Thomas Clark, of the Plymouth Colony

Thomas Clark in the New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 Pages Pages 375- 380 talks about Thomas Clark pg 377 talks about his two wives Susanna Clarke and Alice Clark and his and Susanna Clarke's children. It also says Thomas is the son of John Clark, pilot of “the Mayflower” and Mary (Morton) Clark. This is also quoted farther down on this page. This looks like the source. See source section for full info or use the links below. Geni won't transfer info.

Note: The Great Migration Project has “parents under proven” and does not link him to those parents. See link to Page 377

Link to the Thomas Clarke baptized in 1599

Thomas Clark in the New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635

Name: Thomas Clark

• Gender: Male
• Alternate Surnames: CLARKE
• Household Members:
• Name Birth Year Thomas Clark
• Source Information Ancestry.com. New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Original data: Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3; The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-6. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.

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                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Surname has also been reported to be [https://www.geni.com/surnames/clarke Clarke].

Evidence to support as son of John Clark, pilot of “the Mayflower” needed.

first mate on the Mayflower?

migrated from England to Plymouth Colony on the cattle boat Anne in 1623

From The Spirit of '76, Volume 6 Spirit of '76 Publishing Company, 1899 - United States

Thomas Clark, of Plymouth, came in the "Ann" 1623, married Susanna, daughter of widow Mary Ring, and had Andrew, James, Susanna, William, John and Nathaniel. He was a representative 1651-5. He married second wife 1664, widow Alice Nichols, daughter of Richard Hallett, ... and died March 24, 1697, aged 92. (note: did not have 3rd wife "Elizabeth Crow;" she married Dea. Thomas Clark)

From Find A Grave Memorial# 9317967

Thomas Clarke, Sr. of Plymouth,

• born c1599,
• died 24 March 1697, aged 98 (97) years,
• came over in the Anne in 1623 age 23 years (also stated "supposed mate of the Mayflower," in the History of Town of Duxbury).
• Married 1st Susanna Ring, daughter of widow Mary Ring, before 1631. (From "Cape Code Library of Genealogy and Local History," "A Facsimile Edition of 108 Pamphlets Published in the Early 20th Century," Volume I. Family Tree Maker, Family Archives, Family History, Massachusetts & Maine Genealogies 1650s-1930s.)(Vital Records of Plymouth)
• He married 2nd probably widow Alice Nichols of Boston, 1664, daughter of Richard Hallet (History of Duxbury p246, 247).

7 Children with 1st wife born at Plymouth

1. William Clarke abt 1634 -. Married 1) Sarah Wolcott 2) Hannah Griswold 3) Abia Wilder.
2. James Clarke abt 1636 - 1712. Married Abigail Lathrop.
3. John Clarke ABT 1640 -. Married Sarah.
4. Susanna Clark 1642 - 1697. Married Barnabas Lathrop.
5. Nathaniel Clarke ABT 1642 - 1717. Married Dorothy Lettice.
6. Andrew Clarke 1644 - 1706. Married Mehitable Scottow.
7. Sarah Clark 1649 -.

Origins

From http://www.geneajourney.com/clarket.html

"He has been suggested as son of John Clark, pilot of the Mayflower, and The Great Migration Begins, states "the hypothesis is very attractive, and was accepted by [Donald Lines] Jacobus, but remains underproven."

Is this a second Thomas Clark, or is this also the same Thomas Clark listed in Duxbury??
Children:

• (Andrew, William, James, Nathaniel, John)
• (History of Duxbury p247 lists children as: Wm., James, Nathaniel, Andrew, & Susanna)

Thomas Clark

• Thomas was born on March 8th, 1599 in St. Dunstan's, Stepney, London, Middlesex, England.
  • Thomas' father was John Clarke and his mother was Mary Morton.
    • His paternal grandparents were William Clarke and Margaret Walker.
• He was an only child.
• He died at the age of 98 on March 24th, 1697 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Notes

Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Note: Thomas Clark, immigrant ancestor, was born in England, 1599, and first appeared in this country as a settler in July, 1623, when he arrived at Plymouth in the "Anne, " in a company of 42 adult passengers, besides children. He brought with him considerable property, especially cattle, and had land allotted to him near Eel River, now Chiltonville. There is a general tradition among the descendants of the Pilgrims, and particularly among the descendants of Thomas Clark, that he was the Thomas Clark who was one of the mates of the "Mayflower, " and gave his name to Clark's island, of which he took possession, December 8, 1620. This tradition, however, has never been verified.

In 1627 he was the only person of that name in Plymouth Colony. In documents of the period he is called variously a carpenter, yeoman, merchant or gentleman. In 1633 he took the freeman's oath, and in 1637 headed the list of volunteers to act against the Pequot Indians, being then mentioned as of Eel River. In 1640 he is included in the list of 58 "purchasers or old comers" in Plymouth.

In 1641-43-44-45-46-47 he was constable and surveyor of highways. In 1643 he was in the list of the men of the colony able to bear arms. In 1651 and 1655 he was representative to the general court, and was at one time employed to audit the accounts of the colony. Between 1655 and 1660 he removed to Boston, where he lived in the vicinity of Scotto's Lane.

His son Andrew married Mehitable, daughter of Thomas Scotto, and Thomas Clark gave him a house in that region. When the son Andrew removed to Harwich Thomas Clark appears to have followed him, and the two were among the earliest proprietors of that town.

In his latter days he lived with his daughter, Susanna Lothrop, at Barnstable. From 1654 to 1697 he was a deacon of the Plymouth church.

He married (first), about 1634, Susan or Susanna, daughter of widow Mary Ring, of Plymouth. All his children were probably of this marriage.

He married (second) Mrs. Alice Nichols, daughter of Richard Hallett, in Boston, 1664.

He died in Plymouth, March 24, 1697, and was buried on the summit of Burying Hill, where his gravestone is still to be seen.

