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CLARK, SAMUEL and JOHN, were legatees of Joshua, sachem, (or so styled,) of Saybrook, who signed an instrument with other leg- atees, to " give unto the trustees of ye Collegiate Schoole in Conect- icocott for ye use of said schoole the quantity of a two thousand acre right in ye lands given by said Joshua," &c., if the house should be erected at Saybrooke, (for Yale College,) Feb. 10, 1701-2.
CLARK, SAMUEL, was a first settler of Stamford, and one of the first company of settlers there in 1651, from Wethersfield ; an original proprietor with Seaman, Weeks, &c.
CLARK, THOMAS, was interested in the iron works at East Haven before 1668, and principal in the establishment in 1669. He appears to have come from Boston, as Dr. Dodds says, for a time he resided at Boston after his purchase ; that he sold his interest in it in 1680 ; that he was a gentleman of wealth and good standing in the colony.
CLARK, MR. JOHN, of Saybrook, was an early settler at Cam- bridge, Mass., as early as 1632 ; noted by Winthrop in his journal, perhaps from Braintree, near Chelmsford, Essex county, England. He came from Cambridge to Hartford, Conn., about 1636, perhaps with Rev. T. Hooker's company. He was in the first division of lots at Hartford in 1639, and had twenty-two acres, and one of the committee to apportion the land. He was a juror at Hartford in 1641, and was a soldier in the battle against the Pequot Indians in 1637. He was deputy to the Gen. Court at Hartford, Sept., 1641, Aug., 1642, Sept., 1642, and juror. Deputy, Nov., 1644, and Feb., 1644 ; in 1649, '51, May, '52, May, '53, July, '54, and two other sessions in 1654, '55, '56 ; four sessions in 1657; three in 1658 ;
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two sessions in 1659 ; two in 1661; two in 1662; also in 1663 and 1665, &c. Nominated commissioner for Saybrook, May, 1664.
He with Major Mason and Hon. Robert Chapman, of Saybrook, were appointed by the Gen. Court in 1654, for the town to press men for an expedition then on foot against Ninigret, at Narraganset. The exact time he left Hartford and removed to Saybrook, is uncer- tain. He remained at Hartford several years ; in 1640 he was lo- cated in the west part of the village of Hartford, on a lot bounded north on Robert Birchard, (spelled Birchwood,) east on the road from Seth Grant's to Centinel Hill, south on Wm. Parker and Wm. Ruscoe, and west on Allyn, in the West Field. He and Birchard both settled from Hartford in Saybrook. He and Birchard, both of " Seabrook," were appointed by the court to go to Pequett and view the lands there given Capt. Mason's soldiers, which had been taken by Pequet settlers, and then go to Nianticut and lay out land there to the soldiers, to make it equivalent to their land taken at Pequet. In 1647, John Clarke, of Seabrooke, and Capt. Mason, were desired by the Gen. Court to carry on the building of the fort at Seabrook, by hiring men, carts and other necessaries, and use the last rate paid by Seabrooke, (Sept. 9, 1647.) In May, 1651, the Gov'r, Mr. Cul- lick and Mr. Clark, were desired by the Gen. Court to go to Strat- ford, to hold a court and try Goody Bassitt for her life, (witchcraft,) and if the governor could not go, directed Mr. (Thomas) Welles to supply his place. In Sept., 1654, " Maior Mason & Capt. Cullick, (if his occasions can permitt him, if not,) Mr. Clarke, are desired to goe to Pequott, with Mr. Winthrop to keepe a perticuler Courte, be- fore winter," &c. John Clarke and Ensign Waller, of Seabrooke, adm'rs on Joseph Clark's estate, according to his will, Oct., 1664. He was the first of the name at Saybrook. His or his son John's house stood upon a back road near a school-house on the point at Saybrook. He was a large landholder in and about Saybrook.
John Clark was one of the most influential settlers in the colony, during his life, and was appointed magistrate, commissioner, judge and frequently a deputy to the Gen. Court of Connecticut.
CLARK, JOHN, was married to Rebeka Parker (or Barker,) Oct. 16, 1650. Children, Rebeka, b. Jan. 26, 1652 ; John, b. Nov. 17, '55; James, b. Sept. 29, '57, departed this life in August, '59. John Clark died Sept. 21, 1677, being killed by a cart overturned upon him. Rebekah Spencer, sometime the wife of John Clark, de- parted this life Jan. 9, 1682. (Nash, and Saybrook Record.) Sam- uel Clark, who m. Mary Kirtland, Dec., 1699, and Wm., who m.
