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Benjamin Clark, a native of Tolland, Connecticut, removed to the Wyoming Valley and was among the first to build a house on the town-plot of Wilkes-Barre. He was a corporal in the first Independent Company of Wyoming under Capt. Robert Durkee and served seven years in the Revolutionary War. He was one of the detachment sent for the relief of Wyoming after the fatal battle and was in the army of General Sullivan against the Indians. In 1784 he removed from Wyoming to Asylum , and the next year, settled in Ulster on what is known as the Ross farm.
His house was the place of entertainment for travelers and the home of Methodist itinerants who held religious meetings there. He was an ardent Federalist, captain of militia and popularly known as Captain Clark.
By his first wife, Nabbe, he had children John T., Polly (Mrs. Blanchard) and Abigail (Mrs. George Culver).
He married, second, Keziah Yarrington, widow of Silas Gore, who was slain at the battle of Wyoming, and had children: Lucinda (Mrs. Nathaniel Hovey) , Ursula (Mrs. Samuel Treadway) , William and Julia Ann (1st. Mrs. John Overton, 2nd, Mrs. Joseph Passmore). Captain Clark died, 1834, aged 87 years. - Notes from Find A Grave site:
Son of John Passmore and Joanna (Comstock) Passmore Mowry
Joseph lived in several counties in PA before moving with many families from Bradford County PA to Lawrence County IL:
Luzerne, now Wyoming County where his family first settled in the 1790-1805 time period, Susquehanna County, and Bradford County.
Married four times. Husband of:
SARAH "SALLY" RANSOM (abt 1792-12/07/1828) m in Bridgewater, Susquehanna, PA abt 1813, d in Bradford County, PA
1. Lurana (Passmore) Trumbull (1813-1882)
Find A Grave Memorial# 45133980
2. Eliza (Passmore) Perdew (1814-1887)
Find A Grave Memorial# 6429488 Muskingum County, OH
3. Henry Passmore (1815-1879)
Find A Grave Memorial# 39287942 Bradford County, PA
4. William Passmore (1816-1878)
Find A Grave Memorial# 146996428
5. Charles Passmore (abt 1820-1856)
He and wife Keziah Clark died in a carriage accident in Lawrence County IL in 1856. Their children were raised by Preston Shepard Passmore
6. Joseph Passmore (1821-1869)
Find A Grave Memorial# 35549749 Richland County IL.
7. Preston Shepard Passmore (abt 1822-1887)
Find A Grave Memorial# 126381915 Lawrence County IL.
8. Sarah Sally Ransom (Passmore) Travis (abt 1826-Bef 1860)Lawrence County IL. Sally's husband was John Milton Travis.
Preston Shepard Passmore raised her son William R Travis.
Sumner Cemetery Find A Grave Memorial# 123771784
ABIGAIL ROOT ARMS (03/13/1791-abt 1835) m 11/05/1829 in Bradford County, PA.
9. Abigail Marie (Passmore) Seeley (abt 1831-1907)
Abigail was a member of the Rome Church her father was an original member of. She and her husband Elder Silas E Seeley of that church moved to Fort Smith, Sebastian, AR.
JULIA ANN (CLARK) widow of John Overton (abt 1792-1845) d in Lawrence County IL. m abt 1835 in Bradford County PA
10. John Passmore (abt 1836)
lived in Lawrence County, IL in 1850, not seen after that.
ESTHER (HOWE) widow of Calvin Baird m. 08/27/1846 in Lawrence County, IL.
11. Susan Ann Passmore (abt 1847-bef 1860)
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1792 - 1869 (77 years)