Children (dates of birth conjectural):

• 1. Andrew, 1635;
• 2. James, 1637;
• 3. William, 1639;
• 4. Susanna, 1641;
• 5. Nathaniel, 1643;
• 6. John, 1645 or 1651

[ It looks like the Mayflower mate was his dad, John. ]

Marriage 1 Susanna RING b: BET 1605 AND 1612 in Leyden, Zuid, Holland

• Married: JUL 1631 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA U. S. A.
• Note: Their children were Andrew, James, William, Susanna, Nathaniel, andJohn. 1 5 8

Children

• 1. Andrew, Sr. CLARKE
  • b: ABT 1644 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA U. S. A.
• 2. William CLARKE
  • b: 1639 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA U. S. A.
• 3. James CLARKE
  • b: ABT 1636 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA U. S. A.
• 4. Susanna CLARKE
  • b: ABT 1638 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA U. S. A.
• 5. Nathaniel CLARKE
  • b: ABT 1642 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA U. S. A.
• 6. John CLARKE
  • b: ABT 1640 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA U. S. A.

Marriage 2 Alice HALLET

• Married: AFT 20 JAN 1664 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA U. S. A.
• Note: They signed a pre-nuptial agreement on 20 Jan 1664.

THOMAS CLARKE was a common name in early New England. Between1623-1680 there were no less than a dozen by that name in the towns of Plymouth, Boston, Lynn, Reading, Ipswich, Scituate, Chelmsford and Charlestown in Massachusetts, and in Newport, RI and New Haven, CT.

The Thomas Clark who heads the family in this Genealogical record arrived in Plymouth in July 1625 on the Ann, a ship of 140 tons. He was one of a company of 42 adults and several children. His gravestone, one of the oldest extant on Burial Hill in Plymouth, shows that he was born about 1600. Research on this family by Mr. John Insley Coddington (Amer. Gen., 42:201, 202) has shown that this Thomas Clark was undoubtedly the one who was baptized at St. Dunstan's Church, Stepney Parish, Co. Middlesex, 8 March 1599/1600, son of John and Mary(Morton) Clark of Ratcliff who were married at St. Dunstan's Feb-1598/99.

Thomas Clark married first, before July 1631, Susannah Ring, born in England, or perhaps in Leyden, Holland, probably between 1605 and1612, daughter of William and Mary (Durrant) Ring. Susannah died sometime between 1645-46, after her last child was born, and 20 Jan 1664/5, the date when her husband entered into a pre-nuptual agreementwith Mrs. Alice (Hallett) Nichols, daughter of Richard Hallett and widow of Mordecai Nichols of Boston.

Thomas Clark's name was on a list in 1640 of so-called "Old Comers, " which included all those who came to Plymouth on the first three ships: the Mayflower in 1620, the Fortune in 1621, and the Ann in 1623. He was taxed in 1632 for [...], took the freeman's oath in 1633, and in 1643 his name was on the list of those able to bear arms.

In 1651 and 1655 he was elected deputy from Plymouth (F. Baylies, Hist. of New.Plymouth, TT:14, 17). In Plymouth and Boston records he was described successively as carpenter, yeoman, merchant, and gentleman. In later years he was generally addressed as "Mr Thomas Clark" to indicate the respect in which he was held.

The following abstracts from Plymouth Colony Records throw some light on his activities through 1655 while he was in Plymouth: in 1634 he took on Vlilliam Shuttle as an apprentice for 11 years.

• 1637 - Headed list of volunteers to act against the Indians
• 1638 - Was presented to the Court for stopping the highway to EelRiver
• 1639 - Fined 30shillings for selling a pair of boots and spurs for 158shillings that he bought for 10 shillings
• 1642-47 - Was constable and surveyor of highways
• 1644 - Had suits with Matthew Fuller and William Powell; won both
• 1650 - Was a member of the Committee of Plymouth Colony
• 1652 Was presented for staying and drinking at James Cole's; acquitted
• 1654 - Was on a committee to raise means to fit out an expedition ordered by the Lord Protector
• 1655 - Was presented to the Court for taking 16 pounds for the use of 20 pounds for one year; acquitted.

Thomas removed from Plymouth to Boston sometime after 1655 and before his second marriage in 1664. In a deposition made by him in Boston, 15 Dec 1664, he stated that he was late of Plymouth and then about 59 years old, thus understating his age by about four years. In a deed executed 6 Oct 1668, Henry Kimball of Boston, blacksmith, conveyed to Thomas Clark, sometime of New Plymouth, merchant, for 140 pounds, all his piece of ground lying near the lesser drawbridge near Shelter Creek in Boston.

In a deed of gift, dated 18 June 1673, Thomas Clark gave to his son Andrew a house and ground in Boston "that I received from the estate of John Nichols by virtue of a Judgement granted me March 5th 1672..."

As late as 14 May 1677 he was called "Thomas Clark of Boston, late of Plymouth, merchant."

Thomas Clark returned to Plymouth about 1678. He provided for his children and grandchildren before his death by a deed of gift bearing date 6 June 1693, in which he conveyed to "Andrew Clarke and to Mehitabel his wife during their natural lives the dwelling house and land on the westerly side of Satucket River [Harwich] where they live ... upon their decease to become the property of Andrew Clarke, Scotto Clarke, and Nathaniel Clarke, equally ... " Thomas Clark, eldest son of Andrew, was excluded by reason of having been the recipient of the lion's share of his grandfather's estate (J. Paine, Hist of Harwich. 1937, p. 111). On 30 Jan 1694/5, Thomas deeded all his lands, goods and money to his son William and William's wife Abiah for taking care of him (Plymouth Co Deeds 2:32).

Thomas Clark died in Plymouth in March 1697/98. His gravestone on Burial Hill reads: "Here lies ye body of Mr. Thomas Clark, aged 98 years. Departed this life March 24, 1697."

Source: Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Clark of Plymouth, 1623by Arthur and Katharine Warner Radasch, 1972.

Death: 24 MAR 1697 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA U. S. A.

