Matthew Clark

Matthew Clark

• Birth: 1652 - Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
• Parents: Edward Clark, Dorcas Clark (born Bosworth)
• Siblings: Nathaniel (Hanniel) Clark, Martha Clark, Joseph Clark, Mary Clark
• Wife: Mary Dow
• Children: Dorcas Clark, Matthew Clark, Sarah Hardy (born Clark), Ebenezer Clark
• Death: June 6 1715 - Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

MATHEW CLARK(3) was born in Haverhill, Mass. He married 2 Apr 1679 to MARY DOW, daughter of Thomas and Phebe Dow. Mary was widow of Gilbert Wilford. Mathew was a ship builder and carpenter in Haverhill. He believed that timber for ships should not be cut across the grains or spliced. Therefore gave up shipbuilding when others built that way.

Notes

• Misc: the recipient of 18s 6d from the estate of Joseph Heath 1673

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