Person talk:William Clarke (100)

Removed the following from this entry: FOUNDER OF NORTHAMPTON, MASS. CAME FROM PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND, MA4 30, 1630; LANDED AT NANTASKET MAY 30, 1630; SETTLED IN DORCHESTER, MASS BAY COLONY BETWEEN 1636 AND 1639; HE AND WIFE, SARAH, WERE MEMBERS OF THE DORCHESTER CHURCH ABT 1637. MOVED TO NORTHAMPTON THE LATTER PART OF 1659. SARAH DIED SEPT 6 1675 AND HE MARRIED WIDOW SARAH COOPER NOV 15 1676. SHE DIED MAY 8 1688.

GMB says William Clark arrived 1630 and settled Watertown and Ipswich had a wife Elizabeth dead by 1630, and no other William Clark arrived by 1633. These facts are consistent with History of Northampton (1698), which also details many events in Northampton of that William Clark. None involve a death in Haddam in 1681.

English Ancestry [5 August 2012]

This man was not the son of Thomas Clarke of Westhorpe, Suffolk. "William (Clarke), bapt. at Westhorpe (Suffolk) 16 Feb. [11 Feb., according to the bible record] 1611/12. He was the only member of the family [of Thomas and Rose (Kerrich) Clarke of Westhorpe] who remained in England." (Genealogical Research in England - Clarke, Cooke (alias) Carewe, Kerrich, NEHGR 75:280).--jaques1724 14:20, 5 August 2012 (EDT)