Daniel (Clark) Clarke Sr. (bef. 1623 - bef. 1710)

Born before 8 Jun 1623 in Tarvin, Cheshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Newberry) Clark — married 13 Jun 1644 in Windsor, Connecticut

Descendants

Died before 12 Aug 1710 at about age 87 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Daniel Clark (1623-1710) was the fourth Secretary of the Colony of Connecticut, from 1658-1663 and 1665-1666, and holder of various offices in colonial Connecticut. He was a co-founder of the Colony of Connecticut; one of the first settlers of Windsor, Connecticut; a lawyer; a Representative to the Colony (1657-61); a Captain of the First Cavalry of Connecticut in 1664; and a judge at the Greensmith "witch trial" in 1662.

Birth and Parents

Daniel (Clark) Clarke Sr. was born in Cheshire, England.

Daniel was the fourth son born to Sabbath Clarke (1587-1663), a Puritan minister and Elizabeth Overton, the daughter of Valentine Overton, an Anglican minister. He was baptized on 8 June 1623 in his father’s church, Tarvin Chapel (now St. Andrew’s Church).^[1][2]

Currently in the north aisle section of the church is a brass plaque dedicated to his father Sabbath Clarke who was Curate and Vicar there from 1615 – 1662. Next to the church is the three-story parsonage, built circa 1565 (as noted on the building) and according to the current vicar, the family would have likely lived there during that time.^[3]

Migration to Windsor, Connecticut Colony

In June 1639,^[4][5] at about age 16, Daniel (and possibly his sister) left England for the New World with his/their uncle, Rev. Ephraim Huit and aunt, Isabel (Overton) Huit, their mother’s sister. Rev. Huit was a Puritan minister and led the expedition, bringing his family, nephew, and some of his congregation with him.^[6] They left England shortly before the start of the English Civil War, a time of unrest and religious persecution. Their final destination was the newly settled “plantation” of Windsor, located in what would become the center of the state of Connecticut. At this time, Windsor was the western frontier of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Rev. Huit had been hired to work as an assistant to Rev. John Warham, minister of the newly founded Windsor Church.^[7]The date of their arrival, August 17, 1639, was noted in the records of one of the original settlers of Windsor, Matthew Grant, “Mr. Huit and divers [various] others came up from the bay to Windsor to settle here.”^[6] Grant was the town surveyor and would soon become the first town clerk. Another contemporary of the time, Henry Wolcott, wrote in his journal that Rev. Huit “preached to the Church of Windsor, on the day after his arrival, from 1 Corinthians, 12th Chapter, the last part of the 31st verse” (And yet show I unto you a more excellent way). ^[8]

Daniel first appears in colonial records as a grantee (or buyer of land) in the 1639/40 land division of nearby Hartford.^[9] It does not appear that he ever lived there. He purchased his first property in Windsor in February, 1640.^[10] It was located south of the Farmington River and bounded by land owned by Rev. Warham and his future Newberry in-laws.

The following is an excerpt of Daniel’s February 23, 1640 Windsor deed, with its original grammar and spellings:

Exchanged with Danll Clark } Arthur Williams hath Granted from the Plantation an home Lott, four acres the breadth ten rod, the Length Sixty , Benjamin, and John Newberry, North by John Warham, South by a high way … Also by Purchase of Daniel Clark in the Great meadow four acres…

Over the next 60 years, Daniel would buy and sell land in Windsor and the surrounding area including 400 acres in Farmington,^[11] 300 acres in Meriden,^[12]and over 300 acres in Lebanon.^[13][14]He negotiated some of these transactions directly with Indians, including the purchase of 100 acres in New London from Owaneco, the son of Uncas in 1703.^[15]Uncas was sachem of the Mohegans, who under his leadership became the dominant tribe in lower Connecticut through an alliance with the English colonists.^[16]

Daniel was admitted to the Windsor Church in 1643 at the age of 20.^[17] This required some doing and was by no means automatic. Admittance meant that he had professed his faith in front of the church body and owned property worth at least 50 shillings. Church membership gave him full rights as a freeman, including the right to vote and serve in the government.

Sadly, Uncle Ephraim Huit died in 1644, after only five years in Windsor. His headstone, found in the Old Burying Ground of Windsor (Palisado Cemetery), is one of the oldest legible gravestones in the country and the oldest remaining monument of any kind in Connecticut.^[18] Daniel served as one of the executors to his uncle’s estate. In his will, Uncle Ephraim bequeathed him six acres of land in the Great Meadow^[19].

Marriage to Mary Newberry

Daniel married one of the most eligible young women of Windsor, Mary Newberry, on 13 June 1644.^{[20] [21]} He was about 21 years old and she about 18. Mary was baptized in 1626 in Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset, England.^[22]Like Daniel, she had come to the New World from England as a teenager. She was the daughter of Joane (Dabinott) Newberry and Thomas Newberry.^[23]

Her father had been a prominent Massachusetts landowner and wealthy merchant. Her mother died when she was about 3-years-old and her father remarried in England by 1632. After Thomas's death in 1636, Mary's step-mother married Rev. John Warham at Windsor. Warham was not only the head of the church at Windsor, but one of its most respected community leaders and a successful entrepreneur. Thomas Newberry’s Windsor land was legally divided amongst his children in 1640.^[24] It included meadowland, upland and land on the east side of the Connecticut River. This left Mary with a substantial dowry.

Daniel and Mary spent their entire lives at Windsor. The year they married, 1644, Daniel bought a triangular lot near his property purchased in 1640 on “Mill-road” near the "Warham Mill."^[25][26] The mill, owned by Mary’s stepfather Rev. Warham, was the first gristmill in Connecticut. Today in Windsor, you'll find a low stone monument near the site of their homestead. It's located at #43 Poquonock Ave, between Bloomfield and Spring Streets.

