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- William Clark 1 was born on 6 Feb 1610/11 in Westhorpe, Suffolk, England 1 and died on 22 Jul 1681 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT 1.
Documented events in his life were:
1. Emigrant Ancestor; 1639; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.
2. Court Appearance; 2 Jan 1639/40; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT 2. Wm Clarke servant to Jno Crow as fined 40s for misdemeanor in drinking & corporall punishment was remitted uppon his promise of his care for the future to avoyd such occations.
3. Lawsuit; 4 Sep 1643; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT 3. In the ac of Math Allen pl agt Nich: & Will Clarke defts the jury finds for the pl damages 3L 3s 3d & Costs of Court vijs.
4. Forfited Bond; 16 May 1649; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT 4. William Clark being called to this Corute to appeare uppon his recognescance of 10£ and not answering thereunto hath forfeited same.
5. Lawsuit; 6 Mar 1652/53; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT 5. Will Clarke plt: Contra John Griffin defendt in an actyon of debt with the Damage to the value of 6L .. p 116: ye defendt not appearing an Attachment is to Issue out against his person to answer his ------- at the next Courte and also to answer ye plt if he not be satisified by him before said courte.
6. Court Appearance; 6 Oct 1659; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT 6. The Magestrates being mett and examining the case respecting Willm Clarks wiues trading Liquors to ye Indians Doe determine yt for yt misdeamenou in breaking the ord phibiting the same William Clarke is to pay Tenne pounds to ye publique Treasury.
7. Lands Recorded; 10 Nov 1660; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT 7. "Land In Hartford upon Conecticutt belonging to William Clark & his heires for euer:
One Parcel of land wch he Bought of Enf: Nicho: Olmfteed wth a mefsaug or tenement Standing there on together wth a Barn & orchard, ye afoarsayd Parcel of land Containeth by estimation three Acres (be it more or lefs) & abutteth on a high way leading from ye Cowe pafture into the old ox pafture, on ey weft, on mr Allyns land on ye eaft on a highway leading from ye mill into ye Country on ye Sowth, on John morices Land on ye North: Nou: 10th: 1660: [margin note: December 23 - 73 This parcel of Land Sold Nath Standly.]"
8. Lawsuit; 6 Dec 1660; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT 8. Robt Reeve plt contra Wm Clark Dt in an action of ye case respecting ye possession of Houseing & Land formerly belonging to John Skinner. Jury find for the Dft. Court Costs.
9. Medical; 23 May 1664; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT 9. Treated by John Winthrop, Jr.: Clark, William his wife Katherine of Hartford.
10. Sold livestock; 7 Jul 1665; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT 10. Richard Lord purchased, for resale in New York, "one Sorill mare bald face three white legs & a whole cutt through & a halfe penny cutt out of the Back side of the off eare towards the top bought of Wm Clarke"
11. Lands Recorded - Sold; 23 Dec 1673; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT 11. In the lands registered to Thomas Standly in the Hartford Land Records: "more one parcel of land which Nathaniel Standly purchafsed of Wm Clarke wth a mefsuage or tenement Standing there on together wth an orchard therein being the land is all that parcell with in these abutments viz on the high way on the Sowth & on the west & on mr Allyns land on the east & John Morrice his land on the North: purchafsed Decembr 23d, 1673. [margin note: Decembr 24th 1673 this parcel Sold unto John Skiner]
12. Took Inventory; After 2 Nov 1674; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT 12. Along with Symon Smith & James X Wells, took inventory of the estate of Thomas Smith, who died 2 Nov 1674.
13. Will; 30 Jun 1681; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT 13. From Probate Records, Volume IV, 1677 To 1687, Page 61-2.
Clarke, William sen., Haddam. Died 22 July, 1681. Invt. 412-18-00. Taken 19 August, 1681, by George Gates, Wm. X Ventrus, Simon Smith, John Spencer, Selectmen. Will dated 30 June, 1681.
I William Clarke of Haddam do make this my last Will & Testament: I give to my wife 4 a year during her natural life. I also give unto her the use of my Dwelling house & the little Orchard, half the Garden so long as she live a Widow. Moreover I give unto my wife a Cow, which my son Thomas shall winter for her during his Mother's life. Also I give unto her half my Household Stuff, & that in her half she be suited with a Bed & Bedding & such things as are most suitable for her, which she shall dispose of at her death to which she please of her Children. I Will unto my son William 25 out of my Estate, which shall be in my Land as it is prised in the Inventory. I do Will unto my son John 20 worth of my Land. I do give by Will unto my son Joseph, nothwithstanding anything I have formerly given him, 15 worth of Land, and 1 1/2 acre of the Boggs in the lower Division in the upper Meadow besides the 15. I give by Will unto my daughter Welles & to my daughter Fennoe & to my daughter Spencer 8 to each of them, and to my daughter Hannah 10. All these to be paid out of my Estate as prised with the Inventory. I give unto my son-in-law Daniel Hubbard 5 Shillings, & to my gr. Child Daniel Hubbard I do give 40 acres of Land in my second Division at Machamodus, and a 50 Freehold or Right in the Undivided Lands there as it is laid out to 50 Estate. And it is my Will that he be learned to read & to write. And I declare him to the dispose of my wife so long as she liveth, and then to the dispose of my son Thomas; & in Case my son Hubbard make trouble about him he shall satisfy for his bringing up. At the age of 21 years he shall be free. I give to my son Thomas my Lott I bought of Joseph Arnold in the Home Field, and all my whole Meadow Lott, and my Cow Meadow Lott, and the 6 acres on which my Dewlling house standeth, & the Ort Yards and Houses, at his Mother's decease, or Marriage after my death. My Will also is that my sons William, John, & Joseph have their portions in the Land that are not given away particularly and expressly to Thomas in my Will, and that they agree, by casting Lotts, which allotment shall belong to each of them, not exceeding the value above given to them. I do make my son Thomas Clarke sole Executor.
Witness: Nicholas Noyes, WILLIAM X CLARKE George Gates.
Court Record, Page 44-3 September, 1681: Will & Inventory exhibited by Thomas Clarke, Executor. Approved.
14. Inventory Taken; 19 Aug 1681; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT 13. £412-18-00
William married Katherine Bunce, daughter of James Bunce and Elizabeth Raynor. (Katherine Bunce died after 3 Aug 1683 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT.)
Children from this marriage were:
+ 2 M i. Joseph Clark 14 was born in 1652 in East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT 14 and died on 24 Oct 1716 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT 14.
3 F ii. Sarah Clark 16 was born about 1657 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT and died about 1704 in East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT 17.
4 F iii. Mary Clark 1 was born about 1646 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT 1 and died on 24 Dec 1673 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT 1.
5 M iv. Thomas Clark 1 was born about 1647 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT 1 and died about 1746 1.
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