Scottoway Clark, Jr.

Date of death has also been (erroneously?) reported to be August 31, 1795.

Scotto Clark

Scotto was born on November 8th, 1709 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Scotto's father was Scotto Clark and his mother was Mary Haskell. His paternal grandparents were Andrew Clark and Mehitable Scotto. He was an only child. He died about August 30th, 1790 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

General Notes

Occupation: Master Mariner

Note: Scotto (b. 1709) was a master mariner, 9 of his 11 sons were also whalemen. One of them, Tully, was killed by a whale, in the sight of his father, who was commanding the boat.

From the MASSACHUSETTS GAZETTE of Oct 2 1766 -

"A son of Captain Clark was killed by a Sperm Whale near George's Banks a few days since. The Whale struck the boat at the bows with his head, with great force, throwing the young man who stood there ready with his lance, into the mouth of the Whale, which turned and made off with him. He was heard to scream by his father, who commanded the boat, as the fishes jaws closed about him."

Children

Elisha Clark b: 14 MAY 1734 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Reuben Clark b: 1 AUG 1735 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Tully Clark b: 30 NOV 1736 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Mark Clark b: 3 MAY 1738 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

William Clark b: 14 JAN 1740 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Mercy Clark b: 9 AUG 1741 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Barnabas Clark b: 9 MAR 1743 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Scotto Clark b: 22 SEP 1745 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

James Clark b: 6 JAN 1747 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Abigail Clark b: 7 SEP 1748 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Roland Clark b: 18 FEB 1750 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Joshua Clark b: 4 DEC 1752 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Fessenden Clark b: 8 OCT 1754 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Thankful Clark b: 22 OCT 1757 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

links

• http://records.ancestry.com/scotto_clark_records.ashx?pid=27921855
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61319236