> Now to see if he is yours.... Hmmmmm it appears there's much confusing on > the William CLARKS of Salem and Watertown/Ipswich and the John CLARK of > brielfly Boston and then of RI. This Wm. Clark was the one of Ipswich and > at this time sees no relation to the others. Thanks for checking, but that's the wrong William.. Mine either appeared out of thin air in Hartford or Haddam. I thought he was in Cambridge at the same time as Nicholas CLARK who had land there in 1634, but I can't find the reference I thought I had. Here is what I do have that can be documented, which puts his first appearance in the records as 1639 - too late for the new series which only covers 1634-1635. Jane William Clark 1 was abt 1610/11 in England1 and died on 22 Jul 1681 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT1. Documented events in his life were: 1.Emigrant Ancestor; 1639; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. 2.Court Appearance; 2 Jan 1639/40; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT2. Wm Clarke servant to Jno Crow as fined 40s for misdemeanor in drinking & corporall punishment was remitted uppon his promise of his care for the future to avoyd such occations. 3.Lawsuit; 4 Sep 1643; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT3. In the ac of Math Allen pl agt Nich: & Will Clarke defts the jury finds for the pl damages 3L 3s 3d & Costs of Court vijs. 4.Forfited Bond; 16 May 1649; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT4. William Clark being called to this Corute to appeare uppon his recognescance of 10£ and not answering thereunto hath forfeited same. 5.Lawsuit; 6 Mar 1652/53; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT5. Will Clarke plt: Contra John Griffin defendt in an actyon of debt with the Damage to the value of 6L .. p 116: ye defendt not appearing an Attachment is to Issue out against his person to answer his ------- at the next Courte and also to answer ye plt if he not be satisified by him before said courte. 6.Court Appearance; 6 Oct 1659; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT6. The Magestrates being mett and examining the case respecting Willm Clarks wiues trading Liquors to ye Indians Doe determine yt for yt misdeamenou in breaking the ord phibiting the same William Clarke is to pay Tenne pounds to ye publique Treasury. 7.Lands Recorded; 10 Nov 1660; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT7. "Land In Hartford upon Conecticutt belonging to William Clark & his heires for euer: One Parcel of land wch he Bought of Enf: Nicho: Olmfteed wth a mefsaug or tenement Standing there on together wth a Barn & orchard, ye afoarsayd Parcel of land Containeth by estimation three Acres (be it more or lefs) & abutteth on a high way leading from ye Cowe pafture into the old ox pafture, on ey weft, on mr Allyns land on ye eaft on a highway leading from ye mill into ye Country on ye Sowth, on John morices Land on ye North: Nou: 10th: 1660: [margin note: December 23 - 73 This parcel of Land Sold Nath Standly.]" 8.Lawsuit; 6 Dec 1660; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT8. Robt Reeve plt contra Wm Clark Dt in an action of ye case respecting ye possession of Houseing & Land formerly belonging to John Skinner. Jury find for the Dft. Court Costs. 9.Medical; 23 May 1664; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT9. Treated by John Winthrop, Jr.: Clark, William his wife Katherine of Hartford. 10.Sold livestock; 7 Jul 1665; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT10. Richard Lord purchased, for resale in New York, "one Sorill mare bald face three white legs & a whole cutt through & a halfe penny cutt out of the Back side of the off eare towards the top bought of Wm Clarke" 11.Lands Recorded - Sold; 23 Dec 1673; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT11. In the lands registered to Thomas Standly in the Hartford Land Records: "more one parcel of land which Nathaniel Standly purchafsed of Wm Clarke wth a mefsuage or tenement Standing there on together wth an orchard therein being the land is all that parcell with in these abutments viz on the high way on the Sowth & on the west & on mr Allyns land on the east & John Morrice his land on the North: purchafsed Decembr 23d, 1673. [margin note: Decembr 24th 1673 this parcel Sold unto John Skiner] 12.Took Inventory; After 2 Nov 1674; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT12. Along with Symon Smith & James X Wells, took inventory of the estate of Thomas Smith, who died 2 Nov 1674. 