Between 1645 and 1666, Mary gave birth to ten children: five girls and five boys, eight of whom lived to adulthood. The children of Daniel and Mary, all born in Windsor:^[27]

1. Mary (b. 1645; d. 1648)^[28])
2. Josiah (b. 1648; d. 1691) m. 1683, Mary (Burr) Crowe
3. Elizabeth (b. 1651; d. 1729) m. 1) in 1699, Moses Cooke (-1676); m. 2) in 1677, Lt. Job Drake (-1711). Elizabeth and Job had a daughter Sarah who married Governor Roger Wolcott. Sarah and Roger had a son Oliver Wolcott who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
4. Daniel Jr. (b. 1654; d. 1754) m. in 1678, Hannah Pratt
5. John (b. 1656; d. 1715) m. in 1685, Mary Crowe
6. Mary (b. 1658; d. 1738) m. 1) in 1683, John Gaylord; m. 2) in 1700, Jedediah Watson
7. Samuel (b. 1661; d. 1738) m. in 1687, Mehitable Thrall
8. Sarah (b. 1663; d. aft. 1710) m. 1) in 1685, Isaac Pinney (-1709); m. 2) aft 1710, ___ Nash
9. Hannah (b. 24 Aug 1665; d. young)^[29]
10. Nathaniel (b. 1666; d. 1690), killed by Natives at age 24 while fighting with the provincial army during King William's War^[30]

Civic Duty at Connecticut Colony

Daniel had a long civic involvement in the Colony of Connecticut beginning in 1646 when he was called to serve as a jurist.^[31] Next, in 1651, Daniel was chosen to be a town constable.^[32] Several biographies have mistakenly stated that Daniel was appointed magistrate in 1651, citing the town record of May 5th 1651: “At a meeting of the townsmen Mr. Clarke was appointed to sit in the great pew.” However, this “Mr. Clarke” must have been Henry Clarke, who had arrived in Windsor about the same time as Daniel, but was older and quite prosperous. Throughout In the Windsor Town minutes of 1653 and 1654, a "Mr. Clarke" appears on the list of magistrates, while "Dan : Clark" appears in the same minutes, but on the list of deputies (Daniel Clark would be elected Magistrate in 1662). Henry and Daniel do not appear to be related.

In a letter composed in February 1652, Daniel writes to John Winthrop, the colony’s governor and a physician.^[33] In it, he describes treating his child’s sore tooth (likely Josiah or Elizabeth) by attempting to remove it himself. He had “ript [it out] with a small silver hooke … save one splinter which yet is in and … keeps it from healing.” Daniel asks if he could bring the child to see Winthrop later that spring. This letter is part of a collection held in the Library of Medicine at Harvard University.

Political Career Begins in 1653

Daniel was elected by the ‘inhabitants’ of Windsor in October 1653 to serve as their Deputy (representative) to the General Court.^[34] Hartford, about 12 miles south of Windsor, was the established meeting place of the governing body for the colony. In the minutes of that October meeting, his name is preceded by the title “Mr.” for the first time, signifying his rise in status. Daniel served as Deputy until October 1661, a total of eight years.

Chosen First Calvary Troop and Confirmed Captain

The General Court organized the first cavalry in Connecticut in March 1658 and put it under the command of the experienced Capt. John Mason in Hartford.^[35] A regiment was recruited from men of good standing who were able to provide their own horses, uniforms and weapons. Daniel was one of seventeen men chosen to be in the troop, with the Court confirming him as a Lieutenant.^[36] Benjamin Newberry and Thomas Allyn, his brother-in-laws, also represented Windsor, as did Simon Wolcott (Wolcott’s widow would later become Daniel’s second wife). Daniel Pratt of Hartford also joined the Connecticut troop. Twenty years later, his daughter Hannah Pratt would marry son Daniel Clarke Jr. In 1664, Daniel was made a Captain in the cavalry.^[37]

About this time, Daniel began to be selected for important committees in the General Court and was asked to write diplomatic letters on their behalf. In June 1656, he was chosen to be the secretary for the Particular Court.^[38] The minutes of Feb. 1657 show that he was appointed to a committee “to give best safe advice they can to the Indians, if they [the Indians] agree to meet & being met shall crave the same of them.” ^[39] At this same meeting, he was asked to write letters to the church elders in Massachusetts Bay and the former council regarding difficulties with the church at Hartford.^[40] A year later, the Court appointed him to “write a letter to the Magistrates of South Hampton, to inform them of the mind of the commissioners, & another to the Indians there.”^[41]

Sworn in as Secretary for Connecticut Colony

At the General Court of Elections in May 1658, Daniel was chosen to record the meeting. Historian and transcriber of the original court records, J. Hammond Trumbull writes, “This is the last entry [24 March 1657/8] in the hand writing of Mr. Cullick. In May following, Mr. Daniel Clarke was chosen Secretary, and the records which next follow are in his hand.” ^[42] Daniel, at about age 35, became the official Secretary of the colony when he was sworn into office at the following meeting, August 1658:

"Daniel Clark was sworn, according to ye form of the Secretaries Oath approved by this Court."^[43]

Daniel continued as Secretary of the colony for the next five years, serving as such from May 1658 – May 1663. He was removed as Secretary in May 1663^[44] (more on that controversy to follow) and elected again from May 1665^[45] – Oct 1666,^[46] for a total of about six and a half years. From 1658 to 1661, he served dually as a Deputy of Windsor and Secretary to the Colony.^[47]

Elected Magistrate of Connecticut Colony

Daniel was elected Magistrate, as well as Secretary on May 15, 1662. ^[48] He served as a Magistrate from May 1662 – Oct 1664, about two and a half years.

