FOURTEENTH GENERATION
9584. poss. John Clarke?
9585. poss. Mary Morton
NOTE: (4792) Thomas Clarke's descent from (9584) John Clarke is not recognized by the Mayflower Society
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John Clarke was hired to be the Master's Mate on the Mayflower by the Virginia Company and the Merchant Adventurers because he had been to the American coast on several prior occasions.
Much of John Clarke's biographical history is known, but his genealogical history is less certain. He is possibly the John Clarke who was baptized in Redriffe (Rotherhithe), Surrey, England on 26 March 1575, and may have been the father of Thomas Clarke, an early Plymouth settler. A baptism for Thomas Clark, son of John Clark of Rotherhithe is found on 8 March 1599/1600 at St. Dunstan's, Stepney, Middlesex, England. He may be the John Clarke who married Sibil Farr on 18 April 1610 in Rotherhithe, or the John Clarke who married (9585) Mary Morton on 18 February 1598/9 in Stepney, Middlesex--or perhaps he was married twice.
John Clarke had made several trips to Jamestown, Virginia, as well as to New England. Clarke had been in Malaga, Spain in 1609, and in March 1611 sailed from London to Virginia. About June 21, 1611, he was captured at Point Comfort by the crew of a Spanish caravel that had brought Don Diego de Molina to Virginia. He was taken to Havana, where he was interrogated on 23 July 1611. He was then taken to Seville, Spain, and then to Madrid where he was again examined on 18 February 1613. He calls himself 35 years old in his 1611 deposition, and calls himself 40 years old in 1613, giving his residence as London. He was released to the English in 1616, in a prisoner exchange between England and Spain.
John Clarke is mentioned in a letter written by Robert Cushman on 11 June 1620: "We have hired another pilot here, one Mr. Clarke, who went last year to Virginia with a ship of kine." This 1619 trip to Virginia was with Captain Thomas Jones of the Falcon, a some-time pirate.
He was the Master's Mate and pilot of the Mayflower, and accompanied the Pilgrims on many of the exploring parties, piloting the shallop. Clark's Island in Duxbury Bay is named after him, because he miraculously brought the shallop ashore during a strong storm on one of these expeditions.
On 13 February 1622, the Virginia Company records state:
Mr. Deputy acquainted the court, that one Mr. John Clarke beinge taken from Virginia long since by a Spanish ship that came to discover that plantation; that forasmuch as he hath since that time done the companie good service in many voyages to Virginia, and of late went into Ireland for transportation of cattle to Virginia, he was an humble suitor to this court, that he might be admitted a free brother of the companie, and have some shares of land bestowed upon him.
John was given two shares in the Virginia Company for his service. He sailed to Virginia on 10 April 1623 in Daniel Gookin's ship, the Providence, and died shortly after he arrived.
-- Mayflower Web Pages. Caleb Johnson © 1998 http://members.aol.com/calebj/jworden.html |
1. Massachuetts Historical Society Proceedings, 3d series, 54 (1920):61-77, "John Clark of the Mayflower".
2. American Historical Review 25:448-479, "Spanish Policy toward Virginia, 1606-1612; Jamestown, Ecija, and John Clark of the Mayflower".
3. The American Genealogist 42:201-202, 47:3-16
4. Of Plymouth Plantation, by William Bradford, written 1630-1654
5. The Genesis of the United States, by Alexander Brown, 1964, pages 854-855.
6. Records of the Virginia Company
"DEAN, ...(9587i[1]) STEPHEN, Plymouth, one of the first comers in the Fortune, 1621. built the first corn mill in N. E. 1632; m. a. 1627, (9587i) Elizabeth d. of the (9587) wid. Ring, had Elizabeth Miriam, and Susanna, and d. Sept. 1634. His wid. m. 16 Sept. 1635, Josiah Cook, and d. a. 1687; the d. Elizabeth m. William Twining; Miriam was not m. as late as 1669, but late in her days m. John Wing of Yarmouth; Susanna m. 4 Apr. 1660, Joseph Rogers, jr.; and next, 23 Oct. 1663, Stephen Snow."
