Brief Life History of James
When James Clark was born in 1745, in Middlesex, Middlesex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, James Clark, was 37 and his mother, Anna Wood, was 33. He married Esther Marsh in 1766. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 23 September 1794, in Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey, United States.
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Sources (15)
- England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
- James Clark, "Find A Grave Index"
- James Clark in entry for Samuel Clark, "New Jersey, Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"
Spouse and Children
1745–1794 Male
1746–1818 Female
Children (4)
1768–1854 Male
1772–1772 Female
1773–1856 Female
1777–1842 Female
Parents and Siblings
1708–1752 Male
1713–1772 Female
Siblings (14)
1726–1791 Female
1728– Male
1729–1802 Male
1732–1772 Female
1736–1806 Female
+9 More Children
World Events (4)
1775
Age 30
1776
Age 31
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 41
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English clerk, clark ‘clerk, cleric, writer’ (Old French clerc; see Clerc ). The original sense was ‘man in a religious order, cleric, clergyman’. As all writing and secretarial work in medieval Christian Europe was normally done by members of the clergy, the term clerk came to mean ‘scholar, secretary, recorder, or penman’ as well as ‘cleric’. As a surname, it was particularly common for one who had taken only minor holy orders. In medieval Christian Europe, clergy in minor orders were permitted to marry and so found families; thus the surname could become established.
Irish (Westmeath, Mayo): in Ireland the English surname was frequently adopted, partly by translation for Ó Cléirigh; see Cleary .
Americanized form of Dutch De Klerk or Flemish De Clerck or of variants of these names, and possibly also of French Clerc . Compare Clerk 2 and De Clark .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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