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Hannah Griswold, March 7, 1677-8, at Saybrook, were perhaps the same family. As John, Sen., drew his twenty-two acres of land at Hartford in 1639, and was in the Pequot battle in 1637, and a deputy to the Gen. Court in 1641, he must have been in middle life when he came to Hartford, where he remained several years before he went to Saybrook. From his age and standing in society, it is prob- able he was m. and had children before he settled at Saybrook, and if this John m. Rebeka Parker, 1650, that she was his second wife, and this was John, son of the first John. And John, who married Rebeckah Beamont, Dec. 17, 1684, (she was sister of the wife of first John Tully,) was the son of John, Jun. Also is found on that record, John Clark, of Saybrook, m. Rebeka, and had Abigail, b. Sept. 23, 1685; Rebekah, b. May 25, 167 -. Abigail, his daughter, died Feb. 6, 1688-9 ; John, b. June 11, 1689; Joseph, b. Jan. 16, 1690-1, and died March 12, 1691-2; second Joseph, b. Jan. 23, 1691-2; Nath'l, b. July 19, 1694; Temperance, b. July 20, 1698 ; Samuel, b. June 26, 1702. This was Major John, who m. Rebeka Beamont. A Scotchman by the name of Clarke, settled at Saybrook many years later, who now has descendants there and in New York.
CLARK, MARY, in 1692, " had a base born child," and accused Lieut. Hollister of being the father ; "she having been constant in the charge in time of travail, and at all times." The court judged him the reputed father ; and ordered him to pay two shillings per week from its birth, for the term of four years ; and ordered Mary to pay a fine of forty shillings, and to be whipt. A portion of the present law upon this subject, originated in the Puritan law of 1692 ; the same evidence of being constant in the charge, and in time of travail, is now required in this state.
CLARK, FRANCIS, aged 28, embarked for Virginia, 1635, in the Transport, of London, Edward Walker, master. Mary Clark, aged 16, embarked for New England, in the Hopewell, Tho's Babb, master, Sept. 4, 1635, Syialle Clark, aged 16, embarked in the Planter, April 6, 1635, Nic Frarice, master. Margaret Clark, aged 21, and Wm. Clark, aged 1, passengers for Virginia, in the Prim- rose, July 27, 1635. Daniel Clark, aged 33, and Wm. Clark, aged 27, embarked in the Plain Joan, May 15, 1635. John Clark, aged 19, embarked for Virginia in the Merchant Bonaventure, in 1634-5. Wm. and Thomas Clark, embarked for Virginia, Jan. 6, 1635, in the Thomas and John. Edmond Clark, 16, also in the Speedwell, of London, May 28, 1635, for Virginia. Nicholas Clarke, aged 31,
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in the Paule, of London, for Virginia, July 6, 1635. This name was in Hartford in 1635. (Somerby.)
This name is nearly as numerous as the Smiths and Browns, and occupies too much space in a work like this ; so much so that I must omit giving any genealogy of most of the first settlers by this name.
CLARK, JOHN, d. at Colchester, Oct. 27, 1749, aged 63. Dan- iel d. there Sept. 4, 1762, aged 82. Widow Elizabeth Clarke d. there, 1763, aged 77.
CLARK, SERGT. JOHN, and his wife Elizabeth, of Middletown, an early settler there, had issue, Nath'l, b. April 18, 1676 ; John, b. June 14, 1678; Daniel, b. Aug. 30, 1680; Eliz'th, b. April 3, 1685; Mary, b. April 3, 1691, d .; Sarah, b. Sept. 8, 1692 ; White, a dau'r, b. Nov. 4, 1693 ; second Mary, b. May 4, 1695. Serg't John d. July 26, 1731 ; Elizabeth, his wife, d. Dec. 25, 1711.
