Richard Clark

Richard Clark, son of Uriah Clark and Mary Twells, was born Abt 1690 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts and died 6 Nov 1760 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

family

Married

1. before 1715 to Mary Randall, daughter of John and Mary
2. aft. 1728 to Sarah Barnard, daughter of John & Elizabeth Barnard
3. on 6 Oct 1741 to Ann (Bowman) Bright, widow of Nathaniel Bright.

10 children.

Children with 1st wife include:

1. Johannah, b. 1715;
2. Rebecca, b. 1717;
3. Uriah, b. 1721;
4. Thomas, b. 1722;
5. Martha b. 1724;
6. Ruth, b. 1726.

Children with 2nd wife include:

1. Richard Clark (1732 - 1809)*
2. Benoni Clark (1734 - 1736)*

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From Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Apr 28 2017, 7:36:36 UTC

Watertown marriages: Octor. 6. 1741. Richard Clark & Ann Bright both of Watertown were joined in Marriage By ye Revd Mr Seth Storer minifter of ye Gospel in sd Town.

Richard Clark, son of Uriah, b. about 1690, mar. 1st, Mary Randall, who died Aug. 10, 1728; 2d, Sarah Barnard, who d. Feb. 8, 1734, and 3d, Oct. 6, 1741, Ann, widow of Natl. Bright. Ten children. (Harris' Epitaphs)

Inscription:

• Here lyes Buried ye Body of
• Mr. RICHARD CLARK;
• Who departed this Life
• November ye 6th 1760 in ye
• 70th Year of His Age.
• Hark from the Tombs a doleful sound,
• My Ears attend the Cry;
• ye living men come view the ground,
• Where you must shortly lie.
• Princes this clay must be your bed,
• in spite of all your Towers;
• the tall the wise the Reverend head,
• must lie as low as ours.

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From http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Richard_Clark_%2848%29

• Harris, William Thaddeus, and Edward Doubleday Harris. Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Watertown. (Boston, Mass.: Unknown (Apparently Privately Published), 1869), 13. Here lyes Buried ye Body of Mr RICHARD CLARK: Who departed this Life Novebmer ye 6th 1760. in ye 70th Year of His Age. [Age 69, so birth about 1691.]
• Clark, John. Records of the descendants of Hugh Clark, of Watertown, Mass. 1640-1866. (Boston: J. Clark, 1866), 24. Richard Clark, s/o Uriah Clark and 2nd wife Mary, b. 1690, d. Watertown 6 Nov 1760, m. (1) Mary Randall, m. (2) aft. 1728 Sarah Barnard, m. (3) 6 Oct 1741 Ann (Bowman) Bright.
• The baptisms in Source:Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Roxbury Land and Church Records stop after 1688, and what children show up in Source:Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records to the End of the Year 1849 are only there because they were copied from the first source, so there is no sign of a birth for Richard. But he is named in his father's will and his father moved to Watertown in 1693, so his birth presumably occurred while the family lived in Roxbury, the estimated date coming from his age at death.
• FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 28 2017, 6:37:31 UTC