In 1662, King Charles signed the Connecticut Charter, granting the colony an extremely generous degree of self-governance.^[49] Unlike most other New England colonies whose governor was appointed by the King, the Connecticut Charter created a corporation made up of the freemen of Connecticut, allowing them to elect their own governor, representatives and judges. It gave ‘general and exclusive power’ to the Governor, Deputy-Governor and their Assistants, 19 men in total. Daniel and his brother-in-law, Henry Wolcott Jr., were the only Windsor men to be named in the charter. The original document hangs on the wall of the State Library in Hartford. Daniel’s name appears with the other men in the first full paragraph of the charter.^[50]

Greensmith Witch Trial

In 1662, Daniel served as one of the magistrates in the trial of Nathanial Greensmith and his wife Rebecca, which took place in nearby Hartford.^[51] The charges stemmed from several nights of “merry making” on the green near the Greensmith house with nine others. The accusations came from a young girl, uttered in the delirium of sickness. When the child died, the neighborhood was busy with reports that she had been bewitched “unto death.” In the end, the jury found Nathanial and Rebecca guilty and they were hung. This is believed to be the last time suspected witches were executed in Connecticut, taking place some forty years before the Salem witch trials.

Death of Father

In early 1663 Daniel’s father, Rev. Sabbath Clarke, died in Tarvin, England at about age 76 (his will was executed 23 February 1663)^[52]. Sabbath had survived the English civil war, remaining faithful to his Puritan values, even though he was under great pressure to recant when Charles II came to power in 1661. Because of his refusal to convert to the Anglican Church, Sabbath lost his post and probably lived the last year or two of his life without his livelihood. In his will, Sabbath left “all the rest of my goods Chattels and p[er]sonal estate whatsoever unto my sons John Clarke[,] Samuel Clarke[,] Daniell Clarke and my grandchild Josias Clarke to be equally divided amongst them …” ^[52] It is not clear what Daniel inherited, as an inventory of the estate has not been located.

Removal as Secretary

Also about this time, Daniel’s career received a set back. In May 1663, fellow trooper William Edwards of Hartford (whose descendants would later marry into the Clarke family) accused Daniel of breach of oath, unfaithfulness and contempt for the authority of the colony.^[53] According to writer Frank Thistlethwaite, the accusations probably had something to do with an allocation of land at Hammonasset from which Daniel had benefited. The General Court found him “so far fa[u]lty" as to put him out of the secretary’s place “until the next Election Court.” The following year he was re-nominated as an Assistant and elected, but whether or not through wounded pride, he declined to serve.^[54]

In Oct 1663, Matthew Allyn, Captain Talcott and “Lnt. Clark” were appointed by the General Court to meet with the gentlemen "who had come from M[anhatoes] about the matters in controversy between this Corporation and the D[utch] at Manhatoes."^[55] Manhatoes (Manhattan) was the Dutch capital and Peter Stuyvesant the director-general of the colony of New Netherland. Stuyvesant had sent a delegation to Hartford to negotiate an agreement on the border between the two colonies. The disputed land included Long Island and territory between Stamford and Westchester. With the victory of England over the Dutch the following year, the controversy became moot.

Elected to Court of Assistants (1665 - 1667)

When the Court of Assistants replaced the Particular Court in 1665, its jurisdiction extended to higher matters than those of its predecessor, the Particular Court. Daniel served on the Court of Assistants from May 1665 - Oct 1667.^[56] At a session of the Court of Elections in May 1666, Daniel was appointed to serve as the first County Clerk of the newly formed Hartford County.^[57] At the Court of Elections held in May 1668, Daniel was nominated once again as an Assistant to the General Court, but lost in the election.^[58] He was nominated again in 1671 and 1672, but was not elected each time. After 1668, he would never again return to the General Court.

During this time, Daniel served on several Court appointed committees. They included; a committee to help settle a land dispute between the “Indians at Coassatuck” and the town of Stonington^[59]; a committee to moderate a monetary settlement for wealthy town lawyer and doctor, Brian Rossiter^[60]; a committee to "appoint or if need be to press four men and horses” to travel to Fort Albany in New York. Furthermore, they were given the authorization to use the militia in whatever way they deemed necessary and to appoint and commission officers “in case of any apparent danger of invasion by the approach or motion of any enemy …”)^[61] ; a committee of three to assist the Deputy Governor in holding court in New London^[62]; and a committee to review the “acts of Commissioners” and present their findings to the next meeting of the Court^[63].

Family Connections

With the marriage of their oldest daughter Elizabeth to Moses Cooke in 1669, the process of Daniel and Mary’s children marrying into Windsor’s most respected families had begun. Some of these families had been passengers on the ship, Mary and John in 1630 with Rev. Warham. They include the Cooke, Drake, Gaylord and Wolcott families. Moses Cooke was the son of Aaron, who had served in the horse troop with Daniel and married the daughter of Thomas Ford, one of the richest men in town and a member of the General Court. After the death of Moses Cooke, Elizabeth married Job Drake Jr. Job’s father was married to a daughter of Henry Wolcott Sr. Daniel’s daughter Mary married John Gaylord, the son of William Gaylord who was deacon of the church and a member of the General Court. He too, had emigrated from Dorset with Rev. Warham. Sarah, Daniel’s youngest daughter, married Isaac Pinney, the son of Humphrey who had traveled from Dorchester, Massachusetts with the Warham group. Three of Daniel’s sons married women from outside Windsor. Josiah, the eldest, married Mary, the daughter of William Burr, an early settler of nearby Hartford. Daniel Jr. married Hannah, daughter of Daniel Pratt from Hartford. Daniel Pratt had served in the troop with Daniel Sr. John married Mary Crow(e) in Hartford. Only Samuel would marry a Windsor girl, Mehitable Thrall, the granddaughter of stonemason William Thrall. William had owned the Rocky Hill quarry that provided stone for the cellars and chimneys of the early Windsor homes.

King Phillip's War

In the early 1670's, hostilities loomed throughout New England with both the Indians and the French, leading to this request by the General Court in October 1670:^[64]

Capt. Daniel Clarke to add to his troop so many as may make them complete sixty besides officers – provided none be taken out of Windsor without the Captn of the foot company’s leave, and that they are volunteers and maintain a horse and arms complete according to law without any charge to the country.