CLARK, JOHN, of Farmington, an early family there, appears to have been twice married. He m. Widow Mary Fletcher ; she d. in 1677, and he d. Nov. 22, 1712. He had children, Eliz'th, d. 1696 ; she had m. Thomas Gridley, Dec. 25, 1679 ; John, d. Oct. 6, 1709 ; Rebeca, m. Samuel Woodruff, 1686, d. 1737; Mercy, m. Samuel Huntington, of Lebanon ; Mathew, m. Ruth Judd, and died Sept. 24, 1751 ; Sarah, m. Tho's Root, of Lebanon; Martha, m. Tho's Clark; Abigail, m. Joseph Pixley, of Milford ; Hannah, born 1680, m. Joseph Woodruff, Dec. 27, 1722 ; Rachel, m. Caleb Jones, of Hebron ; Ebenezer, b. 1690 ; Mercy, m. at Milford.
CLARK, DANIEL, of Colchester, m. Eliz'th Butler, Dec. 14, 1704. Issue, Hannah, b. June 30, 1706; Elizabeth, b. June 29, 1708 ; Daniel, Jun., b. July 17, 1710, d. same day ; second Daniel, b. Sept. 28, 1711; Jonah, b. Dec. 19, 1713; Roger, b. Dec. 24, 1715, m. Hannah Bigelow, 1746; Alexander, b. Nov. 6, 1717; Zuruiah, b. March 14, 1719; Mabel, b. Oct. 7, 1721.
CLARK, NOAH, of Colchester, m. Sarah Taintor, Jan. 10, 1719. Issue, Sarah, b. Feb. 19, 1719-20, d .; second Sarah, b. March 9, 1721; Noah, b. Aug. 24, 1722; Jerusha, b. Feb. 28, 1723-4 ; Ezra, b. Nov. 8, 1725 ; Elihu, b. Nov. 8, 1727, m. Eliz'th Kellogg, 1750, and Esther, b. Oct. 14, 1729. (Colchester Rec., by Otis.)
Clark, Nathaniel, m. Elizabeth Jones, 1657 ; Daniel, m. Jones, and had twelve children. Daniel, son of Thomas Clark, m. Mary Burr, June, 1693. Alexander Clark, m. Eliz'th Williams, 1747. Noah Clark, m. Eunice Quitterffeld, of Colchester, 1751. Lemuel Clark, of Colchester, m. Mercy Briggs, 1752. Asa, m. Sarah Hop-
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son, of Colchester, 1755, and Nathan Clark, m. Elizabeth Jones, 1757.
CLARKE, WIDOW, assessed in Guilford £28, in 1642.
CLARK, EBENEZER, of Mansfield, deeds to father Timothy Dimock, of Mansfield, lands in Stafford, in 1741.
(Clarks of Windham and Hampton, see Note.)
Farmer enumerates many of this very common name, who were early in Mass., viz .: Arthur, 1640 ; Daniel, of Ipswich, 1635 ; Ed- ward, of Lynn, 1636 ; Hugh, of Watertown, 1640 ; Jeremiah, Pres- ident R. I. colony, 1648; John, Cambridge, 1632, (afterward at Hartford and Saybrook ;) Dr. John, R. I .; John, of Newbury, 1638 ; John, free, 1635 ; Joseph, of Dedham, 1635 ; Joseph, of Newport, 1644 ; Nicholas, of Cambridge, 1634 ; Richard, of Plymouth, d. in 1621 ; Thomas, of Boston, 1638 ; Thomas, blacksmith, of Boston, 1639 ; Cornelius and Jacob, sons of Thomas, b. 1639 and 1642; Thomas, of Dorchester, 1636 ; Thomas, of Ipswich, 1648 ; Thomas, of Lynn, 1640; Thomas, of Newport, before 1644; Thomas, of Plymouth, d. 1697, aged 98; Walter, of R. I., governor of R. I., 1676, '86, '96 and '97-one of Andros' council, 1687 ; William, of Ipswich, 1633, perhaps free, 1631; William, of Watertown, 1631; William, of Dorchester, 1636 ; William, of Salem, 1647, and many other early settlers of the name of Clark, in Mass. and R. I.
Nineteen by the name of Clark, and twenty-one by the name of Clarke, had graduated at Harvard before 1848 ; and forty-five by the name of Clark, and eighteen by the name of Clarke, had gradua- ted at Yale, before 1850.
