Scotto (Clark) Clarke (1680 - 1742)

Born 1680 in Harwich, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Haskell) Clark — married 17 Apr 1706 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 16 Mar 1742 at about age 62 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

"Mary Haskall ye daughter of John Haskall was borne ye 4 July 1684" at Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[1]

There is a marriage recorded between a Mary Haskell and Scotto Clark of Harwich on Cape Cod on 17 APR 1706 at Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts. However, an article in The American Genealogist contains a thorough discussion of the children of John Haskell and Patience Soule[2] in which the authors cast doubt on the marriage of John's daughter Mary Haskell to Scotto Clark. There were two Mary Haskells, approximately the same age, living in the neighboring towns of Middleborough and Rochester. The authors argue convincingly that the Mary Haskell who married Scotto Clark at Rochester was probably the daughter of Mark Haskell, not the daughter of John. They posit that John's daughter Mary died sometime between the death of her parents and the settlement of legal matters regarding the estate in 1709-1712.

The General Society of Mayflower Descendants no longer accepts that Scotto Clark's wife was Mary, the daughter of John Haskell.

Birth: ABT 1680 Place: of Harwich

Marriage

Marriage: 17 APR 1706 Rochester Vital Records

Scottow was born in 1680. He is the son of Andrew Clarke and Mehitable Scotton. ^[1]

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Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Al Adams, Wednesday, January 14, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.

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Research Notes

His will dated Mar 15, 1741, proved in Harwich Mar 16,1742, named sons Andrew, Scotto, Joseph, Benjamin, Nathaniel, and Seth, daughters Mary Freeman, Lydia Bangs and sarah Cobb Source: Mayflower Families through Five Generations Vol 111, The George Soule Family,Generations V & VI, p.37

Scottoway Clarks Andrew, Scottoway, mary, Lydia, Joseph, Benjamin, and Nathan all baptised on June 25, 1721 Records of the First Baptist Church in Brewster, formerly the First Parish in Harwich, Mass. Vol. IV

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192899514/scotto-clarke

Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/192899514/scotto-clarke : accessed 25 April 2021), memorial page for Scotto Clarke (1680–16 Mar 1742), Find a Grave Memorial ID 192899514, ; Maintained by T James Ranney (contributor 49414036) Burial Details Unknown.

Cape Cod Library, Volume I, Thomas Clarke, the Pilgrim, and His Descendants, Massachusetts and Maine Genealogies, 1650s-1930s, Broderbund Software, Inc., CD # 194, pg. 739-743, David R Bradford, 88 East 100 North , Spanish Fork, Utah, 84660.

Genealogy of the descendants of Roger Haskell and Elizabeth Hardy (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association).

The Topsfield Historical Society, Vital Records of Beverly, Essex, MA to 1850 (Topsfield, MA: 1907). Institute Historical Collections, Essex Institute 132 Essex Street, Salem, Essex, MA 01970 (978) 744-3390

Ellsworth Public Library, 20 State St, Ellsworth, ME 04605 (207) 667-6363; ellsworth.lib.me.us/

Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Rootsweb (http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/), ).

North America Vital Records Index 1631-1888. CD-ROM database (Utah: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1998).

George L. Randall, Genealogy of Roger Haskell of Salem, Massachusetts to November 1925 (Report to Haskell Family Association).

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