CS 71 1366 PREFACE. It is with considerable diffidence that the family annals which compose the following pages are offered to the public. Beginning, about four years ago, with an attempt to trace, for his own satisfaction, a single branch of the family, the author has been induced, by his own increasing interest and the encouragement of others, to extend his labors to their present form. Although he has spared no efforts to secure accuracy and completeness, he has, nevertheless, labored under the disadvantages of limited time, entire inexperience in such matters, and negligence on the part of too many of those to whom he has applied for information. To the gentlemen who have furnished portraits for this volume, and to all who have given their assistance in collecting the necessary statistics, the author respectfully presents his grateful acknowledgments. 43 PINCKNEY STREET, BOSTON, November 1, 1866. EXPLANATION. THE families are arranged according to their respective numbers, and the number of each family is found directly before the name of its head. The same number is also printed in BOLD figures after the name of the head of the family, as it occurs in the list of his father's children. As the numbers, in both cases, are arranged consecutively, any family or name, whose number is known, can easily be found. The principal Abbreviations are: -b., born; m., married; d., died; unm., unmarried; s. p. (sine prole), without issue; dau., daughter; chil., children; rem., removed; res., resides or resided. Those towns whose location is not indicated by the context, will be understood to be in Massachusetts. THE CLARKS OF NEW ENGLAND. THE name of CLARK, in its various forms of Clark, Clarke, Clerk, Clerke, etc., is one of great antiquity, having probably been in use in Great Britain, as early as the eleventh century. Like all names which are derived from an occupation or employment, it was given to very many individuals whose families were entirely distinct. In the fifty years succeeding the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, many persons of the name of Clark left England and her sister isles for the New World. Some of these, like Richard Clarke, a passenger in the "Mayflower," left no children, but it was the good fortune of others to found families whose piety, intelligence, and ability have given to the name an honorable position in New England's history. This book is properly restricted to the descendants of one of these immigrants, Hugh Clark, of Watertown, but it may not be irrelevant to begin with a brief sketch of the principal families of the name of Clark, which are now found in New England. Of these families the most numerous is that which is settled in the valley of the Connecticut, from Bellows' Falls to Hartford, especially in Northampton and vicinity. Branches of this family are also found in Berkshire Co., and in the State of New York. Its ancestor in this country was Lieut. WILLIAM CLARK, who came from England in the ship "Mary and John," leaving Plymouth, England, March 30, 1630, and landing at Nantucket, now Hull, the 30th of the following May. He first settled in Dorchester, Mass., but removed to Northampton in the year 1657. In 1857 Lewis H. Clark, of Sodus, N. Y., published a genealogical account of one branch of this family, descended from David Clark, of Northampton. Rev. JOSIAH CLARK, of Northampton, is now collecting materials for a history of the descendants of Lieut. William Clark, and will be glad to avail himself of whatever information any member of the family may feel able and disposed to communicate. who died LIEUT. WILLIAM CLARK m. SARAH Sept. 6, 1675. He m. (2d) Nov. 15, 1676, SARAH COOPER, of Springfield, who died May 8, 1688. He died in Northampton, July 18, 1690, ae. 81. CHILDREN. 1. SARAH, b. June 21, 1638; d. y. 2. JONATHAN, b. Oct. 1, 1639. 3. NATHANIEL, b. Jan 27, 1642; m. May 8, 1663, Mary Meakins; d. Mar. 30, 1669. 4. EXPERIENCE, b. Mar. 30, 1643. 5. INCREASE, b. Mar. 1, 1646; d. 1662. 6. REBECCA, b. 1648; m. Dec. 9, 1669, Israel Rust. 7. JOHN, b. 1651; m. July 12, 1677, Rebecca Cooper, who d. 1678. He m. (2d) Mar. 16, 1679, Mary Strong. Chil., John, Nathaniel, Ebenezer, Increase, Mary, Rebecca, Experience, Abigail, Noah, Thankful, Josiah. 8. SAMUEL, b. 1653; m. Mar. 1, 1682, Elizabeth Edwards. Chil., Elizabeth, Sarah, Samuel, Benoni, Joanna, Benjamin, Obadiah, Miriam. 9. WILLIAM, b. July 3, 1656; m. July 15, 1680, Hannah Strong, who d. Feb. 11, 1693. He m. (2d) Mary Chil., Hannah, Abigail, William, Jonathan, Thomas, Joseph, Benoni, Timothy, Gershom. 10. SARAH, b. 1659; m. Dec. 3, 1675, John Parsons. There is a large family of Clarkes in the counties of Plymouth and Barnstable, Mass., descendants of THOMAS CLARKE, who came over in the "Ann," in 1623, and is supposed to have been the mate of the "Mayflower." This is an extensive family, and branches of it are found in all parts of New England. Its members usually spell their name with the final e. MR. SAMUEL C. CLARKE, of Newport, R. I., is preparing a genealogy of this family, and any information relating to it will be gratefully received by him. THOMAS CLARKE m. SUSANNA RING. He m. (2d) 1664, ALICE (HALLET) NICHOLS; and m. (3d) ELIZABETH CROW. He died in Plymouth, Mar. 24, 1697, ae. 98. CHILDREN. 1. THOMAS; m. Rebecca Miller, of Plymouth, and settled in Harwich. 2. ANDREW; m. Mehitable Scottow, of Boston, and had chil., Thomas, Susanna, Mehitable, Andrew, Scottow, Nathaniel. 3. JAMES; m. 1657, Abigail Lothrop, of Barnstable. 4. SUSANNA; m. 1658, Barnabas Lothrop, of Barnstable. 5. WILLIAM; m. Martha Nash. Rem. to Duxbury, and died 1687. 6. JOHN; m. Mary Benjamin, of Barnstable. 7. NATHANIEL; m. Dorothy Lettice Gray; d. Jan. 31, 1717. JOHN CLARKE, JR. was born in England, Feb. 1541, and m. CATHARINE COOK, who died Mar. 27, 1598. He died April 4, 1598. CHILDREN. 1. JOHN, baр. May 1, 1569. 4. PASON, bap. Dec. 6, 1574. 5. JOHN, bаp. Mar. 17, 1577. 7. MARY, bap. Sept. 21, 1581. |