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LOYALIST CLARKS, BADGLEYS, AND ALLlED FAMfilES PART I Ancestors and Descendants of Matthias4 and Rachel (Abbott) Badgley PART Il Robert and Isabel (Ketchum) Clark(e), UG E. Loyalists, and Their Descendants BY ESTELLE CLARK WATSON PRINTED IN U. 8. A. BY THE TUTTLE PcraLISHING Com>ANY, !Ne., EDWIN F. SRA.RP, Lessee RUTLAND, VERMONT ~ ALLIED FAMILIES INCLUDED (many of them were Loyalists) Abbott Godwin Nicholson Amey Hagerman Ogden Asselstine Hamm Osborn Baker Hartman Penny Barnes Hatfield Price Bell Hawley Prior Britton Hentze Pruyn Carteret Hogle Purdy Caton Howell Quigley Conklin Johns(t)on Rose Day Karr ("Bull) Smythe Doty Ketchum Snider Drummond Lockwood Steckle Du Prat Losee Storms Eakins Mallory Taylor Evetts Marks Townley Fairfield Marsh Valleau Folger McCoy Van Allen Fraser McKim. Warner Galloway Melyn Wheatley Garthwait Molson Witzel Gilleland Mott Young(s) and many others DEDICATION This little volume is lovingly dedicated to my late father, whose inter est and help were my inspiration in the beginning of this project-the discovery of his roots and the sketching of his family tree,-and to my husband, who, though not himself interested in genealogy, was always patient and indulgent, in spite of the endless hours it took and the in evitable array of books and papers with which he had to live. E. C. W. THE GENEALOGIST The genealogist is he Who traces back the family tree In all its sad diversity, Pride, shame and plain perversity. He is preoccupied with graves, And probate courts, and gladly slaves Deciphering epitaphs, and saves The evidence of queer old Dave's Odd will - Aunt Phoebe's sin - Apprentice, pirate (with chagrin, Too bad this line is genuine - Thought it began with Peregrine!). No Mercury so fleet as he In search of widow number three, Relict of Uncle Zebedee, Died Portsmouth 1693. His figure is a question mark! Direct, collateral, to the Ark, Female, and male, each patriarch He has recorded, with remark. Born, married: humble, eminent - Careers: good, bad, indifferent. No genealogist's content, Until "Died" seals the document. MARY LOUISE TREDINNICK (Used by permission of the author.) TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I Page Ancestors and Descendants of Matthias' and Rachel (Abbott) Badgley - - - - Smythe, Townley, Hatfield, Melyn, Badgley, and Allied Families 1. Richard Smythe ("Bull Smith") Family. 3 2. Townley. 11 3. Hatfield-Melyn. 21 4. Badgley-First Few Generations. 26 5. Comelius3 Badgley and Family. 33 6. An Interlude about N. J. Loyalists and Some Others....... 45 7. Badgley-Abbott-Osborn. 51 8. Descendants of Matthias' and Rachel (Abbott) Badgley.... 58 9. Postlude (About Loyalists in Canada)............. 76 10. Appendix I-Francis Badgley of Montreal and His Descen- dants. 84 11. Appendix II-Loyalist Ameys and Bakers................ 89 ...... T-d--to n_.J... _, 1\r.T-m~'"' .... : 'D ... ...,.,..ns OF. 1~. m ex ran .L - c::LJ ~,c::1, ~o v.1. .1. ~.u,v • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ..,1.., b) Geographical Nam.es, etc........... 115 Part II Robert and Isabel (Ketchum) Clark(e), U. E. Loyalists, and Their Descendants 1. Whence Came Robert Clark(e)?.... 123 2. Clark-Ketchum in New York........................... 129 3. Exile......... 140 4. Robert Clark(e) in Canada............................. 148 5. Descendants of Robert Clark(e) and Some Allied Families... 160 6. Unplaced Clarks ................................... ~ . 262 7. Appendix I-McCoy, McCay, McKay. 264 8. Appendix II-Wm. Johns(t)on of Ernestown......... 272 9. Appendix III-Storm(s) Family.. .. .. 276 10. Bibliography. 279 11. Index to Part II - a) Names of Persons................ 285 b) Geographical Names, etc.......... 317 LIST OF CHARTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS Frank C. Clark ....................................... Frontispiece Opp. page Map. 1 Townley Coat of Arms ..................................... 11 Townley-Badgley Chart .................................... 16 Melyn-Clark-Bad~ey Chart ................................. 58 Fairfield "White House" near Bath, Ont...................... 65 St. John's Church, Bath, Ont.~ .............................. 65 Jane Ann (Badgley) Clark (1808-1852) .....•.... } before part II 120 Charles Clark (1802-1872) .................. .. Ketchum-Clark Chart. 144 Petition for land for Samuel and Ann McCoy. 154 Matthew and Ann (McCoy) Clark. 161 Robert and Elizabeth (Stover) Clark.......................... 165 Cyril J. and Alice Eliza (Clark) Asselstine..... 169 Samuel Clark (1794-1855) . 181 Lockwood-McCoy-Clark Chart. .. .. 182 Twins Fred and Frank Clark. 223 Richard L. and Mary J. (Caton) Clark .. ~ .. .. .. .. .. 