Samuel Clark Sr (abt. 1647 - 1730)

Born about 1647 in New Haven, New Haven Colony

Husband of Hannah (Tuttle) Clark — married 7 Nov 1672 (to 21 Dec 1708) in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Husband of Mary (Thompson) Clark — married 18 Apr 1717 in New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 22 Feb 1730 at about age 83 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, New England

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Biography

Parental Controversy

Several noted genealogists name Samuel's parents as: Husband: James Clark and his first wife who was unnamed in the New England records.^{[1] [2][3][4]}

Others, citing only unsourced compiled and often self-referential genealogies, propose that his parents were Samuel Clarke of Southampton, Long Island and Hannah Fordham his wife.

Upon a review of all documentation assembled by a Puritan Great Migration volunteer team, the PGM project has determined that his parentage will be reflected as that attached to this profile. The summary of the relevant genealogical research may be found here.

Birth

We do not know the birth or baptism date of Samuel. His birth is not in the New Haven Vital records and his baptism is not in the church records. A record for an alleged date 9 Feb 1654 does not exist. It is estimated about 1647, 25 years before his marriage. His parents are James Clark and his first wife. ^{[1] [4][2][3]}

Marriages & Children

Samuel Clark was married twice.^[1][2][3]

He married (1) Hannah Tuttle on 7 November 1672, at New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. Children by Hannah Tuttle^[5][2][3]:

• Samuel, b. 7 Aug 1673; m. 15 Nov 1698, Mary Brown
• Daniel, 6 Mar 1674, d. aft 1725
• John, b. 23 Feb 1676, d. aft 1725
• Joseph, 20 Oct 1678; 27 Nov 1707, Mary Parker
• Stephen, b. 24 Dec 1680, d. 1741; m1. Sarah Hill, m2. Margaret Ranney
• Nathan, b. 20 Feb 1682, d. 1740; m. Phebe Lines.
• Hannah, b. 6 Apr 1685; m. 20 Apr 1709, Jonah Todd
• Phinehas, b. 27 Jun 1687, d. Apr 1772; m1. Abigail Bassett, m2. Mary ___
• Abigail, b. 6 Sep 1689; m. Apr. 1715, Ebenezer Cornwall
• Hester, b. 2 Jan 1692; m. 28 Jan 1711, John Munson
• Timothy, b. 5 jan 1694, d. 17 jan 1731; m. 31 Jan 1723/4, Elizabeth Potter, dau. Joseph and Mary Sherman Potter.
• Mehitable, b 10 May 1698; m. 20 Dec 1721, Baisie Barr

Samuel married (2) Mary Thompson (b. 24 Apr 1652) on 18 April 1717, daughter of John and Ellen Thompson, and widow of Samuel Lines and John Hitchcock^[6][2][3]. No known children by Mary Thompson.

New Haven Records

In December 1680, a list of persons who were to receive 3rd division land was made. Samuell Clark was listed with 6 persons in his household an estate valued at £55 and received 35 acres.^[7]

Death

Samuel Clark died on 22 FEB 1730, at New Haven^[1][2][3]

Research Notes

• Clark, Edgar W. ""History and Genealogy of Samuel Clark, Sr'., and His Descendants." (Nixon-Jones Printing Co, St. Louis, MO.: July 1891.) pp 9, 10.see at archive.org [NOTE: this early genealogy is absent any documentation and its information on this generation of the family and the parentage of Samuel Clark has been discounted by later documented genealogical research.]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. (Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932). [URL p#]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Parke, Nathan Grier, The Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & His Wife Emma Arabella Bosworth (Woodstock, Vt., 1960) page 164 [1] Citations within Parke: New Haven Colony Records: 1:17, 92, 138, 391; 2:137; New Haven Town Records 1:183; 2:184, 397, 401, 405, 419
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Smith, Tenney, Charles Smith and Rachel Amy Bryant, Their Ancestors and Descendants (Brattleboro, Vt.: Vermont Printing, 1938), page 156. [2] Citations within Smith: Jacobus FANH; New Haven Town Records
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Boardman, William F. J., The Ancestry of William Francis Joseph Boardman (Hartford, 1906), page 245 [3] Note: Boardman goes into some detail regarding earlier generations of the family with citations to NEHGR and estate records
5. ↑ Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol 1 Donald Lines Jacobus, Clarence Smith, Rome NY, 1923, Page 408
6. ↑ Families of Acient New Haven, Vol 1 Donald Lines Jacobus, Clarence Smith, Rome NY, 1923, Page 408
7. ↑ Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (editor) [Ancient Town Records Vol II. New Haven Town Records 1662-1684. (New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1919.) p. 406

See Also

• Cutter, Wm. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol III: 1311-12 (attached to profile as PDF)

Samuel Clark is referenced in the following:

• Elias Atwater, Lucy M. Hewitt, Bessie E. Beach: History of the colony of New Haven to Its Absorption into Connecticut (1902), pages 684-685.

[4]

• Todd, John Edward, The Todd Family in America or the Descendants of Christopher Todd 1637–1907 (Northampton, Mass.: Gazette Printing, 1920), page 31[5]

• Tuttle, George Frederick, The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, Who Came from Old to New England in 1635, and Settled in New Haven in 1639, with Numerous Biographical Notes and Sketches (Tuttle, Rutland, Vt, 1883), page 540[6]

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Clark-9611 created through the import of WikiTree.ged on Nov 5, 2012 by Doug Hanke.