13. Will; 30 Jun 1681; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT13. From Probate Records, Volume IV, 1677 To 1687, Page 61-2. Clarke, William sen., Haddam. Died 22 July, 1681. Invt. 412- 18-00. Taken 19 August, 1681, by George Gates, Wm. X Ventrus, Simon Smith, John Spencer, Selectmen. Will dated 30 June, 1681. I William Clarke of Haddam do make this my last Will & Testament: I give to my wife 4 a year during her natural life. I also give unto her the use of my Dwelling house & the little Orchard, half the Garden so long as she live a Widow. Moreover I give unto my wife a Cow, which my son Thomas shall winter for her during his Mother's life. Also I give unto her half my Household Stuff, & that in her half she be suited with a Bed & Bedding & such things as are most suitable for her, which she shall dispose of at her death to which she please of her Children. I Will unto my son William 25 out of my Estate, which shall be in my Land as it is prised in the Inventory. I do Will unto my son John 20 worth of my Land. I do give by Will unto my son Joseph, nothwithstanding anything I have formerly given him, 15 worth of Land, and 1 1/2 acre of the Boggs in the lower Division in the upper Meadow besides the 15. I give by Will unto my daughter Welles & to my daughter Fennoe & to my daughter Spencer 8 to each of them, and to my daughter Hannah 10. All these to be paid out of my Estate as prised with the Inventory. I give unto my son-in-law Daniel Hubbard 5 Shillings, & to my gr. Child Daniel Hubbard I do give 40 acres of Land in my second Division at Machamodus, and a 50 Freehold or Right in the Undivided Lands there as it is laid out to 50 Estate. And it is my Will that he be learned to read & to write. And I declare him to the dispose of my wife so long as she liveth, and then to the dispose of my son Thomas; & in Case my son Hubbard make trouble about him he shall satisfy for his bringing up. At the age of 21 years he shall be free. I give to my son Thomas my Lott I bought of Joseph Arnold in the Home Field, and all my whole Meadow Lott, and my Cow Meadow Lott, and the 6 acres on which my Dewlling house standeth, & the Ort Yards and Houses, at his Mother's decease, or Marriage after my death. My Will also is that my sons William, John, & Joseph have their portions in the Land that are not given away particularly and expressly to Thomas in my Will, and that they agree, by casting Lotts, which allotment shall belong to each of them, not exceeding the value above given to them. I do make my son Thomas Clarke sole Executor. Witness: Nicholas Noyes, WILLIAM X CLARKE George Gates. Court Record, Page 44-3 September, 1681: Will & Inventory exhibited by Thomas Clarke, Executor. Approved. 14.Inventory Taken; 19 Aug 1681; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT13. £412-18-00 1Michael C. Owens, ([email protected]). 2Records of The Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639- 1663, (Hartford, 1928). p 7. 3ibid. p 23. 4ibid. p 66. 5ibid. p 115-116. 6ibid. p 204. 7Albert C. Bates, Hartford, Connecticut, Land Records,1639-1688; Births, Marriages and Deaths: 1644- 1730. Vol 1, p 519. 8Records of The Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639- 1663, (Hartford, 1928). p 219-220. 9John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pamw/Winthr op.htm [9 Nov 2000]). p 446. 10Albert C. Bates, Hartford, Connecticut, Land Records,1639-1688; Births, Marriages and Deaths: 1644- 1730. Vol 1, p 629. 11ibid. Vol 1, p 460. 12Charles W. Manwaring, Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (Hartford District), (Hartford, 1902). Vol 1, p 139-140. 13 ibid. Vol 1, p 290.