Saturday, April 4, 2009

George Clark 1807-1870 Lucy Hall 1811-1882


Priors Dean Church where most of the family was christened - The oldest parts of the building are 11th-century, either late Saxon or early Norman. The north door is Norman. The chancel is 13th-century Early English Gothic. The church was restored in 1856, when the Norman revival chancel arch was built and the bell turret and spire were added.
4th GGrandfather - ME
George Clark
Parents: William Clark and Elizabeth Pink
Christened: 1 Feb 1807 Priors Dean, Hamp, England
Note: Surname spelled Clarke on the record
Occupation:  Agricultural Laborer (1841-1861)
Married: Lucy Hall 11 Jun 1829 Priors Dean, Hamp, England
Death: 24 Nov 1870 Barnett, Froxfield, Hamp, England
Buried
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 1595859 IT 10 Batch P009761 dated 1538-1812
Christening: England Births and Christenings 1538-1975 Film 1595859 Batch P00976-1
Marriage: IGI Film 1041287 Batch M009762 dated 1812-1837 1841
Marriage: England Marriages 1538-1973 Film 1041287 Batch M009762
Marriage:  Pallots Marriage Index for England
1841 UK Census for Petersfield, Hamp, England (age 30)
1851 UK Census 3 Bow Lane, Prior's Dean, Eastmeon, Petersfield, Hamp, England (age 44)
1861 UK Census for Cuckold (Cockles) Row, Prior's Dean, East Meon, Hampshire, England (age 54)
Death: Free BMD Index Petersfield, Hampshire, England Vol 2C Page 104, line 301
4th GGrandmother - ME
Lucy Hall
Parents: William Hall and Elizabeth (unknown surname)
Born 6 May 1811
Christened 28 Jul 1811 Froxfield, Hamp, England
Died 17 Apr 1882 East Meon, Southampton, England COD: bronchitis/exhaustion
Buried
Sources
Birth and Christening: IGI film 1041260 Batch C145022 dated 1788-1876
Christening also: England Births and Christenings 1538-1975 Film 1596132 Batch I03895-3 it4
1841 UK Census for Petersfield, Hamp, England (age 30)
1851 UK Census 3 Bow Lane, Prior's Dean, Eastmeon, Petersfield, Hamp, England (age 40)
1861 UK Census for Cuckold (Cockles) Row, Prior's Dean, East Meon, Hampshire, England (age 48)
1871 Census Petersfield, Hamp, England (widow, age 59)
1881 Census Petersfield, Hamp, England (age 68, living with son George)
Online: http://home.comcast.net/~derek2000/tree/ggg_gp/luha1811.htm 2020 Note:  this link is dead, but I leave it here because I did use it as a source
Death: St. Catherine's Index: Petersfield, Apr-Jun 1882, Vol 2c Page 87

CHILDREN


Elizabeth "Betsy"Clark
Christened 6 September 1829 Priors Dean, Hampshire, England
Occupation:  (1851) Field Woman, (1881) Dressmaker
Married John Aldridge 6 October 1855 Petersfield, Hampshire, England
Children:  John
Death:  July 1895 Petersfield, Hampshire, England
Sources
1841 UK Census for Priors Dean, Hampshire, England (age 11)
1851 UK Census 3 Bow Lane, Priors Dean, Eastmeon, Petersfield, Hamp, England (age 22)
1861 UK Census Froxfield, Hampshire, England  (age 31)
1871 UK Census Froxfield, Hampshire, England (age 42)
1881 UK Census 3 Pococks Cottages, Froxfield, Hampshire, England (age 51)
1891 UK Census Froxfield, Hampshire, England (age 61)
UK & Wales Death Index Volume 2C page 87
George Clark
Christened: 1 Jan 1832 Priors Dean, Hamp, England
Occupation: Servant (1851) Shepherd (1861-1881)
Married Emma Mecham 1857 Petersfield, Hampshire, England
Children: William, Charles, Mary Ann, Georgina, John
Died 1902
Buried
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 1041287 Batch C009762 dated 1812-1876
1841 UK Census for Priors Dean, Hamp, England (age 9)
1851 UK Census East Meon, Hampshire, England
1861 UK Census West Tisted, Hamp, England (age 29)
1871 UK Census East Meon, Hampshire, England (age 40, his mother in law with them)
1881 UK Census Lower Green, Hawkley, Petersfield, Hampshire (His mother is living with them)
1891 UK Census Hawkley, Petersfield, Hampshire
1901 UK Census Hawkley, Hampshire, England (age 61)
Death: Death Index
Diana Clark
Christened: 20 April 1834 Priors Dean, Hampshire England
Occupation: Servant (1851, working for the Bailey family)
Married
Children
Died
Buried
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 1041287 Batch C009762 dated 1812-1876
1841 UK Census for Priors Dean, Hamp, England (age 7)
1851 UK Census Ropley, Hamp, England (age 19, but should be 17)
William Clark
Christened: 16 Oct 1836 Priors Dean, Hamp, England
Occupations:  (1861) Ostler according to marriage record and servant of Monk family in Census record (1871) Innkeeper (Harrow Inn) (1881) Ag Laborer
Marriage: Mary Ann Putman 6 Oct 1861 Petersfield, Hamp, England
Note: He was living in Leigh at the time of the marriage and it claims Mary Ann's father is James Bridger
Children: William, Mary, George, Frank, Albert, Louisa, Catherine, Henry, Charles
Death: 8 Nov 1887 Downgate, Steep, England
Cause of death: Spasmodic Asthemia. 6 years. Emphysema + Dilated Heart