• Note: His gravestone on Burial Hill reads: "Here lies ye body of Mr. Thomas Clark, aged 98 years. Departed this life March 24, 1697."

Burial: Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA U. S. A.

• Note: A huge boulder has been recently placed on this grave, and a metallic plate secured to it reads: "Here lies buried ye body of Mr. Thomas Clarke, aged 98. Departed this life March 24, 1697."

Thomas Clarke came to Plymouth from England in the ship Anne 1623. He married Susan Ring of Plymouth, 1634. Their children were Andrew, James, William, Susanna, Nathaniel, and John. From whom descended a numerous posterity.

He married his second wife, Mrs. Alice Hallett Nichols of Boston, in 1664. He lived for some years in Boston, and also in Harwich, of which town he was one of the original proprietors.

He died in Plymouth, having lived in the reigns of six British sovereigns and the Commonwealth.

This Stone is erected to his memory by his descendants A.D. 1891.

Source: Handbook of Old Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Its History, Its Famous Dead and Its Qvaint Epitaphs by Frank H. Perkins

Suggested as the son of John Clarke, pilot of the Mayflower, but Great Migration says this is doubtful.

• m1. Susannah Ring,
• m2. Alice Hallet, widow of Mordecai Nichols.
• http://www.geneajourney.com/clarket.html
• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Thomas_Clark_%2820%29
• http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m6675x6676.htm
• "Outline Pedigree of the Hallett Family" Delafield, John R. Delafield: The Family History. New York: Priv. Print, 1945. Print. Vol 2. Page 485

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Thomas married Susanna /Ring/, daughter of William /Ring/ and Mary /Durrant/, about 1590 in , , England. (Susanna /Ring/ was born about 1570 in , , England.)

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Thomas Clark

in the American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

Name: Thomas Clark Birth Date: 1599 Birthplace: Eng, Massachusetts, carpenter Volume: 30 Page Number: 87 Reference: Directory of the anc. heads of New England fams. Comp. By Frank R. Holmes. NewYork, 1923. (274p.):49 Source Information Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999.

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Stone Inscription: Here lyes ye body of Mr. Thomas Clark aged 98 years departed this life March ye 24 1697.

Bronze Marker on large stone states: Here lies buried ye body of Mr. Thomas Clarke, aged 98. Departed this life March 24, 1697. Thomas Clarke came to Plymouth from England in the ship Anne 1623. He married Susan Ring of Plymouth, 1634. Thier children were Andrew, James, William, Susanna, Nathaniel, and John. From whom descended a numerous posterity. He married his second wife, Mrs. Alice Hallett Nichols of Boston, in 1664. He lived for some years in Boston, and also in Harwich, of which town he was one of the original proprietors. He died in Plymouth, having lived in the reigns of six British sovereigns and the Com'th. This stone is erected to his memory by his descendants A.D. 1891.

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Needs = Merge Cleanup Category: Anne, sailed 1623 :<b>This profile represents Thomas Clarke, born 1599, son of John Clarke and Mary Morton. Please DO NOT MERGE Clarke-680 into this profile.</b> :

Biography ==Poss. son of John Clarke, an officer on the Mayflower on it 1620 voyage and who returned to Holland with the ship (see Anderson, and discussion, below).

JUL1623: arrived Plymouth on ship "Anne."
1627: was the only person by this name in Plymouth Colony. Occupation: Carpenter, Merchant, Yeoman, and gentleman. Was chosen Constable, Highway surveyor and Plymouth Colony Deputy. After 1655: Moved from Plymouth to Boston. 1678: Returned to Plymouth.=== Sketch From Robert Charles Anderson's
The Great Migration Begins ===<blockquote STYLE="outline:black solid thin; height: 100px; overflow-y: scroll"> :ORIGIN: Unknown :MIGRATION: 1623 on Anne :FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth:REMOVES: Boston by 1660, Plymouth by 1673 (with occasional residence in Barnstable):FREEMAN: In "1633" Plymouth list of freemen ahead of those admitted on 1 January 1632/3 [PCR 1:4]. In list of 7 March 1636/7 [PCR 1:52]. InPlymouth section of lists of 1639, 1658, 29 May 1670 (as "Mr. Thomas Clarke") and 1 [blank] 1683/4 [PCR 5:274, 8:174, 197, 202]. :EDUCATION: He signed his name to coroner's jury statements.

:OFFICES:

