Samuel Suit's 1st marriage in 1817- St. Mary's MD (s/o James)
I had "tried" 6x to send this to the Suite rootsweb.com list over the past 2 days. For some reason it never comes through. I wrote to the listmaster who also never replied.
I am posting it here as I believe it can help others.
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For quite a few years I have been trying to find out who John Wesley "Wesley" CLARKE was who was the witness (relative) at the first marriage of Samuel SUIT who 1st m. Lydia CLARKE in St. Mary's Co. MD 23 Sep 1817 (REF:LDS Film1239524,pg454,ref45082.)The other day I found out that a man named John Wesley "Wesley" CLARKE/CLARK, b.ca. 1801,had apparentlylived in Rowan Co. NCin the 1820's (the part that became Davie Co.),but his family was from Charles Co. MD. He m. Mary SWANN whose family was also from Charles Co. MD on 03 Jun 1820 in Rowan Co. NC (3 years after Lydia CLARKE m. Samuel SUIT/SUITE.) Lydia apparently d. between 1820-1824, possibly in St. Mary's Co. MD.
Samuel SUIT/SUITE, b. ca. 1796 prob. in SMC, MD,my ancestor, then m. 2nd to Elspet/Elisabeth/Elsie JONES. At this 2nd wedding, Elsie's relative was Thomas W. JONES. A man named Thomas W. JONES 1st m. Mary Ann "Polly" BENNETT 15 Jan 1799 in St. Mary's Co. MD. A man also named Thos. W. JONES m. 2nd (?- if same man) to Elizabeth CLARKE, 28 Dec 1819, also in St. Mary's County, Maryland--(QUESTION: *Could she be a sister or relative of Lydia CLARKE the 1st wife of Samuel SUIT?**)
The following MD record may be a "possible" clue about this Thos. W. JONES:
"...1827 203: William Jones and Thomas J. Bennett vs. Elizabeth Jones, Mary A. Jones, Brannock Jones, Francis A. Jones, Margaret B. Jones, and Elizabeth Bennett. Estates of Margaret Jones and Thomas Jones - St. Jeromes Thicket
19,731-107-1/2 C1591-107 ..." (I think I had found this a while ago, maybe on Mike Marshall's site about Charles Co.)
In Rowan Co. NC, John Wesley CLARK/CLARKE was sd. to be s/o John B. CLARKE of VA. (Who was he?) His mother was ALSO from Charles Co. Maryland. John B. CLARK/CLARKE's wife was Rachel WARD. Rachel WARD was d/o David LINDSEY WARD who lived mos of his life in Charles Co. MD. Her mother was Rachel MAREMAN or MARYMAN or MERRIMAN. Some say she was Rachel McLear (there was an Alexander McLear connected to this family), but wills (found on Mike Marshall's
website) prove David LINDSEY WARD's wife was Rachel MAREMAN. (Mike has a lot of great information on David LINDSEY WARD on his website.)
John WESLEY CLARKE also had a brother named Eli SUTTON CLARKE who m. a probable sister of Mary SWANN named Elizabeth SWANN. These SWANN/SWAN women were said to be daughters of Ezra SWANN. who was also from Trinity Parish in CHARLES CO. MD. Ezra SWANN b. 03 Jun 1774,Chas. Co. MD (who also moved to Rowan Co. NC) was s/o Thos. SWANN, III, b.ca. 1733and Anne DENT, b. 07 May 1737, Chas. Co. MD. THIS IS A HUGE CLUE!
This Anne DENT was sister of the SAME Tabitha DENT who moved to WARREN CO. NC where she died ABT. 02 Nov 1793 unmarried without issue. Anne was also sister ofSusanna DENT who m. Joel FAIN, Jr. 16 Dec 1794. She was ALSO from Chas. Co. but moved to WARREN CO. NC. Other members of this family were also there. A sister named Sarah DENT m. a George HARRISON 16 Dec 1777 in St. Mary's Co. MD but who also moved to Warren Co. NC-- who was listed as "HARRIS" on records, but who was supposedly really "HARRISON."Then, their sister Rebeckah d. 1790 there as well, apparently never married. Furthermore,we do also know that Tabitha DENT who went from Chas. Co. MD to Warren Co. NCwas connected to a man named John WETHERINGTON. My opinion is that he was most probably the SAME man named John WETHERINGTON whowas the FIRST HUSBAND of Nancy ELLIS who m. Ralph SUIT!!! THIS IS AN AMAZING CONNECTION between MD & NC.
No clue why or how John Wesley CLARKE was in St. Mary's Co. MD in 1817 but he was the relative at the wedding of Lydia CLARKE to Samuel SUIT. BUT this is a really encouraging find!
Also,David LINDSEY WARD (Chas. MD to Rowan NC) had a sister named Levina (Levianner) who m. James SCOTT who d. in Chas. Co. MD. Some of this SCOTT family
also moved to NC and then apparently on to TN. Eli S. CLARKE, brother of Wesley also moved to TN where he died 30 Sep 1891.
A long time ago, Linda Reno said she thought perhaps Jane SUIT JONES & John JONES were parents of Elsie JONES. As I moved along in my research --I did not agree for 2 reasons-- because: 1. at the time we thought Jane was a SISTER of Samuel SUIT and he wasn't going to marry his niece; & 2. Elsie Jones & Samuel SUIT named their son Norris MARSHALL J. (JONES?) SUIT/SUITE. But she may very well have been correct that Elsie's mother was Jane SUIT. That would surely explain why she named her one daughter "Jane Ann SUIT."*If so, that would make Samuel SUIT the first cousin of Elsie JONES, his 2nd wife. We now know more things about this family & Jane "HAD" to be sister of James SUIT & not his daughter! This made Jane SUIT JONES the AUNT of Samuel SUIT and his2nd wife Elsie was probably his cousin.
Also, I still DO think that Elsie JONES was very related to Rev. NORRIS M. JONES who was from Philadelphia and was the Episcopal minister in St. Mary's at that time. (He was well educated--I think Cambridge--but Elsie Jones was illiterate!) Why?
John JONES who m. Jane SUIT must've been a brother of Thomas W. JONES who was Elsie's relative at her wedding. I say "brother" & not son due to age. If this Thomas W. JONES is the same man who m. Polly BENNETT in 1799--he had to be about the same age as John JONES! Was Rev. Norris JONES also their brother?I had believed he was father of Elsie who was b. ca. 1799--but he may have been her uncle. Elsie Jones Suit named her son after him.
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But anyway--here are some clues so maybe we cn figure out who Lydia CLARKE was. I personally think Lydia CLARKE was another d/o Ezra CLARKE (of Chas. Co. MD who moved to Rowan Co. NC) - or d/o one of his brothers.Their maternal grandmother's name was Lydia MARYMAN/MAREMAN which could explain Lydia CLARKE's first name.
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