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Clark, John

Male 1656 - 1715  (59 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Clark, John was born on 10 Apr 1656 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; was christened on 15 Apr 1656 in Windsor,Hartford,CT (son of Clark, Daniel and Newberry, Mary); died in Sep 1715 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 56 (FHL #002983).
    CHR: Ibid.
    MAR: No mar rec found. The birth entry of dau Hannah at Simsbury, 6 Aug 1686, calls her the "first Daughter of John Clark which he had by his wife whose maiden name was Mary Crow" (Albert C. Bates, ed, SIMSBURY, CONNECTICUT BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS [Hartford, 1898], 17 [FHL #974.62/S4 V2b]). Date of mar is approximated from birth of 1st child.
    DEATH: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths," Barbour Collection, 56. Also see the inv and adm of estate of John Clarke of Windsor, 3 Jan 1715[6], Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 2:370-71 (FHL #974.6 P2m).

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    John married Crow, Mary about 1685. Mary (daughter of Crow, Christopher and Burr, Mary) was born in Oct 1665 in Hartford,Hartford,CT; died on 7 Feb 1762 in Bolton,Tolland,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Clark, Hannah was born on 15 Aug 1686 in Simsbury,Hartford,CT; died on 20 Feb 1708/1709 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    2. Clark, John was born about 1688 in Simsbury,Hartford,CT; died on 6 Mar 1708/1709 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    3. Clark, Mary was born about 1690 in Simsbury,Hartford,CT; died on 3 Jul 1781 in Longmeadow,Hampden,MA.
    4. Clark, Jemima was born about 1694 in Simsbury,Hartford,CT; died on 29 Oct 1732.
    5. Clark, Martha was born on 19 Mar 1697 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; was christened on 21 Nov 1697 in Simsbury,Hartford,CT; died on 25 May 1728 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    6. Clark, Solomon was born on 20 May 1699 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died on 5 Mar 1767 in Bloomfield,Hartford,CT.
    7. Clark, Elizabeth was born on 16 May 1701 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    8. Clark, Sarah was born on 28 Oct 1702 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    9. Clark, Daniel was born on 31 Dec 1704 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died after 12 Jun 1729.
    10. Clark, Ann was born on 12 Jan 1706/1707 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died on 16 Aug 1713 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    11. Clark, Benoni was born on 21 Oct 1708 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died on 16 Jan 1734/1735 in Enfield,Hartford,CT.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Clark, Daniel was christened on 8 Jun 1623 in Tarvin,Cheshire,Eng (son of Clark, Sabbath and Overton, Elizabeth); died on 12 Aug 1710 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.

    Notes:

    CHR: Tarvin par reg by corr, Cheshire Record Office, Chester, 1993.
    MAR #1: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 55 (FHL #002983).
    MAR #2: The inventory of estate of Daniel Clark of Windsor, 8 Sep 1710, mentions widow Martha Clark (Hartford District Probate Files, #1225 [FHL #1010567]). Daniel's will, below makes "son-in-law" [stepson] Roger Wolcott his executor. Roger Wolcott was born at Windsor, 28 Jan 1678, son of Simon Wolcott and Martha Pitkin, who were married at Windsor, 17 Oct 1661 ("Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths," Barbour Collection, 299). Martha was called "late of England" on rec of mar to Wolcott.
    DEATH: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths," Barbour Collection, 55. Also see the will of Daniel Clark of Windsor, 31 Aug 1709, proved 8 Sep 1710, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 2:177-78 (FHL #974.6 P2m).
    OCC: Attorney, militia captain, Secretary of Connecticut Colony.

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    Daniel married Newberry, Mary on 13 Jun 1644 in Windsor,Hartford,CT. Mary (daughter of Newberry, Thomas and Dabinott, Joane) was christened on 22 Oct 1626 in Whitechurch-Canonicorum,Dorset,Eng; died on 29 Aug 1688 in Windsor,Hartford,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Newberry, Mary was christened on 22 Oct 1626 in Whitechurch-Canonicorum,Dorset,Eng (daughter of Newberry, Thomas and Dabinott, Joane); died on 29 Aug 1688 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.