NOTE. CLARK, EDMOND, came from England and settled at Lynn, Mass., about the year 1636. He removed from thence to Sandwich, then to Gloucester, Mass., 1651, where he was town-clerk from 1656 until his death in Feb., 1666. He left a widow Agnes, who m. Thomas Penny. She d. Feb. 23, 1682. His children were, Abigail, b. 1636 ; John, b. 1640, d. 1680; Joseph, Sen., b. Nov. 16, 1650, and m. Hannah Davis, March 27, 1682. He died Nov. 29. 1696, aged 46.
CLARK, JOSEPH, SEN., (son of Edmond,) and wife Hannah, had issue, Joseph, Jun., b. Sept, 10, 1684, m. Rachel Rickworth ; Edmond, Jun., b. April 1, 1686, d. young ; Abigail, b. Dec. 20, 1687, d. April 24, 1688 ; Mary, b. March 9, 1689, d. 1709 ; John, b. March 6, 1692, m. Ruth Haskell, Nov. 17, 1718, (grandparents of Jonathan Clark, Esq., now living in Hampton, nearly 80 years old.) Second Edmond, b. Dec. 3, 1695, m. Elizabeth Pierce, Nov. 24, 1718.
CLARK, JOSEPH, JUN., son of Joseph, Sen., b. 1684, m. Rachel Rickworth, and had issue, Rachel, Joseph, Benjamin, John, 2d Rachel, 2d Benjamin, Abigail and Samuel.
CLARK, EDMOND, JUN., fourth son of Joseph, Sen., m. Eliz'h Pierce, and had issue, Ed- mond, Eliz'h, Lydia, Hannah, Benj'n, Eunice, Ruth, Sarah, 2d Lydia.
CLARK, JOHN, b. 1692, son of Joseph, Sen., and Ruth Haskell, of Gloucester, west parish, Mass., the fifth dau'r of John Haskell, of Gloucester, m. Nov. 17, 1718, and the next year, in
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"CLAY, MILES, of Brantery, in England, dec'd," in 1678 had an interest in the estate of Zachary Sanford, " late of Saybrook." The court granted John Durant and John Loomis, of Hadley, in right of
May, removed to the second parish of Windham, (Hampton,) Ct. August 29, 1718, he pur- chased a 100 acre lot of wild land, of Joseph Jennings, of Windham, then co. of Hartford, in the north-westerly part of said second society, two and a quarter miles from the centre of the society, being the fourth settler in the parish, and chosen deacon Aug. 17, 1737. He was one of the first incorporators and formers of the first church in Windham village, June 5, 1723. The day on which Rev. Wm. Billings was ordained their first pastor, Mr. Clark being chosen deacon, is full proof of his high standing in the church and town. In those days the minister ranked first, the deacons next, and the constable next. He was grandfather of Jonathan Clark, Esq., of Hampton, now living. His children were, John, Jun., b. Aug. 14, 1719, d. June 19, 1771, aged 71 years ; Stephen, b. May 16, 1721, d. Feb. 27, 1786, aged 64 ; Daniel, b. Nov. 27, 1722, d. about 1745, aged 23; David, b. July 14, 1724, d, July, 1755, aged 31; Jeremiah, or Jerusha, b. March 26, 1726, d. May 31, 1798, aged 72; Hannah, b. Dec. 14, 1727, d. May 6, 1760, aged 32; Amos, b. Sept. 19, 1729, d. Sept. 12, 1807, aged 77 y., 11 m., 23 d .; Mary, b. Aug. 18 1731, d. July 29, 1753, aged 21 y., 11 m., 11 d .; Jonathan, b. Sept. 12, 1734, d. Oct. 22, 1797, aged 63; Isaac, b. June 18, 1736, d. Sept., 1788, aged 52 years. Deacon John, the father, died Nov. 9, 1782, aged 90 y, 8 m., 3 d. Ruth, his wife, d. July, 1776, aged about 82 years.
CLARK, STEPHEN, son of John and Ruth, m. Hannah Durkee, Feb. 1, 1743; had five dau's and five sons.
CLARK, JOHN, JUN., son of John and Ruth, m. Eliz'th Parker, 1747, and had four sons and one daughter.
