Selected Families and Individuals

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John Clark

Clark, John Jr. (1655 - 1735)
b. 17 NOV 1655 in Saybrook, MA (now Old Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT)
d. 17 FEB 1734/35 in Saybrook, MA (now Old Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT)
father: Clark, John(<1630 - )
mother: Porter, Rebecca(>1630 - )

John Clark, Jr. of Saybrook, Connecticut; Lieutenant of Saybrook Fort, nominated and appointed by General Court, 9 February 1693-94; commissioned by Gov. John Winthrop, 16 May 1699, Lieutenant of the Saybrook Farm Band; commissioned by same 20 May 1702, to be Captain of Saybrook Fort; later commissioned Major of Farm Band of Saybrook and as such commanded the troops to protect the Library of Yale College in the removal from Saybrook to New Haven in 1718; his original commission as Lieutenant and Captain are now in possession (as of 1997) of Orlando Elmer Clark of Appleton, Wisconsin. (Source: Colonial Families of the United States of America, Volume 4)
MAJOR JOHN CLARK, of Saybrook, Connecticut; b. 17th November, 1655; d. 1736; was Lieutenant of Saybrook Fort; nominated and appointed by the General Court of Connecticut and commissioned by Robert TREAT, Governor of Connecticut, 9th February, 1693-1694; accepted to be Lieutenant of Train Band of Saybrook by General Assembly of Connecticut and commissioned by Governor John WINTHROP of Connecticut, 1699; accepted to be Captain of Saybrook Fort by the Connecticut Assembly and commissioned by Governor John WINTHROP 1702; afterward commissioned Major of Train Band of Saybrook and as such commanded the troops to protect the Library of Yale College in its removal from Saybrook to New Haven in 1718 by order of Governor Guerdon SALTONSTALL, dated 4th December, 1718; the original commissions of Lieutenant and Captain and the order for the removal of the Library are now in the possession of Mr. Orlando Elmer CLARK; m. 16th December, 1684, Rebecca BEAUMONT, dau. of William BEAUMONT. (Source: Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 7)

Thomas Myers Clark

Rose Kerrige
Born: 13 Apr 1572 in Kerrige, [parish], Bedfordshire, England
Died: 29 Sep 1627 in Westhorpe Parish, [parish], Suffolk, England
Marriage: 13 May 1600 View Info
Children Sex Birth
Carew Clarke M 3 Feb 1603 in Westhorpe, [parish], Suffolk, England
Thomas Clarke M 31 Mar 1605 in Westhorpe, [parish], Suffolk, England
John Clarke M 8 Oct 1609 in Westhorpe, [parish], Suffolk, England
William Clark M 22 Jul 1610 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
William Clarke M 6 Feb 1611 in Westhorpe, [parish], Suffolk, England
John Clark M 1612 in Ipswich, [parish], Suffolk, England

Spouse 2
Susan Collis
Born: 1583 in Thriploe, [parish], Cambridgeshire, England
Died:
Marriage: Thriplow, Cambridge, [county], England View Info
Children Sex Birth

Spouse 3
Rose Kerrich
Born: 13 Apr 1572 in Saxted, [parish], Suffolk, England
Died: 19 Sep 1627 in Westhorpe, [parish], Suffolk, England
Marriage:
Children Sex Birth
Carew Clarke M 3 Feb 1603 in Westhorpe, [parish], Suffolk, England
Thomas Clarke M 31 Mar 1605 in Westhorpe, [parish], Suffolk, England
John Clarke M 8 Oct 1609 in Westhorpe, [parish], Suffolk, England
William Clark M 22 Jul 1610 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
William Clarke M 6 Feb 1611 in Westhorpe, [parish], Suffolk, England
Joseph Clarke M 9 Dec 1618 in Westhorpe, [parish], Suffolk, England

Other Children Sex Birth
John Clark M 1612 in Ipswich, [parish], Suffolk, England