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 6:47 PM Subject: Re: [CTMID] The Great Migration N.E. 1634-1635 | | > Now to see if he is yours.... Hmmmmm it appears there's much confusing on | > the William CLARKS of Salem and Watertown/Ipswich and the John CLARK of | > brielfly Boston and then of RI. This Wm. Clark was the one of Ipswich and | > at this time sees no relation to the others. | | Thanks for checking, but that's the wrong William.. Mine either appeared | out of thin air in Hartford or Haddam. Yes. I also have a few ancestors who stepped out of space ships. :-) Cheers, Warren I thought he was in Cambridge at | the same time as Nicholas CLARK who had land there in 1634, but I can't | find the reference I thought I had. Here is what I do have that can be | documented, which puts his first appearance in the records as 1639 - too | late for the new series which only covers 1634-1635. | | Jane | | William Clark 1 was abt 1610/11 in England1 and died on 22 Jul 1681 in | Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT1. | | Documented events in his life were: | | 1.Emigrant Ancestor; 1639; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. | 2.Court Appearance; 2 Jan 1639/40; Hartford, Hartford Co., | CT2. Wm Clarke servant to Jno Crow as fined 40s for | misdemeanor in drinking & corporall punishment was remitted | uppon his promise of his care for the future to avoyd such | occations. | 3.Lawsuit; 4 Sep 1643; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT3. In the ac | of Math Allen pl agt Nich: & Will Clarke defts the jury finds | for the pl damages 3L 3s 3d & Costs of Court vijs. | 4.Forfited Bond; 16 May 1649; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT4. | William Clark being called to this Corute to appeare uppon | his recognescance of 10£ and not answering thereunto hath | forfeited same. | 5.Lawsuit; 6 Mar 1652/53; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT5. Will | Clarke plt: Contra John Griffin defendt in an actyon of debt | with the Damage to the value of 6L .. p 116: ye defendt not | appearing an Attachment is to Issue out against his person to | answer his ------- at the next Courte and also to answer ye plt | if he not be satisified by him before said courte. | 6.Court Appearance; 6 Oct 1659; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT6. | The Magestrates being mett and examining the case | respecting Willm Clarks wiues trading Liquors to ye Indians | Doe determine yt for yt misdeamenou in breaking the ord | phibiting the same William Clarke is to pay Tenne pounds to | ye publique Treasury. | 7.Lands Recorded; 10 Nov 1660; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT7. | "Land In Hartford upon Conecticutt belonging to William | Clark & his heires for euer: | One Parcel of land wch he Bought of Enf: Nicho: | Olmfteed wth a mefsaug or tenement Standing there on | together wth a Barn & orchard, ye afoarsayd Parcel of land | Containeth by estimation three Acres (be it more or lefs) & | abutteth on a high way leading from ye Cowe pafture into the | old ox pafture, on ey weft, on mr Allyns land on ye eaft on a | highway leading from ye mill into ye Country on ye Sowth, on | John morices Land on ye North: Nou: 10th: 1660: [margin | note: December 23 - 73 This parcel of Land Sold Nath | Standly.]" | 8.Lawsuit; 6 Dec 1660; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT8. Robt | Reeve plt contra Wm Clark Dt in an action of ye case | respecting ye possession of Houseing & Land formerly | belonging to John Skinner. Jury find for the Dft. Court | Costs. | 9.Medical; 23 May 1664; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT9. Treated | by John Winthrop, Jr.: Clark, William his wife Katherine of | Hartford. | 10.Sold livestock; 7 Jul 1665; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT10. | Richard Lord purchased, for resale in New York, "one Sorill | mare bald face three white legs & a whole cutt through & a | halfe penny cutt out of the Back side of the off eare | towards the top bought of Wm Clarke" | 11.Lands Recorded - Sold; 23 Dec 1673; Hartford, Hartford | Co., CT11. In the lands registered to Thomas Standly in the | Hartford Land Records: "more one parcel of land which | Nathaniel Standly purchafsed of Wm Clarke wth a mefsuage | or tenement Standing there on together wth an orchard | therein being the land is all that parcell with in these | abutments viz on the high way on the Sowth & on the west & | on mr Allyns land on the east & John Morrice his land on the | North: