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Christopher Henderson Clark 1768 – 1828 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Sep 1768

Birth Location: Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 21 Nov 1828

Death Location: Campbell, Virginia, United States

Father: Capt Clark

Mother: Susannah Henderson

Spouse(s): Charlotte Hook, Elizabeth Hook, Mary Norvell

Children(s): Robert Clark, Elizabeth Clark, William Clark, Robert Black, John Clark, Robert Clark, Charlotte Clark, Samuel Clark, Christopher Clark, Edward Clark, Sarah Clark, Dabney Clark, Mary Clark, Sarah Clark

In 1768, Christopher Henderson Clark US Senator entered the world in Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States, born to Capt Robert B Clark and Susannah Henderson. Christopher Henderson Clark US Senator married Charlotte Elizabeth Hook, Elizabeth Hook, Mary "Polly" Norvell, and had children including Robert Manley Clark, Elizabeth Clark, William Davis Clark, Robert Black, John Clark, Robert Manley Clark, Charlotte Hook Clark, Samuel Clark, Christopher Clark, Edward W Clark, Sarah Jane (Susan) Clark, Dabney Clark, Mary Louisa Clark, Sarah Jane Clark. Christopher Henderson Clark US Senator passed away in 1828 in Campbell, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1768, Christopher Henderson Clark US Senator entered the world in Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States, born to Capt Robert B Clark and Susannah Henderson.
  • Christopher Henderson Clark US Senator married Charlotte Elizabeth Hook, Elizabeth Hook, Mary "Polly" Norvell, and had children including Robert Manley Clark, Elizabeth Clark, William Davis Clark, Robert Black, John Clark, Robert Manley Clark, Charlotte Hook Clark, Samuel Clark, Christopher Clark, Edward W Clark, Sarah Jane (Susan) Clark, Dabney Clark, Mary Louisa Clark, Sarah Jane Clark.
  • Christopher Henderson Clark US Senator passed away in 1828 in Campbell, Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Capt Clark
1738 – 1810
Birth Location: Albermarle, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
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Susannah Henderson
1738 – 1820
Birth Location: Bedford, Louisa, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Charlotte Hook
1772 – 1807
Birth Location: Franklin City, Southampton, Virginia, USA
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Elizabeth Hook
1762 – 1828
Birth Location: –
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Mary Norvell
1783 – 1821
Birth Location: Hanover County, Virginia, United States
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Children(s)

Robert Clark
1790 – 1877
Birth Location: French Creek, Upshur, West Virginia, USA
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Elizabeth Clark
1803 – 1845
Birth Location: Peake of he Otter Bedford co Virginia
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William Clark
1805 – 1882
Birth Location: Elbert Co Georgia
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Robert Black
1817 – 1877
Birth Location: Virginia, United States of America
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John Clark
1791 – 1794
Birth Location: franklin, co, Virginia
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Robert Clark
1793 – 1796
Birth Location: Bedford co Virginia, USA
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Charlotte Clark
1795 – 1820
Birth Location: Peaks, Bedford, Virginia, USA
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Samuel Clark
1796 – 1863
Birth Location: Jasper County, Georgia, USA
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Christopher Clark
1802 – 1828
Birth Location: Bedford Co Virginia
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Edward Clark
1804 – 1883
Birth Location: Bedford, Virginia USA
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Sarah Clark
1807 – 1888
Birth Location: Virginia
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Dabney Clark
1808 – 1808
Birth Location: Peaks, Bedford, Virginia, USA
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Mary Clark
1809 – 1891
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
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Sarah Clark
Birth Location: –
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Christopher Clark's Ancestors

Self
Christopher Clark
1768 – 1828
Birth Place: Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
Parents
Capt Robert B Clark
1738 – 1810
Albermarle, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
Susannah Henderson
1738 – 1820
Bedford, Louisa, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Micajah Clark
1718 – 1801
Green Springs, Hanover Co, Virginia, USA
Judith (Lewis) Adams
1716 – 1738
Curles, Henrico Co, Virginia, USA
John Henderson
1730 – 1786
Virginia
Mary (Bennett) Goode
1720 – 1795
Albemarle County, Virginia
Great-Grandparents
Bennett Goode
1710 – 1771
Martha Jefferson
1712 – 1796
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Mary Harris
1690 – 1760
Thomas Jefferson
1677 – 1731
Virginia Jefferson
1679 – 1715

