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Biography

Note: There is some question whether John Clark of Cambridge and Hartford is the same John Clark who later appeared in Saybrook. This profile presents information is based on the assumption they are one man. For more information see Research Notes.

John Clark was born, probably England, by about 1597 (assuming he was about 25 at his estimated marriage date). His parents and specific origins are unknown.

Immigration

John had arrived Newtown (now Cambridge), Massachusetts Bay Colony, by 5 August 1633.[1][2][3] (See Research Notes--Immigration.)

At New England

Cambridge At Newtown, 5 August 1633, John Clark was granted "1 roode" in the "Lotts ... for Cowyardes."[4][5] A year later, "John Clarke" was granted "2 Ackrs" in the "Weftend" at Newtown, 4 August 1634. [6][7]

John Clark's name is found on another early Newtown list that otherwise appears historically inaccurate as to either its date or the names reported therein. The list was published as "7th of January 1632 ... Comon Pales, "[8] but includes names, such as "John Haynes, Efqr," who arrived "in late 1633."[9] The list reports John was responsible for a length of 3 rods. (See also Research Notes--Immigration.)

"John Clerke" was made a freeman, 6 May 1635,[10] implying by that date, he had been admitted to the Cambridge church.[11] (The name "John Clerke" also appears on an earlier list of those who took the "Oath of Freemen" 6 November 1632.[12] See Research Notes--Freeman.)

As of "[5] September 1635," "John Clarke" held five parcels of land at Newtown,[13][14]

>[worn] acres in West End;
>one [worn] in Cowyard Lane;
>one acre [and] one rood in Old Field;
>three acres on Small Lot Hill;
>and [worn] acres in the Great Marsh.

In the inventory of Cambridge houses, 8 February 1635/6, "John Clarke" had one house in the "Weftend."[15][16]

On "The ffirft of March 1635" [1635/6], the town,[17]

Agreed with John Clarke to make a fuffcient Weir to Catch Alwiffs vuppo^ Menotomies River in the bounds of this Tow^ before the 12th of Aprell next and fh^ fell and delliver vnto Inhabetants of the Towne and noe other exfept for bayte [ ] al the Alwifs he fhal take at iiis vi^ pr thoufand and fhall t all tymes giuve [ ] Notice to the perfons that fhall be apointed to fetch them away as hee fhalbe dyrected whoe fhal Difchrdge the faid John Cla^ of them witin 24 oures after Notice ore el^ fetch them thaire ore iid a fcore and he bringe them home ffurther the Townfm^ doe promife in the behalfe of the Towne [ ] make good all thofe fifh he fhalbee dam^fied by the Indians that is fhall himfelfe delliuer vnto them beeing appointed before [. ] the Townfmen how many he fhall delliuer slfo to faue him hamrles from anny [. ] he fhall fufteyne by Wattertowne p^ it be not his owne fault he is to haue [. ] mony within 15 days after he hath done fifth^
------- John Clarke

On 5 December 1636, "John Clarke" was appointed Cambridge hogreeve (hog constable), "to difcharge that office acco'dinge to the Order of the courte."[18]

Hartford John Clark relocated to Hartford in 1636,[19] with Thomas Hooker's group.[citation needed] By 1639, "one house with two acres of land upon the Cow Common" had been purchased from John Clark and was then held by Edward Winship.)[20]

John was a soldier in the Pequot War[21] in 1637[22] and an owner of land at Hartford in what was known as "Soldier's Field."

As of February 1639, "John Clerke" held twelve parcels of land at Hartford,[23][24]

>four acres "on which his dwelling house now standeth with yards and gardens therein";
>one rood and twenty perches in the Little Meadow;
>one rood in the Soldier's Field
>one acre and eight perches on the east side of the Great River
>two roods and twenty-five perches in the North Meadow;
>five acres, three roods and thirty-nine perches of meadow and swamp in the North Meadow;
>three acres of swamp on the east side of the Great River;
>fourteen acres in the Little Oxpasture;
>six acres in the Cowpasture;
>two acres, two roods and twelve perches in the neck of land part of which he received from Nathaniel Ely by exchange;
>two acres on the east side of the Great River;
>and eleven acres, three roods and twelve perches in the Cowpasture.

