officers and
men engaged in it, and that the situation of the fort rendered
the attempt critical and the success brilliant." Congress
returned thanks and ordered a gold medal to be made in honor of
the event, and fifteen thousand dollars to be distributed among
the rank and file who participated in the enterprise.
Major Clark was highly complimented in letters from Lord
Sterling and other officers, and in November following congress
promoted him to be a lieutenant-colonel, to date from the
previous May.
In the following winter Clark and the Virginia regiment to which
he belonged, together with other troops, marched through
terrible hardships to the south, reaching Charleston in the last
of March, 1780, where they encountered still further trials and
sufferings, until finally, on the 12th of May, the American
army, then under command of General Lincoln, was compelled to
surrender to the enemy. Colonel Clark was held a prisoner in
Charleston until the spring of 1781, when he was paroled and
returned to Virginia, but he was not formally exchanged until
after the surrender of Cornwallis.
Abraham Bowman was the colonel of the eighth Virginia regiment
of which Clark was the lieutenant-colonel, and he was also the
first cousin of an attractive young lady residing in Frederick
county, Virginia, named Sarah Hite. She was the daughter of
Isaac Hite, Sr., and granddaughter of Jost Hite, and her brother
Isaac Hite, Jr., was likewise a major in the Revolutionary army.
The friendship existing between the two comrades-in-arms led to
an acquaintance between Colonel Clark and Miss Hite, which
resulted in their marriage February 13, 1782. He settled for a
time in Spottsylvania county, and was commissioned a
major-general of the Virginia militia in 1793.
But his thoughts now turned to the great west, and in 1802 he
joined his distinguished brother, George Rogers Clark at the
falls of the Ohio, settling finally at Trough Spring, near
Louisville. Here he devoted himself to business with great
success, accumulating a large fortune in real estate as well as
personal property. The inventory of the latter, returned by
Abraham Hite, his wife's cousin, and John H. Clark, his son, his
administrators, covers eleven pages of book of inventories No.
2, Jefferson county, Kentucky. A glance over the long list shows
that fifty-six of his slaves were mentioned by name. The
following notice of General Jonathan Clark's death appeared in
the Western Sun, published at Vincennes, December 14, 1811:
"Another Revolutionary hero is gone--Died at his seat near
Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday, the 25th ult. (November, 1811),
General Jonathan Clark--He supped with his family on the 24th,
retired at his accustomed hour to rest, and in the morning was
found numbered with the dead."
The marriage of Jonathan Clark and Sarah Hite was a happy one in
every respect. She was the younger by some eight years and
survived him about that time. They are resting side by side in
Cave Hill Cemetery, and the family monument and the inscriptions
thereon have already been described in a previous chapter. A
list of their descendants was kindly furnished by one of them,
Miss Ann J. Bodley, of Louisville, Kentucky, will be found near
the close of the appendix.
The following is an extract from an interesting notice of the
death of General Jonathan Clark, which appeared in a leading
newspaper of that time:
REPOSITORY of DEATH.
Died, At his seat, on Monday, the 25th ult. (November, 1811),
General Jonathan Clark, aged sixty-one--one of the heroes who
participated in the dangers of his country in those days when
she struggled for her birthright amongst the nations of the
earth. He supped with his family on the evening of the 24th,
retired at his accustomed hour to rest, and in the morning was
found numbered with the dead. His death may be considered as
truly enviable, for it was free from every species of pain or
those agonizing feelings that so often attend the last hours of
our existence. (Here follows a brief narrative of the leading
events in his life, which are omitted, as they have already been
given.)
On the religious character of General Clark it will not be
necessary to enlarge. The principles of piety and virtue were
early instilled by a strict education; nor do they appear ever
to have lost their influence upon the general conduct of his
life. He was too great a lover of truth not to make religion the
object of his serious inquiry. The result of his investigation
was a full conviction of the divine origin of the Gospel, and
the nature of it to be such as demanded his warmest acceptance.
In his person he was tall and well-proportioned; in his manners
easy, uniform and engaging, and in his conversation, oftentimes,
sprightly&emdash;always agreeable.
Thus has a fond wife been bereft of an affectionate and loving
husband, children of a tender father, and society of a valuable
member.
December 6, 1811.
A pleasing form, a generous, gentle heart;
A good companion, honest without art;
Just in his dealings, faithful to his friend,
Belov'd through life, lamented in the end.
