John Clark, of Watertown

Children of Hugh and Elizabeth (_____) Clark, born at Watertown, Massachusetts:[1]

1. John Clark b. 13 Oct 1641;.[2] d. Newton 6 Jan 1694/5; m. (1) Abigail _____; m. (2) 18 Nov 1680, Roxbury, Lydia Buckm,inster; m. (3) 18 Dec 1684, Newton, Elizabeth Norman.

We know from John's will that he had daughters (unnamed), sons, John and William, and perhaps a posthumous child. An account by the widow mentions a payment to daughter Abigail. The widow is referred to as mother of all these children, but evidence points to at least one previous wife, so the designation does not need to be biological.

Several printed genealogies: Descendants of Hugh Clark,[11] Bond's Settler's of Watertown,[21] Hudson's Town of Lexington Genealogies[22] have ignored the record of baptisms in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and listed John b. 1680 and then the children whose births were recorded in Newton. In Roxbury is to be found John bpt in 1672, which fits easily with other known facts about John, and the only named daughter, Abigail, bpt 1674.

Children of John baptized in Roxbury, Massachusetts, no wife named. [23]

1. John 31 1m 1672
2. Richard 14 10m 1673.
3. Abigail (Clark) Chapman (abt.1674-)
4. Marget 4 2m 1680
5. John Clark (1680-1730)
6. Elizebeth 7 Dec 1681

Children of John And Lydia (Buckminster) Clark baptized in Roxbury

1. Elizabeth, d/o John and Lidea bp. 3 6m 1684
2. John s/o John and Lidea bp 3 6m 1684

Child of John bpt in Roxbury, no mother named.

1. Samuel s/o John bpt 21 12m 1685/6

Children of John and Elizabeth born in Newton, Massachusetts[20]

1. William Clark (1686-1737)
2. Ann b. 18 May 1688[20]. Additionally she m. 24 April 1712 at Watertown, John Billings of Concord.[21]
3. Martha 11 Jan 1689/90
4. Esther 1 Mar 1691/2
5. Hannah died 20 April 1693.
6. Moses "Clerk" 19 July 1695

Death

John died in Newton, Massachusetts in early 1695. His will was proved March 25, 1695.[11][24][25]

Marriage notes

Evidence points to three separate marriages for John Clark, but there is conflicting evidence concerning the first two: Abigail ___ and Lydia Buckminster

24. 1m 1671/2 Abigail wife to John Clark Solemnly owned ye Covenant.[13] 27 4th m. 1675. Received to take hold on the Covenant .... Abigail Clark ...[13] 29 5m 1677 Abigail wife of John Clark received to full Communion. 19 6m 1677 John Clark admitted to full communion.[13]

A Cambridge record places the death of Abigail, wife of John 2. 11. 81 [2 Jan 1681][14][15][16]

However, in Roxbury, John Clarke married Lydia Buckminster, 18 Nov 1680, before the death of Abigail[17]

20d 5m 1684, John Clark, Lidia Clark his wife, Mary Bukmaster, these took hold on o covenant; 6m 3d 1684 Lidea wife of John Clark bpt., also on the same day their children, John and Elizabeth, and Mary Bukmaster.[13]

? Is Abigail's death wrong? Was there another Abigail Clark, wife of John? Is the marriage date to Lydia wrong? Probably not since she had two children between 1680 marriage and their baptism in 1684. Are these two different John Clarks? If John Clark was admitted to full communion in 1677, he would not need to own the covenant again. This effects the mother of several children, most of whom we have no further information except John.
Concerning son John, a son John born 1672 fits the facts known about the son John mentioned in the will better than a son born 1681-1684. [18] Children of John and Lidea were baptized 3 Aug 1684, four months before his marriage to Elizabeth. This happened, because husbands needed someone to care for young children when a spouse died. A son, Samuel (no mother named), was bpt. in Roxbury, 21 Feb 1685/6, four months before William, 1st recorded child in Newton by Elizabeth, 20 June 1686. Not impossible if the baptism were delayed, but suspect. It remains a quandary.

