John Clark (1650 - 1704)

Born 1 Mar 1650 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Rebecca (Cooper) Clark — married 12 Jul 1677 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Colony

Husband of Mary (Strong) Clark — married 20 Mar 1679 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Colony

Descendants

Died 3 Sep 1704 at age 54 in Northampton, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

John Clark was born 1 September 1651, at Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts to William Clark and Sarah Clark

Marriages

He married first, Rebecca Cooper, on 12 July 1677, at Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.

He married second, Mary Strong, on 20 Mar 1679, at Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. Mary was born 26 October 1654 at Windsor. She died 8 December 1738, at Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Children of John and Mary (Strong) Clark included Increase Clark

Death

Deacon John Clark died 3 September (possibly November) 1704, at Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. ^[1]Family lore says that he died from cold and exposure after being caught in a snow storm on his way home to Northampton from Boston.

Research Notes

Death & burial "His death occurred "from fatigue and cold taken in a snow storm" en route home (Northampton, MA) from Boston. Most sources indicate he died Sept 3, but I have also seen Nov 2 as a death date, which would make some more sense if the cause of his death was a snowstorm. His death is recorded in Windsor, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts on Sep 3, 1704. His first wife was Rebecca Cooper Clark, daughter of Thomas Cooper and Sarah Slye Cooper of Springfield,MA. His second wife was Mary Strong Clark." Other info from several merges:

William CLARK birth: about 1609 death: 18 July 1690

Sarah birth: about 1613 death: 6 September 1675

John STRONG birth: about 1610 death: 14 April 1699

Abigail FORD christening: 8 October 1619 death: 6 July 1688

Additional Information for Nathaniel CLARK Notes (1) Birth-Northampton Vital Rec 0186161 pg 21 History of Northampton by James R. Trumbull-0186158 pg 103 Death - Northampton Deaths-0186159 pg 44, Anc F bapt - Ord Index-28 Nov 1916, 8 Dec 1934 SLAKE, 12 Oct 1991 BOISE end - Ord Index-5 Nov 1930 SLAKE, 12 Mar 1992 BOISE sld/p - Ord Index-19 Jan 1943 SLAKE, 12 Mar 1992 BOISE

Sources

1. ↑ [1] (Recorded in the Vital Records of Northampton page 141)

• New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarance Almon Torrey (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011) Vol. I, p. 323. CLARK, John (?1651-1704) & 1/wf Rebecca COOPER (1657-8 May 1678); 12 Jul 1677; Nothampton. CLARK, John (1651-1704) & 2/wf Mary STRONG (1654-1738); 20 Mar 1679, 1678/9, ?16 Mar, 1679/80?; Northampton.
• [2] Citation: "database-image-NEW." database-image-NEW. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Sep. 2015. Notes: birth "Clark, John, s. Lieut. William Clark (born at Dorchester, Mass. All by 1st wife) b. 1651; m. 1. Rebecca Cooper 1677, 2. Mary Strong 1679."
• "Elder John Strong and His Descendants," 1869, vol. 23, pp. 294-296. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 158 vols., 1847-, digital copies at www.americanncestors.org. The New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.
• [3] Accessed 14 Feb 2017. John Montague Smith, Henry W. Taft, Abbie T. Montague. History of the Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, Which Originally Embraced Within its Limits the Present Towns of Montague and Leverett, 1683-1899. (Greenfield, Mass.: E. A. Hall & Co., 1899), page 288. Digital copy from www.Archive.org: .
• "Researches among Funeral Sermons," 1854, vol. 8, pp. 180-183.
• Francis F. Spies. Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections. 1952. Original mss. is part of R. Stanton Avery Collections, call # MSS VT WEY 20.
• Hampshire County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1660-1889. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives and the Hampshire County Court. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) Case 32-1 "Pedigree Resource File", database, FamilySearch. http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9419-Y3F : accessed 2013-08-28, entry for Nathaniel CLARK.
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32518803 "Find A Grave Memorial." John Clark (1651 - 1704)
• www.newenglandancestors.org
• family tree

Acknowledgements

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