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James Clark

ID #1805, (1610-1674)

Relationship

9th great-grandfather of Linda Sargent.

James Clark was born in 1610, in London, England.¹ He immigrated on the ship Hector and arrived on 26 June 1637 to Boston, MA.² James was a 'free planter' in New Haven by 4 Jun 1639. Before 1669 he may have gone to Stratford, where records of his son appear ca 1662. He had 4 in his family in New Haven in 1643 and an estate of 50 £. 'At one time James Clark was brought to court for absence on Training Day, but by plea of his wife's illness he was allowed to go without fine. However, at another time he was fined 12 pounds for lateness and absence. He married Sarah Harvey say 1641 in New Haven, CT.³ As of 1642 James lived in New Haven, CT. He married Mrs Anna Wakefield on Monday, 17 October 1661 in New Haven, CT. James Clark died on 19 December 1674 in Stratford, CT.⁴

Family

Sarah Harvey b. 1622, d. b 1661

Children

James Clark+ b. say 1643, d. 1712
Mary Clark+ b. say 1645, d. 3 Feb 1721/22
Sarah Clark b. say 1647
Susan Clark b. circa 1649
Ebenezer Clark+ b. 29 Nov 1651, d. 30 Apr 1721
Samuel Clark+ b. 9 Feb 1653, d. 22 Feb 1729/30

Charts

Ancestory of Elizabeth Collier Lewis
Ancestors of Ruth Kingsbury (#1)
Ancestors of Ruth Kingsbury (#2)
Ancestors of Ruth Kingsbury (#3)

Sources of Information

Prentiss Glazer, "Clark/Clarke Families of Early Connecticut" , published Jan 1974, volume 128, page 24,The New England Historical and Genealogival Register, (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society), viewed online at www.newenglandancestors.org.
"Olive Tree Genealogy: Ships Passenger Lists", on-line databases, From Ship Passenger Lists by Carl Boyer referencing a previous work by Isabel MacBeath Calder entitled Passengers on the Hector, 1637-38, The New Haven Colony pp. 29-31., www.olivetreegenealogy.com, viewed March 2008.
Assumption of Researcher.
Sharon, family tree titled "Our Royal Ancestors", RootsWeb World Connect, www.rootsweb.com, from database named royalancestors, updated May 2007, viewed Aug 2010.

NOTENOTENOTE

Dates using 'say' are educated guesses by me.
If I don't know a female last name she will be identified with a 'Mrs' and her husband's name.
MALE or FEMALE means I don't know the first name.