Daniel was active during King Phillip's War (1675-1676). His name is found on a list of Windsor troopers who during the conflict, each received 6s 8d “on war account”.^[65] In November 1675 “Mr. Woolcott and Capt. Clarke” were appointed by the Council to sign and distribute the wages of the Windsor soldiers.^[66] As a Captain during this time, he received 20 shillings per week, with an additional 5 shillings for his duty of disbursing the soldiers’ pay and 4 pence a day more for “horse pasturage.” Daniel also appears in a report to the War Council in Hartford, March 1676:^[67]

Capt. [Benjamin] Newberry was appointed to improve the soldiers of Windsor, in scouting the woods, and was permitted to appoint some of them to assist Capt. Clarke in the remov[al] of the desolate widow to Windsor, provided they do not stay out above one night.

At the height of the war in May 1676, Daniel was appointed to the Standing War Council,^[68] which was given emergency powers to govern when the General Court was not in session. This was the colony’s executive committee in prosecuting the war. It appears that Daniel was stationed at Windsor throughout the war. Thankfully, no attacks took place there, but its’ troops were deployed at times to protect several area towns including Stonington, New London, Springfield, and Westfield.^[69] For over a year, Windsor troops were kept in constant readiness from the threat of Indian attack, especially at night.

After the war, Daniel continued to serve the General Court. His activities included; October 1677, he was appointed to a committee to settle the estate of a follow trooper, Captain Marshall;^[70] May 1682, he and his brother-in-law Benjamin Newberry were appointed Commissioners of the towns of Windsor and Simsbury;^[71]and in 1685, he was one of seven Windsor men chosen to take out a patent from the governor designed to legalize the town's boundaries.^[72]

Attorney's Oath (1688)

In March 1688, Governor Andros "allowed" Daniel to take the attorney's oath at the Court of Sessions.^[73] Although Andros was not authorized to create attorneys (an authorization law was not approved until 1708), Daniel was recognized as having the right to appear in front of the General Court and speak on the behalf of others. Based on colony records previously detailed, he had already been providing this service for many years.

Death of First Wife

Mary (Newberry) Clark died in Windsor at about age 61 on August 22, 1688.^[74] She and Daniel had been married for 43 years. At the time of her death, seven of their eight surviving children were married and beginning families of their own. Daniel was a widower at about age 65. A month after Mary’s death, Daniel deeded the family homestead, including the orchard and some of his prime planting fields to his youngest son, Nathaniel, who had just turned 22 and was unmarried.^[75] Daniel also gifted land that month to Daniel Jr.,^[76] and the following year to Samuel.^[77]

Second Marriage to Martha Pitkin Wolcott

In 1689, a little more than a year after Mary’s death, Daniel married Martha (Pitkin) Wolcott, the fifty year old widow of Simon Wolcott.^[78] Simon, son of Town of Windsor co-founder Henry Wolcott, had died two years earlier. Martha was born in England in 1639. She was the daughter of William Pitkin who became a powerful political leader in Hartford and sister of William Jr. who was a prominent lawyer.^[79] Martha was 16 years younger than Daniel and is described at the time of her first marriage as a young woman of great beauty, accomplished and witty.^[80] While Daniel’s children were fully grown, the six children Martha brought to the marriage were between the ages of 10 and 21. The couple settled in Windsor, as later noted by Roger Wolcott, Martha's youngest son: “In the year 1689 my mother marryed with Daniel Clark, Esq.; I went to live with her on the west side of the river…” Roger would grow up to marry Sarah Drake, the daughter of Elizabeth (Clarke) Drake, Daniel’s oldest daughter. Roger Wolcott served as the Governor of Connecticut from 1750 -1754. Their son, Oliver Wolcott, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Land Granted in Lebanon, Connecticut

In 1695, Daniel was one of a small group of influential men granted land in Lebanon, CT, which lies about 35 miles southeast of Windsor. He received two lots of 42 acres each.^[81] Also about that time, he received another 240 acres in Lebanon. Daniel would later give that land to his son Daniel Jr. to hold in trust for his grandson, Moses, until he reached the age of 21.^[82]The home that Moses built there on Mabley Road about 1708 is considered the oldest surviving house in Lebanon and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The farm stayed in the family until about 1935. Three of Daniel Jr.’s sons; Moses, Aaron and Nathaniel, would settle in Lebanon between 1705 and 1715.

Final Appearance in Colony Records (1697 - 1699)

In what is believed to be the last case against witchcraft conducted in Connecticut, Daniel was asked to serve “as attorney in behalf of our Sovereign Lord the king.” ^[83] The case took place in Wallingford, CT in 1697 against Winnifrett Denham and his son, Winnifrett. They were charged with “having familiarity with Satan the Enemy of God and mankind, and by his aid doing many preternaturall arts by misteriously hurting the bodies and goods of Sundry persons.” There was considerable excitement over the trial. In the end, the jury acquitted both men due to lack of evidence.

During a session of the General Court in Oct 1699, Daniel, now in his mid-seventies, helped represent the Governor and colony in a case against Major James Fitch for illegally purchasing land “in the Nipmug and Wabaquasett countery” from Owaneco, the Indian chief.^[84] A hearing was set for the next session to be held the following May. This is the last mention of Daniel in colony or town records.

Death and Burial

Daniel Clarke died on 12 August 1710 in his 87th year at Windsor.^[85] His death is noted in the journal of his stepson, Roger Wolcott:

In the year 1710 … This year, the 10th of August, dyed my kind father–in-law, Daniel Clark, Esqr in the 86th year of his age, with which I was much affected and soon after, these words came powerfully into my mind: What hope hath the hypocrite tho’ he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? -- and were followed with such convictions as I hope will never were off.^[86]

He was survived by his second wife, Martha (by whom he had no children), his seven children by Mary, five step-children, at least twenty-nine grandchildren and at least 12 great-grandchildren. A copy of his will and probate records are attached in the Images section of this profile. His estate inventory can be found in Walton's "Clark Genealogy" book.^[87]

In The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Henry Stiles states with confidence that Daniel is buried at the East Windsor Hill Cemetery in South Windsor, although his “grave not found” [in 1891].^[88] Stiles does not give a source for his information. Although no church record or gravestone survives, it seems more likely that he is buried near Mary, his first wife, in the old section of the Palisado Cemetery in Windsor.

