year of his age. Five of his children are still living; Polly, Diantha, Lucy, Elihu, Jacob and Charles, are dead. Of those living, John Clement resides in Cold Water, Mich. ; David, in Darlington, Wisconsin; Hiram, in Pompey, N. Y.; Julia and Charlotte, in DeRuyter, Madison County, N. Y.

HENRY CLARKE.

Henry Clarke, the oldest son of Dr. Hezekiah Clarke, was born January 25th, 1789, in Lanesboro, Berkshire Co., Mass., and came with his father to Pompey in 1805. He entered the law office of Wood & Birdseye, as a student under them. While there, in 1812 or '13, he was drafted as Sergeant-Major in the army, with quarters at Oswego, N.Y. At the close of his term he was offered a Captaincy in the Regular Army; but he declined the flattering offer, and resumed his studies. When Wood & Birdseye dissolved their partnership, he continued and finished his course with Victory Birdseye, Esq., and was admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court in February, 1814, then in session at Albany.

In March of that year he formed a co-partnership with Caleb B. Drake, Esq., in Ithaca, N. Y., where he closed his life February 19th, 1817. Few young men in so short a time have acquired so flattering a reputation for ability in his profession and moral worth, as he. It is believed that he was the first student at law in Pompey.

At the same time that Henry Clarke was in Wood & Birdseye's office, Daniel Gilbert, (son of Rev. Joseph Gilbert, a Congregational Clergyman, who lived and died on the farm now owned by Albert H. Butterfield, on lot No. 66, Pompey,) was a student at law in Cazenovia. He established himself in his profession in 1813, in the village of Salina, now First Ward of Syracuse.

CLARKE FAMILY.

As all, or nearly all, of the early settlers of the town of

Pompey have passed away, the responsibility of rescuing their names from forgetfulness, especially those of them who, by their intelligence, thrift, skill or moral worth, have been prominent in their generation, devolves upon, and is the imperative duty of their descendants who have the knowledge of their worth.

Of the Clarkes, there were seven brothers; six of them were professional men, and one of them a farmer; and five of them had special interest in Pompey.

Dr. Deodatus Clarke was born July 27th, 1762, and died January 10th, 1847; he settled on lot 66 in 1795, and owned the whole of lot 52. He moved thence to Oswego, in 1807, where he died. Two of his sons are now living, Edwin W., (a lawyer, retired from practice) now lives in Oswego, N.Y., and Ossian, his youngest son, a physician and surgeon, in Neosho, Wis.

Henry Clarke, farmer, settled in Pompey about 1795, and moved to Manlius prior to 1805, where he died in 1810. None of his children are now living.

Thaddeus Clarke was born February 12th, 1770; he settled on lot 81 in 1820, and moved thence to Fabius, about the year 1830; thence to Rochester, and thence to New Brighton, Pa., where he died February 15th, 1854. His widow now lives in Dowagiac, Mich. His children now living, are Joseph B., Attorney, Dowagiac, Mich.,Frederick J., Merchant, Ottumwa, Iowa, Charles E., Colonel in the Regular Army, Rufus L. B., Attorney, Dr. William E., Chicago, Ill., Lucy C., wife of Rev. Amory D. Mayo, Sarah I., (Grace Greenwood,) Washington, D. C., and Albert Henry.

Erastus Clarke was born May 11th, 1768, attorney, another brother, settled in Utica, N. Y., in its infancy, of whom the Hon. Ambrose Spencer said:-"He is the only man I ever knew who could split a hair, and then show the difference of the parts."

He owned the whole of lots 81 and 54, and about 200 acres

of lot 37, Pompey. It is said that he took a petition to Albany, for the incorporation of Pompey Academy, and a bill prepared for that object, the passage of which through the Legislature he procured, with an appropriation of a military lot for the benefit of the Academy. He died November 6th, 1825.

Dr. Hezekiah Clarke, the eldest brother of the five, was born December 19th, 1757, in Lebanon, Conn, and was the son of Dr. John Clarke, grandson of Moses Clarke, greatgrandson of Dr. Daniel Clarke, Jr., and great-great-grandson of Daniel Clarke, who emigrated to America in the year 1640, and settled at Hartford, Conn. His maternal grandmother, was Elizabeth Edwards, daughter of Timothy Edwards, and sister of President Jonathan Edwards.