• Deputy for Plymouth, 8 June 1655 [PCR 3:79].*Coroner's jury, 2 March 1635/6, 29 June 1652 on the body of Robert Willis sometimes of "Milbrooke, county Cornwall," 3 September 1652 on the body of James Glasse [PCR 1:39, 3:15, 16]. Petit jury, 7 December 1641, 1 November 1642, 9 June 1653, 4 October 1653 [PCR 7:25, 32, 65, 67].*Plymouth constable for Eel River, 1 March 1641/2 [PCR 2:34]. Surveyor, 7 June 1642, 7 March 1642/3 (Eel River), 7 June 1648 [PCR 2:40, 124]. Surveyor of highways (Eel River), 5 June 1644 [PCR 2:72]. Supervisorof highways (Eel River), 1 June 1647 [PCR 2:116].
• Committee for Plymouth, 5 June 1651 [PCR 2:167]. *Committee to procure supplies for the expedition of the Lord Protector, 6 June 1654 [PCR 3:53]. *Committee to treat with the commissioners regarding the trade at Kennebecke, 2 July 1655 [PCR 3:87].
• Committee serving at court, 3 June 1656 [PCR 3:99]. *Committee to supply and accommodate the Governor and Magistrates, 3 June 1657 [PCR 3:120].
• Volunteered for service in the Pequot War, 7 June 1637 [PCR 1:60]. *In Plymouth section of 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms [PCR 8:189]. :ESTATE:*In 1623 Plymouth land division received one acre as passenger on Anne[PCR 12:6]. In 1627 Plymouth cattle division "Thomas Clarke" was the thirteenth person in Capt. Miles Standish's third company [PCR 12:10].*On 28 September 1629, Abraham Pierce sold one acre of land on the south side of town to Thomas Clark for thirty pounds of tobacco [PCR 12:7]. *The next day, Thomas Clark sold the acre of land to William Bradford,along with another acre of land bounded by widow Warren [PCR 12:7, 8]. *On 24 March 1630[/1], Ralfe Wallen sold to Thomas Clark land called Wallen's Well [PCR 12:17].*Assessed £1 4s. in Plymouth tax list of 25 March 1633 and £1 7s. inlist of 27 March 1634 [PCR 1:10, 27].*Assigned mowing ground, 1 July 1633, 14 March 1635/6, 20 March 1636/7[PCR 1:15, 41, 57].*On 24 February 1633/4 Thomas Clark purchased of Ralph Wallen "so muchland adjoining to the said Thomas, on the south side his dwelling, asmaketh up a former moiety the said Thomas bought of the said Ralph['s] twenty acres," and "one share of meadow ground belonging to the saidlot when division shall be made thereof" [PCR 1:25, 76].*On 4 December 1637 a previous grant of sixty acres to Thomas Clark was confirmed and ordered to be laid out [PCR 1:70]. On 2 April 1628, all that parcel of land called Slowly Field, formerly in the tenure of Mr. Edward Winslow, was granted to Thomas Clark [PCR 1:83].*On 7 October 1639 the court granted Thomas Clark liberty to erect a house at Mannamett Pond to fodder his cattle in this winter until come lands be laid out for him there [PCR 1:135].*On 6 January 1639/40, since Thomas Clark relinquished his grant of land at "the Whoop Place" except eight acres reserved to Thomas Little, the court granted Clark eighty-five acres purchased of Nicholas Presland, to be laid out at Mannamett Ponds "forty acres formerly granted toThomas Little there, to be parcel thereof" [PCR 1:138].*On 1 February 1640/1 the court ordered that the twenty acres of land purchased by Thomas Clark from Ralph Wallen were to laid out at the lower end of the two lots of forty acres Clark had at the Eel River [PCR2:7]. He was listed among the fifty-eight purchasers [PCR 2:177].*On 5 March 1671/2 Thomas Clark was granted the "skirts of meadow lying upon the pond at Mannomett" [PCR 5:89].*On 18 June 1673 "Thomas Clarke of Plymouth" granted to "my wellbeloved son Andrew Clarke of Boston," shoemaker, "all that my house & groundlying & being in Boston ... which I recovered from the estate of JohnNicolls by virtue of a judgment granted me at the court of Assistantssitting in Boston March the 5th 1672" [SLR 8:225-27].*(Jacobus refers to an original deed of gift, dated 6 June 1693, apparently unrecorded and now lost, which was published in Samuel C. Clarke, Descendants of Thomas Clarke [Boston 1869], in which Thomas Clark named his sons Andrew, William, James, Nathaniel and John [TAG 47:5].):BIRTH: About 1599 based on age given at death. (John Insley Coddington argued forcefully that Thomas Clark was the son of John Clark, pilotof the Mayflower, and that he was identical with the "Thomas son of John Clarke of Ratliff" who was baptized 8 March 1599/1600 at St. Dunstan's, Stepney, Middlesex [TAG 42:201-02]. The hypothesis is very attractive, and was accepted by Jacobus [TAG 47:3], but remains underproven.):DEATH: Plymouth 24 March 1697 (apparently 1696/7) "in his 98th year" [PVR 135; TAG 42:202].

:MARRIAGES: *(1) By July 1631 Susanna Ring, daughter of William and MARY (Durrant)RING [TAG 42:201-2]; she died between 1646 (birth of youngest son) and 20 January 1664/5 (prenuptial agreement of husband with second wife).*(2) Soon after 20 January 1664/5 Alice (Hallett) Nichols [SCC 6], daughter of Richard Hallett and widow of Mordecai Nichols; she died by 25July 1671 [SCC 8]. :CHILDREN ::With first wife:* i WILLIAM, b. about 1634 (deposed 10 August 1671 aged thirty-seven [TAG 47:4, citing SJC Case #1179]); m. (1) Plymouth 1 March 1659[/60] Sarah Wolcott [PCR 8:22; PVR 662]; m. (2) Saybrook 7 March 1677/8 Hannah Griswold [SayVR 8 (also recorded Plymouth [PVR 85])]; m. (3) Plymouth 3 August 1692 Abiah Wilder [PVR 85].* ii JAMES, b. say 1636; m. Plymouth 7 October 1657 Abigail Lothrop [PCR 8:17; PVR 662].

• iii SUSANNA, b. say 1638; m. Plymouth 3 November [PCR 8:22; PVR 662]or Barnstable 1 December [MD 6:238] 1658 Barnabas Lathrop.
• iv JOHN, b. about 1640 (deposed 31 October 1671 aged about thirty [TAG 47:4, citing SJC Case #1179]); m. by 1668 Sarah _____ (eldest childb. Boston 11 November 1668 [BVR 107]; see further discussion on this John in TAG 43:19-26, 47:7, 49:143).
• v NATHANIEL, b. say 1642; m. between July 1684 (when she entered an account of the estate of her deceased husband Edward Gray [PCR 6:149-50]) and 4 June 1686 (when she sued Nathaniel Clark for divorce [PCR 6:190-92]) Dorothy (Lettice) Gray, daughter of Thomas Lettice and widow of Edward Gray.
• vi ANDREW, b. about 1644 (deposed 31 October 1671 aged about twenty-five [TAG 47:4, citing SJC Case #1179]); m. by 1672 Mehitable Scotto (eldest child b. Boston 10 July 1672 [BVR 122]; son Scotto Clark b. 1680 [MF 3:37]).

