Silas Clark^{[1, 2, 3]}

1790 - 1838  (47 years)

• Name	Silas Clark  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	23 Nov 1790  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Web Link	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69902966/silas-clark
  Death	24 Aug 1838	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Burial	Clarks Green, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I342223127871	Tripp Family Genealogical Website

  
  

  Father	William Clark,   b. 25 Dec 1757, Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island, USA d. 11 Jun 1827, Abington, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Mary Gardiner,   b. 7 Apr 1759, Rhode Island, USA d. 3 Jan 1814, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F8054	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Tripp,   b. 1 Nov 1794, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Sep 1833, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	22 Nov 1810  [3]
  Children	1. Nancy Clark,   b. 27 Feb 1814, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 November 1843, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 29 years)   2. Aurora Clark
  Family ID	F9900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Silas Clark married Sarah Tripp, daughter of John Tripp and Martha Phillips, on 11-22-1810, according to the Wright Family Bible ( from which most of these dates were taken ). The 1820 Census of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Abington Township, sshow Silas Clark and his wife ( both 26-45 ) and two daughters under 10, two sons under 10. Silas was the son of William Clark, a deacon and first settler in Abington Township, Luzerne County, 1806. His wife was the first white woman in Abington. He and James Dean erected the first saw-mill on the Tunkhannock River, 1806. His church, built in 1809, was the first church. Virginia Hassenflu is solely responsible for supplying this information to the Tripp File. Herman William Tripp--Remembering......

  
  

• Sources

  [S1250885915] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S1250898917] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Book Title: Descendants of Peleg Tripp, son of John Tripp. [S1250898917] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Book Title: Genealogy of the Tripp Family Descended from Isaac Tripp, of Warwick , R I , and Wikes-Barre, Pa.