John Clark served on a Connecticut jury, 2 September 1641 and 14 October 1642.[25]

Saybrook

  • He removed to Saybrook by 1647, and served as Deputy for Saybrook to the Connecticut General Court in 1649, 1651 to 1657, 1659, and 1661 to 1663. He was a member of the war committee for Saybrook, May 1653 and October 1654. He was selectman in Saybrook and 1656. He was named as Patentee of the Royal Charter of Connecticut in 1662, and was appointed Commissioner for Saybrook in 1664. He removed to Norwich for a short time around 1664, as he was admitted to the church in Milford in 1665, recorded as being dismissed from the church in Norwich.

Norwich

Milford While in Milford he served as Deputy to the Connecticut General court in 1666 to 1668. He was appointed Commissioner for Milford 1665 to 1674, though he could not have served in 1674 as he died in Milford on 5 February 1673/4. May have come to Milford due to his 2nd marriage.

Family

His first wife is unknown, possibly named Elizabeth, and they likely married in England due to the ages of his children. John married second Mary Ward, widow of John Fletcher, in 1662. Mary died in Farmington, Connecticut in 1678.
Children--
  1. Elizabeth Clark; born probably by 1622 (based on first konwn marriage by 1641). This profile, and hers asserted birth at Great Mindon, Hertfordshire without source. She first married William Parker and then William Pratt, and passed away on October 17, 1678.
  2. John Clark, Jr.; born 1625 in Great Mindon, Hertfordshire. He married Rebecca Porter on October 16, 1650 in Saybrook, Connecticut, and passed away in Saybrook on September 21, 1677.
  3. Sarah Clark; born 1633 in Hertfordshire. Sarah married Simon Huntington in October 1653 in Saybrook, Connecticut, and she passed away in New Haven on January 4, 1721.
Other possible children--
  1. Joseph Clark, born about 1622, likely in Hertfordshire, who died at sea in on August 27, 1663.
  2. Rebecca Clark, born in England in 1638.

Death and Probate

John Clark died Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, 5 February 1674. His will was dated 19 January 1673[26] and mentions his son John of Saybrooke , his son (in law) William Pratt and his daughter Elizabeth Pratt, his grandchild, Sarah Huntington, and also his daughter Sarah Huntington. He divides all the household good brought from Saybrooke between his children. He mentions Abigail Fletcher. He mentions Reverend Roger Kenton, and Bro: Samuel Coley and Bro. Samuell Ells (?). His inventories were dated 28 February 1673/74,[26] one is for Milford and one is for Saybrook.

Research Notes

One John Clark or Two?

When Robert Charles Anderson profiled John Clark in 1995, he could not prove the immigrant who settled Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and shortly removed to, was a founder of, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, was the same man seen later in the records of Saybrook and Milford. Anderson wrote,[27]

This position may be excessively cautious, and it may be that these records all do apply to one man ... For the moment we recommend further research and analysis directed toward resolving the problem one way or another.

Of the Cambridge-Hartford man, Anderson found no record of marriage or family; no record of his death. The Great Migration Directory (2015) does not update Anderson's 1995 profile of John Clark [Clark, John: Unknown; 1633; Cambridge, Hartford].

The biography of John Clark on the website of the Society of the Founders of Hartford notes that Jacobus, in Hale, House presents John Clark of Cambridge as the same who appears in Saybrook. It further notes: "e of the most convincing arguments that Jacobus’s observation is valid is in the will of John Clark in Milford, in which Clark names his son John of Saybrook and his daughters Elizabeth Pratt and Sarah Huntington and grandchild Sarah Huntington. These daughters marrying into the Pratt and Huntington families of Hartford clearly establishes the connection of John Clark of Saybrook and Milford with the John Clark of Hartford."

As it is not possible to fully prove either theory, the alternate narrative should still be considered for future research. The basic facts of two separate John Clarks are as follows:

  1. John Clark, arrived by 1632, resided in Cambridge, Hartford. Born "By about 1612 based on grant of land in Cambridge,"[28] died after 14 October 1642, when he served on a jury.[29] No record of a spouse or children.
  2. John Clark, arrived by 1647, resided in Saybrook, Norwich and Milford. Five known children with first wife (possibly Elizabeth), second wife Mary (Ward). Died in Milford.

Other Discrepancies in published sources

Birth Date: The article on the website of the https://www.foundersofhartford.org/the-founders/john-clarke/ gives his birth date as about 1608, which would make him about 14 when his daughter Elizabeth was born in about 1622.