    Notes:

    CHR: Par reg of Whitechurch-Canonicorum, as cited in J. Gardner Bartlett, NEWBERRY GENEALOGY (Boston, 1914), 45 (FHL #000018). She is also mentioned in the will of her grandfather Christopher Dabinott of Upway, Dorset, 1 Jul 1637, proved 4 Aug 1637, P.C.C., 113 Goare (FHL #092138). Mary received a land grant in Windsor, Conn. on her father's right with other children of Thomas Newberry, 10 Oct 1646 (Windsor Deeds, 1:7 [FHL #006188]). She also claimed land of her father in Suffolk Co., Mass., 23 Apr 1662 (Suffolk Co. Deeds, 3:525 [FHL #493932]).
    MAR: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 55 (FHL #002983).
    DEATH: Ibid.

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    Children:
    1. Clark, Mary was born on 24 Apr 1645 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died in 1648 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    2. Clark, Josiah was born on 21 Jan 1648 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; was christened on 28 Jan 1648 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died after 31 Aug 1709 in New Jersey(?).
    3. Clark, Elizabeth was born on 28 Oct 1651 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died on 22 Dec 1729 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    4. Clark, Daniel was born on 4 Apr 1654 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; was christened on 10 Apr 1654 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died after 31 Aug 1709 in Colchester,New London,CT(?).
    5. 1. Clark, John was born on 10 Apr 1656 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; was christened on 15 Apr 1656 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died in Sep 1715 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    6. Clark, Mary was born on 22 Sep 1658 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; was christened on 26 Sep 1658 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died on 14 Apr 1738 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    7. Clark, Samuel was born on 6 Jul 1661 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died after 31 Aug 1709.
    8. Clark, Sarah was born on 7 Aug 1663 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; was christened on 9 Aug 1663 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died after 31 Aug 1709.
    9. Clark, Hannah was born on 29 Aug 1665 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died before 31 Aug 1709.
    10. Clark, Nathaniel was born on 8 Sep 1666 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; was christened on 9 Sep 1666 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; died in (wp) 4 Sep 1690 in of Windsor,Hartford,CT.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Clark, Sabbath was born about 1588 in Staffordshire,Eng; was buried on 30 Mar 1663 in Tarvin,Ches,Eng.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. He was said to be "of co. Stafford" in Joseph Foster, ALUMNI OXONIENSES, 1500-1714, 4 vols. (Oxford, 1891-92), 1:283 (FHL #942.57.O1 J2ox).
    MAR #1: No mar rec found. Sabbath's wife is identified in the will of his father-in-law, Rev. Valentine Overton of Bedworth, Warws, 15 Feb 1646/7-30 Aug 1647, P.C.C., 172 Fines (FHL #092165).
    MAR #2: No mar rec found. A wife Jane is named in his will, below.
    BUR: Tarvin BTs (FHL #1850101). Also see the will of Rev. Sabbath Clark of Tarvin, 24 Feb 1663, proved 13 May 1663, Consistory Court of Chester, orig wills, supra, box A-H (FHL #090019).
    OCC: Puritan minister

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    Sabbath married Overton, Elizabeth about 1617 in of Tarvin, Cheshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Overton, Valentine and Higgenson, Isabel) was christened on 5 Nov 1592 in Solihull,Warws,Eng; died after 15 Feb 1646/1647. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Overton, Elizabeth was christened on 5 Nov 1592 in Solihull,Warws,Eng (daughter of Overton, Valentine and Higgenson, Isabel); died after 15 Feb 1646/1647.

