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m. 13 Apr 1681
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m. Abt 1693
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m. 26 Mar 1706
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Edward married Ann Allison "ye 13th of April 1681". [p. 19 _The Parish Register of Christ Church Middlesex Co. VA 1653-1812_ published 1897 by Colonial Dames, Richmond, VA.] Ann was the daughter of David Allison who died before "Thirtyth day of January in the XXXIIId yeare of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second" [1681/2] as recorded in Deed Book 2, page 40-42 division of estate of David Allison deceased. [Deed Abstracts of Middlesex County, Virginia 1679-1688_ by Ruth & Sam Sparacio] Smith elaborates a bit more, giving 1679 as the year of David Allison's death, leaving a wife Joan and four minor daughters. Ann's inheritance included 150 acres (half her father's holdings) in the Middle Precinct. [p. 12] Deed Book 2, page 505-9 provides the names of the other three daughters and their spouses: Catherine, wife of Benjamin Marsh; Mary, wife of Joseph Goare, and Elizabeth, wife of Henry Goare. [Deed Abstracts of Middlesex Co. VA 1688-1694_ by Ruth & Sam Sparacio.] Ann (Allison) Clark died circa 1692-1694, leaving only one known child, Margaret, who lived to adulthood. Edward married secondly Ruth DOWNING, daughter of William and Elizabeth. [p. 13] William Downing appointed Edward Clark executor of his will, naming his daughter, Ruth Clark, as sole heir 6 DEC 1694. [p. 13] Edward Weatherstone was a witness to this will. William Downing died in 1698; his widow, Elizabeth, presented what she called a newer version of his will to the Middlesex Co. court; but the court ruled the will presented by Edward and proven by witness Edward Weatherstone was more acceptable. Edward Clark was appointed executor of William Downing's will NOV 1698. Edward is shown as owning 300 acres in Middlesex Co. on the 1704 Rent Rolls. [p. 18 _The Quit Rents of VA 1704_ compiled by Annie Laurie Wright Smith, 1980.] However according to Smith, he actually owned 420 acres -- the 150 acres inherited from David Allison and 270 acres inherited from William Downing. Today this land falls just south of Saluda, VA. [p. 16] Ruth (Downing) died before 1706, leaving only two known children who lived to adulthood -- Elizabeth and Edward Jr. Edward "Sr." married his third wife, Ann FEARN 26 MAR 1706 in Christ Church Parish. Ann was the daughter of John and Mary (Lee) Fearn who are called "desenters": Smith's citation for this statement doesn't say which group -- Quakers, Catholics, Baptists or other non-Anglican religious group. Although Ann (Fearn) brought no land to the marriage, Edward purchased a large wooded tract in nearby Essex Co. VA 10 MAR 1708/9. Edward and Ann (Fearn) Clark had the following children born and/or baptized in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co.: John born 31 MAR, baptized 7 APR 1707; Ruth baptized 23 JAN 1708/9; Mary baptized 3 JUN 1711; Bartholomew born 5 OCT 1713; William born 26 APR, baptized 10 JUN 1716; James born 19 APR, baptized 25 MAY 1718. [_Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex Co., VA from 1653-1812_ -- my notes don't include specific page numbers.] Edward's oldest daughter, Margaret, married William Bristow in 1704; his daughter Elizabeth married Jacob Stiff in 1708. These two apparently remained in Middlesex Co. when Edward and Ann (Fearn) moved to nearby Essex Co. late 1718. Smith suggests the under-aged Edward Jr. probably accompanied them as well. Edward's large Essex Co. tract formed a rough triangle abutted on the south by Occupacia Creek, near present day Route 17. Edward began dividing his Essex Co. property among his children with Ann (Fearn) in 1730. Daughter Mary and her husband John O'Neal received a 105 acres in April; but sons John and Bartholomew settled on their neighboring tracts without benefit of title deeds until Edward's will was probated. In his AUG 1736 will, Edward gave a shilling "only" to his eldest son Edward Jr. and each of his married daughters: Margaret, Elizabeth, Ruth and Mary. He provided for an equal sharing of his Essex Co. holdings among his four sons with Ann (Fearn) except that James was to receive an extra 50 acres. John and Bartholomew were already settled on their portions; William was to have Edward's dwelling house after Ann's death; and James' part joined lands of Covington and Armistead. [p. 26-7]
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