William Clark

NOTES

• ITEM: There is an incomplete Geni-profile of the same person here: William Clark .
• ITEM: Until sources are brought to this profile giving verity to William's death occurring specifically in Glastonbury, Hartford, CT on 8 Apr 1708, the only valid source for death (given below) shows a William Clark's death tin 17089 in Hartford County, CT. As of 31 Jan 2024, FamilySearch has no other record of death. Therefore, two or more respected secondary sources are required before reentering the following:—
  • 8 April 1708 • Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
• ITEM: 'William Clark married (secondly) Margaret Blinn.
• ITEM: 'This William Clark is not to be confused with a same-named man from Wethersfield who died in 1710 and married a Susannah.
• ITEM: See also Wikitree's profile for Peter Blinn, Margaret's father.

SOURCES

• The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011. Vol. 143,.p. 307. Data from copyrighted publication at Ancestry.com:—
  • Name: William Clark
  • Event Type: Marriage
  • Father's Name: William Clark
  • Mother's Name: Susannah Clark
  • Marriage Date: 1706 – Marriage Place: USA — Note: If this year is a valid NS year, then the year for Abigail's birth is probably an OS year.
  • Spouse Name: Margaret Blinn
  • Spouse Father Name: Peter Blinn
• WILLIAM CLARKE PROBATE
  • Location: Wethersfield
  • Probate: 27 Nov 1708
  • INVENTORY ON FILE.
  • Invt. £28-05-05. Taken 27 November, 1708, by William Burnham and George Kilbourn.
  • Court Record, Page 116—13 September, 1708: Margaret Clark, widow of the deceased, not having taken letters of Adms. on sd. estate, this Court now grant letters unto Jonathan Colefax, of Wethersfield, one of the creditors of the estate.
  • Page 120—6 December, 1708: Jonathan Colefax, Adms., made complaint to this Court, before John Chester, Esq., Assistant, against Peter Blinn and Margaret Clarke, widow, that they have sundry goods in custody and refuse to deliver the same to the Adms.
    • Source: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. 1700 to 1710. Available at: Archive.org.
• Together William and Margaret had a daughter:—
  • "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", FamilySearch
    • Name: Abigail Clarke – Sex: Female
    • Father's Name: William Clarke
    • Mother's Name: Margaret
    • Birth Date: 4 Feb 1706
    • Birth Place: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
• DEATH RECORD: HARTFORD COUNTY, CT
  • "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", FamilySearch
    • Name: William Clark – Sex: Male
    • Death Date: 1708 – Death Place: Hartford, Connecticut