Christopher Clark's Descendants

1.
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Christopher (Henderson) Clark (5 Sep 1768 – 21 Nov 1828) m. Charlotte (Elizabeth) Hook (06 Sep 1772 – 10 May 1807) m. Elizabeth Hook (1762 – 1828) m. Mary ("Polly") Norvell (1783 – 19 Jun 1821)
  1. 1. Robert (Manley) Clark (11/15/1790 – 05/20/1877)
  2. 2. Elizabeth Clark (11/08/1803 – 10/21/1845)
  3. 3. William (Davis) Clark (02/14/1805 – 08/12/1882)
  4. 4. Robert Black (1817 – 25 December 1877) m. Susannah ((Susan) Elizabeth) Shaw (November 1822 – 27 November 1906) m. Eleanor ((McCarty)) Bond (1820 – AFT 1870)
    1. 1. Nancy (Jane) Black (19 Apr 1839 – 5 Dec 1920)
    2. 2. Rebecca (Ann) Black (Jan 1840 – 21 Jun 1903) m. Adolphus (Ferdinand) Walker (April 6, 1838 – June 21, 1903)
      1. 1. Susan Walker (Abt 1861 – )
      2. 2. Cintha Walker (Abt 1863 – )
      3. 3. William Walker (Abt 1867 – )
      4. 4. Sarah (Jane) Walker (3 April 1869 – 13 October 1953)
      5. 5. Ann (M.) Walker (Abt 1871 – )
      6. 6. Alice Walker (Jun 1879 – 31 March 1946)
      7. 7. Adolphus (Lafayette) Walker (8 August 1880 – 10/1965)
      8. 8. Ora (Orie Myrtle) Walker (22 March 1887 – 4 September 1948)
    3. 3. John Black (Abt. 1844 – )
    4. 4. Sarah (Jane) Black (Dec 1844 – 1910) m. Loren (W) Dewitt (1852 – 18 Dec 1937)
      1. 1. Newton (Loren) DeWitt (Oct 1880 – )
        1. 1. James (Lawrence) Dewitt (8 Jan 1906 – 4 Dec 1970) m. Agnes (C De) Witt (abt 1906 – )
    5. 5. Robbert Black (22 Nov 1845 – 4 Feb 1912)
    6. 6. Elizabeth (W) Black (Jan 1848 – 29 November 1926) m. Gilbert (Lafayette) DeWitt (22 Jan 1835 – 11 Apr 1909) m. Stephen (C) Gray (1838 – 12 Sep 1873)
      1. 1. Sarah (Missouri Ann) Dewitt (13 Aug 1859 – 18 May 1930)
      2. 2. Franklin (Bryant) DeWitt (abt 1862 – 29 Dec 1938)
      3. 3. Gilbert (Edward) DeWitt (16 June 1866 – 29 September 1905) m. Elida (Bell) Tabor (8 Apr 1870 – 31 March 1941)
        1. 1. Bessie (Maude) DeWitt (April 1891 – December 1967)
        2. 2. Ada (B) Gilbert (13 Feb 1900 – 20 Nov 1900)
      4. 4. Larkin (Thomas) DeWitt (Abt 1867 – Oct 1940)
      5. 5. Anna (Elizabeth "Amma") DeWitt (11 September 1869 – Bet 1901 and 1964) m. Samuel (Henry) Boatman (3 Oct 1865 – 10 Feb 1951)
        1. 1. Thomas (Lafayette) Boatman (18 October 1889 – 25 February 1928) m. Elsie (May) Like (1894 – )
        2. 2. Cammie (Rebecca) Boatman (2 May 1891 – 4 Nov 1974) m. Letcher (Kinkead) Marks (2 Apr 1890 – 29 Mar 1969)
        3. 3. Samuel (Arthur "Artie") Boatman (26 Jan 1893 – 15 May 1956) m. Cecil (Beatrice ( Bea)) Turner (3 Jan 1897 – 29 Dec 1984)
        4. 4. Lura (E.) Boatman (23 MAR 1895 – 5 NOV 1895)
        5. 5. May Boatman (17 MAR 1897 – 19 MAR 1997)
        6. 6. Ruth Boatman (02 Mar 1898 – 29 JAN 1901)
        7. 7. Nellie (Grace) Boatman (18 JUL 1900 – 31 JAN 1901)
        8. 8. Milton (Bernard) Boatman (14 NOV 1901 – 19 JAN 1906)
        9. 9. Infant Boatman (4 JAN 1904 – 4 JAN 1904)
        10. 10. Clyde Boatman (23 FEB 1905 – 23 FEB 1905)
