Forty Fifth Week, Sunday's "Medfield Historical Minute"

A Medfield Historical Minute...

This "Medfield Historical Minute" is brought to you by town historian Richard DeSorgher.
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis. A different "Medfield Historical Minute" will appear each day during the Crisis.

"Seth Clark was born in 1714 to Seth and Abigail Metcalf Clark. He came into possession of the place belonging to his father and grandfather. He built the front part of the house, now known as the Clark Tavern and kept an inn there for many years. He was one of the most influential men in Medfield; served as selectmen, representative to the General Court, delegate to the Provincial Congress in 1775 and assistant commissary in the American army during the Revolutionary War. He married Thankful Allen in 1742 . They had seven children including son Ebenezer who remained upon the ancient homestead (Clark Tavern). He enlarged the house in 1773, building on the easterly end and carried on the business of an innholder. He continued his innholding at the Clark Tavern in conjunction with his son, also named Ebenezer, up to the time of his death in 1810. Son Ebenezer was responsible for building the hall attached to the “old Clark tavern”. He served also as postmaster, running the post office out of the tavern."