William Clark, of the Plymouth Colony

William Clark, of the Plymouth Colony

• Gender: Male
• Birth: circa 1634 Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
• Death: before 28 Mar 1720 in Massachusetts
• Son of Thomas Clark, of the Plymouth Colony 1599 - 1696/97 & Susannah Ring 1611 - bef 1664/5

Family

Marriage

1. Mar 1659/60 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States to Sarah Wolcott
2. 7 Mar 1677/8 Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States to Hannah Griswold
3. 3 Aug 1692 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States to Abia Wilder

Children:

• 1) Thomas b. 1660 (?)
• 2) Sarah b. June 19, 1678; m. Rev. Ephraim Little of Marshfield, Nov. 29, 1698.
• 3) William b. June 7, 1682; m. 1707 Bethia Mayhew, of Martha's Vineyard.
• 4) Nathaniel b. June 1, 1684.
• 5) Samuel b. Dec. 8, 1687, d. April 2, 1763.
• 6) Hannah b. Aug. 2, 1697

Biography

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clarke-78

William Clarke was born about 1634. On July 7, 1668, he was mentioned in a court record as having sold his right to certain land in Cape Cod. In 1684, William Clarke of Plymouth was granted a lease for bass fishing at Cape Cod for 30 pounds per annum.
William married (1) Sarah Wolcott in Plymouth on March 1, 1659/60 [1] and had two children. Sarah and a baby were killed in 1676 during King Philip’s War. He married (2) Hannah Griswold on March 7, 1677/8, in Saybrook, Connecticut [2] [3] [4] [5] and had four children. He married (3) Abiah Wilder on August 3, 1692, in Plymouth [6] [7] [8] and had one child. William Clarke, the subject of this profile. died before March 28, 1720.

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From The Descendants of Thomas Clarke Plymouth 1623-1697 Compiled by; Rev. William W. Johnson Published by the compiler, North Greenfield, Wisconsin, 1884"

William, son of Thomas, born l639; married Sarah Woolcot, of Plymouth, March 1, 1659. He lived in a garrison house by Eel river, which was surprised by the Indians on a Sunday, March 12, 1676, while he was at church. His wife, several of his children, and some other persons, eleven in all, were killed in this attack, which is said to have been the only serious one ever made on the settlement. A son of William Clarke, named Thomas, was left for dead, but afterwards recovered, and had a silver plate put over his exposed brain, by the celebrated surgeon Dr. John Clarke, of Boston. He ever afterwards was known as "Silver-headed Tom."
In July 1676, two hundred Indians' surrendered themselves to the Plymouth Governor, and were pardoned, with the exception of those who had been concerned in the slaughter at Clarke's garrison at Plymouth; these were put to death. (Source - Baylies' History).
The colony records give the names of these Indians, and state that they were decapitated. William Clarke seems to have been an active and enterprising man, having extensive operations in lands, etc., as appears by the colony records. In 1670, William Clarke and Edward Gray, of Plymouth; Richard Bourne and William Swift, of Sandwich; Thomas Hinckley and Thomas Huckins, of Barnstable; Samuel Sturgis, of Yarmouth, and John Freeman, of Eastham, formed a company to engage and regulate the making and disposing of all the tar made in the colony , at the price of eight shillings for every small barrel, and twelve shillings for every great barrel, during the full term of two years.
In 1679, Joseph and Barnabas Lothrop, of Barnstable; Kenelm Winslow, and William Clarke, of Plymouth, as the agents of thiety partners, purchased for the sum 200 pounds, the remainder of the lands not already granted, between Dartmouth, on the west, Plymouth purchase on the east, and Middleboro and Plymouth on the north, "to be settled in four years with an Orthodox Minister" These grants include the present towns of Rochester

and Marion. (Source Baylies' History.)

In 1684, William Clarke hires the bass fishing at Cape Cod, of the town

of Plymouth, where he was living at; 30 pounds a year. (Source Plymouth Records.)

In 1697, he received a grant of land from the town of Plymoutb, where he

was livinig in 1714.