        11. 11. Claude (Ernest) Boatman (23 February 1905 – September 1976) m. Helen (Inez) Thomas (1905 – 1996)
        12. 12. DeWitt Boatman (18 JAN 1909 – 18 JAN 1909)
      6. 6. Mary (Ellenor "Nellie") DeWitt (Abt 1872 – after 1880)
        1. 1. Anna King (abt 1892 – )
      7. 7. Rosetta (De) Witt (Abt 1877 – before 1900)
      8. 8. Lucy Dewitt (15 September 1886 – 23 September 1886)
    7. 7. Lucinda (J) Black (Nov 1850 – 25 Jan 1920)
    8. 8. Samuel Black (9 Oct 1852 – )
    9. 9. Henry Black (9 Oct 1852 – 10 Mar 1922)
    10. 10. George (W) Black (abt 1856 – 4 Dec 1920)
    11. 11. Laura Clark (1857 – ?)
    12. 12. Hezekiah (Lafayette) Black (16 May 1858 – 11 May 1937)
    13. 13. Alice (Bond) Clark (2 Dec 1858 – 29 Jan 1937)
    14. 14. Jasper (Marion) Black (1 May 1860 – 14 May 1920)
      1. 1. Charles (O Ewin "Charley") Black (6 Aug 1879 – 31 Mar 1964)
        1. 1. Rollen (Reed) Black (26 March 1921 – 27 August 1974)
    15. 15. "Anna" (Susanna) Black (abt 1862 – 1915)
    16. 16. Andrum ("Ammy") Black (1 April 1862 – 24 Jun 1915)
    17. 17. Andrew (M) Black (Abt. 1863 – )
    18. 18. "Molly" (Mary A) Black (29 Nov 1867 – 21 Mar 1936)
    19. 19. Edward Clark (1863 – ?)
  5. 5. John Clark (04/05/1791 – 09/09/1794)
  6. 6. Robert (Manley) Clark (10/19/1793 – 02/02/1796)
  7. 7. Charlotte (Hook) Clark (24 Jun 1795 – 20 May 1820)
  8. 8. Samuel Clark (22 May 1796 – 15 Apr 1863)
  9. 9. Christopher Clark (04/11/1802 – 04/12/1828)
  10. 10. Edward (W) Clark (November 20, 1804 – September 24, 1883)
  11. 11. Sarah (Jane (Susan)) Clark (1807 – 3 Jul 1888)
  12. 12. Dabney Clark (08 Apr 1808 – 25 Jun 1808)
  13. 13. Mary (Louisa) Clark (22 Nov 1809 – 2 Dec 1891)
    1. 1. Thomas (Christopher) Jopling (9 December 1839 – 28 November 1907)
      1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Jopling (29 JAN 1869 – 25 Feb 1956)
        1. 1. John (Calhoun) Blake (12 JUN 1897 – 1 DEC 1987)
      2. 2. Charles (Edwin) Jopling (3 Oct 1887 – 6 Jul 1969)
        1. 1. Mary (Beth) Jopling (abt 1919 – )
  14. 14. Sarah (Jane) Clark

Christopher Clark's Timeline

3 Records

1768
5 Sep 1768
Birth of Christopher Henderson Clark US Senator in Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
1828
21 November 1828
Age 60
Death of Christopher Henderson Clark US Senator in Bedford Springs, Campbell County, Virginia, United States of America
Bedford Springs, Campbell County, Virginia, United States of America
1828
21 Nov 1828
Age 60
Death of Christopher Henderson Clark US Senator in Campbell, Virginia, United States
Campbell, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Sep 1768
    Event Place: Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 November 1828
    Event Place: Bedford Springs, Campbell County, Virginia, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Nov 1828
    Event Place: Campbell, Virginia, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lawyers, Campbell County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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