William
Clark
Jr
Born in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of William Clark Sr
and [mother unknown]
Husband of
Hannah (Ayres) Clark
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Hannah (Clark) Blinn and David Clark
Died after
after age 56
in Bedford, Westchester, New York [uncertain]
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Discrepancies
This William Clark Jr. is sometimes confused with William Clarke Jr. of Wethersfield as found at [1]. They are definitely two distinctly different people.
Biography
William Jr. CLARK #42, b. 1670 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT. He married Hannah AYRES #43, married By 1695 in Bedford, Westchester, NY, b. 1673. William died Aft 2 Jan 1726 in Probably Bedford, Westchester, NY. Hannah: Probably dau of Richard AYRES... (Joseph A. Arlt)
Children: Abigail (Nov 10 1701 Stamford), John, William, Ebenezer, David & Joseph.
The 1710 census of Bedford, Westchester County, includes William Clark age 40, his wife Hannah age 37, and his children John age 15, William age 13, Ebenezer age 6, David age 2, Jabizh age 4 months.
- Birth 29 JAN 1673 Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Death
- AFT 2 JAN 1726 probably Bedford, Westchester Co, NY
- Also shown as 8 Apr 1708 in Bedford, Westchester Co, NY. This is incorrect. This was when the William Clarke Jr. of Wethersfield died. And he died in Glatonbury, Hartford and not in Bedford.
Sources
- Miller, Robert. “New York Colonial Manuscripts”, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (NYGBS, 1907) Vol. 38, Page 220: English MSS., XLII, Page 58. Census, Sept. 1710, Bedford, Westchester, New York. Shows his wife and children.
- Aaron Family Tree (Rev. 132), Scott Pimpin <rtanyon@aol.com> online [2], accessed 8/24/2006
- Joseph A. Arlt - <joearlt@juno.com> - GEN-NYS-L Archives - Clark/Van Auken, Orange/Ulster Co, NY - 7/2002 - http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GEN-NYS/2002-07/1025795202
- Clark, Edgar W., History and genealogy of Samuel Clark, sr., and his descendants from 1636-1891--255 years (St Louis, Nixon-Jones, 1891) page 15 as found at [3]
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Bertram Sluys
Bertram Sluys
Bertram Sluys
All right, the problems have been solved. The William Clark Jr. from Stamford is listed here; the William Clark Jr. from Wethersfield is listed at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clark-50514.
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by Bertram Sluys
Bertram Sluys
I'm thinking, after some research, that this William Clark married Margaret Blinn, not Hannah Ayres. Reasons are given in the biography.
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by Bertram Sluys
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