A record of the descendants of John Clark, of Farmington, Conn ...
A record of the descendants of John Clark, of Farmington, Conn ... A record of the descendants of John Clark, of Farmington, Conn ...
4 PREFACE. fact by Rev. Wm. S. Porter, a genealogist of great industry and local research. The Clarks of Saybrook, Ct., claim that John of Cambridge, of Hartford, and* of Saybrook, were identical, and quote the authority of Hinman. No contem- poraneous record has been found to confirm or subvert either theory. I shall follow the advice of that veteran genealogist, D. Williams Patterson, Esq., of Newark Valley, N. Y., and state the prominent facts known regard^*' 3acli of these men in the hope that they may be found p jlated to other facts possibly hereafter discovered as liel{) determine which theory is true. Farmington, Conn., Sept., 1882. JULIUS GAY.
EARLY SETTLERS NAMED JOHN CLARK. JOHN CLARK OF CAMBRIDGE. John Gierke, as the name is spelled, took the freeman's oath at the General Court held Nov. 6, 1632. He was one of the forty-two men to whom land was assigned at Newtown, now Cambridge, on the 29th of March, 1632.* " An agree- ment by the inhabitants of the New Town, about paling in the neck of land. Imprimis, That every one who hath any part therein shall hereafter keep the same in good and suffi- cient repair ; and if it happen to have any defect, he shall mend the same within three days after notice given, or else pay ten shillings a rod for every rod so repaired for him. Further, It is agreed that the said impaled ground shall be divided accordhig to every man's proportion in said pales." His share in the paling was three rods in an aggregate of 577. Who these forty-two men were in part appears in a statement " by Winthrop.f The Braintree company, (which had begun to sit down at Mount WoUaston,) by order of court, removed to Newtown. These were Mr. Hooker's company." Others of them came afterward. John Haynes, subsequently Gov- ernor of Massachusetts and later of Connecticut, whose name heads the list, did not arrive until Sept. 4, 1633,^ so that the division may have been made at a still later date. In his * History of Cauibridge, by Lucius R, Paige, p. 10. f Savage's Winthrop, i, 104. i Ibid., i, 130.
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- Page 31 and 32: MATTHEVV, ELIZABETH. 23 have former
- Page 33 and 34: ELIZABETH, REBECCA. 25 vii. Jonatha
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- Page 37 and 38: MARY. 29 Lieut. Samuel was son of D
- Page 39 and 40: MARTHA. 31 Feb. 12, 1727-8, aged 60
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4 PREFACE.<br />
fact by Rev. Wm. S. Porter, a genealogist <strong>of</strong> great industry<br />
and local research. The <strong>Clark</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Saybrook, Ct., claim that<br />
<strong>John</strong> <strong>of</strong> Cambridge, <strong>of</strong> Hartford, and* <strong>of</strong> Saybrook, were<br />
identical, and quote <strong>the</strong> authority <strong>of</strong> Hinman. No contem-<br />
poraneous <strong>record</strong> has been found to confirm or subvert ei<strong>the</strong>r<br />
<strong>the</strong>ory.<br />
I shall follow <strong>the</strong> advice <strong>of</strong> that veteran genealogist,<br />
D. Williams Patterson, Esq., <strong>of</strong> Newark Valley, N. Y., and<br />
state <strong>the</strong> prominent facts known regard^*'<br />
3acli <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se men<br />
in <strong>the</strong> hope that <strong>the</strong>y may be found p jlated to o<strong>the</strong>r facts<br />
possibly hereafter discovered as liel{) determine which<br />
<strong>the</strong>ory is true.<br />
<strong>Farmington</strong>, <strong>Conn</strong>., Sept., 1882.<br />
JULIUS GAY.
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