Ed Clark

Birth Name: Edward E. Clark

Place of Birth: Middleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.

Date of Birth: May 4, 1930

Ethnicity: English, as well as remote Welsh

Ed Clark is an American lawyer and politician.

He was the Libertarian Party’s nominee for President of the United States in 1980.

Ed is the son of Marguerite E. (Swift) and Fletcher Clark.

Ed’s paternal grandfather was Fletcher Clark (the son of Robert Capen Clark and Hannah S. Hooper). Fletcher was born in Massachusetts. Robert was the son of John W. Clark and Sarah B. Rider/Ryder. Hannah was the daughter of Lyman Hooper and Hannah Shaw.

Ed’s paternal grandmother was Elizabeth E. Emerson (the daughter of Edward Emerson and Hannah Cummings). Elizabeth was born in New Hampshire. Ed’s great-grandfather Edward was the son of Daniel Emerson and Esther Frothingham. Hannah was the daughter of Thomas Cummings and Mary Whitney.

Ed’s maternal grandfather was Charles Bartlett Swift (the son of William Hines Swift and Roxalena Cunningham Trask). Charles was born in Massachusetts. William was the son of Bartlett Hinds Swift and Mary L. Fisher.

Ed’s maternal grandmother was Margaret Edgar (the daughter of Edward Edgar and Harriet A. Handy).

Source: Genealogy of Ed’s mother – http://www.findagrave.com