Surname Saturday -- CLARK (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1111 who is  Sarah CLARK  (1651-1704) [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through four generations in this CLARK family line is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

34. Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35. Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)

68.  Aaron Smith (1765-1841)
69.  Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)

138.  Amos Plimpton (1735-1808)
139.  Mary Guild (1735-1800)

276.  John Plimpton (1708-1756)
277. Abigail Fisher (1711-1785)

554.  John Fisher (1677-1727)
555.  Abigail Smith (1686-1726)

1110.  Samuel Smith, born 13 August 1641 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 25 October 1691 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2220. Henry Smith and 2221. Elizabeth.  He married 22 February 1677 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
1111.  Sarah Clark, born 20 February 1651 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 20 May 1704 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Samuel Smith and Sarah Clark are:
*  Sarah Smith (1679-1769), married (1) 1701 Mathias Evans (1670-1725); (2) 1726 Henry Harding (1673-1764)
*  Henry Smith (1680-1743), married (1) 1703 Deborah Pratt (1684-1706); (2) 1708 Mary Adams (1681-1725); (3) 1730 Ruth Barber (1696-1761).
*  Daniel Smith (1682-1704).
*  Nathaniel Smith (1684-1762), married (1) 1705 Mary Clark (1687-1717); (2) 1717 Lydia Patridge (1687-1773).
*  Abigail Smith (1686-1726), married 1705 John Fisher (1677-1727)
*  Mary Smith (1688-1774), married (1) 1706 Henry Plimpton (1684-1731); (2) 1732 Jabez Pond (1677-1749); (3) 1750 Joseph Wight (1681-1756).
*  Prudence Smith (1691-1784), married (1) 1711 Joseph White (1683-1737); (2) 1739 Benoni Benson (1684-1761).

2222.  Joseph Clarke, born before 11 April 1613 in Banham, Norfolk, England; died 06 January 1684 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.   He married 15 April 1640 in Banham, Norfolk, England.
2223.  Alicia Fenne, born about 1619 in England; died 17 March 1710 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Joseph Clarke and Alicia Fenne are:
*  Joseph Clark (1642-1702), married 1663 Mary Allen (1641-1702).
*  Benjamin Clark (1644-1724), married 1665 Dorcas Morse (1645-1725). 
*  Ephraim Clark (1646-1699), married 1669 Mary Bullen (1642-1726).
*  Daniel Clark (1647-1676).
*  Mary Clark (1649-1732), married 1673 Jonathan Boyden (1652-1732).
*  Sarah Clark (1651-1704), married (1) 1673 John Bowers (1646-1676), (2) 1677 Samuel Smith (1641-1691).
*  John Clark (1652-1720), married 1680 Mary Sheffield (1653-????).
*  Nathaniel Clark (1658-1733), married 1704 Experience Hinsdale (1679-1754).
*  Rebecca Clark (1660-1740), married 1679 John Richardson (1650-1697).

4444.  Thomas Clarke, born before 07 March 1568 in Banham, Norfolk, England; died before 10 May 1638 in Banham, Norfolk, England.  He was the son of 8888. Rowland Clarke and 8889. Margaret Micklewood.  He married 17 October 1602 in Banham, Norfolk, England.
4445.  Mary Canne, born about 1580 in Suffolk, England; died 22 May 1642 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Thomas Clarke and Mary Canne are:
*  Thomas Clarke (1604-1656).
*  Rowland Clarke (1607-1639).
*  Rebecca Clarke (1610-1681), married 1630 Ralph Wheelock (1600-1684).
*  Joseph Clarke (1613-1684), married 1640 Alicia Fenne (1619-1710).
*  Mary Clarke (1615-????), married 1641 Benjamin Smith (1612-1685).
*  Elizabeth Clarke (1620-1683), married 1642 George Barber (1617-1685).

Information about these Clark(e) families was obtained from:

*  Christopher Gleason Clark, "The English Ancestry of Joseph Clark (1613-1683) of Dedham and Medfield, Massachusetts," New England Historic Genealogical Register, Volume 152, Number 1, Whole Number 605, January 1998.

*  William S. Tilden (editor), History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886 (Boston, Mass. : Geo. H. Ellis, 1887).

*  Several Massachusetts vital record books.

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