-- James Savage, "A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692" c/o http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk3/leland-lewiston.htm
16 Sep. 1635 Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
"COOK, ...(9587i[2]) JOSIAH, Plymouth, m. 16 Sept. 1635, (9587i) Elizabeth wid. of (9587i[1]) Stephen Deane, d. of (9587) wid. Mary King [sic], adm. freem. 1637, rem. with (4774) Gov. Prence to Eastham, had Josiah, and Ann, wh. m. 18 Jan. 1655, Mark Snow, and d. 7 July 1656; Bethia, wh. m. 4 Apr. 1660, Joseph Harding; and d. 17 Oct. 1673; and his wid. d. a. 1687."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
23 Apr. 1646 Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
"HOPKINS, ...STEPHEN, Plymouth, came in the Mayflower, 1620, with w. Elizabeth s. Giles, and d. Constance, both by former w. and by this had Damaris, as also a s. b. on the voyage, call. therefore, Oceanus, but he d. within a yr. He also brot. serv. Edward Dotey, and Edward Leister, the duellists. (9587iii[1]) Deborah was b. prob. in 1622, bef. the div. of ld. Other ch. also, they had, Caleb, Ruth, and ano. d. wh. d. bef. her f. Beside Elizabeth his w. liv. at P. above 20 yrs.; and he d. 1644, had been an Assist. 1633-6. Constance had m. Nicholas Snow, bef. the div. of cattle 1627, and she d. 1676; Deborah m. 1646, (9587iii) Andrew Ring; Damaris m. 1646, Jacob Cooke; and Elizabeth d. 1666, unm. tho. she, instead of her elder sis. (by unusual inadvert. of a corresp. of extraord. accura. in Geneal. Reg. XIV. 89) is call. w. of Snow. Abstr. of his will is in Geneal. Reg. IV. 281."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"FOSTER, ...(9587iii[2][1]) *EDWARD, Scituate, came (early eno. to be tax. 2 Jan. 1633 by the Col. Court) from Co. Kent, says Deane; but I feel doubt of this, for his mo. was sis. of Timothy Hatherly, wh. he thinks was of Devon. Yet it may be that the sis. of Hatherly was mo. of his w. not of hims. She afterwards, not, as Deane thinks, first, m. Hanford, and was mo. of Rev. Thomas, came with two ds. in 1635, and here, not, as D. supposes, in Eng. m. Richard Sealis. Her s. was a lawyer, says D. freem. 1636, certain. a young man of good repute, for he was one of the found. of the ch. at S. 8 Jan. 1635, rep. 1639 and 40, tho. not elevat. as the histor. made out to be an Assist. of the Col. 1637; m. 8 Apr. 1635, (9587lll[2]) Lettice Hanford, had Timothy, bapt. 7 Mar. 1636, bur. 5 Dec. 1637; Timothy, again, 22 Apr. 1638; d. soon; Timothy, again, b. 1640, and Elizabeth posthum. 1644, not, as Deane gives, 1645. In his will of 24 Nov. 1643, he provides for the unb. one, w. and s.; and in Feb. foll. his uncle Hatherly and f.-in-law Sealis, took the inv. See Geneal. Reg. IV. 281."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"MORTON, ...(9587iii[2][2]) JOHN, Plymouth, s. of the first George, came with his f. by w. (9587iii[2]) Lettice had John, b. 11 Dec. 1649, d. soon; John, again, 21 Dec. 1650; Deborah; Mary; Martha, Hannah; Esther; and Manasseh and Ephraim, tw. 7 June 1653; rep. 1662, rem. to Middleborough, of wh. he was rep. 1672, and d. 3 Oct. 1673. His wid. m. (9587iii) Andrew Ring, and d. 22 Feb 1691. He is, by Judge Davis, reput. to be anc. of Gov. Marcus."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"RING, ...(9587iii) ANDREW, Plymouth, whose wid. mo. made her will there 28 Oct. 1633, leav. him to the care of Elder Fuller, came prob. a. 1629, was freem. 1646, m. that yr. (9587[1]) Deborah, d. of Stephen Hopkins, had William; Eleazer; Mary; Deborah; and Elizabeth 19 Apr. 1652. He was one of the first sett. of Middleborough, had for sec. w. (9587[2]) Lettys, wid. of (9587iii[2][1]) John Morton. His sis. (9587i) Elizabeth wh. m. (9587i[1]) Stephen Dean, and (4793) Susanna, wh. m (4792) Thomas Clark, were both older than A. which d. 1692, in 75th yr. [[vol. 3, p. 543]] Whether his f. came or d. in Eng. is uncert."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
REF: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:553559&id=I857
"1601 William Rynge of Petistrey, singlman & Marie Durrante of Ufford
single woman weare married together the xxj day of May"
-- Hun, John G., "The Ancestry of Pardon Tillinghast Early Settler of Providence, RI", The American Genealogist 42:193, 195
9588. Thomas Lowthroppe /Lathrop
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"...[in] an article in the Oct 1995 issue of The American Genealogist #280, Vol 70, No. 4 called "Lothrop and House Entries in the Parish Registers of Eastwell, Kent." by Clifford L. Stott. Mr. Stott says that (9589) Maud unknown was (4794) John's mother, not Mary Howell or Mary Salte. He remarks that Gustave Anjou's "Lothrop Family Records in England from 1840 to 1685" was the source that started the controversy. It stated that John [Lothropp]'s mother was Mary Salte ...however, Mary Salte (or some Mary) was the wife of a different Thomas Lothrop [in Leigh, Stafford]; not our John's parents. This Thomas has sons Nicholas, Humphrey and Ralph....ours did not. Now, I've had enough (too much) trouble with old Gustave to know that anything he writes should be questioned. But while Mr. Stott says that Maud was buried at Etton on 6 June 1588, he doesn't give a source..." -- Candace Lazzaro clazzaro@jps.net; cf. http://users.erols.com/jlathrop/genealogy.html#Part 1 "The several legacies specified in ((9588) Thomas Lowthroppe's) will are printed in full. It will be noticed that neither of the sons who were educated is named in the will". Text of will to be entered"
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