He married again in Newton, December 18th 1684, Elizabeth Norman,[19][20] of Boston. The births of their children refer to Elizabeth as a second wife. Was she the second wife, no Lidia? Or did the town clerk not know about the first wife Abigail?

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Bond, Henry, M.D. Family Memorials. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston (1855): To Which Is Appended the Early History of the Town. With Illustrations, Maps and Notes. (Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, 1855) 1:159.

John Clarke of Roxbury, later New Cambridge (Newton), will proved 25 Mar 1695, "probable" that m. (1) --- who was mother of son John, m. (2) 1680 Lydia Buckminster, m. (3) 1684 Elizabeth Norman.

[See Clark for a more likely description. The three wives proposed by Bond would require virtually no time elapsed between marriages to work:

• -Margaret, d/o first wife Abigail, is bp. 4 Apr 1680, and the marriage to Lydia is 16 Nov 1680. (Clark actually says Abigail d. 2 Jan 1682, which would flatly rule out the marriage to Lydia, but haven't found the basis for that date yet.)
• -John & Lydia Clark have a son John born either 1683 or 1684, when this John already had a son John (only one son John mentioned in father's will); the John b. 1683 would not be old enough to marry in 1697 when this John's son is said to have married.
• -Lydia and her two children John and Elizabeth are baptized in Roxbury 3 Aug 1684, and John marries in Newton to Elizabeth Norman 16 Dec 1684 who is the mother of the son William named in his will.

So it seems nearly impossible that this John had a second wife Lydia. Lydia probably married John Clark, b. 1656, s/o James Clark, not the John of this page.]

Research Notes

• Savage treats John of Roxbury m. to Lydia and John of Newton m. Abigail and Elizabeth as two different persons[30]
• The records of the First Church of Newton were destroyed by fire in 1770. These might have helped with the Abigail / Lydia problem. The church at Newton was established 1664, but it was not uncommon for parishioners to remain at their old church if it's nearby, or to return there to baptize children.
• Land Records ? Roxbury part of Suffolk County then Norfolk in 1793, Now a part of Boston. Muddy River, now Brookline part of Norfolk County. Newton is part of Middlesex County.
• Geographic Note from Wikipedia Newton was settled in 1630 as part of "the newe towne", which was renamed Cambridge in 1638. Newton was incorporated as a separate town, known as Cambridge Village, on December 15, 1681, then renamed Newtown in 1691, and finally Newton in 1766.