Freeman. Anderson (1995) reported John became a freeman on 6 May 1635, but his name appears among eighteen who took the "Oath of Freemen," 6 November 1632.[30] Both records, 1632 and 1635, give the name "John Clerke." Writing about the 1632 list In 1990 ("Focus on Cambridge"), Anderson identified among them nine men, "most of whom had sailed on the Lyon, settled first in Cambridge, and later followed Hooker to Connecticut"; he included John Clark in that group.[31] When Anderson wrote The Great Migration Begins ... (1995), however, John was the only one of the nine men to be assigned migration and freemanship dates later than 1632. While there may be one, the reason Anderson (1995) reported later dates for John is not known.

The other eight Cambridge men Anderson identified on the 1632 list of freemen were,

Name (GMB) Migration Freeman Ref.
William Goodwin 1632/Lyon 6 November 1632[32]
John Benjamin 16 September 1632/Lyon 6 November 1632[33]
John Talcott 1632/Lyon 6 November 1632[34]
James Olmstead 1632/Lyon 6 November 1632[35]
William Lewis 1632/Lyon 6 November 1632[36]
Nathaniel Richards 1632/Lyon 6 November 1632[37]
William Wadsworth 1632/Lyon 6 November 1632[38]
Richard Webb 1632 6 November 1632[39]

Immigration. Various references to his immigration in 1632 are seen. For example,

Timothy Lester Jacobs, writing for Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford, reports John Clarke immigrated on the Lyon "arriving Boston 16 September 1632."[40] Hotten (1874) published the [Lyon] passenger list, departing 22 June 1632, but Nicholas is the only Clark so reported ("Nico: Clark").[41]

From Mary Walton Ferris, Louis Effingham DeForest, and Donald Line Jacobus,[42] some common variance to Anderson is noted.

  • Mary Walton Ferris (1931) reported John Clarke and his brother George, came from Great Munden ... [the specifics of their] emigration [are not known], but John was in Newtowne, Massachusetts, early in 1632, for in August of that year he was required to fence a share of the common lands .... [and on] November 6, following, he became a freeman."[43]
  • Louis Effingham DeForest (1938) writes, "John Clarke came with his brother George from Great Munden, Hertfordshire, England, to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1631 or 1632. There John was required to pale three rods of the common land by an order of March 29, 1632 ... John Clarke was made a freeman on November 6, 1632."[44]
  • Donald Line Jacobus (1945) reports "he was at Cambridge ... as early as 1632, and was made a freeman, 6 Nov. 1632."[45]

Separate from freemanship, all three authors appear to be referencing the fencing/paling event, applying a date of 1632. History of Cambridge published the associated order for paling as 29 March 1632,[46] but the corresponding entry in the town records is undated.[47] Moreover, from his work with the microfilmed town records, by 1990 Anderson had surmised the records through 7 April 1634 were likely entered at the same time, "at one sitting or at least within a a very brief period ... more than a year after some of the meetings."[48] After identifying a variety of apparent historical inaccuracies in the early records, he devised a separate means of approximating when the early settlers, including John Clark, must have arrived in Cambridge. Focused on the cowyard grants of 5 August 1633, Anderson (1990) placed the grantees into four groups. Clark fell among eight (the second group) described as "members of the 1632 Braintree company." The other seven men so grouped were, Benjamin, Goodwin, Lewis, Olmstead, Richards, Wadsworth and White. (See the source for more detail.)

Brother Coley. A previous version of this profile reported "John Clark mentioned 'Brother Coley' in his will; most likely a fellowship/church brother. He did not marry a Mary Coley."[49]

The Trumbull Papers. A previous version of this profile included passage, "Dr. Trumbull believes that this John Clark is the one who was in Cambridge, Hartford, Saybrook, Norwich, and Milford. In the Trumbull Papers, there is a letter from John Clarke of Saybrook, dated June 1650, to John Winthrop Jr regarding his son Joseph. There is also a letter from John Clarke of Saybrooke, with other executors, in regards to the estate of George Fenwick which is dated 1660."

Trumbull St. Without any further detail (town, county, etc.) and lacking a reference, a prior version of John Clark's profile contained this passage,

An original proprietor, his home lot in 1639-40 was on the west side of the highway from Seth Grants to Centennial Hill (now Trumbull St) near the present Allyn St. His name does not appear on the list of tax-payers in the mill rates for the years 1655-7 which are preserved. His home, however, can be found in the lists of the "proprietors to which portion they paid for the purchase of said lands in 1665-6, and 1671-2. These divisions of the undivided lands were, however, made to now residents and even to the heirs of the deceased proprietors.