CLARK, JEREMIAH, b. 1726, son of Deacon John and Ruth Clark, Sen., at the age of 24 years m. Hannah Gould, of Ipswich, Mass., dau'r of Henry, 2d, May 3, 1760. She was b. May 20, 1728. Issue, Jeremiah, b. March 25, 1751, d. Aug. 28, 1820, aged 69 ; Mary, b. June 30, 1752, d. May 14, 1826, aged 73 ; Eunice, b. Feb. 17, 1754, d. Nov. 15, 1844, aged 90 ; Susan- nah, b. March 22, 1756, d. May 27, 1825, aged 69 ; Hannah, b. Dec. 29, 1757, d. April 14. 1827, aged 69 ; Elizabeth, b. March 3, 1760, d. March 6, 1760 ; Elizabeth, b. April 7, 1762, d. June 23, 1844, aged 82 ; Amasa, b. Aug. 11, 1764, d. July, 12, 1847, aged 82 y., 11 m., 1 d .; Jona- than, Esq., now living in Hampton, b. Sept. 17, 1773, the only one living of this large family. Jeremiah, the father, d. May 31, 1798, aged 72 years. His wife Hannah, the mother, d. Sept. 10, 1807, aged 79 years.
CLARK, JEREMIAH, son of Jeremiah and Hannah, b 1751, m. Hannah Flint, dau'r of Sam- uel and Mary, b. Aug. 10, 1756, m. Feb. 18, 1773, and had issue, Hannah, b. Aug. 20, 1774 ; Jeremiah, b. Nov. 15, 1776, d. Feb. 14, 1813, aged 36 ; Polly, b. May 26, 1779 ; David, b. April 26, 1781; Saliy, b. Feb. 2, 1783, d. 1799, aged 16 ; Henry, b. March 31, 1785 ; Betsey, b. April 4, 1787 ; Samuel, b. Oct. 31, 1789, d .; Chester, b. Sept. 13, 1792. Capt. Jeremiah, the father, d. Aug. 28, 1820, at Brookfield, Vt., of lung fever, aged 69. Hannah, the mother, killed by being thrown from a wagon, Aug. 25, 1822, aged 66 years.
CLARK, MARY, dau'r of Jeremiah and Hannah, b. 1752, m. Isaac Parish, Nov. 14, 1770 ; he was b. 1753, son of Capt. Zebulon and Hannah. Soon after he m. he removed with his family, his wife and son Isaac, to Lacawany district, Wyoming. Capt. P. was chosen fence viewer and Isaac tythingman, a short time before the battle, July 3, 1778. Isaac and his wife fled, and re- turned to her father in Hampton, and afterward removed to Goshen, N. Y., where Capt. Parish also lived. Isaac d. there Feb. 17, 1795, aged about 47 years. Widow Mary removed to Ran- dolph, Vt., in 1796, and d. there May 14, 1826, aged nearly 74 years. Their children were, Elisha, b. May 2, 1772 ; Wm. Phipps, b. 1774 ; Hannah, Irene, Mary, Sarah, Mason C., Fanny, Eunice and Isaac, Jun.
CLARK, EUNICE, second dau'r of Jeremiah and Hannah, b. 1754, m. Eliphalet Martin, son
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their wives, (who were grandchildren of said Clay, ) administration on said estate, being next of kin ; at a court held at Hartford, Dec. 5, 1678.
of John and Sarah, May 15, 1777. He was b. Sept. 12, 1754. Issue, Eunice, second Eunice, Hannah, Almira, Aseneth, Eliphalet. Martin, the father, d. April 11, 1801, aged 46. His widow Eunice d. Nov. 15, 1844, aged nearly 91.
CLARK, SUSANNAH, third daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah, b. 1756, m. Abel Hall, of Mansfield, son of James and Mary, Dec. 3, 1778. He was b. Dec. 29, 1753. Issue, Abel, b. Dec. 9, 1779 ; Susannah, Jeremiah, d. April 16, 1849, aged 64. Abel, the father, d. May 23, 1785, aged 31. Susannah, his widow, m. Ebenezer Jennings, of Mansfield, son of Manoah, and had issue by him : Abi, b. Sept. 6, 1792 ; Ebenezer, Wm., Edmond, ba Jan. 10, 1799. They re- moved about this time to Randolph, Vt., where he resided. He entered the service in the last war with England, and after he was discharged, died at the French Mills. in the state of New York, Jan. 20, 1814. His widow d. at Randolph, Vt., May 27, 1825.
