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I am seeking a document showing the birthplaces of Clark Richardson and his daughter, Lorinda Richardson, second wife of Rev. David Wing. Clark W. Richardson was born in 1802 in New York and died in Louisa County, Iowa, in 1892. His will was probated in Louisa County on 16 June 1892.
Clark married Mary (Polly/Polley) Herrington in Elizabethtown (now Brockville), Ontario, Canada. The marriage is listed in Marriage Bonds of Ontario, 1803-1834 by Thomas B. Wilson (Lambertville, NJ: Huntenden House, 1985) as occurring on 4 June 1828.The bride and the groom were residents of Elizabethtown at the time of the wedding. Clark was a distiller.
Polly, born in 1809, died at age 69 on 11 July 1878, in Louisa County, Iowa.
Clark’s will lists sons Eli, Alonzo, and Richard and daughter Abbegal [sic]. Clark and Polly also had daughters Olive, Lorinda, and Charlotte and sons Amos and Edwin.
Rev. David Wing descends from John, the eldest of the three Wing brothers who came to Massachusetts in the early 1630s and settled on Cape Cod. Lorinda was the daughter of Clark W. Richardson and Mary (Polly/Polley) Herrington. Lorinda Richardson was born on 4 August 1833. She died in June 1907 and is buried in the Washougal Cemetery, Washougal, Washington. Her stone includes the engraving “Wife of Rev. David Wing.” They were married at Cherry Valley, Illinois, on 15 Sept. 1855. She was much younger than he. They may have lived for a time in Trempealeau, Wisconsin.
I have been unable to find documents proving Clark’s birthplace and Lorinda’s birthplace. Can you help?
Contact me, Barbara Wallace Reynales, at blreynales@gmail.com
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