Hi Jim et al.. I would guess that there is no relationship between the Puritan MAss Plymouth Colony and the Catholic colony in MD. I would guess that your Robert was Scotch-Irish since the English mostly used the King's names (George, William, James, etc) for their kids and the Catholic Scotch-Irish tended to use Heroes and biblical names (Michael, etc). There is a lot of overlap in names, though, and I'm just talking in generalities... I have as the father of Thomas: (Caution...may contain Errors) Name John CLARKE, my #277 Sex: M Born Abt 1575 Rotherhithe, Surrey, ENG Baptized 26 Mar (N)1576 St Mary Rotherhithe, Surrey, ENG Died 1623 Jamestown, VA Other Mayflower 1st Mate/Pilot Occupation Mariner Wife: ________ __________ Per "Founders Of Early American Families", John Clarke, Came on "Mayflower" as pilot and mate 1620; Plymouth (Mass); removed to Jamestown (Va.), d. there 1623. Regarded as father of Thomas. (TAG 43:20) granted lands for service in the Virginia colony from the First Virginia Co. NOT the John of Ratcliff ENG, who m. Mary Morton 19 Feb (N)1599, at St Dunstan's Ch Stepney Mdlsex ENG... I have as his children: Thomas (mentioned below), William, John, Susanna, Andrew, James, and Nathaniel. I don't have a Robert listed nor do I have any more info on any of them, other than on Thomas.. Since Robert came as a servant he probably came from a poor family and was indentured until he worked off his passage costs. I would research Father Thomas Copley and find out where he came from and maybe you can find the same location for your Robert... Anybody else have any thoughts? >From Joe ARLT........joearlt@juno.com......CLARK Clearing House... Compulsive Genealogy Searcher, ARLT, CLARK, COSTELLO, COVERT, FALANGA, GUIDETTI, HIGGINS, KONEN, PARISI, RIDER, TOMPKINS, Van AUKEN & WAGNER On Fri, 20 Jul 2001 21:28:58 -0700 "Jas. Clark" <jamesclark@lanset.com> writes: > Joe, > This is interesting.....Robert Clarke born about 1610/11 immigrated > it is believed from London, England on the Ship "Unity of the Isle > of Wight" to St. Mary's County Maryland in 1637. He arrived as a > single man but married shortly thereafter. Robert was a servant of > Father Thomas Copley a Jesuit Priest. By 1638 Robert Clarke was a > Freeman and a member of the Privy Council of Maryland, and was made > Surveyor General of Lord Baltimore. He was a Catholic. His date > of birth year was found in two separate sources. > > >From another source on the INTERNET, it stated that Robert Clark > was from Rotherhite, Surrey, England. .I wonder if they were from > the same family? --------------------------- > > Subject: [CLARKE] Thomas Clark > > Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 21:38:32 -0400 > > From: Joseph A Arlt <joearlt@juno.com> > > To: CLARKE-L@rootsweb.com > > ----------snip> > > > Other information in this paper I can't tie to > anything....Thomas > Clark came > in 1620 on the Ann & Little > James.....Edward & John Clark (brothers > > > ?) came > > > in 1634 on the Boneventure.....can anyone relate? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Janet > > > Marietta, GA > > ------snip > > > > Hi... Here's a Thomas & the Ship "ANN" > > > > I don't know about the other names... Maybe those ships also came > to VA > > after New England? > > > > 1620 was the Mayflower arrival... > > > > Name Thomas CLARKE, my # 17 > > Sex: M > > Born Cir 1600 Rotherhithe, Surrey, ENG > > Baptized 4 May 1600 St Mary Rotherhithe, Surrey, ENG > > Died 24 Mar (N)1698 Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, MA > > Buried Burial Hill, Plymouth, MA > > Other > > Ref > > Occupation Carpenter of Plymouth > > Wife: Susanna RING > > ENG, "ANNE">1623 Plymouth MA >1660 Boston MA >1673 Plymouth MA.... > > Jacobus & Savage says 3rd wife "Elizabeth CROW(E)"... > > Moved to Boston bet 1655-1660, Lived in vic of Scottow's La... > > In later years spent time with children @ Barnstable & Plymouth > MA... > > Rep. 1651 & 1655... (Harwich in 1670 where he marr. Eliz. CROW?) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.