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clark-7318 cites

1. Historical Society of Watertown (Mass.). Watertown Records: Comprising the First And Second Books of Town Proceedings, With the Lands, Grants And Possessions, Also the Proprietors' Book, And the First Book And Supplement of Births, Deaths And Marriages. (Watertown, Mass.: Press of F.G. Barker, 1894.) p. 9
2. Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept A report of the Record Commissioners, containing the Roxbury land and church records (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1894) p. 87
3. "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Z7-24F2?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1684-1693 vol 9-11 > image 591 of 741; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Middlesex Deeds 10:592
4. Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Newton Register, Andrew Ward 1635-1846. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Scans of Town Records Accessed at Ancestry ($); Accessed at Ancestry ($)
5. Early New England Families, 1641 – 1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB501/i/40201/1/1085576403 (accessed 13 Apr 2017), p. 1 of 4.
6. Middlesex Deeds 10:589 "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-2WYR?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1684-1693 vol 9-11 > image 590 of 741; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
7. "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9ZS-BDZJ?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Suffolk > Deeds 1683-1697 vol 13-14 > image 423 of 958; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Suffolk 13:498
8. "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-GZ8Z?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1649-1670 vol 1-3 > image 505 of 645; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Middlesex Deeds 3:191 copy is very faint, hard to read completely, but contains 60 acres, 6 acres of fresh meadow and 1 acre of salt marsh.
9. "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9ZS-BDZJ?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Suffolk > Deeds 1683-1697 vol 13-14 > image 423 of 958; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Suffolk: 13:498-500
10. "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Z7-24F2?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1684-1693 vol 9-11 > image 591 of 741; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Middlesex 10:591-590
11. Clark, John. Records of the Descendants of Hugh Clark: Of Watertown, Mass. 1640-1866 (Boston: Printed for the author, 1866) pp 18-20, Will Transcription pp 19, 20 Note, two wives.
12. Smith, Samuel Francis, History of Newton, Massachusetts : town and city, from its earliest settlement to the present time, 1630-1880 (Boston : American Logotype Co. , 1880) pp 51, 122, 132, 148, 260, 265, 266, 267, 309 []https://archive.org/details/historyofnewtonm1880smit/page/n7/mode/2up link Archive.org]
13. ↑ Boston Record Commissioners. Boston Records Commissioners Reports (Rockwell & Churchill, Boston, 1875) Vol. 6. Roxbury Land and Church Records p. 90, p 92, p. 93, p. 97 son John bpt p. 130, Richard & Abigail p. 132, Marget p. 147
14. Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 3 November 2017), Abigail Clark, 02 Nov 1681; citing Death, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
15. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-49QG-4?cc=2061550... : 20 May 2014), Middlesex > Cambridge > Births, marriages, deaths, town records 1632-1703 vol 1 > image 279 of 287; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
16. Cambridge (Mass.) and Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, Mass. [Wright & Potter Print. Co.], 1915) p 505
17. Essex Institute. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I - Births (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1925.)
18. His wife was born in 1671, He married in 1697 (age 25 vs age 16). He was likely an adult or near so when his father died in 1695.
19. Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 5 November 2017), John Clark and Eliz'th Marlan Norman, 18 Dec 1684; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.
20. Vital records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1905) children pp 37-39; marriage p. 258 "Elizabeth Morman"
21. Bond, Henry, 1790-1859, and Horatio Gates Jones. Genealogies of the Families And Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham And Weston: to Which Is Appended the Early History of the Town. 2d ed. Boston: The N. E. Historic-genealogical society, for the benefit of the "Bond fund,", 1860. p. 159, 160, see also 742 md. 2nd Lydia b 18 Nov 1680, so lists three wives.
22. Geneologies Hudson, Charles Volume II Genealogies. History of the Town of Lexington ... Massachusetts. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913) p. 111 Note three wives
23. Essex Institute. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I - Births (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1925.) pp 67, 68
24. Find A Grave, database and images (FindAGrave link: accessed 21 December 2018), memorial page for John Clark (13 Oct 1641–6 Jan 1695), Find A Grave: Memorial #36255088, citing East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Diana L. Brace (contributor 46885260) .
25. Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 5 November 2017), John Clark, 06 Jan 1695; citing Death, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.
26. Probate records 1648--1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts) Probate papers 4476-4558 Family Search
27. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Z7-PH78?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1696-1716 vol 12-13 > image 352 of 832; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Middlesex Deeds 12:668
28. Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z7-PWY6?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1696-1716 vol 12-13 > image 508 of 832; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Middlesex Deeds 13:187
29. "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z7-P43N?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1696-1716 vol 12-13 > image 509 of 832; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Middlesex Deeds 13:189
30. Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. (Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862). p. 397
31. References from Torry's NE Marriages Abigail {Roxbury Ch. Rec. 90; Watertown 159, 742; Utah Gen. Mag. 39: Chart 96; Newton Hist. 257} Elizabeth M/Norman CLARK, John & Elizabeth MORMAN/NORMAN; 18 Dec 1684; Newton {Lexington 2:111; Sv. 1:397; Watertown 159} Lydia B {Framingham 199, 502; Watertown 159, 742; Sv. 1:397; Lexington 2:111; Crafts 46;}

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John Clark
Born 13 Oct 1641 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Son of Hugh Clark and Elizabeth (UNKNOWN) Clark
Brother of Uriah Clark, Elizabeth (Clark) Lamb and Esther (Clark) Grosvenor
Husband of Abigail (Unknown) Clark — married 1672 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusettsmap
Husband of Lydia Buckminster — married 18 Nov 1680 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Husband of Elizabeth (Norman) Clark — married 12 Dec 1684 (to 1695) in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Abigail (Clark) Chapman, John Clark and William Clark
Died 6 Jan 1695 at age 53 in Newton, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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1 Biography
1.1 Birth
1.2 Residences and Property
1.3 Marriages
1.4 Children
1.5 Death
1.6 Will and Probate, Etc.
2 Research Notes
3 Sources
Biography

