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==Early life==
==Early life==
He was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, on the 15th of February, 1726. He was an only child, and his early education, although confined to English branches of study, was respectable. For the mathematics and the civil law, he discovered an early predilection. He was bred a farmer, but not being of a robust constitution, he turned his attention to surveying, conveyancing, and imparting legal advice. As he performed the latter service gratuitously, he was called "the poor man's counsellor."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1tcDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA344 Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence]</ref> He married Sarah Hatfield, and together they raised a family of ten children.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yWOFXE0sVrgC&pg=PA66 The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration of Independence]</ref>
He was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, on the 15th of February, 1726. He was an only child, and his early education, although confined to English branches of study, was respectable. For the mathematics and the civil law, he discovered an early predilection. He was bred a farmer, but not being of a robust constitution, he turned his attention to surveying, conveyancing, and imparting legal advice. As he performed the latter service gratuitously, he was called "the poor man's counsellor."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1tcDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA344 Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence]</ref> He married Sarah Hatfield, and together they raised a family of ten children.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yWOFXE0sVrgC&pg=PA66 The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration of Independence]</ref>
Prior to becoming a member of congress, he served for a time as the High Sheriff of Essex County.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7149AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA129 Abraham Clark: Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Volume 1]</ref>
==Career==
==Career==