CLARK, HANNAH, 4th dau'r of Jeremiah and Hannah, b. 1757, m. Phinehas Flint, son of Nath'l and Mary. He was b. Feb. 23, 1757, and m. Feb. 24, 1780, and remained in Conn. until Jan. 25, 1796, when they removed to Randolph, Vt. From thence, after a few years, purchas- ed a farm in Brainteee, Vt., and removed and d. there. Issue, Patience, Phinehas, Jeremiah, John, second Patience, Eliphalet, Hannah, Rebeckah, Sally, Clark, Seymour. The father died June 25, 1810, aged 53. Hannah, his widow, died April 14, 1827, aged 69.
CLARK, ELIZABETH, fifth dau'r of Jeremiah and Hannah, b. 1760, died single.
CLARK, ELIZABETH, sixth dau'r of Jeremiah and Hannah, b. 1762, m. Asa Walcott, son of Moses, Nov. 25, 1784. Lived and died on the road to Windham, in Hampton. Issue, Polly, Wm., Elisha, Hannah, Eleanor, Anna, Betsey and Elmira. Asa Walcott, the father, died Feb. 23, 1841, aged 76 years. Elizabeth, his widow, died June 23, 1844, aged 82 years.
CLARK, AMASA, 2D, son of Jeremiah and Hannah, b. 1764, m. Eleanor Fuller, daughter of Thomas and Sarah, June 25, 1788. She was born Aug. 6, 1768. She lived at Bigelow, at the east part of Hampton. Issue, Eunice, b. April 25, 1789 ; Hon. Thomas, b. Feb. 12, 1791, the late treasurer of Conn .; Amanda, b. March 31, 1793; Jeremiah, b. Sept. 23, 1795, d. April 18, 1833, aged 37 ; Harvey, b. Sept. 18, 1797; Sally, b. Aug. 21, 1799, d. Dec. 2, 1746, aged 47; Griffin, b. Nov. 28, 1801; Wm., b. May 4, 1804; David, Esq., a gentleman of fortune, and a large grocery merchant in Hartford, b. Oct. 12, 1806; Lester, b. Oct. 31, 1808, died Oct. 13, 1829, aged over 20 years. Eleanor, wife of Amasa, died Nov. 12, 1833, aged 65. Amasa Clark m. for his second wife, Hannah Clark, widow of Capt. John Clark, of Ashford, Dec. 3, 1834. She was a dau'r of Ebenezer Moseley, 2d, of Hampton. He was 69 and she 45 years old, when m. She was b. May 14. 1789. He died July 12, 1847, aged nearly 83 years. His widow m. for her third husband, Augustus O. A. Stowel, of New Boston, in Windham, Sept. 3, 1848.
CLARK, JONATHAN, EsQ,, third son and ninth child of Jeremiah and Hannah Clark, of Hampton. He was b. Sept. 17, 1773. Mr. Clark has been probably for over forty years, one of the most accurate surveyors in Conn., and is now engaged in surveying his native town for the purpose of making a map of the town in early times. Though he is 79 years old, he possesses the activity and vigor of a man of 50 years. The family, from the fourth settler of the town to this time, have held a high standing in Hampton for integrity and intelligence. When 27 years of age, he m. Hannah Blackman, the only daughter of Aaron and Mary Blackman, of Windham, (of the Dorchester family,) Jan. 15, 1801. She was born in Andover, Conn., Aug. 28, 1776. They had children, viz .: "Jonathan Gould, b. Thursday, 10 o'clock, A. M., Feb. 18, 1802, weight 9ib. 8oz .; Newton, born Sat., 8 o'clock, P. M., Oct. 1, 1803, wt. 81b. 14oz .; Hannah Wood, born Wed., at 3 o'clock, P. M., April 1, 1807, wt. 921b .; Calvin Haskell, born Fri., } after 5 clock, A. M., Dec. 4, 1818, wt. 91b. 11oz.," and died July 20, 1822, at half past 2 o'clock, P. M., of dysen- tery, after six days sickness, aged 3 y., 7 mo. and 16 d.
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CLAY, HUMPHREY, was attorney for Richard Eliot in 1663.
CLAY, or CLOY, JOSEPH, was assessed at Guilford in 1642, at £39.
CLAY, HUMPHREY, was inn-keeper at N. L. Mrs. Katherine Clay was informed against in 1664, for keeping an inmate contrary to order, and Thomas Marshall informed against for abiding at Clay's house, contrary to order, and was fined 5s. for remaining at Clay's house.
