Ann (Bishop) Clarke (abt. 1622 - 1672)

Born about 1622 in England

Wife of John Jordan — married Oct 1639 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Wife of Thomas (Clark) Clarke — married 1 May 1652 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1672 at about age 50 in Saybrook, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

ANNA BISHOP married (1) JOHN JORDAN. She married (2) THOMAS CLARK, son of UNKNOWN CLARK. He was born Abt. 1620, and died 1668 in Guilford.^[1]

Anna died 03 Jan 1672/73 in Saybrook.

Children of ANNA BISHOP and JOHN JORDAN were: i. JOANNA JORDAN. ii. JOHN JORDAN, b. 1646. iii. MARY JORDAN, m. ABNER POST.--of Saybrook;--

Children of ANNA BISHOP and THOMAS CLARK, born in Guilford, were:^[2] iv. SARAH3 CLARK, b. 01 Feb 1654. v. ELIZABETH CLARK, b. Abt. 1656. vi. DANIEL CLARK, b. 19 Jan 1658; d. 9 Oct 1702.

Anna is person 2 in DJB.

This is her profile in DJB:

Anne Bishop, dau. John and Anne Bishop, b. prior to her parents coming to America, m. John Jordan, in Menunkatuck, Oct., 1639. John Jordan was one of the signers of the Covenant on shipboard, and was witness to the deed of Uncas, Dec. 17, 1641 and of Weekwash, Sept. 20, 1641. He came to America with an older brother, from Lenham, Co. Kent, England, d. Guilford, Jan., 1650. (2) m. Thomas Clarke, of Milford, Conn., May, 1652. After his death in Guilford, Oct. 9, 1668, she removed with her family to Killingworth, Conn., d. Jan. 3, 1672.

Her inventory at Old Saybrook was taken on 1 January 1672/73, and her inventory at Guilford was taken on 8 May 1673.^[3] They are both recorded in New Haven.

Anne was born in 1622. She passed away in 1672.

Sources

1. ↑ Barbour Collection, "Connecticut Town marriage Records pre-1870, Guilford, page 60: "Clark/Clarke, Thomas"
2. ↑ Barbour Collection, "Connecticut Town marriage Records pre-1870, Guilford, page 60, Sarah and Daniell
3. ↑ “New Haven Probate Records, Vol. 1-2, 1647-1703”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-G9NJ-S : 9 March 2021), New Haven, Connecticut, FHL microfilm 007626739, image 164. New Haven Probate Record, 1647-1687, Vol. 1, Part 2, page 45.

• Descendants of John Bishop of Guilford, CT, by William Cone and George Root, published 1951 by John Guy Bishop, Nyack, NY, 277 pp. Referred to as DJB.

Acknowledgments

• Entered by Ray Chapman, Sunday, December 29, 2013
• Thanks to Katharine E for starting this profile.
• family source

Note "Anne Bishop" is listed in the book "Clergymen & Chiefs: A Genealogy of the MacQueen & MacFarlane Families", by Alexander McQueen Quattlebaum, 1990, p.173, as follows: "John Bishop, immigrant ancestor, came to Guilford, Conn., as a member of Rev. Henry Whitfield's company on 10 September 1639. His wife Anne and their six children accompanied him. Nothing is known of the birthplaces and dates of birth of the children of John and Anne Bishop, inasmuch as they were all born before their parents came to America. The children, although possibly not in order of succession were: 1) John Bishop, ?-October 1683; married Susannah Golham, 13 December 1650; 2) Stephen Bishop, ?-June 1690; married Tabitha Wilkinson; 3) Bethia Bishop, ?-January 1676; married James Steele; 4) Sarah Bishop, ?-30 September 1657; married George Chatfield; 5) Anne Bishop, ?-3 January 1672; married (2) Thomas Clarke on 1 May 1652; 6) Mary Bishop, ?-14 September 1676; married George Hubbard." Online source: https://books.google.com/books?id=T-6oCucIvsMC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=thomas+clarke,+anne+bishop&source=bl&ots=jAs3Ah8Frg&sig=UMztd28zbsgtcrYi3JKtvqOvK6U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDj_G7247OAhUOzGMKHdKyDTkQ6AEIIzAC#v=onepage&q=thomas%20clarke%2C%20anne%20bishop&f=false