Birth

John Clark was born on the 13th of the 8th month (October) 1641 in Watertown, Massachusetts. He was the son of Hugh Clark and Elizabeth.[1]

Residences and Property

John, born in Watertown, lived in Roxbury, Muddy River (part of Boston, now Brookline), and New Cambridge which became Newton in 1691, all in Massachusetts.

John's family relocated to Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1657. His mother was admitted to the church in Roxbury 19 July 1657, having come from the church at Watertown.[2]

27 Feb 1671/2. (Recorded 24 May 1686) Thomas and Sarah Brown sold to John Clark 3 acres of marshland, in Middlesex County.[3]

John Clark was a freeholder in Newton before his parents gave him land there in 1681. He was one of a dozen freeman of Cambridge Village who did not sign the petition of 1678 to the Court of Massachusetts and was on the list of Freeholders in 1679.[4]

16 April 1681, his parents, Hugh and his wife Elizabeth, gave for "love, good will & affection which we have and bear unto our loving son John Clarke of Muddy River in the Township of Boston ... yeoman... all the our messuage ... in New Cambridge ... by estimation sixty acres ... Also six acres of Fresh meadow land ... And also one acre of salt marsh meadow land lying in Cambridge..."[5][6][7] Hugh purchased this land from Thomas and Sarah Woolson, 18 Mar 1664 [8]

On the same date, 16 April 1681 (6 Apr 1686 acknowledged, 24 May 1686 entered), Hugh Clark and wife, Elizabeth, sold to John Clark for £50 3 acres in Roxbury, 6 acres called Rock Pasture, 5 acres called Robbins Lot.[9][10]

At the age of 40 John left the Muddy River area and settled in his new home New Cambridge that later was renamed Newton. "This land was situated in Newton Centre, near the present site of the Baptist Theological Seminary, and his house was near Lyman St. His nearest neighbor was Joseph Bartlett. Adjoining their two estates there was a piece of land which was claimed by Bartlett, although Hugh Clark asserted that he had bought it of Thomas Woolson, a statement which has since been verified. As early as 1673 Bartlett attempted to build a house upon this land, but it was pulled down before completion, by Clark. One of the witnesses afterward testified that Clark said at this time, "yi he wd pull downe houses as faste as ye af Bartlett cd putt them up." For this offence he was sued by Bartlett, and compelled to pay damages to the extent of £1, 14s., his father being surety for its payment. About 1688 he built at the Upper Falls a saw-mill, being the first to erect a mill on Charles river, within the limits of Newton. His homestead was afterward conveyed by his widow to her brother, William Norman, of Boston."[11] The property for the sawmill was probably purchased directly from the Native Americans.[12]

Marriages

Evidence points to three separate marriages for John Clark, but there is conflicting evidence concerning the first two: Abigail ___ and Lydia Buckminster

24. 1m 1671/2 Abigail wife to John Clark Solemnly owned ye Covenant.[13] 27 4th m. 1675. Received to take hold on the Covenant .... Abigail Clark ...[13] 29 5m 1677 Abigail wife of John Clark received to full Communion. 19 6m 1677 John Clark admitted to full communion.[13]

A Cambridge record places the death of Abigail, wife of John 2. 11. 81 [2 Jan 1681][14][15][16]

However, in Roxbury, John Clarke married Lydia Buckminster, 18 Nov 1680, before the death of Abigail[17]

20d 5m 1684, John Clark, Lidia Clark his wife, Mary Bukmaster, these took hold on o covenant; 6m 3d 1684 Lidea wife of John Clark bpt., also on the same day their children, John and Elizabeth, and Mary Bukmaster.[13]

