James CLARK

- 1674

• Name	James CLARK
  Birth	England
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Dec 1674	Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Notes	According to Founders of Early American Families, Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657, by Meredith B. Colket, Jr., he and his family came with the Eaton-Davenport group from Coleman Street, St. Stephen Parish, London, arriving in Boston on the "Hector" on 26 Jan 1637 and subsequently settling in New Haven in 1638. He signed the "Fundamental Agreement" at New Haven in 1639, and an oath of loyalty in July 1644. He was on the New Haven list of 1641 and in court records of 1643 he appears with four persons in his family. In February-April 1680, James Clarke and William Johnsn were chosen surveyors of highways. In July-December 1680, James Clarke and Nathan Andrews were chosen constables for the year insuing. In April 1682, he and John Hodgkins were chosen as fence viewers for Gooman Coopers quarter for the year. In 1685, he is #300 in the list of members of the First Church of Christ (Center Church) of New Haven. It is possible that he is confused with another James Clark of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and that Eleanor Wright is not his second wife. He is probably the brother of John Clarke of New Haven. It is unlikely that this James Clark is the same James Clarke (Clerke) who was the son of William Clerke and Mary Weston of East Farleigh, Kent, and St. Botolph, Aldgate, London, as is claimed in many genealogies. James Clerke, of Aldgate Ward, London, grocer, left a will dated 6 December 1647. His wife at that time was Helen, and children were James, Mary and Anne. His brother Richard is mentioned. [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I4207	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2011

  
  

• Sources

  [S288] Franklin Bowditch Dexter, Members of First Church of Christ New Haven, (New Haven, Connecticut: n.p., 1914.), p. 21. (Reliability: 3). [S290] Franklin Bowditch Dexter, editor, New Haven Town Records, 1649-1662, (New Haven, Connecticut: n.p., 1917.), 2: p. 419., F104/N6/N59/V.1. (Reliability: 3). [S290] Franklin Bowditch Dexter, editor, New Haven Town Records, 1649-1662, (New Haven, Connecticut: n.p., 1917.), 2: 401., F104/N6/N59/V.1. (Reliability: 3). [S290] Franklin Bowditch Dexter, editor, New Haven Town Records, 1649-1662, (New Haven, Connecticut: n.p., 1917.), 2: 397., F104/N6/N59/V.1. (Reliability: 3).