TITLE: Notice of Early Families of Candia: SOURCE: HISTORY OF CANDIA: Once known as Charmingfare; with notice of Some of the Early Families, by F.B. Eaton, Press of the Granite Farmer, James O. Adams, Printer, Manchester, N.H. ©1852 CLARK, HENRY Came to Candia about 1763; he was a native of Newburyport, bought his place of widow Mary Batchelder, where Gilman Clark now lives. He married Keziah Bricket; she dying he was married a second time to Catharine Bean, whom he survived, and for his third wife married Abigail Francis. He had twelve children; Stephen, Joshua, who died young, Nathaniel, Samuel, Henry, Enoch, Joshua, John, Ebenezer, Mary, Abigail, Keziah. It is said of the father of Henry Clark, that within a few days of each other, his eldest son, wife and three was chronicled by some poet of the time in a mourning strain of eighteen verses, commencing thus: We mortals are but lumps of clay When god doth take our breath away, All born to die, none can here stay, The fairest flower may soon decay. Henry and John were in the War of the Revolution at Bunker Hill and in Rhode Island. We give here a letter written by John Morrison to Henry Clark, in which will be seen some familiar names of Candia lads and lasses of the olden time. The note will be found as expressive and spelled as well as that sent by many a gallant knight on the battle field, or in the holy crusades, to his sighing ladie love at home, although, perhaps, not so romantically worded. The original letter, now in my possession, is folded in a very intricate fashion, and directed to "Mr. Henery Clark Juner in Candia." Forte Woshingtun June 27 day ye 1777. Sir I rite to you to let you now how we all do, we are well and in good helth at Present, a short note concerning Love. John Clark remembers his love to mrs marthe paton. Isaac worthen remembers his love to mrs dorothy bagley. Theophylus Clough remembers his love to mrs mary rowel, wiginge Evens remembers his expressive Love to mrs albina Langue. Sir I hear very bad news about you and if the news be so I am afraid it will never do for I heir that the chief you do is gallanting the garls, and if this be the case I am shewer its very bad and if you would but leive of your bad tricks I shud be glad So no more at Present. JOHN MORRISON The girls above named were all young at the time, although John applies the term "mrs" to them no doubt through mistake. The writer was probably much satisfied, as he folded the note among his merry comrades; with the severe rallying he had given "Henery," on his undue attentions to the fair sex Pgs 61-62 - Submitted by C. Parziale 07/01/2000 ********************************************************************* * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification. **********************************************************************