Thomas Clarke (1640 - abt. 1695)

Born 1640 in Hartford, Connecticut

Husband of Mary (Lester) Clarke — married about 1665 in Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 9 Oct 1695 at about age 55 in Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Thomas was born about 1640. Thomas is the child of Nicholas Clarke. ^[1] Thomas was born in Hartford, Connecticut.^[2]

Thomas married Mary Lester in about 1665, at Hartford, Connecticut.^[2][3]

Thomas Clark is erroneously shown in Barbour's Early Families of Hartford, with Sarah Peck as his wife. Sarah, was actually married to Ebenezer Clark.^[2]

Thomas and Mary had the following known children, all probably born at Hartford, Connecticut:

1. John Clark, b probably 1666; d after July 27, 1643; his wife's name is unknown
2. Daniel Clark, b say 1669; d Hartford before January 25, 1724/5 (when his estate inventory was recorded); m Mary Burr, June 1693 at Hartford
3. Joseph Clark, b say 1671; d Hartford February 7, 1697/8; m ruth _____ who outlived him
4. Thomas Clark, b say 1673; d Hartford before November 10, 1703 (when his estate inventory was recorded); m Elizabeth Burr April 6, 1698 at Hartford
5. Mary Clark, b about 1675; perhaps m Samuel Caldwell at Hartford March 16, 1707/8
6. Anne Clark, b about 1677; was age 18 in father's estate papers; no further information
7. Elizabeth Clark, b about 1679; d New London connecticut September 26, 1742; m John Fox Jan 16, 1711 at New London.
8. Sarah Clark, b about 1685; bp Hartford June 6, 1685 at 1st church; d Canterbury, Connecticut December 1, 1665; m Solomon Tracy

Thomas Clark was buried at Hartford October 9, 1695, at Hartford. The inventory of his estate was dated November 8, 1695.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III.] (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Volume: Vol. 1-3, Page(s): 373
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} "Mary (Lester) Clark/e of Hartford, Connecticut" The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Reference Volume 83, page 69+
3. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages prior to 1700, (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Reference Volume 1, page 328

• Trumbull, James Hammond The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, published 1886. Reference page 235, reference Nicholas Clark