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Male Captain Elishua Clark Click to view Captain Elishua Clark in the family tree Click to view Captain Elishua Clark in the family tree

Elishua was born on May 14th, 1734 in Harwich, Massachusetts.1   Elishua's father was Scotto Clark and his mother was Thankful Crosby.  His paternal grandparents were Scotto Clark and Mary Haskell; his maternal grandparents were William Crosby and Mercy Hinckley. He had ten brothers and three sisters, named Reuben, Tully, Mark, William, Barnabas, Scotto, James, Roland, Joshua, Fessenden, Mercy, Abigail and Thankful.  He was the oldest of the fourteen children.  He died  due to cancer at the age of 77 on September 9th, 1811 in Conway, Massachusetts.2 

1 Harwich Massachusetts vital records @ 62
2 Vital Records of Conway, Massachusetts to the year 1850 @ 222
Further source/citation:
David Kew, david_kew@@alum.mit.edu, http://capecodhistory.us