    Notes:

    CHR: THE REGISTER OF SOLIHULL, CO. WARWICK, 2 vols., Parish Register Society, vol. 53, 1(1904):37 (FHL #942 B4prs). No parents are mentioned on chr rec. However, Elizabeth is identified in the will of her father, Rev. Valentine Overton of Bedworth, Warws, 15 Feb 1646/7, proved 30 Aug 1647, P.C.C., 172 Fines (FHL #092165).
    MAR: No mar rec found. Elizabeth is called the wife of Sabbath Clark in her father's will, above.
    DEATH: No death/bur rec found. Elizabeth was living on 15 Feb 1646/7, the date of her father's will, but she was dead by 24 Feb 1663 when her husband wrote his will identifying a wife Jane.

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    Children:
    1. Clark, Samuel was christened on 8 Jul 1618 in Tarvin,Ches,Eng; died after 24 Feb 1663.
    2. Clark, Josiah was christened on 4 Apr 1622 in Tarvin,Ches,Eng; died after 17 Aug 1688 in Broxbourne,Herts,Eng(?).
    3. 2. Clark, Daniel was christened on 8 Jun 1623 in Tarvin,Cheshire,Eng; died on 12 Aug 1710 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    4. Clark, John was born about 1626 in of Tarvin, Cheshire, England; died after 24 Feb 1663.
    5. Clark, Nathaniel was born about 1630 in of Tarvin,Ches,Eng; died in (wp) 10 Sep 1659.
    6. Clark, Elizabeth was christened on 5 Aug 1632 in Tarvin,Ches,Eng.

  3. 6.  Newberry, Thomas was christened on 10 Nov 1594 in Yarcombe,Devon,Eng (son of Newberry, Richard and Matthew, Grace); died in (inv) 28 Jan 1636 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA.

    Notes:

    CHR: C. A. T. Fursdon, ed, "Yarcombe Parish Register," 2 vols. (transcript, 1934; Devon & Cornwall Record Society), vol. 1, unpaginated (FHL #917559).
    MAR #1: No mar rec found. Mar is proved by the will of his father-in-law, Christopher Dabinott of Upway, Dorset, 1 Jul 1637, proved 4 Aug 1637, P.C.C. 113 Goare (FHL #092138).
    MAR #2: No mar rec found. A wife Jane is mentioned in his own will, below. Although Jane and Joan were often interchanged, Jane is clearly not identical to Thomas's first wife, Joane Dabinott. The will of Christopher Dabinott, above, bequeathed to each of his grandchildren but fails to mention Thomas Newberry's youngest children, Hannah and Rebecca, suggesting they were not the children of Christopher's dau Joane.
    DEATH: No death rec found. See the will of Thomas Newberry of Dorchester, 12 Dec 1635, no probate act, inv 28 Jan 1636 [1635/6?], Suffolk Co. Probate, #1, (n.s.) 1:1 (FHL #594359).
    OCC: Merchant, planter, selectman of Dorchester, deputy to Mass. General Court.

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    Thomas married Dabinott, Joane about 1619. Joane (daughter of Dabinott, Christopher) was born about 1600 in of Marshwood,Dorset,Eng; died about 1629 in Marshwood,Dorset,Eng(?). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Dabinott, Joane was born about 1600 in of Marshwood,Dorset,Eng (daughter of Dabinott, Christopher); died about 1629 in Marshwood,Dorset,Eng(?).

    Notes:

    BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. Joane is identified in the will of her father, Christopher Dabinott of Upway, Dorset, 1 Jul 1637, proved 4 Aug 1637, P.C.C., 113 Goare (FHL #092138). Date and place of birth are approximations based on family history and chronology. Joane's father owned estates in Marshwood, and she lived there with her husband Thomas Newberry.
    MAR: No mar rec found. Joane is identified as the wife of Thomas Newberry in the will of her father, above.
    DEATH: No death/bur rec found. Joane is the mother of John Newberry, who was baptized on 19 Feb 1628/9 and named in the will of his grandfather Christopher Dabinott, above. She is not the mother of Rebecca, dau of Thomas Newberry, who was born about 1631. She probably died soon after the birth of John at the family home in Marshwood.

