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John CLARK of Pasquotank
The maximum aptitude remaining participant for Elijah Clark's
grandfather is John Clark of Pasquotank Precinct. John Clark ap
pears to call come to Carolina from VA about 1683/84, about the
exceedingly time as Thomas Clark of Yeopim was first reported in
Carolina. John Clark married Mary PALIN, immature person of Thomas Palin of Pasquotank about 1685. They had a immature person, Mary, earlier John Clark died from complications rising out of a boating smash
in the Pasquotank Waterway in 1689. His will, written in May 1689,
mentions his wife and immature person and implies that his wife was preg- nant at the time of his short-lived. The will mentions property trans fer arrangements essential his wife prove to be with successor and give onset to a son.
Procedure holds that John and Mary's immature person, Mary Clark, who was innate about 1685, married John ALSTON about 1700. The Alstons
in the beginning lived in Pasquotank Precinct but once 10 existence migrated to Chowan Precinct where the Alstons clear-cut on
Bennett's Stream" this square assertion of Mary Clark is
accurate so, in my judgment, the unborn successor mentioned in John Clark's 1689 will became John Clark Jr and, future, the found of
Elijah Clark. Armor closed!
Some problems with this square forecast requisite be addressed
up front:
"I cannot prove, decent, the parentage of Mary
Clark Alston -- only that a young lady named Mary Clark, whose
age was unified with no matter which we realize about the immature person of John and Mary (Palin) Clark, married a John Alston who lived in
Pasquotank at the time of their marriage (about 1700). Contem
porary comparable of Thomas Harvey Jr. tells us that Mary
(Clark) Alston was raised as a Quaker and it is well standard
that her close relative, Mary (Palin) Clark, was a leading Quaker in Pasquotank. For example I call style note of only one Clark family
unit in Pasquotank as little as 1700 (a lesser amount of than 150 families resided in Pasquotank on that date), it seems fit to be seen to ac
cept the square holding that the Mary Clark who married John
Alston was the immature person of John and Mary (Palin) Clark.
"I am mixed up that John Clark Jr., innate in 1689
shortly once the short-lived of his found, was too old to call been the John Clark who clear-cut along the length the Chubby Waterway in 1751/52 (similar to he would call been 63 existence old) and so relocated again to the
Pacolet Waterway in 1758 similar to he would call been close to 70. Fur thermore, as noted put a bet on in this tale, he fathered a son in
1760 at the age of 70, albeit with a younger, second wife. Im
aptitude, but not exposed.
William Perry Johnson, a professional genealogist who researched
apiece the ALSTONs of Chowan and CLARKs of Pasquotank, reported in
1945 that he unyielding with an put a bet on storyteller named Groves (or Graves) that give to was "no winning note that either Mary
Clark or the unborn successor referenced in John Clark's 1689 will
survived". Future of his finale was based on Groves' book on
the ALSTON family published in 1901. I call not seen the Groves
book, but call reviewed the Johnson article and the intelligence for his conclusions on the Clark offspring. To be courteous, Johnson may
not call had ingress to all the information that is barred
today at the DAR Library and the Library of Congress. I, too,
can not find any direct note that the Mary Clark Alston was
the exceedingly Mary Clark mentioned in John Clark's 1689 will.
Even now, I am truthful mechanized that Johnson and Groves were mis- subject in the procession of John Clark Jr. at the same time as give to is unrefutable property note that, by 1716, a John Clark had thought holder
ship of the Flatty Stream property to start with patented by Mary
(Palin) Clark in 1694. Did Mary (Palin) CLARK turn her Flatty
Stream property over to an unrelated John Clark? Get real! Addi
tionally, John Clark is mentioned as a Pasquotank freeholder in
little 1723 and again is mentioned in Flatty Stream land actions as late as 1727. Once upon a time 1727, John Clark of Flatty Stream disappears from Pasquotank chronicles as spanking John Clark (unrelated)
appears outdated in the Precinct in the late 1720s.
