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Note: Tuttle, printed & published by Tuttle & Co., Rutland, VT, 1883:
p. 469
"Orrin Clark, b. Jan. 2, 1788; unusually delicate in his earliest years and his physician had little hope of his surviving the period of childhood. He began his studies by stealth, carrying his book while he followed the plow, and when the team stopped to rest he stopped to study, and in this way learned his Latin Grammar. At a very early period he gave evidence of a religious character and entered the Episcopal Academy at Cheshire. Admitted to Holy Orders at New Haven, 1811; missionary in Ontario and Genesee counties, N.Y.; accompanied Bishop Hobart in his first visitation in that region, 1812, and soon became Rector of Trinity Church, Geneva. He continued a supervision of the general interests of the Episcopalian Church in western N.Y.; always on the alert to form churches and introduce ministers. "And he contributed more than almost any other man to the earlier growth and prosperity of the Episcopalian Church in the western part of the state of N.Y.'--Rev. Dr. J. N. Stone. To him more than to anyone else is due the establishment of the Geneva College, of which he was an original Trustee, and held the office while he lived. D. D. from Union College 1827. His life was a struggle with physical infirmity. He died Feb. 24, 1828. Bishop Doane says: "He was the pastor of my boyhood. He struck me then, and the impression remains, as very like Archbishop Tillotson. I had been his portrait in some old follo. I was catechised by him and prepared by him for confirmation. And I am much indebted to his earnest championship for the advantages of education. No clergyman in western N.Y. was held in higher respect.' That he deserved it is well shown by the fact that he was honored with the confidence of that consumate judge of man, Bishop Hobart.--Sprague's Annals. He m. (1) Eliza Ann Rutgers, formerly of N.Y., a sister of Robert Rumney's first wife; (2) May 1822, Susan Rose Nicholas, daughter of John, formerly of Va. who died in July 1827; (3) Nov. 1827, Miss ___ McComb of New York. Issue by 1st marriage - three daughters, one of whom is Mrs. E. H. Butler. issue by 2nd marriage: two daughters."
Note: The Descendants of William & Elizabeth Tuttle, by George Frederick
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