Jacob Knight Clark

   Cause of his death was apoplexy.

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History of Hopkinton: Jacob Knight Clark, The son of Jacob Clark and Betsey Huse, was born in Hopkinton, April 4, 1812. Excepting six years in Weare, the subject of this sketch has always lived in Hopkinton. His home is in the Hatfield district, where his grandfather, Jacob Clark, from Newbury, Mass., settled. His father, Jacob Clark, Jr., died at 46, and weighed 400 pounds. Jacob K. Clark is a farmer, but has been officially prominent in various ways. In 1830, he was commissioned ensign of the Hopkinton Rifles; in 1831, lieutenant; in 1834, captain. From 1848 to 1850, he was a selectman; in 1854, an assessor or appraiser; in 1851 and 1853, a representative to the General Court.
In 1835, July 19, Capt. Clark married Mary Straw, daughter of Samuel Straw and Betsey Burbank, of Weare. They had three children,--Helen M., Warren, Ellen T.
Mrs. Clark died December 27 1873.
With Moses Hoyt, Capt. Clark enjoys the distinction of being the first to employ a machine to thresh his grain. The machine was owned by James Colby. The popular prejudice against the innovation was arrested by Hoyt's and Clark's encouragement of its use. Experience showed that it didn't spoil the grain or set the barn on fire, and at length it became a main reliance of all the leading farmers.

Clark, Jacob Knight, Capt. Released 08 May 2004 Merrimack and Sullivan Counties, New Hampshire Biographies Capt. Jacob Knight Clark was a farmer of Hopkinton. He was born here, April 4, 1812, son of Jacob and Betsey (Huse) Clark. His grandfather, also named Jacob, came here from Newbury, Mass. The other children of his parents were: Thomas, Prudence K., Sally F., Cyrene H., and James M. Thomas, born June 6, 1810, married Judith Lull, of East Weare, and died at the age of thirty years. Prudence K., who was born August 9, 1814, died in early childhood. Sally F., born December 30, 1816, married Thomas Edwards Paige, of Weare, and died in Hopkinton, August 11, 1882. Cyrene H., born March 17, 1819, married William Plummer, resided in Henniker, and died at the age of sixtyseven years. James M., who was born May 24, 1822, went to California and died there in 1864 or 1865. Captain Clark was a well-to-do farmer and man of affairs in his town. In 1830 he was Ensign of the Hopkinton Rifles, and he was successively promoted to the ranks of Lieutenant and Captain in 1831 and 1834. In 1848-50 he was Selectman, in 1851 he was elected State Representative, and he was Town Assessor in 1854. When he and Moses Hoyt introduced machine threshing, it was popularly thought that the machine would spoil the grain or cause a fire. Captain Clark was married July 19, 1835, to Mary, daughter of Samuel and Betsey (Burbank) Straw, of Weare, and was the father of three children-Helen M., Warren, and Ellen T. Warren Clark was born in Hopkinton, March 29, 1837, and was educated at Hopkinton Academy and at Norwich (Vt.) University. At the latter place he was Lieutenant of the Norwich Cadets. After graduating from the university in 1857, he taught military science and mathematics in Mount Pleasant Academy, Sing Sing, N.Y., and also in Randall's School for Boys in Bloomfield, N.J. He then studied law with George & Foster, of Concord, and was admitted to the bar in 1862. He lived in Hopkinton until 1863, in Henniker up to 1870, and after that time in Concord, serving in some public capacity in each place. In 1874 he was appointed Judge of Probate for Merrimack County. In Concord he was connected with the School Board for the most of his life after 1875, and he was Postmaster there after 1888. He married Fannie S., daughter of Alfred and Sophia (Worthington) Otis, of Colchester, Conn. Judge Clark died November 21, 1891.

1850 Hopkinton, Merrimack, New Jacob K Clark c1812 NH Mary Clark c1839 NH Warren age 12 Ellen age 10 Betsey Clark age 66

1860 Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire Jacob K. CLARK 1812 Mary 1811 Warren 1837 Ellen 1840 Betsey Clark 1785

1870 Hopkinton, Merrimack County, NH Knight J. Clark 1812 NH Mary Clark age 60 Betsey Clark age 85 Also Mary A. Johnson age 19 a domestic and L. Warren Page age 16 who works on farm

1880 Hopkinton, Merrimack County, NH Jacob K Clark is age 67; b. 1813 NH; widowed

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Jacob married Mary Straw, daughter of Samuel Straw and Betsey Burbank, on 19 Jul 1835 in Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. (Mary Straw was born on 7 Mar 1810 in Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, died on 27 Dec 1873 in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire and was buried in Stumpfield Cemetery Contoocook, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA.). The cause of her death was paralysis.

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