Dr. John Clarke

Doctor John Clarke as baptized 8 (12) 1651 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts or Boston. He died 6 17 Dec 1690 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

He was the second of seven generations of Dr. John Clark's to serve Massachusetts.

• parents: Dr. John Clarke (d 1664)

Married

1. Martha Whittingham on 1666 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She was born 1644 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, daughter of John Whittingham & Martha Hubbard
2. Elizabeth Williams

Children of 1st wife:

1.   M i John CLARKE 1, 2 was born 3 27 Jan 1667 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Married 1) Sarah Shrimpton 2) Elizabeth Hutchinson 3) Mary (Crisp) Leverett. Chil., Mary, Sarah, Martha, John, Sarah, Martha, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary.
2.   M ii William CLARKE was born 19 Dec 1670 and died 1725.
3.   M iii Samuel CLARKE was born 1 10 Nov 1673 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He died 1674/1676 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Died young.
4.   F iv Elizabeth CLARKE was born Feb 1675 and died 9 Nov 1713. Married 1) Richard Hubbard 2) Cotton Mather.
5.   M v Samuel CLARKE 1, 2 was born 3 21 Sep 1677 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Died young.

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• page 102 of The pioneers of Massachusetts, a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents by Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918
• Records of the descendants of Hugh Clark: of Watertown, Mass. 1640-1866 By John Clark (1856). Page 9: "Dr. JOHN CLARKE, a celebrated physician of Boston, came from Newbury, Mass., about 1638. He married Martha Saltonstall, sister of Sir Richard Saltonstall (SIC: disproven?) who died Sept. 19, 1680. He died Nov. 1664, ae. 66, leaving two children, John, whose family is given below, and Jemima, who married Robert Drew, of Boston."
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/aqwg3216.htm#85396
• "Medicine in Art" - Dr. John Clark"
• Genealogical Statement of William Clark
• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 13 (Google eBook) New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1859 - Genealogy.  Vols. 37-52 (1883-98) include section: Genealogical gleanings in England, by H. F. Waters.  Page 14.  Will of John Clarke of Boston, Chirugeon, 23 August 1664. " .... My will is, that my sA sonne, John Clarke, shall pay unto his Mother, my now wife, the ualue of the one third part of the ualue of the said House, land, wharfe, houshold stufle & furniture aforesaid, the said one third part of the ualue of the premisses my wife to enjoy during her life, and after her decease, the sd part to be repaid by her Executors and Administrators unto my said sonne, John, and to my Daughter. Jemina Drew, and the Longest Liuer of them. I giue unto my sonne, John, [all the property aforesaid] and to ye Heires male of his Body Lawfully Begotten, to his & their use from ye Day of the Marriage of my now wife, or from the Day of her Death, wch shall first happen. In Case my sd sonne haue no Issue Male, but Daughter or Daughters, then my will is, that my Daughter, Jeminah Drew, her Children, John and Elisabeth, shall haue one third part of the ualue of my estate aforesaid, & my sonne, John, his Daughter & Daughters and the Longest Liver of them the Other two third parts. ..."

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MARRIAGES (1) Spouse Martha /Whittingham/ Marriage 1667 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Sources 1. Public Member Trees  , Database online.  

SOURCES (1) Public Member Trees, Database online. www.ancestry.com :

CITING THIS RECORD

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3S3Q-V6Y : accessed 2016-04-14), entry for John /Clark/.