Saturday, November 8, 2014

Surname Saturday -- Clarke (England to colonial New England)

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 #1059 who is Sarah CLARKE (1639-1716) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations in this CLARKE 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)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)


66.  Nathan Gates (1767-1830)
67.  Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)

132.  Simon Gates (1739-1803)
133.  Susannah Reed (1745-1833)

264.  Amos Gates (1706-1783)
265.  Mary Hubbard (1712-1754)

528.  Simon Gates (1667-1752)
529.  Hannah Benjamin (1669-1752)

1058.  Joseph Benjamin, born 16 September 1633 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died April 1704 in Preston City, New London, Connecticut, United States.  He was the son of 2116. John Benjamin and 2117. Abigail Eddy.  He married 12 December 1668 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
1059.  Sarah Clarke, born 01 August 1639 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died after 1716 in probably Preston, New London, Connecticut, United States.  

Children of Joseph Benjamin and Sarah Clarke are:
*  Sarah Benjamin (1667-????), married 1708 Thomas Knowlton (1641-1717)
*  Hannah Benjamin (1669-1752), married 1688 Simon Gates (1667-1752)
*  Mary Benjamin (1670-1723), married 1695 John Clarke (1650-1705)
*  Joseph Benjamin (1673-1738), married 1698 Elizabeth Cooke (1678-1738).
*  Mercy Benjamin (1676-1716), married 1696 Isaac Gates (1673-1748)
*  Elizabeth Benjamin (1681-1704), married 1699 John Huntley (1677-1749)
*  John Benjamin (1682-1716), married 1705 Phoebe Larrabee (1680-????).

2118.  William Clarke, born about 1600 in England; died before 07 December 1668 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1639 in probably Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
2119.  Sarah Lumbert, born about 1620 in England; died 06 September 1675 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Child of William Clarke and Sarah Lumbert is:
*  Sarah Clarke (1639-1716), married 1668 John Benjamin (1633-1704).

The William Clarke family is not treated extensively in the published or periodical literature.  William Clarke left his estate to his son-in-law, Joseph Benjamin, in a nuncupative will.

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