Catherine Clay, presented for selling liquors at her house, and selling lead to Indians, for profanation of Sabbath, card playing, en- tertaining strange men, &c. He was bound over to the court of as- sistants, to answer for the offenses of his wife. They were both convicted for keeping a disorderly house, and fined £40, or to leave the colony within six months; in such case the fine was remitted. He sold his land and two dwelling-houses, (on Foxen's Hill,) about 1664. He probably had kept an ordinary for several years, per- haps as early as 1655. Miss Caulkins, p. 88, says the inn of Mr. Clay continued to be a place of notoriety until 1664, when it was broken up and its landlord banished from the place for breaches of law and order. (Caulk. and Rec.) (Not relatives of Hon. Henry Clay, as he says in his letter.)
Coats of arms. Clay, (London,) one, and two others ; Claye or Cley, two.
Cassius M. Clay graduated at Yale, 1832, and two at Harvard College, before 1850.
CLEAVER, CLEVER, TOBIAS, was of Litchfield during or soon after the Revolutionary War. It is not an early name in Conn. Thomas Clever, aged 16, was passenger in the Merchant's Hope, bound for Virginia, in 1635. Cleaver has two coats of arms.
CLEMENTS, CLEMENS, CLEMONS, CLEMENT, JASPER, was an early settler at Middletown, and was a householder there in 1660.
CLARK, JONATHAN GOULD, eldest son of Jonathan and Mary, b. 1802. At the age of 37 years he m. Susan Hall Lawton, daughter of Hon. Benjamin Lawton, of North Kingston, R. I. She was born Jan. 21, 1807, and m. Oct. 1, 1839. Issue, Mary Elizabeth, b. June 11, 1840 ; Jonathan Lawton, b. April 14, 1843, d. June 27, 1848, aged 5, of scarlet fever.
NEWTON, son of Jonathan, b. 1803, never has married.
CLARK, HANNAH WOOD, dau'r of Jonathan and Mary, b. 1807, m. Charles W. Trumbull, of Mansfield Centre. He was born Jan. 3, 1807. Issue, Hannah Clark, b. June 23, 1839 ; John Newton, b. Aug. 29, 1840.
This is the last of this respectable name in Conn., in the early settlement, I can afford to pub- lish.
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GENEALOGY OF THE PURITANS.
The court discovered that Jasper Clements was about to marry Ellin or Elenor Brown, of Middletown, and at the May session of the Gen. Court of Conn., 1660, he confessed he had a wife in En- gland. The court ordered that said Jasper and Ellen should be forthwith separated, until evidence should be offered to demonstrate that the marriage covenant had been dissolved between said Clem- ents and his former wife. And the selectmen of Middletown were" directed to execute the order of the court. Her maiden name was Watts. She had probably m. a Brown ; and from his will and the disposition of his property, he resided with her afterward. He died Oct. 16, 1677. Inventory proved in court at Hartford, Feb., 1677, £243, 4s. Will dated Oct. 13, 1677, aged, at his death, 64 years. Elenor, his relict, presented the will as executrix. He had no chil- dren. He gave most of his estate to John, Benoni and Nathaniel Browne, and his " cousin," Hannah Lane, and his wife Elenor ; and his division of land the east side of the great river at Middletown, which was to have been divided in 1674, by list of 1673, he gave for the support of a school at Middletown. Quere-were they married ? No evidence found. The legatees were probably Elenor's children by a previous marriage to Brown. The colony record spells her name Ellin, and on the probate record, Ellenor. He made his mark to his will, March 7, 1677-8. Inventory taken by Wm. Cheeny, Nath'l Bacon and John Hall, Sen.
Jasper, propounded for a freeman in 1667.
CLEMMONS, JOHN, m. Mary Roe, of Suffield, July 15, 1723 or '24. Issue, John, b. Sept. 26, 1724 ; Sebrina, b. Nov. 6, 1726, d. 1727; Mary, b. Aug. 29, 1728 ; Joel, b. at Brookfield, Nov. 14, 1730 ; second Mary, b. Oct. 27, 1733 ; Lurina, b. April 8, 1737, d. in 1737 ; Desire, b. April 28, 1738 ; second Mary d. Feb. 14, 1739-40.
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