Person:Benjamin Clark (42)
Benjamin Clark
b.9 Feb 1643/44 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.1 Dec 1724 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1640
  1. Joseph Clark1642 - 1702
  2. Benjamin Clark1643/44 - 1724
  3. Ephraim Clark1645/46 - 1699
  4. Daniel Clark1647 - 1676
  5. Mary Clark1648/49 - Aft 1690
  6. Sarah Clark1650/51 - 1704
  7. John Clark1652 - 1720
  8. Nathaniel Clark1658 - 1733
  9. Rebecca Clark1660 - 1738/39
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Benjamin Clark1643/44 - 1724
  • W.  Dorcas Morse1645 - 1725
m. 19 Nov 1665
  1. Hannah Clark1666 - 1757
  2. Benjamin Clark1668 -
  3. Theophilus Clark1670 - 1737
  4. Tabitha Clark1672 -
  5. Timothy Clark1674 - 1676
  6. Timothy Clark1677 - 1725
  7. Edward Clark1679 - 1746
  8. Ebenezer Clark1682 -
  9. Seth Clark1687 - 1756
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Facts and Events
Name Benjamin Clark
Gender Male
Birth[2][3][4] 9 Feb 1643/44 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 19 Nov 1665 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Dorcas Morse
Occupation[2] Wheelwright
Death[2][5][6] 1 Dec 1724 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1.   2-9 Ebenezer Mason, in Mason, William L. (William Lyman). A record of the descendants of Robert Mason of Roxbury, Mass: including representatives of Dedham, Medfield, Northfield, Barre, Worcester, Sturbridge, Medway, Shrewsbury, Hubbardstown, Boston, Mass., New York City, Orange, N.J., Brunswick, Maine, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Burdick Armitage & Allen, printers, 1891)
    p 10.

    She was a daughter of Benjamin Clark of Medfield, who owned what is now known as the Peak house from its peculiar peaked shape, and was a selectman seventeen years, town treasurer and Representative to General Assembly for two years.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 3. Benjamin2 Clark, in Tilden, William S. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886: with Genealogies of the Families that Held Real Estate or Made any Considerable Stay in the Town During the First Two Centuries. (Boston, Mass.: Geo. H. Ellis, 1887)
    pp 347-348.
  3. ↑ (II) Benjamin Clark, in Crane, Ellery B. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity. (New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1907)
    p 248.

    (II) Benjamin Clark, second child of Joseph Clark (I), was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, February 9, 1643... He died December 1, 1724, and his wife died July 14, 1725.

  4. ↑ Dedham (Massachusetts). Town Clerk; Julius Herbert Tuttle; Benjamin Fisher; and Don Gleason Hill. The early records of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts. (Dedham, Massachusetts: Dedham Transcript Press, 1886-1936)
    1:2.

    1643.
    Benjamin, the Son of Joseph & Alice Clarke, was borne the 9 of the 12 m'o.
    [Note: In old-styles dates, the twelfth month is February. For comparison to the modern calendar, it corresponds to the following year. More info may be found here.]

  5. ↑ Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903)
    200.

    CLARK, Benjamin, h. Dorcas, [died] Dec. 1, 1724.

  6. ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Suffolk County). Probate records, 1636-1899. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969-1971)
    Vol. 23, p. 454.

    Will of "Benjamin Clarke of Medifled ... Wheelwright being about Seventy fives years of Age", dated 18 Mar 1721, proved 28 Dec 1724, names wife Dorcas Clark; daughter Hannah Mason; son Theophilus Clark; son Timothy Clark; son Edward Clark; daughter Tabitha Samford; son Seth Clark. Wife Dorcas to be executor.
    25 Dec 1724: Dorcas Clark refuses trust of executorship. Administration cum testamenta annexo granted to Edward Clark of Medway.

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