"Anne Bishop" is listed in the book "Fifty Puritan Ancestors, 1628-1660: Genealogical Notes, 1560-1900", by Elizabeth Todd Nash, 1902, pages 170-171, as follows: "Mr. John Bishop, born 1604, was the second signer of the Guilford [Connecticut] covenant, drawn up on shipboard June 1, 1639; John Jordan number 7, Thomas Norton 17, Abraham Cruttenden 18, Thomas Nash 21. John Bishop was the fifth of the six signers in the deeds of purchase from the Indians, and September 29, 1639, he was appointed with three others to have 'the civil power for the administration of justice and the preservation of peace;' re-elcted for the same office February 2, 1641, 1642. John Bishop was thirty-five years old when he left England with his wife Anne--and several children. He is said to have been a brother of Mr. James Bishop of New Haven. His estate was one of the largest in the plantation after that of Mr. Whitfield. He had in his home lot seven acres with one acre added in front for yards, on the 'London Corner'. Mr. John Bishop and John Bishop, Jr., were made freemen in list of 1650. On June 12, 1656, 'Mr. Bishopp, by note, was desired to supply the place of Townsmen.' John Bishop Jr., removed from Guilford 1688, and settled on what is now the Green in Madison. John Bishop, Sen., died January, 1660. The following doucments in regard to Mr. Bishop's will are recorded in New Haven: [1] 'The last will & testament of Mr. John Bishop Senior of Guilford deceased; presented as prooved in court at Guilford, Feb. 7th, 1660, by Mr. Robert Kitchell & John Fowler, to ye subscribing, and by Mr. William Leete and Elizabeth Jordan ye Mr. Bishop owned & allowed it soe to stand, adding onely ye legacy there in to his daughter Steele, now upon his death bed: dated Novemb. 1633. William Leete, Esq. Governor.' [2] 'An inventory alsoe of ye estate of Mr. John Bishop Senior deceased, presented as prooved in court at Guilford upon oath by Anne Bishop the widdow & relict of ye deceased & John Bishop his eldest soone & joint executor with ye widdow, for ye quantity, & by Abraham Cruttenden Senior, J. Fowler & Wm. Stone, apprizers, for ye just value as is there in sett.... Amounting to ye sume of 375...and taken January 7th, 1660 [,] William Leete.' Children.: [1] Sarah Bishop, m. George Westfield; 4 Sept. 30, 1657. [2] Anne Bishop, m. (1) John Jordan, (3) Thomas Clarke, May 1, 1652; she d. Jan. 3, 1672. [3] Elizabeth, m. -- Steele. [4] Mary, m. George Hubbard; d. Sept. 14, 1676. Second Generation.: [1] Anne Bishop married John Jordan 1640; he died January 1, 1649-50, leaving daughter Elizabeth, who married Daniel Hubbard, November 17, 1664. (see Hubbard family, p. 166.) [2] Mary Bishop married George Hubbard, and died September 14, 1676, leaving eight children, the youngest, Daniel, born December 27, 1644, marrying his cousin Elizabeth Jordan, November 17, 1664. Online source: https://books.google.com/books?id=YH4bAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PT130&lpg=RA1-PT130&dq=thomas+clarke,+anne+bishop&source=bl&ots=7KLygN-s70&sig=cEfCXZr1aRDox_5YdPuJ6E1cK8E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDj_G7247OAhUOzGMKHdKyDTkQ6AEIIDAB#v=onepage&q=thomas%20clarke%2C%20anne%20bishop&f=false.

The marriage of "Thomas Clark" (or "Thomas Clarke") and "Anne Bishop (Jordan)" is listed in the "U.S. New England Marriages Prior to 1700" and "Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 - Barbour Collection" (both via Ancestry.com), which combined states that they were married on 1 May 1652 in Guilford, Connecticut; that "Anne Bishop (Jordan)" was "of Guilford" and a "wid.[ow] of John [Jordan]"; and that Thomas Clark was of "Milford".

"Ann" is mentioned in the book "The Daily Union History of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey", by John F. Hall, 1900, under the section entitled the "Clark Family" (pages 379-384), as follows: "1. Thomas Clark, of Milford, Connecticut, probably brother of George Clark Jr., of Milford, and of John Clark, of Saybrook, who came from ---, Hertfordshire, England; took the oath of Fidelity at New Haven, 1634, married Ann, widow of John Jordan, of Guilford, 1654. She was a relative of Governor Fenwich. After his marriage he lived at Guilford, where, December 2, 1658, John Hill, of Guilford, sued Thomas Clark for slander. The plaintiff declared that the defendant both slanderously reported that he, the said John Hill, laid violent hands upon him and took him by the collar or throat and shook him and offered to strike him with his fork and another while with his fist, which the said Hill denied, and so looks upon himself as wronged and desired satisfaction of the slander. Mr. Clark gave the truth in evidence, which he fully sustained, so that the court awarded that the defendant was not guilty of slandering Hill and awarded the defendant his cost. Thomas Clark died October 10, 1668; Inventory, 220 pounds; Mrs. Clark died at Saybrook, January 3, 1672; Inventory at Guilford 26 pounds; at Saybrook, 77 pounds. Abraham Post, of Saybrook, who had married her daughter was the administrator. Children.--1. Daniel, b. January 1657-8. 2. Sarah.. 3- Elizabeth."

"Ann Bishop Clark" is listed in FindAGrave, Memorial # 109999748, which states that she was born in January 1622 in England; that she died on 3 January 1672 in Middlesex County, Connecticut; that she was buried in the Old Cemetery in North Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; that her parents were "John Bishop (1580-1661)" and "Anne Stevens Bishop (1592-1676); and that she was married to "John Jordan (1613-1650)" and "Thomas Clark (1628-1668)". Note: Ann Bishop's father, John Bishop (FindAGrave, Memorial # 160605971), reportedly sailed from England to America on the ship St. John in 1639. Last Changed: 18 October 2018 by