William Clark (abt. 1595)

Born about 1595 in England

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Pioneers of Massachusetts, A DESCRIPTIVE LIST, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents. BY CHARLES HENRY POPE, PASTOR FIRST CHURCH, CHARLESTOWN, BOSTON, COMPILER OF THE DORCHESTER POPE FAMILY, THE CHENEY GENEALOGY, ETC BOSTON, MASS. PUBLISHED BY CHARLES H. POPE, 221 Columbus Ave., 1900. Copyrigrht 1900, by Charles H. Pope LINOTYPED AND PRINTED BY J. J. ARAKELYAN, 205 CONGRESS STREET, BOSTON

Mr. William Clark, one of the first to plant at Agawam, (Ipswich,) April 1, 1633, [Col. Rec] Had land assigned him Eastward of Labour in vane, southward of the town, Nov. 1634. Rem. to Salem, 1037; vintner. Part of his land fell within the limits of Lynn; for which he had another grant 13 (12) 1642. Dwelling between Linn and Ipswich, he had liberty from the Gen. Court to entertain passengers & cattle, 2 June, 1641. Ch. Bethiah bapt. at Salem 20 (6) 1638, Susanna bapt. 12 (1) 1642-3, Deborah bapt. 6 (6) 1645. Admin, gr. to widow Katharine (5) 1647. Eldest son; another son and a m. dau. by a former wife; 4 younger (minor)(unnamed) children. The Gen. Court lie. the widow to keep the inn and sell wine, if she provide a fit man that is godly for the business.

William Clark, came in the Mary and John March 24, 1633.

William Clark, Dorchester, memb. chh. about 1636, with wife Sarah. Propr.; witnessed inv. of John Pratt in 1647. He was dism. 28 (2) 1661, to join in forming chh. at Northampton; wife Sarah and son Nathaniel dism. later. Children: Sarah b. 21 (4) 1638, Jonathan b.1 (8) 1639, Nathaniel z. 27 (11) 1641, Experience (dau.) b. 30 (1) 1643, Increase bapt. 1 (1) 1646, Samuel bapt. 23 (8) 1653, William b. 3 (5) 1656, Sarah bapt. 20 (1) 1658-9. Sarah, wife of W. C, d. at North. 6 Sept. 1675; Sarah, wife of Lieut. W. C, d. May 18, 1688. Lieut. W. C. d. at North. July 10, 1690; will dated 10 July, prob. 30 Sept. 1690; beq. to sons John, Samuel and William and daus. Rebecca and Sarah; to Mary and Sarah, daus. of son Nathaniel.

William Clark, weaver, ae. 27, with wife Margaret, ae. 21, came in the Plain Joan in 1635; settled at Watertown; frm. May 22, 1639. He rem. to Woburn. Propr. 1651. He deposed 6 (2) 1664, ae. about 69 years. [Mds. Files.] Children: Mary b. 10 (10) 1640, (m. Nov. or Dec. 27, 1655, Wm. Loclie,) Elizabeth b. 26 (9) 1642, (m. Dec. 28, 1659, George Brush,) Hannah b. 13 (12) 1645, (m. Joseph Buckminster,) Lydia, (m. Frlssell). He d. March 15, 1682. Will dated 10 (10) 1681, prob. April 4, 1682; weaver; stricken in years; beq. to wife; to gr. ch. .John Locke, "who hath bin a liver with me many years;" to my three daughters; to the two daus. of my dau. Lidia; dau. frissell, dau. Brush, son George Brush, son William Locke. Margery d. Oct. 11, 1694.

William Clark, Yarmouth, took oath of allegiance and was sworn constable 7 Oct., 1639; frm. 6 June, 1654. He d. Dec. 7, 1688. Nunc, will prob. 28 (12) 1668-9; all to Joseph Benjamin Clark, his son, who pres. inv. of the est. [Reg. VI, 178.]

William Clark, Duxbury. He served against the Narragansetts 15 Aug., 1645. Had deed of land in D. March 6, 1649, from his kinsman Wm. Collier. Will dated Jan. 3, prob. June 8, 1687; wife Martha; William Bonney, whom he had brought up. The latter renounced his claim Aug. 7, 1688 rather than remain with the widow. [Gen. Adv. I, 17.] ^[1]

In researching William Clark, we find four other William Clarks of this time and place.

• Lt. William ‘the Innkeeper’ Clarke, of Salem
• William Clarke of Woburn
• William Clark of Ipswich
• William Clark of Watertown with wife Margaret

Lt. William ‘the Innkeeper’ Clarke, of Salem William Clarke aka Clark Born about 1586 in England Died May 1647 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony Parents unknown - not a known child of Sir John Clarke "Mayflower Navigator" & Mary Morton Married 1) unknown 2) the widow Katherine (Franklin) Prince about 1636/7. She survived him and married John Gedney third. Disambiguation Not the same as William Clarke, of Woburn

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clarke-4474

This profile is for William Clarke of Salem, NOT the William Clark of Ipswich and NOT the William Clark of Watertown with wife Margaret. Please take care not to confuse these three men of the same name - they are NOT the same person.

FamilySearch Family Tree William Clark Birth: Circa 1597 - London, England Death: 1659 - Lynn, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America Mother: Agnes Clark (born Bull) Wife: Sarah Clark (born Joslin) Children: Symon Clark, Sarah Elizabeth Beaman (born Clark), Clemens Clark, Thomas Clarke, William Clark, John Clarke Siblings: Agnes Clark, William Clark, Mary Wheeler (born Clark)

Geni World Family Tree William Clark Birth: Circa 1597 - probably, England Death: 1660 - Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, American Colonies Wife: Sarah Clark (born Joslin) Child: Sarah Beaman (born Clark)

https://minerdescent.com/2010/07/09/lt-william-clark/

Lt. William Clarke was born in 22 Jul 1610 in Dorsetshire, England. His parents may haven been Thomas CLARKE (1578/83 – 1623/27) and Rose KEREDGE (1587 – ). He married Sarah STRONG around 1636 in Dorchester, Mass. He moved to Northampton, Mass in 1659. His Northampton homestead is now the Northern half of Smith College. William died 19 Jul 1690 in Northampton, Mass There are three versions on the arrival of William Clarke in the New World:

Version 1 – He departed Plymouth, England on March 30, 1630 aboard the ship ‘Mary and John’ arriving in Nautucket (now called Hull) on May 30, 1630. He would have been 21 at that time. This is the version that appears in most family records.

Version 2 – William Clarke emigrated in 1630 aboard the ship ‘William and Mary’ in the company of Rev. Mister Warham of Plymouth, Dorsetshire, England. He settled first in Dorchester, Suffolk, Ma. prior to 1635, where he officiated as Townsman or Selectman from 1646 to 1653, removing to Northampton in 1659.

Version 3 – William Clarke left England on the ship ‘Mary and Jane’, which sailed from London on March 24, 1633, arriving in New England in June of that year. This last version seems the most likely, even though it does not agree with ‘old family tradition’. The port of embarkation also differs.

https://minerdescent.com/2010/07/09/lt-william-clark/#comment-174252 You are mistaken in your post about William and Katherine Clark (Bunce). William, son of William and Margaret Clark (Hadlock) may have originally been William Clerke (b. 1611), who settled in Watertown in 1640. I am a direct descendant of William (b1608) and Katherine, who were actually part of the Original Settlement group of Haddam, Connecticut (1662). We believe that this is the William who immigrated on the ‘Plane Joan’ in 1635, as the records indicate he was 27 at the time.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.sciway3.net/clark/clark/Pioneers.htm