Witch Trial. A previous version of this profile reported John Clarke was the "Mr. Clarke" who officiated "during the Witch Trial of Goody Bassett" at Stratford, Connecticut, 1651. Cites genealogy.com user, "Goody Bassett was Hanged as a Witch," 28 July 1999, Bassett Surname forum; web content Genealogy.com

Deputy, A previous version of this profile reported "he was Deputy in May 1649."

Sources

  1. ↑ Citing "CaTR [The Records of the Town of Cambridge (Formerly Newtown) Massachusetts, 1630-1703 (Cambridge, 1901)] 5," for land grant ("one rood") at Cambridge, Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 371-2 (John Clark), in particular, p. 371; digital images by subscription, American Ancestors'.
  2. ↑ "John Clark" in "Lotts Granted for Cowyardes," The records of the town of Cambridge (formerly Newtowne) Massachusetts. 1630-1703 (Cambridge, Mass., 1901), 5; digital image, Hathi Trust.
  3. ↑ "Early Land Granting," in "Focus on Cambridge," Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Newsletter 1 (1990):12; digital image by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  4. ↑ "John Clark" in "Lotts Granted for Cowyardes," The records of the town of Cambridge (formerly Newtowne) Massachusetts. 1630-1703 (Cambridge, Mass., 1901), 4; digital image, Hathi Trust.
  5. ↑ "Early Land Granting," in "Focus on Cambridge," Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Newsletter 1 (1990):12; digital image by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  6. ↑ Citing "CaTR [The Records of the Town of Cambridge (Formerly Newtown) Massachusetts, 1630-1703 (Cambridge, 1901)] 9," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 371-2 (John Clark), in particular, p. 371; digital images by subscription, American Ancestors.
  7. ↑ The records of the town of Cambridge (formerly Newtowne) Massachusetts. 1630-1703 (Cambridge, Mass., 1901), 8-9, in particular, 9; digital image, Hathi Trust; note, prior page (unnumbered) is image of the grantee list as, "Record made by William Spencer, Town Clerk, 1632-1635," referencing "Folio 9."
  8. ↑ The records of the town of Cambridge (formerly Newtowne) Massachusetts. 1630-1703 (Cambridge, Mass., 1901), 4; digital image, Hathi Trust
  9. ↑ "Early Land Granting," in "Focus on Cambridge," Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Newsletter 1 (1990):12; digital image by subscription, AmericanAncestors; in addition to Haynes, include as later entrants, Matthew Allen, Richard Lord and Andrew Warner; author notes, "see town record for 4 November 1633."
  10. ↑ "Freemen made att the Genall Court, May 6th, 1635," Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England (Boston: W. White, printer to the Commonwealth, 1853-54), 5 vols. in 6, 1:370; digital image, Hathi Trust.
  11. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 371-2 (John Clark), in particular, p. 371; digital images by subscription, American Ancestors.
  12. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England (Boston: W. White, printer to the Commonwealth, 1853-54), 5 vols. in 6, 1:367; digital image, Hathi Trust.
  13. ↑ As quoted by, citing "CaBOP [The Register Book of the Lands and Houses in the "New Towne" and the Town of Cambridge (Cambridge, 1896)] 17-18," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 371-2 (John Clark), in particular, p. 371; digital images by subscription, American Ancestors; reformatted here as a list.
  14. ↑ The Register Book of the Lands and Houses in the "New Towne" and the Town of Cambridge (Cambridge, 1896), 17-18; digital images, InternetArchive.
  15. ↑ Citing "CaTR [The Records of the Town of Cambridge (Formerly Newtown) Massachusetts, 1630-1703 (Cambridge, 1901)] 18," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 371-2 (John Clark), in particular, p. 371; digital images by subscription, American Ancestors'.
  16. ↑ The records of the town of Cambridge (formerly Newtowne) Massachusetts. 1630-1703 (Cambridge, Mass., 1901), 8-9, in particular, 18; digital image, Hathi Trust.
  17. ↑ The records of the town of Cambridge (formerly Newtowne) Massachusetts. 1630-1703 (Cambridge, Mass., 1901) 20; digital image, Hathi Trust.
  18. ↑ The records of the town of Cambridge (formerly Newtowne) Massachusetts. 1630-1703 (Cambridge, Mass., 1901), 24; digital image, Hathi Trust.
  19. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 371-2 (John Clark), in particular, p. 371; digital images by subscription, American Ancestors'.
  20. ↑ Citing "CaBOP [The Register Book of the Lands and Houses in the "New Towne" and the Town of Cambridge (Cambridge, 1896)] 56"], Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 371-2 (John Clark), in particular, p. 371; digital images by subscription, American Ancestors'.
