Benjamin Clarke

M, #1181, b. 13 May 1670, d. between 15 March 1742/43 and 28 May 1747
  • Name Variation: Benjamin Clark
Last Edited: 16 Jul 2009
Charts:
Pedigree of Josephine Bailey (#1)
Pedigree of Josephine Bailey (#2)

Parents:

Father: Benjamin Clarke d. bt 15 Oct 1689 - 10 Dec 1689
Mother: Ann Phipps

Family:

Anne Giles b. 15 Apr 1669
  • Marriage*: 25 February 1689; <25th day 12th mo 1689>; Spouse:Anne Giles2

Children:

Ann Clarke+ 6 b. 18 Apr 1691, d. a 16 Feb 1730/31
Elizabeth Clarke+ 6 b. 5 Nov 1692, d. 11 Aug 1778
James Clarke6 b. 13 Aug 1694, d. 10 Aug 1774
Sarah Clarke6 b. 2 Nov 1696
Benjamin Clarke6 b. 17 Sep 1698, d. Feb 1742/43
John Clarke6 b. 29 Dec 1700, d. 8 May 1768
Mary Clarke6 b. 22 Nov 1702
Joseph Clarke6 b. 20 Jun 1705
Hester Clarke6 b. 18 Feb 1707/8
Matthew Clarke6 b. 12 Jul 1709

Notes

  • Note*: "Benjamin Clark one of the earliest settlers had come from London with his father Benjamin Clark who was a stationer in London. They settled in Perth Amboy where Benjamin Senr had a stationery store and it is said 'good books and materials could always be found there'. Benjamin Clark Jr. in 1696 purchased 1200 acres of land at Smith[?] Angle[?] of Stony Brook, and built the first house, which is still standing in what's called 'the Martha Clark Farm".
    His wife was Anne daughter of James Giles of Bound Brook. He was a surveyor and an able and intelligent man. He was a most active and useful man in the meeting and also the Colony, serving as a member of the General Assembly. His descendents were attendees of this meeting for many generations and his grand-son Benjamin Clark the fourth was a prominent minister and traveled much in this part of the country and in Canada."3
  • Note: "Our great-grandmother [Ann (Copper) Whitall] herself thus speaks of another branch of her family, in a diary she kept in 1761:

    'It is with me to write of my grandfather...the only son of his father and mother, his name was Benjamin Clark, Benjamin and Ann Clark were his father and mother. He wrote much about the negroes and was much concerned about keeping them as slaves...It is thirty years now since he was so much concerned about them. My father's name was John Cooper and my mother's name Ann. His father and mother were William and Mary Cooper, all English people.'

    The grandfather, Benjamin Clark,...was born 5th month, 13th, 1670, and was the son of Benjamin Clark and Ann Phipps, (daughter of Thomas Phipps), who were married at Redding, in Berkshire, England, and must have removed to America soon after. On 12th month, 25th, 1689, their son Benjamin married Ann Giles, daughter of Thomas Giles, of Brandberry, New England. The oldest daughter of this marriage, Ann, born 4th month, 15, 1691, was our great-grandmother's mother, and married John Cooper, son of William and Mary Cooper."4
  • Note: "1742-3, March 15. Clarke, Benjamin, Sen'r, of Stoney Brooke, Middlesex Co., yeoman; will of. Children - James, Ann Cooper, Elizabeth Lord, Mary Braley and John. Real estate in Somerset Co. Executors - sons James and John Clarke. Witnesses - Benja. Yard, William Kinnison, Joseph Oldden. Proved June 5, 1747." Inventory 28 May 1747 £159.10.7.5

Citations

  1. [S448] Society of Friends, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington Co., N.J. Filmed at the Historical Society of Penn., Phila. FHL microfilm 441,458. Digest of records; compiler unnamed. Children of Benjamin & Ann Clarke; Item 3, Section 3 - abstract of births & deaths, removals.
  2. [S432] Smith, Hannah Whitall, John M. Whitall, the story of his life; written for the grandchildren; by his daughter, H. W. S. (Philadelphia, printed for the family, 1879. (Available on books.google.com), ), p. 8.
  3. [S445] Society of Friends, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington Co., N.J. Filmed at Swarthmore. FHL microfilm 16,513. "History of Stony Brook", Item 5 - Removals & Miscellaneous Papers 1684 - 1829.
  4. [S432] Smith, Hannah Whitall, John M. Whitall, p. 7-8.
  5. [S127] Documents relating to the colonial, revolutionary and post-revolutionary history of the state of New Jersey. aka New Jersey Archives. 30:97.
  6. [S448] Chesterfield MM - digest, Children of Benjamin & Ann Clarke. Item 3, Section 3 - abstract of births & deaths.