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Hugh Clark (abt. 1613 - 1693)

Hugh Clark aka Clarke
Born about in Englandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1640 (to 11 Dec 1692) in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial Americamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , and
Died at about age 80 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

Hugh Clark was born about 1613, to Unknown parents. He immigrated to America about 1640. He married Elizabeth ___ about 1640 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and settled there.[1]

In 1657, they relocated to Roxbury, where their daughter, Hester (or Esther) married John Grosvenor in about 1672.[2]

Hugh was admitted to the Roxbury Church 11 Sep 1659.[3] Records show that 21 Oct 1666 Hugh Clark had "a solemn admonition dispensed to him" and was forgiven 25 Nov 1666. Then on 8 June 1674 was again admonished and reconciled 14 Feb 1674. He was charged with lying in court saying his son-in-law was "Committed for Murder".[3][1] His only known son-in-law at the time was Joseph Buckminster (d. Nov 1668) No court records have been found suggesting that he had been tried for murder, so there is some speculation that "son-in-law" referred to step son and that Elizabeth had been previously married and had a child or that Hugh had a previous wife who had a child by another marriage.[1]

Hugh was admitted as a Freeman 30 May 1660. He served as surveyor for Roxbury, 1658/9, and as constable in 1659, 1660, 1661 and 1666. Hugh and sons John and Uriah, as inhabitants of Roxbury, petitioned the General Court on 25 Oct 1664.[1]

In 1667/8, Hugh was recruited for the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts.[4]

Land Transactions:

  • Dec 1655, the town of Roxbury purchased Hugh Clark's barn and apputenances, that had been the millhouse.[1]
  • 1663 The town was to widen the road but discovered that Hugh Clark's small house next to his dwelling house was in the roadway.[1]
  • 22 Feb 1663. Hugh Clarke of Roxbury and wife Elizabeth sold to Daniel Weld of Roxbury 12 acres on the highway to Muddy River.[5]
  • Dec 1666 Thomas and Sarah Woolson sold Hugh Clark of Roxbury, land and a dwelling. This included in New Cambridge 60 acres, 6 acres of fresh meadow and 1 acre of salt marsh.[6][1] This is the property they gave John in 1681.
  • 16 April 1681, Hugh Clarke of Roxbury, yeoman, and Elizabeth his wife, gave to their son John Clark, for love and affection, their messuage and acres in New Cambridge.[1][7][8]
  • 16 April 1681 (6 Apr 1686 acknowledged, 24 May 1686 entered), Hugh Clark and wife, Elizabeth, sold to John Clark for £50 3 acres in Roxbury, 6 acres called Rock Pasture, 5 acres called Robbins Lot.[9][10]
  • 28 Jan 1684[/5] Hugh confirmed a previous (twelve or thirteen years) gift of 2 parcels of land in Roxbury, to his daughter Hester Gravener and his son in law John Gravener. 16 Sep 1695 Esther Grosvenor, widow and administratris of John Grosvenor sold a parcel of six acres, she had purchased from her brother John.[1][11]
  • March 1691/2 Hugh Clark and William Hopkins sold their rights in granted land (granted by the General Court to the Town of Roxbury) to Samuel Ruggles Jr.[1]

Elizabeth Clarke died on 11 Dec 1692, in Roxbury.[1]

Hugh died on 20 Jul 1693, in Roxbury, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay.[12][13]

John Clark in The Descendants of Hugh Clark writes: "Of the native place of our ancestor, HUGH CLARK, or the time of his emigration to America, we have no certain knowledge. He was born, according to his own testimony, about 1613, and the first mention of him, in this country, occurs in the town records of "Watertown, at the time of the birth of his eldest son, John, in 1641. His wife's name was ELIZABETH, and he probably married her before coming to New England.

He lived in Watertown about twenty years, and here his *three children were born. In legal documents he is called a " husbandman," and there is no evidence that he ever held any important offices, although his admission as a freeman, May 30, 1660, and to the Artillery Co. 1666, prove him to have held a respectable position. In 1666 he was appointed appraiser of the estate of Robert Hawes, of Roxbury, and it is from his signature attached to the inventory of this estate that the facsimile here given, is copied. Of course the H only, was written by him. About the year 1660 he removed to Roxbury, and remained in that town or its vicinity until his death, which occurred in Roxbury, July 20, 1693. His wife died Dec. 11, 1692."[14]

*While this account mentions three children (John, Uriah, Elizabeth), they also had a fourth child: Hester mentioned above.

