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Nancy Clark

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Nancy Clark

Birth
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Death
3 Jan 1823 (aged 16–17)
Burial
Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.2247504, Longitude: -73.0521004
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From a descendant:

Nancy Clark was born to Treat Clark and Nancy (Clark) Clark about 1806 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. She was baptized on June 4, 1807 in the First Church of Milford. Nancy died on January 3, 1823 at about age 15 years and 7 months old in Milford. She was buried in Milford Cemetery.


Nancy Clark.—1823, Aged 15.
Youth, trust not to your fleeting breath,
Nor call your time your own;
For here you see a blooming youth,
Was like a flower cut down.
And you, dear youth who yet are spar'd,
Must shortly yield your breath;
Your wisdom is to be prepar'd,
To meet the strike of death.
From a descendant:

Nancy Clark was born to Treat Clark and Nancy (Clark) Clark about 1806 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. She was baptized on June 4, 1807 in the First Church of Milford. Nancy died on January 3, 1823 at about age 15 years and 7 months old in Milford. She was buried in Milford Cemetery.


Nancy Clark.—1823, Aged 15.
Youth, trust not to your fleeting breath,
Nor call your time your own;
For here you see a blooming youth,
Was like a flower cut down.
And you, dear youth who yet are spar'd,
Must shortly yield your breath;
Your wisdom is to be prepar'd,
To meet the strike of death.


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