Captain Christopher Clark, Sr.

Christopher Clark was a mariner, out of Boston, Ma. He married Rebbeka Eyre or Eyres 1647. They had nine children. He sailed between England and other countries. He was recorded on the Speedwell 1667. It left London May 30. 1656 and arr. Boston.Ma. July 27, 1657. He was made freeman in 1673.

References Boston Memorial History , Spirit of 76, Boston Records

Capt Christopher Clarke

Born [date unknown] in England

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Husband of Rebecca (Eyre) Clarke — married 1647 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Father of Susanna (Clarke) Stoddard, Rebecca (Clarke) Taylor and Mercy (Clark) Minot

Died 10 Feb 1693 in Boston, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 16 Nov 2018 | Created 3 Sep 2015

Biography

Christopher Clark was a mariner that sailed out of Boston, Massachusetts. He married Rebecca Eyre in 1647. [1]

He sailed between England and other countries.

They had nine children.[2]

Susanna (1648) m. Sampson Stoddard Dorothy (1650) m Joseph Townsend John (1652) Peter (1654) m. Penelope Fairweather Rebecca (1657) m James Taylor Christopher (1660) Daniel was born 10 Feb 1661;[3] died 16 March 1662[4] Elizabeth (1663) Mercy / Mary (1667) m Stephen Minot

He was made freeman in 1673.

He died intestate. At the meeting of his heirs on 7 Nov 1693 it was noted that he died 10 Feb 1693 in Boston.The division of the estate names John Clark, eldest son, Sampson Stoddard and Susanna his wife (presumably a daughter, Joseph Townsend and his wife Dorothy, James Taylor and Rebecca his wife, Joseph Bridgham, guardian to the children of Peter Clark, deceased, Elizabeth Clark, Stephen Minot and Mercy his wife, "Thomas Newton and Stephen Minot, attorney to Christopher Clark (named elsewhere as a son)[5][6]

Sources

↑ http://www.greatmigration.org/sample_sketch_simon_eyre.html ↑ Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB530/i/14226/5134/38011479 ↑ Boston Records. Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) p 47 ↑ Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883. p. 85 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1646/i/30233/85/723601488 ↑ Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volume 12, page 175 ↑ Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) Division of esttate