Person:William Clark (3)
Captain William Clark
b.3 Jul 1656 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.9 May 1725 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1638
  1. Sarah Clark1638 -
  2. Jonathan Clark1639 -
  3. Nathaniel Clark1641/42 - 1669
  4. Experience Clark1643 -
  5. Increase Clark1645/46 - 1662
  6. Rebecca ClarkEst 1649 - 1732/33
  7. Deacon John ClarkEst 1651 - 1704
  8. Samuel Clark1653 - 1729
  9. Captain William Clark1656 - 1725
  10. Sarah Clark1658/59 - 1728
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Captain William Clark1656 - 1725
  • W.  Hannah Strong1659 - 1693/94
m. 15 Jul 1680
  1. Hannah Clark1681 - 1758
  2. Abigail Clark1682/83 - 1687
  3. William Clark1684/85 - 1753
  4. Jonathan Clark1688 - 1743/44
  5. Thomas Clark1690 - 1764
  6. Joseph Clark1691 - 1769
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Captain William Clark1656 - 1725
  • W.  Mary Smith1662 - 1748
m. 31 Jan 1694/95
  1. Lieutenant Timothy Clark1695 - 1752
  2. Captain Gershom Clark1697 - 1747
  3. Mary Clark1699 - 1702
  4. David Clark1701 - 1703
  5. David Clark1705 - 1706
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Captain William Clark
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] 3 Jul 1656 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 15 Jul 1680 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United StatesAlso recorded at Lebanon.
to Hannah Strong
Marriage 31 Jan 1694/95 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States (probably)Recorded at Lebanon.
to Mary Smith
Death[1][4] 9 May 1725 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States
Burial[5] Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 William Clark, in Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edward Francis Waterman. The Waterman Family. (New Haven, Conn. (I and II); Hartford, Conn. (III): E.F. Waterman (I and II); The Connecticut Historical Society (III), 1939, 1942, 1954)
    1:638-39.

    "(Capt.) William2 Clark (William11) born at Dorchester, Mass., 3 July 1656, died at Lebanon, Conn., 9 May 1725, in 69th yr.; married first, at Northampton, Mass., 15 July 1680, Hannah Strong, born at Windsor, Conn., 30 May 1659, died there 31 Jan. 1693/4, daughter of John and Abigail (Ford) Strong; married second, 31 Jan. 1694/5, Mary Smith, born at Milford, Conn., 14 Mar. 1662, died at Lebanon, Conn.. 23 Apr. 1748, in 87th yr., daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Baldwin) Smith.

    William Clark of Northampton was among the soldiers who were in the Fall(s) Fight under Capt. William Turner, May 1676; and in 1736, when a township was to be granted to the heirs of these soldiers, a claimant was William Clark of Lebanon, son of William Clark.

    He bought with Josiah Dewey, 2 May 1700, of Owanecho, sachem of the Mohegans, a large tract of wilderness in Lebanon, Conn., called 'The Clark and Dewey Purchase.'

    He was one of the early settlers in the new town of Lebanon, and immediately became prominent there. He served as Deputy to the Conn. General Assembly, May 1705, Oct. 1706, Apr. 1707, Oct. 1708, May and June 1709, May, Aug. and Oct. 1710, Oct. and Nov. 1711, May 1712. May and Oct. 1713, May and Oct. 1715, Oct. 1717, May 1718, Oct. 1719; was a member of the Governor's Council, Nov. 1719, June and Nov. 1721; Deputy again, May and Oct. 1723, and May and Oct. 1724. He was Speaker of the House in May 1723.

    In Oct. 1708. 'This Assembly do establish and confirm Mr. William Clark to be Captain, Mr. John Sprague to be Lieutenant, and Mr. Abell Wright to be Ensign of the first company or trainband in the town of Lebanon.' Capt. Clark served as a Justice of the Peace for the County of New London, 1708 to 1724 inclusive. In May 1717 he was first appointed Justice of the Peace and Quoram, and from June 1717 through June 1724 his name appears regularly as one of the Justices in the records of the New London County Court.

    He was Judge of the Probate Court, District of Windham, from May 1723 until his death two years later. In May 1724 he became a member of the committee appointed by the General Assembly to try all cases of error or equity in the Colony.

    He had seven children by his first wife, of whom the youngest was Benoni, born shortly before his mother's death; there were five more children by the second wife."

  2. ↑ William Clark, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    1:405.

    "William (Clark), Northampton, s. of the first William of the same, m. 15 July 1680, Hannah, d. of Elder John Strong, had Hannah, b. 5 May 1681; Abigail, 25 Jan. 1683, d. at 4 yrs.; William; Jonathan, 13 May 1688; Thomas, 14 Apr. 1690; Joseph, 1691; Benoni, 1 Feb. 1693; and his w. d. 10 days after. By sec. w. Mary be had Timothy, 9 Oct. 1695; and Gershom, 18 Nov. 1697. He was freem. 1690, and rem. to Lebanon a. 1700, and was a promin. man; but whether he had more ch. or when he d. is uncert."

  3. ↑ Boston (Massachusetts). Record Commissioners. A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston: Containing Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825. (Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1890)
    1:5.

    "William Clarke the Son of William Clarke was Born the 4 : 5 : 1656 [July 3, 1656]."

  4. ↑ Lebanon Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    42.

    "Clark, … William, Capt., d. May 9, 1725, in the 69th y. of his age [1:40]"

  5. ↑ Capt William Clark, Jr, in Find A Grave.
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