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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Surname Saturday - CLARKE (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 #1093 who is  Elizabeth CLARKE (1620-1683) 
[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)

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)

272.  Henry Smith (1680-1743)
273.  Ruth Barber (1696-????)

546.  Zechariah Barber (1656-1705)
547.  Abiel Ellis (1662-1715)

1092.  George Barber, born about 1617 in Fressingfield, Suffolk, England; died 13 April 1685 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 4 November 1642 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
1093.  Elizabeth Clarke, born before 23 July 1620 in Banham, Norfolk, England; died 22 December 1683 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of George Barber and Elizabeth Clarke are:
*  Elizabeth Barber (1641-1642).
*  Mary Barber (1643-1643).
*  Mary Barber (1644-1700_, married 1666 Jonathan Morse (1643-1727).
*  Samuel Barber (1647-1736), married (1) 1670 Mary Harding (1653-1675); (2) 1676 Sarah Millens (1654-1721).
*  John Barber (1649-1688), married 1674 Abigail Babcock (1656-1693).
*  Elizabeth Barber (1651-1714), married 1669 Daniel Morse (1641-1702).
*  Hannah Barber (1654-1705), married 1686 Ebenezer Babcock (1662-1717).
*  Zechariah Barber (1656-1705), married 1683 Abiel Ellis (1662-1715).
*  Abigail Barber (1659-????), married 1691 Samuel Thorne (1655-????).

2186.  Thomas Clarke, born before 07 March 1568 in Banham, Norfolk, England; died Bef. 10 May 1638 in Banham, Norfolk, England.  He was the son of 4372. Rowland Clarke and 4373. Margaret Micklewood.  He married 17 October 1602 in Banham, Norfolk, England.
2187.  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 Benjamin Smith (1612-1685).
*  Elizabeth Clarke (1620-1683), married 1642 George Barber (1617-1685).

 Information about this Clark(e) family was obtained from:

*  Christopher Gleason Clark, "The English Ancestry of Joseph Clark (1613-1683) of Dedham and Medfield, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 152, Number 1 (January 1998), pages 3-23.

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Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver


1 comment:

  1. Hmmm, I knew I recognized those names Clarke and Wheelock.
    Thomas Clarke is my ex-husband's 9th great-grandfather; Thomas' daughter Rebecca married the Reverend Ralph Wheelock, settling in Medfield, and having 9 children. His line continues down through Gershom Wheelock & Hannah Stodder. Etc.

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