Some may question whether a property "refer to" is right to
prove the station of an participate. In this defined procession, I
questionable it is. The to begin with Flatty Stream land evident was issued in the name of Mary Clark and her name is used as a descriptor in
a 1704 land evident to John Palin, Mary's brother. Even now, in a
December 1716 evident to Tobias Shelver, the exceedingly property at the talk of Flatty Stream is called John Clark's land. The exceedingly John Palin who called the property "Mary Clark's" in 1704 calls the
property "John Clark's" land in 1727. The prevalent disturbance that names of on your doorstep property owners can't be relied on at the same time as the official "plats" sometimes were not restructured until the property was sold separate the family does not save in this procession. The
to begin with evident was in Mary's name and it had to be sundry to get it in John Clark's name. That had to grow earlier 1716. So,
it seems sparkler sane that John Clark Jr. existed and survived
childhood.
(State is a forlorn dream that John Clark Jr. can call
been the criminal son of Mary Clark and Henderson Backpacker and
may call been innate as late as 1695. See the supplemental tale
on John Clark of Pasquotank for tumbledown of Mary (Palin) Clark's
intended question with Henderson Backpacker.)
We realize quite a lot about John's close relative, Mary (Palin) Clark, who was a leading Quaker in Pasquotank and who died in 1740 at the
age of 74. Mary (Palin) Clark remarried in 1710, to Joseph
Glaister who was traditional in the company of local fan leaders as "the apostle of the Quakers". Taking into account Mary (Palin) Clark Glaister died in
1740, she left a will which mentioned her two Glaister step
daughters and their husbands but did not inflate either Mary
(Clark) Alston or John Clark Jr. Some researchers call used this
lapse to bear with a position that neither Mary nor John Jr. sur-
vived. I insinuate that Mary (Clark) Alston and John Clark Jr. were not mentioned in their mother's will at the same time as their gift had been dealt with regular existence put a bet on, at the time of young Mary's marriage to John Alston about 1700, and for John Clark
Jr., in 1710 similar to he turned 21 and Mary (Palin) Clark remarried and began her second family.
If I am unflawed, John Clark Jr. when you come right down to it rejected his mother's secretive Quaker expect and left Pasquotank Precinct in the mid-1720s to find a boss considerate place to put down and lift a family. I
insinuate he style that place to the west along the length the Roanoke Waterway where his two cousins (Capt. John Clark, son of Thomas of Yeopim,
and Edward Clark Jr., son of Edward the sexton) apiece lived. John
Alston, husband of John Clark's sister, Mary, likewise acquired 640 acres on the south put in the bank of the Roanoke on the north reminder of Elk Swamp in 1726.
John Clark Jr. appears to call clear-cut earlier 1730 on the south
put in the bank of the Roanoke Waterway, conflicting Occoneechee D?colletage, where he met and married Mary Gibson. He was ahead of in his 30s similar to he married Mary Gibson so give to is a controlling dream that he
had an put a bet on wife.
Consistency, but no hard symbolic, gives us a holder for the option of the name Alston for one of John Clark's sons, probably his oldest
son. Taking into account John Alston married Mary Clark, young John Clark Jr was only 11 or 12 existence old and fatherless--possibly reared in the
lengthened Palin back-to-back. John and Mary Clark Alston lived in
Pasquotank Precinct for 10 existence, maximum genuine with Mary's close relative, earlier picking up and moving west to put down on the crown reaches of Bennett's Stream in Chowan Precinct in 1711. John Alston genuine served as the "found" that young John Clark Jr never knew, lead
ing John to future family name him by first use a son Alston. (I can think of no unorthodox rationalization for the Alston name option. We realize for cer tain that John Clark Jr. did not unite an Alston.)
I think I can likewise explain the fact that John Clark Jr's Quaker legacy is in wear out with his traditional host service and disagree.
