Birth Name: Edward E. Clark
Place of Birth: Middleboro, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Birth: May 4, 1930
Ethnicity: English, remote Welsh
Ed Clark is an American lawyer and politician.
Ed 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). 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). 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). 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).
Sources: Genealogies of Ed Clark (through Ed’s brother, Fletcher Clark; focusing on their father’s side) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Ed’s father – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Ed’s paternal grandfather, Charles Bartlett Swift (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Ed’s paternal great-grandmother, Hannah S. Hooper (through Hannah’s brother, Avery Fobes Hooper) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Ed’s mother – http://www.findagrave.com