1682, "The Court. have agreed with Mr. William Clarke, of plymouth, to provide suitably, for the Governor and Magistrates diet, lodging, etc., in the County House at Plymouth, for four Courts, viz: October, March, June, and July, and to pay him forty pounds in money for the same; if it shall happen that the Generil Court be adjourned, or special courts called within the time of the year, he is to be allowed for those Courts according to his just account." (Source: Plymouth Records.)
William Clarke was deputy in 1674, 1680, 1681. Was a selectman for many years. He married for 2nd wife, March 7, 1677, Hannah Griswald. She died in 1687, aged 29 years. Third wife, Abiah Wilder, Aug. 3, 1692. There is a gravestone on Burying Hill to the 2d. wife, but none to the others, or to himself.

Citations

• Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), p 377; digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 26 January 2016; "WILLIAM... m. (1) Plymouth 1 March 1659[/60] Sarah Wolcott [PCR 8:22; PVR 662]".
• "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Plymouth V1," database index with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: viewed 23 January 2016), vol 1, p 85, [p. 126], "Mr. William Clark married Hannah Griswell 7 March 1677"; citing transcription of Lee D van Antwerp (compiler) and Ruth Wilder Sherman (editor), "Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850," Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1993.
• "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870," online database with images of transcription, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: accessed 30 January 2016), vol Saybrook, p 55, "GRISWOLD...Hannah, m. Will Clark, Mar. 7, 1677"; citing original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
• "Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700," transcription, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://americanancestors.org: accessed 30 January 2016), vol 1, p 330, "CLARK, William (1636-) & 2/wf Hannah GRISWELL/GRISWOLD (1658-1687/8); 7 Mar 1677, 1677/8; Saybrook/Plymouth {Newell Anc. 87; McCormick-Hamilton 514; NYGBR 47:198; Waterman (1939) 668; Sibley's Harv. Grad. 5:261; MD 1:206, 13:203, 15:214; Saybrook CT VR 36"; citing Clarence Almon Terry, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," CD-ROM, NEHGS, Boston, 2001.
• Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, p 377, "WILLIAM ... m. (2) Saybrook 7 March 1677/8 Hannah Griswold [SayVR (also recorded Plymouth VR PVR 85)]".
• "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Plymouth V1," database index with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: viewed 23 January 2016), V1, Book 1, p 85," [p 126], Mr. William Clark married Mrs. Abiah Wilder 3 Aug. 1692"; citing transcription of Lee D van Antwerp (compiler) and Ruth Wilder Sherman (editor), "Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850," Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1993.
• "Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700," transcription, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://americanancestors.org: accessed 24 January 2016), vol 1, p 331, CLARK, William & 3/wf Abia WILDER (-1725, ae 69); 3 Aug 1692; Plymouth {MD 1:200; 13:203; Booth (1923) 75; Clark (,5) 17; Thompson (,2) 15; Holman Ms: Cobb 9}; citing Clarence Almon Terry, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," CD-ROM, NEHGS, Boston, 2001.
• Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, p 377, "WILLIAM ... (3) Plymouth 3 August 1692 Abiah Wilder [PVR 85]."
• Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 377. "Children of Thomas Clarke and Susanna Ring: 1) William, b. 1634 (deposition), m. (1) Plymouth 1 Mar 1659/60 Sarah Wolcott, m. (2) Saybrook 7 Mar 1677/78 Hannah Girswold, m. (3) Plymouth 3 Aug 1692 Abiah Wilder."
• "Depositions", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography, 2:179. Plymouth Col. Deeds 2:2:56: On 20 Mar 1660/61 William Clarke deposed "aged twenty seaven yeares or thereabouts".
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. "Thomas Clark(e) of Plymouth and Boston in the Line of Nathaniel3 of Lyme, Connecticut", in The American Genealogist. (Demorest, Habersham, Georgia, United States: D.L. Jacobus), 47:4. Deposition of William Clarke of Plymouth, age 31, on 10 Aug 1671 [Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, docket 1179].
• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Clarke_%2859%29
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54612432/william-clark
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84158445/william-clark
• https://archive.org/stream/historyofcapecod01free#page/n3/mode/2up

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• Residence: England
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jan 31 2018, 13:46:23 UTC