Deacon John Clark

1651 - 1704  (53 years)

• Name	Deacon John Clark  [1]
  Birth	1651  [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Sep 1704	Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [4, 5]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Rebecca Clark ,   b. Feb 1649, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 8 Feb 1733, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 83 years) ▻ Israel Rust ,  m. 9 Dec 1669 + 2. Deacon John Clark ,   b. 1651   d. 3 Sep 1704, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age 53 years) ▻ Mary Strong ,  m. 20 Mar 1679
  Person ID	I4685	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2016

  
  

  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.