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Hi Melba,
Great news!
The Clark DNA project includes a descendant of William Clark, the explorer,
and also a couple of Clarks who are thought to descend from Christopher and
Penelope Clark in VA. (I don't think this later line is clearly
established.)
Also, even though most of the Clarks only took the 12 marker test, and most
of the lines are close to the Atlantic Modal type, William's descendant
didn't match any other Clarks.
See: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~hjohnson/clark.html
If you have a male Clark who is willing to participate in the project, you
can help with documenting these lines. So far, there are 28 Southern Clarks
who are in the project.
See: http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_det.asp?group=Clark
GA Clarks who've been tested include descendants of Eli, b. 1820, and his
brother, Christopher, b. 1830 (sons of Eli Clark b. 1770-75), and a
descendant of John Clark of Laurens County who was born in 1768. A
descendant of Henry b. abt 1760 and his son, Samuel b. 1801, of Montgomery
County is in the process of being tested.
The more Clarks who participate, the more pieces of the puzzle we can put
together. : )
My group of Clarks is taking the 25 marker test. Since the Atlantic Modal
type is very common, I know of one Clark testee who matched another Clark on
the 12 marker test, but didn't match on the last 13 markers. Twenty-five
markers (within the surname) basically eliminates these false positives.
I was aware that Christopher who was in Elbert County in 1820 was connected
back to Christopher in VA. Does anyone know about the Christopher in Burke
County in 1820? In fact, I'm interested in any information on early Burke
County Clarks.
Regards,
Mitzi Clark Bateman
HI!
MY NAME IF MELBA CLARK WILLIAMS, AND I AM RESEARCHING MY CLARK ANCESTRY. MY GRANDFATHER WAS JOHN CHRISTOPHER CLARK, B. TX, 1862, AND HIS GEORGIA ANCESTORS ARE :
THOMAS EDWARD CLARK (E), B. 1818, ELBERT CO??,
m. ELIZABETH SUSAN DOWNER IN ELBERT CO., 1839
PARENTS: CHRISTOPHER CLARK (E) B. 12 NOV 1796,
m. MILLY WHITE, BOTH b. ELBERT CO.
PARENTS TO THOMAS EDWARD CLARK:
DAVID CLARK, b. VA bur. FAMILY CEMETARY, ELBERT CO.,
MARY CLARK, FIRST COUSIN TO HUSBAND, b. ELBERT CO, m 21 OCT 1794, CAMPBELL CO., VA
MARY'S PARENTS: CHRISTOPHER CLARK II, b. CEDAR CREEK, VA,
REBECCA DAVIS, m. 1798, ELBERT CO., GA
THE OTHER ANCESTORS BEFORE THOSE LISTED ABOVE CAME FROM VA, AND ON BACK TO EN, IN THE 1500'S. THE EARLIEST OF RECORD THAT I CAN FIND IS SIR THOMAS CLARKE, b. ABT. 1527.
I AM TRYING TO AUTHENICATE THE RECORDS THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRACE, AND I AM ALSO TRYING TO ESTABLISH A FAMILY CONNECTION TO WILLIAM CLARK, OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION.
MY GRANDFATHER CLARK, HAD SOME PAPERS ESTABLISHING THIS FACT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THEY BURNED DURING A HOUSEFIRE MANY YEARS AGO, AND MY GRANDFATHER DIED WHEN MY FATHER WAS A YOUNG CHILD.
IF ANYONE COULD HELP ME, I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL.
MELBA
MY E-MAIL ADDRESS IS: melbawilliams(a)att.net