:COMMENTS: ::Thomas Clark aspired to be a lawyer. ::On 2 July 1638 he was ordered to frame and offer a bill of indictment against Richard Clough for taking a waistcoat out of a suit Clough was to make for Edward Shaw [PCR 1:91]. ::On 5 March 1638/9 the court presented an abuse committed by Thomas Clarke, who accused Richard Cloofe of felony, but Clarke did not appearin court to prosecute the case for the King. And further, Clarke tookthe case of another man [Edward Shaw] and "prosecuted the said actionin Court by way of barratry" [PCR 1:118]. About 1644 Robert Mendam authorized Thomas Clark of Eel River to sell a parcel of land at Duxbury[PCR 2:77]. He acted as attorney to several of the purchasers at "Mannamoiett," 1 June 1675 [PCR 5:171]. When Tobias Taylor and John Shawe had a disagreement 7 July 1646, the court ordered Mr. Alden and ThomasClark to represent Tobias and come to a settlement with the representatives of John Shawe [PCR 2:105]. ::His legal pretensions were also on display during his contentions with his second wife and her sons in the late 1660s and early 1670s, when he employed his legal Latin in arguing the precise nature of his relation with his spouse and the consequences of her actions [SCC 5-9, 98-99, 569-70; RCA 1:47]. ::His usefulness in court in later years included his service as overseer of the will of Mrs. Jenney. He and Samuell Jenney had some disagreement over the care and guardianship of Sarah, daughter of Samuell Jenney, that was settled 6 October 1659 [PCR 3:171]. He complained about Mr. Constant Southworth for the illegal disposal of a mare and her increase belonging to the estate of "Mistris Sarah Jeney, deceased" and came to an agreement as overseer, 1 June 1663 [PCR 4:43, 7:102]. He wasalso one of the administrators of the estate of Mr. "Willam Collyare," 5 July 1671 [PCR 5:68]. ::On 4 December 1637 Thomas Clark was surety for Edward Shaw, who was accused of theft [PCR 1:69]. More often, Clark was a victim of theft: on 5 January 1635/6 he sued widow Warren for taking a boat of his; thecourt decided in favor of the defendant, but awarded the plaintiff 30s. "for other considerations" [PCR 1:36]; on 5 April 1642 the court supported Thomas Clark in his suit against Mathew Fuller over a share [PCR 2:37]; on 5 June 1671 William Walker was charged with stealing cloth from Thomas Clark "of Boston" and was sentenced to pay double for the cloth and for telling a lie about it, was fined 10s. [PCR 5:61]. ::He brought suits against a number of men who owed him money, including Mr. "Gromes," 2 May 1648 [PCR 2:122], Morgan Jones in March, 1668 [PCR 7:153, 154], Henry Clarke of Duxborrow, 1 July 1672 [PCR 7:171], and Samuel Knowles, of Eastham, administrator of the estate of his brother James Knowles, deceased, 31 October 1683 [PCR 7:268]. ::Sometimes the suits were not easily decided. Arbiters were selected to end the differences between Mr. Samuell Gorton & Thomas Clark at court 3 December 1639 [PCR 1:137]. He sued the estate of Thomas Ewer, late of Barnstable, 29 October 1667, but the jury felt that the case wasnot clearly presented, and dismissed it [PCR 7:141]. Mr. Thomas Clarkbrought suit against Peter, Indian, at court 5 March 1684/5, but Clark did not appear in court and Peter was freed [PCR 6:152]. "Mr. ThomasClarke, sometimes of Boston, now of Barnstable" sued in 1667 Daniel Winge of Sandwich, administrator to the estate of Thomas Ewer, late of Barnstable, for a debt, but the jury did not understand the case, and Clarke desired to present the case again, but reconsidered and withdrew 28 October 1684 [PCR 7:279]. ::On 2 October 1650 Thomas Clarke was allowed to draw and sell a cask of strong waters [PCR 2:163]. He was presented 5 October 1652 for staying and drinking at James Cole's contrary to the order of the court [PCR 3:17]. ::He was presented 6 March 1654/5 for charging £6 for the loan of £20, which the grand jury felt was extortion [PCR 3:75]. He was cleared,5 June 1655 [PCR 7:73]. When Richard Clough sued Thomas Clark for slander at court 4 September 1638, Clough lost [PCR 7:9]. Clark stated plainly in open court, 13 June 1660, that "G[e]orge Barlow is such an one that he is a shame and reproach to all his masters; and that he, thesaid Barlow, stands convicted and recorded of a lie at Newberry [PCR 3:190]. ::Thomas Clark of Plymouth, late of Boston, sued Mr. Constant Southworth, of Duxbury, for withholdling one eighth part of the yearly profitsof the fishing at Cape Cod, 5 July 1678, but withdrew the action [PCR7:213]. He sued 7 July 1682 Samuel Smith of Eastham, for the unjust detaining of one quarter of the profits of the fishing off the Cape, and withdrew this case, also [PCR 7:249]. ::"Mr. Thomas Clarke, resident at Plymouth, one of the old comers" successfully sued Mr. John Freeman, Senior, of Eastham, for pulling up a stake which was a boundary marker for Clark's land at Old Indian Field, 1 November 1679 [PCR 7:218]. ::"Mr. Thomas Clarke, Senior," of Plymouth and William Shirtliffe wrangled repeatedly in 1681 and 1682 over the partition of land once jointly owned by Clark and William Shirtliffe's father [PCR 7:234, 237, 244, 255]. ::Thomas Clark was prosperous enough to employ a number of apprenticesand servants. The court records mention three: on 2 September 1634 Thomas Clark took William Shetle as an apprentice for eleven years [PCR 1:31]; on the 13th of August, 1639, John Barnes assigned the remainingterm of seven year's service of his servant Symon Trott to Thomas Clark, with Clark agreeing to pay Trott a heifer calf when six years of the term were up [PCR 1:129]; and on 4 August 1654 Clark bought out theremaining time of Robert Ransom, servant of Thomas Dexter Jr. [PCR 3:63]. ::John Williams engaged to pay towards his wife's maintenance to be paid next November to Mr. Thomas Clark at Boston, etc., 7 July 1668, which suggests the possibility that she was living or working at Clark's house [PCR 4:191]. ::He undertook to provide horses and equipment for the use of the commissioners on their journey to New Haven, 2 July 1655 [PCR 3:86]. Thomas Clark engaged to lend the country £5 of wheat to pay those that hadworked on the "Joanses River bridge," 3 July 1656 [PCR 3:106]. ::On 12 February 1689/90 a Thomas Clark married Elizabeth Crow [PVR 86], and this has incorrectly been claimed as a third marriage for our Thomas Clark. "Elizabeth, the wife of Deacon Thomas Clerke, deceased 13th November, 1695" at Plymouth [PVR 135]. There seems to be only one Thomas Clark at Plymouth with wife Elizabeth at this time, and our Thomas was certainly not a deacon. The Thomas Clark who was a deacon is supposed to have died in 1727. If our Thomas had married Elizabeth Crow,he would have been ninety years old, and have been living as a widower for nearly twenty years when the marriage to Elizabeth Crow took place. (See also TAG 49:143 on this point.) :BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: Thomas Clark is examined in a posthumous article by Donald Lines Jacobus, incorporating his own research and that of John Insley Coddington [TAG 47:3-16].
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Disputed Father