Great Grandfather of Governors

Clark Genealogy writer Emma Lee Walton states that Daniel has been called the “great-grandfather of governors” due to the number of his descendants who held that office.^[89] Besides his stepson, Roger Wolcott (Governor of CT, 1750-1754) his great-grandson, Hon. Roger Wolcott, was representative to the general assembly, member of the council, and judge of the superior court. Daniel's great-granddaughter, Ursula Wolcott, married Governor Matthew Griswold, and their son Roger was also governor of Connecticut. Daniel's great-grandson, Oliver Wolcott, graduated from Yale in 1747, was elected to the Second Continental Congress, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and in 1787 was elected Governor of Connecticut. Oliver’s son, Oliver Jr., was Governor of Connecticut from 1817-1827. His 3rd great grandson, Clark Bissell, was Governor of Connecticut from 1847-49.

Windsor Founders Monument

Daniel Clark's name appears on the Founder's Monument in the Palisado Cemetery in Windsor,^[90] and on a large Clark family memorial stone in West Suffield, which states that Daniel was born Sept 5, 1622 died Aug 12, 1710 From England -- settled in Windsor 1636.^[91][92]

Notes

• Clarke Name spelling: Old Connecticut records spell Daniel Clarke’s name with and without a final “e,” though it mostly appears with the “e.” Sometimes, even within the same record, it appears both ways. In Daniel’s will, the “e” is left off, but in a document appointing appraisers of his estate, the “e” is added, and Martha and two of his children signed their name with a final “e” on the document. By the second generation, the “e” has been completely dropped.
• Matthew Grant’s Old Church Record: Matthew Grant (1601-1681) was a Windsor town founder, surveyor, deacon and clerk. His journal is a meticulous recording of early Windsor history and a valuable source of Clarke family births, baptisms, marriages and deaths. His records also give us insight into the early history of Church of Windsor in which the Clarke’s were heavily involved. Henry Stiles, author of several highly regarded books on the history of Windsor written in the late 1800’s, considered it to be the “corner-stone” of Windsor’s early civil and religious history. It would seem that the journal was written not as an official government record, but for Mr. Grant’s own purpose. According to Stiles, it was retained in his family for many years after his death, then lost, only to be discovered in 1800 “among the rubbish.” The original book is housed in the library of the Connecticut Historical Society. It can also be viewed on-line.
• The following Daniel Clarke family records are found in Grant’s Old Church Record:

Births: Josias, Elizabeth, Daniel Jr., John, Mary, Samuel, Sara, Hannah & Nathaniel

Baptisms: Josias, Daniel Jr., John, Samuel, Sara, & Nathaniel

Marriages: Daniel and Mary Newberry, Elizabeth and Job Drake,

Deaths: Daniel’s sister, Daniel Clarke, Mary Newberry Clarke, Uncle (Rev) Ephraim Huit, Aunt Isabell (Overton) Huit, Martha (Pitkin Wolcott) Clarke, Hannah Clarke & probable record of daughter Mary Clarke

Burials: Daniel Clarke, Uncle Huit & Martha (Pitkin Wolcott) Clarke

Church Admittance: Daniel Clarke & Mary (Newberry) Clarke

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2. ↑ "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch [1]: 10 December 2017, Daniell Clarke, 08 Jun 1623, Christening; citing item 1, Tarvin, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,850,101.
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6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Connecticut Historical Society. Some early records and documents of and relating to the town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703, Hartford Historical Society, Hartford, CT, 1930, p 9 & 79. Contains a transcription of Mathew Grant Record (1639 – 1681).

   “[(since our)] firft fetting downe here in Windfor, at leaft [(since Mr)] Hewits firft coming up here vnto us Aguft [(1639)]”

   “aguft 17 1639 Mr Hweit and diures others came up from ye bay to windfor to fettell heer” [3]

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11. ↑ Hinman, Royal Ralph, A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut. Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, Hartford, CT, 1852, p 602 and Trumbull, J. Hammond, The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony, May, 1665, Brown & Parsons, Hartford, MA, 1850, Vol I, p 376-7.[7]
12. ↑ Davis, Charles Henry Stanley, History of Wallingford, Conn: From Its Settlement in 1670 to the Present Time, Including Meriden, which was One of Its Parishes Until 1806, and Cheshire, which was Incorporated in 1780, Published by the Author, Meriden, CT. 1870, Vol. I, p. 158-159.
13. ↑ Windham County, CT, Land Records Vol 2:18-19, Daniel Clarke to Moses Clarke, 5 November 1705, Lebanon. Microfilm copy found at the Lebanon Historical Society.
14. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. “Genealogy and social history:: the early settlement of Lebanon, Connecticut, as a case study.” University of Massachusetts Amherst, Master Theses 1911 – February 2014. 1282 (1983) p 99.

    “Captain Daniel Clarke received two full lots (42 acres each) in the Five Miles Square grant of November 1695 and turned them over to his son Daniel or to his grandson Moses…” (Lebanon Land Records Vol 1:4-5, 136, 272-7)[8]

15. ↑ Hoadly, Charles J. ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, From August, 1689, To May, 1706; Transcribed and Edited, In Accordance with a Resolution of the General Assembly. Case, Lockwood And Brainard, Hartford, MA, 1868. Vol IV, p 422-3.[9]
16. ↑ [10]
17. ↑ Connecticut Historical Society. Some early records and documents of and relating to the town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703, Hartford Historical Society, Hartford, CT, 1930, p 10. Contains a transcription of Mathew Grant Record (1639 – 1681).