Reader attend, and copy if you can
The noblest work of God--an honest man. "
Children: (The star (*) indicates that the person was dead in
1895)
1. Eleanor Eltinge,* married Rev. Benjamin Temple.*
2. John Hite, died unmarried
3. Isaac, died unmarried
4. Mary, died in childhood
5. Ann,* married James Anderson Pearce.*
6. William,* married Frances Ann Tompkins.*
7. George Washington,* married Martha Price
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_Jonathan CLARK _______|
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_John CLARK _________|
| (1724 - 1799) |
| | ________________________________
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| |_Elizabeth Ann WILSON _|
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|--Jonathan CLARK
| (1750 - 1811)
| _Giles ROGERS I "the Immigrant"_
| | (1643 - ....)
| _Giles ROGERS II_______|
| | (1673 - 1794) |
| | |_Rachel EASTHAM ________________
| | (1650 - ....)
|_Ann ROGERS _________|
(1728 - 1799) |
| ________________________________
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Mother: Sarah EUSTACE |
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_Thomas GASKINS _____|
| (1694 - 1737) |
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_Thomas GASKINS _____|
| (1730 - 1785) m 1744|
| | _Edwin CONWAY ___________+
| | | (1681 - 1763) m 1704
| |_Mary CONWAY ________|
| (1715 - ....) |
| |_Anne BALL ______________+
| (1686 - 1764) m 1704
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|--Anne GASKINS
| (1745 - 1796)
| _John EUSTACE ___________
| | (1660 - 1702)
| _William EUSTACE ____|
| | (1682 - 1739) |
| | |_Elizabeth_______________
| | (1660 - ....)
|_Sarah EUSTACE ______|
(1724 - ....) m 1744|
| _Hancock LEE of Ditchley_+
| | (1653 - 1709) m 1675
|_Anna LEE ___________|
(1680 - 1757) |
|_Mary KENDALL ___________+
(1655 - 1694) m 1675
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Mother: ISABEL de CLARE of Pembroke |
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_JOHN FitzGilbert "The Marshall" MARSHALL of Pembroke_|
| (1105 - 1165) |
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_WILLIAM "The Protector" MARSHALL 3rd Earl of Pembroke_|
| (1144 - 1219) m 1189 |
| | _WALTER FitzEdward d' Evereux de SALISBURY of Salisbury_+
| | | (1100 - 1147)
| |_SYBIL de SALISBURY __________________________________|
| (1127 - ....) |
| |_SYBIL de CHAWORTH _____________________________________+
| (1097 - 1147)
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|--MAUD (Matilda) MARSHALL of Norfolk
| (1192 - 1248)
| _GILBERT de CLARE 1st Earl of Pembroke__________________+
| | (1100 - 1147)
| _RICHARD fitzGilbert "Strongbow" de CLARE of Leinster_|
| | (1130 - 1176) m 1171 |
| | |_ISABEL de BEAUMONT of Leicester________________________+
| | (1100 - ....)
|_ISABEL de CLARE of Pembroke___________________________|
(1174 - 1220) m 1189 |
| _DERMOT macDonnchada MACMURRAGH of Leinster_____________+
| | (1110 - 1171)
|_AIFE (Eva) MACMURRAGH of Leinster____________________|
(1143 - 1186) m 1171 |
|_Mor Ingen Muirchertaig O'TOOLE of Leinster_____________+
(1114 - 1164)
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Mother: Lucy LOMBUS |
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_William Andrew MOORE Jr._|
| (1780 - ....) |
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|--Talitha Anne MOORE
| (1813 - 1866)
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|_Lucy LOMBUS _____________|
(1780 - ....) |
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_(RESEARCH QUERY) PAGE VA & KY & GA & MS_
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_ PAGE ______________|
| (1670 - ....) |
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_John PAGE Sr._______|
| (1715 - ....) |
| | _________________________________________
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| |_____________________|
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|--John PAGE Jr.
| (1740 - 1804)
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Mother: Bridget DRAUGHON |
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_Mathew or John WARD _|
| (1700 - ....) |
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_Luke WARD Sr._______|
| (1730 - 1796) |
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|--Luke WARD Jr.
| (1765 - 1821)
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| _Walter DRAUGHON _____|
| | (1690 - ....) |
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|_Bridget DRAUGHON ___|
(1726 - 1827) |
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|_Bridget BROWN _______|
(1690 - ....) |
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Mother: Georgannia Hite RANSOM |
_Thornton Augustine WASHINGTON _+
| (1758 - 1787) m 1779
_John Thornton Augustine WASHINGTON _|
| (1783 - 1841) m 1810 |
| |_Mildred BERRY _________________+
| (1760 - 1785) m 1779
_Benjamin Franklin WASHINGTON _|
| (1820 - 1872) m 1845 |
| | _Daniel BEDINGER of Bedford_____+
| | | (1761 - 1818) m 1791
| |_Elizabeth Conrad BEDINGER __________|
| (1793 - 1837) m 1810 |
| |_Sarah RUTHERFORD ______________
| (1770 - ....) m 1791
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|--Franklin Bedinger WASHINGTON
| (1848 - 1939)
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|_Georgannia Hite RANSOM _______|
(1822 - 1860) m 1845 |
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