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 #1117 who is Mary CLARK (1649-1732) [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].
My ancestral line back through two 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)
278. Nathaniel Guild (1712-1796)
279. Mary Boyden (1708-1776)
558. Thomas Boyden (1681-1771)
559. Deborah Wight (1685-1730)
1116. Jonathan Boyden, born 20 February 1652 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 30 May 1732 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 2232. Thomas Boyden and 2233. Frances. He married 26 September 1673 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
1117. Mary Clark, born 12 March 1649 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died before 1732 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
Children of Jonathan Boyden and Mary Clark are:
* Jonathan Boyden (1674-1719), married (1) 1698 Rachel Fisher (1680-1712); (2) 1713 Elizabeth Thurston (1674-1755).
* Mary Boyden (1677-1718), married 1686 Joshua Clapp (1667-1728).
* Elizabeth Boyden (1678-1756), married 1702 Nehemiah Sabin (1681-1746).
* Mehitable Boyden (1680-????), married 1704 Joshua Ormsby (1672-1710).
* Thomas Boyden (1682-1770), married (1) 1707 Deborah Wight (1685-1730); (2) 1731 Susanna Harris.
* John Boyden (1685-1754), married 1714 Rebecca Paine (1682-????).
* Joseph Boyden (1687-1758), married 1713 Mary Wheeler (1692-1765).
* Sarah Boyden (1690-????), married 1710 David Jones (1689-????)
2234. Joseph Clark, born before 11 April 1613 in Banham, Norfolk, England; died 06 January 1684 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 4468. Thomas Clarke and 4469. Mary Canne. He married 15 April 1640 in Banham, Norfolk, England.
2235. Alice Fenn, born about 1619 in England; died 17 March 1710 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
Children of Joseph Clark and Alice Fenn 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 Bowden (1652-1732).
* Sarah Clark (1651-1704), married (1) 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).
This is the fourth child of Joseph and Alice (Fenn) Clark that has been cataloged in Surname Saturday! The others are Joseph, Ephraim and Sarah.
Information about these Clark families was obtained from:
1) William S. Tilden (editor), History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886 (Boston, Mass. : Geo. H. Ellis, 1887).
2) Christopher Gleason Clark,, "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
3) Published vital record books for Massachusetts towns.
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We have a Boyden family connection. I am descended from Thomas Boyden and Frances' son Thomas Boyden Jr. and his wife Martha Holden.
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