Individual Details

William CLARK

(Abt 1634 - 1725)

From http://homepages.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy2/ps02/ps02_252.htm
Son of Thomas, born l639; married Sarah Woolcot, of Plymouth, March 1, 1659. He 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 put over his exposed brain, by the celebrated surgeon Dr. John Clarke, of Boston. He ever afterwards 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. (Source - Baylies' History.

The colony records give the names of these Indians, and state that they were decapitated. William Clarke seems to have been an active and
enterprising man, having extensive operations in lands, etc., as appears by the colony records. In 1670, William Clarke and Edward Gray, of
Plymouth; Richard Bourne and William Swift, of Sandwich; Thomas Hinckley
and Thomas Huckins, of Barnstable; Samuel Sturgis, of Yarmouth, and John
Freeman, of Eastham, formed a company to engage and regulate the making
and disposing of all the tar made in the colony , at the price of eight
shillings for every small barrel, and twelve shillings for every great
barrel, during the full term of two years.

In 1679, Joseph and Barnabas Lothrop, of Barnstable; Kenelm Winslow, and
William Clarke, of Plymouth, as the agents of thiety partners, purchased
for the sum 200 pounds, the remainder of the lands not already granted,
between Dartmouth, on the west, Plymouth purchase on the east, and
Middleboro and Plymouth on the north, "to be settled in four years with
an Orthodox Minister" These grants include the present towns of Rochester
and Marion. (Source Baylies' History.)

In 1684, William Clarke hires the bass fishing at Cape Cod, of the town
of Plymouth, where he was living at; 30 pounds a year. (Source Plymouth
Records.)

In 1697, he received a grant of land from the town of Plymoutb, where he
was livinig in 1714.

1682, "The Court. have agreed with Mr. William Clarke, of plymouth, to
provide suitably, for the Governor and Magistrates diet, lodging, etc.,
in the County House at Plymouth, for four Courts, viz: October, March,
June, and July, and to pay him forty pounds in money for the same; if it
shall happen that the Generil Court be adjourned, or special courts
called within the time of the year, he is to be allowed for those Courts
according to his just account." (Source: Plymouth Records.)

William Clarke was deputy in 1674, 1680, 1681. Was a selectman for many
years. He married for 2nd wife, March 7, 1677, Hannah Griswald. She
died in 1687, aged 29 years. Third wife, Abiah Wilder, Aug. 3, 1692.
There is a gravestone on Burying Hill to the 2d. wife, but none to the
others, or to himsell

Events

Birth	Abt 1634	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
Birth	Abt 1634	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Birth	1636
Birth	1639	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
Birth	1639	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Birth	1639	Massachusetts, United States
Birth	1659
Marriage	1 Mar 1659/60	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Sarah WOLCOTT
Marriage	7 Mar 1677/78	Saybrook, New London, Connecticut, British America - Hannah GRISWOLD
Marriage	3 Aug 1692	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Abiah WILDER
Death	1725
Death	1725	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Death		Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Burial		Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Families

Spouse	Hannah GRISWOLD (1658 - 1687)
Child	Sarah CLARKE (1678 - )
Child	William CLARK (1682 - 1762)
Child	Nathaniel CLARK (1684 - )
Child	Samuel CLARK (1687 - 1763)

Spouse

Abiah WILDER (1656 - 1725)

Spouse

Sarah WOLCOTT (1639 - )

Father	Thomas CLARK (1599 - 1696)
Mother	Susanna RING (1611 - 1646)
Sibling	James CLARK (1636 - )
Sibling	Susanna CLARK (1638 - 1697)
Sibling	John CLARK (1640 - 1705)
Sibling	Nathaniel CLARK (1642 - 1717)
Sibling	Andrew CLARK (1644 - 1705)

Endnotes

14. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Plymouth Vol 1," database index with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: viewed 23 January 2016), vol 1, p 85, [p. 126], "Mr. William Clark married Hannah Griswell 7 March 1677"; citing transcription of Lee D van Antwerp (compiler) and Ruth Wilder Sherman (editor), "Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850," Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1993.

15. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), p 377; digital page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 26 January 2016; "WILLIAM ... m. (2) Saybrook 7 March 1677/8 Hannah Griswold [SayVR (also recorded Plymouth VR PVR 85)]".

16. "Connecticut Vital Records to 1870," online database with images of transcription, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: accessed 30 January 2016), vol Saybrook, p 55, "GRISWOLD...Hannah, m. Will Clark, Mar. 7, 1677"; citing original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.

17. "New England Marriages to 1700 [Torrey]," database index with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (: accessed 30 January 2016), vol 1, p 330, "CLARK, William (1636-) & 2/wf Hannah GRISWELL/GRISWOLD (1658-1687/8); 7 Mar 1677, 1677/8; Saybrook/Plymouth {Newell Anc. 87; McCormick-Hamilton 514; NYGBR 47:198; Waterman (1939) 668; Sibley's Harv. Grad. 5:261; MD 1:206, 13:203, 15:214; Saybrook CT VR 36".

18. "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850," database of transcription, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, Provo, UT, 2005, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7853: accessed 6 February 2016), William Clark married Hannah Griswell 7 Mar 1677 in Plymouth, citing Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0416330-0416336.

19. "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900," database index online, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7836: accessed 6 February 2016), Hannah Griswold (1658 Connecticut-) married William Clark in 1678 in MI (sic), number pages 1, submitter code GRG.

20. "American Marriages Before 1699," database index, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2081/: accessed 6 February 2016), Hannah Griswold married William Clark, 7 Mar 1678, Saybrook, Connecticut; citing Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.

21. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/: accessed 31 August 2017), Plymouth > Births, Marriages and Deaths, image 229, pp 152-153, "Mr William Clark was married to Hannah Griswell the 7th day of March 1677 [which would be called 1678 using today's conventions]"; citing Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

22. "Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)," database index with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1062: downloaded 1 September 2017), Saybrook Vital Records 1635-1850, image 45 showing p. 45, "Will, m. Hannah Griswold, Mar. 7, 1677, [vol] 1 [page] 45"; citing White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

23. " U.S., New England Marriages prior to 1700," database index with page images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3824/: viewed 4 September 2017), image 175 of p. 160, "CLARK, William (1636-) & 2/wf Hannah GRISWELL/GRISWOLD (1658-1687/8); 7 Mar 1677, 1677/8; Saybrook/Plymouth"; citing Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004..

24. The Waterman Family: Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts through Seven Generations, Donald Lines Jacobus, compiler,, Volume 1, (New Haven: E. F. Waterman, 1939), p. 668; digital page images, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774594 : viewed 15 July 2018).