Sources
Christening: IGI Film 1041287 Batch C009762 dated 1812-1876
Online: http://home.comcast.net/~derek2000/tree/gg_gp/wicl1836.htm 2020 Note:  this link is dead, but I leave it here because I did use it as a source
Occupation: Census, Marriage certificate
Marriage: Marriage solemnized in the Parish church in the Parish of Petersfield in the County of Southampton - No. 211
1841 UK Census for Priors Dean, Hamp, England (age 4)
1851 UK Census Privett, Hampshire, England (age 14)
Note: servant of Durman family
1861 UK Census for Dragon Street, Petersfield, Hamp, England (24)
Note: servant of Monk family, surname spelled Clarke
1871 UK Census for Harrow Lane, Steep, Hamp, England (age 34)
1881 UK Census for Steep, Hamp, England (age 43)
Lucy Clark
Christened 28 April 1839 Priors Dean, Hamp, England
Occupation: (1861) Domestic Servant
Married Stephen Rogers 1862 Catherington, Hamp, England
Note:  Catherington is about 11 miles away from Priors Dean
Children: William, Jane, Elizabeth, George, Alice, Edith, Louis, Helen, Agnes, Amy
Died 1917
Buried
Sources
1841 UK Census for Priors Dean, Petersfield, Hamp, England (age 2)
1851 UK Census 3 Bow Lane, Priors Dean, Eastmeon, Petersfield, Hamp, England (age 12)
1861 UK Census Cuckold Row, Priors Dean, East Meon, Hampshire, England (age 21)
1871 UK Census Portsea, Hampshire, England (age 31)
Note:  record claims she was born in Chichester
1881 UK Census Portsea, Hampshire, England (age 42)
1891 UK Census Portsea, Hampshire, England (age 52)
Francis Clark
Christened 25 Dec 1841 Priors Dean, Hamp, England
Note: I think Francis may have gone to sea.  There is an 1871 UK Census with a man that could be him, but claims his birth place was Portsmouth.
Sources
1851 UK Census 3 Bow Lane, Priors Dean, Eastmeon, Petersfield, Hamp, England (age 10)
1861 UK Census Priors Dean, Hampshire, England (age 18)
John Clark
Christened: 25 Jan 1846 Priors Dean, Hamp, England
Sources
IGI Film 1041287 Batch C009762 dated 1812-1876
1851 UK Census 3 Bow Lane, Priors Dean, Eastmeon, Petersfield, Hamp, England (age 6)
Bennett Clark Family
Colorized on My Heritage
*Bennett Clark
As a parent: https://upperlevelgen.blogspot.com/2009/04/bennett-clark-1849-1909-caroline.html
3rd GGrandfather
Born 2 Oct 1849
Christened: 16 Dec 1849 Priors Dean, Hamp, England
Occupation: Farm Laborer (listed in 1871 emigration information)
Married Caroline Welcome 1869
Children: Charles, William, Elizabeth, Alfred, Walter, Lucy, Joseph, Amasa, Charlotte, Edwin, Rosalla, Nellie, Parley
Assisted Emigration to New Zealand aboard the ship Merope, left  9 June 1871 arrived in New Zealand 25 August 1871
Arrived in America 1890
Died 9 Aug 1909 Warren, Weber, Utah
Buried 12 Aug 1909 Warren Cemetery, Weber, Utah
Sources
Bennett and Caroline's headstone
Birth Registration Petersfield, Hampshire, England Vol 7 page 117
Christening: IGI Film 1041287 Batch C009762 dated 1812-1876
1851 UK Census for 3 Bow Lane, Priors Dean, Eastmeon, Petersfield, Hamp, England  (age 1, mistakenly names him as a daughter)
1861 UK Census for Cuckold Row, Prior's Dean, East Meon, Hampshire (age 11)
1871 UK Census Hunston, Sussex, England (age 21)
1900 US Census Warren, Weber, Utah
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60941/bennett-clark
Charles Clark
Christened: 24 Apr 1853 Priors Dean, Hamp, England
Married or children?
Died? He wasn't in the 1871 Census with his mother, who was widowed
Buried
Sources
Christening Record
1861 UK Census for Cuckold Row, Priors Dean, East Meon, Hamp, England (age 8)

3 comments:

  1. Hi I have been researching my ancestors and your Clark family from priors dean are also my ancestors.

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  2. Which of the Clark's do you descend from?

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  3. Excellent as it gives credence to the information I have found. I am descended from Lucy Clark. Regards George

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