• John Clarke born 1575.

Repeating from Anderson, above:
John Insley Coddington argued forcefully that Thomas Clark was the sonof John Clark, pilot of the Mayflower, and that we was identical withthe "Thomas Clarke of Ratliff" who was baptized 8 March 1599/1600 at Stepney, Middlesex [The American Genealogist (TAG), 42:201-02]. This hypothesis is very attractive, and was accepted by Jacobus [TAG 47:3], but remains unproven.

Points in favor of this claim:<blockquote STYLE="outline:black solid thin; height: 100px; overflow-y: scroll">*There is a record for a marriage between a Thomas Clarke and a Mary Morton in the St. Dunstan's Church, Stepney Parish, Middlesex dated 1598.

• There is a record for a baptism "Thomas son of John Clarke of Ratliff" dated 8 March 1599/1600, also at St. Dunstan's (see Anderson, above). This was soon after the marriage and could be our John.
• The headstone for John places his date of birth around 1599, consistent with the baptism record.
• Thomas sailed back to Virginia aboard the Providence, arriving in April 1623. John arrived in Mass. July of 1623 aboard the Anne. He could have been following his father.
• The Clarke family genealogy (incorrectly) attributes Thomas as being the Pilot. This is family lore that was passed down through the generations. It might have been a simple matter to confuse father John with son Thomas. The fact that there's some connection in the family account at least lends credence to the idea.
• Thomas' grandson Nathaniel was widely known to espouse the theory in his later years
• Donald Lines Jacobus, a noted genealogist, accepted the theory.
• Robert Charles Anderson calls the theory 'very attractive, but unproven'.
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Disputed Wife

Also from Anderson, above:
On 12 February 1689/90 a Thomas Clark married Elizabeth Crow [PVR 86],and this has incorrectly been claimed as a third marriage for our Thomas Clark. "Elizabeth, the wife of Deacon Thomas Clerke, deceased 13thNovember, 1695" at Plymouth [PVR 135]. There seems to be only one Thomas Clark at Plymouth with wife Elizabeth at this time, and our Thomaswas certainly not a deacon. The Thomas Clark who was a deacon is supposed to have died in 1727. If our Thomas had married Elizabeth Crow, he would have been ninety years old, and have been living as a widower for nearly twenty years when the marriage to Elizabeth Crow took place. (See also TAG 49:143 on this point.)

Incorrect Attribution as Ship's Pilot

Despite a mistaken account in William Wallace Johnson's Clarke-Clark Genealogy, including a poem written by an ancestor, it is both well-established and virtually impossible that Thomas Clarke could have been thePilot of the Mayflower. He would have been 12 years old when beginning his career as a Pilot to the New World, and 21 years old at the timeof the 1620 Mayflower sailing. Master's Mates were second in command of the ship - a position of great responsibility - and the job of Pilot was bestowed only after years of experience and voyages.

Emigration Information

• JUL 1623, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Arrived in the "Anne" of 140 tons, Wm. Peirce, master.
• https://archive.org/details/clarkeclarkgenea00john

The Clark Genealogy gives the following:: "He died in Plymouth, and was buried on the summit of the Burying Hill, which commands a view of the harbor into which he is supposed to have brought the first English vessel, and the island on which he landed 77 years before. His gravestone is still to be seen, with the following inscription: -:: Here lies buried ye body of Mr. Thomas Clark, aged 98 years. Departed this life March 24, 1697.<ref>Clarke Genealogy - Bonevich Website, Second Location: http://www.bonevich.com/clarke/ Website Author:Bonevich, Jeffrey D. </ref>

Notes ==<blockquote STYLE="outline:black solid thin; height: 100px; overflow-y: scroll">Thomas Clark, baptized at St. Dunstan's Church, Stepney Parish, Co. Middlesex, England in 1599/1600. His parents were John and Mary (Morton) Clark, who were married at the same church in 1598.