The end, again, goes to the supremacy of John Alston. John
Alston was I assume a Quaker similar to he indoors in Pasquotank
Precinct in 1694 and he married a woman with "precisely" the exceedingly Quaker legacy as John Jr. Yet Alston left the Quaker stand-in and
future served as chief officer of the Chowan host for regular existence.
(Christopher Clark did to a great extent the exceedingly in VA despite the consequences being married to a dutiful Quaker.)
I likewise questionable that John Clark Jr. clear-cut on land on the south side of the Roanoke acquired by his father-figure and tutor,
John Alston, in 1726 from George Powell. We realize for mechanized that John Alston never clear-cut on this property but work it had to
"seat" it for him. My suppose is that John Clark Jr. seated this
property for John Alston and raised his family. This land,
to start with in Bertie Precinct, became part of Edgecombe Precinct in 1732.
In sum, it is my judgment that" Clark Jr. of Pasquotank
Precinct was Elijah Clark's found and that the nebulous
grandparents were John Clark Sr. and Mary Palin. I likewise insinuate that John Clark Sr. may call been spanking of the "Clark brothers
of Barbados". (I am with reason mechanized that he was not the son of Humphrey Clark of Island of Wight Co. which is the square
legacy open for John Clark Sr. For boss on this concern, see
the untie, boss systematic tale on John Clark Sr. of
Pasquotank.)
Squander Candidates
State are out of the ordinary unorthodox candidates for Elijah Clark's grandfather who I call ravage but who essential be common for the board.
Capt. John Clark of Perquimans Precinct died in late 1716 or
1717. His will common a wife, Ann, and two tiny sons named
John and Thomas. Capt. Clark does not story to call been a land
holder and give to is no pick up board in Perquimans of wife Ann or sons John or Thomas. If John was innate earlier 1708 he concentration method boss attention.
John Clark, husband of Frances Clark, died in Hyde Precinct in
1715. His wife remained on their 660-acres Pamlico Waterway property for regular existence, but give to was no son named John.
Capt. John Clark, a mariner of Rinse Co. emigrated to NC from
England in 1709. He married first Mary Wilkinson by whom he had
three sons, and second a widow Vines by whom he had no offspring.
His sons were named Make, John Jr. and Henry. Make Clark
(1727-1786) was an Ocrocoke Ring out Advance who clear-cut on Rinse Towne Stream with wife Mary. They had four sons -- Overton, William,
Henry and Samuel, and three daughters, Ann (Clark) Archbell,
Elizabeth (Clark) Satchwell and Mary (Clark) Barrow. John Clark
Jr. likewise of Rinse Towne, married Ann and had two daughters and a son named David. Henry Clark married Hannah and they had sons
George and William. On the 1755 Beaufort Co. tax list, apiece Make
and John Clark were despondent as time aboard the sloop
"Britannica".
Thomas Clark (1678-1728) of the Meherrin Waterway in Bertie Precinct whose wife was Susannah. Thomas, who died in 1728, was the son of
Thomas Clark and Elizabeth SAMPSON of Island of Wight Co., VA. His
will, probated in Bertie Precinct in 1728, mentions a son John
who future appears to unite a immature person of Daniel Turner of Island of Wight Co. John appears to call been time on Turner property in
Island of Wight Co. in 1734 similar to John Clark witnessed Daniel
Turner's will. I questionable this John Clark future appears in
Edgecombe Precinct in 1742 similar to he acquires property along the length Fish- ing Stream from his long-time friend, Wallis Jones (who future
served as sheriff of Edgecombe Co.). Based on a number of
Edgecombe actions in the 1740s and 1750s on which John Clark and
Wallis Jones apiece story as witnesses, I do not think this John
Clark can call been the John Clark who clear-cut in Anson Co. He
likewise appears to call been too young (I assume innate about 1712) to call been Elijah Clark's found.
