Thomas Clark (1674 - 1752)

Born 15 Jan 1674 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Leonard) Clark — married 10 Jul 1703 in Norwich, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 4 Aug 1752 at age 78 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony

Biography

Thomas Clark & Elisabeth Lenard ware married day ye 10th day of July annod 1703.

Probate

His will is dated 25 September 1746 and proved on 12 October 1752 in Norwich. He mentions his wife Elizabeth, his children, Thomas, Joseph, Ruth, and Elizabeth and deceased daughter Mary, and his grandson Simeon, son of Robert Gates, decd.^[1]

His date of death, 4 August 1752 is mentioned in the heading of his inventory which is not dated.^[1]

The estate distribution was ordered to be set out to the two sons, and the widow, the children of Mary, Elizabeth, and Ruth.^[1]

Note

Thomas is the second child of this name born to John and Mary; his elder brother Thomas was b. 15 Jan 1674 and died in infancy (as did the first child of John and Mary, Thomas' elder brother John, b. 24 Sep 1673).

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Probate records v. 1-2 1748-1761, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-17TW : 13 September 2022), FHL microfilm 007627366, image 142-143, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, Vol 1, Pages 241-244.

• Vital Records of Norwich 1659- 1848 Vol. I
• MF Vol. 15 p. 53
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. New London (Conn.) Probate Records, The American Genealogist (1933) Vol. 10, Page 168. Mentioned in his fathers will dated 28 Apr 1708, proved 8 Mar 1708/9.