: : Thomas Clark(e), carpenter, came in the ANN, 1623. : : Thomas Clark(e) who was buried on the hill in Plymouth, came over inthe Ann(e) in 1623, being then 23. He was probably a seafaring man aswell as a carpenter. It is recorded that in 1635, he lost a boat worth £15 in a great storm in the Eel River. : : He had for his garden plot in 1623, one acre on the south side of the brook. In 1637, he was one of the first to volunteer to go against the Pequot Indians. In this roll are Mr. Stephen Hopkins and his two sons, Caleb and Giles. At this date he dwelt at Eel River and was styledyeoman. : : In 1642 he was surveyor of Plymouth; in 1651, one of the Plymouth committee. He appears to have been a very active trading, speculating man. : : Before 1631 he married Susanna Ring, daughter of widow Mary Ring. : : Mr. Clark(e) was elected one of the deputies of Plymouth in 1655, and again in 1656. : : He died at Plymouth, March 24, 1697, aged 98 years. : : CLARK: Also written Clarke, Clerk, Clerke, CLARK and Clearke, is a name of great antiquity in England. Originally any person who could read and write was given the name and it came to be the surname of learned persons generally, but particularly of officers of ecclesiastical courts and parish churches who were entrusted with recording and preserving therecords. In medieval days, the name was one to be respected, hence itis of frequent use in Domesday Book, either written in one of the various spellings given above or ClericusÑ "clerk or clergyman" "one of the clerical order." In the early settlement of New England by the English Puritans I625 to I640, we find men of the name who became founders of large and distinguished families not only in the New England Colonies, but in Virginia, Maryland and New York, the name in the southernsection of the United States generally adopting the spelling with a final "e." The most numerous of the christian names appears to have been William, with John, Thomas and Samuel, in abundant evidence. Irish emigrants to America have added to the name either from Scotch-Irish orfrom the families of O'Clery or O Clersach, not only common but distinguished names in the Emerald Isle and literally indicating the son ofthe cleric.
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information from parsed profile (Clarke-680)

Thomas Clarke is a name seen in multitude in early colonial records. It appears that Thomas did use both spellings for Clark(e) during his lifetime, but he signed it with an "e", as can be seen in the Records of some of the descendants of Thomas Clark, Plymouth, 1623 - 1697 (pg.9 of PDF). (The dates here represent his life in the colonies, not indicating 1623 as his birth date, as some have apparently assumed.) It is documented that a Thomas Clark(e) arrived in 1623 on the "Anne".His Find A Grave profile quotes the following from The Handbook of Old Burial Hill - :Thomas Clarke came to Plymouth from England in the ship Anne 1623.He married Susan Ring of Plymouth, 1634. Their children were Andrew, James, William, Susanna, Nathaniel, and John. From whom descended a numerous posterity. He married his second wife, Mrs. Alice Hallett Nicholsof Boston, in 1664. He lived for some years in Boston, and also in Harwich, of which town he was one of the original proprietors. He died in Plymouth, having lived in the reigns of six British sovereigns and the Com'th. This stone is erected to his memory by his descendants A.D.1891.

• Here is a short video of his memorial grave site Thomas seems to have been slightly mixed up with his father John by family story-tellers over the years. In the History of the town of Plymouth (pg. 24 in text, pg. 36 of PDF) by JamesThatcher, we see the Mr. Clark(e) that Thomas was often confused with. The idea that Thomas was the one who came over on the Mayflower is discussed on page 168 of the text, pg. 180 of the PDF. To settle the argument, [http://mayflowerhistory.com/crew/ Mayflower Historian]].

Merged Biography

'Thomas CLARK (son of John CLARK and Mary MORTON) was born 08 Mar 1598/99 in St Dunstan's Church, Stepney Parish Co. Middlesex, ENG, and died 24 Mar 1696/97 in Harwich, Plymouth, MA. He married Susannah RING, daughter of William RING and Mary DURRANT. THOMAS Clark. <ref>#S-2091834686http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=lmaearlyparish&h=5535... Birth date: abt 1599 Birth place: St Dunstan and All Saints, Middlesex, England Death date: Death place: England Marriage date: Marriage place: England Baptism date: 8 Mar 1599 Baptism place: St Dunstan and All Saints, Middlesex, England </ref><ref>#S-2084576169http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=240816... Birth date: 1605 Birth place: EN Marriage date: 1634 Marriage place: MA </ref><ref>#S-2084568602http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=agbi&h=2220500&ti=0&i... Birth date: 1599 Birth place: Eng, Massachusetts </ref><ref>#S-2084625576 Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts; Year: 1623; http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pili354&h=3502503&ti=... Birth date: abt 1605 Birth place: Arrival date: 1623 Arrival place: Plymouth, Massachusetts </ref> Born 8 Mar 1599. St. Dunstin, Stepney, London, Middlesex, England. <ref>#S-2091834686http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=lmaearlyparish&h=5535... Birth date: abt 1599 Birth place: St Dunstan and All Saints, Middlesex, England Death date: Death place: England Marriage date: Marriage place: England Baptism date: 8 Mar 1599 Baptism place: St Dunstan and All Saints, Middlesex, England </ref><ref>#S-2084576169http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=240816... Birth date: 1605 Birth place: EN Marriage date: 1634 Marriage place: MA </ref><ref>#S-2084568602http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=agbi&h=2220500&ti=0&i... Birth date: 1599 Birth place: Eng, Massachusetts </ref><ref>#S-2084625576 Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts; Year: 1623; http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pili354&h=3502503&ti=... Birth date: abt 1605 Birth place: Arrival date: 1623 Arrival place: Plymouth, Massachusetts </ref> Died 24 Mar 1697. Harwich, Plymouth, Massachusetts<ref>#S-2091834686http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=lmaearlyparish&h=5535... Birth date: abt 1599 Birth place: St Dunstan and All Saints, Middlesex, England Death date: Death place: England Marriage date: Marriage place: England Baptism date: 8 Mar 1599 Baptism place: St Dunstan and All Saints, Middlesex, England </ref> Event: Arrival 1623 Plymouth, Massachusetts. <ref>#S-2084625576 Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts; Year: 1623; http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pili354&h=3502503&ti=... Birth date: abt 1605 Birth place: Arrival date: 1623 Arrival place: Plymouth, Massachusetts </ref> Marriage England<ref>#S-2091834686http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=lmaearlyparish&h=5535... Birth date: abt 1599 Birth place: St Dunstan and All Saints, Middlesex, England Death date: Death place: England Marriage date: Marriage place: England Baptism date: 8 Mar 1599 Baptism place: St Dunstan and All Saints, Middlesex, England </ref> Baptism: 8 Mar 1599. St Dunstan and All Saints, Middlesex, England. <ref>#S-2091834686http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=lmaearlyparish&h=5535... Birth date: abt 1599 Birth place: St Dunstan and All Saints, Middlesex, England Death date: Death place: England Marriage date: Marriage place: England Baptism date: 8 Mar 1599 Baptism place: St Dunstan and All Saints, Middlesex, England </ref>