  21. ↑ Writing, "implied by his grant of land in the Soldier's Field in Hartford," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 371-2 (John Clark), in particular, p. 371; digital images by subscription, American Ancestors.
  22. ↑ Donald Line Jacobus, The Granberry family and allied families ... (Hartford, Conn.: E. F. Waterman, 1945), 194; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  23. ↑ Quoted from and as quoted by, citing "HaBOP [Original Distribution of the Lands in Hartford Among the Settlers, 1639, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 14 (Hartford 1912; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1989)] 197-99," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 371-2 (John Clark); digital images by subscription, American Ancestors.
  24. ↑ Original Distribution of the Lands in Hartford Among the Settlers, 1639, in Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, vol. 14 (Hartford 1912), 197-99; digital images, GoogleBooks; see source for detailed variances between this and the "Secretary's record.".
  25. ↑ Citing "CCCR 1:66; RPCC 15, 17," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 371-2 (John Clark), in particular, p. 371; digital images by subscription, American Ancestors.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 “New Haven Probate Records, Vol. 1-2, 1647-1703”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-G9NV-R : 9 March 2021), New Haven, Connecticut, FHL microfilm 007626739, image 170-171. New Haven Probate Record, 1647-1687, Vol. 1, Part 2, page 54-56.
  27. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 371-2 (John Clark); digital images by subscription, American Ancestors'.
  28. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 371-2 (John Clark), in particular, p. 371; digital images by subscription, American Ancestors'.
  29. ↑ Citing "CCCR 1:66; RPCC 15, 17," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 371-2 (John Clark), in particular, p. 371; digital images by subscription, American Ancestors.
  30. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England (Boston: W. White, printer to the Commonwealth, 1853-54), 5 vols. in 6, 1:367; digital image, Hathi Trust.
  31. ↑ "Focus on Cambridge," Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Newsletter 1 (1990):11; digital image by subscription, AmericanAncestors; Anderson also writes, "Since freeman first had to be church members, and since there was in November 1632 no church at Cambridge, these members of the Braintree Company must have been admitted to some other church, mostly likely Watertown."
  32. ↑ Goodwin migrated 1632 aboard the Lyon (cites "Hotten 150") was "Freeman: 6 November 1632," (cites "MBCR 1:367"), Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 790-1 (William Goodwin); digital images by subscription, American Ancestors'.
  33. ↑ Benjamin migrated "16 September 1632" aboard the Lyon (cites "Hotten 150") and was "Freeman: 6 November 1632" (cites "MBCR 1:367"), Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 160 (John Benjamin); digital images by subscription, American Ancestors'.
  34. ↑ Talcott migrated 1632 aboard the Lyon (cites "Hotten 150") and was "Freeman: 6 November 1632" (cites "MBCR 1:367"), Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 1794 (John Talcott); digital images by subscription, American Ancestors'.
  35. ↑ Olmstead migrated 1632 aboard the Lyon (cites "Hotten 150") and was "Freeman: 6 November 1632" (cites "MBCR 1:367"), Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 1357-8 (James Olmstead); digital images by subscription, American Ancestors'.
  36. ↑ Lewis migrated 1632 aboard the Lyon (cites "Hotten 150") and was "Freeman: 6 November 1632" (cites "MBCR 1:367"), " Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 1184 (William Lewis); digital images by subscription, American Ancestors'.
  37. ↑ Richards migrated 1632 aboard the Lyon (cites "Hotten 150") and was "Freeman: 6 November 1632" (cites "MBCR 1:367"), Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 1572 (Nathaniel Richards); digital images by subscription, American Ancestors'.
  38. ↑ Wadsworth migrated 1632, aboard the Lyon and was "Freeman: 6 November 1632" (cites "MBCR 1:367"), Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 1892 (William Wadsworth); digital images by subscription, American Ancestors'.
  39. ↑ Webb migrated 1632 and was "Freeman: 6 November 1632" (cites "MBCR 1:367"), Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 1892 (Richard Webb); digital images by subscription, American Ancestors'.