"Perplexing" Clark, I assume Francis, of Somerton VA who appears to call had out of the ordinary sons, one of whom was named Andrew. Andrew Clark was common a "grower" in Bertie Precinct as little as 1720
and was twisting in a engagement procession in 1724 for harboring a deserter servant boy named William Clark in 1724. (William was not
Andrew's son but was very connected to Andrew, I assume an or
phaned nephew.) Andrew Clark left Bertie Precinct in the late
1720s and clear-cut in what was so New Hanover Precinct of Rinse
Area, but future became Onslow Precinct. Andrew Clark's property
was on Holsten's Stream secure the talk of New Waterway. He had sons named Francis, Michael and John and daughters Sarah and Judith.
Francis, who appears to call been the oldest son, was watcher to
out of the ordinary Bertie Precinct land transfers in 1726 and 1727, which suggests that he was innate about 1710. Michael Clark, acquired 400 acres on the west side of the New Waterway in 1734, symptomatic of that he was innate earlier 1713. He worked as a voyager and his name is
noted on regular Carolina land surveys from 1734 unswerving the mid
1740s. (I think Andrew's found, who lived secure Somerton VA may
call been spanking of the Clark brothers of Barbadoes.)
William Clark, the deserter servant who sought sanctuary with Andrew Clark in 1724, future married Margaret Beverly, immature person of Henry, and clear-cut in Yellow Co. NC. He appears to call had a younger
brother named John Clark who perceptive the carpentry sell like hot cakes. John, who was innate about 1712, was "skillful" 150 acres from his car
pentry tutor and aptitude father-in-law, Henry Vise, on Horse
Swamp in Bertie Precinct in 1734/35 and seems to call lived in
Bertie Co. via his adult life. He had sons named Francis,
John Jr., and William. Francis appears in Bertie Co. chronicles once or in two in the little 1750s earlier going away from the vision.
John Jr. lived in Bertie Co. until at lowest possible 1778. William Clark married Juliann Goodwin, immature person of William, and was outlast re corded in Bertie Co. in 1757.
George Clark, a glover of Perquimans Precinct, and his wife
Elizabeth acquired 1,100 acres from Luke Mizell on the north side
of the Roanoke Waterway on Rocquist Stream. This was at your house, but rela- tively close to where Capt. John Clark, (son of Thomas of Yeopim)
lived. I long caution George and John concentration call been frostily connected, but never style a link up. George died childless in
February 1723/24. He left his personal effects to the sons of
close friends (Taylor and Swann) back in Perquimans Precinct. His
house administrators sold to a great extent of his real property to Jacob Col- son, an Indian trader who had after lived on your doorstep to Arthur Kavanaugh (the controller of Edward Clark Sr.'s house back in
1713) on the Meherrin Waterway secure the Sapponie Indian settlement.
Jacob Colson future inspired west to Occoneechee D?colletage. One of his sons, John Colson, accompanied John Clark, Elijah's found, to
the Pee Dee Waterway in 1743. John Colson married in two. His second wife, who he married in 1753, was widow Mary Whitmell Arrington
whose first husband, John Arrington, was Hannah Arrington's
uncle. (See how close up a memory we call in this story -- all
having close ties to Occoneechee D?colletage on the Roanoke River!)
Choice assort who went south to the Pee Dee with John Clark
and John Colson in 1743 was James Bentley. James Bentley's
grandparents, John and Jane Bentley, were immediate neighbors of
Thomas Clark on the Yeopim and sold Thomas the Roanoke Waterway
property in Cashie D?colletage in 1710 -- the property where Capt. John Clark future clear-cut. As I not compulsory put a bet on, John Clark Jr., of Pasquotank (Elijah Clark's found) Capt. John Clark of Cashie
D?colletage and Edward Clark Jr. of Occoneechee D?colletage I assume were first cousins. Even with it is difficult, it essential come as no flummox that the peak characters in this tale story to call had
relationships with all three Clark cousins.
End
[This is just a nibble of what's to come this summer; I'll get
these unorthodox hearsay typed as rashly as I can. LSS]
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