Brief Life History of Jacob
Jacob Clark was born about 1755, in Goochland, Virginia, United States. He married Sally Wood on 11 May 1780, in Goochland, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
Photos and Memories (0)
Do you know Jacob? Do you have a story about him that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Douglas Register Births and Baptisms from Goochland, Virginia, by W. MacJones p. 172
Spouse and Children
1755– Male
1759– Female
Children (1)
1781– Male
World Events (8)
1758 · Mount Vernon
Age 3
1776
Age 21
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 31
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.
Discover Even More
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.
