Dr. John Clarke

First of seven generations of Dr. John Clark's to serve the city of Boston. "of London" according to Pope.

From 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.

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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
• "Medicine in Art" - Dr. John Clark"
• "A Review of William Clarke's Genealogical Statement"
• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1859, Volume 13 (Google eBook) The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 13, 1859 . New England Historic Genealogical Society. (1859), reprint, index, 387 pp. Page 189. "... Dr. John Clarke made his will August 1664, and died prior to Nov 23 1664. ... "I ordain my wife, Martha, sole Executrix ..." .
• 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.