Sgt. John Clark of Middletown

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Sgt. John Clark

Also Known As: "Sergt. John Clark"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hartford Settlement, Hartford, Connecticut
Death: July 26, 1731 (79)
Middletown Village, Hartford , Connecticut
Place of Burial: Bridge Street Cemetery
Immediate Family:

Son of William Clark of Haddam and Katherine Clark
Husband of Elizabeth Clark
Father of Nathaniel Clark; John Clark, Jr., of East Hampton; Joanna Goodalle; Daniel Clark; Elizabeth Selden and 6 others
Brother of Sarah Fenner; Elizabeth Wells; William Clark, of Wethersfield; Mary Hubbard; Joseph Clark, Sr and 5 others

Occupation: Deacon, Representative from Northampton, General Court
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About Sgt. John Clark of Middletown

2. John2 Clark , b. ____, Hartford; m. Elizabeth White (Nathaniel, John), b. Mar. 7, 1655, Upper Houses. He purchased, Mar. 21, 1681, the southern half of the Thomas Hubbard place and d. thereon July 26, 1731; on Sept. 7, 1720, he executed deeds to his three sons of all his real property and on the same day executed in one deed all his persona property to his daughters, the latter never having been recorded, but was executed before Thomas Ward, Justice of the Peace. The homestead was given to his son John. Nathaniel's ten acrs, "whereon he dwlet," was on the east side of the road to Hartford near where the Swedish church stands. His wife d. Dec. 25, 1711; he July 26, 1731, and a headstone locates his grave.

Children:

  • Nathaniel, b. Apr. 18, 1676; m. Oct. 27, 1702, Sarah Graves, b. Feb. 15, 1679, Hatfield, Mass., whose mother, Sarah (White) Graves, was dau of Serg. John White, the brother of Capt. Nathaniel White. Child: John, b. Aug. 24, 1704; m. Jane Wilcox (Janna, Ephraim).
  • 3. John , b. June 14, 1679.
  • 4. Daniel , b. Aug. 30, 1680.
  • Elizabeth, b. Apr. 3, 1685; m. Ebenezer Selden of Hadley, Mass., who d. in 1740. She was living in 1746.
  • Mary, b. Apr. 3, 1691; d. in infancy.
  • Sarah, b. Sept. 8, 1692; m. Feb. 17, 1720, John Shepard (See the Shepard Family).
  • White, b. Nov. 4, 1693; m. (1) Joseph Cole of Wethersfield; m. (2) Mar. 22, 1744, Samuel Smith of Middletown.
  • Mary, b. May 4, 1695; m. James Thompson of Brimfield, Mass.

Links

This is not the same man as John Clark of Hartford, Saybrook & Milford who died 1672/3 in Milford, CT.


MIDDLETOWN UPPER HOUSES - a history of the north society of Middletown, Ct. from 1650 to 1800 with genealogical and biographical chapters on early families. Charles Collard Adams.  New York: Grafton Press, 1908. THE CLARK FAMILY [transcribed by Coralynn Brown ]


SGT. JOHN CLARK OF MIDDLETOWN, CONN

- Memorials of Elder John White, One of the First Settlers of Hartford, Conn ... By Allyn Stanley Kellogg

- Genealogies of Hadley Families: Embracing the Early Settlers of the Towns of ... p.155

By Lucius Manlius Boltwood

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Sgt. John Clark of Middletown's Timeline

1651
November 17, 1651
Hartford Settlement, Hartford, Connecticut
1653
January 10, 1653
Age 1
Saxilby,Lincoln,England
1676
April 18, 1676
Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States
1677
June 14, 1677
Middletown Village, Middlesex, Connecticut
1679
1679
1680
August 30, 1680
Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States
1685
April 3, 1685
Middleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1687
1687
Massachusetts, United States
1690
July 20, 1690
Massachusetts, United States