Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . ho sur-vived, that two of the sons, William and Marston Greene,removed west and became prominent in early Indiana his-tory, as will be shown later on. The children, however,may not all have been of one mother. It is probable that Benjamin Clark had two wives, andthat one was a Miss Greene. It will be observed that themiddle name of one of his sons was Greene. There is a tra-dition that she was a sister or relative of General Greene ofthe Revolutionary War. The two marriages would tend toexpl
Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . ho sur-vived, that two of the sons, William and Marston Greene,removed west and became prominent in early Indiana his-tory, as will be shown later on. The children, however,may not all have been of one mother. It is probable that Benjamin Clark had two wives, andthat one was a Miss Greene. It will be observed that themiddle name of one of his sons was Greene. There is a tra-dition that she was a sister or relative of General Greene ofthe Revolutionary War. The two marriages would tend toexplain the large number of children. Deeds show he hada wife named Elizabeth. John Clark, the brother of Benjamin, was the oldest ofthe four children, having been born in Drvsdale and Queen county, Virginia, October 20. account fixes the date of his birth as October 9,1726. In 1749, he married his second cousin, Ann Rogers,of the same locality, who was then in the sixteenth year ofher age. The Rogers family, like the Chirks, with whom they ANCESTORS OF GEORGE ROGERS 35. were already related, were of English stock. Giles Rogers,Anns grandfather, emigrated to America from Worces-tershire, England, in the early part of the seventeenth cent-ury, and settled in King and Queen county, Virginia. It isclaimed that he was of a family of high stand-ing. This is said to have been the coat-of-arms of the Rogers family in England. John J^^MRogers, the son of this Giles, married MaryByrd, also of a distinguished Virginia fam- ily, and the)7 had seven sons and four daugh-ters, Ann, the wife of this John Clark, and mother of GeorgeRogers Clark, being the second daughter. The other children were four daughters—Lucy, Mildred,Mary and Rachel—and four sons, John, George, Giles andByrd. Lucy married Samuel Redd, Annie married JohnClark, Mildred married Reuben George, Mary marriedLarkin Johnston and Rachel married Donald all left children. Giles died i
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