He studied Medicine and Surgery under his father; was appointed by Governor Trumbull, Surgeon's Mate in the Third Connecticut Regiment, in the army of the Revolution, commanded by Colonel Samuel Wyllis, General Parsons' Brigade. Subsequently, on the re-organization of the army, denominated the First Connecticut Regiment.

He was in the regular service two years, when, by reason of protracted sickness he left the army.

Afterward, when Fort Griswold, on the river Thames, opposite New London, was captured by the British under the traitor Arnold, he repaired to the scene which might put savages to the blush, and gave his professional aid.

When he arrived at New London, he found a large number of men who could not pass over, the enemy having destroyed all the craft on the river, but by searching he found a rickety skiff, utterly unseaworthy. Here he found himself in a dilemma; for he could not cross in it alone, and they who were standing there refused to accompany him, concluding that, if it could not carry one, two must inevitably go down with it. After much effort, he prevailed on one man to row the skiff, while himself bailed the water out of it, and thus, by their united effort, they arrived safely on the opposite side.

He immediately repaired to the scene of murder, (for it was nothing less,) and assiduously devoted himself to the relief of the unfortunate victims, by dressing their wounds, and rendering any other assistance of which they stood in need. Thirty years after, three of the sufferers called on him in Pompey, to express to him their gratitude for his timely and kindly aid.

Soon after the close of the war, he settled in Pittsfield, Mass., where he remained one year. He then (June 2d, 1786) married Miss Lucy Bliss, daughter of Hon. Moses Bliss, of Springfield, Mass., and grand-daughter of Timothy Edwards, and settled in Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Mass. There he pursued his profession about eighteen years, then moved with his family to Pompey, where he arrived November 3d, 1805; he lived in the house then owned by Daniel Wood, Esq., near the Academy, one year, and then settled on the farm on lot 66, where his son John H. Clarke now lives. Here he continued to labor in his profession till infirmities incident to old age terminated his labors, and he closed his useful life in Pompey, March 4th, 1826.

Dr. Clarke's reputation as a Physician and Surgeon, stood high; but his reputation as a Surgeon did not consist so much in the number of limbs amputated, as in their preservation; but when it became necessary to resort to the tourniquet and knife, he knew how to use them. He was a

skillful operator.

His children were:

First-Henry, who studied law with Hon. Victory Birdseye, served as an officer in the war of 1812, and died at Ithaca, February 19th, 1817.

Second-Harriet, married Hon. Daniel Gilbert, and died at Coldwater, Mich., November 27th, 1864.

Third-Charles, died at Dowagiac, Michigan, April 22d,

1874.

Fourth-Lucy, died July 29th, 1846.

Fifth-John H., now lives on lot 66, Pompey.

Sixth-William M., now lives in Onondaga, near Syra

cuse.

Seventh-Moses B., died November 20th, 1865.

Eighth-Theodore E, died October 26th, 1853.

PAUL CLAPP.

Paul Clapp, the father of John, Chester and Carlton, was born in the year 1752, at Chesterfield, Mass., aud when the youngest son, Carlton, was two years old, he immigrated to Pompey, in the year 1798. His family then consisted of his wife, whose maiden name was Hepsibah Guilford, and nine children, to-wit:-Paul, Jr., Sally, Electa, Hadessa, Patty, Philena, John, Chester and Carlton. Electa lives in George County, Ohio, and is the only surviving member of the family. Paul Clapp was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and at the time of his death was a recipient of a pension; he was a member of an expedition through the northern wilderness, which made an aggressive war upon the Indians and Tories, and was taken prisoner, carried to Canada, and suffered great hardship. After coming to Pompey, he took up a large tract of land, to which he afterwards added largely; being engaged in agricultural pursuits till his death, which occurred in 1845, upon the land which he reclaimed from its wilderness state. Three of his sons settled on his land in Pompey-John, Chester and Carlton. Paul Clapp, Jr., went to Ohio, being one of the pioneer settlers in that State. John Clapp married a daughter of David Hinsdell; his children now living are Addison Clapp, of Pompey, Edmund O. Clapp, of Syracuse, Therissa, wife of Chester Baker, of LaFayette, N. Y., Mary Clapp, of Manlius, N. Y., Rhoda, wife of Dr. Tollman, of Onondaga Valley, and Flora, Mrs. Reed, of Manlius Village.

Chester married Sally Hinman about the year 1819; their living children are Morris H. Clapp, of Urbanna, Ohio, and Esther, Mrs. Dorwin, of Syracuse.