Individual Details
John Clarke
(1503 - Bef 3 Mar 1559)
== Biography ==John Clarke, of Finningham, Suffolk, England, was born about 1503. He married Margaret -?-, and they resided in Finningham, where John was a yeoman. He died and was buried 3 March 1559[[#Peckham|Peckham]] in Finningham, and Margaret died there sometime after 1576.
The Clarke family was evidently from the landed gentry. According to the dispositions he made in his will, John held lands in Westhorpe, Finningham, and Gislingham. He was taxed £2 in lands at Finningham in the subsidy of 1523/4.[[#NEHGR|Moriarty]] He was taxed 12d and 10s. in goods at Finningham in the first and second payments of the subsidy of 1545/6, respectively. He left a will, dated 26 February 1558/9, proved 7 May 1559, calling himself yeoman of Finningham and mentioning his sons, Thomas and John (both under 24), his daughters, Agnes, Margaret, Ellen, and Joan (all under 24), and his wife, Margaret. He gave his lands in Westhorpe, Finningham, and Gislingham to his son, John Clarke, who was to take possession only at the age of 24, and if he died before that time, the lands were to go to his other son, Thomas Clarke.[[#Morrison|Morrison]]
Margaret Clarke, widow, was taxed 10s. 8d. in lands valued at £4 at Finningham in the subsidy of 1562/3, 16d. in lands valued at 22s. at Finningham in 1565/6, and 2s. 8d. in lands valued at 20s. at Finningham in 1575/6.[[#Bonevich|Bonevich]]
=== Birth ===
:: 1509 Westhorpe, Suffolk, England
:: 1503 Suffolk, England
=== Will ===: Dated 26 Feb 1558/1559, Finningham, Suffolk Co., England. Proved 7 May 1559.: The Will of John Clarke of Finningham (co. Suffolk), yeoman, dated 26 February 1558/9. To be buried in the churchyard of Finningham. To son Thomas Clarke L3. 6s. 8d. To daughters Agnes, Margaryt, Elyn, and Johan Clarke L6. 13s. 4d. each to be paid at marriage or at the age of twenty-four years; if any decease prior to this, then their share equally to the daughters living. To each daughter a brass pot. To wife Margaret her dwelling in the parlor or the chamber over it and the bakehouse, her grist to be ground at the mill for life. To son John Clarke the tenement and all my lands both free and bond lying in ffiningham, Westhorpe, and Gislingham, to him and his heirs male of the body, but he is not to enter until twenty-four years of age. If he die without such heirs, then to Thomas in like manner, he to enter in like manner, and in default to the heirs of John Clarke. The executors are to have the occupancy and profit of such lands and tenements until John is twenty-four years of age. To son John a feather bed at twenty-four years. The rest of the household goods to wife Margaret. Executors: wife Margaret and son Thomas Clarke. Proved 7 May 1559. (Archdeaconry of Sudbury (Bury St. Edmunds), Register Sparrowe, 67.)
== Sources ==* Morrison, G. A. ''The 'Clarke' Families of Rhode Island'' (Evening Post Printing House, New York, 1902) p. 13.* Moriarty, G. Andrews, Jr.; ''Genealogical Research in England - Clarke-Cooke (alias Carewe)-Kerrich'', [[Space:NEHGR|The New England Historical & Genealogical Register]], (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1921) [https://books.google.com/books?id=88sUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA273#v=onepage&q&f=false Vol. 75, pg. 273-301] * Bonevich, Jeffrey D. ''Clarke Genealogy - Bonevich Website'', Second Location: http://www.bonevich.com/clarke/ * Austin, John Osborne. ''One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families'' (Self published, Providence, RI, 1893)* Peckham, Stephen Farnum. ''Peckham Genealogy: the English ancestors and American descendants of John Peckham of Newport, Rhode Island, 1630'' (New York: National Historical Co., 1922) Bible of John Clarke (grandson of this John Clarke): "John Clarke, my grandfather, was buried 3: March: 1559"
* RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: "They Came To Milton"
* Ancestral File Number: 8NR5-JG
=== Footnotes ===
