Edward Clark, Ancient Planter of Virginia

Parents as John Clark, pilot of “the Mayflower” & Joan Clark are not proven.

Edward Clarke was listed as an ancient planter of Virginia, 1614-16, and again in Feb 1623. In 1624, he was awarded 200 acres by the Virginia Company, as a result of his late father's service. While the identity of his wife is not known, he evidently returned to England, resettling at his birthplace of Thriploe in Cambridgeshire, where he died before Apr 1666.

Burial also seen as 08/21/1666 at St. Mary, Bocking, Essex, England

William Clarke b 1553, Stevenage, Herefordshire, England Father of Edward Clarke http://www.geneajourney.com/clark.html

proposed ancestry

http://www.geneajourney.com/clark.html#noteb

John Clarke [a] b bef 24 Feb 1571/72, Thriploe, Cambridgeshire, England, d sh aft 10 Apr 1623, Virginia. He md [1] poss. Joan Inman, and [2] Sibyl Farrar 18 Apr 1610, Rotherhithe, Surrey, England. [note: Marriage to Sybil Farrar is not well supported]

Child of John Clarke and ?Joan Inman? was:

Edward Clarke [b] b aft 1592, prob Thriploe, Cambridgeshire, England, d bef Apr 1666, Thriploe, Cambrigeshire, England. The identity of his wife is undetermined.

John Clark’s son, Edward Clark, 1590-1630 remained in England, and Edward was the father of Michael Clark 1610-1678.   Alternatively, Edward was born about 1603 and was the son of John Clarke and Sybil Farr.  He married Diana Hayward (Haywood) Child of Edward Clarke is  Michael Clark, born Abt. 1625 in England; died October 05, 1678 in Christ Church, Barbadoes, West Indies; married Margaret [__?__] Bef. 1648 in England.

Links

• http://minerdescent.com/2011/04/17/john-clark/
• http://home.comcast.net/~teresitaweaver/clarkeeli/pafg01.htm#119845C
• Listed as an ancient planter of Virginia 1614-16 and in Feb. 1623, in 1624 was awarded 20 acres from the Virginia Company as a result of his late father's service. He returned to England and died before April 1666.