? Is Abigail's death wrong? Was there another Abigail Clark, wife of John? Is the marriage date to Lydia wrong? Probably not since she had two children between 1680 marriage and their baptism in 1684. Are these two different John Clarks? If John Clark was admitted to full communion in 1677, he would not need to own the covenant again. This effects the mother of several children, most of whom we have no further information except John. Concerning son John, a son John born 1672 fits the facts known about the son John mentioned in the will better than a son born 1681-1684. [18] Children of John and Lidea were baptized 3 Aug 1684, four months before his marriage to Elizabeth. This happened, because husbands needed someone to care for young children when a spouse died. A son, Samuel (no mother named), was bpt. in Roxbury, 21 Feb 1685/6, four months before William, 1st recorded child in Newton by Elizabeth, 20 June 1686. Not impossible if the baptism were delayed, but suspect. It remains a quandary.

He married again in Newton, December 18th 1684, Elizabeth Norman,[19][20] of Boston. The births of their children refer to Elizabeth as a second wife. Was she the second wife, no Lidia? Or did the town clerk not know about the first wife Abigail?

Children

We know from John's will that he had daughters (unnamed), sons, John and William, and perhaps a posthumous child. An account by the widow mentions a payment to daughter Abigail. The widow is referred to as mother of all these children, but evidence points to at least one previous wife, so the designation does not need to be biological.

Several printed genealogies: Descendants of Hugh Clark,[11] Bond's Settler's of Watertown,[21] Hudson's Town of Lexington Genealogies[22] have ignored the record of baptisms in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and listed John b. 1680 and then the children whose births were recorded in Newton. In Roxbury is to be found John bpt in 1672, which fits easily with other known facts about John, and the only named daughter, Abigail, bpt 1674.

Children of John baptized in Roxbury, Massachusetts, no wife named. [23]
John 31 1m 1672
Richard 14 10m 1673.
Abigail (Clark) Chapman (abt.1674-)
Marget 4 2m 1680
John Clark (1680-1730)
Elizebeth 7 Dec 1681

Children of John And Lydia (Buckminster) Clark baptized in Roxbury
Elizabeth, d/o John and Lidea bp. 3 6m 1684
John s/o John and Lidea bp 3 6m 1684

Child of John bpt in Roxbury, no mother named.
Samuel s/o John bpt 21 12m 1685/6

Children of John and Elizabeth born in Newton, Massachusetts[20]
William Clark (1686-1737)
Ann b. 18 May 1688[20]. Additionally she m. 24 April 1712 at Watertown, John Billings of Concord.[21]
Martha 11 Jan 1689/90
Esther 1 Mar 1691/2
Hannah died 20 April 1693.
Moses "Clerk" 19 July 1695
Death

John died in Newton, Massachusetts in early 1695. His will was proved March 25, 1695.[11][24][25]

Will and Probate, Etc.

Probate documents Case 4528: [26][11] John Clark, of Newton, made his will "under the afflicting hand of God by reson of sore sickness" on 3 Jan 1694/5. It's very disappointing in identifying his descendants. He first mentions two sons John and William to inherit all his lands at the river and what has been done towards a sawmill, and meadow land and thirty pounds to be used to pay what his owed on the land at the river. The remainder of his estate after debts and funeral charges are paid, are to remain in the hands of executors and executrix, for the purpose of raising the younger children until all reach the age of fourteen. If daughters marry before then, they are to receive £5 at marriage and another £15 when the youngest child becomes 14. To his dear and loving wife he gives the Income of the rest and residue both housing, lands and chattels for the rest of her natural life, unless she remarry, then she shall receive £30. If his wife is pregnant and has a son, he is to inherit the housing, lands, etc, after paying John's daughters £20 a piece. If his wife has a girl, the daughter shall receive the same as the other daughters and John and William inherit. He named John and William executors and their mother "my deare and loving wife executrix. The witnesses John Staples, Uriah Clark and Hannah Spring attested to the will 25 March 1695. John Staples and Uriah Clark further attested that the deceased asked that it be written that his daughters each receive £40.[26]

