Saturday, December 22, 2012

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 7th great-grandmothers, up to number 549: Melatiah CLARK (1674-1747). [Note: the 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three American generations of this CLARK family 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)

136.  Moses Smith (1732-1806)
137.  Patience Hamant (1735-1780)


274.  Timothy Hamant (1699-1774)
275.   Hepzibah Clark (1699-1791)

448.  Timothy Hamant, born 01 November 1667 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 1718 in Arrowsic, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States.  He was the son of 996. Francis Hamant and 997. Sarah.  He married 19 January 1695/96 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

449.  Melatiah Clark, born 04 August 1674 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 23 November 1747 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Timothy Hamant and Melatiah Clark are:  Timothy Hamant (1699-1774); Samuel Hamant (1701-1755); Melatiah Hamant (1704-1751); Mehitable Hamant (1706-1727); Abiel Hamant (1708-1783).

998.  Ephraim Clark, born 04 February 1645/46 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died Abt. 1699 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 06 March 1668/69 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
999.  Mary Bullen, born 20 July 1642 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 31 December 1726 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 1998. Samuel Bullen and 1999. Mary Morse.

Children of Ephraim Clark and Mary Bullen are:  Elizabeth Clark (1670-????); Mary Clark (1671-1704); Ephraim Clark (1673-????); Melatiah Clark (1674-1747); Mehitable Clark (1676-1743); Samuel Clark (1679-1769); Noah Clark (1680-1704); Ezra Clark (1683-1739); Jeremiah Clark (1687-1748).

1996.  Joseph Clark, born before 11 April 1613 in Banham, Norfolk, England; died 06 January 1683/84 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 3992. Thomas Clarke and 3993. Mary Canne.  He married 15 April 1640 in Banham, Norfolk, England.
1997.  Alice Fenn, born about 1619 in England; died 17 March 1709/10 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Joseph Clarke and Alice Fenn are:  Joseph Clark (1642-1702); Benjamin Clark (1644-1724); Ephraim Clark (1646-1699); Daniel Clark (1647-1676); Mary Clark (1649-1732); Sarah Clark (1651-1704); John Clark (1652-1720); Nathaniel Clark (1658-1753); Rebecca Clark (1660-1740).

The English ancestry of this Clark family line was discussed in:

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, pages 3-23.

Birth, marriage and death records for many of the children of these Clark families are in the Dedham and Medfield vital records book.

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Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

1 comment:

Celia Lewis said...

Well, look at that - Me, too! I have Thomas CLARKE & Mary CANNE in my ex-husband's line as well... Their daughter, Rebecca CLARKE (who died 0 Jan 1680/81 in Medfield MA) married Ralph WHEELOCK. That line eventually joins up with the RICE line from the immigrant Deacon Edmund RICE who first settled in Sudbury MA, then died in Marlborough MA (3 May 1663). So, we're not any kind of cousin, Randy, but our ancestors definitely talked with each other in the 1600s in MA. Cheers!