Joseph Clark and Alice Fenn Notes

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Joseph Clark (bef.1613-bef.1684)
Alice (Fenn) Clark (abt.1619-abt.1711)

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Appended to Children

The following is from the Baker Family blog:

In 1649, a few of the Dedham citizens upset with what they were seeing happening to their village appointed Ralph Wheelock leader of a group to form and govern a new village apart from Dedham that was to become the Town of Medfield. Medfield was located about twelve miles southwest of Dedham also on the Charles River. In May of 1651, Ralph Wheelock and his family, Joseph Clarke and his family, and about twelve other families moved their homes to this new settlement. Joseph Clarke and his wife Alice were to spend the remainder of their lives in this new settlement. Joseph was 38 years-old when he relocated for the final time to his new land in Medfield ... For continuing information see the Baker family blog.

Later Years

According to the Baker family blog:^[1]

Joseph remained a quiet unassuming man for the rest of his life. He served as a “selectman” (like a councilman) in the year 1660. In 1678, he donated “two bushielles Endian Corn” towards the building of the “new collidg at Cambridge [Harvard]”, and he and his wife remained steadfast members of the Old Parish Church in Medfield until his death in 1684 at the age of 71. Alice outlived her husband by 26 years finally passing away in 1710 ...

For continuing information, see the Baker family blog.

Sources

1. ↑ Baker family blog