His Inventory was taken 31 Jan 1694/5, valued at £660. 13. 07. Besides household items, apparel and farm animals, John owned housing and land at home about four score acres, about eight score acres at the River with the saw mill, 9 acres of fresh meadow.[26]

7 Jan 1698/9 Phillip Shadock & John Staples clarified a statement of John Clark the day he made his will. Namely that son John should have the income from the land at the falls and sawmill and meadow near the river, paying the £30 purchase price from the income, and that John and William should divide the land equally when William comes of age. On the same day John Clark acknowledged that according to his father's will, his mother paid £30 towards the purchase of the land and sawmill and that he is possessed of said premises, "which is to be divided when his brother William comes to be of Age equally between them." [26]

31 Jan 1698/9 The widow presented her account, of expenses including support of the younger children, £193 given by will to John and William Clark, £20 to Abigail Clark. The court took exception to the £20 legacy paid to her daughter Abigail Clark, on the grounds it should not have been paid until all the debts and expenses were paid.[26]

5 Mar 1700, recorded 18 Mar 1701, Elizabeth Clark, with the approval of the court to pay debts, sold to Thomas Chamberlaine 21 acres of Woodland in Newton that her deceased husband, John, bought of Thomas Prentice. She received £20. John Clark was a witness.[27]

29 Sep 1700 (recd and recorded 8 Apr 1702), Elizabeth, widow of John of Newton, for £30 sold to William Norman, barber and chyrugeon, of Boston, 30 acres, and her messuage or tenement in Newton. Bounded: West by hwy from Watertown to Dedham, south by lands of Joseph Bartlett, East by widow Clark, North by Capt Prentice. [28]

29 Sep 1701 (recorded 7 Ap 1702) William Norman and Huldah, his wife, sold to Elizabeth Clark for £30 the same property she sold him a year earlier. That is his messuage or tenement in Newton. Bounded: west hwy from Watertown to Dedham, south Joseph Bartlett, east widow Clark, north Capt Prentice.[29]

24 March 1708, Elizabeth, John and William made an agreement giving Elizabeth a room to live in and supplies etc. for life (unless she married), the boys in turn to receive rights to the property and were to take on whatever duties remained as executors.[26]

Research Notes

Savage treats John of Roxbury m. to Lydia and John of Newton m. Abigail and Elizabeth as two different persons[30]
The records of the First Church of Newton were destroyed by fire in 1770. These might have helped with the Abigail / Lydia problem. The church at Newton was established 1664, but it was not uncommon for parishioners to remain at their old church if it's nearby, or to return there to baptize children.
Land Records ? Roxbury part of Suffolk County then Norfolk in 1793, Now a part of Boston. Muddy River, now Brookline part of Norfolk County. Newton is part of Middlesex County.
Geographic Note from Wikipedia Newton was settled in 1630 as part of "the newe towne", which was renamed Cambridge in 1638. Newton was incorporated as a separate town, known as Cambridge Village, on December 15, 1681, then renamed Newtown in 1691, and finally Newton in 1766.
Sources

