Person:William Clark (112)
Lieutenant William Clark
b.Cal 1609
d.18 Jul 1690 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
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  • H.  Lieutenant William ClarkCal 1609 - 1690
  • W.  Sarah UnknownBef 1618 - 1675
m. Bef 1638
  1. Sarah Clark1638 -
  2. Jonathan Clark1639 -
  3. Nathaniel Clark1641/42 - 1669
  4. Experience Clark1643 -
  5. Increase Clark1645/46 - 1662
  6. Rebecca ClarkEst 1649 - 1732/33
  7. Deacon John ClarkEst 1651 - 1704
  8. Samuel Clark1653 - 1729
  9. Captain William Clark1656 - 1725
  10. Sarah Clark1658/59 - 1728
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  • H.  Lieutenant William ClarkCal 1609 - 1690
  • W.  Sarah Slye1615 - 1688
m. 15 Nov 1676
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Name[1][2][3] Lieutenant William Clark
Gender Male
Birth[1] Cal 1609
Marriage Bef 1638 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (possibly)Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
to Sarah Unknown
Marriage 15 Nov 1676 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Slye
Death[1][2][4] 18 Jul 1690 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Alt Death[3] 19 Jul 1690 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[4] Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Member of Church of Dorchester, abt 1636. "Chosen Lieutenant, Northampton, March 1661; commissioned Lieut. Oct 1662; Deputy for Northampton to Mass. Bay General Court, 1663." A man of great public spirit, resolute and capable. Will dated 10 July 1690.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 William Clark, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    1:404.

    "William (Clark), Dorchester, a. 1636, by w. Sarah had Sarah b. 21 June 1638, d. soon; Jonathan, 1 Oct. 1639; Nathaniel, 27 Jan. 1642; Experience, 30 Mar. 1643; Increase, 1 Mar. 1646, wh. d. at 16 yrs.; Rebecca, a. 1648; John, 1651; Samuel, bapt. 23 Oct. 1653; William, b. 3 July 1656; and Sarah, again, Mar. 1659. He was selectman 1646 and 7, rem. 1659 to Northampton, for wh. he was rep. 1663, and 13 yrs. more, but not consecut. and lieut. in Philip's war. His w. d. 6 Sept. 1675, and he m. 15 Nov. 1676, Sarah, wid. of Thomas Cooper of Springfield, wh. d. 8 May 1688; and he d. 18 July 1690, aged 81. Rebecca m. 9 Dec. 1669, Israel Rust; and ,Sarah m. 3 Dec. 1675, John Parsons."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 William Clark, Sr., in Trumbull, James Russell. History of Northampton : Northampton Genealogies, 1640-1838. (Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States: n.p., bef 1899)
    102.

    "William Clark, Sr. (1): came from England and settled at Dorchester between 1636 and 1639. He and wife Sarah were members of the Dorchester Church, apparently, in 1637. They removed to Northampton the latter part of 1659. He died, July 18, 1690, aged 81."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 William Clark, in Smith, John Montague; Abbie Talitha Montague; and Henry Walbridge Taft. History (1673-1899) of the town of Sunderland, Massachusetts: which originally embraced within its limits the present towns of Montagu e and Leverett ; with genealogies prepared by Henry W. Taft and Abbie T. Montague. (Greenfield, Massachusetts: Press of E.A. Hall, 1899)
    287-88.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 William Clarke, in Find A Grave.
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