The Clarke family was evidently from the landed gentry. According to the dispositions he made in his will, John held lands in Westhorpe, Finningham, and Gislingham. He was taxed £2 in lands at Finningham in the subsidy of 1523/4.[[#NEHGR|Moriarty]] He was taxed 12d and 10s. in goods at Finningham in the first and second payments of the subsidy of 1545/6, respectively. He left a will, dated 26 February 1558/9, proved 7 May 1559, calling himself yeoman of Finningham and mentioning his sons, Thomas and John (both under 24), his daughters, Agnes, Margaret, Ellen, and Joan (all under 24), and his wife, Margaret. He gave his lands in Westhorpe, Finningham, and Gislingham to his son, John Clarke, who was to take possession only at the age of 24, and if he died before that time, the lands were to go to his other son, Thomas Clarke.[[#Morrison|Morrison]]
Margaret Clarke, widow, was taxed 10s. 8d. in lands valued at £4 at Finningham in the subsidy of 1562/3, 16d. in lands valued at 22s. at Finningham in 1565/6, and 2s. 8d. in lands valued at 20s. at Finningham in 1575/6.[[#Bonevich|Bonevich]]
=== Birth ===
:: 1509 Westhorpe, Suffolk, England
:: 1503 Suffolk, England
=== Will ===: Dated 26 Feb 1558/1559, Finningham, Suffolk Co., England. Proved 7 May 1559.: The Will of John Clarke of Finningham (co. Suffolk), yeoman, dated 26 February 1558/9. To be buried in the churchyard of Finningham. To son Thomas Clarke L3. 6s. 8d. To daughters Agnes, Margaryt, Elyn, and Johan Clarke L6. 13s. 4d. each to be paid at marriage or at the age of twenty-four years; if any decease prior to this, then their share equally to the daughters living. To each daughter a brass pot. To wife Margaret her dwelling in the parlor or the chamber over it and the bakehouse, her grist to be ground at the mill for life. To son John Clarke the tenement and all my lands both free and bond lying in ffiningham, Westhorpe, and Gislingham, to him and his heirs male of the body, but he is not to enter until twenty-four years of age. If he die without such heirs, then to Thomas in like manner, he to enter in like manner, and in default to the heirs of John Clarke. The executors are to have the occupancy and profit of such lands and tenements until John is twenty-four years of age. To son John a feather bed at twenty-four years. The rest of the household goods to wife Margaret. Executors: wife Margaret and son Thomas Clarke. Proved 7 May 1559. (Archdeaconry of Sudbury (Bury St. Edmunds), Register Sparrowe, 67.)
== Sources ==* Morrison, G. A. ''The 'Clarke' Families of Rhode Island'' (Evening Post Printing House, New York, 1902) p. 13.* Moriarty, G. Andrews, Jr.; ''Genealogical Research in England - Clarke-Cooke (alias Carewe)-Kerrich'', [[Space:NEHGR|The New England Historical & Genealogical Register]], (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1921) [https://books.google.com/books?id=88sUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA273#v=onepage&q&f=false Vol. 75, pg. 273-301] * Bonevich, Jeffrey D. ''Clarke Genealogy - Bonevich Website'', Second Location: http://www.bonevich.com/clarke/ * Austin, John Osborne. ''One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families'' (Self published, Providence, RI, 1893)* Peckham, Stephen Farnum. ''Peckham Genealogy: the English ancestors and American descendants of John Peckham of Newport, Rhode Island, 1630'' (New York: National Historical Co., 1922) Bible of John Clarke (grandson of this John Clarke): "John Clarke, my grandfather, was buried 3: March: 1559"
* RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: "They Came To Milton"
* Ancestral File Number: 8NR5-JG
=== Footnotes ===
Events
| Birth | 1503 | Westhorpe, Suffolk, England | |||
| Death | Bef 3 Mar 1559 | Finningham, Suffolk, England | |||
| Marriage | Margaret UNKNOWN | ||||
| Reference No | 102695 | ||||
| Reference No | |||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret UNKNOWN (1513 - 1576) |
| Child | John Clarke (1541 - 1598) |
| Child | Agnes Clarke (1534 - 1556) |
| Child | Margaret Clarke (1534 - 1537) |
| Child | Ellen Clarke (1538 - 1539) |
| Child | Joan Clarke (1540 - 1591) |
| Child | Thomas Clarke (1543 - 1588) |
| Child | Robert Clarke (1545 - ) |
| Father | James Clerke Esq. (1480 - 1553) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Ferrers (1480 - 1553) |