Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Clark was born about 1740, in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States, his father, John Clark, was 30 and his mother, Ann Jervis, was 26. He married Abigail Cleveland Johnson on 23 April 1761, in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter.
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Sources (7)
- Joseph Clark, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Joseph Clark in entry for Willis Clark, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Joseph Clark in entry for Johnson Clark, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
Spouse and Children
1740– Male
1742–1793 Female
Children (7)
1762–1813 Male
1764– Female
1767– Male
1769– Male
1772– Male
+2 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1712– Male
1716– Female
Siblings (4)
1738–1820 Male
1740– Male
1745–1823 Male
1747–1785 Female
World Events (6)
1776
Age 36
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
Age 41
1802 · Brass is Discovered
Age 62
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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