• Land purchaser (with Amos Hicks) of 151 acres, located at the South East fractional quarter of fractional Section Twenty Six, in township Two, South, of Range Six East in the District of Detroit and Territory of Michigan.
3824• Mose Clark, his wife and family of seven children came and settled down on the northeast part of the northeast fractional quarter of section 35. Mr. Clark was a Baptist minister, and was born in the State of New York. Mr. Clark sold out to Elnathan Botsford in the spring of 1832, and with his family left the township. Two of his children died before he left. Mr. Clark was 48 years old when he came here in 1825.
550, p 876• Land purchaser of the North East fraction of the North East fractional quarter of fractional Section Thirty five, in Township Two South, of Range Six East, in the District of land office for sale at Detroit, Michigan Territory, containing 48.49 acres.
3825• The first sermon preached in Ann Arbor by a regularly ordained minister of the gospel, was in the summer of 1825, by Rev. Moses Clark, a Baptist minister. who had a short time previous located in the neighborhood.
550, p 876• In May, 1828, the Farmington Church dismissed, at their request, and for the purpose of forming a Church in Ann Arbor, Rev. Moses Clark and family, with some others who loved in this vicinity.
550, p 919• Rev. Moses Clark, the first Baptist minister, located in Salem in 1832; in 1825 he settled near Geddesburg where he resided until coming to Salem.
550, p 600• The First Baptist Church [of Salem] was organized Jan. 17, 1833. Elder Moses Clark was the first pastor of the Church.
550, p 611• The first frame barn, that I recollect of, that was built by Ann Arbor township was built by Elder Moses Clark, a Baptist Minister. It was built on the N.E. corner of Sec 25 in the Spring of 1827.
3826• Moses Clark, a hard-shell Baptist preacher, is said to have preached the first sermon in Ypsilanti in the summer of 1825.
550, p 1110• In 1829 Rev. Moses Clark went from Farmington and organized the Ypsilanti church, which was really located somewhere between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti.
3827• Rev. Moses Clark was the first preacher who gave services in the township. As early as 1832 he preached in a log-house then standing near Bullock’s Corners, also in several private houses. He was also the first pastor of the Baptist church.
550, p 604• Phineas Clark, son of Rev. M. Clark, was the first blacksmith in the town, having located a shop on the e. 1/2 of the n.w. 1/4 of section 11, in 1832.
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• 1810 Census: Northampton, Monroe, New York. 26-44.20011/20010. (Note: then Genesee County).
3828• 1820 Census: Gates, Monroe, New York. 34001/21010. (Note: then Genesee County).
551• 1830 Census: Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan. Age 50-60. 00010001/0002101.
552• 1840 Census: Canton Township, Wayne, Michigan. Age 60-70. 000000001/00001001.
3829• 1850 Census: Middlebury Township, Shiawassee, Michigan. Age 71, b NY. Farmer. $500. Putative, based on age.
3830• 1860 Census: Rochester, Oakland, Michigan. Age 80, b NY. Occupation: Bapt. No assets given.
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Death28 Apr 1860, Avon Twp, Oakland, Michigan549, p 2 Age: 76
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• 1810 Census: Northampton, Monroe, New York. 26-44. 20011/20010. Note: then Genesee County).
3828• 1820 Census: Gates, Monroe, New York. 34001/21010. (Note: then Genesee County)
551• 1830 Census: Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan. Age 40-50. 00010001/0002101.
552• 1840 Census: Canton Township, Wayne, Michigan. Age 50-60.000000001/00001001.
3829• 1850 Census: Middlebury Township, Shiawassee, Michigan. Age 66, b MA. Putative. Her name looks like “Union.”
3830• 1860 Census: Rochester, Oakland, Michigan. Age 76, b NY.
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