249 FOREWORD Like many another family history, this one began in a simple way. Once, while temporarily bed-ridden some twenty-five or more years ago, it seemed an opportune time to set down what my father could tell me about his family and connections, and to incorporate it into the older records which he had accumulated. Inevitably the project grew and grew and became more and more fascinating. Perhaps it was partly inherited from those adventurous forefathers, this urge of mine to depart . from the broad highway and explore ever farther into branching by ways and distant trails. The desire to find out what was just around each new comer enticed me so far that the original destination was forgotten. Unknown relatives in all comers of the country were discovered and many became pen friends. Books and records by the score kept opening up new vistas. Words written just one hundred years ago now by Dr. Jonathan J. Stearns, in introducing his "Historical Discourses Relating to the First Presbyterian Church in Newark", N. J., describe so well my experience or that of any genealogist in assembling material for a history, that I am going to quote them: ''The labor incident to such inquiries no one knows who has not tried the experiment. The materials must be colleeted from the widest spaces, and brought into true connection with each other by the most careful consideration of times and circumstances. The de termination of a date may often require to be pursued through volumes, pamphlets, records and obscure manuscripts, the examination of which will cost days of toil, and access to them be obtained only by the tardy process of correspondence, or by visiting in person remote places. And after all, perhaps, the result is one which the ordinary reader will either not notice, or regard as a mere matter of course." All this is purely a labor of love, and the satisfaction obtained from it simply that of having done a job to the best of one's ability, and in my case, of having kept faith with my father and rescued from oblivion some of bis family whose records would eventually have been lost altogether. Possessing somewhat of a passion for completeness and accuracy made it difficult not to continue on my project ad infinitum, but common sense reminds one that some spot must be considered the end of the journey. Instead of myself exploring some of the side trails, I had to be satisfied with leaving sign-posts (in the shape of references) for anyone wishing to hunt up ancestors who lived in that particular direction. X FOREWORD Though an American, I became so interested in the Loyalists and their problems and hardships, that I made a particular effort to find out everything possible about all those in any way connected with our ancestors, and to connect the American beginnings with the Canadian endings. Having had to collect and write up my material from innumerable sources and during a period of over twenty-five years, the reader will doubtless become aware of many rough spots and some duplications. Perhaps the numerous relatives whom I have been pestering so long for information have by now given up expecting to see themselves in print. Without the help of many people, my task would have been im possible, and I wish to thank each one who bas contributed any data to me. Every bit helped. As always happens, much more cooperation was received from some relatives and connections than from others, and so wherever little is given on a certain family, it means either that I was unable to locate descendants or that they were not sufficiently interested to bother furnishing data on their lines. Probably some of these data could have been dug out of original church or county records if I had felt justified in making extended trips to do so. But genealogy, after all, is simply a side line, and however fascinating, bas had to take its rightful secondary place to that of home-making and family activities and in recent years most of our many trips seem to have taken us in evecy direction except to where these ancestors lived. It is to be hoped, but not guaranteed, that I have not slipped up on any recent births, marriages, or deaths, which may have occurred since my last contacts with any of the branches of the family (I ref er particular ly to the Clark section.) My especial thanks go to Dr. Wm. Kaye Lamb, Dominion Archivist and National Librarian, who has promptly and courteously answered all my questions, and to his predecessor, Dr. Gustave Lanct6t, who is now retired; to their assistants in the department, Dr. Lucien Brault and Miss Victoria Bigras; to Mr. Murray D. Badgley of Boise, Idaho; to Dr. H. C. Burleigh of Bath, Ont.; to my heraldist friend, Miss Mabel Louise Keech of Chicago; to Mrs. Ross Glassford, genealogist of the Toronto Branch of the U. E. L. Association of Canada; to my cousins, Willanna Clark of Odessa, Ontario, Mrs. C. Bryan Holm of Lyons, Illinois, and Claude V. Asselstine of Calgary, Alberta, who have willingly furnished me more than their share of information; to my husband's secretaries, past and present, -especially Miss Amelia L. Kriz and Mrs, Robert E. Swatszel- FOREWORD xi who have done the beautiful typing of my manuscript, to make it ready for the printer; and, last but not least, to my husband, who has allowed these secretaries to type for me in their spare time.