Jeremiah Clark, Jr. (1760-1845) served in the Vermont militia, first as a private in Captain Issac Clark's Company, and later as a corporal in Captain Samuel Robinson's Company, Colonel Herrick's Regiment. Jeremiah Clark, Jr. was born in Preston, New London County, Connecticut on November 3, 1760. He Married Sarah Millington and they had fourteen children, seven sons and seven daughters. He moved to Oakland County, Michigan in 1831, and settled in Independence Township. Jeremiah Clark Jr. died June 1, 1845, in Clarkston, and is buried in the Lakeview Cemetery in Independence Township, Oakland County, Michigan. SAR Patriot Number P-134242 DAR Patriot Number A022407 Find-A-Grave Number 12262448
From the History of Oakland County, Michigan by Thaddeus D. Seeley (1912)
Jeremiah Clarke was born in Preston, Connecticut, in 1760 or 1761. He lived with his father in Shaftsbury, Vermont, and in the Revolutionary war served under Capt. Bigelow Lawrence, entering service March 2, 1778; discharged May 2, 1778; in service sixty days. His father, Jeremiah Clarke, Sr., was a member of the first convention of delegates from towns in July, 1776; major in 1777; was member of first Council of Safety of Vermont, 1778; Judge of the first court, and member of executive council for years (Vermont Hist. Soc., Vol. I pp. 11, 15, 21, 23, 25; Vermont State Papers, 257, 266, 277, 553, 555).
In his journeying to the westward, after the war, his first stop was in Bath, New Jersey, where he built one of the first houses. Here he did not tarry long, however, for we find him one of the early settlers of Nelson, Madison county, New York. He lived north of Erieville and built the first sawmill that was put up in the town, where now is the outlet of the Erieville reservoir. Before 1808 he moved to Onondaga county and finally spent the last years of his life in Clarkston, Oakland county, Michigan, where his sons had settled and died there June 1, 1845, aged eighty-four years. He married Sarah Millington in 1780. She was born in 1767; died July 17, 1845, aged seventy-eight years. They had fourteen children and a goodly proportion of the inhabitants of Clarkston claim descent from them.
Patriot Summary
Jeremiah Clark, Jr. (1760-1845) served in the Vermont militia, first as a private in Captain Issac Clark's Company, and later as a corporal in Captain Samuel Robinson's Company, Colonel Herrick's Regiment. Jeremiah Clark, Jr. was born in Preston, New London County, Connecticut on November 3, 1760. He Married Sarah Millington and they had fourteen children, seven sons and seven daughters. He moved to Oakland County, Michigan in 1831, and settled in Independence Township. Jeremiah Clark Jr. died June 1, 1845, in Clarkston, and is buried in the Lakeview Cemetery in Independence Township, Oakland County, Michigan. SAR Patriot Number P-134242 DAR Patriot Number A022407 Find-A-Grave Number 12262448From the History of Oakland County, Michigan by Thaddeus D. Seeley (1912)
Jeremiah Clarke was born in Preston, Connecticut, in 1760 or 1761. He lived with his father in Shaftsbury, Vermont, and in the Revolutionary war served under Capt. Bigelow Lawrence, entering service March 2, 1778; discharged May 2, 1778; in service sixty days. His father, Jeremiah Clarke, Sr., was a member of the first convention of delegates from towns in July, 1776; major in 1777; was member of first Council of Safety of Vermont, 1778; Judge of the first court, and member of executive council for years (Vermont Hist. Soc., Vol. I pp. 11, 15, 21, 23, 25; Vermont State Papers, 257, 266, 277, 553, 555).
In his journeying to the westward, after the war, his first stop was in Bath, New Jersey, where he built one of the first houses. Here he did not tarry long, however, for we find him one of the early settlers of Nelson, Madison county, New York. He lived north of Erieville and built the first sawmill that was put up in the town, where now is the outlet of the Erieville reservoir. Before 1808 he moved to Onondaga county and finally spent the last years of his life in Clarkston, Oakland county, Michigan, where his sons had settled and died there June 1, 1845, aged eighty-four years. He married Sarah Millington in 1780. She was born in 1767; died July 17, 1845, aged seventy-eight years. They had fourteen children and a goodly proportion of the inhabitants of Clarkston claim descent from them.