. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. omwhich choice of men to plan aud per-fect and control such a vast under-taking could be made, they were thebest equipped by ability and experi-ence for the work to be done. Chairman Clark stands in the veryfront rank of the worlds great rail-road men, and New Hampshireproudly claims him as a son. Hisancestry represents much of successin the professional and business lifeof two centuries of New Englandshistory, and it is interesting to tracethe line from Hugh Clark, the Ems:-lish emigrant of the first half of theseve
. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. omwhich choice of men to plan aud per-fect and control such a vast under-taking could be made, they were thebest equipped by ability and experi-ence for the work to be done. Chairman Clark stands in the veryfront rank of the worlds great rail-road men, and New Hampshireproudly claims him as a son. Hisancestry represents much of successin the professional and business lifeof two centuries of New Englandshistory, and it is interesting to tracethe line from Hugh Clark, the Ems:-lish emigrant of the first half of theseventeenth century, through eightgenerations, to the subject of thissketch. Hugh Clark (i) was born in 1613,emigrated to America, and was liv-ing in Watertown, Mass., in 1641 ; hedied in Roxbury, Mass., July 20,1693. His son, Uriah (2), bornJune 5, 1644 • married in October,1764, Joanna Holbrook of Braintree ;died July 26, , and was buriedin the old graveyard near Mount 42> ms* P. Cark. ,. .:i A GREAT ENTERPRISE. 49 ~vr— .?? ? r i F^.T ~:~~^ w ?am. Waiting Room. Auburn. His son, Peter (3), wasborn March 12, 1693, and marriedDeborah Hobart of Braintree. Uponhis the old cemetery atDan vers, Mass., may be read the fol-lowing inscription : Here lie entombed the Remains of The Revd. Peter ClarkFor almost 51 years the Painful, Laborious and Faithful Pastor of the first Church in this was a Great Divine, well established in the orthodox Doctrines of the writing on many important subjects will Transmit his name with Honour to accomplished Christian : well experiened in all the Graces of the Divine Life. The most exemplary Patience, Humility, andMeekness were illustratively Displayed in hischaracter as a Christian. He was born March 12, 1693. Graduated atHarvard College in Cambridge in 1712. Or-dained Pastor of the first church in this TownJune 5, 1717. He lived much esteemed and respected bymen of learning and Piety and aft
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