Individual Details

Benjamin Clarke

(Abt 1663 - Jun 1750)

Events

BirthAbt 1663Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
MarriageAbt 1690South Kingstown, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America - Jane Deane
DeathJun 1750Plainfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America
BurialJoseph Roode Farm Cemetery, Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, United States
Life sketchFrom "Early Shermans of Dedham, Essex - Vol 167 (2013 Apr), Pg 153-155 - 22 Mary Sherman", Benjamin Clark was the probable son of Emanuel Clark and Mary Sherman because: 1) the 1681 will of Mary's uncle Philip Sherman stated "I will Benjamin Clarke to my son Edmund until he comes of age one & twenty years, the said Edmund finding the said Benjamin with sufficient food and clothing during the term aforesaid". 2) this Benjamin Clark of South Kingston RI and Plainfield CT had a second son named Emanuel, a fairly uncommon name. It is reasonable to suggest that the Benjamin Clarke in Philip Sherman's will was probably Philip's great-nephew, and probably taken in after the death of Benjamin's parents.

Families

SpouseJane Deane (1678 - 1754)
ChildAbigail Clark (1723 - 1766)

Endnotes

1. "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7CY-8PP : Sat Jan 18 20:07:10 UTC 2025), Entry for Benjamin Clark, Jun 1760..

2. "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKS-PRZ7 : Thu Apr 03 02:37:02 UTC 2025), Entry for Benjamin Clark..

3. "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7CY-8PP : Sat Jan 18 20:07:10 UTC 2025), Entry for Benjamin Clark, Jun 1760..

4. Marsh, Smith, Willard and Allied Families, a genealogical study, Bertha S. Marsh, 1955, The American Historical Society, Inc., New York, 1935.

5. Robert Fuller of Salem, Massachusetts and Some of His Descendants, etc., Jean Muir Dorsey, 1961..

6. "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7CY-8PP : Sat Jan 18 20:07:10 UTC 2025), Entry for Benjamin Clark, Jun 1760..

7. "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKS-PRZ7 : Thu Apr 03 02:37:02 UTC 2025), Entry for Benjamin Clark..

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9. "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7CY-8PP : Sat Jan 18 20:07:10 UTC 2025), Entry for Benjamin Clark, Jun 1760..

10. Marsh, Smith, Willard and Allied Families, a genealogical study, Bertha S. Marsh, 1955, The American Historical Society, Inc., New York, 1935.