Thomas Clarke and Martha Stuart

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Husband Thomas Clarke ^{1 2 3}

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           Born:  - County Antrim, Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Washington Co, PA
         Buried:  - Chartiers Presbyterian Church, Washington Co, PA

       Marriage: 

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Wife Martha Stuart ⁴

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            AKA: Martha Dunlap 3
           Born:  - Lanarkshire, Scotland
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           Died: 
         Buried:  - Chartiers Presbyterian Church, Washington Co, PA

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Children

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1 M William Clarke ^{1 4}

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         Spouse: Agnes Shields (      -      ) 1 4

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2 M John Clarke ³

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           Born:  - Chadd's Ford, Delaware Co, PA
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         Spouse: Rebecca Zane (      -      ) 3
           Marr: Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Clarke

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He was born in County Antrim, Ireland, and came to America in 1771, settling on a farm on Brandywine creek, near Chadds Ford, and about six miles from Wilmington, Delaware. Here he resided during the Revolutionary War. At the battle of the Brandywine in 1777, which was so disastrous to the cause of American patriots, a brigade under the command of Gen. Proctor encamped on his farm, and Gen. Lafayette made his headquarters at his house for some weeks. Having joined Gen. Proctor's command, he was made a prisoner by the British and held till after the retreat of the Americans, when he was released. Soon after the war closed he sold his farm, taking continental money in payment, much of which afterward became worthless. A few years after the Revolutionary War he removed from Delaware to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he died, his remains being deposited in the cemetery at Chartiers Presbyterian Church, Canonsburg. He married before coming to America, his wife preceding him to the same resting-place by a few years. Before coming to western Pennsylvania they had adhered to the Established Church of England, but joined the Presbyterian Church, under Rev. John McMillan, D.D., soon after making their home at Washington.

He and his wife were married in Ireland. They settled in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It is family tradition that Thomas Clarke's house was Washington's headquarters during the battle of the Brandywine.

1 Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 171.

2 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 213.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 966.

4 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 214.