Lieut Theophilus Clark

• BIRTH 7 Mar 1716 Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA [2]
• DEATH 24 Nov 1760 (aged 44) Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL Evergreen Cemetery, West Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map
• MEMORIAL ID 12959061

Gravestone also contains memorial to Experience Jones' first husband Theophilus and their son Jotham.

Transcription

Here Lies interd, the body of Experience Jones who departed
this life Jan 24th 1786 being
in the 66th year of her age.
Alfo this Pillar is in
remembrance of Lt. Theophilus
Clark, first hufsband of ye above
sd. Experiance

And alfo of Jothem Clark son of
Theophilus & Experiance
The father & the son,
having been engaged
in the defence of their
Country, on the way from
camp to their friends, they died.

The father being in his 44th
year died Ye 24th of Nov 24 1760
one son survived his father but
12 days and expired Dec' the 6th
in the 17th year of his
age.

Parents
Timothy Clark 1677–1725

Spouse
Experience Wheeler Jones 1720–1786

Siblings
Timothy Clark 1706–1761
Lydia Clark Metcalf 1719–1802

Children
Silence Clark Cutler 1740–1832
Jotham Clark 1744–1760
Nahum Clark 1750–1829

Notes

There may have been an error in Theophilus Clark's age on the headstone (which was then picked up in the vital records in 1905), because there were two sons named Theophilus Clark born to the family of Theophilus Clark (1670-1737), one by 1st wife Rachel Partridge (1669-1717) and the other by 2nd wife Elizabeth Underwood (1679-1757). Rachel Partridge's son, Theophilus (1698-1716) died before the birth of Elizabeth Underwood's son, Theophilus (1722-1760), so the second Theophilus (1722-1760) would have been the one who lived to marry Experience Wheeler in 1740 and to serve as the Lieutenant. CLARK, Theophilus, s. Theophilus and Rachel, Aug. 28, 1716. Theoplhilus, Lt., first h. Experience, Nov. 24, 1760, in 44th y.,

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12959061/theophilus-clark

[2] Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (1903), page 39/Births, records:

[3] Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (1905), page 40/Births, records: CLARK, Theophilus, s. Theophilus and R [torn], Apr. 16, 1698.

[4] Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (1905), records both deaths, one below the other, on page 299/Deaths: CLARK, Theophilus, s. Theophilus and Elizabeth [dup. Elizabath], Apr. 19, 1722.