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William Clark

Male about 1634 -


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  • Name William Clark 
    Birth about 1634  [1
    Gender Male 
    Notes 
    • William first married Sarah Wolcott, second Hannah Griswold, and third Abiah Wilder.

      William and Sarah
      “lived in a garrison house by Eel river, which was surprised by the Indians on a Sunday, March 12, 1676, while he was at church. His wife, several of his children, and some other persons, eleven in all, were killed in this attack, which is said to have been the only serious one ever made on the settlement. A son of William Clarke, named Thomas, was left for dead, but afterwards recovered, and had a silver plate but over his exposed brain, by the celebrated surgeon Dr. John Clarke, of Boston. He ever afterwars was known as ‘Silver-headed Tom.’
      “In July 1676, two hundred Indians surrendered themselves to the Plymouth Governor, and were pardoned, with the exception of those who had been concerned in the slaughter at Clarke’s garrison at Plymouth; these were put to death.—Baylies’ History.” [2]
    Person ID I12019  Schirado
    Last Modified 6 March 2013 

    Father Thomas Clark,   b. 1599   d. 24 March 1697, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years) 
    Mother Susannah Ring,   b. about 1611 
    Marriage by July 1631  [1
    Family ID F6043  Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family/Spouse 1 Sarah Wolcott,   b. about 1636, Watertown, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 March 1675/6, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Marriage 1 March 1659[/60]  Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. James Clark   d. 12 March 1675/6, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Andrew Clark   d. 12 March 1675/6, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. John Clark
    +4. Thomas Clark,   b. about 1676, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F8557  Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family/Spouse 2 Hannah Griswold,   b. 11 December 1658, Windsor, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 February 1687/8, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Marriage 7 March 1677/8  Saybrook, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Sarah Clark,   b. 19 June 1678, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 April 1760, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     2. William Clark,   b. 7 June 1682, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Nathaniel Clark,   b. 1 June 1684, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Samuel Clark,   b. 8 December 1687, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F10963  Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family/Spouse 3 Abiah Wilder,   b. 1659, Hingham, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 3 August 1692  Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Hannah Clark,   b. 1 August 1697, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 June 1773, Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F8559  Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S11] Robert Charles Anderson, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995).

    2. [S237] William Johnson.

    3. [S14] Transcribed by George Ernest Bowman, Plymouth Colony vital records.

    4. [S215] Vital records of Saybrook.


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