Person:Samuel Clark (46)

Could this be the following: Rev. Samuel Clark in his centennial address delivered at Athol in 1850, gives a tradition that was commonly accepted for a long time, that the name was derived from an Indian’s dog named Tully which in following a deer drove the animal over the meadows into these waters, and while attempting to seize his prey, was struck a stunning blow by the fore foot of the deer and held under the water until poor Tully was drowned.” From a web page about the history of Royalston in: http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/Royalstonfeatures.htm

Worcester County Will Testators, listed in: http://www.sampubco.com/wills/ma/maworcester05.htm CLARK, SAMUEL ROYALSTON 14-394-24

Source for Samuel's parents: http://familytree.justintime.cc/tree/newhtml/fam/fam09110.html and http://familytree.justintime.cc/tree/newhtml/fam/fam09096.html

See also the several generations below.

There is controversy on who John's father was. The following information is provided by David Carey: Matawadave@aol.com "The parents of John Cary, the Plymouth Pilgrim, have yet to be positively identified. Most theories have been disproved. He was not the son of John Cary and Elizabeth Hereford. Their son John was married in 1613 (when the Pilgrim was about 3 years old) and died in Hackney , Middlesex, England, before 1665. Proof is found in the pedigree submitted by their grandson John Cary, the famous London and Virginia merchant, to the Earl Marshall of England which resulted in confirmation of his right to bear the arms of the noble Carys of Devon (ref. College of Arms, Book of Grants IV) Copies of those documents are filed in the British Library (Stowe MS 670, folio 229) and in the Society of Genealogists Library, London.

John the Pilgrim was not the son of Elizabeth and William Cary who was mayor of Bristol in 1621. That theory was proposed by Henry Grosvenor Cary in his The Cary Family in America and is disproved by the Heralds College pedigree of the Bristol Carys. The son of Elizabeth and William Cary was the John Cary who married Elizabeth Hereford (see above).

The theory that John the Pilgrim was the son of Walter Cary and Grace Browne has not been disproved or proved positively. The theory that John the Pilgrim was the son of Walter Cary and Grace Browne has not been disproved or proved positively. Walter died in 1633, about the time the Pilgrim came to Plymouth after a dispute over his father's will leaving his entire estate to his wife Grace in order to "tie and bind them [his children] the more to be loving and dutiful to their tender and careful mother". John Cary was an adult in 1633 and came to Plymouth the next year. Grace's will in 1668 leaves her son John, "if living" a shilling. That suggests that she and her son John were estranged. These circumstances roughly parallel the family tradition that John Cary came to Plymouth in 1834 following a dispute over his father's estate.

David Carey"

Francis Cary's parents: http://www.advsolutions.com/carey/descendants.htm The information in this section is controversial. There is much conflicting data about John's ancestry, roots and relationship to Miles Cary, Thomas Cary, Richard Cary, and William Cary- all of which came to America around the same time. Most seem to have settled in the Virginia area, except John, who settled in the Massachusetts area. Some could be brothers or first cousins. <default.htm> Descendants of John Cary and Elizabeth Godfrey 1 John Cary b: Abt. 1610 in Bristol, Somersetshire, Eng d: October 31, 1681 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts . +Elizabeth Godfrey b: October 29, 1620 in Bristol, Somerset, Eng d: November 01, 1680 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts .... 2 John "Serjeant" Cary <john1645.htm> b: November 04, 1645 in Duxbury, MA d: July 14, 1721 in Bristol, RI ........ +Abigal Penniman b: Abt. 1648 d: 1729 .... 2 Francis Cary <francis_1647.htm> b: January 19, 1647/48 in Duxbury, Massachusetts d: 1718 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts ........ +Hannah Brett b: Abt. 1655 in Duxbury, Massachusetts d: WFT Est. 1724-1750

Lydia Carey's parents: http://www.advsolutions.com/carey/francis_1647.htm 1 Francis Cary b: January 19, 1647/48 in Duxbury, Massachusetts d: 1718 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts See Controversial page for more info on Francis's wife. <controversy.htm> . +Lydia Brett b: Abt. 1655 in Duxbury, Massachusetts d: WFT Est. 1724-1750 ...... 2 Samuel Cary <samuel1677.htm>b: 1677 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: 1759 in Dover Plains, New York .......... +Mary Poole b: January 20, 1679/80 in Weymouth, Massachusetts d: 1766 in Dover Plains, New York ...... 2 Ephraim Cary <ephraim_1679.htm>b: 1679 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: July 18, 1765 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts .......... +Hannah Waldo b: July 17, 1687 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts d: October 18, 1777 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts ...... 2 Mary Cary <mary_1681.htm>b: 1681 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass d: 1719 .......... +Nicholas Whitman b: WFT Est. 1665-1696 d: WFT Est. 1722-1780 ...... 2 Lydia Cary <lydia_1683.htm>b: 1683 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: January 24, 1762 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts .......... +Joseph Edsen b: Abt. 1679 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: August 26, 1768 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts ...... 2 Malithiah/Mehitabel Cary <malathiah1685.htm> b: 1685 in Bridgewater, MA d: 1729 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts .......... +Joseph Lucus