    [(Daniel) Clark] . June . 18 . 1643

18. ↑ Unknown contributor, “The Oldest Legible Gravestone,” [11] Accessed 9 March 2019.
19. ↑ The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Hartford, Brown & Parsons, 1850, Vol 1, p. 458.[12]
20. ↑ Connecticut Historical Society. Some early records and documents of and relating to the town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703, Hartford Historical Society, Hartford, CT, 1930, p 29. Contains a transcription of Mathew Grant Record (1639 – 1681).

    Daniell Clark married mary Newbery . June . 13 . 1644[13]

21. ↑ Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 2004, p 154.

    “CLARK, Capt. Daniel (?ca 1622-1710) & 1/wf Mary NEWBERRY (1622- 1688); 13 June 1644 Windsor, CT”

22. ↑ Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, Marshwood, England. [Database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

    Mary, the daughter of Thomas newbury Baptized the 22 day of October 1626

23. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, p 235-242. NEHGS, Boston, MA, 2007.
24. ↑ Stiles, Henry Reed. The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Hartford, CT, 1891, Vol I, p 162, 548, 549.archive.org:“his [Thomas Newberry] lands were not rec[orded] to him, but to his children directly, under date of 1640.”
25. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond, The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, Edward Osgood Publisher, Boston, MA, 1886, Vol. II, p 548. I am unable to find this record in the online site of deeds for the Town of Windsor.

    “DANIEL CLARKE (1644) bought a triangular lot, about thirty-six rods, along the mill highway…” [14]

26. ↑ Stiles, Henry Reed. The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, 1891, Vol I, p 152. This section of the book is based on Windsor land records as compiled by Jabez H. Hayden.

    “CLARKE, Mr. DANIEL (Hon. Sec’y of the Colony, 1658-60 and 1664-65) m. 1644, bo[ough]’t a triangular lot, abt 36 rods on W. side of the Mill-road, ext[ending]. from abt 15 r[ods] N. of Bloomfield Ave, having on his S. line John Bartlett, on his W. Job Drake. His son Nathaniel had the homestead [in 1688].” [15]

27. ↑ Connecticut Historical Society. Some early records, 1930, p 29 & 30. Note: Contains a transcription of Mathew Grant Record (1639 – 1681).

    Daniell Clark married mary Newbery . June . 13 . 1644 .

    his fonn Jofias was Borne January . 21 . 1648 .

    his Daughter elifabeth was Borne . octo . 28 . 1651 .

    his fonn Danill was Borne . Aprell . 4 . 1654 .

    his fonn John was Borne . Aprell . 10 . 1656 .

    his Daughter mary was Born . feptmr . 22 . 1658 .

    his fonn famuell was Borne . July . 6 . 1661 .

    his Daughter fary was Borne . aguft . 7 . 1663 .

    his Daughter Hanna was Borne . aguft . 29 . 1665 . Dead .

    his fonn Nathanell wafs Borne . feptmr . 8 . 1666 .[16]

28. ↑ Connecticut Historical Society. Some early records, 1930, p 80. Note: Contains a transcription of Mathew Grant Record (1639 – 1681). Note: The record does not name Mary by name, but it most likely as none of the other children fit the date.

    “[16]48 . yeare . 25 Parfons [persons] dyed … Danell clarks child"

29. ↑ Connecticut Historical Society. Some early records, 1930, p 29 & 30. Note: Contains a transcription of Mathew Grant Record (1639 – 1681).

    Daniell Clark married mary Newbery . June . 13 . 1644 .

    his fonn Jofias was Borne January . 21 . 1648 ...

    his Daughter Hanna was Borne . aguft . 29 . 1665 . Dead .

30. ↑ Stiles, Henry R. The History of Ancient Windsor, 1859, p 153.

    “never m.[arried] ; was a land-owner at W[indsor] ; killed by Indians 1690 …”[17]

31. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony, May, 1665, Brown & Parsons, Hartford, MA, 1850, Vol I, p 143.[18]
32. ↑ Connecticut Historical Society, Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663. Connecticut Historical Society & Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, 1928, p 96.

    “A perticular Courte in Hartford the 7th of march 1650/51 … Danyell Clarke and Josias Hull were sworne Constables for Wyndsor for the ensuing yeare.”[19]

33. ↑ John Winthrop Papers. Clarke, Daniell, autographed letter signed to Hugh Caukin; Windsor, Conn., 1 side (3 pages), 1652 February 11. B MS c56 6, Countway Library of Medicine, letter excerpt included in the essay, Medicine in Colonial North America by Theresa McCulla, 2016.[20] (Accessed 17 Nov 2018).
34. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony, May, 1665, Brown & Parsons, Hartford, MA, 1850, Vol I, p 248 & 372. Note: Most biographies cite Daniel as being a Representative or Deputy from only 1657-1661, likely because that is what appears in the earliest biographies, most notably, Stiles and Savage. The colony minutes, however, show that Daniel was a Deputy beginning in October, 1653. page 248

    “The 29 October, 1653… Deputyes: … Mr. Dan: Clarke” [21] and page 372

    “Octobr 3 : 61 … Secr, Danll Clark, et Dep : ” Daniel is nominated for Magistrate for the first time at that same meeting on 3 Oct 1661 (p 373).[22]

35. ↑ Thistlethwaite, Frank. Dorset Pilgrims, The Story of West Country Pilgrims Who Went to New England in the 17th Century, Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1989, p 92-5.
36. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1850, Vol I, p 309.[23]
37. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1850, Vol I, p 429. Note: May 12, 1664: “Mr. Daniel Clark was by this Court confirmed Captain of the Troop.” [24]
38. ↑ Connecticut Historical Society, Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Connecticut Historical Society & Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, 1928, p 167.

    “before Daniell Clarke, Secretary”[25]

39. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1850, Vol I, p 288.

