Brief Life History of John
John Clark was born on 28 March 1769, in Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. He had at least 5 sons and 4 daughters with Mary Brett. He lived in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England in 1769. He died in 1848, in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 79.
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- John, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Clarke, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- John Clark in entry for Mary Clark, "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977"
Spouse and Children
1769–1848 Male
1770–1841 Female
Children (9)
1793– Male
1794–1871 Female
1796– Male
1797–1848 Male
1802– Female
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World Events (8)
1770 · Boston Tea Party
Age 1
1775 · The Shot Heard Around the World
Age 6
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 32
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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