David Edson's parents: http://www.advsolutions.com/carey/lydia_1683.htm 1 Lydia Cary b: 1683 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: January 24, 1762 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Source: November 10, 1999 Some info on this line is from Bob Marshall: email dated 11/11/99, remarshall@email.msn.com & Jim & Susan Martin, Feb 2002: Burial: Powder House Graveyard, West Bridgewater, MA .. +Joseph Edsen b: 1679 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: August 26, 1762 in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts m: June 07, 1704 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Burial: Powder House Graveyard, West Bridgewater, MA .. 2 Sarah Edson b: 1706 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass d: WFT Est. 1735-1801 ...... +Scipio Hayward b: WFT Est. 1690-1710 d: WFT Est. 1735-1796 m: WFT Est. 1735-1769 .. 2 [1] Hannah Edson <hannaedsen1708.htm> b: January 16, 1708/09 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: 1768 in Plymouth Co, MA Source: November 1999 All info on this line is from Bob Marshall: remarshall@email.msn.com ...... +Micah Allen b: December 02, 1708 d: WFT Est. 1742-1799 m: February 23, 1736/37 .. *2nd Husband of [1] Hannah Edson: ...... +Thomas Phillips b: WFT Est. 1694-1727 d: WFT Est. 1752-1811 m: December 25, 1747 .. 2 Lydia Edson b: January 11, 1710/11 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: August 18, 1793 in West Bridgewater, MA Burial: Powder House Graveyard, West Bridgewater, MA .. 2 [2] Joseph Edson <josephedson1712.htm> b: November 18, 1712 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: October 03, 1778 in Massachusetts Source: Info on this line comes from Nancy Watson: lynnson@rah.net ...... +Abigail Frost b: 1716 d: November 07, 1775 in Plymouth Co, MA m: February 06, 1738/39 in West Parish, Bridgewater, MA .. *2nd Wife of [2] Joseph Edson: ...... +Bathsheba Proctor b: WFT Est. 1710-1758 d: WFT Est. 1779-1847 m: November 02, 1776 .. 2 Bethiah Edson b: January 23, 1714/15 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: 1805 ...... +Jonathan Whitman b: WFT Est. 1698-1718 d: WFT Est. 1743-1804 m: WFT Est. 1743-1777 .. 2 John Edson b: May 03, 1717 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: WFT Est. 1749-1808 ...... +Mary Gannett b: August 04, 1721 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: WFT Est. 1749-1815 m: WFT Est. 1749-1783 .. 2 Daniel Edson b: April 21, 1720 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass d: Aft. 1778 .. 2 [3] David Edson <davidedson1723.htm> b: April 28, 1722 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: April 03, 1795 ...... +Lydia Bassett b: WFT Est. 1708-1731 d: Abt. 1746 m: Abt. 1745 in Plymouth, MA, USA .. *2nd Wife of [3] David Edson: ...... +Susanna Gannett b: November 13, 1723 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: November 08, 1755 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts m: January 01, 1745/46 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts .. *3rd Wife of [3] David Edson: ...... +Sarah Southworth b: January 16, 1722/23 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: WFT Est. 1765-1818 m: December 08, 1756

Mehitable's parents: http://www.advsolutions.com/carey/davidedson1723.htm 1 David Edson b: April 28, 1722 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: April 03, 1795 . +Lydia Bassett b: WFT Est. 1708-1731 d: Abt. 1746

• 2nd Wife of [1] David Edson:

. +Susanna Gannett b: November 13, 1723 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: November 08, 1755 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts .. 2 Susanna Gannett Edson b: January 10, 1747/48 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass d: WFT Est. 1776-1842 ...... +Joshua Beal b: WFT Est. 1731-1751 d: WFT Est. 1776-1837 .. 2 Mehitable Edson b: July 31, 1750 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: November 08, 1751 .. 2 Mehitable Edson <mehitableedson1753.htm></b> b: June 24, 1753 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: WFT Est. 1792-1848 ...... +Benjamin Clark b: September 28, 1749 in Abington, Massachusetts d: April 01, 1815 in Royalston, Worcester, Mass

1 Mehitable Edson b: June 24, 1753 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts d: WFT Est. 1792-1848 . +Benjamin Clark b: September 28, 1749 in Abington, Massachusetts d: April 01, 1815 in Royalston, Worcester, Mass m: December 21, 1775 .. 2 Edson Clark b: Abt. 1780 in Royalston, Worcester, Mass d: WFT Est. 1811-1870 ...... +Lepha Fuller b: WFT Est. 1776-1796 d: WFT Est. 1811-1880 m: WFT Est. 1811-1845 .. 2 Eber Clark b: 1782 in Royalston, Worcester, Mass d: WFT Est. 1813-1872 ...... +Sally Chase b: WFT Est. 1778-1798 d: WFT Est. 1813-1882 m: WFT Est. 1813-1847 .. 2 Josiah Clark b: Abt. 1784 in Royalston, Worcester, Mass d: WFT Est. 1785-1874 .. 2 <b>Samuel Clark b: Abt. 1785 in Royalston, Worcester, Mass d: December 1858 ...... +Luseba Ward b: WFT Est. 1781-1801 d: WFT Est. 1816-1885 m: WFT Est. 1816-1847

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} His tombstone.
2. ↑ Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Athol, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1910)
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   Clark, Samuel, twin s. Benjamin and Mehitable, Sept. 18, 1793.