Clark, Peter (1743-1826)

Name:

Clark, Peter (1743-1826)

Title:

Major in the Revolutionary War Army
Town Clerk
Town Selectman
Town Moderator
Deacon of the Congregational Church

Other Names:

Capt. / Deacon / Peter Clark III

Born:

02/04/1743

Birthplace:

Danvers, MA

Died:

10/14/1826

Death Location:

Lyndeborough, NH

Residence:

Danvers, MA
Braintree, MA -- moved with family
Lyndeborough, NH -- moved with family in 1775

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Potter in Braintree, MA, untll 1775 when he moved to Lyndeborough, NH

Father:

Clark, Peter II (1720-)

Mother:

Porter, Anna (c.1720-)

Relations:

Half-siblings (children of Anna Porter Clark Thomas Faxon):
Faxon, Sarah (1754-1789)
Faxon, Anna (1762-1842/6; b. Braintree, MA; m. Charles Whitmarsh; their daughter, Abigail, marries potter Joseph Hazeltine)
Faxon, Thomas (1757-1789)

Spouse:

Epps, Hannah (m. 1763)

Children:

Clark, Peter (potter; m. Elizabeth; children, including Peter Clark; res. Lyndeborough, NH)
Clark, William (1766-1855; b. Braintree, MA; m. Sarah Barron; potter; children, including Peter Clark; res. Lyndeborough, NH)
Clark, Daniel (1768-1828; b. Braintree, MA; potter; m. Mary Polly Whitmarsh; children, including potters Daniel Jr. and Peter; d. Concord, NH)
Clark, Benjamin (potter)

Notes:

Worked in mostly redware in Braintree, MA, and Lyndeborough, NH
SEE ALSO (son): Clark, Daniel
SEE ALSO (nephew, through marriage): Hazeltine, Joseph
SEE ALSO (great-grandson): Clark, John Farmer

John Clark, Records of the Descendants of Hugh Clark, of Watertown, Mass. 1640-1866. (Boston, Massachusetts: Printed by the author, 1866), 63-65, 110-111, 175-176.

Mary B. Dupre, "Searching for New Hampshire Redware Potters," Historical New Hampshire, 40(Spring/Summer 1985)12, 47-60.

William W. Flint, "The Millville Pottery, Concord, N.H.," Old-Time New England, 17(January 1927)3, 98-106.

Hands That Built New Hampshire. The Story of Granite State Craftsmen Past Present. (Brattleboro, Vermont: Stephen Daye Press, 1940), 95-97.

Lura Woodside Watkins, New England Potters and Their Wares. (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1950), 120-129.