↑ Historical Society of Watertown (Mass.). Watertown Records: Comprising the First And Second Books of Town Proceedings, With the Lands, Grants And Possessions, Also the Proprietors' Book, And the First Book And Supplement of Births, Deaths And Marriages. (Watertown, Mass.: Press of F.G. Barker, 1894.) p. 9
↑ Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept A report of the Record Commissioners, containing the Roxbury land and church records (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1894) p. 87
↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Z7-24F2?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1684-1693 vol 9-11 > image 591 of 741; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Middlesex Deeds 10:592
↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Newton Register, Andrew Ward 1635-1846. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Scans of Town Records Accessed at Ancestry ($); Accessed at Ancestry ($)
↑ Early New England Families, 1641 – 1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB501/i/40201/1/1085576403 (accessed 13 Apr 2017), p. 1 of 4.
↑ Middlesex Deeds 10:589 "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-2WYR?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1684-1693 vol 9-11 > image 590 of 741; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9ZS-BDZJ?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Suffolk > Deeds 1683-1697 vol 13-14 > image 423 of 958; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Suffolk 13:498
↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-GZ8Z?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1649-1670 vol 1-3 > image 505 of 645; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Middlesex Deeds 3:191 copy is very faint, hard to read completely, but contains 60 acres, 6 acres of fresh meadow and 1 acre of salt marsh.
↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9ZS-BDZJ?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Suffolk > Deeds 1683-1697 vol 13-14 > image 423 of 958; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Suffolk: 13:498-500
↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Z7-24F2?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1684-1693 vol 9-11 > image 591 of 741; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Middlesex 10:591-590
↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Clark, John. Records of the Descendants of Hugh Clark: Of Watertown, Mass. 1640-1866 (Boston: Printed for the author, 1866) pp 18-20, Will Transcription pp 19, 20 Note, two wives.
↑ Smith, Samuel Francis, History of Newton, Massachusetts : town and city, from its earliest settlement to the present time, 1630-1880 (Boston : American Logotype Co. , 1880) pp 51, 122, 132, 148, 260, 265, 266, 267, 309 []https://archive.org/details/historyofnewtonm1880smit/page/n7/mode/2up link Archive.org]
↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Boston Record Commissioners. Boston Records Commissioners Reports (Rockwell & Churchill, Boston, 1875) Vol. 6. Roxbury Land and Church Records p. 90, p 92, p. 93, p. 97 son John bpt p. 130, Richard & Abigail p. 132, Marget p. 147
↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 3 November 2017), Abigail Clark, 02 Nov 1681; citing Death, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-49QG-4?cc=2061550... : 20 May 2014), Middlesex > Cambridge > Births, marriages, deaths, town records 1632-1703 vol 1 > image 279 of 287; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
↑ Cambridge (Mass.) and Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, Mass. [Wright & Potter Print. Co.], 1915) p 505
↑ Essex Institute. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I - Births (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1925.)
↑ His wife was born in 1671, He married in 1697 (age 25 vs age 16). He was likely an adult or near so when his father died in 1695.
↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 5 November 2017), John Clark and Eliz'th Marlan Norman, 18 Dec 1684; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.
↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Vital records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1905) children pp 37-39; marriage p. 258 "Elizabeth Morman"
↑ 21.0 21.1 Bond, Henry, 1790-1859, and Horatio Gates Jones. Genealogies of the Families And Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham And Weston: to Which Is Appended the Early History of the Town. 2d ed. Boston: The N. E. Historic-genealogical society, for the benefit of the "Bond fund,", 1860. p. 159, 160, see also 742 md. 2nd Lydia b 18 Nov 1680, so lists three wives.
↑ Geneologies Hudson, Charles Volume II Genealogies. History of the Town of Lexington ... Massachusetts. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913) p. 111 Note three wives
↑ Essex Institute. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I - Births (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1925.) pp 67, 68
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (FindAGrave link: accessed 21 December 2018), memorial page for John Clark (13 Oct 1641–6 Jan 1695), Find A Grave: Memorial #36255088, citing East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Diana L. Brace (contributor 46885260) .
↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 5 November 2017), John Clark, 06 Jan 1695; citing Death, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.
↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 Probate records 1648--1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts) Probate papers 4476-4558 Family Search
↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Z7-PH78?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1696-1716 vol 12-13 > image 352 of 832; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Middlesex Deeds 12:668
↑ Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z7-PWY6?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1696-1716 vol 12-13 > image 508 of 832; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Middlesex Deeds 13:187
↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z7-P43N?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1696-1716 vol 12-13 > image 509 of 832; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Middlesex Deeds 13:189
↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. (Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862). p. 397
References from Torry's NE Marriages Abigail {Roxbury Ch. Rec. 90; Watertown 159, 742; Utah Gen. Mag. 39: Chart 96; Newton Hist. 257} Elizabeth M/Norman CLARK, John & Elizabeth MORMAN/NORMAN; 18 Dec 1684; Newton {Lexington 2:111; Sv. 1:397; Watertown 159} Lydia B {Framingham 199, 502; Watertown 159, 742; Sv. 1:397; Lexington 2:111; Crafts 46;}