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    Children:
    1. Newberry, Sarah was born about 1620 in of Marshwood,Dorset,Eng; died on 16 Jun 1684 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    2. Newberry, Joseph was born about 1622 in of Marshwood,Dorset,Eng; died after 20 Dec 1675 in Marshwood,Dorset,Eng(?).
    3. Newberry, Benjamin was born about 1624 in of Marshwood,Dorset,Eng; died on 11 Sep 1689 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    4. 3. Newberry, Mary was christened on 22 Oct 1626 in Whitechurch-Canonicorum,Dorset,Eng; died on 29 Aug 1688 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    5. Newberry, John was christened on 19 Feb 1628/1629 in Whitechurch-Canonicorum,Dorset,Eng; died in Dec 1647 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Overton, Valentine was christened on 25 Oct 1565 in St. Giles without Cripplegate,London,Eng; died in (wp) 30 Aug 1647 in Bedworth,Warws,Eng.

    Notes:

    CHR: St. Giles Cripplegate par reg (FHL #820621 item 2). Son of "Mr. Overton."
    MAR: THE REGISTER OF SOLIHULL, CO. WARWICK, 2 vols., Parish Register Society, vol. 53, 1(1904):137 (FHL #942 B4prs).
    DEATH: No death/bur rec found. See the will of Valentine Overton of Bedworth, 15 Feb 1646/7, proved 30 Aug 1647, P.C.C., 172 Fines (FHL #092165).
    OCC: Minister

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    Valentine married Higgenson, Isabel on 25 Jan 1591/1592 in Solihull,Warws,Eng. Isabel was christened on 15 Nov 1569 in Solihull,Warws,Eng; died before 15 Feb 1646/1647. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Higgenson, Isabel was christened on 15 Nov 1569 in Solihull,Warws,Eng; died before 15 Feb 1646/1647.

    Notes:

    CHR: THE REGISTER OF SOLIHULL, CO. WARWICK, 2 vols., Parish Register Society, vol. 53, 1(1904):39 (FHL #942 B4prs).
    MAR: Ibid, 1:137.
    DEATH: No death/bur rec found. Isabel was living on the date of her husband's will, 15 Feb 1646/7.

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    Children:
    1. Overton, William was born in in Bedworth,Warws,Eng; died after 15 Feb 1646/1647.
    2. Overton, Charles was born in in Bedworth,Warws,Eng; died after 15 Feb 1646/1647.
    3. Overton, Henry was born in in Bedworth,Warws,Eng; died after 15 Feb 1646/1647.
    4. Overton, John was born in in Bedworth,Warws,Eng; died before 15 Feb 1646/1647.
    5. Overton, Grace was born in in Bedworth,Warws,Eng; died after 15 Feb 1646/1647.
    6. 5. Overton, Elizabeth was christened on 5 Nov 1592 in Solihull,Warws,Eng; died after 15 Feb 1646/1647.
    7. Overton, Richard was christened on 14 Jul 1594 in Solihull,Warws,Eng; died after 15 Feb 1646/1647.
    8. Overton, Isabel was christened on 1 May 1596 in Solihull,Warws,Eng; died on 8 Mar 1660/1661 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; was buried on 9 Mar 1660/1661 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
    9. Overton, Valentine was christened on 7 Jun 1597 in Solihull,Warws,Eng; died after 15 Feb 1646/1647.
    10. Overton, Katherine was born on 25 Feb 1602 in Bedworth,Warws,Eng; died in 1671.

  3. 12.  Newberry, Richard was born about 1554 in of Yarcombe,Devon,Eng (son of Newberry, William and Ellen); was buried on 20 Aug 1639 in Yarcombe,Devon,Eng.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations. Richard is identified in the will of his father, William Newberry of Yarcombe, 26 May 1596, proved 6 Dec 1596, P.C.C., 90 Drake (FHL #091996), and in the adm of his mother, Ellen Newberry of Yarcombe, 4 Sep 1609, P.C.C. Adm Act Book, 1605-1610, p. 172 (FHL #093248).
    MAR: C. A. T. Fursdon, ed, "Yarcombe Parish Register," 2 vols. (transcript, 1934; Devon & Cornwall Record Society), vol. 2, unpaginated (FHL #917559).
    BUR: Ibid.

