[204] indicates that the wife of Henry Harris Clark was Lydia Scofield Gates, the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Basford) Gates. However, the birth record Matthew Laing Clark (b. 9 Feb 1839, bp. 20 Jul 1840) shows him to be the son of Henry Harris & Lydia Clark, and indicates that Lydia was the daughter of James & Olive Scofield. [358] The will of Elizabeth (Basford) Gates leaves bequests to William Gates Clark, Adelaide Clark and Oliver Carpenter Clark, children of Henry Harris Clark and the late Lidy Scofield. However, it does not confirm whether Lydia was her daughter or not. [328] One possibility is that she was the biological daughter of the Scofields, but was adopted into the Gates family. (William and Elizabeth (Basford) Gates apparently adopted one of Lydia's cousins so perhaps they couldn't have children of their own?)
I will tentatively assume that Lydia was the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Basford) Gates, although this is not certain.
She married Henry Harris CLARK (202) , son of Prescott CLARK (abt 1768-11 Jan 1810) & Mary BASFORD (63) (3 May 1774-11 Aug 1844), bef 1832. birth of Adelaide. Born on 2 Apr 1809 in Dunham, Quebec, Canada. [320, p. 522], [204] Henry Harris died in Frelighsburg , Quebec, Canada, on 18 May 1897. [322], [341] Buried in Frelighsburg Methodist Church Cemetery, Frelighsburg , Quebec, Canada. [341] Occupation: Hatter. [582]
1851 census for Duham, Canada East [333]
Henry H. Clark, age 45, b. Canada, farmer, Methodist
Mary Clark, female, age 27, b. Canada, Methodist
Adelaide Clark, female, age 20, b. Canada, Methodist
William Gates Clark, female, age 16, b. Canada, labourer, Methodist
Olive Clark, female, age 8, b. Canada, Methodist
Isabell Clark, female, age 4, b. Canada, Methodist
Alla Clark, female, age 3, b. Canada, Methodist
Adelaide, William and Olive must be children from a previous wife. Perhaps Lydia?
1861 census for Duham, Canada East [583]
Henry H. Clark, age 53, b. Lower Canada, farmer, Methodist
Mary Clark, female, age 35, b. Lower Canada, Methodist
Isabell Clark, female, age 12, b. Lower Canada, Methodist
Alla Clark, female, age 11, b. Lower Canada, Methodist
Lydia S. Clark, female, age 7, b. Lower Canada, Methodist
Henry S. Clark, male, age 5, b. Lower Canada, Methodist
Jenne F. Clark, male, age 4, b. Lower Canada, Methodist
[324] gives marriage as abt 1824, Dunham, Quebec, Canada, but this would seem to be a little young for Henry who would only be about 15 years old at that time.