Daniel Clark, Esq.

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: birth to death, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut

Notes:

Birth:
He was 88 years old when he died.

Father: Rev Sabbath Clark
Mother: Elizabeth Overton

History:
On 18 June 1643, he was admitted to the Church in Windsor.

He was the secretary of the colony before the charter, and was one of the magistrates named in that instrument.

From 1662 to 1664, he was an assistant appointed by the town of Windsor to sit in the great pew which was wainscoted
for the magistrate.

On 31 August 1709, he made his will which reads: The last will of Daniel Clarke, late of Windsor, deceased, is as followeth: I do will and dispose as followeth: In the first place, all my just debts and funeral charges to be paid. And whereas, I obliged to my now wife £40 to be paid her out of my estate in case she shall survive me, as will appear by an instrument to which I have signed and sealed, my will is that sd. sum be truly paid according to the tenor thereof in my engagement, in such estate as may conduce to her comfort, with £5 in provision as an addition to the sum forementioned of £40. For the rest of my estate, my will is that my wearing apparel should be divided among my sons that shall be living to receive them. My will is that if the confirmation be obtained from Owaneco of the 100 acres he promised, which is laid out and bounded, and for which I have obtained the grant of the General Court, I do order that it be entirely sold, whereof 1-4 part of the product of it shall redound to my now wife if she be living to receive. The other three parts shall be equally divided amongst my three daughters, Elizabeth, Mary and Sarah, or to their children if any of them do die before it be affected. I give to my son John the ox chain that he borrowed of me, and to my son Samuel my musket. I give to Johnny my best powder horn, and to my son Daniel I give my cutlass and my buff belt and buff coat. And I do hereby ratify and confirm those alienations that my sons have made of lands that I gave them. And to my wife, if she survive me, I order towards the sum aforementioned of £40 particularly the bed, bedsted and furniture that we used to lie on, and my best trunk with bars on the cover, and the lesser of the great kettles, with what she desires of pewter and other utensils in the house, to be valued according to the agreement. And to my son Jonas I give 10 shillings besides his proportion of my wearing apparrell. And I do constitute my son John Garke and my son-in-law Roger Wolcott executors. And I desire my honored kinsman Col. Matthew Allyn (if God please to grant him a safe return) to be supervisor if need require.

Witness: John Moore, Sen., Daniel Clarke, L.S., Thomas Moore.

Codicil, dated 10 July, 1710: On serious consideration I think meet to alter somewhat in my will, on the other side, in 2 particulars : First, respecting my daughter Elizabeth Drake, wife to Lt. Job Drake, my will is that she shall have a double portion out of my dividable estate, and the other two parts to be divided between my other two daughters, Mary and Sarah.
Witness : John Moore, Sen., Daniel Clarke, L.S., Thomas Moore.

On 8 September 1710, his estate was inventoried and valued at £95 /8.

On 18 September 1710, his estate was probated.

Daniel married Mary Newberry on 13 Jun 1644. Mary was christened on 22 Oct 1636 in Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorsetshire, England; died on 29 Aug 1688 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Issue:
1. Mary Clark (1645-1648)
2. Josiah Clark (1648-____)
3. Elizabeth Clark (1651-____)
4. Daniel Clark (1654-____)
5. John Clark (1656-1715)
6. Mary Clark (1658-____)
7. Samuel Clark (1661-____)
8. Sarah Clark (1663-____)
9. Hannah Clark (1665-____)
10. Nathaniel Clark (1666-____)

Daniel married Martha Pitkin on 13 Oct 1719 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Martha was christened on 12 Oct 1639 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England; died on 13 Oct 1719 in East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; was buried in Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]