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    Richard married Matthew, Grace on 15 Jun 1581/1582 in Yarcombe,Devon,Eng. Grace was christened on 21 Nov 1558 in Yarcombe,Devon,Eng; was buried on 18 Dec 1632 in Yarcombe,Devon,Eng. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Matthew, Grace was christened on 21 Nov 1558 in Yarcombe,Devon,Eng; was buried on 18 Dec 1632 in Yarcombe,Devon,Eng.

    Notes:

    CHR: C. A. T. Fursdon, ed, "Yarcombe Parish Register," 2 vols. (transcript, 1934; Devon & Cornwall Record Society), vol. 1, unpaginated (FHL #917559). Parents names are not included on the chr rec. Bartlett calls her the dau of John Matthew and great-granddaughter of Stephen and Isabel (Newburgh) Matthew. See J. Gardner Bartlett, NEWBERRY GENEALOGY (Boston, 1914), 24 (FHL #000018). There was a John Matthew who married Margaret Marder at Yarcombe, 15 Nov 1549. While these may be the parents of Grace, there were other Matthew families in Yarcombe having children at this time.
    MAR: Fursdon, "Yarcombe Parish Register," vol. 2, unpaginated.
    BUR: Ibid.

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    Children:
    1. Newberry, William was christened on 18 Apr 1584 in Yarcombe,Devon,Eng; was buried on 12 May 1606 in Yarcombe,Devon,Eng.
    2. Newberry, Ellen was christened on 31 Dec 1586 in Yarcombe,Devon,Eng.
    3. Newberry, Fides was christened on 1 Oct 1589 in Yarcombe,Devon,Eng.
    4. Newberry, Robert was christened on 7 Apr 1592 in Yarcombe,Devon,Eng.
    5. 6. Newberry, Thomas was christened on 10 Nov 1594 in Yarcombe,Devon,Eng; died in (inv) 28 Jan 1636 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA.
    6. Newberry, Dorothy was christened on 16 Sep 1597 in Yarcombe,Devon,Eng; was buried on 6 Aug 1606 in Yarcombe,Devon,Eng.
    7. Newberry, Robert was christened on 23 Apr 1600 in Yarcombe,Devon,Eng; died on 22 Aug 1687 in Yarcombe,Devon,Eng; was buried on 25 Aug 1687 in Yarcombe,Devon,Eng.

  5. 14.  Dabinott, Christopher was christened on 3 Feb 1563/1564 in Yarcombe,Devon,Eng (son of Dabinott, Thomas and Rawlin); died in (wp) 4 Aug 1637 in Upway,Dorset,Eng.

    Notes:

    CHR: C. A. T. Fursdon, ed, "Yarcombe Parish Register," 2 vols. (transcript, 1934; Devon & Cornwall Record Society), vol. 1, unpaginated (FHL #917559).
    MAR: No mar rec found. She must have preceeded him in death, as he asked to be buried in the church at Upway beside his wife (name not stated). See Christopher's will, below.
    DEATH: No death/bur rec found. See the will of Christopher Dabinott of Upway, 1 Jul 1637, proved 4 Aug 1637, P.C.C., 113 Goare (FHL #092138).
    OCC: Yeoman

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    Children:
    1. Dabinott, Anne was born about 1595 in of Marshwood,Dorset,Eng; died in (adm) 22 Oct 1670 in Marshwood,Dorset,Eng.
    2. Dabinott, Rawlin was born about 1597 in of Marshwood,Dorset,Eng.
    3. 7. Dabinott, Joane was born about 1600 in of Marshwood,Dorset,Eng; died about 1629 in Marshwood,Dorset,Eng(?).