William Clark (1670 - bef. 1742)

Born 19 Dec 1670 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Bronsdon) Clarke — married 14 May 1702 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died before 4 Aug 1742 before age 71 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

William was a Merchant.

William Clark was born in Boston in December of 1670, a son of John and Martha (Whitingham/Whittingham) Clark. He became a leading figure in Boston and a legislator of the Massachusetts general Court; he married Sarah Bronsdon in 1702. He died, presumably in Boston, in 1742, and is buried in Copp's Hill Burying Ground, in a tomb evidently belonging to the family of his daughter-in-law Elizabeth Winslow, wife of his son Richard.

Probate

In 1744, his estate was ordered to set out to his widow Sarah, and his children, Robert Clark (eldest son), Benjamin Clark, the heirs of Sarah Kilby, late wife of Christopher Kilby, Esq. (Sarah and Katherine Kilby), Rebecca, wife of Samuel Winslow, and Martha, wife of Thomas Greenough.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Probate and Family Court Department FILE PAPERS, Box 042 Cases 07651-07840, 1636-1894, Family Search, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSNH-29K9-J : 28 March 2024), Film # 103209931, Suffolk, Massachusetts, File #7784 Image 1067-1073.

• Birth: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHM3-34M : 11 March 2018), William Clarke, 19 Dec 1670; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, 76-77; FHL microfilm 592,866.

• Marriage: "William Clark & Sarah Bronsdon Married By Mr. Increase Mather on May 14, 1702" -- Boston, MA: Marriages, 1700-1809. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006), Originally published as: Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Containing the Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751 (Vol. 28), Boston, Municipal Printing office, 1898. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (vol. 30), Boston, Municipal Printing Office, 1903; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB174/i/7456/3/248373889 (subscription)

• Paternal lineage: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11653/19/0 (subscription). Identical entry (NEHGR Vol. 33, pp. 19-20) is available without subscription at https://books.google.com/books?id=M2wFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA19 :

"My grandfather John Clark Physician married Martha Saltonstall of whom was born my father John Clark their only issue. My mother's father was William Whitingham who married Martha Hubbard of whom was born my mother Martha Whitingham and several others not one of which lived of age to have issue."

• Residence and family: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11643/437/0 (subscription). Identical entry (NEHGR Vol. 26, p. 437, 1879, "Notes and Queries") is available without subscription at https://archive.org/stream/newenglandhisto21unkngoog#page/n487 .

• Death and burial: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 December 2018), memorial page for William Clark (unknown–1742), Find A Grave: Memorial #8445067, citing Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Mr. Dana Edgecomb (contributor 47357144); https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8445067/william-clark updated 25 August 2021

See also:

• [Note: some data given at this location may be inaccurate.] "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 12 November 2018, 21:45), entry for William Clarke (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L8YS-5QF); contributed by various users.