  40. ↑ Timothy Lester Jacobs, "John Clarke, Hartford Founder"; web content, Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford.
  41. ↑ John Camden Hotten, The original lists of persons of quality ... (London: Empire State Book Co., 1874), 150; digital images, Hathi Trust. Note: Hotten does not name the ship, but Anderson does, see "Lyon [Hotten 150]" in Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 373 (Nicholas Clark); digital images by subscription, American Ancestors'.
  42. ↑ Anderson calls their work, "The three most important summaries of his life," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 371-2 (John Clark), in particular, p. 372; digital images by subscription, American Ancestors'.
  43. ↑ Citing "History of Cambridge, Mass., L. R. Paige, 1877, [one or more from] "pp. 10, 11, 32, 38, 510" (fencing) and (a) "New Haven, Conn., Probate Records; Clark, Genealogy, J. Gay, 1882, 5-12," (b) "New England Register, III, 91," and (c) "Savage, I, 394" (freeman), Mary Walton Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines ... ([Milwaukee] Priv. print. [Wisconsin Cuneo Press] 1931-43 [v. 1, 1943]), 2:201-05 (John Clarke). in particular, 202; digital image, Hathi Trust; source for "August [1632]" fencing has not been located.
  44. ↑ Louis Effingham DeForest, William Henry Moore and his ancestry ... (New York: The De Forest Publishing Company, 1938), 187-95 (Clarke), in particular part, p. 187; digital images available for short interval borrowing by registered users, OpenLibrary.
  45. ↑ Citing, "Shurtleff's Records of Massachusetts Bay, 1-367." Donald Lines Jacobus, The Granberry family and allied families ... (Hartford, Conn.: E. F. Waterman, 1945), 194-96 (Clark), in particular, 194; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  46. ↑ Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630-1877 (Boston: H. O. Houghton and company; 1877) 10; digital image, Hathi Trust.
  47. ↑ The records of the town of Cambridge (formerly Newtowne) Massachusetts. 1630-1703 (Cambridge, Mass., 1901), 3; digital image, Hathi Trust
  48. ↑ "Early Land Granting," in "Focus on Cambridge," Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Newsletter 1 (1990):12; digital image by subscription, AmericanAncestors; Anderson reports the earliest Cambridge town records, entered by Mr. William Spencer, are "cluttered with a number of entries made by other scribes years later ... In the midst of these extraneous entries is a list of names, written by Spencer, giving the earliest settlers of Cambridge, presumably those in residence prior to the arrival of the vanguard of the Braintree company." From Anderson's work with the microfilm copy of the originals, the records, through 7 April 1634, were likely entered at the same time, "at one sitting or at least within a a very brief period ... more than a year after some of the meetings."
  49. ↑ From an earlier edit to the profile, citing Sherman W. Adams, Henry Reed Styles, ed., The history of ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut ... (New York : Grafton Press, 1904), 236; digital images, Hathi Trust. Note" The referenced material says nothing about the will of John Clark or a "Brother Coley."
See also --
  • Charles Henry Pope, The pioneers of Massachusetts ... (Boston, C.H. Pope, 1900), 102 (John Clark); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  • James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England ... (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-62), 1:396; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  • Donald Lines Jacobus, Hale, House and Related Families: Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978.), pp. 492-493; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  • J. Hammond Tumbull, The Memorial History of Hartford (Boston, E. L. Osgood, 1886), 234 (John Clarke); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  • Robert Nelson Wallace [and Helen Myers Kyes], Twelve Generations of Descendants of John Alden and John Clarke of Hartford, Connecticut (Joliet, Ill.: The author, 1940), 5-7 (John^1 Clarke), 7-8 (John^2 Clarke); digital images, InternetArchive. Note: The Clarke entries here may be identical to those published as Helen Myers Kyes, John Clarke, of Hartford and Saybrook, and Some of His Descendants (Parker, S.D.: by the author, 1922); digital images, FamilySearchBooks.
  • James Shepard, Connecticut Soldiers of the Pequot War (Meriden, Conn.: The Journal Publishing Co., 1913); digital images, FamilySearchBooks.
  • Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985.), p. 156.
  • Yet additional sources moved to John Clark - Other Sources




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