Mary (Walker) Clark (1641 - aft. 1719)

Born Mar 1641 in New Haven, New Haven Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Brown — married about 1662 in New Haven, Connecticut

Wife of John Clark Jr — married 1675 in New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died after Apr 1719 after age 78 in West Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

Mary Walker, wife of John Brown and John Clark

Mary Walker, daughter of John Walker and his wife Grace (Unknown), was bpt. Mar 1641 New Haven.;^[1][2]

In May 1660, "Mary Walker being 18 yeares of age, was called & told that the Court had endeavourd to the uttermost to prserve ye estate left her by her father, but by reason of the weake estate of her mother, & the fall & losse of cattell, there comes loss vpon the estate, so that her part doth amount but to 32^l, wch the Court doth now appoint her to receive, of wch shee is to have 10 in the house & land as it was at first prised, & 22^l out of the estate in Bro. Watsons hand, wch is to be vallewed by Leiftennant Nash & Bro. Bishopp ye portion belonging to Hannah is to remaine in Brother Watson's hand vntill further Order."^[3]

Her mother Grace Watson and her second husband died in 1660.^[3]

She married (1) John Brown 1 Jan 1660 New Haven.^[4][2] She divorced him in 1674.^[2][5] John and Mary Brown had:^[2]

1. Mary Brown b. 1664 m. Joseph Prindle
2. John Brown b. 1666
3. Hannah Brown b. 1669 m. Nathan Smith
4. Grace Brown b. 1672 m. John Denison

At a court 3 Feb 1662/3 Several young men were called for "disorderly & unseasonable night meetings" held at the house of John Brown and his wife Mary who lived on East Water Street. Several pages of testimony were given about the evening. John was gone that night and Mary had asked them to leave. An interesting mention was Mary "was asked if she did not make fast her doore : She answered she thinkes it was done very slightly, for they had noe lock to it, only her sister [Hannah] set a litle sticke against it" ^[6]

5 May 1663, John Browne and wife were called to court to answer for allowing young men into their house for disorderly meetings. They were both contrite, were fined ten shillings, and promised to reform.^[6]

Mary Walker remarried 28 May 1675 New Haven (2) John Clark (his 2nd wife also).^[2][4]

1. Daniel Clark b. 1677 m. Hannah Beecher
2. Elizabeth Clark b. 1679 m. John Hale
3. Benjamin Clark b. 1682 d.s.p.

Mary was still living 6 April 1719, when she refused to administer her husband's estate, leaving it to the other executor, their son Daniel.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Vol 78 pt 2 New Haven p. 558 Accessed at Ancestry ($)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (editor) Ancient Town Records Vol 1. New Haven Town Records 1649-1662. (New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1917.) p. 449, 473, 523
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Vital Records of New Haven 1649-1850 Part I. (Hartford: The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917.) pp 16, 41 (also as Mary Walker)
5. ↑ Have not located the divorce records online, but John can be found in the town records several times (Dexter Vol 3 pp 129-32, 187, 189, 210,213) for misbehavior including drunkeness.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (editor) Ancient Town Records Vol II. New Haven Town Records 1662-1684. (New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1919.) Index beginning at page 445. p. 26-31, 42-44
7. ↑ New Haven (Conn.) probate records, Probate records v. 3-4 1703-1719 [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-G9ZP-B?i=494&cat=347594 Vol 4 p. 567