    “This Courte appointe Mr. Steele, Mr. Allin, Mr. Dan: Clarke, Mr. Lord, William Wadsworth, Mr. Hollistr, John Demming, Robert Webster, wth the Magistrates, to bee Committee, to giue the best safe advice they can to the Indians, if they agree to meete & being met shall craue the same of them.”[26]

40. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1850, Vol I, p 291.

    “… The Court desires that Hartford Church would write to the former Counsell to come together to Hartford to see if they can compose the differences amougst themselues … Mr. Dan: Clarke is desired to draw the letters to the Eldrs in the Bay, and to the formr Counsell.” [27]

41. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1850, Vol I, p 307.

    “The Court appoints Mr. Dan: Clarke to write a letter to the Magistrates of South Hampton, to informe them of the minde of the Commissionrs, & another to the Indians there.”' '[28]

42. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1850, Vol I, p 314 footnote. [29]
43. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1850, Vol I, p 319. [30]
44. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1850, Vol I, p 401 & 405. [31]
45. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1850, Vol I, p 441 footnote.

    “… the General Election in May [1665] … the following Magistrates chosen to office for the ensuing year: John Winthrop Esq., Governor … Capt. Daniel Clarke, Secretary.”[32]

46. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1852, Vol II, p 30. [33]
47. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1850, Vol I, p 372.

    “Secr, Danll Clark, et Dep” [34]

48. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1850, Vol I, p 378. [35]
49. ↑ Stark, Bruce P., “The Charter of 1662,” excerpted from Connecticut History and Culture: an Historical Overview and Resource Guide for Teachers, 1985. [36] accessed 6 Dec 2018.
50. ↑ Anonymous contributors. “Charter of Connecticut – 1662” Yale Law School, The Avalon Project. [37]. Accessed 14 February 2020.
51. ↑ Unknown Contributor, “Hartford’s Witches from the Colonial History of Hartford.” [38]. Accessed 17 Oct 2018.
52. ↑ ^{52.0 52.1} Consistory Court of Chester, original wills, supra, box A-H [FHL 0,090,019] Chester, England. The will of “Sabbath Clark of Tarvin, clerk” executed 23 February 1663 and proved 13 May 1663.
53. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1850, Vol I, p 401 & 405. [39]

    page 401: “Wm. Edwards chargeth Mr. Daniell Clerk, for breach of his oath, unfaithfullnesse in ye great trust committed to him by the freemen of this Corporation, to the dishonor of God, infringement of ye royall perogative of our Soveraign Lord the King, contempt of ye authority established in this Corporation, & abuse of the members of ye same, to such censure as he shall make appeare according to the laws established in this Corporation.”

    page 405: “This Court having considered the complaint of Wm. Edwards against Mr. Clark, and having seriously considered the case, do find him so far falty as to put him out of the Secretary’s place until the next election Court.”

54. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1850, Vol I, p 435.

    “Mr. Danll Clarke refuseing to accept of the place of an Assist, Mr. James Richards was chosen an Assist for this Colony, till the election in May next, and had the oath administred to him.” [40]

55. ↑ : Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony, May, 1665, Transcribed and published (in accordance with a resolution of the General Assembly) under the supervision of the Secretary of State, with occasional notes and an appendix, Brown & Parsons, Hartford, MA, 1850, Vol I, p 410.

    “This court desires and appoyntes Mr. Matthew Allyn, Capt. T[alcott,] Lnt Clark, as a Comitty to treat wth the Gentn come from the M[anhatoes] about the matters in controversie between this Corporation and the D[utch] at Manhatoes, and in case Mr. Clark comes not down to the Court, ye [Secretary to] supply Mr. Clarkes place.” [41]

56. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1852, Vol II, p 69.[42]

    Note: Stiles lists Daniel as a member of the Court of Assistants from 1662-64, even though the Court of Assistants was not established until 1665. “The Court of Assistants … the following were from Windsor … Clarke, Daniel, 1662-64, 66-68.” (Stiles, Vol I, p 451). The records show that Daniel was on the Particular Court from June 1662 to at least April 63 (I have not researched the records from 1664) and the Court of Assistants from May 1665 – May 67. He was nominated but not reelected in 1668.

57. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, From 1665 To 1678, 1852, Vol II, p 38.

    “This Court doth appoint Mr. Hill to be Clerke of y County Court at Fairfield … and Mr. Clark of ye County Court at Hartford.” [43]

58. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, From 1665 To 1678, Vol II, p 82.[44]
59. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, From 1665 To 1678, Vol II, p 33, 44.[45]
60. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, From 1665 To 1678; Transcribed and Edited, In Accordance with a Resolution of the General Assembly, With Notes and an Appendix, F.A. Brown, iHartford, MA, 1852, Vol II, p 23 & 40-41.[46]
61. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, From 1665 To 1678, 1852, Vol II, p 43.[47]
62. ↑ Trumbull, The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Vol II, p 66.[48]
63. ↑ Trumbull, The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1852, Vol II, p 78.[49]
64. ↑ Trumbull, The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1852, Vol II, p 141.[50]
65. ↑ Stiles, Henry Reed. The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, 1891, Vol I, p 221 & 226.

    “In an old book of rates we find the following names of Windsor troopers who were in actual service, and received 6s. 8d. each, ‘on war account.’ … Capt. Daniel Clark …” [51]

66. ↑ Trumbull, The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1852, Vol II, p 386.

    “It is ordered that the wages that shall be allowed for each officer, souldier and horse, be as followeth : - the Major shall have thirty stillings pr week ; a captaine, twenty shillings … two men in each and every towne are to pass and signe every one’s payment that is due from the Treasurie. And for quarterage, for a man, five shillings pr weeke, and for horse pasturage, four pence a day. Those appoynted to signe bills are, … [for] Windsor, Mr. Woolcott and Capt. Clarke.”