purchafsed Decembr 23d, 1673. [margin note: | Decembr 24th 1673 this parcel Sold unto John Skiner] | 12.Took Inventory; After 2 Nov 1674; Haddam, Middlesex Co., | CT12. Along with Symon Smith & James X Wells, took | inventory of the estate of Thomas Smith, who died 2 Nov | 1674. | 13. Will; 30 Jun 1681; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT13. From | Probate Records, Volume IV, 1677 To | 1687, Page 61-2. | Clarke, William sen., Haddam. Died 22 July, 1681. Invt. 412- | 18-00. Taken 19 August, 1681, by George Gates, Wm. X | Ventrus, Simon Smith, John Spencer, Selectmen. Will dated | 30 June, 1681. | I William Clarke of Haddam do make this my last Will & | Testament: I give to my wife 4 a year during her natural life. | I also give unto her the use of my Dwelling house & the little | Orchard, half the Garden so long as she live a Widow. | Moreover I give unto my wife a Cow, which my son Thomas | shall winter for her during his Mother's life. Also I give unto | her half my Household Stuff, & that in her half she be suited | with a Bed & Bedding & such things as are most suitable for | her, which she shall dispose of at her death to which she | please of her Children. I Will unto my son William 25 out of | my Estate, which shall be in my Land as it is prised in the | Inventory. I do Will unto my son John 20 worth of my Land. | I do give by Will unto my son Joseph, nothwithstanding | anything I have formerly given him, 15 worth of Land, and 1 | 1/2 acre of the Boggs in the lower Division in the upper | Meadow besides the 15. I give by Will unto my daughter | Welles & to my daughter Fennoe & to my daughter Spencer 8 | to each of them, and to my daughter Hannah 10. All these to | be paid out of my Estate as prised with the Inventory. I give | unto my son-in-law Daniel Hubbard 5 Shillings, & to my gr. | Child Daniel Hubbard I do give 40 acres of Land in my | second Division at Machamodus, and a 50 Freehold or Right | in the Undivided Lands there as it is laid out to 50 Estate. | And it is my Will that he be learned to read & to write. And I | declare him to the dispose of my wife so long as she liveth, | and then to the dispose of my son Thomas; & in Case my son | Hubbard make trouble about him he shall satisfy for his | bringing up. At the age of 21 years he shall be free. I give to | my son Thomas my Lott I bought of Joseph Arnold in the | Home Field, and all my whole Meadow Lott, and my Cow | Meadow Lott, and the 6 acres on which my Dewlling house | standeth, & the Ort Yards and Houses, at his Mother's | decease, or Marriage after my death. My Will also is that my | sons William, John, & Joseph have their portions in the Land | that are not given away particularly and expressly to Thomas | in my Will, and that they agree, by casting Lotts, which | allotment shall belong to each of them, not exceeding the | value above given to them. I do make my son Thomas Clarke | sole Executor. | Witness: Nicholas Noyes, WILLIAM X CLARKE George Gates. | Court Record, Page 44-3 September, 1681: Will & Inventory | exhibited by Thomas Clarke, Executor. Approved. | 14.Inventory Taken; 19 Aug 1681; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT13. | £412-18-00 | | 1Michael C. Owens, ([email protected]). | 2Records of The Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639- | 1663, (Hartford, 1928). p 7. | 3ibid. p 23. | 4ibid. p 66. | 5ibid. p 115-116. | 6ibid. p 204. | 7Albert C. Bates, Hartford, Connecticut, Land | Records,1639-1688; Births, Marriages and Deaths: 1644- | 1730. Vol 1, p 519. | 8Records of The Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639- | 1663, (Hartford, 1928). p 219-220. | 9John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, | (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on | line at | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pamw/Winthr | op.htm [9 Nov 2000]). p 446. | 10Albert C. Bates, Hartford, Connecticut, Land | Records,1639-1688; Births, Marriages and Deaths: 1644- | 1730. Vol 1, p 629. | 11ibid. Vol 1, p 460. | 12Charles W. Manwaring, Digest of the Early Connecticut | Probate Records (Hartford District), (Hartford, 1902). | Vol 1, p 139-140. | 13 ibid. 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