Deacon John Clark

1651 - 1704  (53 years)

• Name	John Clark  [1]
  Prefix	Deacon
  Birth	1651  [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Sep 1704	Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I4685	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Lt. William Clark,   b. 1609, England d. 18 Jul 1690, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Sarah   d. 6 Sep 1675, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
  Marriage	Bef 1638  [6]
  Family ID	F2847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Strong,   b. 26 Oct 1654, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut d. 8 Dec 1738, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	20 Mar 1679	Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [1, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Ebenezer Clark,   b. 16 Oct 1682, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts d. 27 Feb 1781, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Age 98 years)
  Family ID	F2845	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Deacon of the First Church of Northampton. Said in many online genealogies to have died "from fatigue and cold taken in a snow storm" while traveling home to Northampton from Boston. The records of Northampton note for 3 Sep 1704 "Deacon John Clark died at Winsor". His wife Mary Strong was born in Windsor, Connecticut (near Hartford) and had inherited property there; it's conceivable that he was there in some fashion connected to that. One wonders about that snowstorm on the third of September, though -- quite early even for eighteenth-century New England.

  
  

• Sources

  [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. [S457] Findagrave.com page for John Clark. [S2203] New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. [S5174] Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, on ancestry.com. [S2203] New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015., year only. [S459] Findagrave.com page for William Clarke. [S2203] New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015., date only.