Children of Hugh and Elizabeth (_____) Clark, born at Watertown, Massachusetts:[1]

  1. John Clark b. 13 Oct 1641;.[15] d. Newton 6 Jan 1694/5; m. (1) Abigail _____; m. (2) 18 Nov 1680, Roxbury, Lydia Buckm,inster; m. (3) 18 Dec 1684, Newton, Elizabeth Norman.
  2. Uriah Clark b. 5 June 1644;.[15] d. Watertown 26 July 1721 age 77y,1m 21d; m. (1) abtyo Oct 1674, Joannah Holbrook; m. (2)Mary (Twells/Twelves) King; m (3) Martha (Trescott) (Hewin) Adams
  3. Elizabeth Clark b. 31 Jan 1647/8;.[15] died after 9 Dec 1703; buried in Framingham; m. (1) about 176675 Joseph Buckminster; m. (2) by 28 Feb 1674/5 Abial Lamb
  4. Hester/Esther Clark b. abt 1651; d. Pomfret, Connecticut, 15 June 1738 aged about 87; m. about 1672 John Grosvenor

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Early New England Families, 1641 – 1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB501/i/40201/1/1085576403 (accessed 13 Apr 2017), p. 1 of 4.
  2. ↑ Kent, "The English Home and Ancestry of John Grosvenor of Roxbury, Mass," p. 132.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept A report of the Record Commissioners, containing the Roxbury land and church records (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1894) p. 88 p. 203, 205, 211
  4. ↑ Roberts, Oliver Ayer. History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, Now Called the Ancient And Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts. 1637-1888. Boston: A. Mudge & son, printers, 1895. Vol 1. pp 205, 206.
  5. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9ZS-1XLT?cc=2106411&wc=MCBL-Y3J%3A361613401%2C361834201 : 22 May 2014), Suffolk > Deeds 1672-1678 vol 8-10 > image 80 of 1142; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Suffolk Deeds 8:134
  6. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-GZ8Z?cc=2106411&wc=MC1M-ZMS%3A361613501%2C364517501 : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1649-1670 vol 1-3 > image 505 of 645; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
  7. ↑ Middlesex Deeds 10:589 "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-2WYR?cc=2106411&wc=MC1M-8ZS%3A361613501%2C364520901 : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1684-1693 vol 9-11 > image 590 of 741; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
  8. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9ZS-BDZJ?cc=2106411&wc=MCBL-16D%3A361613401%2C361839601 : 22 May 2014), Suffolk > Deeds 1683-1697 vol 13-14 > image 423 of 958; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Suffolk 13:498
  9. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9ZS-BDZJ?cc=2106411&wc=MCBL-16D%3A361613401%2C361839601 : 22 May 2014), Suffolk > Deeds 1683-1697 vol 13-14 > image 423 of 958; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Suffolk: 13:498-500
  10. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Z7-24F2?cc=2106411&wc=MC1M-8ZS%3A361613501%2C364520901 : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1684-1693 vol 9-11 > image 591 of 741; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Middlesex 10:591-590
  11. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZS-BD1H?cc=2106411&wc=MCBL-16D%3A361613401%2C361839601 : 22 May 2014), Suffolk > Deeds 1683-1697 vol 13-14 > image 276 of 958; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Suffolk Deeds 13:328.
  12. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Roxbury, Vol. 2, p. 490: https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7788/490/141334149 (accessed 13 Apr 2017)
  13. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH58-RYB : 5 November 2017), Hugh Clarke, 20 Jul 1693; citing Death, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 741,320.
  14. ↑ Records of the Descendants of Hugh Clark of Watertown, Mass. 1640-1866; John Clark; Printed for the author; 1866; Digital Image, Google Books. Pages 17-18
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Historical Society of Watertown (Mass.). Watertown Records: Comprising the First And Second Books of Town Proceedings, With the Lands, Grants And Possessions, Also the Proprietors' Book, And the First Book And Supplement of Births, Deaths And Marriages. (Watertown, Mass.: Press of F.G. Barker, 1894.) John p. 9; Uriah p. 11; Elizabeth p. 13; Esther not in the vital records.
  • Wood. William S., Descendants of the Brothers Jeremiah and John Wood (Press of Charles Hamilton, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1885) 292 pages - Part II beginning on page 217
  • Daniel Kent, "The English Home and Ancestry of John Grosvenor of Roxbury, Mass.," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1918) vol. 72, pp.131-141.
  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124020841
  • Middlesex County Massachusetts Deponents
  • Massachusetts Town and Vital Records
  • Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records
  • US New England Marriages Prior to 1700
  • Massachusetts Applications of Freemen, 1630-91




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