CLARK, Hugh

1613 - 1693  (80 years)

• Name	CLARK, Hugh
  Born	1613	England
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Jul 1693	Roxbury, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I7340	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth
  Children	1. CLARK, John,   b. 13 Oct 1641,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. CLARK, Uriah,   b. 5 Apr 1644, Watertown, Massachusetts ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. CLARK, Elizabeth,   b. 6 Nov 1647,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F2708	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Hugh was born, according to his own testimony, about 1613, and the firstmention of him, in th is country, occurs in the town records of Watertown,at the time of the birth of his eldest s on, John, in 1641. His wife'sname was ELIZABETH, and he probably married her before coming t o NewEngland. He lived in Watertown about twenty years, and here his threechildren were born . In legal documents he is called a "husbandman," andthere is no evidence that he ever held a ny important offices, althoughhis admission as a freeman, May 30, 1660, and to the Artiller y Co. 1666,prove him to have held a respeetable position. In 1666 he was appointedappraiser o f the estate of Robert Hawes, of Roxbury, and it is from hissignature attached to the invento ry of this estate that the fac-similehere given, is copied. Of course the H only, was writte n by him. Aboutthe year 1660 he removed to Roxbury, and remained in that town or itsvicinit y until his death, which occurred in Roxbury, July 20, 1693. Hiswife died Dec. 11, 1692. SOURCE: Records of The Descendants of Hugh Clark of Watertown, MA,pp.17-18. ----- Hugh was in Watertown by 1640, was admitted freeman in 1660, member ofar. co. 1666, and wh o d. at Roxbury, 20 July, 1693. Elizabeth, his wife,died in 1692. three of whose children wer e: John, born 13 Oct. 1641 Uriah, b. 5 April, 1644 Elizabeth, b. 6 Nov. 1647.