When James Clarke was born on 10 March 1794, in Warwick, Warwickshire, England, his father, Henry Clarke, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Cakebread, was 29. He married Elizabeth Beesley on 12 January 1817, in Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in St Mary's Church, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. In 1834, at the age of 40, his occupation is listed as tailor in Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. He died on 4 August 1841, at the age of 47, and was buried in Warwick St Mary, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English and Irish: variant of Clark .
History: This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. Nicholas Clarke was one of the founders of Hartford, CT (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
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