67. ↑ Trumbull, The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1852, Vol II, p 422.[52]
68. ↑ Trumbull, The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1852, Vol II, p 284.[53]
69. ↑ Stiles. The History of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, 1859, p 197.[54]
70. ↑ Trumbull, The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1852, Vol II, p 320 & 321.[55]
71. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, May 1678 – June, 1689; 1859, Vol III, p 97.

    “These were appoynted Commissioners in the respective plantations for the yeare ensueing: Capt. Benj. Newbery and Capt. Dan. Clarke, for Windor and Simsbury…”[56]

72. ↑ : Stiles, History of Ancient Windsor, 1859, p 208 & 866-867 citing Town Acts, Windsor, CT, June 23, 1685 and Towns and Lands, Windsor, CT, Vol 1, p 222, located in the Connecticut State Archives.

    At a town meeting, June 23, 1685. It was voted that the town would have a Patent according to charter taken out from the Governor and Company, of the Township of Windsor. Also Captain Newberry, Capt. Clarke, Henry Wolcott, Thomas Bissell and George Griswold were chosen to take out the aforesaid Patent in their names from the Governor and Company in behalf of the town.[57]

73. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond ed. The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, Edward Osgood Publisher, Boston, MA, 1886, Vol I, p 119 (footnote).

    Captain Daniel Clarke, of Windsor, who had been Secretary of the Colony, was allowed to take the attorney’s oath, in the Andros Court of Sessions, at Hartford, in March, 1687-8. But no law of this Colony authorized the act.[58]

74. ↑ Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1638-1704. Original record located in the Town Hall, Windsor, CT.

    “Mrs. Mary Clark, wife of Capt. Daniel Clark dyed August 29th 1688”[59]

75. ↑ Windsor Land Records, Windsor, CT, Book 2: 232, Daniel Clark to Nathaniel Clark, 11 Sept 1688; http://townofwindsorct.com/. Accessed 25 Oct 2017.
76. ↑ Windsor Land Records, Windsor, CT, Book 2: 252, Daniel Clark Sr. to Daniel Clark Jr, 11 Sept 1688; http://townofwindsorct.com/. Accessed 25 Oct 2017.
77. ↑ Windsor Land Records, Windsor, CT, Book 2: 237A. Daniel Clark to Samuel Clark, 12 Feb 1689; http://townofwindsorct.com/. Accessed 25 Oct 2017.
78. ↑ Wolcott, Roger. Journal, located in the Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT, cited in Stiles, History of Ancient Windsor, Vol I, p 803.[60]
79. ↑ Rhinelander, David. “Pitkin Family Launched a Dynasty in 1600s.” The Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT, July 2, 1999 (accessed 22 February 2019).[61]
80. ↑ Sperry, Elizabeth E.W. “Martha Pitkin Wolcott,” Chapter Sketches, Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution. New Haven, Connecticut Chapters, Daughters of the American Revolution, New Haven, CT, 1901. p 174–185.[62]
81. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. “Genealogy and social history:: the early settlement of Lebanon, Connecticut, as a case study.” University of Massachusetts Amherst, Master Theses 1911 – February 2014. 1282 (1983) p 99.

    “Captain Daniel Clarke received two full lots (42 acres each) in the Five Miles Square grant of November 1695 and turned them over to his son Daniel or to his grandson Moses…” (Lebanon Land Records Vol 1:4-5, 136, 272-7)

    [63]
82. ↑ Windham County, CT, Land Records Vol 2:18-19, Daniel Clarke to Moses Clarke, 5 November 1705, Lebanon. Microfilm copy found at the Lebanon Historical Society.
83. ↑ Davis, Charles Henry Stanley. History of Wallingford, Conn: From Its Settlement in 1670 to the Present Time, Including Meriden, which was One of Its Parishes Until 1806, and Cheshire, which was Incorporated in 1780, Published by the Author, Meriden, CT. 1870, Vol. I, p. 412-413.[64]
84. ↑ Hoadly, Charles J. ed. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, From August, 1689, To May, 1706; Transcribed and Edited, In Accordance with a Resolution of the General Assembly, Case, Lockwood And Brainard, Hartford, MA, 1868, Vol IV, p 305.

    Complaint being made in this Assembly by Captn Danll Clerk and Mr Richard Edwards (as attorneys for the country constituted by the Governr and Councill) againist Marj James Fitch for illegall purchasing a great tract of land of Owaneco in the Nipmug and Wabaquassett countrey, a further hearing of the said complaint is referred to the next sessions of this Assembly in May next.[65]

85. ↑ Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1638-1925. Windsor, Hartford, CT. Book II, p 85. Original record located in the Town Hall, Windsor, CT.

    Capt. Daniel Clark dyed August ye 12th 1710 in ye 88 years of his age or there about

86. ↑ Stiles, History of Ancient Windsor, Vol I, p 804, citing Wolcott, Journal, located in the Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT.[66]
87. ↑ Walton, Emma Lee. The Clark Genealogy, Some Descendants of Daniel Clark, of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1913. Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., New York, 1913. p 20 – 25.[67]
88. ↑ Stiles, The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, 1891, Vol 2, p 153.[68]

    “CLARK, Daniel (Hon.) … buried E[ast] W[indsor] Hill; grave not found …”

89. ↑ Walton, Emma Lee. The Clark Genealogy, Some Descendants of Daniel Clark, of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1913, Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., New York, 1913, p 17.[69]
90. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 February 2020), memorial page for Capt Daniel Clark (5 Sep 1622–12 Aug 1710), Find A Grave: Memorial #54305380, ; Maintained by Hugh Blake-Thomas (contributor 47311508) Unknown.
91. ↑ Connecticut, Charles R Hale Collection Cemetery Inscriptions, 1675-1934 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012. Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions Vol 49
92. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 February 2020), memorial page for Samuel Clark (6 Jul 1661–10 Oct 1736), Find A Grave: Memorial #127423512, citing West Suffield Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Sue Downhill (contributor 47347066) .

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