Note - there is no record of this marriage in the Vestry Book of Christ Church, Middlesex. Nor is there any record of a Michael Clark of Sallie Ann Moorman in that parish.
↑ Source: #S80 Page: Source number: 326.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number ofPages: 1; Submitter Code: ZJL. Data: Text: Marriage date: Marriage Clark is NOT the same family as the Clarks of King & Queen; thanks to the records that remained in the family of Francis Clark place: En
↑ Source: #S80 Page: Source number: 1723.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number ofPages: 1; Submitter Code: LLH. Data: Text: Marriage date: 1681Marriage place: VA
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Re the lack of mention of the marriage in the vestry book of Christ Church, Middlesex, Va.: Has anyone checked records in Christ Church, Barbados, where the Clarks and Moormans from Isle of Wight are said to have first settled? Micajah's father seems to have died there in 1678.
I am working on cleaning out some files marked incomplete as I am moving again and came across this part of my family that had come in to question 2 generations down. Regardless the data on these two generations was fairly plentiful at the time of my original research. I was reading the bio and wanted to clean some of the merge "debris" but before doing so wanted to also address a remarkable/ question about missing parish or wedding records and thought I would share what I found and hopefully someone can expound or tell me why my data may be incorrect.
With regard to Micajah and his marriage(s)? I have first a wife named Sarah "Sally" Mooreman, d/o Zachariah Mooreman (Isle of Wight, England) and Mary Candler(Irish / English).
I wholeheartedly believe the records for this Micajah, son-in-law of Zachariah Mooreman (as well as records for his wife and her brothers Thomas and Charles) wouldn't have birth nor marriage records in VA because they were married before emigration from England. Several sources I read about the Mooreman family specifically include Micajah Clark (by first and surname) stating Zachariah Mooreman had to flea his home of Isle of Wight, England after his return from the invasion of Ireland where he fought in Cromwell's Army (alongside ; bc he was a sympathiser of King Charles II. It says " In Spring of 1669 Zachariah Mooreman (var.sp.) along with his children and son-in-law, Micajah Clark, set sail from Southampton, England aboard the Glasgow for Barbadoes Island. I've read Mary Candler died before this voyage and I've read versions where she was simply not mentioned during this part of their "journey". Also a year later (1670) they all left the West Indies with "those families that headed for South Carolina" and they landed "near the site of Charleston"...Ultimately moving up to settle in Nansemond, VA (many presume to be closer to a Quaker Meeting House).
* I no longer have the printouts but have a typed version of notes and quotes and some journal names like
Historical Southern Families. Vol.IV - should anyone have access.
The evidence from the Clark family mostly conclude that the Virginia Clark's came by way of Barbados as well with confusion surrounding the exact timing of Micajah's movement. It is my understanding that the Quakers were against slavery and Micajah and several of his brothers owned land and (at the least-) his brothers "owned slaves" according to more thorough records of the islands so this would be another conflict with the family's religious beliefs thusly (possibly) contributing to Micajah and Sarah / Sally moving with Zachariah et.al. to S.C. then VA where he appears on parish records as a processioner of St. Peter's in 1689 and both of Micajah and Sarah's children were born in VA.
"Early Settlers of Lee County, Virginia and Adjacent Counties Volume II" by Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Compiler.
"Louisa County Historical Magazine" Volume 11, Number 1, Summer 1979 p. 20.
"History of Louisa County, Virginia" by Malcolm H. Harris, MD p. 214.
Becky, thank you for this detailed comment. I too wondered whether a Quaker could be a slave owner. A query in Google, “Did Quakers Own Slaves?” returned several hits. For example:
Quakers: From Slave Traders to Early Abolitionists, pbs.org/thisfarbyfaith/journey_1/p_7.html
Eliminating Slavery amongst Quakers, quakersintheworld.org/quakers-in-action/58/Eliminating-Slavery-amongst-Quakers
Slavery in the Quaker World, friendsjournal.org/slavery-in-the-quaker-world/
Quakers later became staunchly abolitionist, but apparently not in Christopher's time.
Best regards, Henry
I forgot to follow up as I am active on qikitree daily so this is an appreciated reminder aged. I followed up with our only "Society of Friends" organization here in Wilmington, NC then as a member of the USBH Project on WikiTree and I learned (a lot) but for this bio; most of the same you found on your search.
I don't feel it refutes the other data as I was using those questions as speculation for "why" those moves may have occurred but if writing a bio the slavery questions would've been under a separate section (if that makes sense) I apologize as I'm running on no sleep but I will revisit my notes and see if I can't give something more concrete to research.
With regard to Micajah and his marriage(s)? I have first a wife named Sarah "Sally" Mooreman, d/o Zachariah Mooreman (Isle of Wight, England) and Mary Candler(Irish / English). I wholeheartedly believe the records for this Micajah, son-in-law of Zachariah Mooreman (as well as records for his wife and her brothers Thomas and Charles) wouldn't have birth nor marriage records in VA because they were married before emigration from England. Several sources I read about the Mooreman family specifically include Micajah Clark (by first and surname) stating Zachariah Mooreman had to flea his home of Isle of Wight, England after his return from the invasion of Ireland where he fought in Cromwell's Army (alongside ; bc he was a sympathiser of King Charles II. It says " In Spring of 1669 Zachariah Mooreman (var.sp.) along with his children and son-in-law, Micajah Clark, set sail from Southampton, England aboard the Glasgow for Barbadoes Island. I've read Mary Candler died before this voyage and I've read versions where she was simply not mentioned during this part of their "journey". Also a year later (1670) they all left the West Indies with "those families that headed for South Carolina" and they landed "near the site of Charleston"...Ultimately moving up to settle in Nansemond, VA (many presume to be closer to a Quaker Meeting House). * I no longer have the printouts but have a typed version of notes and quotes and some journal names like
- Cheers! Becky Elizabeth (Simmons-11603)
Quakers: From Slave Traders to Early Abolitionists, pbs.org/thisfarbyfaith/journey_1/p_7.html Eliminating Slavery amongst Quakers, quakersintheworld.org/quakers-in-action/58/Eliminating-Slavery-amongst-Quakers Slavery in the Quaker World, friendsjournal.org/slavery-in-the-quaker-world/ Quakers later became staunchly abolitionist, but apparently not in Christopher's time. Best regards, Henry