John Clarke migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 67) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm
Biography
John Clarke, physician. Granted land in Newbury, Massachusetts 23 Feb 1637. (Col Rec 3:401)[1]
Sources
↑ Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.)
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Greenwood, Isaac J., Frederick Lewis Gay, and William Clark. 1879. A genealogical statement of the Clarke family of Boston, Mass., 1731: with review of the same. New York: For private distribution. https://archive.org/details/genealogicalstat00gree/page/4
Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) Case 371.5: Will [Written 23 Aug 1664, wife Martha, son John Clarke, daughter Jemima Drew]
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Clarke-5038 and Clarke-3156 appear to represent the same person because: John Clark, husband of Martha Saltonstall had two children, John (m Martha Wittingham) and Jemima m Robert Drew. Although origin is unknown, he is believed to be from England.