Marriage : Wife Susanna Ring. : Jul 1634. Plymouth, Massachusetts<ref>#S-2084576169http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=240816... Birth date: 1605 Birth place: EN Marriage date: 1634 Marriage place: MA </ref>

Sources

• Wikipedia: The_Anne_and_the_Little_James* Records of thedescendants of Thomas Clarke, Plymouth, 1623 - 1697. Compiled by Rev. William W. Johnson. North Greenfield, Wisconsin, 1884.* Source S11website created by Lonnie Chrisman, The Chrisman Pedigree* Huntington, Elijah B. A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family (E.H. Lathrop, 1884) Page 41-Barnabas, Abigail (#12).* Otis, Amos. Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families (F.B.& F.P. Goss, Publishers and Printers, Barnstable, Mass., 1888) Vol. II-1890, Pages 215-216.* Freeman, Frederick. The History of Cape Cod. The Annals of Barnstable County, Including the District of Mashpee. (Geo. C. Rand & Avery, Boston, 1858)* Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts (J. H. Beers & Co., 1912)* S-2084568602 Repository: #R-2142027306 American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Godfrey MemorialLibrary, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. * S-2091834686 Repository: #R-2142027306 London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives. Images produced by permission of the City of London Corporation Libraries Note:* Earliest Inscriptions From Plymouth Burying Hill, New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1850) Vol. 4., Page 254

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Arrived in Plymouth on the ship "Ann" in 1623.

Thomas Clarke, Sr. of Plymouth, born c1599, died 24 March 1697, aged 98 (97) years, came over in the Anne in 1623 age 23 years (also stated "supposed mate of the Mayflower," in the History of Town of Duxbury).

He came over on the Ship: Anne or Little James, 1623.

Life in England: Nothing is known of his life in England. Life in New England: Thomas Clark came over as a single man in 1623. He was a freeman of the colony by 1633. He served on a number of juries and committees, and was also chosen as constable for Eel River in Plymouth and surveyor of highways. He lived in Boston by 1660, although he returned to Plymouth by 1673.Although he had no formal legal training, Thomas Clark acted as a lawyer on numerous occasions, both for himself and others.

His gravestone on Burial Hill is one of the few dating from the 17th century

Thomas Clark married (1) Susanna Ring before 1631 in Plymouth and had six children. She died sometime after 1646.

He married (2) Alice (Hallett) Nichols after January 20, 1664/5, in Boston. She died by July 25, 1671.

William Clark was born about 1634. He was approximately 26 during the time his father was residing in Boston ("in Boston by 1660, returning to Plymouth by 1673") when William Clark had Joseph Clark with Ann the mother: William Clarke and Anne Clarke had ​Joseph Clarke, of William and Anne Clarke, born 10th Sept. 1659 (VR Boston Vol 9 Page 69). Perhaps Ann died in childbirth or shortly thereafter. There is no marriage record, so Joseph Clark could be illegitimate, although the Boston Vital Record does not appear to so state. According to Plymouth accounts, William Clark married (1) Sarah Wolcott on March 1, 1659/60, and had two children. Sarah and a baby were killed in 1676 during King Philip's War. He married (2) Hannah Griswold on March 7, 1677/8, in (Plymouth records say Plymouth) Saybrook, Connecticut and four children. He married (3) Abiah Wilder on August 3, 1692, in Plymouth and had one child. He died before March 28, 1720. ​Joseph Clarke, of William and Anne Clarke, born 10th Sept. 1659 (VR Boston Vol 9 Page 69) and died in Braintree in 1708. This is the line of FOC. Child by Sarah Wolcott whom he married March 1, 1659/60 Child by Sarah Wolcott one of these children was killed in King Philip's War in 1676. Child by Abiah Wilder whom he married 3 August 1672. (yes, I can see that these dates don't make sense) Child by Hannah Griswold whom he married on 7 March 1677/8. Child by Hannah Griswold Child by Hannah Griswold Child by Hannah Griswold James Clark was born about 1636. He married Abigail Lothrop on October 7, 1657, in Plymouth and had seven children. He died in Plymouth before October 4, 1731, when his will was probated. FOC has a DNA match here via Paul Lee, P_Lee45 on Ancestry.com. Susanna Clark was born about 1638. She married Barnabas Lothrop in 1658 and had nine children. She died on September 28, 1697. John Clark was born about 1640. He married Sarah Smith by 1668 and had eight children. He died in Lyme, Connecticut in March 1719. FOC has DNA match here via "reedfinder" on Ancestry.com. Nathaniel Clark was born about 1642. He married Dorothy (Lettice) Grey about 1685 in Plymouth. He died in Plymouth on January 31, 1717/8. Andrew Clark was born about 1646. He married Mehitable Scotto by 1672 in Boston and had six children. He died in Harwich in 1706. FOC has DNA match here via "Burgan_Janice" on Ancestry.com.

For Further Information:

Robert C. Anderson. The Great Migration Begins. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.

Robert C. Anderson. The Pilgrim Migration. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.

Arthur H. and Katherine Radasch. The Thomas Clark Family. South Yarmouth, Mass.: Privately printed, 1973.

Eugene A. Stratton. Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691. Salt Lake City:Ancestry Publishing, 1986.

A collaboration between PLIMOTH PLANTATION and the NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY® www.PlymouthAncestors.org

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVQ-VCJF : 13 December 2015), Thomas Clark, 1697; Burial, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, Burial Hill; citing record ID 9317967, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GXF2 : 3 November 2017), Thomas Clarke, 24 Mar 1697; citing Death, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 416,334.